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Negative Criticism Time Now Out NEW YORK (NC)-The time is "long overdue for us to eliminate negative criticism from our minds, hearts, pulpits, classrooms and newspapers," an archbishop said here as he evaluated the American Catholic Church in the 70s.

Archbishop John F. Whealon of Hartford, Conn., in a homily at the Mass opening the 89th annual convention of the supreme council of the Knights of Columbus in St. Patrick's cathedral, urged Catholics to elminate derogatory "progressives and con-

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I·nfant Baptism Rite Stresses' Preparation His Excellency, Most Reverend Daniel A. Cronin, has issued liturgical norms for the implementation of the New Rite of Baptism in the Diocese of Fall River. The norms are to be adopted in all the parishes of the Diocese no later than Sept. 1, 1971. The det~i1ed guidelines were issued to help assist the priests of the Fall River Diocese in the conferral of the Sacrament of Baptism. They also emphasize and' call for a proper catechesis for .parents, godparents and friends who assist at Baptism so as to. make the participation of all as profitable as possible. The ceremony was illustrated for The Anchor during the actual Baptism of William Joseph Patrick Murphy, the youngest of six children of Mr. and Mrs. James Murphy .of Our Lady of

Assign Three Religious Most Rev. Daniel A. Cronin, S.T.D., Bishop of Fall River, approves the nomination by Very Rev. Finton Sheeran, SS.CC. Provincial of the Sacred Hearts Fathers, of the following assignments: Rev. Rene Gaudin, SS.CC., who has been at Queen of Peace Mission Seminary in Jaffrey, N. H., to be assistant at Our Lady of Lourdes Parish in Wellfleet. Rev. Boniface Jones, SS.CC.., from St. Mary's Parish, No. Fairhaven, to be assistant at Holy Trinity Parish, West Harwich. Rev. Jeremiah Casey, SS.CC., who has been stationed at Abaco, Bahamas, to be assistant at St. Mary's Parish, No. Fairhaven. The assignments are effective Sunday, August 29, 1971.

Victory Parish, Centerville. Rev. Thomas E. McMorrow, assistant pastor of Our Lady of Victory Parsh, was the celebrant. Mr. and Mrs.' Richard Griffiths were the godparents. Stephen Ricciardi and Kevin Fellows served as altarboys. The explanations and illustrations can be found on' pages 10 and 11 of this issue of The Anchor. . The practice of infant baptism has been constant in the Church from New T~stament times, yet the rite by which the Sacrament was administered to children has been an abbreviated form of the ' ceremony used in baptizing adult converts. A specific rite for infant baptism was historically unknown in the Christian West. The rite which has been in use since the publication of the Roman Ritual in 1614 is an adaptation of the ceremony for baptizing adults. The Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy of Vatican Council II called for modification of catechetical and liturgical procedures associated with Christian initiation and the administration of the Sacrament of Baptism:' . . "The rite for the baptism 'of . infants is to be revised and should be adapted to the circumstance that those to be baptized ar:?, in fact, infants. The roles of parents and godparents, and also their duties,should be brought out more sharply in the rite itself." (Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy, No. 67; 64-70). The Sacred Congregation of Divine Worship responded to this directive of the bishops and, on May 15, 1969, published a'new rite. A parochial catechesis will be necessary to provide instruction and to assist prospective' parents and godparents to particiTurn to Page Six

servatives" labelings of members of the Church. The time has come, he said, for expunging such artificial characterizations "in favor of common realization that we are all trying to do our best to serve faithfully God's Word and God's Church." The sociological changes of the last decade, he said, have been called "a new American revolution." Those changes, not Vatican Council II or theology, have made it difficult for a Church accustomed to uniformity, charity, mutual respect and steady progress. "The mood of 1971, it seems to me, is a different and healthier mood for Catholic Americans," the archbishop said. "We have been chastened, humbled-and it is good for our souls. Perhaps we' were riding too high back in those heady days of 1961 when captivating Pope, John was in' Rome, the Catholic John 'F. Kennedy was in

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seminaries, novitiates, schools and churches were crowded." Archbishop Whealon said the stress today should be placed on the "irreplaceable positive values of our own religion." He added: "The dust of confusion has settled over our family jewels; it is time for them to be polished, seen and appreciated again." AqlOng eight outstanding val-. ues of the Catholic Church today, Archbisop Whealon underscored: The updated Church which affords a Catholic to see "the oldest and yet the newest." Liturgical renewal which has brought changes in the Mass and the Bible to "enrich and nourish the spiritual and worship life of Catholics." Widespread concern for the poor which has brought about inner-city apostolates and the U. S. bishops' anti-poverty campaign for Human Development. Faith as a guide to a balanced spiritual life.

Over 400 at CCD Congress Most Reverend Humberto S. Medeiros, Archbishop of Boston, greeted the New England Congress of Religious Education and its many members "who dedicate.

yourselves to preserve and to hand on that sacred tradition which Christ Himself commissioned the apostles to teach to all men."

Most Reverend Daniel A. Cronin conceleorated the opening Mass and took part in the discussions arranged for' Fall River diocesans at Campion Hall. Most Reverend James J. Gerrard also joined the New England bishops.

the Diocese. "I am happy to welcome you," the Archbishop said, "as teachers of 'that gospel which is the source of all saving truth and moral teaching' and as preachers of that living tradition of the apostles which we have all received by faith" and which we must all fl,iithfully defend."

The Bishop of the Diocese was pleased to be joined at the Con"Your efforts contribute to the gress with more than 400 of the laity and over 40 priests of the teaching life. of the Church, to Diocese. He expressed his grati- an increase of faith and holiness tude for the sacrifices entailed of life among the People of God. in participating in the Congress . With your generous help, the and expressed great ,hope for Church -perpetuates and hands the betterment of religious in- on to future generations 'all 'that Turn to Page Two struction that it would mean for

"SHOWER OF STARS" DAZZLES CAPE COD: Carmen EIio, coordinator and Bishop Cronin, honored guest display perfect contentment at the successfu'I' social held in Hyannis to benefit the Diocesan Nazareth Apostolate for Execptional Children regardless • of race, color or creed.

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WASHINGTON (NC)-Ameri~ Father Benson stressed that can soldiers in Vietnam are not the church is very much alive as bad - nor as badly off - as . in South Vietnam, particularly news media make them look, a among the GI's. The. chaplain Catholic chaplain who recently said they are mot;.e religious than completed his second tour of young people in the United States. duty in Vietnam said here. . Father (Col.) John D. Benson, a "They (soldiers) are· separated Washington archdiocesan' priest, from the trappings of a materi· said news media are not giving alistic society and they react the American publk a true pic- on a person-to-person basis as a ture of Vietnam but rather look child of God," he said. Sunday for. "the' morbid' side of every· Masses are filled with American', · thin~." soldiers and Vietnamese civilians '''They are not interested in sitting side by side, the priest the basic good over ·there," added. Father Benson said. "They don't . Father.Benson expressed Qptireflect . at. all' the tremendous !11ism about the future 'of the .amount of good being done and Church in Vietnam because he. '. the unheralded charity towards belieyes that the Church thrives '. schools, orpha~ages and entire under, adverse conditions and · villages," the chaplain added. . "the faith of the people becomes ', , " The press most often' over· .' st~Origer,.'· blows. the military's problems with drugs imd racial disorders, Father Benson said. "Repo.rts at home exaggerate tl)e. narcotics problem among , "Rev.. Joseph. A; Martineau, American soldiers in Vietnam," he observed. While agreeing pastor of St. Michael's Parish, there is. a problem, the priest Ocean Grov,e wa~',': cel.eb~ant of ~aid. it is a reflection of today's . a'. Sol~mn . Mass.: of Christian .society and is not as extensive Burial offered at 10 on Tuesday as. reported. morning in St. Anne's Church, . Since the establishment of Fall River for the repose of the military human relations coun- soul of his mother, Mrs. Lydia :.cils,greatprogress has· been Martineau who died on Friday, . .made in smoothing out ·racial Aug. 20. .differences among military perBishop Gerrard, Auxiliary 'sonnel, the chaplain noted. Bishop of the Diocese read the

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02722. ST•. ~OSEPH, · ATTLEBORO The Knights of the Altar will conduCt a whist party at 8 on Saturday night in the parish hall. Donation is 99c and will include refreshm~nts and many prizes. A special award will be made· to some lucky punctual. individual who· is present in. the hall when the. clock strike·s· 8:

OUR LADY' OF THE ANGELS, FALL RIVER;' : .~.' MEET AT CCD CONGRESS: Bishop Cronin and .Rev. The annual procession in honor of Our Lady :of. Fatima Ronald A. Tosti, diocesan director of CCO meet between u!1der the. sponsorship of the'·· sessions during.the 25th New England Congress of Religious Holy Rosary 'Sodality" win., be ':- E,ducatiQn hel.d over tlie', we~k~nd at Bostori College. held at 7 on Saturday night, .,.. ..., ',' . Sept. 11. The Sodalit'y's, Feast " Mass will be ,offered' at 8 on Sundilymorning, Sept. 12. ,'Continued from Page One . cep.tion P~rish: Tauptoh. she' herself. is, all, that she'· . Pres.ent and former members believes,"" , . of the F*.il River Dioces·an CCD The. prelate, afte~ depicting' Board, led·by Mr. Albert 'G<,lllant, the difficulties ofthis generation, 1, present presid~nt, als? to<?k part Rev. Thomas E. O'Dea, a;;;sist- asked "for religious· teachers i i':l the - Congress. Among them ant at St. Lawrence Parish, New· who are truly spiritual leaders; ,. were Mrs. Charles. Fulle,r, St. Be<!,ford ··was the principal cele- The articles of our faith are not I Marg~ret Par.ish, Buzzards Bay; brant af a ·concelebrated Mass simply truths directed fo the. Mrs. Charles Landry, St. 'Mary of Christian Burial offered at 10 head; they are mysteries which I. Pari!i,h, Seekonk; Mr. Francis on Friday morning, Aug., 20 in address themselves to the whole, Waring, Sacred Heart Parish, the Immaculate Conception man ... ~spiritual 'leader lives'· Fall River. Also, Miss Jean Sullivan, Church, Taunton for the repose the life of Christ; he thinks and: of the soul of his father, Maurice acts like Christ; and his whole Corpus Christi Parish, Sandwich; Sr. Barbara Riley, RSM and Sr. O'Dea, who died on Tuesday, life teaches Christ." After being so.·charged; ·.the ,! Frances Lynch, RSM, ImmacuA.ug. 17. CCD -instructors late· Conception Parish,' No. thousands of Bishop Cronin read the com· .mitt~l prayers in. the church· at· and' helpers "went ·about trying I Easton; Sr. Evelyn Rogers SUSC, to learn better, more, efficient Holy Name Parish, Fall River; the completion of the Mass. means to fulfill the hopes of the Sr. Susan Connell, RSM, St. Also present in the sanctuary Church. Mark Parish, Attleboro I Falls; was. Bishop Gerrard, Auxiliary Rev. Ronald Tosti, Diocesan Miss Marie Mann, Holy Trinity Bishop of the Diocese and pastor Director of the CCD, spoke on Parish, West Harwich. of St. Lawrence's Church, New "Whatever Happened to the Bedford. . Church I Once Knew?" with the Concelebrants with Father aid of group dynamics techDue Process~ · O'Dea w~re: Rev. Msgr. Hugh A. niques, discussions and projecLA CROSSE (NC)-The La Gallagher, Rev. William H. tions. The whole goal of reliCrosse diocesan priests' senate, O'Reilly, Rev: James F. Lyons, gious education was depicted as Rev. Barry W. Wall, Rev. John "to aid in the formation of a with· the approval of Bishop F.W. F.. M()o,re, Rev. John J. Smith, mature Christian, which is the Freking, has commissioned its Rev. John J. Steakem, Rev. Rob- work to form mature human due process committee to begin functioning. . ert F. Kirby and Rev. Michel G. beings with the attitude of Methot. Committee members; ·priests Christ within the Christian Com.and lay pers~ms, will be' availmunity as the source," Joining Father Tosti were Rev. able to hear anyone in the Legion of Mary Joseph L. Powers, pastor of St. Wisconsin. diocese who believes· The 50th. Anniversary of the Mark Parish, Attleboro Falls ,he has not been fairly heard founding of the World .Legion of. and Rev. James A. Clark, assist- about some Church practice or Mary will I;>e commemorated. in . ant pastor of Immaculate Con- . decision. the Diocese of Fall RiYer on Sunday·, . Aug: 29 at 2:30 in the afternoqn at St. Vincent de Paul Camp, Adamsville.' DOLAN~SAXON Most. 'Rev. James i Gerrard, FUNERAL HOM~, INC. Auxiliary Bishop of Fall River, R.' Marcel Roy - c.. LOrrlllne Roy Roger laFrance will deliver an address and offer Benediction of. the Blessed FUNERAL DIRECTORS 123 Broadway Sacrament. 15 Irvington Ct. New Bedford VA 4-5000 995-5166 Necrology,

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At Standstill NEW YORK (NC) - Changes in abortion laws in state legis~ latures have come to a standstill, according to two separate checks reported on here. Thirtyfive state legislatures this year considered legislation that would 'change abortion laws, but no new laws have yet been passed. The bills included efforts to liberalize old la-.ys and to repeal or modify recently liberalized abortion laws.

Assisting Father Martineau were Rev. Lionel Bourque, chaplain at Cardinal Cushing Hospital, Brockton as· deacon and Rev. Robert,O.P. ofSt. Anne's Parish. In addition to Father Martineau, Mrs. Martineau is survived by another son, Francois J. and four daughters, Sr. Imelda, O.P. of the Dominican Acadell)y, Mrs. Philip Caron, Miss Annette Martineau and Mrs. Marguerite C. Martin.

