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Bishop Announces Changes Affecting Parish Priests Most Rev. Daniel A. Cronin, S.T.D., Bishop of FaIl River, today announced the appointment of Rev. Msgr. Lester L. HuIl as the new pastor of Our Lady of the Isle Parish on Nantucket.

Associated with Sacred Heart Parish for some 26 years years, Father HuIl returns to the parish of his birth and youth. For 19 years he served Sacred Heart

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Parish as an Assistant Priest and he has been pastor of the 100 year,old parish for the past seven years.

Son of the late Lester V. and the late Helen (Ayers) HuIl, Monsignor HuIl was born on Nantucket Island on ~ctober 2, 1907.

He received his early education at St. Joseph's Academy, WeIlesley Hills, and St. John's Prep School in Danvers. A graduate of Holy Cross'CoIlege in Worcester, the new Island pastor prepared for the priesthood at St. Bernard's Seminary, Rochester, N.Y. On May 26, 1934, Most Rey. James E. Cassidy, Third Bishop of FaIl River, ordained him a priest in St. Mary's Cathedral, FaIl River.

Monsignor HuIl has served in Sacred Heart Parish, Oak Bluffs; Sacred Heart and St. William Parishes in FaIl River; St. James Parish, New Bedford; Mt. Carmel Parish, Seekonk, and St.. Margaret Parish in Buzzards Bay. Pope Paul VI named him a Domestic Prelate with the title of Monsignor on July 20, 1967.

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Workers Should Choose PHOENIX (NC)-The Bishops ,/ of Phoenix and Tucson have caIled for a democratic election by farm workers to choose a un;on and end the serious hardship imposed Qn wOl'kers and growers alike.

The episcopal statement was issued by Bishop Francis J. Green of 'tucson and Bishop Edward A. McCarthy of Phoenix who declared that the "bitter struggle in the agriculture 'areas, Qf .alifornia 'has now 'been extended to our own state.

"Weare gratefu1lly aware that not all growers in Al'izQna can be accused of mistreating their workers," the bishops said, adding the hope that the workers would beaI.lowed by secret baIlot to select a union to represent them.

They added, however, that in Arizona, as in most of the nation, the wages and working condiHons of farmers are often below the survival level for human existence.

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peoplle to support the efforts being made for a just settlement of this conflict which is causing harm and serious hardship to both grower and' worker alike."

The bishops said that for the last 10 years or so the UFWU has' attempted to organize the farm workers, and that ,recently the Teamsters Union has negotiated contracts with growers.

The Teamster contracts, the bishops contend, were negotiated with the growers without giving the farm workers any voice in the negQtiations and with the obvious attempt of destroying the UFWU. "The result is that the worker has been caught in a connict over which he has no 'control," the bishops said. "The bitter struggle in the agrkulturalareas of California has now been extended to our own st1ate."

The bishops said the question of union membership and the choice of a union is one which onqy tbe farm work~r can answer,

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In a new thrust to emphasize the ChurCh's mission in education, Most Rev. Daniel A. Cronin, S.T.D., Bishop of Fall River, Monday blessed the new diocesan Catholic Education Center, 423 Highland Ave., FaIl River.

For the first time, all the educational apostolates of the diocese are brought under one roof, coordinating the efforts of hundreds of dedicated priests, religious and laity in bringing and explaining the Faith to thousands in Southeastern Massachusetts.

Sunday, Catechetical Sunday, attempts to do the very same thing in each parish of the diocese - grouping an entire parish's resources to Plake the teaching of the Faith a most integral part of ,parish life.

The particular Sunday is set apart each year "to caIl atten·tion to the importance of catechetical work in the parish, the diocese and the Church at large," said Father Charles McDonald, director of the National Center of Religious Education-Confraternity of Christian Doctrine.

"Each year, Catechetical Sunday highlights something different," Father McDonald told NC News. This 'year the focus of the Sunday is on the U. S. ,Catholic bishops' pastoral message on religious education, "To Teach as Jesus Did," he said, "because it was issued within the past year and is the strongest statement of the bishops in regard to religious education." ' The booklet his office has prepared for Catechetical Sunday contains something for the whole parish in its section on a Sunday homily and suggested prayer of the faithful, he said.

Then, responding to sections of ,the bishops' pastoral, the

127th .Year Most Rev. Daniel A. Cronin, S.T.D., Bishop of FaIl ~iver, will be the principal celebrant and homilist at the 127th Anniversary Celebration. of the Apparitions of Our Lady of La Salette: - The ceremony will be held at the LaSalette Shrine, Attleboro, on Sun~ay,Sept. 16 at 3 o'clock in the afternoon.

At 2 o'clock, a concert of . liturgical music will be presented by the combined folk groups of the area under the direction of Father Andre Patenaude, M.S. A solemn triduum preceding the feast of Our Lady of La Salette will be held on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, Sept.

13, 14, 15. A guest homilist and a guest folk group will participate in each evening's event at 7:30. .

Tonight, Rev. Bernard .Baris, M.S. will preach with the Bread of Life Folk Group of FaIl River singing.

Friday evening, Rev. Rene Gagnon, M.S., will be the homilist with the St. Patrick Folk Singers of Somerset providing the music.

Rev. Donald Paradis, M.S., will preach the last triduum service on Saturday evening with folk music provided by an Attleboro group of folk singers under the direction of Father Patenaude.

BLESSES CROSS: Most Rev. Daniel A. Cronin, S.T.D., Bishop of Fall'River, blesses the crucifix that will adorn the entrance of the new Catholic Education Center, 423 Highland Ave., Fall River. The center was dedicated on Monday, Sept. 10, with many priests, religious and laity attending, among whom were Rev. Patrick J. O'Neil1, Director of Education in the Diocese (left) and Most Rev. James J. Gerrard, Auxiliary Bishop and Vicar General of the Diocese (right). booklet's suggestions for observance of the Sunday emphasize three categories of people, Father McDonald said.

The booklet's section on "A Method of Initiating' an Adult Religious Education' Program for the Year," Father McDonald stated, is a response to the pastoral's section saying that "formal programs of adult education at the parish and diocesan levels deserve adeguate attention and support, including professional staffing' and realistic funding.

Adult education should also have a recognized place in the structure of Chur<,:.h-sponsored education at all levels, parish, diocesan and national."

The booklet's· section on "Meeting with Parents in Regard

to Religious Education," he said, is a response to the pastoral's statement that "without forgetting, then, that parents are 'the first to communicate the faith to their children and to educate them" ... the Christian community must make a generous effort today to help them fulfill their duty."

The booklet's section on "A Ceremony for Commissioning Parish Religious Education Personnel," he said, is a response to the pastoral's statement that "the effectiveness of voluntary service in religious education programs must be strengthened.

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Parish Considers Buying Public School Building St. Lawrence Parish in New Bedford may be unique among the Catholic parishes of the United States. At a time when more and more parishes are leasing and or selling their parochial schools to the public school system, St. Lawrence Parish' is taking un'der consideration the POS" sibility of buying a public school.

At Masses last weekend, Rev. John P. DriscoIl, Rev. Thomas E. O'Dea, Rev. Michel G. Methot,advised the parishioners that the Redevelopment Authority is in the process of taking Carney Academy. Formerly the Clarence Cook School, the public school· is diagonally across the street from Holy Family High School, the high school attached to St. Lawrence Parish. A new school is to be built in the Middle Street area. The Authority wiIl either, tear the Carney Academy down

or offer it for sale and St. LawrenceParish is in a position of being interested. Parish officials are waiting for the Redevelopment Authority to s,uggest a price for the school.

The Parish has a fund - the John R. Barrett Fund - which was left' to the Parish 20 years ago to bUy or build an auditorium for Holy Family High School.

The money was not enough at the time and there was no place for the building to be erected so ,the fund has been idle for these years unable to be used. If the purchase and renovation price can be met by the Barrett Fund, St. Lawrence Parish is in the position of acquiring the Carney Academy and thus obtaining an auditorium for Holy Family High School, further classroom and other facilities for the school, and the use of these facilities for St. Lawrence Parish activities.

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THE ANCH9R-Di()cese of Fall River-Thurs. Sept. 13, 1973

DIOCESE OF FAIJL RIVER ,

OFFICIAlL APPOINTMENTS " I

Rev. Msgr. Lester L. HuH, pastor of Sacred Heart Parish, Fall River, to. Our Lady·of the 1~le Parish!, Nantucket, as pastor. '

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Rev. Peter N, Graziano as assistant at St. Thomas More Parish, Somerset. Effective Sept. 19, 1973.

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Rev. Brian J. Harrington as assist~nt at St. Mary'~ Parish, Norton, while remaining as chaplain of: Bishop Feehan High School, Attleboro. Effective Sept. 12, 1973. . ,

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Rev. Terrence F. Keenan ~s assistant :at St. Patrick Parish-, Wareham. Effective Sept. 12, 1973.

Rev. Raymond W. McCarthy as assistant at St. John the Baptist Parish, New Bedford. Effective S~Pt. 10, 1973.

Rev. Donald E. Messier as assistant'lat Immaculate Con· ception Parish, Taunton, and chaplain, at Marian Marlor, Taunton. Effective Sept. 19, 1973.

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JUBILEE MASS: Rev. Msg , Emmanuel S. de Mello, retired pastor of Our .Lady of Lourdes Parish, Taunton: offered h Mass of Thanksgiving on Sunday morning to commemorate his 65th an,niversary as a driest and his 95th birthday. Right: Monsignor de Mello is congratulated by: Rev. Steven R!Furtado, who was ordained on May 13,1973 and is now. assistant-at the Taunton parish. gn Sunday afternoon at 5 o'clock, Bishop Cronin presided at a concelebrated Mass offered tiy Bishop Gerrard as principal celebrant. A reception to the juhilarian followed in the parith hall. . . .

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Rev. 'Kevin F. Tripp as assistant at St.l John the Evangelist Parish, Attleboro. Effective Sept. 12, 1973, .

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Rev. Mr. Stephen B•. Salvador, deacon, to St. Jolin of God Parish, Somerset. Effectiv.e Sept. 12, ~973. , ~

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Cardinal Wright Says Pppe Paul Speaks in Defense'of Life LONDON (NC) - "There are days when I think the only one in th~ w~rld speaking in defense of h~e IS th~ Holy Fath:r,'" A~er~can Cardmal John WrIght saId m a lecture here on "The Substance of Things to be Hoped for" .

Cardinal Wright, who is, prefect of the Vatican Congregation for the Clergy, in a public lecture in St. Peter's Basilica here said that Pope Paul VI will be famous in history for his defense of life in every form and for his emphasis on the teaching of

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Rev. George Pager, 1882, Founder, Sacred Heart, New - Bedford. .

Rev. George Jowdy, 19a8, Pas· tor, Our Lady of Purgatory, New Bedford.

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Rev. Joseph E.. C. Bourque, 1955, Pastor, Blessed Sacrament,

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Rev. John J. Donahue, '1944, Assistant, St. William, Fall River.

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faith, not ~s a philosophy, but as a form of life.

History;, and human nature playa larg¢ role in man's ability to hope in Ithe future, the cardinal said. . ~ H 't h 'd' uman na ure, e sal , IS "a ground of liope because the God of creation,! who established the natural law! in our hearts, is the same God of the Incarnation who established faith and love in us."

He said that faith, hope and love, together with service, are linked str01~gly together. "You can't love unless there is hope at the end ;oi the dark tunnel.

Hope is fOl~nded on faith," he said. , "It is significant that the Christmas Eve message transmitted by the· IT. S. astronauts several years ago was not a sociological repoit or reflection on mathematical formula but the reading .frorti Genesis, proclaiming the goodness of God and creation made in ·His image,"· the cardinal said.1,

One of the most significant advances made i in hope based on faith, he said, was the publication. of the General Catecheticaj Directory, which provides guidelin~s for tea<;:hirig, unfootnoted faith, which is a great step for· ward in prodJ,cing new frontiers of hope."

Cardinal W~ight also gave the preliminary lecture at the annual priests' retreat: held at St. Peter's seminary here.':

Penn. Attorney Discusses School Aid WilHam. B. Ball, an attorney from Harrisburg, Pa., has be~n involved in several cases before the U. S. Supreme CO)lrt concern· ing the relationship between church and state.

Recently BalI was linterviewed

by Msgr. Norbert Gaughan, chancelIor of the diocese of Greensburg, Pa., on the subject of public aid to .private SChO.ols and the teach.in g of religion in public schools.

Q. Mr. Ball, you see the recent move of the Suprem~ Court on schOOls as more than a blow to Catholic schools. Do you regard it as. a statement about secular values ov~r religious ,>:alues?

A. What the Supr~me Court has done, by saying that parents cannot be aided in a~y r_espect

in tne. education of their children in any kind of private school, really means that the vast rna"' jority of. American children will, in a short while, be forced into public education· unless .their parents are willing to. rhake very heroic sacrifices. But ,in public education the Supreme Court has also held that thete m~y not be any affirmative teaching of reli. gion. This has the 'effect of forcing great numbers of children into public education, and relates to Catholic, Protestant, Jew, or any religious person~ The more . deeply committed person is to religion, the more he is conscious of the kinds of values-religiously related values-which he receives in his education.:1 know, for ex~mple, parents wh9 belong to the Church of the Nazarene.

They are very emphatic ,in their, view that the Bible is the word of God. They consider it abso)utely an abomination if the public school utilizes the Bible as literature, not acknowledging it to be toe word of God, and mere· Iy saying that the Bible is good literature. They believe this is a perverse use of the Bible because .,

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you\ should never refer to God's wo~d as anything but God's word: ' . nLt the present theory is that in o~r public schools we have a religious neutrality-no religion' is attacked; no religion is sup~orJd. ...

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Q. Is that what the Founding Fathers wanted?

A. I think not. There is nothing in history that justifies that assumption. Some of the Found'ing Fathers were deists, at worst.

That is to say,. they believed in a sort of general God. But most of them were actually Christian.

All of them believed in God. Education in our country, to the ex· tent that we had it at that time, universally taught the reality of God, recognized the Ten Commandments as the teaching of God, recognIzed the Bible. And a teacher in those days wouldn't be found dead relativizing those matters.

M' NTEVIDEO '(NC) - The mi,lit ry - dominated government of Uruguay expelled French Father !Louis Mar~ Rouve Benaud after \holding h'im for '8 year on charges of a-iding guerl"Hlas.

At.1 the time of his arrest in German Motorists Septefber 1972 he was placed "under mmtary justice for his connettion with the band of' Have New' Prayer WIES~ADEN (NC) A new Crimi}1als that destroy this nation." prayer for German motorists is being distributed here by Catho' ,Me ntime a bishop in' rural lic and Evangelical parishes.

SaIto ema-ins in voluntary exile.

The prayer begins: The expulsion decree against "God ,is also the Father of pethe French priest now repeats destrians, of old people, and of that "·t>his foreigner was an ac- children. Even the bicycHst has complice ·in attack:s against the. rights. Mercedes, Volkswagens, securi& of the 'state." It revoked old 'tin cans,' buses, and trucks his temporary visa. are equaL" Fath1er Rouve Benaud came to And the prayer ends: UruguJy from France in 1970 "God, protect me from others and sahn joined the rural youth movem~nt (JAC), In the diocese and' protect others from me." . As <in .the U.S., :the car in Gerof Salta. many "has. become' something The ~AC has been instrumental in organizing young farmworkers, . tha.t Js owned by praoticaJly ev. making! :them aware of their erybodyas a matter of course" rights apd improving their skills. ruefoully admits the governme~t llhe JAF'also works wjth young as it fights mounting traffic farmowners in efforts to bridge death ·and polluNon ,toll. the gap IWith 'Iab~r. " The s,ubversives mentioned in . goverm~ent relea,ses generalIy refer to tlie Tupamaro urban guerFUNERAL HOME, INC. ri,Has, who have fought UruguayR. Marcel Roy - G. Lorraine Roy an porde d t f Roger LaFrance - James E. Barton than t~b ;~~rs.ro;~: a~;es7°~~ FUNERAL DIRECTORS their mkin ,leaders and raids 15 Irvington Ct. against their hideouts broke the New Bedford Tupmaro organization earl'ier this 995·5166 year.

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Says Organized Labor Best Hope For Workers NEW YORK (NC) - Despite -its imperfections, organized labor is still the best way for the nation's disadvantaged workers to gain {air wages and decent working conditions, a Church spokesman on labor has declared.

Msgr. George Higgins, secretary for research of the United States Catholic Conference,' said there are still many dis'advantaged workers of this country who need protection and support of the labor movement.

In a homily at the annual Mass for labor (Sept. 11) at St. Patrick's Cathedral here, Msgr. Hig~ gins said there are those who convey the idea to blacks that the labor movement is their enemy, not their friend.

