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Coordinators on Rise ,In ReligiousEducation WASHINGTON (NC) - A growing number of Catholic parishes are seeking individuals to coordinate their religious education programs for all age levels "from children to adults, according to a recent national.sur' vey. "Across the nation, approximately one out of every six parishes is being served by a coordinator of religious education," said Father William J. Tobin, assistant director of the National Center of Religious Education-Confraternity of Christian Doctrine here. That U. S. Catholic Conference division polled religious education offices across the country, receiving responses from 121 out of a possible 161 U. S. dioceses. The poll showed that 2,513 parishes out of a total 15,014 responding had a coordinator for their religious education programs. The survey did not ask whether the task of coordinating religious education programs extended to the parish school.

But Father Tobin said there are indications "that a growing number of parishes that have parochial schools are also served by a director who coordinates all phases of religious education, in~ c1uding the parochial schools." The survey also indicates that nearly two-thirds of the -coordinators are men and women Religious, most of whom live in the parish they serve. "Weak points noted in a number of dioceses," Father Tobin said, "include the lack of an ongoing training program for the local coordinators; the lack of a set pay scale; the absence of a systematic plan of recruitment and placement, and the need for written gUidelines." Another thing the survey shows, Father Tobin said, is "a noticeable increase in the cooperation between diocesan and parish level coordinators of religious education." Fifty-eight respondents said they have a diocesan level supervisor of parish religious education directors.

ARCHBISHOP'S SILVER JUBILEE MASS: Bishop Cronin presides as Archbishop Medeiros of Boston delivers the homily at the Mass of Thanksgiving offered in St. Michael's Church, Fall River where the Archbishop served as a pastor before his elevation to the episcopacy in 1966. Rev. George E. Harrison, secretary to Bishop Cronin is at the right.

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Astronauts Hope Discoveries Will Benefit All Mankind CASTELGANDOLFO (NC) Pope Paul VI has hailed the intelligence, ability and daring of the U. S. Apollo 15 team and has disclosed that he and the astronauts exchanged private messages about the latest moon flight.

Grail'Movement Potential Can Transform World LOVELAND (NC) - Take it from a Brooklyn Fulbright scholar, a teacher in Lisbon or an African queen, the Grail movement-of which they are members-has the potential to transform the world. Meeting at Grail U.S. headquarters here in Ohio for a twoweek general assembly, 50 delegates from _18 countries talked

about the religious and ~ocial impact of the international women's movement--celebrating .its 50th anniversary this year. Father Jacques van Ginneken, Jesuit priest ,who launched the -_' movement in The Netherlands in 1921, would still recognize the' Grail today, according to Eileen SchaeffIer, Brooklyn-born interTurn to Page Two

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The Pope devoted most of his usual noon Sunday talk at his Summer home here to the Apollo 15 adventure. Papal aides said the Pope often interrupts his work to watch television transmissions from the flight. Pope Paul said that he was

Minority Group Aim Quality Education NEW YORK (NC) - Quality education -has replaced integration as the major current issue of concern to minority_ groups, according to civil rights leader James Farmer. Addressing a graduate insti-

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following the flight "with our admiration, our good wishes and our prayers." He said the flight was an "incredible effort of dominion" on the part of man and added, "We admire his intelligence, his ability, his daring." Toward the end of his talk the Pope revealed that he had sent a private message of best wishes and prayers to the Apollo 15 team before take off from Turn tp Page Six

tute for school personnel at Fordham University, the former HEW assistant secretary said that "most of the black community is now more concerned with the quality of education." WASHINGTON (NC) - Non"We have not really created an open society," he said. "The profit mailers hoping to work schools are now the front-line out a compromise with postal trenches. There was a time when officials on proposed postage inthe black, Puerto Rican and Chi- creases were told instead at a cano parents were stand-offish 'recent meeting here that more from the school system and their rate hikes may be coming. officials. According to the Washington "The schools represented offi- Daily News, a local n'ewspaper, cialdom, and, the people were Assistant Postmaster General Turn to Page Six Turn to Page Two

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Edutation Continued from Page One afraid. Now the heat is on you. If there is any professional in the society I don't envy, it is the professional educator." . Farmer emphasized, however, that, the pressure for quality education does not mean that the segregation problem' has been solved. Instead: the empha-' sis has been changed from de jure segregation to de facto segregation. "And there is more residential segregation than ever before," he said. The proble.ms of the schools, he said~ are partly the fault of the teachers. "It's a cop-out to put the blame on the parents and the communjty," Farmer explained. "We as educators must be held accountable for our product. If the kids don't learn, we must assume a share of the 'responsibility. We must hold the teachers responsible and prepare them to be responsible. It's astonishing how many children 'tan't read today. There must be 20 to, 30 million adults who are functional illiterates." More money is needed for education, Farm~r said, "but not just to teach the same old way. We must now seek to orient our teaching and materials to those who are becoming a majority in our urban areas-the non-whites, the poor, and the rural people moving into the city." Functional illiteracy, which he defined as inability to read at a sixth-grade level, could be eliminated within 10 years by properly prepared teachers using' adequate teaching materials, according, to Farm~r. ', ' ,

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. MILWAUKEE (NC) The crucial issues which pitted them Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod against their president, the Rev. took a 'moderate doctrinal stand Dr. Jacob A. O. Preus and his , here :'at:its,49th regular conven- conservative supporters. In a close vote, delegates subtion, but was far from middle of the rOqd when it came to, the stituted a mild and vaguely subject of women in the pulpit. worded resolution for one that Representatives of the 2.8- would have required ,teachers million - member denomination and pastors to be bound by docvoted 674 'to 194 to ban 'women trinal statements. from ordination as clergy. Backs Conservative Plan The action reaffirmed the Four of five of the moderates' synod's position "that the word of God does not permit women preferred candidates were elect. to hold the pastoral office or to. \ ed for the board of control of serve in any" capaeity involving Concordia Seminary in St. Louis, distinctive functions of this of- the church's main seminary. Dr. Preus announced that he has no fice." The issue, according to Lu- plans to continue a' faculty intheran spokesmen, threatens to vestigation there or what moderates have termed a witch hunt. test the fellQwship relationship established by the denomination The moderate position is that two years ago with the Amer- pastors and teachers are bound ican Lutheran Church. Both ALC only by the Scriptures and Luand the' Lutheran, ,Church in theran creeds. Ame'ricahaveapPll'oved ordinaAfter the 485 to 425 vote fa,tion ,for. ,women" ami' each has voring the I~ss restrictive code ordained women.' , for pastors and· teachers, Dr. The Lutheran Council in the Preus said he' had backed the USA,arl agency' to which all more conservative plan to estabthr'ee of the major Lutheran delish' more doctrinal supervision nominations belong, last year is- ,'with "heart and soul as well as sued' a 'stud~ docilment saying mind." ,that while each church must decide the'matter itself, it is not an issue which should be "divisive to fellowship." Wilfred C. To its resolution banning Sullivan Driscoll women, from the ministry, the Lutheran Church;Missouri Synod added that it thanked God "for the countless blessings to His 206 WINT~R STREET. church through the service of FALL RIVER, MASS. women." 672-3381 Moderates at the conve,ntion, however, 'scored victo'ries on two

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LOS ANGELES (NC) An "I think the Pitture lis being American missionary bishop who improperly given and I think the has spent the past 25 years in conclusions Which! come from it Thailand said here he doesn't are wrong," he sa1id. I think the public is being properThe bishop said he: 'doesn't Iy informed about the Vietnam have much confidence: ih the war. conclusions drawn Iby Americans Redemptorist Bishop Clarence who spend a wekk ori two in Duhart wondered aloud, for' ex e Vietnam and who,lthrough interample, whether people believe preters" gather ia s~perficial Assertil>n, most atrocities are committed knowledge of what is going on Never assert, anything without I I ' by the communists or the Amer- there. ' " Inc. , icans. Bishop Duhart himself has not first being assured of it. St. Theresa of Jesus "If Lt. CaIley was guilty, there spent much time irl Vietham, but Funeral Service is no justification for what he there an~ large nU~bers! of VietContinued from Page One Edward F. Carney did," Bishop Duhart stated. Fur- namese refugees in Udonthani. national priesident. 549 County Street thermore, if what CaIley did had The refugees cal'e while the It's still "a universal religious' New Bedford 999-6222 the endorsement of his superior 'French were still in Ir~dochina. FUlleral lIoIJ.e movement of wome~" and comofficers, they should be punished And they came in such numbers Serving the area since 1921 550 Locust Street mitted to change, Miss Sc.haeffler that Bishop Duhart felt Ian oblitoo, the bishop said.. _.,---------~ said. Fall River, Mass. "But I don't think ai'lyone is gation to learn their language. Catholic refugee1s near UdonChange saying that the Calley situation 672-2391 thani are in sUffi¢ient numbers Education, social work'r medi- was a result of U. 'S. policy. Rose E. Sullivan cal pioneering, and community genetaIly to def)f Ha~oi, the Jeffrey E. Sullivan development are some of the Policy bishop said, but n6t 'all lof them areas of "work for change" in "But terrorism is a matter of get away with it. I which _Grail members are in- policy of the North Vietnam re- ' . , ReprisJls,! volved on five continents. ' gime." - I ' The communists inflitrate the Mme. Adebola Adesida, Queen Thousands of Vietnamese poI l Funeral Home of Akure, .Nigeria, said she had Iitical leaders have 'been killed refugee communitilfs, he jclaimed, witnessed the "transforming in- because. they would not cooper- exacting reprisals pn thpse who 571 Second Street f1uence" of the Grail in her own ate with the North Vietnamese dare defy Hanoi's rishes. AntiFall River, Mass. labeled communist refugeesI "are ' country. government, the bishop claimed,.' 679-6012 traitors, and i.t is ~~de I,difficult The Youthful queen said Grail h ' I' . h' h' "The Hue massacre was re- f HYANNIS 775-0684 MICHAEL J. McMAHON members "inspire the people", or t em to Ive WI In t, elr own ' 't" les. Anl-'~ th'ere are ported one day and then buried commUni ,South Yarmouth 398-2201 Registered Embalmer among whom t'hey live arid work. in footnotes," he continued, h· . I . I [t th R Harwich Port 4~2·0S9~ Licensed Funeral Director e e"Wherever they are, there is an whereas' the' CaIley 'case has Pyslca n~pnsa s, 00" Bishop staten. effe' ct," she said, "an increased been on the front pages fo,' demptorist Wh' th bl t d . concern that justice is done, more months. ere ey are a e 0 0 so, consideration of mutual respon, tne communists OrllganiZ townssibility, and so on." Opinhms . along party Iin~s. "Th~y take , taxes in a town where I am and Search We must never so form our send the money 'tol Hanoi. They opinions as not to be ready, if, -I I Grail is also interested in helpoperate a 'government within a necessary, to give them up: ing members with "religious ' , governm,ent." , ' . 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3 Leader of Irish Republican Army Disagrees With Cardinal Conway.

DUBLIN (NC) - A leader of the political arm of the militant: "provisional" wing of the outlawed Irish Republican Army has taken issue with Cardinal WilIiam Conway of Armagh, president of the Irish Bishops' Conference, for his stano on violence in Northern Ireland.

rible crime," the cardinal said. But the letter signed by Sean 0 Bradaigh, representing in Dublin the political arm of the "provisional" IRA, said: "A churchman of your standing cannot be unaware that the '1,000 British soldiers on Irish soil are here against the wishes of 80 per cent of the Irish people. The British ... are aggressors and invaders. "These English soldiers are trained killers, armed with all the most modern paraphernalia of war. Their war is against the people of Ireland. Day after day and night after night, they kill, maim and terrorize the population ... Should they (or you) be surprised when the 'natives' organize to defend themselves?"

In an open letter to the cardinal, published here, the leader suggested that the cardinal was being "less than frank, and even deliberately misleading" in his statements recently on events in Northern Ireland, politically a part of Great Britain which in recent years has been racked by violence. The cardinal's office has refused to comment on the IRA allegations. A spokesman said the cardinal is not in the habit of answering public statements by illegal terrorist organizations.

'On Wrong Side' The IRA leader suggested that the Catholic bishops "as usual" are on the wrong side in this generation's "war of liberation" which, he said, is now on.

Cardinal Conway had expressed sympathy both to the relatives of two men from Londonderry, Northern Ireland, shot dead by British troops and to the relatives of two British soldiers subsequently shot dead by the IRA as a reprisal for the killing . of the civilians.

He asked whether the cardinal considered the youth of Northern Ireland bound to accept an immoral government and immoral laws," an'd whether British rule and military occupation of part of Ireland was considered ·"moral."

The cardinal said then tHat "the principle of an eye for an eye and a tooth for'a tooth is a principle which has been rejected by our divine Lord," and he asked his local congregation to pray for "peace and justice in the north." 'Terrible Crime' Stressing moderation and restraint, Cardinal Conway said: "We must be realistic at a time like this and remember that tonight four homes are lonely, and friends are mourning the loss of their menfolk. "We must look at things clearly and state that the taking of human life by anyone, no matter f~r what cause, is a ter-

Some observers think that despite.' the cardinal's consistent refusal to have any truck with the IRA or the "provisionals," events may force his hand. A number of Catholic clergy in both Northern Ireland and the republic have recently expressed rage at enforcement of the law by British troops in Northern Ireland in a way they said dis- . criminates against Catholics.

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Black Cathol ics .Accept Grant From Bishops WASHINGTON (NC) - The Nationa'l Office for Black Catholics which had earlier rejected a $200,000 grant from the U. S. bishops, has accepted that a'mount from the hierarchy. The grant" covering a one-year period, was approved by a bishops' ad hoc committee headed by Bishop Peter L. Gerety of Portland, )VIe. It culminated a series of negotiations involving the bishops and NOBC officials who at the hierarchy's November 1970 meeting turned down a similar $200,000 offer, denouncing the proposal as a racist act. The' ad hoc committee also agreed to: Support the NOBC's efforts to 'seek other funding at the diocesan level. ISsue a strong statement supporting the NOBC. Draft a cover letter for the . NOBC, encouraging individuals and groups to contribute funds to the black office. Possible Extension The NOBC's board of directors last May said they would accept the bishops' offer if the ad hoc committee agreed to those addie' tional terms. . The ad hoc committee also agreed to review the NOBC's activities' for a possible funding extension. Meanwhile, the NOBC pledged to keep th.e committee informed about its programs and to seek additional efforts .revenue. Marianist. Brother Joseph M. Davis, NOBC executive director, would not comment on the grant. The figure includes $150,000 allocated from the National Conference .of Catholic Bishops budget and $50,000 from a. 'private source. Urge Support The NOBC had earlier asked the bishops' conference for . $659,000 to launch a race training program. The black office, chartered by the bishops' conference in November 1969, has been operating on a $47,000 prelim, inary budget voted by the bishops last June. Announcement of the grant was preceded by a statement is~ sued by 30 white priests, meeting at Notre Dame University, who urged the Catholic Church to give adequate and moral financial support to the NOBe. The priests participated in a two-week institute on minister'ing to the black community. Called "White Priest-Black Parish," it was sponsored by the black office and directed by Brother Davis. The priests, .from 21 dioceses and' six religious communities, said they "fully support the working of black leadership with, black Catholics."o

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BAYONNE (NC)-Msgr. Harold P. Darcy, who had served as secretary in the apostolic delegation in Washington since 1961, has been named adminis, trator of St. Vincent de Paul parish here. He is returning to the Newark archdiocese at ..his own request after a 10-year absence.

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-Predicts Suff~ri~g, Sacrifice for Faith DROGHEDA (NC) - The Irish primate, William Cardinal Conway of Armagh, told Catholics to stop taking refuge in slogans like "Ireland is a Catholic country" as if they had some guarantee from God that they would always be faithful to the Church. "We have no such guarantee," the cardinal said. "Our fore-, fathers ... suffered for the faith and we shall have to make sacrifices to keep it." The cardinal spoke to 10,000 people here at the opening of a crusade of prayer' for the canonization of Blessed Oliver Plunket, a former archbishop of Armagh who was tried and executed by the British on false testimony in

1681 during religious' troubles. The crusade,l acco~ding to the cardinal, is al~o a /crusade of that Ireland, in the criti. prayer , I, cal years ahe~d, "may remain true to the faith Ifor which Blessed Oliver (lied.": /' I , The next fej decades will be critical for the l world, and for Ireland, he said'. "The world today is plagued iWith ,deep-sea~ed divisions among mer, but the most important division' of all is between those for whom human life i~lodked in a closed . I circle of space and time and those who belieh that it is openfrom-God ended, that it bomeJ I ,,' and leads to eternal life with God." I

"For those who accept the 'closed circle' view of life the permissive society is a logical consequence," the cardinal stated. "It is simply putting into practice the principle of 'eat, drink and be merry, for tomorrow we die.'

