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Cardinal Hume And Anglicans LONDON (NC) - Cardinal George Basil Hume of Westminster has urged a careful new look by Rome at Pope Leo XIII's 19th-century declaration that Anglican orders are null and void. Hejilso said he thinks it is urgent for Anglican and Roman Catholic authorities to consider the three agreed statements on the Eucharist, on ministry and ordination, and on authority - drawn up in recent years by the Anglican-Roman Catholic International Commission. The cardinal made his comments in a long exclusive interview with Douglas Brown, former religious affairs correspondent of the BBC, in the July 28 issue of the Anglican weekly, Church Times. Cardinal Hume pointed out that the history and background of the papal bull, "Apostolicae Curae," in which Leo XIII condemned Anglican orders, had to be studied very carefully. "I could not in practice dismiss all Anglican orders as 'null and void,'" he added, "because I kn{)W that a number of Anglican bishops have in fact had the presence at their ordination of an Old Catholic or an Orthodox bishop - that is, somebody who, in the traditional theology of our church, has been ordained according to a valid rite.
The birth of five-pound, 12ounce Louise Brown, the world's first test tube baby, and the events that led up to it promise to keep the medical community and Catholic moral theologians talking for quite a while. Condemned by several Catholic moral theologians, the procedure leading to the birth involved the implantation of a fertilized egg in the womb of Lesley Brown, an English woman who could not conceive normally because of blocked¡ fallopian tubes. Doctors removed eggs from the woman's ovary, then achieved fertilization using sperm from Mrs. Brown's husband Gilbert. "U is not the conception of a child as nature intended, and I am opposed to it," said Bishop Gerard McClean of Middlesborough, England, who said it falls among actions covered by Pope Pius XII's 1949 condemnation of artificial insemination.
In Italian daily newspapers, two theologians gave negative judgments on the morality of such procedures. Father Dionigi Tettamanzi, in the Milan-based national Catholic daily, Avvenire, said that although Pope Pius had said means designed to facilitate natural conception could not necessarily Ibe excluded, the test tube baby technique would not fit into the category of acceptable aids. In the Rome daily, II Tempo, Father Virgil Rotondi also condemned the procedure, saying, "Although the intention of having a child is praiseworthy, the means used to achieve it wander fearfully from licitness . . . To sum up: The end does not justify the means." Bishop Thomas C. Kelly, general secretary of the U.S. Catholic Conference, said the test tube conception of children stems from the same mentality as that which gave the world
atomic weapons and carcinogenic pesticides. He called the procedure "ingenious" but said it raises important moral issues. "One moral issue raised in this case concerns conception outside the womb," the bishop said. "Christian morality has insisted on the importance of protecting the process by which human life is transmitted. The fact that science now has the ability to alter this process significantly does not mean that, morally speaking, it has the right to do so." Some, like Archbishop William D. Borders of Baltimore, questioned "the moral schizophrenia that has a world rejoicing at the birth of one baby in England, while we abort hundreds of lives daily right here in Maryland." People Concerned for the Unborn Child, a non-denominational group in Pennsylvania, Turn to .Page Seven
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"As far as the Roman Catholic Church is concerned I think Prayer cards were distributed it needs to look carefuliy again at 'Apostolicae Curae' and its on the weekend of the annual day of Prayer for Vocations. s~atus. We need to study it to dIscover whether the historical Parishioners were asked to keep background upon which it was one half, containing a special working and the argumentation vocation prayer and message upon which it was based is con- from Bishop Cronin, and return sonant with historical and theo- the other half to their parish l~gica~ truth as theologians and 'priest or mail it directly to Bishop Cronin. hlstonans see it today." On the ordination of women The response to this program - which is being done in sev- of prayer has been truly phenTurn to Page Seven Turn to Page Five
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NEW ORLEANS, La. - The Knights of Columbus will pay tribute to the priesthood during the 96th annual Supreme Council convention here, Aug. 15-17, by honoring Bishop Charles P. Greco, supreme chaplain, who has marked a milestone of 60 active years in the priestly ministry. Virgil C. Dechant, supreme knight of the 1.3 million-member Knights of Columbus, 'announced at the society's international headquarters in New Haven, Conn., that Bishop Greco will be the featured speaker at the convention's States Dinner on Tuesday evening, Aug. 15. The convention will attract some 2,000 delegates from throughout. the United States, Canada, Mexico, Puerto Rico, the Philippines and Guatemala. Its agenda will emphasize pro• grams promoting family life and religious vocations, said Dechant. Commenting on the Church's current vocation crisis, he pointed out that the home is the "seedbed of voaations," and so, he continued, "our family life and vocations initiatives really go hand-in-hand." "Interest in church-related careers is there," he noted, referring to a Supreme Council Vocations Program and offering information on vocations that ran in 50 secular and 50 Catholic college newspapers. "More than 500 young men and women responded," he reported. Another step taken in support of religious vocations was the waiving of membership requirements to allow -priests, nuns, seminarians and postulants preparing themselves to the ministry to participate in the K. of C. REV. HORACE J. TRAVASOS, assistant chancellor student-loan program. Under the program, stud~nts 'and area vocation co-ordinator sorts some of the thousands vocation prayer cards sent to the Bishop's office from enrolled for graduate or underTurn to Page Seven throughout the diocese.
Campaign of Prayer for Vocations The annual diocesan Day of Prayer for Vocations took on added significance this year as Bishop Daniel A. Cronin invited Catholics to go beyond a single day of prayer to a year long commitment to intercession. The program, Vigil for Vocations, was introduced the weekend of June 3 and 4, when pledge cards explaining it were distributed at all diocesan Masses. Catholics were asked to pledge one day monthly for a year as a time of special prayer for vocations. The bishop suggested that participants in the program try to attend Mass on their chosen day and spend some time in prayer, offering it for priestly and religious vocations. He also suggested offering a rosary, a visit to the Blessed Sacrament or some act of charity for the intention of vocations.
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ST. MEINRAD, Ind. - Benedictine Father Columbia Kelly has been named prior at St. Meinrad Archabey by Archabbot Timothy Sweeney. Father Columbia will begin Aug. 15 to assist the Archabbott in the administration and spiritual leadership of the 170-man monastery. Father Simeon Daly had been serving temporarily as prior and superior since the election of Archabbott Sweeney, who was prior himself before being elected archabbott June 2. Archabbott Sweeney also announced that Father Ephrem Carr was nar.:led subprior, or third in command, of St. Meinrad Archabbey and that Father Aelred Cody is now novice-junior master, responsible for the formation of :men entering the monastic life and the guidance of young monks who have not pronounced final vows. Father Kil.ian Kerwin will continue to serve as assistant novice-junior master. The principal work of the monks at St. Meinrad is the education c,f young men for the priesthood. St. Meinrad Archabbey is one of two archa'bbeys in the United States and one of the largest Benedictine monasteries in the world.
CHICAGO - A:2..P. Wall, editor of The Chicaga CathoDc, was elected president of the New Wo:rld Publishing Co., Inc. and Father Raymond B. Sul1ivan has been appointed consulting editor of The Chicago Catholic. The New World Publishing Co. is a non-profit company formed more than' 85 years ago to publish The New World, which last year W8.S路 succeeded by The Chicago Catholic as the newspaper of the Archdiocese of Chicago. It is to be renamed the Chicago Catholic Publishing Co., Inc. Wall, who had b'~en vice president of the compan)r, succeeds Msgr. Robert J. Hagarty as president. Msgr. Hagarty resigned because of fhe pressure of other duties. Father Sullivan 'Hill work with Wall as a consultant and advisor. Father Sullivan, an archdiocesan consultor, is vicar for the laity and drector of the Office for Campus Minist:y in Chicago. He is also a member of t:le Presbyteral Senate and the Illinois Ca';holic Conference.
路BEIRUT, Lebanon - The apostolic nuncio in Beirut, Archbishop Alfredo Bruneira, has informed Lebanese authorities of the efforts under way in various countries to end the violence in Lebanon. The message delivered by the nuncio stressed the great interest of the Holy See in the events in Lebanon and expressed satisfaction at the decision by President Sarkis not to resign. Maronite-rite Patriarch Pierre Khoraiche of Antioch visited Sarkis to stress the need to end the Syrian bombardments of the Hadath quarter of southeast Beirut. The Patriarch asked that evacuees be allowed to return to their homes as soon as possible and that victims of the bombardments be aided. The Patriarch also informed Sarkis of his purpose in a coming visit to various European capitals. "We will ask aid," he said, "to bring 'Lebanon out of the crisis in which it is struggling." The Patriarch appealed to the "conscience of the world" so that it "might contribute, in a concrete and effective way, to end the massacre of women, the old and children."
MT. ANGEL, Ore. - The church need not worry about leadership because it has a great reservoir of it among the lay people of this country, according to a Dutch-born pastoral theologian, Tjaard Hommes. "Perhaps there is some shortage of clergy to do specific things, but I am amazed at the wealth of dedicated !(Iay) men and women doing so many things for the church," he said.
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Mission Difficulties WASHINGTON - Paternalism, past and present racism, failure to understand cultural differences - all these problems and others can impede evangelization efforts among blacks, Hispa.nics and American !Indians, three experts in those fields told an evangelization conference July 27. Father Giles Conwill, vocation director for the National office of Black Catholics; Father Frank Ponce, research assistant in the U.S. Catholic Conference's Secretariat for Hispanic Affairs; and Msgr. Paul Lenz, executiVE! director of the Bureau of Catholic Inc:ian Missions, spoke to the group.
Human Righh WASHINGTON - An inter-American. convention on human rights be,:ame law when it was ratified in mid-July by Peru and Grenada. Its passage raised hopes that recourse to an international court: will curb violations in the hemisphere.
Contfinued Talks CANTERBURY, England - Future developments in Roman Catholic and Anglican understanding of the ordination of women to the priesthood cannot be ruled out, says a newly released report by a joint Anglican-Roman Catholic Commission of theolog ans.
Summit Meetang CARACAS, Venezuela - Commenting on the Bonn summit meeting, the head of the Latin American Economic System (SELA), Guillermo Maldonado, said the world's industriali;~ed democracies lack the political will t:> help the developing nations.
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LONDON - Th!~ transitional administration in Rhodesia is still following the policies of the fonner white-minority regime, said Auxiliary Bishop Joseph Cleary of ,J3irmingham, president of the Justice and Peace Commission of the English and Welsh Bishop's Conference, in a note protesting Rhodesian expulsion of Jesuit Father Dieter Scholz.
Missions The United States Catholic Mission Council's Mission Handbook shows a total of 6,600 U.S. Catholic missionaries. The handbook says there are 3,483 Reli-, gious priests and brothers from 67 mis路 sion-sending groups and 166 diocesan priests from 70 U.S. dioceses. There are also 2,673 nuns from 180 mission-sending orders and 279 lay volunteers from 29 sponsoring organizations serving in missions outside the 48 contiguous states.