"This kind of advice is a great disservice to the black working class community," he said.

"There is re'ason to think that the majority of black workers understand this very well."

Have Choice . Quoting the black civil. rights leader Bayard Rustin, Msgr. Higgins said blacks have the choice of joining and strengthening the labor movement or staying out of it.

In the first instance, Msgr.

Higgins said, by joining the union the blacks could help wipe out the vestiges of segregation that remain in it. Or else, said Msgr.

Higgins .quoting Rustin, blacks , could "offer themselves as pawns in the conservatives' games of bust-the-unions."

"But if black workers have a choice, so does the labor movement," said Msgr. Higgins. Labor can either practice what it preaches about racial justice and racial equality, or fail to do so and thereby gain the hatred of the black community, he said.

He said that with the exception of organized religion, no organization should be more dedicated to the service of the poor than the labor union; 'Make Amends' "If the Church, as Pope Paul has pointed out, should be characterized by disinterested will to serve and 'preferential respect' for the poorest of the poor, no less can be expected of the labor movement," he stated.

Noting that the largest percentage of the poor are black and Spanish-speaking, Msgr. Higgins said it is not enough for the unions to comply to the spirit and letter of laws that guard against discrimination.

The unions must also "make up for lost time and make amends for past injustices by going well beyond the technical and even moral requirements of the law," he said.

Health Fa'ir A Health Fair for the Elderly will be held Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 15 and 16 at New Bedford High School. Organizers note that advice on nutrition for those on special diets will be available as well as general information on cooking and menu planning. Transportation will be provided at no charge for residents of the Greater New Bedford area, including Acushnet, Dartmouth, Freetown, Fairhaven, Marion, Mattapoisett and Lakeville. Further information is available at telephone 992-2251.

Five Holy Union Sisters Honored On Occasion of Gold~n Jubilees Five Sisters of the Holy Union of the Sacred Hearts were honored last Saturday on the occasion of their golden jubilee in religious life. A Mass of thanksgiving in the chapel of Sacred Hearts Convent, Prospect Place, Fall River, was followed by a festive dinner for the jubilarians, ' their families and friends and an open house for' all area Holy Union Sisters. Among honored guests at the dinner were Bishop James J. Gerrard, homilist at the Mass and former chaplain at Sacred Hearts Academy, and Msgr. Lester L. Hull, pastor of Sacred Heart Church, celebrant of the Mass.

Last Saturday, Sept. 8 was the feast of the Nativity of Mary, former official entrance' date for all candidates for the Holy Union community.

The jubilarians are Sister Agnes Aloysius, Sister Jane Andrea, Sister Mary Adrienne, Sister Mary Simeon and Sister Therese Gertrude. Si~ter Jane Andrea was unable to be present at the celebration ,due to illness in her family.

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JUBILARIANS: Seated are Sr. Agnes Aloysius and Sr. Mary Simeon. Standing: Sr. Therese Gertrude and Sr. Mary Adrie,nne. Sr. Jane Andrea was absent when t~e photo was taken.

Sister Agnes Aloysius Messier is a native of Franklin, Vt., but in Fall River. She joined the River ,public school system before entering religious life. moved to Cambridge, Mass.' at Academy faculty in 192Z. an early age, attending Our Lady Family in Religion As a Holy Union Sister, Sister of Pity School, staffed by Holy Sister Mary Simeon O'Rourke Mary Simeon taught in PatchUnion Sisters. Throughout her is one of four members of her ogue and Baltimore and for 36 religious life she has served as a .family to enter the religious life. years in Taunton at Immaculate capable and devoted cook in Her sister, Sister Augustina, is Conception and St. Joseph's Holy Union convents in Patch- presently. stationed at Immacu- schools. She presently resides at ogue,N. Y., Taunton and Fall late Conception' Convent, 'Taun-' St. Joseph's Convent. She was 'River." She now resides at 'the ton,. and another sister, the late honored in Taunton Sept. 2 at a Prospect Place Convent. ' Sister Mary Lydia served at St. ' : special parish Mass celebrated Sister Agnes Aloysius' name Mary's Taunton. A brother, the by the pastor, Rev. John Murphy, honors an older sister who pre- late Rev. Simeon O'Rourke, a which was followed by a buffet ceded her into the convent but navy chaplain in World War I; and reception for friends and died as a young religious during was a victim of influenza in 1918. parishioners.

After the jubilarian, a native the influenza epidemic in 1918.

15 in Family of Fall River, graduated from Prince Edward Island Sister Therese Gertrude LaSacred Hearts Academy, she enmontagne, a native of Lawrence, tered and graduated from ColumSister Jane Andrea MacDonald Mass., attended Sacred Heart is a native of Prince Edward bia Normal School, Washington, School in that city. She is one of Island, Canada, where she is at D. C. She then taught in the Fall a family of 16, nine girls and present visiting a brother who seven boys. Of the nine girls, is ill. She is a sister of the late seven entered religious life, four Sister Mary Leonce, for many as Holy Union Sisters and three years a teacher at Sacred Heart Continued from Page One as Marist Missionaries.

School, Fall River. a number of assignments affectTwo of the Holy Union Sisters Sister Jane Andrea began her ing several priests: are now stationed in Lawrence religious life as a teacher in Holy Rev. Raymond W. McCarthy, and Lowell and one is deceased, Union missions in the West In- as assistant at St. John the Bap- while the Marist Missionaries are dies and later served as superior tist Parish, New Bedford, effec- stationed in Samoa a'nd the Fiji of the, mission band at Elizabeth tive September 10, 1973.

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City, t-{. C. She also taught in Rev. Kevin F. Tripp, as assisAs for Sister Therese Gertrude, Astoria, N. Y., Taunton and Fall tant at St. John the Evangelist she has been an infirmarian for River, retiring last year from'the Parish, Attleboro, effective Sepnearly all of her religious life, faculty of St. Michael's School, tember 12, 1973. recalling with pride that in 1937 Fall River.

Rev. Terence F. Keenan, as as- she cared for Reverend, Mother ,sistant at St. Patrick Parish, Art Teacher Helena during the final illness of Wareham, effective September the foundress of the Holy Union Known to hundreds of alum- 12, 1973. community in North America.

Rev. Mr. Stephen B. Salvador, 'She served in St. Martin's Connae of Sacred Hearts Academy in Fall River is Sister Mary deacon, to St. John of God Par~ vent for infirm Sisters from 1954 Adrienne Higgins, a city native ish, Somerset, effective Septem- until its closing, at which time ' and herself an academy alumna. ber 12, 1973. she came to Sacred Hearts ConShe received her training in art, Rev. Brian J. Harrington, as- vent to continue her apostolate at Massachusetts School of Art sistant at St. Mary Parish, Nor- to aged and ill members of her and her degree from Catholic ton, while remaining as chaplain community.

University. Most of her teaching of Bishop Feehan High School, career has been spent at the Attleboro, effective September academy, where she is art de- 12,1973. partment chairman. She also Rev. Peter N. Graziano, assisserved on the faculty of Sacred tant at St. Thomas More Parish, ONE STOP Heart College from its opening Somerset, effective September SHOPPING CENTER, in 1934 until it was closed in 12, 1973.

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Rev. Donald E. Messier, assis• Appliances • Furniture As a young religious, Sister tant at Immaculate Conception Mary Adrienne taught in Balti- Parish, Taunton, and chaplain at 104 Allen St., New Bedford more, Patchogue and the former Marian Manor, Taunton, effec997-9354 Sacred Hearts Elementary School tive September 19, 1973.

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Teenager Founds Pro-Life Center Young Robert Simmons of Fall River, a member of Santo Christo parish and a sophomQre at Suffolk Un,iversity, active in Youth FOR Life, one of the state's most energetic anti-abortion organizations, has widened his scope to include "all of life" by opening last month a Life Resource Center at his home, 212 Oliver Street.

The 18-year-old hopes, he said, to provide a "coordinating center" for pro-life groups, issuing periodic news digests of developments in the field, organizing a library and eventually acting as a funding agency for pro-life . projects.

Euthanasia Too Simmons sees the center as '~trans<:ending the scope of the abortion issue," dealing for instance at the other end of the life spectrum, with problems raised by euthanasia for the elderly as well as for the hopelessly ill or handicapped. ,"Formation of the center," he said, "was a reaction to the negative response of many individuals and firms to a politically active pro-life organization. Its objective is to serve as an apolitical efficient resource, information and funding center for organizations seeking to promote and protect the quality of human life and to safeguard life itself."

Several cake sales have already been held to raise funds and in prospect are a benefit motion picture performance and production of a play.

Formerly treasurer of Massachusetts Youth FOR Life, which is headed by Michael Vandal of St. G~orge parish, Westport, who has taken a year's leave from studies at Boston College to devote full time to pro-life activities, Simmons has remained on the board of directors of the organization.

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Asks Cooperation '!Between Religious, 'Labor Leaders l

It is no secret that' the 'International Brot~erhood of Teamsters is very upset about the f,act thaC so many clergymen of all denominations are strongly supporting the - United Farm Workers Union-as against the Teamsters : I • . and anti-UFW growers---in the California farm labor and WIll cQntmue t~ do so untJl . . . . they have' won theIr batJUe for dispute. OffiCial spokesme.n recognitionl, I don't' enojy being for the Teamsters have let.it at odds with the Teamsters in be known in correspendence with a number of the dergymen (present company included) and with certain members of the hier·

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the Califor~ia farm 'labor dispute..

I also expressed the very sincere hope that: the UFW 'and the Teamsters will be able to resOl1ve their differen{:es at the earNest possible date and then proposed, in tile spirit of reconcilia· 'lion, that our next testimonal , . luncheon atlthe USCC be held m honor of two men rather than on~Cesar : Chavez and Frank Fitzsimmons, president of .the In· ternational Brotherhood of Teamsters.

Nothing would give me greater satisfaction :than to be able to bring these two men together in such a setting 'and, hopefully, get them talking about ways and means of jo',ntJIyadvancing the cause of social justice in the field of agr.icuItur~1 labor. I still think the Teamstet:s ought to cede exclusive jurisdiction over field workers to t~e UFW. On the oth· er hand, I hope that, :once they have done sol they wiJ,1 not walk away from the problem but willI throw the rtin weight of .their support behind the UFW. 1

archy that they bitterly resent the criticism being directed against their 'organization by representatives of c,hurch - related groups. Apparently they have concluded t\:oit their olerical critics-and this one especial'ly-are hopelessly prejudiced against the Teamsters and are trY'ing to do them in. , The atmosphere surrounding _ DISINFECTANT FOR NAPLES:! Neapolitans bring buckets to a special truck to re'the far-m labor dispute is so ceive free disinfectant from city fire department. It was one of a series of measures becharged with emotion that one ing taken by health authorities to hel~ stop the spread of cholera which took at least 10 almost despa'irs of being able Fr. Gokey's Letter to correct the record in this re- . liv~s in Naples. Residents and papal '~taff members at CastelgandoIfo-and the Pope, pregard, at leas.t .in :the ~hoJ't:.tun.. , :.. Becaus!l. .th~ Teamsters, in re- sumably~were, inoculated against the disease lQ days after it broke out in Naples.

In 'any event, I thl~k I. (lwe It to sponing to their critics ,in the the Te~~ste~s to. ~;~e It ~_ t?'Il;) ~anks .9.r.. tJ:1e c'lergy, ~ave (?nderPrefers Cooperation .,' , standably, 'fr'!m theIr pomt of . . . view). ·directed 'so much of their WASHINGTON (NC) - Five expressid in various ways by of the sacred," said ,the American In my own case, despIte the: fire at the pre'sent writer, I have fact that I have, on. ~~ny occa- found it neces:sary to be equaUy hundrt.'Ci Sisters 'from over 100 ear-Iier speakers 'at the confer· Jesuit who teaches at the Angeli,cum college in Rome. sions, severely CrItIcIzed the (no doubt, sOl'ne will say exces- religious communities around the ence.

Jesuit Father 'Vincent MiceH "Indeed a fascination for the Teamsters in connection with the sively) personal in this belated ef. country were urged by speakers "banishment of God" the saorHigious has eroded the farm labor dispute, I have nothing fort to dear the air. L1 is impor- to renew their spiritual life and scored the 1 against their organiza.tion as tant to note, however, that the commitment as ReLigious at the from nl ern society and "a gen- secular with a tendency toward ~uch, nor -any desire whatsoever point of view' I have expressed sixt,h conference -of the Consorti· eral loss of faith" in the modern sense of the sacred in the 'New Church. ' ,Church' Catholics," he added. to undermine its reputat'ion in in this column i:s ,Shared by many, urn PeIfectae Caritatis here. trade union circles or to carry on if not most, of tile clergymen . t~e Consorti~ Perfectae CaHe called upon the Sisters to Father Mitchel also urged the a personal feud with. 'any of ,its who, in suppbrting the UFW,' rl,tatlS--:con,sortlU,m of Perfect return tf' Hving the, religious Sisters. to wear religious habits staff members or elected officers. have found it hecessary to take Love-,-was. found~d three ye~rs vows of poverty, chastity and as a sIgn of the sacred-a call To the contrary, I would'much public .issue with the Teamsters.r ~go to uphold Church. ?uthol'~ty obedience in mder to be wit: that was echoed by retired AJTchprefer to be working with them, One of the~-Fr: Francis X. m the renewal of. ~pJrltual hfe ness:s to\thoe sacred in the secu- _ bishop Fulton J ..Sheen of ~~h­ lar cIty tnat has become a "saed. ester, N.Y., durmg BenedIctIon hand in glove, on aU sorts of so· . Gokey, S.S.E., executive secreta- a~?ng women. RelI?lous. ??e of the major tasks for legious ~sspool. at the National Shrine of the Imcial action projects 'in which we ry of the Gonference of 'Major .. \ . .. maculate Conception on Labor in the Catholic sociala'ction Supedors.of M~n-wrote ·a per- ReLIgIOUS men and women today In our tImes a SOCIal clImate D y Th t th S' t d as movement, and they, as the big- sonal 'letter to I Teamster Presi- is to prove by their lives that flows from . charged with poia· · t ~the flsterths atgrelle fWth 1 • hatJred'bof God, . gest union in the United States, dent Fitzsimmops following the the love of neighbor . d :th . . eVl den oJO e ac a a, 0 e S'IS t ers a t th e .conference were • have a mutual interest 'and con- Chavez lunchepn referred to the" love of God" said ArChbishop sone Wi .1 • IrreducI• Ie relIgIOUScern. While I happen to think above. ,After summarizing what Jean Jadot, apostolic delegate in moral-po1Jt.l~al tensIOns and With dressed in habits. . the United States, at the concele· hourly SedItIOUS preachments bethat they never should have got· I had said on t1~at occasion, Fa- -brated Mass marking the conclu- reft of aq1 truth, of all objectivity; . ._ _~ _ ten involved in the farm labor ther Gokey concluded his letter sion of the four-day meeting. of all 10ve\is l:'he 10gic~l, violent dispute and have frequently as foLlows: He warned against restricting result oft\he loss of the sense urged them to swallow their ., 'Full Agreement' the religious me to the "horizonp.rkle. and get out While the get"I write to yJ,u about this be. 'tal dimension" of service to men rr;:=~,"",",~l:ol ",""";=:;=;r'T=~,"",",~",",,,,"'i'il tlOg 'IS good, I. respect them for cause of my ful,l, agreement with and forgetting the "vertical di· the ma?y contrlbutI.ons they have Msgr. Higgins and pecause I want mension" of prayer and con teml made ~ oth.er areas a~d hope you'to know that , in our finn and they WIll belIeve rt;Ie when I say unwavering support of the just There's 11 convenient that ! a~ not partIcularly happy cause 'of the UF}\', we who are , locations in Attleboro about bem~ thoug~t o~ as an en- leaders among th,!! clergy hold no to restore deserved confidence Corrplete Line Falls. Mansfield. North ma.Jice towards ,the International among the clergy, ,religious and emy of theIr orgamzatlOn. Build·ng Materials Attleboro, North Dighton.

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This is not the first time I have sup'port you and truly appreciate Father Gokey meant thrat very publicly tr.ied to, clear the record and extol the gr~at serV'ice the ,sincerely. Here's hoping that in this regard. I have made the Teamsters have I perf.ormed for President F'itzsimrrtons wHI take same point 'at numerous, gather- the working man through the him at his word and wilJ' under· ings of clergymen ,and 'labor lead- years. .

I stand that he was ,speaking not ers, most recently at a luncheon , "We applaud find encourage on1y for himself or for :the memPLUMBING & HEATING, INC. which I hosted on August 23 in the news of your present decision bers of his own organization, but Sales and Se~ice .

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HULL (NC) - For their new bishop, Catholics in the Hull diocese want a local priest between 30 and 49 years of age who is a man of action, <:lose to his people, a pastor capable of animating others and a prophet able to discover what is important today.

