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Sees Catholic Schools As Coming Back GREEN BAY (NC) - "Catholic schools seem to be on their way back" because Catholic education "has become morl~ the concern of all the people," a Catholic college professor and former diocesan board of education member said here in Wisconsin. -In contrast to the recent past when decreasing enrollment and lack of available teaching Religious forced 'schools to drop grades, some Catholic schools are now reinstating grades, said Dr. Raymond Clouthier, a. professor of education at St. Norbert College, Depere, Wis.. who served on the Green Bay diocesan board of education from 1967 to 1974. Clouthier expressed his views in a statement made after he was named by Father Mark Schommer, Green Bay diocesan superintendent of education, to receive a National Catholie Educational Association Presidential Award, made to those "who have contributed in an outstanding way to Catholic education at the diocesan level." -In the past, Clouthier'said, the parish school was the concern of the pastor and perhaps a few teaching Sisters, but now local boards of education "have begun to find their place." "It used to be the pastor's
show," he continued, and "so many .times they still like to ru'n the show.': The Gree~ Bay diocesan board, formed in 1967, has had some problems with "domineering pastors," he said, but their hold is gra~lually being relaxed and local school boards' and principals are taking control of the schools. Clouthier said that money, apathy and the belief of some Catholic parents that their children could obtain an adequate education in public school caused the decreasing trend in Catholic school enrollment. He contended that, while some public schools offer a "complete education" because many of their teachers have been educated at Catholic colleges, Catholic schools provide a "religious background and heritage" that students cannot find in public schools. The job of a diocesan board of education, he said, is to set policy and that of the principals is to administer that policy, to be responsible for hiring and firing in their schools. He said the Green Bay board is not now ready to set salaries and qualifications for positions. This function belongs to the local boards, which have a better understanding of local conditions, he said.
Signs of Times Indicate Deteriorating Culture LOS ANGELES (NC) A general disregard for truth and life has permeated American culture, according to Cardinal Timothy Manning of Los Angeles in an article published in the July 15 issue of the Los Angeles Times. The cardinal cited the Watergate affair and legalized abortion as two examples of his contention, and maintained that man's dignity can survive only -through the exercise of his conscience. Signs of the times point to a transformation of our American culture. Once we subscribed to the proposition that America was powerful because it was good, that it was good because people worked hard, that production was the proof of virtue.
AU of this has -passed through the W~tergate of our history, and is no more. A sampling taken from the commonweal might serve as an indicator of the malaise in our way of life. Take our regard for truth. One of the characters in the current Washington drama confessed that he had lost his "ethical compass." Does he not speak for the multitude? It would' seem' as if the operating norm is "Do what you will but don't get caught." The quest for instant happiness, continuous excitement, immunity from the demands of duty are worth the lie. The evil is compounded when the lie is fortified by the oathcalling on God to witness what is said as truth. Tum to Page Four
AT SUMMER HOME: A blanket on his lap to cover his arthritic right knee, Pope Paul remains seated in his car and waves to well-wishers as he arrives for a working vacation at Castelgandolfo, Italy. Earlier he had stood in the car to acknowledge cheers from a crowd in St. Peter's Square as he left Rome. NC Photo.
Positive Approach Underway , 0 Priestly Vocation and Life The priesthood-vocation and life and work-is receiving a more positive approach of late from conferences and discussions already held and planned in many areas of the world. Following are stori~s reporting on the recent International Serra Convention in London, the meeting of the United States National Conference of Catholic Bishops' Committee on Priestly Life and Ministry, and the planned World Congress on the Priesthood scheduled to be held in France this Fall and Winter.
Idea of Vocation Issue Objectives Source of"Crisis On Priestly Life
Set Priesthood Fall Congress
LONDON (NC) - The major source of the crisis. in Religious vocations is a "genuine decline in the sense of vocation itself," Cardinal John Wright told delegates to the 40th annual convention of Serra International here. Addressing almost 1,000 Serrans and their guests at the convention's opening session July 14, Cardinal Wright, the American prefect of the Vatican Congregation for the Clergy, said "the awareness of the providence of God in all our lives is less sensitive in a mechanistic, secular society." The cardinal declared that the "average person's sense of personal dignity and destiny is less sharp" than in previous ages. "There is an eclipse of awareness," he noted, "that every life involves a special call under the providence of God and a stewardship in which each individual is answerable to God." The cardinal challenged the Tum to {'age Three
ROME (NC) - A world congress for the priesthood is scheduled- for September in Paray-Ie-Monial, France,' and in Paris. The theme of the congress, sponsored by the Marian Priestly League here, is "The Heart of Jesus in the Life of the Priest and in the Pastoral Needs of Out Time." The congress marks the 300th anniversary of apparitions of Jesus to a ,French saint in which Jesus called for devotion to His Sacred Heart. Special ,emphasis is being placed on priestly formation and pastoral life. Cardinal John J. Wright, an American who is prefect of the Vatican's Congregation for the Clergy, will attend and is expected to bring the congress a special message from Pope Paul VI. Bishops around the world are being asked to delegate a priest from one of their parishes and to encourage individual priests to attend the congress so that Turn to Page Two
WASHINGTON (NC) - The Committee on. Priestly Life and Ministry of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops (NCCB), along with its priest advisers, met here for the first time as a full committee June 19-21 and drew up goals and objectives expressing the purpose of the committee. The goals eover a broad area of priests' concerns, from ministry, education and personnel to communications, research and scholarship. 'Msgr. Colin A. MacDonald, executive director of the committee's secretarfat, said that within the stated goals and objectives "priorities and specific programs ... will be ad.opted from time to time according to the need and Tum to Page Two
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15th Annual' Golf Tournament Set For Monday The 15th Annual CYO Diocesan Golf Tourney will be held beginning at noon Monday, July 29 at Pocasset Golf Course, Pocasset, it has been announced by Rev. Paul F. McCarrick, Diocesan CYO Director. There wiil be 4 divisi:ms: Sen· iors born on or after Jan. 1, 1948; intermediates born on or after Jan. 1, 1955; juniors born on or after Jan. 1. 1958; and tadets born on or after Jan. 1, 1960. Each area of 'the Fall River diocese will be allowed two entries in each division. Golfers are .expected from Fall River, Taunton, Attleboro, New Bedford and Cape Cod. . Trophy Awards Trophies will be awarded to the champion and runner-up in each division. The two finalists in each division will also represent the diocese of Fall River in the New England C.Y.O. Tourney to be held during August. Again this year the Marty Higgins Memorial Trophy will be awarded to the outstand~ng golfer of the tourney. Those interested in the tour· . ney should contact their local C.Y.O. Director.
A FIRST FOR THE SENATE: Sister Joan Doyle of Dubuque, la., talks with Iowa Senators Harold Hughes (left) and Dick Clark (second from right) on the steps of the U.S. Capitol after she became the first Catholic woman to offer the opening invocation that precedes each Senate session. At far right is Senate' Chaplain Rev. Edward L. R. Elson. ~he first woman to offer the invocation, a Presbyterian, did so three years ·ago. NC Photo.
Nun' Opens Senate' With Plrayer
WASHINGTON (NC)-A Catholic nun won a place in U.S. Senate history July 17 by becoming the first Catholic womanContinued from Page One and only the second woman ever -to offer the opening invocation there. may be wide discu'3sion of which p~ecedes eac~ Senate the problems facing the priest- session. hood today. Sister Joan Doyle, president 'Motive for Peace' of the 1,700-member Congregation of Sisters of Charity of the Archbishop William Baum of Blessed Virgin Mary with, headWashington, D.C., is scheduled to addres sth e c 0 ngress on "Th e quarters in Dubuque, Iowa, ofHeart of Jesus, Motive for Peace fered a low-keyed prayer which in the Church and in the World." accented the struggle to win Iib, . eration and human rights for alI. It was on Dec. 27, 1673, that Sister Doyle, prayed. that "all Jesus first appeared to St. IMar- our deeds this day and In the garet Mary Alacoque, a nun in .days to come (may) call our sisthe Order of the Visitation at. ters and brothers to liberation, Pary-le-MoniaI. His last apparition to her was in 1675. The Church set Dec. 27 this year as the occasion for the tricententenary celebrations, but WASHINGTON (NC) - Cardithe World Congress on the priesthood is (being convened nal John Deardon (If Detroit has three months earlier to avoid wr.itten to the U.S. bishops urgcoinciding with the ceremonial ing them to develop grassroots opening of the Holy Year· on participation in' 'the Church's American bicentennial program, Christmas Eve. "Liberty and Justice for All: An It is scheduled to open at Paray-Ie Monial Sept. 13 and then American Catholic Bicentennial move to Parish. on Sept. 1'1, clos- Observance." In his letter 'the caraimil, ing Sept. 19. chairman of the bishops' bicentennial committee, formally anNecr·ology nounced the structure of the twoyear plan to celebrate America's AUG. 5 200th birthday. He asked bish~ps Rev. Martin J. Fox, 1917, to appoint diocesan coordinators Founder, St. Paul, Taunton in their own dioceses to assist in Rev. Thomas A. Kelly, 1934, Pastor, SS. Peter & Paui, Fall the bicentennial effort. The central purpose of' the River program, he said, will be "to AUG. 6 elicit from the Catholic corhmuRev. Joseph P. Lyons, 1961, nity an expression of the meanPastor, St. Joseph, Fall Hiver ing of 'liberty and justice for all' on the occasion of the naAUG. 8 Rev. William Bric, 1880, tion's bicentenniaL" He added that the -bicentennial ,Founder, o5t. Joseph, F:all River committee believes "a critiCally important witness to the' reli......."......111"'''''''''..''11''''''''''''','''''..'..11'' ....''''''11'''''"'''''.....",..,._._ THE ANCHOR gious and cultural heritage can Second Class Postage Paid at Fall River. be made through this effort." Mass. Published every Thursday at 410 Highlan4 Avenue, Fill River. Mass. 02722 This September, he said, the lly the Cltholic Press of the Diocese of Fill committee will send a lett~r' to RIver. Subscription price by mail, Ilostpai~ $5.00 per year. Catholic dioceses, religious
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to a new life, to a better worId." Her appearance as guest chaplain was arranged by Sen. Dick Clark (D-Iowa) and by truste'es of Dubuque's Clarke College, a school operated by the Sisters of Charity. . In addition to Clark, other senators in attendance for the prayer inCluded Senate majority leader Mike Mansfield (D-Mont.) whose wife attended Clarke College and Sen. Harold Hughes (D-Iowa) who will leave the Senate at the end of this year to become a lay reli?ious worker. In commending Sister Doyle for her "thoughtful and inspir· ling" invocation, Clark told his
fellow senators that three years ago the Rev. Dr. Wilmina Rowland, an ordained clergywoman ·of the United Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia, became the first woman guest chaplain in -the Senate. "I hope it won't be, three more years before. another woman is here, not only for the opening prayer, but as a member of the Senate," he said. Curro:mtly there are no women senators. ' Senate minority leader Hugh Scott (R-Pa.) who also joined in the opening prayer told the Senate that the "gentler touch of womankind" was needed be.fore senators "entered into the brutal conflict of the day,"
Urges Bishops to Support Bice.,.tennial groups, organizations, universities and publications. "The ... committee will invite Catholic individuals, groups, asand hlstitutions sociations throughout the country to reflect upon the concept of liberty and justice for all as it relates today to entities which many Ameri-' can Catholics value in a unique way," Cardinal Deardon sai<l.
"These include the family, the neighborhood,. one's ethnic or racial roots, the individual person, the nation, the Church, and the world community itself." A discussion paper outlining the project and' probing the seven'topics will be sent across the country when the bishops hold their annual meeting in November. '
Asks Collections For S.tarving WASHINGTON (NC) - Because s4ffering and starvation in the drought-plagued Sub-Sahara region of Africa "not only continues but has spread," Cardinal John Krol of Philadelphia, presi. dent of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops (NCCB) and United States Catholic Conference (useC) has asked bishops to . hold special collections throughout the U.S. to aid victims of the trage~y. In a letter to each of the bishops, the cardinal noted the six-year drought which caused suffering, starvation death, "has spread across
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rica and India, and now threatens to cast pall of misery across the globe," . Cardinal' Krol explained that the "most immediately affected are the people of the countries of Sub-Sahara Africa where, each 'day, tens of thousands, weakened after long months of malnutrition" succumb to the ravages of disease. "The roll of the· dying increases relentlessly," his letter continued. . The cardina.l noted that a number of dioceses have already initiated collections to assist the drought victims.
