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13,872 Grade, High Pupils In 42, Diocesan School,s ,

Catholic school doors opened yesterday for a grand total of 13,872 pupils in elementary, special and high schools. 9,632 youngsters entered the elementary grades; 204 youths will receive special education and 4,036 teenagers will bring life to the diocese's eight high schools. In Acushnet, St. Francis XaAn Anchor 01 the sour, Sure and Farm-St. Paul vier School opened its doors to 424. Attleboro's St. John School received 306 and Fairhaven's St. Fall River, Mass., Thursday, Sept. 6, 1973 Joseph School will educate 320. Fall River ell:imentary schools $4.00 per yea' Vol. 17, No. 36 © 1973 The Anchor will give their attention to 3,793 PRICE 10~ youths: Dominican Academy, 262; Espiritu Santo, 382; Holy Name, 285; Mt. St. Joseph Academy, 314; Notre Dame, 313; Sacred Heart, 311; St. Anne, 532; St. Jean-Baptiste, 322; St. Michael, 336; St. Patrick, 287; SS, The Fourteenth Annual Con- and Extraordinary Means of Pre-, Peter and Paul, 278; St. Stanisference of the New England Di- serving Life." laus, 171. In 'New Bedford, elementary ocesan Councils of Catholic Sister Miriam Lahey, O.C.D., Nurses will be held at the Sher- of the Carmelite Monastery at schools will serve 2,659 youngaton Wayfarer Motel, Bedford, Concord, N. H., Assistant Profes- sters: HolyFamily-Holy Name, N. H., on October 12, 13, 14. sor of Psychology at the N. H. 481, Mt. Carmel, 289; St. Anne, Hosting the conference is the Technical Institute. 151; St. Anthony, 406; St. JamesNew Hampshire Diocesan CounSister Kathryn Mangen, Assis- St. John, 392; St. Joseph, 553; cil. tant Administrator of Calvary St. Mary's Home, 44; St. Mary, On Saturday morning, Oct. 12, Hospital in Bronx, N. Y., who 343. the Council Chaplains will con- will speak on "The Advanced North Attleboro's St. Marycelebrate a Mass at the conven- Cancer Patient, the Family and Sacred Heart School will receive tion center. On Sunday morning, the Nurse." 436; Swansea's St. Michael the Bishops of New England Richard Chaput of Nashua, School will have 291 pupils and will concelebrate a Mass at N. H., an author and lecturer, Westport's St. George School Blessed Elizabeth Seton Church, who will speak on the "Modern will educate 365. Bedford, at 10:30. Christian Nurse." . In Taunton, 1038 youths will Advanced registration must be attend the city's four elementary Among the featured speakers are: made by September 18 with Mrs. schools: Our Lady of Lourdes, Rev. Benjamin Kuhn of Siena Thomas J. Fleming, 29C Rolling 228; St. Jacques,104; St. Mary's CoHege, Londonville, N.Y. Green Drive" Fall River. Dr. John S. Argue, M.D., of Motel reservations must be Pittsfield, ~. H. and member of made directly with the Sheraton the "Right to Life" Committee Wayfarer, Bedford, N. H. as soon who will speak on the "Ordinary as possible. LANSNG (NC) - Nonpublic schools are continuing to' make a significant contribution in the education of a substantial number of Michiga~'s children and , youth, the president of the Michigan State Board of Education said here. Dr. Gorton Riethmiller, speak-. Reverend Monsignor Emanuel followed by a reception in the ing at a meeting of nonpublic Sousa de Mello, pastor emeritus school hall. school administrators, said he of Our Lady of Lordes Church, State Senator John F. Parker believes the "vast majority of Taunton, will be honored by his and Rudolph H. DeSilva, Mayor teachers and administrators in parishioners on Sunday, Sept. 9 of the City of Taunton will be Michigan's nonpublic schools are to commemorate his sixty-fifth among program participants. doing a tremendous job. anniversary in the priesthood Area clergy of all denomina"Some concerns about the and ninety-fifth birthday. tions have been invited to attend quality of education in your Most Reverend James J. Gesr- the festivities. schools have been expressed in , rard, D.D., Auxiliary lBishop of The parish council of Our recent months," he said. "There the FaIl River Diocese, will be Lady of Lourdes 'Church is co- have been some suggestions that the main celebrant of a Mass ordinating the events and has ex- some nonpublic schools are ofwhich will be held at 5 r.M. tended an invitation to all fering less than quality education ·friends and former parishioners programs for their pupils." of Msgr. de Mello to attend. However, that is not the feelMsgr. de Mello was born in ing of the officers of the State Mattapoisett, Mass.,. on August Board of Education, Riethmiller 16, 1878. He was educated there said. He then. commended 0'00'public schools for "their long-conand in New Bedford. tinuing effoits to provide quality Before beginning studies for education to a substantial porthe priesthood, he was a floor tion of Michigan's school age sweeper at a' mill in New Bed- children." ford. Nonpublic schools, Riethmiller Msgr. de Mello gra.duated from, suggested, should set educational the minor seminary and St. Lau- goals which are even higher than rent College, both in Montreal, those of public schools. Canada. He undertook his theoHe also urged the nonpublic logical studies at the Seminary school administrators to marshall of Angra on Terceira Island in the "vast areas of untapped huthe Azores. man and material resources" On August 15, 1908 he was they have to serve the children the only priest to be ordained and youth who attend nonpublic in the Fall River Diocese. The schools through establishment ordaining prelate was the Most of an organization similar to the Peace Corps or 'VISTA. Tum to Page Two MONSIGNOR De MELLO

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Primary, 354; Taunton Catholic Middle, 352. Special education courses will be provided 204 youngsters in the four special eenters throughout the diocese: Nazareth, Attleboro, 35; Nazareth, Fall River, 86; Nazareth, Hyanis, 27; St. Vincent's Home, 56. The high schools of the diocese will prepare some 4,036

teenagers: Bishop Feehan High School, Atleboro, 700; Sacred Heart Academy, FaIl River, 276! Bishop Connolly High School, Fa'll River, 550; Bishop Gerrard High Schol, Fall River, 474; Holy Family, New Bedford, 300; St. Anthony, New Bedford, 443; Bishop Stang High School, No. Dartmouth, 830; Coyle-Cassidy, Taunton, 463.

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"Why should not those who believe in the programs and purposes of the nonpublic schools, students who have graduated from nonpublic higher education' institutions, devote one or two years or at least a portion of time to serving the nonpublic schools?" he asked;

"If we have really taught the truths we hold, these people should be ready to render some service in order that others may benefit from what they have learned." "In other words," he said, "let us put our hearts where our words are."

Bis,hop Confers Ministries On Seminarian Tonight Most Rev. Daniel A. Cronin, S.T.D.. Bishop of F<lJll River, wiH confer ·the Ministries of AcolYte and Lector on Mr. Timothy J. Place, a seminarian of ,the Diocese of Fall River. The ceremony will be !held tonight at 8 o'clock at the Chapel of the AssumptJjon at Cathedral Camp in East Freetown in the midst of the priests' retreat. A seminarian at North American College in Rome, Mr. Place is a member of St. Joseph Parlish, New Bedford. The Ministries are well known to many of ,the laity of tJhe Diocese and are exeroised by them in parochial work. They are to he exercised by young men preparing for the priesthood for 'some time before their ordination to the diaconate ·and the priest- . hood.

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Official Says Pope Not Thinking Of Reimposing La~in in Mass VATICAN CITY (NC)- Is Pope Paul VI think ng of reimposing Latin in an~ part of the Mass? . "Certainly not," replied an official of the Pope's, own office for fo~ms .of worship thr.)U.gh~ut what IS stIll styled the L tm-nte Church. But the official of the r:ongregation for Divine Worship emphasized that Latin remains "the official language of the liturgy according to the Second Vatican Council," and that the present li~urgical reforrinests entirely on the council's Constitution on the Liturgy.. "When the Pope says he hopes Latin will be preserved in the singing of the Gloria and Credo and o'ther parts of the Mass, he is not introducing anything new. He is merely recalling the rule laid down by the council that Latin must be preserved in the Mass, especially in the Gloria and other sung hymns." (Pope Paul, speaking on prayer at his Aug. 22 audience, . said: "Many are asking that the

Latin Gregorian chant be, preserved in all countries for the Gloria, the Credo, the Sanctus. the Agnus Dei. May God will that it be thus. Just how' it can be done might be restudied.") , The liturgical official stating that he spoke in a personal capacity and asking that he remain anonymous, observed that the council's liturgy constitution "has not always been properly . applied." The council, he continued, allowed that the use of other vernacular be extended to the read! ings of the Mass and to some prayers how Latin can be pre-' served in singing the Gloria, he is above all recalling the bishops to their liturgical responsibilities," the official asserted. (The council put the regulation of the liturgy in the hands of "territorial bodies of bishops legitimately established.") . The official pointed out that the Pope did not speak of Latin in any of the readings of the Mass. He said Latin was positively forbidden in the readings in some countries.

Asks Religious Superiors Start Worldwide Drive Against Poverty . WASHINGTON (NC) - A~ch. ion, conducted intelligently on a bIshop Helder Camara of Olinda national scale inside the United and ~ecife, Brazil, has called on States will have - repercussions supeno~ of Religious women in . throughout the world," Archthe Untted States to be the cat- bishop Camara told the Leaderalyst for a worldwide drive ship Conference of Women Reliagainst -the injustices of poverty. gious. "A movemen't of public. opin._ The archbishop, who more , than once has been nominated for Nobel Peace Prize, suggested Necrology that such a drive begin with a SEPT. 15 Year of Justice in the United Rev. Henry J. Mussely, 1934, States. Pastor, St. John Baptist, Fall He said the Year of Justice River. could. begin around Dec. 10, the Rev. Brendan McNally, S.J., jubilee of the Universal Declara1958, Holy Cross College, tion of the Rights of Man, the .Worcester, Mass. document of the United Nations Rev. John J. Casey, 1969: Pas- which sets forth basic rights and tor; Immaculate Conception, freedoms to which all men and North Easton. women in the world are entitled.

SEPT. 16 Rt. Rev. Jean A. Prevost, ·P.A., P.R., 1925, Pastor, Notre Dame, Fall River. SEPT. 17 Rev. Thomas F. McNulty, 1954, . Pastor, St. Kilian, New Bedford.

SEPT. 18 Rev. Luke Golla, SS.CC., 1945, Seminary of Sacred Heart, Wareham~

Rt. Rev. Edmund J. Ward, 1964, St. Patrick's, Fall River.

SEPT. 19 Rev. Henry E. S. Henniss, 1859, Pastor, St. Mary, New Bedford.

SEPT. 20' . Rev. Simon A. O'Rourke i918 Chaplain, United States Navy.'. Rev. Omer Valois, 1958, Pastor, Sacred Heart, New. Bedford.

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The slender and frail looking archbishop said that the entire year of 1974 cOiJld be devoted t~ denouncing injustices, "beginnmg with the injustices that exist within the' frontiers of your own country." "Is it nof true that the United Sta~es, which sends so-called surplus gifts to the poor countries of the whole world, has inside its own frontiers areas of poverty, and that it is possible to write of geography of hunger in the United States?" . Dom Helder, as he is popularly known in Brazil, made a special stop here on his way back from Europe to Brazil. Shortly after addressing the women Religious here he boarded a plane back to Brazil.

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NEW OFFICERS-Sister Fran, is Borgia Rothleubber OS1" '(left) of Milwaukee, is the new president of the Leadership Conference of Women Religiou~ who met in Washington, D.C. Sister Francine Zeller OSF dright) of Jolier, Ill., was elected vice-president. NC Photo.

Catholic Relief Services, Texans I To Help Earthquake Vlictims ORIZABA (NC) -

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rumed MeXIcan cIty of 50,000 has l~iIIed 1,000 persons and left about 25.000 families homeles~ here and in two dozen other towns. In :New York, Catholic Relief Services (CRS) said it was re.. sponding to urgent.calls for baby foods and blankets. An airli~t ?f 10,000 pound~ was sent WIthIn 48 hours after th~ e~rthquake. Recent. CRS shlppmgs of pow· dered.. mIlk were reassigned to the dIsaster areas. T-here have been calls for pref~bricated housing. B~sides the homes de$tr~~ed by the earth~uake, demolItIon cre~s here and 10 oUier towns wrecked 10,000 homes considered unsafe. Housing authorities said plans are underway to provide pre-fabri. . cated homes for the worst hit areas. In Serden, for instance, ~a~~ o~ ~he 22,000 inhabitants are hvmg In tents and makeshift refuge camps. pope Pau!:'I sent his condolences to MeXICO and his representatlve in Mexico City, Archbishop Mario Pio Gaspari, who arrive<U at his post a few days .ago,. offered he~p after concelebra~m$ a ReqUIem Mass at the Shrme of Our Lady of Guadalupe. In San Antonio, Tex., Arch-bishop Francis J. Fury announced an archdiocesan collection to help earthquake and flood vic. tims in Mexico. Both the Aug. 28 earthquake and the worst rains to hit central and southern Mexico in 30 years have done more "to dramatize

the wr~tched conditions in which most 4f the poor live, than all prophetic denunciations," said a spokesman for the Center of Social Communications (CENCOS)· in Mdico City.

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Sister Margaret Higgins, provincial-! director of vocations for the Religious of the' Holy Union of thelsacred Hearts, has been named as one of 25 religious throug t the world who left this ~eek. for Rome for a three-rrtonth assignment with the Sacred, ~ Congregation. for Reli-. gious. She will assist in collad tion Of\1 comm t . en s an . reports receIved from congregations in preparafion for a new document on for~ation of religious to be issued by the Sacred Congregation. H!r particular co t . . mpe ence WIll be ~ith material in French and En hsh.

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A First Friday Mass and five hour prayer vigil will be held Friday night, Sept. 7 in St. Mary Church, Main Street, Fairhaven. The services' will be the tenth in a series of vigils in area parishes, held for the purpose of praying 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. Refreshments will be served during the evening, and all are invited to attend all or part of the services. Further information is available at St. Mary's Church, Fairhaven.

Msgr. DeMello Continued from Page One Reverend Daniel F. 'Feehan', D.D. Msgr. de Mello has served' in many area parishes, among them Mount Carmel in New Bedford, Holy Family in East Taunton, St. Joseph's in North Dighton, and St. Elizabeth's in Fall River. He came to OUf Lady of Lourdes as pastor in November of 1933. Red Sox Fan The jubilarian recalls many happy and amusing events that took place during his active years in the priesthood. These anecdotes will be shared with ,parishioners during the Sept. 9 , reception. In retirement Msgr. de Mello is in residence at Our Lady of Lourdes rectory, where he still celebrates daily Mass in his private chapel and serves as moderator to the St. Vincent de Paul Society of the parish. He enjoys watching television, especially Red Sox games:

Slsterl Margaret reSIdes at St. Joseph'~ Convent, Fall River. ~he wilt return to her provincial assignment on completion of her work in Rome.. I-

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Vatican Objections To National Pastoral Councils Restated VATICAN CITY (NC)-Vatican objections to national pastoral councils came to light again in a circular letter from the Congregation for the Clergy sent to the world's bishops. The letter, dated Jan. 25, 1973, said that those at a Vatican meeting on pastoral councils in March 1972 expressed the belief that "it is not opportune, at least for the present, to institute pastoral councils or similar organizations on an interdiocesan. provincial, regional, national or international level." (The U. S. bishops received the Vatican document in March 1973). Bishops' .conferences, however, are permitted to institute "special organizations of a technical or executive nature, made up of select members of the faithful" to assist the bishops. The document was signed by American Cardinal John Wright, prefect of the Clergy Congregation, which has the responsibility for dealing with pastoral councils, and that c~>ngregation's sec-

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Plan .to Increase Family Planning

retary, Archbishop Pietro Palazzini. The document deals prt'ncipally with diocesan and parish pastoral councils. Calling the establishment of a pastoral council "important and helpful," it said that in March 1971 the Clergy Congregation asked the bishops for their rec: ommendations and views of experiments already conducted or of norms that should be established concerning pastoral councils. In addition, it said, the Clergy Congregation asked the Congregation for the Eastern-rite Churches and the Congregation for the Evangelization of People for their viewpoints and then invited the Congregation for Bishops, the Congregation for Religious as well as the Council of the Laity to a plenary combined congregation, or meeting, on March 15, 1972. The circular'letter of the Cleargy Congregation was a presentation of the conclusions of that plenary congregation.

WASHINGTON (NC) - The federal government plans to provide family planning services and contraceptive devices 'to approximately 1,750,000 welfare recipients this year, an increase of 650,000 over last year. The government will also ease the rule which requires needy women not on welfare to wait until they are three months preg· nant to get family planning aid. A spokesman for the Social and Rehabilitation Service of the Department of Health, Education and Welfare said the service will spend $31.6 million on the program during fiscal year 1974 and will begin planning a five-year program, which will be a "prior. ity program." Congress has said that states failing to offer the family planning services to minors-whether married or unmarried-and other women to keep them off welfare will lose one per cent of their federal aid for welfare families.

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Dominicans, Institute Collaborate To Revitalize Biblical Preaching

Teaches Catholics How to Pray PATRONESS OF CUBA-Marit~a and Marta Gomez of Los Angeles look at a statue of Our Lady of Cobre, whose feastday will be celebrated by Cuban refugees Sept. '8. The statue portrays Our Lady's apparition to Cuban fishermen in a fearful storm. NC Photo.

WASHINGTON (NC) - The Dominican House of Studies here and the Word of God Institute, an agency that seeks to impr.ove the quality of Christian preaching, are collaborating on a program to revitalize biblical preaching. The fall offering will comprise an organized progl"am of courses

dealing with the theology of' preaohing, new approaches to biblical preaching and tra'ining in the mechanics of public communication. ' The program is "a response to the demands of seminarians themselves," said ,Dominican Father John Burke, founder and executive director of the Word of God Institute.. As ,deacons, he said, they found themselves "filcDeclares Catholic ing live: congregatidris and'realSocieties Needed izing they didn't know what to WORCESTER (NC)-Catholic do." societies in the apostolate are Included in the program are a needed more than ever to coun· course in liturgical celebration teract the moral decline that taught by William Graham, assoconfronts the nation, Bishop ciate director of the institute Bernard J. Flanagan of, Worces- and associate professor of speech ter had declared. and drama at the Catholic UniThe bishop, chaplain of the versity of America here, 'and one Catholic Daughters of America to be taught in the second se(CDA), wrote in the CDA na- mester on the theology of tional magazine that some people preaching by Dominican Father are questioning the value and Urban Mullaney, professor of relevance of Catholic societies. , theology at Providence College. "I am convinced that these The courses in the program, orders are needed more than Father Burke said, open to all ever," he said. members of the Washington He commended the CDA as Theological Consortium, a coophaving "unswerving 'loyalty to erative venture involving four the authentic teaching of the Protestant and three Catholic Church." He said the CDA meso theology schools which allow sage of charity and social justice students in each school to enroll make the CDA an important in- in courses in the others. strument in combating "the secOther current projects of the ularist and amoral attitudes Word of God Institute, Father which are creating havoc in every Burke said, include a section of segment of our modern society. three articles to appear in each issue of The Bible Today, pubSees Law of Jungle lished six times a year at St. John's University, Collegeville, Prevailing Norm OTTAWA (NC) - The "unity Minn. One of the articles will of the human family and global deal with the interpretation of sharing" should be "accepted as a part of the Bible, another with the guiding norms of social con- the preaching of that part, and a duct," the bishops of the Social third with the treatment of the Action Office of the Canadian part in study groups. Father James Reese, a profesCatholic Conference urged in their 1973 Labor Day statement, sor of Scripture at St. John's entitled "Inequality Divides; Jus- University, Jamaica, N. Y., is the editor of the magazine section. tice Reconciles" The Word of God Institute is "Christians," the bishops said, "are committed by the Gospel also going to make a proposal and modern ,social teachings to to the National Conference of help initiate, support and uphold Catholic Bishops about what the public policies which aim toward bishops should say concerning social equity and harmony. All evangelization, the topic of the citizens should share in devising world synod of bishops scheduled for 1974. such policies."

