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Fairhaven Priest Prepares For French Congress A Fairhaven priest is assisting in organization of an international clergy congress to be held in France Sept. 13 through 19. He is Rev. Francis Larkin, SS.CC., national director of the devotion of the enthronement of the ,Sacred Heart in homes, whose headquarters are at 3 Adams St., Fairhaven. He reports that 300 priests, including 11 Cardinals and 30 Bishops, have registered for the meeting, the first of its kind, which will have as its theme "The heart of Jesus in the life

of the priest and in the pastoral needs of our times." Sessions will be held at Paray-Ie-Monial, site of apparitions of the Sacred Heart to St. Margaret Mary Alacoque, and at the Basilica of the Sacred Heart, Montmartre, Paris. Speakers will include nine Cardinals, six Bishops and two laymen: Frank Sheed and Jean Guitton. John Cardinal Wright, Prefect of the Congregation for the Clergy, which is backing the Congress, will speak on "The Sacred Heart-a persuasive symbol." Archbishop William Baum of Washington; D.C., will talk on' "The Heart of Jesus, hope for peace in the Church and in the world." The occasion for the Congress, which is being held in preparation for' the Holy Year, is the third centenary of the revelations made by Christ to' the Church requesting a special cult of His Sacred Heart, especially in the Eucharist. Discuss'ing American clergy participation in the congress, Father Larkin stated that, "The Eucharistic aspect of the revelations and requests made by Jesus at Paray make this congress a most significant and important one for priests, especially at this time' when priests. are seeking Turn to Page Two .

VATICAN CITY (NC) - The time has come for Palestinians, "who for years have been living under inhuman conditions," to look to the future, said Pope Paul VI in a letter to Msgr. John • G. Nolan, president of the Pontifical Mission for Palestine, to mark the 25th anniversary of the mission's creation. Referring to the activities of the mission "established with admirable foresight and in a spirit of charity ... by Pius XII," Pope Paul said in his letter, dated July 16: "We have followed with personal interest this activity in the various forms which it has taken. to meet the grave and multiple needs of the refugees, often in coordination with the activity which other organizations, including those which are 'not Catholic, have commendably carried out.

Labor Statement Upholds Utility Of Unions WASHINGTON (NC) Although the labor movement has been attacked from both the right and the left during the past year, it has taken at least two significant steps during that time, Msgr. George G. Higgins, secretary for research of the U. S. Catholic Conference,' said here in a Labor Day statement. The labor movement, Msgr. Higgins said, "is being told, at one extreme, that it is too weak to survive and, at the. other extreme, that it has acquired such excessive power that it should not be permitted to survive in its present form." However, 'he said that he thought those views were too simplistic. The problems which brought the unions into existence, he added, will continue to be of concern to workers. One notable achievement of Turn to Page Four

"The work of the Mission for Palestine has been one of the clearest signs of the Holy See's concern for the welfare of the Palestinians; who are particularly dear to us because they are people of the Holy Land, because they. include followers of Christ and because they have been and are still being so tragically tried." Expressing his sympathy for the suffering of the Palestinians and his support for "their legit· imate.aspirations," the Pope continued. "May our paternal solicitude bring comfort and encouragement, especiaIly to the refugees, who for years have been living under inhuman conditions.

Rev. Joseph F. Hanna Dies, Founded Holy Cross Parish Most Rev. James J. Gerrard, Auxiliary Bishop of Fall River, will' preside at the Liturgy of Christian Burial this afternoon at 4 o'clock in the Holy Cross Church, So. Easton, for the late Rev. Joseph F. Hanna, C.S.C. The former pastor and founder of Holy Cross Parish in So. Easton, Father Hanna died at Holy Cross Infirmary in South Bend, Ind. on Sunday, Aug. 25. Burial will be in the Holy Cross Cemetery at Stonehill College. Born in Pawtucket, R. I. on Sept. 22, 1912, the Holy Cross Father was the son of the late James and the late Anna Harma. He studied at the University of Notre, Dame and was ordained a priest there in 1939. He' then became a member of the Mission Band and preached in parishes throughout the country. In 1958, he was named to the Provincial Council of the Holy Cross Fathers' Eastern Province. In 1966, he was designated the founder and first pastor of Holy Cross Parish, So. Easton. Under his direction the parish church was built and opened in 1967. He was forced to resign his par-

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Clergymen Agree With Governor On School Aid WASHINGTON (NC) - Several Protestant and Jewish clergymen have expressed agreement with Maryland Gov. Marvin Mandel's suggestion to them that the state would be better off providing aid to non public schools than risking the collapse of those schools. The governor spoke to about 15 Protestant and Jewish clergymen in suburban Kensington, Md., during a day of campaigning for reelection. Maryland's public schools could Tum to Page Three

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"Unfortunately su~h a state of affairs has produced in many Palestinians a sense of frustration and, in some, such anguish and desperation as to move them to acts of violent protest which with sorrow we have been constrained strenuously to deplore. "It seems to us, nevertheless, that this is the moment for all Palestinians to look to the future with a constructive, united and responsible attitude, as the hope becomes ever stronger that their particular problems will be discussed and that a solution to them wiU be found during the current general negotiations for peace in the Middle East."

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FATHER HANNA ish ministry in I 1970 due to ill hea.Jth. He is survived by three sisters in Rhode Island: Mrs. Margaret Carey (Cumberland), Mrs. Lucy Fullerton (Rumford), and Sister Mary Barbara, R.S.M. , (Warwick).

Anti.Abortion: More catholic Than Catholic DETROIT (NC)-Anti-abortion is an all-community effort, the 92nd Supreme Council Convention of the Knights of Columbus was/told here. In his talk to the delegates, Supreme Knight John W. McDevitt took issue with the notion that the anti-abortion fight is a strictly Catholic effort. Such tactics "should not trick zealous Catholic laymen into forsaking their crusade to preserve life," he said. Many pro-abortoinists, he continued, "try both to minimize and to discredit opposition to unrestrained killing of the unborn" 'by labeling such efforts as a Catholic concern. "The solution is not to ask Catholics to take a lower profile, but to encourage other religious and civic groups to set a higher one," he said.

Northern Ireland Violence Rough On Catholics

THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Tllur. Aug. 29, 197..

Name' Msgr. Harold: Darcy As,New . Rome NAC,Rector . "

WASHIGTON (NC) Most Rev. Daniel A. Cronin, S.T.D" Bishop of Fall River and Chair'man of the Bishops' Committee for North American College has described the newly chosen rector of the Rome institution as "an exemplary priest, distinguished scholar and capable administrator." '

pointed rector of the North American C?Hege in Rome. IBishop Cronin headed the special commi~tee that includes a I bishop~meml;>er from each of 'the 12 ecclesias'tical regions in the country. Jo~n Cardinal Krol of Philadelphia) in announcing the appointment:, stressed that the appointmentl'''was the result of a very thorotlgh search' by the Bishops' Committee for the North American College. "Many of! the bishops of the country . came to know Msgr. Darcy persorally during his decade of diligent work at the apostolic delegation in Washington," the Cardinal said. "His years of outstanding service~ to the Church\-including his recent experi~nce guiding Immaculate Conception Seminary-give us ample ca~se to place our confidence iI) his ability to undertake this i~portant responsibility. And our prayers go with him." Bishop Cronin added, "The . Bishops' CO(nmittee is confident ~hat, under I his leadership, the North American College will rise to an even I,high level of excellence in its vitally important work on behalf of the Church in the United States." Born JUlyilO, 1929, in Newark, Msgr. Darcyl studied at O'Connell Secondary ~chool in Dublin, Ire-' land, under I the Irish Christian Brothers, and later at Seton Hall .University ih New Jersey, from which he earned his bachelor's degree. He ~tudied philosophy at I Immaculate Conception seminary in Darlingt~m (Mahwah, N.J.), and theology at the North American collegel Rome. His ordination took place there Dec. 8, 1954. i Returning Ito the United,States, he served in :IParish and chancery assignments for the Newark archdiocese I then returned to Rome in August 1957 to study canon law at the Gregorian University, rec~iving his doctorate in June 1960.

MONSIGNOR DARCY Msgr. Harold P. Darcy, 45, rector of Immac'ulate Conception Seminary in 'Darlington, N. J, and an aid to the Apostolic Delegate in Washngton, D. C. for some 10 years, has been ap-

Fairhaven Priest Continued from Page One effective means to revive eucharistic piety among their people." The Fairhaven priest cited, a forceful statement by Cardinal Wright: "I truly believe that it can be said that the origin of all modern evils is ignorance of th'e Heart' of Jesus. . . . We priests and all men must place our hope in this Heart, asking and expecting from it our salvation." Interested priests and laymen may make reservations for the congress with Father Larkin at the Fairhaven address.

Necro,l,ogy SEPT. 7 Very Rev. James E. McMahon, 1966, 'Pastor, Sacred Heart, 6ak Bluffs - SEPT. 8 Rev.· Thomas Sheehan, 1868, Founder, Holy Trinity, West Harwich SEPT. 10 Rev. Msgr. Felix S. Childs, 1969, Past9r Emeritus, Sacred Heart, Fall River Rev. Hugo Dylla, 1966, Pastor, St. Stanislaus, Fall R,iver SEPT. 12 Rev. John' J. Galvin, S.T.D., 1962, Assistant, SS. Peter and Paul, Fall River _"''''''''''''UII'''''''''I'''''''''l'':'''''''''''''''''''':''''''''''"'''....n ..n ....~

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LONDON (NC) At least half the 1,056 victims of political violence in Northern Ireland in the past five years were Catholics, according to t~e Universe, a national ,Catholic newspaper published here. Of the 738 civilians who died 524 were Catholics and 209 Protestants with five of unknown religion. The British Army lost 264 men, of whom an unknown number were Catholics. Fiftyfour policemen also died. This year 127 people have died so far-slightly more than four a week-as a result of political violence. Catholics are usually estimated to be a third of the population of Nortl:-ern Ireland. Job Discrimination Of the 550 men at present held in Northern Ireland internment SCHOLARSHIP: Most Rev. Da iel A. Cronin, S.T.D., without trial as terrorist susBishop of Fall River, presents Catho ic University four year pects, about 500 are Catholics full tuition scholarship to William J. Kelley, son of. Mr. and and 50 Protestants. The Universe has also reportMrs'. Thomas E. Kelley of St Joseph Parish, North Dighton, , ed that Northern Ireland's bigand a graduate of Dighton-Rehoboth Regional High School. gest employer of labor, the HarRecipient is one of 29 in the country to receive the scholar- land and Wolff shipbuilders in ship given by the University in reco nition of the contribu- Belfast, has only 500 Catholic workers out of a work-force of . tions of dioceses to its growth and development. about 12,000. Only two or possibly t.hree of its 230 shop stewards (trade union officials) are Catholics. The British government has JERUSALEM (NC) - Jewish . Th~llegal title to the classfoo~ just granted Harland and Wolff another $24 mi\lion. The comstudents ,on Mount Zion have IS qUlt~ clear. It has been Anghpany already has received $168 clashed with Christian students can prpperty for over 150 years, over the right to use an Anglican and wlas on lease' to the I1oly, million in government aid during the past eight years. school building, with the result Land nstitute. that a local court .declared a . But an emotional;', historical moratorium on further use of the proble is involved. The class". Enters -NoviHate building by either party. room ad been use'd bya'Jewish FranCis C. Laushway, a June The Jewish students,. mostly girls' chool, but in hly they graduate of Providence College Americans, belong to he Dia- left an Christians took over. and the son of - Mr. and Mrs. spora Yeshiva, a college for the The eshiva students consider Francis C. Laushway, Seekonk, !:-tildy of the Torah""";the first it out ageous that a' building has entered St. Stephen's Priory, 10 books of the Bible - estab- which was a Jewish school Dover, Mass., to begin a year's lished on Arab property near the should again he used by Chrisnovitiate in the Dominican OrChristian shrine of the Last Sup- tians. Yeshiva students broke der. With 10 classmates, he will per. The Christians attend the into t e classroom, put their be under the direction of ReV. Holy Land Institute, a study cen- Yeshiv sign over the entrance TI-.-:>mas R. Heath, O.P. Following ter for American college students and put locks on the door. They the novitiate year the men will', who spend a year or so on bib- then ~Iidely claimed that there transfer to the Dominican House lical studies. .was a conspiracy of' Christians of Studies, Washington, D.C. Those t,wo groups of students _agains Jews and a danger that started fighting when the Ye- Jews ould be excluded from shiva tried to take over a class, Mount Zion, lively Anniversary-Holiday Parties room of the Holy Land Instit.ute. The Israeli authorities were 6 Orchestras Ave-i1able Police were called in and 14 doubly embarrassed by the inciwhispering trumpets of ART PERRY of the Yeshiva students who re- dent, b cause Jews had attacked, Strollers·Dixie & Polka Band ~isted the. police were arrested, a Chri tian institution and bewith one of their rabbis. cause the Holy Land Institute Ma" Perry-Gus & Tony Rapp itself i a very pro·-IsraeI foundaBand of a thousand melodies tion, a d a symbol for the IsWINDSOR MUSIC 993-6263 CARA Annountes raelis of Jewish~Christian· harPACKAGE DEAL - WHY PAY MORE monY'ITwo Appointments