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Continued from Page One the discretion oJ the committee." The committee decided initially to stress three areas of concern: -Continuing education with particular emphasis on spiritual renewal of priests. · -"Ways of affirming and supporting priests in their lives and work. "Personnel problems, in partielicular 'the distribution of clergy," The basic purpose of the com· mittee, which was established by the U. S. bishops at their annual meeting last November, is to serve the NCCB- in the area of the concerns and needs of American priests, and to help the bishops respond to/those needs. The permanent committee grew out of the work and recommendations of the U. S. bishops' Ad Hoc Committee on Priestly Life and Ministry, established several years ago as the result of the massive, four-year study on the American priesthood begun by the bishops in 1967. The general objectives that the permanent committee set for itself to fulfill its role include: Promotion of Vocations -The encouragement and stimulation of continuing educa- . ·tion programs for priests and other programs to aid priests' spiritual, psychological, intellectual and pastoral growth; --Observation and provision of information in a variety of areas such as' personnel policies and clergy distribution, different forms of ministry, and the impact of the permanent diaconate and other ministries on the priestly ministry; · -Promotion of vocations; -Formation of new programs and procedures affecting priestly ministry; -Cooperation, liaison and representation with various. agencies and groups whose' concerns affect priestly life; -The encouragement, surveillance and the evaluation of research on pri~stlylife and ministry. The chairman of the Committee on Priestly Life and Ministry is Auxiliary Bishop Thomas Grady of Chicago.
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NEW YORK (NC) - Candidates for president in 1976 should assure the public that they can enlist the aid of America's most competent and principled leaders to help restore confidence in government, the president of the University of Notre Dame wrote in Newsweek magazine. Father Theodore M. Hesburgh, former chairman of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, said in a guest editorial in the July 22 edition that the nation must have "a congeries of leaders, the very best possible from whatever source, to get America back on track," Noting that presidential candidate Richard Nixon promised in 1968 to replace then Atty~ Gen. Ramsey Clark if elected president, Father Hesburgh observed that two of Nixon's appointees to that post have been indicted-one convicted for testi· fying falsely-and another made a hero for refusing a presidential order. In 1976, Father Hesburgh wrote, the American voters must know the close associates ·of the presidential candidates as well as those persons likely to be appointed to high government positions. He listed four criteria which these men should possess. -They should have a detailed vision of what America should be and be able "to articulate
this vision with some degree of inspiration and enthusiasm." -They should be persons of unquestioned integrity "who are simply not for sale," -They should not be "hung'ry for political power or status," since they would already be successful before going into government service.
Need the Best -They should be "humane people" who have compassion for the poor and unfortunate, concern for social and racial justice and for domestic and international peace. Father Hesburgh was forced to resign his .post as chairman of the civil ·rights commission in 1~72 after he became publicly critical of the Nixon Administration's civil rights record. He added: "Having experienced the worst, I am now suggesting that America, to recover, really needs the best. Anyone hoping to lead America back to where it ought to be should be required not to ask for a personal vote of confidencein himself alone-we have had enough of that-but to assure us that he has a group of the greatest men and women aowailable, willing to help him do what desperately needs to be done. If elected, he must be able to deliver more people to take on the rebuiIding task in Washington and throughout the nation."
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Father Hesburgh Asks For Better Quality In President's Appointments
Dioc'ese .of Cleveland Installs New Bishop CLEVELAND (NC) "We must serve the poor together, respecting and fostering their human dignity, giving hope and comfort, honoring always the worth of men and women created in the image of God," Bishop James A. Hickey told the congregation at his installation Mass here. At ceremonies in St. John's
Cathedral here Bishop Hickey became the eighth bishop of the Cleveland diocese succeeding Bishop Clarence G. Issenmann, who retired. The new bishop listed among his responsibilities the ability "to facilitate and inspire others to serve, to offer and to receive fresh ideas, to listen carefully and to elicit cooperation."
Stressing the importance of his diocese's laity, Bishop Hickey said that the fUlfillment of his responsibilities "is an obviously difficult and even impossible task if it has to be done by one man alone. Rather this is to be a collaborative effort. "I must count on my laity, on the men and women who share membership in this diocese."
Idea of Vocation Contmued from Page One Serrans, organization was established to encourage vocations to the priesthood' and Religious life, "to restore the basic sense of vocation on every level," Cautioning against pessimism among those working to promote' vocations, Cardinal Wrightwhose congregation oversees the work of diocesan clergy throughout the world-reported: . "Vocations are on the upturn -and prayer is 'in' again; it may take some 'flaky' forms at times, but it's 'in,''' In his presidential address, Serra International outgoing president, Albert. E. Maggio of San Francisco, told the delegates that membership in the organization is also' on the upturn, with more than 11,000 members in 377 active clubs in 30 countries. At a Mass concelebrated by Cardinals John Heenan of Westminster and Joseph Cordeiro of Karachi, Pakistan, and by almost 20 bishops and more than 100 priests, Cardinal Heenan told the Serrans:
Lauds Appointment Of Black Bishop WASHINGTON .(NC) - The appointment of Josephite' Father Eugene A. Marino to be the first black auxiliary bishop of Wash· ington has drawn praise here from the National Office for Black Catholics (NOBC). Father Marino will become only the fourth black bishop in the history of the Church in America and the third living black bishop. At thE~ time of the announcement of his appoint· ment, Father Marino was serv·· ing as vicar general of the Josephite order, whiCh ministers primarily to blacks.
"Be on your guard against proposals to divert your efforts to other fields. There are all sorts of more exciting and popular tasks than fostering vocations, ... but as Serrans you must be firm in refusing to let your society be diverted," "As Serrans," Cardinal Heenan declared, "you know that, without its priests and Religious, the Church would wither," "It is also part of your apostolate to encourage priests and nuns to be faithfUl to their vocations," the cardinal said.
Churchmen Protest Korean I-:-justice NEW YORK (NC) - The president of the Nati"onal Council of Churches (NCC) and the secretary general of the Maryknoll Fathers were among the 35 signers of a statement protesting the "injustice and inhumanity" of the South Korean government's suppression of dissidents. The signers of the statement said they had watched with "rtlOunting distress the acts of President Park Chung Hee which have systematically sought to eradicate all criticism or protest against his. dictatorial rule," During the second week of July, 14 persons were sentenced to death by South Korean courtsmartial, 15 to life imprisonment and others to long prison terms for organizing student demonstra:tions and other anti-govern· ment activities. Four. others, including former South Korean President Yun Po-Sun, the Rev. Park Hyung Kyoo, minister of a church in Seoul, and a theology professor have gone on trial in connection with the demonstrations.
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Money Well Spent? The rising inflation has made every person aware of the· economy-the high price' of almost everything and the. limited spending his week's pay gives him. It has also made the American voter very conscious of government spending and the "fat" that is in the Federal .budget is :a source of irritation and indignation.
NEW DELHI (NC)-The Jesuit Society's. all-India chapter unanimously decided to shift its educational emphasis from educating the rich to educating the poor. Although the Je~uits had not cxoluded the poor or low castes in' the past, greater emphasis was put on those who could afford to pay the bills for the schools, sometimes housed in palatial buildings. The new policy decision is in line with the nation's goals. India's nationa'i constitution protects the right of religious or linguistic minorities "to establish and administer educational institutions of their choice." But this fundamental right has heen under attack by state governments for more than a decade. State legia,'1tures have attempted to extend contro'l over private educational institutions by restricting their rights and prerogatives in one area or another.
The National Taxpayers Union has called attention to some of the items which the taxpayer has funded: $375,000 for a Pentagon study of the frisbee; $121,000 to disqover why some people use the word "ain't;" $20,324 for a study on the mating calls of the Central American toad. .! It may be, of course, that such projects have and will have great benefit to humanity and to the citizens of the United States. The conclusions drawn from them may revolutionize some facet off our national life. Great discoveries may ~e waiting in the wings as a result of the money spent. But even the most sanguine citizen would be pardoned if he-with all due respect-asked someone in government to give the Ameri~an public a fe~ hints on the benefits that have been or will be derived from such projects. This would not seem to be asking too much. And those in government must have patience enough with the untutored to take time out from such studies. to throw a few scraps of information our way, just to give' an insight into the wondrous results' . that are coming from the funding of such projects.
Upcoming Movies . Movie critics are telling us that the country seems to be developing a greater appetite for-and tolerance t~the most extreme types of combinations of violencl~ and perversion and gore, and the more graphic, the better.
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This at least, seems to be the trend in the great metroIn Diocese of 'Wilminglton politan centers. And the fear is that producers and directors \ WIIJMINGTON (NC)-A year- tisrn, the Eucharist, Penance and and screen writers wilE'decide to go the other fellow:one long· review and evaluation of Confirmation," said Father Rusbetter a,nd the taste-not to mention the morals-of' the marriage and family life educa- sell. movie-goer will be further debased. tion procedures has been inaug''The need for an in-depth re.
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urated by the diocese of WiISince there seems to be so much difficulty. in defining mingtori.' obscenity, and since violence celn be portrayed ·in all its Initiated by the diocesan Famramifications just by slapping a different guide label on: the i1y Life Bureau under the direcmovie supposedly warning off children, there is no reason tion of Father St!mley Russell, to believe that the wave of violence-sex-perversion-horror the evaluation will touch upon movies has even crested yet. Let anyone object on the b~sis all procedures which the Church conducts in the ~reas of mar-of morality and he is assailed as a censor bent on depriving riage and family life. his fellow man of their guaranteed Constitutional :rights.Let "In recent years the Church him point out that violence is a debasing thing and h~ is has studied and reyised the pro.reminded that he must speak for himself and has the right grams by which we prepare peoto stay away from whatever is offensive to him. Let him pie' for the celebration of Bapmake the appeal on the grounds that the whole thing builds up an unwholesome climate while breaking down civiliiing -Spanish-Speaking inhibitions and reducing taste to a lowest common denomi- In Michigan Aided nator of vulgarity and he is shrugged off as a zealot, a bigot, LANSING (NC).....,.Gov. William a censorious scold. The dollar is actually' the controlling G. Milliken recently established . \ the Michigan Advisory Council· element in the whole scene.
All that remains is to be on one's guard so tbat the very multiplication of such movies does not create apathy: or acceptance of what should create shock and disgust to k~ep insisting on the reality that such fare' cannot do anything else but debase taste and lower s'ensitivity; to renew objections to a violance that is harmful no matter what label one puts on it; to refuse to patronize such movies and so I to attack them in the pocketbook which seems to be the' only spot that will result in some action.
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However, several of the cases went to the Indian Supreme Oourt, which struck down most of the restrictive laws. Of India's approximately 600 million people. It has been estimated that half have benefited from Christian education, which is predominantly Catholic. In addition, there are a series of teacher-trai'ning schools and 20lleges and a large number of technical institutions. Mission'aries have established approximately 1,000 orphanages which also provide educations for their children.
evaluation of our approach to the sacrament of Matrimony and the responsibilities of family life is obvious," 'he added. "The need is made more emphatic by the challenges of modern society to Continu,ed from Page One our Christian vision of marriage and family.'" In the play, "A Man for All According to Father Russell, Seasons," playwright Robert the ,areas covered by the 'study ,Bolt has Thomas More explain will include mixed marriages; to his daughter why he will not the role of parents, priests, swear to' the act of succession schools and the media in educat- and thus gain his freedom at the ing young Catholics about mar- price of violating his conscience: ried life; means by which.exist- "When a man takes an oath, ing marriages can be strength- Meg, he's holding his own self ened; and consideration of geo- in his hands. Like water. And graphical' location and certain if he opens his fingers then he cultural situations as they relate needn't hope to 'find himself to marriage education ap- again." for. the Spanish-speaking to co- . proaches. Pall of Death jordinate services of state and With the approval of Bishop Take our regard for life. The local governmental agencies to Thomas J. Mardaga of Wilmingassure that the Spanish-speaking ton, an ad hoc committee was ovens at Beisen blot the history have ready access to decision- formed this spring under· the of national socialism. On an avmaking bodies. . auspices of the Family Life Bur- .erage of three per minute, un.The council was created by eau and the Spiritual and Intel- born babies are being aborted in executive order, the governor ex- lectual Life Committee of the this land dedicated to the purplained, in recognition of l;ultu- diocese to conduct the review of suit of life, and cast a pall of ral and langu'age differences that _ diocesan marriage and family life death from the incinerators in back 'alleys of our hospitals. have "made it difficult for the programs. Women are- the fountain-head Spanish-speaking people of MichThe eight-member committee, of life; they have. become the igan to share equaliy in the op- which consist8 of clergy, Reliobjects of recreational sex. Chilportunities for education, em- gious and lay persons, will meet dren are the fruit of love, but ployment, housing and many so- regularly du1"iHlg the year and they have become a lost generacial services and health benefits will report any proposals or sugtion, the charges of a bureaucraavailable to other Michigan res- gestions to the bishop during cy that shifts them from Juvethat time. idents." nile hall to foster home to foster The council will have 11 memAll diocesan departments and home. Ibers, a majority of them Spanish- activities l;oneerned with any From this departure from the speaking and broadly reprsenting . phase. of marriage and the family sanctities surrounding life, we the geographical areas where are being asked for their obser- have degenerated into pandemic. Spanish-speaking people reside. vations criticisms and plans as veneral disease, pornographic Gov. Milliken's executive order part of the review.. Likewise, all stimulation and gutter vulgarity. also recognizes the "need to es- priests and parishes have been Violence in the streets, reprotahlish an agency in state gov- invited to contribute evaluation duced on our television screens ernment to render'advice on pro- of existing programs and sug-' for our evening diversion, cries grams that will address the mul- gestions as to what can be done out for justice but penetrates titude of problems facing the to strengthen family life in the not through our conditioned diocese. . Spanish-speaking." eyes..
