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(atechetical Sunday Thieme: .Reconciliation This Sunday is Catechetical Sunday throughout the nation. Its theme, "A Time for Building Bridges," has been taken from the Holy Year's theme of reconciliation; and it has been suggested that in the Fall River diocese the occasion is appropriate for the creation of interest 'and involvement in parish and diocesan programs. The day should be a time of challenge and invitation.

The need for a strong religious program is obvious. Many concerned and devoted Catholics feel that developments in religious education are the genuine expressions of the directives o,f VatiCan Council II. Others, equally devoted and concerned, are hesitant about change.

Many are concerned but confused, devoted but devoid of effective means of coping with the many changes. Hence, Catechetical Sunday 1974 presents a particularly appropriate time for building bridges of under-

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standing and compassion-to help people learn to listen, respe<;t and help each other. Catechetical Sunday is a time to celebrate all that unites us as believers in Jesus Christ. . It also provides an appropriate moment to show personal. recognition to those involved in the Church's educational ministry. It is a time to let people know that their parish community is aware of and grateful for what they are doing.

Catechetical Sunday provides the opportunity for all to pause and examine their own problems and then to hear of programs offered to deepen faith and build or restore confidence in God. CatecheticaJ Sunday, Sept. 15, is not only a time for building bridges but a time to decide that in order to deepen your faith you must nourish that which you already have.

Set Investing For, Sept. 23 The Most Rev. Daniel A. Cronin, S.T:D., Bishop of the Diocese of Fall River will invest five members of the Diocesan Presbyterium with Papal Honors at a Mass to be offered for the intentions of the Holy Fa1iher at 7:30 on Monday night, Sept. 23 in the Cathedral of St. Mary of the Assumption, Fall River.

The announcement of the ecclesiastical honors was made by Fall River, Mass.., Thursday, Sept. 12, 1974 Bishop Cronin on Sunday, June PRICE 15c 30, the Anniversary of Pope Vol. 18, No. 37 © 1974 The Anchor $5.00 per year Paul's Ooronation.

Rev. Msgr. Luiz G. Mendonca, V.G. and pastor of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Parish, New Bedford . and Rev. Msgr. Henry T. Munroe, Officialis of the Diocesan Tribunal, EpiscopaI Vicar in the Attleboro-Taunton Vicariate and pastor of St. John the Baptist Par"You will all appreciate that ish, Attleboro wi1l be invested - BUCHAREST (NC)-The Vatican's delegation to the World here we are dealing with ele- as Prelates of Horror of His HoliPopulation Conference here be- ments about which the Holy See ness, ,Pope Paul.

At the Same ceremony, Rev. came the only one of 136 dele- by its very nature can allow no gations to officially disassociate compromise," Bishop Gagnon Msgr. Thomas J. Harrington, Diocesan Chancellor; Rev. Msgr. itself from the conference's prin- said. ,The Holy See "must be faith- Patrick J. O'Neill, Director of cipal document, adopted Aug. 30 ful to him from whom she reo Education and· Rev. Msgr. John without a vote.

Bishop Edouard Gagnon, head ceives her mission, and likewise J. Regan, Rector of St. Mary's to the whole community to which Cathedral, Fall R-iver will be inof the Vatican delegation, told the plenary session that the Holy she offers in a spirit of fraternal vested as Ohamberlains of His _ Hol:iness, Pope Paul VI. See tQok that action because of service her cooperation."

Speaking in French, the bishRelatives, parishioners and "persistent ambiguities, the introduction of unfortunate expres- ops toId delegates in the final friends of -the newly honored sions, and the omission of cer- hours of the conference -that the prelates ar.e invited to assist at tain essential elements" in the Holy See could not risk a misun- the Mass and investing cer· final version of the World Plan derstanding of its position and emony.

Priests wishing to celebrate of Action, the conference's ree-- therefore could not, accept the w1th the Bishop and the new ommendations for coping with plan, ~ven on a qualified basis.

"People expect the Holy See to monsignori are requested to international population probTum to Page Two Ibring appropriate vestments. lems.

Populat.·on Do'cument Seen Unacceptable

Bishop Gagnon stressed in his speech that the Vatican heartily endorses sections of the plan that place population policies within the broader context of "integral human development" and within the "establishment of a new economic order in the spirit of international justice and equalization of worldwide con· sumption."

But he said that, unHke sovereign states who could deal with the Plan of Action on a ~elective and practical basis within their own lands, the Holy See could deal with the Plan of Action only on the level of principles and values. Some values in the plan, he explained, are unaccept· able, especially several sections dealing with "the family, respect for life and indiscriminate lise of birth-preventive means."

CATECHETICAL SUNDAY: The celebration of Catechetical Sunday on September 15 stresses the theme of reconciliation: in keeping with the upcoming Holy Year.

This i~ cover of Catechetical Sunday booklet prepared by the National Center of Religious Education -CCD. NC Photo.

Psychiatrists See Import Of Christian Values HICKSVILLE (NC)-A handful of psychiatrists and psychotherapists who believe that Christianity can be an effective

St. Roch's Parish, Fall River, Will Mark Diamondlubilee Sept. 29 Plans are complete for celebraA large committee planning tion of the diamond jubilee of the observance includes Rev. RoSt. Roch's parish, Fall River, land Bousquet, pastor, honorary which was founded May 2, 1899 president and treasurer; J. Arby Bishop Matthew Harkins of thur Boucher, president; Paul Pithe diocese of Providence, which neault, vice-president; Mrs. Lioat that time included Fall River, nel Desrosiers, secretary; Julian . Gamache, historian; Mrs. Donat New Bedford, and Cape Cod. The observance will include a Francoeur, publicity. Committees pontifical Mass' celebrated at have also been appointed for noon Sunday, Sept. 29 by Bishop Mass and banquet arrangements, Daniel Cronin, with former pas- and banquet tickets are available tors and curates of the parish after weekend Masses and also invited to participate as concele- from Normand Potvin, ticket brants. A banquet for all present chairman, and all committee and former parishioners will fol- members. low at White's restaurant, North In connection with the celebraWestport. tion Mrs. Francoeur has prepared

a history, tracing parish events from 1899 to the present: In April of 1899 Bishop Harkins assigned to Rev. Joseph Giguere the difficult task of establishing a new parish in Fall River to accommodate approximately 700 families of French-Canadian origin. The area chosen was Pine Street, between Tremont and Orange Streets, and with little else but his title of founder and pastor, Father Giguere purchased the site for the new church.

On the property were several buildings, three of which still Tum to Page Three

dimension in psychiatric counseling have opened a Christian institute for Psychotherapeutic Studies here in New York.

It is headed by Dr. Alphonse F.X. Calabrese, executive director, a psychoanalyst with a graduate social work degree from the Catholic University of America in Washington, D. C. He and his staff are sharply critical of Freudian-based and behavioral psychiatry as "materialistic" and. "deterministic" in outlook and method.

Several similar Christianoriented institutes for psychiatry and psychotherapeutic counseling and training have sprung up in recent years, Dr. Calabrese said. They recently formed an Association of Christian Counseling Centers..

Among these are the Christian Counselling and Psychotherapy Center, New York City, and the Naramore Christian Institute, Rosemede, Calif.

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Attend Theology Meeting in Rome

Pope Says Some Part Mi,ssing In Mechanism of CiviUzation CASTELGANDOLFO (NC) Something is missing "In the grand and marvelous mechanism orour refined and'fragile civHization," Pope Paul said when it favors armaments and "certain immoral and inhuman programs to reduce the birth rate."

Speak'ing to thousands gathered in a courtyard of his summer home, the Pope granted that "meritorious forces are certainly at ,work, even on a large scale, to solve ever new and recurring ·problems." .

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,But he ladded: "It always seems that it niay he a labor of Sysiphus, if the hoped-for solutions seem to 'be destined to prepare t:he way \ for future calamities, rather than truly to remedy presI ent probl,~ms."

While pe made no reference to the recent World Population Conferenc'e in Bucharest, Rumania, whicH adopted broad pr,incipies on dealing with population problems, 'Vatican observers said it seemed: clear that the Pope was referring to final resolutions which the Vatican delegation was alone out of 36 delegations to vote against.

Pope Pahl gave as examples of solutions Which bode ill for the future dev~lopment "of the production and selling of armaments and certaih immoral and inhuman progtam~ to reduce the birt:h rate ..."

He also Icited "the fatal mistake to equi,ate modern liberalization with licentiousness of customs."

He asserted: "one must recognize there 'is something miss'ing in the gr~nd and marvelous mechanism of our refined and fragile civil'lzation."

The missing factors, the Pope insisted, are religious. They include: "The: fear of God, a religious concept of life, the operative presence of the Gospel in the dynami~s of human kind's history, andlbhe faith."

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ROME (NC)-Sixty-nine U. S. bishops and the Archbishop of Ottawa, Canada, began a monthlong "theological consultation" Aug. 31 with some of the Church's top international scholars in Rome.

The unusual coming-together, which assembled almost onefourth of the U. S. hierarchy with American and European specialists in theology, biblical studies and other related fields, is centered on the theme, "Toward the New,Man in Jesus Christ."

The U. S. Bishops' Theological Consultation, as it is formally called, seeks to bring together bishops and scholars in a series of seminars delving into developments in theology'resulting from Vatican Council II. "There are two basic, intimately related issues today that are foremost in the Church," said the consultation's organizer, Msgr.

Richard J. Mahowald. The consultation would center around them, he said.

From Universities He explained that they were Christiology and ecclesiology, that is the theological studies of Christ and the Church.

A total of 55 residential archbishops and bishops, including Cardinal Terence Cooke of New York, as well as 15 auxiliary bishops took part in the meetings.

The consultation was the first of its kind ever to be pa'rticipated in by that large a group of American bishops in Rome.

The scholars who are' to lecture and discuss developments: in their fields· come from many of • Rome's pontifical universities and other specialized institutions of higher education. The meetings in Rome will run to Sept. 24 after which the participants will travel to Assisi where they will remain until Sept. 30.

Continued from Page One take a position on basics," Bishop Gagnon said.

The Plan of Action, a document of 108 paragraphs, offers broad policies on population matters for nations and the international community, and provides statistical background.

Also included' are seetions on the status of women, on lowering mortality and morbidity rates af\d problems' of internal and internationaI migration.

A major thesis of the plan is that, at present levels of growth, HOLY YEAR POSTER.: This Holy Year poster stands in the world's population will dousharp contrast with many political party broadsides tacked ble every 30 years. A major principle of action is that "all couon Roman walls.. Showing a couple embracing, the poster ples and individuals have the says "The Holy Year in th,e local churches" at the top and basic human right to decide free"Holy Year, Year of reconciliation," at the bottom. In bely and responsibility the number tween is a quote from Pope Paul, "Recreate peace in yourself and spacing of their children and , to reestablish it in others." NC Photo. to have the information, education and means to do so."

The real winners at the conference were judged to be the , developing countries, who inBUFFALO, (NC)- Christ the cluded in the document frequent King seminary, the largest Cathreferences to the interrelatedness --olic seminarY in New York state, DUBLIN (NC) - The Holy ously in their prayers."

I of population and development. will relocate in September in ,Year's objectives of reconciliaHe also noted: Thanks to their initiative, the East Aurora,: N. Y., and assume "The early preachers of, the tion and renewal can be promot- .' plan states that the basis for an control of the facilities of St. ed by radio and television, Pope good news of salvation used the effective solution of population John Vianney's seminary there, Paul VI said in a message to an 'means which were available in problems is. above all, socio- owned by the' Buffalo diocese. international meeting on com.. their time to communicate the economic transformation.

Gospel to as m~ny men as pos:Christ the King seminary is munications here.

Learning The plan did not include set- conducted by the Franciscan sible."

Learning and wisdom without Paul's message was read .

Pope ting of specific population Fathers of the New York based These early preachers, he ob- moral purpose are unwor.thy of growth targets, as advocated by Holy Name 'Province' and ha~ at the opening of the Internation- served, had little to assist them their lofty names. several developed countries. But been associated with St. Bona- al Catholic Association for Radio in their tasks, y'et they accom-Shuster and Television (UNDA) congress, it does invite nations to "consid- venture's University, Allegany, plished a great deal. Pope Paul. ·heid at St. Patrick's Training er setting quantitative goals" in N. Y., for the Ipast 118 years. specifically pointed to the medieCollege in the northern suburb of. regard to birth rates. The docuChrist the ~ing seminary will val Irish preachers and missionDrumeondra. ment says such goals should be continue as! an interdiocesan ers, Columban, Gall, Fergal and reached by 1985. seminary, providing for the theoDelegations from more t.han 60 Killian.

FUNERAL HOME, INC. logical formation of seminarians nations met during the congress, R. Marcel Roy - G. Lorraine Roy of the Buffalo ~iocese in addition the largest ever held by UNDA. Roger LaFrance - James E. Barton Necrology to those from ,other dioceses.

The Pope said: , I FUNERAL DIRECTORS SEPT. 20 The board 9f trustees of St. Continued from Page One 15 Irvington Ct. "In the hands of men dedicatRev_ Simon A. O'Rourke, 1918, John Vianey's seminary unan-.

New Bedford ed to peace and love among men, "We're filling a need of great Chaplain, United States Navy imously approved the relocation 995-5166 Rev. Orner Valois, 1958, Pas- of Christ the King seminary to b:>w powerful these two great magnitude," Dr. Calabrese said tor, Sacred Heart, New Bedford the East Aur~r!l cam'pus.· De- media, radio and television, can in an interview, explaining the be in promoting the objectives of institute's program. clining eriroll!l1ent. and a yearSEPT. 21· the Holy Year, reconciliation and Opened in February, with a Rev. . George Pager, 1882, long study of Sit. John Vianney's renewal. professional staff of lO-all of seminary undertaken by a speFounder, 'Sacred Heart, New Funeral Home cial committee i of priests, Reli"We have the fullest confi- ,them committed Protestants and Bedford Catholaics and one Jewish psygious and laity were factors in that the UNDA congress dence 550 Locust Street Rev. George Jowdy, 1938, Pas. the board's decision. , . . will keep these great aims chiatrist who strongly supports I tor, Our Lady of Purgatory, New Fall River, Mass.