Cardinal Conway defended the Catholic school system, saying: "We should take time off to think for example, What kind of rising generation we would be likely to have if our Catholic schools were to be stripped of their Catholic character."

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He asked the pilgrims to p~ay for peace in Ireland, particularly at the present time. "The. only lasting foundation for peace is justice," he said, "but violence can make the road to justice much longer and can leave it strewn with innocent human lives, serious injuries and great human suffering. No one has the right to inflict this suffering on the people."

"Ireland has got to face up to this question while there is yet time. We do not want to be 'the idiots at the end of the queue' who are still moving forward toward the permissive society long after the people ahead of us have, found out that the goods the in shop are worthless."

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Contribution of u.s. Parochial Schools Must Be Made Evident to Country (Father C. Albert Koob has headed the IS,OOO-member Nation;:,1 Catholic Educational Association, headquartered in Washington, D. C., since 1967 -first as executiv'e secretary and then as president, when the title of the post changed in 1969. The Norbertine priest earned his masters degree in education from Catholic l:Iniversity of America in Washington, and was a high school principal in Philadelphia for seven years.) Father C. Albert Koob doubts if he is the first citizen ever to be perplexed, if not disgruntled, with the Supreme Court of the United States. As president of the 18,000member National Catholic Educational Association (NCEA), Father Koob was torn from his usual hectic pace on June 28 to examine what the Supreme Court had wrought for Catholic schools of the nation. It was a long day of one conference after another being interrupted by one phone call after another. Then there was an hour with CBS, which turned NCEA's' national headquarters in the Dupont Circle area of the District of Columbia into a miniature television studio. But Father Koob was back bright and early the next morning, prepared to face the day's most pressing problem - which that day was a little more pressing than most. Rate of Closing In view of the Supreme Court's decision nullifying a purchase-of-secular-services program in Pennsylvania and a nonpublic teachers' salary supplement law in Rhode Island, NCEA researchers adjusted their estimate of the Catholic school rate of closing from six per cent to over eight per cent. The conservative estimate was that the Supreme Court ruling would contribute to making it impossible for more than 800 Catholic schools to reopen in September. The Supreme Court's majori,ty opinion in the two aid cases, Father Koob flatly asserted soon after the decision had been handed down, "reflects a very shallow understanding of values in education." The court cited "dangers presented to children of impressionable age" whose teachers are under the discipline and authority of a religious group. "This in effect means," the Norbertine priest continued, "that physical education, to take the extreme case, cannot be considered a secular subject because the teacher teaching it happens to be Catholic." Applying this thinking to the public sector, Father Koob bluntly suggested that "one could legitimately wonder about paying public funds as salary to any acknowledged church member who happens to teach in a public school." In the day or two after the momentous decision, Father Koob consistently replied to inquiries 'with reminders that Maryland's tuition grant program and Minnesota's tax credit

THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Thurs., Aug. S, 1971 feels "have an obvious interest" -meaning those in the higher echelons at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue) the observation that "the responsibility for educational finance is gravitating toward the federal level." He sees this as the result of private effort withdrawing, "or being removed," from its substantial role in a wide variety of , American social activitie·s. "I'mnot waving the red flag," he ascerts, "but big government is a fact of life, now and for the forseeable future." In this climate, and since the Supreme Court upheld a federal aid program to private colleges at the same time it struck down

the two state aid programs, Father Koob is prepared to throw the full weight of NCEA behind a study now underway by NCEA superintendents. The superintendents are frankly looking for "procedures to obtain federal funds for Catholic education."

Publish Finances ALBANY (NC)-Nearly 80 per cent "of the 159 U. S. dioceses have reported they either publish or intend to publish financial reports, according to a sur· vey the weekly newsletter, Crux, published here.

WHY PEOPLE BUILD CHURCHES THE HOLY FATHER'S MISSION AID TO THE ORIENTAL CHURCH

FATHER C. ALBERT KOOB: Ponders the future. , plan "are alive and kicking." When on July 1, however, the Washington Post called to advise that the American Civil Liberties Union and the American Jewish Congress' planned "immediate" court tests of these and similar programs in six states, the priest's normally bright composure slid, but only briefly, to one reflecting all the unhappy features of a man who had "just been kicked while he was down. Still 4,000,000 Students Father Koob' was not gloomy for long, however. In the weeks before the high court decision, he had patiently shepherded the NCEA staff, convention planning committee a,nd board of directors toward selecting the phrase that he knew all along would be next year's NCEA convention theme -"Catholic Education: A National Asset"-a mantle they did not discard after the ruling. For, Father Koob is quick to point out, even if the decision deals the damage at first indio cated, the U. S. Catholic school system will still include 10,000 elementary and secondary schools, four million pupils, and 150,000 . administrators and teachers-a sizable segment of the American educational community. Father Koob intends to make sure the nation understands the significant contribution all this represents. He also sees the necessity of stiffening the Catholic community's sagging confidence in its ability to meet its educational commitments. Meanwhile, he assigns "highest priority" to three areas which he considers of "immediate concern" to Catholic education: reli-

gious education, creative design and governmental· relations. Citing a "very real dilemma" which has developed in recent years in the movement toward "moderil" approaches to religious education due to the confusion in methodology and subject matter which has sometimes resulted, Father Koob intends to "build on the momentum" achieved by' NCEA superintendents who have distributed 50,000 copies of their Criteria for the Evaluatio"n of ,Religious Education Programs. Developed oVllr a year ago, the Criteria are .. guidelines offered for religIon teachers who wish to, mea~ure their effectiveness. Father ',Kooh, hopes to increase this voluntary self-evaluation by starting a special NCEA project to encourage use of the criteria. Also envisioned is a "national forum" for religious education which he hopes to organize with natiQ,llally recognized experts from all levels of education, early childhood through adult. A devotee of innovative alternatives to traditional educational structures and methods long before the recent Supreme Court . decision, the veteran educator feels the high court's action "gives Catholics an opportunity to explore these areas with even greater vigor."

The answer is easy: they welcome the opportunity to do something needed where it's needed. Sometimes, besides, they build the church in memory of their loved ones, name it for their favorite saint. ... Where is a new church needed? In hundreds of towns and villages in our 18 country mission world. In Perakam, South In,dia for instance.... The parishioners have tried for several years to build a church on their own. They have pooled their meagre financial resources as well as their physical energies. The poverty of the parishioners prevents continuation of the work. You can complete this church all by yourself for as little as $2,900! You'll be doing something needed, where it's needed, for Christ-and for people who cannot do for themselves.... Do something at least, as much as you can ($100, $75. $50, $25, $20, $15, $10, $5, $3, $1) to help build this church! Your gift of any size will be a Godsend! ... Have you been looking for something meaningfUl to do? Help these people build a simple but lasting church. Father Chittilapilly, the pastor of Perakam, will write to thank you on behalf of his people. We will send you a sketch of the proposed church, ' " when we thank you.

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Continued trom Page One James Hargrove told those attending the closed-door session that the fledgling U. S. Postal , Service is already $422 million in debt. The independent postal corporation went into operation officially on July 1. Hargrove reportedly said it may be necessary to ask the Postal Rate Commission to approve next year rates even higher than the proposed increases it is now considering. He said these Increases might come particulaI:ly in the third class - bulk mail- category to help make up the deficit caused partly by a $990 million wage settlement with seven postal unions. Hargrove noted, however, that he personally would prefer to ask Congress for an appropria.tion of about $430 million to cover the deficit.. Both third and second class mail users, some nonprofit and 'some regular mailers, attended the session. Diocesan weekly newspapers fall under the second class nonprofit mailing category.

So What Else Is New?

One ,of the more surprising aspects of the moon. journey and walk is the boredom wit.h which many people in the country loo~~d upon it. It is not that the moon has exactly become "old hat" but a great many people have taken the attitude-if you have. seen one moon walk yay have seen them all. This attitude is an indication that the American atten,tion span is' short indeed. It might also indicate that a general boredom has become part of the American way of life so that interest is captured only with a succession of dramatic "productions." Unless there is razzle-daz~le connected with the endeavor, it is very quickly relegated to .a second-feature performance. This could be a sign that .America and its people are still in a rather early stage of development. Like children tiring of old toys and demanding new ones, they grow weary of spectacular marvels and smother yawns . while calling for new delights. . Perhaps it is high time that they realize that the .,greatness of a nation comes from thrusting always into the .unknown while yet holding in value the accomplishments that are taking place and never tiring of the efforts that go into their making. Perhaps the longshore:. . man-philosopher Eric Hoffer is right when he' says that the greatness of a nation is shownjn how it accomplishes the routine and hum-drum matters of just keeping itself together and going, of taking care of repairs and maintenance, of performing (hose small jobs, done by the little people, which all add up to day-by-day living. All this indicates that people have grown beyond the child-like 'demand for circuses and entertainment and are settling down to the adult world of facing and coping with the many tasks-usually quite ·ordinary-thatmake up the o-usiness of living.

'Dismal Prospect'

"The meeting with Mr. Hargrove offered nothing construcg~:t::~:~:~:~:~:~~ :;:;:;:::;:; :~:"~:~~:::::;:'" :i:;:i:;:;:;:i:;:;:iKi:::;: ::;:i:;::::::::::;::::;~:~:I:~::'~I:::;:: :~:f~:}~~~:~:~:]:l.]:m]:i::tl:~]:)~:~:r·:::.:·:·:.:·:·;·;.;.;.;:~:.;.:.;.:.:.; :~:~::t}~§~t?~:~f:::~~~:~:~t{~t~~:l$:~r1:~~" tive or encouraging at. all from our standpoint," said James Doyle, executive director of the and the cause of its being. This Catholic Press Association, comContinued fro~ Page One Cape Kennedy: and had in re- is the monistic, pantheistic an- menting on the Daily News story. turn received a message' of swer, which checks the progress "About all that was offered was thanks fr~m the thre~ astro- of the transcendent understand- the dismal prospect of further nauts, Col. David Scbtt, Maj. ing of things and compels it to rate increases next year over and Alfred M. Worde9 and I Lt. Col.' renounce the enrapturing dia- above those already .~equested," Interesting-indeed, fascinating-reading was provided James .B. Irwin, ;'fhich Ihe read. logue with the living, wise, all"It is clear," Doyle continued, powerful and loving principle of SU~day vis, Pope Pau' told his "that our only hope for a modiby several area newspapers ~>ver .the past we~kend with itors 'that the jou~neyand dis- the universe. Or else the world ficationof the crushing non, ' the publication of the' text of the teStimoIw'of a self-con- coveries of Apollol 15 r¢confirm is crea.ted, is generated .by a profit rate increase ,lies 'with, the; fessed .Fook who related many inGidents of -his life of his belief in a supreme being Thought, by a Word: which' ex~ post,al rate commission,;'" -crime. behind the mysterifs and immen- presses' itself mysteriously in Representing tlie CPA,Jhe AsThe matte'r-of-factness with which he told of illicit sities now being explore~. As he the very being of things and in sociated Church Press and the deals involving thousands and hundreds of thousa,nds of put 'it, "Let us le~rn t6 admire their most descipherable intelli~ Evangelical "Press Association, arid celebrate in [ourselves the gibility. Doyle' testified before the comdollars, the casual way in which criminal activities were speaking The world then appears to us mission here July 27 against the God in the mute lanrecalled, 'a~l add up to a picture of corruption that is un- guage of nature, ~Arth ard sky," like a book that we must read, present postage hike proposals. lovely indeed. . The ,text' of tht Poqe's talk by means of use, study and sci- . ,These include over-allinence, which then overflows in I The newSpapers also featured stories of the disgust follows: creases in the mailing rate for We, too, are closely following prayer and religiosity. if then that is rising in New York City over the degenerate atmosfascinating uhdeitaking of by a very happy change, a direct diocesan weeklies and other .non· . .I phere that has invaded areas of that city in an open and the profit publications, plus a new the Apollo 15 these ·days. It.is word were to come to us direct"per piece~' charge which will flagrant way. Even the most libera.l and forward-thinking i~poss~ble to re1ain. aloof. " ly, from the very lips of the individuals are now asking if the vast majority of decent . ,We follow it with our[ admira- Creator, we would have faith,' reach 1.5. cents a copy after a 10-year phase in period. citizens have to put up with the flaunting of pornography . tion, our best wi~hes and our direct conversation, the .beati, I ' in their faces to prove that freedom of expression lives in prayers. - How m~ny thoughts tude of a - super-vision of -the spring from the dbservation of . universe. Vatican To Buil.d , a nation or a city. " I We reconfirm, in any case, s4ch a fact, even thoug~ strictly It seems that the desire. to .protect freedom has led Housing Units speaking, it is notl the first. But QUI' belief that the place- of reVATICAN COITY (NC) - A to the overshadowing of some common sense principles...;...., its singularity and its n~ture are ligion in the immense and astonishing framework of reality housing development to be built that there is a difference between good and evil and the such that we areI corripelled• more-to render honor to when it becomes truth is not by the y'atican for some of difference is· based not on a subj~ctive judgement b!lt on once .' I ; mythical, abusive or superflu- Rome's shantytown dwellers will man even before rendering honor the foundation of a basic moral law; that the freedom of l ous but central, luminous· and .shelter about 90 families, accord-, to' the event of wlil ich He is the 'a person to embrace moral. evil must not infringe on, the ing to' the Vatican city's daily vital. originator: newspaper. right of others to be protected from the corruption that It was not in vain, even He appears to us eng~ged and L'Os'servatore Romano said it evil spre'ads In its wake; that the state which is not de- victorious in an intredible effort though it is now ren'1ote, that the f . voted to some basic" ideas of moral good will soon leave of dominion. We Jd~ire his in- precursor of model'f astronomy, will cost the equivalent of between $800,000 and $1 million. .itself. open to the breakdown in good order which will .telligence, hOis ability, hiS daring. Kepler, perceived the· analogies The pa'per pointed out that this of innate mathematical. forms of He soars in an ,~poth~osis of signal' its own demise. , 1 '1 been obtaIned the human spirit with the funda- . . money' has science and ,?f te9hnolq~y. But Common sense still has some quite ~ood answers. through the sale of a building 'in mental· law of the cosmos. he appears, more than ever be:Let 'us learn to admire and mid-town Rome. fore, as the invehtor and the di.scoverer, not asll the'; creator. celebrate in ourselves th~sp~akThe cosmos, being; precedes him. i~g ~Od in t~ ml~te klangUage .. ~!i~~""'i~""'~~~d';'~;".'''~'~''''~h'~'''':~~~;;~ and allows him an insight into onuur~, ear a~( s y.. .as well' as your good wishes. , its mysteries, its. iJrtmensities, .its Her!:: IS now prl~ate news ~f "We are embarking on the I ' depths. And the panorama of the great and common mterest. It IS voyage to the Apennine and physical becomes I philosophical the answer to a confidential Hadley with the wish that the OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF THE DIOCESE OF FALL RIVER a'1d theological:. I, message of good wishes' which ,knowledge we will 'obtain and Publish~d weekly by"The Catholi~ Pre~s of the Diocese ofFanRive~ :There is also imposed on us, we sent them bef<;>re the depar- scientific discoveries derived . I 1 ' citizens of the earth who are ture of the three cosmonauts. 'fro~ this mission will make , 410· Highland Avenue accustomed to look upon the The answer 'was addressed to "progress in the life of man Fall River" Mass. 02722 675-7151 scene of nature wh1ich surrounds our .apostolic delegation in 'throughout the world. . PUBLISHER us, an imperious sbnse bf. won- Washmgton: "Our voyage is for al! mankind der and of metaphysic~1 curiMost Rev. Daniel A. Cronin, D.O., S:T.D. "We of the Apollo' 15 team :.and. we hope that the talents osity. Nor does the~e esdape our wish to express our 'sincere ap- '·'-:which God gave us will enable . GENERAL MANAGER ASSL GENERAL MANAGER' mind the alternahve bf two preciation for the thoughts and 'us to live up to the expectations Rev. h\sgr. Daniel F. Shalloo, M.A. Rev. John P. Driscoll answers: The mat~rial and nat- prayers of His Holiness Pope of all those who 'have so kindly ~leary Press-Fall River ural world is its oWn beginning Paul VI and for your considera- supported us,"

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Pope's M~ssage to .Astronauts

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THEANCHO'R-Diocese of Fall River-Thurs., Aug. 5, '1971

Large .Nations Struggle ,., For Balance of Power.