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Father Polselli,' CSC, Vocations Director Rev. Leo Polselli, C.S.C., a native of Holy Rosary parish, Fall River, has' been named a . vocation director for the Holy Cross Fathers. He and Rev. Wilfred Raymond, C.S.C., will work in the New Engllnd and Middle Atlantic states. .father Polselii, one of nine children, is the son of Mrs. Gaetano Polselli, 103 Varley St., Fall. River. His father is deceased. Since ordination in June of 1970, the new vocation director has been assigned to the diocese of Bridgeport as a. member of the faculty at Notre Dame Catholic High Scho'ol, serving most .. recently as chaplain and chairman of the religion department. Formation Coordinator He was superior of the religious community at the high REV. LEO POLSELLI, C.S.C. school and currently is director of the religious' in residence on Main Street in Bridgeport. He is addition to vocation work, he a member of the Provincial will assume the duties of coordiCouncil of the Holy Cross Fa- nator of formation for the provthers and this past year served ince. as a member of the diocesan adFr. Polselli graduated from visory board of education. 'In Durfee High School and took de-
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THE ANCIHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Thurs. July 25, 1974
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grees at Stonehill College and Notre Dame University. He holds JERSEY CITY (NC) - An 18· ·a sixth year Certificate of Adyear-old youngster accused of vanced Studies in Counseling from Fairfield University. Be- a minor offense here had special reason to celebrate Independence fore entering the Holy Cross oras he gained his freedom Day der he served with the Peace to the efforts of a local due Corps for two years in Santiago; church. Chile. He was ordained in Holy The young man had been held Rosary Church upon his return from South America, where he in Hudson County Jail for two months because of his inability served in a parish as a deacon. to raise the minimum bail of $56. . The' Congregation of Holy But he was set free as a result Cross numbers 3,000 religious of a speeial collection held at throughout the world and is engaged in a variety of ministries. the end of Masses at Christ the King Church, a small inner-city In t.he 'Fall River diocese the or· eler operates Stonehill College in parish which itself needs outside North Easton, Holy Cross parish support to maintain its programs. in South Easton, the Mission House in North Dartmouth and St. Joseph's Community House of Prayer on Tucker Road, North Dartmouth. In announcing the appointment Rev. William Hogan, C.S.C., provincial superior of the Holy Cross Fathers, also said that .a vocation office located at Stonehill since 1952 would be moved to provincial headquarters in Bridgeport.
An announcement in the parish bulletin, told of the young man's plight and ob,served that he "hardly deserves to spend so much time (in jail) for so little money. In the spirit or Independence this Fourth of July week· end, and in the freeing spirit of the Gospel word of the Lor J Jesus Christ, we as a parish might supply the money for his bail.'· According to Father Edward Jocham, administrator of the parish, the people there are "be· coming increasingly aware of an obligation to people in jail."
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Bishops, Scholars to Work More Closely WASHINGTON (NC)-A group of Catholic bishops and scholars meeting here cited the need to work together more closely and agreed to search for "practical mechanisms for collaboration" between bishops and scbolars. They also called 011 bishops to exercise their teaching role more actively and urged that Catholics be better educated in the difference between faith and theology.
The meeting was called by the. Bishop James Rausch, NCCB U.S bishops' Committee for general secretary, said the parLiaison With Priests, Religious ticipants . agreed that "ultimateand Laity. It drew together five ly, the goal of their discussions bishops and representatives from is not to foster the interests of the major· Catholic societies of either the bishops or scholars scholars. for their own sake, but to proSubsequently the Administra- mote the welfare of the Catholic tive Committee of tbz National people, who have been confused Conference of Catholic Bishops by cb:lrges of disloyalty and (NCCB) voted unanimously in heresy and who are suffering favor of continuing the dialogue. the effects of polarization in the Church."
New York Catholic Worker House Adopts Vietnamese Orphanage SCHENECTADY (NC) - In order to nourish and sustain a community of 70 war orphans sheltered in the kitchen of their village apagoda in Lam Dong province, South Vietnam, Mt. Carmel House,o'a Catholic Workers house' of hospitality here adopted the orphanage as ~ts sister community. To date, Mt. Carmel House has donated over $3,500 to the Nhat Chi Mai orphan village to help it become self·supporting as a farm and handcraft community on the model of a traditional Vietnamese village. After the ceasefire in January of 1973, the Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam began to focus its reconstrucUon efforts on the care of homeless children. The Buddhists currently shelter more than 40,000 war orphans, working to reconstuct all of their orphanages into traditional villages by inviting other homeless people of all ages to reside in these areas to become "parents" and "grandparents" to the children. The Nhat Chi Mai orphanage is one of the Buddhist projects. Sister Hanh Lien; a Buddhist nun, serves as administrator of the orphanage. In September, 1973, the orphanage housed 46 children, but the number has grown to 70 in recent months due to the continuing war. The orphanage bears the name of Nhat Chi Mai, a Buddhist nun, who i1Jlmolated herself for peace in 1967.
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,Financial assistance from Mt. Carmel House has been used mainly to buy food for the children. The continuing war and recent typhoons and floods have threatened the orphanage with famine. The orphanage has also used the funds to purchase avocado and jackfruit trees.
The bishops and scholars agreed that there was already a "considerable" degree of collaboration, Bishop Rausch said, but they felt that this must be "more systematized and more widely known."
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He said the purpose of additional meeting will be to find ways to "institutionalize" collaboration on the national and diocesan level.
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THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Thurs. July 25; 1974
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Birthright of New Bedford will sponsor a home-style chicken barbecue from 4 to 8 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 10 at 220 Belair St., New Bedford. Proceeds will benefit the pregnancy counseling program and its volunteer telephone answering service. John P. Santos, M.D., an obstetrician associated with the program, and Mrs. A,. Roger Loranger, its director, will be available during the event to answer inquiries about Birthright. . Heading the arrangements committee for the barbecue are Mr. and Mrs. Joseph S. C,orreia, aided by Mrs. John J. Smith, assistant Birthright direc路 tor and a large committee. Oldtime piano favorites will be' offered by John Nicolaci. Tickets Available Barbecue tickets are available from the Birthright office, telephone 996-6744 or from area residents, including Mrs. Frank Bowen, New Bedford; Mrs. Nor路 mand E. Olivier, Dartmouth; Rev. Richard T. Clark, Fairhaven; Mrs. Raymond P. Charpentier, Acushnet; Mrs. Kevin P. Dawson, Mattapoisett; Mrs. Robert P. Demeo, Marion.
By Joseph and Marilyn Roderick -This is the time when we suffer Summer slump. It gets easier to let the grass go for three or four days. Weeds seem less unsightly as the effort to hoe becomes more difficult. Vacations creep in and things get ahead of the gardener. All in all, only the truly dedicatHEAVY CREAM THAT WON'T ed gardener maintains the WHlP-Chill cream, bowl and enthusiasm to forge ahead beater well ... or set bowl inlo during August. This is really a bowl of ice while you whip. If
my time for planning for next the cream still doesn't stiffen, year's garden. From this I get gradually whip in three or four the -impetus to continue my ef- drops of lemon juice. forts during the hottest month NO MELTED BUITER OR of the year. Right now I am MARGARINE-Use oil. or meltmaking a list of iris I would like ed shortening in batters, measto purchase in the next few ure for measure, plus Y2 tea-. weeks for planting this Fall. Ad- spoon salt per cup. _ ditionally, I am preparing for a NO CORN SYRUP-Use J cup new planting of lilies, a few new sugar plus 1,4 cup water or liqday-lilies, and of course bulbs uid called for in the recipe. for the Fall. This requires planNO SUGAR (this may shortly ning in terms of budget and become' true) - You can often plant location. substitute, measure for measure, packed brown sugar (light or Watering Needed Right now our major effort in dark) with no adjustments necesterms of the garden is to keep sary. You'll get a light molasses everything in good health, wa- flavor, however. NO VANIILLA EXTRACT-A tered, and free of insect!;. This . requires spraying in cooler peri- batter or dessert can be flavored ods of time rather than during witl! grated lemon or orange rind the heat of the ~ay. Watering is and a little lemon juice, or 1,4 .another problem. The garden teaspoon nutmeg may be substineeds at least an hour of Water- tuted for each teaspoo.n vanilla ing a day in 'order to remain extra~t. NO BUITERMlq( OR SOUR healthy. This means that tI do a section every day. I do not ,MILK-For one cup use 1 tablesprinkle but try to water heav- spoon vinegar or lemon juice, plus enough fresh .milk to make ily in one area each day. This is essential, especially for 1 cup; let the mixture stand 5 .shallow-rooted plants such as minutes before using. If you have any kitchen tricks azaleas. Such plants suffer immensely from .lack of water dur- you would like to share with ing the hot Summer days and other readers of this corumn, winter-kill is largely the result please send _them in. A very good neighbor,Mrs. of shortages of water now, not the result of cold during the Joseph Mello of St. Anthony of 'Padua parish, brought this coffee Winter. Heavy watering results in fer- cake over to the house one I eve路 tilizer depletion, so it is a good ning when we were having a few idea to add small amounts of people in and it was an instant fertilizer to the soil as you wa- success. Cranberry CoffE!e Cake, ter. I emphasize small amounts over a long period of time. WinI stick margarine dow boxes, for instance, should 1 cup sugar be watered almost daily now, but 2 eggs in addition they should be given 1 teaspoon baking powder extra feeding to compensate for 1 teaspoon baking soda leaching. In my case, I add a 2 cups flour water-soluble fertilizer to my Y2 teaspoon salt window boxes at least once a Y2 pint sO!Jr cream week. 1 teaspoon almond flavoring 1 7 ounce can whole cranberry In the Kitchen sauce While we're working on what Y2 cup chopped nuts we're going to boycott this sea1) Cream together the margason, it is certainly worthwhile rine and add the sugar gradu'ally, to make do with what we have creaming well. around and to waste as little as 2) Add the eggs, one at apossible. The following are some time, and mix in. kitchen savers that I've kept for 3) Add the dry ingredient~ alquite a while and I thought they ternately with the sour cream, would be relevant to the need ending with the dry ingredients. to "make do." Add flavoring. WILTED VEGETABLES - If 4) Grease and flour a tube pan fresh vegetables are wilted or and put a layer of batter in the blemished, pick off the brown botto~ of pan. ., edges or .cut blemishes. Sprinkle 4) Add half of the cranberry vegetables with cool water, wrap sauce and spread around evenly. in towel and refrigerate for an Add remaining batter, putting rehour or two before cooking. maining cranberry sauce on .top. NO CATSUP-Combine li cup Sprinkle with walnuts. tomato sauce or mashed canned 6) Bake in a 350 degree oven tomatoes, 1,4 cup packed brown for 55 minutes. sugar, 2 tablespoons vinega.r, 1,4 7) Remove from pan after 5 teaspoon cinnamon and a dash minutes of cooling. each ground clove and allspice. Topping NO UNSWEETENED' CHOCO% cup confectioners' sugar LATE-(for one square or 1 2 tablespoons warn. water ounce) 'Use 3 tablespoons unY2 teaspoon almond flavoring sweeten~d cocoa plus 1 table'8) 'Blend together and spread spoon shortening. over top of cooled coffee cake.
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] 1 STUDIES WORLD HUNGER: Basili.an. Father Gerald McGuigan is heading a feasibility study on establishing an international center for ~lleviation of world hunger and malnutrition. The Toronto priest-economist expects that such a center might be located in' Canada by next y~ar. NC Photo.
New .Concordat VATICAN CITY (NC) - The Vatican and the Spanish government have worked out the basic terms of a new concordat, according to a Vatican Radio newscast. Specifics of the new agreement were not revealed. The debate over political and economic separation of Church and state has increased as tension has grown between the Spanish hierarchy and the government over social issues.