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HARTFORiD (NC)-'-The Conneeticut Bible Society, a traditionally Protestant organization, , I has elected a Catholic layman as its new president. I Raymond : E. Donovan, a Northeast Utilities Co. executive, WASHrIGTON (NC)-Passion.. is the first C~tholic ever to head , ist Father Cassian Yuhaus has the society--+the oldest group of been named new coordinator for 'its kind in t~e Unit.ed States. , The socie~y was established the religious Hfe research andl here in 18091 to distribute Bibles planning program of the Center to person's u'nable to -buy them. for Applied Research in the 'Apostolate ,(CAR·A). It was patt~rned after' similar . • I He succeds Jesuit Father John groups 10 England. Donovan, ~ctive in ecumenical V. O'Connm:, wh() recently beaffairs in the Archdiocese of' came CARA's executive director. CARA .announced' also the adHartford, saia the basic purpose of the socie~y has nct . changed dition of Sister Nancy McAuley of the Society of the Sacred over the years. Heart to its religious life pro-I . I gram as documentation superVincent'an Meeting visor. She wiH be in charge of The montq.ly meeting of the the colle<;tion, cataloguing, and Fall River particular Council, coordination of materials on ReSociety of S·~. Vincent de Paul, ligious Hfe as a source of inforwill be held I on Tuesday, Sept. mation ~or CARA's research 3. Mass wHl ~e said at 7 P.M. at staff, for Religious institutes and St. John of, God Church, Brayton national Catholic organiza1tions I Avenue, Somerset. . in the United States and abroad. I

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Scho~1 'Aid Continued from Page One not absorb the more than 100,000 students who now attend private and parochial schools, the governor told the clergymen. Mandel did not endorse approval in a referendum in November of a law providing about $9 million in grants to nonpublic school pupils, but did say the aid program is "a practical fiscal approach to a major prob· lem" and that he hopes voters "look at the pros and cons of it." The program would provide aid for transportation, educational equipment and textbooks. The Rev. Ronald C. Albaugh, pastor of St. Michael's and All Angels Episcopal Church in nearby Silver Spring, Md., said he agrees with the governor "on a sheer practical basis." Father Albaugh added: "It makes no sense to have these schools jeopardized." He pointed out that their closing would overcrowd the public schools. "To keep the choice option available to citizens is important to me," he said. Parish Would Approve

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Planned Events Of Council 86 Council No. 86 of the Knights of Columbus of Fall River have planned a chess program for sons and daughters of council members. The contest will open on Sept. 28 and continue on the following dates: Oct. 12 and 16; Nov. 9 and 25 and will close on Dec. 14. Potential contestants are asked to contact Donald Gustaf· son at 675-1089. Installation of officers of Council No, 86 will take pl'ace after the 5 o'clock Mass on Sept. 15 in St. Mathieu's Church. A dinner dance will follow in the church hall.

Archbishop Arrives In Horse, Carriage

BISHOP CONGRATULATES JUBILARIAN: Bishop Cronin congratulates Rev. Msgr. Francis J. Gilligan, P.A., director of the Propagation of the Faith of St. Paul, Minn. as the Fall River native is about to offer a Mass of Thanksgiving on the occasion of his 50 year celebration in St. Mary's Cathedral, Fall River. Waiting to offer felicitations are two of the jubilarian's classmates at Holy Cross College, Rev. Msgr. George E. Sullivan, left, and Rev. David A. O'Brien.

BURKETTSVILLE (NC)-Archbishop Joseph L. Bernardin of Cincinnati turned the clock back 100 years at the centennial observance of St. Bernard's church here by arriving in the Mercer county city in a carriage last used by Archbishop John B. Purcell of Cincinnati a century earlier. I«lnovation of the carriage was part of the centennial committee's program of celebrating the parish's 100th birthday. Arehbishop Bernardin entered the horse-drawn vehicle at State Route 118 and traveled approximately a mile west on Main Street to St. Bernard's, where he was met by Church and civic leaders and a band. Top-hatted, bearded attendants accompanied him on the brief journey.

He said )le would favor approval of the program on the referendum and added: "Off the top of my head, I guess that the people in the parish would ap• prove it." The Rev. Tracy K. Boyer, pastor of the Silver Spring United Presbyterian Church, said he DETROIT (NC}-The laity has ton urged that the Blessed "Where is Mary, Madonna of agrees with the governor's views, "a defined share in the priest· Mother be viewed as the "Ma- the steaming kettle; Mary, Maexcept that he is not certain that the nonpublic schools would col- hood of the Church," a high Vat- donna of the wash tub" as op- dona of the sweeping broom; lapse. "It has not been proven ican official told the 92nd su- posed to the "Madonna of the Mary, Madonna of the washtub? preme council convention of the lilies." Is not that the way she passed to me that the system would colKnights of Columbus held here. her days? Or do you think Mary "Because Mary lived so long lapse," he said. The Rev. Mr. Boyer said that . Speaking at..a·special open ses- . ago," he' said "we tend to roman- spent her life on a pedestal or in . the consensus of .the clergymen sion of the convention, American ticize her in the pink sunset of a picture frame, very beautiful and very idle?" . at the meeting was that "aid 'Cardinal John J. Wright, prefect nostalgia." . should be granted in accordance of the Vatican Congregation of the Clergy, said that there is with the Constitution." A similar view was expressed cdticism in the Church and "the Th~s free booklet tells right to raise questions," and by Rabbi Lewis A. Weintraub of that those realities are not limTemple Israel in Silver Spring, why every father who said: "If the Supreme Court ited to the clergy and theoloshould make a will has approved that kind of aid, gians "to the exclusion of the rest of the baptized. believers that's fine. It's perfectly in oreven if he's young der." Rabbi Weintraub, however, and doers of the Word." Those reaHties, the cardinal also expressed doubt that the and healthy! nonpublic schools would collapse explained, "are limited only by in the absence of state aid and Ibuilt-in norms of deference to Sixteen pages, clearly written suggested that providing govern- the faith, fidelity to the tradiand colorfUlly illustrated, tell ment funds to them might weak- tions of our fathers in. the faith why you should make your will and a due measure of common en the public schools. decency, good taste and urbanity and how to go about it. Charts in dialogue."· on page 3 show what your heirs Warn Consensus He urged that" 'Christian concan lose if you die without a versation' which St. Paul says, Cannot Be Forced will. Page 5 discusses why you RIO DE JANE,IRO (NC)-The lifts us to the level of heaven, need a lawyer's help in drawing BrazHian Bishops' Conference, in not the level of the gutterup your will. Page 6 goes into what is seen as still another sniping from any direction." detail about how to start and cr.iticism by the bishops of BraCardinal Wright. praised the to include. No father, what zil's authoritarian mnitary gov- procedure of the commission for ernment, has warned that polit- the U. S. National Catechetical young or old, should neglectical consensus "cannot be insti- Directory, which consulted parhis will. Maryknoll's booklet tuNonalized through force." ents and other members of the will convince you! The document was made pub- laity on both the content and lic at a time when there ap- methodology of the eventual Mail the coupon for peared to be prospects of im- national catechism. your'free copy today! proved relations between the Other events at the convention Church and the government of included a concelebrated Mass President Ernesto Geisel. at St. Aloysius' church, followed FRA The document, entiled "Poli- by a march of officers to a monFree Booklet on Wills tics and the Church," caBed upon ument of Christopher Columbus, Maryknoll Fathers 50 Dunster Road Christians .to act effectively for where a wreath was laid. Chestnut H ill. Massachusetts 02167 the, achievement of a more just Dear Fathers: In his homily at the Mass Reworld and urged greater popular Please send me your booklet on making a will. I demptorist Father Joseph Manparticipation in politics. understand there is no obligation. The wide-ranging document, Spirit prepared by the bishops' conferNAME _ To live according to the spirit ence's pastoral commission and ADDRESS _ approved by the conference's ex- is to think, speak and act accordecutive committee, reaffirmed ing to the virtues that are in the CITY _ the Church's mission to "pro- spirit, and not according to the claim and defend the basic right sense and sentiments which are STATE ZIP CODE _ of all men" to participate freely in the nesh. -St. Francis de Sales in political life.

Cardinal Says Laity Share Priesthood

Labor Statement

THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Thur. Aug. 29, 1974

Advice The approaching opening, of schools brings with it some thoughts for students and for teachers a~ well. Students are reminded that vacation is for recreation in the root meaning of that expression-the re-creation of the spirit, of the intellect, the n'ew beginning with all the enthusiasm and all the impetus that a new beginning usually i brings with it. , It is to be hoped that students will ~begin next week I with this kind of renewed spirit. But teachers need some advice as well. , And the best advice that can' be .giten them is that which the late Cardinal O'Hara gave while'1he was president of the University of Notre Dame. Speaking at a faculty meeting he told the professors thafthrough the school year 'they should keep this in ,mind: they received their enjoyment· from their brilliant students; they earped their salaries from teaching their average students; theys~ved their ,souls caring for their problem students. ' Teachers on every level of education :can profit much from this reminder. Every day can be the mixture of joy and duty and salvation that each day is called upon to be.

Heroes Where have all the heroes gone? The death this week of Charles A. Lindbergh, the first man to fly the Atlantic solo and non-stop in 1927, brings this question to mind. Lindbergh seized the imaginations of people in this nation and the Western world, and he k~pt the aura of hero throughout his life. Perhaps it was the idea of one man with courage and daring and faith i~ the "Spirit of St. Louis" taking on the ocean and the d~stance and the unknown-perhaps it was this that elevated Lindbergh to the status of American hero. On the other hand, the astronauts seem surrounded with so much complexity and sophisticatd support systems that the image of the single individual advancing upon the frontier does not come through. , ; Tragedy and criticism followed Lindb~rgh at 'various phases of his life. The man himself remained grave and calm and exuded a strength that was, of l course, 'strong , character. Lindbergh had ,great awareness of the spiritual He was not afraid to talk about it. In an address two decades ago to ~ distinguished gathering of scientists and, techniCians in the field of aviation ,and just-blossoming space, Lind~ergh reminded them: "Short term survival may depend on inuclear energy and the' performance of supersonic ·aircraJt. Long term survival depends alone on the character of I man. Strength is catabolic without wisdom fOf direction artd the Sermon of Christ on the Mount is more essential to our survival , , I ' than the steel of Bessemer." i , I' , Lindbergh put the emphasis where it belongs-on the chara~ter of man. And that is character! that must be touched' by the Divine since man is not th¢ natural man but the man made in the image of God, falJen from grace but redeemed by Christ, called to be a brot~er, a sister of I Christ, a child of the Father. And, a person with this awareness, strivIng to measure , I up to this calling, is a hero of God. '-. ' I That 'is where the heroes are.

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Cont'inued from Page One the labor movement during the past year, Msgr, Higgins said, was the settlement of the strike and boycott at the Farah Manufacturing Co. in Texas and the resultant recognition of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America by the management. "The Farah case-which was arrived at the hard way but, even at that, came sooner than most observers thought it would," he' pointed out, "was only the first step in what ought' to be and promises to be a full· !'lcale organizing drive, especially among black and Spanish-speaking workers." Also pointed to as a notable achievement was the AFL-eIO's support of the strike and the boycott called by the United Farm Workers of America against lettuce and grape pro· ducers in California. Decisive Factor "The decision of the national AFL-OIO to endorse and support UFW's boycott and to assist the farm workers in other ways as well," he added, "may prove to be the decisive factor in resolv· ing the California farm lahor dispute peacefully and with justice to all concerned." Noting charges that the reli· gious bodies that have become embroiled in the controversy are prejudiced against the Teamsters, Msgr. Higgins denied the charges and said that the religious bodies had become involved only "to help the farm workers of this na· tion achieve the right to organize into a union of their own choosing." However, ,labor unions, he noted, .should remain open to constr.u<;tiye criticism... They should also be considering the future of the movement. "However, they cannot afford to neglect their immediate task of organizing the unorganiZed, who can· still 'be counted in the milliOns."

The new spirit of openness' that' il· currently sweeping clean the dusty we~s of secrecy and intrgue fro~ !he White House is certainly a refreshing return ~o the baSIC concepts of the Ameriean spirit. For the past few years one might ,,·1,' . ',' , think that we had returned Installation' Plans to the tribunals of the Czars cult tIm, understandmg, In a very real Iway that's what makes BATON ROUGE (NC)-Bishop or the Court of the Star America work' as recent national Joseph Vincent Sullivan" auxilChamber, concepts far re- events c1~arIY indicate. This free- iary. bishop of the Kansas Citymoved from the purpose or pur, suit of the d:mocratic system in a free republIc. The welcome at· ~ospher: that is now developing m the ,. hIghest: chambers of our federal government is more· in keeping with the fundame~tal character of the AmerIcan people. A free peqple in a free society with basic freedoms and rights is an ideal that most foreign governments have a very diffi-

dom is an essential part of the American! way of life on all levels of this nation's social exist· ence. I~ [the few weeks of ~ts' brief tenure, the presentadmm· istration i~ attempting to restore an Ameritlan atmosphere fo~ the American people. For thIs . it must be ommended. Hopefully it will no~ serve as an example for all fo1rms of public life on all levels jOf our society induding the clurch.