Bishop Edward D. Head of close to their hearts and continu- religious values - the' institute Bedford already has 100 patients, has ap672-2391 Buff-alQ expressed the hope that plied for state certification, and SEPT. 24 Rose E. Sullivan the relocation w'ill strengthen the f'or .Campers plans training pr<>grams for -Rev. Joseph E_ C. Bourque, theological formation now ofJeffrey E. Sulliva.l A Family Campers Weekend church people here. .

1955, Pastor, Blessed Sacrament, ,fered to seminarians and will . , of Reconciliation will take pl,ace Fall River give them th~ advantage of studying with a ilarger and wider the weekend of Sept. 20 through SEPT. 26 of young 22 at the La Salette Shrine, AtRev. John j. Donahue, 1944, representative group , ,tleboro, with registratiori from D. D•. Wilfred C. Funeral Hom,e Assistant, St. William, Fall River men.

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Fr. O'Brien Calls for :More Black, Mexican-American Prison Chapl.ains HUNTSVILLE (NC) The Catholic chaplain held hostage in a prison escape attempt several weeks ago has called on the Church to assign a black and a Mexican-American priest to the penal apostolate here in Texas.

Oblate Father Joseph J. O'Brien, a veteran chaplain of the Texas Depll1'tment of Corrections (TDC), said: "We are running into problems with ,black and brown inmates. So many of our chaplains are Bap" tists, but they are not black and we have no Mexican-American priests in the penal apostolate."

Father O'Brien was wounded in an escape attempt that ended in a shootout Aug. 3 after an ll-day siege that left two of the other hostages and two of their inmate captors dead.

The priest said tharmost black inmates are Baptists and that the services offered by the TDC

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chaplaincy corps do not fulfill their spiritual needs. 'Blacks' medium of expressing religious beliefs is quite different from Southern Baptists'," he said.

"The inmates are not interested in the spiritual aspect of the chaplaincy corps," Father O'Brien said. "The program is more' of counseling and .doing chores for them no one else will (10."

He said the TDC chapl'aincy corps is a "nondenominational ministry. We just don't work with Catholics only."

Turning his attention to what he called idealistic seminarians, Father O'Brien said: "While in the seminary everybody talks about the inner city. Today we have a need for black and working with blacks. All this jabber changes with ordination.

Today we have a need for black and Mexican-American priests."

Thousands of British Doctors Take Oath to Protect Life LONDON (NC) - More than me. I will maintain by all means 3,000 British doctors since July in my power the humanism and have signed a modern form of noble traditions of the medical the Hippocratic Oath emphasiz- profession. ing the sacredness of human life.

"My colleagues \ will be my Signatures are still flowing brothers. I will not permit coninto the newly founded World sideration of religion, nationality, Federation of Doctors Who Re- race, party-politics or social spect Human Life: standing to intervene between Originally formulated 26 years my duty and my patient.

"I will maintain the utmost ago, the declaration was adopted by 200 doctors from many coun· respect for human life from the tries who founded the feder- Ume pf conception. Evert under ation at a meeting in the Nether- threat I d'o not use my medical, knowledge contrary to the laws lands in May. It was passed without opposi- of humanity. ",I make these promises soltion at the last general meeting of the British Medical Associa- emnly, freeley and upon my honor." tion.

Dr. John Linklater, medical "I will give to my teachers the respect and gratitude which is correspondent of the independent their due," the Declaration of , weekly, '''The Spectator," reGeneva (as it is called) begins. . ported passage of the oath at the "I will practice my profession meeting of the British Medical with conscience and dignity. The Association. health of my patient will be my first consideration. I will respect the secr~ts which are confided in

Alternate Christmas Catalogue Appears WASHINGTON (NC) - The second edition of The Alternate Christmas Catalogue, a compendium of noncommercial ways to celebrate holidays, is ready for distribution.

Designed to take commercialism out of holidays ranging from Christmas to the Jewish spring holiday of Shavuoth, the catalogue is published by Alternatives, a not-for-profit action and education agency concerned with alternat~ lifestyles, institutions and social change methods.

The catalogue lists alternate ways to celebrate holidays, suggestions for noncommercial gifts, cooperative craft groups designed to aid their members while producing useful crafts, and social action groups.

The ,groups range from legal service groups like Community Legal Services of Mississippi and human rights international groups like the International Defense and Aid Fund for Southern Africa to community development organizations like the Missouri Delta Ecumenical ministry and educational groups like PADRES, a national organization of Mexican-American priests.

Nuns to Operate New Hospital

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ST. ROCH'S CHURCH, FALL RIVER

St. Roch's Diamond Jubilee Sept. 29 Continued from Page One remain; one was and still is 'the rectory, another later became a convent and the third was a schoolbouse for first and second graders.

The.parish took its name from Father Giguere's native parish in Quebec.

It was decided to build a combination church and school, with classrooms to be on the first floor and the church above, but legal difficulties halted construction, since the plans called for a wooden building, due to lack of funds to build in prick or stone, but a city law prohibited a wooden building of such size.

was followed by Rev. Charles E. Clerk, who remained until his death in 1933, at which time Rev. Philias Jalbert took over parish duties for about nine months.

In 1933 Rev. Adrien Gauthier was named pastor, a familiar figure, since he had previously served as a curate for five years.

Although he served during the depression, by 1952 he had been ,able to payoff the parish debt of $54,000.

After :father Gauthier's death in 1959 Rev. George S. Daigle served until 1971, at which time he was succeeded by Rev. Rene Gauthier, nephew of Rev. Adrien Gauthier and son of the late Ignace Gauthier, for many years the sexton at St. Roch.

The present pastor, Father Bousquet, 'has served since November, 1972.

First Mass Eventually, however, .the city CINCINNATI (NC)-Two hos- council permitted construction to pitals operated by two Religious proceed and on July 4, 1899 the communities in the western sec- cornerstone was laid and the Changes in Parish tion of Cincinnati will become church completed by the end of one hospital operated by the the year. While the actual church Many physical changes have two communities. was under construction, the first taken place in 75 years, includSt. Francis' hospital, conducted High Mass for the parish was ing modernizing the church inby the Franciscan Sisters of the celebrated in a hall at .Bedford terior and exterior and renovatPoor since 1888, and St. George's and Oa\{ 'Streets which belonged ing the rectory, convent and parhospital, conducted by the Do-' to the League of Patriots. ish hall. minican Sisters of St. Mary of The parish recalls with pride Wishing to have the school the Springs (Columbus, 0.) since staffed by religious, Father Gi- the fact that over 30 of its sons 1944, will become the St. Francis- guere traveled to France and in- and daughters have entered reliSt. George hospital. The site of vited the Sisters of St. Joseph gious life as priests, Sisters and the new 'facility has not been du Puy to teach in the parish. ' Brotbers. With the passage of determined.

On August 10, 1902 nine Sisters years, notes Mrs. 'Francoeur, parA new facility will be built arrived to start classes in Sep- ish rolls have diminished, but with at least as many beds tember. The community. re- today's parishioners are pleased (about 340) as the existing hospi- mained in the parish until 1971 that their school building is being tals and with expanded outpa- when it became financially im- utilized as a day care center, tient accommodations. possible to maintain the school. and they hope "that with God's Father Giguere was also the blessings a younger generation of Articles of incorporation of the new hospital were signed Sept. organizer of "Harmonie St. parishioners will in 1999 cele5 by Sister Camilla Mullay, head Roch," a musical group that was brate St. Roch's 100th anniof the Dominican congregation, very popular in the early years versary!" and Sister Rose Margaret De- of the parish. .

Silver Jubilee A frequent visitor to the parlaney, president of the FrancisThe Silver Jubilee of Religious can Sisters' community service ish was Cardinal Begin of Can· board. ada, who pon~ificated at the . Profession of Rev. Jeremiah Also signing the document was church yearly and gave various Casey, sS.ce., pastor of Sacred Archbishop Joseph L. Bernardin relics to the parish. He also of- Hearts Church, Fairhaven will be marked with a concelebrated of Cincinnati, but he emphasized ficially blessed the church bell.

Father Giguere remained at St. Mass of Thanksgiving at 5:30 on that the new hospital would be the responsibility of the' two Roch until 1916, when he was Sunday afternoon.

A buffet and reception will communities and of a board of succeeded by Rev. Louis D. Robert, who served until 1926. He follow in the church basement. trustees to be formed this fall.

Sister Eleanor McNally, SUSC, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bartholomew McNally of 60 Maple Ave., Swansea, has arrived in Saigon, South Vietnam, where she has been assigned for one year as Administrator of the Orphanage Improvement segment of Catholic Relief Services' Orphan Hostel under a USAID Child Welfare Grant. ]n January a grant of $25,000 was received from USAID to assist in the establishment of this orphan hostel, located on the outskirts of Saigon, where specialized care is provided for Vietnamese children awaiting adopHon. As of June 30 of this year, 24 children had been placed with adoptive ~amilies, while a total of 19 had come under CRS custody through the hostel.

In Africa Sister Eleanor is a 1968 graduate of the College of the Sacred Hearts in Newton, where she majored in education.

'Prior to her affiliation with CRS, the Holy Union nun was a liaison officer for the New York City Board of Education with Archdiocesan schools receiving ESEA Title I services. From 1970 to 1971 she vvorked overseas as an Education Officer with the West Cameroon Credit Union League. Before her African experience she taught in schools of the Holy Union community from 1960-69.

Agreement Reached On School Contract BROOKLYN (NC)-The threat of a strike by lay teachers in eight Brooklyn diocesan high schools was ended when the teachers' union and the diocese reached agreement on a new contract.

Robert M. Gordon, president of the American Federation of Teachers, said a majority of union members haG ratified the conti'act in a mail balloting, although the final tally had not .been made.

The one-year agreement pro. vides a raise or$100 a year for each teacher and an educational grant of $300 for each teacher seeking additional credits toward advonced degrees. The contract also provides a dental plan for teachers and their families and additional life insurance protection.

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THE ANCHOR:-Diocese of Fall River-Thur. Sept. 12" 1974

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The French poet Paul Claudel once said, '~I like things that blend together." He meant that fnost things in life do not boil down to an either-or situation but a combination, a blending of both.

C'atechetical Sunday is· being observed this' weekend, and the inatter here at hand is one of blending, of combining.

The efforts of parents at home inculcadng religious values into their 'sons and daughters m4st be combined with the more direct treatment of the sam~ themes with their peers and under the direction of a teacher, professional or volunteer, who will present to the students "the reasons for the faith that' is in them," as St. Paul said. ' There is no substitute for a Christ-Hke home. There is no substitute for parents imparting to:, their children the place of God in the home and in individual lives. There is no substitute for the example that' par~nts give. There is no substitute for them. No one can expect an hour or so a week of more formal discussion of r~ligion to take the place of what parents should do or to carry the whole burden of the religious education of YO\-lng people.

At the same time, the parental ·role JIlust be implement·, ed by a more direct and formal discussion of matters religious. Young people, fortunately, are curious. They want to know "why." And that is all to the good. The damage ... comes when they are not listened to, tl~eir questions not received with respect, when they receive no answers to their questions. For then they sometimes conClude, erroneously but understandably, that there are no answers. And here is where there is danger. Religion becomes something that appears to them to be outside their grasp~' and people soon lose interest in what they feel they cannot understand.

Catechetical Sunday begins a religious education year with the stress. on parents and relig~ous education classes working together'to unfold to young people· their relation to God, their role in the Church, their influence on all others, their destiny and the road they walk through this pilgrim life to attain it. This year's thme of reconciliation is in keeping with the great Holy Year theme-that man must be first recon'ciled with God that he might find true peace, reconciliation, within himself, and with all others.... '

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SoutJh End Council No. 295 of Fall River will install officers following the 5:30 Mass Saturday night, Sept. 21 in St. Mathieu's Church. Following the Mass a buffet supper will be served in the parish halL The officers are: Roland Char· ron, Grand Knight; Duarte Medeiros, Deputy Grand Knight; Diniz DeMedeiros, Advocate; Ronald Lavoie, Chancellor;Albert Banville, Recorder.

Also, Paul Langlais, Warden; Marcel Perry, Treasurer; Edgar Pichette, Inside Guard; John Morgan, Outside Guard; Adrien 'Pelletier, Financial Secretary; and Trustees Maurice Milot and Richard Biello.

District Deputy Phillip LaFon:] will instalL . ::~. :

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'Council No. 86, Knights of Columbus, of Fall River has awarded its initial'high school scholarship to John Coroa of 75 , Captain"s Way, Somerset, a student at Bishop Connolly High School, Fall River.

On Monday night, Sept. 23, Council No. 86 will hold an open meeting and the guest speaker wm be a member of the Fall River Po\.ice Dept.' who will speak on drug abuse. Families of all Knights are urged to attend. ' Councils are requested to forward news Item. to Frank P. George, 3 Halidon Terrace, New· Qort, R.I. 02840

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A tr.aining course 'for religious educators and interested parents, co-sponsored by St. Joseph par. '. ish! Att'lel:>~ro, .a!,1d. St. .,Mary.'s '. ' ,. ',' parish,' North Attll~boto, .will' be held from 7 to 9 for six consecutive, Tuesday nights beginning Sept. 17 at St. Joseph's school hall, 10 Maple St.; Attleboro. It will be direoted 'by Sister Rita Pelletier, S.S.J. of- the diocesan St. William's Church Catholic Education Center.