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became" Superior' . G~neral. His RIO DE, JANEIRO (NC) Father .Pedro Arrupe, ,the Supe- meetings in Rio de Janeiro were ST. ANNE rior General of the Jesuits, said limited to Church officials. • here that one of the great conThe visit of Father' Arrup~ CREDIT UNION cerns for the Church in Latin comes at a time in which rela43 RODNEY FRENCH BLVD. America is its struggle for social tions between Church and state NEAR COVE RD. NEW BEDFORD justice. The greatest problem in Brazil are at a low point due All Your Money Insured Against loss facing religion and the Church. to incidents such as the imprisonAll Personal loans life Insured Home Mortgages on Easy Terms Father Arrupe said, is militant ment of French Father Francois No Penalty Clauses atheism and a generalized slack- Jentel, the arrests of Bishop Bank In Person or by Mail ness in the faith of many Chris- Pedro Casaldaliga of Sao Felix Welcome Into Our Credit Union Family !lians. and the declarations of the bishOpen Daily 9 am·2 pm Frl. &·8 pm The Jes,uit leader, who is visit· ops of the northeast criticizing -Parklnling several countries in Latin the economic policies of the CLOSED SATURDAYS Americ'a, was interviewed here regime. during a stopover in which he conducted a retreat with 120 Jesuit superiors of Brazil. He was scheduled to conduct a similar retreat in Paraguay for the CONTINUING EDUCATION superiors of the order in ArgenNon-Credit Evening Classes tina, Ururguay, Chile, Bolivia and Paraguay. Spember 25 - November 29 -- 7:30-9:30 P.M. Father Arrupe' was also sched· The C.C.D. Teacher: Questions uled to visit the 27 Jesuits workConcerning Sexuality and Science ing in Cuba. On his way to Rome, Father Arrupe will also Write: Director of Continuing Education visit Canada and his native STONEHIL.L COLLEGE Spain. No. Easton, Mass. 02356 - Tel. 238-2052 696-0400 Ext 312 that' Answering criticism schools run by the Jesuits in Latin 'America serve the interests of the ruling classes, Father Arrupe said that efforts are being made to open the schools to all social classes, especially the INC. poor. Asked about the freedom the Jesuits have in Latin America, . . . he said that "We have enough freedom as evangelists to tell the truth and to state our position, and money does not silence us." The last reference apparently, was to rebuke critics who charge the Jesuits support the ruling classes. 363 SECOND ST. FALL RIVER, MASS. This is the second visit of Father Arrupe to Brazil since he

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Says Fr. Munzing's; Report Slanted Against UFWU.

SAN ANTONIO (NC)-Picketing of two Farah Manufacturing Co. plants here and one in Victoria, Tex., has been called off by the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America (ACWA). ACWA leaders said, however, that the 15-month-old strike against Farah's main plant in El Paso, Tex., and another in Las Cruces, N. M., will continue, ·as will a nationwide boycott of Farah slacks. Joan Suarez, spokeswoman for the San Antonio local of ACWA, said the union removed the pickets and withdrew its request for recognition in the San Antonio and Victoria plants as part of an agreement with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) to correct "certain technical violations which arose from the confused situation in the early days , of the strike." She said the union had failed to meet a 30-day deadline in petitioning for an election after filing for recognition by the company in May, 1972. She' said the failure to petition was an oversight due to the confusion after workers spontaneously walked out of the plant without the knowledge of the union. She said the NLRB has found them in violation, and "we had no choice but to withdraw our request for an election."

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On August I Father joel Munzing, O.F.M. of St. Bonaventure Monastery, Paterson, N.J., sent to all the bishops of the United States a "confidential" 12-page, single-space report· on the farm labor dispute in California's Salinas Valley entitled "The Uptold that I was somewhat surLettuce Story." Though he admit prised that Father Munzing emintended the report to be phasized this point so heavily. confidential and assured the Since his re~ort was sent only bishops in a covering letter that it would not be released to the media by any "encouragement" on his part,. it has predictably

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hit the press and - as Father Munzing had every reason to , expect-has become a matter of public contro.versy: This being the case-:-and despite the fact that the author declined, on the' grounds of confidentiality, to send "me a personal copy-·I feel' Justified in publicizing my own critical reaction to the report. To begin with, while it purports to be completely neutral as hetween the parties to the lettuce dispute, it is heavily slanted against the United Farm Workers Union. Indeed I think it would be fair to say that it is' slanted against unions of any' kind in the agricultural industry. It takes the position that wages, housing, and working conditions in the Salinas Valley were completely satisfactory' before the UFW came into the picture. Therefore, the author seems to imply, the workers really didn't need a union - and certainly didn't need the. UFW. It's true, of course-as Father Munzing will undoubtedly hasten to remind me-that he does report that some of the workers whom he interviewed spoke well of the UFW and credited the union with having improved their wages and working conditions. In general, however, his references to the UFW tend to be disparaging, whether he meant them to be or not. • In addition, Father Munzing goes out of his way to insist that if and when a representation election is conducted, farm workers should' be given the option "to continue a system some prefer by not aligning themselves with one union or another." The question of union representation, he says, should not be taken for granted.

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T rue enough. In other words, it goes without saying that workers should be given the alternative of voting "no union" if that's their preference in the matter. Needless to add, there has never been a representation election in any industry, including agriculture (and there have been such elections in agriculture) which didn't provide for this option. This having been said, I must

to' the bishops' of the United States and was written exclusively for their information, I would have expected him tostart from the premise that they themselves have always started from in their own statements on - the farm labor problem-namely, that workers in agriculture as well as in other tIldustries need to organize into a union of their own choosing for purposes of. social justice. .Difficult to Analyze There are enough people, in and out of the agricultural industry, trying to convince farm workers that they don't need a union. Instead of giving aid and comfort to people of that ilk, Father Munzing ought to be try·, ig to balance the scales in the other direction-i.e., in the direction of Catholic social teacliing. Catholic social teaching favors the organization of ,workers (including farm workers) into a union of their own choosing, and this to make it possible for them to b'argain collectively not only on wages but on a wide range of other problems which, for some' strange reason, are hardly .even mentioned in Father Munzing's highly selective report.

PRIEST TEACHES MYSTICISM~ Jesuit Father William Johnston assumes the lotus position as he leads his class in studying "Oriental Mysticism and' Christian Prayer." Author of three books on mystic sm, Father Johnston has been a missionary in Japan for 20 years. NC Photo.

·Chilean "Cardinal S~ys Politics Blo¢k Strike Mediation Ef'forts

SANTIAGO (t'lC) - Cardinal The rest of Father Munzing's Raul SUva of Santiago said facdocument is extremely difficult tional politicB are blocking his to summarize and even more dif- mediation efforts to end'the cripficult to analyze in any systemat- pling teamsters' strike. ic way. The reason· is that it's a The prelate told a delegation veritable hodge-podge of discon~ of teamsters" wives that the nected quotes from random in- strike "has become a political terviews ,that he conducted with drive" rather than a labor effort rank and file farm workers. It's for improvements. • hard to get your teeth into this He added, however, that he kin~ of impressionistic report. ·was still trying to bring about "a In general, however, I would dialogue between the government have to say that the scatter-shot (of Matxist President Salvador methodology Father Munzing Allende) and the truckers. ."I pr/ly to God that -governemployed in conducting his research leaves much to be desired. ment officials and -opposition On the basis of a very limited leaders reconsider their attitude and extremely superficial survey' and agree to talks seeking a soof worker opinion and without lution." reference to any reliable statistical sources (and, so far as I can determine, without having ers, he /llso claims that Califor- interviewed Cesar Chavez or any nia has the most rigid child labor of the latter's top associates) he laws of any state and that they paints an idyllic picture of con- . are really being enforced. The l>est available study of ditions in the' Salinas Valley which is almost too good to be child labor in 'American agricul·ture - a new book by veteran true. labor reporter Ronald Taylor Child Labor '/entit1E!d "Sweatshops in' the , The built-in weakness of this Fields" ...- makes min'cemeat of kind of impressionistic research the latter argument. Taylor dem~an best be illustrated by his · onstrate$, beyond the shadow of woefully inadequate treatment a doubt, that the child labor of the child labor problem in problemS in American agriculCalifornia agriculture. ,He clearly ture is J'l'lore serious today than leaves the impression that the it was a generation ago. He adUFW is prevaricating when it mits that, on paper, California's says that child labor is, still be- . child labor laws are comparativeing used in ·the ,fields. "In all of ly rigid, but, citing chapter and the territory producing lettuce verse frOm reliable studies, he and other vegetables or fruits cont:end~i that the iaws are being that I visited and observed in loosely ~dministered, with the Salinas and Soledad," he says, result thc)t thousands of children "I never saw any worker who are still being employed in the appeared under age." Quoting a fields. spokesman f?r one of the grow( © 1973 NC Features) '''''III''1I1l1I1l'"'' .... 'I''''UIllIllIl''IIIIIIIIl'ull.. '''''mllllllIllIlIllI1lIttll11I11I'U,,"'lllllllll

The s rike, caused by fears that truetking will be nationalized, pluJ truckers' demands that I the government release U. S. dollar hbldings for repairs to trucks an1d buses, is causing huge daily los~es-estima.ted by. some at $100 Imillion so far - and shortagelin foodstuffs and other goods. '. Cardin I Silva complained to the wom~n about published state~ mentscllllming that he had reI ' fused to fee them, "although he was willi g to attend Communist rallies." In the vast the Santiago archattended May Day bishop has I • and othfr labor celebrations sponsored by socialists.

Notre Dam-e Names First Woman Dean . NOTRE DAME (l'{C) - The University of Notre Dame has appointed its first woman dean. She is Sister Isabel Charles, 0.,1>., . named assistant dean in the university's college of arts and letters. Sister Charles received her masters and doctoral degrees from Notre Dame. Since 1969 she has been executive vice president of Ohio Dominican College in Columbus. . The college of arts and letters . at Notre Dame has, more than 2',000 students, making it the university's largest undergrad: uate college where most· of the 830 women at Notre Dame are enrolled.

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Plans for Nat'ional Pastoral Council In India Scrapped NEW DELHI (NC)-Plans for Bishops' conferences, however, a national pastoral council in are permitted to form "special India have been scrapped, at organizations of a technical or least "for the time being." executive nature, made up of A national pastoral council was select members of the faithful" one of the major recommenda- to assist them. tions of the 1969 All India SemThe secretary general of the inar on the Church in India To- Indian Bishops' Conference asked day, held in Bangalore. ,the follow-up committee to rec. A follow-up committee en- ommend to the bishops what the trusted by the seminar to study next step should be. and make recommendations Vatit::an objections to national about a national pastoral council pastoral councils first became will meet here Sept. 17, to dis- widely known when the Dutch cuss its own future. bishops~ secretariat announced in In April, the follow-up com- the fall of 1972 that a national mittee had proposed to the In- pastoral council scheduled for dian Bishops' Conference that a October of that year had been provisional pastoral council be postponed because of Vatican opset up. The bishops accepted position. The Dutch secretariat that proposal, approved a draft said that the Vatican "finds that constitution and elected bishops the time is not yet ripe for instito be members of the council. tution of a pastoral council on a At its June meeting, however, national level." the bishops decided to scrap the At 'that time a reliable source national pastoral council because within the Clergy Congregation, of document from the Vatican's which has the responsibility for Congregation for the Clergy cir- dealing with pastoral councils, culated to bishops throughout told NC News that "it is widely the world. That document - a felt that an educational program circular letter dated Jan. 25, 1973 of dialogue and forum is neces(the U. S. bishops received it in sary even in the smallest counMarch 1973) - deals principally tries . . . before an attempt is with diocesan and parish pas- 'made to draw up an agenda for toral councils, but states that "it a national council which would is not opportune, at least for the be equally profitable to the hierpresent, to institute pastoral archy and the laity." councils or similar organizations The Dutch bishops in January on an interdiocesan, provincial, 1973 held what they called a naregional, national or internation- tional pastoral, consultation, al level." which was not policy-making.

Supreme Court Refuses to' Stop . Repossession of School Equipment WASHINGTON (NC) -'- U: S. Supreme Court Justice William J. Brennan refused to stay a lower court ruling ordering repossession of some $7.5 million in equipment to nonpublic schools in New Jersey; State sources here indicated that they had asked Brennan to stay the court order because of the possible high cost of repossessing the, material. . After a July 30. rulIng of a three-judge, federal court here Gordon J. Golum, a deputy state att?rney general, said a. rough estimated value of the equIpment was $7.5 million. This included such items as microscopes, videotape devices, portable recorders, television monitors and receivers, maps, globes, charts and a variety of laboratory equipment and athletic equipment.

"Some of 'the' equipment 'will require very delicate handling," said Mr. McCarthy. '''We can't just pile' all this stuff up and cart it off." In the opinon of Mcearthy, repossessing the materials would cost more 'than the equipment is worth. Before Justice Brennan's ruling, the State Department of Education had alr~ady sent letters to more than 709 nonpublic schools in the state, asking 'those schools which received goods after June 1 to store the materials "and to refrain from usi'ng or marking the equipment and supplies in any way" h' d' . hAt ree-Ju ge fe.deral court .ere on July 30 dented tW? motlOns by New J~rsey seekmg to have t~~ matenals keP.t at the n?~publhc schools pendmg a declslon by the f~1I court. The state already had filed an appeal to Walter McCarthy, assistant the U.S. Supreme Court seeking education commissioner in to overturn an April 5 ruling by charge of the nonpublic school the corurt here. That ruling held aid programs, said "tens of thou- that. New.. Jersey's two-year-old sands of things" would have to program of aid to nonpublic be reclaimed by the state under schools was unconstitutional. the court's order. Justice Brennan stayed implementation of that order in May but the full court vacated the Pope Congratulates stay the following month. p -. on Jubilee Between the time of the first VATICAN CITY (NC) - On stay, May 29, and its lifting by the 25th anniversary of the the full court on June 25, some World Council of Churches' $2 million in additional equip(WCC), Pope Paul VI sent "con- ment had been purchased and gratulations and the assurance of delivered to nonpublic schools. our prayer" to that organization In addition to the stay of the of Protestant and Orthodox repossession order which was churches. asked of Justice Brennan, theThe Pope said that the first 25 attorney general's office was exyears of the World Council of pected to file an amended jurisChurches "have been rich in ac- dictional statement with the full tivities and events" and' that the court, asking that the state be current celebration in Geneva "is permitted "to pay the vendors insurely more than a cpmmemora- volved in delivering materials between May 29 and June 25. tion of past history."

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HONOR FOR EAST FREETOWN RESIDENT: Mrs. Jean Caya Bancroft, a member of Our Lady of Fatima Parish, New Bedford, who resides at 9 James Ave., East Freetown, has been elected national president of Kappa Gamma Pi, national Catholic College women's honor society. A graduate of Salve Regina College, Newport, she is a professional handwriting consultant, lecturer, author路and aiso a member of the Dioce.san Committee for the Marian Award in Scouting.

National Commemoration Prime Minister Asks All Irishmen To' Share St. Patrick's 'Day' DUBLIN (NC) -' St. Patrick's Day is to become a Day of National Commemoration "which all' Irishmen can share, irrespective of their tradition, denomination or politics," Irish Prime Minister Liam Gosgrave announced. The government said it had decided that it should be a day "on which the. state will solemnly commemorate all who died for Ireland and all victims of civil strife in Ireland, as well as rededicate the people of Ireland, under St. Patrick, to the pursuit of peace." The government statement said that lOSt. Patrick's Day is a feast' which has been celebrated by . many generations of Irish people. The great event which it commemorates - the coming 'of Christianity to Ireland-has long been celebrated by Christians of all denominations and serves to remind us of a common heritage dating from long before our present division. "It is a day therefore, which all Irishmen can share, irrespective of their tradition, denomination or politics," The decision takes effect from St. Patrick's Day in 1974. The government statement did not give any details on how the days of commemoration should be observed. For the past few years St. Patrich's Day has been observed in many places as a day of prayer for peace in Northern Ireland, where civil strife has taken hundreds of lives. An editorial in the Irish Press urged that authorities in Northern Ireland observe St. Patrick's Day as a holiday and that there be joint observances in thlt North

and in the Irish Republic in 路the south. In Northern Ireland in 1972 there were as many murders as in the previous year. There were 376 murders in that year, all but 12 related to the current civil strife in the North. A police official said the bombings, killings, and attempted murders (1,210 in 1972) "reflect an unprecedented campaign of violence against police personnel and. buildings," Seventeen policemen died in 1972 as a result of the strife.

WASHINGTON (NC) - About 60 women Religious held a prayerful demonstration at the Farmers' Market here to protest the sale of grapes and lettuce not picked by members of the United Farm Workers Union (UFWU). Singing protest hymns and reciting prayers, the Sisters and several priests and lay women began a slow and orderly procession along the docks where trucks were being loaded in the early morning hours. Several of them stopped to chat with produce managers of the retail companies. "It must have taken some of the produce managers aback to see us there," said Sister Mary Martens, BVM, of Chicago. The Sisters had come to Washington initially to attend the Leadership Conference of Women Religious, attended by 600 nuns who are directors of hospitals, schools and social welfare centers. The conference has expressed as its purpose the promotion of services "which are consonant with the evolving Gospel mission of wqmen Religious in the world," The procession at the Farmers' Market lasted about an hour without any incident. Bowever, the police department dispatched six police cars and a patrol wagons to the area. "There .was no harassment from 'anyone," said Sister Marten:;. "I think the police were there mainly out of consideration for protecting us," She said the Sisters decided to hold the protest out of a conviction that they must do something symbolic for the UFWU cause. The UFWU is engaged in a bitter struggle with the Teamsters Union in California over labor contracts.

Benedictine Oblates Oblates of St. Benedict will hold a day of recollection at Portsmouth Abbey, R. I. Sunday, Sept. 9, begining at 9 A.M. with Mass, followed by breakfast. A conference wili take place at 11:30 A.M. and dinner is scheduled for 1 P.M. A second conference at 2:30 P.M. will close the day. 'Reservations may be made at the abbey or with Mrs. Frank Moriarty, telephone 672-1439.