Elect Officers 'FatherFrancis J. Garvey, chaplain at Willmar State Hospital, Willmar, Minn., has been chosen president-elect of the National Association of Catholic Chaplains (NACC). Mercy Sister Patricia Sullivan of St. Mary's Hospital, San 'Francisco, was chosen as secretary and Charity Sister Monica Ann Lucas of St. Joseph's Hospital, Albeuquerque, N.M. was elected a member-at large of the board
Rhodesia WASHINGTON - As members of the U.S. Senate voted to uphold trade sanctions against Rhodesia, U.S. Catholic Conference Associate secretary for social development and world peace, Father J. Bryan Hehir, warned the House of Representatives that lifting such sanctions could place the United States ';outside the international consensus."
Attempt Fails WASHINGTON (NC) - Spokesmen for Catholic, ,Protestant and Jewish agencies were turned down by a Soviet embassy official in their joint effort July 19. to deliver a protest against what they termed the severe sentences ha~ded down against Soviet dissidents in recent trials. They met briefly with the Sovict press attache, who they said called the trials an internal affair of the Soviet Union.
DecentralGze or Else STEUBENVILLE, Ohio-Only if priests give away power can the church be built up, the keynote speaker at the fourth annual National Catholic Charismatic Conference for Priests and Deacons told nearly 1,000 clergymen attending the five-day gathering in Steubenville. "It takes strong leadership to decentralize" Carmelite Father Francis Martin said, but "it's either decentralize or dIsintegrate."
Lamberth VATICAN CITY - Pope Paul VI has told Anglican Archbishop Donald Coggan of Canterbury, head of the Anglica~ Communion, that he is happy the Communion's Lamberth Conference has as its theme "The Place and Function of the Bishop in the World of Today."
DROUGHT AND FAI'lIINE return to Africa and India. Remember: Bread for the world.
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Camp News There is plenty of activity around the Cathedral Camps in East Freetown these days. The Boys Camp had to refuse appli. cants last week 'since enrollment for the 3rd session which began last Monday reaced 300, and there are almost as many girls at Our Lady of the Lake, too. Each year the Camps offer special activities during the final session. Last year a special gymnastic Camp was held, the year before a basketball school. This year during the final session which begins August 14th the emphasis will be on Waterfront activities. Campers who have the proper swimming rating will be able to enroll in anyone of six special programs for fun and learning and at least two of their daily periods at Camp will be devoted to that activities. They include Introductory First Aid, Synchronized Swimming, Canoeing Challenge and Exploration, Basic Outboard Motor Usage and Maintenance, Mask Fin & Snorkel and finally a Water Basketball League. Registrations for the final session must be received at the Camps no later than August 9th. The Camps can be reached by calling 763-8874 or writing to Box 428, East Freetown, Mass.
Positive Action MINERSVILLE, Pa. (NC) In a new tactic against pornography, members of the Holy Name Society in Beaver County, iPa., have begun awarding "certificates of appreciation" to local merchants who refuse to handle objectionable material. According to James Tormey, national chairman of public affairs for Holy Name, deserving merchants are designated by members of parish groups and receive a certificate signed by the local Holy Name spiritual moderator and president. The program, expected to spread through the country, has been endorsed by Earl Knott, national president of the Holy Name Society. "We are not acting as censors," Tormey said. "We simply want to give a pat on the back to merchants who show that they respect the community."
Backsliders Return ROME (NC) Matthew, Mark, Luke and John have returned to church after being absent for more than a year. Sculptures of the four evangelists by 16th-century artist Benvenuto Cellini are safely back in downtown Rome's French church, St. Louis. Thieves had stolen the statues in April 1977. Art detectives recovered two of them last August and the other two in a town north of Rome in mid-July this year. The statues had been offered for sale outside Italy and were recovered as the thieves were about to sell them. _·"II.,I' THE ANCHOR
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Handicapped Encounter Christ At Unique Retreat Experience By Edythe Westenhaver IBEACON, N.Y. (NC) - The 34 disabled men and women and their retreat team of 50 listened intently to the jovial, broadshouldered man speaking from a wheelchair. "I really can't believe a creative, loving God, who could make everything else so perfect could get stuck with people," John Kack told the HEC (Handicapped Encounter Christ) participants at the Ursuline retreat center here. "He didn't make us all alike; he just might have us different for a reason. O.K. - say I'm different. I'm unique. I'm good. "Having been raised a strict Mennonite," Kack oontinued, "I know the Bible and there's no place where it says woe to him who's in a wheelchair. But it's up to us what we do with all this." Kack is a 37-year-old layman, sometime actor and a speech and language therapy teacher in the Westchester County Public Schools. He is also co-founder and director of HEC. The program began in the New York area in April, 1974, and its newsletter now goes to 1,500 persons. Similar retreats have been held in the Philadelphia, Washington and Tuscon areas. The first Boston area HEC took place this Spring at the Campion Renewal Center in Weston. The first such retreat in the Chicago area is scheduled for late. summer. Kack is awed at the way his grassroots movement has mushroomed. "All I did was try to provide people whose physical problems prevented them from making an ordinary retreat with the sort of profound spiritual experience a retreat offers. The thing is getting bigger and bigger. I don't know where it's going. But I realize now that God had been shouting at me for a long time." The "shouting" goes back at least to age 15, when Kack spent the first of nine summers working at an Ohio camp for crippled children as a counselor
and then director. At 27 - a year after he became. with much searching, a Catholic he suffered a severe spinal injury in a playground accident, and spent the next two years in a wheelchair. After three operations, he was able to walk using a leg brace but recently complications developed, putting him back in the hospital for a month last fall. He used a wheelchair for most of the latter part of The Beacdn retreat - maneuvering it skillfully, !'ising occasionally to lead singing, exchange banter with participants or remind them one time more of the importance of God's love for them. His philosophy in structuring the retreats stemmed from the realization of how much and how unexpectedly his personality changed after his own accident. Kack explains: "People treated me differently, I responded differently, and I began to see myself as less of a human being. Fortunately, I finally recognized what was happening." Because as many disabled people become self-centered and passive, the HEC schedule incorporates a constant succession
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New Church? .sAGINAW, Mich. - Bishop Kenneth Povish of Lansing, Mich., believes French Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre is "in effect . . . starting a new church." The bishop was commenting on the French churchman's act of disobedience in presiding over the confirmation of 140 persons at St. Joseph's House of Stud:\es in Armada, Mich.
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The Inner Elite An exercise in trivia, delightful for some, madd.ening for others is an apt description of a book published this past week titled "The Inner EEte; Dossiers of Papal Can~ didates." In a more than mood of prejudgment, the author Gary MacEoin, attempted to compile bibliographic material and information profiling each active member of the college of cardinals. At best the book reflects a prejudiced pen, at worst a gossip glossary. Replete with historic and factual inaccuracies, it is totally one-sided i.n orientation. In this sense, it does not possess one shred of valid scholarship or intel· lectual credibility. As a standard by which to judge thE total process of papal selectivity, it is worthless. If by this book the newly founded and much troublec Committee for the Responsible Election of the Pope hopec to influence future papal conclaves in a spirit of positivE: reform, it has failed miserably. However, despite its flaws, the book is a most enjoy·· able narrative of ecclesiastical tidbits and "Verdian" asides. It can also provide a few good laughs if you have <, sense of humor (although to judge by reactions of some other editors, it is more than obvious that we still have many grim Catholics· in the A~nerican Church). The book is jammed with much interesting information that Col· ona or Orsini would have given his right arm to have been privy to in the so-called good old days. If the book does have any real va.lue, it can be found in its unpremediated disclosures. For example, it is more than disconcerting to discover that many venerable members of the Sacred College were ordained in their early twenties, returned immediately to graduate school and then were absorbed into a diplomatic or curial role without spending any significant time in pastoral ministry. Outside their own families, one wonders how often such prelates have prepared people for baptism, how many marriage rehearsals they have conducted, or how many parishioners they have visited in the hospital. The lack of in-depth ministerial service to the ordinary man on the third shift by the vast majority of the "papabili" is more than appalling. Is administration and the red hat the only route to the chair of Peter? If so, then it is about time the Church got back to the lake, the boat and the net! Were this intended as the basic message of this book, the author should have expended his energies in formulating a constructive approach to the age-old problem of electing a Pope rather than in offering his readers a mere liberal panegyric. He would have served the Church well had J:;e sought to bring together thoughts of what today's world is seeking in the next Holy Father rather than to approach the subject from the viewpoint of a Hollywocd gossip columnist. And, practically speaking, this book may have bem too hastily conceived. After all, Pope Paul could be another Leo XIII, in which case: "Inner Elite" was outdated before it hit the bookstores.
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The Jewish Martyrs By FATHER JOHN B. SHEERIN, C.S.P. Recently on TV there was a replay of "The Night of the Empty Chairs," the empty chairs signifying political prisoners and dissenters absent because of death or imprisonment. How many dissidents have suddenly disappeared in Russia via labor camps, prison cells or execution? There is no way of knowing, for the Soviets can allege that many prisoners have died of "natural causes." The American press has played up the drama in the Shcharansky trial, especially the plight of his young wife, but emphasis on individuals often tends to let us forget the colossal total of political prisoners in the Soviet Union. The conservative estimate is 10,000 political prisoners in a total prison population of more than one million. What baffles us is this: What is the Soviet rationale in punishing the finest minds in Russia? What do they hope to accomplish and why choose a procedure that is obviously self-defeating? Winston Churchill said something years ago about Soviet Russia being a riddle wrapped in an enigma. The Shcharansky case demonstrates that the riddle is more enigmatic than ever. I suppose we should expect irrationality from dictators. Hitler murdered six million Jews, aware all the while that his extermination program was impeding the Nazi war effort by killing the scientists and other experts who could have aided it. Brezhnev is equally pUZZling. He must have anticipated the outbursts of criticism all over the
world that followed the Shcharansky trial, yet he went ahead with it. Soviet Russia is a world of contrasting elements. The country is run by a mixture of ide<f.ogies parading under an externally cohesive regime, but if ever there was a gap between people and government, it is in Russia. However, the people avoid entanglements with the government. They attend meetings at which speakers condemn Solzhenitsyn's writings, but then they go home and listen to the Voice of America to find out the truth. They are passionately suspicious of propaganda and equally passionate in their love of European and American culture. Then there are the many dissenters, in spite of the secret police and the prospect of death in Siberia. Probably the best known is Andrei Sakharov, Nobel Prize winner and member of the prestigious Soviet Academy of Science. Barred from the courtroom at the Shcharansky trial, he shouted to the police: "You are not humans, you are fascists. Hear me, a member of the Acadamy of Science you are fascists." • A writer in the (American) National Review, Keith Mano, recently attempted an explanation of the curious twist of Soviet policy in regard to dissenters. What Russia wants is to muddle U.S. foreign policy, especially as regards the OPEC nations, since the Soviet ambition is to control the Persian Gulf and the flow of oil. What they want to do is to drive a wedge between the Arab nations and the United States,
by provoking sympathy for the Jewish martyrs, thus strengthening sympathy for the state of Israel and widening the gap between OPEC nations and the American Congress. This seems a bit too dexterous to expect from the Russian policy planners. Dictatorships are seldom astute in handling the opposition. Power tends to corrupt and corrode whatever intelligence dictators may possess. I am glad, however, that President Carter has renounced any desire to interfere in the internal affairs of Russi?J, though his words months ago at the U.S. Naval Academy did seem to throw down the gauntlet: "Confrontation or cooperation." How an American president should handle an Idi Amin or a Brezhnev is a problem, but war solves no problems.