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The State Bar in California has concluded that schools have not been doing enough to prepare their students for responsible citizenship. And so the Bar ha.s come up with REV. JOHN F. MOORE a program that may be put into effect nationally.

The program points out that there ar~ eight concepts Amerioan people know only too that must be presented to students on: an elementary we'll that they have been led and secondary level. The concepts are:atithority. justice, down the primrose path of politMr. Justice Felix Frank.fur,ter of the Supreme Court privacy, responsibility, participation in politics, diversity , once said in reference to law that "not only must justice be tical deceit in the last two years. . (pluralism and tolerance), property and, fr~edom.

Is the same atmosphere of deStudents will be encouraged to relate these ideas to done but justice must appear to be done." Obviously in the cided deception still to be the their own daily lives. They will use casebooks and filmstrips free wheeling deal between \Vashington and San Clemente standard of justice with this week there can be . present administration? So much and will enter into classroom debates and mock trials and I'thisI past d der how he ever formed his 'sohearings. ' ' Itt e oubt concerning the' called' righteous attitude. Be that ~ has been said about the personal slJffering of the former president.

It is interesting to note that these .conciepts are rooted legality of President Ford's as it is,' there is still the maHer Has tha.t suffering been any pardon as far as the constiof justice.

If Mr. NiXion has sufin values, in that they are as much moral as legal in their tut;'On is concerned but there is fered because of his deliberate greater than the wounds inflicted delineation. no doubt that the appearance of and knowing acts of injustice, upon this republk? Has this sufThe idea of authority, for example,' must come either , jus'tice has been totally and com- how much more has this nation fering been any more damaging from force, which is un~cceptable, or from th¢ ideal of peace, pletely mocked. The President's we love suffereo and been out than that which has demoralized and dismembered the body polthe tranquility of order that St. Thomas Aquinas speaks action for an absolute and total to the agony of deceit and decep- . itic? Yes, Charity must be a mainpardon. along with the tape deal tion. There is little charity in , about. And so it is. with the other concepts. ~ is in many ways a greater cover granting a presidential pardon stay in the disperisation of jusThere seems no way of divorcing good citizenship from. up of justice than the Watergate when so many still languish in tice but it can never become a the foundation upon, which the Fathers of this, nation tragedy itself. Even Mr. Ford's prison as the results of pres- su'bstitute, a cover up, for justice. deliberately created a new state, the foundation of' an press secretary' of a few short idential duplicity. There is little 'If there is to be a true healing of the body politic in this land acknowlelgement of God and God-given rights. ' weeks felt that he could not be evidence of tr·ue and impartial and if this nation is once more

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party to such a political side justJice under law when that jusshow of judicial oddities. tice is dispensed wit'h bias and . In his statement of pardon, Mr. prejudice. Mr. Ford, despite all Ford appealed to the fact that protestations to the contrary, has he felt in conscience that it was offered a pardon and a tape deal the righ~ thing to do. Real,izing , that makes equal treatment unsomethir:g of Mr. Ford's political der the law for ,all citizens of the background, his own role in the land a complete and ridiculous evolution of an unelected pres- fiasco. By confusing compassion ident and his own conflicting with jusNce Mr. Ford upholds a statements over the past few double standard of justice shutmonths of his political honey- :ting the door to any form of acmoon, one certainly could won- eounta'bility-and this is wrong.'

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to become the symbol of justice and law for freedom 10Viing men and WQmen, then, there must be an end to the judicial deals and favors that protect the few. Mr. Ford should attempt to recall th'at justice is a moral virtue which motivates each person to give others their due. The mean of this virtue is to be found in What is objective, so that we can not become more or less just, but only exactly just. Somewhere along the line exactness ' of Chari~y No Substitute for Justice ,justic~' in relation to aU men If a pardon has been granted refuses to admit to this fact. living under the law of the land then it presupposes that some Why absolve from fault when no has been lost. Justice does not fault does in fact exist. Mr. Nix- fault has been confessed? The appear to have been done.

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THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Thur. S~pt. 12, 1974

Upholds Students' Suspension PHILADELPHIA (NC) - Although final outcome of a $10.9 million civil suit is still, pending, Villanova University rna¥. .'proceed in e"pelling or suspelk1ing 12 students who partieipate<;l in an alleged demonstrati'on this spring, a federal apPel)ls court .. has ruled.

The students' suit stems from an incident in a woman's dormitory on the Villanova campus April 6. On one of the infrequent occasions when the university permits male-female visitation, some 300 male students remained in a women's dorm after the 9 p.m. deadline - which student leaders and school officials had agreed upon earlier.

The students charge that the after-hours incident was no more than a beer party, but Villanova claims flyers announcing a rally had been distributed, and that the action was a demonstration against the university's visitation regulations.

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Tbe decision, by a panel of the U.S. Th\d Circuit Court of Appeals, reverks a preliminary injunction that prohibited the Catholic Univer~l'ty from taking action against the students until their suit against Villanova and its administrators is settled.

\NHDCARES AEIOUTTHE SISTEIAS OF MI'ILVA? THE HOLY FATHER'S MISSI.!\! AID TCI THE ORIENTAL CHURCH

Mi't1ya .s a little town In Galilee. The villagers were deprived of spiritual guidance 'and dis· mayed as their young peoJlle were lured into the temptations of largE!r towns nearby.

RACE TRACK MASS: Msgr. William Spain, pastor, St. James parish, Solona Beach, Calif., celebrates a special trackside Mass at Del Mar Race Track for jockeys, trainers and race track employes each Sunday following the last race. At his parish church, which practically overlooks the track, Msgr. Spain reports it isn't unusual to find winning tickets . in Sunday collections-and some losing ones. NC Photo.

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Dallas Abortion Confrontation Ends all legal action, now and in the pay all court costs incurred in future, against a group of North the suit.

Dallas women, St. Rita's church The settlement culminated a and school and Jesuit College battle between the two sides that Prep School; began when the clinic opened The women, the church, the across from the high school and school and t,he high school parish last spring. ,agreed to dl'op alI legal action Pickets first appeared in front against Dr. McKellar for viola- of the bUi'lding in mid-May. 'In tion of their constitutional rights; July, Dr. McKellar filed a suit The physician agreed to cease against Jesuit College Prep, St. operation of his legal abortion Rita's Church, St. Rita's School clinic on or ·before Aug. 26 and and Convent, and 14 individual ~ints: vacate the premises; women seeking $12,000 in actual Dr. McKellar agreed to drop The women, the church, the damages and $1 million in puni· school and the high' school tive damages. agreed to cease picketing and the' A temporary restraining order Name Publisher , displaying of signs protesting the was issued against picketing by For New Breviary clinic on the same date; the institutions or individuals. It WASHINGTON (NC) - The The women, the church, the was later dissolved by a district U. S. bishops' Committee on the school and the high school court action.

Liturgy announced here that the agreed not to interfere with Dr. A counter suit was filed Catholic Book Publishing Com- McKellar's ownership of" the against the physician alleging pany, New York, will be one of building or his attempts to sell malicious prosecution and action the publishers for the revised or lease it. was taken to subpoena names of Liturgy of the Hours that is now Dr. McKellar agreed to impose women who had had abortions in the final stages of preparation. a deed restriction on the prop- at the clinic and others who had The revision in Latin of the erty guaranteeing that it would planned to have abortions but Liturgy of the Hours-formerly never again be used for abor- had been discouraged by the called the Divine Office or the tions; . picketing, as well as other inforBreviary - was completed in The physician also agreed to mation.

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DALLAS (NC)-A confrontation between opponents and the operator of a legal abortion clinic here has ended in an agreed judgment in which Dr. Duncan McKellar agreed to move his clinic, . drop charges against the opponents and take steps to prevent the property from ever being used for abortion again.

The judgment, which was signed and entered by the court Aug. 23 included six principal

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U~d!ergroun.d Shoppi.n.g Aids Harri,ed Ho,useh'oldiers I hope my readers, are not going to ,b~come bored with my recent emphasis 0111 saving, both in the 'food and fashion lines. However, I consider it almost sacrilegious to write in glowing terms of what is stylish only to haye my readers tell me "that's great, but I can't afford to be fashionable." An price, fantastic buys on quality clothing.

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while still within some semblance of a budget was answered slightly this past summer when I was attending classes at Boston

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for grocerie~ I've concluded that to • dressI a family decently underground shopping is a must, so for me this book was a find that was more than worth it's price. i Wh'ile the: few places that I have had the :opportunity to visit were marvelous, I'm sure there are some dud~ in the book. However, just getting in the discount mood is well: worth the thought and especially if the d'iscounts that we find lare as good qr almost as go09 as the originals.

Irregula,rs do not have to be that irregular and Iwho checks if your seams are a ilittle off? Right at. the moment I have a first quality,. expensive raincoat that has shredded seatns after one visit to the cleaneh.

"The UndJrground Shopper" I ' could very well be the answer I . ' ' .f or a f as hlon-conscIOUS, economy-battered ihousehold. I know that the Rodericks have gotten their money'slworth, after only a couple of shopping trips!

University. There was a bookstore across the street and free "moments found me browsing its shelves. . One afternoon I spied a paperback that I vaguely remembered hearing about "The Underground Shopper," published by SusAnn Publications of Dallas T~xas (P.O. Box 10124). A quick glance through this $2.50 ($2.85 by mail) gem convinced me that this may very well be money well spent.

Listed are over 300 bargain shopping stores in and around Boston, induding 19 from the Fall RiverNew Bedford area.

Stores Rated F~rmed Not only are the stores listed, WSHINGTON (NC) - Several but they are also commented on. prominent right-to-life people The reader is told just what type ,have split ftom the National I of merchandise they carry, what Right to Life Committee (NRLC) hours they are open and even if to form a new group, American checks or charge plates are ac- Citizens COrlcerned for Life cepted.

(ACCL). .1 Finally, and this is the true The ACCL. said it plans to selling point, they are rated (a la stress the -building of state and Duncan Hines) with four stars. local pro-life 6rganizatons. .

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"These 'are our (the authors') Father Warren Schaller, Jr., an favorite places to shop because Episcopalian priest and former of excellent quality of merchan- assistant executive director of dise, variety of selection, fantas- the NLRC, ahnounced the fortic savings, outstanding service mation of the new organization or all four"; three stars-excel- in testimony ~e gave to the U. S. lent; two stars-,-good; or one Senate Subcommittee on Constistar-worth a trip. tutional AmeT\dments here Aug. I've visited three out of town 21. iI . places I had never heard of (the Father Schaller is president ones in our area I'm alr~ady fa-. and executive director of the miliar with) and they were just ACCL. as great as the book stated: Mrs. Judith! Fink of Pennsylbrand names at better than half vania, former NRLC corporate 'secretary,and Mrs. Marjorie Mecklenburg,! former NRLC Neighborhood Center chairman, are: on the steering Gets Merrill Grant committee of the new organizaWASHINGTON (NC)-A grant tion.

I of $10,000 for· the construction The first signs of internal disof a Catholic-sponsored neighbor- 'sent in the NR~C arose in March, hood center here has been giv~n when the Catpolic Star He)"ald, by the Merrill Trust. diocesan newspaper of Camden, Sursum Corda (Let Us Lift Up N. J., published a lengthy invesOur Hearts), Inc., received the tigative repor~ in which Mrs. grant to aid in the construction Fink and Mrs.! Mecklenburg obof the center in c;onjunction with jected to what they called its 199·unit low-income comm~­ "separatist" tendencies among nity development located near Catholics in !the anti-abortion the nation's Capitol. movement. ; The center will house activities According to an NRLC official, that will help develop the poten- at the nati-onaliconvention of the tial skills of the community.

NRLC here in i June Mrs. MeckSursum Corda was formed in lenburg was defeated in her bid 1966 by St.' Aloysius' Church, for the NP<LC presidency, 'Father Gonzaga College High Sehool, Schaller's contract was not reand the Academy of the Notre newed, and Mrs. Fink was inDame to assist the residents of volved in a credentials fight with the inner city. the Pennsylvarlia delegatio.".

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CORRECTING THE "IRREGULAR": Among the 170· . youngsters in "irregular situation" being given housing, food and :love in Chile by Sr. Carmen Sandoval Lira romp in the play yard.

Sister Struggles to Provide FamDly Life For Abandoned Children WASHINGTON (NC) - Sister Carmen Sandoval Lira is a deceptively quiet woman,. ,with quality of understatement about her. But this first impression is quickly washed away when she starts talking about "her children," the 170 children "in irregular situation" for whom she provides housing, food and love.

The euphemism "an irregular situat;on" describes the hundreds of a'bandoned or runaway. children who roam the streets of Chile's major cities. Sister Carmen Sandovtl, a former Franciscan Missionary of Mary and now a diocesan nun in Valparaiso, 'Chile, decided to dedicate her life to caring for these children, "to make them useful members of society."

She was on a visit here to try to raise funds to do just that.

She has organized a foundation to provide individual care for as many of these children as possible in Valparaiso: Sister Sandoval had worked for 20 years in orphanages run .by her order in Buenos Aires, Argen~ina. In 1971 she obtained permission to return to Valparaiso to care for her sick mother.

It was there that the "accidental in'volvement" began in creating a children's foundation, she

said. She said she heard radio pleas for adults to take care of four children who had been abandoned in front' of Valparaiso'sc.ity jail, where their mother was imprisoned. As the pleas continued during the day, she grew more anguished, "until it suddenly dawned on me that those calls were directed at me, that nobody else would reo spond."