Call on Hierarchy to Lead Revival there is to be a revival of oppressio~s of 'foreign lands

the American spirit it will not be accomplished solely on the governmentalleveI. It must. permeate the very fabric of our society, renewing the fundamental belief~ of our fou~ding fathers espeCIally. the foundl~g fa~hers of the CathOlIc Church m thiS land. The Catholic C?urch in this land has flOUrIshed because it is uniquely American. Other chur~hes in o~her lands compl.eteI~ faIl to understan~ the umque hIstory of the AmerIcan church. The Catholic Church in the United States has almost never wavere'd in its loyalty to the American system while proudly retaining its fidelity to Rome. American Catholicism is. a religion of immigrants who fled the

to live in fr~edom. The church in America h~s thrived in the open and frankj expressions of these freedoms. In thes days as th,e people of this lard' once more renew and reviv~ their belief in these freedoms in the body politic so too must \the members of the church rerew and revive this sense of openness and candor in the Am~rican church. If this is to be accomplished then it falls on the shoulders of the American hierarchy to assume the lead· ership rOlel The bisHops of this land must take this responsibility seriously. the recent events, in our nation!, life should clearJy serve as an .example of what can happen ev n to a church that

St. Joseph diocese, will be in· stalled as the new bishop of the Baton Rouge diocese at ceremoniesin St. Joseph's cat-he· dml,. Baton Rouge, Sept.' 4 and 5. A Mass of installation will be celebrated Sept. 5.

grows distant from the people and aloof from the facts of reality. , The church does not live in a social vacuum. It must be ever in the mainstream of the life of its members if it ever hopes to sincerely witness to the fundamental faith concepts of. its Founder. The American hierarchy should set the. example by deed and fact and not by decree and mandate. As a collective body they should take every measure possible' to dismiss the suspicions of secrecy, the presumptions of hierarchial pri.vi· lege and the misunderstandings arising from a lack of sincere and honest communication. As the chief representative body of millions of Am~rican Catholics the bishops themselves in each and every endeavor should respond with all due haste to the call of their people and their nations for an open church in an open society.

Bishop's Arrest Causes Turmoil In Jerusalem JERUSALEM (NC) - The aI'rtlst and arraignment of a Catholic bishop on suspicion of smuggling arms has thrown Jerusalem into a turmoil. Jewish newspapers have taken Archbishop Harion Capucci'sguilt for granted and have demanded that he be defrocked by the' Vatican and expelled by the government to his native Syria. But a w.idespread Christian reaction-shared by many Moslems is that the patriarchal vicar of the Melkite-rite Church here is innocent. In the rat.her tense atmosphere of Jerusalem, where plots and counterplots are common topics of conversation, Christians and Moslems tcnd to wonder if the charge and the evidence to support it were not trumped up. Archbishop Capucci was first arrested Aug. 7 when crossing the Israeli border from Lebanon. Police said they found machine guns and explosives in his car, but he was released that same day and rearrested by government order eight days later. He was formally charged Aug. 19. Opposes Occup~tion Some sources insist that betwcen his first and second arrests, the Israeli government attemp~ed at a high diplomatic level to have Archbishop Capucci quietly withdrawn from Jerusalem. It is certain that Archbishop Capucci has been a thorn in the side of the Israeli authoritics. Since·~967,when Istael.fibok'·0-vlfr t.ho ,Arab...p.art· 'of Jerusa-Iem" he hal> denounced' the fsrilClj':'occta: pation in publ.ic sermons. He has been one of the few Church leaders to refuse to accept Israeli rule over the occupied territories. Each year he has refused to attend a reception given for Church leaders by the Israeli president. It is reported that when diplomatic attempts to get him out of the country failed, the Israeli· police were 'ordered to rearrest him. That action was precipitated because Archbishop <::apucci was. due to leave .Jerusalem ,for. it synod in Lebanon. Just. before his departure police arrested him and a court remanded him in custody for 15 days. A trial for the bishop may bring complications. The archbishop l.ives in East Jerusalem. which is under Israeli rule but claimed by Jordan and technically, is "international," according to the United Nations. Since the bishop is head of an Ecclesiastical community, there is a·lso a conflict of jurisdiction.

Bishop To Address Anglican Synod LONDON (NC) - Auxiliary Bishop Alan C. Clark of Northampton, co-chairman of the Anglican-Roman Commission, has been invited to address the November session of the General Synod of the Church of England. 'Bishop Clark will speak on the work of the international commission as seen from the Catholic side. The commission, which has already produced agreed statements on the Eucharist and on Ministry and Ordination, is at present deliberating on the question of authority.

THE ANCHORThurs., Aug. 29, 1974

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LONDON (NC)-The bishops of England and Wales are allowing the Latin Mass of the Council of Trent to be offered at funerals. The permission for the socalled Tridentine Mass was announced in a letter from Cardinal John Heenan of Westminster that was I read at the annual meeting of the Latin Mass society in London. The society has about 2,500 members, In 1971, Pope Paul VI gave permission for occasional use of the Tridentine Latin Mass provided the local bishop consented and "all danger' of division is avoided."

Aids Road-Building In Drought Area HOLY UNION SISTERS HOLD CHAPTER: Participating in the chapter conducted at the Sacred Hearts Academy, Fall River were Sr. Margaret Higgins, Sister Mary Bridget McGettigan, Sister Marilyn .Spellman, provincial; Sister Grace Donovan, newly named Dean at Regis College, Weston; Sister Hannah Collins.

Former Provincial Director of Holy Union New.Dean .of Students at Regis College By PAT McGOWAN She says she is "cautiou~ly Sister Grace Donovan has a optimistic" about the future of new job. Fresh from a three-year religious life, noting that it is term as director. of the Immac- . likely to take new forms in the ulate Heart Province of the Reli- near future. Pointing out that gious of the Holy Union of the Holy Union Sisters are working Sacred Hearts, on Monday she i~ many new areas and t?at assumed the post of dean of stu- SI~ter Elean~r Mcr:'lally, w.orkl~g dents at Regi6'\~eH~~~.f(}~~Wom\:".~I~ ,C~~oh<:,~Re.ll:f ServIces In en in Weston; Mass." , }, . Saigon IS t?e first mem?er of Her background includes stints our com~umty to work In the in the history departments of East," she stressed that "our Lowell State College and Boston. horizons must widen." Time, Treasure, Toil College, and she had planned to return to teaching after her term At last year's chapter meeting as provincial, but when the post _deleg'ates voted to select a speat 850-student Regis beckoned, cial project that community she decided that a guidance role members would support "with in relation to young women time, treasure and toil." Asked fitted well with objectives for for a report on its status, Sister Sisters she had helped formulate Grace said that a selection comas a member of the Leadership mittee is still m.aking a decision Conference of Women Religious, as to what will be undertaken, national. organization for sup~- but added that money earned by ri,b!!? ;of p.~. s.is,t~rhqq~s": . '. Sisters this summer at temporary She sees .per. role at, R.egls ,as jobs has been' earmarked to imU;'at of "presenting the ',student plementwhatever program' is voice' to the administration' and chosen. "So we have funds in the vice versa." She will be in charge kitty," she concluded. of career and personal counselShe said that this week's meeting services, cooperate with the ing also served as preparation campus chaplain on religious f.or next year's international programs and supervise health meeting of the community, slated services and dormitory life. to be held in France. Sister MarComplement, Not Compete Appointment of the Holy Union Human· Rights Sister to a post at a college operated by Sisters of St. Joseph is ·VALLETTA (NC)-In preparapart of a new trend in Catholic tion for the World Population education, said Sister Grace. Conference in Bucharest, Arch"Communities are tending to go bishop Michael Gonzi of Malta outside their own ranks in some reminded Maltese that solutions cases. The spirit is one of com- to problems stemming from popplementing rather than 'compet- ulation growth must respect soing." cial justice and personal rights. She will live with, the Regis The archbishop's reminder came president in a former mansion in a pastoral letter on the eve of on the college campus. "Catholic the conference. organizations always seem to inherit these places of faded ALUMINUM grandeur," she observed wryly. Sister Grace takes with her to Windows & Doors her new PQsition insights gained RAILINGS-DOOR HOODS-AND HALF SCREENS MADE TO ORDER at her. community's provincial chapter meeting, held this week MORRO'S at Sacred Hearts Academy, Fall ALUMINUM CO. River, and attended by nearly Open Monday thru Thursday 200 Sisters from 12 archdioceses 5-7:30 p.m. Saturday from 9 to 3 p.m. and dioceses served by the com992·4036, 61 Crapo St., New Bedford munity.

ilyn Spellman, newly chosen provincial director, will lead a delegation to the parley, accompanied by four other Sisters, yet to be named. Additional Sisters may be sent to the meeting as o:Jservers, said Sister Grace. A native of St. Patrick's parish, Fall River, she 'attended St. Patrick's school and Sacred Hearts Academy. A sister, Mrs. James Walmsley, resides in SS. . Peter and Paul parish, Fall River, and a brother, William Donovan, is a member of St. James parish, New Bedford.

NEW YORK (NC)-U. S. Catholic Relief Services (CRS) has contributed $15,000 in response to an appeaol from the Upper Volta Famine Relief Committee for funds to repair roads used to transport foods and relief supplies to famine victims in drought-stricken areas. The CRS contribution represents the first returns from special collections and fund-raising drives being conducted by Catholic dioceses across the country to help the suffering people in West Africa. The emergency road repairs, expected to be accomplished in approximately 10 days at an estimated cost of $50,000, will be handled by mobilized military unit.s. The lack of adequate roads in Upper Volta, as well as other countries in the drought-hit Sahelian zone of Africa, has considerably hampered emergency distribution of relief materials.

THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Thur. Aug. 29, 1974

Berets, Bags,. Boots Bulk Big in Fall Fashio!ns Shades of a Paris cabaret-berets are coming back this season and they'll be worn with your own 'special brand of pizazz, depending on how you slant it. Thal1ks to our young people, hats are back with a bang and .~ere to stay. Why, I ' even went out and bought a turban. Getting back to the don't travel. anywhere, other than to bed, ~ithout a handbag beret, they are the same felt or sorts, and I'm more than hapor wool ones we wore when py to announce that if you enwe were young, only they do appear to be worn with a mite more chic. If you knit, or have a relative who does, then you

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can have a variety of them, including some great home-made ones, with even a sweater to match. If any of you can remember back 18 years or so then you can envision the styles you'll see on the smartest heads this fall. They are slouchy looking, very dramatic, and many of them sport great-looking feathers. Now that our hair is no longer a teased beehive I think we'll see a big return to the chapeau. While hats give that extra topping to an outfit, shoes, bags and jewelry will also be important accessory items. With the marvelous new clothes that are already in the stores for fall, such accessories can give you added mileage. Along with the fancy look of headgear there are also small items that can add a bonus to your wardrobe. Dickeys, or collars, are back and with the added plus of cuffs they give your favorite sweater a new look. The price of course is not what it was when we were young and a set could be bought for $2.98 (collars, and cuffs are selling today for around $15 fo a very nice set), but they are still very feminine, versatile and great for added fashion zing. Bigger Bags If you're anything like me y~u

joy a really big bag, the stores will be filled with what YQu want. With the bulkier look of capes and pyramid coats, bags have just got i to be big in proportion and t,hey really are. One featurei is that the really fantastic ones' have a thousand and one compartments to keep you organized if you're an organized sort of person (I'm not, but I still like: ,big pocketbooks). On the footwear scene boots are in, straight and loose, others high and loose. Whatever shape you choose, they will be perfect with the below the knee skirts and this is of ;course the reason why they are returning to popu'! larity. If you're addicted to country casual or even country western, you'll find a ~reat many Texas looking boots with elaborate stitching. HOlwever:, if your taste runs more to the sophisti, cated, then there are also boots for you - straight, loose and wide. For those days when boots ate too warm, you 'call tie everyth,ing up with a sporty tie-up in natural leather with c~repe soles or for evening wear a, lovely, very highheeled sandal. , I • If you feel that clothes are not going to be th~ most important item in your coming budget, then spend some 6f your clothing money on accessories and your fashion dollar ,~ill go further.

Ban Pros~~ution Under Obs~enty Law

. TRENTON (N'C)-Police chiefs in at least ,one of New Jersey's 21 counties have been told that despite a recertt state supreme court ruling on' the constitutionality of the stat,e's anti-obscenity .law, police cannot now begin to prosecute under, that statute. James M. Coleman, Jr., prosecutor of Monmouth County, infonned the municipal chiefs of Retired Teacher Leaves police that NeW Jersey remains Over $300,000 to Parish under a federal' district court inDUBUQUE (NC)-Miss Vivian junction from prosecuting under' the obscenity law. A. Keup, a retired school teacher ,Coleman's action resulted from who died last year at the age of 82, hras willed the bulk of her a letter he had i received-as did estate to Nativity Parish in Du- New Jersey's other 20 county prosecutors - from David S. buque. The present value of the estate Baime, chief of the appellate section of the state superior court. is estimated to be $316,000. Miss Keup donated the money Baime noted ~hat the state suin memory of her parents, Alex- preme court added an interpretaander and Margaret Keup. From tion to the state's 1971 obscenity 1912 until her retirement in 1955 law making it .constitutionaland she taught at Lincoln elementary said a defendant may be conschool in Dubuque. In her first victed of the offense if the mateyear of teaching she earned $350. rial falls within the definition. On JUly 21 the parish bulletin The state supreme court decision of Nativity announced a proposal pointed out thad pending amendhad been made by the parish ment of the law by the New Jercouncil ,that the principal, $284,- sey Legislature Ito bring it into '627, be le~t in a trust fund at a conformity with the U. S. SuDubuque bank and that the an- preme Court definition used in nU'al income of between $20,000, the 1973 case' of Miller vs. Caliand $24,000 be used to defray fornia, New Jersey courts should parish operating expenses. follow that defirition.

