Places Set for 11,51.0 In Diocesan -Schools
SCHOOL BEGAN YESTERDAY for children of diocese and this picture depicts mingled excitement at new adventure and reluctance to part from home and mother characteristic of fledging scholars. (NC Photo)
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Fall River, Masso, Thursday, Septo 9, 1976 PRICE 15c Vol. 20, NOo路37 $5.00 per ,lIr
Bishop Seeks Diocesan Aid For La Salette Fathers -
Most Rev. Daniel A. Cronin, S.T.D., Bishop of Fall River, has written to each parish seeking aid for the La Salette Missionaries. In this regard, he has authorized a special second collection for the Sept. 11-12 weekend to be taken up in all parishes and chapels. "As Bishop of the Diocese of Fall River, in which the Provincial House is located and where the fraternal bonds with La Salette priests and brothers are
so strong," the Bishop explained, "I want to respond in this hour of grave need." The designated special second collection will constitute a gift from the Diocese of Fall River to the La Salette Missionaries. Urging all diocesans to be very generous to this worthy cause, the Bishop wrote: "The Missionaries of Our Lady of La Salette have their Provincial House in Attleboro, Tum to Page Seven
A part of the diocesan education ministry swung into operation yesterday as some 40 schools opened for an expected 11,510 students. .Later in the month, following Sept. 19's Catechetical Sunday, the other half of the education ministry-religious education of public school students and adults-will be activated for another school year. Catholic elementary school graders number路 7,830; 348 youths entered the Middle School in Taunton; Catholic high schools in the Diocese enrolled 8,205 and cshools for exceptional children received 127 youngsters. In general, early registrations show that the Catholic elementary schools will experience a drop of 252 students less than last year, though the Taunton Middle School shows an increase of 18. . Catholic High Schools in the
Diocese . show an increase of 123 youths. In Acushnet, St. Francis Xavier School, 223 Main St.:, have 375 students with Sr. Annette Roach, O.P. M.A., of North Dartmouth as the principal. Sr. Mary Jessica Aguiar, R.S.M., B.Ed., is the principal of Attleboro's only Catholic ele-
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DUBUQUE, Iowa (NC) - . In spite of school closing llnd financial troubles, the Sisters of Charity who staff schools here, in inner-city Chicago, Kansas City, Mo., and California remain optimistic about the future of the Catholic school system. Of the order's more than 1,600 members, 934 are teaching in
Allow School Prayer BOSTON ~C)-A Massachusetts law permitting a minute of silent meditation or prayer in public school classrooms was ruled constitutional in a unanimous decision here by a three judge panel of the U. S. district court. The state statute stipulates that "at the commencement of
mentary school-St. John Evangelist School, Hodges St., with some 257 pupils. Fairhaven also has but one Catholic school-St. Joseph at Spring and Delano Sts. - with 287 students and Sr. Mary Bernadette Hemingway, SS.CC., M.A. as principal. Tum to Page Eleven
the first class each day in all public schools the teacher in charge of the room in which each class is held shall announce that a period of silence not to exceed one minute in duration shall be observed for meditation or prayer, and "during ~ny such period silence shall De mainTurn to Page Three
Catholic schools and another 135 are engaged in other educational work, according to Sister Mary Kevin Gallagher, first vice president of the order. "The ministry of education often calls for sacrifice and individual Sisters and the entire community are willing to make those sacrifices," Sister Mary Kevin said. Though the Sisters are optimistic about the' state of the Catholic school system, the order is confronted with some very real problems. "Inner-city schools are often under-subsidized making Sisters who teach there unable to contribute to the order's retirement plan and other community funds" according to Sister Gallagher. "In such cases," she continued, "the 'community has to Turn to Page Three
Statement
Bishop
ther erosion in the relationship should be made in the educaI am gratified that the court between spiritual values and hu- tion of our youth, if our soci-
has seen fit to protect the con- man knowledge, which should stitutional right of those who be a part of any educational wish to begin iheir school day process. by turning their minds and I am firmly convinced that hearts to God. further provision for prayer and This decision prevents a fur- the teaching of religious values
ety is to preserve its moral fiber and spiritual heritage. We should pray that this will be done and found to be consonant with our U. S. Constitution.
'Drama of Econe' History Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre Controversey By John Muthig VATICAN CITY (NC)-Here are the major chronological steps in the growing conflict between Rome and suspended French traditionalist Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre, which some observers have tagged, "The路 'Drama of Econe": Nov. 1, 197Q-Archbishop Lefebvre receives canonical per-
mission from Bishop Francois Charriere of Lausanne, Geneva and Fribourg, Switzerland, for the six-year experimental establishment of the Priestly Fraternity of St. Pius X. That same year the archbishop sets up his own seminary at Econe. March 26, 1974-Bishop Francois Adam of Sion, in whose diocese the Econe Seminary is 10-
cated, and Bishop Pierre Mamie of Lausanne, Geneva and Fribourg go to Rome to discuss Econe with Cardinal John Wright, prefect of the Congregation for the Clergy, and Archbishop Augustin Mayer, secretary of the Congregation for Religious. Nov. 11-13, 1974-At the reTurn to Page Five
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Who'f's Hap,pening
IN THE WORLD and
IN' THE NATION
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Natrional Admits Negligence WASHINGTON (NC)-A District of Columbia physician has admitted in Superior Court . that his negligence caused the death of a 16-yearold girl who had gone to him for an abortion. Dr. Robert J. Shelman, who ran a high volume abortion clinic made the admission after being sued for $3.5 million by. the girl's mother, Mrs. Lupe McDowell. The actual award will be determined by the jury.
Statue Unveiling NEW BRUNSWICK (NC)-The first outdoor statue in the United States of the late Cardinal Jozsef Mindszenty, primate of Hungary, will be unveiled here in ceremonies Sept. 26. The statue, cast in bronze, is 18.5 feet tall and will stand on Cl five-foot granite pedestal outside St. Ladislaus Church, where Cardinal Mindszenty stood three years ago and addressed more than 10,000 people on his first visit here. The Hungarian primate urged his listeners to be faithful to their religion and adopted country, and simultaneously preserve their mother tongue and traditional heritage. '
Sponso]fO Withdraws LOS ANGELES (NC)-A major advertising industry trade paper has reported that Toyota Motor Sales U.S.A. will not sponsor a telecast of "The Godfather, Part Two" because of pressure put on the Japanese car firm by UNICO Nation, largest Italian-American public affairs organization. MAC 'VV'estern Advertising news said Toyota had sponsored part one, "The Godfather," on NBC.
NelD Bishop WASHINGTON - Pope Paul VI named Rev. Daniel A. Hart, 49, associate pastor of St.
John's parish, Peabody, as auxiliary bishop of Boston. He will be the archdiocese's sixth auxiliary. Born in Lawrence, the bishop-designate was ordained by the late Cardinal Cushing in 1953. He has served as curate at several archdiocesan parishes and' was named a vice-chancellor in 1964, serving for six years before his appointment to the Peabody parish. He has also been president of the archdiocesan priests' senate.
'Jesus, Free Us' GLORIETA, N.M. - Archbishop Robert F. Sanchez of Santa Fe told participants at the second annual Southwest Charismatic Conference here, that his recent arrest by the EcuadOlean government "was a blessing of God." Referring to the conference 'theme "Come, Jesus, free us" - the archbishop told the gathering of more than 3,000 people: "You don't know how often I said that prayer last week."
Joan Baez Songs WASHINGTON - Rev. James M. Weeks, Lancaster, Mass., told reporters here that apparently one of the reasons he and five seminarians were ,arrested and held for two weeks in Argentina was his possession of a Joan Baez recording of folk protest songs. The La Salette priest said the military government of Argentina seems to feel that anyone working with the poor is a Communist.
General Absolution DENVER - U.S. Catholic prison chaplains agreed here to ask the National Conference of Catholic Bishops to consider the use of general absolution in correctional institutions with the approval of the local bishop, a spokesman for the chaplains said. The prison chaplains took the position that
the moral, psychological and physical restraints of penal institutions and the uniqueness af their ministry warrant. the use of general absolution, said the spokesman, Oblate Father Richard Houlahan, south central and southeast regional chaplain for the Federal Bureau of Prisons.
TV Special NEW YORK (NC) - "The 41st Eucharistic Congress," a one-hour documentary special, will be aired by CBS-TV on Sunday, Sept. 12, at 10 a.m. EDT on the network's "Look Up and Live" series. The program covering the entire week of congress activities, is the first in-depth analysis by network news media of the Aug. 1-8 gathering in Philadelphia.
World Cardinal Retires VATICAN CITY (NC) - Three decades of governing the archdiocese of Colombo, Sri Lanka, ended for Cardinal Thomas Cooray Sept. 1 with the, acceptance of his resignation by Pope Paul VI. . The 74-year-old cardinal, an Oblate of Mary Immaculate, has been in very poor health for the last year.
M'ission in Peru BRIDGEPORT (NC)-The slum parish of Canto Grande near Lima, Peru, is being staffed by Holy Cross Fathers at the request of Cardinal Juan Landazuri of Lima. The first pastor of the 5,000 Catholics at Canto Grande is Father Robert Plasker, of Portland, Ore. He has previous experience in missionary work in Latin America. He was district superior in Santiago, Chile, until expelled without charges by the military in 1974.
Necrology 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' , Rev. Msgr. Edmund. J. Ward, 1964, St. Patrick's, Fflll River SEPT. 19 Rev. Henry ,E.S. Heniss, 1859, Pastor, St. Mary, New Bedford SEPT. 20 Rev. Simon A. O'Ro'Jrke, 1918, Chaplain, United States Navy Rev. Orner Valois" 1958, Pastor, Sacred Heart, New Bedford SEPT. 21 Rev. George Pai:er, 1882, Founder, Sacred He,art, New Bedford Rev. George Jowdy, 1938, Pastor, Our Lady of Purgatory, New Bedford
CATECHETICAL SUNDAY SPEAKERS: AMONG SPEAKERS AT Catechetical Sunday program to be held Sept. 19 at Bishop Stang High School, North Dartmouth, will be, from left, Ernest T. Nedder, speaking on films; Sister Maria Frances Conway, RSM, prayer; Rev. John Tormey, family iife; and Therese Gauthier Fishman, children's literature.
Bishop to Lead St. Jean Baptiste Pilgr.image Most Rev. Daniel A. Cronin, S.T.D., Bishop of Fall River, will be the main celebrant and homilist of the 22nd annual pilgrimage to La Salette of the Union St. Jean Baptiste. The pilgrimage, celebrating the fraternal benevolent Union's 76th anniversary, will be held at the Shrine of Our Lady of La Salette, Attleboro, on Sunday, Sept. 12, at 3 P.M. The entire service and homily will be in French with Paul Breault of Pawtucket directing the. music. The theme of this year's pilgrimage and Mass will be "Hunger for the Human Family Through the Eucharist and the Mother of the Lord." The pilgrimage will be led by a delegation of the Union's home office in Woonsocket and will include Edgar Martel, national president; Miss Louise Courcy, national secretary; Edga'r Frappier, national treasurer. The Union St. Jean Baptiste is the largest mutual benefit soci. ety for Americans of French de$cent with some 41,000 members throughout New England. Immediately following the Mass, a Fraternal Hour will be held in the Shrine cafeteria at which time Bishop Cronin will greet pilgrims.
