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Catholic Schools Picture: Size Stable, Morale High

WASHINGTON (NC)-Catholic 4~6 per cent for Catholic schools education officials around the last year, and last year's national United States find enrollment de- decline was the smallest in seven clines continuing to diminish, or years.

MsgT. Joseph T. O'Keefe, seeven reverse, and morale high among faculty, students and par- cretary of education in the New ents as the new school year York archdiocese, with the fourth largest Catholic school opens.

Many of the off,jcials also said system in the nation, predicted enrollment 'Would be that, although they are deter- that An Anchor 01 the Soul, Sure and Firm-St. Paul mined to seek additional federal "stable." Only one elementary and state aid, they realize that school out of 304 closed this there is little likelihood that year, he said.

Fall River, Mass., Thursday, Sept. 5, 1974 great amounts of government aid Reports from other dioceses PRICE 15c will be given. That realization, tell a similar story. Pittsburgh Vol. 18, No. 36 © 1974 The Anchor $5.00 per year however, has led to greater fi-. expects a smalied decrease than nancial accountabHity and re- last year. Cincinnati, Cleveland sponsibility, they said. and Detroit expect enrollment to The officials a.1so noted 'in- remain level or even rise. Cam· creased efforts to recruit stu- den, N.J., Paterson, N.J., Peoria, dents for kindergartens as a IlL, and Dallas, Tex., all expect means of introducing parents to slight decreases on the elemenCatholic education at an early tary level and slightly higher enrollment on the secondary level. stage in their children's lives.

CASTELGANDOLFO (NC) The Pope called the' unacceptReflecting the tightness of the New Orleans, Atlanta and Pope Paul has cautioned that the able pluralism 'free examination,' educational job market, applicaNatchez-Jackson, Miss. (which term "pluralism" can have two and said it had "'Pulverized the tions for teaching positions in takes in the entire state of Missismeanings when applied to the unity of faith in a countless Catholic schools are up sharply sippi), all report that enrollment Catholic Church, and that only number of useless or arbitrary everywhere. ' will be about the same as last one of them is acceptable. personal opinions."

Msgr. Francis B. Schulte, su- year.

"In its first meaning it is very He said: perintendent of schools in the Sister Mary Ambrosia, acting beautiful," the Pope told a gen"Lt is thus that the Protestant Philadelphia archdiocese, the superintendent of schools in Baleral audience Aug. 28 at his sum- doctrine of free examination, or second largest Catholic school timore, said she expected a rise mer home .here. of the sole authority of the Holy system in the country, reported in enrollments in parochial "It refers to the fruitfulness Spirit as the authentic interpre-' about 194,000 students entering schools for the first time in eight of our Catholic ·doctrine," he ex- ter of the Scriptures, opens the archdiocesan schools this year, a years. plained. way to· radical philosophic- decrease of 7,000 from last ...y ear.

Although the U. S. government "This doctrine preserves a religious subjectivism."

That 3.5 per cent decrease is within the past year ordered fursincere and deep unity of conless than the national average of ther integration of Baltimore's Turn to Page Four tent," he said, yet it has "an enormous wealth of meanings for all tongues, for all periods of history, for every age and level of human life."

"He declared: "This is the plu~iscov'ers ralism of the Catholic Church.

COLUMBUS (NC)--Mary Ann What is this vivacious Cath- earthly part. This ending often To it we can ascribe the stream brings a merciful close to terriof exploration, of personal re- Grimm has spent the past three olic girl's thinking on dea1th? years of her youthful life forging ble pain and suffering, for the "Death to me is the ending of search and of individual expresTurn to Page Five sion which the Church has her own Christian philosophy the physical phase of life, the evoked from mystics, theologians about mankind's deepest and most dread mystsry: death. and even artists."

The philosophy of the pretty, He likened what he called the 25-year-Old nurse was not devel"doctrinal pluralism" of the oped in lecture halls.. Neither Catholic Church to "an orchestra was it built upon the writings in which the plurality of the instruments and their diversity of theologians, philosophers or combine to produce a single, other scholars. .

Mary Ann learned to reckon wonderful harmony." with death by watching it approach children inexorably and seize them pitilessly.

As a nurse in a ward for ter· minally ill youngsters in Columbus Children's Hospital, Mary Ann has witnessed the deaths of between 25' and 30 little boys Arrangements have been final- and girls, all of them victims of ized for the 15th annual confer- blood diseases such as leukemia. ence of. New England Diocesan Face Reality Councils of Catholic Nurses, to "Death is very much part of be held Friday through Sunday, my career," she says.'

Oct. 18 through 20 at the New"And because of my close asport Motor Inn., Newport, R.I., sociation with it, I have been with the Providence Diocesan able -or perhaps I should say Council of Catholic Nurses and I was forced-to develop clear Bishop Louis E. Gelineau hosting thinking on death, and what it the event. means, and why it strikes innoRepresenting the Fall River di- cent children:' ocese at a planning session were The young nurse is convinced Sister Helen, Ruth Hurley, Helen that people intimately associated Shove, Diane Cote, Collotta Rob- with death as part Qf their work inson and Anne Fleming. They cannot afford the luxury of said the conference theme, "Care "jllst refusing to think about it for One Another," will be devel- until it hits home, as most peo· oped by three speakers. pIe do today."

YOUNGSTER'S NURSE: Mary Ann Grimm, a nurse They are Sister Lucile McKil"If you're dealing with death lop, R.S.M., president of Salve on a regular basis, you had bet- in a ward for terminally ill youngsters in Columbus (Ohio) Regina College, Newport; Rev. ter develop. some philosophy Children's Hospital, has witnessed the deaths of between Roger M. Fortin, chaplain and di- about it. That way you can come 25 and 30 boys and girls. Her position, she said, has forced rector of pastoral services at to grips with its reality. Other-' her to develop "clear-thinking on death and what it means Rhode Island Hospital; and Lt. wise you wm never be able to and why it strikes innocent children ..." NC Photo. cope."

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Holy Father Rejects Spurious Pluralism

Philosophy on Death of Children

Young Nurse

-Catholic Nurses Plan Newport Convention

.It Through Experience

publlic schools, Sister Ambrosia said the enrollment increase was not due to the racial issue. "We have a high percentage of black enroIlments," she said, and noted that it is archdiocesan policy not to accept transfers for racial reasons.

The Louisville, Ky., archdiocese is another area where an enrollment increase has coincided with growing concern about integration in the public schools. The first rise in parochial ~lementary enrollment in nine years, from 19,258 to 20,800, is expected and Catholic high schools are expected to enroll 427 more students than last year.

Father Thomas P. Casper, Louisv,iHe archdiocesan superinten· dent of schools, said that the expectation last spring that busing would be used to integrate city and county public schools "has to be a factor," although the busing plan will not take effect now because of a July U.S. Supreme. Court decision. "We tried to make it as small a factor as possible," he said.

The slowing or reversal of the declJne in enroHments in Catholic schools is attributable to several factors, said Archbishop William G. Borders of Baltimore, chairman of the U. S. Catholic Conference's education committee: .

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Ecumenical Meet For R'eligious Educators Preparations are complete .for an ecumenical religious education conference to be held tomorrow and Saturday at Msgr. Thomson Parish Center, St. Francis Xavier Church, Hyannis.

Co-sponsored by Cape Cod re. ligious ~ducation coordinators and priest-directors of CCD programs as weIl as by the Department of Christian Education of the Cape Cod Council of Churches, the two-day meeting . will emphasize personal enrichment of participants for the benefit of the total church community.

Major speakers and their topics will be Dr. Iris Cully, author and lecturer at Union Theological Seminary, New York City, who I will discuss "Change, Confilict and Self-Determination"; Rev. Stephen Doyle, O.F.M., professor at John XXIII Seminary, Weston, Mass., whose topic will be "To Teach As Jesus Did"; and Dr. Emma Lou Benignus of the faculty of Inter-Faith Metropolitan Theological Education, Inc. of Washington, D.C., who will explore the question, "What Do I Have to Celebrate?"

Music for classroom and liturgy plus a guitar workshop wilI be directed by Rev. Andre Patenaude, M.S. of La Salette Shrine, Attleboro.

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WASHINGTON (NC) A and that 'you don't absorb them Continued from Page One prayer group including President communicating. making parents by osmosis is a fall-out of the Gerald Ford, congressmen,' cabaware of the value of Catholic headline.s:" . inet officials, 'and high White Father William Murphy. direc. schools."

House aides met in the White House recently and prayed '''that "From a financ·ial point of view.' tor of the Detroit archdiocesan , of education, said people are taking a more realis- department the President might bring equatic view of the actual cost of that after; "a period of despair" nimity to this country and peace Catholic. education. There is bet- when hope for state aid ended. to the world." support fbr Catholic schools has ter cost-accounting."

Sen. Harold Hughes. (D-Iowa) increased.', delivered a sermon on the "The establishment of boards Par¢ntal A~areness, Psalms. faith in God and governof education and school boards' . "People' who have stuck with ment. according to a White forming policy and assuming ·re- Catholic schools have reallystucl< House official who attended the sponsibii,ity has involved the with them'," Father Murphy said. prayer meeting. laity more deeply in Catholic ed- "The level: &f'support is astound,Ford was a member of the ucation." ing." . prayer group during his years in "Continued difficulties in tile The trend toward recruiting the House of Representatives public school system. the ten- students for Catholic students FR. PAUL ROTONDI, O.F.M. FR. ALBIN FUSCO, O.F.M•. !lind has' gone to Capitol Hill to sions involved. discipl,ine prob- was widely ·noted. "You have to I,Ittend at least one of its sessions lems" are factors. The element of sell your, product." said Msgr. since he became President. flight from social integration in William Daly, Newli'rk archdiocHughes, who is giving up his public schools, he said. "is there, esan superintendent of schools.

Senate seat to devote his full 'but not dominant." He noted "We stopp~d selling if for a time.

Ne~ time to a Christian mission. dethat no Catholic school system We have t6 let parents know we clined to comment on any aspect Two Franciscan Friars will Semiinary, Olean, N.Y. will accept those seeking to have what they want." of tbe service. saying that "they Th;e new New Bedford pastor journey from New York this next avoid integration, but that motiThe St. Louis archdiocese has vations are often diWcult to a program! called First Things week and assume the pastorates has had 13 years of previous are conducted in an atmosphere assess.

First said', Father John J. Lei- .. of two diocesan parishes. Both mini~terial experience at two of confidence."

Improvement in CatJ:tolic bricht, superintendent of schools. priests were nominated to their parishes in the Archdiocese of schools. especially _in religious "U's a recr~iting program to get posts by Very Rev. John-Marie Torohto, and in Troy. N.Y. as a education. and a "deeper under- parents . to understand what :Cassese. O.F.M., Minister Pro- prisor chaplain. He was also instanding of reHgious fOl'mation."- Catholic' schools are about and vincial of the Franciscan Fathers strucfor in Columbus High of tbe Province of the Immacu- Scho<ill. Boston.

Msgr. William N. Novicky. to en~oll 'Ipupils in the first late Conception whose headquar-. Hi~ most recent assign'~ent S.t.

Louis .Cathol.ic grade."

Cleveland diocesan superintenters is in New York City. was kn associate pastor.·of Mt. dent of education. attributed the . schools will open 12 to 15 kinFather Paul Rotondi. O.F.M. Carmbl Parish.' MOUllt Vernon, dergartens this year to bring the change to the acceptance by will become pastor of St. Louis N.Y. Catholic parents of tuition as a total in th¢ archdiocese to 60.

Parish, Fall River. on Wednesday.

The Franciscan Friars of the fact of life. "We formerly did he said.

Sept. 11. On the same day, Father Provi~ce of the Immaculate ConThe kindergarten trend is . not have tuition," he said. .A'ibin Fusco. O.F.M. will assume ceptio1r carryon a wide range of "When we iniNated it four years widespread. '.cleveland will open . the pastorate of St. Kilian Parish. Churcr-, ministries. in the New 16 new kirldergartens, bringing ago. there was' shock at first.

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Englamd States and in New York, People are now accustomed to its total to: 67. Pittsburgh will HYANNIS 775·0684 Father Rotondi Pennsylvania and West Virginia.

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Balopen it.": South Yarmouth 398,.2201 The\Brothers and Sisters of the The new pastor of St. Louis Msgr. Novicky also cited the timore will' open six. for a total Harwich Port 432-0593 .

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Fall River. was born in Province also labor in Canada "growing disenchantment with of 32. Camd~n will cpen nine for Jersey City.. N.J. where he re- and rltaintain missions in the . public education" and added: a total of 2Z. ceived his early education. He is' Centdll American republics' :of Establishi~g kinderg'artens af.. - .

"The situation in the country is so alarming that people are turn- fects enrollment. over the long the son of Michael and the late EI.. S~I.vaaor. Guate!l'!~la, and ". ing back to the necessity of term. Msgr. I, Novicky of Cleve- Concellta Rotondi; his father Honduras. . stnmg moral and reHgious train- land. said. i"Psychologically, if still resides in Jersey City. they begin i.n the system, they. ing....

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Voting INC. New York's Msgr. O'Keefe don't want to change."

1956 by ,the late. Bishop James The asting of the ballot i~ the Funeral Sen(ke No Catholic education of,ficial A. Griffiths. D.D.. Auxiliary . suprem1e a~t of citizenship. Bal. said: "The realization that moral and spiritual values 'are needed expressed gr~at optimism about Bishop of New York. after lot in J1and. the citizen is a sovEdward F. Carney the possibility of more govern- completing his philosophical and ereign and' with his fellow549 County Street ment aid. "Everybody's. realistic theological studies at· St. Francis citizens _ he decides the destiny New Bedford 999·6222 r Necrology a:bout aid.... '. said New York's Seraphic Seminary. Andover, of the lRepublic.

Serving the area since 1921 Msgr. O'Ke~fe. "There is no' Mass., St.. Anthony Seminar;.'.

SEPT. 13 .-A.rchl,)iShO P Ireland -Rev. Charles A. J. Donovan, longer any hope for a massive Catskill. N.Y. and Mount A'ivar1949. P.astor. IJrimaculate Con- infusion of funds." nia Seminary, Wappingers Falls. ~=:::=================~ N.Y. ~ Morale Good ception. North Easton He received his Master's dle· Archbishop, Borders said: "I SEPT. 15 think there ate still some possi- gree in English from Fordham Rev. Henry J. Mussely, 1934. hilities of state and federal aid. University in New York.