What are we to say of the criticisms levelled at economic assistance programs from the side of people who, whether they are members of Congress or leading citizens or intellectuals or students, would normally call themselves "liberal"? The first of these criticisms is stance, or Latin America-the that aid is used simply to United States watches anxiously for Communist-led disturbances shore up American interests and has, in Guatemala and San

and that this means a sort of uncritical anti-Communism. Any government, however unpopular and reactionary, gets United States' support provided it can persuade the State Department that it is the only alternative to a Communist take-over. Here two other criticisms tend to be made, especially by the young. One is the specific criti-

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cism that the decision to give assistance to the government in South Vietnam sucked America into a full-scale war. The other more general one is that aid is simply one more instrument of "aggressive American imperialism" which must control other peoples' economies and resources if it is to survive. The phrase used by an English member··of Parliament on the extreme left-"America is in Vietnam to protect its profits"can be' taken as typical of this kind of attack. In the light of Russia's behavior in central Europe, this line of criticism. engenders little enthusiasm. But it can still be argued that in the developing world, conditions are different and the greater danger is still to support "unprogressive" regimes. 'Neo-Colonialism'? What, then, shall we say? Let us begin with the largest criticism-of America's whole system of government and economics. Does the Leninist analysis of Big Business hunting round the world for profits and enslaving whole peoples to secure them, fit the facts of America today? It is true that American overseas investment is high and growing. It is also true that American business, not unnaturally, is more kindly disposed to governments which do not expropriate them. It is also true that in certain areas' - the Caribbean, for in-

Maryknoll Appoints Vocations Director MARYKNOLL (NC) - Father Victor J. Schymeinsky, M.M., Of San Francisco has been named director of vocations fol' the Maryknoll Mission. Father Schymeinsky succeeds Father Robert J. Wilson who has been assigned to Maryknoll's misisons in the Philippines. . Father Schymeinsky was previously assigned to Maryknoll development· houses in Chicago, San Francisco and Denver.

Domingo, taken overt or covert steps to keep left wing governments out of power. Melancholy Fact Does this, then, mean that America is an old-fashioned imperialist and economic aid, an instrument of lightly disguised colonialism-or "neo colonialism?" Hardly. For one thing, America's overseas interest make up a very small part of its total wealth and economic activity. All its foreign trade.....;, imports and exports together - amount to no more than a sixth of its total national income, all its overseas investments to ab.out eight per cent. These investments, too, go increasingly to developed countries where there is no question of "colonialist intervention"to Western Europe, to Japan. One reason why isolation still seems to many people a possible 'option for American policy is, precisely, because by far the largest part of America's wealth and interest lies at home. But, say the critics, why is the United States nonetheless occupied all round the world-with military assistance and economic aid and even downright military involvement? If interests are not being defended, what is? But the answer to this question does not lie with anything as recent as Capitalism or Communism or investments in oil and copper or trade in coffee or. cocoa. The reasons go right back to the origins of State power and to the melancholy fact that ever since tribal man' began peering angrily at other tribes encroaching on his hunting grounds, human communities have resisted each other's sovereignty. They have bribed and supported smaller governments to keep out the influence of rival great Powers. This has been going on since the dawn of empire - probably in the fifth millennium before Christ right down to today. And if today America is in Vietnam and Korea and sending military supplies ,to. Brazil or Peru, and supporting a lot of small governments with assist~ ance, whatever use or misuse they' make of it, the reason is not imperialism but the balance of power-and the Soviet Union, by the same token, is als9 giving aid, sending arms and. using pressure all round the world. In this situation of competitive world power, it is undoubtedly easy for economic assistance to look 'more like support for a pliant government than a genuine investment in development. But it is not the aid that creates the relationship. It is the underlying struggle for power. And the way to get aid out of the contradiction is not to stop it but disentangle it from the power game - if it can be done. .

MONSIGNOR PANNONI: Bishop Cronin, second right, joins with Atty. and Mrs. Edwin A. Williams of Denver, Colo., brother-in-law and sister of the retired pastor of the Holy Rosary Parish, Fall River to extend to Rev. Msgr. Jo~eph R. Pannoni health and happiness for his future after 46 years of service in the Diocese.

Editors Catholic Catholic editors all over the country have lamented in print the recent U. S. Supreme Court decisions outlawing three state aid programs for nonpublic schools, and have urged the development of acceptable aid alternatives. "In our opinion," said an editorial in the Catholic Star Herald, Camden, N. J. diocesan weekly, "the time has come to call for an amendment to the Constitution whereby aid to parochial' and private schools will be clearly allowed." Suggesting that a campaign for such an amendment could be launched "with a mammoth protest to Washington," the Star Herald noted: "Why can't we learn from the more militant members in society that the government helps those who demand its help? After all, we (have amended) the Constitution to allow 18-yearolds to vote. Isn't it about time an amendment was adopted that allowed parochial schools a fair deal?" Bernard Casserly, editor of The Catholic Bulletin, St. PaulMinneapolis archdiocesan weekly, noted editorially' that "the judicial door is still open to certain types of government aid." 'Follow Legal Paths The court has not foreclosed aid in the form of scholarships or tuition grants directly to students, Casserly said, or tax credits and vouchers to parents "so their children can attend schools of their choice." In light of the high court decisions, Casserly said, "it appears that these legal and legislative paths are the routes to follow in the difficult years that lie' ahead." The Bulletin editor said he could only dimly perceive the line of demarcation "between the court's approval of aid to church-related colleges and its disapproval. of aid to churchrelated elementary and secon-

dary schools." The court nullfied a state "purchase of secular sevrices" act aiding Pennsylvania nonpublic schools, a Rhode Island nonpublic teacher salary supplement act and later a similar "purchase of services'" law in Connecticut. It upheld a federal statute allowing construction grants to nonpublic colleges for non-religious facilities. Also confused about the court distinction between the aid programs was the Catholic Chronicle, Toledo diocesan weekly. Noting that in its editorial judgment the court ruling did not "apply the (First) Amendment rationally and intelligently," the Chronicle continued: Not Last Word "Indeed, we find the court's thinking in this matter becoming 'curiouser and curiouser' in the Alice in Wonderland sense. We feel that the decision itself ought to be overthrown, were that possible, on the grounds of unconstitutional vagueness and irrelevancy." The high cour"t "has the right and duty to uphold the Constitution," said the New York Catholic News. "We have no quarrel

with this, even though (the) deci!lion is difficult to swallow." "However," the New York archdiocesan weekly continued, "the circumstances suroundfng the 'establishment of religion' in a contemporary context seem to warrant interpretation by this court in light of other constitutional guarantees which are based on justice and equality." The Supreme Court decisions, although disappointing, "cannot be accepted as the last word in a problem which concerns in a vital way the educational welfare of all American children," said The Montior, Trenton, N. J., diocesan weekly. "Public and private schools are deep in crisis and enlightened means must be found for the salvation of both,"

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.Predicts Varied S,electi'o,n Of Fall, Winter Clothin'g

Idea'S 'Oi ffer

Despite the present high humidity it won't be long before our thoughts will be turning to coats for Fall and Winter wear. Last year I invested in a plaid midi coat, and unearthed a black one that I hadn't worn in over 10 years because I never got around to having it hemmed, fashion because some of these and I' fOJlnd Qoth .long coats wrap coats come with lots of luxurious fur such 'as red fox. perfect for New England The long haired furs frame the Winters. This coming Fall will still see the midi and below-theknee length popular for chilly weather. If you care to recall the era of Carol Lombard and Greta Garbo you'll. be prepared for

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what will be tne most important coat silhouette on the fashion sce~e-the wrapped coat or the bathrobe coat. '.. Kimona Appearance ,Many of these will. be seen in a· large . windowpane plaid with matching skirts, .and even weskits. Others will venture forth over an ensemble look' of a divided skirt or slacks of the same' material.. It's an elegantly casual look that however could only, be worn by the slender and the tall. When this wrapcoat is created without any shoulder seams (the dropped shoulder look) it gives the appearance of a kimona all softness and perfect drape. Even suits will have their jackets fastened with a wide wrapped_ sash that loops but once. Tweeds, beautiful wools, and bright plaids will show off this classic design and. the lengths will :vary from mid-calf to the three quarter coat that allows its dress or skirt to peek at least 12 inches below' the hemline. If you love fur trimming you need not pass it up even though you want to wear what's really

Prospects Improve. For Paper's Survival AM~TERDAM

(NC) - Prospects for the survival of the 126-Year~0Id ,Dutch national Catholic daily, De Tijd, losing . about $1 million a year, have improved somewhat as a circulatiqn campaign has boosted circulation fr.om 92,000 to 106,000 in two months. In May, the United Nether-' lands Publishing Firms, the paper's owners, announced tJ1,eir intention to terminate financing of the 'paper, which has lost them about $7 million in the past 10.years. , Promieni: readers reacted to the crisis by forming the fo'un- : dation, Friends of De Tijd; to take over when the present owners cease their assoda,tion with the paper. The group includes Dutch Crown Princess Beatrix and her husband, Prince Claus, and Cardinal Bernard Alfrink. of Utrecht, president of the Dutch Bishops' Conference. '..,. .

face with a large flattering coIlaI' and circle the wrist with wide cuffs-nostalgia at its best. Fur Jackets When you ,hear the word chubby bantered about when discussing fashion don't immediately picture some poor' girl with figure problems instead try visualizing a 1935 movie. Picture Ann Sothern or' Joan Blondell snuggling up to Bill Powell In one of those short bulky fur jackets that gave them the appeara'nce of a' top-heavy bunny' and you'll have some idea of the latest fun fashion to hit the 'coat industry. ' . For ·the gal who enjoys rum- . maging in antique 'snops or Good ' Will stores there~s a' slight. possibility that you'll ·be able "to pick 'one up, vintage' 1930, a,nd have 'it restored by your friendly -furrier, A friend of mine did this and ended up with a real beauty for about $2. The new ones are seIling right now in the big cities from $250 uP'. Bless your luck ,if this is the year you planned to buy a 'coat for your sele~,tion will be varied and the', styles' '·a·' , 'designer's dream.

Says Rural Americans Need Transportation WASHINGTON (NC) - The federal government should help rural Americans form cooperatives to solve their transportation problems, Stephen E. Bossi, Washington represen'tative. 9f the National Catholic Rural LJfe Conference, told the House Com· mittee on Agriculture. An increasing percentage of rural people are poor and over age 65, he, said, and they "are unable to afford the costs of purchasing, maintaining and insuring an automobile ... The assumption that all rural people. own .and drive their own cars is false." Without a car or other transportation, Bossi pointed out, rural families can be extremely isolated froin job opportunities, health and welfare services, and many other contacts. Such a . family, he said, "is not likely to remain in a rural area (or long." He also contended that many federal rural assistance programs, such as food distribution services, "are falling short of their objectives because of this lack of transportation."

Running Mate SAIGON (NC)~Gen. Duong Van (Big) Minh, principal rival to South Vietnamese President Nguyen Van Thieu, announced his ca,ndidacy for' the presidency July 26 and named as his running. mate a Catholic, Ho Van Minh, 34-year-old deputy speaker of the lower house of con-' gress:.

BISHOP' CRONIN'S TESTIMONIAL: Mrs. Walter Hilliard, John R:!Wils:on an:d Mrs. James Boles represent Corpus Christi P~rish'l Sandwich in the finalizing of the plans for the Bishoprs testimonial on Aug. 18 that will benefit the Dio'cesan Naiareth Apostolate for Exceptional Children I I , regardless, of race, I color or creed. , I i

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GRANGER (NC) - Nuns from five cOIT1munitie~, using an old brick building hJre inl the State of Washington, ~s headquarters, go to migrant: lab?r ~amps throughout ~~ntfal "Y~shmgton to· te~ch relIg~on to c1hlldren of Spam~h-speakmgl :armrorkers. Their work pr?ject,sp~nsored by .the Conferen~e ?f rvt ajor SuperlOrs. ~f W~me~: IS 91~u~ed ~y a. senSitIVe SituatIOn eXlstmg 10 i, I . regard to the ar1a s la.bor sltuation. : . Sister De~isea ICollins, of the Slste~s of St. Joseph lof P7ace, explame? that .grpwers, cautlOu~Iy permit outsldee to ,enter mlgrant camps because ,they fear efforts 'by uni.oni organizers to contract the mIgrants. I The Sisters arelable togo into the camps, she I said,! becau'se "we are professional people. We are here to tea9h. And while we're ~eaching, wf are not interest7~ many. o~hFr ,~ersonal or polItical convlctlOfs. I Recently Sister Collins and J;Ioly Family Sist~r Jo~nn Starr began a series of flasses with 25 children at Yakima I Golding .Farm near Toppe+sh, Wash. Not all the Sis~ers Ii~ing here in the building knbwn a,s GuadaIl,lpe Center are i~volvea in religious education. o/!aryknoll Sistel' Claire Down~s, heads the Parent-Child Center in I Granger while St. Joseph ISister Margie Ford holds a sirilar position with the Child Development Center in Toppen~sh.

Pruitt is with the project, but is based in Chicago on the Migrant Affairs Council of the Major Superiors of Women. ; Apostolic Work According to Sister Downes, most of the nuns working in central Washington became interested in the project through bulletins circulated by the conference of Superiors. "M' f k I any 0 us wor as vo unt "h .j "H eel's, s e sail: . owever, there are some who, like myself, are required to support themselves. That is why we are placed in positions which do have a salary attached. And in a way since we work with migrant 'children, we are engaged in apostolic work." Because the nuns do not wear. the traditional habit, their presence in the community has gone relatively unnoticed. 'However Sister Downes said that the nuns. have been well received by both the "!TIigrants and the townspeople. "Particularly the migrants," she added. "They're very happy to know that the Church is interested in them." Although the program started ~ast ~ear on a small scale this ~s It~ flr~t year as a comp.lete pr~j~ct. FIve of the nU~ls WIll remam 10 Central Washmgton for a year.

UNITED NATIONS (NC)-Reports on developments concerning freedom of information submitted every three years by United Nations members to its Human Rights Commission show considerable diversity in government concepts of such freedom. The report from Cameroon, for example, maintains that freedom of information prevails in all media including radio and television, newspapers and magazines, although with specified limitations. Government control, it develops, extends to the registration of all oWners and employes of the media; and pre-publication submission of copies of each edition of a magazine or newspaper is mandatory - in the case of daily newspapers, not less than two hours before issuance. In addition, anyone is subject to arrest for taking pictures of the presidential palace, military zones or installations, or of security and. defense personnel in uniform; or of "scenes ·which may be harmful to public order and the good standing of the country.". ,. Cameroon also makes it mandatory for an editor to publish "any correction communicated to him by a public official" wit~ regard to acts carried out as part of that official's duties, and which have been inaccurately reported. Violations are subject to a fine of uP. to $750.' "

D~nied Parole WASHINGTON (NC) - The U. S. Board" of Parole has refused to parole Fathers Daniel and Philip Berrigan, imprisoned in Danbury, Conn., for the destruction of Selective Service records.

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Summer Most Wonderful Season of God's Year

Thurs'., Aug. 5, 1971

Pope Deplores Today's Evi Is

There must be something wrong with my' calendar. It says that Winter and Summer are the same .length. But Winter lasts for 18 months and Summer lasts for 18 days. It goes so quickly, that I've found my own guideJines for knowing when · .. when I decide to get my Summer's here, so I don't miss it as it flashes by. I work done. early and take that book I've 'been wanting to read know it's Summer .. ; out under a, cool tree, but when

· .. when I have to knock the sand out of my sneakers, and I'm still walking through my living room. · . . when the windows I couldn't close all Winter, won't open.