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'Right to Die' Legislation Opens Door to Euthanasia
MESSAGE OF THE CIDLD: Following celebration of a Mass recently in Bolsena, ltalY,Pope Paul VI talks with a child who came to see the Pope. The scene ~ecalls the line that. Rabindranath Tagore once wrote-applicable to all teachers this new school year-"Every child comes with the message that God is not yet discouraged of man."
Bishop Confirms Changes .Of Sacred Heart Fathers
Most Rev. Daniel A. Cronin, Rev. Patrick Killilea, SS.CC., S.T.D., Bishop of Fall River, has to St. Mary Parish, Fairhaven; COnfirmed . clergy assignments Rev. Francis Gillespie, sS.ce., proposed, by Very Rev. Fintan to Our Lady of the Assumption D. Sheeran, SS.CC., Provincial Parish, New· Bedford; of the Sacred Heart Fathers. Rev. Cosmas Chaloner, SS. All assignments involve asso- CC., to St. Francis Xavier Parciate pastors: ish, Acushnet. Rev. Martin Gomes, S5.CC., to St. Joseph Parish, Fairhaven; . amendment is framed in the disRev. Alphonsus McHugh, SS. junctive and the statue as CC., to Our Lady of Lourdes amended permits meditation or prayer without mandating the Parish, Wellfleet; one or the other. "Thus, the effect of the amended statute is to accommodate students who desire to use the minute of silence, for prayer Continued from Page One in, large measure adhere to a or religious meditation, and tained and no activities engaged variety of religious groups; they ,also other students who prefer in." do not import a preference for to reflect upon secular matters. The controversial measure, those who believe in no religion "The fact that the Framingwhich was implemented by the or demand primary devotion to ham program provides an opFramingham school committee the secular." portunity for prayer for those last February, was challenged by . The Massachusetts statute students who desire to pray the Massachusetts Civil Liber- was enacted in 1966 after the during the period of silence does ties Union on behalf of 12 stu- U. S. Supreme Court decisions not render the program uncondents and their parents. It has struck down prayer in public stitutional. The statute and since been implemented in five schools. It first provided for si- guidelines here do not operate other Massachusetts school sys- lent meditation but was amend- to confront any student with the tems. ed in 1973 to allow for "med- cruel dilemma of either particU. S. District Court Judge itation or prayer." ipating in a repugnant religious Frank J. Murray, who wrote the Chief Circuit Judge Frank M. exercise or requesting to be exopinion, stated that the Massa- Coffin and District Judge Walter cused therefrom. chusetts statute and the Fram- Jay Skinner joined Judge Mur"The statute and guidelines ingham guidelines "do not ad- ray in the unanimous decision. do not have a primary effect of vance or inhibit. religion or co.: The court ruled: "The 1973 favoring or sponsoring religion." erce any students in participating in any activity which infringes his liberty or conscience or interferes with his free exerBELTS, BAGS, BUCKLES, WALLETS cise of religion." Personalized To Your Specifications Judge Murray stated in response to the challenges of the ~" • BY law that the first amendment which states that "The Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion or pro20 SO. WASHINGTON ST. hibiting the free exercise thereNORTH AnLEBORO, MASS. of," should be read with the understanding that the United States is a nation whose "heritage is religious and its people
Rev. Mariano F. Mendonca, 60, of Lagoa, St. Michael, Azores, died unex'pectedly while visiting the United States. He was a priest of the Angra diocese and was pastor for the past 30 years of the Church of Rosario in Lagoa. Among his relatives is a cousin, Msgr. Luiz G. Mendonca, pastor of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church, New Bedford, and vicar general of the Fall River diocese.
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VATICAN CITY (NC)-Commenting on a "right to .die" bill passed by the California le~isla ture, the Vatican Daily newspaper told readers Sept. 2 that failure to defend the "right to life" is to "open the doors to euthanasia." L'Osservatore Romano said in a brief editorial comment that the "right to die" bill "cannot fail to cause concern in those ... who are jealous custodians of their own lives and the lives of others." The paper asserted that failure to defend the principles of the preservation of life "means to open the doors 'to. euthanasia and to opt for nonlife." "If such is the case, the comment continued, "after the liberalization of abortion, the eclipse of values would be fatal. "What is left of truth, and of universally valid principles when people renounce basic values, such as human life?" it asked. The California legislature passed the right to die bill Aug. 31. The bill would allow individuals to authorize their physicians to withdraw lifesaving procedures should they become terminally ill. If Gov. Edmund Brown Jr. signs the bill- and he is expected to - it would become the first such legisl~tion in the United States. L'Osservatore Romano declared that "beyond any profession of religion, life merits to be lived and protected in a human way and in proportion to its intrinsic value." This is so, said the paper, "no matter what the physical condition of the subjects and according to the real possiffilities that are at the disposal not only of single individuals or families, but also those which· the com-
munity is able to offer on the level of medicine and health care." The California Catliolic Conference, the organization of the state's bishops, had originally opposed the bill. But during the legislative process the bill was amended and numerous safeguards added. The conference then declared it would not take a position on the bill. California pro-life groups opposed the bill.
Catholic Schools Continued from Page One make a sacrifice as well." If the school is in a rough neighborhood, the physical and emotional stress sometimes requires that Sisters be periodically transferred to'lrecharge themselves," Sister Gallagher noted. Affluent neighborhoods that pay low stipends to the community create a situation where the community subsidizes a school that could easily draw more support from the neighborhood, she said. Reforms since Vatican Council II have brought more freedom to the choices Sisters make about where they teach allowing greater flexibility and mobility in staffing, the nun said. "The community has created a whole new structure of group decision-making," she said. Recent Catholic school closings and consolidations in this area do not mean the end of religious education for those students, according to Sister Gallagher. There are other schools studepts can attend in the area, the service is still there and the Sisters of Charity are· still committed to Catholic education, Sis.ter Gallagher said.
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Refreshing Judge Frank J. Murray, a member of the three-judge panel in the U.S. Distriet Court in Boston, buoyed the hopes of many as he explained why the court allowed a period of daily meditation-prayer in Massachusetts schools. The first amendment to the U.S. Constitution, the judge pointed out, should be read with the understanding that the United States is a nation "whose heritage is religious and its people in large measure adhere to a variety of religious beliefs." "The requirements of the first amendment," he added, "do not implicate hosWity to religion or indifference toward religious groups; they do not import a preference for those who believe in no religion or demand primary devotion to the secular." What a refreshing thought! It nearly appears to have come from the same colonial 'desks of Philadelphia and to have been scribbled with the same quill pens. The decision is an important one hut the explanation is probably the greatest bicentennial celebration that could have been devised to reflect the thought of our forefathers and the eagerness of moderns to be faithful to the dreams of Philadelphia.
Schism The expectancy of a schism following an ecumenical council has hounded the ages of the history of the Church. There is always the possibility of some often well-intentioned, proud, self-convinced individuals or groups that cannot accept the decision. of the majority or even of the Will of God as reflected in the council. The affair of Archbishop Lefebvre is more than a choice of language for the Mass. The media's near off-hand explanation of the Archbishop's case is an ignorance of and an affront to the Church. The Archbishop has been disciplined and his conversion is prayed for not because he has chosen Latin over French or German; not because he attacked and opposed reforms throughout his Vatica:a II interventions but because he will not submit to the careJully and definitely presented decision of the Church. His interventions in the- Vatican Council showed that he had much to say, much to oppose. His actions following the Council show that he was not so interested in listening as the Church fOlmulated its responses to modem-day problems. The Church has a right to expect forthright responses and honest expression of one's thought and judgement from its members. ,Everyone would defend Archbishop Lefebvre's right to vehemently oppose and proposition during the council debates. . But when all the words have been spoken, when the balance of careful judgements has finally stopped quivering from side to side, w:l1en humility and prayer' have turned to decipher God's Wi,lI, the Church also has a right to expect her bishops to be faithful to the Council. There may even be some discrepancy in the practical implementation of the Council. Division of opinion even here can be expected and healthy. But throughout, by syn~ odal decisions and official interpretation, faitnfulness to the Council must be sensed. Here is where Archbishop Lefebvre has fallen./He has gone from the respeeted opposition to dangerous defiance, feeding on the ignorant and the confused, with no thought for the health of the Universal Church.
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OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF THE DIOCESE OF FALL RIVER Published weekly by The Catholic Press of the Diocese of Fall River 410 Highland Avenue Fall River Mass. 02722 675-7151 PUBLISHER MOst Rev. Daniel A. Cronin, D.O., S.T.D. lCnNG EDITOR Rev. John R. Foister, S.T.l.
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Bias Banking Carol' Greenwald, state banking commissioner, has charged that ba~s in Massachusetts are prime institutions of discrimination. Her conclusions, she stated, were based upon a recent survey of banks in the Commonwealth. According to her findings, women occupy senior positions in only 27 percent of the banks, while racial minor- fact, as far as Catholics are con· should not come as too ities hold one percent of such cerned. much of a shock for those who positions. What surprised have any knowledge of the
many people was that her 'findings indicated that CathQlics hold only 28 percent of senior positions despite the fact that Catholics comprise more than half the state's population. Well, in the first place, this
60cio-economic culture of this neck of the woods. Banks in Massachusetts were and still are in many cases the private domain of the WASP. Catholics for the most part were welcomed only as depositors. If they perchance did get
employment in these venerable institutions, they were for the most part, on the lowest levels. Advancement was impossible. The only area in southeastern Massachusett that was an exception to this rule was the City of New Bedford, where for years four important banks had Catholics as presidents. However, as Herman Melville, the author of Moby Dick stated, New Bed(ord, was always a unique place. One must also remember that the Whaling City was a Quaker town not subject to the strict and unbending prejudices of the lingering Puritan mentality of anti-Catholicism. Regal Dominion Until the most recent times, in the rest of the area which comprises the diocese of Fall River, most banks were completely the regal dominion of the power elite. This meant that if you were to be accepted into the money club you had to be white, Anglo-Saxon and Protestant. From the days these institutions received their banking charters until the end of World War II: this was the rule rather than the exception. To be sure, in the last 25 years, some changes have occurred. More Catholics have attained senior positions in banks and have been invited to preside on various boards of directors. Many of the so called "new" banks have very little traces of· the old guard mentality. Yet it would not be too difficult for one to find banks where Catholics are not welcome into the inner circle and where more toleration would be good business rather than sincere good will. Despite the cries of hurt that have been heard from some area bankers as a result of the commissioner's finding, her statistics have value and meaning in the halls of the money lenders. With the rise of competitive banking and the dwindling of some of the "old" money, much of the arrogance and insolence of the banking profession has truly diminished. Yet let us not be so foolish as to think that anti-Catholic prejudice has been completely removed from the den of the WASP. There are many, even in this predominantly Catholic area of the state, who would make a headlong rush to return to the good old days when "no Catholic need apply."
Sister M. Imeldo Final rites for Sister Margaret Imelda, SUSC, the former Margaret Mahoney, took place last Thursday from Sacred Hearts Convent, Fall River, with a concelebrated Mass at Sacred Heart Churcli. The religious, for many years engaged in administrative functions for her community, was the daughter of the late ·John and Agnes (Kane) Mahoney. Msgr. Daniel F. ShalloO was principal celebrant of the funeral Mass and Rev. Lucien Jusseaume, vicar of religious, represented Most Rev. Daniel A. Cronin. THE ANCHOR Second Class Poslage Paid at Fall River, Mass•• Published every Thursday' at 410 Highland Avenue, Fall River, Mass. 02722 by the Catholic Press of the Diocese of F.II River. Subscription price by mail, postpaid $5.00 per year.