The future bishop must also understand his mission, share his responsibilities, be capable of making sound decisions and be a forceful leader, according to a recent diocesan-wide poll. The poll, the first of its kind in Cana<la, surveyed clergy, religious and laity on their assessment of the diocese and their expectations of the next bishop.

The results of the public opinion survey, conducted between May 20 and June 16, is the first of six reports that will be used in selecting a successor to Bishop Paul·Emile Charbonneau, 50, who resigned for reasons of health.

A final report is expected to be made in October and the results forwarded to the Apostolic Pronuncio for Canada. .

Questionnaires were distributed to all the parishes in the Hull diocese-in Quebec province...:.... and more than 1,100 responses were returned.

More than 80 percent of the respondents felt the new bishop should be a man of action, close to the people; 20.88 percent felt that it was important for him to be an eloquent preacher.

Knows People The survey also showed that 61.27 percent of those who replied wal1ted a future bishop chosen from· the Hull diocese who already knew the people and their problems.

Only 16.38 percent thought it was important that the bishop be a man of tradition; 14.81 percent that he be a scholar who has done advanced studies; 79.76 a pastor; 69.64 percent a leader; 49.03 percent a good administrator; 68.35 percent a prophet; 58.05 percent a man involved in social matters and 39.10 percent an expert in religious matters.

About 80 percent of those who responded to the survey said they are regularly practicing Catholics. More women than men replied. Few persons from the working or agricultural classes responded to the iPoll.

A total of 29.16 percent of the respondents saw their parish community being very open to the future, and 23.64 percent held that their parish is very divided.

About 17 percent held that their parish community is dull and old fashioned.

Foundation Studies Requests for Funds NEW YORK {NC)-The QathotHc Communications Foundation (OCF) ·announced that Oot. 1 will be its deadline for 'its current review of requests for financial grants.

Established to aid the Catholic Cburch in working with broadcasting medl'a, the founda,tion has awarded over $260,000 in grants for religious ,programs and program services over the past five years.

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Stresses Adequate Food for Poor NEW YORK (NC)-The executive director of the Catholic Relief Services warned that the U.S. government must keep its commitment of supplying foodstuffs for overseas emergency relief or else witness untold hardships by the end of this year.

Bishop Edward E. Swanstrom expressed concern over the government's recent cutbacks in its food surplus program. He said that an estimated 10 million of the "poorest of the poor" in 50 countries served by CRS are heavily dep.endent on such programs.

He said that unless the U. S.

Department of Agriculture, by the end of September at the latest, supplies the full quantities of food, many programs like those carried Ollt by CRS will terminate by the end of the year.

The bishop pointed out that CRS maternal/child health care and food-for-work programs are directly dependent upon the USDA purchases of food.

He said a failure on the part of the government to live up to its commitments "is certain to reap untold hardship" on those who have become dependent on the programs.

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OPENS CENTER: With the blessing and enthronement of a crucifix representing the Divine.Teacher, Bishop Cronin opened the Catholic Education Center on Highland Avenue in Fall River, Monday, Sept. 10.'

Catechetic Sunday this Weekend Continued from Page One work, but more than that, it should provide adequately fie nanced opportl,mities for their professional preparation and inservice training."

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Cardinal Heenan S'ees Less Stress In Church in England, Wales LONDON (NC)-The situation of the Catholic Church in England and Wales shows less stress than there was a decade ago, said Cardinal John Heenan commenting on the 10th anniversary of his becoming archbishop of Westminster and spiritual leader of the Church in this co.untry.

"The stresses have become less great," the cardinal told the Universe, a national Catholic weekly.

Many of those who were most vocal five years ago-at the outbreak of the controversy over Pope Paul's encyclical Hunianae Vitae-are now quiet, he said.

Humanae Vitae reaffirmed the Church's traditional opposition to artificial birth control.

"Either they have learned more or some of them have given up the faith. Others have given up the priesthood," he added.. . "But the people who were in the headlines a few years ago are no longer heard. Therefore the stresses are much less because priests and people have become very very tired of all the controversy. and the bitterness."

Cardinal Heenan told the Universe that bishops and priests here are now much closer together and that there is' "very little friction" between them.

He said that one cause of this has been the setting up with the bishops' approval of the National Conference of Priests, elected

delegates chosen by the diocesan clergy themselves.

The cardinal said that during the past year particularly the Church here has given evidence of "a tremendous growth - a time of great growth."

Cardinal Heenan, now 68, left for Rome within three days of his being enthroned at Westminster to attend most of the Vatican Council. He was formerly archbishop of Liverpool, where he built a modern cathedral, and before that bishop of Leeds.

His major preoccupation today -apart from his diocesan work -is, as it has been for many years, the cause of Christian UJ'1ity, he told the Universe.

Of the changes in the liturgystill a matter of great comment among the traditionally conscious Catholics of this. country -the cardinal said: "Don't imagine that all these new things can become perfect in a matter of two 'or three years.

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Marks Anniversary OVIEDO (NC) - Dominican Sister Angelica Garcia was visited during her 25th anniversary in the order here by seven chBdren, 20 grandchildren and four great grandchildren. She entered the ·convent when she became a widow after 40 years of marriage. "Should I be born again, I would come again to the convent," she said.

.The Sister was moving among the slums of a city in India. Unbelievably, she heard sobbing HOW coming from a trash barrel. Brushing aside the MANY flies and the vermin, she looked. Beneath the MORE? filth and debris was an old lady crying from tear: less eyes as her life slowly ebbed away. Tenderly the Sister lifter her, placed her on her shoulders and took her to the Hospice for the Dying. Be. fore· she died, the old lady told the Sister, "I'm not crying because I was in the garbage. I'm crying because my son put me there. He had to.

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THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Thurs. Sept. 13, 1973

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, The Education Center for the Diocese of Fall River was blessed by Bishop Cronin this week. T~e'blessing held many lessons. As the Bishop pointed out, the Center is not a n~w building but the handsome refurbishing of an older building to bring together every aspec~ of education within the Diocese-Catholic schools, religious educations programs for pupils in public s<:hools, and programs for adult religious education. The reordering of the educational structure of the Diocese and its housing in a ren~>vai,ed building indicate what religious education 'is-the constant process of making all things new. The old can be renewed,',the updating process is always being aceomplished.

Bishop Cronin urged those attending, the blessing to turn away from the prophets of gloom land to rejoice in the positive that is at hand, to take pride and joy in the desire that is so evident throughout the Diocese for ,more and better programs of religious education:, For every instance of what is wrong; there are a thousand instances of what' is right and this should be the direction of one's thinking and acting. ' The Bishop called on all to take courage in the face of this renewed dedication to teaching the things of God and said that while all over the country many are still bemoaning the closings of Catholic schools and the problet:ns involved in teaching religion, the Diocese of Fall: River_may be well ahead of its time and will point the waY'1 to renewal and updating in the religious education of all i~s membe~s.

Oasis of Calm . .In the midst of a feverish world laSt week, there took place in New York City a meeting that sUrely was the envy of all those who have to cope with the d~y-by-day business of liVIng. .

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The meeting was that held ,every five years of the Int~r­ \ st. William's Church REV. JOIHN F. MOORE national Congress of Anthropological and Ethnological SciI ences. Papers presented bore such woqderfuland exotic titles as: Primate Tool Behavior, The Ethnobotany of 'the' Pu'bli(~ I West African Yam Cultures, and The D~ntal Condition of About two or three weeks ago in the center of the DartChinese Living in Liverpool. ..mouth Mall, the Mormon Church, th~ Church of Jesus Christ One cannot imagine the audience waiting with .baited of the Latter Day Saints, set up a~ information booth. A breaths' for the revelations uncovered in :these studies, and young Mormon missionary staffed the booth answering I so they portray an oasis of calm and scholarly discussion questions concerning his church and bringing public th~OUghout the land. They ?re amid the furor and hectic pace of modern life. . . raised \ to make us really think ~l~ness to the e~er~y and ar;- about the basic work that beIt is intriguing that there are such pursuits and persons tlVlty of the miSSIOnary ef'- longs to each and every baptiied who can give much time and great effort to these long-range forts of this church. Because of membilr of the Church who is so projects. . , efforts ~uch as this, the~ormon ready and willing to be self While they may not have much effect on today or Church IS at the present time one satisfied in a ,comfortable Church. of the fastest growing churches In thiS! area of the nation. where tomorrow, they do build up the knOWledge of man, making in this country and members are sixty to seventy per cent of the him aware of his past, giving him a deeper understanding not afraid to witness .in public people Iprofesses to be Catholic, of the thread of his continuity, helping him throw the light for their beliefs and actively en- it is most disconcerting to see of knowledge on what could be some of 'the challenges of courage a dynamic convert pro.. apathy \ that permeates' the the future. At any rate, they increase mants store of knowl- gram. One wonders why the Church in relation to public witsame is not true of the Catholic: ness a~d mis~ionary efforts. The edge, and as long as man seeks truth he i~ using his higher Church in this land. How many vast majority of the people seem faculties in their rightful scope.

Catholics would be willing and to be sftisfied by just giving an There must have been many a -busy ;executive on his able to staff information booths extra dollar to a missionary colin shopping malls giving. witness lection land their role and duty. way to millions and a heart attack who I cast an envious to thE! truths and beliefs of their is then completed. Seemingly, glance at last week's meeting. What a delight to be able to churc~? H~w. many Catholics very fer have the conviction browse among the footnotes and byway& of culture and woule. be Willing and able to go of fait~ to make any real athistory. Somewhat uninvolved, of course,' but a little un- from house to house ringing door tempt to spread the good news involvement from time to time holds out:a temptation to bells to spread the message of of salv~tion and witness to this the gospels and actively seeking in any public way whatsoever. calm and peace that is hard to resist. converts to the Catholic faith?

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Thle the fundamental missionconverts the Church or arenew just in a rut since our numbers ary spiri~ of the Church seems dominate the population in many to have been lost in the efforts areas of this land? to bea I~wyer, doctor, professor These questions are not raised or politi9ian. So many Catholics to push aside the heroic efforts have forgotten that the Church of many Catholics who are sin- is a pilgrim church - moving, cerely attempting missionary stirring and probing. . works in areas such as the south A churhh that cannot sit back nor are they proposed to cast - in smug ~omplacenc)' basking in any reflections on official works the satisfaction of numbers and seen in the efforts of the Propa- material $ecurity. We are an exgation of the Faith Offices odus ChJrch, a people on the

CASTELGANDOLFO (NC) Pope Paul VI recalled that his priestly vocation took root during family reunions on the Feast of the Blessed Virgin's Birthday, Sept. 8.

"It is a feast that still speaks to our heart," he told crowds at his summer home on Sunday, Sept. 9.

He recalled the days of his youth in his family's summer home at' Brescia, in northern Italy.

"How could we forget that in Brescia Sept. 8 is the solemnity for that sanctuary, of Our Lady of Grace?" he asked. (Italians call the birthday of the Blessed Virgin the Feast of Our Lady of Grace.)

"That was the usual day for our family reunion. In that pious place of devotion' to Our Lady, that church which is also. a . home, our youthful vocation to the priesthood matured.

"And how can we fail to remember today that Milan cathedral, which was the seat of our pastoral ministry in the city of St. Ambrose, bears on its front the sculptured dedication, brief and eloquent, to the birth of OUR Lady? It says: 'Mariae Nascenti.' " , (The Latin words mean "To Mary at her birth.")

Pope Paul said that the theology of Mary's birth· is "highly important for our daily life."

He explained: "In Mary, and in her tender infancy, in that meaningful and prophetic state, we see raised up the model of the Church, as St. Ambrose says and as the (Second Vatican) Council repeats. As the model of the Church she is the model of humanity, which receives aIf from Christ and· gives all to Christ.

"In her, our human sister, we see the virgin par excellence, the underprivileged mother, and fi· nally the sublime model of womanliness. _She is all sweetness, all strength, all. goodness, all love,"

Memorial Service Greater Fall River priests are invited to attend a memorial service for Rev. Thomas J. Crawford, for more than 13 years pastor of First United Presbyterian Church, 456 Rock St., Fall River, and long active in ecumen· ical circles and the Greater Fall River Clergy Assn. The service will be held at 4 P.M. Sunday, Sept. 16 at the church. A special se~tion will be reserved for area clergy..

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Christ demands more than this of each- and every one who has been baptized in the Church. He demands that we be missionaries.

Missionaries in the classroom, in the factory, in the court, in the kitchen, in every aspect of our living until we are really convinced of this basic aspect of our ·faith then the present apathy will continue' to turn people away from the Church they see in you and me. We must publicly witness our faith that others may see in us the truth of salvation.

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I know it's fashionable today to stress the importance. of a woman doing her own thing. Ho~ever this. doesn't always mean she should go out into the world Just to prove that she can compete with men. Many iwomen are, happx :nd content in a home and _ ' their own thing is being a that they a,ll :enter around her . home and family. ho~sewlfe a~d mother, and . Sewing 1S another pastime domg both Jobs very well. that fascinates her and because One woman who loves her home and family and enjoy~ nothing more than expanding her creatiye~ energies on their behalf

WASHINGTON (NC) - The Ford Foundation has extended funding for one year to the National Catholic Educational Association's Joint Planning Council for projects .involving cooperation between Catholic and public schools.

The funding will enable the council to continue its work until June, 1974, said Dr. Charle~ Brady, associate director of the council, -in announcing the grant extension.

The Ford grant, originally given in early 1971,has thus far been used to set up councils composed of equal numbers of Catholic and public school administrators in, New Orleans, San Francisco and Philadelphia. These. councils have pooled general educationa'l information and have contributed personnel for the creation of model projects shared by both school systems. .

The Joint Planning Coundl was set up at the time the original grant of $162,200 was made for the purpose of administering it.

"The Joint Planning Council has sho~n the two systems that they can work together for the benefit of aH children without creating 'Constitutional or political problems," said Dr. Brady.

"The Cathol'ic and public school systems i~volved .in this project have overcome their suspicions of one another."

of a busy social life, and a budget that mu'st be stretched to include all five members of the family, dre~sy clothes are a fa~~ vorite item to whip up.

"Pauline I even made Chris' . TEACHING DEVICE:, Learning, can be fun, Sister Easter outfit this year," said Marita Joan of Philadelphia shows, las she sings along with Joe. "It was! a smart gray blazer, By stitched in' white, and bright pupils in a CCD program. The spotl~ght turns onto various forms of Catholic education Sept. ~6, designated as Cateplaid pants.j' MARILYN , chetical Sunday throughout the natiln. NC Photo.

EliZabeth Too With thiS example to imitate RODERICK Elizabeth is I taking sewing lessons ~and turning out many of her own sports outfits.

Pauline's talent extends into is/Mrs. Joseph Benevides of Holy the kitchen, I for' cooking is anVictim of Nazi Torture ~ow in Battle, Name praish in Fall River. other love: She likes nothing betAgainst Abortiion, Pauline Benevides does not ter than baking up a batch of ' fit any stereotype of the downpies after, ~ family session of VIRGINIA BEACH (NC)-"I'm She now lives here with her 14trodden homemaker. Her eyes blueberry picking, but admits that just a concerned mother." year-ol~ adopted daughter, Rita, light up when she talks of her the rising C6st of food is really' Mrs. Mary Barraco's decrip- and h~r husband, Joseph, and home and of the improvements testing her creative cookery. tion of herself is sincere, but it one of[ her a~iding. co~cerns is she and her husband .have made Holy Na~e parish in Fall doesn't begin to tell her story, the battle agamst abortIOn. in it since they bought it five River· has the ansWer to Gert~e story of a woman ~ho surShe Isees disrespect for life years ago. maine Greer !lnd Betty Friedan, a vlVed torture by the NaZIS and a growing in the United States as "P~uline designed the kitchen," woman who has made a' creative • said Jos proudly, and truly he career out of being a homemaker! battle against cancer, and lived - it did lnGermany before World , I P.resses for Release to make respect for life her abidWar III did have something to be proud ing concern. of, for the warmth of its colors "The most beautiful gift God "All of ~y life I remember Of Political Prisoners Union Ea.ses Picketing and its use of wood delight the HIGUEY ~C) - Bishop Juan has given women is to g' e birth lVIomm taklOg care of pregnant visitor. From the white bricks IV • I .~ horne, " h 'd '. "I F. Pepen of Altagracia here in to a living human being.

