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Following is the text of the , Homily delivered in Boston's Holy tross Cathedral yesterday afterI~OOIl by Most Rev. Humberto S. o/ledeiros, S.T.D. as the former Fall River Diocesan Chancellor Jnd Brownsville, Texas Bishop ~as installed as seventh Bishop Jnd Fourth Archbishop of Boston.
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Human Development· Campaign Starts CHICAGO (NC)-In a massive effort to "break the hellish circle of poverty," the nation's bishops have announced the formal opening of their Campaign for Human Development, an effort to raise $50 million for the poor of America. Once raised, the money will be use to fund seed projects aimed at helping the poor help themselves. According to Auxiliary Bishop Michael R. Dempsey of Chicago,
campaign director, "it is for us to help provide the resources to see that the poor have both the voice and the opportunity to achieve their own self-determination. "These self-help funds will be distributed for projects such as voter registration and community organizations; seed money to develop non-profit housing corporations, commuTurn to Page Seven
Schedule Charity Ball: For January 8th Chairmen were appointed for the forthcoming 16th annual Bishop's Charity Ball at a planning meeting held on Sunday. Members of the Ball Committee and members of the co-sponsors of the Ball, Council of Catholic Women and Society of St. Vincent de Paul, attended the session. . The Winter social event on Jan. 8 is in honor of His Excellency James L. Connolly, Bishop of Fall River, who originated this charitable event 16 years ago for the benefit of the exceptional and underprivileged children in the southeastern Massachusetts area. Rev. Msgr, Anthony M. Gomes, diocesan director of the Ball, named the following committee chairmen: decorations, Mrs. Stanley Janick, assisted by Robert Coggeshall; hospitality, Mrs. Michael J. McMahon; presentees, Mrs. James A. O'Brien, Jr.; and hall, Norman Hathaway. The theme and color scheme committee will be headed by Miss Margaret M. Lahey. Each committee chairman selected members for their committees from those attending the planning meeting. Tickets were distributed to all members and these can be obtained from the members and at
Ad u It Ed ucation A series of adult education courses in five areas of the Diocese will be sponsored by the Diocesan CCD Office. For an outline of the courses and other information, please turn to Page 5.
all parish rectories in the diocese. Announcement was made that persons wishing to have th.eir names in the ball booklet may contact any committee member or may write or call the Bishop's Charity Ball Headquarters, 410 Highland Ave., P.O. Box 1470, Fall River, Mass., Tel. 676-8943. A memorial page has been added to the booklet. Turn to Page Three
Pope Hails Reformer Pope Paul VI, for the second time in a week,' proclaimed a woman a Doctor of the Church. St. Catherine of Siena, a member of the Dominican Order, known for her efforts at papal and church reform, now joins St. Theresa of Avila, a Carmelite, as Doctors of the Church. In a two-hour ceremony in St. Peter's Basilica, Pope Paul said that St. Catherine had great love for the papacy, and when she rebuked cardinals, bishops and priests "she always acted in full humility and respect for their dignity." The Pope praised her "intense work for reform" in the Church. "But what kind of reform did she seek? Certainly not the overthrow of essential structures, rebellion against Church pastors, arbitrary innovations in worship and discipline, as some have today," the Pope insisted. For St. Catherine, the Pope said, it was "a question first and foremost of interior reform, and then of exterior, but always in Turn to Page Three
my bother Bishops; my brother Priests; devoted Religious; esteemed brothers of other religious persuasions; and my dearly beloved brothers and sisters in Christ:. I As I stand before yo'u, these words of our Lord Jesus Christ ~ing clear within me, "What the Father has taught me is what I preach; he who sent me is with me, and he has not left me to I /llyself, for I always do what pleases him." I am certain that ~s long as I try to please the Father through his Son in the MOST REV. HUMBERTO S. MEDEIROS Holy Spirit, he will not leave me Archbishop of Boston to myself and will always be ~ith .me and with you. was God's wisdom that human any show of oratory or philosoI To do always what pleases the .. wisdom should not know God, phy. I come simply to tell you Father, I must, to use the words was because God wanted to what "God has guaranteed." For it pf St. Paul, "preach the Good save those who have faith as long as the Lord alIows me News, and not to preach that through the foolishness of the to stay with you, the only in the terms of philosophy in knowledge I may claim to have I~hich the crucifixion of Christ message we preach." is about Jesus, and only about I come to you my brothers and ,cannot be expressed. The lanhim as the crucified and the may be iIIog!guage of the cross sisters, in the' spirit and tradiI . risen Christ. I cannot rely on ical to those who are not on the tion' of St. Paul, for I do not any power of my own. Even if way to salvation, but those of know how to serve you as your I come to you full of hope and us who are on the way see it as bishop, your shepherd, your confidence in the Lord Jesus God's power to save ':' * * If it father and your brother, with Christ and in His Church, I must admit that it is not without great I fear and trembling." Personally I feel too weak and too small for the task entrusted to me by the Holy Father, but I believe I can do alI things in him who is our strength and with your indispensable and loving cooperation. In the measure of the grace The lith Annual Convention for the weekend of Oct. 16-18 at of the New England Regional the Sheraton-Hyannis Inn will given to me and of my response Conference of Diocesan Councils . present two outstanding speak- to it, I have been crucified with Turn to Page Three of Catholic Nurses scheduled ers for Saturday's program. Most Rev. John F. Hackett, Auxiliary Bishop of Hartford will speak at the banquet on Saturday night and Anne Mitchum Davis, Nursing Director of the Out-Patient Department of the Boston City Hospital will Cardinal Cushing delivered the address the conventioneers at folIowing greetings to Archbishthe luncheon on Saturday. op Medeiros and his farewelI to Anne Mitchum Davis was his flock during yesterday's inborn in Boston and educated at stallation ceremony at Boston's Lincoln University, Jefferson Holy Cross Cathedral: City, Mo., where she received a I need hardly telI you how B.S. degree. From the Indiana deeply moved [ have been by the University School of Nursing, ceremonies of this day. I had she received a B.S. degree in that Providence never dreamed Nursing and a Master of Science would allow me the privilege of degree from Simmons College, Boston. Boston University presiding at the installation of awarded her the degree of my successor as the Archbishop of Boston. I have seen it, and I C.A.G.S. Turn to Page Eighteen The luncheon speaker has served as professor at Hampton Institute, Hampton, Va. and The Boston University School of Nursing. She has also been associated in a supervisory capacity Beginning in this issue with the Visiting Nurse Associa. on Page 17, The.' Anchor tion of Boston, and the Health starts a series on theology and Hospital Corporation of and worship, Know Your Marion County, Indiana. Faith, for the benefit of adult education. A member of numerous proBishop Hackett Turn to Page Three
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THE ANCHOR-:-Diocese of Fall River-Thurs., Oct. 8, 1970
Prelate Says Efforts by Catholics: To Promote Peace Ineffective SYRACUSE (NC) - American priorities as reflected in institllCatholic leadership has reversed tional budgets is "most disconits traditional support of the na- certing," he said, but "at: lea.st tion's military activity, but ef- there are some beginnings." "The decade of the 70s will forts by U. S. Catholics to promote peace are still largely non- tell what we really believe existent or ineffective, a national in," he predicted. Church executive told a priests' Catholic leaders' support 1'01' meeting here. American war efforts, and for Msgr. Marvin Bordelun, direc- government generally, has been tor of the Department of Inter- firmly expressed from the time the Revolutionary War national Affairs, U. S. Catholic uf Conference, said that the 1968 through the early years of the Vietnam action, Msgr. Bordelon pastoral letter of the U. S. bishops, "Human Life in Our Day," observed. He quoted a series of leaves only the options of total archbishops, including John Caror selective conscientious objec- roll in the War of 1812, John tion if "pushed to its logical con- Hughes in the Mexican. War, Francis Kenrick in the Civil War clusion." and Caruinal James Gibbons in This contrasts sharply, he I noted, with the traditional ap- the Spanish-American War. proach in which bishops. have Questioned Action publicly supported the nation MOURNED: Cardimll MaAll of these prelates, Msgl·. , uuring 'a war even if they hau Bordelon said, had opposed war sella, 91-year-old Chamberpreviously opposed the war. Addressing a clergy confer- before the various wars broke lain of the Holy Roman ence helu under the auspices of out but had ended their public Church, passed away on the Priestly Formation Commit- opposition once war was d~ Sept. ::;0 and by his death· dared. tee of the Syracuse diocese, the number in the College of He quoted as an example a Msgr. Bordelon uiscussed various ways in which the Church can sermon given by Cardinal Gib- Cardinals was reduced to 128, plus two ':in petto," promute peace, including work bons after the Spanish-American for worlu development and draft . War had begun: "Catholics in meaning chosen but not pubthe U. S. have but one sentiment. counseling programs. licly named hy Pope Paul VI. Whatever may have been their Catholic Priorities NC Photo. (Jpinions as tu the expedience of "While our consciences are the war, now that it is on they beginning to open and while our are united in upholding the govstatements begin to be more ernment." I· specific," he said, "we American As recently as I !)S8, he sa it!, Catholics tend to talk a good Pope Pius XII saiu that "n~J line while failing to perform'" or. ,', Catholic citizen can invoke his. WASHINGTON (NC) - Mem"One acid test of whether conscience" to avoid militar}' bers of the U. S. Senate have or not we really believe in what service if a representative gov,- voted 73-0 to pass the nation's· we-are' saying tabout wariind ernment 'decides to engage in a toughest· bill' aimed· at cieaning peace and world development is defensive war. But 10 years up air pollution. to take a critical look at the later, after endorsing the Viet~ The bill; scheduled for combudget of, any Catholic parish, nam action as "useful and justi:promise conference action to Catholic diocese or Catholic fied" in I 966, the U. S. hierarchy work out differences between agency during this fiscal year collectively questioned whether the House and Senate versions, 1970. this action should be continued. establishing fines for violating "If we believe in something, To implement the. new atti, clean-air standards and sets the ,for example something as crucial tudes being developed among to the life of the planet as .world Catholics, the Church in the standards hight:'r than ever before. peace, are we willing to expend U. S. must promote development~ Most controvel:sial element of ourseleves for it?" . foreign aid and better trade ·relaj An examination .of Catholic tions,. oppose militarism and re- . the bill calls for ·a nearly total examine the idea of national end to air pollution from autosovereignty, Msgr. Bordelon sug: mobile exhausts by Jan. I, 1975, More Rumanian gested. He also called for an with an escape ·hatch allowing inventory of the world's reo a· maximum' one-year deadline Priests Arrested delay. BERLIN (NC) - Two Catholic sources to allow "optimum rei· . Auto manufacturers have prosource utilization on a worhJl priests have been arrested in the tested that it is impossible to wide basis." west Rumanian city of Arad on meet the proposed standards for suspicion of engaging in. "in- . air· pollution-90 per cent less trigues dangerous to the state," Mass Ordo than permitted' in 1970 model according to reports reaching I cars - but Maine's Democratic here. FRIDAY-St. Denis, First Bisho~ The arrest of Fathers Peter of Paris, and Companions; Sen. Edmund S..Muskie, chief sponsor of the bill, said Congress' Dermendzin, about 30 years old, Martyrs. Optional. Red. main duty was protection of OR and Szoltan Benoecz, 53, only a few weeks after another priest, St. John Leonardi, Priest. public health, not industry in. Fatlwr Alajos Tausik, was senW h i t e . : terests.