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RALEIGH (NC)-Bishop Vin- work of the Church, or lire sincent S. Waters of Raleigh has fuL· declared that nuns must wear "However, the habit for the the traditional or modified habit Sister is a sign of dedication tobecause secular dress resulted in tally to God and preaches an "serious abuses and some scan- outward sermon of that devotion dal . . . ." to all who see her. This will efFollowing the bishop's man- fect an even greater good, if she date that nuns must make dress wears such a habit, both to nonchanges by Aug. 23 and Sept. I, , Catholics and Catholics, and enthe opening dates of North Car- courage them to be better ,pro. olina's Catholic schools, at least moters of God's goodness, and a half dozen teaching Sisters truth and sanctity in their work," elected to leave the Raleigh dio- the bishop added. Bishop Waters, 67, said, howcese rather than revert to traditional garb. The majority, however, that the overtones of ever, voted to return to more worldiness in wearing a secular conservative dress to please the garb reduces, to some extent, nuns' spiritual efficiency. "This bishop. The North Carolina Priests' I have learned from my own obAssociation, in defense of nuns' servations and those of others freedom to wear what they who have taken this matter up please as long as it is appropri- with me," he said: The bishop did not say who ate to their work and approved by their congregations and the had complained to him about Vatican, issued a statement criti- nuns in his diocese wearing secular dress, nor, did he elaborate cizing the bishop's action. "To measure the depth of dedi- . on the alleged scandal that recation according to a criterion sulted when they wore lay clothbased primarily upon the clothing. ing worn seems shallow indeed," He said that after seeing unthe priests wrote, "and to reject satisfactory results from the the services of a substantial num- wearing of secular clothes by ber of Sisters and prohibit them Sisters, he decided that nuns in from working in this diocese his diocese must wear a habit seems to place the ministry in "identifiable as that of a person a subservient position." The totally dedicated to God, for the priests said "the needs of the good of her own soul and proministry demand gre'ater depth tection, as well as for the good of thought and judgment." of her neighbor." 'Identifiably Religious' Father Charles Mulholland, The bishop's ruling, issued by past president of the North Carletter July 27, was sent to major olina Priests' Association and an superiors of Sisters assigned in executive board member of the the diocese' 'and to all pastors. National Federation of Priests' _He' asked that the superiors' send Councils, and several other diocinto the diocese "only Sisters esan priests told NC News that who will wear the traditional ha- to their knowledge there had bit or the modified habit, modest been no incidents of scandal as the result of the wearing of secand identifiably religious. "This decision," the bishop ular clothing. wrote, "does not imply that all Perfection those who have been experimenting with lay clothes are not The greatest thing for us is good Religious, or, are culpable the perfection of our own soul; in their actions. It does not in- and the saints teach us that this fer that Sisters wearing secular perfection consists in doing our clothes are less scholarly, less ordinary actions well. devoted in their hearts to the Archbishop Ullathorne 111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111

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DIOCESAN REPRESENTATIVES AT CCD CONGRESS: Top photo: Sr. Elaine Heffernan, RSM, Religious Coordinator at Holy Ghost, Attleboro; Miss Elizabeth Doran in Special Education for CCD in Taunton; Sr. Jessica, RSM, principal at Nazareth in Attleboro. Middle photo: Rev:. Thomas C. Lopes, assistant at St. Anthony's, East Falmouth; Mrs. Thomas Carreiro of St. Louis Parish CCD, Fall River; Albert Gallant of St. Mark's Parish, Attleboro Falls and president of the Diocesan CCD Executive Board; Mrs. Dorothy Conceison of the Immaculate Conception CCD, No. Easton. Bottom: Jerry Reardon, Religious Coordinator for High School CCD, of St. Mary's Parish, So. Dartmouth; Mrs. Harry Sprague of St. Julie's CCD, No. Dartmouth; Rev. Mr. Daniel Hoye, deacon at St. Patrick's Parish, Wareham.

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Observers :Await Teachin~ Mu~t Uplift· Hurrian lPotential of Man Resu Its of Nixon.' . Father Raymond Lucker came Other influences, such as the tinn work under representative . to the U.S. Catholic Conferenca Second Vatican Council's empha- boards of clergy and laity, a Freeze Pol icy education department as direc- sis on the role of the .Church in growing number of which are c

WASHINGTON (NC) _ The tor in January 1969 'from the . big news here is President Nix- St. P nu I-M'Inneapol'ls archdl'ocese h h e h a d been superl'ntendon's "wage-price" freeze. News- " were t f chools since 1967 A pto papers h<:\ve' headlined it a fessor en 0 of 5 I• catechetl'cs at St' "blockbuster." . Pau, 's Seminary from 1957· to 1967, pe Coming' on the heels 'of Nix- also served during that time as on's announc~ment that he director of the' archdiocesan would visit Communist China Confraternity of Christian Docbefore next May, the policy trine office. He holds a doctorate helped blunt his critics' charges in sncred theology from the Unithat the President is a "stand- versity of St. Thomas in Rome patter." and a doctorate in education .. Both undertakings involve a from the' University of Minr~egreat deal of risk-for Nixon, sota. . People who think Catholic enpolitically and for the nation in domestic and international afucation is in trouble have' got it fairs. In other words, if they mixed up with Ca.tholic schook work, fine; if they don't, then what? Their confusion is under3tandable, but Father Raymond Luck~ Tpe average citizen and ·busi- er, who takes what he terms "a nessman will be watching to see broader perspective," has reachwhat material benefits the two ed just the opposite' conclusion. changes in' policy, and particularly the "wage-price freeze pro"I really, believe we are at the duce. ' beginning of a new era," the d,iObservers in Washington are, rector of the department of edviewing the President's moves 'ucation, U.· S. Catholic .Conferagainst the background of the ence, said in an interview at his 1972 elections and his chances Washington, D. C.' offiee." for winni'ng a second term. AIThis new era, he' explained, though not everyone is happy involves a recognition,or petabout the latest move, the haps more properly a reawa,ken"wage-price" freeze has thus far ing, to the fact, that Catholic edbeen a generally popular move. ucation is concerned not merely 'Public opinion polls are run- with students who attend paroning heavily. in favor of it. This chial schools but with "the total' .is said to be a reason why Nix- teaching mission of the Church. l? pn abandoned his "steady-on-thecourse" economic game plan for inflation. and unemployment. Time Will Tell The new policy is not exclusively a "wage-price" freeze. It also embraces tax cuts, rents, a new import duty"'and, in effect, a devaluation of the "dollar. Some observers lump all the moves under three main headings checking inflation, reducing em· ployment, and correcting our deficit in the balance of paymentll witl'\ fQr:eign countries. Only time will tell how the policy work~ out. For the moment, ,some say the 90-day period will permit something effective to be done to halt inflation and to improve the balance of payments, but that a substantial, long-range reduction of unemployment . in that time is less likely of happening. Secretary of the Treasury John B. Connally told a news conference the day after the president's announcement that Nixon hoped the fr'eeze could be ended after 90 days, but that he "has not foreclosed any options." He added that. the president's antipathy towards controls ove'r any extended period of time" are well known. Some said opposi· tion expressed to the policy was .less than it might have been because it is only for 90 days. In any event, it is certain that there will ,be ,Some grinding readjustments, hardships and complaints.

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the world, have made Catholics in America, as Catholics elsewhere, . more profoundly aware of the plight of underdeveloped . natl(lnS an(.j th e pro bl' em.s 0 f poverty, "racism and war; he asserted. . "All' of these influences have coalesced in making, us think more clearly about the total teaching mission of th~ Church," Father Lucker said. "As a result,

elected, Father Lucker stated. The priest said the outlook for Catholic education has. been made brighter through such developments. as tLle growl'ng I'nI volvement of lay persons in the educational decision·making pro. cess; the rise of parish religious education coordinators (there are now 2,500 such persons working in every section of the country); improved 'programs in religious

our concern is' not just, for edu.. education and. adult .education, Such an understanding of cation in the Church, that is, a and the use of Catholic school Catholic education i.s not really specifically religious ,education facilities for programs of beneI'n .fit to the community at large. the radical departure from· the pr ogr am ' .but ' for . the Church , Church's past that it might ap~ education~upgrading, in whatDespite his optimism, however, pear to be at first' glance; Father ev.er Ways':possible, the human he is worried that time 'may be Lucker' said. "The Church has' potential of man.. .funning out; always considered teaching-in ~'This is why .bishops, pastors, "I think we are moving in the the broad sense of proclaiming board me~bers, lay people and right direction but I am conthe good news of salvation-to' religious today are asking them- cerned that we are not moving be its essential mission." Nor selves a difficult question:' 'How fast enough to meet the needs," did it lack awareness' of the edu-' can -we use our resources, per- Father Lucker stated. "And I cational and formative potential". sonnel, facilifies, and finances, am concerned that many young of its liturgy, for example, or of, for the best possible education people 'have turned off the family life, he noted. " o f . all the people of God?'" Church: I "Perhaps we are not listening "But for certain historical rea·;' .. The vast majority of the Cath, sons in the United States, we' olic people are committed to enough/' he continued. "Deipite devoted the bulk of our efforts, . strengthening and .improving the progress that has been made, to Catholic schools," Father Catholic schools, Father Lucker there is still too much of a tenLucker continued. "This was not: observed. "But they are also dency to make decisions without just to. defend the faith, as is ,committed to doing a better job sufficient input from the people sometimes said, but because of a in programs for parents, other involved. , deeply rooted' philosophical un- adults on campus, and to a host "In any case, I don't think you derstanding that one could not' of programs which provide peo- can talk about Catholic educa. . tp b rlOg proper Iy spea k 0 f an ed uca t'IOna I pie wit h opportunitIes tion if you don't remember what system which neglected the reli- Christian principles into their we're really jn it for;" Fath~r , gious component-man's relation' lives, , . Lucker said. "The «;:enter,.or . to God and the need for reli-: "To do so, they inai reluc- heart, of Catholic education is gion." tantly 'have to make a decision religious education. "This ide~ was shared by b~th' to close a school or! curtail "We are in this job because Protestants and Catholics," he 'A grades. This is not because they we have been commissioned by noted. . are against Catholic schools." Christ to preach the Gospel, ana At any rate, with the historic but because they want to make because we must foster the . Third Council of Baltimore in ,provision for better educational development of mature, adult, 1884 and the bishops' declara- programs .for the entire diocesan committed Christians who can tion that every parish was to or parish family involved," the be witnesses in the world," he build its own school, the Amer- priest said. ' said. ican Catholic Church seemed This concern with the total "Sometimes we tend to forget committed to a course of putting educational picture 'is reil~cted, that in· the midst of so many , all its educational eggs in one according to Father Luck,er, fn concerns." \, basket. "Indeed," Father Lucker the appointment in an increasing stated, "there was a time when nnmber of U. S. dioceses of diocmost Americans looked at Cath- esan directors of education ~ olic education and equated it ' sometimes caiied superintertdents with Catholic schools." of ed\lcation or vicars of edu"But in recent years,." he con- cation. tinued, "partly beca'use of forced' . 'Whatever the title, this official school closings, . partly because is the chief administrative officer of the presence of more lay peo- , of an entire educational system ple on diocesan and parisp edu- and bears responsibility for procation boards, we have' come to . ~ viding coordination and im the realization that we have not equitable distribution of reprovided schools for all our chil- sources among its com~onent dren and will not be able' to do . part!;. so fri the foreseeable future." I Diocesan directors of educa: v

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F'ight Abortion From Pulpits YOUNGSTOWN (NC) - Forty dads have been giving talks in 33 parishes here: sometimes replacing the homily at Mass, urging Catholics to join the local Right-To Life. Society. The talks, sponsored by the diocesan Family Life Bureau, emphasize a·fetus is a human being, that each human life is entitled to exist, and no one morally may choose to end another human life for any reason. One speaker stressed that 215,000 women are' known to have had abortions in New York in the last year. Another said the attack 'a'gainst human life in the 1970s is centered on the unborn ·child. "Our society is schizophrenic," said Dennis Palazzo. "At the breakfast table, there are those who favor abortion for a woman living in poverty, and yet in the afternoon the very same people vehemently oppose the unjust murdering of our American boys in Vietnam." Kenneth Emch, another'speaker, said that while it is correct to say that' women have' com, plete rights over their own bodies, it is "wrong to claim that she has rights over the human fetus she temporarily carries in her womb." Howard Witt, RTL chairman, ,said the talks went over "re. markably well." He said: "The idea of a layman in the pulpit giving a talk was not nearly as shocking to the congregation as we had anticipated."

'·Priest ;1-0 ',Dire(t .:' Mississippi Council OCEAN SPRINGS (NC) - An assistant pastor here has been released from his parish duties to become executive director of the Mississippi Council on Human Relations. Father Mike Raff, who will be the third person in the organiza· tion's seven-year history to hold the job, said he hopes to regen- .erate some of its earlier brilliance. The council had. pioneered efforts in trying to solve some of the state's racial problems. The young priest is undertaking a string of projects and mapping out plans to establish local chapters in addition to those now' at Jackson, Oxford, in the .T.ombigbee area an on the Gulf Coast.

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Seek. to Rewrite School Aid Bills To Comply With Court Decision \

CHICAGO (NC) - Two state legislators' have asked Gov. Richard B. Ogilvie not to sign nonpublic school aid bills passed six days before the U. S. Supreme Court decision of June 28 against such aid and to return them to them for rewriting. Sen. Robert E. Cherry, sponsor of the bills, and Rep. Eugene F. Schlickman said they would rewrite the legislation to eliminate financial controls and auditing procedures, "so as to avoid any doubt as to its constitutionality." Schlick~an told newsmen he thought the Supreme Court decision invalidating two other states' aid laws was based on control provisions the laws contained. He said the provisions would have forced the states (Pennsylvania and Rhode Island) to go into the nonpublic schools to audit financial records to determine the exact cost of teaching secular subjects devoid of religious content. "This raised the issue of ex-

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LONDON (NC) - The British army and the Protestant-dominated government of Northern Ireland were accused of conn~ ance and of discrminating against Nqrthern Irish Catholics in an article in the Universe, British Catholic weekly. The Universe's commentator and politcal expert, Douglas Hyde, said the decision of the Irish government, Northern taken. with British approval, to order imprisonment without trial for suspected terrorists was provocatively anti-Catholic. No member of the terrorist fringe of the Orange Order, a Protestant fraternal organization, had been detained, he said. '

cessive entanglement," Schlickman explained. "The Supreme Court feared that the state would have become so involved that it would have exercised an undue influence in the operation of nonpublic schools." To avoid the same fate, both legislators told the governor they would remove similar enforcement procedures from the Illinois bills during the rewriting. They said they would also consider dropping a provision that state aid vouchers be sent to the school the parents specified. Instead the vouchers could simply be sent to the parents, they added. The legislators explained such a change would demonstrate that the Illinois bills "strengthen the role of parents in education, foster equality of educational opportunity and promote innovation in' education. Financial assistance to nonpublic schools is incidental." The legislators said they were uncertain about what else might , have to be done in rewriting the bill, but its basic contents and approaches would remain the same. They hope to have the new version ready by November, they added. Father Thomas McDonough, executive director of the Illinois Catholic Conference, said the conference is in favor of any action that will eventually help the legislation to be upheld as constitutional before the Supreme Court.

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'" Scores Criticism Of Nixon Speech, To Knights

At the New England Congress of Religious Educati~n, one theme' kept coming through again and again: young , people are looking for spirituality. And, ~ven more, they are looking for people w~o are genuinely spiritual. " , Archbishop Medeiros brought this out in his talk when he pointed but the increasing number of "Jesus' peop\e" and others who are showing an interest in the spiritual, the supernatural, the occult, the other,. a, world that I'is more than this world of people see and feel and tou~h " and taste ,and smell. There are .those who in their ,search - ' I try to find the answers through drugs and other ways that provide not answers but further questions and more. p~oblems. But the fact remains that the search of the'se people is for God. And they look for God not 'alone ,in people who talk about God. They, want to see ~God in the lives of others-in those viItues of goodness and concern , and sacrifice. , It probabiy all a~ds up to this-people today are in search of saints. .

11 has 'always been so. Throughout the long and stormy history of Christianity, there have always been people wondering and, questioning, people, searching and· asking, people bewildered and los,t. And the answer to these people has been found (n Sanctity, in the Church's holding, up the authentic image of Christ for men to see and follow and to strive to imitate. And the answer has been found in the saints.

Cardinal C~oke Scores Court's Parochial Sc:hooll Aid Decision'

Ea~h age has produced saints.. Each age has seen rise up men and women and young people 'who have heard Christ and have invited Him to live in their lives. , Each age has seen men and women who let the" Gospel come alive withJn them.