The Permanent Diaconate
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Deacons and Priests By REV JOHN F. MOORE The purpose of this series of articles is to inform and to help prepare the way for the restoration of the permanent diaconate in this diocese. In a very special way it is hoped that the priests of the diocese will become aware of the role of the permanent diaconate in today's Church. This diocesan program needs the cooperation and support of all priests. Sacramentally sharing as they do in the priesthood of Jesus Christ, deacons enter into a profound collaborative bond with all the priests of a given diocese, a bond which looks to the Christian life of all people. Yet in educational background and daily life style, including both occupational and marriage/celibacy differences, deacons and priests will be very different. As a result, what is changed, broadened and enriched is our understanding of ordained ministry. Primarily ministry meant and still means a mission from Christ and· the Chl,irch. Secondarily it was the priest with his life style; now it includes the deacon with another. As the Bishops' Committee on the Permanent Diaconate has so very well stated: "Because the ministries from the Lord to people include the same three elements of liturgy, word and charity, priests and deacons must work closely together." If needed harmony is to be developed, the traditional priestly ministers must welcome support and assist their new collaborators. All indications are that this welcome is ready, at least in basic attitude. According to a sociological study of the U. S.
priesthood, "Introduction of the married diaconate received from priests stronger support (86%) than any other possible change listed." Communications Challenge Beyond this general good will, the priests of a given diocese should be kept well informed of the training that deacons are receiving. Priests who will be directly involved with deacons should also participate in the planning for their deacon's ministry. Conversely, deacons need to know that priests understanll their training and welcome their ministry. There is a communications challenge here; otherwise information gaps are bound to develop, with the usual suspicion and misunderstanding. Tpe vocation to ministry, whether priesthood or diaconate, implies a relationship of mutual trust and acceptance. The ministry of the Church calls for a bond of charity. The effectiveness of the deacon's service is very much conditioned by acceptance from those whom he would serve. It should help the perspective of all the ordained to remember the words of Vatican II's Dogmatic Constitution on the Church that deacons "in communion with the Bishop and his group of priests, serve the people of God. The vast majority of deacons in this country work directly under the guidance and direction of a priest. For all concerned in the work of the Church, there is better, insurance for a harmonious future if all the people of God realize the shared ideal that deacons serve. In this way the entire commu,nity will be committed to the deacon and he to them.
Archbishop Marcel . Continued from Page One quest of Pope Paul VI, Bishop Albert Descamps of the Pontifical Biblical Commission and Msgr. Guillaume Onclin, of the Pontifical Commission for the Revision of the Code of Canon Law, conduct a visitation at Econe. 'Nov. 21, 1974-0n the heels of the Vatican visitors, Archbishop Lefebvre issues a "Credo" declaring that the Second Vatican Council's reforms "spring from heresy and end in heresy." He urges followers to "categorically reject" the council. March 3, 1975 Cardinal Wright with Cardinal GabrielMarie Garrone, prefect of the Congregation for Catholic Education, and the late Cardinal Artur Tabera Y Araoz, prefect of the Congregation for Religious, conduct one of several discussions with Archbishop Lefebvre at the Vatican. May 6, 1975-with the approval of the cardinals' board, Bish- ' op Mamie withdraws permission for the Priestly Fraternity of St. Pius X. The three cardinals endorse this action by letter and tell the archbishop that approval for the Econe seminary is also revoked. May 21, 1975-The archbishop appeals the decision of the
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NUN GIVES COMFORT: Stunned by the death of her husband, Mrs. David Platt of Virginia Beach, Va., clings to his sheet-draped body, as an unidentified nun attempts to console her. The Platt family had been vacationing in Salem, Ohio, and were returning home when their car was caught in a 16-car smashup on a fog-covered turnpike. Platt had left his car to alert other motorists when he was struck and killed by a hit and run motorist.
Many Catholics Do Not Understand Second Vatican Council Reforms VATICAN CITY ~NC) - A cardinal directly involved in the Vatican's conflict with traditionalist Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre declared Sept. 2 that a "considerable part of the faithful no longer understand" Church reforms. Cardinal Gabriele Garrone, prefect of the Congregation for Catholic Education, was one of three Roman Curia cardinals who interrogated Archbishop Lefebvre at the Vatican last spring. The cause of the Catholics'
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cardinals and Bishop Mamie to the Church's highest !lPpeals court, the Apostolic Signature. On June 10 his appeal is reo jected. June 29, 1975 - Pope Paul writes the archbishop, asking him to make a "public act of submission." Sept. 8, 1975-While leading pilgrimage to the Austrian Marian shrine of Mariazell, Archbishop Lefebvre announces that the Econe seminary will reopen for the fall term despite the Vatican ban. Oct. 27, 1975-The Papal Secretariat of State informs the world's bishops by letter of conflict with the archbishop. Dec. 8, 1975-ln a letter to the French Catholic daily, La Croi", the archbishop says that he will not submit to the "subversion which currently reigns in the Church." March 27, 1976 - Archbishop Lefebvre, in his 10th "letter to friends and benefactors," claims that his American houses at Armada, Mich., New York, Houston, and San Jose, Calif., are flourishing. His fraternity then counts 13 priests, and an order of nuns presided over by his own sister has about 23 aspirants. The Econe seminary has 110 seminarians and has had 40 requests for October entrance.
May 24, 1976-Pope Paul VI openly denounces the archbishop at a consistory in which he creates new cardinals. The Pope calls the archbishQp to union with the Church. J~ne 29, 1976 - Despite the papal denunciation, the archbishop ordains 13 priests and 13 subdeacons in ceremonies at Econe. In the group of new .priests is one American. . July 24, 1976-Pope Paul VI suspends Archbishop Lefebvre from all priestly functions. Aug. 15, 1976 - Pope Paul again appeals to the archbishop by letter. Aug. 27, 1976 - The Vatican press office declares that the Pope would see the archbishop provided he clearly state beforehand the dispositions with which he would journey to Rome. Aug. 29, 1976 - Despite his suspension Archbishop Lefebvre celebrates a traditionalist Mass before about 6,000 people at the sports arena in Lille, France. He tells followers that the council is the bastard son of a marriage between the Church and subversion. Simultaneously Pope Paul VI tells noontime visitors to Castelgandolfo that the Lille Mass represents a challenge "to the keys which Christ has placed in our hands."
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confusion, said Cardinal Garrone, can be laid at the feet of those who reject the Vatican Council II without knowing what it says and those who give arbitrary interpretations to conciliar decrees. In a front page article in the Vatican daily newspaper, L'Osservatore Romano, the French cardinal defended the council's authoritativeness, declaring that "a bishop cannot take upon himself personally a magisterium (teaching authority) equal to, though precisely opposed to" that of the council itself. ' Archbishop Lefebvre was suspended by Pope Paul VI for openly rejecting almost all of the decrees of Vatican II as "heresy," and for public disobedience. The cardinal judged that many people "disgusted by the socalled consequences of Yatican II" probably know as little about the council as the seminarians in Archbishop Lefebre's traditionalist seminary in Econe, Switzerland. The cardinal insisted that neither celebration of the Latin Mass nor the continuation of the Econe seminary was the crux of the Vatican's disagreement w,ith the archbishop. Rejection of the council is the real issue, he asserted. The Econe seminary only be. came an issue in the conflict, according to the cardinal, "through indirect condemnation of it as a center of formation for a fraternity based on rejection of the council. The seminary trains aspirants to the Priestly Fraternity of St. Pius X, a community founded by Archbishop Lefebvre. The fraternity's canonical authorization
False Gods "The false gods are obvious. The primary one is physical power and comfort." -Reinhold Niebhur
has been withdrawn by Church officials. Cardinal Garrone asked both rejecters and abusers of council decrees to use their misplaced energies to implement what the council really said and taught. "If only those who reject the council would decide to put to its service the generosity and desire for fidelity which they are using up to fight it," the cardinal exclaimed. Turning to what he called an ."opposite extreme," the cardinal upbraided those who "interpret the council arbitrarily or invoked it without really knowing it,"
"Arbitrary initiatives not guaranteed by God" in the field of social action must be given up, he insisted. The cardinal urged obedience to the Church which must "translate the orientations of the council into directives for the social apostolate. "It is the council which appears to be a sign of contradiction," the cardinal concludes. "But really it is the council and the council alone which can be the' principle of unity-if it is known, accepted and, with total good will, people attempt to put it into practice,"
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Ethnic C,oloki1ng'Tasty Way Of Kn·owing Ot,h,er Pe,o,pI1es .By Joseph and Marilyn Roderick
In our last article we mentioned fruit and since we have been asked several questions on the subject, so' we will devote a couple of articles to this area of gardening. First of all, the raspberries we mentioned are cultivated raspberries. We have five Two years is sufficient to provarieties planted in a patch duce a good sized bed and about fiye by twenty feet. enough fruit to satisfy most These are Allen (a black), needs. Normally raspberries
IS RECEIVED: SiHter Mary Jane Silvia is received as a novice in the Congregation of the Holy Union of the Sacred Hearts during annual provincial meeting. From left, Sister Ignatius Loyola, Holy Union superior general; Arthur Silvia, new member's father; Sister Mary Jane; Mrs. Arthu.r Silvia, her mother; Sister Marilyn Spellman, provincial superior. Ceremony took place at Sacred Hearts Con vent chapel, Fall River.
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OUR LADY OF LOURm:S, TAUNTON The Our Lady of Lourdes Feast Committee will sponsor the third annual celebrntion of parish's patronal feast thLs weekend on the church grounds. Saturday's program will take place from 7 p.m. to midnight and include auctions and a concert by the Taunton City Band.
The Men's Club will meet at Sunday's program will begin with Mass at 9:30 a.m., and con- 7 p.m. Sunday in the school. tinue with a procession at 1 Also on Sunday, a meeting of p.m., followed by auctions, a parents of parochial school chilperformance by the folkloric dren will take place at 6:30 p.m., in the school auditorium. Luzitanos, and a band coricert. Polish sweetbreads will be on Portuguese and American foods will be available all week- sale after all Masses this weekend. end. A committee planning a fall ST. STANISLAUS, dance festival Saturday, Oct. 16 FALL RIVER will meet after 7:45 p.m. Mass A solemn liturgy for the be- tonight in the lower church hall. ginning of the school year will Registration for Christian Livbe celebrated at 10:30 a.m. Sun,ing Classes for elementary day, Sept. 12. All students and through high school students will parents are invited to attend take place the weekend of whether enrolled in public or Sept. 18 and 19 in the school parochial schools. office. ST. GEORGE, WESTPORT
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The Women's Guild will hold a rummage sale from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 11 at the church hall on Highland Avenue, Westport. New and used clothing will be available. The Couples Club will meet at 8 p.m. Monday, Sept. 13 in. the the school hall, with a 7:15 p.m. executive meeting preceding the session. New members are invited to attend. The unit's first fall dance will take place Saturday, Sept. 18 at the school hall, with music by John Sowa and his orchestra. Refreshments will be available. Reservations may be made with Mr. and Mrs. Adrien Durand or Mr. and Mrs. Roland Thibault, chair-couples. ST. JOS~H, FAIRHAVEN The Couples' Club will hold an installation banquet at 6:30 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 12 at Thad's Steak House, New Bedford. The speaker will be Everett S. Allen, New Bedford Standard-Times editoriill page editor, who will discuss his new book, "A Wind to Shake the World." To be installed are Mr. and Mrs. Roland Seguin, presidents; Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Rapoza, vice-presidents; Mr. and Mrs. Edmund Paiva, secretaries; Mr. and Mrs. Clement Daley, treasurers.