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An Orthodox View With very little fanfare and a minimum of reaction, a document which has been called the most important from its - :;x;:J::;:n;:c=source in half a century has been issued by the Patriarch of Constantinople, the titular head of Eastern Orthodoxy. The message from Demetrios I to the World Council of Churches reaffirms the commitment ofthe Orthodox Church to ecumenism, the movement toward unity. The statement is important, because it pledges the Or- , thodox Church to work toward the reunion of Christendom. But it is also most important because of the warnings that it gives. The Orthodox Patriarch urges more emphasis on -the doctrinal and liturgical_and cautions against undue preoccupation with "socio-political aims." The Patriarch asks the World Council of Churches to meet a balance between social and spiritual objectives. While \ praising the Council's efforts in social matters,the statement points out that modern man is hungering for an explanation of "the reason for man's existence on earth as a living person, as an ethical personality, as an entity stretching out toward something beyond the present life." To neglect social issues would be wrong; to speak of nothing else would be to miss the great hunger of man's life, the ~eaching out to God, the seel,dng of the answers to the ever-present questions that every thinking man has always asked and still asks: who am I; why am I here; where did'! come from; where am I going? The present statement of the Patriarch echoes a message from Soviet Orthodox Churchmen who have recently said that the overemphasis on the horizontal dimension of human experience leads to a neglect of the vertical dimension, the reaching out and up to G~d. Both groups of Orthodox seem to be saying that while there should be no neglect of social issues, there should be a deepening of interest in matters theological.

Student Activism _ There are great expectations that this school year will see more and more students, especially on the college level, involved in more programs of voluntary help on behalf of others. The angry'young people of the 1960's seem to have given way to the earnest young people of the 70's who realize there is no profit for anyone_in destruction, that the way to contribute to the betterment of society is by a positive action of service and dedication rather than the tearing down that too often accompanied the desire for change of yesterday. Youth has a great store of idealism and energy. The idealism must be harnessed with practicality, the realistic evaluation of attainable goals and the application of means to reach the goals. The energy must also be harnessed for, as the late philosopher Jacques Maritain once remarked, "Strength is catabolic without wisdom for direction." More young people and more colleges are now setting - up programs of help in the areas of reaching out to the poor, combatting racial discJimination, preservation of the earth's integrity. Instead of merely shouting for action on these fronts, young people are giving of themselves in positive steps to bring about desirable changes. It is a process of self- commitment and a process 'of evolutionary change. But it is seen as the taking of positive steps and the bringi.ng al:!out of change that will endure-. It is a worthy example of student activism~

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CASTELGANDOLFO (NC) Pope Paul VI warned against wrenching the distinction between charismatic Church and institutional Church out of the theoretical realm and making the two really separate. "What Church in faci did Jesus found?" the Pope asked at. a general audience Aug. 29. "Jesus founded His Church," answered the Pope, emphasizing the word "his.'~ "He founded it on the apostles. He did not found others. "Different kinds of churches do not exist. There exists only one, full and perfect from its con· ception. And it is upon this Church that Jesus sent the Holy Ghost in order that the institutional Church might live by the animation of the Holy Spirit." The Pope said charisms, "that is, special gifts that the Spirit infuses even in the faithful, are for the benefit of the sole existing Church." Pope Paul observed that the distinction between charismatic Church and institutional Church "passes easily but abusively -from the logical order into the order of living."

Australia Needs Ma Itese Priests-

-VALLETTA (NC)-More Mal-tese priests are being urged to. 'Great Potential' take up pastoral work among the The [oncept of an Italian Boys' thousands of Maltese immigrants Town evolved he said to keep in Australia. the boh off the streets' and proThe appeal was made by the vide tiem with homes. As it Rector of the Maltese National turned out, the building of that Seminary, Msgr. Victor Grech, dream including construction of who is now on a tour of AusbuildiJ;s-was carried out to a tralia, large degree by the first resiMsgr. Grech, who since takingdents ~f the town. over the' administration of the "I saw great potential in these Maltese National Seminary has kids," !Msgr. Carroll-Abbing -ex- called on Maltese priests to "go plaine~. "Food was not theirout into the world," will also greatest need. I felt the greatest have talks with Cardinal James thing I[ could give to them was a Knox of Melbourne. sense f belonging." At present, 25 Maltese misHe cited ~custodial care as an sionaries working in various urgent Ineed of youth when he opened the first Boys' Town, countries are' in Malta for diswhile today young people are cussions with top officials of the mainlY! looking for guidance in -National Emigrants Commission. The priests are from Britain, the life. "Mamy of them are outcasts of United States, Canada, Brazil, societyI because of the death of India, Australia and Zambia. ' The Maltese missionaries have parents, divorce or other unfortunate r circumstances," Msgr. also met with Coadjutor Bishop CarrolllAbbing noted. "They've Emanuele Gerada of Malta, a forlost fai~h in- society and author- mer Vatican diplomat, who exity. anI I feel it's important for , pressed his appreciation for the m; to bring them back to some good work the missionaries are doing among Maltese emigrants. sense of resp0l}sibility."

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BOGOTA (NC)-The National ,Tne briest said that there is Counclil of the Laity said 15,000 one particular characteristic Desexes Prayer men lind women here in Colom- which Ibinds both _himself and TROY (NC) - "Once women bia have been rendered sterile the boys. who have any· consciousness at by bitth-control programs fund"It's Isacrifice that makes our all go to a sermon and hear men, ed from the United States. work worthwhile," he stated, men, men preached at them, they . In <\n interview with the Bogo- "and uiis is the thing that moti- get really angry," said the Rev. I ~ ta Eo! Espacio, the council's vates our youngsters." Margaret E. Howland, the pastor chairJ't1an Carlos Corsi said vasMsgri' Carroll-Abbing noted of Woodside Church here. ectomy in Jnen and tubal liga- that h is appreciative of the Margaret HOWland, along with tion In women are the main suppor~ he receives from groups many women of the Presbyterian methods of dinics run by th e In· such as! Italian-American golfers. \ Church, is calling attention to ternalt~onal Federation of Planned Among I those invited to partici- the sexist language of ChristianParen.thood. pate in !tournaments at the Tuck- ity: men, mankind, brother, son, He added that these -and other away qountry, Club here to raise father, brethren. programs under the Population money for his Boys' Towns have Ms. Howland has already deCounoil of America received been P~rry Como, Joe DiMaggio sexed the prayer book she uses large grants from the Ford and and Gene Sarazen. at worship services. She has Rockefeller :foundations. This rear's tournament includ- changed the Declaration of ParCorsi indicated most patients' ed andther prominent Italian- don from "If a man is in Christ, had been coerced by "propagan- Americ~n who tried to be just he becomes a new person altoda c<;tnpaigns designed to raise anotherl golfer but attracted gether," to "If anyone is in fears of overpopulation," and celebrity attention. His name? Christ, that person becomes a linking poverty to large families. new creation."

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Polish Bi'shops Warn Against Education Bill

Woman Attorney Sees Bias Easing

WARSAW (NC) - Poland's bishops are rallying the nation against communist - proposed legislation they consider a threat to religious education. In a joint pastoral letter ad. dressed to "beloved sons of God and of the Polish nation," the bishops voiced their fear that legislation to prolong the school day is designed to prevent attendance at catechism class and create "a monopoly for atheistic education." They summoned all Polish Catholics to prayer services of petition and reparation, to be held at times fixed by the local pastors. "That will serve as a national referendum through which we will say clearly what kind of education we desire for our children and our young people," the bishop said. Catechetical Program If the bill to lengthen the school day is passed, it would bite deeply into the high-powered catechetical program to which Poland's bishops have given priority for years. Communist officials on a local level have tried to upset the catechetical pro· gram by switching students from morning classes to afternoon classes and vice versa, but catechetical officials have simply adJusted their own rosters accordingly. The new legislation would' make such adjustments much more difficult. The bishops' letter was read in all the natipn's churches Aug. 26, t he feast of Our Lady of Czestochowa, Poland's patroness. This marked the defeat in 1655 of an anti-Catholic Swedish army at Czestochowa, and is a high-point of the year for patriotic Poles.

Troubles Increase. For Basque Priests

UNIQUE SILVER JUBILEE: On Sunaay, Rev. Armando A. Annunziato, pastor of St, Francis of Assisi Church, New Bedford offered a Mass of Thanksgiving on the occasion of the 25th aniversary of the marriage of three Maccini' sisters who are now Mr. and Mrs. Joseph (Alice) Franceschi of Lexington, Mr. and Mrs. Harry (Mary) Peitavino and Mr. and Mrs. Louis (Lillian) Bono, both couples of St. Francis of Assisi Parish, New Bedford.

Deny Charges Againslt British Chaplains LONDON (NC)-Church officials strongly denied widely published charges that British Army chaplains in Northern Ireland have been asked to act as military informers and that one chap' lain actually cooperated. "Nonsense - knowing priests and chaplains as I do," said Father Bernard Jones from the London office of the army's Principal Catholic Chaplain at the Defense Ministry. "A chaplain is not an intelligence officer. There is always a ,distinction between a priest and a person who is collecting infor· mation." Bishop Gerard Tickle, military vicar for the British armed forces, said: "The chaplains' duty is entirely pastoral. They do wear uniforms but their whole purpose is pastoral. They would do wrong if they mixed themselves up in the way suggested." The British army has 37 full-

time Catholic chaplains at home and abroad and only four of these are understood to be in Northern Ireland at present. Urged Inquiry The accusation that chaplains have been asked to be informers for the British army had come from Father Desmond Wilson, it priest in the Catholic Falls Road section of Belfast, who called for a Church inquiry into the role of the British chaplains. He accused the' British army of offering "inducements" to the chaplains to obtain informati.on. He claimed that in at least one case such an "inducement" had been accepted. . Belfast Church authorities reo acted sharply. Msgr. P. J. Mul· lally, the vicar general of Down and Connor, asked, in a letter to Father Wilson, why he departed from "the practice of responsible priests" by making such accusa, tions in newspapers before in-

GALDACANO (NC) - Ultra· rightists exploded a bomb at the rectory of this small village in the· Basque country, destroying the first floor and its furnitu're and appliances. The pastor and two seminarians had left the house for an outing. Father Jose Beascoechea, the assistant pastor who was on an errand at the time, found on the site a map of Spain. with the word "United'" and the emblem of th~·.: nationalist Falange, Spain's only legal political movement. MADRID (NC) - Franciscans sion of the Franciscan in ConThere have been similar at- are trying to find their identity, temporary Society" tacks by rightists in Catolonia with some success, in the chang- . "We are aware of the signs of and other parishes in the Basque ing society of today, said their the times and must act accord-. .provinces, against clergymen minister general, Father Con- ingly," the document said. "To who are considered progressive. stantine Koser. be realistic is part of our faith Th.ere are strong separatist He said that Franciscan vo- and our fidelity to St. Francis. movements seeking greater locations are on the increase while But in reading these signs, we cal autonomy in both the departures have diminished. The do not mean to. coin slogans but Basque and Catolonian areas of order had 27,000 members in . to work seriously, to be informed, Spain. 1971, now has 25,000. to study. "We know that commitment "This has meant a change for to modern man is not an easy Spanish Office the better," Father Koser comLITTLE ROCK (NC) - The mented. He has led the order adjustment, but demands diligent understanding of facts, and Center for Mexican·Spanish Af- for seven years. constant efforts to bring about fa,irs has been established here He spoke at the end of the the kingdom of God." to represent the Little Rock dio· cese throughout Arkansas in all two-month general chapter of Praises Vatican II Mexican·Spanish maHers. Father the Franciscans that. gathered Father Koser told NC News Robert A. Torres, a Spanish 200 delegates from 85 provinces 15 other jurisdictions Service that "through history, teacher at Little Rock Catholic and High School for Boys, has been throughout the world. They re- the Franciscans had their ups and downs, and often while some. named chairman of the organiza- elected him as their superior. Delegates also approved a intoned lamentations the order tion by Bishop Andrew J. Mc· w.orking document on "The Mis· was reflourishing again." Donald.

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forming diocesan authorities. "I grieve lest people might not un· reasonably conclude that you are seeking personal publicity," the vicar general said in his letter. Father Wilson is one of 60 Northern Irish priests who earlier this year had complained about the British army's behavior in areas of Belfast. Visited Rectory Catholic sources in Britain believe that Father Wilson's allegations refer mainly to incidents in 1969, at the time when the British authorities first imposed' internment on suspected Irish Republican Army (IRA) militants, almost all of them Catholics. A Catholic army chaplain is said to have visited a Belfast rec· tory just prior to the first roundup asking for the whereabouts of Joe Cahill, leader of the militant Provisional wing of the IRA. And on the first day of internment a Catholic chaplain in a Belfast barracks reportedly an· nounced that if any internee wished to see him he was avail· ,able. An Anglican army chaplain has also caused resentment, it was reported here, for several times asking local Catholics politically embarrassing questions. He is further said to have led troops on raids of suspects in Armagh.

PHILADELPHIA (NC)-When Grace Kennedy tried to apply to Albany Law School in New York in 1935, she, was refused an application form. Now Mrs. Kennedy is not only a civil lawyer but a member of the Canon Law Society of Amer· ica-once a bastion of men-and a lecturer on Church law, particularly the aspects of it that relate to women. Back in 1935 the admissions officer told her it would be a waste of time filling one out, since the school didn't accept women students. "The professors wouldn't know what to do with you. You'd disrupt the classes," the official told Mrs. Kennedy. "Besides," he said, "we. do.n't have a ladies room." Fortunately Fordham La,w School did, and so did the Wall Street corporation Mrs. Kennedy represented for five years after graduation; and Villanova University's Institute on Church and State, for whom she researched the past 20 years; and the Philadelphia corporation she began representing a few months ago.. An attorney for more than 25 years, she took several years off to raise her three children, one now an attorney, one a priest and the other a high school freshman. ' Mrs. Kennedy is optimistic about the legal profession and women, enumerating good signs. "Until recently only three per cent of this country's lawyers were women, but at Villanova this past year' women composed six per cent of the senior class, 13 per cent of the juniors and 18.5 per Gent of the" freshmen."

Catholic Near East Expands Publicity NEW· YORK (NC) - Citing needs that "are reaching critical proportions," the Catholic Near East Welfare Asociation (CNEWA) headquartered here announced that it is expanding its publicity to include radio and television. The CNEWA, through its 'fundraising activities, aids 17 cOJJn· tries in the Near East by building and supporting churches, convents, clinic, orphanages, homes for the aged. Msgr. John G. Nolan, national secretary of the CNEWA, an· nO)-lIIced that the new program to publicize the association's work by radio and television spots. "The continuing cycle of natural disaster, political unrest and widespread endemic poverty has produced a constantly growing need for help to the unfortunate people in these areas," he said.

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S,hort and Black Is M1essage For Fall Cocktail Dr'ess,es The invitation read "Dress-black" and when I questioned the president of the Fashion Group (an organization of women who do some type of work in the field of fashion) she agreed that while it's not easy to push a certain mod~ of fashion for one occasion There are a great many long that everyone, she knew dresses still appearing on the would be wearing ~ "little American scene for fall and they black dress". This was the are quite lovely but you will find

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would also be the subject of his talk. Now we all have had that, "little black dress" in our wardrobe but when you go to take them out and look at them you suddenly realize that said fashion 'has been out of vogue for six years or better and that is just about the age of our "little dress." Long Dresses on Scene Last year and the year before, and the year before that long dresses' were the "in" thing, to wear and anyone who wore a short one looked tacky. .Despite the fact that I won't hear Mr. Brooks' message until the tenth of September I did go searching for a new cocktail dress in a shade. of black and from what i saw the short message at least is here.

too, that the short evening dress is returning. With the decision made that I would go out and buy a new black dress naturally the ones I thought were most lovely were the ivory ones, the bright red, ~nd the feautiful emerald greens. In other words I love color and that was what attracted my eye each time. From what I've seen in the fashion magazines, though, I do think that the "short, black message" will begin appearing in the stores for late fall, in time for holiday shopping. Lot of Fun I did manage to _find exactly what I was looking for in black (of course it took me two tripsthe first time I returned home with a tent silhouette dress that my husband declared made me look like the back side of a barn) and I do plan on wearing it after dark. . While I aho don't intend to get rid of all the long gowns '1 , have I do plan on having some of them cut to just above the knee. A short swirling cocktail -dress can be a lot of fun and that's what fashion is all about after all-isn't it? (I must admit that the prices are taking some of the' laughs out of it) As for Mr. Brooks complete message, I'll deliver it in the first column after the tenth.

Rev. James F. Lyons, Diocesan Moderator, will be principal concelebrant and Wiill be joined by other priests-moderators.

Chapel Sought at Site Of Reported Apparitions OLMOS (NC) - Pilgrims keep pouring gifts and contributions for a chapel to be built at the site of reported apparations of the Virgin Mary in Nitape here .in Peru. A girl from the village near here, Teodora Gonzalez, said she had seen the Virgin on May 31 appear on an "algarrobo" tree, and that she would appear again on July 18. Thousands who came on that date reported seeing the apparation. They included several priests and teachers. School authorities at Nitape had asked pilgrims not to interfere with Teodora's studies. Most of the gifts are in' small jewels. A local committee estimated contributions at $5,000 so far.

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LIMA-"You're poor and sick," the policeman said. "You don't have a. job and you have five childre::1 to care for. You'd be better {Iff if you killed yourself. Why don't you?" The haggard ~oman didn't hesitate. "You're nght. Just lend me your gun and I'll end it aIn right here." The officer knew she meant it. For Maria's is an all-too-common story among the poor of Lima, says Father Daniel Moriarity, a ColumbOn missionary from Chicago. He has served in Peru for the 'past nine years. Like many others among the poor, Maria was deserted by her common-law husband of 20 years when she became ill.~ He took their two oldest children with hil'l'I, since they could work to help Support his new family. But he left five sick, hungry young 垄;hildren with her. He Taking Qffice will be Mrs. Richard Paulson of Taunton, knew that, since they had never 'president; Mrs. Michael McMa- been legally married, she had no hon of Fall ~iver, first voice-presi- right to claim child support. dent; Mrs. James Leith -of New Business Aid Bedford, second vice-president; Maria started selling tamales Mrs. Harry Loew of Attleboro, door to door, making just enough third vice-president; Mrs. M. Lil- money to buy food once a day. Han Johnson of Cape and Islands, She first came to Father Moriarfourth V1ice-president; Miss Adri- ity because 'both she and the enne Lemieu~ of Taunton,~ifth baby had bad cases of asthma, vice-president. and the other children were ill from lack of food. Mrs. James Leith Qf New BedThe Columban gave her m'edford, recording secretary; Mrs. Michael McMahon of Fall River, icine an<1 enough money to extreasurer; M~. Albert MoitQza of pand her business. Things began Taunton, corresponding secre- to brig\lten a little. tary. But she still couldn't afford Miss Ursula Wing of Buzzards to pay tent on the hovel she Bay, auditor; Mrs. Edward Fran- called home and was evictedco of Taunton, historian, and though the owner was a relative. Mrs. Vincent Coady of Somer- And everything she owned was . stolen, including the money she set, parl,iamentarian. needed to keep her business goThe Taunton Musical ~rts ing. Club will present a program in Mar~a put up a straw mat ,the recreatiQn room and this will shack 011 a nearby hill, but she be fotlowed by a buffet under the didn't oWn the land, and owners direction of Mrs. William Grover, of new homes !1earby complained. president of the Taunton District. Maria was arrested,. and that is when lihe agreed suicide was the only I;lnswel'. The officer took Catholic Press COLOGNE (NC)-A fund cam- her back to the hill and even paign to promote the Catholic' helped har repair the shack. The press was launched by the West police want to let her stay, but German Catholic Press Associa- if anyone complains again, they tion. The funds' contributed will will be fOrced to evict her. Many Marias be invested and the revenue used to aid the Catholic press. Once more Father Moriarity

C'otholic Women Instoll'otion Off'icers of ,the Fall River Diocesan Counoi'! of Catholic Women for the 1973-75 term will be installed Tuesday evening, Septem1ber II, following a concelebated Mass Which wiU be held at 7 in Marian Manor, Taunton.