I was glr s lo our s.e sal that serve as a window sill and' To Stress ;Boycott the Dominican Repub!ic renewed denied this by the Nazis" she ~emem ler Momma taklOg babies The United Farm Workers Un· shelf for potted plants to the ' m t o oU~home. I know what effect appeals by other prelates and 'd beamed ceiling, from the built-in ion (UFWU) has sharply reduced sal . . ' . th' lVIrs. Barraco was sterilized .IS h ~ on my l'f I e. lVI y Momma priests for the release of 100 red-cushioned seat, along one its picketing I in California and thiS because of her heart, not persons held as political prison-. wail to the ceramic cookie jar, sent 500 farm wOI'ker 'families while a prisoner of the Nazis. did becausEj of money. In our house ers 'by President Joaquin Balahand made by Pauline, it is a' to 63 cities i,n the East to help ras of no value. It was guer. money very personal room and one that spur the nationwide boycott of what wfls inside our human body Balaguer denies they can be fits the life of the Benevides lettuce and grapes. and how you bring it out." considered political prisoners and The Team~ters Union, which family.

In fi~hting abortion she urges says they were jailed for comis locked in 1a ,battle with the Ceramics Hobby people to write letters to political mon crimes.

UFWU for the right to organize Most of these prisoners belong CARACAS (NC) - Pope Paul's fi.gUr~ land newspapers and to Ceramics are a hobby of Pau- the farm workers, maintains that" a' non- to opposition parties, including line's and she attends class once the shift in ~FWU strategy has' Holy Year of 1975 must be pre- contact Birthright, a week where she turns out ac- 'come about because the Cesar ceded by a year of reconciliation, sectarian, volunteer service that the leftist Dominican People's cessories for her home that add Chavez-led UFWU has virtually an' exiled bishop reminded thou- offers ~inancial, legal, me~ical Movement (MPD) and the right- ' that extra special touch. Eliza- lost the -struggle and ~s looking sands of Cubans 'also living in and coupseling help to distressed ist Democratic Quisqueyano Party of exiled Gen. Elias Wessin. pregnant women. beth, 11, has a Raggedy Ann for tactics which will rejuvenate exile.

Notably, Communist party memlamp in her room I that Mom the union.

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She ~I so notes that there are made; and even the young men All UFWU ~icketing in Califor- dal, an auxiliary bishop in Ha- many p ople who want to adopt bers have not been detained.

Bishop Pepen said'a mounting of the family, Joe, 16, and Chris- 'nia-except for two ranches- vana untHhis expulsion in 1962, children if mothers ca~not keep ','clamor from all parts of society topher, '10, sport accents in their has ended because, according to wrote from his parish 'here about -including relatives-cannot be 'red, white and blue, bedroom a UFWU spok~sman in San Fran- ways Cubans can honor their. their ba~ies after birth.

"I don't hear enough against ignored by the Church." that were' created by their tal- cisco, the $1.6 million given- to patroness, Our Lady of Charity ented mother. the union by I the AFL-CIO, the of Cobre. Her feast ,falls on abortion~ in our sermons. This is real, this is reality," she said and When you first meet Pauline parent organization, has been Sept. 8.

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"We must reconcile ourselves she su~gests that the clergy DANCING this slight, and very' attractive Although se~ding 500 families with God, because we have fallen should Have done the same for EVERY SAT. NIGHT redhead could have anything on to 63 cities will take much mon- into religious indifference and be- the pris6ners of war. Before the Sept. 15 - The Big Sound of her mind but looking pretty. ey, the spokesman said, the total come contaminated by the pre- release bf the prisoners, Mrs. Roland Marcotte & his Orch.

However, just a few minutes will be less than having to pay vailing materialism.

Barraco I addressed several deYour Host-AI Tremblay spent in her company and one strike benefits: to People on the "T1hen we must seek reconcili- nominations urging people to finds that not only are her inter- picket line. write H~noi requesting better ation with our brothers, as chilests multitudinous and varied but dren of the' same Father. We treatmen~ for the prisoners and Rte. 6, N. Dartmouth Name Twd Catholic must leave our selfish shell and· release Of the wounded.

Report Priest ~eaten. share the anguish and poverty of University rrustees so many thousands. We must For Teaching Religion WASHINGTbN (NC) - Arch- forgive as Christians and bishops Thomas A. Donnellan of Cubans.

HAMBURG (NC) - Father Juezas Zdebskis, who has 'been ar~ Atlanta and John. R. QU'inn of ,"For us Our Lady of Charity rested twice, was beaten and Oklahoma CitYI have been named must mean Our Lady of Reconcilmistreated by Soviet police at members of the board of trustees iation and Love."

I . ' Telsiai, Lituania,because he held of the Catholic University of Estimates of Cuban refugee's ROUTE .6--between Fall River and New Bedford religion classes for children in America (CUA) here.

Elected by the executive com- since 1962 living in the U.S. his parish, according to .reports One of Sout~ern New England's Finest Facilities received by the Axel Springer mittee of the bo'ard, the two arch- and Europe-mostly Spain-are close to one million.

News Service here. l:iishops will join the hoard for Bishop Boza has acted as co-The Lithuanian priest had to four-year terms: this fall.

Now lor Since 1970 t~e CUA board of ordinator of pastoral works be hspitalized in July because of ,' trlistees has consisted of 30 mem- among Cuban exi'les. the beating, the report said.

Religious celebrations honorHe was jailed last in November bers, of whom 1,15 must be lay1971, but on his release had in- men. Before its, statutes were re- ing Our Lady included prayers FOR DElAILS _CAL~ MANAGER-636-2744 or 999·6984 sisted he would continue to teach vised the university had 44 trus- for some 30,000 political prisonthe children religion. . ees, of whom 11 were laymen. ers in Cuba.

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Av,ers It Ju,st Isn't True Wle Can't· Afford Schools

Thurs., Sept. 13, 1973

Tells Churches Str,e'S's Mora Iity

It's back-to-school week at my house and I'd .like to share a few thoughts with you about Catholic schools and the recent Supreme Court decisions involving aid to non-public schools. Six of my eight children are in Catholic schools: the oldest starting his second year in col- but I don't know of a single inwhere this occurred belege; the next four all in a stance cause a fund drive failed. It diocesan high school; and seems to me that the bishops of

MILWAUKEE (NC) - Churches can make their best contribution to society by stressing the difference between right and wrong, R'oy WUkins told the board of directors oft'he National Catholic Conference for Interracial Justice meeting here. . The Jongtime executive secre· tary of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People said that the Senate Watergate hearings have revealed that those who participated in Watergate "did not know right from wrong or had a wrong evaluation of right and wrong."

one in our parochial elementary school. ' , The only two in public schools are Ginny, who is brain~injured

the United States have been much less wiliing to lead fund drives for education while the campaign for public money was underway than they were in years past.

While it is true that the cost , of operating Catholic schools has gone up astronomically, so has By prosperity. Personal incomes, including Catholics', are at an allMARY time high.

Less Willing?

CARSON Let's not forget that some of the schools we are now talking about closing because of lack of funds were buUt during the and Bobbie who is retarded. depths of the depression of the They are in "special education" thirties. That generation made programs that are not available great sacrifices to accomplish what they did. Are Catholics toin our Catholic schools.

So I write from the point of day less willing to make sacriview of a mother who 'is deeply fices to 'continue what those peo· committed to a Catholic educa- pIe started? I don't think so.

But I do think the recent Sution for her children. ' preme Court decisions may turn I do not have access to all the, facts and ·statistics that are ac- out to be a blessing in disguise. cumulated by a news bureau or The first result of those decisions a university library. What I have was a joint pastoral letter from to say. is just how things look all the Bishops of the United to me from my kitchen table, States saying that they have acand if I'm wrong I don't mind cepted the fact that government assistance will not be forthcom: being told so. ing and that the Catholic comNot True munity in this country will have to make sacrifices to support our During the past few years I schools. have seen an intensive campaign I think there is every reason hy American bishops to secure, to believe that if this letter is more federal and state funds for followed by action in the form of Catholic schools. It was said vigorous, well-organized fund .over and over that we are endrives for Catholic education titled in justice to such funds they will be enormously successand that we could no longer ful. afford to~ keep our schools open Next week I'll tell you .why I without this help. This second believe that, and why I think the point was dramatically demonrecent Supreme Court decisions, strated with periodic announcerather than being the disaster ments of schools closing. .they appear to be, actually herald I do believe that in justice a golden age in Catholic educaCatholics are entitled to federal tion. and state money for education but for some time I have felt a nagging suspicion that the argu- Catechetical Sunday ment that we couldn't afford to Observance Planned support our schools was not true.

WASHINGTON (NC) - CateOnly seven or eight years ago we frequently saw announce- thetical Sunday, set 'for Sept. 16, ments that such and such a dio- will have as its theme this year cese had raised millions and "Catechesis: To Teach as Jesus sometimes tens of millions o'f Did." Catethetica'l .Sunday in the dollars to build schools. It seems United States has traditionaHy strange that we could raise that kind of money then to build been a .full-day observance near schools but we can't raise money the time most religious education programs are beginning for annow to operate them.

During the past few years I other year.

This year activities for the day have not heard of a single inci· highlight the U.S. Catholic will dent of a fund drive for Catholic bishops' pastoral message on reeducation which failed. I know that some schools have closed .\igious education, "To Teach as Jesus Did." Materials prepared for GateNew Bedford Woman's chetical Sunday under the direction of the National Center of ReClub Tea' ·Sunday ligious Education, Confraternity The New Bedford Catholic of Christ-Ian DoctrIne, a division Woman's Club begins its 1973-74 of the U.S. Catholic Conference, year with its traditional Open ,include a homily and prayer of House and Tea on Sunday, Sep- the faithful; an ouHine for tember 16, from 3 to 5 P.M. The meeting with parents in regard to Tea will take place in the Club- religious education; a met1hod of initia,Hng an adult religious eduhouse on 399 County Street.

Officers for the coming year cation program for the year; and will be introduced to members a ceremony for commissioning and guests. Music will be pro- parish religious education pervided by Jim Leach at the piano. sonnel.

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Describing the nation as being rife with a philosophy of "1'1)1 get mine and you get yours," Wilkins said church oriented or· ganizations such as NCCIJ must concern themselves with buHdi'Ig a "sensitivity toward moral tone . . . to teach, t'he difference between right and wrong so there is no betrayal on a higher -leveL" Acknowledging that "moral tone" is the responsibil'ity of all men, black or white, WnIdns suggested that white society has a greater obligation to set standards since white men hold power in our society.

HOME TO THE AZORES: Cardinal Humberto Medeiros of Boston offers the host in his home parish in the Azores, top photo, during his first visit since becoming a cardinal. The cardinal celebrated Mass for First Communicants in the parish of Our Lady of Health where he himself first received the Eucharist. Cardinal Medeiros is surrounded by local youths as he leaves the modest home in which he lived as a boy. The Cardinal's eight day pilgrimage was sponsored by New Bedford-Fall River businessmen. NC Photo.

Wilkins described the Nixon administration in Wl(lshington as not being an enemy of civil rights as much as it is indifferent to the needs of the poor and minorities. He noted that at the beginning of bis -second term, President Nixon began dismantling those programs that assisted the poor.

Nurses' Council 'Confers Awords Three, one hundred dollar scholarships have been awarded to the following student nurses by the Mary E. McCabe Nursing Scholarship F.und of the Fall River Diocesan Council of Catholic Nurses: Mary Eileen Mahon, 74 Veery Road, Attleboro, a student at New England Baptist Hospital

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Suzanne Keefe, 450 Paine Road, North Attleboro, a student at Faulkner Hospital School of Nursing, Jamaica Plain.

Linda Moffet, 48 Mirimichi St., Plainville, a student at Framingham Union Hospital School of Nursing, Framingham..

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Fines Sought Against New Jersey I Officials Aiding Nonpublic Schools

THE ANCHOR--Diocese of Fall River-"Thurs. Sept. 1"3, 1973

TRlfNTON (NC) - Opponents Supreme Court Justice William of sta~~ aid to nonpublic schools J. Brennan, asking him to stay filed petitions here urging con- the repossession order. Accordtemptl citations and $4,OOO-a-day ing to one state official, it would fines against three New Jersey cost more to repossess the. equipoffici~ls for aiding nonpublic ment than the equipment is schools. worth.

The Catholic bishops of New' After Justice Brennan refused JerseY, responded to the charges to stay the repossession order, with ~ .s~ateD!ent of support for attorneys for the school aid oppothe. offiCials. . nents petitioned the federal Public Funds for Public Schools court in Trenton to issue con. in Ne~ Jersey and other anti-aid tempt citations and levy $4,000groups charged that New Jersey a-day fines on the three state Gov. W~' illiam T. Cahill, acting ed- officials until they rep'ossess the ucatio commissioner Edward W. equipment.

Ki~p~t, ick and sta~e treasurer Promise Coopera~ion WIJ.llam E. Marfuggl have ac,ted T.h • I t f t f f T e New J ersey b'IShops sal'd m corytemp 0 I cour. .or al mg they recognize their "obligations to repossess $7.5 million • worth{as CI't"Izens t 0 a b'd b t"~ dec'II • ley 1"'" of ~materIalS a~d eqUipmen sions of the courts in our coun. t " and romised, the fun coloan to no~pubhc schools.

The materials were loaned unry . p . . . . f t' t 1 operation' of Catholic schools m der th e provIsions 0 a s a e -aw ", . which Iwas struok down on con- gIVIng up the eqUipment. stitutibnal grounds -by a threeAt the same ~ime they said t~e judge Ifederal court last April 5. latest legal actIOn by s;:hool aid ¥aterials Repossessed opponents caused them extreme The Istate appealedt'hat deci- concern." sion t~ the U.S. Supreme Court, "As we have stated in the and p nding the outcome of the Ipast, we are grateful to the govappeal, the materia'ls have been ernor and the legislature of the left in the custody of the schools state of New Jersey for their to wh ch they h~d been l~aned. reco.gnition of ~e contribution But on July 30 a federal court made to the public welfare by the ordere~the state to repossess the nonpublic sohools in New Jermateri Is. 'lIhe state appealed to sey," the bishops said.

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WASHINGTON (NC) - Rising The North Carolina Catholic, paper !costs, .postage costs and newspaper of the diocese of RaIn seri~us shortage of newsprint eigh, was caught in a worse bind, are alII affecting Catholic papers. when its printer elC!tausted all his Most papers will be hit with reserve supplies and his suppliers "a 15 Ito 20 per cent increase" were unable to provide his usual in postal costs after Sept. 9, ac- allocatioq of newsprint. cording to James A. Doyle, exFaced with a choice of finding ecutiv~ dir~t~r of the Catholic paper or not going to press, the Press tssoclatlon (CPA)., North Carolina Catholic's editor, AHhr.ugh1J the shortage of Father Frederich Koch, finally newsp~int:-th~ paper on which located some 60-lb. paper-twice . the ners IS prmted.......;~as not af- the weight of his normal newsfected ~ost papers. seriously yet, print-to guarantee a Sept. 16 at leas two Catholic palj?ers have edition of the paper. been f I rced to resort to emerFather Koch said the extra gen~y reasures. . weight of the paper wo'uld a,lmost Like ~he food shortages around double -his mailing costs over the the co~ntry, the paper shortage next few weeks. He is still hasbeEjn caused by a number of searching for regular newsprint factors, . to cover his needs, he said.

A!lthough the shortage has not Wet reather has hmdered tree harvestmg most of t~e ye~r. La· had such a drastic impact on bor ;shqrtages a~d strikes m Ca- most papers, it has contributed nadl~n.lpa'Per mrlls have cut pro- to rising prices that the papers ductlO~ below current demands. must either absorb or offset by Since ~ver half of the newsprint cutbacks. in the United States comes from Canad~, the long Canadian railroad strike quickly brought the Arc;:hbishop IssLiles shortages to the crisis level.

In ortIer t9 keep printing, The ~astoral on P'rayer CINCINNATI (NC) - ArchAdvocate, the Catholic weeldy 'bishop Joseph L. Bernardin has of the Newark, N.J., arcpctiocese had tol drop from its usual 12 issued a "pastoral letter t9 the pages a week to eight .pages members of the Church of Cin· cinnati" entitled "Prayer in Our starting Aug. 23.

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Alle~ Bradley, The Advocate's Published as anUlustmted circula~ion manager, said he expects the paper to stay at eight booklet and ,scheduled to appear pages fhr as long as another two in the Catholic Telegraph, archdimonths! Before the crisis is over ocesan newspaper, in three week"we cut even more," he said. ly ~ instaIlments, the pastoral summarizes the theology of pray, er, reviewing difficulties 1n prayRight to Life ,ing and methods of overcoming soutH BEND (NC) - Mrs. them.

"There are signs of renewed inMarshall Smelser of South Bend has be~n appointed coordinator terest in prayer today," the archto overfee organization of right bishop declares in the introducto life groups throughout Indiana. tory section of the pastoral.