Heritage and Latham and Milton should be planted in out of the (reds) and a gold which is un- way places because they are named. Heritage is an everbear- rather unsightly in the garden. ing red which produces berries in After several years they may be the Spring and in late August. removed to a new bed if so All our bushes are good bear- desired. ers and in all our patch provides In The Kitchen us with a heaping bowlful per While I very often write colday. Our present bed is about umns about the rich selection of two years old and is close to ethnic foods in our area, I must full production. mention it again. Living in a Shallow Planting city, while at times difficult, can RaspberrJes may be pianted in be a gourmet's delight, and Fall the Fall or Spring about two feet River is a perfect example of apart in rows or at random. They this. Recently Mitch Nassiff, a should be planted shallow, that lovely gentleman of Lebanese is, the crown of the root should extraction, opened a specialty be no more than an inch below food store at the comer of my the surface of the soil. Once street, and the delights of the planted they should be left alone Middle East are there for anyone and hand-weeded only since be- who wants to sample them. ing shallow-rooted they do n,ot , Mitch's wife Jenny, who is an take well to hoeing or cultivating excellent cook, is very willing to deeply. Once the canes are set share her recipes with her cusout in the Fall they should be -tomers and last week she even given a good top-dressing of cow . ended up coring some SYl'lian or horse manure. squash for me in order to demRaspberries reproduce through onstrate how to clean out these underground shoots while the delicate little vegetables. She mother plants are cut out after then wrote out a delicious they produce fruit. A cane will squash stuffing recipe and it only produce fruit one year and truly did bring raves from my will then wither and die back. family. The mother cane, after producIn an area with two Italian ing fruit, will send off under- bakers, a Jewish bakery and an ground runners which will pro- endless number of places for duce new canes. These should be fresh Portuguese bread within a selected for position and staked 10 minute car ride, a Lebanese or preserved while badly posi- specialty store was a welcome tioned canes be removed. addition. I can now try such delicious recipes as stuffed grape leav$!s, kibbee and beautiful salads beST. JOSEPH, NEW BEDFORD cause all of the ingredients are The second annual Canadian available. Cooking ethnically can Festival of the parish will take be fun, exciting and an advenplace from 6 p.m. to midnight ture. For those of us who live in Friday, Sept. 17, from 1 p.m. to the city and have the advantage midnight Saturday, Sept. 18 of ethnic stores, exotic dishes and 1 p.m. to 6 p.m., Sunday, can be a reality as well as an Sept. 19 in the church basement. appetiz,ing way to understand Features will include continuous our neighbors better. Canadian and local entertainStuffed Squash (Koosa mihshee) ment, dancing and Canadian 1 dozen small green squash food specialties. In conjunction 1 can tomato puree with the festival, free films will 2 cups water be presented the previous Sat- 1 clove garlic, chopped urday, Sept. 11, also in the Dried mint church basement. A children's Stuffing program will take place at 2 1 cup rice, rinsed in cold p.m. and an adult feature in water French- with English subtitles is 1 Y2 pounds lamb, or beef, scheduled for 8 p.m. chopped fine, or ground ST. JOHN BAPTIST, IA stick melted butter NEW BEDFORD Y2 cup canned tomatoes The annual parish spaghetti dinner will take place from 5:30 salt and pepper to taste 1. Core squash and rinse with to 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 18. Raffle prizes include $100 and cold water. Mix together the $50 grocery certificates. Dinner rice, meat, melted butter, Y2 cup tickets and raffle books are canned tomatoes, and seasoning. available at the rectory and it Stuff squash, leaving a % inch is asked that dinner reserva- opening unfilled to allow rice to tions be obtained by Wednes- expand. 2. Place in pan and add today, Sept. 15. Parishioners will meet in the mato puree and water. Add gar,church basement at 7:30 p.m. lic and sprinkle dried mint on Monday, Sept. 13 to make arti- top of sauce. Cover and cook cles for the annual Christmas over low heat about 35 minutes or until tender. table. 1Il1ll1ll1ll1ll111ll1ll11ll1ll1llIlUlUlllllllnIll1l1l1lIlllIllIllIllIlI1ll1llU'III1l111ll1l111111'hllllmll.
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Continued (rom Page One . here in the Diocese of Fall River. For many years, the devoted La Salette priests have been. an invaluable 'source of, 8$Sistance in the pastoral care. of souls in this portion of the Lord's Vineyard. In particular, the members of the Congregation. at the Shrine in Attleboro and in countlesspulpits and sanctuaries ~ughout the Diocese, have encouraged devotion !D Mary, the Mother of God, to whose Immaculate H~rt their province is dedicated. ' It is widely known' that the . La $a1ette Province and Congregation have experienced great financial diff!culty in recent times. Debts were encumbered in developing various facilities such as the seminary in New Hampshire. A plan to finance the operation of_ the Congregation proved disastrous~ 'When investments made by the La Salette Missionaries failed as our economy registered a sharp decline in the early 1970's. The Congregation and the Province were ·left with a debt of several million dollars and burdensome annual interest payments. "Through the' sale of some of its properties and assets, with the comforting help of a donation of $50,000 from His Holiness Pope Paul VI, and with financial loans and gifts from 150 religious communities in the United States and canada, the ProvinCe, of the Immaculate 'Heart of Mary 'bas 'successfully decreased its total debt by some five million dollars during the past three years. , "Difficulties have not discour.aged the La Salette Missionaries, who refuse to abandon ,their goal of repaying every penny of their debt," the Bishop wrote.
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meat pie super at 5:30 p.m. Saturday, sept. 18. Entertainment will inc1qde live music and there will be a variety of booths open in conjunction with the parish bazaar to take place both Saturday and Sunday.
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TAUNTON . '1)le Women's Guild will hold its opening meeting of the season Tuesday, Sept. 14, with a social hour from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. to precede a business session and an informal talk by Mrs. Emma Andrade, president of District 3 of the Diocesan Council of Catholic Women. All women of the parish are invited. Members with sample articles to be made for a forthcoming fair are asked to bring them to the meeting.
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Line dancing classes will begin at 7:30 p.rn. tomorrow in the parish hall and will be held eaqh Friday through Nov. 19. Knights of the Altar officers will hold a super J!1eeting at ?:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept.".11. , Bishop Cronin will be principal celebrant at a French Mass to be held Sunday, Sept. 12 at La Salette Shrine. Knights of the Altar will be servers. Also on Sunday, the Knights will meet from 7:30 to 9 p.m. in the school and a meetil{g fo~ ·Chris. mas buaar workers' WIll take place at' 7:30 p.m.
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WAR: Top, tens of thousands of placard-carrying womBristol County Hockey League, sponsored by the diocesan evo, en marcb through the streets of Dublin in sympathy with .the Belfast women. The women will enter its' fourth season at marched behind a banner proclaiming the word "peace." Lower, Mrs. Betty Williams; left. 9 o'clock Sunday night, Sept. and Miss Mairead Corrigan display telegrams of support from all over the world as they 12, when tryouts for Fall River and Swansea' skaters will be lead a march of 20,000 women through the streets of Belfast, Northern Ireland, against held at the Driscoll Rink, Fall the terrOr in their country. The women organized the protest after three small children River. All Bristol County skaters were killed iIi a battle-related incident. .
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over age 16 are eligible' to partici~te, but high school players must follow local headmasters' rules. Tryouts for other areas of Bristol," County will be announced in the next issue of The Anchor.
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Vincentian Fete The Portuguese Vincentian Fathers of Fall River will hold their eighth annual festival tomorrow through Sunday, and Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 18 and 19, at Espirito Santo grounds, Dave's Beach, Fall River. Features will include varied foods, raffles, games and rides and PortUguese dance and music groups from the Fall River area, Lowell, and Waterbury, Conn.
of Wrath," a motion picture based on the ·John Steinbeck pavel depicting the life of migrant farm workerS) during the depression of the 1930s, will take place at 7 p.m., Wednesday, Sept. 22 at St.' Anthony of· Dawn Will Come Padua church hall, 48 16th St., Fall River. Proceeds will aid the "We are living in an apocUnited Farm Workers, headed alypti~ age, when the daily by Cesar Chavez,. in their efforts newscasts carry overtones of to unionize agricultural workers. eternity ... I don't_know whether these days are a sunrise Or the world's last, dark dusk. $ut I do Small Too know that we must set our eyes "Conversion has to material- toward dawning, and, it will :ize in small actions as well as come if our faith .be true enough.':-Donald S. Harringlon great."-R.H. Benson
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THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fait River";:'Thurs., ~pt. 9, 1976
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Compulsory Sterilisation
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BOMBAY, India (NC) - The Legislative Assembly ,of Maha-' rashtra state, third most populous of India's 21 ~tates, has passed a bill 'requiring persons with three or more children to be sterilized. Subject to review by the president of India, the law has nOt yet gone into effect. Those subj~ct to the sterilization requirement are males under 55 with three children and females under 45 with three children or' more. Penalties for failure ,to comply are. imprison.ment for a minimum of six months with release upon compliance or fines of up to $55. Opposition to the bill came .from Catholic and other Christian members of the legislature, as well as from Hindus and Moslems. Opponents included members of'a variety of political parties, i~cluding SOme members of the Communist party of India and the ruling Congress party. When the bill was introduced in March, Cardinal Valerian, Gracias of Bombay held a meeting with Maharashtra state's chief minister. S.B. Chavan, and told him that Indian Catholics were concerned a~uLrapid population groWth but "utterly opposed to Compulsory sterilization." In May, the Catholic Bishops' Conference of India called for a crusade of power in opposition to the proposals for compulsory, sterilization in Maharashtra and other 1I1dian'state'. " To the objections of a Moslem member of the legislature who said the bill violated provisions' of the Indian constitution, the Maharashtra health minister replied thatanyone wM COnsidered it unconstitutional could challenge it in court. The health minister said that 400 of the 4,500 doctors working for the state health ministry were being, trained each mOnth to perform sterilizations. He said a million sterilizations would be performed next year and 350,000 would be performed each year for the two years after that.
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Several other Indian states have compulsory sterilization bills pending in 'their legislatures for two- or three-child families, and the federal government has rules for government workers providing . economic incentives .for steriUzation after two children and penalties for non-compliance. But Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi has rejected nationwide foreed sterilization as too drastic a step:>' Indian's population' is now about 600 million, with about 22 million babies born each year. The United States population, by compariSOn is about 214 million, with about 3.1 million births a year. MaharashtJ'a state i has a populationof about 55 million. Government officials' admit that the 24-year-old government program to promote, bIrth control in India has failed. Only 17.5 million cOuples out of 103 million in the reproductive ages of 15 to 45 use contraceptive services, according to the Institute of Population Studies in Bombay., In 1967, the government be· gan to suppleMent its birth control program with monetary inducements to men to volunteer for sterilization. In 1974, the 'government. reported that 14 million persons' had 'been ~eril ized. But resistance to voluntajy sterilizatlonhu· grown. 'Vasectomies in India has fallen 'from' 1.6 million in 1971-72 to, 600,000 . in 1974-75.