Pastor. St. John Baptist. Fall The new Fall River pastor has ~uxiliary se~vices (transportaRiver spent most of his 18-year priestly tIOn. textbooks, educational maRev. Brendan McNally, S.J., terials) will be broadened much· ministry as a seminary professor.

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Holy Cross College. more." The' archbishop said that novice master and spiritual diWorcester. Mass. government f¥nding for tuition rector, and has served recently as Rev. John J. Casey. 1969-. Pasis not possibl,e as long as the an official' of the Franciscan tor; Immaculate Conception.' present mem!:>ers of the Supreme Province. His most· recent pasNorth Easton toral assignment was at St. AnCourt continue in office. thonyof ·Padua Parish, Troy. N.Y. Dr. Edward\ R. D'Alessio, diSEPT. 16' Father Fusco Rt. Rev. Jean A. Prevost, P.A.. rector of the O. S. Catholic ConEnvironmental concern is The new pastor of St. Kilian P.R., 1925. Pastor, Notre Dame, ference Divisi~>n of Elementary and Secondary 'Educa'tion, em- ParisI), New Bedford. Rev. Albin PEOPLE HELPING PEOPLE Fall River phasized that i "what the Su- Fusco. O.F.M., is a 'native of SEPT. 17 preme Court has said has not in Schenectady, N.Y.• where he re..

Rev. Thomas F. McNulty. 1954. any way cut off any existing fed- . ceived his early education. He is Pastor, St. Kilian. New Bedford eral aid prograjns." the son of the late Pasquale and ."Each school should' take a Albina Fusce; his mother still reSERVING ALL FAITHS SEPT. 18 Rev. Luke Golla. SS.CC.• 1945. serious look at existing federal sides in S'chenectady. _ Before entering the Franciscan Seminary of Sacred Heart. Ware- programs and e~plore its eligibility for participation in those Community. he worked in adminWARING-ASHTON ham . istrative positions withe General Rt. Rev. Edmund J. Ward. programs," D'Alessio said.

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1964, St. Patrick, Fall River Catholic school ',community. oWFather Albin was ordained in Serving All F.aiths· SEPT. 19 Regardless ot Financial Circumstances . cials. teachers land parents. to 1961 by the Most Rev. BernarFor Over 102 Years Rev. ijenry E. S. Hennis. 1859, . keep the school going. with or dine Mazzarella, O.F.M., Bishop Pastor, St. Mary, New Bedford without more government aid. of Comayagua. Honduras, after CITY LOCATION SUBURBAN LOCATION was repeatedly: expressed. completing philosophical and the_,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,",,1"""""""''''''''''''''''''''''11I"."."""11"""'......".,...__ 178 Winter Street .

189 Gardners Neck Road I Between Cherry & Locust Sts. North of Rt.·6 Intersection ·Father H. Rob,ert Clark. super- ological studies at St. Francis THE ANCHOR FALL RIVER SWANSEA intendent of the. Chicago archdi- Seraphic Seminary, Andover, Second Class Postage Paid at i'~11 River.

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NCD Conference Now Postponed Three Months WASHINGTON (NC) - The second of three national consultations for the National Catechetical Directory (NCD) has been delayed three months.

A letter to consultation coordinators said that the second consultation will last from January 1975, as originally planned.

When the directory is eventually published by the U.S. bishops with Vatican approval, it will serve as the basic guide for religious education at all levels in this country. In the meantime the process of developing the NCD involves the largest-scale consultation of U.S. Catholics in history.

Msgr. Paradis told NC News that the decision to delay the second round of ,consultation was made at a joint meeting in mid-August of the NCD committee and the U.S. bishops' policy and review committee.

He said there were two reasons for the delay. A number of revisions are still needed before the first full draft is in final form for publication, he said, and the committees agreed that the second consultation will be more effective if it does not coincide with the Christmas and Thanksgiving holidays.

Catholic Groups To Make Plans For Bicentennial WASHINGTON (NC) - Representatives from more than 50 Catholic groups will meet here Sept. 20-21 to help plan the 197576 consultation on liberty and justice for the Catholic observance of the 200th birthday of the United States.

The justice subcommittee of the U.S. bishops' bicentennial committee is calling the group together. Chairman of the subcommittee is Archbishop Joseph L. Bernardin of Cincinnati.

Francis J. Butler, executive director of the committee and organizer of the meeting, told NC News that the chief purpose of the meeting is "to seek the advice and help of the groups in preparing for our consultation on liberty and justice."

Major Conference The consultation will extend into every segment of American Catholicism and last almost two years. It will culminate in a major national conference on liberty and justice, tentatively scheduled for October 1976 in Detroit.

The size of groups to be represented at the meeting here will range from the Knights of Columbus to the Catholic Committee of Appalachia. They will include almost every major national Catholic organization or association, as well as small groups such as the Hungarian Priests' Conference.

Butler said participants at the meeting will also discuss with the bishops' bicentennial committee "how their organizations can help in the implementation of the bicentennial group." In addition, he said, they will break into smaller workshop groups to discuss where the worst problem areas of liberty and justice exist on the various levels of society today.

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Diocesan Priests List Results Of Elections The Priests' Senate has completed diocesan-wide elections of members for the Clergy Personnel Board and the Senate of Priests.

Reverends ,Francis B. Connors, Thomas C. Lopes, and Walter A. Sullivan have been elected to serve on the Personnel Board for two years.

The following priests have been elected by the clergy-atlarge to serve on the Priests' Senate through September, 1976: Reverends Marcel H. Bouchard, Philip A. Davignon, John 'P. Driscoll, John R. Foister, Dan路 iel L. Freitas, George E. Harrison, Robert S. Kaszynski, Michel G. Methot, Cornelius J. O'Neill, Thomas L. Rita, Leo T. Sullivan, Ronald A. Tosti.

'Priests presently on the Senate PREPARE FOR DEDICATION: Mrs. Cecelia Weaver, chairman of the parish liturgy through Se~tember, 1975 are: committee; Rev. Leo T. Sullivan, pastor, who will be honored at the dedication; Mrs. Reverends Walter J. Buckley, Robert J. Carter, George W. .

June D. Medeiros, organist.

Coleman, Edward E. Correia, Thomas F. Daley, John F. Hogan, James F. Lyons, John V. Magnani, John J. Murphy, John J. Steakem, Walter A. Sullivan, with cantor and choir at the litOn Sunday evening, Sept. 8, evening.

William D. Thomson. the new pipe organ at Holy The new organ, composed of urgy. A commentary will accomDue to the Diocesan Retreat Name Church, New Bedford, 25 stops, was installed in the pany this section. Music of Bach, Schedule the first meeting of the will be dedicated to the pastor church during the summer .Brahm, Peloquin, Haydn, and 1974-1975 Session of the Senate Vaughan Williams will be includof Holy Name, Rev. Leo T. Sui- month3. The organ was made of Priests will take place on the .'livan, for his 22 years of loving possible through the efforts of ed in the dedicatory program.

During the intermission new third Friday of the month, Sepservice to the parish. David R. the 121 club of the parish.

The program wHI open with a vestments and sacred veils wiU tember 20th, at 11 :00 a.m. at Carrier, organist and choirmaster at St. Mary's Cathedral, will be procession of clergy and choir be on display for parishioners the Catholic Memorial Home in Fall River. recitalist with the Diocesan to the loft for the Blessing of and friends to view.

Following the Dedicatory ConChorale under 'tne d'irection of the new instrument, followed by Rev. Wiiliam G. Campbell assist- the singing of Psalm 150 by Cae- cert there will be a reception ing. A brass ensemble will aug, sar Franck. There will be a sec- in the Education center. The genment the organ路 and chorale' pro- tionof the program which will eral public is invited to attend gram which begins at 7:30 in the demonstrate the use of the organ the concert.

WASHINGTON (NC) - President Gerald R. Ford has signed into law a $25 billion aid to education bill that has been called "First, we consider the text," PEORIA (NC) - Hymns being Father Collins said that the "truly monumental" by a U. S. se)ected for a new national hym- he explained. "It is important hymns finally selected will be Catholic Conference (USCC) ednal must "reflect good English, that the music we use on liturgy printed and mailed to delegates education official.

In 11 ceremony at offices of the sound theology and contempora- should reflect sound contempo- before the .meeting of the Fedry spirituality, and they must be rary theology and spirituality. eration' of Diocesan Liturgical Department of Health, Educa' singable," said the executive di- Many of the hymns are out of Commissions in Spokane, Wash., tion and Welfare, the President rector of a national committte the 19th century and raflect a Oct. 13~17, "so they'll have some- signed H.R. 69, the Education Amendments of 1974, which exspirituality no longer viable to- thing to react to." now assembling the hymnal. tends and amends the 1965 ElThe committee director, Father day. They tend, to be sugary, "It is very difficult," he said, Patrick Collins, former chairman emotional. "to compile between the covers ementary and Secondary Educa"We'll try to eliminate hymns of one book music of sufficent tion Act. The 1965 act has proof the Peoria diocesan Commission on Sacred Music, said litur- like that, but since we can't diverse styles to satisfy the var- vided substantial aid to nonpubgical music must be measured throw out all the hymns the peo- ied needs of the people of this lic schools sioce its enactment. ple know, the task is to rephrase country. What may be sacred The new measure was praised by three norms: some of the lines and spruce up to one may be secular to anoth- after its passage of Congress by Is it good music? the text." er, and what may be secular to Dr. Edward R. D'Alessio, director Does it fit the litrugy? one, may be transcendental to of the USCC Division of ElemenIs it actually suitable for the tary and Secondary Education. another." people who are gathered to worThe Second Vatican Council, The new law includes a proship at this time and place? ,he said, encouraged all forms hibition against busing past the The National Federation Diof art that might be useful in school nearest a child's home ocesan Liturgical Commissions, ANACONDA (NC) - Closing liturgy, and this created a loop- unless a court finds it necessary composed of, delegate!l from all the Catholic school system in hole for music, once considered to protect the constitutional dioceses of the United States, this Montana city will cost the exclusively secular. r.ights of minority children. has called for the national hym- taxpayers $26 for every $1,000 nal, said Father Collins. of property valuation, according His consultors include Father to Deer LDdge County commisClarence Rivers of Cincinnati; sioner.

Joseph Wise of Louisville; Eu- . Most of the increase was necColor Process Year Books gene Walsh of the Catholic Uni- essary to payoff the $479,000 versity in Washington, D.C., purchase price of St. Joseph's Booklets Brochures Robert Twynhan, director of mu- grade school, which was bought sic at the catr..edral in Baltimore; for conversion into a public and James Hansen, cantor at the school.

National Shrine of the ImmacuThe Catholic school system late Conception in Washington, was closed here because of rising D.C. costs.

OFF SET - PRINTERS - LETTERPRESS Father Collins said his 30In 1970, the Montana Supreme member committee is selecting Court ruled county authorities 1-17 COFFIN AVENUE Phone 997-9421 hymns and psalms from the best could not use tax money to pay New Bedford, Mass. hymnals and service books in salaries for teachers in the Caththe English language. olic school system.

Parish to Honor New Bedford Pastor

President Signs School Aid Bill

Criteria For New Hymnal Explained

Schools Closi'ng To Raise Taxes

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There are various :ways of view~ng the Labor Day weekend.

Some look on it as the end of Sunmmer and the 1?eginning of the Fall. It is considered the wrap-up of vacation time and the signal to. begin the' long ',stretch of Fall and Winter and Spring. It is the beginning of school and the buckling down to a schedule for those who have been relatively carefree over the)ast few mqnths.

It is an ending and a beginning.

But each period of time, indeed, each day, is much the same..

I Each day can be looked upon as tioth an ending and a beginning. It is either the continuatioq of what has gone before-with the same ways, the same Ipatterns, the same living of a life-or else it can be taken as a new beginning, i the first day of a new kind of life.

People are usually encouraged, by a~ new beginning. If they can view each day in this way therel can be new enthusiasm built into every dawn. They can get up in the morning intending to make each day special, something new, a break from what may have discouraged them ~esterday. The very. process of dedicating each day to God with the intent on living up to one's state in life this day" lean begin the day on an encouraging note. Whatever failure, difficulties, problems that may have been building up, today is a new day and by being offered to God it cannot: be wasted, even though the problems ancj difficulties will~ not automatically ' solve themselves.

There is a postel' which proclaims, "rroday is the very first day of the rest of your life." If is that, true enough. But today is also today-the only day given '~ one by God-the only opportunity at hand here and now to do one's present work well and to fulfill one's ultimate destiny, the salvation of one's soul. ':',

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,Bishop William Stang Fourth Degree Assembly, will hold its Installation of Officers on Satur",lay evening, Sept. 7, at Steven· son's Restaurant in No. Dart· mouth at 6 p.m.

Following the installation there will be a dinner served family style fOllowed by dancing until midnight. Tickets are available at $7.50 each from any officer of the assembly.

State Master Dominic Restaino and his installation team, from Boston will install the following officers: Faithful Navigator Gilbert C. Amarelo; Faithful Cap t a i n.

Charles J. Cullen; Faithful Pilot Souza; Faithful Joseph M. Scribe Richard Petit; Fatthful Comptroller Dominick J. ~Max­ well, Jr.; Faithful Purser Charles B. Ney; Inside Sentinel Manuel Freitas Jr.; Faithful Admiral Jo• seph Almas; Trljstee John P. Moniz; Outside Sentinel Frank P. George.

The Supreme Knight, Dr. John W. McDevitt will be honored by the Massachusetts Committee of Catholics, Protestants and Jews at a dinner at the Statler Hilton Hotel in Boston on Thursday, . Oct. 24.

Dr. McDevitt will be cited for his contribution to the cause of Human Brotherhood and for his devotion to furthering the American Way of Life.

Councils are requested to forward news items

to Frank P. George. 3 Halidon Terrace, NewThere has undoubtedly been mud} preparation for port, R,I. 02840 school, whether it be grade school or seqondary school or NEPLES (NC)-A 58-year-old discussion and study of a 45Frenehman, Father Vincent de page document proposing ·varithe higher reaches of educational levels. ·,·Ed.uc.ators. Meet.

The same seriousness must go into religious education Couesnongle, has been elected ous .moderations in the, order's Continued from Page One the new master general of the rule. The document touches on as well.