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FLEMINGTON (NC)-An out路 "spoken critic of abortion has r~~ signed from the staff of Hunterdon Medical Center,"a major hospital here in central New Jersey, and will return to his native Ireland. Dr. ,James Delahunty, an obstetrician and gynecologist and an active member of the pro-life movement in the diocese of Trenton, said an intricate web of considerations surrounded his decision, but he called the issue of legalized abortion "a deciding factor." but he called the issue of legalized abortion "a deciding factor." \ The recent U.S. Supreme Court decision on abortion has placed him in the precarious position of opposing on moral grounds an issue that has. been given legal sanction, he said. Dr. Delahunty said the med路. ieal center's adherence to the court's decision opened the possi.bility of abortions being' performed in offices next to his. He said he could not accept a situation where he was delivering a baby in one room of the medical cen.ter and right next door another doctor was performing an abortion. . Dr. Delahunty also criticized a medica~ center policy that doctors must be staff members in order to admit patients and sa,id he had met some Tesentment of his ,British medical attitudes and background. Dr. Delahunty , the father of five children, said many nonprofessional, factors also entered into his decision.

managed to help Mal"ia get a new start in business and he ,sees that she and the children have medicine., But th~ Co!umban's parish in the slum~ of Lima is full of peopie like I~aria. So the Marias pray, hOJ;lmg that somehow tomorrow will be better. And Jrhen things get bad, Father M6riarity is there, offering what hel~ he can and all the friendship he has. A nati~e of Chicago, Father Moriarityl attended St. Gabriel's . "I am not happy about the edgrade school there before enter- ucational situation for my chiling St. dolumban's seminary in dren, he said. "I have doubts 1951. I about American discipline and The 36-Year-Old missionary has concern for the drug problem." served inl Peru since his ordination in 1963. His brother John is also a <!:olumban Father. 'Latino' Drug Addicts

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In . Complete Sentences We took our youngest child to church with us the other day, just four-year-old Steve alone without the other kids. And he discovered he could talk. So did we. Steve started talking with the ignition and didn't stop until he bumped his jaw on the holy water font. Poor youngest on those wires- Wonder what they had for breakfast. Fords child. Prior to this time, . have a' birdhouse but Kirk only somebody always interruped has a dune buggy ... well, when

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He'd been living in a world of, "Look at the-", and "Guess what 1-," and "Ya know what? 1-". On the way to church his d'iscovery of the complete sentence was a joy to witness. He blurted out, "Mom, can 1-" and automatically stopped. "Can you what?" I asked. "What what?" He was in shock. Normally, at this point, the poor kid regressed into himself. But not Sunday. He broke into a broad smile and said expansively, "Mom, can I get the song books at mass today?" Stifled Four-Year-Old Then he let the weight of the miracle resound. He had finished a statement. He had conquered communication. He had made an impact upon the airways. He was a bona-fide listened-to person. "Sure you can, Steve," I replied, for once certain that a second child wouldn't protest, "But" it's my turn." That was when Steve launched a line of conversation that was unbelievable to anyone who hasn't been around a stifled four-year-old. What he said was immaterial. He had the uncontested floor and he used it like a seasoned sportscaster. As soon as his line of conversation began to weaken, he swung his, head to the other car window, spotted something-anythingand began anew,. It went something like this: . "Well, did you see those birds

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I get big I'm gonna grow a beard but· Grandpa doesn't ever have to water his lawn ..." Twenty minutes of this' can get to anyone but the novelty of hearing his voice 1ulled us to listen as we rode sleepily toward church. It continued on the way home, unabated. It was at brunch that the shoe fell. Steve's newfound verbal domain had traversed from novelty to right in just one morning but the older kids weren't giving up that easily. When Steve began :i rambling sentence, one of. the others cut in with typical oldersibling arrogance, but this time, Steve kept right on talking. The kids looked at him in wonder and then at us. Weren't we going to stop him? We didn't get involved. Older children are always outraged . when the youngest begins to stake out his territorial imperative. Besides Steve was holding his own. His new bearing demanded a bit of respect. "Wow!" said a daughter when Steve finally had to pause for a bite of donut, "What happened at church this morning?" My husband, Steve, and I smiled alone another. "I guess you could call it the miracle of tongues," quipped my husband. And Steve sat proudly as the other children stared at him with new respect.

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NOT MISTER PIETRO, SISTER PIETRO: Plenty of hairdressers have names such as Mister Pietro, but in Mankato, Minn., there's only one Sister Pietro. Sister Pietro Ryan, a Sister of St. Francis of Our Lady of Lourdes, is the manager of a beauty salon. Here she finishes a hairdo on Mrs, Carl Peterson of Mankato. NC Photo.

41 Years S,ervice' Editor of Philadelphia Archdiocesan Newspaper Retires PHILADELPHIA (NC) - Andrew Kemper Ryan, manager of The Catholic Standard and Times since 1932 and editor of archdiocesan newspaper from 1933 until 1952, retired after 41 years of service to the Archdio,cese of Philadelphia. Widely respected. among Philadelphia Catholics as a layman with a deep love of ~he Church he served so long, Ryan recalled in an interview that the most treasured memories of his years of association with the Standard and Times were the private audiences he and his wife, Dorothy, had with Pope Pius XII and Pope John XXIII.

Says Justice Must Accompany Pr.ogress CASTELGANDOLFO (NC) Pope Paul receiving Brazil's new ambassador to the Vatican, warned that neither progress nor peace can be achieved "outside of justice and respect for all men without distinction." He told Ambassador Antonio Branco Filho that the common good itself cannot possibly, be achieved except in the measure in which the various rights and duties of the human person are respected. . The Brazilian government has been saying that the country's experiencing an "economic miracle,'" but the nation's bishops have maintained that this has benefited only the rich and not the majority of Brazilians. Pope Paul's words to the Brazilian ambassador when he presented his credentials Aug. 28 were widely taken as an appeal to Brazil's military government to temper its repressive policies.

SAN FRANCISCO (NC)-In a step aimed at cutting the high divorce rate in teenage marriages, the San Francisco archdiocese plans to begin a counseling program for young couples. All couples under 19 must participate in the program, which House Arrest includes the recommendation of a professional counselor, before WASHINGTON (NC) - Kim they are allowed to be married. Dae Jung, a South Korean Cath"This program will guarantee , olic political leader allegedly abthe natural, right to marriage ducted from a Tokyo hotel Aug. while at the same time recogniz- 8 and released at his home in ing that this is not an unre- Seoul five' days later, is under stricted right, but rather one that house arrest, according to the is subject to restriction by both Korean-American Citizens ComChurch and state," the official mittee for Protection of Kim Dae Jung here. outline states. •

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"As a matter' of fact," he recalled with a smile, "Dorothy and I met Pope John when he was Patriarch of Venice, and I guess there aren't many people who can say that they were visitors in the home of a man who was to become Pope." Ryan was. a banking executive before being named manager of The Catholic Standard and Times by the late Cardinal Dennis Dougherty. In an age of frequent change, Ryan was a symbol of permanence and continuity in the management of the. archdiocesan newspaper. 'There have been three publishers during his tenure: Cardinal Dougherty; Cardinal John O'Hara and Cardinal John Krol. There have been three priest editors since 1952: Msgr. Anthony L. Ostheimer, Msgr. Francis X. Keul and Father John P. Foley. And the Catholic Standard and Times has occupied

three locations: a narrow, 19thcentury office and publishing plant; a modern ·office and publishing building constructed especially for the newspaper; and occupied between 1954 and 1971; and a suite of offices at the new archdiocesan office center here. "And among my most pleasant memories will be my recollecting ,of many holy priests I have come to know through my work at The Catholic Standard and Times,"Ryan noted, "especially Father Benedict Guldner, S.J., who was confessor to Archbishops Ryan and Prendergast and to Cardinal Dougherty; Bishop James McCloskey, a saintly missionary in the Philippines who came from Philadeiphia; Msgr. Fenton Fitzpatrick, vice-president of the newspaper's board of directors for many years; and Msgr. Henry McCarty, with whom my wife and.I spent many happy· vacations. They were grand men who are now with God and whom I thank God that I have known."

Sister Kathleen, Sister Maryellen Ryan and Sister Theresa Horwath presented a panel discussion explaining new programs for young women interested in the work of the Holy Union community. Girls may become volunteers working with Sisters for a one-year period, or affiliates, seriously considering permanent commitment to religious life. Affiliates may continue their education or other occupation and live at home, while maintaining close contact with the Sisters. Several Sisters noted that the community's own ideas about what life-styles lie ahead for it have not yet solidified. "So maybe it's just as well that we have few' affiliates at present," said one. "As yet we don't know what we're offering them." Median age for Holy Union Sisters has risen, as with nearly every congregation, but those who have stayed within the community find it an exciting time to be in religious life. That was evidenced at last week's meeting as words tumbled over each other when Sisters told of their varied apostolates. It was also .evidenced in the very special feeling that the religous have for each other, described by Sister Mary Oliveira in "Perspective 21": "We are now discovering our basic humanity. We are relating to each other on a level of friendship more than ever. It is a very expanding kind of experience. Religious life tends to make people very good friends. Sistel'lS are very sensitive -people."

New Plan for Ending Conflict Between Rites TRIVANDRUM (NC)-Bishop Peter B. Pereira of the Latin-rite diocese of Trivandrum told his priests to adhere strictly to the new norms established by the Kerala Bishops' Council concerning the conduct of various Catholic rites working in the same diocese. There has been considerable friction for many years between the three principal rites in India, particularly in Kerala stateLatin, Syro-Malaba and SyroMalankal'a. Some Catholics had suggested the formation of a single rite to end the conflicts. The new code of conduct approved by the Kerala bishops is an attempt to end the longtime feud between the rites. In -cities, the code says that new mission stations, dispensaries, schools or Religious houses must not be opened by one rite within one kilometer (about three-fifths of a mile) of any of" those already existing under another rite.

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Catholics United To Hold Forum In St. Louis ST. LOUIS (NC) - Cardinal John Carberry of St. Louis an~ Archbishop William Baum' of Washington are to be principal speakers at' a national forum to be held here Oct.' 5-7 under the sponsorship of Catholics United for the Faith (CUF). CUF, a traditionalist national lay group claims a membership of more than 9,000 in 83 chapters in the United States and two in Rome. Headquartered in New Rochelle, N. Y., the group was founded in August .1968, by a group of Catholic laymen who pledged "to support, defend and enthusiastically advance the efforts of the teaching 'Church" and to combat the tendency among some Catholics "to break the doctrinal bonds' that unite the papacy with the universal Church." . The organization has been critical of several religion texts in use in Catholic schools and has encouraged Catholic parents to set up their own schools when they believe the teaching of religion in parish or diocesan schools to be seriously deficient. Papacy Theme The theme of the CUF forum here is "Thou Art Peter." ,Cardinal Carberry will speak on "Pope Paul Sueaks of Mary." Speakers wilil include Msgr. Eugene Kevane, director of the Notre Dame Catechetical Institute in Middleburg, Va., on "Mysterium Fidei," Pope Paul VI's 1965 encyclical 'on the Eucharist; Mother: M. Claudia, superior general of the 'Sister' Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, on "Renewal of Religious Life;" Dr. William Marra, professor of philosophy at Fordham University and vicepresident of CUF, on "Humanac Vitae I: Reverence and Life;" K. D. Whitehead, executive vicepresidept of CUF, on "Humanae Vitae, II: Consequences of the Contraceptive Morality;" and Jesuit 'Father John A. Hardon, professor of theology at the Bellarmine School of Theology of Loyola University, Chicago, on "Ecclesiam Suam - Mysterium Ecclesiae," dealing with Pope Paul VI's encyclical on the Church and the recent document of the Vatican's Doctrinal Congregation.

Abortions Increase In Washington WASHNGTON (NC) -:- The District of Columbia's department of resources has reported that the number of legal abortions in Washington last year was almost double the number of births. Abortions performed in Washington in 1972 totaled 38,868, while births totaled 21,579, the resources department reported. About 75 per cent of these abortions were performed on women who 'came from states which still had, restrictive abortion laws. This year District of Colu~ bia officials expect the number of abortions to decline as the result of the January U. S. Supreme Court decision which struck down anti-abortion laws of most states.

CHICAGO (NC)-Dr. Joseph P. Kerwin, astronaut, naval officer, pilot, and the first physician to travel in space, will be awarded Loyola University's Stritch Medal here in November. In announcing the selection, Jesuit Father James F. Maguire, chancellor of the University, asked, "What is more fitting than to honor a new pioneer in medicine? As science-pilot o( Skylab-2, Dr. Kerwin followed in the tradition of doctors through the ages who have eagerly explored new frontiers and new challenges in their profession." , When asked why he chose to enter the space program, Dr. Kerwin said: "I guess it's just so obvious to me that it is hard to explain. When you are involved with the care of pilots and understanding of their environment, you are already interested in speed, at· mosphere. Space is just an extension of that. Give a doctor an opportunity to take his skill to CAMP CLOSING FOR REGINA PACIS CHILDREN: Spanish - fpeaking children of the ultimate in his field, and the Regina Pads Center, New Bedford attended Camp Nanaquaket, T verton for ~wo weeks well, he's just got to try. Dr. Kerwin received a bachunder the direction of Rev. James E. Murphy, director of the Spanish speaking residents of ' elor of arts degree in philosophy the Taunton-Attlboro Area and Sr. Carmen Joseph, SUSC of the egina Pads Center. form the College of Holy Cross Campers are shown with Sr. Carmen Joseph and Father Murphy follo ing the closing Mass in Worcester, Mass. and received his doctor of medicine degree for campers.' from the Northwestern University Medical School. The Stritch Medal is awarded each year at the Annual Award As a new school year opens, spring, .Msgr. O'Keefe. "I think do is n, t become totally pessi- Dinner for Loyola University Catholic school administrators people are becomingmore.attuned mistic," Msgr. O'Keefe said, Stritch School of Medicine to a throughout the nation expect en- to the need for value-oriented pointing out that this fall the full physician or research scientist extensio of a New York law who has exhibited to an outrollment to be relatively stable education," he added. in contrast to the sharp drops of Alth¢>Ugh only three schools providin free textbooks to non- standing degree the qualities of recent years. They also antici- out of some 300 in the archdio- public s hool: children from kin- professional competence, repate little immediate effect from cese will be closing, Msgr. dergarte to the 12th grade will sourcefulness, benevolence and the June Supreme Court deci- O~Keej'e said, the Supreme Court go into effect. "There will be dedication. sions banning various forms of decision striking down three ongoing studies' to find out what aid to nonpublic schools. New York laws providing vari- the court said and what can be Enrollment iii elementary and' ous forms of assistance to non- don'e abtut it." secondary schools of the New public schools is compelling reHe said that officials' of the York archdiocese will be "slight- consideration of school financing. YO~k archdiocese are deterNew ly up from last year" to about' "One of the benefits of the Su175,000, said Msgr. Joseph T. preme Court ruling is that it is mined to avoid allowing the 102 Shawomet Avenue T. O'Keefe, archdiocesan secre- going to require greater involve- schools to become schools only Somerset, Mass. tary for education. ment of the laity and the clergy , for the affluent. As an indication extent of the archdiocesan of the Tel. 674-4881. The increase is due, in part to at the local I(lvel," he said commit~1 ent to' the less· affluent, "a real selling campaign'" last 31fz room Apartment $155.03 per "One of the things we have to he noted that 60 per cent of the month children in Catholic schools in 41fz room Apartment $175.00 per month New Yo k 'County (Manhattan) Includes heat, hot water, stove, reo are blac or Spanish-speaking, frigerator and maintenance service. as are 3p per cent of those in Catholic schools in the Bronx. LOUISVILLE (NC)-The bishA discussion of the declaration ops of five southeastern dioceses an:! its implementation "will un"In tJe long run, Catholic formally reque'sted a general dis- doubtedly be of great interest sch60ls a~e here to stay, I think," cussion at the next U, S. bishops' and concern to the body of bishMsgr. O'Keefe said, but he added meeting on the Vatican's recent' ops." Wrote Archbishop McDonthat ther~ are "a tough couple of Aluminum or Ste!"1 declaration concerning first con- ough. yearsahllad of us." 944 County Street fession and first Communion. 'The NCCB age'nda is still to be N~W BEDFORD, MASS. In a letter't~ Bishop James R. determined by the administrative He sai he has on the wall of 992·6618 Rausch, general secretary of the committees of the NCCB and the his offic a list of seven imporU. S. Catholic: Conference. Both National Conference of Catholic tant dec sions of the Supreme Bishops (NCCB), Archbishop committees have received re·· Court th t have been reversed in Thomas J. McDonough of Louis- quests to make the Vatican dec.. the cour~e of the court's history. vills, Ky., said the bishops of the laration a high-priority item on "If it ca~ happen in those cases, Louisville province agreed unani- the agenda for the fall meeting. it can happen in school aid," he' Earlier Bishop Joseph L. mously at a recent meeting that the Vatican declaration should be Hogan of Rochester, N. Y., pre- said_. put on the agenda of the No- dicted ~n "exciting dialogue and vember meeting of the NCCB'in confror.tation" over the Vatican document when the bishops meet. Washington. ]n Gteen Bay, Wis., Bishop Besides the archdiocese of Aloysiu$ J. Wycislo issued a, set Louisville, dioceses in the Louisof "intel:"im" guidelines Aug. 29, 27 Park Street, Att:eboro, Mass. ville province are Covington and saying: Ownesboro in Kentucky, and 278 Union Street, New Bedford, Mass. "I note the word 'interim' beMemphis and Nashville in TenFlflIST FEDERAl.... SAVINGS cause I know that this subject nessee. ANP LOAN ASSOCIATION will be on the agenda of the The Vatican declaration, which American bishops' meeting next REGULAR SAVINGS 5 111% called for a sudden end to all 'November. I trust that as a re"experiments" in delaying first sult of this meeting, there will 90 DAY NOTICE ACCOUNTS 51/.:% confession until after first Com- come cLllrification of the decree 1 ,YR. CERTIFICATES MINIMUM $1,000' 5%% munion, has resulted in a wide of June 20, 1973 and hopefully variety of diocesan guidelInes as guidelines for the whole country 2 YR. CERTIFICATES MINIMUM $3,000 6% bishpps around the country have in keeping with the teaching Dividends Paid ~uarterly tried to implement the decree. magisterium of the Church."