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.: .. when I think I'm seeing spots in before my eyes, and find that the jar of lightning bugs one of the kids was saving under his bed spilled. · .. when the baby falls down the stairs and goes splat instead of thump, 'cause that's where the kids left the wet towels and bathing suits that were supposed to be rinsed and hung to dry. Sweating Cans · .. when the kids insist they don't need a shower cause they were swimming all day ... but they still have seaweed in their hair and sand behind their ears. · .. when the kids seem to be paying strict attention to the homily at Mass, and they are really watching the fly walking across the shoulder of the man in front of them, and making bets whether the fly will take off on his own, or the man will make a swing at him. · .. when the sweating fruit juice cans start renewing the rings on the kitchen table, the rings I spent all Winter cleaning off. Good Stuff to Save · .. when I take a roast out of the freezer, and the temperature unexpectedly soars to 96°, making it idiotic to put the oven on, except what else can I do with a thawing roast.

Holy Family Nuns Elect New Superior General PHILADELPHIA (NC) - The Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth, a worldwide teaching and medical order, have announced the election of a new superior general. She is Sister M. Medarda, head of Holy Family College and Nazareth Hospital here, the second American to hold the post. She succeeds Mother M. Neomisia, the first American to head the order. The new superior general, who became a nun in 1928, will be responsible for some 2,200 Sisters and 170 institutions in the United States, Poland, England, France, Italy, Peru and Australia.

I get my cliores done, it's too dark to read. ' · .. when it's too hot to get to sleep, and a thunderstorm breaks ... then I'm t'<?o tired to get up and close the windpws. · .. when the )<ids. bring home all sorts of "good stuff" to save for science projects for next year: assorted sea shells, some of them not yet evacuated; a sampling of 15 varieties of swamp grass, mud and bugs still attached, seven different birds' nests that I insist on storing in plastic bags, and, When t.hey examine the creeping, crawling and flying t.hings in the bags, that come out of the nests two days later, they are finally convinced why I was being cautious. · .. when I send a kid back to re-take a bath ·and he argues, "But, Mom! That's my tan." , ... when the kids all look like the last stages of chicken pox and it's scratched bug bites. Watch Sunsets · .. when I resign myself to the lact that the kids' knees aren't going to look clean till November. when the kids can be seated at the fable eating ice cream, and they hear the bells of the "ice cream truck" going through the street, they clammar, "Can we buy ice cream pops ... please?" · .. when there is never a full ice cube tray in the freezer. · .. when a perfectly gorgeous day is a good enough reason to put aside all chores, and go on a picnic. '... when we stop to look at rainbows · .. and pick flowers in the garden · .. and watch sunset · .. and' enjoy the most wonderful season of God's year. '

Says Probe of Books Seeks Clarification VATICAN CITY (NC) - The Vatican views its present examination of Father Hans Kung's books on infallibility and the Church "not so much as an att.ack but as a necessary part of the constant dialectic I that is aimed at clarifying issues." A statement from the Doctrinal Congregation, which is dealing with the controversial theologian's books at Pope Paul VI's express request, said that such a view should be prompted by "a sense of fair play and of respect toward the community of the faithful." Father. Kung, professor of dogma at the University of Tuebin-' gen in Germany announced that the orthodoxy of his book on infallibility had come under investigation. He said his earlier' work on the Church' "has for some time now been the object of a similar doct.rinal investigation."

CASTELGANDOLFO (NC) Pope Paul VI slammed out at abortion and other evils which lower man's dignity in a speech that was controlled in language. but not in impact and delivered to thousands of tourists attending his weekly general audience at his Summer villa here. Man's dignity calls him to the heights of "an innate and sacred beauty," but license in the guise of liberty lowers man to the levels of lust, the Pope insisted. In his direct attack on abortion, the Pope first of all called on parents to safeguard the unborn child. "parents, first of all, the operators and ministers of human life, must hold in the highest respect the dignity of the human being," he said. "They must do this from the very moment of. conception in the' mother's womb." Then with drama and emotion he added: "It is horrible to think that they themselves may be murderer.s." The Pope explained that his speech was not meant as a treatise on the vast subject of the dignity of man lest it "lead us to deplore bitterly the offenses" perpetrated by a permissive society. These offenses he listed as' "immodest fashions, frivolous, passion-arousing plays, immoral behavior, pornography perfidi· ously distributed, and provocative distortion' of a sane and prudent sexual education."

SPIRIT OF SACRIFICE: Mrs. Catherine B. Connors, who retires this month from the Gillette Company, presents contributions totaling $2,000 to Rev. John E. Brooks, S.J., president of Holy Cross College.

Gift to Mother of Alumnus Establishes· Fund For Futur'e Deserving Student WORCESTER-Mrs. Cat.herine B. (Kay) Connors, a widow who retires this month after 34 years as a secretary and cashier at The Gilette Company, recently presented checks totaling $2000 to Rev. John E. Brooks, S.J., president of Holy Cross College. Mrs. Connors contributed $1,000, and an additional $1,000 was added by Gillette under the company's matching gifts to higher education program. The money will go toward establishing a scholarship to send a deserving South Boston youth to Holy Cross, Mrs. Connors said. At her recent retirement party, Mrs. Connors announced her intention to make the contribution,

Panel Begins Drafting Ocean Floor Treaties UNITED NATrONS (NC)-An 86-member U.N. panel in Geneva has begun the drafting of treaties designed to control and administer the wealth of the ocean floor as "the "common heritage of mankind." The meeting will continue until Aug. 27. The Committee on the Peaceful Uses of the Seabed and the Ocean Floor Beyond the Limits of National Jurisdiction, as it is titled, was more than doubled in size by last year's General As'sembly, which also spelled out its tasks. It is to prepare draft articles for an eventual pact providing for international control of the underseas area and its natural resources.

which has been a long held desire. Her son, Paul, now a foreign language supervisor in the Randolph· school system, graduated from Holy Cross honors program cum laude in 1955. In addition, Mrs. Connors has two other children, a married daughter, Mrs. Leon Guenthner (Maureen) and Sister Marie Paul (Lois), of the St. Joseph order, who is serving at the Boston City Hospital. In presenting the checks to Father Brooks, Mrs. Connors said she was makihg the <;ontribution because she believes "every person who has the ability should be given the opportunity to attend college, regardess of financial limitations." Mrs. Connors started ,with the Safety Razor Division in 1937 and has been with the Toiletries Division since 1968.

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Penn. Attorneys Ask· Clarification Of Aid Decision -WASHINGTON (NC - The U. S. Supreme Court has been asked, to reopen a recent landmark case in which, the high court struck down a Pennsylvania law giving state aid to pri· vate schools for secular instruction. Attorneys representing seven nonpublic' schools in Pennsylva~ nia said that the Court's 8-0 decision holding that such assistance would lead to a churchstate "excessive entanglement" was a "standardless standard lacking any rational basis." The Supreme Court on June 28 ruled that, the Pennsylvania law providing salaries for nol'\publjc school teachers of secular subjects would require continued state surveillance for enforcement. "These prophylactic con· ditions will involve excessive and enduring entaglernent between state and church," the c'ourt said. Joined' by' Pennsylvania Attorney General J. Shane Craemer, the lawyers }iled a petition for reargument in the Lemon vs.' Kruzman case on July 21. The Pennsylvania Association of Independent Schools was scheduled to file a similar but separate petition within a few days. 'Misrend History' Citing an "urgent need for clarification" of the decision, the attorneys argued in their petition that: The court's entanglement concept tended to suppress religious . liberty. The ruling suggesteddisap· proval of "free, political expression" by religious groups. The court had misread history in interpreting the Constitution's ban on publi'c aid for the "establishment" of a religion. The petition also asks the court to clarify whether the decision applied only to the seven non public schoo\], or if it "constituted a final nullification and termination of the Pennsylvania , statute, with respect to all non· public schools, and in all circum· stances." The court's entanglement test, according to the petition, goes beyond prior decisions upnolding legislation that was "religiously neutral" and that had a secular' purpose that neither advanced nor inhibited religion. Entanglement Doctrine The attorneys argued that the entanglement concept "creates a special exception to the neutral· ity test . . . which is itself rionneutraJ." They also took exception to ,that" part of the court's ruling stating that "a broader base of entanglement of yet a different character is presented by the divisive . political potential o'f these state programs." . "It can be assumed," the court added, "that state assistance will entail considerable political ac· tivity" and "political division along religious lines was one of the principal evils against which the, first amendment was designed to' protect." The attorneys said that entanglement doctrine was "not a standard because its application 'can only depend on completely subjective factors." l

SANDWICH, MASS. First CatholicI Ch urch on Cape Cod. '

Site of First Mass in Oldest Parish In Diocese Now Cane fIardware Store f~1

Mighty oaks from little acorns . ','ran' the lines r the town of grow! And so it is with the Dio·· ' Sandwich," . was "prbbably, a cese of Fall River. It covers a member of the Catholid Church." wide area of Southeastern MasRecruits from Elst Cambridge sachusetts. .I i , But did you know it got its In any event, I~ 182~, Demmg start in what is now a'hardware Jarves began to "1anuf~cture the store on one of the main tho~- glass that. has gIven ~he· town 9ughfares in the Cape Cod town of SandWich farr e acrros s the of Sandwich? world. Work~en or thie factory _ MacDonald's Hardware S!.-Qre w~re recrUl,ted from: among on Jarves Street is a brightly- IrI~h Catholics f East C.ampainted white building well· bridge w.ho were lemPl9ye? 10 a stocke'd with ','everything under glass works there:, !t wasn t. l?ng the sun" in hardware. befon~ .they petltllO~e1 Blsnop A sign, in the upper left·hand Fenwick. for a prIes~ and a corner of the building's front,' church. .. I !' denotes it as "the first Catholic Rev. William Tyler" later to become the first of, Harto. It was. . bishoP! I . Ch urc h on. Cape Cd" n'!-med St. Peter's Church and ford, .was dlspar~hed I to the 'dedicated in 1830 by the Rt. C~tholics of Sand\,fl ch . ~~ lodged Rev. Benedict J. Fenwich, the ~Ith. John Boyle, nd sr ld Mass second bishop of Boston. 10 hiS parlor. It \fa~ s.oon after Then, on July 7, 1901, the new that plans for the pUl1dlrg of the Corpus Christi Church on Jarves church were adva~ced, ~nd a lot Street, to replace St. Peter's rav- selected on wher~ once stood ished ~y fir: in 1887 and b! Hoye's Barber Slitop ir Depot gale wmds 10 1898, was dedl- Square.. ' cated by the Rt. Rev. Matthew Catholics came from rear and Harkins, bishop of -the Diocese far, and on foo~ ar? by boat to of Providence. attend the dedlcaltlOn l\'1ass at St. Peter's however has a St. Peter's Sept. 25, 183,0, "Vesspecial niche' i~ the Di'ocese of pers were sung. if a beautiful Fall River for its parish or what style by the ladles l froml Boston, is now Corpus Christl, is the to the great delig~t of JII, espeI I oldest parish in the diocese, a n d ' the church its first parish K of C Meeill-ing church. What was once the choir r, F.ocuseson Drugs loft is now a storage place for MacDonald's hardware items. NEW YORK (~C) l...- The , True Pioneers mounting problem 6fdn,\g abuse New Bedford, however" can will be the focus I of the 89th claim the distinction of having annual convention of !the suthe first Catholic Church in the preme council of the Knights of Diocese of Fall River. In 1820 Columbus here Aug. 17-19. or 1821, a Father Larrissey,' an T • he council, the leg.islative Irish Augustinian, erected a tiny and policy-forming body, of the church on Allen Street in the l,2-million-member society of Whaling City. As far as it is Catholic men, is expected' to resblutions known, it was never, dedicated. pa·ss judgment 0 And in 1841, Bishop~ Fenwick calling for the esdblishtnent of spoke of it as "a ridiculous little a hational drug ab~se education build1llg in a remote part of program, the creati?n of a study to~n." . committee to adopt such a na· For many years the Catholics . tional p'rograin an~ a ~easure of the Cape had been cut off urging the Knights to oppose the from the gre~t centers of Cath- legalization of m~rijuaria and . ,I I olic lif.e; they were surrounded narcotics. by neIghbors who understood' An estimated 206 resolutions lit.tle or nothing o.f Catholic doc- . ~i\l be considered bf the 1386 oftrines and, practIces, and who flctal delegates at fhe supreme possessed. an inherited distrust cou.ncil sessions. D~legat,es will of anythmg that savored of also decide the fate of measures' aimed at providing intreased Catholicism. That's why that noble band service to veteransJin hospitals; , behind the erection of the first coping with permis ive abortion St. Peter's in Sandwich are pio- laws; recommendingl way~ to seneers. During the Revolutionary cure funds for financially hardWar and the years subsequent pressed no'npublic ~choois; the to it, there is no ev.idence of any alleged moral and so'cial pelrils of ,I Catholics in Sandwich. However, pornography, and tlhe 'qtiestion there is evidence the famous of respect for legitirhate authorCaptain' Miles Standi.sh who, ity, both civil and rJligioJs.

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cially of the Sandwichers, who had never seen the Catholic service performed before, nor heard the i,~pressive music of the Church. The church was but a small frame building with little to recommend it architecturally, and yet one can be sure that the eyes of the good Catholics of Sandwich must have lighted with loving pride and satisfaction when they rested on this little edifice which they had erected to the glory of God, and as a place where the cravings of their souls might be satisfied. . Mary Murphy First Teacher It might be well to mention, too that under Father~linton's guiding hand, St. Peter's" .,in. 1892, had the first Catholic school on Cape Cod with Miss Mary Murphy the teacher. Father Clinton had opened the school in prot~st t,~ the closing· of the Jarvesville School where the town's Catholic boys and girls went. A· year later, the School Committee reopened the Jarvesville School, and Father Clinton discontinued his school in what later was to become a market. But it filled a breach and was a~ in~ication of th~~ grim det~rmmatlOn of SandWich Catholics to give their children "the best possible education," a fact that is not entirely without foundation today. It is inter:s~ing to note t?at Corpus Christi was the first pastorate of the late Rt. Rev. Msgr. John F. McKeon pastor of St. Lawrence Church in New Bedford, who came to Sandwich on May 27, 1911 from Sacred Heart Church in Fall River. 'The Catholic Church in Southeastern Massachusetts has grown steadily over the years with the Diocese of Fall 'River playing a vital role in fulfilling the spiritual needs of the flock. The history is rich with memories of what came before, not the least of which is MacDonald's hard~ ware 'sto~e in Sandwich, where it all started.

NEWBURGH (NC) - Father John F. Sullivan, chairman of a human relations committee in Newburgh, blasted its municipal government as being "insensitive to the needs of black people." The priest,. assistant at St. Mary's Church, delivered his indictment after a city council meeting which; he said, failed to answer whether sufficient housing for low-income families will be available when· current, extensive housing under construction is completed. Father Sullivan noted that an Urban . Development Corp. proj· ect, billed as the state's first "showcase" type of housing construction, would provide only 30 per cent of its 375 units for lowincome families. Ten per cent of that would be for senior citizens only. He said the remainder would be earmarked for middleincome. The priest said that the allotment for low-income families' was insufficient, particularly considering that a long-term urban renewal program was displacing many pe'rsons and that more than a third of Newburgh's population of 27,000 was estimated to be low-income and, predominantly black. ,In an inte,rview he told The Catholic News, New York arahdiocesan newspaper, that, the city council ought to consider its poor-housing situation befor,e its present discussion of buying land for a new civic center.