NEW YORK (NC),In a ma- 'ents," he stated, "that they can jor public, address, with Presi- have genuine freedom of' choice dent Nixon one of his listeners, in education only as long as they Cardinal Terence Cooke tool. can-in addition to paying their sharp issue with the recent U. S. taxes to federai, state and local This is what ~ach age looks for. This is what this Supreme Court decision that governments for public schools age is looking for.: Those who call themselves Christian branded' parochial school aid re,· -also pay for parochial schools must aim for nothing other, for nothing less in theirJIives. ligiously divisive and unconstitu.. entirely out of their pockets. tiona!. , 'I "What good is that freedom if The New' York archbishop parents, to exercise it, must sufshared the podium with Nixon. fer severe economic penalties or at the main dinner at the -89th else see it priced out of exisannual convention \of I the Su- tence?" The Nazareth Program for Exceptional Children i~ preme Council of the Knights of Both Systems Benefit the Diocese of Fall River is the grateful benefICiary of Columbus. Cardinal Cooke noted the In a clear reference to the imlast week's Shower of Stars in Hyannis'. words of Nixon's 1970 message pact of the Supreme Court rulto Congress: "The nonpublic elethe cardinal labelep as an ing, . Year-round and Suminer residents of Cape Cod joined mentary and secondary schools 'with 'their Bishop in meeting together not only for a social, "exercise in semantics" the in the United States have long right of parents to sehd their evening but for an opportunity to express concern over a; children to qualified schools of been an integral part of the naprecious element of the diocesan family-the exceptional their choice when they!"do not tion's educational establishment. childre'f1. "They supplement in an imhiiVe the right-along with their fellow citizens-to receive back portant way the main task of It is good that this cause is uppermost in the minds from the government any of the our public school system. They of many persons while they are in the process of enjoying' moneys which they at\d their provide diversity which our eduthe blessings of nature that God has visited on Cape Cod.:' families are contributing to the cational system otherwise would lack. They give a spur of com, , 'education of America's youth." And it is, good that such a practical and, enjoyable Cardinal Cooke made: his re- petition/ to the public SChool way was taken to insure that desire to assist went beyond I marks in a: prepared address be- through which educational innowish and reached into action. fore a capacity crowd of ,visiting 'vations come. Both systems Knights from all over the coun- benefit and progress results. , The exceptional children in the diocese will be the try. ' , i , "Should any single school sy'sricher for, the efforts of~h~se many persons who planned I Reacting' to the Supreme tem - pu'blic 'or private - ever and enjoyed the Shower of Stars. And these good people: Court's suggestion that p,etitions acquire a complete monopoly themselves, will be the richer for their efforts on behalf ,for aid to nonpublic ,schools over' the, education of our chilwere harmful to the country, the dren, the result would be neither of others. , New York prelate said: . . good for that school system' nor good for the country." Freedom Denied : Cardinal Cooke concluded by "There are some who have saying 'that he believed the said in the past and some who American people would reject are saying today that qatholic the view that petitions for nonl citizens should drop the whole public' school aid are divisive. question because somel1ow it He said he was convinced that divides Americans along reli"practical means can be found, gious lines and generates unan~ will be found, to assist parOFFICIAL' NEWSPAPER' OF THE DIOCESE' OF FALL RiVER wholesome political activity. To ents of nonpublic school chil• ' . . ' . . " . .' i them I would ask the question: Published weekly by the Catholic Press of the .DIocese of Fall River 'Are civil, rights organizations dren."

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guilty of divisiveness b'ecause occasionally unreasonable' reaction or overreaction follows their, " PUBUSHER legitimate political activity?'" I . I Most Rev. Dani,el A. Cronin, D.o.; ,S.T.D. He emphasized strongly, that GENERAL MANAGER "ASST. GENERAL MANAGER 'a fundamental freedom th~t can Rev. M'sgr., Daniel: "':' Sha,lI'?,o, M.~.", "Re,v. Joh':l: P. b,riscoll ' I not be exercised is a freedom I denied., , ~lea~ Press-Fall River ,"We cannot tell those, par~ '. , . . .;,. .... , . I

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CHICAGO (NC) - Auxiliary Bishop William E. McManus, member of a special presidential panel studying nonpublic schools, issued a statement here defending President Nixon's spoken support of parochial schools from editorial criticism. "Some comments have insinuated he was staging a grandstand play in front of the Knights of Columbus," said the Chicago auxiliary about some newspaper and television editorials on Nixon's speech of Aug. 17 to the Knights' annual convention in New York. Bishop McManus said he regarded Nixon's remarks as "relatively mild" compared to his "official forthright statement of April 1970 setting up the first presidential panel ever appointed to do an in-depth study of nonpublic schools." Nixon had told the Knights' supreme council that a trend in which private and parochial schools are closing at the rate of one a day must be halted, and asserted that '''you can count on my support to do that." The president had said in April, 1970 that the nation needs both public and nonpublic schools alike, to continue the tradition of diversity in education, and that 'neither system should ever be allowed to gain a monopoly on American school. children. "The president asked the panel to bring directly to him specific recommendations to sa~e' nonpublic school~~rom pressures threatening their v.ery existence," said Bishop McManus, 'who also is chairman of the U. S. Catholic Conference education committee. He said Nixon met at the White House last May 4 with the full commission' on school fi: nance, to which also belongs the four-member study panel on the bishop serves. which Bishop McManus said about that meeting: "With extraordinary clarity , and vigor, the president emphatically instructed the commission to have its recommendations on school finance cover the neeas of both public and nonpublic schools. "Noting that he had a personal preference for public schools, the president made it perfectly clear that his administration was committed to helping both public and nonpublic schools within the limits of the Constitution."

InfC'.lnt Baptism , Continued. from Page One pate in Baptism with understanding. Those charged with pastoral responsibility have the duty to provide these measures. Doubtless catechesis of the parochial community will be accomplished in varying ways. The celebration of the Feast of Baptism of Our Lord annually provides one immediately perceptible occasion for a homily on the significance of the Sacrament of Baptism. Occasional celebration of' the Rite of Baptism ofChild~eri dur- , ing a Sunday Mass will constitute another expedient which, in certain pastoral circumstances, ma,y enhance, the appreciation and understanding of the People of God with regard to Baptism.

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Pope's Letter Gives Not~ Of Hope in World Crisis

Eighty years after Rerum Novarum-the encyclicalthe encyclical with which Pope Leo XIII brought the . Church to a first full confrontation with tl;te realities of modern industrialization-Pope Paul has published an Apostolic Letter, addressed to Cardinal Roy, president of basic dignity and freedom, to on with the job of working the Pontifical Commission get pragmatically but generously for Justice and Peace and the with the political opportunities Council of the Laity. In this letter, the Pope touches on a wide range of social issues,

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all of them relevant to the deepening crises of our age and all worth close study in the light of the Christian Gospel's promof "good news." For one of the most remarkable facts about the Seventies is the decay of so many secular certainties and the rise of an increasingly agonized questioning whether any answers are possible. The young doubt whether their planet will be habitable by the end of the century. Nuclear war or uncontrollable pollution may have wound up the human experiment. Radicals look at the proliferation of deeply divided and mutually hostile types of communism and lose the bland hope of humanity united under the sign of Marxist-Leninism. Christian Response Capitalists look at "stagflation" -the Anglo-Saxon condition of both unemployment and inflation rising together and wonder what can be done with so obstinately an obstructed market society. Environmentalists see regulations unenforced and law-breakers unpunished. Scientists cannot be sure whether increasing amounts of carbon-dioxide in the atmosphere will over-heat or over-freeze the planet. Internationalists know that the planet cannot carry 10 bil' lion people demanding an American standard of consumption. But, they ask, what will give, the white man's still rising demands or the frustration of the vast colored majority still living below subsistence? In short, it' is a time of massively growing questions and massively shrinking answers. What, in such a situation, can be a Christian response? This is the fundamental question put by Pope Paul's Apostolic Letter and its replies are among the most realistic and encouraging to come from any world leader for a very long time. Free Human Action First of all, there are no great anathemata of ideas and beliefs. The Christian citizen is asked to look realistically at all the varieties of political solution offered to him and then, rejecting only those answers which are incurably incompatible with man's

available. Where capitalism overplays irresponsible individual moneygrabbing-the Pope has a particular reprimand for ,greedy and irresponsible real estate developers-then Christians must be at work to secure, the needed social controls. Where forms of Communism or doctrinaire Socialism override the rights and responsibilities of subsidiary groups, the Chrstian must be engaged in protest and action to secure the proper safeguards of free human action. Christian Responsibility This brings us to the second very important style or tone of the letter: its encouragement to local Christian responsibility, The Pope. points out that the central direction of the Church RECEPTION AT CAPE'S TESTIMONIAL TO BISHOP CRONIN: Rev. Francis B. cannot hand out precise prescriptions for. each possible sit- Connors, pastor- of Our Lady of Victory Parish, Centerville and coordinator for the area uation. He says specifically: parishes, presents Mr. and Mrs. Ellis Johnson of the Centerville parish to Bishop Cronin "In the face of such widely during the reception that preceded the dinner and "Shower of Stars" and truly confirmed varying situations it is difficult the prediction that the evening would be the social event of the Cape's Summer season. for us to utter a unified message and to put forward a solution which has universal validity. Such is not our ambition, nor is it our mission. It is up to the WASHINGTPN(NC)-Catho- one of tremendous satisfaction Americans United executive diChristian communities to an- lic education officials have hailed on the part of Catholic people rector, in a prepared statement. alyze with objectivity the sit\la- President Richard Nixon's re- that the President understands 'Political Ploy' tion which is proper to their cent statement to a national the critical situation of the own country, to shed on it the . meeting of the Knights of Co- schools," 路said a spokesman for Archer said Nixon "seems unlight of the Gospel's unalterable lumbus that he would try to do Cardinal Terence Cooke of New aware that his suggestion could words and to draw principles of something about the large number York. "All the telephone calls bring the strife of Northern Irereflection, norms of judgment of nonpublic' schools that are we've received have been very land to this country. and directives for action from closing their doors. "Mr, Nixon's open advocacy positive." t~e social teaching of the The spokesman added that of parochaid' . . . can only be "We must see to it that our Church." children are provided with the many Knights of Columbus at- regarded as an open scoffing at God's Promises moral, spir)tual and religious tending the dinner had expressed the Constitution and the Suvalues so necessary to a great "satisfaction that the president preme Court and an unworthy Such a .call from Rome is clearly a tremendous challenge people in great times," Nixon had responded so swiftly and political ploy," Archer said. "Parochial schools are inherto the imagination and devotion told members of the Catholic so personally to the cardinal's ently and pervasvely sectarian of local Catholics. So often they men's organization at its annual plea for understanding." In an address preceding the institutions," said Archer, "sharphave tended either to apply rigid dinner in 'New York City. president's, .Cardinal Cooke had ly segregated by denomination "those The president praised standards which could be wholly incompatible with any local private and parochial schools stressed the value of Catholic and in other ways. Tax aid for chance of influence. Or they which lay such stress on these education and praised Nixon's them would violate every citiearlier statements of concern zen's right to support only the have withdrawn into an uncriti- religious values," adding: "As we see them closing at a about the financial plight of the religious institutions of his free cal acceptance of contemporary choice ... churches have the society and settled down to live rate of one a day, we must re- nation's nonpublic schools. Negative comment, mean- right to operate private schools, it out among the color TVs and solve to路 stop that trend and turn backyard swimming pools of it around. You can count on my while, came from Americans but they have no right to tax support to do that." United for the Separation of support for them." Atlantic affluence. Father C. Albert Koob, presi- Church and State, vocal oppoThey are now challenged by "We appeal to Mr. Nixon to the Pope to get thinking and get dent of the National Catholic nents of public aid to church- put the public interest before busy. For many this means an Educational Association here, related schools. narrow sectarian and private inuncomfortable exit either from called Nixon's statement "most . "Mr. Nixon, apparently believ- terests," Archer said, "as John a "ghetto" church or from the edifying to all of us attempting ing Catholic votes can be bought, Kennedy did when he pledged to cope with the (school) crisis. is ignoring the wishes of the support for church-state separasuburbs of Dives. But with this challenge to ac"His forceful and outspoken vast majority of the American tion and opposed tax aid for tion goes the further note of the pledge of support before a gath- people," said Glenn L. Archer, sectarian schools." letter:, the note of courage and ering as influential as leaders of hope. The world is in crisis. No the Knights of Columbus from one denies it. But the world is all across the nation obviously wide open, first because of .its speaks for itself," the Norberuncertainties, to new answers tine priest said. based upon prayer and truth, 'Tremendous Satisfaction' The Christian does little indeed "The reaction here has been if he tries to do it under his own steam or with a light dressing of holy water on top of a solid base of self-interest. But the Christian "accomINSURANCE AGENCY, INC. pa!1ied by the witness of the power of the Holy Spirit" can 96 WILLIAM STREET in his own life and his own comNEW BEDFORD, MASS. mitment reopen the door of hope in a darkening society. To say 998-5153 997-9167 this is not arrogance. It is simply PERSONAL SERVICE to believe the promises of God. ~~#'###o##"'#N#""#'##'###~~"'#N#""#'###o##"'#N#""#'##'####o#"'#N#""#'###o## ...# N#....#'##'####o#...# N#....#'###o##r..#N#....#'##... #.,.,.........._ .......'#'#~

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Sister Linda Nadeau, SUSC, made her first promises 'of commitment to the Holy Union Sisters in a ceremony held during the· celebration of the liturgy at the chapel of the Academy of the Sacred Hearts, Fall River on Sunday, Aug. 22. Sister Linda was received into the community by Sister Grace Donovan, provincial. The Mass' of Reception was celebrated by Rev. Robert Carter, who was assisted by Rev. Mr. George Bellenoit, both of Sacred Heart Parish, Fall River. After attending the Weir Grammar School and graduating from Bishop Cassidy High School in 1968, Sister Linda entered the Sisters of the Holy Union in September of that year. The second of seven children, Sister Linda is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edmond' Nadeau who are members of Sacred Heart Parish and reside at 755 Somerset Ave., Taunton. During the coming year, Sister Linda will live at St. Mary's Convent in Taunton while pursuing studies 'at Bridgewater State College.