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NEW YORK (NC)-A drive to collect money and clothing to aid victims of recent floods in Pakistan has been begun here by the Dominican Foreign Missions. The Pakistan mission to the United Nations has announced that 20,000 square miles are inundated and 8 million people in 10,000 vlllages and 22 cities are affected; that a million homes have been damaged or destroyed; and that a million tons of stored grain have been washed away. Dominican Father E. H. Putz, a veteran of 17 years in Pakistan, wrote that "the low lying lands along the Indus and Chenab Rivers are all under water, Rangpur city is in the middle of the flood. Canals have been breached. The dikes along the river banks have been washed away, so there is nothing to stop the water from entering the cities." The medical dispensary of his mission, Father Putz noted, has been washed away along with crops, livestock and clothing. Clothing, especially warm clothing for the winter may be sent to Dominican Pakistan Foreign Missions, c/o Catholic Relief Services Warehouse, 73-25 Woodhaven Boulevard, Queen, N. Y. 11227.

Rome Applauds French Decision VATICAN CITY (NC) - A French government decision prohibiting the filming in France of a Danish production titled "The Loves of Jesus Christ" was applauded by the Vatican. "The ruling of the French authority can only arouse the consent of every conscience with a civic sense," a statement in the V'lt.i~li" nllilv newspaper said. The statement appeared in a form"i. i.ual the paper reserves for comments coming from high authority in (he Vatican, usually the papal secretariat of state.

LOS MUCHACHOS AT ST. PATRICK'S-Cardinal Terence Cooke of New York lis. tens to members of Los Muchachos, the Spanish International Boys' Circus, sing after a Mass in St. Patrick's Cathedral, welcoming them to the United States. NC Photo.

Says Copernicus Man of Great Faith

PHILADELPHIA (NC) - Mick- Kopernik ,in the quincentenary of illaj K 0 per n i k-more often hi,s birth." known as Copernicus, the Latin He spoke briefly of Kopernik's version of his name-was honor- achievements as economist, ened as a man of sC'ience and of gineer, military taotician, doctor, faith as a. monument to him was mathematician, 'and classical dediicated here. scholar in addition to astronGOlAS (NC)-Archbishop FerKopernik was ,tJhe Pill·ish- omer. Anyone of these, he said, nando Gomes of Goiana protested scientist who fo~mulated the "would have enshrined his name the arrest of local printers who heliocentric ,theory of universe in ,in the history of the world's . printed a church document crit- ,the 16th century, ,a very contro- greatest men," ical of the military government. versial conception of the uniThe cardinal also praised KopThe ptelate took full respon- verse at the time. ernik .for a "moral heroism in sibility for the document which Attending the ceremony were ,humble but determined pursuit of he said was an application of the . Mrs. Jul'ie Nixon Eisenhower, truth," which caused him to chalChurch's social doctrine to con- John CardinaI Krill, who blessed lenge the 'scientif.ic ,traditJion of ditions in Goias state. Six Brazil the monument, and Mayor Frank centuries-a tradition supported dioceses sponsored the survey on Rizzo, who accepted the monu- by the Church of wh;ich he was which the document was based. ment for the City of Philadelphia. . a ,loyal member" in proposing "I was the first to sign it, the Cardinal Krol called the monu- that the !iun and not the earth responsibility is all mine," Arch- ment, commissioned by the Pol- was the center of the planetary bishop Gomes said in a letter to ish Heri,tage Society of Philadel- system. police. "I am ready to accept the phia, "a fitting tl1ibute from the That proposal, said the cardinconsequences from our struggle Polonia of the Delaware Valley al, "is the basis for the calculaagainst injustice, for our defense to the great Polish genius Mikolaj tions which have projec'ted our of love and justice," He said it was unfair to arrest the print shop owner and his workers after publication of the document "People in Isolation" MILWAUKEE (NC)-There is "I was appalled to find such -a study of poverty in the area. poverty among the five million a massive job ahead for the gov"Yet those who wrote it are left ernment and charitable organ- people of Saigon," O'Neill exalone," he added. The survey included a random izations in aiding hundreds of plained. There are thousands of sample of 2,000 persons, of thousands of homeless South beggal"s, old people, women which only 600 had jobs. Among Vietnamese, according to a St. with babies, small boys ,nd girls findings were wages of $1.50 a Vincent de Paul Society official. begging on the streets; prostitutes approach you at all timesday for farmworkers in big landThat general appraisal of the frequently four or five in a sinholdings, and uneven distribution post-war situation in Southeast gle block. of income. Asia is containe~ in a lengthy A handful makes $400 a month report of a recent three-week "This indicates a serious spirwhile some 50 million stay under -trip to that area by Charles A. itl.l81 and moral condition which $40, the document said. O'Neill, executive secretary of ,is interrelated with the social the Vincentian central council of and economic problems. The Vinthe Milwaukee archdiocese. . centians are quite aware of the Protest Questions de!lloralizing condition and are The July trip to Japan; 'South desperately seeking help to' deOn Birth Control Korea, Hong Kong, The PhilipMANCHESTER (NC) - Trade pines, South Vietnam and That- velop programs to l'ielp at least a unions in the Manchester area of land was sponsored by Catholic small number of the people afEngland are planning a protest Relief Services (CRS) and en- _fected," O'Neill said. against some local firms asking dorsed by the Vincentian soci"Hundreds of thousands of prospective married women em- ety's superior council. The to.ur people must be resettled back ployes: "Are you on the pHI?" focused on Vincentian relief and And the docal Member of Par- rehabilitation programs in South in their villages' and helped to begin a new life. The conditions as liament, Charles Morris, said he Vietnam. I found them, in all charity, 'intends to raise the matter with In the report, submitted this cannot be tolerated for any great Employment Minister Maurice week to Bishop Edward E. length of time." Macmillan. Morris condemned the practice Swanstrom, CRS executive direcDuring his six-day Vietnamese of 'asking the women if they are tor, O'Neill described the poverty taking ,birth control pills a's "a of South Vietnam as "unbeliev- .stay O'Neill met with CRS, Vinable." centian and Church officials; gross intrusion into privacy,"

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generation into the space age,into travels beyond the ea'l1th and the landing on the moon." Hailing Kopemik as "a man of great faith in God," Cardinal Krol quoted from the astronomer's book on tlhe revolutions of heavenly bodies: "How could anyone observe the mighty order with whiich our God governs the universe without feeling himself incHn~ to the praotlice of all virtues, and to beholding the , Creator Himself, the source of all goodness, in aH things and before all things?" to dllustrate that Kopemik found science and faith compatible. The Kopernican tbeory is reflected ,in the monument's 16feet-diameter 'stainless 'steel circle, symbolizing the -orbit of the earth with the sun fiixed in ,the center, its rays e~tending to and beyond the earth's orOO,t.

. "A society that still believes in itself cannot allow the slander of the very highest values it lives upon and survives upon, beginning with religious values," said the Vatican daily, L'Osservatore Romano. (The director general of the French Cinema, Andre Astroux, prohibited the filming in France of the projected Danish movie after reading the script. He described the project as "an act of profanation.") The Vatican daily, however, condemned a Molotov cocktail attack on the Danish embassy in Rome. The attack ostensibly had been carried out against the Danish government's decision to supply funds for the production of the film.

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To ,Develop Mature-- .~aity, Catholic Reading Needed

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Some of' you have asked why I dropped my capsule boo~ reviews at the end of the column. I realize I've been guilty of something .I don't like in editors, that is, simply dropping a column or a feature without explanation. So let me explain. For those things I understand but reabout six months last year, gret. Having serv.e,d as an editor I tacked a capsule review , myself in the past; I have nothon to the end of my weekly ing but prayers and sympathy 'column, a review of some book I felt of interest to Catholic laity, particularly parents. I tried togive a", paragraph description,

for the ..masochists who willingly don the hat of editor. (Well ... that's not exactly true. Sometimes I have an unkind thought about them, but that's another column.) Still, I feel the church - and that means all of liS in the teachBy ing and media areas-has failed in its apostolate to create a maDOLORES ture laity. ,It's appalling to discover, that only 15 per cent of CURRAN the books published by religious publishing houses are bought by laymen. I have found that if the laity are made aware of religious " books helpful, to them in their author, price, publisher, and - own interest area, be it teenager, publishi?g address !or each book. teacher, widow, parent, or athThe revIews were m response to' lete, they will buy them. More earlier columns on books helpful important, they read them. Most to Catholic parents, a response important, 'they discuss them. that .indicated. a hunger for g~od Yet, few diocesan papers even readmg ~atenal amo~g the ~alty., mention books of intere_st to laity. Why dId I drop the reVIews, In spite of the excellent books then? Bec.ause mo.st editors di~n't being, published today, few lay. run them. Space IS at a premIum men see them exhibited in par. ,in diocesan papers today. Gone ishes, hear them mentioned from is the Gld idea of filler materi~l. the pulpit or read about them More and more papers, caught m in their own Catholic paper. ~he squeeze. ~etween rising, pr~nt. If an English, teacher commg a,nd maIlmg costs, can t. su~- plains about the lack of reading ply add a page of newsp~mt If her students do, the supervisor they more are rl'ghtl yas . k s, "We, II w ha t are you · . have d f 'news. fMost f I1~lte to a ormat 0 our, or doing about it?" If she really eIght weekly ~ages. If there s a teaches, that is, "e'nables the stugood deal of dIocesan news, to learn" . · d the dent • , she uses every features h ave .to b e edlte or talent and vehicle to instill an dropped. That IS why you occa- interest and h b't' d' . II f d f f"t a I m rea mg, slOna y m. ~ne 0 your avon e which eventualizes in an ongoing f~atures mlssmg. lifetime education. She tantaNot Used Iizes students into reading by hitting their interest (cars, boys, Usually diocesan papers are horses), by reading a portion, by in their tighest ,space squeeze discussing characters.' when school opens, during ordiWe Too nations, during change of bish· ,ops, and so on. Succinctly, the The same thing has to be done more diocesan notices and news; in our chur~h. We consistently the fewer national features. complain about the apathetic and So, dropping the capsule re- uninformed laity but ignore our view was a natural for space- responsibility in creating a maharassed editors. That's why I' ture laity. stopped writing it. It's one of "My people don't want to

Plan Newsletter On Marriage KANSAS CITY (NC) - Suc· cessful Marriage, a new news· letter providing information to aid marital harmony, will begin publication here soon under' the direction of Oonald J. Thorman. In announcing the new newsletter, Thorman commented that "as today's divorce rate climbs and--we move from child and couple-centered marriages to person· centered relationships, Successful Marriage will help married persons adjust to new challenges and opportunities." Thorman, editor and publisher of the National Catholic Reporter, edited the Christian Family Movement Newsletter for nine years. He also taught at the graduate Institute of Social and Industrial Relations at Loyola University jn Chicago. He is the author of several books, includ· , ing "The Emerging Layman,"

read," says the pastors. I defy a pastor to put out a pile of $1.35 "Why Sunday Mass" paperbacks ~dited by Karen Hurly (published by St. Anthony Messenger Press) and still have any feft after Sl,In· day noon Mass. Few parents can pass up a book like that because it hits them where their need is. And that's only one book. There are a few hundred more like it. Maybe. a parish should experiment with a book of the month, reviewing, selling, and discussing it. Small' wonders could occur if only one-tenth of a parish read 12 good books a year. For those laymen who find such a parish prospect slim, get your name on the Paulist Publications mailing list. This free paper comes out every 'four months or 'so and lists 'hundreds of books of interest to Jaity as well as to Religious. The address? Paulist Press,' 400 Sette Drive, Pramus,N.J. 07652. Tell them I sent you.

OLD> AND NEW: A Phoenix, Ariz. landmark-St. Mary's Catholic Church-is re, fleeted in the. glass doors of ~h. e dt~'S. new ~onvention. cent~r, a part of the Phoenix Civic Plaza. The'DIOcese of Phoemx, estfbhshed 1111969, WIth BIShop Edward A. McCarthy as firs,t Ordinary, includes many contrasts of modernity and historic scenes. NC Photo.

. Religious No i~nger TakeDesignation Of 'th~ Good Sisters'

in introducing a slide show, "Holy Union Today," which took TOday's religious women are Whiclnoted: on the atmosphere of people at a no longer content to be thought "Di cussions on poverty in reof and patronizingly described Iigiou, 'communities today seem reunion chuckling and' exclaimas "[he good Sisters," This was .endle s. They appear to fluctuate ing over snapshots of faculty evidenced at the Province Work- some here between two poles, members. . Sister .Kathleen, engaged in shop held last week at Sacred ' one tif which treats the whole campus ministry at Rollins ColHearts Academy, Fall River, at- conceft of religious poverty as tended by 140 Religious of the an un eality which no longer has lege, Winter Park, Fla., told the Holy Union of the Sacred Hearts meani g in this almost-21st cen- Sisters, "I've often wished. the from six states and a mission in tury, he other reflects a kind of students at Rollins could have Africa, and led by Sister Grace pennY' pinching, parental attitude come to our high school. It's Donovan, provincial superior. which would appear to censure incredible how poorly prepared sisters with the vow of poverty some of them are for college "In the past we've been valued for t~o freewheeling a use of, work," She asked the Sisters to preas cheap labor," declared Sister the g~ods of this world.. Ann Marie Phillips, a parish reli"Oqce, however, we dispel the pare slides depicting the 'varied gion coordinator \in the Provi- clouds of polarization from the aspecfs of Holy Union ministry dence diocese. "But if people 'issue, lone thing stands out in to be used in a presentation for realiZed the value of services bold relief. The poverty of Christ conventions and vocation meet· Sisters give in, for instance, a will ~Iways ultimately express 'ings. Also distributed was "Perspecschool, they'd be recognized as itself. in two characteristics: untive 21," a tabloid-type publicathe biggest contributors to their,' selfiS]lneSS ,and love of the poor," parishJ' , tion issued by 11 religious communities, including the Holy Un· , She was backed up by a TaunConcrete lProposal ion Sisters, intended for high To express commu~ity, conton Sister who, stated that Sisterschool and college girls considerdonated services to her school ' cern fpr those enmeshed in poving opportunities, challenges and had been valued last year at erty, the Sisters were asked to life-styles ... for a role o( influ$72,500. "selec~ one area of great need ence in molding the outlook of Another aspect of Sisters and which is not presently being met the 21st century," salarJes was brought out by Sis- to which we, as a community, ter J'!ilan Carpinelli, who said that will a· dress ourselves," those working in regular jobs, Whatever project is chosen such as federal positions or 'tin would Ibe given "the highest possecular college faculties, should sible ~riority" among community ~eating insist on full pay, because this undertakings, with personnel asOver 35 Years helps other women get equal Signed] to its implementation and of Satisfied Service pay tor equal work. "We should funding coming in whole or in Reg. Master Plumber 7023 speak out on this and thus help part frpm the Sisters themselves. JOSEPH RAPOSA, JR. our sisters," she said referring to Speakers at the three-day 806 NO. MAIN STREET w0rr.tcn in general. workshop further discussed the Fall River 675-7497 "It's an unjust and sinful' sit- themejOf poverty, with Mother ••••••••••• p •••••••••• uation for us not to try to aid Mary Loyola of the Congregathe cause of other women," tion 0 the Infant Jesus taking agreed ~ister Carol Regan. ' as her topic the scriptural bases for a pfe of poverty; and Rev. William Byron, S.J., former edComplicated Poverty ONE STOP itor of America magazine, disSHOPPING CENTER The discussion, coming as part cussin~ practical aspects of pov. • Television • Grocery of a workshop devoted to study ert.y i~ religion in today's eco• Appliances • Furniture .' of the place of poverty in reli- nomic system. ,gio'us life, highlighted its com"We re a 21st century Church 104 Allen St., New Bedford plications in today's world. The -we'r all over the place," de"97-9354 problem was summarized in a clared Sister Kathleen Gibney, BY PAT McGOWAN

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Amendments to Protect Unborn Are Sitting in Sub-Committees WASHINGTON (NC)-Anyone who hopes for-or fears-a constitutional amendment to protect the unborn from abortion is in for a long wait. Six, months after the U. S. Supreme Court decision of Jan. 22, . which effectively struck down most state law restricting abortion, the status of numerous constitutional amendment proposals in the U. S. Senate and House of Representatives is the sameall are sitting in the subcommittee on constitutional amendments of the respective judiciary committees of the two legislati:ve bodies. \, Any proposea amendment must still survive subcommittee hearings, apprQval by the subcommittee, approval by the judiciary committee, passage by a two-thirds vote in each house, and ratification by the legislatures of 38 states. Just 8 week after the Supreme Court decision Rep. Lawrence J. Hogan (R.-Md.) introduced the first constitutional amendment against abortion in the House of Representatives, Jan. 30. Classified in popular jargon as a "human life" or "right-tolife" amendment, the Hog·an proposal says that "neither the United States nor any state shall deprive any hum~n being, from the moment of conception, of life without due process of law; nor deny to any human being, from the moment of conception, within its jurisdiction, the equal protection of the laws." The amendment also protects the aged, ill and incapacitated from being deprived of life by the United States or the individual states, and it enables Congress and the states to enforce the amendment by appropriate legislation. Similar' Amendments The Hogan amendment has since' received 12 additional backers in the House and was introduced into the Senate June 29 by Sen. Jesse A. Helms (R.N,C.). Two similar amendments have four backers in the House, and the human life amendment introduced in the Senate by Sen. James L. Buckley (Cons.-R., N.Y.) has been introduced in the House and has three backers.

Technology Stifling Old Va Iues

NEWARK (NC)-In its annual Labor Day statement, the Newark archdiocesan Institute of Social Relations warned that old values are being lost at the price of technological progress. Admitting that few would l;>e "willing to turn back the clock" on scientific advances, the institute asserted that before applauding all progress, however, "we should assess the price we have paid, and are paying." The statement noted that the most obvious price is that of the pollution of all aspects of our environment. However, it said, "The most precious natural resource being squandered and lost is the fundamental ingredient of human life called a sense of values." That price, the statement added, "is itself so numbing that oft~n we are unaware of" it.

That gives some form of human life amendment the backing of only 20 U. S. Representatives -less than one-twentieth of the 435 member House. There is another major type of amendment .introduced in the House, usually called a "states' rights" I;lmendment because it would free the individual states to decide whether or to what degree they wish to restrict abortion. Four different states' rights amendments have been proposed so far in the House, with a total of 30 backers. The most popular, introduced by Rep. G. William Whitehurst (R.-Va.) and backed by 26 Representatives, reads: "Nothing in this Constitution shall bar any state or territory or the District of Columbia, with regard to any area over which it has jurisdiction, from allowing, regulating, or prohibiting the practice of abortion." Senate Support The number of names attached to all of the amendment proposals in the House adds up to 52 but because some Representa.tives have attached their names to two or more different amendments, the actual total of Representatives officially backing one or more amendments is only 47 - a mere 11 per cent of the House membership. In the U. S. Senate official support of a constitutional amendment against abortion is hardly overwhelming, either. Five Senatocs joined Sen. Buckley when he introduced a human life amendment May 31. The Buckley amendment's basic thrust is similar to that of the Hogan amendment, with one important difference: Buckley inserted a clause making the amendment inapplicable "in an emergency when a reasonable medical certainty exists that continuation of the pregnancy will cause the death of the mother. No states' rights amendments have been introduced in the Senate.