'Scores Activifie's . , Of Tupamaros.· CARACAS (NC)-A Uruguayan Church leader has condemned the Tupamaro urban guerrillas' for trying to fight injustice by "kidnaping innocent people." Archbishop Carlos Parteli of Montevideo said during a visit' here that his countrymen "can not accept some methods of the Tupamaros because the end can not justify the means." The Uruguayan terrorist group, named for an Indian hero" launched what they called a social crusade two years ago. They have committed more than a dozen kidnapings, including foreign diplomats and Uruguayan 9usinessmen. '

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Scores Apathy Toward Blacks

BY ELLEN ANDREW Mrs. Josephine Brady of SandDUBUQUE (NC) - Edmundite , wich on Cape Cod is a delightFather Paul A. Gopaul, first fully-interesting retired former black ordained to the priesthood school teacher. from the San Francisco archdioHer greatest joy is attending cese, called the general apathy daily Mass' and Communion at toward black Catholics in this Corpus Christi Church; she also country, "a scandal to the Mysmakes a visit there later in the tkal Body in the Church." day. A one-time San Francisco And, if the weather is right, longshoreman, Father Gopaul she goes to the beach for a swim has been teaching a course in although "my doctor frowns on literature during' Afro-American that if the water is too cold." Summer school at Clarke College So, what's so unusual about here. He is on the faculty at St. that? Nothing, except Mrs. Brady John's University, Collegeville, is a lively 90 years old, and wilr Minn. be 91 on Sept. 26. She is bright, He deplored the fact that there alert, full of the zest for living, is little encouragement given to and putting to good use "every increase vocations to the priestminute of my waking hours." hood and religious life among She says, "Going to Mass and black Catholics. Communion daily is a ritual with On a more optimistic note, he me. It starts my day off the way said: "Oddly enough, what the it should, being with God." But American Catholic Church has the Mrs. Brady has "always going for it is a tremendous rewalked with God" from her spect for the priesthood-not as early days as she was born and representative of a white racist brought up in the quaint town of culture but as representative of Sandwich. 'Governmental Involvement' a spiritual val\.lg in the hierarchy From those days, when she between God and men." The committee requested the was 10, she began "helping out". Father Gopaul said the differfederal court here to issue a at what was then St. Peter's ence between black Catholics preliminary injunction to block Church, later renamed Corpus and whites in this country is t,he the approval or payment of New Christi. Mrs. Brady has taught way they look at the Church as York funds for parochial schools, catechism "for more than 70 a community function. pending the trial of its constitu- years," and up until one and a . He said the blacks "bring retional challenge. half years ago, assisted in the ligion to church," but the whites The legislation in question teaching of Christian Doctrine "come to church to 'get' reliprovides state funds for finan- and Confirmation classes at gion." Cially troubled parochial schools Corpus Christi. to finance instruction in secuLong Time Sacristan lar subjects. "Mrs. Brady's really a remarkEstablish Motor The suit charged that such able woman," Rev. William' F. JOSEPHINE BRADY: Resident of Sandwich Mass.legislation violates freedom of Morris, pastor of Corpus Christi 91 years old. Mission Apostolate. religion under the First Amend- Church, said. "It was only reSYDNEY (NC)-The Austrament by imposing "compulsory cently· she gave up her work as lian bishops have established a walker, and well remember, the is entitled to wear what he or taxation for the support of reli- sacristan at the church, and she novel apostolate to help the gion or religious schools." It has always been active in our days I'd walk from New Bedford. she wants; it just looks so dif- Church provide a religious eduferent, and out of place." argued that the measure in effect guild. She still is, in fact, and to Fall River. cation for the thousandls of "I like to reaa, especially Mrs. Brady currently is ensubsidizes schools controlled by we still are fortunate to 'be able Catholic children attending state religious groups, advances r.eli- to call on her for help in mat-' books with a Catholic touch, gagect in doing a story on the schools. watch TV, parand, of course, I Last Supper for "a Protestant gion by governmental action and ters pertaining to the church. The project, called the Motor ticularly the news broadcasts." lady here in Sandwich. We represents "excessive govern"Yes, she's quite a person!" Mission, originated in Tasmania She's quite up, in fact, on all talked about it, and she asked Mrs. Brady, the former Josemental involvement" in religion. state, where the Missionary Sisphine Swansey, was married to the news of. the day, and, of me if I'd help explain the Last ters of Service use automobiles Another Suit the late Christopher Brady; they course, has her own opinions Supper to her. Naturally, I'm to get to isolated and scattered about what's going on in the . pleased at the chance to help. I The suit added that the legis- had no children of their own, world around her. settlements for the purp.ose of do so enjoy such projects." teaching catechism to the chillation "intensifies political frag- but cared for others over the That's Mrs. Brady for you, alAlert on World Events dren in such regions. mentation and divisiveness on years. "I think this Viet Nam mess ways doing something for others. She lived in her own home in religious lines." The rapid growth of new subIt would be disrespectful to urbs and parishes in the large Among those joining the suit Sandwich for years, but now is awful; such a tragic waste refer to her. as a character, but as individual plaintiffs were lives in Joan's Rest Home on of American. lives. I think he Australian cities outstripped the she is unquestionably one of the Church's ability to build and Blanche Lewis, president of the Pleasant Street, a short walk, (President Nixon) is scaling most unforgettable persons United Parents Associations; from Corpus Christi on nearby down the war, but I wish he'd you'll ever meet. staff schools for the increasing move faster. The sooner it's number of children. Aryeh Neier, executive director Jarves Street. She sets a shining example for Mrs. Brady has several rela: over the better." of the American Civil Liberties She doesn't think Senator all who come in contact with Union; Albert Shanker, president tives in New Bedford, including ELECTRICAL of the United Federation of George Swansey, and Mary, Lil- Edward M. Kennedy "can be her, by attending Mass, and Teachers, and' Howard M. lian and Leo Cole, all of Holy elected President." She feels keeping active at an age when Contractors Squadron, co-chairman of the Name Parish. She graduated this is "an awful age we're liv- most people aren't able to keep so busy. governing council of the Amer- from Sandwich High in 1898, ing in. "But that's how I am," she "There's no respect or dediand later from Tufts College in ican Jewish Congress. said. "My days are full, and I State Controller Arthur Levitt Medford when she moved to cation any more," .she added. "It's everyone for himself; and thank God every day for being and Education Commissioner Somerville. She had been well grounded to heck with the other guy. God . so good to me. Really, I don't Ewald B. Nyquist were named as in religious training by Rev. taught us to love one another, deserve it. I'm just one who has defendants in the suit. . F. Clinton of St. Peter's. think we really should do much to be thankful for." and I Thomas The plaintiffs and defendants Not all people are so appreciaattended St. Joseph just that. If we did. it more there When she are awaiting the outcome of tive of the gifts God bestows. 944 County St. another suit filed last Summer Church in Somerville, the pastor would be less trouble in this But, then again, not all people New Bedford challenging the constitutionality was "quite pleased at my grasp world." are like Mrs. Josephine Brady! 'I didn't think of Catholicism; Mrs. Brady, who received the of the $28-million Mandated Services Act. That act would pro- they had such staunch Catholics Ml!.rian Award from the Diocese ~ of Fall River in 1970 (the first vide payments to non public on Cape Cod,' he said. person ever to receive it from Returns in 1912 schools for services required by Mrs. Brady taught in New Corpus Christi Parish), makes the State such as administering the New York state Board of Hampshire, Boston, Somerville, no bones about how she feels on INDUSTRIAL and DOMESTIC Regents examinations; The suit's and at the Acushnet Avenue today's dress. what some peoSchool in New Bedford before ':It's shocking action was delayed awaiting the outcome of the recent Supreme "coming home to Sandwich in ple wear to Church now," she 1'912." It was then that she said. "I remember the day we'd Court rulings. married Mr. Brady. get dressed up in our Sunday "I keep busy, that's what best for Mass. But not now, they Grief keeps me going," she said .. Mrs. don't. And I think it's difficult, There is no greater grief than, Brady related she "hasn't missed too, to tell some religious from in misery, to recall happier Mass more than 10 times in my lay people since they dress so 312 New Bedf.,d times. Dante whole life. I'm also a great much alike. But I guess everyone

NEW YORK (NC)-A law allocating $33-million in New York State funds for "secular educational services for pupils in nonpublic schools" has been challenged as unco'nstitutional by the Committee for Public Education and Religious Liberty and 14 individuals. The suit asked that a threejudge panel in federal court here prevent the payment of state funds to parochial schools as approved last month by the New York State legislature and signed into law to become effective Sept. 1. The committee, an association devoted to the separation of' church and state, claimed its suit is the first in the nation to be filed since the U. S. Supreme Court ruled that' state funds could not be used for teacher salary payments or sl:pplements in religious elementary and secondary schools in Pennsylvania and Rhode Island.

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Parents, Like Children, Ask Foolish Questions I was folding laundry one day when.the kids came home from school. Seeing my hands busy and my mind 'vacant, they decided to chat a bit. Sara started it off with, "Weil, what did you learn at home today?" I stopped in mid-diapers. Her intonation was an exact replica of the car, you grab your coat arid mine, ev~n down to the ma- reach for the car keys. Finally, . you exclaim frantic'ally to your ternal smile which accom- waiting child, "I can't find my panies tl.1t question when I ask it of her. i searched her face to see if she was trying to be funny. She wasn't. She was taking her cue from me in starting an after-school

car keys," Her face registers: :proper concern and he ask!? helpfully, "Where did you los~ them?" Or, Dad (you're not immune to this business of .asking foolish questions), how 'about this one? You're watching the Big Game, the semi-fin~ls of the final pre-post-season ',showdown By and your team, is beind by three points in the last fWo minutes. DOLORES One of. your men . intercepts a pass and has a clear road ahead CURRAN GOING AND CpMING: Rev. Msgr. Joseph R. Pannoni, to the goal, line. You jump up pastor emeritu~ of ~he Holy Rosary Parish wishes his sucexcitedly,' ready to shout in tricessor and fotmer ,assistant, Rev. Vincent F. Diaferio a umph when ... he. trips. That's right. He just trips and continuation of God's blessings in his work in the Fall <:: lies there for all the world to River Parish irl the i presence of Father Diaferio:s mother', conve::sation. ysually, I ask~a:\ see. Instead of cheering, you Mrs. Grace Di~ferio. of Hy<;le Park. her, ',What dId you learn In:kick the hassock clear across:the school today?" ·and, she . was;, ~ carpet. . . turning the tables., ", ,:_. Your five-year-old sori looks What did I learn? Well, I.'.,? up and asks iridigiuintly "wha'tI ; , learned that it didn't do any" ever made you do that, young good to ask the water softener man?" Says Leisur~ Spent at Home Lessens' man to knock before entering. 'How Come?' Chances of" Divorce He still barged in, scaring the wits out of me. A valuable bit of Well, you've got the idea but VIENNA (NC) - Staying at show, Varga said, that marriages discovery ... ' in case I didn't mention your home in leisure time arid talking in highly industrialized societies And, let's see. I learned that' favorite, here are a few more to one's spouse' isl a ,g.oqd way to are stabilized by the husband todddler Steve loved cottage parental gems. avoid divorce, a Hungarian so- and wife talking together. Concheese last night but hated it "Who do you think you are?'~ ciologist has concludedi after ex- versations after the day's work today. Why? Surely that should and/or "Who. do you think tensive study. I : , is done are very important in lead me into some exciting re- am?'! The sociologist Prof. Karoly uniting married couples. search ... "Did I hear you correctly?" "The husband tells of the Varga, based his ~onclosions on Changed Subject "Why did you tatt.le?" and/or an investigation by the European wrong 'he has suffered from his I learned that a woman in "Why didn't you tell me?" Coordination Cehter. I for Re- boss, the wife gossips, they ex"Whatever possessed you ..." search and Docunientation in So- press their indignation and are Reading, Pa., hated my column "VI/hy would- anyone ..." on, being a perfect parent and cial Sciences, a ~ody ~upported scandalized together, coordinatthat a man in Riverside, Calif., "What do you mean, 'How by the United Nation~ Educa- ing their personal systems of "", loved it. Since one letter neutral- come?' tional, Scientific and: Cultural values without necessarilynoticStill, there's no need to beat Organization and headquartered ing," he said. Such conversation ized the other, I learned nothing. I couldn't think of a single ourselves to a hair shirt for here. enables the husband or wife to reasonable answer. Oh, I had asking foolish questions occaturn into a common family afS0n:te 30,000 perSOnS! were inlearned sorne things but they sionally. Just take a look at the terviewed in 11 countries: Bel- fa;ir those parts of their lives sounded too silly to voice. So I" kids answers. Not long ago, gium, Bulgaria, Gzech6slovakia, that are otherwise alien to the , I I bribed the kids with' a cookie I asked a child of mine, "What- I1rance, West Germa?y; East other partner," he said. and found a' conversatio"nal base ever possessed you to spend '. Germany, HUngar~,perl:l, Poland, The statistics also seem to away from what any of us good money' for that?" indicate, however, Varga s?id t~~. Unit.ed States, and !Yugosla'learned that day. "It wasn't good money," he that" "neither a husband buried vIa. ' Since, then, I've kept my ears' replied. "It was old money." in his newspaper, nor a husband Combining this study' with the open to some of. the more vapid Come to think of it. "What work of other sodologists, Varga and wife watching a crime play questions we ask our children, did 'you learn in school today?" issue of The on television are pillars of conwrote in the curreht I . questions we expect them to - isn't such a bad question after N~w' jugal stability,", Hungarian ,Quarterly: answer seriously. Let's put our- all. ".soundness of fafli1y :life goes selves in their sneakers for a· bit. together with lei ure spent at How' would we answer the home.'" 'i or MORE 1 Asks Norway Allow questions we ask? " Of the 11 countries! studied, Imagine 'yourself five minutes Visits by Speer CASH the three with th~ high~strates late for an· orthodontist appointOSLO (NC)-Criticizing' the Loaned on Equity In Your Home for leisure time Jpentat home ment. You have the patie,,\t in Norwegian government's deci: are also the low~st in divorce Use The Money However You Wish . I ' sion to bar former Nazi leader rate~: Belgium, PJru ary~ YugoABC 0 FINANCIAL SERVICES slaVIa. , 71 William Street Missioners Agents Albert Speer from again visitNew Bedford, Mass. ing this country, a Dominican The three co ntrie~ where . . 'east I I I h orne Development priest said here that Speer I ~Isure For Prompt Service Gall 997-74B3 ' IS spent at ROME (NC)-"The missionary should be allowed to re-enter also have the hlghestl divorce I I has come to realize that he is Norway because he has,. paid for rates: West Ger"1any, :Hungary also an agent of development," his war crimes. and the United States. . "From the beginning at NuCatholic and Protestant missionThe survey's stafistic~ tend to aries were told at a seminar at renburg, Albert. Speer admitte4 the United Nations Food and his guilt," said Father Hallvard ST. Agriculture Organization head- Reiber-Mohn, who had sought' quarters here., permission for Adolph' Hitler's CREDIT I I 'The seminar, arranged by the World War II armaments minis43 RODNEY FRENCH BLVD. r!lcently established AGRIMIS- ter to visit Norway. NEAR COVE RD. I NEW!BEDFORD "He has accepted and atoned SIO, featured discuss.ion~..by All Your Money Insured AgalnS~ Loss FAO experts in various· eco- for his sentence,' 20 "years in All Personal Loans Life Insured Home Mortgages on Easy Terms nomic, social and technical areas Spandau prison," the. priest said Special Deposits Dou~le: at Death of development.' . about Speer who.m he identified; Ba.nk in Person or by "!all i " AGRIMISSIO was funded to as an acquaintance. "He ha!? Welcome Into Our Credit Union. Family I bring about closer working co- stated that this moral responsi-:' Open Daily 9 am-2 m Fri. &-B pm operation between missionaries: bility will rest upon him until . .-Parking-: " . . 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-Lutherans Score Apartheid Policy Of South Africa GENEVA (NC)-The governing boards of two Lutheran churches in South West Africa have attacked the South African government's apartheiQ policy of racial segregation, it was made known here. In a pastoral letter, the boards said the government's policy "contributes to the creation and continuation forever of the divisions between the races." South West Africa, a former German colony, was mandated to South African administration by the League of Nations following World War I. When the United Nations' trusteeship system was established in 1945, South Africa ref-used to place South West Africa under it. In 1966, the U.N. General Assembly dec,lared the mandate terminated and in 1967 established a council to administer the area until independence. The U.N. has repeatedly requested South Africa to withdraw its administration from South West· Africa and condemned the application of apartheid there. ~rge

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The governing boards of the 178,000 - member, predominantly black, Evangelical .Lutheran Ovambokavango Church and the 100,OOO-member Evangelical Lutheran Church in South West Africa, which works with a variety of linguistic and ethnic groups, sent the letter to all their congregations with the request' that it;be'read"fro'm a]Jl pulpits. ' The boards have also made public an "open letter" to South African 'Prime Minister B. J. Vorster charging a series of specific human rights violations and urging independence for South West Africa. ' Both documents referred to the June 21 World Court decision which called South Africa's occupation of South West Africa illegal and the letter to congregations stated that', because of the decision, "we can no longer remain silent."