She took charge of the children, aged nine months, three, four and five years old. After that her commitment to children grew.

Her children's foundation, which she called the Garden of Children, now has 110 children housed in a former Salesian seminary near Valparaiso. She also has a ,program of infant care for 60 children of working mohters who live in shantytowns surrounding the seminary.

Although the former seminary is only on loan, the SalesIan order donated a 240-acre tract of land to the· newly created children's foundation.

Sister Sandoval grew more intense as she 'spoke of her plans to provide her children with a normal home environment. Such an environment will allow children to grow and develop a personality free of the anguish and the terrors of the streets, poverty and rejection, she said.

VATICAN CITY (NC) - Vati,can Radio has reporte<l that courts in the Soviet Ukraine and in "Czechoslovakia have jailed Catholic priests for ~iolating laws restricting religious freedom.

Quoting the 'Italian news agency ANSA, which in turn quoted the Lvov newspaper Lwowskaya .

Pravda, Vatican Radio said Father Bernard Mitskevicg, 44, had been sentenced for repeated violations. . , The newspaper lamented that atheists in the Ukraine '~had not taken sufficient note of the priest's influence on youth."

Three columns in the newspaper's Aug. 20 issue said Vatican Radio "reported the trial and the charges, which involved: drawing the villagers to church, repairing the church, organizing group excursions in the Carpathian mountains, exhorting, parents to bring their children to church, organizing prayer groups for youth and distributing crucifixes and other religious objects."

The newspaper did not report the length of the sentence imposed on Father Mitskevicg. Vatican Radio quoted the Center for East European Studies as reporting a three-month solitary con· finement sentence passed Jan. 22 by the Czechoslovak Lipt Mikulas district court on Father Jozef Gazda. The 41-year-old priest had been accused of giving catechetical lessons to his nephews and some of their friends. .

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Chile Issues Regulations For R'eligious Meetings SANTIAGO (NC)-Authorities of every military district in Chile have issued regulations on religious meetings for the Chilean Holy Year.

The regulations, which allow the meetings to be held until Dec. 13, 1974, follow a similar pattern in all the districts. They expressly ban political discussions, elections or any 'other activities not specifically "religious" at the meetings. They also define meetings of religious character as Masses, religion classes and meetings of Christian communities that have the support of the local' bishop. .

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THE ANCHORThurs., Sept. 12, 1974

The last week of summer vacation and the first week of school is the most traumatic time of the year for me.

I think it would be easier to organize a Sunday-school picnic in the midst of an earthquake. This year I planned ahead and did some of the shopping by mail back in and-such and ,we can't use that we hafta have ..."

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If I did laundry every day, and allowed for only one spilled glass of milk per morning, I figured three sets of underwear and sox per kid would do. If the washing machine should break, I would just have to send a note to the teacher asking that my kids sit near open windows, or keep them home from schqol that day.

Our finances being what they are, I ordered only what they absolutely had to have. When I added it up I needed something to settle my stomach.

Three hundred dollars worth of underwear, sox, and jeans is nauseating. I totaled the weight to calculat~ the shipping charges and felt even sicker. Would you believe underwear costs $6.83 a pound.

That's more than steak! I considered trying to cook it, but I'm sure it would be tough ... even though it falls apart the first time a kid falls down.

I decided there was economy in 'buying "guaranteed not to run." They didn't run ....they just got holes big enough to put your fist through.

Have to Have After the order was delivered, several kids reminded me: "I forgot to tell you ... I need sneakers." "I have to have crew sox for gym ... regular ones won't do." "I have to have ... I have to have ... I have to have..." until I was ready to scream.

I've given up getting note books, looseleaf, and countless "supplies" ahead of time. It always leads to, "You got such-

Nun Member of College Of Chaplains Ass'n ST. PAUL (NC) - Sister Florine Provencher of t.he Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet is the first nun to become a· member of the College of Chaplains Association, a branch of the Protestant Hospital Association.

Currently serving as associate chaplain at St. Paul Ramsey Hospital here, Sister Provencher's duties cover all areas of chaplains' visitation except where or· dination is a prerequisite for the adminstration of the sacraments.

A former elementary grade teacher. Sister Provencher spent 11 summer vacations as a nurse's aide and counselor in hospitals operated by her Religious community.

school supplies early. Save your sales receipt. If it's not what the teacher wants, bring it back and we'll exchange it."

'But that would mean two trips to the store ... and who could find that receipt two weeks later.

I'm sure they launch rockets to the moon more easily than I get my kids back to school. Any family that is involved with more than one school will understand. We have five schools, and no two kids have the same schedule.

On Monday, one had to go back to college. We will have to bring his gear there on a separate trip after he finds out how much room he has in his dorm.

How to Survive • Three others went1Jack on Tuesday, on the 7:10 bus that showed up at 7:45. The three that started Tuesday didn't go on Wednesday . . . the class schedules weren't ready. ~Moth­ ers aren't the only ones· who have difficulty coping with a new school year.)

Two others went on Thursday, one at 8:05, the other at 8:25.

But those two had only half a day ... one dismissed at 11 :30, the other at 12:00. One of these continued on a half day for the rest of the following week, the other had a half-day one day, then a full day fo Friday.

I forgot to send lunch with fUll-dayers, and did send it with half:dayers. I'm sure the school psychologist has me pegged as "disinterested" or "emotionally unlJalanced parent."

There's one consolation though. My kids may be learning one of the most valuable lessons of their lives ... how to survive in complete confusion, chaos, disorganization, and disruption ... and still maintain 1/10 of your sanity.

In the modern ·world that may be more useful than reading, writing and quantitative business analysis.

Statistics Don't Suffice In Studying Population CASl'ELGANDOLFO (oNC) On the eve of the United Nations' World Population Conference, Pope Paul VI warned against dealing with population problems on an exclusively statistical basis, which he described as "basically materialistic."

ISuch a purely statistical approach "could prevail, with very grave consequences, if every other aspect of the problem were not taken into account by the conference," the Pope said.

He especially emphasized man's "right to life, normal and increasing, which is the right of man created by God to live upon, to cultivate and to fill the earth with his progeny."

The Pope was speaking at his summer residence here to crowds of visitors. The following day the 12-day World Population Conference opened in Bucharest.

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.DIAMOND JUBILARIAN: Sister Mary Orestes Boland, B.V.M., a teacher for more than 60 years, talks about education with Sister Maureen Tuman, B.V.M., at St. Joseph Convent, Dubuque, Iowa, where Sister Mary Orestes is celebrating her 75th renewal of vows. Sister Maureen who recently took her first vows, is helping answer congratualatory messages from Sister Orestes' former students. NC Photo.

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Lov·e of One Indiana Parish Acts as Good Neighbor to Another EVANSVILLE (NC) - In what was termed a practical application of love of God and neighbor, a suburban Evansville parish has had its debt slashed by one-third because of the generosity of parishioners of a downtown parish no longer burdened with soaring operating costs or a parish school. ' Holy Trintiy pro-cathedral parish agreed to transfer $70,500 in funds that it had on deposit at the ,Chancery office to reduce the debt owed the diocese by Good. Shepherd parish.

Parishioners at Good Shepherd parish, a 19-year-old parish in Evansville's northeast side, have been struggling to keep their parish on the black side of the ledger and still operate a quality par· ish school.

Interest alone on the $236,000 Good Shepherd parish debt was running' about $10,000 per year and even with many fund raising events, parishioners have been unable to pay much on the principal in recent years.

"What can I say?" beamed a highly pleased Father August ·Busch, Good Shepherd pastor,

NEW YORK (NC)-The New York State Right to Life Committee has suggested that its members engage in face-to-face confrontations with members of the New YorK congressional delegation as a means of fighting the confirmation of Nelson Rockefeller as vice president.

The New York State Right to Life Committee is opposing the former New York governor's nomination to be vice president for his pro-abortion stand as governor. He vetoed a legislative bill in May 1972 that would have placed some restrictions On abortion in New York and has publicly supported the 1973 U. S. Supreme Court decision removing many legal restrictions against abortion.

Noting that Rockefeller has been presented as a man' who can help bring peace abroad, the committee said: ~'In fact, while governor, he alone approved and sustained a greater level of violence than has ever been known in the land. This was his persistent support for permissive abortion."

when news of the Holy Trinity gift was confirmed. ·"This gives our hard-working men and women a real shot in the arm."

Nancy J. Forand, a June grad· uate of St. Anthony High School, New Bedford, and a member of St. Anthony of Padua parish in that city, has been included in the latest edition of "Who's Who Among High School Students," She is now attending Southeastern Massachusetts University.

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NORTH ATTLEBORO SCHOOL: Faculty and parish priests of St. I .

Mary-Sacred Heart School, North Attleboro meet at St. James Convent, Tiverton for goal-setting sessions designbd to aid in building school community for coming year. Left center, James Plath, Sister Barba'ra McCarthy,

a.p., of diocesan Catholic Education Center, among speakers; Sister Jeanne Poirier, SUSC, school principal. Right, standing, Sister Ricarda Wobby, RSM, Mrs. Mildred Zachman, Rev. George C. Bellenoit; seated, Sister Pauline Louise, SUSC, Rev. Robert J. Carter.

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Priest Shortage Causes Concern In Hartford HARTFORD (NC)-A shrinking number of candidates for the priesthood here may lead to major changes in the parish · boundaries of. the Hartfor.d archdiocese.

Archbishop JohnF. Whealon, in a report to the Vatican, said lack .of vocations and subsequent · staffing problems are a inajor concern in the archdiocese.

"It is foreseeable that major changes will be necessitated in present parish lines and ministry," he reported. "However, radical .changes are not foreseeable in the immediate future."

The archbishop reported that six meri were ordained as priests in ·t'he archdiocese this year and 11 will be ordained in 1!)75. ~n subsequent years, he predicted about five men a year will become priests.

Similar problems exist among the state's nuns, the archbishop added.

"The future of the large religious communities of women is a matter of grave concern," he said. The religious orders "are not presently recruiting new and younger members. This holds grave implications for the future of archdiocesan apostolates."

Archbishop Whealon's report · also expressed concern for. the young, who he said have often moved away from the Church..

"Too frequently," he a'dded, the faith is understood by the young in simplistic terms, inadequate in any' quest for full meaning to life."

He described the "crisis and loss of faith" among Catholic youngsters "one of the major challenges within the archdiocese today."

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I She said that numerous dioc- James Convent, Tiverton to disesan schools either ended the cuss goals for the coming year. last academic year or began this They heard addresses by Rev. year with fa¢ulty workshops or James Hawker, coordinator of retreats. Among those holding religious education for the ·Bos-

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ton archdiocese, and Sister Barbara McCarthy, of the Fall River Catholic Education Center, as well as participating fn numerous workshop sessions. .

The request for the grant was The program was coordinated

by Sister Jeanne Poirier, SUSC, made by Holy Cross Father principal of the 410-student George MacInness, pastor of . Virika parish in Fort Portal, North Attleboro school.

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Christian Awareness He. reported that a six-month Bishop Stang faculty members. study had determined the five met· at La Salette Center of major problems in the parish are Christian Living in Attleboro for alcoholism, jealousy and revenge a workshop in "Developing Chrisin families and villages, neglect tian Community," with Rev. John of children, lack of leadership in . Steakem, Stang chaplain, and home and village, and inability Rev. Giles Genest, M.S. of the to save money.~ .

La .Salette Center as coordinators.

"All Catholic schools are putELEClTRlCAL ting major emphasi,s on the docContractors trine published by the American Bishops in their booklet, 'To Teach as Jesus Did'," said Father Steakem. "This workSihop is one of a series of building blocks which we at Stang are developing to help us to that goal."

On arriv,al at the retreat center, faculty members went into group activities designed to help them know' each other better.

The' following day was devoted to study of methods for increasing Christian community at Stang and the workshop concluded with a concelebrated Mass.

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DISCUSSION PERIOD: Sister Martha Mulligan, RSM, Alfred GagneI and Denise Robistow discussing one of the goals on the agenda. .

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AT STANG WORKSHOP: Faculty of ~ishop Stang High School, North Dartmouth, hold workshop in "Developing Christian Community" at La

Talbot Model For Alcohol ics EDINA (NC) - Matt Talbot, the Dublin workingman who stopped drinking suddenly after 15 years of alcoholism, can be a modEllI for Catholics who have problems with alcohol, Cardinal John Wright told a convention here in Minnesota.

The cardinal, prefect of the Vatican Congregation for the Clergy, spoke at the 25th anniversary convention of the International Calix Society, which aims at helping Catholic alcoholics.

Cardinal Wright warned the convention in his keynote address to' avoid two extremes.

The first extreme, he 'said, is the bio-chemical extreme in which problepls are simply a question- of chemical imbalance or such that they can be solved with chemicals.

The second extreme Cardinal Wright called "angelism," in which man takes an ethereal approach and denies that he is flesh and blood.

In the middle is Catholic spirituality, Cardinal Wright said. In this, man acknowledges his body and soul makeup and the followings of Jesus to find ·a spirituality that takes in both of these things, he said.

Talbot discovered spirituality as a 'way to handle anxiety, he said, and can be a model in this age as to how the Church, including the sacraments and devotion, can be an answer.

Association to Hold National Meeting CHICAGO (NC) .:--. A national meeting of the Holy Childhood Association will be held Sept.

23-25 here on the theme The Holy Childhood: New Opportunitij:lS for Evangalization.

Archbishop Jean Jadot, apostolic delegate in the United Stat~s, will be the guest of honor and will speak to the assembly on the closing day.

Keynote speaker will be Bishop William Connare of Greensburg, Pa.