Form U.S.. Branch Of Pax Christi NEW YORK (NC) - A U. S. chapter of Pax Christi, the international Catholic peace movement, is being formed and the first membership assembly is scheduled for Oct. 5, 6 and 7 in Wa'shington, D.C. where the group's national otfice is expected to ·be located. Pax Christi had its orlgm in Lourdes, France, when German pilgrims first returned to the shrine after the end of the Second World War. It began as a union of French and German Catholics to symbolize their mutual effort to heal the wounds inflicted by that conflict. - From this union, the movement spread to Poland and then to Italy. Later a merger was effected with an English organization called Pax that has similar objectives and the organization's title became Pax Christi International. , Currently 11 countries ·are represented among the participants. Its administration by an international secretariat eenters in The Hague, the Netherlands, under the leadership of Dutch Cardinal Bernard Alfrink of Utrecht.

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Allende Praises Cardinal Silva

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PROTEST PASSAGE FROM ST. PAUL: Ms. Frances L. McGillicuddy talks with a reporter outside St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York where the St. Joan International Alliance was protesting a Sunday reading from St. Paul which says "wives should be submissive to their husbands." She is head of the U.S. branch of the Catholic equa.l rights organization. NC Photo.

Asks Church Inquiry Charges British Use Catholic Chaplains To Get Information DUBLIN (NC) - A Belfast priest, Father Desmond Wilson, has called for a Church inqu,iry into his charges that the British Army in Northern Ireland has offered "inducements" to its Catholic chaplains in order to get information. The priest, in an interview with the Irish Press, sai~ that in one case the inducements were accepted. He said that the charges should be investigated in the first phice by the Irish bishops, particularly those in Northern Ireland, and also by the British hierarchy. The matter might ulti-' mately have to be referred to the Vatican, Father Wilson said. An army spokesman said that there was no truth in the story. The Catholic Standard said that the priest's' "attack on the

misuse of ordained members of the British army in disclosing confidences given to them as priests must come as a inoral challenge to the Church, which holds such behavior as gravely sinful, if not a full abrogation of one's privileges as a priest." Father Wilson repeated his allegations to the Irish Press but .did not specify what he meant by inducement." He said the principle of clerical "confidentiality" had been violated. Any breach of that principle, he said, could seriously affect the work of the priests in Ireland as a whole. Direct revelation of matter confessed in the Sacrament· of Penance by a priest involves excommunication. Confessors are forbidden to use information obtained through Confession.

SANTIAGO (NC) - Marxist President Salvador Allende praised "the very fair attitude" of Cardinal Raul Silva of Santiago toward his government's problems. In a speech to a women's demonstration in front of La Moneda, the presidential building, Allende said the cardinal along with the other Chilean bishops "have sided with the poor, following the doctrine of the Teacher of Galilee." The women were showing support for government efforts to end a crippling strike by truckers, which have brought shortages of food and household supplies. Since the start of the Allende administration in late 1970, the Chilean bishops gave qualified support to social and economic policies benefiting the workers, and have resisted attempts by extreme rightists to block such programs. At the same time the hierarchy and most priests have protested violations of human rights by communists. As political and economic troubles, along with street violence besiege the Unidad Popular coalition supporting Allende, its leaders have called on Cardinal Silva for mediation efforts. Allende told the women that "efforts/by some to provoke a conflict between the Church and the State will fail." "My government respects the right of all citizens, believers or not, to profess whatever religious creed best fits their convictions."

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.The' Parish Parade Pub/lclty chairmen of par\sh organizations Ire afcked to submit news Items for this colum to The Anchor, P. O. Box 7, Fall River 02722. Name of city or town should be Included, as well as full dates of all, activities. Please send news of future rather

Fall Best Season to Sow ~elphinium, Phlox Seeds

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Spring is normally thought of as seed-sgw~ng. time, but for some perennials the time to sow seed IS m the Fall. I h~ve just placed an order for delphiniums and ph~ox which will be sown upon arrival. Both of these perenmals may be started in one place in the garden and then weather brings back I love deeply the lack of routine that goes moved in the Spring to a hand in hand with .be,ach days. permanent location. I will The piles of summer vegetables start delphinium in the vegetable garden between two rows of corn. By the time the seed germinates the corn stalks will be removed and the delphinium will have the garden to themselves. I ordered a number of seed in the Pacific Giant Series, a remarkably beautiful strain of the flow· ers which is very tall and stately. Our delphinium has run its course and I find myself tearing m'ost of it out every Spring rather than letting it· come to bloom. Phlox seed can also be sown now but it requires a bit of different treatment. Before it can be sown in the garden it must undergo a period of freezing. The. simplest way to accomplish this is to put each seed into an ice cube and then plant the ice cube. The procedure I find best is to fill the ice cube tray with water, let it par· tially freeze, break the top thin layer of ice and insert one or two seeds in each cube. When the cubes are frozen' solid I then remove them from the tray and place them in plas· tic bags to be stored in the freezer for approximately 10 days. The ice cubes are then planted in the. garden where they melt, freeing the germinating seed. A packet of seed can be prepared in this way in approximately two days although vigilance is necessary on these hot days that the seeds and ice cubes don't end up floating in someone's cold drink. At approximately $1.75 per plant for delphinium and phlox the low cost of seed maltes starting your own worthwhile and Fall sowing I find far more easy and productive than Spring sowing. There is less chance of dry· ing as the weather becomes cooler and the plants get a good start before the cold weather sets in for the Winter. • In the Kitchen , Today we're in the middle of the most torrid heat wave of summer. Last night was probably the only night I c~n remember when the heat really did keep me from sleeping and right now my constitution feels as if I've been dancing a· 24 hour marathon. Nevertheless I hate to see summer depart;

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I know once I get into the swing of fall I'll forget all about my resistance to have summer leave bu't as I get olde.r the leisure of vacation time appeals to me more 'and more. One of my daughters was urging me the other day to "Do your own thing" I didn't want to tell her that my own thing would include being a middle·aged beach comber. While I do miss the joys of the kitchen that .the cooler

on the roadside stands do not invite one to hide their glory under tons of gourmet cooking because their beauty is in their freshness but they do invite one to cook them in the most simple manner imaginable. Meatless Meals The availability of' seafood diminishes once the daily treks to the beach halt and then the real problems of mea.tless meals begin.. By the time this column is printed we'll all be back in school and the joys of summer will soon be' forgotten' in the busy schedule of fall but hope· fully there will be another summer to look forward to. . Regretfully, there' are some people whom you enjoy being with' but whose company you only are able to be in during the lazy days of summer. Such a person is my good friend Connie . France who stimmel's at Horse· neck Beach. Connie is one of. those rare people who has so many interests that there' just doesn't sem to be enough time to talk about them all during July and August. One of her main loves is cooking and cookbook collecting and the latest one that she introduced me to is a big', "little" book called How To Feed Boys published by the Providence Co~ntry Day School with recipes donated from mothers and. faculty. . . . The following is One. of the recipes from the book that Con· nie particularly enjoyed. Skewered Chicken Squares

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Of Yukon Priest' 'WHITEHORSE (NC) - The fillSt resident of tJhe Yukon Tex:ritory to become priest will be ordained here on Sept, 15. Oblate Brother James Murray B'leackley wHl be orda,ined by Bishop Hubert P.· O'Connor of Whitehorse during the celebration of the 75th anniversary of the discovery of gold in the Yukon. <lit will be a day for the whole Yukon to rejoiee in and remember," ·the bishop said, "a <\,ay to thank God for 'the gold that we have sought and have 'at Jast got -our first priest." 'J3rother Bleackley was born dn Vancouver in 1946 and moved to Whitehorse when he was nine.

LADY OF MT. CARMEL, SE~fONK . The Women's Guild will hold its ft"rst meeting of the year at 8 0' lock on Wednesday night, Sept. 12 in the parish center. nie meeting will be followea by k coffee hour which will serv~ as an opportunity to wel- SANTO CHRISTO, comt new members. All the FALL RIVER women of the parish are invited. The Council of Catholic Women OMicers for the coming year will open its season at a meeting are: ~ Mrs. Donna Motta, pres- at 7:30 P.M. Tuesday, Sept. 11 iden; Mrs. Agnes Rose, vice- in the parish hall. pres~dent; Mrs. Nancy Reed, sec- . reta~y; Mrs. Linda Hall, treaST.. JOSEPH, surer. ATTLEBORO ST. kLiZABETH, , Cub Pack No. 37 will conduct FAL~ RIVER . registrations at 7 o'clock on TIle 23rd annual clam boil and Tuesday evening, Sept. 11 in the field~daY .will be held on Sunday, . school building. Any boy beSept 9· on the Tucker Street tween the ages of 8 and 10 '(or in the third grade) is eligible. grou ds. However, each boy must be acT~e clam boil will be served froml noon to 2 o'clock and will companied bv a Dare'lt. A flea market is being planned 'be followed by entertainment and tames for the young and old .by the St. Joseph's Junior Corps for Sept. 29 and 30. Any organialike AI red Linhares, chairman has zation or person wishing to parannobnced that an auction and ticipate should contact Father foo~sale will also be conducted. Normand at 226-0197.

OUR LADY OF FATIMA, NE BEDFORD T~e program for. the first meeting of the Women's Guild sChejuled for 7:30 -on Tuesday, Sept. 11 will consist of a pot luck supper and a jewelry fashion show. . All' women are invited to the affai and urged to join the guild GAINESVILLE (NC) - Msgr. The slate of officers for the John Tracy Ellis, the noted his- camihg year is as follows: Ella torian of the U. S. Church, spoke Mail10t,. president; Claire Roy, of the problems of American vice- resident; Alice Lambert, bisl1ops-and of Church histori- treas reI'; Therese Poyant, secreans":-in an interview here in' tary·1 Florida.

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Msgr. Ellis said that today's bishops, while strong and pastorall in orientation, do not refleet the type of natural leadership ~o apparent in 19th century bishops such as John Ireland of St. Paul and James Gibbons of' Baltimore. .

ST. 'ROCH, FALL RIVER The Council of Catholic Women will resume activities with a living rosary and benediction. at 7:30 on Monday night, Sept. 10. All women will'meet at 7:15 in the upper church vestry. The evening will conclude with a business meeting and coffee hour. Officers of the council will serve as hostesses. "

ST. ~ATRICK' FAL RIVER . Th 1973-74 season of the Wom1en's Guild will open on Mon4ay night, Sept. 10 at 8 0'c101k in the school hall on Slade St. MrLJoseph Richards and Mrs. Dona:id Jagmen, co-chairmen, have larinounced that the evening will oren with a "get-acquainted" coffe hour and it. will be foll~we by an address by guest I speaker, John McAvoy.

ST. MARY, NEW BEDFORD The Women's Guild initial meeting of the ):'ea~ will be held at 8 o'clock on Monday night, Sept. .10 and the progra'~' will be highlighted by a bingo party. ST. STANISLAUS, FALL RIVER A banquet honoring the diamond jubilee of the parish will . be held at Venus de Milo .restaurant Sunday, Oct. 7, with Stephen Kulpa as chairman. Tickets are available from him, his committee members or the rectory. Parish women will begin bowling activities Monday, Sept. 10 at Walko Alleys. New members are invited and may obtain information from Mrs. Evelyn Whipp or Mrs. Genevieve Major. Brothers of the Brush Will hold a softball game at 7 P.M.. Saturday, Sept. 8 at Father Kelly Park.

And while the final decision in Feed to Jim Feinberg '75 the selection of bishops must Chicken breasts soy sauce come· from Rome-anything else is u:nrealistic, Msgr. Ellis saidcooking sherry oil' . it appears the apostolic delegate ginger has too much say in the selection at present. garlic HOLt ROSARY, . toastEld sesame seeds "We must find some way to . 1) Cut chicken breasts in involve priests, Religious and FAL~ RIVER Mr~. Rita Dearden, newly insquares and marinate for 10 min· laity-as well as our own bishstalled pr:esident of the Women's utes in equal parts of soy sauce, • ops-in suggesting names to the GUildf,has' announced that the POp4l for final selection," Msgr. sherry and oil. (For example you firsteeting of the year Will. be want the' mixture to cover the ElliS said. held t 7:30 on Monday evenmg, . The priest-historian said that cut up chicken so if you use Sept. 110 in .the church hall. . one fourth cup of soy sauce, few college students are interestThe evening's program will then you must use the same ed in history, particularly Church amount of sherry and oil. Add histOry but, he said, "there is a consijt of a demonstration of the garlic and ginger if you li'ke light on the horizon. A new artifi1ial flowers. the. idea. (for one fourth cup of interest in ethnic history is dawnsoy sauce etc. I personally would . ing·-among the blacks and the use one clove of garlic, minced Slovaks, for example-and this and one fourth teaspoon of gin- may well reintroduce history' to ger) the (\merican people." Msgr. Ellis said the history of 2) Broil, one to a skewer (or the Church is shameful where on a broiling pan) for 5 minutes or until they have lost their black people are concerned. ToPOMESTIC & HEAVY DUTY OIL BURNERS transparent look but are brown day, however, "the Church is doing great work among the blacks, !lnd juicy. Service but the fact there are less than 3) Dip in toasted sesame seeds 860,000 Catholic blacks among MAIN OFFICE - 10 DURFEE STREET, FALL RIVER black Americans (Toast dry sesame seeds in heavy 23,000,000 skillet, stirring over low heat un- shows how poorly the Church Phone~ conducted herself in the past. til niceIy browned.) ..................... ; ~ ..

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Asserts Precise

Unity of F'aith

Dangerous Goal

TORONTO· (NC) - The most Only love has the power which Sikh and practioner of Kundalini dangerous goal of ,interfaith never divides and must be fore- Yoga, were guest speakers at the The Synodal document "Justice in the World" makes dialogues would Qe an attempt most in all interfaith endeavors." first in a series of lectures delivered by Swami Chinmayit quite clear that the Bishops feel dissatisfied with the de- to arrive at a "precise unity of He said that understanding agree to which a passion for justice is effectively taught in' faith," according to Fa,uher Arth- mong .men can be reached not ananda. ur Gibson, a theologian at St. The swami, who for the past the liturgical life of the Church. True, the liturgy expres~es Micbael's College in Toronto and with the mind or the body but two decades has preached and with the heart. above all love and worship a member of ,the Vatican Secretleotured on Hindu philosophy in for God. But as St. John the thrust itself through the needle's ariat for Non-Believers. Europe, Asia and North America, Search for God Attempts at complete unity Evangelist pointedly asks: eye. The temptation is not less warned of uhe impossibility for potent when, as in many West- create a defensive, alienaNng and Fauher Gibson, Dr. Murry Hog- uniformity of religious belief. "How can you love God ern countries, two-thirds of the almost destructive base for these ben, a Moslem, and John Singh, a Whom you do not see unless you people have become affluent. "Thi·s uniformity wouId be as discussions, he told more than love your neighbor whom :you unsuitable as requir,ing a man 300 persons at the recent opensee." There is another difficulty. ing of an interfai,th lecture series Shoplifting Charge from North America to wear BALTIMORE (NC)-Elizabeth heavy wool in India. Each person The Bible is full of denuncici- The Bishops call it "the social hosted by Toronto's Donway dimension 'of sin." This is the United Church. McAlister Berrigan, the wife of must Hnd a way of reaching for condition of living in a society "Efforts of men ,to understand the former Father Philip Berri- God from where he is." in which one profits, almost un- each other's beliefs can often be gan, was· arrested Aug. 27 at a He said throughout the history consciously, from massive injus- divisive because faith varies from Sears Roebuck and Co. store in of ,the human community, there tices perpetrated against other place place and from culture suburban Glen Burnie and has been a constant search for By people. Individual Christians may to .culture. charged with shoplifting. Arrest- God. "The form and concept not appear to themselves as par"Hope ,can be mutually ex- ed with Mrs. Berrigan, a former of God may change but not BARBARA ticularly sinful. They lead honest, clusive because religions have nun, was Judith Lafemina, also man's hunger and sense of indecent family lives in comfort-. varying bopes and expecta<tions. a former nun. completeness." WARD able circumstances. They do not gossip. They are kind to their friends and pay their bills promptly. Johannesburg and Capetown have thousands of tions of those "who cry Lord, such families. I.ord and do not do the things that I say." Indeed, in the vision Is It Enough? of the final judgment, among the Yet the whole structure of blessed are those who fed the . "/""#"~""':""'~:,:' . . . . .., . . . ,....'\ ':' : ;,: hungry and sheltered the home- their ease and opportunity deCannen is a school less without even hearing of the pends upon the work done, often at starvation wages, by the black girl this year at the existence of God. If the liturgy <Ioes not mould our spirit and sub-class of unskilled and less new mission school. conscience in the direction of skilled workers who outnumber She will learn to read and justice, it does not truly help us the whites four to one. Is there 'to express our love of God. It is no sin in accepting a social order write; to enjoy creative arts \ "sounding brass and tinkling so radically biased towards inand crafts; to learn of cymbals." The ceremonies end as justice? people and places; and she platitudes or "vain repetitions" Is it enough for us to speak or even a kind of self-deceit. will come to know God's the truth and pay our debts and love our family if the truth we Forming Conscience great love for her. Carmen dare not face includes indescribdoesn't imbw it now but her The Eucharist is the central able exploitation, the unpaid <let of sacrifice and sharing. It debt equals three quarters of our future is full of promise commemorates a giving which standard of living and the love and a better life, goes beyond all justice to the we give limits itself, almost because you really care self·surrender of total love. If, without effort, to people of the confronted with the fact of the same skin? about her and millions Crucifixion, the Christian soul' like her when you But in some degree the Chrisfeels no stirring of compassion and obligation, then Christ's sac- tian communities of the whole help the Atlantic region confront this rifice is made in vain. missions. problem of structural injustice. But there are preparatory sac- They are 20 per cent of tl'le "Many raments which ideally should world's peoples. They enjoy at thanks" for form a Christian conscience able least 75 per cent of its income. to respond to the lesson of the The United States, with just unhelping to Cross. For those converted in der 6 per cent of the population, make her adult life to the Christian faith, commands over 30 per cent of ~ happy. the preparations for baptism can the wealth. o be instructions in· justice and '0 Help make :. :: generosity. For those baptized Wealth Unchanged > soon after birth, prepartions for others happy Confirmation could play the In spite of current troublestoday... ..J same role. in trade, in currency dealings, in ~ ~ But dioceses and parishes inflation-the fundamental divicould well examine their collec- sion of wealth is unchanged. In_. 1 c!lre about the poor and suffering in today's ,world, and enClose m~ sacrifice of tive consciences to find out how deed, many of the economic $_ _for all missionaries bringing them the love of God and a better hfe tomorrow. • troubles would be less dangerous much the concept of justice bites if, say, Germany or Japan set into the Christian soul as it prepares for the rites of initiation. aside surplus dollars for future • Name Is justice given any kind of pri·· economic aid to poor countries • Address • ority? In fact, is it mentioned at and if American families accepted less demanding (and hence all? City State Zip • less inflationary) standards so ANCH-9·6-73 • The degree to which in every that people in greater need could REMEMBER THE SOCIETl' FOR THE PROPAGATION OF THE • land quite devout Christians feel be helped. Continued greed • FAITH AND THE WORLD'S POOR IN YOUR WILL. • no responsibility at all for the means continued inflation. God frequently desperate plight of is not mocked and if we sow fellow human beings does sug- cupidity, we reap economic disgest formation of a conscience aster. of the most superficial kind. In The Bishops make the radical the parable of the sower they are proposal that these "collective" the seed that falls among thorns - thorns that symbolize the or social sins should be examined Send your gift to: cares and preoccupations of daily by Christians within the context ·life and grow up to stifle the of the sacrament of penance. As the world waits in growing ecoMost Rev. Edward T. O'Meara The Rev. Monsignor Raymond T. Considine responsib1'e heart.· nomic and social disorder for National Director Diocesan Director This suffocation has always some moral leadership, perhaps Dept. C., 366 Fifth Avenue 368 North Main Street been the peculiar temptation of this would not be a bad place New York, New York 10001 Fall River, Massachusetts 02720 the wealthy, -that camel trying to to begin.