Never complain when you shop from women's store to .women's store and still not find thqt certain outfit that you're looking for. One quick trip to Portugal will help you realize that you are fortunate to even have an assortment of dresses to One glance at the men of ~is browse through or more bon will explain why all these than one blouse to' choose stores can flourish, for surely from when shopping. Even to this unseasoned traveler, they

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looked as if _they must be the best-dressed men in· the world. _Despite the heat' (which while warmer than here degree-wise, feels much cooler because of the lack of humidity» of an August day they always looked impeccable. Shoes would be .shined to a high gloss, ties and handkerchiefs would match. and shirt collars would be just ·so. When they were telling of the good taste of the continental male th~y must have been speaking of the men of Lisbon.

our. small cities 'have. Ready-toSTANG ALUMNUS IN RITES: Brother Paul Bourque, - 'Uttle Old Dressmaker' wear women's clothes are almost OFM, kneeling, a 1965 graduate of Stang High School, No. impossible to come by and what With the male of the s'pedes so Dartmouth and a member of. the Holy Name Parish, New is available in the shop~ are fashion, conscious, one: wonderedI Bedford, listens to the readi.ng of the rites .by Bro. Anthony either imported. from ,other EuroLoGalbo, OFM, left ~s the New Bedfordite takes his solemn -pean countries or the United even more w!1y the women were running around in outfits that States, and even these iinports vows in .the presence of Rev. Delcan O'Rourke, OFM, guar- Chicago Archdiocese looked as if they· had been all .are in small supply. . dian of St. Francis Friary and celebrant of the Mass. The cut from the same pattern. and Studies New Bingo Law My first look at the modern from the~ame gOOds ~ithout any professiori was conducted in Our Lady's Chapel, New BedCHICAGO (NC) - All the old day Portuguese woman, from th~ thought of styling and: indivic;l. ford. ' bingo cards stashed out 'of sight urban area, came when we tiality.. This qilestion nElver got after Illinois banned lottery acboarded the TAP jet at Kennedy fully answered until I inanage~ a tivities in 1960 soon may come airport; and glanced a.t the stewfew words with two of the stewardesses assigned to. the flightout of storage. ardesses on our return fligh~ Bishop Deplores Punishing Parents In a letter to all Chicago arch-' they were absolutely· stunning who could speak English ami diocesan priests, Msgr. Robert and their makeup. looked as if it Of Catholic School Students they revealed that ready-to-weat had been done by an expert. J. Hagarty, comptroller, reported . for women in Portugal i~ almost, .(1,1li~ . was· a trait that I would non~existent imd that except for that archdiocesan attorneys· are Catholic education, the Bish9P WICHITA (NO) -- Citing the notice throughout our .week stay boutique items one had t'o rely on! recent Supreme. Court :decision said: studying new legislation' which· in Lisbon). Their 'hairwi,ls equal- that "little old dressmaker." banning forms of public aid to "We have our schools because legalizes bingo-playing under ly as perfect and as sophisticated This would not have been bad' non public scho?ls, Bishop David it is the deliberated thinking of certain conditions. "As soon as feasible," the looking as their make-up and o if that personal seamstr~ss had' M. Maloney said here th!!t Cath- our Church. that only by a that is one· reason I was totally been using Vogue patterns or', I ?lic par;nts should not ope pu~ thoroughly Catholic school can monsignor wrote, "we shall let unprepared for their frumpy smashing materials but from, . Is~ed because the~ send their a child get that thorough teach- you know of their recommendaoutfits. ing in his faith to which he has tions as to parish participation, what I observed they had man-: children to parochial s~hool.s. Women's Fnshions Non-Existent aged to. achieve a uniformity procedures to be followed in the a birthright." "If fre,edom of educatIOn implementation of the provisions. By the next day we were that would even have been hard- means anything," the ,Kansas of this legislation ..." walking the main avenues of lis- put to come by iii !! storefili'ed: bishop said, "it sho~lq mean Art Sale to Alleviate He noted that since the new bon, such as the Liberdade and with racks of similar Seventh. that they (parents) Will, get a 'Poverty of Thousands' law does not take effect until I was stunned by the lack of Avenue bargains. fair share of the vast amounts MEXICO CITY (NC) - Many Oct. 1, no parishes, organizafashion to be found in one of "ng t h I of money spent by the state, 10After viewl a coun ry were . of Mexico's religious treasures tions or Catholic agencies should the loveliest and most modern men h · Iore, were h cal and federal . governments to. fas h IOn~ ga , " ave will be' sold "to alleviate !iome make application for permits to cities in the world. The lack that no Seventh Avenue exists and: promote educatIOn. .' of the poverty of thousands of play bingo on Church premises is of women's fashions. where female fashions d th~' The Supreme Court, m:a June people," a spokesman for the pending further directions from Men reign supreme, fashion ing for females in them ~ :~uld ' 28 landmar.k decision, ..struck wise in this ciy on the Tagus, like to propose that Portuguese down laws m Pennsylvama ,and nation's bishops announced here. his office. Msgr. Rafael Vasquez Corona for while there is certainly a females 'look into Women's Lib. i Rhode Island that authonz~d shortage'- of wOJI]en's stores, Fashion wise they are being dis- state payments fo~ nonpubhc said at a' news conference that the bishops have des:ided to folthere is an absolute abundance criminated against. school teacher: salanes. e 93/[06.l low the example set by Cardinal of men's haberdasheries. Two Noting that Catholic parents Clemente Maurer of Sucre, ahd three are' to be found in pay an equal share of public Bolivia. Conservationists every block and these are stores Soil school taxes, Bishop Maloney Cardinal Maurer recently of quality and taste. Honor Vatican, Official ,s.aid that their children "are urged the clergymen and reliequal before the law with other COLUMBUS (NC) - ·Msgr. gious order in 'his country to Law Requires Family Luigi G. Ligutti, the Vatican's children in the land. sell their "accumulated trea"They should not be punished, sures/' and use the proceeds to former permanent observer at Planning Services'365 NqRTH FRONT STREET the United Nations Foo'd' and nor should their parents, because build low cost housing for the LOS ANGELES (NC)-A new Agricuiture NEW. 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Thurs., August 26,1971

C'riticize p.enn. School Aid Bill

The other Sunday, our Church, Bulletin carried an article' about the importance of letting children help with . household projects. It was titled: "Teamwork, Key to Successful Family Living." The title sounded great, but as I read the article I realized the author and I didn't agree the secret~ of life' is learning to on the subject. The article correct your errors. So when the children slip, the next step is said that when Daddy is teaching them to patch up the building a new cabinet for the house, seven-year-old Johnny should be allowed to drive some

job. I've had six and seven-year.old's painting walls. They make a mess, but they also learn to paint. And by helping clean up the slop, they also'learn to paint neatly. By We've had all. sorts of mishaps, but they've also learned MARY how to touch up paint jobs, and how to put a patch in the wallpaper. CARSON When we're redecorating the children's rooms, they're allowed to select the paper and paint; As long as the choice isn't unreanails into an old board, so he sonably ugly, they get their way. can work side by side with· his If it's terrible, it gives me a father. chance. to prove my ability ,in I choked, "Does whoever persuasive salesmanship. wrote this think a seven-yearBy our showing confidence in old can't spot 'busy work' a mile them, they learn self-reliance. off? What kid wants to be push- Our three sons, ranging from 16 ed off on an old scrap of' wood. to 13, redecorated their roomHe should be helping build the including putting up a ne,w tile cabinet!" ceiling. They figured the materMy husband looked up from ials they'd need . . . and in the Sunday paper. "What's got some instances ran short. They you so fired up?'~ learned more about the import"This article is supposed to tell ance of careful calculations than parents how to make their chil- if we had figured the job for dren feel needed. If anyone tries them. it, it will make his kids feel Prudent Support their parents have no confidence They measured and hung their in them." I'm a firm believer in having wall paper, and did a very prokids help with jobs before they fessional job. They even tackled are fully capable of doing them, something I would have avoided. because that's the time the job They did a two-tone job-a panis a real challenge. Wait until eling effect up part of the wall, they can do a job perfectly and and a neutral pattern above. It they will have no interest in it. required striking a level line As soon as a girl can read a around the foom. In our 80-yearrecipe book, she's old enough to old house, that's not easy. But, bake. In fact, some of mine were by letting them prove thembaking before they could really selves, they did it! It seems to me there are some read. If I ask a 10-year-old to things youngsters learn very wash the dishes while I make the cake, she has no enthusiasm. early in life. They know when But if she mixes the cake, she's thev are being "conned" by an all interest. She soon learns to adult; and they, know it much handle herself in the kitchen, earlier than we recognize. I think the "generation gap" both cooking and cleaning up is widest when parents lack the her own dishes. Why? Because she knows that courage to show confidence in I have the confidence in her their children. The gap can be to let her tackle something a bridged by prudently giving your little beyond anything' she has child support in tackling somedone before. How else can a thing just a little bigger than you really feel he is capable of dochild grow? ing. Correct Errors We have had disasters. But I keep reminding myself that I make mistakes, too; and one of

Priest Probes Africa Marrige Problems CAPE TOWN (NC)-The Anglican Churches of Eastern and Southern Africa have given a Catholic priest the job of studying marriage problems in Africa and coming up with some recommendations for coping with them. The priest is Father Adrian Hastings of the Mindolo Ecumenical Foundation in Zambia, who said that marriage difficulties such as divorce and polygamy are among the greatest problems faced by the churches in Africa.

OUTGOING AND INCOMING: Sr. Margaret Higgins, SUSC left, provincial of the Sisters of the Holy Union since 1965 expresses prayerful wishes to her successor as provincial Sr. Grace Donovan, SUSC on their arrival from Ireland where they attended the congregation's chapter during which Sr. Grace was elected to her new office.

L'oymon to Head School System BRIDGEPORT (NC) - For the first time, a layman has been appointed superintendent of the Bridgeport diocesan school system. Bernard D. Helfrich will be responsible for nine diocesan high schools and 69 elementary schools with a total enrollment of approximately 35,000 students. Helfrich, who had been assistant superintendent since 1967, succeeds Father Martin B. Hitch-

cock, now pastor of St. Mary's parish in Greenwich. Bishop Walter W. Curtis of Bridgeport said Helfrich's, "rise to the superintendency of our schools testifies to the increasingly important role played by laymen in Catholic school systems. It is also evidence of the broad support which Catholic schools have, even in these trying days, not only from the clergy and Religious but also from the I!lity." , .. '

PITTSBURGH (NC) ....:.. The Catholic Interracial Council here has criticized pending non public school aid legislation for including wealthy families among aid recipients and for an antidiscrimination clause which the group considers weak. The Pittsburgh council's recent statement, aimed largely at Pennsylvania legislators, stressed that the organization is not against non public aid as such but only the present form of the aid bill passed by the state's. House· of Representatives on Aug. 11. Drafted in the wake of the recent U. S. Supreme Court decision voiding a Pennsylvania purchase-of-secular-services law aiding nonpublic schools, the present bill-now up for consideration in the State Senate-:-would provide tuition reimbursements to parents pf nonpubl!c school children. It would grant $75 annually for each child in a' nonpublic grade school, and $150 per nonpublic high school student. CIC criticized the fact that reimbursements would' be flat payments to parents, regardless of their income. "What this means is that a corporation. executive with a $50,000 income in the wealthy suburbs of Pittsburgh or Philadelphia gets $75 to send his child to a private school," the council said, "and a working.man in the city of Pittsburgh or Philadelphia with an $8,000 income (or less) also gets $75."

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'Fami,ly Preparation 2.

The Greeting

Having gathered in the primary place for worship, the parish church, the parish community welcomes the family and the candidate for Baptism. While a very brief part of the celebration, it is a very significant part. Four important things happen. First, the celebrant, priest or deacon comes to the door of the church and extends the welcome of the whole community. He extends to the family the congratulations of the parish community on the occasion. of the birth of the child; he thanks God with the community for the child, a gift from God, the source of life. . He then calls the child by name to -snare in the wonders

PREPARATION: Mr. and Mrs. Richard Griffiths, sponsors, left and Mr. Jam'es Murphy, parents, right meet with Rev. Thomas McMorrow, assistant preparation phase for baptism.

of Christianity. The naming of a person has tremendous significance. A person's name indicates and denotes him among his fellows. Having the assent of all that they are ready to undertake the responsibility, the celebrant speaks to the child and welcomes him or her. He then traces the cross on the child's forehead and invites the parents and godparents to do the same. Throughout the history of the Christian ritual of baptism this has been a significant moment: the handing over of the cross. At some times the person (an adult) was actually given a cross; at others some meaningful sign was given. The cross. is the central symbol of Christianity; used properly it is life-giving.

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The responsibility undertaken by' the whole Christian 'community but especially by the family of .the infant to be baptized is awesome. -The responsibility has many dimensions, ,but. perhaps the life-style of the family in light of the Gospel message is most important. The family community will be the first place where the new Christian will be exposed to an experience of life dict~ted by the norms of the

New Testament. The emphasis of the family's responsibility must be on formation-a life-experience of the Christian message. The new rite for the Baptism of Infants, in four places, strongly brings to the mind of the family, especially the parents and godparents, the seriousL ness of the responsibility' they are undertaking. They are ques~ tioned about the gravity of the responsibility, and blessed' for accepting the challenge' of the responsibility. No longer can ~ - parent or godparent glibly apJ .proach the Baptism of one of their beloved infants without seriously, pondering what they

'are doing. . I If the responsibility I undertaken at the Baptism is ~erious, then some adequate preparation must be made. This preparation might include a quick' review of .the basic mysteries of Chris.. tianity, some planning 'of the actual celebration of the Baptism itself ani;! some prep;aration' of other members of the family, especially other children of the solemnity and joy of the occasion. The introduction ~ to the new rite is very strong' in its admonition .both to pastors to - provide such preparation and to parents and .godpatehts to make adequate preparatio,n.

CELEBRATION OF THE WORD: Edward Welch acts as lector at the reading of the Word.

GREETING: Father McMorrow greets baptismal party at r-ear of Our Lady of ViCtory Church, Centerville, Mrs. Griffiths, godmother, holding the bab-y, William Joseph p'atrick Murphy. . (: ,~"

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3. The C~lebration of the Word of God The Word of God is basic in. the life" of the Christian. Throughout the written record of God's activity with men, the Bible, there is a constant theme of personal interactivity between God and men. The Word of God is today a special sign of the presence of God with man. In God's Word man finds direction, consolation, admonition, salvation. At the celebration of the Baptism of an Infant. therefore, it is very appropriate that the reading of the Word is an intricate part. Several possible readings are offered in the ritual, and may be employed at this time. Part of the preparation by the parents, godparents, catechists and celebrant should be the selection of texts from the Old and New Testament which would be appropriate for this time. After the greeting at the door of the church, all proceed to the front of the church and partjc!pate in the celebration of the Word. At times celebration of Baptism

may take place at Mass. Whenever Baptism is celebrated, .the 'structure of the Celebration of the Word is basically the same. There may be one, two or three readings with appropriate re, sponses recited or sung, in between. It is very appropriate that adult members of the assembly exercise their ministry by doing these readings. After the Gospel reading, done by the deacon or priest, a homily may be given to correlate the manifold symbolism of the event and the significance of the readings. The purpose of the homily will be also to encourage parents and godparents to a ready acceptance of the responsibilities of the sacrament. After the homily the General Intercessions (Prayer of the Faithful) - are said, followed by the invocation of the saints using whenever possible, the names of the patron saints of the children. The Celebration of the Word is concluded with a Prayer of Exorcism and when possible an anointing' of the breast of the child with the oil of catechumens.

THE ANCHO.R-Diocese of Fall River-Thurs. Aug. 26, 1971

Baptism Rite Emphasizes Formation in Christ 5.