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White House Conference on Aging To Improve Lives of Elderly WASHINGTON (NC)-Oldsters may have aches and pains and not enough dollars, friends or adequate housing, but they can rely on their· candle power for help. It is no simlJle trick to put more than 65 candles on a birthday cake, but about 20 million men and women in the United States merit that many and they are beginning to have faith in that old adage that there is strength in numbers. Put another way, every 10th American is elderly with some 13,000 having lived a century or more. An additional two in every 10 Americans, or 42 million, are aged 45 to 65 and are facing retirement. With a goal of providing a more realistic and comprehensive national policy for older . Americans, President Richard M. Nixon has called a White House Conference on Aging to meet in Washington the week of Nov. 28. More than just a one-shot event, conference planners anticipate that the meeting will launch a continuous process of growth toward improving the lives of the nation's elderly. To accomplish that task, a series of forums, hearings, planning conventions and mini-White House conferences at the community and state levels are taking place this year, involving more than a million Americans. They set the stage for the large conference by sorting out in priority fashion their major concerns, in most cases revolving around income, housing, transportation and better health care.· Position papers were drafted and recommendations submitted to the conference's Washington office for publication and presentation at the upcoming massive gathering of about 3,400 hand-and-computer-picked delegates. In some states, such as Florida, oldsters compiled reports for presentation to their state legislature for implementation, reported Mrs. Constance G. Walker of Florida's Commission on Aging. Here in the nation's capital, oldsters representing church, social and civic organizations met to voice their ideas for improving not only the economic backbone of their daily lives, but their spiritual well-being, education, health and mental health, nutrition, employment and retirement activities. Youths to Participate Although the week-long conference this Fall will deal with the problems of the elderly, several hundred youths between 17 and 24 years old will participate.

Convert Seminary To Residence, PONCE (NC)-The 20-year-old Puerto Rican Major Interdiocesan Seminary will cease operations in its spacious building here. Only 36 seminarians are now studying for- the priesthood there. They will be housed in the former convents of St. Thomas Aquinas and St. Peter on the campus of the Catholic University of Puerto Rico here. The seminary building, with accommodations for 120, will be taken over as a residence for teachers and students at the university.

They primarily will attempt to bridge the gap between today's generation and the millions of Americans who are over 65. In addition to youth representatives more than 400 organizations concerned with older persons, such as the 'National Conference of Catholic Charities, will be involved. According to the conference. goals, the meeting "must be more than just another occasion to talk about older people. The First White House Conference on Aging, a decade ago, stimulated a new national awareness of the needs and circumstances of older people. It marked an important beginning at meeting these needs. "The 1971 Conference must move forward, charting new goals, new directions and a plan of action for the 1970s." 'Shameful Neglect' An American Psychological Association task force has announced that it plans to insure future-directed thinking at the conference by killing some of the old myths about the aged. Task force leaders, Duke University psychiatrist Carl Eisdorfer and Philadelphia Geriatric Center psychologist powell Lawton, said they plan to barrage the meeting with scientific information which could make some cJ.lrrent practices, like forced retirement, . look silly. John B. Martin, special assistant to .the President for the aging and director of the conference, also has stated his concern about Americans' image of older persons. "Too many of us," he said, "look upon all ol.der people as either sick or senile and as patients' filling up our institutions." Too many close their ears to a,e problems of the elderly, Martin said. "It may be that we're so fearfUl of growing old ourselves that we shun even thinking about aging in other people. As a result we give low priority to the problems of older people. We may do this unconsciously, but we still do it - and it amounts to a shameful neglect."

Continues Case Against' Priests WILMINGTON (NC)-A hearing on a former Catholic school teacher's crimin~1 complaints alleging employment discrimination because of creed against two priest-educators will resume in Wilmington municipal cou~ t Aug. 23. The suits against Father Howard T. Clark, Wilmington diocesan superintendent of schools, and Father Robert D. Kenney, principal of Salesianum School, were filed by Edward M. Schaefer through his attorney, Jacob Kreshtool of the American Civil Liberties Union. Schaefer alleged in the suits that he was discharged as an instructor in psychology and social sciences at Salesium on Jan. 15 because of his marriage in December 1970 took' place in a Presbyterian church and because he is no longer a Catholic. On July 12 the municipal court turned over the case to the city solicitor, Victor Battaglia, but Battaglia requested a continuance of the hearing and the new court date was set in August.

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02722. ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST, CENTRAL VILLAGE A pancake and sausage breakfast will be served after all th~ Masses on Sunday morning. Adults-$1.50; children-75c. OUR LADY OF MT. CARMEL, NEW BEDFORD The parish scout· units will sponsor a family outing from 10 to 6 on Sunday, Aug. 8 at the Shining' Tides in Mattapoisett. Charge will be $2.50 per family. Facilities available will be the swimming pool, baseball field, soccer pitch, tennis courts, basketball courts and an area for tether ball. ST. JOSEPH, NEW BEDFORD The Legion of Mary conducts its weekly meetings at 7 on Tuesday nights in the rectory basement. The officers extend a welcome to all.

j TOUR PRISON: Clergymen taking part in the orientation program at the Brooklyn House of Detention walk along the catwalk alongside cell blocks. They were given a tour of the entire area. NC Photo.

Prison Apostolate Orientation Program for Clergymen At Brooklyn Jail BROOKLYN (NC) - A group of priests, rabbis and ministers attended a recent orientation program at the Brooklyn House of Detention here to begin preparing for a volunteer apostolate which will regularly put them behind bars. Besides visiting the' inmates themselves, members of the newly-formed Clergy Visitation Program will also visit the homes of prisoners' relatives. "Our whole purpose is to bring the inmates and the clergy closer together," said Jeff Siger, a New York lawyer who directs the visitation program. "The point is to have the clergy work along with the institutional staff - the uniformed personnel, the professional people, the chaplains." Clergy visitation is not new at the Brooklyn jail, although up to now it has been largely unorganized and mainly a Protes-' tant effort. But this is the first formal' program instituted by New York City's Board of Correction - the citizen watchdog unit activated by Mayor John Lindsay after major prison riots last Fall. About a dozen clergymen attended the day-long orientation here. But John Brinkman, Board of Correction executive director, said the visitation program will eventually take participants into everyone of the city's jail and detention facilities. "Ultimately, we see using hundreds of clergymen in the program," he said. Assistant. deputy warden Arthur Rubin who is directing the program ·at the Brooklyn facil-

ity, said the orientation was held to provide a first~hand view of prison life. "Some of the men have never been inside a prison before," Rubin said, "and we want to acquaint them with the situation here, what the prison looks like, what to expect from inmates and what inmates can expect from them." The orientation included discussions with lawyers and prison officials on institution procedures; a tour of the ll-story, 14-year-old building, currently housing about 1400 inmates, and distribution of printed materials ranging from "Inmate Guidelines" to a glossary of prison terms. Priests already experienced in dealing with prisoners were also on hand for consultation.

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OUR LADY OF THE ANGELS, FALL RIVER Bishop Cronin will be the special guest during Sunday afternoon's program in honor of Our Lady of the Angels Annual Feast. The procession will start at 1 o'clock and will proceed from the hall along Tuttle, Dwelly, Kilburn, Slade, So. Main, King Philip, Tripp Streets and then back over Dwelly, Tuttle and end at the h~ll. All viewers of the procession are asked to remove their hats and kneel as the Holy Relic is carried by.

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Replaces", Large Flowe'ring' Iris With Dwarf Varieties /

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·With each passing year we find ourselves tending . more and more toward the dwarf plants, of every kind for what we consider a city garden:' Actually at this juncture I see very little advantage to the larger flowering plants unless they are used This year my father-in-law has for a special' effect. Iris are what looks like a bumper crop a good example. in our garden. (The trouble with , About three years ago we native tomatoes is that they all began replacing our large flowering iris with dwarf varieties. These serve' our purpose very well. They give us color when we need it, they are delightful in 'themselves, but most of all they don't take up needless sp~ce in the garden. We have even planted some in the rock gacden where, they are doing beautifully· with very little care. At this writing I have just ordered, five varieties to· go with the three we purchased 'origi' nally. , Our iris are thriving. Of the original plants I purchased" I have since made at least three divisions so I now have at" least six plants of each variety, I find they produce bloom more quickly than the large varieties and although' it took almost two years for them to become established, t~ey have since pr~s pert:d especially well.

appear to 'ripen at' the same time and dare you to find a use for everyone). Childhood Memory When I was a little 'girl my aunt's father whom we all called, Uncle Crae had' a lovely small garden in' South Swansea and many Summer afternoons I Would take delight in just walk- . 'MR. 'MA~CH DIMES': James Jones, center, a Red Cap on the AtlantiC' Coastline ing among the sun-kissed tomato receives the South Carolina Knights of Columbus annual charity award from James J. , plants and smelling the magnificent odor of tomatoes ripening Knight, grand knight of the local council as R. Jimmy Burch, state orphans found chairin the hot sun.1 When our to- man, looks on.! The award took place in Florence, S.C. Over the past 32 years Mr. Jones matoes ripen I try to' recapture has collected more i than $250,000 for March of Dimes thus keeping a resolution made the same smell and feeling but 48 years ago hi~ sweetheart who died of polio.NC Photo. I find it very elusive. Perhaps this is one of those memories of childhood that was never meant to be repeated. When. the lordly tomato is in LEON (NC)-Twenty-one New looked on the project, which be~ was ready to go into the Peace season, if you' nave the time' to York high school: stud~mts took gan July I, as an effective tool Corps. spare, preserve it, bake it, fry The young people said they it, make your own spaghetti a thousand-mile, 'I bus Iride this to build a community in their were impressed not only with sauce with fresh tomatoes Summer to a spafsely populated scattered parishes. Catalyst . the fact that Iowa. was "green in(what a taste difference) or area in Iowa wh~re they turned month of vacation into a misFather Scheider added that stead of the dusty' images we a make that famous Gazpacho, Worthwhile Investment.' the students also tried to act as had," but with t~e Ca.tholic cold tomato soup which is the sian of apostolic {York. Unlike standard iris which is most refreshing taste possible In addition to starting a vaca- a catalyst inspiring local youths churches they saw ·and the planted in the Fall, dwarfs may 'on a hot day. And of course tion Bible schoo!, visiting the to follow their example with sim- Masses they attended. The stube planted at any time. They re- don't forget to have loads of sick, the elderly, the 10,nely, and i1ar projects . . dents noted that the congregaquire no special soil, although salads with the ripest, tomatoes, performi.ng sOciallwor~l the stuIn Osceol~, one of the small tions. were. sma.Iler, t~an back they do require some sun and you can find. Just 'think it wiiI dents tned to sprlead 19Y to the Iowa towns that welcomed' home creatmg a sense of "be· good drainage, After three years give you pleasant memories to Leon Regional C<:>mmuh,'ity's 1,- group of the stude t K' a longing" to the community. Also" , . I I n s , aren h 'd . h' or so they can he divided and re- aid you during, t ey sal. ~ans loners sang more those 'long 200 Cat h 0 IICS lOa four county Vickner told Don Gard of The set mainly becalise they do suf- tomato-less months. area. , Catholic Mirror D M ' d ' _ and participated to a greater ex" ,. es 10 _ t en t '10 th e ce Ie bra t'Ion 0f t h e fer if they are overcrowded. ' 'M'ISSlOn Joy," las the youths cesan newspaper th t,omes h Gazpacho Quorum · . , I' d ' a sepal' M These little iris are becoming h (cold 'tomato soup) c~ II e d tell' tnp, 'r as p ,anne to ticipated in the program because ass. more and more popular and al<:love garlic ~~~ ~tu:enlt~ f~oT ~o~~ ~ame she had worked with migrants ...----------_ though they are relatively lim3 cups chilled tomato juice Ig. C ~o 1~ al~vl~'L . f" ehxand on other volunteer projects ited now; they appear to be so 3 medium' tomatoes, peeled, penence 10 t e rrlSSI~r a t e and "jumped at the chance to .much' in demand 't!)at there seeded and diced Church and to brmg JOY to as come here and d " k f ONE STOP ' d the Church" a "orne wor 0 . should' be progressively greater many peop Ie as IpOSSI' b e, l sal cucumber finely diced SHOPPING CENTER ,varieties· on the market. They green pepper finely chopped ~ather John J. M~tka. tie is an She a~d the other students bloom just a bit earlier than my • Television • Grocery '(ribs and seeds removed). mstructor a~ th1 . shChOh'01, ~ndsaid she loved Iowa, the people, standards so I 'suspect that one • Appliances • Furniture Tablespoon chopped parsley ~pent some ~Ime 'fIt . t e gro.up the pace. of the jobs of' the horticultural10 Iowa durmg July. Also With 1 Tablespoon white vinegar·' 104 Allen St., New Bedford Pace ists .will be to extend their the youths was Fkther !David J. juice of one lemon Steve DiNapoli explained that 997-9354 blooming season so that they Scheider, chairmart of the religi1 teaspoon Worcestershire "the people here are really very bloom late in May and in June ous department at· Notre Dame sauce rathe; than with the earl~ dash tohasco High School, and !several recent nice. They seem more open and Spring plants. But even now CONRAD SEGUI~ graduates of the school. ' . have some time for sou. The pace salt and pepper to taste of living is a lot slower. I've they are a worthwhile, investI) Rub a large wooden bowl BODY COMPANY Funding • j .. ' found the peopla here will 'do ment for the gardener who finds with a cut garlic clove and dis: , Father Mitka, director of the Aluminum or Steel anything for you." himself short of space and time. card cloVoe. ' 944 County Street Catholic Stuclents1 Mission Cru-. Mike Murphy made the '252) Combine in the bowl the .sade, said funds fr' m that organ)n the Kitchen NEW BEDFORD,' MASS. hour trip because he wanted to tomato juice, tomatoes, cucum992-6618 iZation plus some Ipcal donations give. social work and teaching Hot, muggy days cry out for ber, green'; pepper, parsley, vinefrom Batavia made the trip pos- "a try," Sharon Hagen 'wanted crisp, cool salads and whether gar, juice of the lemon, Worcessible. Batavia is 35 miles from an opportunity "to. grow, spirthe ,greens are from your' own tershire sauce, dash of. Tobasco Buffalo. , I itually, to be involved. in this garden' or from your 'favorite and the sait and pepper. ' . The project was; named "Mis- type of work." She said she alroadside stand they'll taste de3) Mix the soup well ~nd chill. sion Joy" not only beciluse the so ,thought it might l?ea good licious when nothing else does. 4) Serve the soup' in chilled students wanted ~o sp~ead joy, chance to decide whethe~ she By the time this column is bowl and garnish with 'unflavored ' but for Kathy JO~, whq died in printed plump, juicy native to- croutons or' a slice of avocado: matoes. will fill the stands and her SOnh()~"re' ye,ar ~t Notre ~~'"·~~~=""-~.===~-=-=-~.=~===~===~"l Dame; he said. , ,fresh jU.icY cukes will, b,e yours' Endorse Argentina' for a nominal ·price. ~ 1\ The three iOwa priests who arranged for the -vi~iting students , . . ., , I I personaliy c'an't ,bear the NationalSodalism· to stay in private hbmes 'through-, ' . tasteless. (or chemical flavored) CARLOS PAX (NC) - The out the four count1ries s~id they. 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Six Volumes on Subject Are More' Than Enough

F'inland Prepares Anti-Smut Law

The Survey Researc;h Center of the University of California, Berkeley, was commissioned nine years ago by the Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith to conduct a major sociological study of the roots of anti-Semitism in the United States. The findings of this exhaustive on the Mount says anything at study (the end of which, we all to us, it tells' us to reform our ways in the light of God's are told, is not yet in sight) kingdom. When each one of us are being published at irregular intervals in a series of volumes known as the "Patterns of American Prejudice Series."