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BAR HARBOR, Me. (NC~A Hanrard . Medical School geneticist warned here that· increasing numbers, of young women , are taking ,prena~ tests to de~ termine the sex of their unborn children with the intention of having an abortion if the fetal sex is not theJr preference.. ' Dr. Park S. Gerald lectured on "sex-typing" at a conference sponsored by the National1"oun.dation-March of Dimes in cooperation with Johns Hopkins University of Baltimore. The lecturer said he and other geneticists "are con~ernedabout the propriety of obliterating a fetus that has no -abnormality .simply because it is not the par- ' ents'preferred sex." He reported, however, that a number of obstetricians are performing .the tests (amniocentesis) for the primary purpose of sex selection. The Harvard geneticist, who is associated with Boston's Childrens Hospital, predicted that pressures to limit family size and the contemporary development of sex-selection techniques that are more economical and safer than aDtniOcEmteSis may allow the practice to become widespread within a few year!!. ·It is estimated that 10,000 amniocentesis tests are per- . formed annually in the United States, generally to, detect diseases or severe birth defects. The procedure, usually per,formed between the 14,th 8J1d, 15th week' ,of pregnancy, requires the injection of a needle, into the woman's abdomen for the extraction of cells containing genetic indicators. According to Dr.~rald, at least one of, the newest procedures for "sex-typing" 'under de'velopment qlay' soon have. wide.. spread use. It involves the removal of cell saptples from the placenta (a sac surrounding the unborn) through the vagina and cervix. _ Spatting Profession Right-to-life spokesmen have been critical of the use ofamnicentesis in programs' sponsored by the March of Dimes, but the National Foundation has,stressed that genetic research is directed primarily to disease det~tion rather' than to ~courag~' abf)rtions. ' Dr. Gerald said the question of "sex-typing" in relation to abortion is "splitting" the me!Sical profession. . "There are those who feel a woman has the right to any case to do what she wishes about her body and the Supreme Court has in effect approved of aboitio~ on' demand,'" the researcher said. "Sex selection," Dr. Gerald said, "is not )l problem created, by geneticists, but by the demands of the public. The public had, better,. decide, what it wants to do. Ethics is not a science, it is an expression of the feelings of the majority." The sex selection issue, he added, "will probably have to be decided ill' the courts. At this time, it's just a matter of, individual decision and a couple can shop until they find an obstetrician or geneticist willing to do ~he amniocentesis, the tests and
THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall
River-Thurs., Sept. 9', 1976
Rhode 1>$land" Catholics Seen Stiff,ening on Abortion PROVIDENCE, . R.I. (NCr-A been a movement toward great.survey of abortion attitudes er approval." But' support among Catholics held by Rhode Islanders shows a developing rift on the issue be- for abortion under many circumtween Catholics' and Protestants stances is eroding. Beginning with a random sam,questioned over a four-year period. ,. of 925 Rhode Islanders in 1971, Catholic defections' from the' .-Ms. MontelfQ asked: "Suppose a ranks of those supporting' abor- woman who 'is' pregnant goes to tion' in various cirCumstances a docto!, and has him stop her amount to what the survey au- pregn:ancy~would you approve thor called a "backlash on of it if .. :." fGllowed by six sitabortion." uatio,ns: (1) if the- woman's Lois A.' Monteiro,assistant health is endangered; (2) the professor of community health . pregn";11cyfolIowe~ rape; (3) and sociology' at Brown' Univer- ~here IS a d~fect In. the baby; sity, who conducte!S the study,- (4) the. famtly cannot afford pointed out that While the vast more chd~: (5) the mother' majority of Catholic;s surveyed does not WIsh to marry the approved of abdrtion in 'certain father; and (~) she doe!! not cases such as rape or danger to want mo~ c~tldren. .. the mother's health, there was a ReturnIng to the ongmal remarked stiffening of Catholic spondents in the last three opposition to what she called months of 1975, the professor "abortion for 'hard rellSOns,'," located 606. Protestants tended such as economic reasonS and' to mo~e toward an ever~.mo~e the simple desire not to carry appro.vmg stance on a~ortlon 10 the child to term. al~ cIrcumstances,. whIle Cath. ,ohc approval remamed the same . The M~ntelro survey was. car- or decreased in 'the last four ned_ out 10 the most Ca~ohc of categories. ' . a.ll the states. Two-thtrds ~f , BUt~ost, strikingly, for rea~hode I~lands almost one md- sons 4. 5, and 6, "only 59 perhon reSIdents are, c~~nted as cent ot"'ttlosa Catholics' who' "members of the Cathohc Church. formerly" approved continue to The study sampled the same do so," Ms. Monteiro reported. people in 1975 as it did in 1971 More than three-fourths of those -, minus those who could not . be reached. So the shift in at'titudes on abortion' reflects acDiv. of Manomet Auction Gallery "tuaIl~han~~ of, ~~~s:! Witl;:. \tq"~ Jack Qabrowski, Manager ' of the differences attributable to ~ the questions being directed GALLERY II toward different people in the two samplings. FURNITURE Ms. Monteiro's survey also "Heml ef. Distilldlv' Furnishiqs" took -into account factors other At RidiClI...., LOW. LOW Prices than religioll, According ~Q her," "Among younger respondents" Rte.*,. Otis Cirde males and Protestants, the~ has Pocasset, Man. ;
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THE ANCHORThurs., Sept. 9, 1976
Letters, to the Editor
God's Word Dear Editor: In response to "Daily Rosary" in The Anchor, Thursday, Aug. 19: As Christians we s1}ould all read God's Word,' the Holy Bibles. As we read from our Bible daily then everyone would be converted and peace would be granted to all mankind., Theresa Goyette New Bedford
Submissive Wives Dear Editor: The Letter of Paul to the Ephesians, read at Mass on Sun-, day, Aug. 22 was about wives being submissive to their husbands as if to the Lord. There was a discussion with some >,oung people who had gone to Mass, with my children, teens and young twenties. The girls couldn't understand why the women should be submissive to their husbands. ' I Directing the question to me, I said that I thought, tl1at the way I underStood it, and of my marriage experience, that a: good man would not be unreasonable and loving his .wife he would have the wisdom from God because God is love. The wife's love for her husband would make her want to please him. One who loves dearly, Mrs. F.L. Bouchard North Dartmouth
Missionaty Doctor To 'Face Trial ROME ~C}-Luisa Guidotti Mistrali, an Italian Catholic lay missionary arrested by Rhodesian authorities for treating a wounded black, is to be tried Sept. 7 newspaper reports said here. ' Miss Guidotti, 40, was arrested June 22 for treating a badly wounded man at the Mtoko mission station about 60 miles southeast of Salisbury. 'Police maintain the man was a guerrilla of the Zimbabwa movement, which opposes Prime Minister Ian Smith's racist policies. According to the Rhodesian authorities, Miss Guidotti failed to report the man's presence to the police before treating his wounds and sending him by ambulance to the neare~ hospital.
LOFIY MINISTRY: Two parish-hopping pilots, Father Robert Kirsch of Abiquiu" N. takeoff from DUbuque, la., followKirsch, a typical member, serve~ mne panShes and often fItes medical supplies to parts of his state and to Mexico. (NC Photo).
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National Association of P·riest Pilots No ,Fly-by-Night Operation DUBUQUE, Iowa (NC) - ' The National Association of Priest Pilots, (NAPP), which held its 13 annualconvent~on here in July, is no "fly-by-night" operation. About 50 pastors, four bishops and .missionaries from South America, Mexico and Africa belong to the international organization. . "'Most of the padres are stateside," said Father Richard Skriba of Chicago, president of the NAPP, "but maybe a fourth ot' 'them are missionaries." As a group, the flying priests are aces. About one-third of the nearly 120 paid members are instrument rated (they can' fly by instruments only), and Father Mel Hemann of Mason City, Iowa, has earned an air transport pilOt ratmg which Father Skriba ea:l1ed "the Ph.D of aviation." More than 20 have commercial .licenses and more than 40 have logged at least 1,000 hours of flight time. The average age of the priest-pilots is about 45, and the majority of members are full or· , part-owners of the planes they fly. The flying priests feel that their special organization is a
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DAYTON, Ohio (NC}-Bishop Daniel E. Pilarczyk, auxiliary of Cincinnati, counseled Dayton pUblic school teachers to be ~'positive, patient and prayerful" in their approach to the city's court-ordered school busing program. And in_ a somewhat lighter v,ein he offered them "a brief theology of the hot potato." In a homily' a~ a Holy Hour for teachers in Holy Trinity Church here, Bishop, Pilarczyk, archdii5"cesan vicar for education, said: "Every .once in awhile God throws 'usa hot potato. We don't always know what kind of potato it will be. 'We don't always know' when it's coming. We don't always know whether it's going· to be a rea:lly hot potato or a not-so-hot potato. But we do lmow that if we handle it with the strength and peace that Christ has given us, no~ body's going to get burned." Acknowledging that the program represents "a very delicate and· potentially difficult situation," Bishop Pilarczyk cited two options open to the teachers. "You cim look pn it as a dreadful burden laid on your shoulders by the courts, or you can choose to look on it as an invitation from Christ to make your special contribution to the' solution of one of the most persistent social problems facing our country;" The bishop said he hbpesthe teachers will view what lies before you as an invitation to cooperate in bringing about the justice and peace of Christ.""First of all, be positive," he told the teachers. "The point at issu~ here is something concrete; real and immediate and it's the responsibility of everyone ',connected with the schools to make it work." "Secondly, be patient," he continued. Many students "will need special help and special guidance and special patience from you so that they can feel at home," he said. "Thirdly, be prayerful,"'-the bishop urged. "Pray that !pe Lord will help all the people of Dayton to contribute positively to this opportunity for corporate civic growth." Calling prayer "the basic way in which we keep in touch with Christ who lives iI1 our hearts," Bishop Pilarczyk said: "He guarantees us the strength to dea:l with anything, to face anything, as long as we rely not on our own strength but on His, the strength that He makes available to all of us' if we will but turn to Him aDd draw on it."