The Conferral of Gifts

In a spirit of Christian joy and thanksgiving, the' community noW offers three symbolic gifts to the newly baptized child. First, the crown of the child's head is anointed with the oil of Chrism. Anointing has been a very significant activity in Christian history. It was done for various reasons-medicinal, indicative, punitive, etc. At this time the child is anointed with the oil of Chrism. This oil of Chrism was a very special oil used only for significant persons in the community. At ·the celebration of baptism, "the community believes that the child becomes a very special person, a child of God, a member of the royal. priesthood· of the elect. Therefore, the community anoints the child, signifying his membership in God's holy people. Following out the New Testamel1t theme that when a person

becomes a Christian he or she doffs an old self, destined for destruction, and dons the new man, Christ Jesus, destined for life everlasting, an appropriate person now clothes the child with a symbolic white garment. At the same time the celebrant reminds the child that he or she has now become clothed in Christ, and he prays that that Christian dignity may be brought unstained into the everlasting life of .heaven. Finally, going to the Paschal Candle, the sYmbol of Christ the Light of the World, the celebrant offers someone from each family (preferably' the father or godfather)a lighted candle. He challenges the parents and godparents to accepte the lighted candle as a symbol of Christ the Light, and to keep the candle, i.e. Christ, burning brightly. He prays that the children may grow in the Light and when the Lord comes to go out to' meet him among the saints in heaven.

CELEBRATION OF BAPTISM: William Joseph Patrick is held by his mother surrounded by other members of his family and sponsors. 4. The C~lebration of Baptism asks them to think about it, and The actual celebration of Bap- if they accept the responsibility tsm .has four parts. It is possi- to renew the vows of their own ble that the parts of the cele- baptism. He then asks them for bration prior to the actual bap- the threefold profession of faith. Following ·this profession of tism may be done in a section of the church outside the actual faith, the whole community joins baptistry in order to accommo- in an acclamation, affirming that date the congregaion. If so, a the faith just professed by the procession to the baptistry fol- parents and godparents is also lows the anointing with the' oil their faith, the faith of the whole of catechumens. Arriving at the church community. Next -the baptistry the celebrant may bless celebrant questions the parents the water. (In the Easter season and godparents as to whether or he uses water blessed at the . not they wish to have their Easter Vigil.) Secondly, he once child baptized. This is followed again admonishes the parents by the actual baptism with • and godparents concerning their" water. responsibility in this matter. He The baptism may take place

either by the celebrant pouring the water over the child's head, the usual form, .or by immersing the child's whole body into the font. Again, the decision about which method of baptism is to be used should be a. part of the preparatory session. If the baptism is performed by the pouring of water, it is preferable that the thild be held by the mother or father. If the bap~ tism is by immersion one parent should lower the child into the water, and the other should lift the child out. If the number of children to be baptized is large other priests or deacons may assist in the baptism.

THE DISMISSAL: With altar boys, Stephen Ricciardi and Kevin Fellows on either side, Father McMorrow gives a blessing to all present. 6.

If the celebration of Baptism takes place in the context of the Mass, the rite continues with the preparation of the gifts. If not, the celebrant brings to the minds of the parents and godparents the new perspective into which the child has been reborn from flesh to spirit. In the spirit of their common sonship, the celebrant invites all present to pray the Lord's Prayer. This prayer has very ancient liturgical usage. In the earliest centuries it was the basic structure for a Eucharistic celebration. The Eucharist is the basic activity of the Christian community. It is most appropriate, therefore, that the celebration of Baptism take place in the context of the Eucharist. If this is not possible, however, it is certainly appropriate that the community pray together in the words of the Lord, seeking his kingdom, his nourishment and his protection. o

CONFERRAL OF GIFTS: Father McMorrow hands the baptismal candle to the father of the baby. .

The Dismissal

Following this, the celebrant blesses the community. First he blesses the mother of the child,' recal1ing her significant role in the life of this child, and asking the special concern of God on the mother. Next he blesses the father of the child reminding him that he is the primary teacher of his child, and praying that with his wife they might be the best of teachers. Then the celebrant reminds all present of their involvement and concomitant responsibility in the' Christian life of the child. The gathered community are not merely passive spectators in this event, but by their presence they too are involved in the life and welfare of the newly baptized. Everyone will help to provide a Christian atmosphere in which the child will grow. After this admonition the priest blesses -all present, and they depart to begin to. bring this child to an experience of Christian life and hopefully to the kingdom of God.

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THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Thurs. Aug. 26,.'1971

Council Supports Black Archbishop PITTSBURGH (NC) The Catholic Interracial Council of Pittsburgh supports a campaign aimed' at securing a black archbishop' for the nation's capital.

Urges' Parents EmphClsize ,

Reality, Rewards of ,Death

Such an appointment "would greatly boost the morale, of black Catholics and. be a concrete way of demonstrating that they are indeed an· important element in the American Church and will now play such a role with, black leadership among the hierarchy," said Larry Kessler, CIC president.

, Death has, replaced sex as society's most forbidden topic of, discussion, according to' University of Iowa re-, ligioh professor, Dr. David Belgum. "Dying used to be openly discussed in our society, but sex was obscene/' he ,told' ,a gro,up of ministers. "Now sex is openly dis- neighbors. Today's kids, live cussed and dying is ob- thousands of miles away from old relatives. We live in age· scene." As a, result, he add- segregated communities; young ed, .; person who is dying and wants to talk about his death and its implications, for his famiiy is often unable to find anyone to listen.

By" DOLORES CURRAN

Directly before I read Dr. Belgum's remark, a friend of mine who had lost her teen-age son told me that after the first week, nobody' came, to talk with her. Those people she did see didn't want to discuss her loss. Yet, she said she desperately needed to talk about her boy, about his death and about her feelings, "Why won't people talk about it?" she' asked. "Why are they so worried about 'hurting my feelings when I have to talk about it" There was a time-in another age - when during the weeks following a death, people made a call·'to the bereaved. Sure, it was uncomfortable but it' was necessary to the mental health of the survivor, He or' she was able to talk out his grief. He wasn't left alone at this crucial time. Uncomfortable Thought

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Today this pra'ctice has almost ceased: It is one ·more of those unpleasantries that we've managed 'to omit from our lives. Death is uncomfortable so why -pwell on it? Because people need , us at that time. Because we are Christian with a love for our brother. It's, as simple-and as painful-as that. We have had deaths among some close friends the last couple of years and some of our observations and e,,:periences point to the validity of Dr. Belgum's statement about death being taboo. "Do people really die?" asked a young neighbor following the death of a young father in our area.. The' boy's question was sincere. So successfully have we shielded our suburban children from age. and illl)ess that they don't really believe people die. . An,imals die because our children have pets and they've seen them die. People Simply disappear. In that other age I spoke of, in our childhood, we' attended many funerals-for great-aunts, for second cousins and for old

Anger There is no sin nor wrong that gives a man such a foretaste of hell in this life as anger and impatience. St. Catherine of Siena /'

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Parent Protection No wonder death is remote for them. They don't see' age 01' in· firmity. Unless there is a tragedy in the neighborhood, it is unlikely they will have ·the opportunity to know a funeral firsthand. This was borne out when I attended a funeral recently with a 32-year-old woman who confessed It was her first funeral. Being Irish and inundated with funerals, I couldn't believe her. "My parents thought funerals were too frightening for a child so they never let us attend," she explained. "So I 'grew up afraid of ,them. It took a lot of courage for me to come today." .The old game of parent pro-, tection! How, can we expect' to protect our childreJ1' from death and its grief? It occurs. It hurts. But death is a part of life. It can no more be covered up and forgotten' than can sex or hopes or fears. A final incident occurred during my religion class.' "Nobody wants to be oid," commented an innocent 10-year-old. "Why not?" I asked. "Because it's no fun to be' old." "Why not?" I persisted. "Because then you gotta ,die." ,Reverence for Youth' Our emphasis on the rewards of youth rather than the rewards of maturity has twisted our na-, tional mind to equating old age with death. People feverishly avoid looking over 40 because they might be considered old. If they look old, they might be old•. If they are old, they might die, This youth reverence ha~ caused much anguish in our society. In another age, people looked forward to retirement' years. They were honored and ,they enjoyed relaxation from duties. Today's great fear of death' keeps people from enjoying their, old age. Death is o.bscene in our soCiety and so are people near . it. They remind each of us that . some day ... How do we offset this? As parents, we must expose our children to the reality and rewards of death. We don't have ' to make a fetish of it but we must not make it a taboo. If we really believe in our Christian philosophy, death is but the door to Life. If we rea~ly believe, that iii·

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NATCHEZ (NC) - Another roman collar was thrown into the, political ring when Josephite Father William Morrissey announced' his candidacy for a state senate seat here in Mississippi.

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Fr. Tripp is the Secr~tary of the Commission for Divine Worship of the Diocese of Fall River. He also serves as a Consultor for that body as well as ~for the U. S. Bishops' Committtee. on the L'iturgy. He has written and lectured on topics of liturgy in several places in the U. S. He holds a Master of Arts Degree in liturgical Research from the University of Notre Dame. The keynote speaker was Rev. Dr. James T. Burtchaell; C.S.C.., S.T.D., Provost of the University' of Notre Dame. Other speakers include Dr. C. Alexander Peloquin, Composer in Residence at Boston ,.College, Fr. tRobert Hovda of the National Lit'urgical Conference, Washington, D. C., Sr. Bessie Chambers, S.R.C.J., of the University of Chicago, Mr. Francis McGiven, Montreal, Fr. Joseph Champlin, former Associate Director· of the Bishops' Committee on the Liturgy.

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THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Thurs. Aug. 26, 1971

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Diauramofa druuabuser Redness and watering of eyes , -glue' sniffing Red, raw nostrils -sniffing cocaine Running nose -heroin, morphine, codeine

Profuse perspiration and body odor -amphetamines

Constanl'licking of lips , to keep them moist resulting in chapped raw lips -amphetamines

Long sleeve garments worn constantly to hide needle "tracks" '-heroin or methedrine

Tremor of hands -amphetamines

Drastic loss of weight -heroin, opium

These are a few of the signs that may indicate that a young person could be abusing drugs or using narcotics. While these symptoms are not proof of drug abuse (most coulrl occur for sevl'ral other I'l'asons), they should serve to all'rt par!'nts and friends that a probll'm may exist. If you'r!' not sure, talk with your faillily physician. If you su,pect, ask your child point hlank, "..-\rc you taking drugs?" It's a sad thing to have to ask someone' you Iave, but savi ng "Goodbye" is even sadder sti II.

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Wa'rning on Eating 'Habits To Lisbon Travelers Fals~ By Joseph and Marilyn Roderick One of the great advantages of the trip we have just completed, aside from the direct value of travel, was that all of us return~d to a great source of entertainment, read-' ing. With no television to watch in Portugal, at least with no television they could un, ' derstand, the children were "Make sure you know how to' forced to read for entertain- say no garlic." " . ment. There was no quick

"Tell them not to cook your meat or fish' in.olive oil." '''Ali I ate'was chicken."

turn of the knob for entertainment, but there w~s the\ joy of Desserts' Scarce discovering books again. Melissa has always been a These were. but a few .of .the good reader but Meryl reads admonishments we. received rarely and only out of necessity. when people knew that we were' On this trip Melissa took five going to visit Portugal and I'm or six books along. and per usual happy to, say that the only.tl~ing had them read in a few days, but I ate that was heavily gadiced Meryl was forced to search out ,was a Garlic Soup (and this you' something to read and ended up would expect to taste of 'this reading 'several myst~ries in flavorful, bulb), the only time which she became thoroughly that I, really tasted pure olive engrossed. oil was on a salad in the Alfama Mari,lyn always reads a great quarters pnd the one item that deal so that the trip, did not . I did find wanting was the alter her habits in any way' al- chicken. though she did have difficulty While the desserts were not finding something worthwhile to plentiful (many menus ended read. I found myself doing my with fruit and cheese) arroz doce' usual reading, but Meryl was the (rice pudding) became one of our NUNS GREET BISHOP: Auxiliary Bishop Harold New Orleans, the only big surprise. favorites and we found ourselves black bishop of the 'u.S., was greeted by various nuns at the 4th annual meeting of the TV vs.Reading seeking out the restaurants that Nationai Black Sisters Conference held in Pittsburg. Bishop Perry was a special guest Again undere~'timate the had this on their menu. Jason and was the chief celebrant of a Mass at St. Brigid-Benedict Church. Other black priests power of television in providing especially fell in love with this in attendance at the i conference were conce lebrants. NC Photo. , I } immediate entertainment for our creamy, rich pudding, and told children and ourselves alike. The everyone about it. In fact 0l?e quality of wnatcomes over the evening we irvited another famI "boob tube" does not compare ily from the States whom we with what we get out of,books, had met in Lagos to visit a nearbut'it is so easy to perch in front by restaurant with us and ju$t of the TV and soak up the pap try Jason's. rice pudding. As PITTSBURGH (NC) ,-.:.. Black aimed at blac.k women, criticized best personifying the black value that we fall easy prey to it. ·If luck would have it, there were Sisters wth traditional: habits the white media as untrust- system. The Adrian Dominican nothing else, the trip proved to only two dishes left but the and headpieces stood side by worthy and irrelevant to blacks. Sister will begin a full-time astile children that they did not obliging waiter presented,. us. side with nuns sporting dashikis She urged the creation of a larg- signment as conference special miss television and that they with eight spoons and we all at and Afro hairdos. er black media to inform and projects director in the Fall. i '. , cO!1ld get. a great deal more least got a taste. Delegates to the fourth annu.. inspire black people. . Auxiliary Bishop Harold Perry This is Jason's Arros Doces al meeting of the Nationa:,1 Black pleasure out of reading a book Mercy Sister Martin de Porres of New Orleans, the country's than they could by being pas- that we worked out' witli my Sisters Conference-witn many Grey, conference president, said only black bishop, presented the mother-in-law, ,Mrs. Joseph Rod- arms thust skyward in the black a major goal of the convention award to Sister Shawn and to I sively entertained. . erick of St. Anthony of Padua power salute-were singing the was to. encourage delegates to seven other Sisters honored for In the Kitchen 'Parish in Fall River. She has Black National Anthem,: a patri- live by the black value system upholding individual tenets of One disappointment of my been making it since my hus" otic hymn by black poet: James -seven virtues "customarily or the value system. Bishop Perry trip to Lisbon and southern band was a small boy but thi~ Weldon Johnson. ·traditionally adhered to by black was also chief concelebrant of ~ I POl:tugal was tliat I never got a was the first time that every in-, Open to black Religious "and people." a black unity Mass. chance to visit the kitchen of a gredientwas measured exactly' other interested member's lof the Among them are self-determiFounded by Sister Grey in typical Portuguese' home and for Anchor readers. black community, the meeting at nation - "to define ourselves, 1967, the National Black Sisters~ watch a meal prepared. My lack .(\rros Doces Carlow College here was 'closed name ourselves, and speak for Conference now has more than of ability to communicate in to all whites except med,ia re- ourselves, instead of being de- 350 members. , (Jason's rice pudding) their 'language prevented me fined, and spoken for by others;" porters. ' I Most of the Sisters attending 1 Yz cuP.s raw rice from attempting' such a feat, The atmosphere, howe~er, was and faith - "to believe with all the conference are members of 3' cups water' however I did manage to try a not one of militancy but of, black our heart in our parents, our predominantly white Religious % teaspoon salt 'great many'dishes whose names rapport "and purposefqlness. teachers, our leaders, our people orders, but also represented were 1 cup sugar, I can't pronounce but whose Theme of the conference' was and the righteousness of our the three. predominantly black 2 cups regular milk flavor Til remember always.' "Harambee"-Swahili for' '{come struggle." U. S. orders - the Holy Family 3 eggs slightly beaten The fresh shrimp at A' Severa, Conference together." i : Award Sisters of New Orleans; the ObYz teaspoon lemon extract the flavor filled Portuguese Sister Shawn Copeland; an late Sisters of Providence in Bal"We have matured beyond 1) Wash rice well and drain steak at O'Manuela's and the just militancy," one Sister: par- English teacher at Martin de timore; and the Franciscan spicy periwinkles eaten at a in collander or sieve. ticipant remarked. "The' point Porres High School in Detroit, Handmaids of Mary in New 2) Bring water to a boil in a sidewalk cafe in Setubal, are all now is, what do we do? We are received a conference award for "York City. pelectable memories of a country heavy saucepan. ,Stir in rice and concerned with becoming' seruntil' salt and continue boiling that obviously delights in eating. ..................... vice-oriented to the black ~om. Our morning breakfasts in the rice is almost cooked (a little munity." I I elegant dark wood and red vel- better than 10 minutes) 3) Add the sugar to the rice " Institutes on black education, vet trimmed fifth floor breakfast 'black ministry and comq,lmity. room at our delightful little mixture, ~tirring ~ell. Add the organization formed the discusmilk and continue copking, stirhotel.- The Principe Real will sion core at the meeting.' : never, be forgotten. Rich sweet ring' frequently until rice mixture "Who can be born black i and 15 minthickens and cools about rolls and tiny fresh breads not see the wonder of it, the:joy, utes more. smother~d 'our morning appetites 4) Lower heat and' add five the challenge...." asked po~tess as we sipped, our Cafe 'Leite and of the rice mixture "Mari Evans, author of "I Am a tablespoons enjoyed the panoramic view of to the beaten eggs. Stirring all Black Woman," at the op,e*ing . the lovely .city of rdsbon. , I the while. Quickly add all the session. Major Goal beaten eggs and five tablespoons. 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Stresses Differences In Forms of Socialism