FOLLOWERS OF WAY: Member~ of "Followers of Way" concert troupe, to be heard at 8 tomorrow night at B~shop Con~oIlY. High Scho?l, Fall, Rive~, are, from left, Thorn Joaquin, Don Bouchard, Dianne Detopnancourt, Peggie Telscher, Jim Ford, John Albernaz. Joaquin, Ford and Albernaz are from raIl River diocese. Also from diocese is Tom Burke, sound engineer, not pictured.

'Followers of Way' Feature,d Tomorrow At Bishop C~nnolly High School Four members of the Fall Riv- people seeking both contempla- senior year at Bishop Connolly er diocese are among "Followers tion and laction in their lives. In High. Tom Burke is the sound engiof the Way," a college-aged mus- preparatipn for this summer tour ieal group that will present a all mem~ers of the group made neer of the gwup. Tom is, presconcert at '8 tomorrow night at a pe~so~ally directe? eight-day enUy a member of the Board of Bishop COhnolly High, School, Ignatlan retreat. DurIng the·,tour..'; Directors of the Christian Life Fall River. " personaIlas well as .commu~al Communities·and·a!so the'exec~ They are Jim Ford, North prayer ere emphaSIzed, WIth utive secretary of FltSH the New Westport, and Tom Burke, John people frbm all the cities visited England Regional COIl~ge CLC. join in daily prayer. Tom wilrl be a junior at S~uthAlbernaz and Thorn Joaquim, all invited .of Fall River. Each ~ember of the group is e~stern ~assachusetts UmverThe group is sponsored by the personally committed to Christ ~Ity pursuIng a course of. study National Federation of Christian and involved in this experience In Psychology and EducatIOn. Life Communities, successor to to share his and her vocation John Albernaz is the bass guiOur Lady's Sodality and active with fell1 W Christians. tarist of the group. John has in Fall River at Bishop Connolly been active for the past several Jim Ford years in both the high school and and Bishop Gerrard High Schools. ' . . . college CLC movements in New In concert, the group performs ~Im Fgrd IS the rhyth~ gUI- England. He is presently a sophmusic from its first record aI- tarlst and on.e o~ the vocalIsts of omoTe at' Worcester Polytechnic bum, a collection' of original the grou~, JIm IS also a fo~mer -Institute working towards a de. songs about the Christian life. member?f the Boar~ of DIrec- gree in Chemistry. They will also sing popular songs tors of ~FqLC and IS presently 'by John Denver, Cat Stevens, the Editor-in.lf:hief of its newspaper, Beatles, Rogers and Hammer- the COMMUNICATOR. A gradstein and the creators of God- uate of t~e former Prevost High spell and Superstar. Their instru- School itt Fall River and of SINCE 1898 ments include acoustic guitars, Southeastbrn Massachusetts Unia piano and a bass guitar. They versity in \the field of psychology, SINCE 1941 also utilize a 20-foot screen for Jim is employed as a member of a multi-media show and visual Campus lVIinistry Team at St. WEB OFFSET effects. Theme of the concert will Louis University. SINCE 1967 I be community in the person of Thorn foaquim, vocalist and Jesus Christ. pianist fo~ the group. is presently ser,ving as east coast high school Follow-Up' delegate the board of direcBecause "Followers of the tors of die Christian Life ComWay" are linked with a national munities'l He is entering. his movement they will be able to offer a follow-up to the concert, .", , , • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •# • • •, • •, . ,• •, , ••• I a unique aspect of their national tour. For those who will desire , more than just a concert, a number of materials will be available on the Christian Life Communities' way of life. The movement also sponsors a number of further follow-ups, including faith experiences, development institutes, a national newspaper and I other printed materials, regional conferences and national conventions. Regional conferences will take place this fall in many parts of the U. S. Followers of the. way is a praying community of young ............., , .

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Parental Encouragement Most Vital to Children

Pope 'Stresses Name 'Chri1stian'

One characteristic I find annoying in teen-agers, especially my own, is the tendency to "talk big." It would be easy to conclude these youngsters are all over-confident and need to be taken down a peg. Actually, I believe most of the talk is a cover for a He agreed to take the test. He lack of confidence. Rather passed. than putting down a loudConstant Encouragement mouthed teen-ager, I think Teen-agers frequently have

parents can do a better job by recognizing the talk for what it is, and doing something constructive to build. the youngster's confidence.

MARY CARSON For example, one of my sons was due to take his college admission test. He started talking a'bout the fact that he really didn't care if he passed the test; he didn't need a college degree anyway. . 1 surpjrised him by saying, "I think you're afraid you won't pass." "Mom ... 1 know I'm not going to pass." "How can you know that ... you haven't even seen the test. Start believing that you will pass!". ' " " Iadvis~d ,him, :~'Go' into ·that exam really believing that you're going to pass. Do your level best. You've got the ability. Believe that yourself!" "Mom, there are other kids taking that test who have a lot more ta~ent than 1 do. There's no chance. Do you know how many kids are taking that test ... to fill 20 openings?" 1 didn't know. Neither did he, really. But that didn't matter, because in his own mind he had decided that he'd be on the wrong end of the selection. Hunter's Advice 1 was afraid that 1 was get,ting nowhere, but knew that if he didn't build some self-confidence, he wouldn't pass. So 1 tried again. "Don't you think teachers size you up as well as the results of the test? They;re looking for potential, interest enthusiasm. They're looking for J<1ids who really want to 'learn what the school has to offer. If you know everything, what can they teach you?" . "Mom ... you don't understand. H's just raw test marks they look at ... and I'm not good at tests." "I may not understand about tests .. , But 1 believe in you. 1 really believe that if you do your best, that's all that matters. And if you do less than your best', you're 'being dishonest with yourself. Besides ... 1 pray." He was underwhelmed. 1 had the feeling he was trying to brainwash himself not to be too disappointed if he didn't pass. Then he began to consider not taking the test at all ... I' offered a bit of old hunter's advice, handed down from my great-uncle, to my father, to me: "If you don't shoot, you've allready missed."

trouble with a lack of confidence in themselves. There's no fault in that. Confidence comes from experience, and they've had little opportunity, in terms of a Hfetime. to have learned from experience. Because they don't have that confidence in' themselves, it is most difficult for them to make honest decisions, for deep down they doubt they really have the knowledge and judgment to make a valid decision. If they let it develop, lack of conf'idence and indecision keep feeding each other until they erode the abitlity to make a sound decision. 1 believe that, as a parent, one of the most valuable gifts I can give my children is honest encouragement to' see their own strengths and talents, to believe in themselves, to face their deepest feelings honestly, to keep their weaknesses in proper perspeC/tive. False humility can be more damaging than conceit. off 1 can just help them to be honest with themselves ... to respect themselves- ... to believe . in themselves, I'll have done my . job wel~, . '.,

CASTELGANDOLFO (NC) Pope Paul VI has called upon Christians to ponder the meaning of the name Christian and of Christianity itself in today's world. "Who does not want to be a Christian when this word is synonymous with human":"-with human in the' best, natural and real meaning of the word?" the Pope asked a general audience. "Christian is the name given a man, an action, a philosophical system which refers to original principles of the Gospel and of the customs which the Gospel inspired and generated. "Christian denotes certain values which give life a fullness, a dignity, an inviolability worthy of being held sacred," Pope Paul warned that the name of Christian "must not be coarsely exploited." He said: "It cannot symbolize an opinion, an ideology, a supposition. It must be equated with life, and what a life! "No one who bears the name of Christian can remain indifferent or inconsistent, for it stamps a seal, a style, a form on human existence."

.Community DEACON BAPTIZES SON: The first sacrament administered by Robert Ekhaml of San Diego, newly ordained permanent deacon, was the Baptism of his four-week old son, Mark. Mr. Ekhaml's wife, Carol, is holding their son. Holding the candle is the godfather, Richard Ekhaml. Pulling a face ..to the camera is the Ekhaml's other son, Matthew. NC Photo. I

Archbishop Appointed CDA National Chaplain BATON ROUGE (NC)-Arch-bishop Philip M. Hannan' of New Orleans has been appointed Na· tional chaplain of the Oatholic Daughters of America (CDA). The appointment was made by Mrs. Winifred L. Trabeaux, recently elected national regent of the 200,000-member women's fraternal organization, who offi, cially assumed her office Aug. 19. Archbishop Hannan succeeds Bishop Bernard J. Flanagan of ,Worcester, Mass., as the new CDA national chaplain. A native of Washington, D. C., Archbishop Hannan was installed as archbishop of New Orleans in 1965. Previously, he served as 'auxiliary bishop of Washington. for nine years.

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Dialogue With Africa,n Traditional Religions KAMPALA (NC)-For the first time in English-speaking Africa, efforts were made at dialogue between traditional religions and Catholic Christianity in a meeting at the Caba Pastoral Institute near here. The meeting was sponsored by the Vatican Secretariat for NonChristian Religions. Participants came from Kenya, Ghana, ·Mala· sia, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia; Rhodesia and South Africa. Seven spokesmen for' African traditional religions took part in the unprecedented consultation. "The participants strongly reject the claim that there are no interlocutors for dialogue with African traditional religions," a final statement declared.

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Cuban Foreign Minister Confers With Top Vatican Diplomat VATICAN CITY (NC)·-Cuban Foreign Minister Paul Roa Garcia met Pope Paul's top diplomatic negotiator Aug. 14 to review a wide variety of differences between Church authorities and the Fidel Castro government. Garcia's visit to 'Arc:hbishop Agostino Casaroli, secretary of the Council for the Church's Public Affairs, is considered an important step toward easing strained relations, between the Vatican and Cuba's communist regime. A Vatican spokesman said Roa Garcia and Archbishop Casaroli

touched a wide range of unresolved matters. Those included restrictions, on the entry of much-needed foreign priests into CUba, various' questions con· nected with Catholic education, and the restoration of properties seized from the Church by the Castro government. On March 27, ,Archbishop Casaroli flew to Tavana as guest of the Cuban bishops, the first top Vatican I officia1 to visit the island since Castro assumed power in 1959. Castro paid Archbishop Casaroli a visit-and remained to talk ' 'for 90 minutes-on the eve of the churchm'an's return to Rome. At that time, Frederico Alessandrini, head of the ,Vatican press office, 'said the Cuban govDES MOINES (NC) - Tjle ernment· had . "approved the Iowa state School Budget Review visit." He a~ded .that other opCommittee has approved alloca- portune conversations with the tion of nearly $2 million to pub· government ,were possible. The prese*'t talk has obviously Iic school districts throughout', Iowa for purchase of new buses been one of the opportune occato transport nonpublic school sions. students. Since 196~, wpen the Cuban The action was taken to imple- government 'expelled a' bishop ment a law passed last spring by and 135 priests, relations bethe state legislature appropriat- tween the Holy See and the ing $4.4 million for transporta- Island have remained strained tion for nonpublic school chil- and tense. But they have never dren been broken ,off. The committee acted despite a Luis Amado-Blanco was named challenge to the 'law in U. S., by Castro as ambassador to the District Court here by Americans Holy See and officially ~redited United For Separation of Church by the Vatican on Feb. 2, 1962, and State and the Iowa Civil despite po~erful tensions beUberties Union, who have asked tween Church and state. for an injunction to prevent imHe has remained in, that posiplementation of the law. The two tion through the years even groups have also asked that the though the ,vatican was repre. law :be declared unconstitutional. sented 'oJily I by a charge d'afThe three-judge court has not faires. ' yet granted an injunction nor Today, through s~niority, he is ruled on the constitutional ques- dean of the ~iplomatic corps action. credited to the Holy See. "The U. S. Supreme Court has In May of this year the Holy ruled favorably on providing bus See's ch~rge d'affaires, Bishop transpol1tation," said Timothy Cesare Zacchi was accepted by McCarthy, executive director of Castro as a new apostolic nun-the Iowa Catholic Conference, cio, and was elevated by Pope "we don't really expect any in- Paul to the rank of archbishop. junction on the buses."

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Pope Names Cardinal From Zaire to Synod KINSHASA (NC) - Pope Paul has invited Cardinal Joseph Malula of Kinshasa to take part in the. World Synod of Bishops, which opens in the Vatican Sept. 27. ' Evangelization will be the principal' synod topic. The invitation was announced Aug. 18 during a national assembly of the bishops of this African. repUblic. 'Synodal regulations' provide that the Pope may name up to 15, per cent of the total of the fathers of the synod. For the fol1thcoming synOd, Pope Paul can appoint 28 participants.