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THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Thurs., Sept. 9, 1976
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Continued from Page One SS. Peter and Paul School, Margaretta Sol, RS.M., B.E., Fall River leads the Diocese 240 Dover St., 211 students; Sr. principal. St. Mary's Primary School, with 15 Catholic elementary Leona Misto, RS.M., M.A., principal. 105 Washington St., 333 pupils; schools: St. Stanislaus School, 37 Rock- Sr. Mary Catherine Duerr, Dominican Academy, 37 Park St., 245 students; Sr. Pa!1lette land St., 167 youngsters; Sr. S.U.S.C., B.A., principal. Westport has one Catholic Degagne, O.P., AB., principal. Mary Felicita, C.S.S.C., B.S., school - St. George School, Espirito Santo School, 2 Ever- principal. St. Vincent School, 2425 High- American Legion Highway, 360 ett St., 336 pupils; Sr.. Patricia land Ave., 48 students; Sr. Marie students; Sr. Marie-Jeanne LangMurphy, F.M.M., M.A, principal. Bernadetta Ryan, R.S.M., M.A., lois, C.S.C., principal. tion. And they said "no" to intro- racial balance in schools in disHoly Name School, 850 Pearce principal. ducing legislation that would tricts found practicoing "de jure" St." 278 youngsters; Sr. Barbara Middle School Seven Catholic schools are limit the extent and duration of segregation. Again, the commis- Walsh, S.U.S.C., M.A., principal. There is but one middle school student transportation. in the Diocese, Taunton Cathsion report states this simply is Holy Union Primary School, located in New Bedford: Holy Family - Holy Name olic Middle School, 61 Summer not so. The courts do not require 527 Rock St., 70 children; Sr. racial balance in an imposed de- Ann C. Boland, S.U.S.C., prin- School, 115 North St., 370 stu- St., 348 students; Sr. Mary dents; Sr. Maryanna Thompson, Bridget McGettigan, S.U.S.C., segregation plan. When the cipal. M.A, principal. courts find "de jure" segregation Mt. St. Joseph School, 56 St. P.B.V.M., M.S., principal. By under the Constitution that Joseph St., 390 youngsters; Sr. Our Lady of Mt. Carmel High Schools school district must elimi~ate the - Rose of Carmel, S.C.Q., M.S.W., School, 103 Crapo St., 319 stuSeven Catholic high schools MSGR. dents; Sr. Cecilia Fer.ro, S.S.D., are sprinkled throughout the racial identity of schools. And if principal. diocese: a school district fails to remedy Notre Dame Sch~ol, 34 St. M.A, principal. GEORGE G. Bishop Feehan High School, such segregation, a federal court Jos~ph St., 293 pupils; Sr. EuSt. 'Anthony School, 106 BulHIGGINS may issue orders to abolish a ge~la. Belcourt, RJ.M., B.S., lard St., 305 pupils; Sr. Irene La- 70 Holcott Dr., Attleboro, 798 youths; Sr. Mary Faith Harding, prIDclpal. . dual school system. berge, C.S.C., M.A, principal. Many Americans have such Sacred Heart School, 90 LIDSt. James-St. John School, R.S.M., M.S.L.S., principal. In Fall River, Bishop Connolly They said that these actions misconceptions about busing. den St., 16? students; Sr. Berna- Wing and Purchase Sts., - 308 dette SullIvan, S.U.S.C., B.S., youths; Sr. Mary Nora Smith, High School, .373 Elsbree St., has would not remedy the situation. Th' d' t b th C"I R' h IS . IS. ur s B e h IVI h Ig ts principal. 475 boys; Rev. Richard J. Wolf, They argued that the constitu- C St. Anne School, 240 Forest RS.M., B.A., principal. ommlsslon. ut t ey ave an S.J., principal. Bishop Gerrard tional rights of minority children St. Joseph School, 39 Duncan even greater cofncdern ove.r. so St., 373 pupils; Sr. Frances to equal educational opportunity ~a?y state and e eral. offiCials Theresa Bisson, O.P., B.S., rin- St., 443 students; Sr. Jeanne High School, 1017 Middle St., has 379 girls; Sr. Elizabeth Mcwould be jeopardized seriously g.lvIDg credence to mlsconcep- cipal. Dube, S.S.J., AB., principal. p by such legislation. I reported bons by callously showing a wilSt. Mary Home, 593 Kempton Auliffe, R.S.M., M.S., principal. St. Jean Baptiste School New Bedford also has two that several official U. S. Cath- lingness to jeopardize the con- Lamphor St. 226 students' Sr' St., 18 youngsters; Sr. Julia high schools, both are coed: olic Conference statements took sti~utional rights of minority Mathilde Jo~eph, S.S.J., B.A: Mary, O.S.F., principal. Holy Family High School, 121 the same stand. St. Mary School, 115 Illinois children. principal. North St., 277 youths; John J. While it was a courteous hearSt., 354 pupils; Dennis R POYNeither the commission nor I St. Joseph Montessori School Finni, principal. St. Anthony ing the President and attorney are arguing that busing is a 2501 So. Main St., 98 children; ant, M.A, principal. High School, 106 Bullard St., general made it clear that our panacea. We are arguing that Sr. St. Louis Paquette, S.S.J., North Attleboro has one 292 students; James W. Veiga, arguments left them uncon- government officials, especially M.A, principal. school-St. . Mary-Sacred Heart B.S., principal. viQced. But they never told us the President and attorney genSt. Michael School, .187 Essex Consolidated School, 125 Broad - North Dartmouth hosts Bishop why. Shortly afterwards, the eral, should be expected to get St., 298 youths; 路Sr. Therese Fau- St., 440 students; Kieran J. Stang High School, 500 Slocum Administration announced its in- their facts straight. Above all, cher, S.U.S.C., B.S., principal. Chapman, M.A:., principal. Rd., 809 youths; George A. tention to proceed with its plan they should engender public reTaunton offers two Catholic Milot, AB., principal. St. Patrick School, 760 Slade to try to limit the jurisdiction of spect for the Constitution. St., 211 pupils; Sr. Mary Em- elementary schools: Taunton also has one Caththe federal courts on the busing Our Lady of Lourdes School, olic high s~hool-eoyle and CasBy citing hard-core evidence, eline Moynagh, RS.M., M.Ed., matter. :52 First St., 234 students; Sr. sidy High School, Adams and the commission's report shows principal. I believe that the 315-page re- that when local political officials Hamilton Sts., 375 students; Sr. port by the U. S. Commission on and community groups give Virginia O'Hare, S.U.S.C., A.M., Civil Rights entitled "Fulfilling constructive leadership, student principal. the Letter and the Spirit of the transportation can and does remExceptional Law," Aug. 24, demonstrates edy "de jure" segregation. There -are also three schools that thl.! Administration's decifor exceptional children in the Lauds Chairman sion to move in this direction Diocese: This commission report proves was ill advised. It seems that the Nazareth Hall of Attleboro, decision is calculated both to un- that the Administration's negaStobbs Dr., 20 children; Sr. tive, legalistic approach to the dermine the desegregation procMaureen Mitchell, R.S.M., M.A., ess and to reinforce popular mis- busing contreversy leaves much principal. or not it to be desired. Whether conceptions about desegregation. Nazareth Hall, 887 Highland will influence the White House Contrary to Fact Ave., Fall River, 87 students; The report shows how false remains to be seen. It is certain路 Sr. - Maureen Mitchel, RS.M., these misconceptions are. The however, that the Administratio~ M.A., principal. view that segregation in the will look foolish' if it attempts Nazareth Hall on the Cape, North and West arises from nat- to get around the report by la. 261 South St., Hyannis; 20 stuural ("de facto") causes rather beling it a partisan political docdents; Sr. M.- Carolita Schmith, than the statutory ("de jure") ument. Civil Rights Commission RS.M., principal. causes that existed in Southern chairman, Arthur Flemming, is a College and border states is one miscon- lifetime Republican who has Stonehill College, Washington ception. The commission points sen'ed with distinction in many St., North Easton, under the out that this is completely con- top level government PQsts under presidency of Very Rev. Ernest PLAN FETE: Parishioners planning 75th anniversary J. Bartell, C.S.C., Ph.D., is also trary to fact. If the courts find Republican presidents. Throughsegregation "de facto" (not out his public service career, celebration for St. Mary's Cathedral, Fall River, include, part of the educational ministry caused by an unconstitutional especially in his present post, he from left, Manuel Benevides, Ruth Hurley, Daniel Shea. in the Diocese of Fall River. statute or government regula- has exercised great moral leadertion), no remedy is provided. But ship. He has completely cut the if the courts find segregation "de ground out from under those jure" (imposed by unconstitu- who would like to make political tional means), various remedies hay out of the busing contro- busing among them - can be versy. brought to bear. Actually the federal courts in the North and West have ordered desegregation only when (OMPLETE HEATING SYSTEMS .,..,.\~. confronted with evidence that SALES " IIUTALLATlOIlS PlOMPT DELIVERIES local or state school officials 936 South Main St. DIESEL OIU have illegally used their powers Fall River
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KNOW YOUR FAITH Believing in the Human
By Russell Shaw Two thousand year~: ago a distraught father, mildly rebuked by Jesus for hesitating to believe that his possessed son could be freed from the spirit who tormented him, summed up the problem of belief a:; experienced by many people then and now: '''I do believe! Help my lack of trust!" (Mk 9, 24) As Vatican Council II suggested, there may be something riew in the systematization of disbelief today. It is certainly "one of the most serious problems of our time." ("ThE~ Church Today" 19) But there is nothing new about disbelief itself. Skepticism, doubt, crises of faith - these thin~ have always existed. So has the sort of halting conviction - belief without trust - expressed by the father of the possessed youth in Mark's Gospel. The worm of doubt has always gnawed in human hearts. Perhaps it always will. Vatican II devoted a long section to problems of, bE,lief and unbelief in its document on "The Church Today." It identified many causes of unbelief. One in particular has persisted throughout human history: the problem of evil. Evil is more than a problem ...:... it is a mystery. It is not difficult to accept the idea that
God permits physical and moral evil so that good may come from it. But it is often extremely difficult to see this happeningand even more difficult路 to understand why all-good and allpowerful God should tolerate this state of affairs. The Book of Job probes the mystery profoundly and arrives at an answer that, humanly speaking, there is no answer. At the end Job concedes to the Lord: "I know you can do all things, and that no purpose of yours can be hindered. I have dealt with great things that I do not understand; things too wonderful for me, which I can not know." And God observes that "my servant Job" has "spoken rightly concerning me" (Job 42, 1-7). Pessimistic Skepticism Still it is a matter of Christian belief that "God makes all things work together for the good of those who have been called according to his decree" (Rom. 8:28); that God must be proved true even though every man be proved a liar" (Rom. 3:4); that "if we are unfaithful He will still remain' faithful, for He cannot deny Himself" (2 Tim. 2:13). Most of us do believe this,' truly though imperfectly. Our biggest problem of belief is less with God than with ourselves. Turn to Page Thirteen
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These verses enunciate a theme which is basic to our whole understanding of the reIn the first chapter of the let- lationship between God and huter to the Ephesians there is a manity, between God and us: magnificent survey of the heav- Salvation is a gift, a gift which enly Father's plan of salvation. the Father planned to give us It begins: . before we or anything else ex... God chose us in him be- isted. And all throughout what fore the world beg~m, to be we call salvation history it has , holy always been He who has taken and blameless in his sight, to the initiative, not humanity. be full of love; he likewise The actual working out of this predestined us through Christ plan in human history began Jesus to be his adopted sons with the call of Abraham about -such 1800 B.C. Abram, as he was was his will and pleasure- named originally, was a pagan, that all might praise the a worshiper of the Babylonian glorious moon god, a semi-nomad - in favor he has bestowed on us other words, from the viewpoint in his beloved (Epb 1; 3-6).. Turn tp Page Thirteen By FATHER JOHN J. CASTELOT