Live Vacation Time on Preparation For Next World, Pope Advises

During the past year and a half I have been com...... muting, on the average of once every two ?r th:ee weeks, between Washington, D. C. and San FrancIsco III connection with the farm labor dispute in California. On the basis of this experience~ I have come to two superficial same movie for at least a month. Example: "Hello Dolly" has conclusions, among others: been featured on three out of (1) The airlines are telling last four or five trips I have

the truth and nothing but the . taken to the Coast. truth when they say that busiSo-if you want to do a little ness is away down and that serious praying and serious reading, the place to go is up and away into the friendly skies of United, TWA, American or one By of their competitors.

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they are caught in a bad financial squeeze. As a matter of fact, I can't· remember when I was last on a transcontinental flight which was even more than half full. And, if anything, the situation seems to be ge.tting worse rather than better as the months roll along. Today's flight (at the moment we are winging our way westward over the Rocky Mountains) is a typical case in point. There are 30 passengers on a plane which can accommodate well over 100. My last flight going the other way was even worse from the carrier's point of view. By actual count, there were almost· as many stewardesses on the plane as there were customers. The moral of all this is that President Nixon's economic recovery progra~, unexpectedly and rather dramatically announced on Aug. 15 was' long overdu·e. It remains to be seen, of course, whether 'or not the President's program will do the trick, but even his worst' polit'ical 'Emeinies will ·have to admit, I think, that,' on balance, "it's a significant step' in the right direction. I say this in spite of the fact that parts of the program are calculated (or. so it would appear at the moment) to penalize the poor and the working class more than the rich. 'It was ever thus, of course. Secondly I have learned from my transcontinental commuting experience that I can get more serious reading done on a plane than I can even in the solitary confinement of my own quarters at the United States Catholic Conference staff house. Friendly Skies I am minded to suggest, in this connection, that the cloistered monasteries of the future may have to be airborne if only to make it possible for the harried monks to get away from the manifold distractions which are to be found almost. everywhere on mother earth. Where else, for example, except in the wide blue yonder,' can one escape the omnipresent tyranny of the telephone? . Even the movies which are shown on cross-country flights are no distraction after your first trip on the same run, and this for the simple reason that the airlines keep repeating the

Confused Issues Today's flight (Aug. 17) gave me an opportunity to plow through a briefcase full of magazine articles and news releases which had accumulated in my office during my last trip to the Coast. In going through this batch of miscellaneous items, I came across, by strange coincidence, four separate articles and speeches on a subject which is hardly ever discussed in the United States.. least of all, I suppose, in'the Catholic community: namely the compatibility between Christianity and some forms of socialism. The first of these four items was an NC summary of a speech by my colleague, Fr. Patrick McDermott, S.J., assistant director of the USCC Division for World Justice and Peace. Father McDermott, speaking at a clergy meeting in St. Paul, Minn. on the subject of world justice, suggested that socialism and Christianity are not necessarily incompatible "There is no absolute dichotomy" between the two, he pointed out. Fr. McDermott noted that too often. in the past Catholics have confused the issues of religious freedom and p'rivate property. It is possible, he said, for the Church to sur: vive and even begin regrowth under a system that does not hold to the American principles of free enterprise and private property. Missioners Concur

CASTELGANDOLFO (NC) Have a good vacation, but live these restful days as if you were .preparing for life in another world, Pope Paul VI reminded thousands of tourists gathered in the courtyard of his summer villa for the Sunday Angelus.

VICTOR AUCLAIR JR.

St. Louis CYOer Golf Champion_ Victor Auclair Jr., a member of St. Louis Parish CYO, Fall River captured the Senior Division title in the 13th annual New England CYO Golf Tournament held last weekend at the Potowomut Country Club in Warwick. Auclair won a title for the third year in a row. In 1969 and 1970 he won in the Intermediate Division. He is a sophomore at Johnson and Wales College and last year was the top golfer on the school's team. The son of Mr. and Mrs. Vic: tor Auclair of 439 Middle Street, Fall River he assists his father who is pro at the Pocasset Golf Club.

Immediately afterwards, the Pope received in audience 41 Canadian Indians garbed in beaded costumes and feather bonnets. The Indians came from a mission in Alberta named after a pioneer missionary priest, Father Albert Lacombe. An Indian lady presented to the Pope a blue beaded cross which he wore during the welcoming address. As each Indian was presented by their pastor, Oblate Father Maurice Goutier, the Pope commented: "You know them all by name. That is a good pastoral practice." To the crowds assembled in the courtyard, the Pope spoke of the month of August, the "typical time of vacation." He said he wished all a "happy and serene time." However, he added everyone should remem·

Secondly, the Pope stressed the need for man to remember his eventual destiny, life in another world, lest a "pleasureseeking concept of life" overcome him. Apparently, the Pdpe was delighted with the visit of the Indians, for before meeting them, he told the people in the courtyard that he would soon encounter a special. group. "These are 41 Canadian Indians," the Pope said. "Yes, the famous redskins of our literature and of our dreams." In his address in English to the Indians, the Pope said he wished for them and all the Indians of Canada the fullness of human progress.

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the World Council of Churches, is also thinking along the same lines. Following a recent interview with President Allende of Chile, Dr. Blake said in a statement to the press in New York City that he believed it is significant that Chileans are "attempting to establish a socialist system-with state ownership of property and the state in control of planning-withollt taking on the religious forces." Sound Advice Finding three such remarkably similar releases on this highly controversial subject in one and the same batch of reading material struck me as being a significant coincidence, but _the last of the four items was even more newsworthy. It was a summary, in a West Coast daily, of the latest report of the Organization of~American States (a kind of miniature PanAmerican U.N.). This report called upon the United States to accept and to -learn to live with Latin American socialism. It goes ',vithout saying - at least I hope it does-that neither Fr. McDermott, nor the Bishop of Talca, nor Dr. Blake, nor the author of' the above-mentioned OAS report is winking at totalitarian, anti-religious socialism. They are simply saying that, while some forms of socialism . are totalitarian and anti-religious, others are .not, and are suggesting that Catholics (and Americans) owe it to the cause of world justice and world' peace to distinguish carefully between the two. This, it seems to me, is very sound advice.

Some of Fr. McDermott's fellow Catholics in this country and abroad will probably hit the ceiling when they catch up with NC's summary of his recent speech, but before they condemn him to the stake, they will want to know that NC also reported, a week before McDermott went out on a limb. in St. Paul, that Bishop Oscar Gonzalez Cruchaga of Talca, Chile took identically the same position. on the matter under discussion. Christians, the Bishop pointed out, can legitimiately choose to . be socialists in Chile and "should not be afraid of the word 'socialism.''' The Bishop went on to say that he didn't mean· to indicate that the Church as such is taking the road to socialism, because that is not her function. "Christ," he said,' "was not a socialist, but neither was he a capitalist." NC also reports that a. sizable Creation number of U. S. missioners serving in Chile concur with the For God has not only made us Bishop in this regard. out of nothing; but He gave us A third NC release on the freely, by the grace of the Word, same subject reports that Dr. a life in correspondence with Eugene Carson Blake, head of . God. St. Athanasius

ber two things about this joyful time of year. "First of all, .let us remember those who cannot enjoy this blessed physical and psychological relaxation." He numbered among those the sick, the poor and those who must "remain at their place of effort and toil so that others may enjoy their holiday." Lauds Indians

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claimed in the Iiturgica! assem"Lectors and priests should cerpt from Kahlil :Gibran's The bly, are of the greatest value: in approach the public reading of Prophet as one of. tpe readings the readings, God speaks to' his the Bible with full awareness for her June 12 wed,di~g at the people, and Christ, present in his that it is their honored task to White House. She',was not: the word, announces the good news render the official proclamation . of the revealed Word of God to first bride to choo~e for the of the GospeL" . / His assembled holy people. The Vatican II on Bible marriage ceremony ;a passage from the writings ofl some relaThe Fathers at Vatican· II character of this reading is such tively. contemporary, author. Nor spoke with similar reverence that it must convey that special is that the' only iristance of a about the Bible. "For in the reverence which is due the Saliturgical service i~: which so- sacred books, the Father'who is cred Scripture above all other called secular texts " have re- in heaven meets his children words." placed or complem~n~ed ,biblical with great love and speaks with No Substitute for Word of God them; imd the force and power I think we should observe. excerpts. ' I What about this ,practice for in the word of God is' so great however, that the Third InstrucRoman Catholic worship? Offi- that it stands as the support and tion merely states secular readcially approved by th~ Holy See energy of the Church. the .ings "may never be substituted . or explicitly cond~n1ned? En- strength of faith for her sons, for the word of God," It does not couraged by liturgists, or repro- and the food of the- soul, the prohibit the use' of passages bated by them? A wise, modern pure and everlasting source of from non-scriptural sources as a complement to the biblical texts. ADULT PROCESSION AT BAPTISM: The new liturgy innovation or a .food,sh depar- spiritual life." One can think of moving of Baptism calls for careful attention to the adults who par- ture from an ancient' tradition? qualified par'!graphs from an address by I would have to giv~ f I ticipate in the celebration as this photo attests. President Kennedy or a speech yes and no answers tq all those by Dr. King or a book by Mi:. 'queries. By chael Quoist quite suitable as reThe latest document from inforcement of the basic message Rome ('Third Instructidn of SepFR. JOSEPH M. ' proclaimed in the Scriptures and tember 3, 1970) specifically through the homily. , treats of the point at issue: CHAMPLIN Similarly, an occasional article "Full iinportance: ~ust be After the birth ?f a child, seemingly without meaning. And given to the liturgy' of ithe word . from the daily newspaper or a come all, the ceremonies people in large parishes the number: of ., in the ,Mass., Other ,readings, current periodical' could vividly have composed to mark this new baptisms occasionally rose to whether from sacred .or profane apply the eternal word of God 1964. the Bishops' ComIn , . event: flowers for the mother, twenty' on a Sunday afternoon. to . our here and now worla. cigars for the men at work- This cursed the cerqlonies with authors of past or pr~~ent, may mission on the Liturgical Aposnever be substituted t for the tolate issued guidelines for Such secular passages might be and'the baptism. all the evils of· mass production .. word of God, nor may only a "Reading and Praying' in the .inselj:ed in various ways and at and cold impersonalism.. single. scripture lessonIbe read." Vernacular.~' The following different spots throughout the The imagery of baptism is ' . '·' The new rites 'correct Ui~se . In a preceding paragraph. the '. phrases from it, on, the role of liturgy. For example: dominated by the baby and the Before, during or after the baptistry. The image is the mes- problems. The new 'liturgy calls decree briefly gives the reason lectors and priest readers. likesage. To make sure the image for careful attention to the ad.ults for its prohibition. "Tre Holy wise stress the unique dignity homily itself. At the presentation of gifts teaches the best message, the. at the ceremony. They are re- Scriptures, of all the texts pro- . of biblical texts: while the collection is being, ,. Church has composed' new rites. minded that th'ey are abou to taken and the offerings brought The problem with the image of celebrate their bestowal of life to the altar. . the . baby is that it gives the on the child. and that· they a're U .,. ' Following the' distribution of ;. impression that adults have' no assuming a life-long responsib,l' . .L-.I U I I Holy Communion as a reflective link 'with baptism. ity to communicate th.eir faith ' 1 and the meaning of God to this Americans. generally' admire ,or. the host may well invite you piece to promote prayerful thanksgiving, new· bab):'..· : . U1 e ',person who. has the initia-.· totake;a seat at one' of the back Within the general intercesThus the cermony celebrates tive and energy to ac~ihe dis- tables. If you quietly take a seat . sions or prayer of the fa'ithful By an adult-type decision. Since the tinction in his life. work.., Valued . at the 'rear, the ho'st may notice. to' transform universal petitions baby can't do .it', tl1e adults d.o virtues in the American: way. of you and invite you to come up into specific requests. . FR. AL it for .him. Of ~ourse. they, prom- life are initiative, 'hard work, cre-' to more prominent' place. dynamic leadership. . ise to train him '. in suoch'·a way. . atiyitY,.and lll~I''''';;''t(IIIII''''"I'''IIII''''IU' 't"llll.,I1I~I''' i'',!"".,;. · : Humility' McBRIDE that. he' wiII in his' maturity. S uccess rarely comes to the-man, make Ilis ow~ free'cholce"fo~'lif~ or 'woman too timid to ,stand .up We may skeptically reflect on. ··read after the first reading we and become v's'ble · .in ·Christ.' . . I I . It' , IS "Impor t"· ,our experience and realize that . ··pray:·. "God. in your ·goodness." ant-if one wants to' achieve few people in the United States you have made a home for the Teaching Power' of. Ceremonie's something....,...to . know the right: . get ahead by' ta.king the back . poor." The "poor" or. "humble" ... 'It's', true that· adult converts . . people, : to 'make a' good seat. Yet Jesus'. words apply as man Q1ay be financially wealthy saw the adult dimension. But for The new rites also restore the . impression, . to do' g66d , work well, in the twentieth century' as . or impoverished; he' may .have other adult Christians the im.. 'pression remained that b~ptism teaching power of the cen;mon~ that comes to the notic~ 'of oth- in the first. The Book of Sirach, .. many abilities or few; he may be ' ,. read as the, first reading, sec-. successful or not. Both words had little to do with their lives ies. Situate the font in an iml ers. portant place.. Some Churches Within the competitive' worId on<is Jesus' words: "My son, convey an attitude of mind that other than a, sign of their intro'du'ction into the way of' salva- have installed small fountains in . in which we live, Jesus' ~ words conduct your affciini with !lumil- is fundamental' to the Christian' 'i. ity . . . . Humble yourself the way of life. .' tion 'and membership in the their baptistry to symbolize the " . more the greater you are." What . The '~humble" or "p~()r" per· Church: It was holy fOf' the baby. bubbling· new. 'life of Christ· as · well as His tr.anquil, peace. '. sense does this make in. terms. : son .recc;>gniz;es his' need for., God . but not too important. for'; the and for .others. Looking' at 'him: . , of our experience? adult, The oil is still fairly' invisible, B . First of all. Jesus'· words are .self and life honestly he recog.Y . meant to convey a basic attitude nizes the talents and gifts he The· baptistry image presented but someday it. may fe-acquire: rather than a specific' action. has. together with his limitaits own problem. The, room was enough quantity to give the .inFR. CARL J. It may well be that there are tions and faults. Both what he often small, sometimes. cold and fant a real rub down~a true PFEIFER, S.J. times when the most humble has and what he lacks cause'him drafty and.·situated in an unim- anointing unto athletic battle. thing to do is to take the first to recognize how much he needs' portant place. The ceremonies with evil. The custom is growplace, make yourself known, . God and others. were practically invisible. The oil ing for the godmother to sew a 1 IWliJr:::;O;::I:::::??f::::? ??t" knock on doors, speak out. go Talents Should Evoke Gratitude for anointing ·was sca,r~ly notice- · baptismal robe for the ·candidate. able, the water pouring' nervous Nothing pretentious, justa sim- in this Sunday's Gospel I m out of your way to be visible Whatever talents he possesses. , ." ay pie white tunic tp symbolize the, . and sometimes skimpy, the white new life of the candidate. seem. strange. After dmner one in the right place at the right they 'are gifts of God. Whatever garm~nt nothing more than a evenmg at the home of a prom- time. Jesus Himself was in the success he has had with his God.finger towel. · The main. thing, then, is that· inent religious leader Jesus sug- public eye, doing many things to given abilities. is due not only .we assure ilnadLiIt mood to the gests to the guests that "he who .attract attentio.n to Himself. His to his own efforts, but to the as'Mass Production Lea!Js to Im-. sacrame'nt and provide rich, dig- humbles himself shall be: ~xaltwords then, describe a funda c sistan.ce of God and of others. . ~. nified . and ."vi~ible" ceremonies, ed." He illustrates his poi~t: with mental attitude of mind·- and He can say honestly with St. personalism: . Paul, "By the grace of God I . ,for the celebratIOn. Then the bap- . ·a few words about how to con- heart. Sometimes the' candle (Light 'tismal mystery will speak' its ' duct' ~neself at' a .wedding' re~ Another word for "humility" am what.I am," and with Mary. of the ~orld) wasn't even lit. The own meaning in a most effective. : ception. If you come ijl t and in the Bible 'is .. poverty...· "pov- ."He· who is mighty has don.e pr-oceSS10ns were perfunctory, w a y . ' walk right up to a place of 1001'1- erty of spirit." Inthe responsory T~ .to Page Seventeen ~-