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Catholics Rediscover Rosary, He Says DAYTON, Ohio (NC) - Millions of Catholics are "rediscovering" the rosary and placing it in the context of the post-Vatican II renewal of Christian faith and commitment, according to Dominican Father Frederick M. Jelly, a leading Marian theologian, who says that wherever he goes he witnesses increased devotion to the rosary. "An awful lot of people today are being attracted to the Mother of God through the rosary," he said. A Dominican publication, "Light and Life," devoted exclusively to the rosary, is enjoying a brisk increase in subscriptions, he added. The theologian said that those who have criticized the rosary as a repititious prayer no longer in the mainstream of Catholic life have bas'ed their views on "misconceptions." "We see the rosary as a devotion to Mary designed to lead to a deeper devotion to Christ and to a firmer commitment to his church," Father Jelly said. The theologian also said there is a "wonderful parallel" between the mysteries of the rosary and the church's liturgical year. "The joyful mysteries are related to the Advent and Christmas cycle, the sorrowful to the Lenten season and the glorious to Easter and Pentecost," he said. One does not pray the rosary by reflecting over and over on every word of the recited prayers. That would be a psychological impossibility, according to Father Jelly. He added, however, that certain words and
Meaning of Mercy "Unless we learn the meaning of mercy by exercising it toward others, we will never have any real knowledge of what it means to love Christ." - Thomas Merton
phrases can and do prompt deep reflection. He cited, for example, the words "Our Father." The rosary is recited to prompt reflection on the mysteries of God's love, Father Jelly explained. The "Our Fathers" and "Hail Marys" are not a distraction but a "kind of melody, a divine rhythm . . . an orchestration for meditation . . . a way to grow in love." Mary has too long been painted as a "go-between," a misconception of her role as mediator, according to the Dominican. "What I would consider a wrong form of devotion to Mary would be to think that we had to go
L'egion of Mary The Diocesan Director of the Legion of Mary Rev. Msgr. Thomas J. Harrington, is pleased to announce that an all SPANISH Praesidium has been added to the Legion of Mary of the area. The group, whose spiritual Director is Rev. Fr. Charles Soto, of the Regina .Pacis Center, has 15 Active members. Their meetings are held at the Regina Pacis Center each Wednesday at 6:30 P.M. This new praesidium was officially added to the New Bedford Curia at the July meeting, under the guidance of the Curia Spiritual Director Rev. Msgr. Henri Hamel. This brings the total Legion of Mary groups in the Diocese of Fall River, to 9, which includes one Junior Praesidium from Our Lady of Mt. Carmel parish in New Bedford. Having already an all Portuguese group, as well as the English ones, this added Spanish praesidium makes the Legion of Mary of the Fall River Diocese,- Trilingual. Anyone desiring to know more of the Legion of Mary, please contact your parish Priests.
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to her in order to make Christ merciful toward us," he said. "This would be to miss the real grandeur of Mary - thl1t she was chosen by God as the one in whom Jesus Christ revealed God's infinite mercy... · When we pray to Mary, he said, "It is not to ask her to act on Christ, but to influence us to grow toward a deeper faith in Christ's redeeming love."
Through no fault of their own, hundreds of thousands of innocent war victims in Lebanon are trying to pull themselves together. Hungry boys search out scraps of food. Little girls look through rubble heaps for rags to cover their' tired bodies. Cripples plead for crutches; the woundeCl, bandages; and the elderly, a roof to cover their heads. It goes without saying that during the aftermath of any war, guilt-free victims suffer tremendously as they attempt to pick up the pieces of their broken lives....These refugees are profoundly gratefUl for what you are doi;,g for them. Reports an on-the-spot priest: "They spoke to me with tears in their eyes of their loses, but expressed profound gratitude for all American Catholics are doing for them." What are their immediate needs? o $. Your 'stringless' gift goes where needed most. o $25 Week's supply of antibiotics. o $20 Feeds a family for one month. o $10 Bandages and Dressings. o $5 Dress for orphan girl. o $4 Crutches for a cripple. Shoes (one pair). 0$3 o $2 Blanket for a baby.
Vocations Continued from Page One omenal, say diocesan officials. To date, more than 6,000 prayer cards from parishes throughout the diocese and beyond have been returned to the Chancery office and more are received daily. Additionally, some 400 individuals have mailed pledges of prayer directly to Bishop Cronin and these cards too continue to be received. Not only have individual parishioners responded to the call for prayer, but several communities of religious sisters have made group commitments, as have candidates for the permanent diaconate and their wives, the sisters and residents of Madonna Manor, Attleboro, and Knights of Columbus of T. J. McGee Council 2612 of Nantucket. Several parishes have scheduled a special monthly Mass for the vocations intention. Response, summed up officials, has been overwhelming and indicates that "each day of the year should find a representative number of Catholics praying for vocations. "With such a program of prayer ongoing within the diocese, there can ,be no doubt that the Lord of the harvest will bless us with many and numerous vocations to the priesthood, sisterhood and brotherhood," they concluded.
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Overlooked by the headlines from the Near East are our hundreds of priests and Sisters quietly serving the suffering. A non-Catholic observer at a hospital in Lebanon spoke of four nursing Sisters -"They care for the wounded with supreme dedication . . . hours mean nothing to them." We are proud of them for they are truly peacemakers in a troubled area of the world. Pray, please, they'll I?e safe. . . . Many young girls that longed for a life of service to God now face disappointment. Their families, impoverished by war, have no means to support their training as Sisters.... Will you help? A Sister's training lasts two years, costs $12.50 a month, $150 a year, or $300 altogether. Your "peacemaker" in one of our 18 countries will write to thank you. .
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What Does Carter Have Against Catholics? Iy REV.
ANDREW M. GREELEY L,/.,
WASHINGTON- The situation for Catholics in this city is but one step short of overt religious persecution. Neither the Catholic Church nor the Catholic community in America seems capable of doing anything about it. The various "equal employment" and "fair employment" groups of this city will not process complaints about religious discrimination. President Carter and HEW Secretary Califano quite overtly appealed to antiCatholic prejudice (under the
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Psychologists say there is immeasurable value in physically touching others. I believe it is even more important how we "touch" each other when we speak. When we talk to people we have an effect that is just as real as physically touching them. Our words, our gestures - most important, our tone of voice and expressions - make
guise of constitutionality) to drum up opposition to a Packwood-Moynihan tuition tal' credit bilI (a bill which will benefit all parents who pay tuition at any school level and not jUf;t Catholic parents). Mr. Califano and Mr. Carter seem perfectly at ease in repudiating both the Democratic platform and campaign promises for help to Catholic schools.
hance the image of Catholic schools; Catholics who do hold office in the administration (like Secretary Califano) are under constant pressure from the anti-Catholics who pervade their bureaucracies to prove that they are not influenced by their Catholic viewpoint. (Secretary Califano prQudly boasts that he can "enforce" laws which he believes are immoral.)
Men and women are den:ed major positions in the government purely on the grounds that they are Catholic; research proposals that deal with anythir.g even remotely Catholic are summarily rejected w:th Iitt.e attempt made to hide the bias in such rejection; research cn Catholic schools is explicit y turned d,own on the grounds that such research might tend to eel-
Meanwhile the Catholic hierarchy has been bamboozled into silence - afraid to denounce the anti-Catholicism of the federal bureaucracy, afraid to mobilize its own people to demand that the administration fulfill its campaign promises on Catholic schools, and afraid to demand that Mr. Califano stop telling falsehoods about non-public schools in tbe educational mes-
The hierarchy will stumble in its ill-involved abortion intervention in the presidential election. (On that issue, it did not have the majority of its rank and file behind it - unlike the Catholic schools issue.) It has been overawed by charges of hierarchical "interference" and "violation" of the separation of church and state. Every group of Jewish religious leaders that meets in Washington goes to the White House to demand continued support for Israel; but that's not religious interference, not a violation of the separation of church and state. The Catholic bishops' . administrative board
a contact. Sometimes it's a slug in the jaw, sometimes it's as aloof as turning our heads the other way and walking by, sometimes it's as tender as a hug. Think about how we generally talk to people. When Vie are angry we mentaUy phra3e and re-phrase. "I'U teU him suchand such!" "I'U let him know a thing or two!" We put enormous effort into designing what we are going to say. And when we finaUy get our opportunity, the adrenalin flows. We shout anci scream
When we are angry we work at reaching the other as forcefully as our command of the language will allow. Our words wound as deeply as if we slashed with a knife, thus the expression, "the cutting remark." To many, this is admirable. To destroy another verbally is an art. It's probably accepted as admirable because it is less destructive than physical. violences. Most of our talk has no emotion whatsoever. We say "How are you?" with emptiness in our voices. Our children bring something to us, reaching out to us for praise, and we say "That's nice," conveying clearly that we didn't look, don't care, and don't want to be bothered. Our
husband or wife says, "You know what happened today?" and we ask "What?" with all the enthusiasm of yesterday's dishrag. Just listen to people around you. If you can be so honest, listen to yourself. Most talk says, ".J couldn't care less!" Yet every time we speak we have the opportunity of touching someone. Our words can lift up just as if we offered our hand in encouragement. Our words have an impact on others. They can hurt, they can ignore, they can care. The same words, according to how they are said, can convey anyone of the three meanings. Just observe how people say "Good morning." Some make
. . . or our words may be deliberately controUed . . . b.lt both carry the same intent. 2)estroy the other.
sages he writes for the president. (Despite the Califano-Carter claim, there is not a single iota of additional help for non-public schools in the new program.)
meets in Washington and steals off quietly into the night afraid of the unfavorable publicity which would result if it dared make its views known to the press. Catholics need an intermediate group of distinguished, articulate laymen, priests, religious, and some bishops, which is independent of the hierarchy but can still speak effectively for the Catholic community in this country. There is no such group; there is not likely to be. The renewed and ugly nativism which pervades this city is likely to run its course. Catholics are the victims, and it's their own fault because they have not learned how to defend themselves. One good thing: I haven't seen any lions penned up in the side streets of Washington. Not yet.
you feel you are in their way. By their tone they push you aside, dispose of you for the day. Others say "Good morning" perfunctorily, out of habit or duty. But some make you feel they really care about the quality of your day. Physically touching others is important. It makes isolation vanish. But touching tenderly when we speak is deeper, for instead of just the body, it touches the spirit. With .our words, we can reach out in' affection to another's soul. We could improve the lives of others enormously if we'd take the effort we put into giving a piece of our mind and learn instead to give a piece of our heart.
Catholics Are Split on Equal Rights Amendment By
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Several legislators, under pressure to vote one way or the other on the Equal Rights Amendment, have said, only half jokingly, "I'll vote for whoever doesn't yeU at me." There are indications that ERA supporters, facing defeat,
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may be the first to lower :hdr voices and if they're not going to speak in whispers, they're :It least going to speak in a 1a 11guage politicians understand 'politics. Some ERA s:Ipporters :'la'le asked for an extension of fle March 2, 1979, deadlir..e for its ratification; and the Hcuse Judciary Commi~tee has approv ~d an additional 39 months. T:le ERA is three states sho::t of ra':ification. Leade:s of the women's movement a~'e ready to start fle
whole process over in Congress if ratification and extension fail. But they have also begun to reexamine their own political strategy and tactics, and the result could be the opening of new lines of communication between movement leaders and many other peoj:le, including some Catholics, who :n the past have been put off by the movement.
to the garden from :.ate M1Y through the middle of June. Tl ~y are particularly colorful and give the garden a lift until : 1e advent of the roses.
ta':Jlespoons of bleach to a quart of water) to kill any root rot which they may contain, and then soaked in water containing a few tablespoons of sugar for a half day before planting.