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MANILA (NC)-An American Jesuit is one of five winners of this year's Magsaysay awards, given for "greatness of spirit in service to the people'~ of Asia. Father William Masterson, a native of Brooklyn, N. Y., was named for. the prize because of his work in international rural leadership training. The awards, which include a prize of $10,000 to each participant, will be presented formally

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HYANNIS ST. FRANCIS XAVIER Masses: Sunday-7:00, 8:00, 9:00, 10:00, 11:00, , " 12:00 A.M~ '. Siiturday Eve.-5:00 arid 7:30 P.M. .Daily-7:00 and 8:00 A.M.

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CENTRAL VILlAGE ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST Masses: Sunday-8:00, 9:00, 10:00, 11:00 A.M. Saturday at 5:00 and 6:30 P.M. Daily-9:00 A.M. Sunday Masses Parish Hall: 9:30 and 10:30 A.M,

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UNION CHAPEL Masses: Sunday-8:45 A.M. July and Aug,ust

OAK BLUFFS SACRED HEART Masses: Sunday-8:00, 9:15, 10:30 A.M. Saturday Eve.-5:15 & 7:00 P.M. Daily-7:00 A.M.

EAST FALMOUTH ST. ANTHONY Masses: Sunday-7:30, 9:00, 10:00, 11:00 A.M. Saturday Eve.-5:00 & 7:30 P.Ml : Daily-8:00 A.M. . ,

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Religious Women Seek Power ST. LOUIS (NC) - Power for Religious women-as individuals and as organized groups-was the recurring topic throughout the fourth annual convention of the National Assembly of Women Religious (NAWR), held here on the St. Louis University campus. About 650 nuns attended the convention of the NAWR, whose purpose is the formation and education of Religious women.

At the outset of the convention, the delegates sent a telegram to the Epjscopal bishops' meeting in Chicago supporting the ordination of II women to the Episcopal priesthood. "We urge you to affirm and recognize the ordinations..." the telegram said. "We view these ordinations as a sign of hop~ authenticating the ministry to women in the Church and a valid response to the Gospel values

of human dignity, service and justice." The bishops later issued a statement expressing their belief tI-.·3t the ordinations were invalid. In a second telegram sent after the bishops statement, the NAWR expressed its "hope for a review of this matter and eventual recognition of' full participation of women in official ministry."

Mass Schedule for Summer Season NORTH EASTHAM CHURCH OF THE VISITATION Masses: Sunday--8:30, 9:30, 10:30, 11:30 A.M. Saturday Eve.-5:00 and 7:00 P.M.

OSTERVILLE OUR LADY OF THE ASSUMPTION Masses: Sunday-7:00, 8:30, 10:00, 11:30 A.M. Saturday Eve.-5:00 and 7:30 P.M. Daily-7:00 AM. Confessions: Sa·turday-4:00 - 5:00 P.M.

SANTUIT ST. JUDE'S CHAPEL Masses: Sunday-7:30, 9:00 and 10:30 AM. Saturday-5:00 P.M. Confessions: Saturday-4:15 - 5:00 P.M.

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QUEEN OF ALL SAINTS Masses: Sunday-7:00, 8:30, 10:00, 11:30 AM. Saturday Eve.-5:00 and 7:30 P.M. Confessions: Saturday-4:15 - 5:00 P.M.

POCASSET ST. JOHN THE EVANGELIST Masses: Sunday-7:30, 8:30, 9:30,10:30,11:30 A.M. Saturday Eve.-5:00 and 7:00 P.M.. Daily-7:30 A.M. . Confessions: Saturday - 4:00 - 4:45 P.M. and following 7:00 P.M.' Mass

PROVINCETOWN ST. PETER THE APOSTLE Masses: Sunday-7:00, 9:00, 10:00, 11:00 A.M., 7:00 P.M. Saturday Eve.-7:00 P.M. Daily-7:00 AM. and 5:30 P.M: Confessions: Saturday-4:00 - 5:00 P.M.

SANDWICH CORPUS CHRISTI Masses: Sunday--8:00, 9:00, 10:00, 11:00 AM. and 12 Noon Saturday Eve.-5:00 and 7:00 P.M. Daily-9:00 AM.

SAGAMORE ST. THERESA Masses: Sunday--8:30, 9:30, 10:30, 11:30 AM. Saturday Eve.-6:00 P.M.

SOUTH DARTMOUTH ST. MARY Masses: Sunday-7:30, 9:00, 10:00, 11:00 AM. & 7:30 P.M. Saturday Eve.-5:15 P.M. Daily-7:00 AM. Saturdays only-8:00 A.M.

SOUTH YARMOUTH ST. PIUS TENTH Masses: Sunday-7:00, 9:00, 10:15, 11:30 AM. 7:00 P.M. Saturday Eve.-4:00 and 7:00 P.M. Daily-7:00 and 9:00 AM.

BASS RIVER OUR LADY OF THE HIGHWAY Masses: Sunday--8:00, 9:30, 11:00 AM. Daily-8:00 AM.

VINEYARD HAVEN ST. AUGUSTINE Masses: Sunday-8:00, 10:30 AM. Saturday,Eve.-4:00 and 7:00 P.M. Daily--8:00 AM. (Mon.-Fri.) Confessions: Saturday-2:30 - 3:30 P.M.

CHILMARK COMMUNITY CENTER , Masses: Sunday-7:00 P.M. (Beginning June 30)

WAREHAM ST. PATRICK Masses: Sunday-7:00, 8:00, 9:00,10:00,11:30 A.M. and 5:00 P.M. Saturday Eve.-4:00 and 6:00 P.M. Daily-7:00 A.M. and 9:00 A.M. Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament follows the 7:00 A.M. Mass and continues until 7:00 P.M. Confessions: Y2 hour before Masses Tuesday: Mass of Peace and Justice 7:00 P.M. Schedule fQl' July and August

WEST WAREHAM ST. ANTHONY Masses: Sunday-9:00, 10:30 A.M. Saturday-7:00 P.M. Confessions: Y2 hour before Masses Schedule for July and August

WELLFLEET OUR LADY OF LOURDES Masses: Sunday-8:00, 9:00, 10:00, 11:00 AM. Saturday Eve.-6:00' and 7:30 P.M. Daily-7:30, 9:00 AM.

TRURO SACRED HEART Masses: Saturday-7:00 P.M. Sunday-9:00 A.M.

NORTH TRURO OUR LADY OF PERPETUAL HELP Masses: Sunday-8:00, 9:00, 10:00 and 11:00 AM. Saturday Eve.-6:00 P.M.

WEST HARWICft HOLY TRINITY Masses: 'Sunday-7:30, 9:00, 10:30, 12:00 noon Saturday Eve.-5:00 & 7:00 P.M. ' Daily-9:00 AM. & 7:00 P.M. First Friday-Mass'and Exposition 11:00 A.M. "

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THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Thur. Aug. 29, 1974

Right-to-Life Committee Opposes Confirmation of Rockefeller Buckley suggested at a WashWASHINGTON (NC) - The National Right to Life Committee ington news conference that it (NRLC) will oppose the confir- was "divisive" for Rockefeller to mation of Nelson A. Rockefeller, veto the New York legislature's former New York governor, as decision to reverse the state's Vice President of the United policy of abortion on demand. States, a committee spokesman Buckley contended that the state legislature was acting according said here. Prior to Rockefeller's nomina- to public demand. tion by President Gerald R. Ford, the NLRC sent a telegram to the President saying that Rockefeller Appointed Director "is unacceptable for the office of Of VA Chaplains Vice President." WASHINGTON ,(NC)-A 61The NLRC is a federation of state organizations and claims to year-old Redemptorist priest who represent over 1,000 right-to-life served as an Air Force chaplain during World War Hand more chapters. . recently at Veteran AdministraIn May,1972, Rockefeller, then governor of New York, vetoed a tion hospitals in Hampton, Va., bill that would have repealed the ' and Miami, Fla., has been named state's two-year-old abortion law, depu'ty director of VA chaplains. which permits abortions on deFather John Waterman, chapmand up to the 24th week of lain since 1970 at Miami's VA pregnancy, and would have re- hospital i,s a native of Schenecplaced it with the former law tady, N. Y., who was ordained a allowing abortions only when the Redernptorist priest in 1939. mother's life is endangered. During World War II he was a chaplain at Dalhart, Tex., PeterVeto Message son Field, Colorado Springs, Rockefeller vetoed .the bill deColo., and Bolling Field, Washspite a plea from Cardinal Terington, D. C. In 1950 he was post ence Oooke of New York that chaplain in Camp Tortuguero in he sign it. The cardinal later said Puerto Rico and from 1954 to he deplored the veto and the 1956 was assigned to the 98th governor's "unfortunate" veto General Hospital in Germany. message, which referred to "the From 1967 to 1970 he was extremes of personal villification and political coercion brought to auxiliary chaplain at McCoy Air bear on members of the legisla- Force Base in Tampa, Fla., while ture" and suggested that the leg- stationed at Our Lady of Perpetislature's approval of the bill did ual Help parish in Tampa. Prior not reflect the will of the major- to his appointment as pastor of Our Lady of Perpetual Help ity of the people of the state. Rockefeller's veto was brought Church, Miami, where he was up again in February 1973, after assigned from 1960 to 1967, the former governor had crit- Father Waterman was retreat icized the decision of Sen. James master for retreat houses conBuckley (R.-Cons.-N.Y.) to intro- ducted by his community at duce a constitutional amendment Rochester, N. Y., and West End, to overturn the U. S., Supreme N.J. 'Court decision barring most restrictions on abortion. Buckley's decision, Rockefeller said, "has Nobska Furniture the unfortunate potential of be. ing dangerously divisive when America needs a time of h~aling."

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Solzhenitsyn Reveals Inner Workings of Red !Justice The Soviet campaign to discredit Aleksandr I. Solzhen= itsyn reached a climax when it became known t!!.'!t the book "The Gulag Archipelago" (Harper & Row, 49 E. 33rd St., New York, N.Y. 1001(>' 660 pages. $12.50, 'hardbound; $1.95, paperback) was to be pubindividual case there is a sudden lished in Europe and the swoop. The: accused is thrown United States. For this work 'into a cell where there may be is an expose' of the Soviet hardly standing room for all who system of "justice." Other books had dealt with aspects of the subject. Some were theoretical analyses, other

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are put in i~. Discomfort is at a maximum, fpod and' drink .at a minimum. ' Inferrogation follows. A confession must be wrung from the prisoner. He may be' guilty of nothing ovent, but hasn't he harbored some anti-Soviet intention? This q.tegory is as elastic as it is vague. If he does not confess, he is tortured. The methI ods are unspeakable. Verdict Predetermined He is brought into court wherc there are no adversary proceed' ings. Judge, Iprosecutor, and his own lawyer cooperate in the task of destroying him. The verdict is predetern:Jined, as is the sentence. He is then headed for one of the islands of the archipelago, by way of a trarsit prison or camp. Here-he may meet for the first time non-political prisoners, i.e., criminals from the Soviet underworld. Thes¢ will terrorize him and strip hi":! of the few paltry possessions he had managed to · retain. . '. . · Once' arriv~d at a transit prison, transit camp, or final penal destination, he is at the mercy of trusties," who will subject him to endless abuse. In a labor underfed, overcamp, he worked, continually harassed. Never before have the inner, workings of' Soviet "justice" been presented in such depth and with such a 'stunning wealth of concrete particulars,

NAnVE DISH !FOR BAZAAR ~ORKERS: A Puerto Rico Barbeq~e was held on the grounds of St. James Convent, Tiverton for the workers who conducted a bazaar for the benefit of the Puerto Rico populationlof the area. Sr. Carmen Joseph, SUSC, was in charge of the affair.