Dominicans, succeeding Father almost every aspect of the life pousal Center, Waltham; and a Parishes take religion seriously. Programs for various Aniceto Fernandez of Spain. of the Dominican order, includ- highlight of the conference will levels .have ben planned and are about to gb into action. But Faljher de Couesnongle was ing' liturgy, cultural activities, bea closing para liturgical celepriests and Sisters and Brothers and te~chers know one elected by 170 Dominicans tak- third order vocations and 'means bration directed by the Guild Players of Cape Cod and based thing-little can be' accomplished unless and until parents ' ing part in the order's general of communication.

At a pr~ss conference' held on the Old Testament books of which is being held at , understand what religi.on programs are all about. The first chapter, the Dominican sanctuary of Our Aug. 27 at the sanctuary, Father Esdras and Nehemiah, "the cate· teacher still remains the parent. He and sh~ remain the first Lady of the Arch.

Benedetto Fulgione. editor of the chists of the Old Testament." teachers in matters religious. The role of the religious educaThe Dominicans taking part in Dominican magazine "II Segno," Further information on the tors and the programs they establish is to as~ist parents to ful- the general chapter represent the recalled that the Dominican order program is available from Sister fill what is their vocati.on role, th~ir primary r-esponsibility. more than 8,000 members of the was founded to defend the faith Alice O'Brien, O.L.V.M., teleand combat heresy and error. Alin 30 countries. phone 394-0709, or from Sister , This is the way parents must view parish religious order Father de Couesnongle, who though modern times may re- Ma~ia Laurert, M.S.B.T. 432-3843.

Iprograms. 'became the 83rd successor of the quire new. approaches to these Most parents would be understandaQly frightened if order's founder, St. Dominic, was problems, he said, the Dominican confronted with the task ,of teaching relig~on to their chil- born in 1916 at Quimper, France. order will be ever ready to de- Holy Father He entered the order at the fend the unity of the faith. dren. And yet, they are teaching religion i'p every attitude Continued from Page One age of 19 and was ordained in they project, in the words they say and do not say, in the "From the unifying and well 1946. He took degrees in philos. knpwn multi-symphony of Penactions of their lives, in their reactions to people and situ- ophy and theology and was a Catholic Nurses tecost we would be retreating ations around them. They are, indeed, the ,'irst of teachers professor of theology until asContinued from Page One ,in religion. But this must be fortified, inust be strengthened, signed to the order's headquar- Cmdr. Ju~'e Blank, U.S.N., New- into a confusion of tongues."

Warning against such an intermust be implemented in greater degree by sqme sort of more ters in Rome to serve as an as- port Naval Hospital. pretation of pluralism, Pope Paul formal programs. And here is where the pa~sh steps in and sistant to the general for the New England Bishops asked: French-speaking provinces of the tries to offer to parents and to their children the reasons for order.

Rev. Joseph L. Lennon, O.P., "What ecumenism can thus be vice-president in charge of comthe faith that is in them, the more structtired answers 0 built?

What unity of the Church In addition to electing a new questions, the opportunities to investigate'w~at one believes, general, the general chapter is mu'nity affairs at Providence Col- can be brought about without lege, wiN speak at ,a banquet unity of the faith?" to discuss its living with others, to look into ~he implications devoting much of its time to Saturday 'night and the Bishops The Pope concluded: and ramifications of being a follower of Jes\ls Christ. of New England have been invit-

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CASTELGANDOLFO (NC) Pope Paul VI warmly welcomed members of the Stamford, Conn., High School chorus and orchestra to Italy when he greeted them from the 'balcony of his summer residence here Aug. 25. ':We extend a warm greeting to the members of the orchestra and chorus of the Stamford High School," said Pope Paul.

"It gives us great pleasure to welcome these young musicians from the United States of America,"

ed to concelebrate a closing Mass on Sunday, at which Bishop Gelineau will be homilist.

Room re~ervations for the conference may' be made directly with the 'Newport Motor Inn, Middletown, R.t Early registrations are being accepted by Anne V. Fleming, 29C ROiling· Green Dr. ,Fall River, telephone 672-7085.

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Philosophy on Death of Children Continued from Page One patient and for those who suffer with him. But more important is my knowledge that death is the· spiritual beginning of an eternal' life with Christ."

Life with Christ Mary Ann emphasizes that s"'e is al))e to arrive at these conclusions "only because my cv;,(;epc of death is shaped in the context of my religious con· victions, which tell me that there is a life hereafter with Christ."

The young nurse cautions against "just grabbing any con· cept 'of death and its meaning that comes along."

She ur.ges instead: "Your can· cept of death must be your own.

It must be internalized. I mean it must be living deep wit~in you in the form of genuine conviclions and beliefs."

Despite her present tranquility toward death, Mary Ann is quick to admit that she experienced agonizing and frightening moments in her search for its meaning. , Initial Fears When she first arrived at the, hospital after her graduation from St. John's College in Cleve· land, she used to contrive all sorts of excuses to avoid being alone for any length of time in the room of a child whose time was running out. "r was afraid the child might die while I was in the room alone and I would go to pieces," she confesses.

"I didn't feel I could handle it psychologically and emotionally."

Then he took a comb from his jacket pocket and ran it through the matted hair on the head of his dead daughter.

"He needed to do both of those things," Mary Ann explained. "Call it reflex action or nervous reaction to crisis if you will. But they were important things for him and he did them at a very important moment in his life. It was a very genuine moment.

"I was proud, I guess, that at such a moment one of these actions was, directed at me-the hugging thank you. It was then that the pieces began to fall into place for me and I suddenly realized that I had given of myself and that my giving had helped someone. I also realized that this child had added new meaning to my life through her death."

As one after another of her little patients came into and slipped out of her life, Mary Ann said, she began to comprehend what her religious training as a child had given her.

"I am only an average Catholic when it comes to practicing my faith," she said.

"I make this point, so you will understand that you don't have to be a saint to deal with death as a beginning of life."

Reactions In her work ,she has seen various reactions to impending death which generally follow the five steps outlined in recent

studies as denial, anger, bargaining. depression and, finally, ac· ceptance. ",I see all those reactions,but H~r.~ i,~_!1o~ .Cl:. !.!~i,que problem I don~t 'see them in the children. among 'new hospit.al·staffers. The 'They are: to'o young "to realiz"e administration waited about what death is. I see these reacthree months before assigning tions among the parents of the Mary Ann to care for a child doomed children and their who was expected to die within brothers and sisters and other hours. relatives and friends."

Mary Ann said the child, Mary Ann describes the death bloodlessly pale, "just sort of of children as "especially' beauslipped quietly into death, as tiful." How? though she had gone into a deep "Even more than adults, they sleep. don't die for themselves but for Comfort to Parents those around them. They die for "Then" rl'lUch to my amaze· their families, for their doctors, ment, I found I was able to give for their nurses, and for all the some comfort to the mother and people who care about them. father, through little things I said They die so that their deaths to them and little things I did can help those they leave behind. for them and their little girl."

Their deaths should have real Still reflecting on that critical meaning for the survivors." interval in her life - her eyes now misty as she fumbled nero vously with a cushion on' the College President divan in her apartment - Mary To Resign Post Ann spoke of two other minor NEW YO~K (NC)-Christian events that took place in the Brother Gregory Nugent, Manroom that day after Janie had hattan College's president, has died. announced his intention to resign She said the father stepped to his post by the end of the 1974her side, hugged her and whis- 1975 academi.c year. pered "Thank you. We thank Brother Gregory said that a you." search and screening subcommittee of the board of trustees, working with representatives of School Graduates the college community's various constituencies-alumni, faculty, Peasant Students LA VEGA' (NC) - The Jesuit· students, administrators - will run Santa Maria radio school make recommendations to the here in the Dominican Republic board's nominating committee. has graduated 4,749 peasants aft· That group would then report its er completion of the require· own recommendations to the full ments for primary and intermedi. board of trustees. ate education diplomas. ' Brother Gregory, who attended , This is the third annual gradu- Manhattan briefly before entering ation ceremony for students of the Brothers of the Christian Radio Santa Maria, which be· Schools, lias been professionally longs to the diocese of La Vega associated with Manhattan for and serves peasants and poor some 28 years, joining the fac· farm workers of the large Cibao ulty in 1946 as an assistant proregion. About 15.000 students fessor of German. He was named have already com-,Ieted educa- dean of arts and sciences in 1952, tion courses through the radio's academic vice-president in 1959, and president in 1962. ' programs.

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Legion of Mary members, famHies and friends will hold their annual summer outing from 11 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. this Sunday at Our Lady of Fatima Shrine on Route 126, Holliston. The event is open to the public.

The program will begin with Mass celebrated in the shrine's outdoor chapel, followed by lunch on the ,grounds. Those at.tending are asked to bring their own· lunches and beverages.

Free time to tour the shrine will precede recitation of the rosary and Legion prayers, scheduled for 2 P.M. Also on the agenda will be a slide 'lecture presented by Russell Pond, who will show and comment on scenes of the. 1I0ly Land, Rome and the site of:-apparitions of the Sacred Heart to St. Margaret Mary Alocoque at Paray-Ie-Monial, France.

Diocesan director for the Legion of Mary is Msgr. Thomas J. Harrington, also diocesan cooncellar.

By Joseph and Marilyn Ro~erick

Another season of television will sportly be upon us and from our ratber blase standpoint it will probably be a dud. For the younger children it is a :,new and exciting experience. Jason, especially, 'is just at ~he age when tele' vision is the most important ingredient in his day; it the word is bn everyone's lips, in everyone's mind and sadly also makes his dreams a'reality a part of everyone's budget. Ev. (how else could he be' the ery cloud has a silver lining (or Six Million Dollar Man?). I remember waiting with bated breath' back in the forties for Tom M~ and the Lone Ranger on radio, while the highlight of Sunday afternoons was The Shadow.

Last year the CBS Radio Net· work attempted to revive radio drama with nightly one-hour performances by some of the best known stars. I listened to a number of mysteries at 10 o'<:Iock at night in the hope that I could regain the fun of ,listening instead of watching, but I have to admit that they were rather dreary and failed to hold my attention. The old magic was gone.

1V Relaxes , .So now we have Mash and' All in the Family and Good Times for comedy, a sprinkling of musicals, loads of e~elIent sports coverage, and a great amount of killing and shooting. The latter causes a flurry of alarm from time to time but is still the subject which fascinates the kids.

There Is no talking to Jason when the action gets at its worst and ,the bodies are falling in every direction. Frankly, I can't get too alarmed by TV violence, although I have to admit that I am not overwhelmingly happy about a .great deal of it.

There has been a great deal written about the impact of television on our children and upon us as adults and I am unable to evaluate most of it. However, I do feel that for a great many people TV serves the very useful purp{)se of letting them relax from their burdens. The level of entelltainment may be uneven, but for better or wose it is with us and Jason is perched in front of it waiting for the moment when the Six Million Dollar.Man runs 60 miles an hour to capture a runaway horse.

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Rectory Housekeeper Remembers Church ANTIOCH (NC) - A former rectory housekeeper for 18 years at Holy Rosary church here bequeathed her house to the parish.

Its sale netted the parish more than $17,000 for payment on the church debt.

The donor was the late Rose Leal who retired in 1956. On her retirement, she bought a small house nea'r the church so that she could attend Mass daJly. "A car,eer as a housekeeper is hardly a road to riches," said Father Thomas D. Raftery, Holy Rosary pastor, in. a letter .to Bishop Floyd L. Begin of the Oakland, Calif., diocese.

"We can safely assume that the bulk of Ms. Leal's worldly goods went back to the church she had already served for so long," the priest said. .'

so they say) and Df there is one to this particular time in history it's that peQple are being drawn closer together by a common problem, survival.

Suddenly' as you walk down the supermarket aisle you find yourself commenting to the mOan or woman t:lext to you on the latest price I rise as you shake your heads ,in shocked accord.

People who used to sweep in and out of the tnarket with nary a word to anyhne 'but the checker are willing fu discuss the latest price of sugar with anyone in earshot. While the latest shopping trip is certainly a journey in frustr,ation, 'it's getting a lot more friendl~ than it used to be I

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Such questions are asked as "Why should the market be changing the: price every other day when ini~ially they only paid the first price to the whole saler?" (A g{)od question indeed) or the frightehing one of "Where is this going ~o end?"

'Psychiatris~s agree that "talking things ,out" has 'alwliYs helped and this new experience of eX'Changjng complaints at the market certainly proves this. Not that the prices are going to be any lower \Vhen one hits the checkout couqter, but at least by that time youlTealizE! that you're not alone in i the battle of the dollar and as the old saying goes, Misery loves Icompany.

Now that .we're all trying to find a 'thousand and one ways to use ,the cheapest cuts of meat, hamburg has got to be high on our buying li,st. Meryl spotted the picture of, the following recipe on ani illustrated recipe card and bec~use she's an avid hamburg fan $he couldn't resist trying it. The iresults were even accepted by the family. . Giant Burger I 1 Yz pounds ground beef 1 Yz teaspoons salt 1 (3 ounce)' package cream cheese, softene~ 1 Ta!blespoon prepared mus-, tard , 1 Tablespo,on horseradish, drained 1 can onion Irings 1) Mix the rheat and salt and divide in half. Pat one half even· Iy in an ungrea'sed 8 in pin pan.

Mix cream cheese, mustard and horseradish; sp~ead over meat in pan. Shape reI¥ining meat into an 8 inch circle and place on top of the cheese mixture; pinch edges together ,to seal. .

2) Bake 45 'minutes for medium, 55 for well done. Remove meat to large serving! platter and gar-, nish with onion, rings. To serve, cut meat into wedges.

(For a perky topping, I'd top this with a can ',of tomato sauce while it's in the oven, but it's good without.) :'

WOMAN'S PROCLAMATION: Charlene Ventura of Catholic Women for the Equal Rights Amendment, Cincinnati, reads The Women's Proclamation before posting it on the door of 51. Peter in Chains Cathedral August 26.

Wome:n's IEqual·ity D,ay /Proclamation Comme~orates Anniversary Of Womens Suffrage in U.S. "That i: I believe, the termiCatholic women in New York and Cincinnati marked Women's nology used by the Church when Rights pay, Aug. 26, by posting condemning a heresy. It may be proclamations supporting the an excessively free translation to Equal Rights Amendmen~ (ERA) say it means, 'To hell with it'."

The demonstration by' the on the doors of two cathedrals.