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in South Vif:tnamt:se pulitics, al1l1 WASHINGTON (NC)-A vdtlh~ moral anl1 cultural illlpact eran Vietnam missionary has (JI tht: pres.,nce of 500,000 AllIl'rsugge;;ted that the Church anti i.::un soldiers. its members have been short· sighted in some of their propo· Nonetheless, Father de l.dfe says to win peace in Vietnalll. said, Anli:rican pres.,nce is necesCommenting at the urging 01' sary because of the nature of the director of the Jesuits' Cal; the enemy in Vietnam. Without ifurnia missions, Jesuit Father American help, South VietnaEdward J. Murphy of San Franmese would be subject to execucisco, after Father Murphy said lions, the "ruthless suppression lIlany people wanted to know uf any form of liberty" and "the what missioners thought of the ~ystelllatic ignoring of basic huVietnam war, the priest offered lJlan rights." his remarks in an open letter Jo'urnish~s New WeapOn to American Catholics. Father Murphy released copies of the "Still another point you see III letter to· newsmen. to have overlooked," his letter hIther Jacques de Leffe, S.J., tu U.S. Catholics said. "There is wrote that he felt unqualified to !l silent Church in North Vietgauge the impact of the war on nalll. The communist authorities American society. there will surely not fail to use yuur .stand not only to brand But he added that while not wishing to, treat American na- yuur government and the American forces. as the real agressors tional problems, I would like to point out some clear anlI evident . of the Sou·th, but also to divide tlw Church. facts. with their i.'onsequences for Vietnam. "You shollitl not be unaware of their attempts to establish a "Wliat is the Vietnamese pmb'patriotic' Church. Your position lem'? A very simple one: from furnishes them with a new weapI !)60 tlJ ·1969, South Vietnam, on to use to smear the Catholic which has a right to live peacehierarchy in South Vietnam. fully and to develop its ecoWhy, it is American Catholics nomic, human, moral and religithemselves who tell you that ousvalut.'s, was attacked fiercely their country is obstructing by every means by an unjust aggressor." ..-peace'" ~ B1alllillg the communist world The missioner cuncluded by urging American Catholics to in general and North Vietnam in consider a question raised 18 pUlticular for the invasion, Fa1Il0nths ago by the U.S. bishops: ther de Leffe pointed out: would an untimely withdrawal American Presence Needed from Vietnam cause' even greater suffering than continuation of ""'or centuries, Christian morthe war is causing? alists and the Second Vatican Council have defended the righ( to self-defense against an unjust Shaky In Faith aggressor, even by use of force, LONDON (NC) - People who if there is no other means available." are shifty about their residence The priest said that there is tend to be shaky in their religious loyalties, a British research "nothing very 'clouded' in the origin of this war," and added team has determined. that "as history will confirm, serio LIS mistakes Were made right from the beginning." Among these, he said, was the· .FUNERAL HOME, INC. limited nature of the war "imR. Marcel Roy - Go Lorrliine Roy posed on the American military Roger LlIFrance· command for political reasons," FUNERAL DIRECTORS too much American involvement 15 Irvington Ct. New Bedford Exceptional Child 995-5166
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THE ANCHORThurs., Oct. 8,
Senate Elects New Officers The first meeting of the newly~Iected Senate of Priests of the Diocese of Fall River elected Rev. Msgr. John E. Boyd as president; Rev. John P. Cronin as vice·pr~sident; and Rev. Thomas C. Lopes as s~cretary treasurer. It was voted that two priests be sent to a national symposium to be held from Oct. 25 to 29 in Annapolis, Md., on "Prayer and the Priest." The symposium is sponsored by the National Federation of Priests Councils. Rev. Msgr. Anthony M. Gomes was appointed to head up a committe'e on the relationship of the Senate and the Diocesan Consultors. Five voting delegates were appointed to attend the New England Council of Priests Senates, Fathers George Coleman, Peter Mullen, Cornelius O'Neill, Leo T. Sullivan and Robert McGowan. There was also discussion on election procedure and appointments of various committees. The Priestly Renewal Committee notified the Senate that Rev. Roland Murphy will be the speaker at the Fall Clergy Days, Nov. 16 and 17 at St. Mary's in So. Dartmouth. His topic will be "Theology and the Old Testa~ ment." ' Rev. Thomas Lopes reported that the results of a poll taken among the priests on possible suggestions for the office of Bishop and the summation of diocesan needs will be' sel1.t to Rome for consideration.
Charity Ball Continued from Page One Other .categories in the ball booklet are Very Special Friends, Guarantors, Benefactors, Sponsors and Patrons. Proceeds from the Bishop's Charity Ball benefit the four schools in the diocese for the exceptional children and the four Summer camps for the underprivileged and exceptional children, regardless of color, creed or race. Mashpee Camp on the Cape was opened this year for the children of St. Vincent's Home and the new Nazareth School for the exceptional in Attleboro is in its second year. ' Bishop Connolly said: "I look forward with joy and gratitude to this Winter social event because it brings together people from all parts of the diocese for a social get-together and for a worthwhile charitable cause."
Commends Grants To Anti-Racists CHICAGO (NC) - The Christian Century devoted the leading editorial in its Sept. 23 iss'ue to commendation of the World Council of Churches $200,000 grants to 19 anti-racism organizations throughout the world. The influential ecumenical weekly, published here, speculated that the controversial action by the WCC executive committee in early September may have some unfortunate side effects, including possible withdrawal of some South African churches from the world church body, further polarization of WCC member churches and resultant withdrawal of financial support.
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V,illagers Send Gift PONTA DELGADA (NC)-The of his birthplace have sent a gift to Archbishop Hum· b~rto Medeiros, installed yesterday as head uf t.he Boston archdiocese. It is a silver plaque commem· urative of the Island of Sao Miguel, on which the prelate's native village of Arrifes is located. Archbishop Medeiros had saluted his Azores ties in a Portuguese-language message he sent to a Massachusetts radio station that caters to the many former Azorians now living in the Boston area. p~ople
CIVIC WELCOME: Archbishop Medeiros is shown flanked by Massachusetts Governor Sargent, left, and Boston Mayor White, right, in Logan Airport after his arrival Tuesday in Boston to succeeQ Cardinal Cushing in that See. I
Love of God and Man Homily Theme Continu~d
from Page One I is WithOllt Christ, the ligh:t of the Christ-and if I may be allowed i world. to borrow St. Paul's expression I My dear brothers and sisters, -and like him "I hope to live I the program of life of our Lord not with my own life but with , Jesus Christ was very simple: He the life of Christ who lives in ! always sought the will of the me. The life I now live in this I father and carried it out to body I live in faith: faith in the ! please him. Once, when his disSon of God who loved me and I ciples were urging him to eat, who sacrificed' himself for my he said to them, "I have food sake." to eat, that you do not know All Christians indeed are to be about." So the disciples asked witnesses to this life of Christ one another, 'Has someone been all over the world. The College I bringing him food'?' But Jesus of Bishops with and under their , said, "My food is to do the will head, the Roman Pontiff, has I of the one who sends me, and to succeeded to the sacred trust. As , complete his work." your bishop and shepherd I must I The program of life of Jesus and I do place Christ first in my i is the program of life of his life, Christ the Lord of the I Church. It is therefore our proChurch, whom she presents to i gram. By doing' the will of the the world now as in the past I Father, he was to inaugurate and through her sacred teaching of- ,spread 'his reign upon earth. As fice, through her faith, hope and the second Vatican Council love, manifested in the good teaches us, "For this the Church work of all her children. was founded: that by spreading It is to Christ that I endeavor the kingdom of Christ everyto look at every moment for in- where for the glory of God the piration, for guidance and for Father, she might bring all men strength. In every circumstance to share in Chri.st's saving reof my daily living, I keep asking I demption; and that through them myself the very simple question I the whole world might iri actual which I heard very often from: fact be brought into relationship Father Anthony Vieban, the! with him." saintly rector of the seminary II was privileged to attend, "Whatl . To do the will of the Father and spread the reign of Christ would Christ do now, if he were I throughout the world, I feel that in my place?" I all his disciples must try to unThe Lord Jesus through his derstand a basic requirement set Holy Spirit gives me the answer! down by the Lord himself when in his own good time and. iii he said, "Happy are the poor in many ways, especially throug~ spirit; theirs is the kingdom of the Scriptures and the teaching , heaven." Who are the poor in of the Church. And should it spirit? They are the men and be his pleasure to give me nd women from e,very human conanswer, then I have no answer! dition: the rich and the poor, but shall continue with his help) the saints and 'the sinners, the to live by faith in Him whQ learned and the ignorant, the loved me and gave himself u~ enslaved and the free, all who for me. I believe that only this are aware' that they are in need faith can give us hope at any' of someone. that they are not suftime but especially today when ficient for themselves. If I am the children of God in their search poor in spirit, then I am needy for him apparently neglect t6, in spirit. As a man and as a look for Christ who is "our wa~, Christian I believe that my first our truth, and our life." Al- need is for God and that my secthough this is an age of rapiO ond need, which in a sense is like change and consequent turmoil. the first, is for my brothers. it is also an age of hope. Ho\\(- Since I need God, I seek him. I ever, it could be an age of de~ seek him everywhere because he pair, as it is for some, if 1t can be found everywhere, but guided by the Scriptures and the Church I seek him in a special manner in myself and in my Continued from Page One I brothers who are made to his fessional organizations in tl1e image and likeness and have field of nursing, Miss Davis been redeemed or are being ofholds honorary membership in fered redemption from the slaBeta Kappa' Chi, an Honoraiy very of sin through the blood Scientific Society and Sigll1a of his only begotten Son. He Theta Tau, an Honorary NursiIlg became our brother and our savior out of infinite love for us. Sorority.