detailed personal experiences. None made much of an impression in the West, principally because the authors were little known. With Solzhenitsyn, it is different. He is a world celebrity because of his novels, and he is a Nobel Prize winner. He commands aHention, and his integSister Adrienne de Champlain, rity is firmly established. Be has a native of St. Jacques parish, been a political prisoner and has Taunton,and a Religious of the suffered through the whole proHoly Union of the Sacred Hearts, cess of arrest, interrogation, trial, has returned from five weeks of imprisonment, confinement in summer study in Israel as part slave labor camps, exile within of a group of 16 Christian theothe U.S.S.R. He knows whereof logians to pa~ticipate in an anhe speaks, and he will be listened nual seminar, jointly sponsored ,to. by Hebrew Union College-Jewish Outlines Story Institute of Religion,' the Union But The Gulag Archipelago is of American Hebrew Congreganot simply a personal memoir. In tions and Duke University. The , it, Solzhenitsyn outlines his own program is designed to give story. He also presents an abunthose involved a deeper underdance of evidence collected from , standing of Jewish archeological hundreds of others over a period and literary sources of Christianof years. H~ draws on books, · Presid"nt Deferi'ds ity in the Holy Land. newspapers, records of various Agrarian; Reform , DUTing their f'irst week Sister kinds. The result is a massive SAN.TO DOMINGO (NC)-The volume, with more to come. decrease in agricultural output in "Gulag" is a Russian expresChristian-Moslem sion designating the Soviet penal the .Dominican Republic since 1972 cannot ~e directly traced to . system under Stalin. And "Gulag Meeting in Spain Archipelago" refers to the net- agrarian reform progr;J.ms instiCORDOBA (NC)-Government work of penal institutions io- tuted then,President Joaquin representatives, religious leaders cated throughout the U.S.S.R., a Balaguer haS: declared in re- of the Arab countries and represponse to c~arges from large network of innumerable parts. sentatives of the Palestine Liber· Soltzhenitsyn does not confine landowners. I ation Organization (PLO), as The main purpose of agrarian himse'\f to the Staiin era. He well as Catholic and Orthodox demonstrates that from the very reform was not an increase in bishops, priests and laymen will production 'bht "soCial justice start of the Bolshevik Revolution participate in the first internathere was harsher 'and' more ar- and the need tor righting histor- tional Moslem-Christian Conbitrary treatment of accused peo- 'ical wrongs," 'President Balaguer 'gress, scheduled for September ple than ever had been the case added in a retent speech to the 10-15 here. · nation. His spl(ech aimed at stopin the worst of Tsarist times. The meeting, organized by a ping increased critidsm of his , Surprise Arrests agrarian reform by conservative group of Spanish and Arab uniThere is truth here which de- landowners. . ! versity professors, has been supmands to be faced. We cannot President B,alaguer, .who was ported by Bishop Jose Maria understand or evaluate our times inaugurated for a third four-year Girarda of Cordoba. unless \Ve are acquainted with period Aug. 16, has been strong-· The meeting will provide Mos- . one of its most significant fea,Iy attacked by opposition polit- lems with the first opportunity tures. The Soviet system has icaI parties, who have' charged since the year 1236' to pniy in spread far beyond the boundaries him with electoral fraud during the old Cordoba mosque, which of the U.S.S.R., and so has the the May 16 elections. He won was converted into a Catholic Gulag Archipelago. the elections with only token op- cathedral 'after the Christian reArrest comes by surprise. It position after ,the main political. conquest of the city by the is a possibility for everyone parties decid~d not to ''partic- Spaniards. Bishop Girarda has without exception, 'and at any ipate in it. authorized the use of the buildtime, for no reason. But in the . The Domini~an bishops have ing for religious acfs during the generally praised the govern- congress. Other meetings will Holiness ment's efforts: at implementing take place in the Arab Alcazar . I ref.onn, although they (military fortification) of CordoA holy person is one who is · agrarIan sanctified by the presence and have scored lack of partic- ba and other buildings from the ipation by poor farmers in deci- period of Arab domination of the action of God within him. city. -Merton sions on some: refor{l1 policies.

Taunton Nun Member of Theology Group Studying Ch~istian-JewishRoots AdrieJe and her colleagues dug at archeological excavations at Meron, li~ the Galilee ,a~~a: under the direction of Professor EriC Myers 'bf Duke'University: There they rdund evidence of continuous J~wish seWement from the I . third century B.C. through the second !century A.D. In addition, the group visited such historicaI sites aJ Capernaum, Hazor and Chorazi'm, whi'ch were centers of life at J time when Judaism and early <l:hristianity coexis.ted in the Ga'I:i1ee. j~roWing Interest 'fhe next three weeks were spent lin intensive academic study at the Jerusalem School of Hebrew!Union CoHege, ~nder the guidance of leading BibJi'cal scholar~ and historians. The curriculum fulfHls a growing ·schol-· arly interest in the historical rel'a,fion~hip between Judaism and . drly Christianity. The

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group, which left Israel Aug. 11, concluded its trips by attending meetings of the Society of New Te,~tamel1~ ,;~,~udi~s ,;in', Sigtuna" Sister Adrienne, who first visited Israel in 1970 and who will be an adul"t education director in Charlestown, R. I. for the coming year, said, "It is with a sense of satisfaction that I recall my first week at the archeological site at Meron in Upper Galilee. Although the work was strenuous, I felt great pride in knowing that I was part of a team that is sincerely committed to mankind's betterment. "My studies at 'Hebrew Union CoHege were very interesting and the teachers superb! I leave the College enriched by my experience and I hope to share this newly-acquired knowledge with my own people, thus· spreading brotherhood and understanding wherever I go."

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Publicity chairmen of parish organizations He Isked to submit news Items for this column to The Anchor, P. O. Box 7, Fall River, 02722. Name of city or town should be Included, as well as full dates of all activities. Please send news of future rather than past events.

CLEVELAND (NC)-Joseph A. Breig, eolumnist and associate editor of the Catholic diocesan newspapers of Cleveland, Toledo and Youngstown, has agreed to donate his papers to the University of Notre Dame's Archives of American Catholic History.

HOLY NAME, FALL RIVER Volunteers are needed for both the Girl Scout and CCD pro路 grams in the parish. Prospective Girl Scout leaders may contact Marietta Booth, telephone 672路 7250 or 676-9473 and CCD workers may call Sister M. Romana, Reservations may be made at the rectory this week for a weekend of prayer and song Oct. 18 through 20 at the Trapp Family Lodge, Stowe, Vt. The 1923 Club will begin Sunday, Sept. 8, continuing through Jan. 19, with a dinner-dance to be held Jan. 25. ST. STANISLAUS, FALL RIVER -fhe Men's Club will sponsor a Las Vegas Night at 8 P..M. Saturday, Aug. 31 in the school hall. William Diskin is chairman. Mrs. Annette Golembewsk. is in charge of arrangements for a fall penny sale scheduled for Saturday, Sept..28. Donations of prizes may be left at the rectory or convent at any time.

Calling the archives the most complete in the world on the subject, Notre Dame's president, Holy Cross Father Theodore Hesburgh, wrote to Breig that the university "would like to supplement this collection with papers relevant to the making of the history o( Catholicism in the 20th century, mainly on the part of American Catholic laymen. Your papers are an important part of this story." The university's archivist, Fatber Thomas E. Blantz, told Breig: "You have had a significant influence on the Catholic press and on recent American Catholicism in generaL"

FESTIVAL PREPARATION: Jack Flynn, Rev. Richard Delisle, M.S. and Marilyn Flynn prepare for second annual "Super Summer Festival" to be held tonight through Labor Day at La Salette Shrine, Attleboro. Event's theme will be "The Fest Goes West" and features will include cowboys, Indians, a frontier fort, Indian village and stagecoach and pony rides.

SACRED HEART, NEW BEDFORD Parish Cub Scouts of Pack 5 ' will benefit from a "Kickoff Dance" to be held from 8 to 11 P.M. Saturday, Sept. 28 in the parish center with music by the Novas. Refreshments will be served. Tickets are available from Jim The La Salettc Shrine in AttleJenkins; -telephotie," 993~9045 '0:' ' boro 'opens~"its; sec6'lid Annual from Batbara Holden, 993-1556, Super Summer Festival this evechairman and co-chairman rening and girds itself for the long spectively. Labor Day weekend. The Festival, a five day event, OUR LADY OF PERPETUAL will run from tonight tbrough HELP, NEW BEDFORD Labor Day, closing at midnight Parishioners will hold their an路 Sept. 2. nual family festival Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 14 and IS, at the Rev. Richard Delisle, M.S., parish hall, 235 N. Front St. general chairman, along with 500 Donations of prizes to be used volunteer lay people, comprise at booths are requested from in- one of the largest committees dividuals and parish organiza- ever assembled for an event qf tions. American and Polish foods this type. will b'e served Saturday, beginFather DeHsle said the slogan ning at 5:30 P.M. Sunday's sched- for this year's, event is, "The ul~ will begin at II :30 A.M. Fest Goes West." The festival Previous to the festival, a sale will have a completely Western of Polish foods will take place theme: cowboys, Indians, a FronWednesday and Thursday, Aug. tier Fort, Indian Village, stage28 and 29, at the hall. coach rides, pony rides, live animals and many Western artiST. JOHN THE BAPTIST, facts. NEW BEDFORD Booth co-chairmen, Marilyn The parish committee will and J~ck Flynn of Plainville, sponsor a dance from 8 to midnight on Wednesday night, Sept. 4 in the church basement hall. Religious Education Tickets are available at the 'Agreement Reached rectory. TRENTON, (NC) - An agreement marking "a new milestone Federat.ion Theme of cooperation" in the field of religious education has' been Is Reconciliation WASHINGTON (NC)-The ex- reached between the Diocese of ecutive board of the National Trenton and Princeton TheologFederation of Priests' Councils ical Semin;uy, a Presbyterian in(NFPC) set "Reconciliation: Risks stitution. and Possibilities" as the theme of De,tails announced by Bishop the 1975 NFPC convention in St. George W. Ahr of Trenton and Petersburg, Fla. Dr. James I. McCord, seminary In other actions during its president, are highlighted by the planning session here the 28- following: member board: Princeton seminary will open Approved plans for nine re- its various summer courses to gional symposiums on corporate Catholics effective immediately. responsibility sponsored by local Princeton seminary will accept priests' councils; more full-and part-time 'Catholics Approved plans to cosponsor of the Trenton diocese for its workshops on problems of min路 master's and doctoral programs istry in rural areas. in religious education.

Lay People Aid La Salettes Prepare For Second 'Super Summer Festival' .

Mass., ha,ve organized a midway perience," he said, "for the La of 70 individual booths, a: gigan- Salette Fathers and Brothers to tic flea market, IS rides and an see so many give so much and Indian village, combining to ask for nothing. make tbe festival one of the larg"It is truly an indication, a est in Southeastern Massachu- sign to us, to all the La Salettes, setts. that we are trying to do God's 'Special People' work and that through the lay Aside from the activity and example we strive to become more perfect in Him. excitement that surround the fes"If we work for Him, with tival, Father Delisle was quick to point out that those who work Him and in Him tben the peace and support this effort are "very and joy of the so-called Christispecial." They are Christ-filled, an community that all of us are spirit-filled people. They are seeking so much, will be a realpeople filled with the love of ity. "This, then. is What our festiGod and they truly show this love by giving us their hands, val is really all about. Joy, laughtheir backs, their heads and their . ter, hard work, peace and community, with Christ as our motihearts. vating factor." "It is a genuinely humbling ex-

Paper Urges Pupils Study Watergate WORCESTER (NC)-The Catholic Free Press, newspaper of the Worcester diocese, has suggested that "every school and school system in the nation set aside its scheduled curriculum during the first few weeks of the coming school year in favor of explaining, in detail, what actually went on between the Executive Branch, the Congress, the Supreme Court, the people, the press during these months." In an editorial commenting on "the dark chapter of our history generally titled 'Watergate'," the diocesan weekly said: "Seldom, if ever, in our history, have the various forces that make up our society been so dramatically distinguishable arid identifiable. The opportunity the events present should be seized by all educators to reassure each American of the strength of his constitutional government."

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Says Free Elections Legally Binding for Farm Workers .

Last week I referred criticaily to position paper on the California farm labor problem written by Father Richard Humphrys of Coachella, Calif. This pa~er was summarized recently in a full-page advertisement I in the New York News and paid for by the ' Free Marketing Council of cation el~ction if the workers Newport Beach, Calif., an organization which is known to be strongly opposed to the United Farm Workers of America. In criticizing Father Humphrys'

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wish to have a new vote on tb~ir choice of bargaining agent. In effect. this amendment would permit the UFWA to organize farm workers on ranches under Teamster Icontracts and would give UFWA the right to-tree secret ballot elections on these ranches if a majority 'of the ,workers so petition. In other words, Father Humphrys is completely off the track when he says that: free elections that would be, legally binding are impossible, for the next three years. The amendments referred to above were approved by a five to three vote:' Chairman McCarthy then allo~ed MI'. Howard Bel" man who was the co-author of one Of' the remaing bills, to withdraw. I his bill and to be named as i a co-author of AS 3370. Without further comment or testimony, the chair then asked the secretary of the committee to take a roll-call vote on AS 3370 Js amended. The bill was voted 'out of committee by a five to three margin.

paper,'I said .that, while it purports to be "fair to both unions," it is heavily slanted in favor of the Teamsters and growers and against the UFW A. I also charged that it includes a number of statements which are ~ither misleading or completely contrary to fact. By way of example, I cited two such statements for .the record. This week let me call attention to an even I more glaring inaccuracy in Passage Predicted Father Humphrys' treatment of Mr. Bobl Wood, co-author of some of. the legislativE. aspects the. origi~~l_ Ber.m\l~-Wpo.d.. ;bm; of the California ,farm' labor di:S~ deClined to -submit Ii.i.~. oil'f'JQ pute. the committee for a vote. In In this area, Father Humphrys other words, since he had lost says, among other things, that Mr. Berm~n to AB 3370, he churchmen (he refrains from chose to ~Iithdraw his bill. ,Mr. specifying that this includes' the HQoward Du'ffy, the author of the Nationa·1 Conference of Catholic most restri<;tive of the biBs, was Bishops) are supporting the boy- not present at the committee cott until free elections are held. meeting, apd no one rose to "What· they do not realize," he . move on ,th'e bill in his stead. It complains, "is that free elections therefore died in committee. Mr. that would be legally binding are Kenneth M'addy, author of the impossible for the. next three Teamsters bill, spoke in favor of years. The reason ·is that the his bill and~ asked for a vote on growers in the Coachella Valley it. It was defeated by the same signed four-year contracts with five to' thre'e margil). the Teamsters in 1973. These As AB 3370 now goes ,to, the legally binding contracts do not Assembly IWays and. Means expire for· three more years. Commi-ttee' where certain pas'· Therefore, any election held be- sage is prddicted. It will then fore that time would have no move to the Assembly floor for power .to invalidate the contracts final debate I and vote. There is a now in force. If elections were good possi~i1ity, if not a probheld before that time, they would ability, that, it will be enacted by be no more than polls of worker the Assembly before' the end of preference." August.