has accomplished this personal transformation, we will have hastened the promised day of blessedness." Judging Motives FIRST IN 50-YEAR HISFor my own part, I simply TORY: Father Carl Lezak, By don't feel qualified .to say whether or not the Berkeley vol- associate pastor of St. SeMSGR. ume in question is as bad, from bastian Church, Chicago, has the sociological point of view, been named state executive as The Pilot makes it out to be director of the American GEORGE G. (or as good as its authors and Civil Liberties Union (ACL sponsors presumably think it is). HIGGINS U). NC Photo. ' So far as I am concerned, that's a matter for trained sociologists to argue back and forth among The most recent of the six themselves in the pages of their volumes published thus far as a own professional journals. part of this series is entitled It does seem to me, however, "Wayward Shepherds: Prejudice that the Pilot was much too ACCRA (NC)-The first meetand the Protestant Clergy" (Har- caustic in its specific 'reference ing of Catholic laity from all per and Row, New York. $6.95). to ADL and that it should have over Africa, the Panafricano-MaWhereas most of the earlier vol- exercised more restraint in its lagasy Laity Seminar, will be umes in the series concentrated criticism of the methodology em- held at the University of Ghana almost exclusively on the roots ployed .in the study.. here from Aug. 11 to 18. of anti-Semitism, this one, for The theme of the seminar is In other words, I think the reasons which are not entirely editors of The· Pilot would have "The commitment of the laity in clear to the present 'writer, also been better advised to concede the growth of the Church and takes up the question as to at the very outset that they are the integral development of whether -or not the Protestant really not qualified to pass any- Africa." clergy are effectively using the thing like a definitive judgment Some 200 lay delegates from power of the pulpit to combat on technical matters of this kind. Africa and Maaagascar are exthe major social and economic I also think they should have . pected. problems confronting the United refrained from suggesting that They will discuss: States at the present time. ADL's motives in sponsoring the Participation in the developThe authors' findings, on both Berkeley project .are self-serving ment of Africa in the economic, scores, are entirely negative. in . ilC~ture. It seems to me; in social, political and cultural First of all, a substantial per- other words, that judging an fields; centage of Protestant ministers organization's motives on a matSpecific lay participation in are said to be prejudiced against ter of this kind is totally un- building up the Church. Jews and Jud.aism on religious called for. Speakers will include Cardinal or theological grounds. Repeat Same Thing 'Pau.l Zoungrana of Ouagadougou, Secondly, most Protestant On the other hand, I, too, am Upper Volta, president of the clergymen are said to be failing beginning to wonder if and when Symposium of Episcopal Conferin their duty to provide guidance to their congregations, through the Berkeley series is ever going ences of Africa and Madagascar; the medium of the pulpit, on the to come to an end. That is to Ghana's Prime Minister K.A. say, having looked at all of the Busia; and Archbishop Jean Zoa great social and political probsix volumes in, the Berkeley of Yaounde, Cameroun, a conlems of the day. "It is as if there series and having carefully read sultor of the Vatican Council of had been no Sermon on the Mount," the authors conclude two or three of them, I have the the Laity. impression that most of them rather sorrowfully. say substantially the same thing, 'Personal Transformation' namely, that the Christian reli- the need for religious sociology I have yet to come across any gion plays a crucial role in gen- in general and the' usefulness of this specific form of research scholarly reviews of this volume erating .anti-Semitism. A number of professional soci- in particular. by professional sociologists. As Nevertheless, repeating what a matter of fact, the only review ologists would argue that, while I have seen thus far was in the this mayor may not be true, the was said above, I must admit form of an editorial in the May Berkeley VOlumes', because of cer- that six volumes on the same 29 issue of The Pilot, the official tain defects in their methodol- subject strike me as being more newspaper of the Archdiocese of ogy, really haven't proved it. than enough. To this I would Granted, however, for present only add that if there is to be Boston. This editorial, to put it as purposes, that the Berkeley find- a seventh and an eighth and a mildly as possible, took an ex- ings are substantially accurate ninth volume' (and I suspect tremely dim view of the book. and methodologically sound, is there 'will be), I doubt that I will ever get around to reading them. It dismissed it (apparently sight. it really necessary or helpful to unseen) as a "piece of pseudo- go on making the same point I am sorry about this for the sociology - undoubtedly! similar over and over again in what sake of· my friends at ADL, but to what preceded it in the same promises, or threatens, to be an there is a limit·to the amount of almost endless series of separate time that one' can be expected series." "We cannot fail to wonder," volumes? to devote to any particular subTo put the question another ject, and I, for· one, have passed the editorial concluded, "why the ADL goes on publishing this way: Isn't it about time for the that liinit in the case of the kind of business, except to ex- Berkeley sociologists and their Berkeley series. cuse . its own existence, organ- sponsors at ADL to turn their ization and budget. Jewish- attention .to other matters of. Christian relations, so vastly im- . equal importance? Afer all, there proved over these last years, are is such a thing as a law of dinot assisted by such so-called minishing returns even in the field of sociology. revelations. , Still Serious Problem "Simple decency suggests that, In offering this opinion, I am if we are going to talk about prejudice-any of us-we begin writing as one who thinks that by searching our own hearts be- anti-Semitism is still a serious fore we go prying into one an- problem in the United States and other's pulpits. If the Sermon as one who clearly recognizes

HELSINKI (NC) - Finland is preparing a new law on pornography, aimed at safeguarding both freedom of the press and the rights of individuals not to be confronted with pornography in everyday life. A Justice Ministry committee drafting the law is also to consider special guidelines for keeping pornography away from children. Justice Minister Mikk. Laaksont!n's position is that porno-

graphy should be available for those who want it, .but that there should be severe restrictions on its production, distribution and publicity. These principles are similar to those embodied in a new antipornography law enacted in Sweden in February. The prohibition there against pornographic advertisements and street displays has caused a number of dealers in pornography to close down."

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First African Laity M'eeting

"What's It All About ?" In this ever-changing ever-moving world of ours, sometimes it is good to stop for a while and take stock of ourselves. Who are we? What are we doing? Where are we going? How are we" getting there? Perhaps this is a good time to answer these same questions about The Society for, the Propagation of the Faith. What is our purpose? How are we accomplishing our goals? In short, what's the Society all about? . To start at the beginning, the Society· was founded a hundred and fifty years ago by a young French girl named Pauline Jaricot. Dedicated and enthusiastic, Pauline saw the needs of the Church everywhere, and decided that the whole people of God ought to be responsible for both the spiritual and material needs of their brothers in Christ. She figured that if each 'person gave just a little, then no one would have to remain in need. So Pauline gathered her friends together and urged them to set aside a small part of their weekly salary for the missions. The idea caught on and spread throughout the world. Today there are generous friends of the missions on every continent. And that's how The Society for the Propagation of the Faith was born. It is simply a society for others. Our purpose is to awaken within each Christian a "sense of mission"-a sense of responsibility to all mankind. Once people realize this and act upon it ,the Society provides the means for contributing to the areas most in need. The Society supports over 135,000 missionaries who give witness to the goodness of a loving and merciful God. Included in its apostolic mission is the formation of native clergy and religious -those who know their local customs and culture. Presently, the Society supports 13,000 priests, sisters and laity from the local churches in mission lands, as well as 56,000 native seminarians. The Society is also involved in auxiliary works of a social nature, supporting: 100,000 schools; 1,000 hospitals; 2,374 orphanages; 127 leprosaria; and 867 homes for the aged. The Society is also responsible for the day·to-day maintenance of mapy parishes and dioceses in 833 mission territories - places which_ literally could not exist without this help. For all of this missionary activity, the Society relies solely on the free offerings of the people of God all over the world. The Society for the Propagation of the Faith givs its all to the missions every year. Nothing is saved. Nothing is invested. The continued and unfailing generosity of its members is its only support. In a single thought-we rely on YOU. If you do not help us, we cannot help the missions. lPlease spend some time now to take stock of yourself. If you find that you're as concerned .. as we are about the poor of the world, make your concern visible by sending your check to The Society for the Propagation of the Faith. """"""~,-"-"-"-,--,--,--"-"-,--"-,-'

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FAITH The Holy Spirit

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PATTERN 'IN THE COSMOS: The wind and fire of celestial phenomenon can remind us of the presence of t,he Holy Spirit without recourse to more earthly examples.

The other ev ning I I turned on the TY. A m vie Was already well underwa)l. The scene: a , dark street in ~n Afiican city. A native African! ~la~ps all his . money in a bagf Three sullen figures stand in the shadows watthing, obviouslY: intent ,on , I I the native's' JlloneY'i A clergyman talks with the moneyclutching man. IIt iSi clear from the conversation th~t this man is a recent artival in the city; . unfamiliar withl'the Ways of city 'life, much mor~ corMortable in the tribal villagk he has just left. The clergymain is ~arning 'him about the three fig'tires in the I shadows. 'He asks the man' to give him his trloney,lI explaining that the would-be robbers will not' attack 01' Isteal from him because he is a man of God. There'is a moment of hesitation. Should he trus~I thel clergyman " and hand overl all his possessions? He does and the two walk off dowrt the d~rk ,street. It was late. I turned off the television and prepared for bed. I could not hel~ but! reflect on that scene. Whatwo~ld I, do in such a situation? Thi~was really an example of \faith in another person, a matter of trust. It had to do with life itself. :It involved risk. It was marked by an expectancy that the dther person was trust:worthy. I ' I

Have you noticed how the people experience God, they aldrug culture is influencing reli- most always resort to Holy Spirit gious talk? People speak of God, , talk. "turning them on" and "blowing Mary's profound religious extheir minds.'" Others speak of a perience of conceiving Jesus is '.dancing God presiding over a attributed to the Spirit. Zachary "feast of fools." What's causing says he can sing ,again because , this? It's an effort to aid people the Spirit loosened his tongue. to' see that religion is the best When the apostles tumble out of source for rich emotional 'expe- of the Upper Ropm on Pentecost rience. Day, they say the Spirit touched , No need to turn to drugs. God them. provides' the "best trip" of all. Prophets of the Old Testament speak of religious experiences that precede their public utter-" ance. of prophecy. Isaiah attril~ By utes his Temple Vision (ch. 6) to God's Spirit. The Creed at Mass FR. AL says that the Spirit spoke through the prophets. McBRIDE

When the Old Testament Hebrews want to have Saul as king, they demand' to show he has had an experience of God. Saul goes to a community of prophets to seek this religious experience. Artd so· it ,was: "Behold a band of prophets met Saul- And the Spirit of God came mightily upon him, and he prophesied among' them." '(I Samuel 10: 10)

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from the Epistle to the Hebrews, describes faith as "confident ass'urance concerning what we hope for," and "conviction about things we do not see." Th,e ex'ample of Abraham is cited. He . "obeyed" God's call and "went . forth" to the plac~ God promised him. Scripture points out that "He went forth, not knowing where he was going." By faith he stayed for some, time in the promised land "as in a . foreign country." He lived there with Jacob and Isaac, "heirs of the same promise." He was "looking forward" to the city promised by God. Not only Abraha,m, but his wife Sarah lived by faith. Although she was elderly, beyond child-bearing age, she believed she would have a child, "for she thought that the One who had made the promise was worthy of trust." She and her husband lived their lives constantly' "seeking," "searching" for the home promised by God. Abraham-even went so far as to offer his, sori Isaac, so great was his trust in God's promise.

faith in the kind of ·terms I used iIi reflecting on the scene in the African city street. The Bible uses very practical, personal, experiential language. ThE! story of the Exodus referred to in the first reading, the stories of Abraham and Sarah recalled in the second reading, and the parables of Jesus recounted in the third reading all describe faith in similar terms. The language is,' instructive. The Hebrews enslaved in Egypt' "awaited" salvation "with sure knowledge of the oaths in ~hich ,Expectancy and Trust they put their faith." They courageously waited for God to act The three parables of Jesus according 'to the promises He ,found in the third' reading, dramade to them and their fore- matically convey the same perfathers. ,sonal expectancy and trust. We The second reading, selected ,are told by Jesus to set our "hearts" ,on "a never failing treasure with the Lord," one which no thief can 'take from us. We are to live "like men awaiting their master's return from a He is more interested in your wedding," ready at" any moment needs and the needs of the com- to '''open for him without delay" , munity. He pours his' prayers- . when ~e knocks. "Be on guard, and our prayers--from his heart. therefore." We can't help being moved to The readings suggest a dimenjoin him." sion of faith too often neglected It is a priest these comments in an overly intellectualistic 'are describing-rather, several emphasis on "believing reve~le~ different 'priests. ,I asked some truth.''. Obviously one needs ,to people to tell me about a good believe what another says if he priest, someone who is happy is ,to believe in that person. and productive in today's Several verses from the Epistle Church. ,to the Hebrews omitted in the They told me. They talked second reading explicitly speak about a man who was just 01'- of truths to be believed. , dained ·last year, another who "Through' faith we perceive that has been ordained 10 years and the worlds were created by the another who celebrates his silver word, of God." "Anyone who jubilee this year. All three men comes to God must believe that are doing what I suppose' we he exists, and that he rewards would call building the new par- those who seek him." Faith, does ish community. ,They are most involve accepting God's truths. concerned about being with peoBut these three readings sugple in small groups, about afgest that faiti} involves much firming the adulthood of the more. It is like the African man parishioners, about finding ways placing all his possessions in the in which the people feel more hand of another person. That is fully a part of the parish. what Abraham did. He packed up all his possessions and went Good PI'iests off into the unknown, placing The leadership style of these his future in God's hands, trustpriests differs from the style to ing th~t God was with him. which we have become accus- When I say "I believe in God," tomed. They are all most con- I mean that I believe ,in Him, in cerned about involving all of the His presence with me in daily parish in deciding the identity life, and I entrust myself, my and goals of the parish. Yet, for life, my future into His han'ds. all the ways in which their acVatican Council II teaches tions differ from the priests who lived in a more authoritar- that faith is "an obedience by ian age,' the qualities that make which man entrusts his whole them good are very much ,the self freely to God" while "freely assenting to the truth revealed by Him" (Revelation, No. '5). Turn, to Page Seventeen

PriJsti in Community "He smiles solmucl1' you wonder if he know som~thing you don't know." I ' "He'is like a gentle' prod. Not pushy but always prbdding." I "He listens tol wha~ you have

In quieter days people s'poke of this in terms of the Holy Spirit. But Spirit images have their limits'. Look at the dove and the ghost. f.~;1§fu'tlr.I~@~J.J~"l'~E1:::? " Every' child's first image of the Spirit is that of a chaste By dove ,floating 'in the air' and sending forth' thin rays.' I once asked a 10 year old who the JAMES J. Intimacy and Experience Holy Spirit was. She replied,not PHILLIPS Many say" that modern, man meaning any irreverence, "He's a, plain pigeon." Linking the Spirit ,has lost power to feel. Thus the to the. dove' may have fine bib- rise of encounter groups and m~rmmm~mmr:~:mmJ:m1:~:~:~~ lical ,credentials,' but poor edu- sensitivity sessions., Thus also , i the rise of Cursillo and Pente- to say, makes a Isuggestion here cational value. costal groups which call upon "Doves fly beyond our reach. the Spirit to evoke religious feel- and there, helps you get started, How do, you get a "bird in the. ing and solid devotional expe- then moves away to give his athand?" Tell us as much as you rience. As the graduates testify, tention to someone Ielse who I will that He dwells in our hearts. God's Spirit is a movin' all over needs help." "He is much more Iconcerned But we know better, for our this land. a.bout what you Ifeel ~han about imaginations see Him flying What images are stronger what he has to say." : quietly. and almost invisibly in "Sometimes ~ou d'on't even a realm which is out of touch than dove :and ghost? What about the wind and fire of Pen- know he' is at a meetirlg until he with us. I tecost? These are images of in- leaves. Then YOU reali e all that As to the ghost, we have soft- timacy and experience. Wind he has done." I I ened that by speaking of spirit. brushes our skin. Fire penetrates "Optimistic. That's V{.hat he is. But He still comes across as' an and warms us. This is how -God Optimistic. And lin th:ese pessiinvisible agent who is somewhat comes to us, to touch and warm mistic timrs, we nee q, someone active at Confirmation time, but us with his concern. like that." , , generally inaccessible. Some "He's 'the g nuine article.' Come Spirit, fire and breath speak of him as the "forgotten of God. Fill our hearts so we When he says I som~thing or Person of the Trinity." can renew the face cif the earth. does something, you have to respect it-even th6ugh you would Correct These Impressions never tolerate anyone ~Ise doing Call Somehow, we must recover a I the same thing.'] central biblical teaching about You would not, have been Interested in Y~u the Holy Spirit, namely, that He called to grace, had not Christ is always linked with the expe- thought you worthy of His "Yo~ don't see! nmc& of what rience of God: When biblical grace. St. Ambrose he feels when you are with him.