Most of the big iris prodUCE rs are in the mid-west and Calif.# ornia wheJ'e iris bloom comes ~ ~: two months before it does he ~e. The iris rhizomes are d:lg for We have just received a shipmer..t in mid-June and ar:rive shipment of iris rhizomes here in early August. The runs which will be planted this I received this week will be week ... Irises, especially, soaked for a day in a mild so.uthe n~we!-" Q.J:l~l'l~~~~:~ .g~~~~::~.~~.......tion.. ?f ; ~w.~ro~... bl~~ch . (t'vo
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Many pecple support the ERA, legal abort:on and homosexual rights and many people oppose all three; b'.lt many others support one or two of the three and
Irises should be planted so that the rhizome sits right on the surface of the ground rather than being buried. To accomplish this I dig a hole about six inches deep and eight inches long, take out the dirt and replace the bottom two or three inches with compost and then
these are the people who have been, for the most part, absent from the ERA debate. For example, a number of Catholic women have complained they feIt caught between two extremes, shunned by some women's movement leaders because they opposed abortion and by some right-to-lifers because they 'supported ERA. Sister Maureen Kelleher of Network notes that ERA and homosexual rights are also separate issues; all the ERA would do, she says, would be to ensure
that legal treatment of female homosexuals would be no different froo;, legal treatment of male homosexuals. The bishops have supported equal rights for women but have expressed concern about ERA implications for abortion and the family. The National Council of Catholic Women and the Catholic Daughters of America have opposed the ERA, but the National Conference of Catholic Charities and several Hispanic Catholic groups have supported it.
add two or three inches of soil which I mound in an inverted V. The rhizome is placed on the V and then路 the roots are spread into the hole. When the rhizome' is firmly in place the soil is filled in around the hole and tamped down so that the rhizome remains on the surface. Then the planting can be watered lightly for a few days until the new growth starts. These plants should not be over-watered so that they are sitting in water since they will develop rot in
the presence of too much water. From then on it is just a question of waiting until the following Spring when the iris bed is given a feeding of bone meal. I sometimes give the bed a couple of sprayings of Dipel, a safe spray, to kill caterpillar larvae in the Spring. Dividing iris should be done at this time with the above procedure followed exactly. In lifting the iris remove any old, unproductive rhizomes by cutting them cleanly with a sharp knife.
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Cardinal Hume Continued from Page One eral churches in the Anglican Communion and has been accepted at least in principle though not in practice in some others - Cardinal Hume said his fear was that if the Anglican proceeded on this it would divide itself. "I think this could hinder the dialogue with ourselves," he said. "Quite how it would affect our attitudes I find it much more difficult to say. My own private view would be that, in the short term, I fear that our dialogue would suffer. About the long term consequences I would be less certain." The interview was published as the Lambeth Conference, a three-week meeting of the world's Anglican bishops, was in progress. One of the main issues facing the conference is the ordination of women. Cardinal Hume said he hoped that the conference would not come out in favor of women priests. "On such an important matter as this I think it would be a very great pity if one church were to go ahead without consultation and encouragement that from other churches means not only with the Roman Catholic Church but also, most importantly, with the Orthodox churches. AIl the churches have to be more sensitive to one another, he said: "The different communions have to behave in relation to each other today as each local church has to behave in relation to other local churches." Cardinal Hume said he regarded the apparent challenging by some Anglican clergymen of such central Christian doctrines as the Incarnation and Resurrection as "a very serious obstacle to being a Christian." "And from that I would agree that it is very difficult," he said, "to Ibe united at any depth with persons who would deny the Incarnation and would not accept the Resurrection . . . Whether the Resurrection was physical, or whether there is some other legitimate expression of that reality, is a question which, in the first instance, I would leave to the scholars to debate and then for the church to decide at a later stage." He said he would find it difficult to pinpoint the main doctrinal difference between the Anglican and Roman Catholic churches, but said he was uneasy about the Anglican quality
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of "comprehensiveness" of accepting a wide range of belief and practice within the Anglican Communion. ".comprehensiveness has been seen by the Anglican Church as a matter for pride," he said. "I wonder whether it is not its Achilles heel - leaving the rest of us asking: What does the Anglican Church, as a church, hold to be essential?" He said he felt sure that this failure stems from the fact that the Anglican communion has no central governing body. Asked whether he thought the Reformation had produced two irreconcilable types of religion and whether we could reverse 400 years of history, Cardinal Hume said, "We can if church leaders - by which in this context I mean bishops - be very honest with each other and pursue the truth quite relentlessly, and go wherever that search takes us. "We need humility to do it. We have also to carry with us those for whom we are responsible. That might be more difficult."
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Test Tube Baby.: Questions For The f'uture Continued from Page One said the birth "confirms our belief that a human life amendment is absolutely necessary to safeguard all human life from the moment of fertilization, whether within a mother's body or within a test tube. The group especially condemned the fact that in the test tube process, several eggs are fertilized and all but one later destroyed. "Such thoughtless destruction of preborn human life is appalling and chilling in its far-reaching implication," the group said. Before the birth, Dr. Andre Hellegers of Georgetown University's Kennedy Institute for the Study of Human Reproduction and Biothics said Catholic Church opposition to artificial insemination would mean it would oppose the development of a test tube baby since both procedures "divorce intercourse from procreation." Others saw fewer moral problems in the birth of Louise 'Brown. "Offhand, I don't see anything wrong with childless couples using the test tube method if there is no other possible way for them to have babies," said Bishop Cornelius Lucey of Cork, Ireland. Auxiliary Bishop Augustine Harris of Liverpool, England, said he would tell couples seeking moral guidance on the issue to ask themselves three questions - whether it was within the context of marriage; whether it was Ibecause they loved each other and would love this child; and whether the science involved dominated and fascinated them or whether it was supporting them in a natural act. "These are important questions," Bishop Harris said. He said he would tell the hypothetical couple, "If you say yes to them, then I would say: 'Go ahead.' " A third group, however, seemed to agree with Redemp-
torist Father Bernard Haring's view that the church is "still in a state of search" for answers to the ethical questions raised by the birth. "This is quite different fro martificial insemination with the sperm of a donor. This is completely with the biological parents, and all the expressions of' love in this case were directed toward the desire for children," said Father Haring, author of "Medical Ethics and Manipulation." "The fact is that Pope Pius spoke against artificial insemination. However, that is a long way back," he added. "The church takes time to come to positions on these matters." Bishop Mark Hurley of Santa Rosa, Calif., chairman of the U.S. bishops' Hnman Values Committee, discussed the new technology in a pastoral letter read at all Masses June 30, and concluded: "The church, then, must seek moral judgments on these complex and precarious applications of technology. They cannot be solved simply by appealing to the good intentions of either scientists or doctors or the people involved." The birth also brought a flurry of warnings from Catholics in the United States and abroad.
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Jesuit Father Richard McCormick of the Kennedy Institute for the Study of Human Reproduction and Bioethics cautioned that the development of the test tube procedure "may seem like a small step, but we seem to be taking it without serious thought and study. "Seems to me we're buying a whole package, like donor insemination or third party fertilization," he said. "Once we accept that, what's to keep us from renting host wombs and from cloning?" Noting that he had "grave misgivings" about the test tube procedure, Cardinal Godon Gray of St. Andrews and Edinburgh, Scotland, said: "This is an entirely new situation and one on which no specific pronouncement has yet been made by the church. Such a pronouncement will come only after the moral theologians have made the most exhaustive investigations into the whole question."