Mrs. Stnelser, a former Demo- ~'Though its expressions may difcratic ~tate representative, win. fer-private prayer, t'he Rosary, work to coordinate and unify de- meditation, liturgy, spontaneous velopm~nt of right to life groups prayer, the breviary - adl who throu~~ education concerning pray are united in the goal of prayer, God Himself...." <!:bortlon. \

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RECEIVES MINISTRY OF ACOLY~: Bishop Cronin presents the chalice and paten to Mr. Timothy J. Place,. seminarian from St. Joseph's Parish, New Bedford studying in the North American College, Rome.. Assi,sting are Rev. John J. Smith, seated, Diocesan DirectoJ of Vocations; Rev. 'John J. Oliveira, standing, secretary to Bishop Cronin; Mr. Richard Roy, a seminarian from St. John'~ Seminary, and a member of St. Joseph's Parish, New. Bedford. Center: Herbert Place, left :and Mrs. Herbert Place, parents of the seminarian with Bishop. Bottom: Rev. Msgr. Hugh A. Gallagher, 57 years a priest, who was on retreat at Cathedral Camp and concetebrated the Mass of Ministry of Acolyte, with Bishop Cronin and Mr. Place.

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Canadian Bishops Examining Decree on First Confession OITAWA (NC) - Canada's bishops are examining the practice of aHowing first Communion before confession in the. light of a recent Vatican decree stating that the experimental program should be phased out.

The English and French sectors of .the office of religious education of the Canadian Catholic Conference (CCC) asked the bishops to submit reports to the CCC prior to the semiannual meeting of the nation's bishops scheduled for ·October.

Father Everett MacNeil, general secretary of the English 'sector of the CCC, said: "This feedback wiH be a great help to our national offices of religious education as they prepare. this topic for discussion at the Oct. 22-26 plenary assembly."

The offices of religious educationare also studying the Vati~ can document and plan to suggest possible programs for pastoral implementation, he said. {In the United States, the bishops of Kentucky and Tennessee, formaHy asked that a discussion of the Vatican decree on first confession and first Communion be placed on the agenda of the November meeting of the U.S. bishops.

(Other U.S. bishops have also indicated that the controversial topic will be discussed at that meeting.)

"Canadian bishops as a group do not have a uniform policy conveying the pastor!l'l preparation and reception of first Pen·

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ance for children," Father MacNeil said.

'IEach bishop has made the appropriate decision in his own diocese in consultation with diocesan personnel."

According to the decree, sent to aU the bishops of the world, the practice of admitting children to first .Communion without golng to confession-an experimental program ~ was to be phased out at the end of the 1972-73 school year. (The U.S. bishops had asked that the experimental program be continued.)

The declaration was dated May 24, 1973, and was signed by Cardinal Antonio Samore, prefect of the Congregation of the .

Sacraments and by American Cardinal John Wright, prefect of the Congregation for the Clergy.

Father MacNeil said: "There has been no special reaction from the bishops on the declaration.

As far as I can judge, I would say that the bishops are not taking any precipitous action which would thwart the underlying intent of the declaration or lose the good effects of the present practice of first Penance not being necessarily received before first Communion.

"With the opening of school, the bishops and their diocesan personnel are examining the pastoral implications of the declaration and current practice in aU or parts of their dioceses," he said.

Centralized Church Institute· Opened in Latin America MEDELLIN (NC) - A newly reorganized center for the training of priests, nuns and laymen as task-forces for Church renewal and social reform, will open here within a few weeks.

Sponsored by the Latin American Bishops' Council (CELAM), the Pastoral Training Institute replaces three specialized institutes on catechetical work, liturgy and parish work.

CELAM executives decided at their meeting in Sucre, Bolivia, last November to' trim the budget and merge several of CELAM's activities.

CELAM institutes headquartered in Quito and Santiago, Chile, ceased functioning at the end of CELAM's fiscal year.

The Liturgical Institute here closed in August after eight years of existence. During that time over 800 priests, nuns and lay people went through 25 training courses. 'f.he institute also held seminars for bishops and Reli· gious superiors.

CELAM leaders chose Medellin after considering other cities suoh as Lima, Peru; Quito, Ecuador and Bogota, Colombia, Observers noted that Medellin offers "a Church climate more open and conducive to freer discussion of theological and pastoral issue."

Church renewal guidelines issued five years ago here by the second general assembly of the . Latin American bishops were reviewed by CELAM 'leaders, who denied reports saying a third assembly would be called soon.

The first assembly took place at the turn of the century.

CELAM sources said that the guidelines have succeeded in

prompting Church programs and encouraging "reflection and action teams" among clergy' and laity. The guidelines have proved to be incentives for Christian community life in severa'l nations, sources also said.

They added that much work remains-to be done to implement the recommendations of Medellin, and said a third assembly is unnecessary.

Convention Series For Educators WASHINGTON (NC) - The second annual series of mini-conventions and workshops sponsored by the National Catholic Educational Association (NCEA) with headquarters here is underway with i,ts first convention .in Baltimore now completed.

The convention series, said Sister Leo Vincent, executive secretary of the NCEA'S E'lementary Department, was begun to cut down on distance traveled and expenses incurred by the memo bers who found it difficult to travel to one national convention.

Last year the conventions and workshops were held in four cities. This year at 'least three and perhaps as many as seven region· al meetings will be held. , Father Alfred McBride, director of the workshops, said :"The ,success of the workshops the first year brought numerous requests for presentation of the se· ries in other cities. I think this widespread interest is a sign of a growing 'awareness of the adult focus in religious educll'tion, as well as an appreciation of'the meaning of total parish educ~· tion."

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VISITS CENTRAL VILLAGE: Bishop Cronin offered Mass on Sunday morning in the Parish Hall Chapel for Parishioners of St. John the Baptist Parish, Central Village. Assisting the Ordinary were: Rev. Henry R. Canuel,left, Rev. John J. Oliveira, right, secretary to the Bishop and Rev. Cornelius J. O'Neill, pastor. Center: Young parishioners meet their Bishop. Bottom: senior members of the parish greet their shepherd.

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Suggests, Four ,

Books, for Fall Reading I

If God hadn't wanted us to read, would He have given us recipes? Last week, I mentioned the need to keep laity aware of books potentially helpfu1 to them as mature Christians. This week, I'll devote my column to four books.

I ' Now that the kids are in school (God is good) we helpful. It's a· bargain at $1.35 , from St.: Anthony Messenger may get a chanc~ to open the, Press, 161'5 Republic St., Cincincover of a book or two be- nati 45210. Incidentally, this' fore the holiday season sets in would ser{.e as a good discussion Why Sunday Mass? edited by book for I a shoit, p.arish adult Karen Hurley is a readable pa· course by the same name, "Why perback containing five chapters: 'Sunday Mass?" .

I Will My Dog Go to Heaven?

How to Answer Your Child's Re·' ligious Q~estions by Heidi and Jorg Zinki: is obviously written By by experi~nced parents.. It's a nice blend of religion and psyDOLORES chology, a marriage)ong overdue in our church-parent dialog.

CURRAN An exan)ple: "In the course of answering, our child's questions, it is not aClvisable for us adults to be too Satisfied with our own :answers. We should try ·to get to "Sunday Mass in Crisis: An In- the bottom I of our own uncertaintroduction to the Problem," by ty." This is a dilemma' increas· Karen Hurley; "The Christian ingly mentioned by parents. An: Sunday, . A Theological View," other good discussion-group book.

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I recommend this book, .not doesn't blame everything on the because I agree with everything Church but he doesn't absolve in it, but because it touches on the Church from blame, either. the most common and agonizing This bookisn;t meant to shore question parents ask: "What do up a sagging faith but to stimuyou do when they don't want to late a sagging intellect. $7.95, The Thomas More Association, go to Mass?"

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A Catholic has always, in this What's a Place Like This Doing country at least, been judged to a Nice Girl Like Me? by Lor· - more and more by his attention raine Collirts. This $1:50 paper. to Sunday' Mass than by his back shoul4 fit the bill for that attention to' gospeIChri~ianity. Christmas or hospital tuck-in Hours of homilies tave toched gift if the p4tient has ,no stitches. upon the need for and value of ,Erma Bombeck readers will en· Sunday Mass but statistics joy Ms. COllins' chapters, one of point to change. Mass participants which fol1ows in totality: "How to I Get Inspired About are getting older and fewer. If panic hasn't hit the parish yet, Housework: IPretend you're going into the ho'spital at noon, and it has the home: I can't honestly say whether your 1I'\0ther-in-law will be lookthis book will make parents feel ing after things while you're better or worse but it wiII make gone," Abbey Press, St. Meinrad, them feel less alone. It wil give Ind. 47577. i them some reasons for attending and it will help them understand Fitzsim~ons stiys . their youths' reasons for not attending. If you are a parent who UFWU Broke Word prefers ignorance coupled with a BUENA VISTA (NC) - The firm hand, you probably won't dispute between the Teamsters be helped by this book.

Union and I the United Farm Workers U~ion (UFWU) began If, however, you are a parent, who tries to understand present when the l!1FWU "broke their cultural effects on your ehildren word" and I began a boycott, and deal with them accordingly, Teamsters President Frank Fitzthis little collection could be simmon's said in an ,interview here.

I W.ith two mmion members, reCrisis Poinh cent developments in the CaliforLONDON (NC) - Six "crisis nia dispute I tend to make the • points of shared Christian con- Teamsters look like a big monopcern" 'were issued here by the Qly shoving k little man around, interdenqminatiOllal Order of but Fitzsimmons insists that the Christian Unity. The six points Teamsters d6 not go where I1hey agreed on by members of the are not oinv'ited. movement, after widespread con· "We, went in because farm sultation, were described as workers ,invited us in'," ihe said. "six modern priorities all rei· "We had been ,representing farm evant to Christ's command- . la bor in California since the mid ments" and as "six safeguards 1940s and our interest in them is for the common good," nothing new. i , I

PARAMUS (NC) - "Perspective 21," a massive educational drive for religious vocations by 23 religious orders, was started here with the publication of two , 28-page tabloids by Paulist Press.

The two tabloids, one for men and one for women are geared to stirring up interest in Reli· gious life among college·age men and wom~n. Consisting of sraightforward reports on the lifestyle, programs, apostolates and goals of the 23 participating religious orders, the tabloids are being distributed on Catholic college campuses, through campus ministry centers on secular campuses, and in parishes throughout the country.

"Perspective 21" received its , CIRCUS FANS CHAPLAIN-Father Robert Dagwell name from its theme, that the of ~cGhee, Ark:, national ch~pl~in 10f the Circus F~ns ~sso­ generation of men ....and women ciatIon of AmerIca, meets Maltal, a~elePhant starnng 10 the now in school will set the tone Wallace and Rogers Circus. Mrs. Helene Hartzell, circus fOr Christian ministry in the 21st owner, handles the introduction. hey were at the fans' century. With each of the tabnational convention in Seattle, Wash. NC Photo by Kay loids scheduled for three editions spread through the academic Lagrei,d. year, almost a million copies will be distributed by the end of the program.

Father Thomas F. Stransky, president of the Paulist Fathers, said the program is designed to Long' Lines of: Poor "awaken interest in Religious vocations generally and thus On St. Anthony Room help serve the total Church as I well as its supporting memberSAN FRANCISCO (NC)-"We Th~re were the neatly dressed, are getting a new type of poor," the shabbily dressed and the communities." said the F.ranciscan priest who real1~1 ragged poor, young, oldhas operat~d the St. Anthony some in bare feet or shoes from Convent Converted.

Dining Room here for nearly 23 whic~ toes protruded. And of Into Home for Aged years-and 12 million free meals. course, there were some who had FAIRLAWN (NC) - P I a n s Despite the growing affluency so~erfd up sUfficie~tly to be adof the majority of Americans, mltte~, b.ut who stIlI smelled of to convert a building which was Father Alfred Boeddekor said cheaB wme. Lastly, there were 'formerly used as a convent into that the lines of those seeking a the ..ftIowe.r peopl~not a few a home for the elderly received approval here recently by the hot meal at the dining room have lookulg Withered. town' plaq.ning board. steai:lily lengthened in the past R I ltd h th few months. . e~u ~rs gree e eac 0 er Sponsored by St. Anne's parish With smiles and bantered about council, the home is to he operatIn March, the. d~ily average the t4PicS of the day. One man ed bya speciaI committee and was about l,O~O; It IS now 1,600. seem~d very much up - on the will accommOdate about 35 eIderAnd .the Francls,can Fathers who happenings pf the stock market Iy people in single rooms. . run It say there s more to come. and breezily observed that it The convent, erected in 1953, _ Father Boeddeker, who found- was ~own again, to which his ' has 43 rooms and became availed the dining room, said that in· companion replied, "Yeah; I able as the number of nuns servflation and recent spiraling food notic~d that. I'm glad I don't ing the parish dwtindled in recent prices have increased the need. have ~ny money to waste on the years. Cost of renovations is es"Weare getting a new type of upsabd downs," timated at $40,000. poor seeking our aid. They in· I . clude the elderly, whose pensions • • • • • • • • • • • • •• • ••••••••••••••••••••• ; ••••••••• or Social Security at one time DAILY INTEREST SAVINGS ACCOUNTS enabled' them to live modestly.

"Now with inflation, they are flat broke and unable to buy sufPER ANNUM ficient food to feed themselves," he said.

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The waiting appeared endless and got worse as the line slowly drew closer to the fpod. With some impatience, he said to his neighbor "Gee, it takes a long time to get there," He was a sad·faced man, about 30, and he . quietly replied, "When you're. hungry, it doesn't matter how long you wait, as long as you get Main Office: 41 Taunton Green, Taunton, Mass. there," .

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"Cafechesis: To Teach as Jesus Did" Pastoral of American Bishops

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Catechesis or religious education is the process of leading others to a mature faith. To arrive at this maturity is not possible in grade school or in high school. That is why we have such an emphasis today on ac!ult .religious education. Only an adult, a mature adult, is capable of a faith that is truly mature. And ·even that mature adult faith mustcontinue to grow and develop as long as life lasts.

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This growth in faith begins in the small community of the family; it is continued in the larger faith community of the parish, and it ~nnot end with confirmation, graduation, marriage or any other half-way goal. It ends only with death where the final leap of faith must be made.

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Publicity chairmen of parish organizations ara asked to submit news Items for this c~lumn to The Anchor, P. O. Box 7, Fall RIver 02722. Name of city or town should be Included, as well as full dates of all activities. Please send news of future rather ttlan past events. .

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Men and women are invited to join the parish lector program and may contact Rev. Edmund I J. Fitzgerald at the rectory for I B3' Joe and Marilyn ~oderick further information.

Slf. JOSEPH, Parishioners will mark the This has been a bad year for gar~ens .A very wet, cold ITTLEBORO golden jubilee of Holy Name The annual Field Day of the Spring was followed by ~a wet, col~ early Summer. The oly Cross Sisters will be held with a dinner Sunday, Sept. 30 persistent rain and dampness caused ha~oc with the funI op Saturday and Sunday, Sept. at Venus de' Milo restaurant. had a serious efgus-prone plants and the lack of sunshine I 19 and 16 on Island Pond Rd., Reservations may be made at the fect upon the development I , .'.

1'1anchester, N~ H; All are wei- rectory or by, dropping the reservation form in the collection of vegetables and fruit This be durable and attractIve; a Job came. , f 11 ' . I' bl which I look forward to with debasket at Mass. Chairmen for the I Rehearsals for 'the Junior was 0 o~ed by mto era. y termina!tion but with some' apCpoir will be held tomorrow event are Jean Beaupre and Mrs. hot humId weather' whIch prehension. at 3:15 in the choir Thomas Stanton. afternoon took all the starch out of garden: I Edward Peters, choir director, 10 ft.

Members must be between ers and plants alike. The effect I In the Kitchen requests volunteers for both the ~or: me. ~ery often. the most of all this on our garden, coupled ROME: Now in Rome the ages of 10 and 15. adult and junior choir. Rehearwith disastrous numbers of bee- enjoyable time of day IS the few for an international meeting sals are held at 7 each Monday . tles, was overwhelming. What is quiet nVnutes between. the t~me of the Religious of the Holy' OpR LADY OF' HEALTH, evening.

Those interested may left is hardly worth a look and . the alarm goe~ off and the tlI?e, Union of the Sacred<tlearts FALL RIVER· , call the rectory or Mr. Peters at there is nothing for us now but, you ha~e to hustle your. famIly . , . . I . S· . !The Women's Guild will sponto look forward to next year out. of bed. After ~ partIcularly IS prOVmCla supenor ~ster s9 r a whist party at 7:30 on 673-9089.

The Boston Archdiocesan and hope that things will take a trymg day, ,or a, nIght spent up Grace Donovan of Fall RIver, .' T~esday night, Sept. 18 in the turn for the b~tter with a sick child these moments who was last month named parish hall.