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Air Force ROTC Ends at Fordham

Asks Recommitment to Moral Principles PHILADELPHIA (NC) - Two hundred years after the opening of the First Continental Congress here, Cardinal John Krol of Philadelphia asked those reconvened at Carpenters' Hall for the anniversary of the historic event to rededicate -and recommit, the United States to moral and religious principles.

Offering the invocation prior to the reconvening of the Congress, Cardinal Krol, president of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops, said that the commemoration includes "a rededication and recommitment to the fundamental principles which inspired the Declaration of Rights" which that first Congress issued in 1774.

Present for the bicentennial celebration were the governors of the original 13 colonies and delegates from each of the states.

Msgr. Thomas G. Fahy, president of Seton Hall University, a Catholic institution in South Orange, N.J., servec\ as a delegate to the Congress from New Jersey. . The original Congress met first Sept. 5, 1774, and in addition to adopting the Declaration of Rights, denounced taxation witbout representation, decried the maintenance of the British army in the colonies, and petitioned King George III for a redress of grievances England had

Vatican Sends Aid Mission to Cyprus VATICAN CITY (NC) - Pope Paul VI has' sent Msgr. Joseph Harnett of the U.S. Catholic Relief Services (CRS) on a mission of assistance to the people of embattled Cyprus.

Msgr. Harnett, a Philadelphian who is CRS regional director for Europe, North Africa, the Middle East and South Asia, left Rome Sept. 2. He was accompanied by Msgr. Francesco Fortino. an official of the Vatican's Secretariat for Promoting ChristianUnity. CRS is the relief agency of U.S. Catholics.

committed. It marked the first united effort by the colonies.

Cardinal Krol noted: "The fundamental principle underlying the' acts of the Congress and our governmental philosophy is that the spiritual is. supreme; that man is of divine origin; that man

Reorganized Personnel Board His Excellency, the Most Reverend Daniel A. Cronin, Bishop of Fall River, has announced, the reorganizati'on of the Diocesan Priests' Personnel Board. The five member Board wiH assist and counsel the Bishop in mat 7 ters affecting secular clergy staffing Diocesan parishes and institutions.

The Personnel Board will now consist of the Diocesain Chancellor, Reverend Monsignor Thomas J. Harrington, ex officio member of the group and designated by Bishop Cronin as Chairman, along with three members elected by the clergy of the Diocese, Reverend Francis B. Connors, Pastor of Our Lady of Victory, Centerville, Reverend Waiter A. Sullivan, Pastor of Sacred Heart Parish, Taunton, and Reverend Thomas C. Lopes, Assistant at Saint John the Baptist Parish in New Bedford.

In accord with new guidelines circulated among the Diocesan priests last spring. Bishop Cronin has appointed the fifth member of the Board, the Reverend Edmond R. Levesque, Pastor of Our Lady of Grace Parish, North Westport.

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NEW YORK (NC) - The Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) at Fordham .University will be ended by June 30, 1975.

Jesuit Father James C. Finlay, president of Fordham, said that the action takes place "with mutual respect and regret both on the part of Fordham and the Air Force."

Lt. Col. George M. Vartanian, who commands the- ROTC program blamed decl·ining enrollment" he said was caused by the university's long-standing policy of not awarding academic credit for the ROTC classes.

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Need ,Judicious Attitude' 'To Read Fleming'_ Novel

ST. MARY, NEW BEDFORD The Women's Guild Will hold its first meeting of the season at 8 P.M. Monday, Sept. 16 in the parish school on Illinois St. All women of the parish 18 and over are eligilble for membership and are urged to attend.

An archbishop's lot, post-Vatican II, is not a happy one: At least that is the case with a fictional :archbishop named Matthew Mahan, who is at the center of :Thomas Fleming's "The Good Shepherd" (Doubleday, 277 ' Park Ave., New .

York, N.Y. 10036. 416 pages. $7.95). Aged 55 in 1969, thing of a ¥riumph, and, during ·Archbishop Mahan is in his stay for 'the consistory, meets charge of an- unspecified

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again Mary Shea, a married woman separated from her beastIy husband.! She and the archbishop hav~ been friends for years, but apy base gossip about them is baseless. The return to America, where all those problems still await the ·new cardinal, should !be triumphant, too.

However, \1':1 his absence, revelatory and, debunking articles about the archbishop have begun to appear a~d far less deferential' treatment Ulan he has been accustomed to. :He does not respond with the assurance and the vigor which have been his ! wont.

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He is a big, handsome man, who might have had a professional athletic career, but decided on the priesthood. Shortly after ordination he volunteered as a National Gu~rd chaplain, went off to World War II, became a hero to the troops and a hero at home because of the letters the troops wrote.

Out of the service, he was given charge of the Catholic Youth Organization, which he transformed "into a social dynamo."He ,was then entrusted with the diocesan schools, and was so energetic in huilding as to ",win a word of praise from .. from Francis Cardinal Spellman." He was also a daring spokesman for social justice and the rights of minorities.

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BLESSED SACRAMENT, FALL RIVElt The Townsend Hill Men's Club of the parish will resume activities for the season at 7:30 P.M. Saturday, Sept. 28 with a chicken supper and dance in the church hall. Music wHl be provided by the Jardinaires. Tickets . are available from Gerry Berube, chairman, telephone 672-3743 or Eddy Brault, president, 673-5062.

Conscience' .

Why? Be~ause, while in Rome, he has und~rgone a conversion.

Looking at Michelangelo's sculpture of Moses, he has been disabused of trpst in power and has opted for tpe gentler ways of grace. .

One of hi~ resolutions is to institute a pr6gram which will facilitate "goo~ conscience" second marriages - that is officially countenancing remarriage' by persons wh6 are convinced that. their first, failed marriages were not valid. .Unbowed Ihy the onslaught of unfavorable: publicity resulting from the defamatory articles about him, 'he goes ahead with ,,, d I h l~ goo cqnscience" plan. This hrmgs reproval from Rome and an order to cease and c1esist.

Cardinal Mahan determines to goat once Ito Rome and' plead with the Pope. He is already ill (that ulcer) .before he starts out THE END OF THE LINE: and, without accomplishing hi~ purpose, he lis stricken in Rome Mr. and Mrs. Tom Verdun and dies.

I. have watched their 17 chil-

This last, Vfe are told, might have blighted his career, but, providentially, he had met Pope John XXIlI when the latter was nuncio to ·Paris. The nuncio had . dren go off to school one by been impressed by the energetic Advises Caution one over the years and have American priest, had remembered The foreJoing is the merest now reached the end of the him, and had, in time, appointed him coadjutor archbishop., Mahan outline of l\1r. Fleming's novel. line. Their last child, Tad, 6, had, sometime thereafter, become There is a large cast of charac- foreground, is in the classters of all ~orts and attitudes. archbishop of the see.

Scarcely a single question being room in Peoria, Ill. That Now there' comes the ultimate debated and causing the unrest means they have these 12 ·accolade. Archbishop Mahan re- in the Cpurch escapes attention young people in school. They ·ceives word that he is to be made or personifitation. are, from top: Tom, 21; Nana cardinal.

The extr¢mists who flatter But all is not crimson, or even themselves or being prophets and cy, 18; Liz, 16; Leeni, 15; rosy, for the cardinal-designate. noble reforlllers get their .lumps Chris, 14; Terry, 14; Susie, There is contention in the arch- from the aut,hor. Their self:right- 12; Ted, 11; Mark, 9; Brett, 8; diocese. Liherals and conserva- eousness and arrogance are untives are at loggerheads. The sparingly depicted and scathing- . Jackie, 7; and Tad, 6. The former are loud in their demands Iy indicted. Ilikewise with the ex- other five Verdun children that the archbishop produce huge tremists whb ;believe that any havE~ completed SGhool. ·amounts of money for their so- change at all means the destruccial projects. The latter are sure· tion of the Church. Their intran• I that the Church is being be- slgence and sledge hammer methtrayed. ods are pitilbssly shown up.

Archbishop Mahan tries to lisA caution is in order.. For ten, to act prUdently, to give . some, the book will be scandalpractical counsel. He has always . ous, almost hnredeemably offenbeen forceful in word and deed, sive. Others Will be able to sift it and has generallly won compli- and see .that it has merits. A ju·;~«111k. ance. But now almost everyone dicious attitude is required. Those seems to he recalcitrant. capable of t~at will perceive that Loses Vigor Mr., Fleming's intentions are There are troubles enough to good, if his' lapses into excess and also that he give the archbishop an ulcer, are• regretta'ole, I and the reader a headache trying WrItes well. Of several novels in to keep track of them. But Ma- a similar vein, this is the best . han proceeds to Rome, in some- crafted.

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HOLY NAME, FALL RIVER A few bus seats are still available for a "Weekend of Prayer and Song" at the Trapp Family resort, Stowe, Vt., the weekend of Oct. 18 through 20. Reservations may be made at the rectory.

New members are needed for the parish choir and those interested may contact M. Edward Peters, director, at 673-9089.

OUR. LADY OF PERPETUAL HELP, NEW BEDFORD 'Parishioners will hold their anryual family festival this Saturday and Sunday, with a meal served at 5:30 P.M. Saturday and Sunday's program beginning at 11 :30 A.M. Games, booths and live music will be featured. The public is invited.

Loaned Textbooks Issue in Missouri

ST. LOUIS DE FRANCE, ST. LOUIS (NC)-Nonpublic SWANSEA schools in Missouri will have the Ladies of St. Anne will open their club year at 8 P.M. Wed- use of state-loaned textbooks nesday, Sept. 18 in the church for the current school year even hall on Buffington Street. Offi- though the state supreme court cers are Mrs. Judith Kusinitz, overturned the law authorizing president; Mrs. Muriel Patenaude, the loaned textbooks.

The issue of the loaned textvice president; Mrs. Doris Parent books has taken several turns in secretary; Mrs. Loretta Messier' the past month. . treasurer. Wednesday's progra~ The Missouri Supreme Court will feature a demonstration of meat cutting, wit'h Mrs. Una Mi- on July 30 overturned a twochaud as chairman. Guests are yea,r-old state law authorizing invited and refreshments will be loaned textbooks and ordered St. Louis County Circuit Judge Orserved.

The parish's 20-20 Club dinner ville Richardson to fashion a dance will take place at 6:30 • decree of enforcement to end the P.M. Sunday, Sept. 22 at Venus practice statewide and gave him de Milo restaurant. Music will be leeway to do so in a manner by the Mel-O-Tones. Guests are "whic~ will do equity as to textinvited and may reserve tickets books furnished."

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The Women's Guild announces The ruling had thrown teacha theatre party for Tuesday, Dec. ers and pupils in Catholic, Lu3 at Chateau de Ville, Warwick. theran and other private schools "The Music Man" will be pre- here into a turmoil and many of sented. Reservations should be the schools have opened with made as soon as possible with only mimeographed, teacherMrs. P.aul Batchelder, teiephone prepared materials to replace 674,9538. loaned books.

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Mark Anniversary of Birth Of Indian Rights Advocate' (NC News Service) , fifth centennial is being comThis year American Indians, memorated this year among especlally in Central America, Indians and their friends throughare celebrating the 500th anni- out the hemisphere. True, scholversary of their first and most ars have lately turn'ed up some eloquent white friend-the Do- doubts about the actual );,~ar of minican Bishop Bartolome de la his birth. His birth record is lost.

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Recent students suggest some The great Spanish priest is date almost a decade later, but honored with one of the few (if . this will not stop centen'nial pronot the only) .statues of a cleric ceedings. to be left standing in Mexico, We know that the De las Casas following that country's several revolutions. It is hardly surpris- family came to the New World ing, on the other hand, that not quite early, being among the a single monument glorifyling very first inhabitants· of Santo the conquistador Hernan Cortes Domingo. Young Bartolome early showed a talent for administracan be found in Mexico. tion and soon ran the family esBartolome de las Casas is not tate. Coming into close contact quite so popular in his native with the Indians, he quickly recSpain. His fellow countrymen ognized them as fellow human are somewhat resentful of the bengs, sensed the scandal of bad image he painted of Span- peonage, and set off for Spain to iards during and after the con- fight for them at the court. He quest of Mexico-a picture eadecided to become a priest, was gerly incorporated into anti- ordained (probably in Rome) and Spanish mythology. In Englaind entered the Dominican order. (hence the United States), France and other countries north For some years his life is relof the Pyrenees, his accounts of atively hidden, since he was ocSpanish iniquity quickly became cupied in study and had little standard fare. While the British time for writing. Finally he and Anglo-American annihilation started out for the missions of of North American Indians went Peru, but got only as far as on cloaked in rationalizations or Guatemala, where he established discreet silence, the bishop's it mission for his beloved Indians. vigorous 16th-century rhetoric Recalled to Spain he was instruwas taken quite literally. mental in securing new laws that Established Mission restricted abuses inflicted on the So the courageous bishop's Indians.

TRAILER IS "CONVENT"-Sister NoraJean O'Brien and Sister Mairead Casey arrive at their "convent," a 'mobile home near Latham, N.Y., where they serve St. Ambrose parish as co-directors of religious education. NC Photo.

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Urge Personal Action to Help Alleviate Starvation in World NEWARK (NC)--<::harging that Americans have an aversion to the responsibilties entailed in -leadership, the Institute of Social Relations here called for personal action on the part of all to alleviate the U1reat of starvation facing millions 'of people throughout the world.

The call for action was contained in the institute's annual Labor Day statement. Titled "In the Midst of Plenty," it was released by Father John L. Paprocki, director of the Newark archdiocesan agency.

Assessing the current food situation, the institute statement' said: "There has perhaps existed no more dangewus single threat to the human family in modern times than the current crisis in food supplies."

Taking note of the extent of the catastrophe in various parts of the world, the statement declares: "The salvation of these people lies in a conscientious and deliberate reexamination' and reordering of the personal lifestyles" which we enjoy.