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-"-Th-e-J-eh-o-va-h-W-i-tn-es-s-R-el-ig-iO-n--1 For more than 420,000 Americans the Bible clearly teaches that the end of the world cs we have known it is almost here. They believe it is their duty to warn their neighbors about the impending Battle of Armageddon between Jehovah God and Satan and his allies.

quarters and its,.huge printing plant. Rutherford Despite a lurid divorce trial and other scandals Russell continued to attract followers who were known as Russellites, International ~ible Students and MiIlenial Dawnists. When 1914 came and went he went back to the Bible and announced that the event had indeed occurred as predicted ,but it had taken By place in heaven. Christ .and Satan had struggled and Satan WILLIAM J. had been cast down to earth in WHALEN 1914 where he became responsible for the World War, famines, riots, earthquakes, and other calamities. When Russell died in 1915 a Known since 1931 as Jehosmall-town Missouri lawyer, J.F. vah's Witnesses this group of Bible students goes back tv the Rutherford, took control of the preaching and ,writing of Charles organization. His voluminous Taze Russell. More than 100 scriptural studies, buttressed by years ago Russell left his haber- hundreds of proof-texts, soon dashery near Pittsburgh to prop- supplanted the books and pam· agate his Biblical interpretations. phlets of the founder of the Once a Presbyterian and then a movement. "Judge" Rutherford· Congregationalist he had been introduced the portable phonoinfluenced by Adventist views. graph as a tool in the door-toHe came to the conclusions that door campaign for converts, centhe world would end in 1914, tralized authority, and bestowed that hell was a pagan myth, that the new "name in 1931. He was Jesus was not God but an angel- succeeded after his death in 1942 made-man, and that all Christian by Nathan Homer Knorr. Watchtower • :.. ch,ur~hes were tools of the: devil."; Pastor'Russell won his first' con - . Growth 'of the 'Watchtower verts in' 1872 and started a little Society h!1s been rapid. In 1938 magazine in 1879 called the the ,sect counted only 50,000 Watchtower; this semimonthy members around the·, worl9; by magazine, now reports a circula- 1972 this had grown to more tion of 7,850,000 copies. He than 1,600,000. Each Witness moved his' base of operations to_ considers himself an ordained . Brooklyn, N. Y. where the minister and puts In an average Watchtower Bible and Tract So- of 15 hours a, month going from ciety now maintains its headTurn to Page Seventeen

When Sparky Lyle proceeds from the bUllpen to the mound in Yankee' Stadium enroute to making another "save" for his Bronx Bombers the organist plays some unique background music. The tune "Pomp and Circumstance," traditionally accompanies graduates to the stage, not baseball pitchers to the diamond.

FR. JOSEPH M.• CHAMPLIN

But, on the other hand, during' these days of $hifting cultural patterns "Pomp and Circumstance" has lost some of its popularity and given way in many commencement exercises to "We've only just begun." Holy Family's seniors at the local public and regional Catholic high schools prepared a spe· cial graduation Mass this June. They chose, in rather typical fashion for our parish, to use

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I was standing in line at the National Folk Festival waiting to buy a hot dog. The sun was blisteril1g. The line was long and \ moving very, very slowly. As I stood waiting, I happened to notice a young man moving from person to person along one line, . and a young woman passng out Iiter~ture to the people in the line I was in. After a few minutes she approached me and handed me a leaflet.

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Glancing at it quickly I saw that it contained urgent warnings that the world was soon to end. She talked with complete seriousness and conviction, pointing out to me many proofs that the end was coming and that it was urgent that I reform my in preparation. Out friendly discussion revealed tha~ she was a Jehovah Witr"~ss. In response to my questions she:shar~~; with ,me some i of her beliefs. What struck me most was not the particular beliefs $he held as a Jehovah's Witness, but the missionary spirit that she exhibited: One of the chief characteristics of the WitnesseS is their dedication of time and talent -to spreading the Witness beliefs. Conscientious members of the Jehovah's Witnesses are expect·, ,. ed tl) spend much time _each month in the kind of missionary preac:hing this girl and boy were engaged in. Members. average perhaps 15 hours a month going both of these melodies during the from door to door, person to celebration. person. No Berious member is inAbout a dozen students active; all are considereded "minplimned and executed details isters." with over 50 present for that Eucharist. It came off well, I Sa~esmanship thought, and did so because Before beginning their door-tothese young men' and women, working closely with our two door ministry, the Jehovah Witsisters, spent hours in creative ness' convert takes courses in the preparation, rehearsed their roles Bible. He receives instruction carefully and involved as many and practice in techniques of of the graduates as possible in sctlesll,'lanship and communica· tions. He then spends some time the liturgy itself. going about .with an experienced Participation Witness minister as a kind of apprel':1tice. Finally he is ready Several individuals designed to go out as a true Witness. and produced a participation For their efforts many Witleaflet and a' few' posters. After the entrance procession nesses have been laughed at, reand song, "Bring On," Monica jected, imprisoned,' fined and' Gray gave some, introductory re- beaten. Some 2,000 died in Nazi marks. "The theme of this morn- concentration camps. They have ing's Mass is our future hopes suffered much under lawsuits brought against them for some and goals .. ." ' Two graduates proclaimed the of tMir beliefs and practices. scriptural passages and the pre- 'But with aU the opposition, they liminary comments to them have continue'd to extend their , which this planning committee missionary activity-not just in the' United States, but in South ·composed. As a portion of the celebrant's Amerita, Europe imd Africa. ~?ense of Commitment homily, Alex Grimshaw, president of the Bodley High senior' I found little sympathy for class, read his own "Looking to some of the beliefs this young Turn to Page Eighteen Jehovah's Witness explained to

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"Manv Catholics and Protestants object to th~ manner in' which Witnesses seek converts but the result~ of their methods are obvious." Jehovah's Witnesses meetirtg in Vienna last year baptized converts by immersion , in a pool. NC Photo. me, bul' I could not help but be moved by her sense of commitment and conviction. While severaI hhitdred thousand of' us Washingtonians were enjoying a SuncfuY afternoon at the anI .

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by a B douin boy, the Dead Sea ScroUs have cast a new light on the lastl period of the Old Testament, the first years of the ChrisI tian era, .Ii and have provided us with Olr Testament texts a thousand years older than any previouly known.

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library of a community of Jewish monks of the sect known as Essenes. They had established' a monastery overlooking the Dead Sea, southwest of Jericho and within sight of the mouth of the Jordan River. The location was known as the Wadi (Arroyo) Qumran and the particular community has been called the Qumran community. The Qumran corpmunity was probably founded in the second century B.C., and endured until 68 A.D., when it was destroyed by the Roman army during the Jewish War. The Essenes. knew of the impending attack and in the hopes of protecting their library from the Romans placed Turn to Page Eighteen

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Fascinating Story of ITT

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Told by Anthony Sampson

Continued from Page Sixteen much of what other Christians consider part of their traditione.g. the Trinity, the divinity of Ghrist, even Christmas. However, they preserve a very important part of traditional Christian responsibility. Jesus told his followers to "go into the whole world and proclaim the good news to all creation" (Mk 16:16). The Second Vatican Council reminds all of us that "the obligation ,of spreading the faith is imposed on every disciple cif Christ, according to his ability" (Church, 17). As we reflect on the generosity and courage of Jehovah's Witnesses, whose influence so far exceeds their numbers, we might ask ourselves what we do to share with others the faith we have freely received from others. At least we should be able and willing tQ follow the advice of St. Peter: "Should anyone ask you the reason for this hope of yours, be ever ready to reply, but speak gently and re. spectfully." (IPet 3:15).

Harold S. Geneen, head of the multinational conglomerate called ITT, pays himself a salary of more than $800,000 a year. What does he do to deserve that pittance? Tbe answer is supplied by Anthony Sampson in his fascinating book, The Sovereign State of ITT (Stein and Day, 7 East lars from the U. S. government compensation for war damage 48th St.. 'New, York, N.Y. in to its factories which had helped 10017. $10). Geneen is the keep Nazi aggression going.

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range of functions and services, nnd arc to be found almost everywhere in the world. He both drives and controls his hundreds of thousands of subordinates; he sees both bi~ and small. He is a stickler for facts, has a keen nose for them, and wants no surprises. He L, not interested in things made or services rendered, but in 1Jloney. more and more of it. Once a month, the top men of all the companies in the ITT combine meet in Brussels, under Geneen's hawk eye, for an intensive review of performance and for careful projection of the fUture. Once a' year there is a much longer meeting, running several w~eks, for the same pur· poses on a broader scale. Telephone Service Thus, Geneen keps informed and keeps whipping the team forward. . A marvelous' performance by a marvelous phenomenon of the age? Mr. Sampson doesn't think so. He begins with ITT's beginning in 1920. It was grandiosely named, but it started out very modestly, ,with an ailing tele· phone company in Puerto Rico. This was bought by Sosthenes Behn, who had been born in the Virgin Islands, of a French mother and a Danish father. Behn saw the opportunities in telephon service, more and more in demand after World War I. He expanded his company, securing favorable contacts in Europe. He did especially well in Germany, and his success there continued in Hitler's time. Behn found Hitler a gentleman. In Enemy Territory During World War II, subordinate companies of ITT in Germany were making military equipment for the Nazis, while others elsewhere were doing much the same for the Allies. When Paris fell, who was one of the first to show up, and in mil· itary uniform? Behn. He would see to it that ITT's interests were secured. He also got into Germany, when the Nazi armies collapsed, and here, too, he managed the retention by ITT of all its holdings in enemy territory. Later ITT would obtain 27 million dol-

Behn looked on ITT as a kind of sovereign state, dealing with other sovereign states on equal terms. He had the priceless ad· vantage of' an international communications system which supplied copious intelligence, in some instances probably better than governments, our own inc1ud,ed, were receiving. Both sides apparently benefited from ITT intelligence during World War II. New Blood , Behn had his finger in foreign policy after that war, on tbe Continent and in Latin America. But he was slowing down, and he rctired in 1956. ITT needed a vigorous shaking up by a bold, propulsive new man. It got it in Geneen, who moved in as president in 1959. He soon announced his "acquisition philosophy," meaning a de· termination to take over compa· nies of any kind which might prove useful and profitable for ITT. Thus, ITT merged ':Vith Avis, with the Sheraton Hotel chain, with Continental Baking, etc. The biggest merger of the lot, and in fact the biggest ever to take place, was that with the Hartford Insurance Group. This had a bad smell to it" it was resisted and contested: a stain of scandal began to spread around it, it got into courts, it figured in Congressional investigations, and questions about it still persist. Allende Election Mr. Sampson goes thoroughly into this nasty business, and pieces it tightly together. Most of us have known of it from rather brief newspaper stories printed at longer or shorter intervals, so that. we have had no grasp of, the whole. Something of the sort is provided by the book. There .is also the matter of ITT's trying to block the election of Salvador Allende to the presidency of Chile. It was feared that his election might be followed by the expropriation of ITT's holdings'in that country. In Senate hearings, it was charged that ITT, perhaps with the connnivance of the CIA, had conspired to subvert a foreign government. The point is' that ITT showed contempt for the official policy of the U.S.A:, and undertook to enforce a foreign policy of its own, in its own interest, and probably to the detriment of American foreign relations. 'Corporate Arrogance' "The history of ITT's dealings with Chile," Mr. Sampson writes, "shows, in a magnified form, the familiar characteristics of the company - the, corporate arrogance, the inexorable lobbying, the two-faced attitudes, the corrupted communications." Strong words, but not, it appears, without justification. Geneen made a big and virtu·

Abortion Proponent Charges ~ressure FOUNDING AUTHOR: "Known since 19311 as Jehovah's Witnesses, this group of Bible students 'goes back to the preaching and writing of Charles Taze Russell." A portrait of Charles Taze Russell. NC Photo.

The Jehovah Witness Religion Continued from Page Sixteen door to door to warn people about Armageddon and invite them to join in the New World Society.

as simply the power of Jehovah. In their Bible study the Witnesses use their own translation called the New World Translations of the Hebrew and Greek Scriptures.

Jehovah's Witnesses do not vote, serve in the armed forces, ' Kingdom Hall salute the ,flag or stand for the national anthem, become active After Armageddon only 144,000 in labor unions, lodges, or civic people will reign as spirit creaorganizations. They try to attend tures with Jehovah God and most of the five weekly meetings Jesus in heaven. All of these at their local Kingdom Hall. 144,000 have been Jehovah's Theologically the Witnesses Witnesses and about 10,000 are are unitarians. They flatly deny still alive. Only they partake of the Christian doctrine of the the bread and wine at the annual Trinity and teach that Jesus was Memorial Service attended in really Michael the Archangel in 1972 by 3,662,407 Witnesses and human form. He is now an ex- sympathizers. Aimihilation,rather alted man and Jehovah God's than hell is the fate of the wicked. The rest of mankind will survive chief executive officer. Armageddon or be resurrected to The Holy Spirit is understood rebuild and repopulate the world for 1,000 years. ous thing of fighting Marxism in Chile, rousing all who would hear to the death of freedom. But Marxism in Moscow was something else again. At the very same time, ITT was negotiating for entree into the U.S.S.R. 'ITT, with an office in Moscow, "seems well placed to achieve a longterm contract," says Mr. Sampson, "and the marriage between the state ministry and the conglomerate seems a happy one." But he wonders whether the marriage will have a happy ef· fect on individual liberties. Is private power now so great as to be beyond control by government? This critical question is posed by this critical book. And another question is whether such a book could, some years hence,. be published at all. ITT already controls at least three major, formerly independent book publishing, houses. '

Local Kingdom Ha~l officiais serve without pay. Even the top authorities of the Watchtower Society in Brooklyn receive only room, board, and a nominal living allowance. More than 90,000 Pioneer Publishers devote full time to missionary work in this country and in the 208 countries and islands where Kingdom Halls have been established. The Watchtower Society condemns the triumvirate of evil: ecclesiastical, commercial, and political powers. Jehovah's Witnesses claim citizenship in the New World Society and say they owe no allegiance to any other government. A Witness will not observe Christmas, encourage his chilo dren to go beyond high school, make close friends outside of the Kingdom Hall congregation, submit to blood transfusions or allow such a procedure for any of his children.

NEW YORK (NC) - William R. Baird, a long-time proponent of legalized abortion who is currently involved in a $26 million lawsuit against the National Conference of Catholic Bishops (NCCB), cited"Catholic pressure" as the reason he lost his position as unpaid advisor to the New York City Mayor's Office for Veteran's Action Aug. 22. A spokesman for Mayor John V. .Lindsay's office labelled Baird's charge "totally false" and said it was "a deplorable and offensive fabrication." Contacted by phone at' the Parents Aid Society which he directs in Hempstead, N. Y., Baird told NC News he could "document with witnesses" that Major Carl M. A. McCarden, Commissioner for Veterans Action, had told Baird he was letting him go because "we can't handle"the intense pressure the Veterans Action office received from the Catholic Church after the appointment was disclosed.

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THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Thurs., Sept. 6, 1973

CoD!inued from Page Sixteen the Past" and Lou Ann Bullard, a scholarship winning graduate of I Oswego Catholic, delivered her 3 minute address, "Looking to the Future." After the collection had been ' gathered, Nancy Pringle stepped to the microphone and announced: "At this time, before bringing bread and wine to the altar, we graduates present our lives in the form of symbolic gifts ..."

Self-Conscious New Mystics Tiny Ratio -of Population, Public opinion research. is a sobering venture, for the world that emerges from one's investigation is a gray, complex, frequently unexciting world. It does not have the sharp bright colors and the clear contrasts of a newspaper ~eadline or a news magazine cover story or the Sunday population. Dramatic trends are very rare supplement feature article. though they do occur: the classic

These latter sources of infor· mation would have us believe that there is a generation gap; survey research can find no trace of such a gap. Nor mucll of a

example IS the changing attitudes of Americans on race in the last fifteen years. Curiously enough, this trend, which can be documented without a shadow of a doubt, is simply not believed by those who take for granted the· generation gap, political polarization, the decline of religion, By the "new sexuality," and the "new mysticism." REV. Catholic Trends The grayness' and the complexANDREW M. ity of the survey researcher's world leads this survey researchGREELEY er to be very skeptical when someone arrives on the scene and announces th e",new trend" in trace of the new politics, and' American Catholicism. The trends only a six or seven percentage may be sharp arid dramatic to point trace of "political polariza- small .elite groups-priests, nuns, a relative handful of laity-but tion." most of the newly announced Recently, my colleague, William McCready, and I began a trends don't affect the over· study of mysticism in American whelming majority of the Cathsociety. Almost everyone we olic population which usually is talked to expected we'd find the not even aware of them. Thus, a couple of years ago "new mysticism" concentrated among young people and much we were told about a Catholic of this "new mysticism", would "swing to the left." As far as I could discover, this "swing" was be drug induced. We found' a lot of people in represented by the Berrigans and American society who had had their admirers. Such a group is some kind of ecstatic experience ~apable of making a consider~ble in the course of their lives (37 per- amount of noise but would have centage 'points), and a fair' number been invisible'in a rtational ~am (5 percentage points-l0,000,OOO pie of Catholics. Indeed, my people) who have such experi· guess would be that less than 20 ences frequently, but in our na- per cent of the Catholic populational sample we could not find tion had even heard of the Bera single ecstatic whose mystical rigans (it's amazing how many -interlude had been induced by people don't watch the television -drugs, and the youngel' genera- news broadcasts). Now we hear about the "resurtion was no more likely to have gence of the Cathoiic right." The mystical experiences than their elders. Indeed, there was abso- Catholics United for the Faith, lutely nothing in our data to give the Wanderer gang, fundamenany evidence at all of the "new talism, pentecostalism - all of mysticism" and lots' of evidence these are supposed to be a new to persuade us that the ecstatics trend in American Catholicism. we had uncovered were anything My own guess is that they are but hippies (and, let it be qUickly no more important than the Beradded, there was also much evi- rigans and ought to be taken. no dence they were anything but more seriously as spokesmen for any substantial group of the neurotics). Catholic population. , Tiny Proportion Pentecostalism is indeed a There are, of course, a number vital and dynamic religious of people who are pursui,ng mys- movement but I would bet that tical experience with the aid of in the forthcoming redo of the hallucinagenic drugs, and, more 1963 parochial school study we recently, self-hypnosis, yoga, will find that less than 1 per cent Zen, and transcendental medita- of the Catholic, population has tion. The people who. write the been involved with the pentecQsnewspaper and magazine articles tals, and the Wanderer crowd are not creating such would·be and its dubious allies are so ecstatics out of whole cloth, but small as to be almost invisible the self-conscious new mystics even when compared with the are such a tiny proportion of the pentecostal surge. whole population that they do Attention Seek~rs not even show up in the national It, does not follow· that they sample. This does not necessarily are not an interesting' phenommean that they are unimportant; enon, but not everything that is it simply means there are not interesting is worth taking serivery many of them. ously, much less worrying about. To the extent, then, that there The Wanderer may be the great· are "trends" in American society, est comic journal since the de~ they are created either by a seg- cline of Mad, but whatever powment of the population so small' er it has com~s from the regretthat it does not show up on a na- table fact that some bishops and tional probability sample or, in pastors permit themselves to be rare instances (such as political terrified by it, and take seriously polarization in the last decade), the harassments of its devout the trends are composed of per- and dedicated readers. haps 10 per cent of the national © 1973, Inter/Syndicate

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BISHOP HERMANN INSTAL ED: Archbishop Joseph Bernardin of Cincinnati, presents a trosier to Bish9P Edward Herrmann at the bishop's installation in Columbus, Ohio. In the background right is Arch~ishop William Baum of Washington, D.C. Bishop -Herrmann is a former auxiliary in Washington.' NC Photo..