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To be pour and n~edy iii spirit is to be in love with God and man. It is to have the kingdom of heaven. I feel that especially from the spirit of the first beatitude should flow the sincere and deep concern of every Christian for all men. The Vatican Council's constitution' on the Church in the World Today in my opinion reflects this spirit when it says, "The joys and hopes, the griefs and the anxieties of the men of this age, especially those who are poor or in any way afflicted, these too are the joys and hopes, lhe griefs and anxieties of the followers of Christ. Indeed, nothing genuinely human fails to raise an echo in their hearts," Out of love for the Father, through Jesus Christ, in the Holy Spirit, the whole Church is a dynamic community inescapably involved with the total deveJopment and well-being of all men. This is its mission from Christ who came to free men from their sin, to alleviate for all its dire consequences, and "that they may have life and have it to the full." All the evil works of pride, Turn to Page Thirteen ~
Continued from Page One communion with and obedience to the legitimate representatives of Christ." Granting that the teachings of St. Catherine do "not have the theological vigor or scientific system" that possessed other medieval teachers of the Church, the Pope stated, "What it does have is the lucid profound and inebriating assimilation of the divine truths of Scripture." Only 31 others - besides St. Catherine and St. Theresa-have been recognized as truly great teachers (Doctors) by the Church in its entire history. St. Catherine died in 1380 and became a saint in 1461. One of her crowning successes for the Church was in persuading fope Gregory XI to return from Avignon, France, to Rome. , Commenting on the fact that the day w~is also the feast of St. Francis of Assisi, the Pope explained, "Both of these saints carried the stigmata, both mystics, both apostles, both patrons of Italy and luminaries of the world, both ardent reformers and defenders of this Roman Catholic Church." -,
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WASHINGTON (NC)-Dr. Edward R. D'AI"ssiu, cOurdinatur of governmental programs since 1967 for the U. S. Catholic Confenmce Elementary and Secondary Educatiun Divisiun, is thtl first. lay llire(;tor of the division. In announcing the appointment, llishop Joseph' L. Bernurdin, USCC general secretary, said hl!. was "personally delighted" that . D' Alessio will direct the llivisiun. , "As a parent, eductiwr and conference staff member," Bishop Bernardin said of D'Alessiu, "he brings to the position a wealth of talent, experi~nce and dedicatiun to Catholic educatiun." Similarly pleased wris Msgr. James C. Donohue who announced in' June his resignation from the post he had held for five years. ··Dr. D'Alessio knows the Washington scene vcry well and will, be an ideal interpreter of it in the field of education to the bishops and superintendents," Msgr. Donohue said. "I hope this apointment will be a catalyst for those ,in authority to chuose more lay' men and w~men for positiuns of authority in Cathulic educatiun." D'Alessiu, 38, earned a Ph.D. degree from Fordham University in New York where he later lectured in education. He was also a public schuol teacher in Orange, N. J., and served as associate professor of education and assistant dean In the school of ,education, at Seton Hall University, South Orange, N. J. In July, 1967, D'Alessio became coordinator of governmental prugrams for USCC's Elementary and Secondary Educatiun division. This position made him a liaison between the Catholic sehool system and fed· erul education offices.
To be in England ill 1970 means, for any traveler with a sense of Christian history, to go to Canterbury. For it is precisely 800 years since St. Thomas a Becket was murdered there,· The first sight of the great c~thedral is stunning. ,One sees the facade of golden stone head- posed to give one a dear idea . uf the proportions and the parts on, rising protectively above of a major monastic foundation the town, which seems to w.hich was built less than a cenI
. huddle abuut it, and it connotE'S tury after Augustine, first Archstrength and permanence. bishop of Canterbury, set foot on The vast, marvelously prupor-. English soil, in Kent, in 597. tioned interior 'of the cathedral We made expeditions to other is bright, the windows being in English cathedral towns, Salissume instances old, in some new, bury. for example. and Winchesa mixture of color glas.s and ter. The first took us past Runplain. The ambulatury' takes °nymede and through the Camune up and up, by steps welI elot country. There is no doubt worn over the centuri('s of pil- about the reality of Magna grimage. Charta, much about the reality of King Arthur. By RT. REV'.
MSGR. JOHN. S. KENNEDY
There is more than one level of sanctuary, and on' the highest, near the back wall is the stonl~ chair which has been the seat uf the archbishops for time untuld. Just before it is the pla(:e, where Becket's tumb once stood. Now one finds there only empty space, because Henry VlII, in the sixteenth century, caused the shrine to be pillaged and the remains uf Becket, martyred under Henry II in the twelfth century, tu be desecrated and scattered. It was not at this spot that 'Becket was killed, but elsewhere .in the cathedral, against a walI which now bears a simple inscriptiun: "Thomas BecketArchbishup', Saint, Martyr-died here Tuesday 29th December ])70." Allnivt:rsary Yt:ar This inconspicuous tablet, plus the fact that it is easy to miss the representations of Becket in some of the windows, as welI as the sculpture of him in the Norman crypt, makes it possible for the uninformed, in most years, to visit the town and the cathedral without adverting to his existence or significance. He stood out. against a' king avid for control of the Church, and paid with his life for his insistence on the Church's due freedom. Now, in 1970, Becket is being handsumely celebrated in Canterbury. Commemorative events will continue tu the end uf the yel:ll'. It is the Becket anniversary which brings, these and others to Canterbury just now, which will impress them more than the few reminders of him will be the evidences of Catholic beginnings in this storied see. Salisbury; Winchester Near the cathedral, for example, are the excavations of St. ,Augustine's Abbey, built in the seventh century. These ruins have been carefulIy unearthed, but the task is still far from completion. However, enough is now ex-
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Lifts the Spirit But archeologists believe they have come upon traces of Come1ot, and passing the places where their digging proceeds, one is persuaded bv landscape and air that Knights of the Round Table surely rode down these country roads. FIRST DONATION TO BISHOP'S CHARITY BALL: Salisb~r~ is. a~pro.ache~, and Antone Michaels, president of the Conference of St. Vinthe prodigIOUS spire fIrst. sl~hted,. cent de Paul Society of Our Lady of the Angels Church across the sweep of Salisbury , . ' Fall RIver presents a check for $200 to Rev. Msgr. AnPlain. While Salisbury cathedral is thony M. Gomes, diocesan director for the affair, for the· . splendid and majestic, Winches- Charity Ball Souvenir Booklet. ter, in Alfred's city, captures thp. heart. It is massive, and its tower is squat, but the cathedral interior has a lightening effect, lifting the spirit, and the won· Cistercia~ Monks Grateful'to Lay:men derful details which one <;IiscCj!Y=-", _. ers bit by bit enhance that effe,ct. For Aid in Buil'ding Abbey Aspiration and architectural NUNI<AW (NC) - Thl' nul'- euch year 200 people helped to and artistic genius are there Illal monastic life of an abbey build the new abbey. ideally wed in, a silent but perhere in Scotland was suspended Tht:: new Cistercian monks ennial shout of joy. for one day as a thank-you to came to Scotland from Ireland in hundreds of volunteers from ] 946, the first Cistercian commany parts of Britain who munity in Scotland for over 400 Cites ImpolI'tance years. They took OVer a 1,200helped build it. Of Private Schools acre estate, using a former manThe 41 Cistercian monks of HOUSTON (NC)"":"Private edsion house and began to farm l'l:ation must not. only be pre- Sancta Maria Abbey were hosts the land. to more than 500 craftsmen, laserved but developed, Texas Guv. Their new building became Preston Smith told persons at- borers, camp cooks and their known as the "bargain abbey" tending 70th anniversary cere- families 'at an open house. as the monks became experts at When the monks began to picking up bargains. Marble monies of ·St. Thomas High build' their new abhey on the counters from a retail stpre SchooL here. Delivering the keynute ad- >;Iopes of the Lainmemuir hills formed part of the flooring. dress, Smith d~c1aJed that the over 18 years ago, they .took Many radiators and other fitdual system of private and pub- over a former prisoner-of-war tings were bought second-hand. lic education in Texas must be camp nearby and turned it into' Second-hand bricks and stone a volunteer workers' camp. maintained. were used for interior walls. Between May and October Concrete blocks were made by He assured that discussion on Summer volunteers. Furnishings the state level' was underway to were bought at low prices. ·IDEAL LAUNDRY· get help for private education, Agnew Comments The monks moved into the which he said was e~periencing 373 New Boston Road new building last November, but SALT LAKE CITY (NC) "a financial squeeze." Smith noted that because of After the President's Commis- completion of the work is still Fall River 678-5677 private education, the public sion on Obscenity and Pornog- going on. schuols at all levels have been raphy wa.s made public,. Vice bettered. H~ cited· the spirit of. President Spiro T. Agn,ew decompetitiun that exists within nounced it and 'said: "Its views . No 'S~I-:7. u dual system as benefitting , du not represent the thinking of the Nixon administration. This 19 10 . . buth systems. cummissiun was not named by President Nixon ':' '" ':' As long as Due p'rccess Richard Nixon is President, 4 CLEVELAND (NC)-A proce- Main Street is not going to turn ~n ,.... ~f CO#,:"'N'( , . dure for due process in the into Smut Alley." • . ~P.-" MA~.Ac.MUM. Cleveland diocese was prepared "0\1'-0&.'" • by the Senate of Priests and given to Bishop Clarence G. Issenmann for his consideration. If approved, it will establish for the first time a manner in which An 5.F.'T. checking account makes • Ie any person in conflict "with the paYing bOil I sap asure! • Complete Line Ordinary of the diocese or any Building M~terials other individual, group or institution exercising administrative 118 ALDEN RD. FAIRHAVEN • I 'S~DE'S FERRY AVENUE, SDMERSET!'(~T.138)'~O. SOMER~ET. authority in the diocese" may 993~2611 . be heard fully.
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STANG HIGH SCHOOL Tuesdays: 7:30-9:30 (begins Tues.10/13) SPECIAL - "THE MASS" REV. JOHN SMITH
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Sure Hope and' .Sola'ce October still remains the month of the Rosary. Some people have the strange idea that the rosary is out of date, is not an "iiI" devotion. They even think that the Vatican Council II somehow d~wngraded the position of Mary in the Church~ Nothing could be farth.::!' from the faels. The Fathers of the' Council devoted an entire t:haptcr - chapter eight - of the Dogmatic Constitution on '. the Church to Mary. Her role in the plan of salvation, her foreshadowing in the Old Testament and her place in the New Testament, her iilvolvement in the mysteries of Christ, true devotion to Mary that avoids the falsity of exaggeration and the excess of narrow-mindedness --- all this is spelled out in that chapter on Mary which states, "The most holy Synod deliberatelyte,aches this Catholic doctrine."; Devotion to Mary is to be generously fostered, but it must be true devotion that does not lead anyone into error regarding the true doctrine of. the Church on Mary, : Mary is called the image and first flowering of 'the Church. And so she is. , The praying of the rosary ·as a means ot' asking Mary to bring one closer to Christ is a true and worthy devotion. Lov~ for Mary is surely pleasing to Jesus. For, as the Council says, "Mary shines forth on earth, until the day of the Lord shall come, as a sign of sure' hope and solace. for the pilgrim People of God." And people today, as in every age, need 'this sure hope Hnd solace.