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CENTERVILLE, Our Lady of 4, 5:30 p.m.; Sun. 7:45, 9, 10:15, WAREHAM, St. Patrick, 82 High Victory, 122 Park Ave.: Sat. 5, St.: Sat. 4, 6 p.m.; Sun. 7, 8:30, 11:30 a.m., 5 p.m.; daily 9 a.m.; 7:30 p.m.; Sun. 7, 8:15, 9:30, confessions, Sat. 3:15-3:45, 4:45- 10, 11:30 a.m., 5 p.m.; daily, 8 10:45, 12 noon; daily, 7, 9 a.m.; a.m.; confessions, Sat. 3-3:45, 5:15 p.m. First Fridays, Masses 7, 9 a.m., 7-7:30 p.m. Ultreya, 8 p.m.; charismatic prayer meeting, Sun. 8 p.m.; OAK BLUFFS, Sacred Heart, WEST WAREHAM, St. Anthony, confessions, Sat. 4-5, 7-7:30 p.m. Circuit Ave.: Sat. 6 p.m.; Sun. off Rte. 28 (schedule effective 8, 9:15, 10:30 a.m.; daily (Mon.July and August): Sat. 7 p.m.; WEST BARNSTABLE, Our Lady Fri.) 7 a.m.; confessions, Sat. Sun. 9, 10, 11 a.m.; confessions of Hope, Rte. 6A: Sat. 4 p.m.; 5:15-5:45 p.m. before each Mass. Sun., 8:45, 10 a.m.; confessions before each Mass. ORLEANS, St. Joan of Are, WELLFLEET, Our Lady of Bridge St. (schedule effective Lourdes, 56-58 Main St.: Sat. 5, CHATHAM, Holy Redeemer, 72 through Labor Day): Sat. 5, 7 7 p.m.; Sun. 8, 9, 10, 11 a.m.; Highland Ave.: Sat. 5 p.m.; Sun. p.m.; Sun. 8, 9, 10, 11 a.m.; daily, 9 a.m. confessions, Sat. daily, 8 a.m.; confessions, Sat. 8, 9, 10, 11 a.m.; daily, 8 a.m. 4:30-5 p.m. and before all 4-4:50 p.m.; Our Lady of PerMasses; Tues. 7:30 p.m. Mass SOUTH CHATHAM, Our Lady petual Help novena, at 8 a.m. followed by charismatic prayer of Grace, Rte. 137, off Rte. 28: Mass. Wed. meeting; Holy day Aug. 14, 5, 7 Sat. 7 p.m.; Sun. 8:30, 9:30, p.m.; Aug. 15, 8, 11 a.m., 6 p.m: NORTH EASTHA.1W, Church of 10:30, 11:30 a.m.; daily, 9 a.m. the Visitation (schedule effective EAST FALMOUTH, St. Anthony, through Labor Day): Sat. 5, 7 TRURO, Sacred Heart, Rte. 6A: 167 East Falmouth Highway: p.m.; Sun. 8:30, 9:30, 10:30, 11:30 Sat. 7 p.m.; Sun. 9:30 a.m.; conSat. 4:30, 7 p.m.; Sun. 7:30, 9, a.m.; confessions, Sat. 6:30-6:50 fessions before Masses; Holy day, Aug. 14, 7 p.m.; Aug. 15, 10:15, 11:30 a.m; daily, 8 a.m.; p.m. 9:30 a.m. confessions, Sat. 3:30-4:15 p.m., weekdays, any time by request. OSTERVILLE, Our Lady of the Assumption, 76 Wianno Ave. NORTH TRURO, Our Lady of EDGARTOWN, St. Elizabeth, (schedule effective through Sept. Perpetual Help, Pond Road: Sat. Main Street: Sat. 4, 7 p.m.; Sun. 3): Sat. 5, 7:30 p.m.; Sun. 7, 8:30, 5, 7 p.m.; Sun. 9, 10, 11 a.m.; 9, 11 a.m.; daily, Mon.-Fri., 8:30 10, 11:30 a.m; daily, 7, 9 a.m.; confessions before Masses; Holy a.m.; confessions, Sat. 11 a.m.- confessions, Sat. 4:15-5 p.m. day, Aug. 14, 5, 7 p.m.; Aug. 15, .12 noon, 3-3:30 p.m. 8 a.m., 6 p.m. SANTUIT, St. Jude Chapel, Rte. FALMOUTIl, St. Patrick, 511 E. 28: Sat. 5 p.m.; Sun. 9, 10:30 WEST HARWICH, Holy Trinity, :Main St.: Sat. 5:30, 7 p.m.; Sun. a.m.; confessions, Sat. 4:15-5 p.m. Rte. 28 (schedule effective 7,8:45, 10, 11:15 a.m., 5:30 p.m.; through Columbus Day week~ daily, 7 a.m.; Sat. 8 a.m. MASHPEE, Queen of AU Saints, end): Sat. 5, 7 p.m.; Sun. 7:30, 9, New Seabury: Sat. 5, 7:30 p.m.; 10:30 a.m, 12 noon; daily, 9 a.m.; FALMOUTH HEIGHTS, St. Sun. 8:30, 10, 11:30 a.m.; con- confessions, Sat. 3 and 7:45 p.m. Thomas Chapel, Falmouth fessions, Sat. 4:15-5 p.m. Heights Rd.: Sat. 4:30 p.m.; Sun. 8, 9, 10, 11:15 a.m.; daily, 8 a.m. POCASSET, St. John the Evan- DENNISPORT, Our Lady of the gelist, 15 Virginia Road: Sat. 4, Annunciation, Upper County Rd. HYANNIS, St. Francis Xavier, 5, 7 p.m; Sun. 7:30, 8:30, 9:30, (schedule effective through Labor 347 South St.: Sat. 5, 7:30 p.m.; 10:30, 11:30 a.m., 5 p.m.; daily, Day weekend): Sat. 4:30 p.m.; Sun. 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 a.m., 12 noon, 7:30 a.m.; confessions, Sat. 3-3:45 Sun. 7, 8:30, 10, 11:30 a.m.; daily, 8 a.m.; confessions, Sat. 5 p.m.; daily, 7 a.m., 12:10 p.m.; p.m. 3-4 p.m. confessions, Sat. 4-5 p.m. and following 7:30 p.m. Mass. PROVINCETOWN, St. Peter the Apostle, 11 Prince St.: Sat. 7 WOODS HOLE, St. Joseph: Sat. YARMOUTHPORT, Sacred Heart, p.m.; Sun. 7, 9, 10, 11 a.m., 5:30 5:30 p.m.; Sun. 7, 9:30, 11 a.m.; off Rte. 6A: Sat. 5 p.m.; Sun. p.m.; daily, 7 a.m., 5:30 p.m. daily 8 a.m.; First Fridays, 7:30 9 a.m.; confessions, Sat. 4-5 p.m., (except Sat.); confessions, Sat. p.rn.; confessions Y2 hour before 4-4:30 p.m. Sun. before 9 a.m. Mass. Sunday Masses.
ranging in age from nine to 18. 'No Problem' Above their garage the Nogueiras have nailed a quarterboard with the motto "No Problem." They said it was the watchword of youthful Father Thomas F. McMorrow of Our Lady of Victory, who died last year after a long illness and who had endeared himself to parishioners with his courage and cheerfulness. "No matter how tough things were for him, he'd say 'No problem,'" recounted Mrs. Nogueira.
THE MALLOYS: From left, John, John Jr., Yvonne, Mike, Patty, Theresa, Danny, Tim, Peggy, Joe, Friskie. (Brunell Photo)
No Major Problems Are Experienced By Wives of Deacon Candidates By Pat McGowan In some parts of the nation unexpected problems have surf~ced with wives of men aspiring to the permanent diaconate. There has been resentment of time taken from family activities, a feeling of being shut out of a new and important part of the husband and father's life. Not so in the Fall River diocesan program, according to the wives of two diaconal candidates from Cape Cod, who say that togetherness is huilt into the three-year course, with men and thejr wives attending classes and social and most spiritual activities as a couple. Neither is especially interested in the diaconate for herself, an issue, again, that has surfaced in other areas. Outgoing Lois Nogueira, mother of seven, from 7-yearold Marcie to 16-year-old Steve, and a member of Our Lady of Victory parish, Centerville, opined, "I think women are more emotional than men and couldn't handle the diaconate the way men do, but we must support them. "For myself, I don't know if I could do it. Wives have full responsibility for children and men have more time to do other things." She said, however, that she and her husband Benjamin ex-
pect to minister as a team following his diaconal ordination. "We have worked in CYO together and we visit nursing homes together. We will hope to continue visiting the elderly and sick when Ben is a deacon." In general, Mrs. Nogueira feels the diaconate program has enriched life for her family, although she admits that sacrifices have been entailed and that on some winter nights when it's
time to start the off-Cape journey to classes at Bishop Stang High School in North Dartmouth, she and her husband have to say firmly, "God, it's for you - we're coming." She spoke glowingly of the group spirit and openness among the candidates and their wives and said that despite difficulties most wives have managed to attend most classes.
"In one case, a parish priest babysat so the wife could get there," she reported. Also enthusiastic about the diaconal program is petite Yvonne Malloy of St. Pius X parish, South Yarmouth. "I have no special feelings on women permanent deacons," she said. "If my husband's involved in ministry, I think I would be too, anyway. In any case, I wouldn't want to be a deacon· while I have young children." Like Mrs. Nogueira, she termed the Fall River diaconal program "a beautiful experience" and commented on the community among participants. "I think it's a great thing for the families," she said. When her husband John first considered the program, the family talked it out, said Mrs. Malloy, and agreed on his participation. "He's a -high school teacher of psychology and they're used to seeing him handling papers and studying all the time, anyway, so the study part didn't bother them." The couple had been involved in Cursillo activities, but found they had to "slow down" in that area, she related. Also, she made the decision to attend the diaconal classes only one night a week, in order to give more time to their eight children,
The words have become the family motto and could apply equally to the MaIloys and 15 other diocesan families with husbands in the candidates' class as all pursue the goal of ordination, learning as they go how to mesh it with family and professional obligations.
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Five Hour Vigil A five hour First Friday vigil of reparation to the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary will be held from 8 p.m. to 1 a.m. tomorrow at St. Mary's Church, Fairhaven, beginning with a votive Mass of the Sacred Heart and concluding with a votive Mass of the Immaculate Heart. Other devotions will be conducted during the evening and there will be a coffee break at 10 p.m. All are invited to attend all or any part of the vigil.
orary "grandparents" should be welcome in the family. They need a good home-cooked meal and a chance to play with the children, perhaps on a onenight-per-week basis. The same applies to unmarried clergy and religious. Students make good family additions. They can assist with chores, babysit, and be lots of fun for the youngsters. In return, the family gives them food, shelter and love. Short-term arrangements emphasize family life and personal relationships but are not quite so obligating. These too are part of the expanding family. Pitch-in suppers are a fine way for families to share in meal preparation and eat together. They can be weekly or monthly. The host family provides the meat and assigns the other parts of the meal. We have been in a monthly dinner group for nine years, and the people involved have become our closest friends. Carry-in suppers for athletic banquets and church groups are popular in our community. Everyone brings a covered dish, and somehow it all works out. Maybe heaven itself is a carryin supper where everyone brings his specialty. ,Block parties are a fine idea, when neighbor families from children to grandparents come together to play. What a nice positive way to smooth over potential friction. Another way that families can reach out is by taking turns babysitting for each other. At present, baby-sitters are hired. instead, one family might "move
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in" for a weekend while the other parents enjoy a two-day mini-vacation. Joint vacations are a way for families to get to know each other. Traveling with other families establishes ties. Overnights are always popular with children. Having a friend over is a good way to get to know someone. The family itself provides the setting. Sometimes children, particularly teens, need to get away from their own family for a day or two while a crisis cools down. What better place for "time out" than with another family. The third level of family expansion involves day-to-day life. Provide activities that keep family members around and encourage guests. A convertible ping pong-pool table is quite a magnet. There is usually a line waiting to play. If you let older teens have a beer or two while playing pool, they don't have to resort to drinking in a car on a iback road. Table games are popular with many ages. Try pinochle, hearts, el~ctric football, Clue or the perennial favorite, Monopoly. While you are at it, spread out a I,OOO-piece jigsaw puzzle on another table. The family needs common tasks to pull together. I have suggested three levels of family expansion. If families are to be strong and vital they need to reach out. Reader questions on family living and child care are invited. Address to The Kennys, cloThe Anchor. P.O. Box 7. Fall River. Mass. 02722.
Peter Claver Knights Honor Delegate BILOXI, Miss. ~NC) - Knights of Peter Claver, its Ladies Auxiliary and Youth Council honored Archbishop Jean Jadot, Apostolic Delegate in the United States, with a Gold Medal at their convention in Blioxi. He received the award from Supreme Knight Murry J. Frank and Supreme Lady Mrs. Elise Lenoir Morris for his "contributions to the black Catholics of
the United States of America, and in . . . appreciation to the Holy Father." The Knights of Peter Claver help black Catholics participate in parish and community projects, provide financial aid to sick members, promote civic improvement, furnish scholarships, help youth develop and offer social and intellectual fellowship.