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Worship: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow Adapting the Liturgy By ishes or worshiping communiThese articles of mine, by also ties are adapting the liturgy in MSGR. JOS~PH M. CHAMPLIN Our parents of First Commu- describing actual examples of that (ashion to meet current cirnicants at Holy Family Parish, successful worship today around cumstances. Those illustrations may reFulton, N. Y., gather in small the United States, will attempt Turn to Page Thirteen groups at different homes for to illustrate how concerned parthe second of their instruction classes. During the course of that session they view a filmstrip called "Understanding the Liturgy" which sketches the historical development of ~he Mass. The reaction of these adults to this audio-visual always seems to be the same. "We never understood before that the changes in the liturgy being introduced now are not really something new, but more a going back to the old ways of the Church in the early Christian days." They refer by such a comment to recent reforms like altars facing the people and congregational participation. Those two developments and other similar liturgical revisions thus follow the principles for updating Catholic worship approved by the Second Vatican Council and published in the ConstituSTEVE LANDREGAN WRITES, "It is only when we tion on the Sacred Liturgy. Ar- are aware of our natural desires to seek the things of this ticle 23 states: world that appear to us to be good but are actually mirages "That sound traditinon may that we become aware of the truly amazing aspect of God's be retained, and yet the way grace that constantly calls us and enables us to respond." be open for legitimate prog(NC Photo) ress, a careful investigation is always to be made into each part of the liturgy which thing that man has either earned By STEVE LANDREGAN is to be revised. This investior deserves. It is from the idea "AmaZing grace ... how sweet of gift ... and the Latin :'gratia" gation should be .theological, the sound . . . that saved a meaning a favor freely given ... historical and pastoral. Also wretch like me ..." Once in a that we get the word "grace." the general laws governing while a hymn finds its way into the structure and meaning of Natural Desire the realm of popular music, the the liturgy must be studied in The old hymn's title is apt old Baptist hymn, "Amazing conjunction with the experiGrace" did so a couple of sea- because God's grace is amazing. ence derived from recent lisons ago and Americans listened In a world where men and turgical reforms and from the to the venerable revival song in women frequently profess to be induits conceded to various the simple and clear voice of Christians yet live much more places. Finally, there must be Judy Collins, and the unlikely frequently by the rule of an "eye no innovations unless the for an eye" than "turn the other strains of Scottish pipes. good of the Church genuinely "I once was lost ... but now cheek," the concept of a God and certainly requires them; I'm found ... was blind but now who wants to give man more and care must be taken that ..." Its message of God's than he deserves is both amazI see any new forms adopted should mysterious seeking after man's ing and confounding. in some way grow organIt would be better to say that response seemed a strange conically from forms already God wants man to deserve more trast to the lyrics of many pop existing." songs with their messages of and thus not only reaches out These columns during the man's seeking ever-elusive hap- to him seeking a loving reweeks ahead will in part con- piness in the unspiritual and the sponse but gives to men and sider that historical aspect of ungodly.. women the ability to respond to Roman Catholic liturgy. By exThe paradox of the creator the Divine invitation. amining worship yesterday, we God seeking man while the Human consciousness is incan as our First Communion creature man seeks himself is nately aware of a tendency parents did, gain a better under- the heart of salvation history, toward selfishness and sin that standing worship today. which is, in fact, the story of a theologians call concupiscence. The goal of liturgical reform, God who will not take "no" for It is likely that this is what the however, is not simply to recre- an answer. hymn writer was referring to ate something from the past. In this new series of Know when he wrote of the amazing Instead, "the aim to be consid- Your Faith articles entitled grace "that saved a wretch like ered before all else," in the "Roots of Our Faith: Biblical me." words of Vatican II, is "full and Insights," there can be only one It is only when we are aware active participation by all the starting place; God's reaching of our natural desires to seek people." out to man, God's revelation of the things of this world that apTo encourage such involve- himself, in search of a loving pear to be good hut are actument that Council Fathers rec- response from man that will re- ally mirag~, that we become ognized and directed that cer- store him to the intimate union aware of the truly amazing astain elements of the liturgy sub- with God for which he was pect of God's grace that conject to change should be mod- created. We call this grace, be- stantly calls us and enables to. ified if they no longer help, but cause God's reaching out toward respond not because of anything instead hinder a congregation's man seeking a loving response we have done but simply befull sharing in the Sacred Mys- is an undeserved gift . . . freely cause God's love for us' is so given by God. It is not someteries. Turn to Page Thirteen
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God and Humanity Continued from Page Twelve unexpected, according to human of salvation history, a nobody. standards. Centuries later the prophet Jesse's first six sons all looked Ezekiel reminded Jerusalem and goOd to Samuel, who was to her people of their shady origins make the choice . But it was the in what is one of the most pow- seventh son, the youngest whom erful, graphic chapters in the God wanted: David, who hapOld Testament (Ez. 16). But sal- pened to be out tending the vation history was not Abram's sheep at the moment (1 Sm. 16, project; it was God's, and He 1-13). In the Divine plan he was could use the most unlikely in- to be the founder of the royal struments for the accomplish- House of David, the dynasty on ment of His purposes. And so: which the people came in the The Lord said to Abram: 'Go course of time to pin their mesforth from the land of your sianic hopes (see 2 Sm. 7, 8-17). kinsfolk and from your father's In spite of his all too human house to a land that I will failings, he became the ideal show you. I will make of you king, so much so that later gena great nation, and I will erations thought of the "Mes" bless siah" in terms of a new David. you; I will make your name Looking back on the culminagreat, so that you will be a tion of this history, Paul wrote: blessing. I will bless those "... when the designated time who, bless you and curse had come, God sent forth his those Son born of- a woman, born who curse you. All the com- under the law (of Moses)" (Gal. munities of the earth shall 4,4). And the Gospel of Matthew find begins: "A family record of Jeblessing in you' (Gn 12:1-3). sus (the) Christ, son of David, This powerful act of divine so~ of Abraham" (Mt. 1,1). initiative was the first in a long The salvation history climax series of similar acts from which 'was reached in the coming of a definite pattern gradually Jesu~. Eighteen centuries had emerged. St. Paul gave expres- passed since the call of Abram sion to this pattern: and the divine promise that in God chose those whom the him all the nations of the earth world considers absurd to would be blessed. A thousand shame the wise, he singled out years had gone by since the the weak of this world young shepherd boy David was to shame the strong. He chose called to shepherd God's people the world's lowborn and and was promised a dynasty despised, those who count for which would stand firm forever. nothing, to reduce to Doth- Here now is the ideal Son of ing Abraham, the new Israel, the those who were something; so, one in whose person and work that mankind can do no the Divine promises would be boasting before God (1 Cor. 1, fulfilled beyond man's fondest 27-29). dreams. Here now is the ideal Son of David, come to inauguCompulsion to Respond All of the great prophets who ra~e <:J0d's kingdom and to replayed influential roles in the ahze .10 a transcenden~ way the salvation drama were called to promise made to DaVid. For as their task by the Lord of his- risen Lord He would be King of tory. Most of them, from Moses kings, and of His kingdom there on, were reluctant to answer the would be no end. Divine call. But in the face of But even here the pattern perGod's insistent initiative, they sists; the Christ-event itself is felt what amounted almost to Ahe result of God'$ initiative. It a compulsion to respond. would be hard to find a more The same was true of the explicit statement of this than kin~ who were called to shepthe one from the Fourth Gospel: herd God's people. Their situa- "Yes, God so loved the worid tion was not quite the same as that he gave his only Son, that that of the prophets, of course. whoever believes in him may For the prophetic office was not not die but may have eternal hereditary; the royal office was. life" (In. 3, 16). Once the dynasty of David had And this finds a strong echo been established, son succeeded in the first letter of John: "Love, father on the throne - a not too then, consists in this: not that happy arrangement, as it turned we have loved God, but that he out. has loved us and has sent his . But again, God took the ini- Son as an offering for our sins" tiative in establishing the dy- (1 In. 4, 10). nasty in the first place. And again, His choice of David was
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Continued from Page Twelve limitless. This awareness in itself is the fruit of God's grace. God's grace, which is actually His own Spirit dwelling within us, leads us to faith in God's love and mercy, hope that He will never abandon us, and unselfish love of God and our neighbor. The journey that each person makes toward God begins with God's insistent call to share in His life, to become an heir with His Son. Each one's final destination is determined by his response to God's cail which continues until death seals man's final answer.
man bishops have declared that they back' "without any reservation" the Pope's decisions concerning dissident traditionalist Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre. In an official statement rele~sed here, the executive council of the German Bishops' Conference also said the German hierarchy is dete'rmined to do everything possible to avoid a break in the Church or to heal it. Archbishop Lefebvre, tfIe most prominent of traditionalist Catholics who oppose the Second Vatican Council, was suspended by Pope Paul VI in July after he had illegally ordained 13.
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"IT IS, NOT ESPECIALLY difficult to accept that God permits physical and moral evil so that good may come from it." Russell Shaw writes, "but it is often extremely difficult to see this happening. The Book of Job probes this mystery profoundly and arrives at the answer thathumanly speaking, there is no answer." (NC Sketch)
Believing in the Human Continued from Page Twelve To speak of disbelieving in ourselves may 'sound paradoxical. It is not meant to be. Regardless of pow they think about God, many people find it next to impossible to accept the truth about themselves: that they are God's adopted children, Christ's brothers and sisters, rescued by Him from sin and destined to rise as He did and live forever with God. -Most Catholics have heard these formulas since early childhood. If pressed, most of us would say we believe them. But do we really? Does belief make any practical difference in the way we live? If not, what does that say about our belief? Pessimistic skepticism about the human is commonplace these days, perhaps especially among those who think of themselves as humanists. It amounts to a denial, in theory or in practice, that human nature has been raised above- the limitations imposed on it by sin or that human life enjoys a transcendent destiny and dimension. Such disbelief in ourselves can be more corrosive than disbelief in God. It leads us to settle for tragically less than the destiny to which we are called. Full accepting the truth about ourselves would ma~e a profound difference in our lives.' What is the truth? St. Paul puts it this way: "We are children of
God. But if we are children, we are heirs as well: heirs of God, heirs with Christ, if only we suffer with Him" (Rom. 8, 16-17). We pre to "consider (ourselves) dE-an ) sin but alive for God in Christ Jesus" (Rom. 6, 11). And "if we have been united with Him through likeness to His death," we know that "through a like resurrection" we shall be raised from the dead by the glory of the Father (Rom. 6,5). As a practical matter then, the problem of belief for many people centers more upon the human than the divine. Who are we? Whe~ are we going? These are perennial human questions. Upon the a~swers we give depends the meaning - or lack of meaning - we assign to our own lives. Ultimately, as Vatican II said, it is in Jesus that we must find the answer. In revealing God's immense love for us, He "brings to light (our) most high calling" ("The Church today," 22). How is one to acquire and sustain this vision of human life? To do so is a significant part of what it means to have faith. Philosophy, theology, apologetics - these things can help. But in the last analysis faith is a free gift given to us by God who loves us. He will give us this gift if we open ourselves to receive it as did the father in Mark's Gospel: "I do believe! Help my lack of trust!"
Continued from Page Twelve count a huge diocesan celebration with magnificent music of the past and the present, a moving parish Thanksgiving Day liturgy, a practical program for more effective use of the reformed Rite of Penance or a very popular Lenten sacri¡ fice calendar. Finally, in these columns we will occasionally peek at worship tomorrow. The Church is a pilgrim Church always on the move. As members of such a changing body, we must be careful about clinging to practices which are not essential, but accidental. Not all change is progress, but all progress does involve change. Catholic worship will remain fairly stable for a few years at least. The reform of major liturgical books has been completed. But again as noted in the Liturgy Constitution, articles 37-40, th~ Church allows bishops in each country to make further substantial or radical adaptations of rituals if particular needs of the people demand it. Time will tell just how much of this adapting we can expect in the United States. For example, will there be additional eucharistic prayers? Will the official translations of liturgy texts be improved, made less sey'st? Will Communion in the 1. rid become an accepted practice in our country? Will permanent deacons anoint the sick? Will general absolution be more common? Worship Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow shall consider some of these possibilities for the future as well as explore how our present liturgy has roots in the past.