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Humility, Success Continued from Page Sixteen great things to me." The greater his talents, the more reason to be grateful, and to work harder to develop them for the good of others. On the other hand the "proud" or "rich" man in biblical Jan· guage feels that for all practical purposes he needs neither God nor anyone else. He is self·suf· ficient. He clpses in on himself, making himself the center of the world, forgetting that most of what he is, he owes to God and others. He lives for himself. He comes into the wedding reception thinking the place of honor is due him. The humble man comes, always aware that he comes only by invitation.

Who were the Brothers Grimm? Everyone knows the answer: to that. They were the two who collected and edited the world-famous Fairy Tales. Anything .else about them? Most of us would be perfectly blank if faced with that question. In childhood, we enjoyed their work, but about The brothers believed that there them 7~e learned nothing was a religious core in each of the fairy tales. and were quite incurious. A They brought out a second biographical study of the brothers now appears, Paths Through the Forest by Murray B. Peppard (Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 383 Madison Ave., New York, N. Y.

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10017. $7.95). In it one discovers that the Fairy Tales were by no means the only, or the most mportant, achievement of the Grimms. Jacob was the elder, born in 1785; Wilhelm was a year younger. They were sons of a minor official in the German principality of Hesse-Cassel. At that time there was no united Germany, but rather a conglomeration of more or less petty duchies, ,principalities, and kingdoms. Their father died when Jacob \\;'as 11, ao~I the ~~mily. was in straitened circumstances. But the brothers managed to acquire an education, going to school six hours a day and getting private tutoring for four or five hours additional. They finished at the University of Marburg. Educational Purpose They were both interested in medieval German literature, and began to collect German folklore, for patriotic motives. They mastered many languages and put out many scholarly publications. But fame came .only with the Fairy Tales, first ,published in 1812 after six years of research and compilation. These tales were not original creations, but had folk origins and had been handed down orally. The collection had, an educational purpose, and was intended principally for adults, who might pass on the stories to their children. There were 86 tales in the first edition, including "Hansel and Gretel," "The Wolf and the Seven Kids," "The Frog King." Recognition and success were immediate, and the tales have since been translated into innumerable, languages and have stayed in print for. over 150 years. It is estimated that in Russia alone 18,000,000 copies of the book have been sold. F~fk Tales, The fairly tales are simple. The hero or heroine is uncomplex. "Those who are lucky win out in the end, and the proof that they deserve to, lies in their winning." A true fairy tale, says Mr. Peppard, is characterized "by prudery, a totally uncontrived and instinctive naivete, pedagogical elements, and the avoidance of irony and sarcasm."

volume in 1814, and then went on to other work, for example the publication of German Folk Tales, which depend much less on tradition. Wilhelm later pub, lished German Heroic Tales, and Jacob German Mythology. German Diction<::ry Jacob was the more brilliant scholar, and his German Grammar and History of the German Language are landmark works, without precedent and establish.' ing foundations on which others have built ever since. But the Grimms' masterpiece is their German Dictionary, which Mr. Peppard calls "one of ,the great lexicographical undertakings of all time." Its aim was "to give an account of all that our written language has achieved in four hundred years." Eventually, the' dictionary's scope was enlarged, going back beyond the 400-year-limit. Jacob formed the notion of such a dictionary in 1838, thinking to finish it in some six or seven volumes during his lifetime. But the preparation of the first volume alone took 16 years, and the work was not completed until long after the brothers were dead. Others continued it, in one generation afte'r another; it· was finally finished only in 1960, and fills 32 volumes. ' Prodigious Labors Wilhelm Grimm died in 1859, Jacob in 1863. By then, their impoverished and obscure beginnings were long behind them. Honors had come in plenty, and they were able. to live comfortably during their last years. But most of the course had been difficult. Their labors were prodigious, their accomplishments, monumental. Mr. Peppard's book deals mostly with their work. But their personalities and their personal histories, as well as the tangled history of the times through which they lived, do not go unheeded. / This is no(.. a gracefully written book, n6i- is it enthralling. It is dry, and even a touch pedantic'. It should probably have been , longer, more relaxed, quickened with more human juices. , One would like to know more, 'for example, of another of the brothers, Carl, who also produced a book - on double-entry bookkeeping. And surely one is intrigued, but not at all satisfied, by the bare, undeveloped statement that "the oldest known version" of the Cinderella tale is "a Chinese story of the ninth century." ' Private Worlds Among the more substantial novels of the last few years which enjoyed popularity commensurate with their worth have been those by Sarah Gainham dealing with people in the theatrical and literary worlds of Vienna iri. the time of Hitler, World War II, and thereafter. The latest, and one is led to believe the last, of these has now

INDIAN LITURGY: Father Lewis B. O'Neil, director of the St. Stephen's Mission school in Riverton, Wyo., celebrates Mass while dressed in northern ,Arapaho garb.

Arapaho Honor Jesuit 'Director of Wyoming Mission f'roud to Receive Chief's Name RIVERTON (NC)-Wearing a American history, which involved feathered headdress and mocca- Indian history and culture. "It's great to be back," the sins of Northern Arapaho Indians, Jesuit Father Lewis B. priest said. He succeeded Father O'Neil celebrated a pow-wow Leonard Murray, who was reMass and was given the name assigned as associate pastor, at St. Francis Xavier parish in Black Coal. The priest, who became direc- Kansas City, Mo. tor of St. Stephen's mission As director of St. Stephens, here, ,was honored with the Father O'Neil will head a staff name Black Coal after an Ara- of six Jesuits, nine Franciscan paho chief of the last century nuns and eight volunteer lay who advanced' education for his persons. 'Some 250 Aarapaho people. ~nd Shoshoni children from WyFather O'Neil, 45, a native of oming's Wind River Reservation Newcastle, Pa., said he was attend the mission's elementary "very proud that the tribal elders school. bestowed this greatest of Ara"We have been working with paho names upon me. I only these wonderful people for over hope that I can contribute as 83 years," Father O'Neil noted. much to education as did the "Right now the financial situaoriginal Black Coal." tion is critical," he said, "but For Father O'Neil, the, St. Ste- 'we are confident that by the 'phen's post is a homecoming. help of interested friends we can As a young Jesuit, he taught continue to give physical, spirifrom 1957 to 1960 at the mission tual and educational help to an· high school, since closed, and swer the needs of these most then left Riverton to study deserving and sadly neglected citizens." come out: Private Worlds (Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 383 Madison Ave., New York, N. Y. 10017. $6.95). It is intricate, thoughtful, dramatic, and absorbing throughout. Miss Gainham manages all the elements in her narrative well. The succession of events keeps us interested, as do their implications. Just as holding is the further revelation of character in instance after instance, and the changes in relationships. Meanings are obliquely but firmly conveyed, and atmosphere is skillfully suggested. This is expert and adult fiction, with. something impressive to say about our tormented times.

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Humility as a Christian virtue is perfectly consonant with characteristics like initiative, energy, creativity. God's gifts are given to be llsed fruitfully for one's own happiness and for the good of others. The hard work needed to 'achieve something for the good of one's family or country may reveal deeper humility than ,being satisfied with mediocrity. The humble man remembers that who he is, what he has, is given by God, not only for his own good, but the good of others, -for making the world a better place to live. He works, not just for flattery. and self-satisfaction, but for the good of others. He opens his heart to God and to his neighbor-aware of how much he needs both, and how much they need him.

Set Day of Prayer For India Refugees BANGALORE (NC)-The Indian Bishops' Conference called for an "all-India day of prayer and sacrifice" for refugees from East Pakistan. The conference's standing committee also decided here to step up relief work in cooperation with other churches. Noting the gravity of the problem posed by the influx of 7 million refugees, the committee said the Church. would strengthen its services in the affected areas. The bishops appealed to Catholics all over India to send more personnel to work in the field.

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Suggests Turning Catho:,lic 'Schools Over. to Laymen I have argued that the Supreme Court decisions against 'aid to Catholic' schools can, be understood not so ' much in the rhetoric of 'the' state-Church controversy but as a manifestation of residual nativist resentment of Catp.olic schools.- 'If one remembers The first would be to be rethe nativist tradition and. its signed to the increasingly :diffipervasive effect in American cult task of private financing of society, one is not surprised the schools; the second would be ,at the court decision., One is surprised, however, that Catholic educators are surprised.