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SAINT ANNE FRIDAY,r JULY 26 SOLEMN HIGH MASS: 7:30 P.M., Shrine-The mass will be followed by a candielight Procession路 outside the church, weather permitting. "
OTHER MASSES: 7, 7:30, 8, 9,. 10, 11, noon and 6:30 P.M., Upper Church. . DEVOT'ON SERVICES AND PROCESSIONS:' 2,3, and 4:00 P.M. Veneration of the relic of Good Saint Anne at any time
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Indiana Clergy Ponder Project Priesthood '74
My good friend, Mom Stoutheart, is unflappable: She has eight kids and is calmer in a crisis than a rock jetty in a hurricane. The other day a mini-skirted woman in a form fitting blouse, carrying a small overnight bag, came swinging up her front walk. then come back and mop up this Mom Stoutheart thought it floor. . was the Avon lady. She was "The leash got· broken when just a bit flustered when she we went after the cat?
recognized her caller was her cousin, Sister Moderna. The last Mom Stoutheart had heard, Sister Moderna was teac.hing in
"Well ... use something. No, not my support stockings." The dog yelped as the kids pulled him outside by his ears. Quick Self-Analy.sis Sister seemed a bit shaken as she resumed the conversation. "For some time I've felt that raising children of my own would be a more fulfilling life By than teaching other people's children in school. . . ." MARY Sister was interrupted as all eight of Mom Stoutheart's kids CARSON came dashing back into the house in their dripping bathing suits. "What's the matter? How did parochial school in another diothe cat get in the garage with cese. But she quickly recovered her the dog? "Return the cat ... and keep ralm, and welcomed Sister . . . with no' comment about the that dog in the garage! "Look . . . why don't you all changes in Sister since the last time they met. Sister Moderna. go for a swim? "What do you mean, the pool explained that she had taken a leave of absence during the is yucky? "The filter is clogged ... and summer's vacation, and wanted to spend a few days with Mom there's fur floating all over the pool?" Stoutheart and her brood. Mom turned to see Sister pick"I feel I must take some time ing up her bag and heading for to find myself," Sister said. "I see," answered Mom Stout- the door. "Where are yOlt going, Sisheart. "You're welcome to stay. . . . Excuse me just a sec- ter?" "Back to the convent." ond...." "I thought you needed time to Get Cat Out! "Would you please take the find yourself?" "It didn't tal<e as long as I cat out of the pool ... and rethought it would!" turn it to the neighbors. "I don't care if you didn't put it there. Sculpture Fragment "Hurry up ... before its tail Of Christ Found gets caught in the ... VATICAN CITY (NC)-Italian "Well, turn the filter off. art . authorities have decided "Now . . . return the cat! that a marble fragment of 'a "No. You can't take the fur head and part of a body found out of the filter and glue it in a wall of a house in Rome is back on." an authentic work of the RenaisShe returned to Sister and insance sculptor and painter Michquired, "You were saying, Siselangelo. ter?" The marble fragment has been "I've been wondering if my autb~nticated by Prof. Bruno life in the order is really meanMantura, director of the Italian ingful." National Gallery of Modern Art. "How do you mean, Sister? The fragment is believed to have Oh ... excuse me again." been an early version of the Mom went to the back door sculptor's ·Pieta Rondanini, a again. statue of Our ·Lady holding the "I told you kids to get that body of the dead Christ, which cat out of the pool. the artist later discarded in fav"You did?" or of a more satisfactory ver"It jumped back in? sion. "That's ridiculous. Cats don't like water. Churches Favorite "They do . . . when our dog Burglary Targets. is chasing them? "Where is the dog now? MUNICH (NC) Catholic "In the pool , .. chasing the churches in Bavaria have joined cat? castles on the Rhine as tb~ "Get that cat out of the pool favorite targets of burglars. Police say they are helpless before it gets caught again. Oh, unless the ancient buldings go nooo. . . ." She turned away with. her electronic with burglar alarms. "The saints' are calling for hands over her eyes, and said, help," they have told the "You were saying: Sister?" "I'm only 34 and I've been Munich archdiocesan director thinking it's really not too late of art, Monsignor Joachim for me to get married and enjoy Delagera. The reference is to the raising a family." numher of statues of saints that Mom was about to reply when are being bundled off by breaka soaking wet dog bounded into in artists who scale walls of the house. churches and castles with the "Will one of you please take greatest of ease. this dog out, before he shakes The Bavar'ian churches arc water all. . . . ricb in art, especially wood carv"Put him on his leash . . . inl?
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Pastoral on Wom,en Bishop of San Diego Stresses Restoration of Dignity SAN DIEGO (NC) - Modern women need education that will make them aware of the political, social and economic contradictions in tb~ir lives so that they "may take effective action against their oppressions," according to a pastoral letter of Bishop Leo T. Maher of San Diego. Entitled "Women in the New World," the pastoral letter was written, Bishop Maher noted, at a time "when many women are questioning the traditional roles and images attributed to them, and s~e1{in~ a deeper realization of their identity." The letter was written with the aid of the diocesan Committee for the Rights and Dignity of Women and is concerned with restating that women are full members of tbe Church. "The Church," the bishops' pastoral said, "has directed and continues to direct - her members towards th~ full development of their' potential and the realization of their human dignity." However, women must first see themselves as unique persons, Bishop Maher wrote, and not merely as others see them. "When considering the 'exploitation of women and thei,r denigration to 'sex objects' as projected by tb~ various forms of media today," he said, "we cannot avoid the realization that this condition could not have come about without at least the tolerance of women themselves." Some women continue to con-
tribute to their own exploitation, he added, by responding to the immature pressures of society to behave, think and dress in "feminine" ways. ''',From its beginning," Bishop Maher wrote, :'the Church of Christ has claimed for woman tb~ restoration of her original dignity and her· emancipation from cultural inequities and the stigma of inferiority imposed in the past." In the early days of the Church, he noted, women shared equality of mission, responsibility and membership and enuality in marriage and in culpability.
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EVANSVILLE (NC) - Are· cently initiated program of continuing education for priests in Indiana was a success, according to several of the participants. The program, known as Project: Priesthood '74, lasts four weeks and is designed to bring priests up to date with major movements in the areas of Scripture, dogma, moral and pastoral theology. "I've heard a lot of things and they've gone into my' head," said Father Larry Moran of Rockville. "I'm not sure I can handle everything inside yet." Several of the 30 priests participating, whose ages range from the 20s to the 60s, re· marked that there were so many things to do that little time remained. for private reading and study. ·Father Frank Quinlivan, director of the program, said he was satisfied with the results. "The group is responsible," he said. "We have a good staff. Everyone has a chance to interact. There is a real sense of community here." The continuing education program for priests was first proposed last year but failed to get the necessary statewide support. This year, under the sponsorship of the Indiana Catholic Conference, Project: Priesthood '74 became a reality.
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JERSEY. CITY (NC) -, Pro· a public hearing be held -before the law, pro-life forces maintain. They also note that area merlife forces here are opposing the the clinic is permitted to open. Father Ronald Giemza of near- chants were not informed of the plans of a' Planned Parenthood chapter to open an abortion c1in· by St. Aloysius Church said that prospective use of the building SCHENECTADY (NC)-When Poersch, learned of Univertical's ic near St. Aedan's Church, one the decision to grant the clinic so they could challenge the decian aluminum die-casting com- ' plan to locate their plant on the of the largest parishes in the a "certificate of need"-an au- sion. All but one have since pany offered to buy an idle Gen- property which borders the Carthorization every health facility signed a petition asking that percity. , eral Electric building that over- melite monastery. Poersqh felt Daily dem9nstrations are be- in this state is required to obtain mission be denied to open an looks the 'gardens of 14 c1ois- the noise and fumes from the ing staged in an effort to edu- -was taken by health offiCials abortion clinic in the area. tered Carmelite Sisters here, industry would destroy the cate the people about th~ real· without consulting the public, ,All but one of the public and persuasion from that company peaceful ~ardens where t~e Sis- ity of abortion. Literature is dis- as required by law. private hospitals in populous quickly convinced Schenectady's ters meditate" as well' as alter' tributed- to those passing by. There was consultation with Hudson County have adopted Planning Commission to rezone the residential character of the Citizens are also being asked the Hudson County Health Fa- policies which would keep them the commercial property to area. , to _write to New Jersey state cilities Committee but this does from performing abortions on heavy industry in order to comWith other Schenectady resi- health officials demanding that not fulfill the requirements of request. plete the transaction. dents, be began a campaign opBefore the ordinance could be posing the rezoning. Members of acted upon by Schenectady's the Carmelite's Third Order cir· City Council, however, 150 Cath- culated petitions door to door. olics and neighbors of the Sis- One man addre~sed various parters turned out at a public hear- ishes at Sunday Masses on the BREWSTER EDGARTOWN ing to oppose the idea; 4,000 10- harm that might come ~o the ST. ELIZABETH OUR LADY OF THE,CAPE cal residents signed petitions Sisters' way of l~fe. Pastors at Sunday-9:00, 10:30 AM. (5:00 P.M. Masses: against the rezoning; and lay other parishes described the pro- Masses: Sunday~7:00, 8:30, 10:00, 11:30 AM., beginning June 30) members of Schenectady's Third posal and encouraged parjshionand 5:00 P.M._ Saturday Eve.-4:00 • 7:00 P.M. Order of Carmelites addressed ers to sign petitions of opposiSaturday Eve.-5:00 and 7:30 P.M. Daily-5:15 P.M. (Mon.-Fri.) the (city) council to oppose the ,tion on their way out of church. Daily-8:00 AM. except Wed. 7:30 P.M. Confessions-Saturday 2:30 - ~:30 P.M. motion. Every Schenectady parish sup· 'Earlier this year, the Univer- ported the Sisters. EAST BREWSTER FALMOUTH tical Corporation, a metal-castSisters Are Grateful ST. PATRICK ing concern, offered to purchase " , IMMACULATE CONCEPTION, the empty building which GE . When the cIty counCil met for Masses: Sunday-8:30, 10:00 A.M. Masses: Sunday-7:00, 9:00, 10:00, 11:15 and has had on the market for sev- Its vo~e, Poer~ch and others Saturday' Eve.-5:00 and 7:30 P.M, 5:30 P.M. cral years. The property was not made fmal appe~ls to the: me~ Saturday Eve-5:30 and 7:00P.M. zoned for heavy industry and bers. The counCil voted u~am BUZZARDS BAY Daily-7:00 A.M. - Saturdays 8:00 A;M. Univertical requested the city's mously to defeat the rezonmg. ST. MARGARETS planning commission to rezone Mother Mary Michael, p~ioress FALMOUTH HEIGHTS the two·acre property. The com- at the Monastery of St. Teresa Masses: Sunday~:OO, 9:00, 10:00, 11:00, 12 noon -and 7:30 P.M. ST. THOMAS CHAPEL mission approved the reqJest by of Jesus, said she and the other Saturday Eve.-5:00 and 6:30 P.M. a 6-2' margin. Sisters are grateful to the I?eople Masses: Sunday-8:00, 9:00, 10:00, 11:15 AM. Dilily-8:00 AM. I • • of Schenectady for defeating the Saturday-4:30 P.M. _ Begtns Campaign rezoning and assuring the Sisters Daily-8:00 AM. ONSET A long-time friend and attor- security in their life of prayer. Effective June 22-Subject to change ney of the Carmelites, Mathias' "We were concerned about the ST. MARY-STAR OF THE SEA future," Mother 'Mary Michael HYANNIS said. "We had no idea. what' ,I.1asses: Sunday-8:30, ,9:30, 10:30, 11 :30 AM. Claims Tests Tools Saturday-6:30 P.M. ST. FRANCIS XAVIER would happen if there was too Daily 9:00 AM. Of Discrimination much noise or smut. We' need Masses:~unday-7:00, 8:00, 9:00, 10:00, 11:00, DAYTON (NC) - Intelligence a silent, quiet atmosphere fo'r 12:00 AM. purCENTERVILLE and achievement tests are up- our life-noise defeats Saturday Eve.-5:00 and 7:30 P.M. dated versions of "for whites pose. We might have been forced . Daily-7:00 and 8:00 AM. 'OUR L ~DY .OF VICTORY only" signs that once were fa- to move if heavy commercial inMasses: Sunday~7:00, 8:15, 9:30, 10:45, 12 noon miliar in some areas of .the dustry were nearby." YARMOUTH PORT Saturday Eve.-5:00 and 7:30 P.M. United States, in the opinion of ~ ~ ~ .. SACRED HEART Daily-7:00 and 9:00 A.M. James Stocks, director of the' Center for Afro-American AfFirst Fridays-Ultreya-8:00 P.M. Masses: Sunday-9:00, 10:00 A.M. 1 fairs at the Catholic University Saturday Eve.-5:00 P.M. of Dayton. WEST BARNSTABLE In a keynote address at a four· MARION Over 35, Years \ OUR LADY OF HOPE day seminar at the univers.ity for of Satisfied Service: ST. RITA 'Masses: Sunday-l0 A.M. and 4:30 P.M. teachers studying urban probReg. Master Plumber 7023 Masses: Sunday-8:30, 10:00, 11:15 AM. Saturday Eve.-4:30 P.M.. lems, Stosks attributed blackJOSEPH RAPOSA, JR. Saturday Eve.-5:00 and 6:30 P.M. white IQ. differences to differ~ 806 NO. MAIN STREET Daily-8:30 AM. ences in the black culture as op-' 1Fall River 675':7497 CENTRAL VILLAGE Friday-Benediction & Rosary 7:00 P.M. ~~~, posed to the white dominant culST. JOHN'THE BAPTIST ture. He said the assumption of MATTAPOISETT such tests is that if a chilld can Masses: Sunday-8:00, 9:00, 10:00, 11:00 AM. ST. ANTHONY learn certain fam,i1iar relationSaturday at 5:00 and 6:30 P.M. ships in his own culture, he can Masses: Sunday-7:30, 9:00, 10:00 (Folk Mass), Paily-9:00 AM. master certain concepts in the 11 AM. and 5:00 P.M. SEE US ABOUT Sunday Masses Parish Hall:' 9:30 and school curriculum. This falsely Saturday-8:00 AM. - 4:30 and 7:00 P.M. 10:30 AM. presupposes, he said, that the Daily-8:00 an~ 9:00 A.M. (Mon.-Fri.) school is related to a child's CHATHAM background experiences. NANTUCKET HOLY REDEEMER "For the average black child, OUR LADY OF THE ISLE there often is a mismatching or Masses: Sunday-8:00, 9:00, 10:00, 11:00 A.M. Masses: Sunday-7:30, 9:30, 11:00 AM. and discontinuity between skills ac, Saturday Evening-5:00 P.M. 7:00 P.M. quired from his culture and those ':~areham Falmouth Plymouth Daily-8:00 AM. 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OAK BLUFFS SACRED HEART Masses: Sunday-8:00, 9:15, 10:30- AM. Saturday Eve.-5:15 & 7:00 P.M. Daily-7:00 AM.