Boys' Choir will be heard in con. . could elicit a feeling of "How cert at Holy Name Churcn SunUtopia Dream can I pdssibly get up?" However, chairperson of the New Enday night, Nov. 11.

LOUIS DE FRANCE, With this in mind we have if you have managed to get a gland Regio~ of the Leader~.

A foliage tour to Stowe, Vt. ,st?pped . concernin? ourselves good night's rest those few mo: ship Conference of Women SWANSEA is planned for this weekend.

WIth trymg to salvage the re- ments of peace can be truly Religious and is also a memjLadies of Ste. Anne will have . Further information, is available mains of our present garden but yours. I b f h' . 1 D~. Norman Harris of Fall River er o. t e. natlOna board' of asLl guest speaker for th' f' t at the rectory. ' are thinking in terms of what we Perhaps because I'm a mornt'lOn, wh'lC h numell' Irs th e orgamza m~eting of the club year at 8 wo~ld like it to look like in an ing person (my brain absolutely OUR LADY OF PERPETUAL optimum year. , refuses ,to function after nine bers nationally 600 major suo' P.M. Wednesday, Sept. 19 in., HELP, NEW BEDFORD· I have fi~ally s~arted a long- o'clock in the evening) I do my periors of women's religious thE parish hall. His t,oPic will be Parishioners will hold their d.el~yed patio whIch should be best thi~king then, gather up Iny communities, and has 70 th use o~ hypnosi~ in dentistry r fInIshed and planted for next resources, plan the day in my members in the New En _ anld ~e wIll also dISCUSS the in- annual family festival this week. g crrasmg role of acupuncture in end, beginning 'af.ter 5 P.M. Mass Sl?ring. This will offer us a cool, mind artd then I'm a smidgen land reglOn. W~stern medicine. Judith Kusi- ,Saturday and continuing on Sunsecluded spot next Summer and more pr~paredto hear: . day at the church hall, 235 N. allow us to use the garden for : Sister Said ni~z ~~ program chairman for the Front St. Chairmen Mr. and Mrs. .. . . relaxation and sitting around meetmg. rather than merely as a place to ~o,thler, I told you las~ nIght Edward Bobrowiecki request dowork or to look at I dldn t ,have a clean tllouse for I nations of prizes, canned goods, Slj.MARY, We plan a small 'area approx- schobl."I (Thi~ must have been white elephant items, homeSOUTH DARTMOUTH pastries and Polish food imately 15 x 15 completely sur- st~~ed af~er mne) Richard Castro, 18 Linden St., A. "show anc( tell" session fea- baked rounded by 'dwarf shrubs and Ma, Sister saId I had to have Attleboro, a member of Holy specialties. A meat pie supper those crayons and cotton balls Ghost parish, has been mimed tu~ed the first meeting of the will be served at 6 P.M. Saturday stone walks. With the add'f I IOn thO 0 I. " Women's Guild, held Tuesday at and a raffle will be featured on of a small fountain and some IS m rnmg.

Attleporo lay chairman' for the wind, chimes we feel that we "Ha~ ion~one .fed .the do?,?" Campaign for Human Develop- thi' parish center. Members Sunday. should have a comfortable and (At thIS ,pomt MISSy IS ch~wmg ment, it has been announced by sh red talents and hobbies with charming living area on one side s9m~onels new shoe eto gam at- Rev. Normand J. Boulet, area ,ea~h other, including handiwork, ST. MARGARET, painting, arts and crafts. Plans BUZZARDS BAY, of the house. The problem is te~.tIOn fprher hunger. director. . wte advanced for a fashion getting the patio built and raisOh, Ma, I forgot to. tell you The campaign, sponsored by New officers of SS. Margareting the money for the shrubs and so~e?ne I called I~st mght, and the National Conference of Cath- sh9w to be presented Wednes- Mary Guild were installed last day, Sept. 26 at the center with the fountain! saId It was v"ery Important that I ' you calli them back but I can't olic Bishops, aids a variety of Mrf· Frederick Preece as chair- night at a special Mass, A busiCool, Clear Water remember what I did with their anti-poverty causes on a national man and proceeds benefiting, the ness meeting and social hour folWe have been searching for . phone humber. Their name and diocesan level. Included Carmelite Sisters of South Dart- lowed. the latter for the past four or sounded ;something like Rounds, among diocesan projects are aid mouth. five years and have finally found or was it Towns, or maybe it to the elderly, and to the Big The 'first social ~vent of the OUR LADY OF ANGELS, FALL RIVER Brother organization, assistance one within' our budget and at- wasn't efther of those." fall season will be an "Autumn l to immigrants, camping proI " dance slated for Saturday, Holy Name Society members H aze In this day and age, when so tractive and .durable., Running water is a marvelous addition' many women are rushing off to grams, and emergency aid to dis- seRt. 29 with music by Gene will attend 8 AM. Mass Sunday, Sept. 16. Breakfast and a meeting Oliver. to a garden but good fountains work at 'the same time as their aster and fire 'victim.s. will follow. are extremely expensive. We offspring! there's no time for a have priced them as 'high as , cup of coffee and a sigh of relief Criticizes Former The winter schedule of Masses , ST.! JOSEPH, $4,000 in lead. We gave up about after ev~ry(jne gets off. Therewill begin .Sunday, with Masses TAUNTON I ' at 4 and 5:15 P.M. on Saturday a year ago and decided to build fore, try relaxing a few moments Prime Minister ~ membership dinner is planour own until we happened ·to before th'e early morning havoc BELFAST (NC)-An Anglican and hourly from 7 AM. to noon ned for 6:30 P,M. Tuesday, Oct. on Sunday. run into a small but adequate descends lupon the house. It gives bishop's criticism of a ,former 2 ~y the Women's Guild in the one which is reasonably priced. you all sorts of inner fortitude.' Northern Ireland prime minister In the ·meantime we have the That, and a, pJ:ayer along the . for discrimination against Cath- church basement. Tickets are ava1ilable from Mrs. Rita Hall, back-breaking and painstaking lines of"":"" "Dear God, give me olics has drawn angry outbursts Mr~.

Mll1'Y Maynard and Mrs. job of building a patio which will the strength to get through this from Protestant leaders.

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Anglican Bishop A -H. Butler ThIS reCIpe comes from Mq;. of Connor, Northern Ireland, said I Plan Installal'ion Over 35 Years Joseph B~nevides of Holy Name at a memorial service that Lord .OUf LADY OF FATIMA, SWANSEA of Satisfied Service in' Fall River (whose life Brookeborough, former prime parish' Of Bishop Graves l1le parish will sponsor a flea Reg. Master Plumber 7023 style is d:iscussed in this week's minister of Northern Ireland who LITTLE OCK (NC) - Bishop mar,ket from 9 A.M. to 6 P.M. JOSEPH RAPOSA, JR. Lawrence P. Graves has been fashion ~olumn) Pauline's only' died Aug. 18, "was not a political Sat~rday, Sept. 22 in the church 806 NO. MAIN STREET :on this recipe was that visionary.

He did not appeal: to comment discharged from, St. .\"incent Inhall i Refreshments will be served , Fall River675.7497 firmary here land wHI be instaHed it makes: such a delicious pie think pf I,.ong-term Solution to and all are welcome.

••.••••• $ '. , . . crust. !hat! you can't stop eating our community problem.

It can as bishop of Alexandria, La., Sept. 18. ' your own pies-a discouraging be argued that if he thought differently and acted differently, The former auXiiliary bishop of thought f6r the dieter.

ELECT,RICAL PRINTING PaUline's Pie Crust Northern' Ireland would not be litHe Rock left the hospital Aug. SIN,CE 1898 Contradors 6 cups tlo~r in the sta~e which it is today," 28 after 'almost nine weeks of 1 pound lard (the price of this BislWp Butler quoted from' an treatment for a severe' case of MAILING pneumonia. He originally' was has almo~t tripled in the past obituary of Lord Brookeborough SINCE 1941 in The Times of London: "He scheduled to be installed at A'lex- year) WEB OFFSET 1 cup ~ot boiling water / was convinced that Roman Cathandria July 8.

SINCE 1967 2 Tablespoons sugar olics should be excluded from The bishop-designate wHI preresponsibility and participation.

2 teasP9ons' salt. ~ sent his credential,s to the con1) Add I the boilling water to 'He believed thl:lt being basically s'ultorsand chanceHor ,of the diorep~_blicans (favoring union with cese of Alexandria in St. Frands the lard, melt and let cool.

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Says Missions, Have Much To Teach Affluent-Nations

Archbishop Prevented From Saying Mass in Israeli Village of Ikrit

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Part of the task of educating Christian souls to accept the concept of justice must lie in the way the Church, as an institution, conducts her own affairs. The demonstration of justice is fully as important as the teaching of it.

Indeed, one without the other can become a mockery of the word.That individual priests, religious and dedicated lay inflation in the Atlantic world somewhat swung the balance people should be seen to be has of advantage towards the protaking less out of the planet ducers of primary productsthan they put in is part of this demonstration. But it is more than a private obligation. Institutions must react as responsible

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metals, tea, coffee, coco~., groundnuts, especiaIly petroleum -it can swing away next year and meanwhile the price of all the machinery the developing peoples buy goes steadily upwards. They' do not control their economic destinies. Indeed, some at least of the wealth earned in developed lands is earned at their expense.

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Clearly this fundamentally unbalanced relationship must affect the links between Christian com~1m~<~~ munities. We talk of "the Mispublic bodies. Religious orders sions" and urge on wealthy parneed to share their income and ishes the need to give geqerously endowments widely. . to the churches in poorer conThe "affluent" churches of the tinents.

Western world have to find ways But is there not some hint of supporting the churches in here of the old colonial relationpoorer regions. This communion ship, of "lesser breeds without in justice has always been a hall- the law," of condescending benemark of the Church. We read in factors graciously sharing some the Acts of the Apostles of col- . of their surplus with dependents lections being taken up for needy -from some of whom they took communications and of the prac- part of that surplus in the first tice, in some cities, of the incip- place? ient parishes. "holding all things The Bishops are clearly aware in common." of this risk. They say that "fraBut in our own day, this fra- ternal . solidarity" is what must ternal sharing has to be pursued be sought and beneficiaries must not only with generosity but have a complete say in the ecowith tact and discretion. The rea- nomic and social projects underson is historical. During the last taken together and in the crifour hundred years the "Chris- teria used for choosing subjects.

Such new organs of the Curia tian" peoples of maritime Europe took over the planet. In as "Cor Unum" have the task 1914, virtually only Japan, Si- of trying to make the flow of am and Ethiopia were not under assistance between rich churches one form or another of Western and poor an exercise in joint reo settlement or colonial control. sponsibility, both givers and reChristianity went round the ceivers taking part equally in world never very far from the decision-making an~ the givers, gems and commerce of the West- in particular, scrupulously respecting the advice and insight ern imperialists. and local experience of the Broken-Hearted churches in Asia and Africa and Centuries ago,' St. Francis Latin America.

Xavier abandoned Catholic Goa Not Planetary for the Far East. He concluded Above all,' it means reconsidthat the Portuguese adventurers had made nonsense of religion ering the role of the Sacred Colin this first "Western" city in lege for the Evangelization of Asia. We can hear some echo of Peoples. Traditionally it has his broken-hearted verdict in the cared for "missions." But this evidence given by Spanish and conj:ept underlies the idea of Portuguese - missionary priests Western culture and control bedenouncing the massacres in ing projected out from Europe to Portuguese Africa in our own the rest of the world. It is not truly planetary. ( day.

What is essential is not so True, political colonialism is much missions but true local now largely at an end. VirtuaIly churches, with local bishops, only the Russian and Portuguese empires still leave undistrubed priests and religious, serving the pattern of white rulers and local congregations with full recolored subjects. But economic spect for and indeed responsive~ colonialism continues unabated. ness to traditional cultures and forms of wisdom.

Third world economies are deSome "missionary" orders alrivative. Their dependence upon ready find that their vocations, Western trade is all but total. shrinking in Europe and AmerThey are barely consulted on fu- ica, are bounding ahead in Asia. ture plans for international mon- Possibly, if only we could see etary and commercial reform. Al- ourselves clearly in our affluent though, recently, uncontrollable societies, worshipping daily at

Heart That heart alone is hard which does not shudder at itself for not feeling its hardness.

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the Golden Calf of the Supermarket, we would wonder whether we may not be the peoples in need of evangelization and whether the "misions" should not come to us.

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HOMILIST-Rev. Maurice J. Lebel, S.J.; rector, homilist at Mass.

Connolly High's Eighth Year A faculty meeting and a multimedia Mass opened the new scholastic year for Bishop Connolly High Scho,ol in Fall River.

In his address to the faculty, Rev. Thomas Gibbons, S.J. drew from the remarks of fellow Jesuit Avery Dulles to describe what a Jesuit High School of the future should be like.

The following five points were placed before the faculty as goals and programs for the new school year: -a future oriented school where education is a preparation for life and where the emphasis is on the process of learning; -a classroom teaching in participatory learning, where the teacher serves as facilitator and catalyst; -a climate of trust; -a value system that would arise from the encounters' of faculty and students;.

-a gearing of all educative endeavors to active service and practical application.

The special Mass opening the school year was carefully planned by both students and faculty to set a religious tone.

The principal celebrant and homilist at the Mass was Rev. Maurice J. Lebel, SJ, rector of the Jesuit Community at Bishop Connolly High School. .

IKRIT (NC) - Polk:e pre- , crown, which in the Melkite rite vented Melkite-rite Archbishop replaces the mitre. There on the Joseph Raya of Aikka (Acre) from road, the Baptism of new vi11ag~ celebrating Mass recently in the ers of J,!trit was conducted. , village church of Ikrit, in northAn ancient custom of the East ern Israel. is for the father of the child to . The action was another in a give sweets, and to sprinkle with 'series of confrontations between rose water those attending a the archbishop and the govern- Baptism. One. of the fathers, in ment. his enthusiasm, passed along the The arch1bishop maintains that barriers, sprinkling one by one the people of Ikrit have a right the Israeli police, because they in justice to return to their vil- too had witnessed the Baptism lage, from which they were ex- of his child. pelled by the army in 1948. The The ceremony over, Archgovernment forbids this return for "security reasons." The vH- bishop Raya went to the neighla'!e :is near Israel's bomer with boring viHage of Biram, which, like Ikrit, is under the same inLebanon.

Archbishop Raya's residence is terdict of the military, for a actually in Haifa. His diocese wedding. In Biram, however, there were no barriers and no includes the region of Galilee. police. The ma,rriage ceremony On Aug. 18, 250 Catholic vil- took place in the vHlage church, lagel"s of lkrit tried to return for which is the only whole building their annual celebration to the in the desert~d village. village feast of Our Lady. Police barriers, however, lined both sides of the road, preventing acChess, Religion eel's to the ruined village and its church, on the top of a hill. One RIO DE JANEIRO (NC) - The hundred police, with riot shields Brazilian Confederation of Chess and batons guaroed the forbidden Players agreed to transfer games zone. scheduled for Saturday to anWhen asked why he had no other weekday, at the request of permit to enter the vHlage, the U.S. player Samuel Rechevsky, archbishop replied: "In Israel I a Jew who wanted to perform his do not need a permit to enter religious duties that day, the my own church."

Jewish Sabbath. W,inner of the The procession, however, was tournament, held to choose the only allowed to remain on the next challenger to world-ohampion Bob Fischer, was Brazil's road between the barriers.

Mass was impossible but there entry Henrique da Costa Meckwere children for Baptism, so a ing, a Catholic. "I hope eventualtahle was improvised, the arch- ly to bring the championship to bishop vested, put on his golden Brazil," he said.

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ORLANDO (NC)-The physician who founded this city's first abortion clinic claims that after initial opposition the community has accepted the clinic.

However, the chairman of the family life office of the diocese of Orlando maintains that although the opposition has decreased its visibility, there are many people who are still opposed to the clinic.

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THE ANCHOR-:Oiocese of Fall RiverrThurs..Sept. 13, 1973

YOUR FAITH ~entecostal Religion

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One of my favorite Bible stories describes a little known episode in the life of St. PauL It happened during Paul's third missionary expedition. Paul came' to the city of Ephesus, and discovered a small group of people who called themselves Christians.

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Jesus, or God the Father, or Christians in 1973 should exMary, but would feel almost pect to' receive the same gifts betongue-tied' when it came to the stowed on the Apostles at the' Holy Spiri~. first Pentecost: the gifts of speaking in tongues, interpretaBaptism of Spirit If that i~ not as true today as tion, prophecy, healing. This is a it may have been ten or fifteen basic conviction' of the millions years ago, it is probably due to of Pentecostal Christians. the growidg impact of Pentecostalism. Central to the religious experience i and belief of PenteBy costalism Christian communities By is the Holy Spirit. -Pentecostals FR. CARL J. claim to r~ceive the baptism of W~LILIAM J. the Spirit. Like the group' at PFEIFER, S.J .