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Arthur 'Krock Reminisces On Years in Washington

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Arthur Krock, former. chief of the New York Times' Washington Bureau, was stationed in the 'Capital for so long that, he can remember when Congressmen had an annual salary of $5,000 and did most of their traveling around the city on streetcars. That's quite a while tioning of the Congress, he diago. Mr. Krock's Memoirs rects much attention to the of lobbyists, their activiwas a best seller a couple armies ties, and their influence. He

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up with another book drawing on his experiences and' observations. It is entitled sardonically one gathers, The Consent of the Governed (Little, Brown, 34 Beacon St" Boston 02106,. $8.95), and is not nearly so good as its predecessor. It is a mixing faucet. There are reminiscences, anecdotes, personality sketches, glimpses of the several branches of government in operation, critical comments on developments and tendencies, and the venting of prejudices familiar to anyone who read Mr. Krock's column when it was a star feature of the Times editorial page. The reminiscences are hardly fresh. What, Mr. Krock says, fs.>r example, of the several Presidents whom he saw at close range throws little new light on : any of them. From one source or another, including Mr. Krock himself, we have had all this before. Congressional Characters But some recollections are less shopworn: those, namely, which deal with Mr. Krock's first years in Washington and the Congressional characters then flourishing. Mr. Krock maintains that the men in the Senate and in the House in earlier times were more colorful and tangy, and he cites instances in proof of his contention. He finds, too, that the men of that era were more forceful orators and more skillful debaters, as well as more authentic wits and more entertaining story tellers. And here again he provides generous, convincing samples. He has quite a few good. stories, although once more they date from the fairly remote past. Lobbyists' Activities If this book has any thesis or

central theme, it probably is that the federal Government, so swollen and bureaucratic, is no longer responsive to the will or the needs of the people. He considers the different constitutive elements to establish that such is the case. There has been, he says as has many another, an unwholesome aggrandizement of the powers of the Presidency, beyond the checks and balances which the Constitution set up in order to prevent ,any branch from becoming overweening. To illustrate the pooT func-

points out that there is still no effecive code of ethics to, control abuses which tempt members of Congress to be responsible to the blandishments of the 'lobbyists rather than to the rights and welfare of the people. Civil Service He rails against what he calls the assurpptive rulings of the ,Supreme Court, which he sees as arrogating to itself lawmaking powers and, indeed, the role of supreme legislator. One of the most villainous , forces in Washington, as he judges, is the bureauracy which 'is entrenched because of civil service, and can and does thw.art the elected executive at will. 1 he bureaucratic personnel, hI:. declares" clings to the principles 'and objectives of the past administration which named it to its jobs, and often is hostile to a new President, even ,of the same party, with a new mandate. He has suggestions for reform, some of which seem fantastic, at least in terms of the constitutional system as we have known it for generations. Wilsonian Democrat The Presidents to whom Mr. Krock seems most favorably disposed are Wilson, Truman, and Nixon. He is leery of Franklin Roosevelt, severe on Kennedy, less than admir.ing toward Johnson. He blames Vietham involvement and inflation, in their beginnings, on Kennedy, and contends that Kennedy's successors simply inherited these grievous troubles from him. Mr. Krock sees merit in Vice President Agnew's strictures on the press and TV. He maintains that slanting occurs there, that the syndicated columnists are intensely subjective, and that many of them are "new American liberals," a breed which he obviously abhors. Such ideological commitment as he has is, as he puts it, American Democratic of the stripe of Woodrow Wilson. He opposes the kind and degree of racial integration which he sees as being unconstitutionally foisted on the American people. He does not disguise or dilute his convictions, however much they , may distress many a reader. Band of Brothers' If Mr. Krock is no partisan of the Kennedys, Edwin Guthman, author of We Band of Brothers (Harper and Row, 49 E. 33rd St., N. Y. 10016. $7.95), most decidedly is. He is writing of his long association with Robert F. Kennedy, both before and during the latter's term as Attorney General. Mr. Guthman was a Seattle newspaperman when, in 1956, Robert Kennedy, then chief counsel of a Senate investigating committee, came to Seattle to

SAY ONE FOR ME: When Pope Paul VI and Rev. Patrick Peyton, director of the world-wide Rosary Crusade met at the Vatican, they pledged each other remembrance in their daily recitation of the Rosary.

Soft-Sell Priest Produces Time Out Program, Winner of Broadcasters Award MILWAUKEE (NC) - In this hurly-burly world of amplified music what chance is there for the reflective, soft-sell type of radio programming? The immediate and obvious answer is "none." But Father Victor Seidel, S.T., is not an obvious man who jumps to immediate conclusions. And because he isn't, "soft-sell" radio has become popular in the country western wilds of West Virginia. A Milwaukee native, the priest returned here recently to visit his family. Time Out, the 30-minute program produced by Father Seidel, received the 1971 Gabriel award from the Catholic Broadcasters' association. It was praised as the best locally produced relilook into the activities of David Beck head of the Teamsters Union. Mr. Guthmari had been probing the same subject for his newspaper. The two men met and agreed to cooperate. When, in 1961, Robert Kennedy was assembling a staff to assist him in the Department of Justice, he chose Mr. Guthman to handle press relations and public information. The position was, in fact, even more important, for it involved Mr. Guthman in consultation on some of the most consequential matters which faced the Kennedy administratIOn. Endless Job He found that working for Robert Kennedy was an arduous, endless job. Kennedy was tireless and unsparing of himself and expected exceedingly much of. his subordinates. On the other ' hand, he was considerate, took responsibility for mistakes, and was well aware of who was doing what in his department. Mr. Guthman describes the successive crises in which Robert Kennedy, as his brother's closest adviser, was caught up. He praises the younger brother's coolness, incisive and dispassionate judgment, courage. He attests to the genuineness of Robert Kennedy's concern for the poor, the black, the Indians, the Chicanos.

gious program in the United States and Canada. When talking about his achievement Father Seidel makes the accomplishment seem simple. To hear him tell it, nothing more is entailed than taking a few records, interjecting some folksy comment' and letting the audience take it from there. The citation accompanying Gabriel is more exact. "Simplicity combined with a judicious selection of thoughtful commentary ... gives a format delighting the adult listener. Time Out encourages the audience to relax, take a deep breath and think. The listener has the opportunity to prescind from the frenetic world and consider deeper, lasting values. The ... audience is thereby enriched by applying honest and realistic principles of living to their demanding presence ina complex society." When Trinitarian Father Seidel was assigned to Wheeling in 1968 his knowledge of radio was limited to little more than turning the dial. But as director -of the Catholic information center, he was partially responsible for radio and television programmig.

Continued from Page Sixteen same as they have always been. A good priest is-and always was-a genuine, open-hearted, skillful and prayerful man. The only difference between now and then is in the way these qualities are put to use. Today, we are not as needful of a compassionate man' to tell us what to do as we require that same man to help us become involved. We are not so much inÂˇ need of a good man we can look up to as we are of a holy man who will ",,-alk with us. The skillful man who runs things from the peak of parish hierarchy is not our need. What we require is the skill of a man who can stand tall and function well in the middle of a whole complex of group interactions. The differences are important; yet, there remain the basic needs we have for a priest. We need one who will spend his 'life helping us find meaning in our own. And we need one who will gather our confusion, success, hurt, pleasure, joy and sorr'ow, offer it to the Father and return with the Father's gift of His Son.

Prelate Heads New Health Congress CHICAGO (NC)-Msgr. Edward E. Michelin, immediate past president of the Catholic Hospital Association, has been selected chairman of the new American Health Congress. The first meeting of the congress, scheduled in Chicago next Summer, will combine the annllal conventions of the Catholic Hospital Assodation, the American Hospital Association and the AmeriCan Nursing Home Association. Msgr. Michelin is coordinator of health affairs, diocese of NatcheZ-Jackson, Miss.

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Asserts'-, Anti-Catholicism, Still Pervades, Ameroca The Supreme Court decisions on the Pennsylvania and Rhode Island parochial school cases are part of a long American tradition of opposition to Catholic schools. It is only against the background of this tradition that the feeble reasoning of Chief Nevertheless they continue an Justice Burger's opinion in tradition that dates to American the two ,cases can be underthat. era-a tradition of distrust, sto,od. The Chief Justice's of and suspicion for the Catholic

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schools are politically ,divisive is absurd. It 'is the nature of American' politics for various groups to support policies that are favorable' to them and to demand that candidates take stands on' such issues. _ If, the parochial schools are divisive so is ,abortion legislao tion, and 'one very much doubts that the Supreme Court is· going , to rule against legalized abortion or even state financed abortion on the 'grounds that it is divisive. Patent Nonsense Justice Burger's fear about too much "supervision" of religious .schools or excessive "entanglement" of the state in reg" ulating such schools is patent nonsense. Admittedly we cannot expect much from a Chief Justice who responds to the present crisis in the American legal system with such apsurdities as the statement that law schools must teach' lawyers not only how to think bui how to act, but still one would imagine that he knows that there are other countries in the western world besides -the United States, and that almost all of these countries provide support for religious schools without. having any particular problems pf "supervision" or "entanglement." Did he 'really expect such an argument to be taken seriously? Probably he did not. The Justices 'had made up their minds on the subject and' then cast about for: arguments' to justify their stand. The arguments were not very good; but it did not matter much because the stand seemed the right one, quite independently of the arguments in favor of it. Tradition of Distrust Justice Burger wrote his opinion from a mental perspective not unlike that which gave rise to the Papal birth control encyclical: after one's mind is made up, what heed is there for arguments? Is there prejudice or bigotry in such a stance? Probably not in the ordinary sense of the word. The Justices are not anti-Catholic in the way the Nativists or the Know Nothings of a century ,ago were (though I would not be inclined, to make the same charitable judgment about Leo Pfeffer and the American Jewish' ,Cong!ess).

Catholics were not welcome in the United States when they first came. Their religion was considered ignorant, supersti: .tious, and reactionary. Their Church was suspected of plot-, ting the destruction of American democracy. Their priests were thought to have absolute control over the political activities of lay people. And their schools were considered to be the tools of indoctrination by which the priests and the Church kept ignorant Catholics in the grip of foolish superstition and under the control of a foreign power. Catholic schools were therefore un-American and the sooner they could be eliminated the better. Those Catholics, who were most eager to be accepted by the larger society were quick to join in the denunciation. Parochial schools represented the worst manifestation of rea'c' tionary clericalism. It is fashionable to think that

all of this ended with the election of John Kennedy. But any one who walks in the world of the intellectual elites of American society knows that a much more sophisticated and more subtle form of anti-Catholicism -and more penign-still 'pervades the land. ' History of Resentment Catholic schools are still the litmus pap'er; anyone who wishes to understand the recent court decision or the reaction of large numbers of Americans to the:, subject of parochial schools must look beyond 'the ,rhetoric of the present controversy-and' . the largely irrelevant and phony concern about separation, of Church and state-to the history of resentment of and suspicion toward the separate Catholic' school system. ' As one ,author put it not so long ago: If Catholics really want to be good Americans like everyone else, why don't they send their children to the same schools as everyone else? (The answer of course is that in a free country. they can send their children to any school they want to.) That is the assumption on which the Su'preme Court deci- ' sion is based: deep down and, fundamentally Catholic schools are un-American and should not be supported' by taxpayers', money, even though parochial schools are subsidized in most other western countries, without any ill effects on the religious' freedom of, the society.

CENTER ILLE PARISHIONERS INVOLVED IN "SHOWER OF STARS" PROJECT: Mrs. Donald Duquette, Stanley McLean, Mrs. Ellis Johnson and Mrs. Edward O'Neill are' devoting their Itime; in spreading the good news-"Attend the 'Shower of Stars' on Aug. 18 at the Sheraton; Hilton and join the hundreds of Cape Codders honoring Bishop CroI nin.

. Permanent Dea'cons Have Varied Backgrounds

CHARLESTONI (l~.jC~-one is a 68-year-old grapdfather of six. He worked 15 yeilrs as a reporter and columnist I,for a IConnecticut newspaper,' later moved across country, to California , I where he became a cOJ;ltract administrator speci list before retiring in 1965. ' The' second is a 40-year-old native of Long Island, N. Y, married and father' of :five. He l was a rifle instfuctor for the U, S. Marines' atl Parris Island, N. C., before becoming a chiropractor and practising ~ in Long' Island, ,St. Clouq, Mi:nn., and here in South Carolina.

The 'third is la year-old grandfather' of se~en. !A native of New Jersey, h~ canie to the Charleston diocesJ in 1965 after the death of his ~ife to' work in the mission field, is: known throughout the stkte a~ an exI' pert cabin~t makJr ane" carpenter. ' , ' I The three will be ordained as the first permaneht deacons in 'the Charleston, diqcese IAug. io by Bishop Ernest IJ. Unterkoefler in the Cathedral of St~ John the Baptist here. I The three are, Wilbur R. D'Arche, newspa~erinan-turned contract expert; pl'. Allan G. Bohner, chiropractor, and Joseph

K~mper" cabinet make'r. They have completed a year of studies at St. John's University, Collegeville, Minn., plus another year of training and studies in the Charleston diocese.

Assist Chaplains D'Arche, a widower, who has two sons and'two daughters, 'one of whom is Mercy Sister Mary Lee D'Arche of New Haven, Conn., became i~terested in the revived diaconate program during talks with a chaplain while setting up a security system for a Catholic hospital in California. Here he has returned to news-, paper work with The Catholic Charleston diocesan Banner, newspaper. Dr. Bohner became interested

,in the program while practicing in Delmar, Calif. He and his family "pulled up stakes," moved to St. Cloud where he could study at the Collegeville university while carrying on his practice. He' and his family moved here a year ago. Kemper's interest in mission work led him into the program while he busied himself in various assignments throughout the state. The three already have gained experience for their future work by assisting Catholic chaplains at hospitals and penal institutions.

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Priest Commends Minority Banks CHICAGO (NC)-Father Francis J. Bonnike, president o.f the National Federation of Priests' Councils, has urged' all council leaders to follow his organization's example and put Church funds in minority banks. "What I would like to suggest to you," Father Bonnike wrote in a memorandum, "is a way in which your parish and your diocese could do a little 'something to improve housing and business opportunities for minorities peoples."

THE ANCHORThurs., Aug. 5, 1971

40 High Schools Out by 1972 BROOKLYN (NC)-A committee of Catholic high school principals warned here that all 40 Brooklyn diocesan high schools will run out of operating funds by April 1972 if a federal district court halts the delivery of state school aid funds. "This harsh reality calls for immediate, realistic planning," said the committee, composed of the heads of the 40 schools. In light of the June 28 U. S. Supreme Court decision outlawing Pennsylvania and Rhode Island aid programs benefiting non public schools, a coalition' of citizens' groups' has asked for temporary and permanent injunctions against two New York school aid laws. The two lawsa 1971 "special educational services law"and a 1970 "mandated services law"-would mean more than $4 million in state funds available in 1971-72 to aid the 37,000 Brooklyn diocesan high school students.

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"SISTER FIXIT": Mary John works at a few of her many tasksas all-around handy sister for the Ursuline Convent in Belleville, Ill. In this composite photo, Sister Mary John clamps one of her current projects in a vise, left, in her well supplied workshop. At far right are some of the power tools she uses while inset, below, shows Sister sharpening one of her tools. N CPhoto.

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