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The statement, in calling for individual action such as the curtailment of the use of meat, said that "too often we deceive ourselves into the belief that because we have delegated our power to act in official matters, we have also handed over any 'individual responsibility to assume positions of leadership within the framework of our daily lives."

, ,Allege Brutality SALISBURY (NC) ,- Leaders of the Catholic, Anglican and Methodist churches in Rhodesia have circulated a document alleging 10 cases of brutality by Rhodesian security forces against black African tribesmen.

A letter accompanying the document was signed by 11 churchmen, including the Catholic archbishop of Salisbury and three other Catholic bishops.

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Study Response To Minorities

Big Bu'siness IRais~n"d~Etre' For Existe.nce of Big ,Unions

WkSHINGTON (NC) - Sister , Julie Paloma of the Sisters of St•. Joseph 'of Carondelet has heen ,appointed to a six·month internship at the U. S. Catholic Conference (USCC) to survey and assess U. S. Catholic re. sponse to the educational needs of the Spanish-speaking" and other minority groups.

The usce Department of Education and Division of the Spanish Speaking arc sponsoring the internship. .

The investigation, Sister Paloma said, will examine the ex· tent to which students in Catholic schools participate in Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education A<;t of 1965, which concerns bilingual and bicultural programs.

Sister Paloma said she will also be studying how the USCC Department of Education and its divisions respond to the needs of the Spanish-speaking community and other minority groups.

At the end of the six-month internship, she will write a report of findings and make whatever recommendations have to be made.

"The Church's response to blacks, Orientals, American Indians and white ethnic minorities, as well as to the Spanish· speaking, will be studied, she said. .

Several weeks ago Commissioner Mayo Thompson of the Federal Trade Commission propose~, in a widely publicized speech, that it be made a violation of the anti-trust laws for a single union to represent more than the employees of a single employer. He also recommended that industry- omous unlts. My correspondent wide collective bargaining be points out: that while Lekachman may not pursue this idea "with outlawed on both sides of the the vigor of von Hoffman or the

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MSGR. GEORGE G. HIGGINS with an article enthusiastically endorsing Thompson's recom· mendations, Mr. von Hoffman wrote in favor of bringing socalled "monopoly unions" ul)der the Sherman Anti-Trust Act on the grounds that they al'e "gouging the public penny for penny with business monopolies" and consequently, for the good of the country, will simply have to be cut d()wn to size.

Purely Academic If GM, ford and Chrysler (to cite ProfeSsor Lekachman's ex· amples) were to be broken down into sepa~ate and autonomous plants, J mi~t be able (in theory l at least) to support a comparable reduction ip the bargaining power of the unions with which these corporatioI)s are 'Currently nego· tiating. W~th all due respect to Professor Lekachman, 'however, this stri!<es, me as being a purely academic question'. In my opin· ion, there is absolutely no possi· bility that PM, Ford and Chrysler will be so dismantled. To the contrary, ~e can reasonably anticipate th~t /big centralized cor,porations will remain a perma· nent fact Of life in the, United States. This being the case, we will simply': have to learn to live with equally ,big and equally powerful u*ions.

On June 3 I wrote a, column strongly disagreeing with Thompson and von Hoffman. It was reprinted on August 4 as a substitute for ALbert Shanker's weekly column in the Sunday New York Co~n Good . Times. (Shanker was recently Our pr()blem, as Professor Lek- , elected president of the Amer. achman ha~ suggested, is how to ican Federation of Teachers). "civilize" big unions and big corSince the column appeared in porations, how to get them to the Times, I have received a 'bargain wit~ due respect for the number of letters disagreeing requirements of the' common with my position and pointing good or tl1e public interest. I out that Thompson and, von don't know the answer to that Hofman have the ibetter of the question, b~t I am convinced argument. One of these letters that unilaterally reducing the called abtention to a recent book :bargaining ~ower of unions withentitled "'Inflation: The 'Persis- out at the same time dismantling tent Problem of Boom and Bust" our major tor.porations and reo in which the author, Robert Lek- ducing them to separate autonI aehman a distinguished econ· omous pla~ts would be the omist, advocates a proposal sim- wrong Way i to proceed-wrong ilar to that put forth by Thomp- theoretically and, from the polito son and von Hoffman. ical point pf view, absolutely impossible, Smaller Units I

The key section of Professor Lekachman's treatise reads as follows: "Imagine an economy in which each GM, Ford, and Chrysler assembly plant oper· ated as an independent entity.

When business was slow and the customers stayed away from the auto showro()ms, a hundred or more auto companies would sure· , ly compete among themselves by cutting .their prices, as four com· panies currently do not ... A smaller prescription applies to national unions. Local unions whose memberships were limited to the employees of single plants, would bargain with equally weak employers."

In summary, Professor Lek. achman would have the federal government respond to the con· centration of economic powerwhich he considers to be one of . the principal causes of inflation '-by busting corporations and 'unions into small and auton·

It would appear that-Professor

Lekachman himself also suspeCts this to be the case. He frankly admits that :a majority of econ· omists "trert)ble at the disloca· tions which ~adical anti·trust implies. Since the political outlook is dim, eC6nomists prefer to spend their time on other mat· ters".

I "As u~ualj" Lekachman con. eludes, "the' realists have the best of the ifumediate argument.

It is. all the same, hard not to shed a tear for fr,ee markets."

Rightly ot wrongly, I can't even go that f,ar with Lekachman.

The philosophy of free competition, it seeins to me, is theoret· ically unsouhd and, from the practical point of view, is not the answer to infiation. For that rea· son, among Others, I, too, would prefer to spend my time on "other matte~s." ' ( © 1974 by NC News Service) I

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HE WON'T LEAVE: Franciscan Father Xavier Geiser. of Hamilton, Ohio, stands' outside his parish church, Holy Pope Paul Again Cross in war torn Nicosia, Cyprus. The building stands on thE! "green line" dividing the Greek and Turkish sides of the Stresses Renewal CASTELGANOOLFO (NC) city. Beside the priest is a battered and abandoned United Pope Paul VI has urged all CathNations outpost. NC Photo. olics to "do a little more" for

New Approach louisville Right to, Life Encourages Neighborhood Chapters

the Church's updating begun by Pope John XXnI. Speaking at a weekly general audience at his summer home here, the Pope said: "To you we all proclaim: as a problem and as a program we must do-a little more today."

He wa,rned against giving ."punctilious priority to the letter of certain outward religious observances, a,hove the basic spirit, principles and virtues, of Chris" tianity." .

He continued: "This is a call to that updating which we consider a mandate inherited from Pope John, and a call to that renewal which the Holy Year offers to vigilant and willing souls."

LOUISVILLE (NC) - Right to "was to send invitations to Life (RTL) of Louisville, Inc., is around 24 non-Catholic churches experimenting with a new ap- in the area asking them to attend proach to expand grassroots sup· the first meeting," which was held in July. At that time, the port for its pro-life activities. ,For the past several months, first chapter teceived its charter board members of Louisville fro'm Louisville RTL. RTL have been' sending letters Baker said he is "not trying to and making personal visits to get just a lot of members through Catholic churches to encourage this approach, but those who them to form neighborhood RTL feel strongly and are motivated chapters. , from within themselves."

The first fruit of that effort He added that there is widewas with 'establishment of a spread apathy, even among Cathchapter at St. Pius X parish here. olics; abolit' abortion and that PLUMBING & HEATING, INC. Although the chapter is based many people "don't even know Sales and Service . . , . . at a Catholic ch-urch, Louisville what abortion really is - they for Domestic RTL president, Mrs. Schumann can't believe it actually takes the and Industrial ~ Mongomery, explained that the life of the baby." Part of the job Oil Burners purpose of the new chapter is to of the area chapters, he said, 995-1631 attract a broader-based, or ecu- "is to get the word around of 2283 ACUSHNET AVENUE menical, support for the pro-life what abortion is."

NEW BEDFORD movement, which some critics argue is only a Catholic issue. , ~ She also said that the community chapters will help alleviate the distance problem interested persens often have in attending INC. the central Louisville RTL meetings by enabling persons to become involved in their own neighborhoods.

RTL board member Richard H. Bakel' and member Mrs. Elfie Combs, both St. Pius X parishioners,- said each of the 20 board, members was given a list of Ca tholic churches to contact.

Of 13 churches contacted, Baker said, two responded.

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KNOW YOUR FAITH Who Needs Reconciliation ? The FlJmily Do.es !

Who Needs Reconciliation?

In the autumn of 57, Saint Paul penned these enraptured lines to the Christians of Corinth: "If anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has passed away; behold, the new has come!

All this is from God, who through Christ reconciled us to Himself and gave us the ministry of reconciliation. That is, God

By REV. WALTER J. BURGHARDT, S.J.

was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and entrusting to us the message of reconciliation. So we are am-. bassadors for Christ, God made His appeal through liS. We beseech you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God" (2 Cor 5: 17-20).

On May ninth of 1973, Pope Paul proclaimed a Holy Year for 1975. For its inspiration, the Holy Year of Catholicism reaches back to the Jubilee Year of the Jews: The land rested, property was restored" slaves were fre~d.

The distinctive' the~efo~ 1975;' as Paul VI saw it, was frightfully urgent. He summed it up in Saint Paul's trumpet call: reconciliation.

To reconcile is to reunite, to bring back to harmony. Reconciliation implies, therefore, that division has taken place, sep-

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aration, rupture. Two realities, two persons, two peoples are at odds, do not relate as they should. North Vietnamese and South Vietnamese, Christian and Jew, black and white, wife and husband-the examples are legion. There is discord, disunity, disharmony; oneness has been ruptured. ' Disunity Rampant Four major ruptures call for reconciliation. These ruptures I shall analyze at fair length; but firs.t I shall set the stage for th~ four acts to come, sketch the problem as one fairly fallible theo.logian sees it. I begin where we are, leap back to the beginning. move forward to the mid-point of history, return to today.

If there is only one word that sums up the 1970s, I suggest it is disunity. If there is anyone characteristic that marks our present, it is cleavage, conflict, division, disharmony. This absence of unity, of oneness-ultimately, of love-confronts' us on four levels: between man and nature; within man himself; between mail and man; between man and God. Man and Nature In the first place, there is disunity, rupture, between man and nature. By nature" I mean all that is not man or God. The problem is complex (as I shall detail later), but it has come to a focus, has come to haunt us in ecology. The. land we have ploughed and plundered, the chemica'ls that feed our life and heal us, the air we breathe and the ground we walk" the very Turn to Page Fourteen

and Yesterday

A recent edition of CBS' "60 Minutes" contained a mini-documentary on life and death in a small town in Northern Ireland.

The town has suffered intensely from years of sporadic violence.

The 20-minute TV visit showed bombed out stores, banks, and homes.

Iy FR. CARL J. PFEIFER, S.J.

There were scenes of deserted streets. People locked themselves up in their homes and lived in fear. On Friday they ventured out into the stores and markets.

Armed soldiers patrolled each street. Individuals were searched.

The wife of a man shot down in cold blood told of her son's fearful nightmares. The town doctor spoke of the sufferings of young and old. A gloomy teenage dance revealed the pain of living in that small rural town.

The town was torn by hate.

Cath:>lics hated Protestants. Protestants hated Catholics. Dozens of men. women, and children had been killed. Protestants killed Catholics who, in turn, killed Protestants. And the process repeated itself over and over.

Much of the documentary was familiar to anyone watching the evening news over the past several years. What was striking about this short documentary on the "troubles" of Northern Ireland was that no one of the townspeople was ever identified as "Catholic" or "Protestant".

The viewer had no way of knowing who was on which side.

Need of Reconciliation In interviews the unidentified Catholics or Protestants spoke with the same Irish brogue. The sufferings were equally painful, no matter what the sufferer's reo ligious or political identification.

The Irish citizens: whether Catholic or Protestant, looked, sounded, and suffered the same.

It was a deliberate television technique. The camera showed both sides without identifying either so that the viewer became aware that both sides in Turn to Page Fourteen

For years we have been trying to internalize the great church themes in the home so parents and children can understand them and let them shine forth at the breakfast table. It isn't always easy because some of the themes are so lofty.

By DOLORES CURRAN

Reconciliation, however, is different. It is part and parcel of that descriptive family word we hear so often today-hassle. Every hassle involves reconciliation of some sort. To spin off from Father Burghardt's fine explanation elsewhere on these pages, the four major ruptures calling for reconciliation are as present in the family room as they are in the streets or in the U.N. We just tend to write them off as family problems and hope we can overlook or outgrow them.

The pity' is that although the ruptures themselves are easily forgotten, the need for reconciliation goes tmmetand builds in the person until he lives in constant disunity with himself. Result? Thousands of people walking around with unresolved resentments and voids from childhood, problems that could have been met and reconciled if parents had been able to encourage reconciliation in the home. Just a cursory glance at such popular books as "Primal Scream" and "Games People Play" attests to this need for unity within each of us. In applying the four ruptures to the home, the first, disunity between man and nature, evidences itself in a family's reliance upon things rather than upon persons. Parents readily understand Father Burghardt's statement, "The very wealth of our world threatens to strangle us." We see it in our children's misuse of toys, clothing, and food. Everything is disposable to them, including people. Vandalism is no longer a lower-class problem but an upper-class di· version. Television stimulates the appetite for more things: "Use it up. Throw it out. Buy more." . Restlessness The second disunity, within man himself, appears in the restlessn'ess of family members.

Never has a culture been so over-stimulated and under-satisfied. We're seeing a growing desire for quiet, peace, and solitude -a longing for a return to pastoral life. Why? Dazed by media and glutted with plastic, today's children prize those rare moments when loved ones are totally absorbed in one another. "I like being sick," a seven-year-old confides, "Mom sits by my bed and we just talk."