Ephesus tliey speak in tongues, WIHALEN a gift best6wed by the Spirit.

I remember the first Pentecostal meeting I attended. I felt Apparently somewhat puzzled guilty at the time, going as a After conversion a~d water by the group, Paul questioned kind of hllIf-interested observer baptism a Christian should pray them. "Did you receive the Holy' or spectatot. A' group of perhaps to receive a baptism of the'Holy Spirit when you became believ- 30 people had gathered in a sub- Spirit which will be evidenced ers?" They answered, "We have urban horrte. When I arrived, by speaking in tongues (glossolnot so much as heard that there they were already crowded into alia) and other spiritual gifts. is a Holy Spirit." the large lliving room. People At least 10 million people around So Paul told them about Jesus were sitting o~ the floor as well the world belong to the many and the need to be ,baptized in asin all the; available chairs. They Pentecostal bodies;, tens of thousands of others hold Pentecostal Jesus' name. Apparently they were already praying. had only received the baptism of The atmosphere was quite re- beliefs whi.le remaining in mainJohn the Baptist. After. Paul's in- laxed. A yclung girl' was reading line Protestant and' Catholic struction, they were baptized "in aloud a paSsage from the Bible. churches.

TQe roots of Pentecostalism the name of the Lord Jesus." Silence follow.ed. A -young man Paul then laid his hands on them with a gJitar quietly sang a have been traced to the Wesley,and the Holy Spirit came down hymn. Silence. No one seeined an revival of the 18th century. upon them. They began to speak embarrassed or constrained ~ to John Wesley spoke about a bapin tongues ,and to utter prophe- speak. An ~lder woman prayed, tism of the Holy Spirit and the cies., (see ACts '19:1-7)' , : and asked tpe\ group to, pray that 'possibility of achiev'ing perfecIn many ways 'the story'typ- her broken: leg might heal. Sev- tion but by the end of the 19th ifies the reaction of many good eral people I offered a prayer for century American Methodism , had soft pedaled these doctrines.

Christians. Asked about the Holy her.

The Holiness movement kept All was peaceful.

A middleSpirit many Christian adults might answer, "Well, to be per- aged wom~n began crying as alive these original Wesleyan fectly honest, I've really hardly she described ,a painful crisis in positions; this movement worked been aware that there is'a Holy her family. i Spontaneously sev- through the revivalist branches Spirit. Many Christians might be eral people ploved cl~ser to con- of Methodist and Baptist denominations as well 'as through sepable to speak intelligently about Turn t<;> Page Nineteen arate bodies such as the Church I of the Nazarene.

Gift of Tongues In 1900 a former Methodist minister of the Holiness tradition What was once the magnifi- other hand,lsnatch the host fr:om opened' a small Bible school in cent Aldrich estate overlooking his hand often before he can Topeka, Kansas. As a class as· signment he asked his students Narraganset Bay at Warwick, say "The Bddy of. Christ."

Rhode Island, is now the location This latte~, unfortunate devel- to s?e if they could find any evfor Our Lady o{Providence Sem- opment pr<!bably results from idence in the New Testament inary. At the school year's con- the fact that Communion in the that the baptism of the Holy clusion, priests from that diocese hand is not presently a legitimate Spirit was accompanied by physgather there for two week-long option in the United States and, ical signs. They came to the ronrenewal institutes. They hear consequently, Catholics here gen- clusion that the one thing commajor lectures, engage in small erally have ~ot received any type ' mon ,to ·the experience was group 'discussion and try to up- of sound education on the sub- speaking in tongues. Christians would begin to speak in a landate themselves on theological ject.

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The Janu~ry 1973 Instruction guage they had never spoken from the Holy See, "Facilitating or studied or perhaps even heard.

The minister and his students Sacramental I Communion in Particular Circumstances" speaks to started to pray to receive the By that question in its concluding second baptism and on Jan. I, se~ti_on. It ~tates: "The greatest 1901 one of the students, Miss diligence and care should be' Agnes Ozman, became the first FR. JOSEPH M.; tak~n particlularly with regard person in modern times believed , CHAMPLIN' to fragments which may break to have received the gift of off the hosts. This applies to the tongues.

In a few years the Pentecostal minister and to the recipient whenever the sacred host is movement spread to a black During one of those sessions-I placed in th~ hands of the com- church in' Los Angeles. Missionaries carried the, message to heard a young priest speak about municant." I other U. S. cities and even to the "snitcher:s" who form part Suitable , Catechesis foreign countries. Today strong of many contemporary congregaThe directive also calls for tions. We have grown accus- suitable cat~chesis before initi- Pentecostal- groups are found in tomed over the years to "snap- ating this practice. Our own Latin America, Scandinavia, Gerpers"-those who lunge forward Bishops' Committee on the Lit- many, England, and this country. as the celebrant offers Holy urgy recently moved in that diAssemblies of God Communion to them and prac- rection through publication of '. The 'largest Pentecostal detically bite off his thumb and "Study Text I-Holy Commu- nomination in the U. S., the Asforefinger. "Snitchers," on the Turn to Ipage Seventeen semblies of God, was formed ir~

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PENTECOSTALS:"Best known of " America's PentecostI ' al pr~~chers is Oral Roberts. He was ordained by the 90,000 member Pentecostal Holiness Church but joined the United Met~odist Church and 'Yas admitted to its ministry a few years ago." Oral Ro~erts preaches vigorously during a gath~ring of his followers. NC Photo.

1914 land now reports 625,000 members in this country and 2 milliob elsewhere. Like most pentei'ostal, churches it puts the older denominations to shame by the magnitude of its mission-

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A 'black denomination, the Turn to Page Seventeen

IA Look at the Essenes of Qumran I The Essenes of Qumran may have originated during the time of thel Maccabees wheq a group of strict observers of the law joined IMattathias, the father Of, Judas Maccabeus (1 me 2:42).

They rere described as Hasideans or Hasidim, meaning "pious

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The I Greek word "Essenoi," from 'Yhich we derive Essene, is itself derived from "Hass-aya," an Ar~maic form of Hasidim or Hasideans. The Hasidim were particu~arlY concerned over the Hellenistic Jews' removal of Jason, tHe high priest of- the line of Zadpk (2 Sm 8: 17). Their respect for the line of Zadok also

led to their subsequent break with the Maccabees in about 152, when Johnathan MaccabeuS';' upon the death of his brother, Judas, accepted the high priesthood.

Johnathan is probably the one described in Essene scrolls found at Qumran as the Wicked Priest who unsuccessfully fought the "Teacher of Righteousness, the founder of the Essenes.

The Essenes' mode of life' was called simply "the way,'" and ,the members of the community were known as "the perfect in the way." In order to enter the brotherhood one' had to be an Israelite, take a binding oath to the law of the Covenant as interpreted by the Teacher of Righteousness and undergo a rit· ual cleansing.

Children of Light Entering the community was known as "entering the covenant," and the elitist and ex· cl.usivist philosophy of the Es,senes is demonstrated by the' Turn to Page Eighteen

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Author Cites Materialism Of American Weddings

Thurs., Sept. 13, 1973

PentecostaI

"In the American wedding rite the one area least cared about, most dismissed, is the marriage. vow." So says Marcia Seligson in her book The Eternal Bliss Machine: America's Way of Wedding (Morrow, 105 Madison Ave., New York, N.Y. 10016 $7.95). ' That statement needs con- tended account of one Orthodox siderable qualification. One Jewish wedding which does demonstrate, a strikingly differknows many young people ent approach and atmosphere. who do not lose sight of the sovereign importance of the marriage vow, even though they are caught up in the elaborate pro-

'Wedding Factory' There is a horrifying description of a Long Island emporium in which, under the same roof, seven Gentile wedding receptions and three complete Jewish weddings are taking place sim'ultaBy neously, a "Wedding Factory," where a rabbi, wearing a .seRT. REV. quined prayer shawl hurries people through rites lasting only MSGR. twenty minutes so that the next JOHN S. scheduled ceremony can begin on time.

KENNEDY Readers may find .Ms. Seligson's flippancy and feeble wit trying, and her repetitiousness duction which has come to sur- annoying. But hardly anyone can even skim through her book round marriage in America.

But perhaps the authdr delib- without being convinced' that in erately exaggerates in order to America irrelevant and unworthy make the point that proportion, trappings, antics, and exactions good sense, and good taste have have been allowed to obscure been sacrified as materialistic the essence of a marriage just as a pseudo-ritual -has gradually as- parasite is allowed to engulf and • sumed such importance as to smothers a lovely tree.

If she succeeds in making us overshadow the sacred ritual at think seriously about this anomthe heart of marriage. aly, and do something ·to correct Big Business it, her book will have been She has no trouble in estab- worthwhile. It leaves much to be lishing that whole industries, desired in other respects. Thus, have developed which batten on her· skimpy account of the hisweddings. She cites, among tory of marriage' is absurdly inothers these facts: "Two billion adequate' and imprecise, espe-' dollars last year sQent on wed- cially when she touches on Chrisding receptions; 40 per cent of tian marriage, both as to the the total jewelry industry; $1 out early Christian Fathers' views of .every $8 spent on home fur- and later developments. nishings and appliances; $640,A Spectacie 000,000 in honeymoon travel."

Perhaps as go04 an antidote as Not included in the foregoing are the vast sums put out for in- any for the corrupt spirit which vitations, wedding gowns, show- impels Americans to drown a er gifts, flowers, rentals, etc., wedding in dross would be a reading of A Spectacle to the etc.

World (Viking,' 625 Madison It is undoubtedly true, as Ms. Seligson' maintains, that those Ave., ,New York, N. Y. 10022. who profit from such expendi- $10.). This is a presentation, in tures exert pressure on families text and photographs, of the to splurge extravagantly on wed- Catholic Worker .movement, the dings, and that people vie with text being by Robert Coles, the one another to stage a more im- photographs by Jon Erickson.

Both are of exceptional quality. pressive and costly show.

Robert Coles, now on leave Wedding Loans from his position as research psyI, for one, had not known that chiatrist at Harvard, has won rethere are such things as wedding nown for his penetrating studies loans. But from the book I titled: Children of Crisis,. Uplearned that "a major New York rooted Children, and Farewell to bank lends up to $6,000 for the South. What he has written this purpose" and "does a boom- in the present instance is not a ing wedding business." biography of Dorothy Day, alMost people tend to conform though her seventy-fifth birthday to the prevalent standard, and to is its occasion, nor a history of surround a wedding with man- the Catholic Worker movement, ifestations of materialism and , although its fortieth birthday had greed. Parents will often spend something to do with it. more on a daughter's weddi.ng Dr. Coles and Mr. Erikson, than they have. spent on her ed- neither one a member of the ucation.

Catholic Worker family, wanted It may not be true that, as the to convey something of what we author suggests, gifts are the have seen and heard as observmarriage, but there is something ers of it. They are sharp, appreto her contention that '''newly- ciative observers, and they do inweds ~re being prepared for deed convey much of the vital their roles in a consumer soci- truth of the movement. ety" in "a ritual of ferocious Hospitality Houses gluttonous consumihg, a debauch The text includes brief outlines of intensified buying, never again repeated in the life of an Amer- of the lives of Miss Day and Peter Maurin, who together ican couple."

The people who conform least founded the Catholic Worker in are the approximately one mil- 1933. These lives, the one with lion Orthodox Jews in the coun- deep roots in America, the other try, and the book gives an ex- with even deeper roots in rural

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COlVIMUNION IN HAND: "In receiving Communion in the hand, the faithful approach the priest or other minister of the Eucharist with one hand resting on the other, palIn: up, ordinarily the left hand uppermost... A priest and communicant demonstrate the prescribed way to receive Communion in the hand if the practice is approved in this country. NC Photo.

Communion in the Hand Continued from Page Sixteen nion," a commentary on this particular decree which I will treat more fully next week.

It describes, for example, the accepted method of Communion in the hand and softly rebukes "snitchers." \ "In receiving Communion in the hand, the faithful approach the priest or other minister of the Eucharist with one han'd resting on the other, palm up, ordinarily the left hand uppermost ... After the priest places the consecrated bread in the hand, the communicant steps to one s~Cie and' immediately . coni~ municates himself, taking the host in his right hand: only then does he return to his place.

"The faithfUl should be instructed to extend their hands in a reverent gesture as they stand before the priest or other minister of the Eucharist so that the particle can easily be placed upon the open palm. In the traditional usage, the individual does not reach out to' take the Eucharist from the minister's hand."

"The communicants who wish to receive Communion on the tongue simply, do not extend their hands. They 'are not inconvenienced in any way."

Consensus It remains to be seen if the American bishops approve this fall, or later, Communion in the hand as an optional alternative.

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France, can now be seen as a preparation for the work in which they would join. As. Dr. Coles puts it, we can perceive "an almost miraculous interaction of psychological elements, of social and cultural antecedents."

From the meeting of these two there resulted the launching of a paper, the ,opening of Hospitality Houses, the establishment of communitarian farms, and a steadfast witness to Christian ideals which has had a lasting effect. Thousands of people have, 'over the years, been drawn into the movement, permanently or temporarily, some of them famous indeed.

cial diocesan liturgical commissions hope they will.

During our New York state regional meeting last June, worship leaders from all eight dioceses voted unanimously to that effect. Several days afterward in Cleveland, the Board of Directors for the national Federation of Diocesan Liturgical Commissions likewise gave universal agreement to a resolution calling for authorization of Communion in the hand as an option throughol!t the United 'States.

I should add that these indi, viduals not only come from every" section of our country, but also are both young and _old in age, ,both progressive and conservative in liturgical approach. The motion, therefore, represents a rather remarkable consensus from a very diverse group.

Stresses Knowing Religious Truths CASTELGANDOLFO (NC) Pope Paul VI described the teaching of religion as a "general and fundamental problem," and urged ,upon aU ,the duty of "knowing and ~herefore studying' ,reHgious truth."

He saId that even those who are not baptized have that duty.

The Pope, spea'king Sept. 2 to crowds gathered at his summer home for his Sunday blessing, noted that the renewal of catechetical teaching fostered by the Second Vatican Council is a'imed at persons of all ages: "In Childhood, in adolescence, in youth ,too, and even including mature age."

He said: "We say this problem is general and fundamental because it concerns the vital need of every human being, especially if baptized or still to be baptized.

It is the duty of every Christian family conscious 'of its teaching mission. It ,is the high point of every school in a country 'like 'ours, living in the Catholic tradition. 1t ,is the essential obligation of every pfll'ish, which by nature is destined to the banding on of the faith. In the same way it is the task of every oinstitut'ion dedioa,ted to the re'ligious, spiritual, cultural life of society."

Continued from Page Sixteen Church of God in Christ, has grown from 31,000 members in 1936' to 419,000 today. Other major Pentecostal groups include the Church of God (Cleveland, Tenn.) with 258,000 adher,ents, the Pentecostal Church of God in America (115,000), and the Pentecosta!-Assemblies of the World (50,000). The 200,000 member United Pentecostal Church differs from other Pente costal churches in its denial of the Trinity.

Aimee McPherson' The f1ambouyant' evangelist, Aimee Semple McPherson, founded her International Church of the Foursquare Gospel in 1927 on Pentecostal principles. Her son now directs the activities of this church which claims 160,000 members in the U. S. Best known of America's Pentecostal preachers is Oral Roberts. He was ordained by the 90,000-member Pentecostal Holiness Church but joined the United Methodist Church and was admitted to its ministry a few years ago. Roberts heads Oral Roberts University in Tulsa and guides the evangelistic association which bears his name and employs 415 people.

Fundamentalists Doctrinally most Pentecostals stand in the fundanmentalist camp. They believe in the Trinity, original sin, the virgin birth, the divinity of Christ, the necessity of baptism, the inerrancy . of the Bible. Their Puritan moral code disapproves of smoking, drinking dancing, gambling, and worldly amusements. In order to support their extensive home and foreign missions, Bible col'leges and evangelistic efforts many Pentecostals tithe their incomes.

Until the 1960s Pentecostals were sometimes dismissed as merely "Holy Rollers." The phenomenon of speaking in tongues happened in a fashionable Episcopal church in Van Nuys, Calif.

In the next few years Pentecostals turned up in Methodist Presbyterian, Baptist, Lutheran: Reformed, and other Protestant churches.