ORLEANS ST_JOAN OF ARC Sunday-8:00, 9:00, 10:00, 11:00 AM. S,aturday Eve.-5:00 and 7:00 P.M. Daily-8:00 AM. Our Lady of Perpetual Help Novena-Wednesday Morning M~ss at 8:00 AM.
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Major Superiors Affirm Support for UFWA SALINAS (NC) - Members of the National Conference of Major Superiors of Men issued a statement reaffirming their support for the United Farm Workers of Amerjca (UFWA). At a press conference here in California they also reported on visits to farm workers and local Teamster Union officials. Their statement sai:d that it was by the resolution of their members, "approved in the various and diverse groupings of Religious orders, that we come
to bear witness with our brothers and sisters who are an· guished and continue to suffer injustice." "We come also." the statement said, "in that spirit of reconciliation so ardently exhorted by Pope Paul V[ in proclaiming the message of Holy Year. But we wish to make clear that the reconciliation of which the Holy Father speaks (and of which the fathers of Vatican U spoke) can never be equated with capitulation in our constant search far
justice. "We come from all parts of the country, being joined by heads and members of Religious orders in California, to give comfort and support to all "men of good will who work for a just solution to the farm labor dispute. This is a human as well as an economic problem which has plagued this area for so long, pitting brother against brother in communities which can again be restored to peace if the cries of "justice are heeded."
Mass Schedule for Summer Season NORTH EASTHAM 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. OSTERVILLE OUR LADY OF THE ASSUMPTION Masses: Sunday-7:00. 8:30, 10:00, 11:30 AM. Saturday Eve.-5:00 and 7:30 P.M. Daily-7:00 A.M. Confessions: Saturday.-4:00 - 5:00 P.M. SANTUIT ST. JUDE'S CHAPEL Masses: Sunday-7:30, 9:00 and 10:30 A.M. Saturday-5:00 P.M. Confessions: Saturday·-4:15· 5:00 P.M.
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 AM. and 9:00 AM. Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament follows the 7:00 AM. 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
MASHPEE QUEEN O:F ALL SAINTS Masses: Sunday-7:00, 8:30, 10:00, 11:30 AM. Saturday Eve.-5:00 and 7:30 P.M. Confessions: Saturday·--4:15 - 5:00 P.M.
WEST WAREHAM ST. ANTHONY Masses: Sunday-9:00, 10:30 AM. Saturday-7:00 P.M. Confessions: Y2 hour before Masses Schedule for July and August
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
WELLFLEET OUR LADY OF LOURDES Masses: Sunday-8:00, 9:00, 10:00, 11:00 AM. Saturday Eve.-6:00 and 7:30 P.M. Daily-7:30, 9:00 AM.
PROVINCETOWN ST. PETER THE APOSTLE Masses: Sunday-7:00, 9:00. 10:00. 11:00 AM.• 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. SAINDWICH 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 AM. SAGAMORE ST. THERESA Masses: Sunday-8:30. 9:30, 10:30. 11:30 AM. Saturday Eve.-6:00 P.M. SOUTH DARTMOUTH ST.. MARY Masses: Sunday-7:30, 9:00, 10:00, 11:00 AM. & 7:30 P.M. Saturday Eve.-5:15 P.M. Daily-7:00 AM. Saturdays only-8:00 AM. SOUTH YA,RMOUTH ST. PlUS TENTH Masses: Sunday-7:00, 9:00, 10:15, 11:30 AM. 7:00 P.M. Saturday Eve.-4:00 and 7:00 P.M. Daily-7:00 and 9:00 AM. BASS RIVER OUR LADY OF THE HIGHWAY Masses: Sunday-8:00. 9:30, 11 :00 A.M. Daily-8:00 AM. VINEYARD HAVEN ST. AUGUSTINE Masses: Sunday-8:00, 10:30 AM. Saturday Eve.-4:00 and 7:00 P.M. Daily-8:00 AM. (Mon.-Fri.) Confessions: Saturday-2:30 - 3:30 P.M.
TRURO SACRED HEART Masses: Saturday-7:00 P.M. SunCiay-9:00 AM. NORTH TRURO OUR LADY OF PERPETUAL HELP Masses: Sunday-8:00, 9:00, 10:00 and 11:00 AM. Saturday Eve.-6:00 P.M. WEST HARWICH
HOLY TRINITY Masses: Sunday-7:30, 9:QO. 10:30, 12:00 noon Saturday Eve.-5:00 & 7:00 P.M. Daily-9:00 AM. & 7:00 P.M. First Friday-Mass and Exposition 11:00 AM.
·THEANCHOR-Dioce::.e of Fall River-Thurs. July 25, 1974
Valparaiso Professor Criticizes Decline of Classical Studies CINCIN.NAT[ (NC) - The decline of classical studies has fostered on Western man a materialism that now makes him un· easy and unsure of himself, a classics professor told a meeting here. Prof. Edgar C. Reinke of Valparaiso (Ind.) University spoke of the "broadly humanizing" study of Greek and Latin in an address to the 27th national con· ference of the American Classical League (ACL), held at the College of Mt. St. Joseph. Dr. Robert E. Wolverton, prei;ident of Mt. St. Joseph, was re- ' elected national president of the ACL at ,the conference, which drew approximately 100 participants. Speaking on the influence of Quintilian, first-century Roman schoolman, Reinke pointed out that "this wise mentor repeatedly postulates as the first and foremost essential of liberal education ... the development of a sound moral character." Quintilian, the speaker cantinued, "constantly exhorts the teacher through study and interpretation of literary masterpieces rich in moral content, as well as through his own exemplary conduct, to inculcate in his students such ... virtues as
Lu'l'heran Church Elects President BALTIMOE (NC) - The "Rev. Dr. Robert J. Marshall was reelected president of the Lutheran Church in America during its recent biennial convention here. The election marks Dr. Mar· shall's second four-year term as president of the 3,' million member denomination, the largest branch of' Lutheranism in the United States. Dr. Marshall emphasized to the delegates the importance of ecumenical relationships "through which we maintain working relationships with all Christians."
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 AM. Saturday Eve.-7:00 P.M. Daily-8:00 AM. (9:00 A.NI. Sat. only) Confessions: Y2 hour before Sunday Mas,ses NORTH FALMOUTH (MeganseH) IMMACULATE CONCEPTION Masses: Sunday-8:00, 9:30, 11:00 A.M. Saturday Eve.-5:30 and 7:00 P.M. Daily-8:00 AM. (9:00 A.M. Sat. only) Confessions: Y2 hour before Sunday Masses Schedule June 22 to Labor Day
justice, honesty, fortitude and the control of the emotions," Reinke said that "Renaissance education, comprised of studies both Greek and Latin permeated with Christian concepts, for more than 300 years provided a way of life to countless numbers of students in Europe and America," Its aim, he said, wa<; to develop persons with "a sound character, a disciplined mind and a spirit of service to his fellow man." Desire of Possessing Reviewing the decline of classical studies, Reinke said: "The Industrial Revolution, with its, ever-increasing empha· sis on manufactured products, has from its inception in the last century fostered in VVestern man an inherent "cupiditas habendi" (desire of possession) to a degree that hI'.) finds himself' controlled by a managerial class whose principle is efficiency and a technological class whose principle is material progress. "Having torn himself loose from his cultural roots, contemporary man in America, now uneasy and unsure, is enveloped in a malodorius environment that he himself has polluted. Life no longer is to him a coherent ex· perience that once gave to his existence a meaning which inspired confidence. He has consequently lost respect for truth as a guide for conduct. And the material security guaranteed him as a member of one of a number of conflicting economic pressure groups has made him not happy and conte'nted, but restless and even more demanding. "Deriving no genuine satisfac· tion and pleasure from work, he still refuses to believe, at a time of dwindling material resources, that life can never be easy,"
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Says American Journali:sm 'The' Best in, the World' At our house the easiest way to start an argument when things begin to get a Httle dull at the dinner table is to praise (or criticize) the Washington Postfor its coverage ~f Watergate. The trouble is, however, that no one has yet dlscQvered a completely legll1 and nonInstruction on Communications violent 'Way of concluding an issued three years ago, with the , argument on' this subject. approval of Pope Paul VI, by the Victory, which is always Pontifical Commission for the sweet but never lasts very long, goes,· by sheer default, to the one who has the most staying power, synonymous in the los-
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er's vocabulary with fanatacism. The point is that people, praise the Lord, do, tend to get excited, if not fanatical, when they are talking about the press in general and, more specifically, about its. coverage of Watergate. My own brand of fanata.cism is aggressively slanted in favor of the press' and particularly in favor of the Wasliington Post. Long before Watergate hit the headlines, I was saying to anyone who would 'listen (meaning, at times anybody) that the Washington Post was the best daily newspaper in the United States. In the aftermath of Watergate, I find myself saying this with even greater emphasis and conviction. Time's ESSllY 'At this time; I would simply aqd, for good measure, that "American journalism is almost certainly the best in the world." That's a quote from Daniel P. Moynihan, U.S. ambassador to India. Coming from Pat, who can be very critical of the American press when he wants to be, it's a very high compliment indeed. In my opinion, it merits fJ'equent repetition from the house lops at a time when attacks on the press, as the JOly 8 issue of Time magazine put it, have become "mindless and reflexive." Time's recent essay, "Don't Love the Press, But Understand It," is one of the most balanced articles I have ever read on the relative strengths and weaknesses of American journalism. While defending the press against its more intemperate critics in and out of. the White House, Time gracefully concedes that the press has much to answer for and specifically chides it for being hypersensitive to criticism and a bit too self-righteous for its own good. On balance, however, Time concludes that while the press "should never expect to be loved or admired, ... it has a right to be understood, and too many Americans do not seem to understand what the press is about and what part it must play in the American system." , PlJstoral Instruction That reads almost like a verbatim quote from the Pastoral
Means of Communication. The commission spoke about the role of the press with sympathetic understanding of' the problems involved in gathering and dis· seminating news accurately and objectively. "those whose job it is to give the news," the comJitission wrote, "have a most difficult and responsible role to play. They face formidable obstacles and these obstacles will sometimes include persons interested in concealing the tmth." Therefore, the commission stated, "the recipients of information· should have a clear conception of the predicament of those that purvey information. They should not look for a superhuman perfection in the communicators." Time's essay and the Vatican's , pastoral instruction parallel one another on a number of additional questions, including freedom of the press, but Time's treatment of the latter subject is better-at least in terms of emphasis-than that of the pontifical cQmmission. The commission, while strongly endorsing freedom of the press, seems to open the door to a limited amount of cEmsorship in extreme 'cases. ,Time, on the other hand, takes the position that since "freedom of the press exists not for the pleasure and profit of journalists but for the benefit of the nation," it is better, in the words of Founding , Father James Madison, "to: leave a few of its noxious branches to their luxuriant growth, then, 'by pruning them away (through censorship), to inure the: vigor, of those yielding the proper fruits." Quick
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Ambassador Moynihan, despite his reservations about the performance of the press in certain areas, has made the, same point even more graphically, though from a somewhat different perspective. He has said that anyone who has flown about the world very much is aware that "the best quick test of the political nature of a regime is to read the local papers on arrival. If they are filled with bad news, 'you have landed in a libertarian society of sorts. If, on the other hand, the press is filled with good news, it is a fair bet that the jails will be filled with good men." To crib a rather maladroit expression from one of Lyndon Jqimson's more voluble White House aides: I would sleep a little better at night if I had any reason to think that the present Administration agrees with MoYnihan in this regard. In any event, a country in which a pa· per like the Washington Post can not only survive but prosper in the face of persistent White House opposition can't be all bad.