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.The guitarist rock star Jimi Hendrix died a few weeks WASHINGTON (NC) A ago in London at' the age of 27 and his death certifieate priest who survived the atomic could give no cause although there were murmurings about - attack on' Hiroshima 25 years drugs. , ago will accompany 100 AmeriCertainly he ,vas a controversial person. He w.as' a cans on a flight sponsored by remarkable blues singer, perhaps the' greatest of this gen- the Blue Army of Our Lady Of eration. He also pilt on what some persons' considered 'Fatima to the J>eace Shrine itt 'Hiroshima.' , n,e~r-obscene performances.', ' " ,,' ' , : . ':: I ';"~The .'j>ddt,' 'Father . Hubert .' But the point of writing about him is tp descl:ib~ 'Ypat ~·Schiff~r.. S.J.; '·was only a "few , took place at the Monterey Pop Festival of 1967. There he blocks 'from ground-zero' when was a major· triumph. And as the crowd cheered and ap- the bomb exploded. He and two plauded in 'near hysteria, Jimi himself was so caught ,up ,other' priests escaped, only to death and ;destruction'everyin 'the emotion of the moment that he told the crowd he 'find where around then!,' , ' was going' to respo~d in the ~nly way that 'would show After the blast; they deCided the very depth of his feeling-he would sacrifice some- to ,rebuild their 'church. They thing he loved-an,d with that he burned his guitar. were joined by a group of BudJimi' reacted' according to what seems to be the busic dhists who said they 'wanted nature of man. Caught up in love and gratitude, man 're- Hiroshima to be a lesson to all to turn, to God and acts by gIving s<;>mething, the most precious thing he has. mankind pray for. peace. '. ' makes it sacrifice. . , Father Schiffer then' came to And this has "been all element of i'eligioll from, the the United States to help raise ·beginning. ' f4ndsfor the Hiroshima peace Man should be so Jl10ved by love of God and grati- Shrine, which was finally. com'p1.eted .with financi~l aid from all tude toward, Him, that he should re~pond "in sacrifce.: ' This is why Jesus Christ gave men the Mass.'I:he over the world, much of it from Japan. Mass enables loving and grateful man, to sacrifice to God ' Adoration of the Blessed Sacby offering to Him the Body and Blood of-.His Son and r~ment .arid prayers. for peace, man's Brother, by uniting man's ,prayers and· good' deeds continue there 24 hours a day. and offerings to the" pr~yers and' deeds and offering' of ' The flight, ,leaving New York Oct. 15 and ,returning Nov.- 1,2, Christ. . '.' , .' '" ,..'. ' ! If a rock guitarist could be. so' movedl:>Y gratitude arid love toward an audience that he would burn his guitar.: in Jewish. Press ,~ri"ts a sacrificial gesture, then man with any degree of .aware- Providence' Visitor 'j ness of God should be' moved to sacrifice -to Him. PROVIDF;NCE . (NC), , -::..el'he The childrerfof ~this .world, as Christ pointed out, have Providence' Visitor, official dioc. much to teach to those who call, themselv{~s.. children iot esan newspaper, turned its publication into an ecumenical enGod.
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Cites· Potential. Of Seminary's New Program' CINCINNATI (NC)-Archbishop Paul F. Leibold said the recent, rapid and radical changes in seminaries call for a new-look attitude. "I am nol proposing any reversion to the seminary of my day, even- though I do not think . it was so bad, or a cessation of student· involvement and all other developments of the past years," the 55-year-old. head of the Cincinnati archdiocese said. But he said the present situation calls for a viewing from "an' attitude that demands clarification of goals, that is more 'concerned 'with practicing re, sponsibility than asserting it and with recognition that a seminary is to 'prepare men academically, morally' and spiritually for the priesthood, not a place where fully, trained theOlogians, completely disciplined and totally solid spiritual men gather to ex-' change ideas" test their morals and experiment with their spiriitual self." Speaking at a Mass marking opening of the academic year at Mount St. Mary Seminary here, where 153 students are training , , for t.he priesthood for two archdioceses, six dioceses and one religious community, the archbishop said the seminary's new program "has ,the' potentionl of contributing more to the Church and its basic mission to' teach the truth Of Christ" than anything previously attempted. New Situation
Posll'pones ,Action: On '5ch'ool Aid 'Bill" TRENTON (NC) - A dispute . over aid to public schools is holding up enactment of legislation 'assisting the state's private schools. " Although the Assembly Republican cauc,us a.meeting of the majority party, voted to bring the so.-called. ':parochaid" measure ,to a vote befor:e the legisliitive session runs out on Oct. 8, the plan has run into a snag in the Senate. Senate leadershaye let ,it be known that they wish to act. on the private' school aid I;> ill in conjunction .with legislation pending hl the Senate to assist public ·schools. But, differences pf opinion between urban and suburban senators over the distribution of public s'chool aid, has thrown the 'status of. ,that meas~re ,into ~doubt. -,'
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lines derived from papal instructions, Vatican Council 'II documents and recommendations of .the U. S. bishops on seminary renewal. . . The archbishop said the priestly office is "c8nied 'out in an el',ltirely new situation today," growing out of mankind's new needs and the nature 'of the modern world. "These new features of modern civilization must be constantly borne ,in mind, since the preparation for priestly ,life and activity must have reference to them. While' the seminary obviously must, ever. be aware of, all these new -things and must foster the preparation: of the priest for more, effective fulfillmentof his new task, at the saine ,time 'it .must carefully guard and preserve wha't the priesthood possesses of, certain 'and 'lasting good," declared.
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Relief of Poverty Continued fro~ Page One lIity-run schools, minority-owned cooperatives, credit unions and runtl cooperatives." Other projects slated for cumpaign support, Bishop Dempsey adtled include "industrial development und joLJ truining and placement programs, day-cure centers, care foi' the l:lged, and rehabilitation from drug addiction. "Prujects tu he given the high('st priority art' th~se not pres. ently funded through other institutions 01' agendes' or those in need of additional funds not presently available." Urging an all-out dfort by American Catholics to raise the money, Detroit's Cardinal John F. Dearden, president of the National Conference of Catholic Hishops and the U. S. Catholic Conference explained: "We have asked all dioceses to set their objectives high, taking as thl:'ir minimum goals their ht:st previous performance ill any national collection." The Campaign for Human Development will climax Nov. 22 with a nationwide collection scheduled to be taken up in all Catholic churches in the U. S. Hus Wide Support One out of every four dollars raised during the campaign will Le retained in the diocese where it was collected and used to support local development programs: Remaining funds will be distributed "in those areas and for those programs where .the poor believe there is the greatest need," Bishop Dempsey said. He added that a national committee on human development is being ·formed to Oversee the allocation of the national fund. Members of the committee will include bishops, priests, Religious and lay people. Joseph B. McSweeney, campaign development director, told newsmen here that the effort faces "some hardships." Among them, he said, were the campaign's late start and its short time period. But he cmphu>iized that the campaign has even more advantllges, including wide support from bishops, priests and lay people, the top priority assigned the campaign by the nation's hierarchy and most important, "the needs of the poor in our midst." Two Main Thrusts The bishops first committed themselves to the campaign at their meeting in November, 1969, and developed plans for the effort at another meeting six months later. Since then, implemcontalion of the bishops' plans has been in the hands of a campaign task force composed of elements of the USCC. Various conference ~;ection5 are working on the campaigns two main thrusts: .fund raising and education. The fund-raising effort centers on the national collection. Although the bishops set no deadline for raising the $50 million, this sum is reportedly only a first target in their continuing effort to provide seed money for self-help projects. Education efforts surrounding the campaign focus on attempts to inform the American public about the nature of the poverty problem and to dispel the rnyths associated with poverty in the U. S.
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CHICAGO (NC) - To Amel"i cans, the name Dempsey imme-1 diately recalls the image of ~ champion fighter. I Jack Dempsey's namesake, Most Rev. Michael R. Dempsey) Auxilary Bishop of Chicago, i~ also a fighter. I His "ring" is Ihe inner city ofl Chicago. His foe is poverty. His success is well k~own ~o th~ poor people of the mner .c.lty fori whom he has worked dlllgentlYI ami (,'ffectively for over 30 years. I Hlshop Dempsey is truly the "Shephel:d" of the Poor in Chi.! cago. And a most effective one. Though not particularly well IUlown to the average Chicagoan, l3ishop Dempsey's name is heard frequently in' the grapevines ofj the poor. They tell the story of w"hat he has been able to accomplish in a many-faceted role that combines his talents as pastor, catalyst, and, above all, doer. '" just sit in the corner and listen to find out what my neighburs want to do. Then I try to help because I want to do some-I thing as much as they do," the Bishop said recently. It's been said that when yuu want a job done, ask a busy man to do it. Bishop Dempsey has added an important new job to an already crowded schedule! that sends him all over the innelil city (he averages 100 miles a day in his well used black Ford). His· new assignment is Campaign Di-I rector for the United States Catholic Conference Campaignl for Human Development. I This campaign, which aims to' penetrate to and eliminate some~ of the root causes of poverty, is a nationwide program to whichl the Bishops of the United States! have unanimously committed the Church. It combines a fund rais-l ing campaign to be climaxed inl 1970 by a .major collection in all the nation's parishes on Nov. 22 -with a vast education programl to acquaint old and young alikJ with the virulent dimensions 0~1' poverty in America. . In 1971 the Campaign will be-I gin to fund innovative projects and programs that show poten.! tial for relieving poverty as weill as assist existing programs o~ demonstrated merit which are in need of added support. I In sele.ctin g Bishop DempseYI 1
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tu head the Campaign, the Hish- ' ups, undt'r the leade~ship of John · Cardinal Dearden of Detroit, chose a true apostle iJf the poor. Heis a "ghettu" Hishop who has labored lung and well for the indigent in Chicago-Black, Puerto Rican, Cuban, White Appalachian (uf wl.lOm there are 40,000 .in Chicago), and Indians wh~ number 20,000 individuals and 95 tribes in the inner dty of Chicagu. Bishop Dempsey has ,served them all in the 27 years since his ordination. With 2.4 million Catholics in a city of 3.4 million, Bishop Dempsey believes that · Catholics must be a part of the solution for poverty' in Chicago. Ordained a bishop two years ago, Bishop Dempsey resides at Our Lady of Lourdes parish r(,'ctury at 1444 South Keeler Avp, in thp west side 'ghetto known as North Lawdale. Hp has been a · pastor there for the past six years. Short and stocky, with a warm smile and Irish eyes that see clearly the problems of the poor. Hishop Demp5ey is a self-. effacing man. "r don't toot my own lmmpel. T see myself as a sort of c,atalyst. The poor have great hopes and plans fur solving their OWl) problems ,if only someone takes the time to listen to them. With a little· encouragement they do great things. Perhaps I am one of the few optimists around. But my optimism is based 01\ people, not on programs. Don't just talk about solutions. Get the ,job done. Do it yourself. J)on't wait for others to do it."
Bombs Damage Milan Churches MILAN (NC) - Home-ma<.\t~ bumbs . wt:re thrown in three Milan churches, inclUding Santa Maria delle Grazie, where Leonardo da Vind painted his famous frt:scu "The Last Supper." Tlw frescu was not harmed.. Two Molotov cocktails and a bomb fashioned from tightly packed paper were thrown· in San Simpliciano basilica, Santa Maria delle Grazie, and an old deconsecrated church. At each church the bombers dropped sheets with the name "Anarchists Anonymous" printed on them. Total damage at the three churches was estimated at $3,000.
Seek India Action Against Converts RANCH I (NC) - Hindu tribal leaders from seven states held a conference here to urge the government to adopt a bill that would exclude converts to Christianity from grants and other benefits given to members of the former "untouchable" class. The meeting protested alleged delay ~ by the Indian government in processirg the bill, introduced last November in the national parliament. The bill includes a clause that declares that "no person who has given up tribal faith or faiths and has embraced Christianity or Islam shall be peemed to be a member of any scheduled tribe."