In New York, nine women Catholic Women for the ERA dressed as female saints posted outside Cincinnati's St. Peter 'in the Vvomen's Proclamation on . Chains cathedral fueled sharp tile omate bronze doors of St. .comments from bystanders.

Patricl{'s cathedral.

"These women ought to be put The proclamation, written in the form of a resolution, called off the church grounds," said upon the nation's bishops, the Jeanette Clooney, a housewife.

National Council of Catholic "Our Blessed Virgin wasn't out Laity, and the Catholic commu- fighting for equal 'rights."

Women's Rights Day this year nity "t large to support the Equal Rights Amendment, which was held on the 54th anniversary has been approved by 33 of the of female suffrage in the United 38 states needed to make it ef- States. fective, The posting of the proclama·tion was sponsored by the Cath· olic Women for the ERA. . Also demonstrating outside St. Patrick's cathedral and St. Thomas' Episcopal cathedral were women of St. Joan's Alliance, ~hich was founded in 1911 to fight for women's suffra,ge and is now devoted to achieving equality for women in law, society and the Church.

They chose Women's Rights Day to ;,>ro.test the declaration by the Episcopal bishops that the recent ordination of 11 women to the Episcopal priesthood was invalid.

Some of the women' wore'but· tons stating, "Sexism is a heresy -Anathema si.t."

When asked ahout the meaning of the Latin words, Ms. Fran'ces Lee McGillicudy, a spokes· person for the alliance, replied:

GREEN BAY (NC) - Bishop Aloysius Wycislo of Green Bay urged Catholics to eat less one day per week and to contribute their food savings to U. S. Cath· olic Relief Services (CRS) to aid the victims of the drought in sub-Sahelian Africa.

In a taped address played in 215 parishes and insti,tutions of the diocese, Bishop Wycislo .noted ._ that· ·Americans consume more food per capita than any other people in the world.

Urged to Identify With Black Children LOS ANGELES (NC)-Teachers of minority youths should .show so much admiration for and identification with a black child that he will say: "Sister, I don't think of you as white, but just as natural. You're a. nice lady.. I like you."

That was the advice the Rev. Henry Mitchell gave an institute for teachers of minority youths held at Mt. St. Mary's Doheny campus here.

The institute was sponsored 'by the National Office for Black Oatholics and the Los Angeles Archdiocesan department of education.

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Considlers Reasons C,ouples Aspire to Becom,e Parents ~

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Every mother occasionally 'has a bad day with her children. When I do, I wonder: "Why did I ever have kids?"

And on the really bad' days, I can't think ot' a single good reason. But in calmer moments, I've given serious thought to why my husband and I did There'certainly are many more have our eight children: It reasons couples deliberately have was not just because we children. Some couples may have wanted a family. We wanted children because they feel that our children to combine the qual. ities we admired in each other into a new life.

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ambitious goal. We didn't know if we had the talent. All we knew was that we loved each other and each wa'nted children who reflected what we loved in the other.

But maybe those reasons are why, in spite of a few bad days now and then, we are very happy.with our family.

Reasons There are many reasons people have children. Sometimes it's an attempt to strengthen a shaky marriage. It could be an attempt to prove maturity ... though that proof is of n.ar!ow.limits" .' .some children·, are bOl'n. because the parents have nothing ... and a child is the only thing in the world that belongs to them.

I've even heard stories of children being born for financial reasons ... a gift of a substantial trust fund had been promised for each child. Financial reasons were also a reason some people had children years ago, when every child was an extra hand on the farm.

is the only reason for marriage.

I remember being taught in school that the prime purpose of marriage was the procreation of children. I don't remember any mention of the need for the couple to love each other. We were never taught why parents should want a child. The stress was simply have children. I guess all the rest was expected to c:>me lJaturally. Fortunately, many Wiles, it did.

Today, marriage and parenthood are su'b,iects being. questioned and reexamined, both by young people and scholars of many disciplines.

World population is a major concern. Casual sex is widely promoted; contraception has never been easier. Yet people continue to marry and have children. I hope we are growing toward a better understanding of why people should have a family.

Parents' Love ,Certainly the parents love of each other should be a first consideration. They should both sincerely want a child, and anticipate love for that child. And they shoul4 have t~e ~hility, and responsibility; to raise that child well.

A child is not a status gymbol.

Nor is a child a proof of mental or emotional maturity. Neither is a child a guaranteed bond that will hold a shaky marriage together.

And I hope we've gotten beyond that old concept ..."she's had so many children .. .isn't she' marvelous." She's marvelous only if she and her husband really wanted those children, and are capable of raising them well.

I also hope that parenthood will be come a respected profession' and that the best reasons for having children are the only reasons for having children.

Maybe that will happen when we all accept the fact that the size of a family, in itself, is no credit or discredit to the couple.

And maybe it's time now to examine the possibility that the childless marriage-by choicemight be a good and appropriate state of Hfe for certain couples. ·But that will have to be the subject of another column.

St. Julie's and St. Mary's Parishes in Dartmouth are sponsor· ing a Parents' Night Sunday, Sept. 15, 1974, for parents and students enrolling into the high school CCD program (Grades 9-12) for 1974·75. This special parents' night will be held at St. Mary's Parish Center, Dartmouth Street, South Dartmouth, at 6:45 P.M.

. VOTER REGISTRATION: Joann McKinney, left, regisstters to vote at Our Lady of Perpetual Help parish in Brooklyn, Serving as registrar was Mrs. Mary Dillon. The· voter registration drive was part of a continuing effort by the Civic and Political Education Committee of the diocese of Brooklyn.NC Photo.

Brooklyn Catholics Participate in Voter Registration Drive BROOKLYN (NC) - Eighteenyear-old Joann McKinney got out of bed early on the Feast of the Assumption to go to Mass. Then she went to the clubhouse of Our Lady' of Perpetual Help parish for another obligation of conscience-to register to vote. . The voter registration drive in which Joann, a graduate"of the parisb elementary and high school, participated, was part of a continuing effort by the Civic and Political Education Commit· tee of the Diocese of Brooklyn.

"We found that in your average middle-class area, which is heavily Catholic, only about 40 or :45 per cent of those eligible were registered," said Father Robert Kennedy, director of the Social Action office of the diocese.

About 80 of the 228 parishes in the two urban counties of Brqoklyn, King's and Queens, held voter. registration on the Feast of the Assumption and some continued over the following weekend. .The registrants may not vOte in the upcoming September primaries but will be eligible for the vote on Nov. 5.

ANNIVERSARY: Sister Bertha Heinzelmann, 92, of Springfield, Mo., celebrated her 71st anniversary as an Ursuline nun Aug. 25. "Now that my sewing's done and my work in the kitchen is finished, I'm going to help heal the nation with my prayers," she said. NC Photo.

'Included in the evening will be registration, presentation of t}1e year's program, and Mass.

Guest speaker will be Fr. Robert Nee, SS.CC., from St. Mary's Parish in Fairhaven. His topic will be "What is Morality?"

All parents are urged to attend so as to become familiar with the types of instruction being presented to our young adults.

Marian Communications Center Opens in Chicago

S·e,e Obligati,on To hold the drive, parish councils recruited election inspectors and registrars from parishioners. At special swearing-in ceremonies held at night by boards of elections· in the two counties, more than 500 persons were qualified to oversee the registrations in the parishes.

"I don't think it has ever been done in any diocese," Father Kennedy said.

At the large Our Lady of Perpetual Help parish, the registrars worke~ in shifts of two-one a Republican and the other a 'Oemocrat-to assist new voters. New York has no literacy test, but requires a 30-day residency.

For Joann, who was excited about the prospect of becoming. a voter the same autumn as she would enter Baruch College, the major disappointment was the fact that many of her fellow high school graduates were apathetic. about the whole thing.

CHICAGO (NC) - A Marian Communications Center has opened here to ssrve as a reference library, information center, film, radio and television production department, and a news service for all media.

Direct contacts with national and international Marian shrines are expected to be developed.

Jack Mulqueen, public rela· tions director and news editor of the center, said that, although the center is managed by lay persons, religious groups associated with the center have ,pledged their services to the Chicago archdiocese and the surrounding dioceses that will be 'served.

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Urges Fasting, Prayer For Drought Victims BOSTON (NC) --..: Humberto Cardinal Medeiros of Boston has urged Catholics in his archdiocese to join others throughout the nation in setting aside a day each month for fasting and prayer "that the terrible scourge of drought may be lifted" from the people of West Africa.

"Thus joined in spirit and suf.fering with our afflicted brothers and sisters," Cardinal Medeiros said,' "we may free ourselves from the bonds of selfishness and 'be better able to follow the exemple of our Divine Lord, who fed the hungry multitude."

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Thurs., Sept. 5, 197.4

Sees Oppression .

Of Blacks Still In 'America MILWAUKEE (NC) -- "Many blacks are becoming cynical and are giving up," the Rev. Jesse Jackson, dir!lctor of People United to Save Humanity (PUSH), said in describing the current status of the civil rights movement.

Appearing on a television show here, the black civil rights activist said with simple eloquence that black people are still being oppressed. ' "We feel like motherless children," he said. "We cannot be President, it's very difficult "to be senators, we cannot make viable decisions."

The noted black minister has not lost the inner fire that characterized his swift rise withi~ the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), one of the largest civil rights groups in America.

People are either afraid of or' apathetic about blacks, the 32year-old former athlete observed.

"Blacks want to be left alone which means no welfare," h~ said. "We don't want to be harass~d, but~as a' part of the economic system, we want to be 'protected, we want to .have jobs."

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HOUSTO!'f (NC)-Twelve-yearold Jonathan Branch is adopted.

He knows iii and he is extremely proud of hi~ place in life.

"Mother ~nd daddy tO,ok me because they wanted me. I came to live with them when I was four month~ old," the slight youth disclo~ed.

His adopiive parents smiled and nodded lagreement with his next revelation: "They tell me all the time that I'm the most important pers?n in the hou~e."

Later, when Jonathan had gone to play baseball, his mother, I Imelda Bran~h, reported: "Jon' athan was la premature baby, and he was 'our last foster son.

The years passed and no one adopted him., So, eventually the , agency let USj adopt him, on Sept.

13, 1971."

She added:)' "He knew no other family."

Imelda andl Foster Branch also have two adoptive grandsons and two adoptive: granddaughters.

"Jonathan lis our own," Mrs. Branch mused. "He will be our first child to! go to college. We have made provisions for his college educa'tion."

A proud parent, she boasted: "He's a typic~1 boy, loves sports and helps me: around the house ... He's a gOQd qoy."

Some people' think black is a religion, Mr.' Jackson said. "'fhat's not so -- black is not something to be idolized," he said. "We've never in any part oj Africa said white people couldn't drink water or thatwhite people couldn't use bathrooms." ' He 'caIled black people the . only ethnic force in America that were brought here involuntarily. "Our families were forced apart, we were forced to work without wages, and we were not legaIly allowed to read, write, or go to schools," he said.

"And in spite of that we did not- die but multiplied," he continued. ' "Race riots have become the language of the unheard," Mr. Jackson said. "You did not Imow blacks even existed in Los Angeles until they exploded. We do not justify riots but there certainly is an explanation ... ,

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"But don't make me and riots synonymous no more than you would make you and the bombing of Cambodia synonymous," he said, drawing cheers from the entire audience, black and white.

Reduces Tuition F()r Senior Citizens LISLE (NC) -- Senior citizens will be given opportunities for college study at reduced rates at Illinois Benedictine College in Lisle.

All full-credit courses will be opened to senior citizens on a space-available basis beginning Sept. 5 for a flat fee of $25 per course. The fee is a reduction of more than 85 per cent for the typical three credit course.

In addition, the college will eliminate application fees, parking fees, and many other fees for persons drawing retirement benefits.

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There are several distinctions that mark t~e Branches from most other ladoptive parents: Foster Branc~ is 87 years old (but in good ?ealth), his wife is 66; the couple celebrated their 50th wedding! anniversary last July 24; theYI have nine ,of, 14 na'tural children surviving; they have 15 gra~dchildren and 15 great grandchildren.路 Although hei, uses a wheelchair sporadically, Foster doesn't have '''a bad heart o~ kidney tronuble," Mrs. Branch said.

Imeld.a Drarch has always been a housewife and mother. "I have also taken care of the child~ 'of neighborhood working , mothers," Mrs. Branch said.

Their nine I natural children range in age ftom 49 to 28 arid include eight I sons and one daughter.

Their golden Iwedding anniversary in July, *as low key. As Mrs. Branch pu:t it: "We went to our parish church--St. Anne de Beaupre's -- and renewed our marriage vows.:" Prayer in i Depression The Branches: ,50 years together have not路 been without troubles. As Mrs. Branche explained: "Du~ing the depression we had 10 children to take care of and the oldest wa$ 10 years old.

Foster was out of work occasionally, but' w~ managed somehow."

I J)he credited their survival to prayer and fre4uent attendance at Mass. : Branch took ~p the conversation and noted tl;1at in 1940: '''We got burned out flat. We had 10 children, and w~ lost everY'thing we had except 'the clothing on our backs."

I The fire broke out in their modest dwellihg lat night, and all the members ofl the family escaped with the excepti'on of the baby, Carl. Brknch, however rushed back into the burnin~ ,structure and rescued' his baby son. i 1

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JEF'PERSON CITY (NC) School principals and parents are sitting tight until a Circuit Court Judge in St. Louis County decides how to handle the phasing out of the state's free textbook law.

The 1972 law, which provided free textbooks to students in public and -paroohial schools, was declared unconstitutional July 30 by the Missouri Supreme Court.

On Aug. 26 the Court denied a motion for a .rehearing of the case and ordered Judge Orville RichardS/on of the St. Louis County Circuit Court to work out an equitable means of handling the phasing out of the law without causing severe hardships to school administrators, pupils and parents.

In a Bind Judge Richardson declared the textbook laws constitutionlll Oct. 5, 1972, when the case was originally questioned by two St. Louis residents. T,hey appealed his decision to the Missouri Supreme Court on the grounds the law v,iolated the Church-state provisions of the U: S. and Missouri constitutions.