Barbara Ward: 'An Absolutely Interdependent Planet' CANTERBURY, England (NC) - The difficulties being faced by modern society make people "much more open and favorable" to the Gospel message than they have been for the past three centuries, a British Catholic economist, Barbara Ward (Lady Jackson), told more than 400 Anglican bishops as they gathered for their first world meeting in a decade. Miss Ward, an internationally recognized expert on questions of development and the environment, was addressing the 11th Lambeth Conference on its first full day, giving one of two special lectures designed to set. the scene for the bishops' deliberations. She set out a context that included a somber warning, but also a note of hope. We are living, she said, at the end of a period in which more has been wasted and tbrown away than in the whole of human history. But, she added, awareness of this has contributed to a change of ideas perhaps comparable to the Renaissance. "I would like to suggest that in many ways the preoccupations, the puzzles, the difficulties which people are experiencing ... are mucb more open and favorable to the message of the Gospel than the 300 years of extreme human confidence which went before," sbe said. "·For the. very first time in human history it has become the accepted dogma of most of the human race that there should be equality between peoples, equality between human beings," she said. She called the world's rejec-
tion of enslavement, colonialism and imperialism "an absolutely fantastic change from the past." At the same time she noted the acceleration of population growth and the new awareness of how limited are the world's resources of energy and raw materials. The resulting debate, which did not exist 15 years ago, is the great agenda for the 1970s and 1980s, she said. "Upon our ability," she said, "to take this contradiction and to find our way through it in human and in moral terms depends, I believe, the survival of the planet, because - mark my words - there will be no stopping the demand for equality, there will be no check on the demand for civil respect, there will be no quiet acceptance of massive starvation. "We live on an absolutely interdependent planet, and we are either going to make a joint community which works at this, or the bright day is gone and therefore the dark." Miss Ward noted the contrasting views of optimists who think that science will come up with the answers in the form of more and better technology and pessimists who stress the damage already done, and she cited the complete failure to change the balance in the distribution of world wealth, the foot-dragging by wealthy nations on this issue, the estimated 17 million unemployed in the developed world alone, and the estimated $400 billion spent by the world each year on armaments. "Should we despair?" she asked. "Is this the answer? Are we reaching that point of no return when the world will, as
the Bible foresaw, go up in flames?" Her answer, she said, came out of Christian hope but not without rational grounds. For one thing, she said, these concerns are being noticed for the first time: It is only 45 years since Rachel Carson's book, "Silent Spring," and science is telling us the truth about our vulnerability and interdependance. In addition, she said, much of our new science is beginning to come up' with wholly new answers, as with the present research into solar power which followed from $1 to $14 a barrel. She predicted that in the next 10 to 15 years solar power will give the world's sun belt a boost for creation of safe health comparable to that provided by the use of steam in the northern hemisphere during the Industrial Revolution. Proper use of know-how and resources will give us "not an unscientific society but a society which recognizes fragility, which recognizes interdependence, which see the planet as an organic whole, and which can therefore be made into a human, surviving society and one in which we do not pass on to our children as our biggest inheritance millions upon millions of grams of absolute toxic waste (from nuclear energy), she said. "This will not happen without restraint and sharing," she warned. But she said that this vision seemed to her a much more Christian one, "and I hope it is one we are all Christian enough to entertain."
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John Joseph Hughes was one of the fighting Irish in an age when the church needed not only staunch defenders but militant protagonists. One of seven children in a struggling farm family in Ireland, he came to the United States in 1816 at the age of 19. With his family he settled in Chambersburg, Pa.
Never forget that America of 1776 was a Protestant America. The ideal of freedom of religion, born in Roger Williams' Providence Plantations, nourished by immigration and economic factors and confirmed by the Great Awakening of the 1740s, was a freedom for Protestants, not to any great extent for Catholics. Even in Maryland, supposed to be the Catholic colony, Catholics were forbidden to worship in public and were excluded from voting or holding public office as late as 1775. Even in the benign domain of William Penn, Catholics were not secure in freedom of religion. In all fairness it must be said that William Penn did grant freedom of public worship to Pennsylvania Catholics, but the problem of tolerating Catholics in actuality rested with the whims of the English Crown. Catholics began to see that their religious freedom would ultimately be tied to an independent America. They felt that they might as well throw their lot with the Protestant colonists and work out the details later. Other reasons moved American Catholic colonists to favor a revolution. The organization of the church in the colonies was haphazard and chaotic. In 1776 there were only about 25 priests altogether in the colonies. Many were Jesuits, whose order had just been suppressed in Europe. Thus they could not look abroad for any leadership. Moreover the Catholic bishop of London, charged with oveseeing the Catholic life of the colonies, was so far away that he was in practice of no help. The church of the colonies needed organization, leadership, its own bishop. Hence the 25 priests were very much for independence as were many of the Catholic people. Hence, Catholic colonists joined Protestants in urging armed revolt because they had vested religious interests as well as the vested economic and political hopes of the rest of the population. And when war came, the Catholics were there, ready and willing to fight. Stephen Noylan served as aide-de-camp to George Washington. Commodore John Barry functioned prominently in naval operations. St. Mary's county of Maryland provided the famed Maryland Old Line contingent that helped Washington stave off the surrender of New York and stood in defense of Boston. This Catholic patriotism helped soften ingrained Protestant路 prejudice to some extent. At the same time, Catholics had to endure the ignominy of hearings and bigoted outcries from New England and in Philadelphia's hallowed Carpenter's Hall Turn to Page Thirteen
Young John worked at a variety of jobs, including that of gardener. This occupation served him well, for when he applied repeatedly to Mt. St. Mary's Seminary in Emmitsburg, Md., only to be turned down because of lack of room, he was hired as a gardener. A year later Father John Dubois (later bishop of New York) accepted him as a seminarian and he was ordained for the Philadelphia diocese in 1826. These were hectic days in the diocese, with the cathedral trustees battling Bishop Henry Conwell, and the new priest saw the evils of the system at close range. They came into even sharper focus when he was appointed pastor of St. Mary's Cathedral and the trustees refused to pay his salary. An excellent pastor, he became even more prominent as a result of his preaching and writing. He openly combated the bitter anti-Catholicism of the times and to further his campaign founded a newspaper, The Catholic Herald, and the Catholic Tract Society, which turned out pamphlets for free distribution. He startled the church's adversaries, who had hitherto gone unchallenged, and he boosted the sagging morale of the oppressed Catholic population. In January, 1838, Hughes was appointed coadjutor, with right of succession, of New York. That same month, Bishop John Dubois suffered a stroke. Responsibility for the diocese devolved upon Hughes, who was named apostolic administrator in August 1839 and succeeded to the See on Dec. 20, 1842. His diocese comprised New York State and half of New Jersey, almost 55,000 square miles. To serve 200,000 Catholics, there were just 22 churches. There was one religious community, the Sisters of Charity of Emmitsburg; all seven parochial schools were in New York City, together with two of the four orphanages. And he had a staggering $300, 000 debt. To aggravate his headaches, the cathedral trustees challenged his authority in February 1839. He reacted promptly and firmly. He wrote a pastoral letter and had Bishop Dubois sign it, threatening to ,put all the parishioners under an interTurn to Page Thirteen
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The Illegal Alien Problem
By Msgr. George G. Higgins
For several years Congress has been debating what to do about stemming the flow of illegal immigrants into the United States. So far no laws have been passed on this probIem, and since we know so little about its causes and effects, tlla':'s just as well. We do not know, for example, how many illegal aliens are in the country, although estimates range from four to 12 million. Furthermore, we knew little about the impact of illegal immigrants on our economy. At least four government a;ld private research agencies are studying this problem. Their findings wHI probably be available in late 1978 or early 19i"9. Between now and then Congress should, and probably will, delay action on the admin:stration's legislative program incorporat3d in Senate Bill 2252. To suggest delay is not to reject that program, nor is it to suggest that there is any alternate sure-fire solution. As the Washington Star put it some months ago. "A flawless formula would be irreproachably humane to the people affected, would stop the massive flow of unlawful entrants to the country and would avoid any curtailment or threat to American l:berty. There is no way to mEet these requirements in full si:nultaneollsly." The Star's point is well taken, as the obvious weaknesses in the administration's omnibus bill clearly indicate. This bill would:
- Make unlawful the hiring - Promote cooperation with of undocumented aliens; countries which are major - Increase significantly the sources of illegal aliens in an enforcement of the Fair Labor effort to improve their econoStandards Act and the federal mies and help them control alien Farm Labor Contractor Regis- smuggling. tration Act; The program is admittedly a - Adjust the status of illegal patchwork compromise and is aliens who have lived in the being severely criticized for difU.S. for seven or more years. ferent reasons by different They would be granted perman- groups representing widely divent resident status if they ap- ergent viewpoints. plied and after five years could Until recently, the communiapply for citizenship. cations media have tended to ex- <Illegal aliens who lived aggerate both the dimensions of here prior to January 1977 the illegal alien problem and its could apply for temporary resi- allegedly adverse impact on the dent status for five years with American economy and social a final decision on their status institutions. Fair coverage can delayed. Those who entered the help put this problem in better U.S. after Jan. I, 1977, and those . perspective. who did not apply for adjustBefore acting on the matter of ment of status within a year, illegal aliens, our elected reprewould be deported if caught. sentatives need to learn, with - Substantially increase con- the help of the .media, that iltrol of major entry points to legal aliens are human beings, prevent illegal immigration. not statistics.
Monsignor Higgins By William Ryan In conferring an honorary doctorate of humane letters on Msgr. George Gilmary Higgins in May, Georgetown University saluted him as "a man of the church in the modern world." As a consultant at the Second Vatican' Council and in many other roles, said the citation, "he has influenced pope and bishops, priests and laity by his writings and by his labors. In his weekly . . . column (The Yardstick, syndicated by NC
News Service), he has measured attempted solutions to the problems of the day by the yardstick ot reason and faith." Msgr. Higgins has been and is a person of considerable influence at the headquarters of the United States Catholic. Conference (USCe) where he is secretary for research. Widely a<;knowledged as one of the country's leading experts on the American labor movement, he is a skilled negotiator. He has been called upon by Turn to Page Thirteen
Lenin Cult New 'Religion' For Russian Devotees DAYTON, Ohio (NC) - The cult of Lenin is the new religion of the Soviet Union, but it might lead to a return of true religion, according to Msgr. Paul Louis, university of Dayton economist, who recently returned from Russia. He reported seeing signs of Lenin's "deification" wherever ~e went in Russia. At Lenin's birthplace in Ulyanovsk, the priest saw 100 newly married couples encircling Lenin's statue, offering flowers and reciting some words. As he entered Lenin's home with other tourists, the request was made that visitors remove tion was secularized, and the overcoats and hats and put on parochial school system came' "overshoes." into existence. "The guide spoke in a hushed In 1844 violence erupted in voice," according to Msgr. Louis. Philadelphia - widespread riot- "Most of the time, we were just ing and the burring of several supposed to gaze and meditate. Catholic churches. Hughes mobi- Every step in the building was lized this people' to defend their a devotion rite." churches, but forbade them to In the USSR Lenin's picture, offer provocation to hostile forces. His forthright handling statue or symbolic etching is "At of this explosive situation, visible everywhere, he said. Lenin's tomb in Red Square in coupled with his courageous Moscow, there is that same sistand on education, won him national attention and respect. lent reverence as thousands file New York was made an arch- past the wax figure of the Comdiocese and Hughes was named munist 'god'." its first archbishop on July 19, Witnessing what he called a 1850. "godless society moving into the On Jan. 3, 1864, Archbishop worship of a created being," Hughes died, bequeathing to his Msgr. Louis said he see signs of archdiocese and the church in hope even in this misplaced revthe United States a secure and erence. proud heritage. "History shows that idolatry has paved the way for the advent of true religion," he said. "The cult of the dead CommunContinued from Page Twelve ist leader at least manifests that U.S. presidents, Catholic bishops, there is a yearning to place faith and a host of groups to bring and devotion in something exhis knowledge and ability to ternal. The Russians' desire to hear on labor disputes and vari- externalize a pseudo- religious ous issues requiring political faith could eventually lead them to the glorious dawn of true skill. He is eloquent, affable, forth- faith." At his first stop in Leningrad, right and possessed of a keen grasp of history and the church's Msgr. Louis found there was one Catholic Church in the city, role in present-day affairs. Msgr. Higgins gave an insight into his philosophy in a 1976 address on "The U.S. Catholic Church and the Public Order" at the Bavarian Catholic Academy in Munich, West Germany. PITTSBURGH (NC) - A 28"Today," Msgr. Higgins said, year-Old teacher at a Pittsburgh "Catholics have gone far be- Catholic school promised he yond the point of explaining that would be back after police cut their religion does not conflict the chains by which he had with Americanism and far be- bound himself to the doors of a yond the point of simply defend- Planned Parenthood abortion ing the Catholic faith and the clinic. rights of the church in the pubJim McInerney made the lic order." He added that, while promise after police declined to American Catholicism generally arrest him for chaining himself has felt fully at home in the to the doors and blocking adU.S. political environment, the mission. church today "is fully prepared Supporters of his action demto dissent, not from the Ameri- onstrated outside the clinic, can political system as such, greeting staffers with "award but, when necessary, from the certificates" for their roles in prevailing political ethos and 327 abortions performed at the from specific governmental pro- facility in 1977. grams in the field of public 'poliWhen they cut him loose, pocy." lice warned Mcinerney not to In 1970, Msgr. Higgins played return. But he said, "I'll be back." One of the demontrators, Rev. a major role in mediating the dispute between the United Michael Isbell of the Squirrel Farm Workers Organizing Com- Hill Christian Church of Pittsmittee and the growers in De- burgh said: "Such acts of civil lano, Calif. Late in 1977 he was disobedience will become inan adviser at the Belgrade Con- creasingly necessary if we are to ference on European security confront the uncivil obedience of and cooperation. these death vendors."