The Qumran Scrolls Continued from Page Sixteen the scrolls in earthen jars and hid the jars in the many caves in the surrounding hills. Dis!~overy

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, Apparelltlynone..of the monks survived the attack arid the Romans did not thoroughly search the area. In any event the scrolls remained in the caves until the shepherd boy discovered them by accident when he threw a stone into a cave in an effort to scare out a 'lost sheep. The sto~'le struck a jar, 'breaking it, and the breaking sound .,Ied the boy to investigate. What he found was a scroll of the Prophet Isaiah, the first of many scrolls to be found. Discovery of the scrolls led to gre~t activity by archaeologists in'the area, once the significance of the find had been determined. Unfortunately, the 'Bedouins of the area realized the scrolls had marlcet value and had done a thoJ~ough job of scavenging the cav(js before the archaeological WOI'~, really got under way in 195L Sad to say, many of the scroUs found' by the Bedouins were cut up into little pieces and sold piecemeal. Tt,e Essenes, while not mentioned in the Bible,' were nonethelElss known to Flavius Josephus. Pliny. and other sources.' Very little was known, however,' about the sect until the Qumran discc>very. , ' Archaeologists Among the scrolls di~covered were seve:ral that pertained to the :Itssenes, including "The Man· ual of Discipline," which consisted off regulations for the gov~rn ment of the monastery" admission of candidates, conduct, pun· ishment of infractions and some rituals. Another important scroll relatin~ to the Essenes dealt with the war of the children of light

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scroll outlined strategy for, the conduct of a campaign against enertiies of the Jews and of the sect,l probably to be understood as a~ apocalyptic war. O,y after the discoveries did arch eologisfs turn their attention to what had always been consitlered ruins of a Roman fort locat~d nearby: The excavation, undet the direction of the Do~ mini9an biblical scholar, Pere R. del Vaux of the Ecole Biblique in J rusalem, disclosed an ex1 building complex. tensile The buildings were apparently const(Ucted on the ruins of an IsraeHte fortress of the 6th centurayl.e.C. The site was occupied by thf Essenes sometime around the 2nd century B.C., abandoned for a~few years about 31 B.C., proba Iy due to an earthquake, then eoccupied between 4 B.C. and ,. A.D. by the Essenes. Monastery

On of the most intriguing aspects of the monastery was the water system/that fed a number of cis, erns and pools in the des· ert retreat. The water came from the Wadi Qumran, which as an arroye!> flows only during the short Irainy season. . Othkr interesting aspects of the rJins were fortified towers prOba~IY intended to protect th~ mona~tery from desert raiders, and the large cemetery with 1,100 graves. All the bodies were buried with the head to the south and the body extended to the north Iwith their hands, crossed over their breasts. Two curious facts Iaroused the interest of scholars concerning the cernetery.l The presence of female skelet9ns in the '.cemetery, a fact that seems to conflict with the under~tanding of the community as consisting of male celibates, and, Jontrary, to Jewish prac1 tices 0 the time, 110 objects were buried with the bodies. 1

As a young lady started down the center aisle from the back, Nancy continued, "These year· books symbolize the closing of 4 years of activities and of our being a class for the last time." The texts from each school were placed on a table before the altar. A second person then came forward. "The rings symbolize a permanent bond with our school and th~ memories within." These, too, were left on the table. Next, a father, mother and graduate began walking to the front. "Parting from her parents sYllJbolizes our final break from home as we go out 'into a new life." When. they reached the sanctuary, Kathy MacDonald kissed dad and mom,. then joined her colleagues in the front pew; the parents returned to their seats among the general congregation. Finally, two seniors, representing both schools, each carried to the altar a long stemmed flower and left it in a vase on the table. "Th~' rose buds symbolize our future before' us, yet to blossom." Parish Interest Designated members of the class moved around the church and offered the sign of peace to priests and parishioners. " The students received Communion under both kinds with the two nuns, a father of one grliduate and our parish seminarian assisting at the chalices. Musically gifted 'and trained members of the graduating class aided the choir and performed several appropriate numbers. Especially well received was Denise Borek's solo rendition of the "Our. Father" after Communion (the Mass occurred on Father's Day) which evoked spontaneous, enthusiastic applause. , The graduation Euc~arist, celebrated at our regular 9:45 Sunday liturgy concluded with "Bat· tle Hymn of the Republic."Afterwards the young men and women shared a continental breakfast in the church hall and received small gifts which were meant to signify the parish's continued interest' in them throughout the days ahead.

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WASHINGTON (NC)-Bishops and national Catholic organizations have been asked to submit NORWOOD (NC) - Religious suggestions on the 1974 world communities engaged in renewal Synod of Bishops to Cardinal must look to their founders in a John Krol, president of the Na"creative" manner, a Jesuit theotional Conference of Catholic logian told members of the GlenBishops (NCCB). mary Home Missioners. In a letter which was accom"We must act as the founder panied by questions to help would act if he were present in guide bishops in their responses, our own here and now," Father Cardinal Krol said "national orRichard Smith told the annual ganizations which have an intermission congress of the Glenmary est in the matter may submit community here. their observations and recom-Drawing on Pope Pius XII's mendations." 1950 allocution on the states of He also announced the estabperfection, Father Smith said: . lishment, with the concurrence "Founders of religious groups are of the NCCB Administrative extolled not bec;ause they have Committee, of an ad hoc comprovided patterns that are to be mittee to develop a plan for prerepeated without change or adapparing the U. S. bishops' retation but because they were sponse to the Synod subject of models of creativity whom Relievangelization, as requested by gious today should imitate by the Vatican. MARQUETTE RETURNING: In the role of Father Jacques Marquette, Father Charles being equally creative." Several months ago the Vatican distributed a 7,500-word McEnery, S.J., smokes a peace pipe as he recreates the landing of the French explorer Unchanging Elements document recommending that at Peoria, Ill., 300 years ago. Residents portrayed Peoria Indians and set up a village along Moreover, he said, Pope Pius the bishops address themselves the Illinois River where they hosted Father McEnery and other voyageurs who have that "looking at one's indicated to specific methods and problems connected with evangeliza- been reliving the explorations -of Marquette, Louis Joliet and companions along the Mis- religious founder alone is not ,sufficient for invigor·ation! tion, including the use of com- sissippi River Basin. NC Photo. equal time and effort must be munications media and involvegiven to the times in which reliment in intellectual, scientific gious groups find themselves." and artistic fields in which conThe St. Louis University theotemporary thought is formed. logian said that Pope' Pius XII Cites Problems NEW YORK (NC) - A noted the Catholic Church to impose ical Watergate," Rabbi Tanen- also listed three unchanging eleThe document deals with such baum said. "There are things ments in religious life: "the problems as declining Interest. Jewish interfaith expert has been its morality on secular society. quietly urging a conference in the laboratory and '. truths of the Catholic faith, holi"While there are some Cathhappening in missionary work, the relationship of "spiritual" evangelization among Catholic, Protestant and olics who have not been so as- research in which decisions are ness as the objective of the state being made about the nature and of perfection and sacrifice of self to human development, ecumen- Jewish leaders to study "the tu~ as they might have been ism and evangelization, and ob- ethical, moral and theological is- int(!rpreting right-to-life ques- destiny of human persons with- for the love of Christ as the only stacles to evangelization caused sues at stake for all of us 'right tions, we owe an enormous debt out the awareness of large sec- need to perfection." of gratitude to Catholic leaders tions of mankind. The conseby the fact that the Church to life' isues." "sometimes seems to arouse a Top ranking theological and in for keeping alive before the con- quences can be sinister. Catholic Veterans cer~ain distrust, because of hustitutional le!lders would meet sciousness of mankind an aware"I don't want scientists to ness of how crucial is the preman frailty and because of a on "an unpublicized basis" and make the choice as to what my Oppose Amne'sty certain connection with temporal discuss questions such as abor- ciousness of human existence." ATLANTIC CITY (NC)-The children will be. This is an invaThere is "a large middle group sion of privacy." structures." Catholic War Veterans (CWV) ·tion, euthanasia, biogenetics, efCardinal Krol said that the fects of natural disasters, vio- of Jews, Protestants and CathThe rabbi cited international . went on record unanimously opNCCB intends "to synthesize all lence and war, accQrding to Rab- olics who have been deeply events which illustrate a "fun- posing amnesty for draft evaders the materials we receive from bi Marc Tanenbaum, director of troubled that you can make life damental crisis in moral values, and deserters at their 38th anthe bishops and others and make interreligious affairs of the -or destroy life-by the flick of nual convention here. a roulette wheel," he commented. reflecting contempt for the huthese available to the bishops at American Jewish Committee. They also opposed U. S. aid to man personality." There is "not Invasion of PrIvacy our general meeting in NovemNorth Vietnam until there should Cardinal Lawrence Shehan of "We are at a psycho-biomed- a continent of the Third World be a "full and accurate accountber." Baltimore and Bishop James S. where thousands are not either The report of the U. S. bishops Rausch, general secretary of the being massacred or suffering ing of over 1,300 men still missgeneral meeting plus the reports United States Catholic Conferfrom starvation, famine and ing in action." from other episcopal conferences ence, he said, had expressed in- Score Government In other actions delegates opdrought." throughout the world, the cardi- terest in the idea, provided such Sterilization Rules posed "any cuts in the budget Against that background, as of the Veterans Administration" nal said, will serve as a basis a conference were held "on an CHICAGO (NC) - New profor the synod discussions, ad hoc basis" rather than as an posed guidelines regulating in- well as alienation of large seg- and called for the establishment ments of society and the resultinstitutional tri-faith meeting. . voiuntary sterilizations were ing crime and traffic in drugs, of "a national cemetery syste':ll whereby one national cemetery The right-to-ilfe movement "is sharply scored by the Committee Leaders Take Look not· just a question of Catholic on Legislation of the Diocesan "you have a sense how vulner- would be established in every At Priests Wages morality," Rabbi Tanenbaum Coordinators of Health Affairs able the human person is to vio- state'so that every veteran, who lence," Rabbi Tanenbaum said. so desires, may be buried close CARACAS (NC - A meeting said. "it is a distortion to say (DCHA) at a meeting here. "This means all of us." to his home." here on improving incomes of this is an effort on the part of If the guidelines are impleLatin American priests found pamented they will "represent .'1 -rishioners' unawareness of tlheir serious abridgement of the rightBEFORE YOU low pay to be <the main problem. Venezuela Intends ful freedom of a great many Bishop Roman Arl'ie<ta of Tila- To Eliminate Slums BUY-TRY powerless individuals in our ran, Costa Rica, head of the clerCARACAS (NC) - Spurred by country," the committee said. gy department of the La'Nn housing projects sponsored by Est. 1897 The 120-member DCHA is a American Bishops Council Catholic groups, the government national organization established Builders Supplies (CELAM) listed also the unwill- of Venezuela has launched a in 1948 to coordinate the activ2343 Purchase Street ingness of nich parishes to. help drive to end ,big city ~lums. .OLDSMOBILE ities of bishops' health affairs New Bedford poor ones as contributing to the In· a decree aimed at specula- representatives in dioceses 67 Middle Street, Fairhaven 999-4551 low lincomes of most priests tors in slum housing, the Chris- across ,the country. Its committhroughout ,the area. Attending ,the CELAM-spon- tian Democrat administration tee on Legislation meets quarsored meeting were 28 bIshops,. ordered a moratorium on all terly to discuss the impact of 16 priests and four lay experts rentals paid by slum dwellers. government policies and· profrom all the area count1"ies except The dwellers must file with the grams on the health care aposgovernment a description of their tolate. Cuba and Haiti. I The new guidelines that the The meeting is part of ·an on- house. If it proves below stangoing program to improve social dard, the owner must make im- committee attacked were proat security and retirement benefits mediate improvements or the posed by the·U. S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare for clergymen, raise their :income government will condemn it. The John XXII Housing Foun- (HEW) to cover HEW-funded and generally improve church finances. A sharp dedine in priest- dation headed by retired Cardi- sterilizations of minors and ly vocations is attributed by ex- nal Humberto Quintero of Ca- others "legally incapable of conperts, among other causes, to the racas' has built close to 100 units senting," such as many of the 115 WILLIAM ST. NEW BEDFORD, MASS. undue hardships of priests' 'living to relieve the housing shortage. mentally retarded or legally inOther groups have followed suit. sane. conditions.

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Asserts Hispanic Culture Enriches U.S. Church OXNARD (NC)-Cardinal Timothy Manning, speaking in Spanish and English, told a pastoral conference of the Spanish-speaking that "the time is ripe" for the Hispanic culture to enrich the U. S. Catholic Church. The Irish-born archbishop of Los Angeles described the ,first Encuentra Hispano de Pastoral here as "the opening of a door, the beginning of a great enrichment." Some 320 delegates from J 1 Western dioceses met at St. John's seminary in the Brown Santa Susana Mountains northwest of Los Angeles- to discuss the pastoral care and develop-' ment of Spanish-speaking peoples in the U. S. Church. "We in this country have reached a state of spirituai impoverishment for the things in which we had put our trust have deceived us. We are coming to realize that it is religious faith alone that we can't trust and rely on. And that faith has been mysteriously and magnificently :... pre'5erved in the people of Hispanic culture," Cardinal Manning said. Persons of. Dignity "This event, this encUlmtro;'" continued the cardinal, "cannot be evaluated solt'!ly in terms of the conclusions that may come from it. This event is the releasing of a potency of faith that is inherent in that culture. For this, the time is ripe." Auxiliary Bishop Juan Arzube of Los Angeles said that Spanishspeaking persons should be looked on not as a social problem or as objects of pity, but as persons of dignity having a culture in the faith with gifts and qualities to contribute to the whole Church and' to the Amer- ' ican society. The bishop said different cultural values should not be viewed as a threat to society, but rather as compatible and em:iching. He .compared the integrated relationship existing between various physical systems of the body, all different but contributing to the whole body.

Children's Hospital To Do Abortions ' BOSTON (NC)-A decision of the internationally famed Children's Hospital Medical Center here to begin performing abortions for adolescents has been denounced by the Massachusetts Citizens for Life (MCL). The medical center, which has a . prestigious reputation for' child-care services.. announced it will provide pregnancy counsel.ing and abortions for girls from 11 to 17. An MCL spokesman said "it seems incredible to us that a hospital world-famous for its dedication to saving lives of sick children would now promote life-, 'destructive prO'cedures." Hospital officials said that medical personnel would not be obliged to take part in procedures that violated their moral or religious standards. The hospital was prepared to handle some 20 to 40 abortions each month and to 'provide ,complete counseling services to pregnant girls. '

SAO PAULO (NC) - Cardinal Paulo Evaristo Arns has sold his ornate residence and its surrounding park to support the ,work of priests and laymen for slum dwellers in this Brazil city of eight million. "How could the archbishop live in a place if his most faithful and dedicated collaborators lack a minimum of comfort and of the resources indispensable to carry / on their work now?" The cardinal asked in explaining his decision. He was speaking of his collaborators in "Operation Periphery," a concentrated effort he began last year to bring pastoral and social help to the thousands of families arriving yearly in the slums on Sao Paulo's outskirts. The- cardinal himself has moved to a two-story house in a poor residential district. He also said: "We think' we will be able to set up, with the sale of this building, a fund ca· pable of supporting a good number of persons completely dedicated to our poorest people." '. Cardinal Arns announced his plans to give the country estate to the poor two years ago: His original plan, however, was to build at the site housing units for 280 low-income families.

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A LONG WAIT ••• AND THEN THE FOOD-Editor Gerard E. black suit) joins the long line of people w~titing for a free meal at St. in San Francisco. At the end of the linehe reaches for a hot plate fasted and dressed poorly to exoerience firsthand what life is like daily recipients of the meals. NC Photo.

Leaders WASHINGTON (NC) - The Leadership Conference of Women Religious' (LCWR) at their national assembly here passed resolutions on the right to life, social injustices to the poor, conscientious Objectors, women, and Soviet Jews.' The nearly 600 women Religious who attended the assembly are expected to bring these matters up at regional and local levels . with their congregational l)1emberships. The LCWR resolved to generate an understanding of the right to life issue, by making others aware of "the contemporary threats' to human dignity in today's society." The nuns also resolved to protest administrative cutbacks in federal funding' that affect health, education, welfare, and hou~ing programs. They also

IFor 'Year called for resolutions that would support amnesty for young men in exi[e who opposed the Vietnam war. The membership protested the dissem[nation' by Pan-American World Airways of information contained in the "low life" cards for passengers. The printed cards tell how and where to meet prostit~ltes in New York, London, P,aris, Rome and Amsterd;lm. The tCWR continued its s'upport of the cause for Soviet Jews who wish to emigrate from Jhe Soviet Union. It urged U. S. senatol'$ and congressmen to pass the Jackson-Mills legislation which would withhold mostfavored nation statute until the Soviet Union allows free emigration of its citizens. I Another resolution, referred to

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CLIFTON (NC) - A Bristol businessman said he will use the pulpit of a' Cathoilic church here' as a cocktail bar in his home a~d the church's baptismal font will become a flower bowl in his garden. He bought the items at a public auction of unwanted furnishing of Clifton's temporary cathedral, which has been closed with the recent opening of a, new ca· thedral. Items sold at the auction included statues,stained-glass, candlesticks, benches, a confessional, the turret clock and a side altar. The altar was acquired by the Bristol City Museum. A spokesman for the CHfton diocese said: "We' took great care to insure that parishes had the first pick of the fittings. All objects in the sale were what was left over' after that ..."

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