NAZARETH TODAY: A Nazareth resident carries a basket up one of the city's narrow,
dark streets towards an area where sunlight breaks through between old houses. The country village image of Jesus' boyhood is hard to find in the city today. But one remnant of theological history has been unearthed-the home where Mary received word that she would become the Mother of God. NC Photo.
• Nazareth Find Early Church Traces In NAZARETH (NC)-Nazareth, the boy Jesus, the country village on a hill top, the. ru,ral peace of the hidden life are part of us, like' a fuzzy childhood m·emory. In today's Nazareth this image is hard to find. At the top of the town is a wooded hill from which Jesus must have, ,caught his first glimpse .of the sea of Galilee. From there too can be seen the distant blue of the big sea-the Mediterranean-and a few miles to the' east majestic )\1t. Tabor rises skyward. from the fertile plain of Esdralon. But modern Nazareth, through shyness or secularity, seems a drab noisy town hiding it,S memories. Until a few years ago the Naz· areth of Jesus seems to have vanished. The understanding of Scriptur~ even was contested by some. The very word Nazarene, still used in modern Arabic for Christians, has earned long columns' of controversy in biblical dic-
Bishops' Meetings 'Set for Tokyo TOKYO (NC) -'- Two meetings designed to work out a pastoral plan in mass 'media for the future of Asia are scheduled to convene here in late July and early August. Sponsored by the Pontifical Commission for Social Communications, the meetings are also designed to assess the present situation of the social communications apostolate in each region and in the continent of Asia.
tionaries. Nazarene, indeed the geographical village, but also, perhaps more important a family grouri-the Nezer or scion of David, who kept their gEmeologies through the Babylonian and Assyrian exile to prove their royal link with the king of Ju· dah. Nazareth as a town was never mentioned in the Old Tes· tament, and Christian writers, even up to St. Jerome seem to have treated the town as unworthy of notice. The memory gap between Gospel and history seemed only to have been bridged 400 years after Our l.ord, when Western Christians call1e to build' a ba· silica. They called it "the house of Mary" but more as a memory than a historical site. In Western literature or in the monuments of earlier times there seemed no trace of an earlier church. One scholar had found a series of caves-a "veritable trogoldite 'city"and traces of graves. However, Nazareth seemed ,to retain little early traces of its <;laim to fame.
Since the Middle Ages, the Franciscan order has kept the shrine of Nazareth and preserved its memory of the Holy. Family. The strength of faith, and the stubbornness of possession gave the Franciscan owners enough courage and conviction in the 1950s to plan a huge' basilica on the traditional site of the Anunciation. A' worldwide campaign was launched for funds to clear the area of its unpretentious 18th-century church and build a monumental church worthy of the modern devotion to Mary. ELECTRICAL Contll"actors
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Diocesan Priests Building Priory in Adirondacks CHESTERTOWN {NC) .- Two from Bishop Edwin Broderick of priests began working full-time Albany, Father Newton left the July 1 for a bui'lding contractor Albany diocese in September, here in New York to acquire 1972 to share in the work and skills they will need for con- prayer of the Benedictine monks structing their vision of the past at Weston. 10 years, a Benedictine priory. "I went to Weston for the In 1964, while completing their personal experience of examintheological studies for thE: priest- ing monasticism," he said, "open hood at Our Lady of Angels to the possibility of staying Seminary in Glenmont, N.Y., Fa- there, but also open to the posther Michael Newton and Father sibility of returning." John Kirwin discussed the need Last summer, Father Kirwin for monastcism in the Albany joined Father Newton at Weston diocese. It was during those priory. They discerned the need also to serve the people of the Albany weeks together that they fodiocese as secular priests, and cused on working out a practical they were ordained in May, 1966. plan of action' for founding a The idea of founding a mon- Benedictine monastic community astic community remained a vi- in the Albany diocese. One of their first steps was sion as they began their active to find a suitable location, easministries. Father Newton pointed out ily accessible by car but secludthat he was introduced to Bene- ed. To date, they have obtained dictine monastecism by Father a mortagage for 101 acres of land, located on a mountain beKerwin. "In 1965, John took me to the tween Loon Lake and iFriends Priory of St. Benedict in Weston, Lake in the Adirondacks near Va. for a day," Father Newton Chestertown. said. "It was my first e,,:perience Although working full-time in of monasticism, other than read- manual labor this summer, Faing about it in Church history." ther Newton and Father Kirwin He was lured even more will begin living a monastic life strongly to monasticism,. he add- . style with early mornings devoted, when he served as chaplain ed to communal prayer, meditafor the cloistered Carmelite Sis- tion, and Mass and with evenings ters in Schenectady, N.Y. devoted to vespers, discussions, Upon obtaining permission recreation, and' night prayer.
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but she said she never thought a Catholic school salary would., Sees Hardship Anyone who takes a job in the Catholic schools for the sake of its salary is ridiculous ...," Mrs. DiFonzo said. "I'm teaching here because I believe in Catholic education." Father Bennett said that the lower salary would probably cause hardship to some of the teachers and their families. After commenting on the financial difficulties associated with the present skyrocketing inflation, he added, "We certainly won't mandate a payroll cut; neither do we feel it fair to accept this current, generous offer." Those teachers who feel strongly about refusing the raise, Father Bennett suggested, could donate the money to the' parish and claim it as a tax deduction. "We're impressed with the level of their commitment," he con¡ tinued. "However, both the Diocesan Accounting Office and the school office feel that every teacher is entitled,to her salary. What they do with it is up to them."
Postal Rate Bin WASHINGTON (NC) - President Nixon signed into law June 30 a bill that somewhat relieves the burden of postal rate increases on certain mail users, including Catholic magazines and newspapers. Under the legislation, nonprofit, second-class mail users, including most Catholic publications, would have 16 years to adjust to, scheduled postal rate hikes instead of the 10year phase-in period previously allowed.
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Lay Teacher's i'n Catholic School Reject Raise -- Receive It Anyway BROOK,LYN (NC) - Ten lay teachers at Our Lady of Solace School here have asked not to receive a planned $200 raise, but school officials will grant the raise anyway. The request by the teachers was made to lessen the financial burden on the school, which was solvent during the 1973-74' school year. However, officials are predicting a deficit for the coming year. 'Father Austin Bennett, director of the Brooklyn Diocesan Finance Committee, in rejecting the teachers' proposal said, "Theirs was a beautiful gesture of commitment, but the fact is that if they're working, they should be paid for it." Lorraine DiFonzo, who initiated the proposal endorsed by the entire lay faculty, explained the action in these words: "I love teaching and I want to continue teaching in Our Lady of Solace School. It's great to be in a school where you have both the administration and the parents behind you. I sense a clearly different atmosphere in the neighborhood public schools and have no desire to teach in them, no matter what their salary. I want this school kept open." Mrs. DiFonzo, who has taught at Our Lady of Solace since her graduation from Brooklyn College three years ago, talked with , the other teachers about their raise, and they all agreed that they would rather see the money go to the school. Although the raise will give her an extra five dollars per week, ,Mrs. DiFonzo said she did not feel any great need for the J,11oney. That would not make her rich,
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PURPOSE-For the spiritual, educational, and recreational well being of boys in this age bracket. To keep boys occupied in wholesome outdoor . activities during the Summer months. EQUIPMENT-All types of athletic equipment is available along with boats with our .water safety program. Also a fine arts and crafts program is offered. MEALS-Campers carry their own noontime lunch. They are provided with milk. In ,mid-afternoon they are provided with milk and cookies at no extra cost. PROGRAM-Campers engage in all types of athletic events and water safety instruction at our new pool. A field trip is arranged once a week which is included in the $15.00 fee.
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The Parish. Parade
THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Thurs. July. 25, 1974
F'ublicity chairmen of parish organizatlo~s ere asked to submit news· items for th,s column to The Anchor, P, O. Box 7, Fall River, 02722. Name of city or town shOUld be include,j, as well as full 1~'e~ of all ~clivilies. I'lease send news of future rather than past events.
Jackson's Book Explains American Judicial System I
IMMACULATE CONCEPTION, FALL RIVER The annual parish picnk will be held 01) Sunday, July 28 at Our Lady of the Lake Camp, - East Freetown from 10 a.m. to 7 in the evening. Refreshments will be available and games and raffles will form part of the day's program. Donations of prizes and canned goods for the raffles may be left in the church hall anytime before Sunday.
"Justice is what my gut says it is." "Why do we have laws?" "To punish people." The court's job is "to determine appropriate punishment for people the poli~e say have violated the law." These are American judges speaking, as , quoted in Donald Dale .' Jackson's book "Judges" ~o see tha~ the Ju?ge~ arc Judged: that IS, that there IS pro(Atheneum, 162 E. 38th St., fessional scrutiny of their perNew York, N.Y. 10016. ,433 formance, with job t~nure dcpages. $10). "This book is an attempt to illuminate the character and quality of American judges," the author says. "My
Iy IT. REV. MSGR. JOHN S.
KENNEDY premise is that we ought to know more than we do about any group of people with such power over our lives." , He concentrates on judges as people:, who they are, how they got to the bench, how they see their jobs, how they see themselves and their fellow citizens. He cannot say whether- the judges about whom he writes are typical. ) A Sampling
What he tries to do is to get a broad sampling: judges on various levels, from the 'justice of the peace, to the justice of the U.S. Supreme Court;' judges in several parts of the country; judges of different political backgrounds. And, of course, judges who would grant him access, would allow themselves to, be interviewed, and would allow him to observe some of the workings c;m the judicial system. One thing which, all judges have in common is that politics has much to do with their being chosen for office. They are products of the political arena. They are no't necessarily the best lawyers, but "the best of those. who nave divided their careers between law and politics." Even on the ,Federal bench, a lawyer without political connections can find no place. Some judges are appointed, some elected. There are flaws in both methods. It is often presumed that better selections result when bar associations have 'a voice in the matter. But as one , judge p~ts it, "Bar' politics is just as fierce as public politics, and less open." Judges Are Judged' To be deplored is the lack of training for the job which char. acterizes men ..,who become judges. it is only in the last decade that some serious effort has been made to provide judieial education. The author studied its operation when he attended se~ sions of the National College of ,the State Judiciary in Reno. There, and at about a dozen other .centers, judges come together to hear lectures and to hold discussions. There is a growing movement
pendent on the quality of performance. Watchdog commissions and discipline commissions are on the increase. I
"My impression," s,ays Mr. Jackson, "is that between 30 and 40, per cent of state trial-court judges are unfit to sit On the federal trial bench, I would estimate the figure to be ~bout 10 per cent. But the best judges are, to his mind, the fin~st of our public :servants. Mr. Jackson speculat~s' about the attributes which made a good - judge: knowledge of the, law, for example, and willingnes~ to suspend judgment until all' the evidence is in. But basically "the qualities of a good jU,dge are the qualities of a good man ... it must be the depth and texture of his humanity that qualify and define the judge."This is probably what Curtis BOk meant when he said that the law must be kept personal. The conscientious juqge, the author suggests, i.s always questioning himself. Is he egotistical? Does he tend to be a tyrant? Does he treat everyone l fairly? Is his own mood or h'is own weakness the determining factor in "his decisions? Is what: he dispenses "gastronomic jurisprudence?" Is he too much concerned with personal publicity?' I
Heavy Burd_en ; The heaviest burden ;of the job for a good judge is sentencing. It is "the agony and the essence of judging." Judges have great leeway here, more So than in Europeal! countr,ies. "Npt only do you not know jf you're doing right," says a New York I judge. "You know you're never doing right." And another judge declares, "It's a puzzle and i a torment." Mr. Jackson describes the reactions of judges who ha,:,e voluntarily spent a short t{me in a' jail or a prison in order to discover at first hand what it means to be confined in: such places, a!:1d those of other Judges who have gone into these institutions to converse with prisoners, The conditions usually appalled them, and they found that 'a real exc!lange of ideas was virtually impossible - they and the inmates have been from two different worlds. We shOUld, at this poin't, re.' turn to Mr. Jackson's warning that he has not made an exhaustive study of the American jud'kial system. Bearing th,at in mind, one can say that he has, thrown much light upon it., No justice this side of heaven' is perfect. But the administration of justice in America coul'd be far .better than it now is, and far more in keeping with Aineri'can principle and potential, ' ,
NAMED: Miss Karen Elizabeth Schreier of Flandreau, S.D., has been named Outstanding Junior Catholic Daughter of America. '
ST. ANTHONY OF PADUA, FALL RIVER Sunday, August 11, the parish will hold its annual family picnic at Holy Ghost grounds, Sodom Road, Westport. Mr. and Mrs. John J. Silvia are co-chairmen. Lauzaro Sardinha will be in charge of a kitchen ,serving American and Portuguese food, and games and special raffles will be held. An old-fashioned Portuguese auction will be featured, to which pari~hioners are urged to donate prizes. Manuel Camara will be auctioneer. Our 'Lady of Light band will entertain at 2:30 p.m. Buses will leave the church parking lot at 11 a.m., noon and I :30 p.m. and return ,in the evening as they are filled. Leo Tavares is, in charge of transportation of arrangements.