to "de-ecclesiastidze" the control 'of the schools, the third would be to' pursue some I version of the "voucher plan'~, by 'which all parents would: be given a direct subsidy from. the state for the use of the school By of their choice.' . Laity Problem ~ REV. My own sympathies' would argue for a combination of all .AND,REW M three. I think hie official', Church GREELEY -past~rs, bishops, school super-' intendents - should 'get out,' ,of the school business. There' are a路tltmI.~:~~~:~:~~:::~:~:~:~:~mm~:;:~:i:i:::~~:r~::~ a: lot of important things :for However competent their legal bishops and priests to do withadvisers may have been in the out havnig to worry about .:the narrow technicalities of the law, immense administrative and, fithe' educators do not seem to nancial 'responsibilities of the have been' nearly as perceptive parochial: school system. The DISCUSSING: WORKSHOP PROGRAM FOR SISTERS: Sr. Helen Carpirielli, Sr. Rose about the importance of the schools' should be, tl,lrned over 'Lamb,'- Sr. Barbara, ~irkman; and Sr.: Evelyn Rogers stlidy the workshop schedule for nativist tradition as did the atlock, stock and barrel to the ,I torneys of the American Jewish laity; it is, after all, the la,ity the day. I' Congress and the American whose children attend the Civil' Liberties Union (it is inter- schools. esting to note that just as some' Let the laity worry about American' Catholics have be- financing the, schools; let th~m come super-patriots, more patri- push the, voucher plan; let them otic than the most patriotic of argue with Le'o Pfeffer that tpe WASPS so some American Jews schools 路are an independent sxsFather Dwyer was asked to on the developmental principles BY PATRICIA McQO,WAN, have become' super nativists, tem of private schools which are lead.. the Sisters' workshop after If. "the future belong's :to those. of Swiss .psychologist Jean. Piamore' nativist than.. the most not under the control of the of(iSisters get, was that renewal in the . he conducted a unique parish nativist of WASPS). cial Church, even though the who prepare for it," the , I Church is based on the interior mission at Immaculate Concepof the Holy Union of the Sacred Church might be making large . Deck Is-Stacked Hearts have a firm grasp on to- life of the individual Christian. tion Church, North Easton, early" But granted the power of 're- charitable contributions to the morrow. For two years the com- He said that the basis of rela- this year. "Several of us attendsidualnativism:, what can Cath- , support of the schools and might munty has been engaged in an tionship with God is that of reed the mission and then invited make some' of its personnel olic schools can do? They may of Father Dwyer to come to us," open-ended examination! of its lationship with one's fellows. ' course continue to' try to find available to the' schools. "Man can live as a related per- said Sister Theresa. The diocesan and means of ,attaining gOals Practical Plan other legal loopholes in the. them. Dubbed "Propject Search," son in the life of grace, or he priests also aided in what was Church-state '''wall''. The soThis scheme would soive many the program last week brought can live as an unrelated person 'known as "Mission Incredible," called "Illinois plan" apparently. problems. It would give the laity together some 150 Holy: Union in a world of sin and selfish- she recalled. escapes the letter of the recent considerable responsibility. It Sisters for a three-day ,study of ness," he averred. 'Mission Incredible' 'court decision. However, if the would eliminate a fashionable' He pointed out that some rethe theological bases of religious rhetoric about the wall is really whipping boy for' liberal Cath- life in community. ligious "are trying to live a life . Father Dwyer, a Trappist a diversionary tactic to justify olics; how could they denounce Directed by' Rev. : ~incent of spirituality that is not in con- monk on medical leave of abnativism, then new plans, for all a lay controlled system? It would 'Dwyer, O.C.S.O., and ,h'eld at text with-the development of the sence from his monastery, was their legal niceties, will be a free the clergy for m'ore evanSacred Hearts Academy, Fall' rest of the world," but warned, a social worker and counselor waste of time.' gelical activities. River, sessions emphasiz~d the "when you embrace the path of in New York and Boston before If 'those who shape ,the conIt might help to put to rest the role the Holy Spirit mus~' play in Jiving a' Jife\of relationship and: entering religious life. After ventional wisdom of American remains of nativism. It would shaping the future of religious dialogue, you are on the road to leaving the monastery due to society have made up their make it much harder for the crucifixion. To 'the extent, how- severe arthritis, he worked on a life. - " minds that Catholic schools are Supreme Court to phony up the "We are now really ibeing ~ver, that we, erityr into deep ,doctoral degree in theology at going to get, no money from the , phantom of "entanglement". And' called upon to live what! faith is' personal contact with:our fellow- Catnolic University, then branchstate and if the Supreme Court it would certainly be practical, - a rIsk - not the secJrity we men, to that extent we .are pene- ed into educational psychology has accepted this conventipnal as the experiences of our Canaand is now teaching that subject once thought it was," said 'Sister . trating the mystery of' qpd." wisdom (and it usually does go dian neighbors demonstrate. Theresa-' Horvath of th'e I fiveBasically, said Sister Theresa, as the -only priest faculty memalong with the wisdom' of the Is it likely to happen? Too' member Project Search: team the Sist~rs endeavored "to get ber of the College of Human , : intellectual elite), then no plan is many people would have to give that planned the workshop.' back to the basic Christian mes: Development and Learning of going to be acceptabl~, no mat- up power. Much better that they' She opined that concer!] in the sage as seen in the gospels and the University of North Carolina. ter how brilliant the legal rea- go dOwn with the ship than that, years immediately following Vat- to apply it to their own lives." He is also a spiritual consultant soning Qehind it may. be. The they turn the ship over to ancan II for 'such exterriaisas Happiness permeated the for_ many religious communities deck is stacked in Leo Pfeffer's other captain and crew. ' modes of dress and living ar- three-day meeting, she said. "We and '. gives frequent workshops favor. , rangements for religious '~had to began with a cookout and social for Sisters and priests. Three Courses Open In addition to Sister Theresa, Bishops Conference k come first, before we could get evening, and that really seemed to essentals. It has takert all to set the mood. So' many Sisters . Holy Un;on religious on the The Illinois scheme must be this time to get to a deep ',spir- have told us team members how Project Sear~h te~m include defended of course, but realis- Denounces Abortion NEW DELHI (NC)-The Indi- : itual level of activity." much the lectures and discus- Sister Patricia Heath, Sister tically the Catholic schools ought Mystery of God sions have meant to them, it Catherine Cleare: Sister Dorothy to have contingency plans avail- an Parliament's lower house able' in the distinct Ii~elihood passed an official bill that would , The purpose of last week's has made all the work of prep- Cotterell and Sister Doreen Donthat it 'too路 will be ruled "uncon- in practice remove all legal re- i program, said Sister Theresa; aration worthwhile." egan. was~ to help further the -grqwth Each of Father Dwyer's I~c颅 stitutional" - which is' to say strictions on abortion. The upper house of parliament . of Christian c'ommunity, in I the tures, she said, was followed by "beyond the bounds of the consensus as elite Americans deter- passed the bill in May. It will be- . Immaculate Heart province, of small-group discussions, at which come law when it is signed by the Holy Union Sisters, alld to diocesan priests were leaders. mine it." 'serve as the springbroad tor a The priests, who participated There are three general courses President V.V. GirL A memorandum describing le- year-long series of small-group ,several years ago in a similar open to the Catholic schools (and I am assuming here what ,galized abortion as "another 'meetings in individual conve'nts. . workshop directed by Father man y self-professed Catholic 'name for murder" was presented These meetings, she expl~iged, Dwyer, have since continued ,in "liberals" will deny: that 70 per . to Prime Minister Indira Gandhi "'will expand and delve further a study group like those the cent of the clergy and the laity by the Indian Bishops' Confer- 'into the ideas presented dJl~ing Holy Union Sisters plan to con: : are in favor of the continuation ence before final parliamentary rhe three days." duct during the forthcoming of Catholic schools). approval of the bill. Father Dwyer's message, based year.

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Pontiff Stresses La ity's Vocation To Spread Faith CASTELGANDOLFO (NC) "The laity are "citizens of the People of God," and must fulfill their vocations of spreading the faith, Pope Paul told thOusands of tourists at a weekly general audience at his Summer villa, At the same time, the Pope scored the "indifference of many Catholics" and their casual at,titude toward convert-making, as' well as their lack of "enthusiasm to communicate the faith to others," The same day the Pope sent greetings to lay delegates to the fi r s t Pan-African - Malagasy Seminar in, Accra, Ghana" He told the 300 participants' from, '30 nations that they had a double mission in this world, one to Africa and one to the Church. ,Such a dual role produces "a , ,truly African apostolate," the Pope said. Both his spoken message at ,the villa and his written message sent to Accra emphasized that 'all::"'-not just some-of the laity must respond to their apostolate, , aild this response must be car,ried 'out in collaboration with their 'priests and bishops, To the' crowds at Castelgandolfo, the Pope explained that the Greek word from which which "laity" comes-"Laos"means "people." For the Church, then, the term signifies the People of God. "This expression was exalted by the Council, as if to make it the historical, social and spiritual eq\liyal~nt .of the Church, and to integrate it with other expressions . , , especially with the Mystical Body of Christ," the Pope said, Healthy Signs "There must not exist an inert and passive member in the Mystical Body of Christ. Each and all must collaborate in the apostolic work of the Church," He continued: "There has been much talk of this, but when confronted with the indifference of many Catholics, and indeed with the difference shown by too many toward active associations" convert-making and toward an enthusiasm to communicate to others the faith and charity of the Church, one may ask one~ self whether active, organized community apostolate is at a stage of progress or at a stage of inactivity and dissolution." ,

Catholic-Jewish Relations 1rail Blazer Sees Beginning of Close Understanding NEW YORK (NC)-A pioneer backtracked 25 years along the trail of Catholic-Jewish relations. Then Dr, Joseph L. Lichten, the trail blazer, gave this reflection on his quarter-century of work: "In the course of those 25 years I have made many good, staunch Catholic friends. I only wish that some of my colleagues had the same op'portunity. With friends ·you ,can change attitudes," One name that surfaces frequently in Lichten's litany of' firm Catholic friends is Cardinal John J. Wright, prefect of the Vatican, Congregation for the Clergy. Another, is the late Cardinal Augustin Bea, a scholarly architect of Vatican Council II and an outstanding ecumenist. Dr. Lichten now is retiring as director of. the intercultural affairs department, Anti-Defamation' League (ADL) of B'nai B'rith. ' .Studied Canon Law It seems appropriate that the m.an called "the heart" of Catholic-Jewish relations will begin his retirement in Rome, heart of 'the Catholic Church. He will be there for' at least a year in connection with the work he pione'ered, then will return to the' ADL office here a~ a consultant. The Polish-born, one-time diplomat disclosed during an interview in his office here that his interest in Catholic-Jewish relations' was aroused when he was studying for his doctorate in law at the University of Warsaw. In Catholic Poland, he recalled, canon law was a required subject in law and political science, His exposure to canon law led to friendships among Catholics, which broadened later in the United States as he worked closely with ethnic groups, First Dialogue Dr. Lichten recalled that early in his pioneering he met Cardinal Wright, then bishop of Worcester. "He immediately grasped the importance of opening discus-

DR. JOSEPH sions," Dr, Lichten stated.' "And as a result the first formal Christian-Jewish dialogue was born in Assumption College in Worcester. It stressed what we can do together as members of two different communities in terms of the common good, And although this first meeting was modest, even a delicate attempt, it initiated hundreds which followed in the same format," Dr. Lichten recalled he also heard at the time from his own people. "This was the first time they had a cnance to really talk to a Catholic," he said. "Until then all contacts were on a business level-a Catholic customer in a Jewish store or vice versa." During the final three Vatican II sessions of 1963-65, Dr. Lich-

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BOYNTON BEACH (NC) An English-Spanish bilingual course of studies and bicultural experience ' ~~aits 72 students for: the priesthood expected to enroll Sept. 12 when the Seminary of St. Vincent de Paul reopens here for the 1971-72 school year. Fortunately, he concluded, M r . "John O'Connor, semithere are many healthy signs of narysgrectory, s~id the bilingual, the apostolate, adding that he bicultural program was decided recognized the good work many , upon to meet the challenge. of of the laity of the world were ' , . t ' t the Spanisho. mmls ermg doing for the cause of Christ. · h now constitute k spea 109, w 0 one fifth of the Catholic popula, tlOn 0 f th e coun t ry, Divisions Remain , ',. BERLIN (NC) - The Berlin He said the. bilm?ual c?urses Wall, which nearly caused a war would, be off~red 10 scn?ture, when erected almost overnight theology, philosophy, history 10 years ago, is today a perma- and .lite~ature, plus a new emnent fixture reminding Berliners phasls 10 p.sychol~gy, counselof the continuing, division of ing and SOCial ethiCS. Germany, Since the wall's erec'The monsignor said St. Vintion, at least 64 persons have cent's will be the first seminary died trying to cross it, many in the southern United States to others were wounded, and more offer such bilingual and biculthan 2,000 have been arrested tural programs. He added in for trying to escape. Talks con- addition to the studies, semitinue and tensions are relaxing, narians will be afforded opbut Berlin and Germany remain portunity to participate in supersplit into two dissimilar halves, vised activities among migrant

workers, Cuban refugees, blacks and inner-city residents, First Year The seminary was ~uilt ~nd conducted by the ymcentlan Fathers from 1963 until the closing of the last school te~m. The Vincentians'decided to .wlthdraw from the seminary and assi~n faculty members to other Vmb f , , t't t' centlan lOS I U ~ons ecaus~ 0 a shortage. of pnests. Archbls~oP Coleman. F. Carroll acqUired the semmary for h M' . hd' Th t. e laml arc e. com'II b lOcese. h , I~g term WI, e t e se~mary s first. year as an archdIOcesan' semmary. Msgr. O'Connor said a carefully selected faculty will conduct the seminary. He said candidates for the priesthood, recommended by their bishops, from all sections of the United States and Latin America will be accepted at the seminar;.

Christianity Christianity has died many times and risen again; for it had a God who knew the way out of the grave. G. K. Chesterton

tHE ANCHOR..... Thurs. August 26, 1971

Warns R'eligious :.A'gainst Division

.',',' RIO 'DE; JANEIRO (NC) . Cardinai Eugenio Sales of, Rio de Janeiro' told a meeting of religious men' and women that they',' must, "maintain, the unity between the, Religious family and the 'Pope and the bishop." , Some 500' delegates at the meeting represented the 4:;i0 religious orders and congregations 'workjng in Brazil" plus several ' 'coordination groups. Brazil with about 80 ·million 'Catholic~ in' a population of 90 million has about 9,900 men and, 39,000' women, in religious " life:' Cardinal Sales said that the ;:, , sour'ce' of unity lies within ' the, , ,"perennial trilogy of faith, hope and' love." . A number of Religious ip Bra'zil have had difficulties with the government for demanding greater political freedom and social and economic reforms and for 'their opposition to the present military regime. Several Religious have been jailed on charges of subversion. Leaders of the Brazilian Conference of Religious-now experiencing a serious financial crisis - have been accused of being overly concerned with social reL. LICHTEN form. Critics have said the conference's nationai. magazine, ten represented the ADL in Convergencia, has contributed t<;l Rome.. social conflict because of a Historic Milestone progressive stance. He was· there when the DeclaAt the meeting the aposration on Non-Christian Reli- tolic nuncio to Brazil, Archgions was discussed and adopted. bishop Humberto Moozoni, also He is convinced that Vatican II sounded a warning against diviand the invitation from Cardinal sion. Bea to the Jewish people to pre"There are real tensions withsent their views on the state- in the religious family," he said. ment was a historic milestone "But there is a greater number for Jews. of artificial problems borne qut "It was a fantastic opportuof personalities and snobbish imnity to seek and get adopted a itation of foreign trends." positive statement on the Jews that would be' a base for our Development Funds future discussions," he said. LOS ANGELES (NC) - Some "We could speak for hours about the document. Although 29 local projects, ranging from it's not as perfect as we ex- legal assistance for MexicanAmericans to self-help programs pected, still it is a milestone in our relations and it did become for the mentally retarded and their mothers, will receive part a basis for our future encounters. of the $312,000 collected in the And, of course, as a result of that came the national guidelines Los Angeles aJ:chdiocese for the 1970 U.S. bishops' Campaign for prepared by the American bishops." Human Development. Appraising the value of current Catholic-Jewish relations, he said: "I still think we are at the beginning of our understanding. See Us We haven't finished the job. The About institutes on Jews and Judaism begun in the past few years are encouraging, Only by an understanding of contemporary Judaism will we be able to establish a closer understanding of our theological and contemporary community issues. We need Falmouth Wareham much more of this to understand 295-3800 548-3000 our fears,"

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Night of Joy as Cape Codders Assist Nazareth GALA: The 'exceptional children .under the care of Diocesan Nazareth Apostolate were the beneficiaries of ,the testimonial held in Hyannis last week. All-year residents and vacationers in the Cape Cod area gathered for this outstanding social of the Cape's Summer season. Top: Rev. Msgr. William D. Thomson, pastor of St. Francis Xavier Parish who gave the invocation; Rev. Terrence F. Keenan, Hyannis parish assistant, and Rev. Msgr.: Joseph C. Canty, pastor of St. Paul's, Taunton at St. Francis Xavier Parish reserved table. ' Second: Rev. John J. Regan and Rev. Msgr. James E. , Gleason, assistant and pastor of St. Patrick's, Falmouth; Rev. Msgr. Christopher L. Broderick, pastor of St. Pius X, So. Yarmouth and Rev. Walter J. Buckley, pastor of St. Kilian's Parish, New Bedford gather in anticipation of a most enjoyable evening. Third: Parishioners from St. Joan of Arc 'Parish, Orleans crossed the Cape to be present at the "Shower of Stars" presented by Tony Bennett and Count Basie's Band. Bottom photo: Summer residents from ,the Falmouth area attending the social benefiting the Diocesan Nazareth Apostolate for Exceptional Children regardless of ' race, color or c,:reed', were Dr. ~~hn E. Manning, Mrs. Rieh'ard K. Martin, Mrs. John E. Manning and Mr. Francis' Corrigan:

Women's Council Holds Institute ARLINGTON (NC)-How, besides cooking Communion breakfasts, can women fit into the par. ish structure? That ,was among the questions raised b,x 30 women attending a team training institute sponsored " ' ' ',here in Virginia by the Nation' a l Council of Catholic Women. '. The institute was the first in a - series to. 'be held around the country during the next four months. ' Chasing a goal of more effective parish organization, the women explored what such organizations can actually hope to accomplish wit,hin specified time limits; ,where 'parish oi'ganiza. .ti0!1s are failing, and the part .women can play in parish renewal. , The institutes' long路 range goal, according to NCCW presi路 dent路 Margaret Mealey, is "to begin at trye grassroots level to implement Vatican II's objective 'of collegiality and a wider. as, sumption of responsibility by all the laity."