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Father Humphrys' position is not borne out by the facts. The facts are: On August 7 the Committee on Labor Relations of the California State Assembly met to vote on four pending free election bills, including AB 3370, sponsored by the United ,Farm Workers and the California State AFL-CIO and being strongly supported by the California State Catholic Conferenc~, among other outside organizations. Chaired by Leo McCarthy, the new speaker of the California Assembly, the committee introduced several amendments to AB 3370, all of which were acceptable to the sponsors of the bill. One of the amendments having to do with prior contracts adds clarifying 'Ianguage to permit employees on a given ranch or farm to petition for a' decer,tifi-

The ,California State Assembly wHl have to Iintroduce a companion bill for hearings and a vote. No ,flccurate predictions' are available at this time as to what' kind of bill ~he Senate will support, although there is again at least a possibility if not a proba'bility, that 'it will go for something comparable to AB 3370. If all goes well, it is entirely possible - F~ther Humphrys to the contrary notwithstanding. that free el~ctions can and will be held, not three years from now, but before the end of the current seas6n. I say "if all goes welL" Much, depends on what -the Teamste~s, the growers, Governor Reagan-and people like Father Humphrys-decide to do about this m'atter. They have: all said· that they are in favor of free elections. They now hliVe an opportunity

Bright.en Patient's Life

Friends Prayer AIJBAINY (NC)-Rita Plouff lies in a third-floor hospital room with one arm stiffened st~ajght out behind her head and the other tucked under a sheet, positioned between her thighs. Her ,legs lie lifeles's under the sheet, in Whatever way the nurses have placed them. She can lift her head to turn it toward visitors or toward the window. Her eyes focus only an arm's length and her hearing is bad. When sh~ talks· she has difficulty forming the sounds she wants. One of the few things she can do with ease is to smile. . On so-called good mornings, after she has been fed, the nurses ].ift her' to a stretcher-type wheelchair and strap her body down so that she can have a few hours out of bed. If she is strong on those days, someone brings her to the hospital chapel for a few minutes of prayer and wheels her to the ·rooms of friends. For Rita, 43, of Albany, :,ife rhas been much like this since World War II, when she was placed in the Home for Incurables with a disease her doctors 'diagnosed as muscular dystrophy. Then II years old, Rita was getting worse and worse, until she could no longer stand on her heels. By the time she was 15 she could no longer stand at all. In the 'years since, she has lost 'control of her legs, her arms and her torso. Last year Rita was transferred to Child's Hospital in Albany when the Home for Incur· abies closed. In the past 32 years, 'Rita has s~:nt all:b.ut.!F ~qur:sfjn;t:bl~h9s~ plta{, Sh~ fini.she~:.~rad~,. schopl there and crammed for her high school exams. She has made thousands of friends there and 'Passed from childhood and youth to middle age. A visit to Rita dm be a jolting experience. Not for her-she's lived with pain since she was six years old and has accepted her way of life. But for the visitorto see her lying there, immobile, yet smiling, friendly, trying :0 put you 'at ease by asking about yourself,: your family, your job. Without embarrassment she repeats her questions again and again unti,1 she sees you have understood:' Her ·mind- is so' differ~ ent from her body;· reacts immediately to your response and her eyes sparkle knowing she is making you her friend. I do a lot of praying and make

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to prove it by supporting the one and only bi'll that has a realistic chance of being enacted into law. If they fail to support this bill-or if they try to scuttle it in the California Senate by loading it down· with restrictive amendments-they will have lost all credibility with informed observers of the farm labor situa· 'lion in California. Moreover they will have no one but themselves to . blame if the UFW then decides-as it will be forced to do under the circumstances-to con.. linue its boycott of lettuce and grapes until free elections are held: ( © 1974 by NC News Service)

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KNOW YOUR FAITH Openness to Love and Life

Artificial contraception or birth control is still an agonizing problem for many Catholic couples who feel unable to exercise responsible parenthood by opening their love to new life.

By REV. PAUL F. PALMER, 5.J.

It is not my purpose to res'olve the problem for those who are troubled in conscience. Only a priest-confessor can effectively do this in the context of a sacrament in which the Holy Spirit is . present and operative with His grace. I can only comment on the qualities needed by a "good" confessor in handl,ing the problem. 'Back in the third century, Origen, the most learned' and compassionate man of his time, told his people: "Search out diligently the one to whom you' ought to confess your sin. First approve the physician to whom you should manifest the cause of your trouble, one who knows how to be weak with the weak, to weep w,ith one who weeps, who has learned the art of sympathy and compassion. If in short he shall say. anything and has

proved himself a learned and merciful physician; if he shall give any advice, you wi.Jl act upon it and follow it." Church's Wisdom Origen was a learned man, schooled in the Chr,istian way of life which was "foolishness" to the pagan phiiosPl)hers of his day, but the only wisdom that could set men free, the truth which CI1lone could truly liberate men's conscience. Origen has been called a "man of the Church," loyal at aU times to the teaching of Christ as interpreted by the Church. A "learned physician" will not tell his penitent that the teaching Church is wrong in condemning artificial contraception as an evil, as a disorder. On this point the bishops of the Catholk world agree with Paul VI that contraception can never be recognized as a good, no matter how good the purpose in practicing it. Like killing, even in self-defense, the act. of closing love to life can never be regarded as a good. The end can never justify nor canonize the means. There is not the same agreement on the gravity of the evil or disorder in particular cases. Here, the "learned" physician must apply the "traditional wisdom" of the Church's best moral theologiatlS. American Bishops The priest, according to Origen, must be a "merciful physiTurn to Page Fourteen

IThe Parish: God's Day-Care Center?1 BY GERARD A. POTTEBAUM Day care, apartment living, and single parents are central to any discussion about responsible parenthood today. An increasing number of children are growing up in singleparent families. The parent is either divorced, separated, widowed, or was never married. Many of these people live in apartment communities. There they avoid having to keep a yard trim in summer, or' .Having to clear a driveway of snow in winter, or having to attend to the year-round details of home ownership. Usually they have to hold down a job. This means either f.inding someone to babysit, or putting the children in a day-care center. In either case, a major portion of their salary goes to someone else in the business of raising children. The effects remain to be seen upon children who live with part-time parents-be they from single-parent or two-parent families. Whatever the effects, the number of children in centers is apt to continue to grow. Some experts prediCt that at least 5.3 million mothers with children under the age of five will be holding jobs by 1980. Some six million children under age six now have working mothers.

Part-Time Parenthood Part-time parenthood is supported indirectly when the government provides more tax breaks by allowing certain childcare cost to be deducted. If both parents work full-time, or if a single parent works full-time, and accumulated income is $18,000 per year ·or less, they can deduct up to $200 per month for one child, $300 per month for two children, and $400 per month for three or more children. If such families make over $18,000 they can deduct a lesser per cent, but still a substantial amount. Another force behind part-time parenting comes from apartment owners who sell child-care services to bait working parents. Such promotion helps to collect into one place a large per cent of single parents or working couples who have children. It also provides an opportunity for the Church community. to bring some of its people's talents and educational experience to bear outside the parochial interests of parish school and CCD. Few single parents frequent parish functions, nor are they apt to find an organization of unwed mothers and fathers very inviting if a parish were to try that unlikely route. So the Church community will need to go out Turn to Page Fourteen

Johnny Ran Away

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BY ANGELA M. SCHREIBER Outside the wind blew softly through the trees; the sun brought brilliance to the golden church dome; the sound of music touched the senses. Inside the church John and Emily exchanged forever vows and bands of gold. Arm in arm they wa1ked down the wedding aisle, into life, down the path of time, destined to make their personal history together. Like young couples everywhere and in every age, their hopes were high and their expectations of marital bliss great. Th~y looked forward to sharing fun, building a house, and in time, having children. But the road was long and sometimes difficult to travel. It. had moments of shining light and it had moments of deepest 'black. It's brightest moment was the day their son was born. A symbol of their love. And time went on. Gray moments came when little things went wrong - John was late for dinner-Emily was too tired to clean the house. But the gray moments grew and became darker-John stayed at the office late all the time-Emily was busy about finding herselflittle John got on her nerves so she stopped listening to his childish prattle. FinaJ.ly it was pitch black-the day Johnny ran away. Though John and Emily. were young, their ga.it was slow, but they began to reach and struggle to fin~ a light along the way. Once more they went together, this time with tarnished bands of gol~----would they find their Johnny. in the darkness?-or had he gone too far? All .'too .many people are searching for their "Johnny .in the darkness," afraid that he might have gone too far. Pre-Cana Since it's a relatively common problem and proportionately larger today than it was 20 years ago, we are forced to ask "Why"? At least some of the answer lies in a lack of knowledge about what marriage entails. A couple being open to new life and loving one another on their wedding day is not enough. They must also have a background that has prepared them for the real world or they probably won't be able to cope. A"nd being a parent brings built,in responsibility. . A lot of our conditioning for life and what we expect comes through today's dressed-up media and a life preparation for the best in material things. This is not good grounding for parenthood. Teach Responsibility Being a good parent requires emotional stability, common sense, and the ability to communicate. Without these things, the basic requirements are too hard to fulfill. What are these basics? f,irst of all, selflessness enough to love a child, not resent the time he takes. Discipline is a

JOHNNY RAN AWAY: All too many people are searching for their "Johnny in the darkness," afraid that he might have gone too far. An independent looking young·man peers from a bus window in Milwaukee. NC Photo. pari: of healthy growth, but it must be both consistent and kind. And then, there is responsibility. We should give our children more and more responsibil.ity, leading them slowly and patiently until, f.inally, they are able to go' forward without us. Whenever teaching responsibility comes up, I remember Bruce,. ~ mid-western university student. I knew him through all four years of his undergraduate studies. Most of the boys came from upper-middle class families and some from wealthy families. But I had always thought of Bruce as one of the very average ones. His wardrobe was adequate but ordinary, and he spent no more than a reasonable amount of money for recreation. Imagine my surprise when, upon graduation, I met his parents who had arrived by private helicopter. Later that evening, they had an elaborate dinner party for their son.

so we asked Bruce to tell us about it. He said, "When I was a little boy, Mom and Dad insisted tha~ all of us, and there were eight. carry out certain chores. I had to empty the garbage and keep my room clean. Then when I wa'S 15, Dad introduced me to work. So every summer I labored on a construction crew. The money I earned was mine to spend however I wished. But I coul(1 no longer expect my parents to buy my clothes or give me spending money."It didn't seem so 'rough till I came here as a freshman. But it was hard to take when I saw my friends receive $100 weekly checks from home. And I realty thought about those summers ahead -of me clear through colTurn to Page Fourteen

Greatest Gift Bruce's toast to his parents went something like this: "To Mom and Dad who gave me a gift that can't be matched-responsibility. Theirs is a gift, not just for today, but for always." This provocative toast interested everyone--espedally those of us in the role of parenthood;

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Open to Love and Life Continued from Page Thirteen cian." The quality of that mercy will never be so strained as to discourage' the penitent from returning to the sacraments.' On this point there is complete agreement between Paul VI and the bishops of the Catholic world. In his encyclical, Humanae Vitae (Of Human Life), Paul, VI says of those still struggling with the problem: "And if sin should still keep its hold over them, let them not be discour, aged, but rather have recourse with humble perseverance to the mercy of God, which is poured forth in the sacrament of Penance." The American Bishops in their pastoral on Human Life in our Day (1968», without denying the "objective evil of artificial contraception,:' urge "those who have resorted to artificial contraception, pever to lose heart but to continue to take fuB advantage of the strength which comes from the Sacrament of Penance and th~ grace, healing and peace in the Eucharist. May we all be mindful of the invitation of Jesus: 'The man who comes to me I will never' turn away' (In. 6:37)." 'Merciful Physician' The Italian bishops in their own pastoral response regard the encyclical as the "courageous expression of what is the ideal," but they exhort the faithful not to be disheartened because of possible fajlure. "The Church, whose task it is to declare goodness in the totality of its perfection, is not unaware that there are laws of growth in goodness, and that at times one passes through stages stiH imperfect, although with the aim of loyally overcoming them in a constant effort towards the ideal." A "merciful physician" without compromising the Christian ideal will not "quench the burning flax," nor discourage the weak by imposing "insuperable burdens." With the grace of the sacrament hoe will fan the dying spark of "good will" into a flame that wiJ.I lighten the burden, and bring light to those who are confused and troubled in conscience. Openness of the marital embrace to love and life must of

necessity be the ideal of Christian marriflge as a graced covenant of love and fidelity. The ideal is b~sed not so much on the law of 'nature as on the "law of the Go~pel," which illumines nature's law. Not only is this ideal consonant with nature, but the "constant effort towards the ideal" ·has been made possible by the grace of Christ which, as the Council ofi Trent teaches, "perfects natural love ... and sanctifies the hJsband and the wife."