Archbishop Hughes Continued from Page Twelve diet unless they rejected the trustees. He read the letter at a meeting which he convoked and conducted. That ended the trustee problem in New York, except for one parish in Buffalo, where the trustees hung on for years. In 1839 Hughes locked horns with the privately organized Public School Society, which practically monopolized public funds for education in New York City from 1825 to 1840. It claimed to be non-sectarian, but actually promoted offensive anti-Catholic teaching. The situation might not have been so crucial had the public schools been religiously neutral. But they were not. Catholics argued that if public funds could be used for anti-Catholic education, they could and should be used also for denominational schools. Gov. William Seward agreed, but the city and state legislatures were antagonistic. As a result of the controversy, the Public School Society was dissolved, public school educa-
1776 Catholics Continued from Page Twelve against the Quebec Act that gave Canadian Catholics a privileged position. Prejudicial cries of "Romanism" rang out from a building barely a block away from what would become known as Independence Hall after July 4, 1776. Hence, Catholics knew they were taking a risk in backing the revolution. They might be trading the repressive English Crown for the equally bigoted American governmental policy. They placed their hopes in states' rights. The state constitutions of Maryland and Pennsylvania would almost certainly grant them religious freedom. Thus New England could not interfere. They were heartened by the strong public backing of George Washington. It was, however, their courageous witness in the war that helped turn back the forces of bigotry. As John Carroll put it, "Their blood flowed as freely in proportion to their numbers to ceIllent the fabric of independence as that of any of their fellow citizens." Their courage was rewarded. Maryland and Pennsylvania granted religious freedont to Catholics and the Bill of Rights put everyone on the same footing.
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one Protestant church, one synagogue and six Orthodox churches. He found the Catholic church locked and visitors could see the church only through iron bars. There wa!; no way to locate a priest or find a schedule of Masses. "We did see in the vestibule a large marble statue of Our Lady of Fatima. We said some prayers for Ii few minutes and left," Msgr. Louis said. Later he found an Orthodox church packed with worshippers. There were young, middleaged and elderly, according to Msgr. Louis. Msgr. Louis also visited a synagogue where he found about 20 leaders of the Jewish community meeting. "The people in the area of the synagogue were so poor they started begging from us. The visitors were told the synagogue was on the verge of extinction," Msgr. Louis said. He later learned from reports given by people of the Ukraine that Jews are the victims of daily discrimination. "Jews can't even grow a tomato plant," he said, it will be surreptitiously broken off before it matures. Msgr. Louis said he believes the average Russian is not content with his situation. One must have a passport to visit a city other than his own and it is almost impossible to change jobs. Although personal contacts between foreigners and Soviet citizens are not approved, Msgr. Louis was able to strike up a friendship with three Russians. "I found them all discontented," he said.
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focus on youth ... By Cecilia Belanger The, following discussion took place between myself, two girls, 16 and 17, and a young fellow of 18. Their names are changed. ......Ned: People are always saying how different the world is today. I don't think so. Maybe it's a little dirtier and more corrupt, but the more I read and think about it, people haven't changed. Christ still sees the same people from the Cross. Betty: Then you think He died for nothing? Ned: No, that's not what I'm saying. What I'm saying is that not enough people have taken Him seriously. If they had the world wouldn't be in the mess it is. Anne: It's quite a scene that Christ looks over. I read that He died of a broken heart. No wonder. Cecilia: But you have to admit it isn't all that bad when you look around at the positive things that have taken place because of Christ. For instance, even this discussion. Would you say it displeases Christ? Ned: No, not if we do something to try to bring about the things He died for. Betty: You wonder what Christ thinks when he looks at the homes where wives and children are abused, the drugs, the alcohol, the undermining and lying, the abuse of power, governments you can't trust and all the rest. Anne: There are two institutions in which I am disappointed and they are government and chur~hes. I am also disappointed when so-called adults don't think we younger adults think about serious matters and know nothing about them. Cecilia: Don't feel badly, Anne, we all get that in one form or another. The thing is not to let it deter you. Ned: My oldest brother and I
By Charlie Martin
LOVE IS THE ONLY THING WE HIDE
"I WOULD LIKE to think that the 'view from the cross is a church that [,as gone out more to the world," says a participant in a discussion reported in this week's Focus on Youth. (NC drawing by Tim McGuire, an inmate serving a life sentence at Idaho State Penitentiary) get into a lot of discuss:ons about religion. He says he's not as "religious" as he used tc be but is more Christian. He ;,a:d he sees that Christ came for all and that we are here for each other. Betty: The trouble is when you say you're here for all, people say, "Which side are you on?" It makes me mad when people accuse me of taking sides. When I was on a oommittee to send food to the starving children of Asia one woman ~aid, "There are plenty of children starving here, too." Cecilia: Don't let people "top you from being a witness whereever your conscience directs you. All the starving people are G:>d's children and Christ looked down from the cross at them too, Ned: Why is it we get the most flack from fellow Catholics? Anne: You're just not runlling into mature Christians. It's time you made new friends. Cecilia: Let's discuss further
your thoughts on the "view from the Cross." What else do you think Christ is concerned about? Ned: I think he's concerned over the fact that most of us are cowards. If we say something and someone shoots us down we're afraid to open our mouths again. Betty: ,I'm not afraid. The more someone pushes me, the more I push back. I won't accept someone's values because they're older and think they're more important than I am. Anne: We can't read Christ's mind, but from what we know of Him the wars and conflicts all over the world must be. a view He doesn't like. And I'll bet He feels that churches should be where the conflicts are, trying to resolve them. And that means us as individuals. What we're saying is that we mustn't be afraid. And that we should as individuals try to make the "view from the cross" one of love and faith and courage.
Whirling and shirUng through life's outer circles We're moving along Yearning and burning for love and affection Pretending we're strong And the only thing we all need is wrapped up inside Why is it always that love is the one thing we hide Dreaming and breathing alone in the darkness, awaiting the light And concealing the feeling of helpless surrounding alone in the night And it's all along we go There are strangers all around Afraid to make a friend Afraid that it will end up in pieces on the ground Though we're lonely, we're so lonely All of a sudden the one you've awaited is call1ng your name And the hours spent wondering and waiting for someone Just won't be the same And the only thing that you both need is wrapped up inside Why is it always that love is the one thing we hide Written by Dan Seals, Sung by England Dan and John Ford Coley, (c) 1977. Dawnbreaker Music Co., Gold Zinc Music Questions that flow from this song's message are: What keeps us from being a loving person? What encourages us to choose the safety of hiding our love rather than risking sharing it? These questions have been asked many times and books have been written in response. This shows that the answers given are never completely satisfactory. At one state of life, the questions reflect our need to further understand the act of receiving love. In the words of the song, we move along life's outer circles wanting to be loved, hut not sure if we can. We are looking to discover the "inner person," nat defined by exteriors, achievements of recognition, but innately formed to the image of God's life and love. Once we glimpse the goodness of our inner person, other questions evolve and the next question presents another sense of love's meaning: Is loving worth it? In looking outward to the other people, we discover different responses to our loving. If our loving is rejected, this can shake our inner conviction that we are lovable. Love seems to cost more than we realized. If our loving means only good feelings, then its worth will surely fluctuate, just as our feelings about loving will go up and down. Yet the questions grow in importance for they bring us to personal conviction and commitment. Once we face the pain and brokenness that loving can sometimes bring, but still affirm love's life-giving hopefulness, we discover the questions are changing once more.
Body, Soul, Mind, Sound of Music
." STUDENT RELAXES at Self-Affirmation and M.lsic session. (NC Photo)
MILWAUKEE (NC) - While most priests are out to save your soul, Jesuit Father Louis Savary also wants to help your body and your mind. "For so long, in the Christian tradition especially, we've considered our bodies unimportant . . . when we've considered them at all," said the priest, a writer and researcher. "Look at a common definition of prayer: lifting the mind and heart to God. Nothing is said about lifting the body to God, yet the body, mind and soul cannot be separated. What affects one area affects all the areas." And so, Father Savary tells his college audience to stretch out on the carpet, close their eyes, and get ready to experience.
The 60 or so women attending his "self-Affirmation and Music" session at Mount Mary College follow his directions, preparing to affirm themselves. The priest supplies the music - "a powerful catalyst in getting in touch with ourselves." Father Savary's objective is to make the students aware of their minds, bodies and soul, and how all three work together. "When we are aware of the interrelation, we are able to affirm ourselves, to assert our significance as a person who has something to contribute to the world," he said. "After all, you can't affirm what you don't know, or what you haven't experienced." Under Father Savary's guidance the students experience themselves. He tells them to con-
centrate on the rhythm of their breathing, on the motion of their hands, resting comfortably on their stomachs. He advises them to relax and .to follow their minds, wherever they go. Some of the minds went to sleep, while others had more profound experiences. "I could feel relaxation just dripping through my body," said one student. Another had a more tangible experience: "I have a spasmodic colon, and was having a lot of stomach pains when I came in. Now they're all gone." Father Savary said the method can serve as a prelude to study, work, play and prayer. "I've discovered that about 60 percent of the people who go through an experience similar to the one today will have a rel~: gious experience of some sort, he said.
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delight and is highly recom· mended for all. Saturday, Aug. 12, 1:36-2 P.M. (CBS) "Joey," This well reo ceived story about a young Puerto Rican boy facing life in New York City will be rebroadcast on "The CBS Saturday Film Festival." Saturday, Aug. 12, 7:30 P.M. (PBS) "Richard m." An exceptional film production of the Shakespearean play with Laurence Olivier in the title role, Ralph Richardson, John Gielgud, Claire Bloom, Cedric Hardwicke, Pamela Brown and Stanley Baker.