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R",,,. Fl'lIuclS L. Muhull"'y, u;;siSllint at lmmliculat", Conception Parish, Full River UIHI Dioct::mn Director to coordinul", the Campaign for HuIIUllI Devdopmellt will meet with Bishop Dempsey in New Yml, Ill! Friday; Oct. 16 to di~cilss the first steps ill the program. The' very hUlIll:l1l prublems of the ghetto begin tu go away when a man starts out with a decent jub. Better jobs are a ticket to a better life. It's that simple. So we place a lot of emphasis here on the west side on -'helping people get jobs with a future. "You never really help a poor pei'son until you help him to help himself. One of our west side neighborhood projects has been the Tri-Faith· Employment Pmgrl:lm begun in 1965. "Encouraged by th.e funds given tu the community to create an effective job placement agency, a neighborhood group concentrated on finding all the possible blue cullar jobs. Our staff tried to find a job at a reason. able salary so that a man would not have to work hard at two or three jobs to make the salary 11<' should have received for one. "We sent representatives into the community to find men who wanted to work and we often sought them out in taverns and poolrooms. When a person failed on the first placement we helped 'him find another position until he found the place where he fitted best." Asked about the effect of the Tri-.Faith Employment Program, the Bishop notes that at present Tri-Faith maintains six officesfuur on the west· side and one each in the north and south. TriFaith is procuring 24,000 jobs a year. This approach to a solution for poverty represents over $100,000,000 in salaries to the local community. This is not just help but self-help. "The Churcl! has always been a friend of the poor," Bishop Dempsey says, "The Church is known for its tangible steps to help the indigent * * * the orpha.n '" '!' '" the handicapped'" '" * the retarded '" '!' '" the aged. But poverty is a complex and sensitive problem. The Church must help to remove it from America by eliminating its roots.
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Bishop Innocent Under Penal Law MUNICH (NC)-After t'xumining chargl's against a Lierman bishup aCl:ust:d (,I' war crimes, the Munich prosecutur's uffice has cuncluded that his rule in the executiun uf Italian partisans "was nut forbidden under international martial law at the time." "\ Auxiliaryl Bishup Mathias Defregger of Munich admitted that as l:lIl officer ill Wurld War II he passed' uIl un order for the rcoprisal shu(jting uf 17 unarmed Itulian hostag('s at Filetto di Camarda, Haly .)jut he said tbat he had madt! every effort to haw tbe (,'xt~cution order rei;dnded LJefurtJ passing it 011. The Bavarian justice ministry said that investigations of the Munich pros(:cutor's offici' showed that the bishop was "innocent under penal law." In 1969, investigations by the lJrosecutor's offiCe in Frankfurt resulted in the conclusions that no action Gould be taken against the bishop on the slaying of the Italians as a reprisal for the killing of three German soldiers. The Jedsion, it said, was Qased on .internationally accepted norms dealing with the treatment of hostages in guerrilla warfare. The Frankfurt prosecutur also cOIlsidered the case closed because of the statute of limitations.. Cardinal .Julius lJoepfner of Munich admitted in 1969 that he ,knew of Bishop Defregger's role in the Filetto lJi Camarda incident prior to the bishop's consecration in September, 1968. The cardinal said he also knew the bishop was under investigation. The cardinal said he was convinced, however, that, according to international law for war· fare, "no culpable deed was committed. "
Pope Paul Aids Jordan Homeless VATICAN CITY (NC) - Pope hl:ls given $50,000 to Paul Caritas Internationalis for aid to vietims who were caught in the "tragic situation" of the Jordanian conflict. The Pope wrote a letter to Msgr. Jean Ro.dhain, Caritas director, urging him to use the money on the' Pope's behalf "to aid the unfortunate victims of this drama." Thousands were killed, woundedand left homdess as a result of the battle between Arab guer'rillas and Jordanian troops.
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·In 'Livi,ng Rosary The members of tlle Fall Kivl'r di"trkt cuundl of <;<lthulk woIIIl'n will lJarticipak in a living rusary scheduled for 7:45, on Thursday evening, Uctuber is at St. Mathieu's Church, Fall Hiver. Representatives from 31 affiliates will be present. Rev. Luciell J lIsseaume, pastor of St. Mathieu's parish will preach a homily entitled "The Revelani.:e of the Rosary." Mrs. Raymond A. Poisson, district president, urges all participants to report to the parish hall at 7:15. .
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··I>Ul'S. your child have any al· Icrgies'!"-"Yes, copying noles from lilt' hlackbuard, doing honlt'work, ami lilt'. sistt'r ht' .had lust yeur." "Hirth Ddl'ctS" - "lrn'spollsible Muther." "Other"-Chcwtk hUllle life, cunfused parents and generally unde:;irable environment." "Do you have any other inlormatiun which would aid the schoul in a better understanJing uf yuur child?" "Nu, but [. cuuld use some help myself. Do you have any other information which wuulJ help me in a better un.dcrstanding uf my child'!"
Answers Don't Fit Frankly, I hate fllling out furms. My answers never fit the· spaces they suppl)~. When . Illy answer is simply "yes" and they have allowed four lines, J obviosuly didn't understand the question. When J finally find one 'that I would write' paragraphs un, they give me two boxes to choose from: "yt'S" and "no." I sometimes wunJer if they are deliberately trying to make me. look bad. Then, when SOmething goes wrung with my chilL1ren it can be traceJ to the fact that I was so stupid I coulLln't even fill out the required forms. If tl1at's the idea, you could prove anything by the way J fill them out. Invariably. I get . the ones that went cockeyed .through the printing press. My little boxes never line ~IP with the questions. I get half the answers filled in and reatrze that they aren't matching' with what I intended. I' start crossing Qut' and moving back a space. Now when I look at it, it s~ys that . he had' tubercLJlosis instead of chicken pox. Cr6ss them out again: . By now the form is so illegible it looks like I am suffering from' , nervous fits. Anyway, it really doesn't seem too' important what he's already hall, I'd like to know what he's going to catch this year. The dullest part is that I have the same information to fill in. each year. Their birth dates haven't changed, we haven't. moved, they even have the same parents they started with in kindergarten. But each year they need a new·
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Offer Correspondence Course in Ecumenism' LYONS (NC)-·Correspondence courses in ecumenism have been initiated by' Catholic, Orthodox and Protestant clergy of Fra~ce under the direction of the Inferconfessional Ecumenical Educa- . tion Secretariat. The courses, designed to provide an education in ecumeniSlll, are divided into two sections, one for beginners and the other for those· with some previqus knowledge of the ecumenical movement.
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FIRST WOMAN DOCTOR OF THE CHURCH: St. Teresa of Avila, Spanish mystic of the 16th century, was proclaimed a "Doctor of the Church" by Pope Paul VI on Sept. 27. It is a formal acknowledgment that certain persons have bee!) given special gifts by God for the expounding and historical development of Church teaching. NC Photo.
Doctor 'of Univlersal'Church M-ass to Honor Carmelite Foundress Set for So. Qartmouth Chapel
TI<E['JTON (NC)-Chief .architect of the $9.5 million measure to. ,;i~1 students attending nonI;ublic schools in N~w Jersey said he're he bdi(>vl's the measure wilI clear tht.' legislature early this autumn. Assemblyman Kkhard J. Vander Plaat uf I3ergen County said sti'ong backing given the bill by Gov. William T. Cahill, plus the gruwing understanding that operations of 'pClwchial and other nonpublic schools save state taxpayers mure than $200 million a year, figure in his forecast. As the legislature opened its current session, other lawmakers juined Vander Pluat in his optimistic outlook on the measure. Assembly Majority Leader Barry Parker of Burlington County said it is possible the legislation will clear both houses and be ready for Gov. Cahill's signature by Oct. 4. For the lust four years'Vander Plaat, a non-Catholic, has pushed fur legislation providing state aid tu paruchial and of.her nunpublit: school stuLlents, emphasizing the mounting financial crises faced by these schools. In previous years his bills faileLl to clear committees. "There can be no question that a guod many (private) schools are in financial trouble, ur will . be if aid is not forthcoming." , VanJer Plaat said. "And there can ,?e no question either that the public schools or our. state would be hard put to absorb al· . must 300,000 extra children if the non public schools shut down."
,A Mass, cl)J\llnemorating the John's University, New York, has attained universal recogninaming by Pope Paul Viol' St. Teresa of Avila as a Ductor of . tion as a lecturer on Carmelite spirituality, and his tapeLl lecthe Universal Church, will be tures are now beng used in aH offered at 6 on MonJay eveparts of the globe. ning, Oct. 12 in the 'chapel of the DiscalceJ Carmelite Nuns, Muther' Therese of the ChilLI Sol-E-Mar Rd., So. Dartmouth. Jesus,. Q.C.D. invites the public to share with them the blessings St. Teresa, muther and found..e;:iS of So. Dartmouth order of of the Mass. of Thanksgiving. nuns, was the first woman ever to be named it Doctor of the DAUGHTERS OF ST. PAUL-combine a life ot Universal Church. prayer and action. Bringers of the Gospe' Message to souls everywhere by means of personal To celebrate .this singular contact: Pauline Missionaries labor in 30 Nations. event, Rev. Msgr. Arthur G. ConMembers witness to Christ in a unique missionsidine, pastor of St. Mary's propagation of the printed Word of God. The Church, So. Dartmouth' will Sisters write. illustrate: print and bind their own publications and diffuse them among people of offer the Mass anLl Dr. Jose L. all creeds, races and cultures. Young girls, 14-23 Morales will deliver the homily. Interested in this vital Mission may write to: . . REV. MOTHER SUPERIOR Dr. Morales has been granted 50 St. Paul's Ave.. Boston. Mass. 02130 special permission by Bishop Connolly to be homilist because of his outstanJing position as an authority on the Spanish mystics, notably St. Teresa of Avila and St. John of· the Cross..
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Teens lead Way in Return Of Hats to Fem,al,e H,eads
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KIlt"eS are Oil their way uu su emphasis is heading i;l th~ (Jthd direction -:- upward - thu~ t11t~ big trend toward hats (along, oi' course, with the afortmention led interest of the young in an~ tvpe of he!ld covering from In· diall head bands to floppy felts{ It does seem ironic though tha't just when the Church has loosen/cd its regulations on hair-coverlings and women have finally gotten away from their Sunday-gqto-meeting bonnets that it's gding to be mort' fashionablt' ttl wear nne lhan not to.