The current wait-and-see situation puts some schools and ADOPTION AT 87: Although Foster Branch of St. Anne students in a blnC!. When schools de Beaupre parish, Houston, was 84 and his wife, 63, they opened, some public school offiadopted a son, Jonathan, then nine, three years ago. Jon- cia'is were, reluctant to release athan, left, is pictured with his adoptive parents and their books ordered last spring because appeal was still pending. Now nephew, John Jenkins, 12. The Branches have nine of 14 that the appeal has been denied, natural children surviving. NC Photo. school officials are anxiously awaiting Judge Richardson's de"We' had to start all over man would want to change his cisio~ ,'tq see what will become '. , . .. again," Mrs. Branch said. "But ,.wife. As long as you get along,' of the books. we had the help of some won- why change? We got along ,and Most students in the diocese we love one another." however, ha've a complete set of derful neighbors and fr,iends."

Added Mrs. Branch: "He gets books. Prior to the opening of Advice to Couples After 50 years as man and his breakfast in bed, his lunch school, approximately 20 of the wife, the Branches have some and dinner in bed. When he 36 schools in the diocese nego. suggestions for a happy marriage, doesn't feel I,ike getting up, I tiated some' sort of plan for use '\I'm a man who never fussed, serve him all his meals in ,bed." , of textbooks, depend,ing on the She continued, "Marriage' is outcome ()f the appeal. fought, and never rais~ my hand to strike her and I never give and take. You can't jump up threatened to strike her," Foster for every little thing. We have said. "You can"t change women had problems, but we lived with Publishes Campus and I ean't unde~stand why any them."

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Handicapped Chi~dren Are'Award'ed Diplomas After Years' of Therapy .WHITE PLAINS (NC)--Thirtyseverely handicapped children were awarded diplomas during special ceremonies at St. Agnes' Hospital here after completing years of intensive therapy at the hospital's ambulatory children's unit.

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The hospital is run by the Sisters of 5t. Francis of the Mission of the Immaculate Virgin, and the children's unit, which is affiliated with the New York Medical College, provides comprehensive rehabilitation services on a daily basis through its infant development and pre-school programs.

After receiving their diplomas,the youngsters leaving the hospital's program will be attending 'Public schools or special classes.

But all will be returning to the community as a result of the hospital's concept that early diagnosis and treatment can mean the difference between a useful life and perhaps institutionalization.

Typical of the graduates was

seven-year-old Brendan Keane, a victim of spina biffida, a' rare congenital disease which has left him paralyzed from the shoulders down.

On hand for the graduation were his parents, Joan and Mat" thew Keane of Larchmont N. Y. While pushing Brendan in his wheelchair, Mrs. Keane said: "The di~ference in Brendan is unbelievable. He's been in the program for more than four years, and now he's much better.

He used to be so withdrawn and an underachiever. When he first went in, he was very limited. He was a special case because he was so weak.

"He had about 15 operations, and it has been hard for him to get baCK on his feet. But it's wonderful ,what they have done.

The occupational therapy had a lot to do with it. He's Bearned his letters; now he understands us and we have marvelous conver: sations together."

In September, Brendan will begin school in Valhalla, N. Y.

WASHINGTON (NC') -- The National Catholic Educational Association (NCEA) has published "Guidelines' for Campus Ministry at Catholic Colieges and Universities," a 16-page hooklet intended as a checklist by which to evaluate campus ministry programs.

The book-let, prepared by the Commission on Campus Ministry by NCEA's College a'nd University Department, is the result of four years of self-study and evalu~tion by Catholic college campus ministers and administrators in the United States. . The booklet includes a descriptIOn of the Catholic university, drawn largely from "The Catholic University in the Modern World," approved in 1972 by the Second International Congress of Delegates of Catholic Universities.

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Vatican Delegate Urges Hearing For Dissenters BUCHAREST (NC)-The Vatican, in a move to prevent the railroading of drastic antibirth measures through the UN's World Population Conference, demanded on the first day of the conference that all dissenting voices be put on the public record.

A Vatican delegate, Father Henri de. Riedmat~en, warned t hat the conference's credibility would be jeopardized unless it established procedures to record dissenting opinions of national delegations. ''If doubts exist on this procedural point, my .delegation must state from the beginning that it would be very difficult for the Holy See to consider itself part of any decisions made by a consensus procedure," Father de Riedmatten stated.

A move by the Vatican on the first day of a conference-this conference was meeting here Aug. 19-30-was uncharacteristic. It was prompted by fears that dissenting delegations would be associated unwillingly with any decision arrived at by wide agreement and without a vote.

Hea\;'y Resp'onsibilities "All participants at this conference are aware of the heavy responsibilities which weigh on them," Father de Riedmatten observed to the more than 130 national delegations at the conference.

"The Holy See is ready to assume its part of tI-"e burden, but only with the assurance that no ambiguity will spring up about the positions it takes."

The Vatican sent a 10-member delegation to the conference.

Heading the delegation was Bishop Edouard Gagnon, a Canadian who is president of the Vatican's committee for the Family. Other members include Father Jan Peter Schotte of papal secretariat of state; Dr. Marie-Therese Graber-Duvernay, a French doctor who has represented the Vatican at several international meetings; Dr. Anthony Chullikal, an Indian economist and member of the Vatican's Justice and Peace Commission, and the world-renowned French geneti. cist Dr. Jerome Lejeune.

Peace Organization Secretary Resigns WASHINGTON (NC)-Paulist Father Edward Guinan has resigned as general secretary of Pax Christi-USA, a Catholic peace organization.

The resignation came in the wake of a refusal by the organization's governing body to reinstate an invitation to James Douglass to speak at its national assembly. That assembly, schedulted for Oct. 4-6, has now been canceled.

Douglass was sentenced to a year's probation in Hawaii for destroying U. S. Air Force records in 1972 at Hickham Air Force Base. Hawaii. However, he left Hawaii in vi,olation of his parole and is now living in Canada.

The Pax Christi governing body withdrew the invitation as a result of Douglass' parole violation.

THE ANCHORThurs., Sept. 5, 197.4

Accept Blind College' Honor Graduate As Seminarian For Columbus Diocese COLUMBUS (NC) - Thomas Vaeth, graduate of Capital Uni-' versity magna cum laude, history scholar, seminarian at the Josephinum, is the Columbus diocese's first born blind to prepare for holy orders in the United States.

Other blind men have been ordained priests, but they became blind after beginning their studies. ,) Because the Church views blindness as an impediment to the priesthood, Vaeth's formal acceptance as a carididate on Aug. 25 at St. Joseph's cathedral is the climax of a lengthy struggle - personal and canonical leaving him "'with a feeling of security and direction.' '" see myself like a batter with one strike against him, but that's not enough to keep me from hit~ ting a home run," said the seminarian, who is 'less than five feet tall.

Friends calls him, "a lion of determination."

"I view my blindness not as a handicap, but a nuisance that calls for adaptation. You make the adaptation and then go on," Vaeth said.

Special Dispensation To study for the priesthood, Vaeth needed and secured special dispensations from the late Bishop Clarence E. Elwell of Columbus and Archbishop Luigi Raimondi, former apostolic delegate in the United States. The ambiguity whether his admittance was for study aione or study leading to holy orders was resolved through the recent public pro-

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Yet another oqstacle faced the 24"year-old blind student. Originally Vaeth applied to various Religious orders but all rejected him for reasons of Church law.

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Northern Irish Catholics Fea r Revival of Anti-Cathol.ic Police BELFAST (NC) - Concern is growing among members of路 Northern Ireland's Catholic minority at open recruiting for a third security force made up principally of former members of the dread and now disbanded "B Special" police reserve.

Under the guise of "loyalist home guard" and with the support of the anti-Catholic Vanguard movement, which supports Northern Ireland's continued union with Britain, enrollment for the new force has begun in various parts of the province.

Catholics were goaded into the violence that now plagues Northern Ireland by arbitrary searches and arrests by the old, predom-. inantly Prqtestant B Specials, who were. uniformed and armed.

Five years ago the British Army was called on, the B Specials were disbanded and eventually the local Protestant government in Belfast was dissolved.

A minister from London was placed in control of Northern Ireland.

Now with the failure of a Northern Irish government set up in Belfast by the British with some Cathouc representation, and with the rather precarious British minority government reluctant to offend Northern Irish Protestant members of the British Parliament, there is talk of withdrawing British troops from Northern Ireland.

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Says Nostalgia Helps Growth Of Hibernians

cept him-and the results have been impressive.

Vaeth has indicated he is capable of meeting priest'ly responsibilities by making house calls to convalescent homes and shut-ins and by taking part in the counseling sessions and liturgical events. His first year at the Josephinum proved him a sincere and more than capable student of theology and philosophy.

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Third Force One foundation for the fear that the B Specials are being revived is a report that Marilyn Rees, London's minister of state in Northern Ireland, is entertain~ ing the notion of founding a third local security force, beyond . the Royal Ulster Constabulary and the Ulster Defense Regiment. He is reported to have stated this to be the Ulster Worker's Council.

Rees is reported t9 have stipulated that this local security force be unarmed and under the ,control of the professional police or the British army. .

Bu~ the Protestant Unionists demand that this reserve force 'be armed and under the control of the newly constituted Belfast . regional government, for which elections are expected early next year.

The Republic Labor party, a Catholic political group in North- . ern Ireland,has been seeking to meet British Prime Minister Harold Wilson in London to discuss this new development. . The British Conservative party, mlW the opposition party, is understood to be strongly opposed to the creation of a third security force in Northern Ireland.

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DAYTON (NC) - The "current wave of nostalgia" sweeping the United States is one of the factors in the growth of the Ancient Order of Hibernians (AOH), according to a national director of the organization.

John J. Hoswell, a native of Dublin who was recently reelected an AOH director of the organization for Irish-American Catholics, said that membership has been increased by "at least 10 per cent" in the past four years.

Hoswell predicted in an interview here that the membership rolls of t~e AOf! would be swelled by "15 or 20 per cent more in the next four years."

. "As a diocesan priest I will have tI-,路e opportunity to work with a .great number of people with a great diversity of backgrounds," Vaeth said. '~I love the Church and believe it is flexible enough to admit people with impediments."

So far, Vaeth said, he has been accepted by parishioners, shut-ins and staff of Columbus St. Aloysius', where he is Hving this summer.

The 41-year-old construction electrician and father of two sons and two daughters said much of the membership .increase came with an influx of "young members-teen-agers and those in their early 20s."

Excels in Music .. The oldest son of Dr. and Mrs. Edward Vaeth of Columbus, he went to the State School for the Blind where' he excelled in typing and' music (he plays piano and or,gan). By having his textbooks transcribed onto tape and by transferring his class notes into Braille, Vaeth completed the normal curriculum at Whetstone high school and Capital University, where he majored in Spanish and history.

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The S4mmer before his senior year in bigh school he took a course in peripatology (getting around with the aid of. cane) at the School for the Blind, and ac," cording to the diocesan vocations director, Father Thomas Schonebarger, he can maneuver safely anywhere in Columbus.

"With a greater patience than sighted people," Father Schonebarger said, "he possesses a reo. markable ability to accomplish what must be done."

Ordination to the priesthood is at least three years away for Thomas Vaeth and the undertaking will require heroic efforts. As he learned to adapt to his "nuisance," so now, with his first year of studies completed, Vaeth, seems to have adapted to the demands of seminary life.

As Hoswell sees it, the urge to join the organization in increased numbers today can be attributed in large measure to "the turn-about from what was going on the college campuses and elsewhere five years ago when there were demonstrations of all sorts of unrest among th::! young."

Now, he said, the young people are "in a need to belong-to be a part of some group that is positive in its aims and outlook."

Nostalgia also plays a big part in this picture," he explained.

The young people today are looking back to see from where they came. They are tracing their roots. They are probing into their cultural backgrounds to learn about their beginnings and how to be proud of their roots."

Hdswell traced the founding of the AOH back to the 1700s in Ireland when, he said, the group was set up "to protect and serve as honor guards for priests on whose heads the British had put a price."

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At'23 Joseph Epstein married a divorcee. At 33 he was divorced ~nd was awarded custody of *s -two sons. He has . been reflecting on his own experienc,e of marriage and divorce, and has been looking into tqe' whole picture of marriage and divorce in pres- , which tenderness and sensuality ent day America. His impres- find a cortfluence,. each flowing sions and finds he sets out in into and strengthening the other, "Divorced in America: Mar- in practice it seems less and less ri~ge in an Age 'of Possibility (Dutton, 201 Park Ave. South, New York, N: Y. ~ 10003. 318 pages. $8.95).

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frequently: to work out in anything eve~ approximating these ideals."· I 'Sadness, Pllin' A!bsurd Jxpectations end in bitter disapp6intment. For lack of a sense of ~roportion and of wisdom concerning sex, marriages· founder. !

By Mr. Epstein tells us, "The ar· .gument in1 this book, insofar as RT. REV. it has an largument, is that di, . vorce is often necessary, 'yet IS MSGR. ' seldom atcomplished without sadness, pain" and significant JOHN S. loss."

KENNEDY He is not a religious man, and he appearS to believe that reliSTRIKE SETTLED: Father Killian Mooney,. center, gion counts for very little in risks, and it requires the accep- America tdday, but he did look pastor in Harlan County, Ky., tal~s with Bishop Michael tance of responsibilities and a on mar.riage as something sacred. Begley and miner Houston Elmore about the plight of local willing delimitation of freedom. Yet he, al6ng with innumerable workers who had been on strike against the Duke Power But ours is an age of su.pposedly others, wa~I not prepared' for all Co. whose Brookside mine is in the background. The strike limitless possibil:ities. that is exacted to make and pre"We are all possibilists now," serve a goold marriage. Therefore ended Aug. 29 with an' agreement stgned in Washington, he says, ."unanchored and adrift his contention that "divorce 'is. D.C. The pact was made one day after a striking miner was in the sea of the possible . . . often neceslsary." killed by a shotgun blast, culminating more than 13 months I ., Everyone becomes a temporary As to th~ "sadness, pain, and of violence and conflict. NC Photo. perl>on." Which means that a significant loss," he has much to permanent \ ·commitment is re- say. The dirorced p'erson, he reo garded as unthin~able. Also, ports, has a sense of being 'bewhere everythig is thought to be trayed, fee,ls uproted, has. to p~ssible, nothing ever proves to colne pain~ully to terms both Publicity chairmen of parish organizations ST. JOHN THE,BAPTIST, with the past and with the fu- are asked to submit news items for this NEW BEDFORD be good enough. , column to The Anchor, P. O. Box 7, Fall Divorce appears to bring f.ree- ture. The suicide rate among the River, 02722. Name of city or town should The parish committee will be included, as well as full dates of all dom, and is in fact look.ed upon divorced is,I for women, three activities.