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You can play the game and you can act out the part Though you know it wasn't' written for you Tell me how can you stand there with your broken heart, Ashamed of playing the fool? But one thing can lead to another It doesn't take a~y sacrifice - oh Father and mother, sister and brother If it feels nice, don't think twice
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Engaged Encounter Helps' Couples Know Each Other A marriage encounter pro"So we adapted the principals gram that began with a Detroit and much of the ME format to couple's wish that they had engaged couples," she said. ~ communicated better before they EE weekends' include talks on got married, has spread across marriage by a team of junior the nation to include programs and senior married couples and in approximately 35 states. a priest. Couples discuss the CaI]ed Engaged' Encounter talks privately in terms of their (EE), the nationwide program is own relationship, Mrs. Carr said. an outgrowth of the Marriage The weekend is designed for Encounter (ME) movement. Like couples planning Catholic marME, it stresses the importance riages and all talks are in keepof communication in marriage. ing with Catholic teaching. The first EE weekend was However, individuals do not given in 1969 by Jim and Betsy have to be Catholic to attend. . Carr in Detroit. Couples making an EE do not "We made a Marriage En- need to make a ME later becounter in 1968 and thought it cause the principals of both are was great. But it would have the same and we do a good job been even better if we had' . the first time around," Mrs. Carr achieved that kind of communi- said. EE couples, however, can cation before we were married," take part in ME follow-up proMrs. Carr told NC News. grams, she added. There is no national administration for EE and there are no statistics on the number of dioceses or couples involved in the program, though Mrs. Carr estimated 35 states have EE programs. According to Mrs. Carr, the program spreads mainly by observation and word of mouth. "Sometimes ~oup]es from Marriage Encounters or priests interested in beginning an EE in their own diocese come to Detroit to observe our program," she said. EE programs are tailored to the needs of engaged couples in various parts of the country, ac,cording to Mrs. Carr. Turn to Page Fifteen
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You can run but you cannot hide This is widely known And what do you plan to do with your foolish pride When you're all by yourself alone? Once you tell somebody the way that you feel You can feel it beginning to heal I think it's true what they say about the squeaky wheel Always getting the grease. Shower the people you love with love Yes and show them the way that you feel I know things are gonna be just fine if you only will What I'd like to do to you - shower the people you love with love Show them the way you feel Things are gonna be much better if you only will. Shower the people you love with love - yeah Show them the way that you feel. They say that every night They say the rain must fall Just like the pouring rain Make it rain, make it rain Love, love, love and sunshine Oh yes, make it rain Love, love, love and sunshine. © 1976 Warner Bros. Records, Inc. Written and performed by: James Taylor "Shower the People you Love with Love" is a thought which strikes all of us who are afraid· to express how. we fe~1 about others. James Tay]or's insight reminds us that we must be authentic persons who dialogue with others, Dia]ogue is not iust words; real dialogue is telling another "the . way that you feeI." Think about the people in your life - father, mother, sister, brother, friend. Do they know you as you really are? Or do you "p]ay the gaJ;Ile" or "act a part" with them? Do you ruil from people even though you know ultimately you cannot hide? Why do so many people fail to "shower the peop]e" they love with love? This question hits at the heart of the song. As Tay]or suggests, perhaps it's because of "foolish pride -" a refusal to say "I'm sorry" when the situation calls for this type of love. There are times when tensions build up between persons who love each other and they never talk about it. When this happens, there is a total breakdown of communications. Tay]or says that when you express your feelings, you "feel it beginning to heal." That is a great feeling but before this can happen, we must swallow our pride - a painful thing to do. Another reason for not showering the people we love with love is fear - fear of not seeming cool (the games we play), or possibly sounding corny, or feeling we have nothing to offer others, or fear of rejection, or fear of our vulnerability. And of all these fears, perhaps the worst risk is that we show our rea] selves by the person we love. These reasons are both rea~ and human. We know we could find ourselves alone. However, if we do that kind of love, as James Tay]or says ,"things are gonna be much better." To actively express our feelings of love promises us an experi-ence of the heart that we cannot have if we hold tightly to our feelings. The rea] paradox of love is that once it is given away, it is received. Usually when we give something away, we lose it. Love doesn't work that way. As we break through our fears, shyness or pride and shower our love on others, we will know the sunshine in our hearts. Things will be much better "if you only will."
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focus on youlh ••• Continued from Page Fourteen times. There were no dirty looks from parishioners to put up with. I felt at home, wanted, needed." Out of the mailbag Mail has been heavy and here are some of the things writers wish to share: "We wait for others to do our dirty work. We talk about our dirty environment. But are we ready to give up something in order to have a clean environment? We say we are concerned about morality and the way of life portrayed by mass media, literature, with all kinds of deviation and trouble, but since we cannot pry into other people's lives or disturb their pursuit of happiness, what can we do about that? "Whenever someone suggests cleaning up any area, like in New York City's Times Square, a great debate goes up. It's the same way in the town in which I live. People complain but they want someone else to stick their necks out for them, to take all the punishment. We are inundated with waves of crime and terr,or, especially those who live in urban areas. "A man who lives in one of these areas recently said, 'I sometimes have to explain to people in small towns I visit that I have a nervous twitch in my neck, because I am constantly looking around, whereever I go.' We would like to stop this feeling of constant terror but how do we go about it without exercising coercion and restraint? What are we willing to give up in order to do it?" From another letter in the same vein: "I am a high school student and I've been studying the international scene. It seems we all long for peace; we all wish justice to be done. We hear all kindS of ideas put forward on how to attain these goals, yet, what happens? In international terms power is manpower, weaponry, sophistication, and the will to use it, This, to me, is a very puzzling situation. I am confused 'by a paradox between words and the real world. "We realize, as did our ancestors, that this world is by its nature imperfect. It is full of contradictions. The forces of good and evil are interlocked. We cannot achieve the good without acting in ways which may, in some cases, be seen as evil. And we are always looking for someone else to get their feet wet, not us." A young Jewish friend with whom I correspond, who likes to discuss the Old and New Testaments, tells me that at the beginning of this century one of the leading Jewish theologians and a founder of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, Solomon Schector, was fond of saying "You cannotlove God with your father's heart." We can add that we cannot clean up our environment at the cost· of someone else's job.. We cannot pay. our bills with someone else's money. We can not enjoy comfort and security while someone else does our dirty work for us, while some-
one else exercises the power to control anti-social actions. The founding fathers faced the very contradictions we face. They found a land of great blessing, but they were put to. the test defending it and they put their own flesh and blood on the line to the building of a new society. This is constantly being acted out this bicentennial year. The Bible begins with this lesson. Life is not easy. When Adam was forced to go out into the real world, out of Paradise, he was told, "Cursed is the ground for thy sake. In sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life." Life is a struggle and ever will be. But it also Qffers its fruits and its possibilities and its endless potential for doing good. We rise to the challenge and with God's help we go on.
Encounter Helps Continued from Page Fourteen 'To Love Completely' One of the latest dioceses to establish an EE program is the diocese of San Diego.
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"Dr. J." Erving Comes to New Bedford For a "Treat For All Ages" Recently heralded by Red Auerbach as one of the greatest players who has ever lived, Julius "Dr. J." Erving will bring his sensational brand of basketball to the New Bedford High Gym at 6:30 p.m.' on Friday, . September 17. Preceding the Erving program will be a basketball game between two highly talented regional teams. The tentative rosters assure fans of a game loaded with both skill and size. In the upcoming weeks the complete roster will be announced allowing fans a preview of what is sure to be one of the most exciting games ever played in this area. . In the Dr's two hour presentation, he will treat area fans to the type of basketball, which in the recent ABA playoffs enabled him to score' 158 points and pull down 51 rebounds in only four games. So completely did he dominate the playoffs that one sl10rtscaster was to have said "The. sports fans of America were rendered a dis-
service when the games were not televised." Certainly a sports figure to be mentioned in the same breath with Muhammed Ali, O. J. Simpson, and Pele; it is a complement to sports fans of the area that Dr "J" has chosen to make one of his rare public appearances in New Bedford. Included in the Dr's two hour presentation will be a lecture and demonstration, a question and answer period, and an exhibition of basketball including his world famous repertoire of slam-dunks. In conjunction with his appearance, he will also be anouncing the winners of camp scholarship to the Julius Erving Basketball Camp - Simmsbury, Conn. Any youngster between the ages of 8-18 may become eligible for a scholarship by writing a letter entitled "Why I Would Like to Attend Dr. "J'" Camp" and mail it to Sports in Action, P.O. Box E-730, New Bedford, Mass. 02742 (Please state age). In addition to the camp scholarships, during halftime of the
preliminary game drawings will be held, with posters, basketballs and sneakers awarded to the winners. Also the Converse Rubber Co. will host a display consisting of assorted basketball paraphernalia. With a player pf Julius Erving's magnitude, supported by a star-studded preliminary game, "An Evening with Dr. "J" promises to be a special treat for sports fans of all ages. Tickets for the evening are available at the following locations: Charlies Sports Store~ew Bedford, North Dartmouth & Swansea; All Southeasterns Bank locations; Tennis & Ski Center, North Dartmouth; Village Sports, New Bedford; Sassaquin Pharmacy~ both Fairhaven Pharmacies; seaport Pharmacy, Mattapoisett; Romeo's Package Store, Acushnet; Marion Sports, Marion; Jug Package Store, Wareham; Sawyer's Campus Shop, Fall River; Nelson~s Bookstore, New Bedford; Frederick Michaels, McCalls & Park News in Taunton; J.A. Serlanga, Brock.ton, Mass.
Thirty-six couples have participated in that program since it was first established in San Diego last February, according to Gerald Brewer who, with his wife Sherrell, established the program there. "Engaged Encounter attempts to reach young engaged couples and show them a way to love each other completely; to grow in a deep love of God and to see the sacrament of Matrimony as a joyful and fulfilling gift from God," Brewer said. According to Mrs. Brewer, EE is not a sensitivity coursethere are no group dynamics- . and it is not a retreat.
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"We focus on communication," she said. "If a married couple doesn't have communication, they don't have anything. "We try to show how important it is for a couple to be open, honest and trusting in communication," she added. "Only in that way are they going to solve, or avoid problems." A few San Diego couples have even postponed their weddings or broken their engagements because "they openly and honestly faced their problems and discovered they weren't ready for marriage or they weren't suited for each other," Mrs. Brewer said.
LATIN CROWD-PLEASER: A young member of the "EI Mariachi Infantil" band from the Ciudad de los Ninos (City of Children) in Monterey, Mexico, entertains a crowd at the Latin American Heritage weekend in Louisville, Ky. The band and another one from the orphanage perform througholt the 'world and will appear at the Vatican for Pope Paul VI in November.
The San Diego diocesan PreCana office, directed by Father James Ferrigan, "strongly recommends EE for engaged couples.
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"MADISON" ROLL TOP
Disiinctive Maple finish pigeon hole roll top desk with large mar·proof writing sur· face. .Two large file drawers; lock on' center drawer .
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