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Today, even though he works iii a different field, he must look on today's youth with a smile for certainly if any group has been responsible for the return of the chapeau they have. I find it unbelievable that my uldest daughter goes into pcstasy over hats and incredible that it's harder tu l:lll1vince her not to wear Olll~ than it was for my lIIotht'r to eonvinct' nw to weal' line (w';ly back then). II' I did give in and cuvered Illy hl::ld, I was no sooner out of my mother's sight than my hat was whisked 'off and stuffed in Illy' pocket or pocketbook. Why - God forbid - suppose one's friends caught you with a scarf or hat on' it would be a sin that you would never live down. 1'0day the young wear hats to keep up with their peer group. Long Look The proportions of the longer !>kirts demand a hat, either a I,.rge dramatic une or a headhugging doche. It goes with the dressing lung look. Looking back on my unde's statements I must agree that now I'm of an age tu be more interested in looking chic than looking like one of the crowd, I find a hat completes a costume. Try to remember some of the truly well-dressed women you know and I'm sure you'll find that they wear a hat with really smashing daytime outfits. One of the most beautiful older woman I know, Victoria DiMartino of Holy Rosary parish in Fall River always completes an outfit with a hat. Because she
Former Klan leader Forms Rightist Group ATLANTA (NC) - A fornler grand dragon of Georgia's Ku Klux Klan announced here that he is for,:ning a right-wing secret organization of white Christians to expose "the enemies of America." Uilled as a conservative coun· terpart to the Weathermen most radical and most violent of the New Left activist groups -Calvin Craig's organization promises to be more militant and effective than the KKK "because we will be a lot more active." He emphasized that his group will remain secret "because you just can do more with a secret organization because people seem to respect and fear it more."
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Ethiopian Sisters . I At Mt. St. MarYI Mount st. Mary's Academy, Full River, is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year, and star~s the silver jubilee observanJe with a freshman class of 125. This is the largest since the ne~ building opened. in 1961., ' j The senior class held its annual retreat at La Salette Shririe from Sept. 21 through 25. T~e theme was "Vibrations," and lit was carried out through varioJs "therapy groups" and media movies, culminating in a Ma~s whieh \Vas plannl'd by the girls themselves. I From Ethiopia I In addition to the freshm~n t wu other new comers grace the corridors of Mount this ye~r. They are Sister Tabot and sister Josmary. Both are from Et~i opia and intend to return whbn their studies in the United Statbs are completed. . I Last week the senior dass sponsored the annual Freshm~n Senior Frolic. The affair was h~ld at the YMCA. Each senior tobk care of a freshman "little sistel-." The new students wore bonnJts and other appropriate attite. Swimming in the Y pool andi a hootenanny were among actiyit~s. I A talent show was recently presented at Mount. Entries ranged from a genuine kaioo band to vocalizing and ot~er displays of enter,tainment ptaficiency. ,
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HONOR MAC CHAPLAIN: Chaplain (Col.) John R. Ourkin, Command Chaplain for the Military Airlift Command, right, is awarded the Air Force Commendation Medal by MAC Commander General Jack J. Catton. The medal was awarded to Chaplain Durkin for his work at Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala., from 1967 to 1970; was also awarded in 1966 to Col. John F. Denehy, chaplain from Fall River, for his service at the same base.
Women of london Invited to Spend Sunday at Convent L.ON DON (NC) - "Straighten yourself out on Sunday" say the posters in subways and buses. "Take one day off, relax and g et away from it a. II." \ It's an invitation to the women of London to spend one Sunday a month at any of 60 convents, pictured as islands of tranquility in a noisy city.
Housewife Crusades Against Women's lib WASHINGTON (NC)-"A man wunts a woman he can put on a pedestal and worship from below, someone whose character is superior to his," said a 50year-old housewife touring the country to oppose the women's liberation movement. Mrs. Helen B. Andel in. who eschews tweeds and tailored dothing which she thinks be'speaks masculinity, is the selfappointed spokesman for the "silent majority" of American women who believe a woman's place is in the home. Married for ,27 years, with eight children ranging in age from 8 to 23, Mrs. Andelin spells out her message. in a book called "Fascinating Woman." The book was published privately by her hushand in 1963 as a result of some booklets Mrs. Andelin decided to revise.
The ol'lg1l1ator is a man, Father Francis Hegarty, director of vocations for the Westminster (L.ondon) archdiocese. ",He calls it Operation Unwind, and says it has nothing to do with recruiting vocations - at least directly-nor is it a retreat movement. Father Hegarty got the idea from living in a convent himself. He found it was always quiet there on a Sunday. "There are about 180 of these oaseS of peace and" tranquility in and around noisy London," he said. "Our aim is not to lure women into convents but to help people live good Christian lives in whatever vocation they find themselves. "Most people don't know what the inside of a convent looks like or how the nuns live. On the other hand quite a few nuns do not know what it is like to live and work in a noisy city. They too can learn. It will be very much give and take." Each of the convents will take small groups not more than six women each month.
The annual cerinlJny for Peace conulKkd by till' Sist<-r:. of l\h,rcy will hi! held al 7:30 011 TllesJay e\',ening, (let. 13 at :'vII, ~;t" Rita's, Curnherian,1. The Service wiil bf:gin at the shrine of Our Lauy l,f Ftttima w"ith a short program prepared IJ~' the Sisters in BaSIC FUl"llltttiun. Many of these Sisters 111'~ stud~nts lit SalVI: Rt'gina College aud uthers !Ire engaged in their Spiritual Year of Furmation. ~rhese Sistd::l are in residence at Mercy Lodge, Cumberland. A candlelight march from the shrint' t(J the couvent c.hapel will follow th.. service. Participanls will sing religious and patriotic sungs liS they make their way to the chapel. The dimax of the occasion will be a. wnce!ebrated Mass for Peal;c in Mt. St. Rita Chapel. The congreg,ltion will join with the priest in the prayers of the Mass as well as in singing hymns appropriate to the event. The Knighls of Columbus will form a Guard of Honor for the Service. The Sisters of Mercy wrdially invite thdr students, friends, and all inkresled in the cause of Pellee to join with them in this Pcace Service.
Astronauts Have Right To Pray in Space NEW ORLEANS (NC)-Astronauts can pray in space and public office holders can say "so help me God," according to a ruling here by the Fifth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. The COllrt said it could find nothing unconstitutional with astronauts praying or reading from the Bible while riding to the 11I00n, as opposed in a suit by Madalyn Murray O'I-Iair uf Austin, Tex., head of an atheist church. The court said another suit by Mrs. O'Hair "approaches absurdity" in its contention that oaths ending in "so help me God" systematically exdude agnostics and atheists from the judiciary.
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Clergymen Least Qualifie~ To Hold Political Office Whether any of fhe del'gymen, Catholic or ProtestaM, . ~current1y seeking POSJtiOllS in the United States Congress going to be elected is in doub,t. But· their atteinpt :i.o succeed to public office raises smile interesting observatioilS. Catholic voters have a . long tradition of. resenting el'l:';I;,. If yOIl are not sure ,of their clergies beconiing in- what a dergymen is any mot-e•. . then you've got to find somevolved in politics. The feel- thing else to do. You might be-
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cism; and, unless I am mistaken, will remain so rooted for a long time to come. Bishop John Carroll's d~cision to remain on the fringes of American politics has, struck most of those who came after him in the American Church' as being a very wise decision. Anyone who is familiar with the histor.y of what political involvement meant for .the churches, in European coun.tries can only agree with Carroll's decision. Some of those who are seeking public office may argue that, unlike the European clergy who meddled in politics, they are running on left-wing rather than right-wing platforms. A clergyman is necessarily identified by the public with his Church. In Rhode Island, for example, 'the U. S. senatorial candidate who suddenly discovered that he had a priest running against him phoned the local chancery office· to inquire what he had done wrong that the 'Church would put up a candidate against him. One wonders if he was persuaded of what was obviously the truth: the Church was not running a candidate against him. Due further wonders whether the electorate could be persuaded. Identity Crisis. In the popular mind a priest turned turned politician cannot divorce himself from the Chur~h. The Church will be praised by those who like what he does, condemned by those who do not like it, and Ultimately blamed when the' public grows tired' of him a's the public is inclined to do with most politicians-save those wh.o are political geniuses and, one rather suspects, most priests-turned-politicians will not be that. But a question remains: Why have the American Catholic clergy suddenly succumbed to a temptation which has been powerful enough for Protestant clergy all along, but which generally has not been a serious problem for Catholic clergy? Why have priest-politicians sprung up apparently all over. the land-or at least all over the eastern seaboard? Part of the reason, I suspect, is the current clerical identity
come a psychotherapist or reJolulionary or leader of an antipollution crusade or, in absence of anything better, a politician. Moral Judgments The situation is somewhat. analagous to that of the college professor. The' pl'Ofessor is no . longer sure who he is or what he ought to be doing. He is quite cIJlisciollS (at least if he is hopest) that he has rather notably failed hi his assigned task of ilistruet.ing· the young· and so he looks for something' else 'to do; arid, ·like the priest in his identity crisis, he gravitates to polities as' lemmings do towards the . sea. The second explanation is that ours is unquestionably a' tin~e of trouble and confusion in American society. lt is also a time of great 'moral outrage. it is evident that there are a nutilbel' of things seriously wrong, such as war and racial injustice. These issues involve terribly important moral judgments. The clergyman surveys the scene anU says to himself, "Things are ail fouled up political1y and moral1y.. Who is better qualified to straighten them out than I?" The only, honest answer is, "practically anyone." Difficult to Harmonize I The principal problem with the priest-politician is that the qualities required traditional1y itt l the politician are rather diffi _. cult to harmonize. . I The clergyman is expected to stand for clarity of moral prin~ ciple; the politician for the com· promise necessary to form viable political coalitions.' The clergy~ man .is expected to represent clear and unambiguous values~ the politician is required to be alert to the complexity and the grayness of political reality, The clergyman is held to lead by exhorting and chal1enging others to their maximum com. mitment; the politician must listen very carefully to his sound~ ings at the grass roots and must deal not so much with the maxl imum possible generosity of his constituents but rather with the' minimum feasible generosity.: Clergymen must be filled with' enthusiasm for remaking the world; the politician has an; awareness of how slow the pace . of social change must necessarily be. Different R.oles Neither role is intrinsically . superior to the other. Both are, required. An occasional rare ~ man can combilie the two (and at least one of the priest candidates whom I know personal1y: comes closer to combining the I two ·than· most other men). A little more awareness of the complexities of political and so-: cial reality would benefit many, clergymen, and a little more: emotional and moral enthusiasm: would certainly benefit most, politicians. Ye~ they are different roles;, 1
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Plan Thanksgiving Clothing Collection Cardinal Stresses Value in Allevia.ting Suffering NEW YORK (NC)-American tion of the donated clothing will clothing col1ectiun. From the reCatholics will be asked again to be held in reserve for the first serve stock of the' 1969 collecsupport the Thanksgiving Cloth- time this· year to fulfill needs tion, Catholic Relief Services was ing Collection in November by whieh may' arise from disasters able to provide drastically needcontributing used and useful and emergencies. ed clothing and bedding mateclothing, shoes, bedding and . In a number 'of dit;lceses, it is rial~ to., thousands, ~f .its survi" other garments to aid the needy expected the col1ection will be VOl'S within hours and days or in 70 countries overseas. cunducted jointly with the U. S. the tragic .event. Cardinal John Dearden of De- bishops' first annual Campaign "Then, too, we all know that troit, chairman of the adminis- for Human Development, a fund the items donated by our gentrative board' of the United raising project to help attack States Catholic Conferellce, in a root causes of poverty in this erous parishioners during the Thanksgiving clothing appeal, letter to all U. S. bishops an- . country. coupled with the food and medinounced the 22nd annual clothcine that we are able to supply, In the letter to the bishups. ing collection will be staged. Cardinal Dearden stated: "The are most instrumental in alleviThe dates for the project are 'recent earthquake in Peru once ating the daily suffering of the left to the discretion of individagain emphasized the value and millions of the less fortunate of ual heads, of archdioceses and importance of this annual the world," the cardinal said. dioceses, but the campaign generally is staged during the week of Thanksgiving Day-this year, Nov. 22 to 29. The campaign THE MASSACHUSETTS CIRCLE is conducted under the direction of Catholic Relief Services, overOF THE DAUGHTER,S OF ISABEllA seas aid agency maintained by Expresse3 Congratulations U. S. Catholics. Bishop Edward E. Swanstrom, and ci Sincere Welcome to executive director:. aimounced at MOST REVEREND CRS headquarters here, a par-
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Catholic Affiliate ADDIS ABABA (NC) - The Organization for African Unity has accepted an application from the Regional Catholic Education. Secretariat for Africa and Madagascar to join th'e OAU on an observer basis. It is the first time the OAU .has been asked to admit an African religious group. and it is a rare. man who can bridge tlte two of them. What this Republic of our does not need, at the present time is more moralism and self-righteousness among political leaders. It is to be very much feared that it is precisely these qualities that the 'cleric turned politician is most likely to bring to public life. John Carroll was right. Most clergymen who become involved in politics really don't know what they are talking about.