IN THE DIOCESE
By BILL MORRISSETTE
Kirtley MVP In Cya Diocesan Golf Rick Kirtley, who could have competed in the Cadet Division (under 13 years old) but elected to play in the Junior Division (under 16) was selected as the most valuable player in the C.Y.O. diocesan golf tournament at the Pocasset Golf Club last Monday. He was awarded the Martin (Marty) Higgins Trophy, emblematic of his achievement. Representing the Cape area, Rick fired a 74 to top the Junior Division. Only two other golfers, both in the Intermediate (under 19) equalled that score, and, only two others, both in the Senior Division (under 26) had lower scores. Tim Harney, also of the Cape area, was the runnerup in that division with 76. Both qualified to represent the Fall River Diocese in the New England C.Y.O. tourney later this month. Mike Alves, of the Fall River area, shot an 81 to gain the alternate berth. Others who turned in cards in this division were Steve Moniz, New Bedford, 82; Mark Sckowcroft, Taunton, 85; Greg !Barrett, Attleboro, 87; William Cassells, Attleboro, 89; Mike Carberry, Fall River, 90; David J. Freitas, New Bedford, 92. Paul Corcoran, Fall River, and Joel Gonsalves, New Bedford fired 73's to lead the Senior Division. Corcoran fired a 30foot putt to birdie the first extra hole and capture the division crown. Both will represent the diocese in the New Englands with Richard Walsh, Attleboro, as the alternate. Walsh and Richard Radlee, of the Cape, each posted 75s but Walsh won the playoff for the alternate berth.
Other Senior Division scores were: Jim Fonda, Cape, 76; Matthew Quintana, Taunton, 78; William Vine, Attleboro, 79; Neil ·Corkum, New !Bedford, 85. Four extra holes were required to decide the winner in the Intermediate Division. Rene Choquette, New Bedford, and Jim Hallett, Cape, tied with 74s for first place. Choquette broke the tie on the 22nd hole to become the No. 1 golfer in that division. Both qualified for the New Englands. Dan Donovan, New Bedford, who fired a 78, is the alternate. Ed Duclos, Attleboro, shot 80; Jim Saurette, Cape, 82; John Hackett, Fall River, 82; Kevin Jelinski, Fall River, 90; Jack deCambra, Taunton, 91. Kevin Habrel, who became 10 years old last April, fired an 83 in th!,! Cadet Division to give the Cape contingent another firstplace. Mike Stone, New Bedford, took a second place with 86, and, Tom Luiz, 93, won the alternate berth. Other cards were turned in by Carsten Hartvic, Attleboro, 95; Shawn Tavares, New Bedford, Tom Tobey, Cape, 96; Chris Barrett, Attleboro, 98; Don Daley, Fall River, 106. Overall the Cape golfers captured first place in two divisions, had two second places and one third place. New Bedford came up with one first place, a pair of runnerup spots and as many alternates. Fall River had one first-place finisher and an alternate. The tournament was under the direction of !Bill Doyle, of New Bedford. Many thanks are due to Bill, whose co-operation made the above column possible.
Dartmouth At St. John Invitational Dartmouth High School's harriers will participate in the St. John's University Invitational Cross-Country meet in New York on Saturday, Oct. 21, according to a schedule released by Carlin Lynch, athletic director at Dartmouth. In other outstanding attractions on the Dartmouth scAedule are a visit to Our Lady of Providence on Thursday, Sept. 28, and, to Catholic Memorial on Saturday, Oct. 14. Four diocesan schools are on
21, Heads Council HELENA, Mont. (NC) - Andy Haffey, 21, a senior at Carroll College and the youngest member of the Helena Diocesan Pastoral Council, is its new president. He has taken part in council activities for two years, first having been elected Carroll College representative as a sophomore. His experience on church councils began in his high school years when he was vice-president of his parish council.
Dartmouth's fall schedule. The school will Ibe host to Bishop Stang High in a varsity football game at 7:30 p.m., on Friday, Sept. 22. The schools will also meet in junior varsity and freshman football. In field hockey the Indians will be at Stang on Oct. 4 and will host the Spartans on Oct. 23. In soccer, Dartmouth will be home to Bishop Connolly High on Sept. 20, at Connolly on Oct. 13, at Holy Family on Oct. 6 and home to the Parochials on Nov. 1. Bishop Gerrard High, of Fall River, is the only diocesan school on the volleyball schedule. The schools will meet in Dartmouth on Oct. 3 and in Fall River on Oct. 19.
Sru Lanka Schools COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (NC) Eighteen years after the takeover of Catholic schools by the government of Sri Lanka. the country's new minister of educoation has pledged to restore the religious environment of those schools.
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"Go Tell the Spartans" (Aveo Embassy): An overage major (Burt Lancaster) commanding a small American cadre in Vietnam in 1964 is ordered to .fortify a long-abandoned outpost. When the Viet Cong attack, he is told to evacuate the Americans and leave the Vietnamese soldiers to their fate. An idealistic young corporal refuses to go and Lancaster, too, remains. An intelligent film but one which may offend even some adults with its coarse and explicit language. Separate classification (not morally offensive, but interpretation needed.) "Hot Lead and Cold Feet" (Disney-B.V.): A not very funny comic Western from the Disney Studios. Twin brothers of markedly different character inherit a vast fortune with the stipulation that they engage in a winner-take-all race. Not even the children are apt to like it much. Morally unobjectionable for all. "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" (Universal): Peter Frampton and the Gibb brothers are small-town musicians temporarily corrupted by becoming rock stars in sinful, gaudy Los Angeles. Eventually, however, the boys return purified and right all wrongs. The music is sometimes good but the movie as a whole is bland beyond belief. ·Parents should be aware that it contains some suggestive gestures and lyrics and that pot smoking and cocaine sniffing figure, presented as part of the corrupt Los Angeles record industry environment. Morally unobjectionable for adults. Films on TV Friday, Aug. 4, 9 P.M. (ABC) - "Take the Money and Run" (1969) - Woody Allen stars as the world's least dangerous criminal, botching bank jobs. An entertaining romp through many fields and styles of humor, but adult in nature. Morally unobjectionable for adults. Saturday, Aug. 5, 9 P.M. (NBC) - "The Land that God Forgot" (1975) - Survivors of a World War I U-boat disaster find themselves in a strange land filled with prehistoric beasts. Entertaining in a routine way.
Some violence makes it questionable for younger children. Morally unobjectionable for adults and adolescents. Sunday, Aug. 6, 9 P.M. (ABC) - "Anything for Love" (1974) Candice Bergen and Charles Grodin try to outwit the world's most complex security system to steal a fortune in diamonds. A routine caper film (Original title, "II Harrowhouse") Morally unobjectionable for adults and adolescents. Tuesday, Aug. 8, 9 P.M. (CBS) - "Hell Boats" (1970) - James Franciscus stars as an idealistic naval officer in this World War II drama about a plan to break the blockade of Malta by the use of torpedo boats. A good action film. Morally unobjectionable for adults. Wednesday, Aug. 9, 9 P.M. "The Hawaiians" (CBS) (1974) - Readers of James Michener's gigantic novel, "Hawaii," will be distressed that almost none of its style has survived in this potentially lively story of Whip Hoxworth (Charlton Heston), the lusty sea captain who brought the pineapple to Hawaii. Morally objectionable in part for all. Thursday, Aug. 10, 9 P.M. (ABC) "For Pete's Sake" (1974) - Barbra Streisand is an eager young housewife who will do anything to help her husband, even to pretending to be a professional playmate. For Streisand fans only. Morally unobjectionable for adults. Friday, Aug. 12, 9 P.M. (NBC) - "Breakout" (1975) - Charles Bronson plays a Texas bush pilot who accepts the job of flying a helicopter into a Mexican prison yard and rescuing Robert Duvall. A good action film marred by the graphic depiction of a villain meeting his end by means of a propeller. Morally unobjectionable for adults. On TV "Charlotte's Web," CBS, 8-9 P.M. Tuesday, Aug. 8 and Tuesday, Aug. 15. This animated musical based on E. B. White's famous children's story about Wilbur, who is "some pig," is full of brightness, but not overlooking the shadows. It encourages and teaches as it provides
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SACRED HEART, FALL RIVER The new Linden Club will operate over a period of ·twentyfive weeks, beginning September 3, 1978 and ending with a dinner dance to be held at the Venus DeMilo Restaurant on March 4, 1979. The Sacred Heart Senior Citizen's Club is planning a bus trip to Cathedral in the Pines in Rindge, New Hampshire, with lunch at Old Forge Restaurant. The trip is planned for Thursday, August 17, 1978. ST. STANISLAUS,
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s(:hocilyard at 8:30 a.m. Saturday. Special Solemn Days o:f Prayer and Teaching honoring Our Lady of Czestochowa and preceding her solemn Feastday will begin on August 16 and will continue through August 26th. Father Kaszinski has taken as the preaching theme: Mary, The Woman of the Word. Services will take place daily, morning and night. Parish Pilgrimage to the Holy Land: As part of our celebration of the year 1979 as the 900th Jubilee Solemnity of St. Stanislaus' Martyrdom. Meeting of registration will be held on Sunday, A'Jgust 27th, at 6:30 p.m. in our school hall. OUR LADY OF THE ANGELS, FALL RIVlER ~rocessi()n for Our Lady of the Angels Feast will be Sunda.y, August 13th at 1:00 p.m. All membe:-s of the societies, soda.lities, groups and organizations of the church are to take pa.rt, We ask the people of the pa.rish to take part in the Pro· cession in order that it will be beautiful and at the same time, ar., act of religion and thanksgiving to God for His gifts to us.
Holy Name Society: Sunday, September 24th - Mass at 8:00 a.m. followed by breakfast and meeting. All members are asked to come to make plans for the year's activities of the society. It is important for you to come. Bring in a new member with you. SS. PETER AND PAUL, FALL RIVER Women's Club trips to Warwick Theater on August 29th and September 5th have been cancelled, President Barbara Lee announced. Retirees Club will meet Tuesday, August 8th at 1:30 p.m. A trip to Wentworth-by-the-Sea, Port~mouth, N.H. is planned Wednesday. ROSE HAWTHORNE HOME, FALL RIVER ~. Dominican Tertiaries of the Rose Hawthorne Lathrop Chapter of the Rose Hawthorne Home 1600 Bay Street, are invited to attend a 6:30 p.m. Mass on the Feast of St. Dominic, Tuesday, August 8th. There will be a buffet supper after the Mass. This celebration will take the place of the regular monthly meeting of the Chapter.
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Church Seen As Committed To Divorced, Separated NOTRiE DAME, Ind. (NC) The "official" Catholic church is more committed now than ever before to helping divorced and separated Catholics, participants in the North American Conference on Divorced and Separated Catholics were told. Father Donald Conroy, family life director of the U.S. Catholic Conference, said in his opening remarks that "There is a sense among the official church of really wanting to respond and respond effectively" to the needs of the divorced and separated. Rather than just issue a "pastoral letter of encouragement," Father Conroy said the bishops made a committment to action in their 12 year plan for family life, which specifically includes a ministry to the divorced and separated. Sister Paula Ripple, a Franciscan nun and executive director of the conference, echoed Father Conroy's remarks that the past year has been a "hopeful one" for the group because of the bishops' committment to the divorced and separated and the lifting of the excommunication ban on divorced, remarried Catholics. She suggested that the lifting of the ban, in a sense, has brought divorced and separated Catholics "out of the closet." Father Conroy noted that the lifting of the ban was "key" because it was a symbolic gesture which prompted many dioceses to begin sensitive ministries to the divorced and separated.
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