Please send news of future rather sponsor a dance from 8 to midas another "stretch of personal times as high as among married than past ,events. night on Saturday night, Sept. freedom won -by men and women women, arid for men, four times OUII LADY OF MT. CARMEL, 14 In the church basement hall. from society." But Mr. Einstein as high as ~mong married men. SEEKONK Tickets are available at the asks bleakly, freedom for what?

Mr. Epstein recounts his own f II rectory. efforts at rb,adjustment, and the An open meeting Qr a womIllusory Freedom. en of the parish will be con- ST. MARY, "As currently interpreted, it is effect of the divorce upon his duct:ed by the Women's GlIJild at most commonly construed as sons, for whom he had to make' .8 o'clock on Wednesday night, SO. DARTMOUTH The Women's Guild will con· freedom from all difficulty, free- a new homd., Sept. 11 in the parish center, duct its first meeting of the dom to pursue happiness unenAliri'lOny Burden Rte. 44, Seekonk. year at 8 o'clock on Tuesday cumbered by outworn notions of He writes lat length about legal Mrs. Emma Macedo and Mrs. night, Sept. 10 in the parish cen· human obligation." The free- grounds for divorce and the sim- AngHe Stanzione, co-cha.irmen, tel'. dom is illusory. ulation of a case to ,meet their will head the hospitality commitRev. John V. Magnani, former A principal reason for the fail- specificatioJs; about alimony tee for the social hour following assistant at the parish and now ure of many marriages, in the battles and Ithe lifelong burden the 'business meeting. stationed at St. Patrick's FalThe following 'officers will mouth, will be the guest speaker. author's opinion, is the prevalent that alimon)f imposes; about the superstition about sex. Sex, he ugly contention over the custody serve for the coming ye'ar: Mrs. A social hour w!ilI follow. . says, "is asked to provide all of children and ex-spouses using Jane Damiani, president; Mrs. that religion, work, aild the fam- children as pawns in a continu- Helen Marshall, vice-president; ST. MARY'S CATHEDRAL, Mrs. Nancy Reed, secretary; Mrs. FALL RIVER ily once provided - somethi!1g ing warfare.

He contrasts the long-enduring Linda Hal, treasurer.

The first meeting of the Womgreater than oneself, a means of Mrs. Donna Motta, program en's Guild is scheduled for 8 relief from worldly concerns, a marriage, of ihis own father and way of getting out of onesel~ and mother withl his own brief mar- chairman; Mrs. Rose Saucy~ o'clock on Monday nigh,t, Sept. onto a higher plane of existence." riage, and wonders about the dif- ways and means; Mrs. Jeannette 9 in the parish hall.

Miss Janice Hurley, p~esident The sexologists; he observes, ference. Of ~is parents" he says, Strzesk, welfare; Mrs. Mary 01has announced that the meeting do not talk about really human "He was not iher analyst, she was iver, publicity. is open 'to all women of the behavior but about the behavior not his; home life was not a parish. of the sexual apparatus. Sex is group therady session; they did ST. GEORGE, wrenched out of the fully human not have a meaningful relation- WESTPORT SANTO CHRISTO, The traditional pot luck sup- FALL RiVER context and away from genuinely ship' but ~ marriage: which means responsibilities owed to per will be served at 6:30 on .' The first dance of the year human feeling. Everything is per- . mitted, and here again nothing each other ~nd to the children Monday night, Sept. 23 as the will be held in the newly renthey had brohght into the world. Women's Guild opens its 1974-75 is good enough. ovated par~sh hall on Saturday "With th~ performance oJ season.

The effect on' marriage is disnight, Sept. 21. For further inThe slate of officers for the formation' call Lorraine Lima, astrous. "Where id~ally marriage their duties, ~hrough 'liying up to ought to be a relationship in their respon:sibilities over the coming year is as follows: 6-0076; Margaret Dyl, 8-8055; years, the bonds between them Jeanne- Forest, president; Louise Herculana Raposa, 3-3264; Belgrew stronge\-' The meaning did Buckley, vice-president; Gladys mira Travassos, 3-4143.

Named Editor not go out ofl their marriage, be· Balistraci, ,treasurer; Sandra DETROIT (NC) - Margaret cause duty .and responsibility Charves,md Jacqueline Langlois, OUR LADY OF FATIMA, Cronyn, a writer for The Mich- constituted rriuch of the meaning recording and corresponding sec- NEW BEDFORD , igan Catholic for 25 years, has of their marriage ... Happiness retaries respectively.

A pot luck supper will be been named editor, of that news- is, precisely, Iwhatever one hapThe couples club will sponsor served at 7 o'clock on Wednespaper. She replaces Father WiI· pens to defipe it to be. Your a dance at 8 o'clock Saturday day night, Sept. n as the Wom· liam X. Kienzle, who resigned parents defined it as living honor- night, Sept. 21 in the school hall. en's Guild opens the 1974-75 as editor and has taken a leave' ably. But no~ happiness' means It is open to the public. season.

Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Bouchard. pf absence to edit a magazin~ in getting your own. It: is a .will-o'All parishioners interested in ·the-wisp." , Minneapolis. are serving as co-chairmen. joining the guild are welcome.

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HOLY ROSARY, FALL RIVER The Women's Guild will have the following slate of officers for the coming year: Rita Dearden, president; Marguerite Fournier, vice-president; Ann Pieroni secretary; Mary Mazzoni, treasurer.

The program for the 1974-75 is as follows: .Sept. 9-Mrs. Jean Bancroft, .handwriting ,analyst; Oct. I-coffee membership ·social; Nov. 23-harvest dance; Nov. 4 --'Bell Choir Singers; Dec. 2Christmas party.

Also, Jan. 6-Work Night or 'Bingo; Feb. 3-calendar party; March 3-international night:; April 7-hat show; May 5Movies in par,ish hall; May 25Communion Supper.

ST. ANN, RAYNHAM Rev. Gerald T. Shovelton, the newly named pastor, will be the guest of honor .at the first meet· ing of the Women's Guild on Wedneday nigh~, Sept. 11. A pot luck supper will be served at 6:30 and the names of secret pals will be revealed.

All par.ishioners are invited 'to a reception for Father Shovel ton on Sunday afternoon, Sepjt. 22 from 2 to 4. Coffee will b(l served.

ST. WILLIAM, FALL RIVER Rev. John F. Moore, moderator of the Women's Guild, will offer Mass at 7 o'clock on Wednesday evening, Sept. 11 for the opening of the guild's year.

Mrs. Louis Castanza, president, has announce<! that a catered coffee hour wiH be held at 8 o'clock and the evening will conclude with a short entertain· ment fn· the'lail~pif~i>cis'e"ro(;m':.JL , The first card party under the sponsorship of the guild will be held at 1:30 on Sunday after.. noon, Sept. 22 in the parish cen· tel'. Guild officers will serve as hostesses, ST. N1ATHIEU, FALL RIVER . The Council of Catholic Women will conduct a flea market frolll 9 A.M. to 3 P.M. on Saturday, Sept. 7 in the church hall on St. Mary St. SACRED HEART, NEW BEDFORD A meeting will be held Sunday evening, Sept. 8 at 7:30 in the parish center for all parents interested in .having their sons join the cub scouts.

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HIGHLIGHTS OF BUSY SUMMER: Dominican Sisters of St. Catherine of Siena Congregation, only community to have been founded in Fall River diocese, have completed, busy summer schedule. Left, Sister Susan Flynn and Sister Lucille Gauvin participate in liturgy at which they made renewal of promises in congregation. At right is Rev. Andre Patenaude, M.S., director of The Reconcilers, folk group of which Sister Lucille is member,

The Parish Parade ST. THERESA, SO. ATTLEBORO _ The Confraternity of Christian Moth.ers will"p~n t/J~. yea!; with a special 'Communion '·Mass· at 6:30 on Monday night, Sept. 9.

Mrs.. Pat Gagnon and Mrs. Carol Gagnon will serve as co·· chairmen for the catered chicken buffet that will be served at 7 o'clock.

Mrs. Lois Gingras will preside at the business meeting.

MT. CARMEL, NEW BEDFORD A parish bazaar will be held from 6 to lion Saturday eve· ning, Sept. 7 and from 2 to lion Sunday, Sept. 8 on the parish school grounds.

Games, continuous entertainment and food will be offered a!'i well as the drawing for the raf· fle's grand prize of a trip to Portugal.

ST. JOSEPH, ATTLEBORO A meeting of acolyte supervisors of the Knights of the Altar will be held at 7:30 on Sunday evening, Sept. 8 in the parish hall.

The first rehearsal for the senior' choir will be held at 11:15 on Sunday morning and the initial rehearsal for the junior choir is scheduled for 10:30 on Saturday morning, Sept. 7, ST. ROCH, FALL RIVER A 7 o'clock Mass on Monday evening, Sept. 9 will open the fall activities of the Council of Catholic Women and will be fol· lowed by a business meetoing.

The officers will act as hostesses.

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which provided music for occasion. Right, Sister Vivian Jennings, a.p. prioress general of Caldwell Dominicans and chairperson of facilitators' committee which aided Fall River community in planning its general chapter, confers with Sister Elizabeth Menard, newly named director of North Dartmouth novitiate of Sisters.

Dominican Sisters of Park ·St., Fall River Reelect Prioress General, Hold Chapter The Dominican Sisters of the Congregation of St. Catherine of Siena, the only community to have been founded in the Fall River diocese, have had a busy summer. Events have included the second session of a three-part Genenil Chapter, reelection of a Prioress General. vows ceremonies and celebrations of golden and silver jubilees. ,Chapter meetings were held at the congregation's motherhouse, 37 Park St., Fall River, said Sister Gertrude Gaudette, O.P., reporter and photographer for her community. A year in the planning, the chapter began in April with discussions centering on the government and prayer life of the Dominican Sisters. August's agenda included study of the distinguishing features of voweci life arid community living. In November the concluding meetings will consider the fon;nation and apostolate of the Sisters.

All members of the congregation have contributed to the chapter, noted Sister Gertrude, through preparatory discussions held during the past year under the guidance of expert faciltators drawn from outside the commu· nity.

They in~luded Sister Jacqueline Rumley, LH.M., Rev. Ferrer Smith, O.P. and Rev. Michael Stock, O.P. Chairperson for the facilitators' group is Sister Vivian Jennings, prioress general of the Caldwell Dominicans, president of the Dominican Leadership Conference and a director of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious.

Serving as chapter consultant is Rev. Leo Arnault, O.P., canonist for St. Joseph Province of the Dominican Order and liaison person between the Dominican Fathers and Sisters.

At the first session of the chapter, Sister Anita Pauline Durocher was reelected Prioress General. With her will serve a council of six Sisters: Sister J oanrie Bonville, Sister Louise Synan, Sister Barbara McCarthy, Sister Joseph Marie, Sister Noella Letourneau and Sister Gertrude Gaudette.

At a special liturgy celebrated at the Sisters' Novitiate in North Dartmouth, Deborah Blow of Mooers Forks, N.Y. received th.e Dominican habit, while Sister Susan Flynn of Worcester and Sister Lucille Gauvin of Fall River renewed their promises, Rev. Andre 'Patenaude; M.S. of La ·Salette Shrine, Attleboro and his group, The Reconcilers, of which Sister Lucille is a member, provided music. Rev. Roland Nadeau, M.S. was celebrant and honvlist.

A liturgy at St. 'Peter's Church, Plattsburgh, N.Y. also marked a final vows ceremony for Sister Karen Brunell and Sister Sue Ellen Prenoveau, both. parishioners and both assigned in their home parish for the past two years.

Previously Sister Sue Ellen served at Dominican Academy in Fall River.

The ceremony involved the

Polish Cardinal To Visit Germany VATICAN CITY (NC)-Cardinal Karol Wojtyla of Crakow in Poland, will make his first visit to West Germany when he travels to Munich in September, Vatican Radio reports.

Cardinal Wojtyla is making this visit, said Vatican Radio,. to mark the 50th anniversary of the ordination of Msgr. Edward Lubowiecki, a Crakow diocesan priest who is canonical visitator to Polish Catholics residing in the German Federal Republic.

whole parish, with singing by a group of junior high school students trained by Sister Karen, and fellow religious, students, teachers and relatives acting as lectors and participants in the offertory procession.

Golden, Silver Jubilees Special festivities marked August 4, when Sister Louis d'Aquin Heon and Sister Marie Ange Seguin (formerly known as Sister Dalmace) marked their golden jubilees in religious life and Sister Mary of the Trinity Blanchette, Sister Mary Agnes Shannon, Sister Theresa Gonyea and Sister Annette Roach celebrated silver jubiless. A Mass of Thanksgiving was offered by Rev. Gabriel Blain, O.P., prior of St. Anne's Dominican 'Priory, Fall River.

Vigil of Prayer In No. Westport A First Friday Mass hour prayer vigil will Friday night, Sept. 6 Lady of Grace Church, Road, North Westport.

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The services will be the seventeenth in a series of vigils in area parishes, held for peace and honoring the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary.

The program will begin with confessions preceding an 8 P.M. Mass of the Sacred Heart. Included in the evening will be exposition of the Blessed Sacrament, Holy Hour and Benediction. The Vigil will end with a midnight Mass in honor of the ,Immaculate Heart.

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Stresses Care for Rights Of Poor, Underp~ivileged/ One-hundred-thirty-seven million Americans are said, , I to have watched President Nixon on TV when he announced his resignation on Aug. 8. When it was over, you could almost hear them sigh collectively, from :Maine to California, with a great sense of relief that the nation's most trau- that the p'resident and his White House associates ought to try I ' matic peacetime crisis (or, 'as too hard to do so. Most AmerPresident Ford put it the icans-indeed, most people any'next day, our national nightmare) was finally ended. I dare say that even President Nixon's most loyal supporters, though

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disappointed at the outcome, were relieved that the crisis had been resolved and that they, would no longer have to endure the almost unbearable strain of waiting, day after day, and in the end, minute by minute, for the other shoe to drop.

Many Americans-induding a number of TV commentators whom Mr. Nixon had considered his enemies - were either too emotionally drained or too respectful of the Presi:lency to come right out and say that evening that they were glad the President, however unwillingly, had passed the torch to Vice President Ford. But 0I1,the following evening when the commentators came together on their respective networks to rev,iew collectively the events of one of the most' hectic and fateful weeks in the history of the Republic, they had regained their composure and said bluntly what they thought about the change of the guard and what they expected from the new Administration.