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Say Third World Priests Playing With Subversion BUENOS AIRES (NC)-Priests who belong to the national Third World Movi::mt::nt are playing with subversion, six bishops and several priests declared here. , They also accused members of the controversiul organization of obscuring the role of the priest by addressing their aclions to sucial ruther than spiritual works. One of the main knels of the Third World Movement of Priests is that social injustice and the political structures maintuining it should be radically removed. After former president Pedro Eugenio Aramburu was recently kidnapped and killed, two priests in the mowment were churged with aiding in the conspiracy. The Argenline bishops have rcbuked statements calling fur a socialist revolution. 'Gangrenous Growths' The six bishops and othel' priests criticizing the movement suid its members ignore their priestly mission and "dedicate themselves to work that is foreign to their vocation and oppused to the teachings of the Church." The Third World priests are "in the service of political subversion," they charged, and decried what they called a wave of "public immorality and materiulistic communism." "Both are gangrenous growths within the' Church," they said. Among the signers of the statement were Archbishops Germinano Escorto of' 'Bahia' Blanca, Francisco Vicentin of Corrientes, and Guillermo Bolatti of Rosario; Bishop Alejandro Schell of Lomas de Zamora; retired Archbishop Ramon Castellano of Cordoba; and Auxiliary Bishop Vittorio Bonamin of Huenos Aires.
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Ntl.li.Olllll, Coulljcil of Catholic Men Nlunes Ge,neral Clr~roll Executive Di.reclor WASHINGTON (NC)-Joseph F. Carroll, first to head the nation's Defense Intelligence Agency, is new executive director of the National Council of Catholic Men. Carroll, 60, a retired Air Force lieutenant general, will assume NCCM duties Oct. 12, succeeding Martin H. Work who has held the post since 1950. Work plans to leave the NCCM office in Washington Oct. 23 for Denver,' Colo., where he will be consultant for planning and programming in the Denver archdiocese. Eight years prior to retirement last year, Carroll was director at the Defense Intelligence Agency where he was responsible for management supervision over all general intelligence activities of the Army, Navy and Air Force throughout the world. For his accomplishments, he was awarded the Distinguished Service Medal. Previous to that position, he was deputy commander and chief of staff, U. S. Air Forces in Europe from 1958 through 1960 and inspector general through 1961. Outstanding Layman During his European tour, Carroill was honorary president of the National Council of Catholic Military Men in Europe and his wife, Mrs. Mary Carroll, was at the same time honorary president of the National Council of Catholic Military Women. A one-time student for the priesthood and now father of a pt:iest, Gen. Carroll is a distinguished Catholic layman, said NCCM president Daniel L. McCormick of Newark, N. J. in announcing Carroll's appointment. Carroll, who received the Outstanding Catholic Layman Award "Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice" from the late Pope John XXIII, is one of the Catholic laity's "most sought after speakers" throughout the country, said McCormick. A native of Chicago" Carroll originally intended to take holy orders and studied at Quigley Preparatory Seminary, Chicago, and at St. Mary of the Lake Seminary, Mundelein, Ill. Later, he transferred to Loyola University, Chicago, where he received
WASHINGTON (NC) - President Nixon told Congress it would be a tragedy if it didn't get busy and pass a $1.5 billion bill to help school districts desegregate. In a letter to House and Sen- ' Protest Holding ate committee considering the legislation Nixon asked for last Plane Passengers NEWARK (NC) - Archbishop May, the president called the bill "one of the highest legislative Thomas A. Boland of Newark priorities of the administration." deplored retention of passengers The measure is designed to as- of hijacked airplane as hostages sist school districts undergoing for bargaining in the Middle East voluntary or court-ordered de- crisis. ' Archbishop Boland issued his segregation. statement in connection with a As an interim measure Nixon said Congress appropriated only noon-time protest rally here. $150 million of the "start-up" Among 14 sponsors of the promoney he sought. More than 300 test was Seton Hall University's projects have been funded in the institute of Judeao-Christian past month, demonstrating need studies in nearby South Orange. The rally speakers, including for full scale legislation, Nixon said. He added that funding at several priests and a nun, conthe present rate will exhaust the demned the hijacking of airinterim appropriation by mid- planes, subsequent destruction of the aircraft and disruption of the October. lives of those held as hostages. Archbishop Boland said: "True For A Time justice is never achieved YORK (NC)-Living with your ,through unjust means. The un-I future in-laws for a short time just deprivation of a person'sl creates a better chance of mak- liberty and the invasion of his ing a successful marriage, Dr. personal rights cannot be Jack Dominian, a consulting excused on the claim of patriot1 psychiatrist, told the Catholic ism made by another. Men are Marriage Advisory Council con- men, not pawns to be used i~ ference here in England. a struggle for power." I
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ministration and subsequently to the Air Force during the last two years of that period. Then he went on to top positions within Air Force intelligence. Several years ago Time Magazine labelled Carroll as most 'likely to succeed J. Edgar Hoover as FBI head. Hoover, however, still holds the job. In accepting the directorship of the 50-year-Old NCCM, Carroll said that while it involved a rejection of several commercial and industrial opportunities, he found it easy to do so because of his belief in the laity's responsibility to set've the Church. "Our pl'Oudest accomplishment," he said of his personal life, "was in giving a son to the priesthOOd." He referred to Father James Michael Carroll, C.S.P., one of his five sons. The priest is Newman chaplain at Boston University.
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Campus Ministry Adds Six Members WASHINGTON (NC) - Six Illure college students have been added to a National student ad· visory board for the U. S. Cathulic Conference Campus Ministry division. Initiated last year, the board has II members with the recent additions, all of whom are Catholic students in elected leadership positions on campus. Father Laurence Murphy, M.M., Campus Ministry division director, said "the students would advise our division on the attitudes of young people." Father Murphy said the stu'dent advisory board includes two black and two, Mexican-American students. Both Cahtolic and secular colleges, all over the country are represented, he said, noting the schools are different sizes and are both resident and commuter campuses.
Fee Increase Has Slight 'Effe~t PHILADELPHIA (NC)-An increase in fees in the secondary schools of the Philadelphia archdiocese did not result in an enrollment decline, archdiocesan school officials said here. Although complete figures are not yet available, an informal check of 21 of the 32 archdiocesan high schools by the superintendent of schools' office revealed that only four schools noted a slight decrease in enrollment. ' ' Seven schools reported that enrollment had increased despite the increase in fees from $70 to $130 per student per year.
LA PAZ (NC) ..... The solution for Bolivia's problems lies neither in capitalism not in socialism, but in a new Christian ethic, Archbishop Jorge Manrique Hurtado of La Paz said in a pastoral letter read in parishes here. Archbishop Manrique said that Holivians must take a new look at their society and reevaluate and revise their relationships with God, with each other, with material possessions and with themselves. The archbishop said greater industrialization would be a boon to Bolivia "only if it is used to bring about a more human existence for every member of our society." "In the new Christian ethic we must realize that man is more important than property," the archbishop said. "The old aristocratic ethic gives more value to a man for owning land than for working on it, but the new ethic must stress the nobility and value of work, be it manual, or intellectual," he added. "The entire system of property IllUSt be reevaluated and land must be put to use according to its capacity to humanize man's existence," he said. He added that while the new Christian ethic stresses the humanity of man, it must not forget his spiritual side and his relationship with God. "Humanism to the exclusion of God would be inhuman," he declared.
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Mark Centenary Of Unifi'cation ROME (NC) - On the 100th anniversary of the fall of papal /{ome and the unificalion of Italy Popo:: Vaul VI pl'ayed for the nation's "harmony, stability, prosperity" and moml and civil peace. The Popo:! sent a special message to Italian President Giuseppo:! Saragat on the occasion of the fall of papal Rome. It Illarko::d, 100 years to a day, the surrender of Rome to the troops of the Italian House of Savoy, ending the temporal power of the Popes in Italy. The Pope, in his letter to President Saragat did not gloss over the past. (Many at the time considered the fall of papal Rome a terrible ddeat for the papacy.) Instead, Pupe Puul said: "We ddiberately rdrain from any retrospective historical, juridical, political or sentinmental assessment" of the past. "wo:! center our attenlion on the present and consider with clear and pastoral goodwill the other aspect of that same event in its happy results for Italy, for this country, which we cannot but love with a particular and intense affection," the Pontiff said. President Saragat sent a message to the Pope thanking him for his message.