ST. PATRICK, FALMQlJTH The Women's Guild will sponsor a theatre 'party Thursday night, Aug. 15at Falmouth Play- -HOLY TRINITY, house, where Constance Towers WEST HARWICH and Michael Allison will appear The annual summer fair conin "Oh, Coward!" a musical fea- ducted by the Ladies Association turing the work or-Noel Coward. of the Sacred Hellrts will take Members and their guests will place from 3 to 9 "p.m. Saturday VATICAN CITY (NC)-Pope meet cast members. Reservations in the school building on Route Paul "'has never received finanmay be made with Mrs. Edward 28, West Harwich. Heading a cial contr,ibutions from the CIA", Weil, telephone 548-1782 or Mrs. large committee is Mrs. F. Vatican, City's daily newspaper William Holzman, 548·8603. Kastner, who announces that declared July 8. booths will include jewelry, food, L'Orservatore Romano's denial stuffed toys, knit goods, aprons, referred to a' report published Sr. JOSEPH, gifts and Christmas items.• by, the Italian newsweekly Pan- ATTLEBORO The third anual summer festiorama in its May 2 issue. It called the report "altogether val will take place this weekend, Lutherans Reject beginning tomorrow night and false." , The Vatican City daily stated: \ continuing all day Saturday and TitJe of Bishop "His Holiness Pope Paul VI, from I p.M. on Sunday. Proceeds BkLT:IMORE (NC) - The use has never received financial con- will benefit the church renova- of the title "bishop" was retribut40ns from the CIA} or from tion fund. jected at the Lutheran Church other unknown sources, neither Bunk beds are needed by a in America's seventh biennial when he served at the Secreta~ parish family. Anyone able to convention here. riat of State, I)or when he was donate these items may contact A proposal to use the title Archbishop of Milan, nor after- the rectory. failed to gain the two-thirds mawards." jority needed for adoption. ST. GEORGE, In 1972, a recommendation to Orphanage to Close WESTPORT' change the title of the 33 synodiLODl (NC) Immaculate The Women's Guild will spon- cal presidents to "bishop" and Conception Home, which has cared for homeless children for sor a flea market from 11 in the' that of the president of the Lu65 years, 'will be phased out this' morning until 6 in the evening theran Church in America (LCA) summer, the Felician Sisters of on Sunday, Aug. 18 in the to "presiding bishop" also failed to gain the two-thirds majority l.odi announced here in New church hall. Clothing, furniture, books, required for approval. Jersey. Closing of the home was caused, according to officials of bric-a:brac, and many other In 1970, the LCA's Commisthe orphanage, by the recent items will be featured. sion on the' Comprehensive sharp decline in the number of Mrs. Jeanne Forest, chiJ,irman, Study of the Doctrine of the children Who are placed in the may be cimtacted at 636-4817 Ministry recommended adoption orphanage. for further details. of the title "bishop."
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KNOW YOUR FAITH They Struggle For Independence By Eugene S. Geissler
past, no ears for the wisdom of age or the voice of experience, no regC!"rd for the lessons of history. It was like an earthquake if you had children in the vulnerable age brackets. If you didn't, you could brush it off and philosophize about it. It has always been like that. Parents are the most vulnerable people of. all, always standing there where the earth opens up, in this case just opposite their vulnerable children. Sin as Explanation
Then all of a sudden there was this chasm, a mile wide and a fathom deep, and all we could do was holler at each other from opposite sides. Nor was whispering any better because we had lost our ability to listen to each other. The hardest thing to un· derstand was where this chasm between us had come from, because it seemed only yesterday that we were going along blissfully side by side able to talk to each other and make ourselves understood. As has been suggested, it is Someone finally gave a name to it and called it the generation not to be explained by the mere gap. It needed a new name be· and normal process of growing cause the old names of "growing up and away from the family toup" and "breaking away," "de- ward independence. That has claring your independence" and been going on from time imme"making it on your own" were morial without too much convulall too small to say. it complete- sion. Nor is it to be explained ly, didn't have teeth enough for by the idealism of youth. Every the big bite of new reality. "Re- generation has had its hopes and bellion," "revolution," "doing dreams for a better world, for your thing," "staying loose" brotherhood, for salvation. Real and "playing it cool"-was more democracy, real Christianity, the like it. Freedom, sweet freedom, . impossible dream of rising above was the new god after the old the human condition to be like one was dead. With the old one God is reborn in each new man died duty and obedience and rev- and especially does it show up erence and a standard to meas· when man is young. No, these two things do not ure yourself against. With the new one came love and detach· explain the generation gap. In ment and noncommitment and desperation for an explanation the measure of man within him- I almost want to say that only self: "I don't feel it's right," sin can explain it. That' sounds "I don't feel it's wrong," "No too easy and old-fashioned, of one can tell me what is right or course, yet when I think of the wrong," "How do' I know unless divisiveness of the generation I try it?" A generation 'without gap, the contentions, the bitterfathers, someone said, which ness and resentment, the quarmeant no connections with the Turn to Page Fourteen
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A Christian Perspective
The problems we usually clus· each person, but in a process ter together under the title, "the that continues now and in which generation gap," are so urgent . all of us, singly and corporately, and so far-reaching in a life cocreate what mankind is desof Christian faith, that we are tined to be in Christ. But what driven to seek understanding in is ·it to be in the likeness of a theological context. Generation God? Basically it means to be gap is a. situation that cripples creative, to make sense out of chaos, to bring realities not yet dreamed of into existence by love, to make the impossible possible by the gift of self, to be free of the chain of causality By that binds the non-spiritual world. MONIKA K. Conditioned Freedom It is not simply the individHELLWIG ual human being but mankind that is in the likeness of God. Each human individual IS ofcommunities at all levels of com- fered freedom and the power plexity-families, churches, na- of creation, but not in an unlimtions, businesses. But it also ited, unco·nditioned way. We are cripples individuals-in their per- called into existence in a world sonal integration, in their appro- where the freedom of each is priation of values, in their conditioned by the freedom of growth in faith and prayer, in others. The destiny of each is the development towards auton- contained within the destiny of omy and creativity. mankind.. God's call to share in A Christian perspective on the creating the futupe goes out to generation gap problems seems all mankind. .To exclude others to begin with the understanding from decision-making, to domiof the doctrine of creation-un- nate, to cut off the future that derstanding in more than an in- might be created by others, is tellectual sense. Mankind is to destroy one's own freedommade in the image and likeness to hem it in by fear of the future of God, not once and for all long that others might want to create, ago, repeated as ·n blueprint for Turn to Page Fourteen
Building .Bridges By Bro. Michael Warren, C.S.P. Is there such a thing as a Generation Gap? I would think so, especially after having listened to. hundreds of parents over the past few years during seminars on adolescent crises. The gap was also clearly reflected in many of the young people I have spoken with or received letters from. It is a sad situation. Both the young people and. their parents care about each other. Each group wants to be understood and loved by the other. Yet at times there seems to be an unbridgeable gulf between them. That's the generation gap. It i~ a painful reality iil many homes. And yet the matter is not as simple as all that. Distinctions have to be made if. we are to understand what the generation gap is all about. I find there are actually two very different kinds of gaps between the generations. There is the personal generation gap and the cultural generation gap. Let me illustrate. Cultural Gap Barbara is 19. For the past two years she worked as a laborer on a construction gang ncar Washington. Now she is ready to enter college as a fine arts major, She explained that she went into construction because she believes women must begin to break down the stereotypes society has imposed on them. Ideologically ther:e is a chasm between Barbara and her dad. His political philosophy and many of his values are miles reo moved from Barbara's. Appar· ently, the two of them love to argue with each other about these matters. In Barbara's case there is a cultural gap between her and her dad. Her attitudes and certain of her values are quite different' from his. In high school she absorbed a good deal of radical literature and engaged in intense consciousness - raising sessions with her friends. As a result, she approaches many matters from a different angle than her father. And yet, there is no personal distance between these two persons. They love to argue with each other because they love one another. 'I've seen them shout at each other over presidential conduct, before sitting down to laugh and carryon over pizza. They seem to trust one another, because each has given the other clear signs of caring. In .Barbara's case, then, there is a cultural gap but not a personal one. Personal Gap Tom is 16 and a day student at a Catholic military school. Tom's values and basic attitudes appear close to those of his career-officer father and of his mother whose best friends for the past 20 years have ,been wives of army officers. Tom himself reflects the earnestness and dependability Qile might expect of an army family's son. He is also idealistic and very generous. One would judge that Tom's values, so far at least, are much closer to those of his parents than are-
,-, CHASM: "Then all of a sudden there was this chasm, a mile wide and a fathom deep, and all we could do was holler at each other from opposite sides." The generation gap-a deep chasm. NC Photo. Barbara's to hers. And yet all is not well between Tom and his parents. His mother complained to me that Tom doesn't know what real obedience is. He fails to come home at the agreed-on time when he is out :ate at night. He is also getting surly and abrasive, to the point· of answering his father back, Tom's father feels that Tom has had everything too easy and takes too much for granted. "Tom doesn't know the meaning of respect."