Peace, Tranquility I was impressed-negatively as well as positively-by a brief colloquy between John Chancellor and David Brinkley at the very end of the NBC's kaleidoscopic rev few of the week. Mr. Brinkley, when asked as a senior NBC pundit what he expected from the Ford, Administration, replied· that he-and, in his opinion the majority of the American people-would settle for a' bit of that "domestic peace and tranquility" which the Constitution promises to give us but seldom does.

He said, nostalgically, that we have experienced nothing' but tension, and dissent-the very opposite of domestic peace and tranquility-during the past 10 or 15 years. As a result, he sliggested that the American people are out of breath a~d desperately, longing for a change of pace.

Ford's Goals NBC's anchorman John Cohancellor nodded assent. They both expressed a desire for a period of "peace and quiet."

It remains to be seen whether President Ford and his new Administration can oblige. For my Qwn l'art, I am not even sure

Church Fire,"lnspi,res'Community Action FAR ROCKAWAY (NC)--Until it was leveled by fire on Feb. I li, S1. Mary Star of the Sea C!lurch stood like a Catholie island in a heavily Jewish yearround seaside community, an airport away from the rest of the Diocese of Brooklyn.

The late Gov. AI Smith was a parishioner in its earlier, more Ir:sh days.· Over a 117-year·history, as the oldest Catholic church in a community now numbering about 110,000, the parish held an honored place in Far Rockaway-and never more so than now.

Within hours of the fiery disaster wh-ich totally razed the building, a generous Jewish neighbor, Bernard Feuer, who runs two nursing homes, called 30 or 40 of his businessmen friends. Then he called the pastor, Father James McKenna, and an associate, Father John Regan, to his office.

"Let's get going!" Feuer commc,nded.

The result was the Committee to Rebuild St. Mary's, w.hich has now raised about 60 per cent of its goal of $200,000 toward a new church and bas n9w expanded to become a community group. It includes three rabbis, "The committee wants to improve the shopping area, to fight detereioration and make this area a place of joy for tourists," Father McKenna rela,ted.

"Our fire was a shot in t.he arm to the whole community. It reexamined its'elf, its future and its concerns."

An example of local deterioration is what has happened to Far Roc:kaway's' only other Catholic parish, St. Gertrude's, he noted.

Because of long neglect from the city. slum conditions developed in what was once "a thriving summer colony."

St. Gertrude's is subsidized by the diocese, he said, and staffed by a team of young priests serving a congregation comprised in large part of parishioners on welfare.

T~e 5t. Mary's fire brought other reactions that astonished .its 1,200 families, a melting pot of Irish, Italians, Puerto Ricans and blacks. .

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where anti everywhere in the world-would undoubtedly welcome a bit' of peace and quiet.

But peace I and quiet are illusive goals and Ilikely to escape tis if they are Qonsciously pursued as 'end in they themselves.

The goa)s I would like, to see the Ford Administration pursue are justic~ and compassion' for the poor as the principal victims of inflatio~, which is our number one domestic problem. If this problem c4n be solved with justice to all Isegments of our population, eSpecially to the poor, we can re~sonably_ hope to enjoy a. bit Of peace and quiet as a sort of fringe benefit. ,But if the new ~dministration tries to solve the ,problem of inflation at the expense of the poor and at the cost lof higher rates of unemploymen,t, the hopes and ,expectations 'of Messrs. Brinkley and Chanc~llor. are not likely to be fulfille& Talent for Reconciliation' President; Ford, from all that we know about him, is a decent .

I man In every respect-a man who puts great stock in honesty, openness bnd candor.' These eiu~lities Will stand, him and the nation in gbod stead during this transition p;eriod.

I hope and pray, however, that President Ford will also prove to be a man of compassionate concern for the rights of the' poor and underprivileged and a committed chaJ,pion of civil rights for Blacks and the Spanishspeaking-two groups in our society who fel~l, with good reason, that their 'legitimate interests and concern~ were not taken seriously enough by the last Administration!

By instinct; temperament, and experience, ;President Ford ap. pears to ha\1e a particular talent for reconciliation. This, too, wm Anlerican Health serve him arid the nation in good stead in the months that lie COll1gress Disbands CHICAGO (NC) - The recent ahead. But the word recondliation as the Protestant theologian, meeting of the American Health Jurgen Moltmann, has pointed Congress in Chicago was the orout, "has .. j become ,cheap and ganization's last. unreal" and; has been 'misused The American Health Congress and betrayed even by "historical was a three-year experiment by Chris.tendom i itself." , four major health organizations Ersatz 'Reconciliation to told a joint meeting. The "False prophets," Moltmann American Hospital Association, says, "speak', of peace and call largest of the four sponsoring, to peace where there is no peace. groups, decided not to continue rhey comfort the people in their the congress because it felt it misfortune, t~lling them it is not was losing its identity. at all so b"d. Appeasement is The other three sponsoring substituted ,for reconciliation,' groups were the Catholic Hospiand religio~ (together with tal Association, the American patriotism, he might have added) Nursing' Home Association is misused for the purpose of (ANHA) . and the Health Induskeeping the 'poor quiet so that tries Association (HIA), which the suffeI:ersl will 'be satisfied provided exhibits at meetings. with unrighteousness and not ,protest it t06 strongly."

This' kind Of ersatz "rec:mcil- and quiet, but a sense of bitteriation," which I am sure is ab- ness and frustration which could horrent to Pr~sid'ent Ford, would 'make the turbulent 1960s and pro<;\uce the, very opposite of early 1970s look serene and trandomestic peace and tranquility. quil by comparison.

It would brirl,g about not peace ( © 1974 by NC News Service)

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IT WILL RING AGAIN: Father James McKenna, pastor of St. .Mary Star of the Sea Church in Far Rockaway, N. Y" stands beside the 1897 Baltimore bell which was rescued from a fire which destroyed his church Feb. 16. A fund raising drive to build a new structure was spurred by a Jewish neighbor of the, parish and three rabbis serve on the rebuilding committee.NC Photo.. " ,r,~ ~,,(',r";' ~, ' " ': dropped by, checkbook in hand. :rhe building fund' began to read: First Presbyterian Church, $2,100; Methodists, $1.000; United Church of Christ, $500; Episcopal Church, $500.

Why? Father McKenna said he

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feels that St. Mary's' won its laurels as "part of the community" a long time ago. The Sisters 'of St. Joseph, who also taught at the sohool, staffed a very important· 'institution-the St. Joseph's Hospital. It is now Long Island Jewish HoSpital. And over the years, the parish area has become a haven for the elderly sick.

BIRMINGHAM (NC) - Religious leaders from northern AlaNew Editor bama have pledged to eat less <DODGE CITY (NC) - Mrs. food and donate'more money for Margaret Klenke, managing edthe reJ.ief of world starvation. itor of the weekly Spearville Bishop Joseph G. Vath of Bir- News, has been named editor of mingham met with representa-' ,tbe Southwest Kansas Register. tiv'es of the Episcopal, Methodist, Baptist, Church of God, and Christian Churches as well as Plum~ing Jewish leaders facing millions o~ people in the Third World of de· veloping nations.

Over 3S Years At the end of the meet,ing of Satisfied Service they issued a statement pledging Reg. Master Plumber 7023 to abstain from one meal per JI)SEf'H RAPOSA, JR. week for the -next, year and to ~ , 806 NO. MAIN STREET donate the money saved to interi'·t1' Rivflr 675..7497 national relief efforts. ~ ~

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KNOW YOUR FAITH .

Opportunity

Is Holy Year Something For Ancient History?

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By RUSSELL SHAW

At bottom, however, prospects By Bro. Michael Warren, C.F.X. for renewal and reconciliation in What does the Holy Year the social order depend on How are we to make sense out mean to you and me? whether renewal and reconcilia- of the Holy Year? Even though This article is not going to an· tion take place in the lives of it has an ancient history, with swer that question. A book-an countless millions of individuals. roots in the Jewish jubilee year, encyclopedia even-couldn't an- Personal renewal and reconcilia· some guestion its usefulness for swer it. The reason is that the tion are the foundation of renew- the present. Is it an anachro· answer, whatever it. is, will be al and reconciliation in society. nism, a bit of ancient history not given individually by each of us.

Even on the personal level, the suited to a time' of speeded·up question of priority is crucial. change? Time will tell whether Renewal comes before reconcil- the 1975 Holy Year had signifi-iation-not precisely because it cance for the lives of Catholic is more important, but because people. 'Meanwhile we each self-renewal is the indispensable must ask ourselves whether we By are willing to enter into the prerequisite of reconciliation. spirit of the Holy Year? The folPauline Renewal RUSSELL What sort of self-renewal does lowing are some questions that the Holy Year envision? Re- may help us answer for our· SHAW newal in the sense of St. Paul's selves the personal question of words in the letter to the Ephe- our place in the Holy Year.

Validity sians: "You must lay aside your Thousands of words have been former way of life and the old Is the concept "Holy Year" a devoted to the Holy Year. Innu- self which deteriorates through valid one for Christians? In a merable meetings have been illusion and desire ... You must sense, all time is holy for a held, complex preparations have put on that new man created in Christian. The call to give an been made in Rome and through· God's image, whose justice and account of our faith, to respond, out the world. holiness are born of truth." . is always a "now" call. In the But whether the words, meetThis kind of "laying aside" resurrection, Jesus initiated the ings and preparations ultimately and "putting on" is not at all the new aeon. The time of salvation add up to a great d,eal-or very same as a change of clothes. Ex- is here; the day has arrived. All Iittle--depends on what does or ternal change is not at issue, but times are' holy, no one holier does not happen in the minds rather interior self-renewal. This than another. If we have tried and hearts of individual Chris- is renewal which begins with a to live the Go~pel, we know the tians. radical change in the way we truth of this insight.

However, it is also true that The Holy Year has a two-fold· think and value and act. It is theme: renewal and reconcilia-' what is called conversion. the Christian mystery is more Who needs renewal? Perhaps profound than any particular tion. BotJh aspects of this theme have an obvious social thrust. the better' question is: who forms of expression. Aspects of They call attention to the urgent doesn't? Pope Paul, announcing that mystery have to be highneed for righting social injus- the Holy Year, suggested that in- lighted, isolated and examined tices, for fostering peace in the terior renewal is needed by "the in themselves. This is what the world, for healing the divisions person who thinks and in his liturgical year does. And the among races and social classes.

Churoh, then, has a right, if not Turn to Page Fourteen a duty to marshall its efforts around the w<;Jrld and to call on us all to respond more particularly to a single aspect of the mystery. The Holy Year is a Catholics of the whole world trine of creation in which the time for doing this, and the observe the Holy Year period- work of God is not finished long aspect we will consider more icaHy, in continuity with the ago but going on now, and in particularly is reconciliation.

Issue customs in Israel of the Sabbath which human persons are active Is reconciliation really an isof years and the Jubilee Year. collaborators. Moreover, it takes As in the week we observe Sun- a perspective on creation in sue? There are few needs in the day as a day of rest from our which the world that God makes human community that are more ord,inary work and preoccupation is always a gift to all mankind an issue than reconciliation. As with personal profit, and as a and none has the right to appro- a theme it is all encompassing day of prayer and meditation priate the' means of production and hits at every level of Chrisand wonder at the gift of nature so as to exclude and impoverish tian living. and of our own existence, so in others, by driving hard bargains We live in a time when a dethe years we have need of times and pressing natural and histor- structive nuclear' capacity is to pause and reconsider what life ically acquired advantages. within the grasp of more and is all about and what society is This is a hard doctrine to the more nations. Blood still flows doing to realize the purposes of 'Privileged. It is so now and it freely fu'om armed clashes in a human life. was so in ancient Israel. The law time of supposed peace. Further and practice of Israel assumed and possibly more importantly, that this understanding of man the inequities in human reo and creation would be given lip sources, especially food supplies, service but honored more by among various nations of the breach than observance. This is world, is becoming an acute By why Israel instituted its year of matter of conscience rather than special observance when in the of economic statistics.

MONIKA K. context of heightened prayer and Within the church itself there reflection on the law of God, de- are many unresolved issues of HELLWIG mands were made to right tl,le reconciliation. There is a need wrongs and redress the balance for reconciliation within various so as to free the poor and the ministries. Women have yet to The prescriptions for such ::lb- oppressed from inhuman bur- be taken seriously and given a servances in Israel included rules dens, brutalizing work and con- full voice in ministry: In addition about leaving the ground fallow, ditions and constant nagging there is the painful matter of so many priests who have chosen about redistribution of land and anxiety.

Message of Consolation to marry and for that reason capital assets, about the remisJesus did not say that we who they are excluded from minis'sion of onerous debts, about the freeing of slaves. This implies are His followers could forget try. Tensions between a highly an understanding of the relation about all this because salvation educated laity and the clergy of man to God and to the ere· is a purely spiritual matter that have been sharpened over the past 10 years alone. The question ated universe. It assumes a docTurn to Page Fourteen

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The Theology of Holy Year

MEALS AND RECONCILIATION: "Prayer before meals is one way of reminding one another of the needs of our brothers and sisters in the Third World, but it should not be the only way." A family joins hands to offer thanksgiving around a candlelit table in New Orleans. of a ministry of reconciliation unitive affairs, where controveramong the divorced has only sies are settled and community . maintained. And of course, we very recently been raised.

Finally there is the matter of sign forth our unity most clearly personal reconciliation in the when we break bread together lives of all of us. It is here that in the Eucharist, wit,h Jesus as reconciliation affects us more our common bond. directly and acutely. What of Creative Phase at Mealtime reconciliation within f,amilies: In the light of the relationship between husband and wife,be- between meals and reconciliation tween parents and children, and in our Christian faith, I wonder among members of the extended if all of us might undertake a family? Could it be that there is year of renewal on the theme no person alive who does not of reconciliation around our face reconciliation as a personal meals. We are living in a time issue in his own life? It just when the family meal is giving could be.

• way to quick-service hamburgSpecific Theme ers, pizza and TV dinners. MayWhat can one do to make the be we CQuid all put some thought reconciliation theme of the Holy and creativity into making our Year come alive? There are probTurn to Page Fourteen ably many different ways of taking reconciliation seriousiy.