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THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Thurs. Sept. 13, 1973 ,

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I must confess I was surprised qy the reaction to my column about' how bad most Sunda~ sermons are. I expected an outpouring of mail and I got it. But I also expected that most: of it would be qostile and the exact opposite has been the case. ' There were a number of may be! a pretext for a cop-out. nasty letters from priests Others may be a' sign of great emotionfll immaturity. Still othwondering how good mYers may be a subtle form of aghomilies are (a subject I'll have gression towards those' who exto leave to those who hear them, pect th~m to work for a living. but hardly to the point). One But still many good men have newspaper observed that in its .had a r6ugh time of it adjusting to a traumatic change in their lives; aqd with all the good will . in the .world, they are just not sure wh~t they ought to be doing.

By Some of those who leave the priestho?d do so, .I believe, more out of confusion than for. any REV. other reason. It is hard to give ANDREW M. a good! Sunday sermon when you're not sure what you believe GREELEY or even ~hat Christianity is supANNUAL FORESTERS CO~TRIBUTION: The ~~nual c~ntribution of the Catholic pos~d to stand for.

Order of Foresters to the Catholic Communications Foundation. a check in the sum of Fin;illy, there exists nowhere $3~,OOO was presented to Most !Rev. Albert L. Abramowicz ,right. Auxiliary Bishop of ~n the cduntry a center of theory, diocese a study had been done ~h1Cago and a member of the CCF Board. Louis E. Caron, seated, High Chief Ranger, and a majority rejected the prop: research, and experimentation ~olid scholarship com- sl?ned the check as Earl P. :quff*; far left, High Treasurer, and Paul H. LaMontagne, left, where osition that they rarely got any' thing out of the sermons (not bines with practical testing to High Secretary, a native of Fall Tver, witnessed the occasion.. exactly what I would call a.ring- work. o~t new techniques for pastoral, ministry. There are of ing vote of confidence). more "pastoral institutes" course But most correspondents enthan on~ can shake a stick at. dorsed my notion that many , Contmued from Page SlXteen ,man to rule over the world and nial washings and a common repriests have forgotten about their There are even some of them promise required of each candi- appointed for him t~o spirits by ligious meal. washings were which ate something more than clients. What's more, most of the centers for dating and mating d~te "to love th~ childre.n of ~l1~ch .he was to :-v.aIlt until hi!) immersion baths symbolizing letters I received from priests for religi'ous and priests who are ~Ight, each. ac<:ordlOg to hiS lot visitatIOn: the SPlTlts of truth sorrow for sins and were resaid exactly the same thing. m the community of God, but to and of perversity." These are de- quired before the religious meals There is, I suspect,' in the going through an adolescent ,hate all Children of Darkness, scrrl'bed as light and darkness, the Sabbath Ob . sexual ctis'is in the middle years 'It' . f f h . servance · t h" American priesthood a percepeacaccor Th d109 0 IS gUI. m m uence 0 t e PrlOce of Light h of life. tion that we are not doing a proGod's vengeance." and the Angel of Darkness, and b e m:al was presided over fessional job, at leas.t not as proSOI~d, Sober Thought Children of Light was one of. ,as I~conflict between .God and ""b~ea: ~~~s~i~~~efblessed the fessional as we might be,doing. could tou h ore anyone But th Tones I am.aware of are many names the Essenes applied Bellial.

Surely the evidence in the study "to themselves. Othere v~ere, Communal Ownership to h c them. 1?ere seems long on enthusiasm, a priori certhat NORC did a few years ago Remnant of Israel, New Temple, ~ontempt for worldly, riches Mes::~ b~en a teat~I~lg that the for the Bishops (anyone remem- tainties, ,and fashionable cliche New Plantation, New People of pr9bably motivated the sect's durin th as mys Ica y p~e~ent and short on solid scholarship, ber that study?) was that priests G09, House of Holiness for Is- corpmunal ownership of property Ig e common religiOUS . rl .

0 f mea. felt the need for more advanced careful research' and controlled raeI and, Simply the New Covan ~armn?s. ne year a ter a: ' . .

• experimeptation. ' 1 professional training. ' . candidate first was accepted into Their. praY7rs were. at set Before a priest .can preach a enant.

Their retreat to the desert was the Ibrot~erh?od he wa~ expected hour~, lIlclud~~g ev~nmg and Laity' COI!fused . good Su~day sermon, he needs seen as fulfillment of the proph- to turn m hiS personal property. s~nnse, and one third. of the some sort of pastoral theory that But there lire'many other ecy of Isaiah 40:3, "To prepare At !the end of the second year, mght was spent study 109 the problems besides better training gives hi~ a context in which to the way of the Lord." There, if ltr~vas accepted into full mem- Torah. and. the Prophets." The work.

Td tell him that he must -and better homiletic training they lived an austere ascetic bershlp, his property went into canomcal psalms were used by in particular. To begin with, the preach "revolution" or "identifi- life of common work, p;ayer and thelcommon pot-Members of the the Esse,nes ~n·. addition to their with the victim" or "seccation client~le is much more diversified study, dwelling in tents or huts brofherhood frequently described own thanksglvmg .psalms. T~ey than it used to be. Select at ular releyance" 'or "ecumenism" around the monastery complex. theptselves as t.he '~community of ~Iso had a speCial sabbatical "hone~ty and authenticity" is or random any upper middle class They were awaiting the "end thel poor." liturgy. suburban parish. Within its really to tell him nothing at all. of the days," and believed 'that here 1i were both celibate and An example of the sect's strict boundaries one can find Cath- And to s~ggest that he look to God's visitation was imminent married members although the observance of the sabbath can be Future Shock for a serious analolics United for the Faith, the when he would descend with his ide~1 seemed to be of communal found in their law that "if a livOpus Dei, the Pentecostals, the ysis of the problems of his con- angels to do battle on the side' life \without women. Priests of Is- ing man faIls into a cistern or gregation! is to give him the Cursillioists, the Sensitizers, the of the Children of Light against ~ael spe.nt two weeks of each year ~ny other pit on the sabbath, he Berriganites, and the nuts that worst po~sible advice. the Children of Darkness.

10 ~ervIc7 at ~he Temple. (Luke IS not to be brought up by a ladSome day the' powers that be write the Chancery Ofr'ice every Two Messiahs 1:8)., Durlllg this time they were der or a rope or other instruin the American Church-bishweek-generally .over something h' expbcted to practice a priestly ment;" The keeping of the Sab'· • t th E ops,. pri~sts' senates" ' college Accord mg 0 . ba th t 00 k precedence over any they misunderstood.

Teacher f R' hte ssenes ' t helr d pur~Iyt 'mc1ud"mg ntual ablutions preSidents are going to disThe true believers of each of eousness a d a bst'mence f l 'mter- h uman consl' d ' o . Ig l ' an rom sexua eratlon. . d 1 . these groups are convinced be- cover that there is no substitute re'celve specla reve atIOn tell- cou se Th I e'l e E.sSetne~ conSidered The great feast of the Essenes the secrets of the words them ~nd any slightest self·doubt that for thought, particularly for solid, ing "all P , . s ves pnes s m perpetual was entecost or the Feast of they have a unique and absolute sober, ~uanced, documented of hiS servants the prophe,ts," senhce th th 'd 1 f rb I h 'I us e.1 ea 0 c~ I acy Weeks at which time they had a monopoly on Christianity. No thought. :Until then, there isn't and they saw the sayings of P ;as pr~ticed covenant renewal ceremony and . matter what one says in the Sun- much reason to expect that ser- many of the Old Testament ;asth e d .u t and mem mons are ~oing to get any better.

Sl!blyl e pnlels th efrs adn pos- admitted new members. prophets being verified in their day sermon, one will certainly by a . " e pro esse mem© 1973, Inter/Syndicate sect. ber '.

Next week, we will explore offend most of the groups-and I quite possibly all of them.

It might be noted that the title ,;:he community was governed the influence of the Essenes The "ordinary" laity - those To Meet . Teache~ . of Ri?hteousness was by ia democratic "assembly of upon Christianity. who have not yet sele<:ted a fac- ,. CINClNNATI (NC) - A. E. P. not onglll~l. With the sect but the ptany," and a 12-member sution to identify with--are con~ WaJl, director 'of :the NC News was a tradItional ,one (Joel 2:23, preme council. The sect was difused by all the chan'ge and, Service, Washington, D.C., wi1l Ho. 10:12).. , . . vide~ into priestly members, while in basic sympathy with be keynote speaker at the MidAs a messlamc commumty, the c:aIled the House 'of Aaron and much of the New .Church, still west regiona'l convent'ion of the Essenes awaited the coming of lay tnembers, called the Ho~se of puzzled. They wish someone Catholic F,ress Association to be a great prophet' and two anoint- Israk They were also divided would t~ke time to explain to held iherelOct. 10-12. ed ones. One, the Messiah of intol12 tribes. them what in the' world is going Pr,incip~1 speaker at the con~aron: woul? be the eschatologAtfairs of the community apon: Onl:y rarely does anyone vention luncheon Oct. 11 in the Ical ,~Igh pnest. The other, the ·pear to have been in the hands of bother..

Netherlan~ Hilton 'hotei wHI be MeSSiah of Israel, would be the a latmen caIled the "head of the Ar.chbishop Joseph 1. Bernardin eschatolo?ical King of Judah. many," who was assisted by·one Practical Testing A dualism foreign to Judaism caIl~d the '~overseer of the of Cincinnflti, former genera.! secFurthermore, the personal retary of the U.S. Catholic Con" colored the Essenes' strict mo- many." identity crises of many priests ference and of the Nationaij Gon- not~eism. ~t is demonstrated by Cultic rites, of the Essenes inare real enough. Some of them ferenceof: Catholic Bishops. their teachlllg that God "created clud~d purification rites, ceremo-

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Medellin Guidelines of 1968 Seen As Invitation to Church Renewal BOGOTA (NC)-The assembly They called for new rriethods held by the Latin American bish- ill parish action, including cateops at Medellin, Colombia, five chetics and liturgy, and for lively years ago resulted ,in guidelines efforts by well-trained priests that were "an invitation to and lay leaders to achieve all Church renewal and a return to these ends. the Gospel.

Throughout the recomrttenda"It was as if the Lord had tions, known as the Medellin come again to live among us. In guidelines, the bishops sought fact, it was a new Pentec'ost for "to discover the plan of God in our continent," Bishop Eduardo the signs of the times: the aspiraPironio of Mar del Plata, Argen- tions and demands of the poor in tina, chairman of the Latin . Latin America." American Bishops' Council The "signs of the times" w'as (CELAM» said at CELAM head- the theme of another commenquarters here. tary from Vatican radio on the Bishop Samuel Ruiz of San fifth anniversary of the Medellin Cristobal, Mexico, said the Me- guidelines. dellin meeting marked ','a search for identity and a new face, truer to the needs of Latin America; until then our Church had been an echo of what was happening abroad, particularly in Europe."

SANTA FE (NC) - After proA lay theologian, Dr. Rafael tests and an occupation, the Mex· Avila, stated in Lima, Peru, that ,jcan-American community here Medellin "was a gathering of will beaHowed t-o use the now prophets telling us that this is empty buildings of the defunct our moment of truth in the his- Montezuma Seminary. . tory of salvation for Latin ArChbishop James P. Davis of America."

Santa Fe said the fina~ decision "It was like a real visit by our on use of the buildings will' have Saviour," he said. to be made by the nation's bishThe Medellin meeting, called ops at their annual meeNng in the second general assembly of the fall. the Llltin American bishops, was But untiluhen, he added, two opened by Pope Paul VI on Aug. Mexican-American organizations, 26, 1968, as a "call to perfection Montezuma Unidos 'and Chicanos and sanctification ... and to Im- Unidos poria Justicia, (Mexicanplementation of the Gospel."

Americans United for Justice), At its closing Sept. 6, the 130 wHi be able to hold culturaq, edubishop-delegates recommended a cational and first aid classes in , crash program of Church renewal thz buildings. and social reform. They stressed The archbishop's permission the need of new drives for jus- climaxes a year-long drive by the tice and peace, the family, edu- Mexican-American community to cation, youth, and population have the buiJdings used for its, benefit. The drive saw communiproblems. ty members picket the chancery office f-or several weeks and- f.inaBy occupy the seminary.

The occupation was achieved peacefuHy on Aug. 26. And the GREEN BAY (NC)-The dio- next day, thz archbishop gave his cese of Green Bay, Wis., took the permission to use the buildings first step towards a diocesan to establish an educational center pastoral council with the forma- for the community. tion of a steering committee unPermission was granted, the der Auxiliary Bishop Mark F. arohbishop sa,id, to prevent a conSchmitt. frontation.

The 12 member steering comThe seminary, which had been mittee will be responsible for de- used for educating Mexican veloping the pastoral 'council's priests, was closed ,last year after constitutional framework, out- Mexico opened enough semilining its areas of responsibility naries to ~eet its own needs. and its membership structure.

According to Reinhart WesAsks Bishops Drop sing, communications director for the Green Bay diocese, the Masculine Terms steering committee hopes the ALBANY (NC) - The diocesan council will be in operation by newspaper here has suggested the. end of this year or early in that the bishops of the United 1974.

States appoint a committee of' Most of the dioceses in the women to study the use of masUnited States either have a dioc- cuHne terms in the Mass. esan pastoral council or are "This week is the 53rd anniplanning to start one, according versary of the ratification of the to a 1972 survey taken by the women's suffrage amendment," U. S. Catholic Conference. the Evangelist said in an Aug. Pastoral councils, composed of 30 editorial. "It is also 'a good time to rea.ft\irm women's dignity prie[.~s, Religious and lay perin the Church as parents, as sons, act as a consultative body for the local bishop in matters of teachers, as Religious, as volunpastoral concern. As representa- teers, as worshippers." tives of Catholics in the diocese, The editorial said that an inthey serve as a two-way com- creasing number of persons look munications channel between a at the 'language of the Mass "as bishop and his people. . recognizing men while ignoring Wessing said the Green Bay women." council will probably be strucThe bishops "might do well," tured around the vicariate systhe editorial said to follow the tem in the diocese. Each of lead of the Presbyterian Church, Green Bay's 12 vicariates has a whose leaders are now studying vicariate council consisting of the masculine language of their priests, laity and Religious, he worship services and making recsaid. ommendations for change.

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Holy Spirit Conti!,lUed from Page Sixteen sole her. A young man spoke briefly but unintelligibly in what might have been considered a strange language. Silence. Peace A girl recited a poem. Someone prayed for peace...

Chicanos to Use Closed Seminary

Green Bay Plans Pastoral Council

ST. FRANCIS AT BALLPARK: This statue of St. Francis of Assisi was dedicated recently at Candlestick Park, home of the San Francisco Giants baseball team. Sculpted

by Ruth Cravath, it,was part of the original design for the park 12 years ago. NC Photo.

, Deplores Poverty Among Rich OSLO (NC) - Archbishop Helder Camara of Olinda and Recife in Brazil told, an audience of Scandinavian ministers here that poverty among the rich depressed him more than poverty among the poor.

The justice and peace crusader was making the point that efforts at social justice by concerned minorities must start at home.

"I really feel sadder when see-

ing need, poverty and other social inequities in the !'Iich countries than when confronted by poverty in the poor nations," he told a large audience of Lutheran ministers from the Scandinavian nations gathered at the Oslo cathedral.

Earlier, at the nearby resort of Rauland, Archbishop Camara praised ecumenical efforts in fields of mutual concern.

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Charismatic Renewal My overall impression was one of deep respect for the sincerity of those present. After all it was Friday evening, and they. were here praying! There was no question that they prayed. no question either that they drew much support from the group experience. They clearly took the presence and the power of the Holy Spirit seriously.

Except for one woman who went about ostentatiously "speaking in tongue's" there was little attention given to this puzzling phenomenon. The peace and freedom of the experience suggested the presence of the Spirit of Christ much more than did the occasional speaking in tongues.

The Pentecostal Churches, once a minor fringe of Protestantism, have become one of the most important and fastest growing movements in Christianity.

Since my fIrst experience with Pentecostalism some six or seven years ago, the Pentecostal movement (or the charismatic renewal) has become a significant experience within Roman Catholiicism as well as the major Protestant churches. It is a phenomenon that needs to be taken seriously, whatever one's personal feelings about it.

The Pentecostals challenge us to reflect on what we mean when we say each Sunday: "We believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life." We might' also be compelled to ask ourselves, "What difference does belief in the Holy Spirit make in my life? Am I like the group Paul met at Ephesus, for all practical purposes unaware of the Spirit's existence?"

Plan Catholic P'ress Seminar in Peoria NEW YORK (NC)-A business management seminar for Catholic newspapers will be held Nov. 7-9 in Peoria, Ill., it was announced by the Catholic Press Association here.

The seminar will concentrate on business administration, composition and production, and answering specific questions of individual participants.

Sponsors for the three day event are the Catholic Press Association, NC News Service, Cathlic Journalism Scholarship Fund, and the Catholic Major Markets Newspaper Association.

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