Tom's story, however, is that his father has always treated him like an army private. At 10 it was possible to give noquestions-asked obedience, but not at 16. Tom claims his parents really don't trust him and that they always suspect he is getting into trouble. Their conTurn to Page Fourteen
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THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Thurs. July 25, 1974
A Christian Perspec.tive God as we have come to know it in our lives, our own experience and that of our people. But one cannot see God, or project any image of God. Only mankind can really offer us the image of God. We call God Father, because in the experience of parenthood, male' and female, we can sometimes recogni2ie not the verbal explanations but ,the very experience of the creativity of God. Yet the quest for this experi· ence is badly hampered by the history of sin. If parenthood, authorship, authority, in our world is charatecized by bullying, then God is only glimpsed as the biggest, most arbitrary bully of all. If parenthood and authority arc 'characterized by reluctance to shoulder responsibility, unwill· Continued from Page Thirteen ingness to make judgments and cern, he thinks, is not. his wel- ,decisions and uncertain~y about fare' but the' family reputation. the worth of traditional values, Around this family's dinner ta- then God can only be experible, a visitor sees the personal enced as terribly absent or dead. generation gap at work. Polite- It can really only be· when parness .abounds, but there are few enthood and authority are in the signs of deep caring. They don't pattern of the householder who ~isten to one another. They exconfidently brings out of the press little interest in one an-, storehouse both old things and other's activities and concerns. new, that God will be alive in In this family there is a serious His people as a creative force personal gap between tne gener- summoning human persons to ations, though not much of a growth in that freedom by which' cultural gap. they do not threaten one ano,ther. Adults as Bridge Builders Bridges ~ustbe built from Christian Guarantee both sides. At least that was For Christians, the guarantee the conclusion I, came to as I that this is possible at all is in watched the Verrazano Bridge the experience of the resurrecbeing built in the early 1960s tion of Christ-the experience in Brooklyn; And yet, bridge- of the rebirth of the believer, building is easiest when done when his capacity for perception from the more solid and' more ac- of the world explodes ,into a cessible side. Though many will wholly new realm of possibiliobject to hearing it, I feel adults ties. have the greater responsibility In the experience of the resurin the matter of building bridges rection of Jesus, the believer between the generations. After 'opens his eyes, and it dawns on all, they have more experience him for the first time that God ,and should have greater cOInpas- is like Jesus, that in thi~ man sion and broader understanding. we can really see the image of Also, one might expect adults to God faithfully reflected an,d that be more skilled at showing clear this offers us a new style both signs of caring for the young. of fatherhood and of sonship. The young need verbal and non- It offers a radically changed verbal signs of affirmation: com- agenda for this history of the pliments on theIr achievements, world we, have yet to shape. words of affection, interest in But eadi generation and each their ideas, and occasionally, the person is ,at OIice part qf the kind of anger that says, "I care creation that already has a hisabout you enough to be annoyed tory of sin and redemption beat your behavior." hind it" and is at the same time The stuff out of which bridges a new creation having to achieve between people are constructed its own freedom by its own reis human caring. The bridges sponse and personal growth. constructed of love easily span There is no way that thiS can the generations. I know such happen without tension and conbridges can span multiple gen- flict and struggle. The founda'erations. I have seen teens and tion of our response, to our huelderly persons rejoice in one an· man vocation is to 'keep 'comother's company and peacefully munications open with the: condialogue about one another's val- stant effort to bring to the diaues. Barbara's and her dad's dia- logue confidence in the truth of logues were similar, only much our experience and inherited wislouder. dom, and respect for the truth of If one of the goals of parish- others. ' catechetical p'rograms is to foster community, catechists must Administrator • examine anew what they can do OR<LANDO (NC)-Msgr. Irvine to foster inter-generational bridges of live. New approaches Nugent has been named adminto family religious education are istrator of the Orlando diocese to, but a first step. Some. par.ishes succeed by the diocesan board of have dropped separate programs consultors until a successor is for older adolescents, who now named to succeed Bishop Wilattend the programs for adults. liam D. Borders, installed' as Whatever the initiatives, there archbishop of Baltimore June, 26. is much than can be done to Msgr. Nugent a native of Ireland, bridge the spaces between per- is also rector of St. Charles', casons w/1o need to love one thedral here and was president of the pres'bvterate when named another.' Our model is the creativity of to administer the dioese.
PHILADELPHIA (NC) - Cardinal John Krol of Philadelphia blasted as "callous and incomprehensible" the veto of an abortion control bill by Pennsylvania Gov. Milton J. Shapp.
Continued from Page Thirteen by ignorance of the truth they are able to reflect, by deprivation of mutual support and companionship in the task. But we know that we are created within a history that is already distorted by sin, by the consequences of evil deeds. We are not born into a situation of fresh and wide open possibilities. Our vocation to freedom, to cre· ativity like that of God, unfolds within a tangle of false expectations, inauthentic structures, and relationships, hollow utterances and disordered values. How does anyone grow towards freedom within such a context?
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The governor "has brushed a~ide the democratic process" and- "disregarded the will of the people as expressed through their elected representatives') in vetoing the bill, Cardinal Krol charged in a three-page state· 'ment issued here.
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NEW FREEDOM: ." 'Rebellion,' 'revolution,' 'doing your own thing,' 'staying loose,' and 'playing it cool'-was more like it. Freedom, sweet freedom, was the new god after the old one was dead." A symbol of revolution, Patricia Hearst holds a submachine gun as she stands before the seven-headed cobra of the Symionese Liberation Army which kidnaped her' and eventually converted her to its !hinking apparently. NC Photo.
They Struggle F'or Indtependence Continued from Page Thirteen rels and the misunderstandings . . . only sin seems a sufficient cause: the sin of the world, the sin of society, the sin of parents, the sin of the, children, the evil abroad in the land. If this were a long article, I would try and name these sins because I think they can be named. But that would only be half of it. There is ,another half and it is more important. What has happened has shaken us all and made us rethink our ways and reexamine our values. That is god. We have' a lot to think about as part of the generation gap, and tomorrow the world will be better for it. I Permissiveness For one thing, we have come to realize that instruction and education have their limits. The .intellectual approach, whatever its merits, has nO,t been enough to make Christians out of most 'of us. To Christianize a generation in today's world needs something more radical-like direct experience of God and Christian communities. 'The commune movement and the Jesus movement, radically conceived and notorious in their early manifestations, have been a motivation to think in new terms. For a second thing, many of us have had second thoughts about our "permissiveness," though we riever called it that. We tended to follow'the advice of experts and authorities about "freedom" and "creativeness" good things in themselves-but not as good, for a child as firmness and direction, along with tender loving care. -Parents should have trusted their own parental instincts more. The, failure contributed to the generation gap. All the talk about "having to get my head together" by so many young pe0p,Je might have
been unnecessary with firmer, more self-assured parents. To Forgive Is Divine Thirdly, it has reconverted many. parents to the Lord. Perhaps many of the children too in the long run will turn to the Lord. There is a certain helplessness and desperation about the generation gap that has made us call' on the nilme of the Lord in our distress. And, of course the Lord has heard us like he always does when we turn to him and call upon him. The' evidence of his Spirit at work is all around us. We are experiencing God's help. Lastly, there before us all stands the need to forgive and to be forgiven. The children of course never knew how they were hurting their parents, and parents perhaps haven't realized how -their children have been scarred by the division. Our need to forgive and be forgiven is great, and no matter whether , this . process begins with child or parent, each has in his own hands to do at least half of it. For, this there is great reward. Only a few days ago I read the following in an unpublished manuscript on "the healing of memories": "I have seen people shuffle into the psychiatrict clinic with long lists of physical symptoms which evaporate one by one as they forgive their parents." It probably applies also to parents forgiying their children. To forgive is divine; and that is part of the power of forgiveness.
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The bill, called the Abortion Control A~t, demanded parental consent for abortion in the case of pregnant women under 18, and a husband's permission in the case of married women, unless the procedure is necessary to save the woman's life. It also required physicians to determine whether the, fetus is viable..,-able to live outside the womb. When there is a "reasonable possibility" that the fetus is viable, the bill said, an abortion can be performed only to save the woman's life, and then precautions must be taken to try to preserve the child also, if possible. The Pennsylvania House of Representatives passed the bill 147-41 on July 10. The follow· ing day the Senate voted 44-3 in favor of the bill. Gov. Shapp issued, his veto July 12, declaring that the proposed law "clearly violates the Supreme Court decision and thus the U.S. Constitution by authorizing husbands or parents to force a woman to continue a pregnancy beyond the first trimester (three-month period), de· spite !tel' decision and that of her physician to terminate the pregnancy." Remember
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even if you have a program. John Hughes was a truculent, ab.Ie, fierce, charismatic bishop (and then archbishop) of New York in the middle of the last century. He was also in his declining years apparently able to put away the that this demand is part of the tradition of protest against "creature" with the best of same the failure of public schools to them. He organized a Cath- respond to the needs of poor im-
olic political party (which lost), . migrants that dates back to John" set up the parochial schools as a Hughes. response to the nativism of the Alternative System public schools of his day, and, In other words, the local. school board of Ocean Hill that stirred up so much controversv in New York several years ag~ is in some fashion the legitimate Iy descendant of John Hughes. The latter worthy, one suspects, REV. would be surprised but then pleased. His next step, of course, ANDREW M. would be to make an im"mediate alliance with the blacks. But that GREELEY kind of political savvy went out of the American Church threequarters of a century ago. when told during a nativist riot Mills could have pushed the that the churches were in danger point further if he had wanted of being burned, responded by to. Catholic schools to this day snapping, "Whose churches?" represent the only major alterIn most of the "liberal" in- native school system with local terpretations of American Cath- community control. Indeed, if· olic history, Hughes emerges as you want to find schools in the something of a villain-a. hot- black neighborhoods of the large tempered, unpolitic leader of the cities presided over by duly Church Belligerent, if not the elected school boards, chosen by Church Berserk. The last thing the parents of the students, you in the world you would expect need only go to one of the hunis to find Hughes looking Ijke dreds of Catholic schools in the a hero in an article written from inner city. Community control the radical perspective in a left- is not just a myth or a utopia· wing journal. that must be sought by radical Still, Nicolaus Mills, in an ar- political action. It is a reality in ticle "Community Schools: the parochial school down the Irish, Italians and Jews," in a street.. BLESSING FOR ANIMALS: Animals and their friends gather on the steps of historic Note that it is this same comrecent issue of "Society," makes mission San Diego de Alcala for the Blessing of the Animals ceremony, one of the highlights a hero out of Hughes - along munity-controlled local school, providing an alternative for of a two day fiesta marking" the 205th anniversary of the parish's founding by Father Juniwith the Jewish community school leader Julia Richman and black parents, that the Justices pero Serra. NC Photo. Burger and Powell would dearthe Italian Leonard Covello. AI" ly like to put out of business guing for the legitimacy of black and Latino demands for local because, as the latter has sug-" community control, Mills shows gested, they are imposed on people by the constraints of ecclesiM~LWAUKEE (NC)-Spanish"The feeling of security is all- school. "That makes the matter astical discipline. Nativists have speaking students here are crydoubly difficult," sh/e noted. Religion Teachers changed all that much since the ing for help according to Sister important," Sister Rodriguez exSisler Rodriguez found that plained. "You must be able to days of John Hughes. children had mixed success in Mercedes Rodriguez, a na-tive of Most Innovative to English-speaking Colombia and a recent graduate handle your mother tongue be- relating Still Alive RACINE (NC)-Jesuit Father fore you go into another lan- classmates. While some found I don't blame NicOlaus Mills of the bilingual and bicultural John Swartz believes most innovation in education is spurred for saying merely that John program at University of Wis- guage." Many of the children she acceptance. 'others were - and encountered are not sufficiently are-discriminated against. She by religion instructors, and that Hughes' community - controlled consin-Milwaukee. versed in their own language. believes that many children are While enrolled in the school of their developments in multi- schools are a past experience media techniques sel a good ex- which has "not only much to education in 1972, Sister Rodri- Complicating this inadequacy is neglected because of cultural ample for other types of educa- teach us about the educational guez-a member of the Sisters of the need to learn English in misunderstanding. and political accountability of" the Divine Savior-deoided to tional programs. but a history that en- look at the problems faced by schools Father Swartz, of YoungsSpanish-speaking children in town. Ohio, participated in a courages a community control those Milwaukee schools where movement suited to the present." summer institute on "Man ToEnglish was spoken exclusively. day to Christ" recently at Siena He's absolutely right, of course: At the end of her semester. and why should it occur to him center here. that Hughes' community-con- long studies she reached these Sponsored by the Milwaukee trolled schools are still alive and conclusions and believes they rearchdiocesan office of religious well in Harlem, th~ South Side main valid. education, the two-week seminar of Chicago, and other inner city There's a lot to like about Fernandes Super Markets . . . ~Spanish-speaking people suf\ was attended by I '60 Religious, districts around the country? fer from a lack of confidence in Serviced Fish and Deli, Serviced In· store Bake Shops, clergy and laity from Wisconsin Most Catholic liberals and not themselves. and eight otller states. Father a_ few of those great visionaries Lunc:heonettes, Convenient Oustomer Rest Rooms. Try us .•. -Their housing affects their Swartz, teacher, author, lectur- who preside over Catholic edu- children's education: "The chilYou'll like us, tool er and communications special- cation are unaware of this aspect dren of parents who owned a ist, said in an interview that of Catholic schools. home felt secure in schools," she religious educators are expected On the contrary, in most lib- said. "Those who paid rent had to take the lead to innovate be- eral Catholic circles John Hughes children who felt less secure. The cause "they have so much at is a villain for starting Catholic people on welfare felt lost, their . stake in the Church today." schools, and one suspects that children included. All members He is convinced that modern many Catholic educational ad- of the community were very media techniques being used by ministrators, being barely able strong on religious beliefs but catechetical instructors will in- to read and write, have heard they still haven't found a way to 32 Stores in Southeastern Massachusetts" . fluence those involved in other only vaguely of John Hughes satisfy those beliefs. areas of the teaching profession. and not at all of the current ~Spanish-speaking pare n t s OPEN DAILY 8 a.m. - 9 p.m. He cited effective use of films, community-control movement. want their children to have a slides. records, posters, maps, Or, as my friend, Peter Rossi, good education, but their chilMONDAY thru SATURDAY sound trucks and other creative used to put it, there are a lot dren have diffioulty being underof ironies in the fire. skills. stood in school.
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