Whatever one does, it should be specific and conc,rete. I wish to suggest one approach which SIN,CE 1898 could be used by families to make reconciliation a real issue.

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THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall Rivet-Thurs., Sept. 5, 1974

The Theology of H~ly Y·ear

PITTSBURGH (NC) - High own image and likeness, an imschool lay teachers have signed age of life-giving love, of self-gift a three-year contract with the to others,' of liberation of. others, Diocese of Pittsburgh, ending of the freedom not to grasp and three months of negotiations that snatch and put up defenses but once seemed headed for strike. rather to encourage and foster the freedbm of others without Salaries this fall will range fear.

I from $6,000 to $13,000 with anNee~ for Holy Year other $400 for teachers with a There are also, many ways master's degree. In the third year of unders'tanding reconciliation. of the contract the range will be There is a basic distinction befr.om $7,600 to $13,700. Departtween t~o religious attitudes. ment chairmen will receive an One is concerned' with reconciladditional $400 annually. By ing the cohsciousness of man to comparison, first year salaries the way things are. This attitude in area public schools now aVeris literally one of saving souls age about .$8,600. out of the world. It is preoccuThe agreement, between the pied with 'changing the expectadiocese and the Federation of tions of ~individuals, to bring Pittsburgh Diocesan Teachers them into line with what is al .. , (AFL·CIO), also provides Blue ready happening, to tone down Cross and Blue Shield coverage, their desires to ,match tl}e way including major medical insurthe world I already is. This can ance. It raises the number of scarcely qe squared with the sick days that may be accumuChristian message of salvation. \oated f·rom 30 to 45. Teachers The alterriate attitude is conmay use six of their 10 annual cerned ,with reconciling what days for family illness requiring goes on in the world to what ·a teacher's presence at home, a, ought to b¢ in response to God's ST. PETER'S IN SPOTLIGHT: "Thousands of words feature called unique in school call. This is not a matter of saving souls b~t of saving the world. have been devoted to the Holy Year. Innumerable meetings pacts by federation leaders.

The agreement covers 350 lay In other words it is a matter of have been held ,complex preparations have been made in changing the world and its ways Rome and throughout the world." The spotlight will be on teachers in 21 of the diocese's 36 high schools. The other and its priorities and values to be more responsive to the call of St. Peter's Basilica when Holy Year events are in full schools are priv,ate academies of special institutions not union-' God. It ap~lies to the public de; swing. NC Photo. ized. The pact covers all 350 lay cisions and policies by which teachers, although about 200 are men's lives are so powerfl:llJy federation . members. The 350 shaped just as much as it apany of these senses. But we compose 60 per cent of the facContinued from Page Thirteen plies to' th~ir personal and famthought has lost the certainty of have. not been left to our own ulties, the other 40 per cent beily affa irs. I To live Iby the light of the truth; the person -who works and devices. Reconciliation has al- ing Sisters and Brothers. coming Reign of God requires so in his work has come to realize ready been accomplished for us h much courage and so much de- that he is so turned outward that by Christ. We need only respond T ings tachment ;from our personal he no longer really has communi- to make it a reality in our lives.

Christ Our Model, In the study Of ,created things privileges and advantages, that cation with 'himself; the person Christ is our "model" of rec- we must not exercise a mere we very much need a year of who enjoys .life, amuses himself, intensified prayer and meditation and has so many exciting ways onciliation in all the senses men- idle and passing curiosity, but on the message and call of Jesus of gaining pleasurable experience tioned. But he is much more must make them a steppingto foster tne atmosphere in the that he soon feels bored and dIs- than a model. He is also the su- stone to things that are immortal preme agent of reconciliation- and that abide for ever. community: of Christians in illusioned." which we dan be honest about ~St. Augustine Pope Paul said modern man the one who brings it about. By '> our Christi,an commitment to needs renewal because of his His teaohing, His life, death and br.ing about the redemption of "profound dissatisfaction, satiety resurrection, and by His continContinued from Page Thirteen the world.' : coupled with, insufficiency, ungrace~giving presence, ued I meals "work." ,happin~ss produced by false forthrough His Church, in the world Here are some possible ap- College i Observes mulas for happiness ... dismay and in our lives, He provides us proaches: at not knowing how to enjoy the .the practical means for accom~nniversary Make family meals special by, 1 thousand-and-one pleasures that plishing self-renewal and reconSANTA F:E (NC) - The New civilization offers him in abun- ciliation. inviting guests on a more regular basis. Invite persons from your Mexico state legislature sent of- dance." _ What, theR, does the Holy' ficial congdtulations to the Colneighborhood who are elderly or Is there anyone who can hon- Year mean to you and me? Evalone, so your family can be lege of Sant~ Fe on the occasion estly say that renewal isn't for erything and nothing, dependof the 1OOtij annive~sary of the him? enriched by their presence. ing on what we choose to make Use family meals to celebrate school's incorporation., After self-renewal comes ree- ,of it. Christ forces nothing on It was inchrporated in 1874 as one another's presence.. I know onciliation. But reconciliation of us. He only offers us opportunia family that each month .cele- the College! of the Christian whom and with whom? ties. The Holy Year is one. brates a different family mem- Brothers of New Mexico. J Interior Reconciliation The act: of incorporation ber. It's fun and gives all a Minds Fil'St of all, perhaps, interior passed by th:e legislation of what chance to appreciate each ·other.

All who set their minds on IDEAL LAUNDRY was then th1e Territory of New reconc'iliation of warring aspects Use f~mily meals to foster are 'accounted fools; this world our own' personhood.

Reconof Mexico lega,lJy autborized the 373 New Boston Road solidarity with the hungry and granting of degrees, but it was ciliation of our actions with our but who will be the merrier in needy around the world. Prayer world' that is to come. the what we a,re with what ideals, of Fall River 678-5677 not until 1947 that St. Michael's' before meals is one way of re-R. H. Benson College was] founded as an in- we aspire to be. llhis is reconminding one another of the needs stitution of higher education. The ciliation in the sense of personal of our bro~hers and sisterH in' the •••••••••• t •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• ~ name was changed in 1965 to integrity and authenticity. third world, but it should not be The reconciliation in our relalink the school more closely to the only way. The meal itself the communi'ty it serves. tionships, individually and colcould be a reminder either beIn 1947,' Brother Benildus, lectively, with others. Reconcilcause of its simplicity or because founder and I first president of iation between parents and chilof the careful choice- of what is the college, 'obtained 125 acres dren; between the haves and the, INCORPORATED 1937 eaten. of land and ~ar surplus buildings have-nots; among blacks and Meals might also be ways of, from the f~deral government. whites, yellows and browns; rec.. healing painful family rifts, even The original faculty of 12 Chris- onciliation between social classes longstanding ones. . tian Brothersihad one table, four and nations. This reconciliation There is no limit to what could chairs, a typewriter imd four embraces such values as friend.. be done by creative persons who months to tr*nsform empty hos- ship, social justice, and peace.' are willing to !iee reconciliation pital wards i~to classrooms, clorFinally, recondliation in our JAMES H. COLLINS, C.E., Pres. as a live issue in their own permitories and administration relationship with God whoRegistered Civil and Structural Eng'ineer sonal lives. There is also no facilities. seems "far away" and "hidden" 4 Member National Society Professional Engineers limit to the possibilities of meals only as long as we choose to lH~mility for forging human bonds and keep him at a distance and not ,FRANCIS L. COLLINS, JR., Treas. peace with one another. WhatChrist is ~ith those of hum- to look for him.

THOMAS K. COLLINS,' Seey. ever you do, YOU have to do it. ble mind, not ,with those who exLeft to our own devices, we The Holy Year will enter your alt themselves over his flock.

ACADEMY BUILDING FALL RIVER, MASS. would have little chance of life if you enter the Holy Year.

--St. Clement achieving reconciliation in all or Continued from Page Thirteen does not enter the realm of experience and awareness. On the contrary, in one important New Testament passage. His mission is deliberately placed within the context of the Jubilee Year, the liberation of the oppressed and the breaking of good news to the poor (Lk. 4, 16-21). The good news of Jesus about the Reign of God that does not have to come down from heaven but is already within our hearts, if we would respond in a radical way, is good news to the poor. It is not intended to tell the poor that it is really quite nice to be poor, because they know that it is brutalizing. The good news that we call the Gospel of Our Lord Jesus Christ is a message of consolation to the oppressed because it promises that things are going to change for them.

Twofold Theme . When' we as Catholics celebrate a Holy Year we are concerned with renewal and reconciliation. We recall that it is Jesus and his message that make all things new and that reconcile all in his Cross \;Vhich is. the sign of scandal and contradiction and ultimately the sign of peace.

We recall these things and reflect again in an atmosphere of heightened prayer and an atmosphere to promote ·greater generosity, what these ancient say~ ings may mean in our lives today.

There are many possible ways of renewal, but the renewal of which we speak in the context of the death and Resurrection of Jesus, is a .leap beyond the clutches of the consequences of evil deeds in'the history of mankind-the newness of creation that responds to the call of the Creat,or God to grow into God's

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Suggests Better Sermons In List of New Priorities

Secret Elections Bill Killed

A priest senate I know of is busily engaged in "taking a survey" to find out what are the "priorities" of the priests in its diocese. One couldn't ask for a better example of what's wrong with the American Church. I'd be the last one to knock taking surveys. But anyone with an elementary has been given, etc. There should be special awards for: All knowledge of survey re- Around Worst: The Longest; Thp. search would know that you Dullest; The Most Innane; The

can't set priorities by taking a survey. Plebiscite democracy is fine (though then you don't need a priests senate), but it doesn't give you priorities; at best it

By REV. ANDREW M. GREELEY

Most Juvenile; The Least Comprehensible; The Most Pointless.

Winners would receive a week of retribution. They would be confined to a soundproof room where the tapes of the winning sermons would be played over, and over, and over, and over, and over."

Laity's Recourse Only the most naive would expect a senate of prjests to be concerned about the quality of sermons preached in a diocese.

That will surely not even appear on the list of priorities to be diligently collected by the survey.

After all, the laity only pay the bills.

What recourse do the laity have? Well, they could stop paying the bills, but most of them are too charitable to do that. As an alternative, they could send a subscription to the bad preachers of one of the many moderately good homiletic services and suggest (ananymously, since most of the priests take anonymous 'letters more seriously than signed ones':""'as in fact do lots of bishops and archbishops) tha,t instead of giving a sermon, , Father, simply read what's in the homiletic newsletter.

The 'only trouble is that it is not at all clear that the worst preachers still know how to read.

If they were reading, you see, they would be giving good sermons.

And if they were reading, they wouldn't need a survey to determine priorities. © 1974, Universal Press Sy'd'c't

gives you a list of pr00lem5which is something else altogether.

'Priorities are determined by leaders, or visionaries, or planning-commissions-depending on what kind of priorities you have in mind. Maybe your priorities ought to be approved by a senate after they have been elaborated, particularly if they are planningcommission priorities. But priest senates are afraid of leaders and visionaries and they don't know what planning-commissions are all about-and don't understand their limita,tions.

What Laity Think Of course, vision and leadership is what we have bishops for.

And if a bishop isn't laying out a visionary list of priorities for his priests,' maybe the priests oU'ght to request a new bishop instead of taking a survey.

There is an abundance of data available about what priests think their problems are; we hardly need a new survey for that. If a senate is interested in gathering ra,w material for an examination of priorities, it CHICAGO (NC) - The Cathomight much more appropriately find out what the laity think are lic Order of Foresters (COF) has their problems. But this is a sub- awarded its eighth annual gift ject about which most groups of of $30,000 to the Catholic Compriests are notably uninterested. munications Foundation (CCF).

In accepting the contribution, Till they begin to 'show such .interest they ought not to be Bishop Andrew G. Grutka of Gary, Ind., president and treastaken very seriously.

I can tell them, though, what urer of CCF, expressed gratitude bothers the laity most---'Sunday from the American bishops for sermons. (And af.ter that, the reli- the continuing support by COF. Louis E., Caron, high chief gious education of children, to which I will return in a later ranger, presented the gift.

Established by the Catholic column.) The outpouring of letters from lay' folk in response Fraternal Benefit Societies in to my recent column on sermons response to an invitation in 1964 may not be a scientific sample, from bishops of the United States to aid the Church 'in but the sheer power of, it leaves working with broadcasting melittle doubt about lay anger. dia, CCF has helped with radio 'Ten Lousiest' Take one example: "I propose and television programs cona contest among the laity to se- cerned with drug abuse, right to lect 'The Ten Lousiest Sermons ' life, poverty, Ca.tholic education and other subjects. CCF also of 1974-75.'... Lt could be the contest of the century! Ima,gine awards grants and scholarships.

RiGhard T. Tobin, chairman of the monumental number of nominations'. From cities, towns and the board of COF and vice presivillages across t.he land, you dent of CCF, said that "the Cathwould be buried in mountains of olic Order of Foresters, as a frawords that have poured from the ternal benefit society, is interestpulpit, drowning the laity in a ed in people's welfare, and heartpool of prattle ... Certain details ily supports CCF, which brings must be worked out for the con- to all people the basic Christian test, such as categories, length, truths arid ideals through radio number of times same sermon and television."

Foundation Gets $30,000 Gift

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SACRAMENTO (NC) - The California legisuature closed its business for the year without approving a bill that would have permitted secret ballot elections for farm workers.

The measure had been approved by the state assembly, but was killed in the senate through a parliamentary maneuver by Opt ponents of the bill.

On Aug. 21 the senate rejected a hurry-up hearing on the bill and there were behind-the-scenes efforts to call a special hearing, but without avail.

The measure, supported by the United Farm Workers of America (UFWA) and the state AFLCIO, was opposed by the Teamsters' union and grower representatives. It would have allowed farm workers secret elections to select union representation or to reject any union. Its demise was attributed to the fact that it did not prohibit secondary boycotts, a major weapon in Cesar Chavez' struggle against the growers. " •

DRIBBLING WILL BE TOUGH: Franciscan Brother 'Michael Wohler of Cincinnati deflates, a basketball so that it can be packed for shipment to his new mission assignment in the Philippines. The former assistant athletic director at Roger Bacon High School wiII be taking 500 pounds of sports gear along and found that the most efficient way to ship it was by deflating the inflatable and packing it in steel drums. He then has to remember to pack only one more item-a pump. NC· Photo.

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