TRANQUILITY: We're seeing a growing desire for quiet, peace and solitude - a longing for a return to pastoral life.

A young woman who calls herself Faloon sits with her goats in the sunny doorway of a barn at Belleville, Wis. She is Mrs. Richard Koller, but simply uses her maiden name in her chosen career, goat farming. NC Photo.

The third disunity, between man and man seems most costly. How do we present religion as a healing and loving process when our children watch on the six o'clock news bombs bursting over Belfast or Tel Aviv in defense of "my God"? Or hear one faction of our Church accuse the other of heresy? Or one parent complain to another about what's going on in the Church today? Our adult failure at reconciliation costs dearly when our children view religion as one more hassle.

peace and harmony we seek is in God. Our purpose for living is in God. The celebrations, the hope, the trust we so desperately need all evolve from sharing brotherhood under one Father.

If that Father is missing, then our family circle is forever incomplete. We feel the pain of disunity and we spend a lifetime searching to fill the void. We call this search a hassle and that brings us back to reconcciliation.

Or God ... depending on how long we want to search.

Answer in God The fourth disunity, between man ~nd God, is most noticeable in b:>mes where God is absent or there only on weekends. Today's family .needs its spiritual Father as much as its physical one. The

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First Lady's Pro-Aborti9n Stand Disappoints Catholic Offical WASHINGTON (NC)-A U. S. Catholic Conference (useC) official said he was "very disappointed", with the pro-abortion position expressed by Mrs. Betty Ford at her first press conference Sept: 4.

The official, Msgr. James T. McHugh, director of the usce Family Life Division,- said Mrs. 'Ford's comment "moves' her toward a very liberal attitude on abortion, considerably further than before, to the point of denying rights to the unborn child."

She made her comment when asked whether she were 'closer to the position on abortion of her husband's vice-presidential nominee, .former New York Gov. Nelson Rockefeller, an abortion advocate, or that of New York Sen. James Buckley (Cons.-R.), an opponent ofabor.tion.

"Definitely Rockefeller," she said.

Her comment indicated a stronger pro-abortion position than she had voiced in the past.

Last year, she said she favored abortion in certain circumstances, such as for unwed teenagers. She recently told an interviewer that, des'pite negative reaction to that remark, "I couldn't lie. That's how I feeL" But Mrs. Ford's press secre~ary, Helen McCain Smith, said later that Mrs. Ford. opposes' abortion on demand. The First Lady, she said, believes in ther-

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Continued from Page Thirteen this prolonged hatred needed reconciliation. Neither could absolve itself and condemn the "enemy," The real enemy of that small Irish town was within the hearts of all its citizens.

As I reflected ~pon this presentation, I marvelled at how subtly it made so profound a point. The point it made extends beyond that Irish town. Who needs reconciliation? Everyone. You do: I do.

Reconciliation within oneself, with nature, with one's feHow man, with God. ' Gospel The 'program reminded me of one of the most touching, challenging stories in ,the Gospels.

Jesus was sitting in the Tem::>le one day. A group of religious leaders self-righteously dragged an embarrassed woman up to Him. They made her stand before Jesusand loudly accused her of adultery. SHE was a sinner.

THEY, ,of course, were good men, concerned about the law of Moses. SHE was an adultress.

THEY were upholders of traditional morality.

Jesus' response to them and to the woman are profoundly unsettling. First hoe was silent, stooping down to write in the sand. Then he 'looked up and quietly challenged the acc'users: "Let him who is without sin cast the first stone," To their credit the Scribes and Pharisees got the

Wrong This is ever the case with men who do wrong; they qu iet the voice within them by the imagination that all others are pretty much what they are themselves.

-Cardinal Newman

apeutic abortion in cases of rape and inces't.' .

Presidert Ford's press secretary, Jerald terHorst, said Ford shares his wife's view that abortion must' be available as a remedy when: the mother is ~eriously ill or has ibeen attacked. .

The press secretary added that the President still favors efforts to obtain ~ constitutional amendment aHowing the states to regulate abortions. ' In 'identifying herself with Rockefeller on the abortion issue, Mrs. Ford left. heself open to criticism from right-to-life groups which have-opposed Rockefeller's nominatioh'because of his abor· tion reco~d. Rockefeller signed New York's liberalized abortion law, allO\fing Cl!bortion on demimd up to the 24th week of pregnancy\in 1970., Later, he vetoed a repeal of the 'bill by the state legislature.

'Buckley; in an effort to overturn the jan. 22 1973 Supreme Court rulirg removing most .re.. strictions on abortion, has sponsored a ~onstitutional amend·· ment which would prohibit abortion except when' needed to Si\ve the life of the mother: Msgr. McHugh said Mrs. Ford's comment was a "good reminder th~t people can't .rely on the stand pr silence' of anyone political figure, but must raise the question of the whole gamut of pro-life! issues."

Yeste\rday' point and one by one retreated into safe ~nonymity among the crowds. Jesus forgave the wornan with a! caution not to sin again. ' Who ~eeds recondliation?

Each of us, does. Jesus dramat~ ic~lly pointed this ?ut also in HIS story o~ the PharIsee and the Tax. ~a.therer. Both needed reconclha~lOn.1 The Tax Gatherer knew It. The 'PharIsee could not admit it.! ' Sel(·Examinat~on

Each of ,us is part adulterer and part ~pholder of morality.

We share the mentality of the Pharisee arid that of the Publican. At ou~ best we are like 5t.

Paul, who wanted to' do good, but often fell far short. We desire to lov~, but secr::etly hate, We wish to1share, but are subtly selfish. Out hearts are mixtures of ligHt and darkness, good and evil. A~yone claiming to be without 'sin, by that very fact reveals tlle hidden depths of sinfulness. : As we Catholics move into the Holy 'Year Of Reconciliation, we need to exkmine not just the "troubles" of Northern Ireland or the daily news reports of crime and hatred, Ibut our own hearts.

Our first tasK is to discover the "log in our 6wn eye" before becqming irat~ at the "splinter" in ,another's eye. Perhaps we could each turn a, camera's documentary eye on Our own hearts after , the subtle, probing fashion of the mini-documentary on the Irish town. By refusing to name anyone as "friel'\d" or "foe", it could unmask the deeper cancer that eats away n?t only at a distant Irish town but at the spirit of each individual human being.

Who needs, reconciliation? We all do. :

LONDON (NC)-Britons have no business throwing stones at ex-President Richard Nixon, the national weekly newspaper of the Church of England maintains.

"Given the general state of morals in permissive Britain today there is no just~fication for any throwing stones at President Nixon or ~is henchmen, however grievous their behavior," the Church Times said.

"Rather is the whole wretched Watergate business an occasion for some soul-searching on this side of the Atlantic, where there is unhappily good reason to fear the existence or' political corruption on a considerable scale," Archbishop Donald Cossan of York, who becomes primate of the Anglican Church this year when he succeeds to the See of Canterbury, said on national television that permissiveness in British society is "a matter of real concern," He said: "When you see the family break then there's a red light, a real danger sign, I think.

If you have got a stable family life then your nation is generally pretty sound."

RECONCILIATION: To reconcile is to reunite, to bring back to harmony. A forgiving father is reconciled with his returning son in Batolome Esteban Murillo's "The Return of the Prodigal Son," a gift of the Avalon Foundation at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. NC·Photo.

Gene'ral· Receives Anointing of Sick

WASHINGTON (NC) - Army Chief of Staff Creighton W. Abrams, the general who commanded U.S. armed fraces in Vietnam for four years, received the sacrament of the Anointing those who have not, between the of the Sick before his death here powerful and the powerless, beSept. 4. tween employer and employee, ".

He died of lung cancer at Walbetween white and black, beter Reed Army Hospital. tween atheist and believer,. beAbrams, who was baptized tween Protestant and Catholic, while serving in Vietnam, rebetween a man who is one flesh ceived the sacrament of the with him. A terrifying feature of Anointing of the Sick from Msgr. our times, from the human ashes John D. Benson, the same chapin Dachau through the living lain who· baptized him. He had corpses in Calcutta to the whis- . been confirmed in 1970 by Carpered words of hate in suburban dinal Terence Cooke of New New York, is "man's inhumanity .York, military vicar for the U.S. to man," Like 'the pagans of armed forces. .

Saint Paul's day, men and wom·en whose law of life should be love have turned "ruthless, faithless, pitiless" (Rome 1:31).

Man and God Fourth, 'all these disunities. man and nature, man himself, Complete Line man and man-are but a sympBuilding M!iterials tom, and in great measure an effect or' the most tragic disunity 118 ALDEN RD. FAIRHAVEN of aN: the rupture between man 993-2611 , and God. At this instant, there are literally millions of men and wO\llen who say in their hearts "There is no God." There are millions more who say in their hearts "There is a God," yet· exile Him effectively from their everyday living. And there are the. uncounted millions whose experience of God is an experience There's 11 convenient of absence; God does not,seem to locations in Attleboro be there. They simply do not find Falls. Mansfield. North.

Him in crib or creation, on a Attleboro. North Dighton;.: cross or in His human images, in North Easton, Norton. the proclaimed Word or "where Raynham', and Taunton. two or three are gathered" in His name. He does not seem to be there. .

(The text for Father Walter J. Burghardt's article is taken , . from his booklet entitled "Towards Reconciliation" published by the United States Catholic Conference, 1974. This publication may be ordered by writing to U.S.C.C., 1312 MasF 0 Ie. sachusetts'Avenue; NW, Washington, DC, 20005.)

Who Ne·eds Reconcilia'tion?

Continued from Page Thirteen wealth of our world threatens to 'strangle us. In consequence, it is more difficult to discover God in His creation, hard to touch God through the things of God. It is as though the things we see and hear and touch and taste and smell were divorced from the God who fashioned them-and, more frightening still, hostile to . the men and women who use them. To survive this earth, we must subdue this earth.

Second, this. disunity between man and nature is a symbol, and to some extent an effect, of the disunity that exists within man himself. I am one person, yet I am so often at war with myself.

That deep-rooted conflict was described with rare insight' by Saint Paul in his letter to the ,Christians of Rome: "My own actions bewilder me. What I do is not what.I want to do; I do the very thing I hate ... it is not the good my will prefers, but the evil my wiU disapproves that I find myself doing. In my inmost . self I delight in God's law; but I see in my lower self another law at war with the law of my .conscience, enslaving me to the law of sin which my lower self contains {Rom 7:15-23). Even apart from sin, apart from the gentle Dr. Jekyll. and the brutal Mr. Hyde, .I am so often two persons, confused' and confounded, tormented and distracted, unglued and unhinged.

Nations Third, this disunity within man himself is a symbol, and to somE~ extent a cause, of the disunity that previ\ils between man 'and man. Half the human race is at war with the other half. It is not simply a. war between nations-Southeast Asia and the Middle East. A cold war rages between those who have and

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"My people," said a progressive priest from the East· Coast to me, "are ready to blow up. They are angry because they feel that they have been left oqt of American society, that they are being blamed for the country's problems they didn't cause and are having to pay for social ot to the Supreme Court because knows that the bishops will injustices they did not create he be afraid to complain and that and from which they have there is no Catholic defense ornot profited."

In his section of the country there are, for all practical purposes, two groups - nonwhites

ganization to speak out in outrage.

Civic Leadership Until recently the Church as an organizotion has provided not only ecclesiastical leadership (which is proper and which I support) but also communal and civic leadership. The failure of By the Church leadership to make any dent in the nativist opposiREV. tion to Catholic schools and its total lack of awareness that ANDREW M. quotas and affirmative action GREELEY (such as in the de Kunis case) are quite evidently discriminatory against Catholics are disgraceful. and Catholics. Everyone else has Its utter silence on the scapemoved to the suburbs. If you are goating of the ethnics as racists going to discriminate in favor of and hawks, and more recently its the nonwhite groups you are go- lack of concern about a Jewish ing to discriminate against his group assuming the right to inpeople, and that is that. Since his terpret Catholic values for the people are lower middle and rest of society, show that the working class, they feel-oddly ecclesiocrats are quite incapable enough-that it is not right for of providing us with the kind of them to pay the prices of social civic leadership we need. Small change while well-to-do subur- wonder we lose every time. But banites escape scot-free. perhaps it's just as well; maybe Despite repeated warnings from it is more clear now that as far people like Father Theodore Hes- as civic and communal matters burgh, most of America's leader- go, we are much better off doing elites and a great part of so- it ourselves. called Catholic leadership simply Social Activists haven't noticed this anger. They The other group that has failed had better notice it soon, or us is the so-called Catholic "sothere is going to be a tremen- cial activists." They were very dous amount of trouble. much with their people in the Ethnics Inactive labor struggles in .the 1930s and To a very considerahle extent 1940s, but more recently, acceptour problems are our own fault. ing the nativist stereotype of the As my colleagues Sidney Verba Catholic ethnic as an Archie and Norman Nie have proved, Bunker-bigot,·they turned against there is a direct relationship be- their own people in their concern tween a group's social activism ,for racial justice. Such concern and the response it gets from for racial justice was quite proppolitical and civic authorities. er, of course, 'but they forgot to Verba and Nie also demonstrated question the stereotype ,ethnic that Catholics ethnics, while ac- as bigot and quite forgot that tive in the strict political sphere nativist discrimination against (the Irish are the most active of Catholics is every bit as evil (if all American groups in cam- not so destructive in its consepaigning, the Poles in voting) quences) as racism. they are very inactive in the civMany of these men see no ic and communal areas. problem when well-to-do Jewish We do not have a network of and Protestant suburbanites esvoluntary organizations like the tablish social programs that afJews and the Protestants do, or fect the schools, the neighborlike the 'blacks have acquired hoods, the home values of Cathmore recently. Hence when ev- olic ethnics (as well as the lower idence comes out that we are middle class Jews and Protesabsent in the board rooms of cor- tants) while the suburbanites reporations, on the staffs, and as main free of costs for the trustees of the large foundations, achievements of racial justice. and at the senior levels of facPublic HOUlsing ulty and administration of the A federal court commands great universities, there is no one (validly enough) that there be to raise cain about it, especially public housing throughout the since the great expiating organ- whole city of Chicago, but also izations like the National Coun- decrees that there need not be cil of Churches have not yet felt public housing in the suburban the need to make reparations for districts where the lawyers and their nativist affronts and of- judge live. This is not a conspifenses in the past. racy, mind you, but as Jimmy A Jewish agency can feel rel- Breslin says, that's just the way atively safe in taking a large things work out.