Johnny Ran Away Continued from Page Thirteen lege-haulirg bricks, hammering, coming home tired and dirty. I resented it ,and came to the conclusion that Dad didn't love me. Neither didlMom, or she wouldn't have stood for it. . "But as the year went on, lots of my friends played more and, more and :flunked out. Then I began to realize what he was teaching me. He had made me partially responsible for my education; hel paid the tuition and board, but I certainly couldn't go to school if I had no clothes and the fun I had was up to me too. No, pa:rents couldn't' g,ive a son a better gift!" As the evening progressed, Wi noticed that Bruce and his parentis were often engaged in lively conversation. So, at an opportune moment we told Mr. and Mrs. Thomas that it was so refreshing to see what seemed to be an ideal parent-son relationship. Mr. Thomas said, "You know, we're very fortunate. Our family comjnunication is good, but I'm not sure why, are you, Fran?" His I wife paused a moment, then smiled and said, "Bill, I think it's i'because you and ( never stopped talking to each other. And ~e've always. talked to them, too." That evening has given me' food for thought over the years. Children who have been taught responsibility, have a stable home life, and are loved are apt to turn into' responsible parent's themselves. : These usually aren't the Johnnys who might have gone "too far."

Bishops' Conference S'ecretary Approves Amnesty Statement

WASHINGTON (NC) -- President Gerald R. Ford's declaration that he favors leniency in treating draft evaders and deserters as a way "to bind up the nation's wounds" was hailep as a "welcome sign" and a "constructive step" by Bishop James Rausch, general secretary of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops (NCCB) and the U. S. Catholic Conference (UseC). President Ford's approach seems to be fully supported by the 1971 and 1972 statements of the nation's Catholic Bishops on the topic, Bishop Rausch said. He added, however, that in view of the present national needs and the time that has elapsed since direct American involvement in the Vietnam War, "it may also be that consideration should be given to unconditiona.1 amnesty at least for those who resisted military ser-

vice because of their conscientious convidions." ",President Ford's remarks, which amou~ted to a call for what has often been called "conditional am~esty," came in a speech he delivered to the national conv.erltion of the Veterans of F'oreign Wars (VFW) in ChiI cago. . He said he is convinced that "unconditional blanket amnesty for anyone 'Vho illegally evaded or fled mjlitary service is wrong," But ihe repeated his .belief expressed when he took his presidential oath of office, that there is "a power higher than the people, who commands not only righteousness' but love, not pnly justice but ";Iercy." Of those who have fled Arnerica or gone u!,\derground he said: .... want them to come back home, if they want to work their way bac\{." .'

Explains State Conference Role HERSHEY (NC)....,.Although the Church's mission is spiritual, its "polItical aloofness" should not result in "inaction and disengagement on the part. of (Catholic) citizens ... or failure to participate in the life of the nation," Cardinal John Krol of Philadelphia told the recent meeting of the Pennsylvania Catholic Conference (PCC), held here. The Cardinal, PCC chairman, said that the conference is not "a mere political and lobbying agency" or an unwarranted intrusion of the Church into the affairs of the state." The Church "normally expre,sses itself in positive terms of teaching and exhortation," the cardinal said, but "occasions may arise when the Church must resort to healthy criticism to denounce injustice courageously, with charity." The bishops of Pennsylvania, he said, "organized what is now the Pennsylvania Catholic Conference asan instrument through which citizens who are laity, fai.thful to ecc1esial life, could make their presence felt at the state legislative levels." The cardinal said that the sinGOD'S DAY-CARE CENTER?: The challenge to men today, and particularly to Christiahs today, is to create a gle purpose of state Catholic conferences is '''injecting into our world in which human beings, intluding babies, will be, society the tenets of divine law wanted. )~C Photo. . and will, so that all human life and activity would be harmonized unto 'God's glory." A state Catholic conference Continued from Page Thirteen such communities, we can expect should "give witness to spiritual values in public affairs," he said, to meet with these parents on to fin~ new depths and expreswhile providing an agency for their terms, and under their liv- sions I of. Goa's grace at work corporate Catholic service to the ing circumstances. among hIS people. We can also state-wide community All . . . The objective of such an out- expect to discover from within efforts must be related and subreaching is not to pass judgment, the. eJl:perience of these communor to promote church morals ~ities l~hat ~scen~l'al,~o .the p~r "ordinated to thf;l)lt.imate goal of which have obviously been vio- Ish cobmumty. LIturgical actIOn promoting God's Kingdom."

,The Parish: Godl,'s D~y.Care Center

lated by people who have chil- which I makes tangible <. the dren out of wedlock. The task is moverhent of God's Spirit among Knights of Claver to avoid standing above while his . p~ople. Suc.h action cannot Oppose Abortion suffering with these people as be Im~orted or Imposed. It ~ust SAN ANTONIO (NC)':"- Res· they work the best they can with gr?w Ifrom out of the relatIOn- olutions opposing abortion and what they've got. Sometimes ships .t1eveloped among the peo- . supporting the alleviation of the~r needs are as simple but. as pIe in these communities. drug abuse were approved 'at the baSIC as ho,w .to, select and preDra'fing peop1e out' of these 59th annual convention of the par7 no~nshmg. foods.. Thennatura\1 gatherings in' order to Knights of Peter ClaveI' held agam, ~helr need .IS f~r rehef. . sustain only the parish model 'of here. ConSIder the slt~atlOn, for m- comm+nity tends to make of Headquartered in New Orstance, v.;her 7 you ve worked ~11 these people simply church-goers leans, La., the fraternal order is d~y. You re tIred. Y?U seek qUIet ratheI'I than community builders, one of the oldest black Catholic rest. You face a chIld (or more) part-Hlne members in God's fam- ,laymen's organizations in the demanding.~our ~t,tention. Under i1y. B~t as every faithful person United States. . these c.o.~dltlOns It s .tough to be knows! God is not a part-time The abortion resolution also a sen.slt!ve, responSIve, and re- parentj He has' only full-time declared strong support of the sponslble parent ... even when children. And the local parish is group's previous sta'nd against you have a spouse, much less not Hili day-care center. the deaoth penalty. alone. The Church, community can -.

undermine some of its best intentions by working with only' the par.ish structure as the model for building Christian community. Other gatherings of people su'ch as those found ,in apartment communities need to be developed' with as much dedication o! human concern and mat.erial resources. From within the struggles of

Men's Conference Names Secretary WASHINGTON (NC) - Xa·· verian Brother Thomas More Page has been- named executive secretary of the Conference of Major Superiors of Men, succeeding Father Francis Gokey, who was elected superior general of the Society of St. Edmlund. He is currently serving as executive director of the U. S. Catholic Mission Council in Washington.

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Injustices to Catholics Conveniently Forgotten

Sometimes we get so upset by the way authority is misused in the Catholic Church that we forget that other human institutions are also plagued with the abuse of power. Recent events at the National Council of Churches are an interesting reminder that we have no monopoly on the what the English did to the Irish for a thousand years. As far as arbitrary exercise of power. I can remember, the Anglican Clarie Randall, it may be chur.ch has never expiated for remembered, is the militant supporter of abortion-on-demand whom the Council-in a burst of ecumenical sensitivity-made its

the' million Irish who died in the famines of the I840s. Nor am I holding my breath before they feel any collective guilt over that one. Except Catholics

REV. ANDREW M. GREELEY new general secretary some months ago. Ms. Randall has now dismissed five of her top assistants-all of whom, as the "New York Times" observed, had a number of things in common: they were over sixty, they were white males, and they had served the Council for twenty years. Sacrificial Victims Their jobs were "abolished," but everyone fully expects that new people will be brought in to do the same things they did and that these new people will be young, non-male and' nonwhite. As evidence that this is what will happen, a sixth man whose job was "abolished" was permitted to stay on in another position. It turns out he was black. Tough luck, fellas; you served long and well, but you don't happen' to meet our current quota requirements, so out you go. Of course, you'll get a generous pension. What more should a white Protestant homosexual male expect? A Protestant friend of mine admitted that it was all too bad, and agreed with the nameless Episcopalian quoted by the "Times" that the style was all wrong. But, he observed, women and blacks had been excluded for a long time and some sort of expiation had to be made. Tough, of course, on the sacrificial victims. Collective Guilt One must understand that the confession of guLlt and expiation is an essential of Protestant practice. I remember a meeting where virtuaHy all the Protestants present were confessing guilt and demanding expiation. I asked an Anglican bishop sitting next to me why so much guilt and expiation. Drawing himself up to his full six feet two of silver-thatched dignity, he responded with just a hint of a twinkle in his deep blue eyes, "Young man, obviously you don't understand what it means to be a Protestant." I couldn't help think of the bishop when his church decided to pay "reparations" to James Foreman for what Anglicans did to blacks. I was tempted to call him and ask if they were going to pay reparations to me for

'Protestant guilt, you see, applies 'to everyone except Catholics - Jews, blacks, Chicanos, native Americans. (Indians to you), young people, homosexuals. To all of these reparation must be made. But make reparations to Catholics? Don't be silly; they're lucky we let them in. We were forced to live in slums, discriminated against in employment, compelled to. give up our language, pressured to give up our religion, excluded from the best schools and the highest jobs, even for a long time, the presidency. Our convents and churches were burned. Our schools were denied support. Even today we are absent from the boards of the bi'g corporations, the major foundations, the elite universities. Our schools are still refused aid to which they have a right (and by some of the 11]0st twisted legal opInions in history), and we can't be part of the senior faculty of major universities-unless we disaffiliate from the Church. What's more, we have been blamed for war, racism and' most of the other ills of the sixties, and our neighborhoods and our jobs have been turned over to other groups, more deserving of expiation than we. Catholic Plot If Ms. Randall and her supporters feel any guilt over this kind of past and present discrimination, they don't show路 it. On the contrary, many Protestants respond by suggesting that the Catholic effort to modify the abortion ruling is some sort of secret, evil campaign. Mind you, their efforts to get the ruling were just part of the normal democratic processes.. But our response has to be a dirty Catholic plot. . So if there is serious intent on the Nationa'l Council of Churches to make amends for "the offenses of the past, I would imagine that a church-going Irish (or Italian or Polish) Catholic will be hired for one of the new jobs. Short of that, one will be tempted to conclude that there is more than a touch of hypocrisy about the whole thing, and that the National Council is on its way down the same faddish path toward becoming a' freak show that Union Theological Seminary began to walk a few years ago. They'll make the Curia look like a paragon of efficiency. What the ordinary Protestant churchgoer who picks up the tab might think doesn't matter. National ecc-lesial bureaucracies never pay attention to those who pay the bills.. 漏 1974, Universal Press Synd'c't

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ANNUAL OUTING FOR ST. MARY'S HOME CHILDREN: Residents of the New Bedford Home board the bus for a day's outing in Dartmouth. The affair is sponsored annually by the Richelieu Club and members of the Dartmouth Police Association.

President Called 'Christian Gentleman' WASHINGTON (NC) - Pres,ident Gerald oR, Ford is "an exceptionally thoughtful and considerate Christian gentleman," according toa Catholic priest who has known him personally for 28 years. PreS'ident路 Ford is "the epitome of thoughtfulness," said the pniest, Msgr. Joseph C. Whalen in a telephone interview. He is pastor of St. Joseph's Church in Wright, Mich., and former editor of the Western Michigan Catholic, diocesan newspaper of Grand Rapids, Mich., the president's !lome town. Msgr. Whalen said he considers Ford "an exceptionally competent individual" who, as Congressman, "served everybody, Democl'at and Republican." Ford "doesn't wear Christian'ity on his sleeve, but there is no doubt about his beliefs," the priest said. Msgr. Whalen said that when he served as diocesan resettlement director placing World War

II refugees,' he had extensive dealings with Ford, who was first elected to Congress in 1948. "He gets things done without flourishes," the priest said, and discounted contentJions that the new President lacks intellectual brilliance. "What the New York Times and the Washington Post might consider brilliant, I might not," Msgr. Whalen said. Discussing assertions that Ford has been weak in his support for civil nights, Msgr. Whalen said: "I think, that some of his stands on civil rights were tdlting more toward Republican polo. liey than his own convictions. He is more liberal in person than he could be as House minority leader." In his personal dealings with 'Ford, the priest sa'id, "I never saw one flicker of an anti-civil rights stance. "He is probably no flaming liberal on civil rights, but he will be eminently fa'ir." Msgr. Whalen added that Ford

"is not afraid. to change his mind" and he pointed out that the Grand Rapids area is "extremely conservative," ethnically predominantly Dutch with large Christian Reformed church congregations. "I think that Gerry Ford in Congress felt he had to take a look back and see what the people were feeling."

Pittsburgh Hospital Gets Large Loan PITTSBURGH (NC) - PiUsburgh's Mercy Hospital will soon 'begin 'a far-reaching construction, renovation, and expansion program because of a $7,606,277 federal loan. The announcement of the loan was made by Gorham L. Black Jr., director of the region three of the U. S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. The hospital plans to replace 396 medical/surgical beds and open a new operating suite,

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