H there was any complaint grant to 'interpret our values and concerns to agnostic media and against this form of discriminauniversity people because they tion from the Catholic social acknow that we have no organiza- tivists I didn't hear it. But then tions which will protest. Sim- we are racists. If our property ilarly, a president of the United values go down it serves us right States can mouth support for ~which obviates any constructive parochial schools and then ap- thinking about that problem, like point a known anti-Catholic big- making some kind of property

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WINNER: Miss Betty J. Dubuc, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Rene Dubuc and a member of St. Joseph's parish, Attleboro, is the recipient of the annual nursing scholarship awared by the Attleboro Are a Catholic Nurses Chapter. A 1973 graduate of Attleboro High School, she will enter Peter Bent B rig ham Hospital School of Nursing this month.

Schoolboy Football Season Opens .Friday In Dartmouth The 1974 scholastic schoolboy football season will officially open Friday evening when Bishop Stang High of Dartmouth hosts Durfee High of Fall River at Dartmouth High stadium. The non-divisional Southeastern Massachusetts Conference opponents doubtedly find the going tougher will be out to prove they are in the new bracket. A triumph both legitimate title contend- over Middleboro could provide ers in their respective divi- the impetus the Vikings will need

sions. Meanwhile Wareham, de- if they hope to gain the Division fending champion in Division II crown.

HI, will tangle wi~h non-league Coach George Milot's Stang foe Middleboro on the latter's Spartans have to be considered home field. The Vikings, hit hard o~e of the favorites in the D~vi­ by graduation, will be looking SlOn II race. A blend of returnmg fm that all important win for veterans and talented newcomers new head coach K'ent Stevens. could spell championship for The Cape contingent rolled to Stang. two straight Conference Division Durfee, along with New BedHI championships under Coach ford will be competing in the Jim Lanagan who has moved to circuit for the first time this Fall.

The Bristol County Hockey Fairhaven this season. Conse- Both schools have played inde' League, sponsored by the C.Y.O., quently the Vikings were moved pendent schedules the past two will begin tryout sessions on. up to Division II when realign- years. Division. I opponents will Sunday evenings, September 15 ment took place last Spring. have their hands full when they Coach Stevens' oharges will un- tangle with these two area giants. and 22.

The six team league, under the Norton and Mansfield Battle for Edge supervision of John· Carey, a Under the Conference's new in the northern sector of the diteacher in Fall River's public schools, will conduct their try- divisional setup Durfee and New ocese where a new rivalry has outs at the Fall River Skating Bedford join Attleboro, Fal- developed in the past two years. mouth, Barnstahle, Taunton, Mansfield and Norton have long Rink.

Any skater born in 1954 Somerset and defending cham- been rivals on the basketball through 1958 is eligible. Hockey pion Dartmoutlh in Division I. court and the baseball diamond players who will represent high Bishop Feehan High of Attleboro but did not compete in football school varsity squads during the 'has been dropped to the second until two years ago. coming season are not eligible. di~ision. There th~ Shamrocks In t.hat short time tohe neighThe loop will play a twenty- WIll compete aga.mst Bourne, boring communities have develfive game regular season sched- S~ang, Seekonk, Fairhaven, Case oped a spirited rivalry on the ule. Playoffs for the top four High of Sw~nsea, Wa~eham, gridiron. The opening game dubs will increase the games to Msgr. Coyle-BIshop CaSSIdy of meeting is a big one for both over thirty. Taunton won the Taunton. Case and Wareh.a~ clubs from the standpoint of 10' 1974 championship playoffs:' Fall h~ave been moved up from Dlvl- cal pride and getting the season River South were the victors in SlOn I1i1. off on a winning note Dighton-Rehoboth Regional and . league play. Every team will be The series is tied at one vicsupplied with their own distinc- Dennis-Yarmoutlh Regional, Division I1'c1ubs the past tw<> years, tory apiece as the clubs prep for tive jerseys and stockings. will play in the third bracket this Saturday's encounter. Coach Tryout Schedule Sunday, Sept. IS, 7 p.m., West- IFall against Old Rochester of Tony Day's Green Hornets from Mattapoisett, New Bedford Voca- the Hockomock League won the port-Dartmouth Sunday, Sept. IS, 10 p.m. Fall tional, Norton and Diman Re- initial contest. Norton bounced gional from Fall River. back to win a thriller last year.

River South-Taunton Traditional games are usually The Lancers under new head Sunday, Sept. 22, 7 p.m., Dighreserved for Thanksgiving Day. coach Ray Jackson will host this ton-Rehoboth - Freetown Sunday, Sept. 22, 10 p.m., Fall However, such is not the case year's opener.

River North-Somerset-Swansea Martha's Vineyard Needs League Victory Fall River skaters residing Elsewhere a,round tohe diocese, the league season tomorrow south of Rt. 195 will perform for on the abbreviated opening day, when it tangles wi~h Manchester Fall River South. Skaters residing north of Rt 195 will be as- defending Conference Division II on the Island. While Apponequet champion Bourne will entertain is favored to win the championsigned to Fall River North.

Old Rochester, Diman hosts ship, the Vineyard is not about Additional tryouts for. youths in other areas will be held on Southeastern Regional from East- to relinquish its share of the Sunday, Sept. 29 and Oct. 6. on, Provincetown is at Duxbury title it owns by virtue of its 6-1 record last year. An opening day League openers will be scheduled and Columbus is at Nantucket.

1\vo additional games slated victory for the Islanders will be for Oct. 13. for tomorrow involve Mayflower a necessity as Coach Gerolamo League teams. The. nine club attempts to fill the vacancies left Preacher The preacher of the Gospel loop includes five from within hy graduation. Senior quartermust be ready to afflict the com- the diocese Martha's Vineyard, back ROI} Brown, reputed to be fortable as well as comfort the Nantucket, P,rovincetown, South- one of the best around, will be east Regional and Bristol-Plym- called upon to carry most of the afflicted.

-Graham outh Regional from Taunton. The offensive burden.

Taunton club will be participatBristol~Plymoutih will begin ing in the circuit for the first the campa'ign with a non-league value insurance available, which time this season. The other encounter in New Bedford might well go a long way toward schools in the league include against Coach Jeff Reilly's Artistabilizing changing neighbor- West Bridgewater, Apponequet sans. The Tauntonians played hoods). After all, we were the Regional of Lakeville, Manches- one varsity game last Fall and ones who brought the slaves to tel' and Blue Hills Regional of were beaten easily by Norton.. this country and imposed Jim Canton.

Tille undermanned newcomer 'Crow, weren't we?

Coach Gerry Gerolamo's Mar- may be in for a long day Satur· © 1974, Unversal Press Synd'c't tha's Vineyard eleven will open day.

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Popular Religion ,Latin America to Stress Marian Devotion, Folk Customs I

SANTIAGO (NC) - The bishops of Latin America are carefully reassessing the evangeliza-' tion power of devotion to Mary and ~f so-call~d "popular religion," a blend of pre-Columbian Indian religions and Spanish Catholic liturgy.

This reassessment represents a momentous turnaround, according to Father Joaquim Alliende Dco, head of the pastoral depart. . , ment of the ChIlean BIshops Conference. .

Religious expressi?n through f?lk dances a~~ IndIan celebratlOns had tradItIOnally been considered super~titious,. a?d t~e Church had trIed to el~m.mate It. Now, the deeply relIgIOUS elements of popular religion and the desirability of integrating them into the traditional liturgy are the subject of growing interest, Father Alliende said.

Father Alliende, who parti~ipated 'in the July meeting of some 40 bishops of countries of southern Latin America in Porto Alegre, Brazil, said that the bishops showed great interest in popular religion and the so-called "communidades ecclesiales de base." :r,here is no equivalent term in English for the concept of the • oommumdades de base, a phe-

nomenon rJore familiar to Christians in Europe and Latin America. In genJral, they are ongoing Christian communities that worship and ,pray together as well as carry out social action projects. They!usuaHy share a common band4-groups of teachers, neighborhodd groups, etc.-and are not nec~ssarily formed along the geographical lines of a parish.

I ' F." aUlIer Al~"11en de a dd e d th a t ex" d;th I ' king' perts an J eo ogl~ns w.or , for the, Latm Amencan BIshops Council (QELAM) agree that popular religion must be the foremost characteristics of an authentic !latin American pastoral approach.

'Christian Affirmation of, Li~e' Published ST. LOUIS (NC)-The "Christian Affirmation of Life," a document for individuals concerned about their medical treatment when they are near death, has been published by the Catholic Hospital Association (CHA).

Sister of Mercy Mary Maurita, president of 'the CHA, said that the affirmation, is designed to meet the needs of Christians who wish to express in writing the desire to avoid unnecessary treatment, suffering and prolongation of life at the time of imminent death.

The person signing the Chris.tian Affirmation of Life document requests that he be informed as death approaches so that he may prepare for it through' the sacraments and that

he be consulted on the medical procedures to be used to prolong life.

Dominican Father Kevin D. O'Rourke, who heads CHA's medical-moral affairs unit, explained that the affirmation is not a substitute for the "Livin~ Will" decument publised in one version by the Euthanasia Educational Council.

The "Christian Affirmation of Life" transcends -the "Living Will," the priest-theologian said, because the CHA document prompts reflection and me<iitation, rather than being designated as a binding legal statement.

Cites Drawbacks In spite of the fact -that the "Living Will" is not theoretically contrary to traditional Catholic

teaching, Father O'Rourke explained, it has several practical drawbacks, including the impression that decisions concerning the means used to prolong life in danger of death can be made in a routine, abstract or impersonal manner.

"Decisions as to what constitutes ordinary and extraordinary means of prolonging life must depend upon the person and the circumstances of each case, and the 'Living Will' does not allow for this," he said.

"Although the CHA 'Affirmation' enables a person to express the type of treatment desired in terminal illness, it also helps a person integrate life and death in a faith-vision centered in the person of our savior.

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Another fact that became ev~dent in the: Porto Alegre meet'mg was the return to the emphasis on M~rian worship, Father Alliende saif·, This shif~ in emphasis was also evident! in tht: document of CELA'M on: evangeLization in ,Latin AmeriPa prepared for this fall's Synod ;of Bishops' in Rome.

The Latin ~merican bishops rea.ffirmed in ithis document th,at devotion to Christ's mother is an important e)ement in bringing about a d,eep evangelization process of the Latin American 1 masses.

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Beatitudes Show God's F:avor , For World's P90r and t1e Ipl'ess 1

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REA'DING (NC) - Christ's familiar Beatitudes given in the Sermon on the Mount are more than a moral code for Christians; they are a "prophetic prodamtion" of God's special favor for those unable to help themselves, Sister Margaret Brennan told the first congress of the Ohio Province of the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur.

Sister Margaret, an Immaculate Heart of Mary nun, fis past president of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious.

Sister Margaret said that the Beatitudes "are in fact the announcement of the good news itself. ,They are prophetic proclamation and life-giving liberation.

The Beatitudes, in other words, declare the continuing favor, predilection, saving gift of God to the real poor, irrespective of any conditions of 'worthiness' to re-' ceive this gift; and they make unquestionably clear the lot, the future, and the blessing of the disciple of Christ."

The poor ones of whom Jesus spoke when He started His mission are "those unable to help themselves-in a word, the oppressed," she said.

The privileged position that Jesus accords to the poor, she

Abbo,tResigns SUBIACO (NC) - Abbot Michael Lensing has resigned effective Oct. 30 as abbot of New Subiaco Abbey here in Arkansas.

The 80 permanent members of the Benedictine community will elect his successor on Oct. 30.

A'bbot Lensing, 58, who is only the fourth abbot in the 96-year history of the abbey, has been in poor health.

said, "standsl in opposition to all the standards, the value systems of our world.

"Yet this I fact is completely consistent with God's continuing self7revelatio~. For, from the beginning of His dealings with His people, Yah~eh reveals himself to be the one of mercy, of compassion, of tenderness~special­ Iy for the w~ak, the imprisoned, the sinner." I· j

POp'e W:" elcomes New A.:rtbassador I

OFFICIAL DIOCESAN PILGRIMAGE TO ROME Under the Lead~rship of His Excellency MOST REV. DANIEL"A. CRONIN. D.D. Bishop' of Fall River FEBRUARY 14 22, 1975

.- -C~ST'ELG~DOLFO (NC) .Pope Paul VI recalled his visit to Australia in \1970, and praised Australian e~forts to promote world peace iwhen he received TOUR PRICES FROM SHARING TWIN SINGLE SUPPLEMENT the credentials of the new AusSECOND CLASS - Hotel Nord Nuova (or similar) $544.00· $ 28.00 tralian ambas~ador to the VatiFIRST CLASS - Hotel Metropole (or similar) 583.00· 43.00 can, John M. McMillian, Aug. 27.

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