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Continued from Page Three the glory of paradise. He was arrogance, selfishness, lust, always available to those who greed, injustice, oppression and needed him because he had prejudice in the world are conse- come "to seek and, save what quences of sin. In the words of was los't." Pope John XXIII "the Church The Church which is his Mysti~ Publicity chairmen of parish ordoes not offer to men Of tl(day cal Body is forever joined to him ganizations are asked to submit riches that pass, nor does she as her head. Can she be less availnews items for this column to The promise them a merely earthly able and still be faithful to him" Anchor, P. O. Box 7, fall River happiness, but she distributes to But the Church, dearly beloved, 02722. them the goods of divine grace is all of us who believe in Jesus which raises men to the dignity and in his entire message as preST. IELIZABETH, of sons of God and are the most sented for belief to us today by EDGARTOWN efficacious safeguards and aids the' sacred teaching office he I The schedule of special events toward a more human life. She established in it to guarantee to and chairmen for the Women's opens the fountain of her life- all future generations that he I Guild is as foHows: giving doctrine which allows and his teaching are the same I Monday, Oct. 12 a penny aucmen, enlightened by the light of "yesterday, today and forever." I tion at 7:30 under the chairmanChrist, to understand well what To each one of us, therefore, in ,I ship of Mrs. Corinne Fournier. they really are, what their lofty the post assigned to us in the I Saturday, Nov. 7 the serving dignity and their purpose are, Church by Christ himself, are I CJf the annual ham and bean supand finally, through all her child- given the privilege and the re- I per at 6 o'clock with Mrs. Nancy ren, she spreads everywhere the sponsibility to be available, to I McLane serving as chairman. , fulness of Christian charity, and have the courage to be a disciple I Monday, Nov. 30 a Christmas there is nothing more effective of the cross-bearing Christ and I, COLOGNE AWARD TO PATRIARCH: Melkite-Rite than charity in eradicating the to seek him in every brother in I Patriarch Maximos V of Antioch and All the East, right, Sale will be held at 7:30 with the board of officers acting as seeds of discord, nothing more order to enrich him and be enefficacious in promoting concord, riched by him. Every man has I receives the "great seal" of Cologne from its mayor, The- chairmen." A program honoring past presjust peace and the brotherly something to give us because in odore Burauen, during a recent trip through West Germany union of all." According to Pope some mysterious manner Christ as Cardinal Joseph Hoeffner, Archbishop of Cologne looked idents is scheduled for the next monthly meeting set for 8 o'John, the Church has to spread is in him. It was he who said, on. NC Photo. clock on the evening of Oct. 26. everywhere the fulness of Christ- "In so far as you did this to one ian love which is the source of of the least of these brothers of and, the blessed Jesus, between planted in love and built on love, Hostesses will be Martha Gaall her energies because it has mine, you did it to me." And so this holy church which we con- you will with all the saints have zaille, Donna Gazaille and Janice Belisle. its origin in God who is love. we seek our brother because we stitute and Christ from whom the strength to grasp the breadth For this reason, my dear bro- believe Christ is in us and in we come, by whom we live, and and the length, the height and thers and sisters, it is impossible him. From this belief is born toward whom we strive. Let no the depth; until, knowing the OUIIt LADY OF MT. CARMEL, to be a Christian' without being .what we today call the' apostol- other light be shed 'on this love of Christ, which is beyond N£W BEDFORD concerned for every man, with- ate of Catholic Social Action in church but Christ the light of all knowledge, you are filled The parish PTA wHI' hold a out being involved in the now all its forms which the Church the w~rld. Let no other truth with the utter fulness of God. monthly meeting on Sunday real life-situation of every bro- has always carried out through be of interest to our minds, but Glory to him whose power, night at 7:30 in the school basether. Please listen to what St. all her members as the Works the words of the Lord, our only working in us, can do infinitely ment. James the Apostle has to say of Mercy. , Master! Let no other aspiration more than we can ask or Tickets are now available for on this point. He wrote as folIt is this Church, my brothers I guide us, but the desire to be ab- imagine; glory be to him from the annual pot luck supper that lows, "Take the, case, my bro- and sisters. which we love and solutely faithful to him! Let no generation to generation in the will be served from 5 to 7 on thers, of someone who has never for which we suffer and sacrifice I other hope sustain us, but the Church and in Christ Jesus for Saturday evening, Oct. 17 in done a single good act but claims ourselves in imitation of Christ I one that; through the mediation ever and ever. Amen." the school under the sponsorship that he has faith. Will that faith who loves her and gives himself I of his word, strengthens our' of the PTA. save him? If one of the brothers up for her, so that at (he end he I pitiful weakness: 'And behold I or one of the sisters is in need may present her to the Father,l am with you all days, even unto ST. MARY, of clothes and has not enough as St. Paul puts it, "glorious, I the consummation of the world.' " NEW BEDFORD food to live on, and one of you with no speck or wrinkle or I My brothers and sisters, may says to them, 'I wish you well; anytJ]ing like that, but holYI the Spirit of the Father and of The Women's Guild will hold NEW' YORK (NC) - Fears of keep yourself warm and eat imd faultless." But the Churchj the Son continue to be the light turmoil in the Middle East pos- a guest night on Monday, Oct. 12 plenty' without giving them these in the world is a pilgrim Church.1 with a program featuring Mrs. of this holy church of Boston. bare necessities of life, then what Our Lord has made abundantly I May she grow in the knowledge sibly arising from the death of Elaine Marshall speaking on good is that? Faith is like that: clear in many parables that shel and love of the Son of God with- President Gamal Abdel Nasser "Art of Holiday Centerpieces." if good works do not go with it, would be made up of saints and, out whom we can do nothing. of the United Arab Republic was Mrs. Martha Gingra, 5-9097, it is quite dead." sinners, because only beyond thel May she pray without ceasing, voiced here by Rabbi Marc H.' or Mrs. Margaret Bruneau, If St. James could speak that gates of death will she be per-I for without prayer she cannot b~ Tanenbaum, national' interreli- 5-0382, may be contacted for strongly concerning the needs of feet and glorious with the glor~ ,faithful and live in Christ, and gious affairs director of the tickets for the Halloween Dance the body, how much more brave- of the Blessed Trinity. , for him. May Mary Immaculate, American Jewish Committee. scheduled for Saturday night, ly must we hand on the message Rabbi Tanenbaum said Nas- Oct. 24 in the school hall. We are bound to love this the Mother of the Church, be our to our materialistic and bewil- Church on pilgrimage which w~ constant guide and loving inter- ser's death "comes as a staggerPrizes for the most original, dered world that a man gains are and such as we are with cessor, as in simplicity of faith ing shock to many in the Jewish most horrible, funniest and most nothing if he wins the whole unswerving loyalty, if we arJ we pray her rosary while medi- community as it does to persons attractive will be awarded. world and ruins his life! If we followers of Christ because thi$ ating on the grace-giving mys- in the society at large." Music will, be furnished by the are poor in spirit we are in love is the Church he loves .Th¢ teries of the life of her Divine He said that "however critical Krazy Kats. with God and man and make Church in glory and the Churc!) Son. On this her feast day, I the majority of the Jewish peoourselves available to all our in purgatory are one and the place myself anew at the family ple have been, and with justificabrothers, because through our same Church with us and mak¢ of God entrusted to me under tion, of the policies and actions faith we know that they need the: only Body of Christ. He ha$ her tender care. of Mr. Nasser toward Israel, it us and our message and that we no other Body to love. Neither Finally, permit me to let St. is evident that he represented need them. Our Lord Jesus Christ do we have any other Church Paul, in his letter to the Ephe- some form of order in the Arab himself was available to all. He to love. In our zeal for her re- sians, express iny wish and my world, especiaHy when compared was available to children, to the newal we must always look tp most fervent prayer for all of with the turmoil engendered by rich young man, to rude and ig- Jesus and his love for this re~1 us today and in the days ahead. Arab forces." 273 CENTRAL AVE. norant fishermen, to despised tax Church and not for an imaginary '~This then,': he writes, is what The rabbi expressed the fear collectors, to the sick, to the one born from utopian dreams. I pray, kneeling before the woman taken in adultery, to the Our task must be what His Holi- Father, from whom every family, that Nasser's death "will unfor992-6216 sincere as well as to the hypo- ness Pope Paul VI described i,b whether: spiritual or natural, tunately contribute to further critical members of the ruling his first address to the Council takes its name: Out of his infi- . turmoil, confusion, and uncerNEW BEDFORD class of his day, and to the timid Fathers when be said "that he~e nite glory, may he give you the tainty in an already anxious and tense situation." . ' Nicodemus who belonged to it. and at this very hour we should power through his Spirit for He was available to the 'seem- proclaim Christ to ourselves a~d your hidden self to grow strong, ingly affluent family of Lazarus to the world around us; Chri~t so that Christ may live in your with whom he spent weekends; our beginning, Christ our life hearts through faith, and then, he was available to the poor who and our guide, Christ our hope I flocked to listen to him and and our end." ; worked miracles to feed them; he Allow me, my brothers arid was available to the public sin- sisters, to apply his thought to I PLUMBING & HEATING, INC. ner and allowed her to wash her our beloved and venera91e feet with her tears of repentence church of the Archdiocese of Sales and Service ~. and dry them with her hair, at Boston on this occasion. 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Tots Enter Early on Ro,les As Responsible. Citizens By Joseph and Marilyn Roderick We have always felt that it behooves every citizen to play a reasunable role in redressing wrongs in our society and to stand up for his beliefs. However, we admit to being quite shocked the other day when we found uurselves i.>eing questioned hy our children as tu how to ad- yuur own chilJhoc.Il.l fur a few at least) when they dress a letter to the mayor, moments, shoot up the finals and the IighlS the city ~ouncillors, the park and noise surround you. '
WASHINGTON(NC) - AFL- persons supporting a national CI0 President George Meany as- h",alth care system. sured Congress that labor is willMeany, however, was opposed ing to do anything-short of an to any delays in enactmenl of a illegal act-to win support for l:UllIprehensive plan. "We are a national health plan for all convinced," he said, that naAmericans. tional health insurance cannot Meany told the Senate Labor \ and must not be delayed any and Public Welfare Committee . lungeI'. that more and more rank and ';Among the industrial nations, file labor union members are pressuring their leaders to work America ranks 13th in the death for a cradle-to-grave health in- of infants during their first year surance plan similar to th~ one ahd 17th in the death rate for introduced by .Sen. ,Edward M. young mothers in child.birth," he said. Kennedy (D-Mass.). "There are 35 nations where Testimoney before the comIO-year boys can exp~ct to live mittee headed by Sen. Ralph W. Yarborough (D-Tex.), concluded longer than American boys, and 10 nations where IO-year-old two days of hearings which marked .the start of what is girls will outlive the daughters expected to be a long record of of Americans.
department personnel etc. Traditional as Fourth It s('ems that· the children art' FR. GlBNEY Now. to my own children thb quite concerned about preserving has become as traditional a" / a piece of privately owncll propFourth of July (in facl: even erty which is being rl~colllmended more '§o) and the whble weekend for use as a housing develop· we'r", boinbarded with such quesment. At present it is used quite tions as "What time's the par· NEW YORK (NC) - Father.' extensively for a play area by, ade·t', "Are ther", guing 'to be many of the neighhorhood chilLaurance H. Gibney, .Catholic ballouns there?" this from Jason) dren, espedlilly for skating dllr· chaplain at the Manhattan House and lately the inevitable one of Detention for 10 years, is ing the Wi'!.t"'r. frum my growing older girl-" The quandary We llrt: faced willing tu' take the blame for Gee, \Iu, I have to go watch the with as parents is llilt so mudl recent inmate riots' at that prison fireworks wilh you and Dad? whether our children should be kno~n as· the Tombs, ':if this Why can't I go over with some allowed tu write letters to the will result in penal reform." of Illy friends'?" parties resp(lnsiblt;>, as it is as "I do not feel responsible for Americ'a is a llldting pUl of to what kind of involVt'nlt'nl We the rioting," but !;I will take the Iraditions and customs and . J shuuld encourage. blalll~" to achieve prison imfor one feel that, they play. an THE HOLY FATHER'S MISSION AID TO THE ORIENTAL CHURCH No Answers provements, he told NC N~ws impurtant part in our ow'n culIt is diffkult to convey hi after being ordered to leave the ture. Why shouldn't .we enTHE God's miracles are such, you're never too old children thl' complexity of th(: T~lllbs during disturbances there joy the best of all the wurlds EASY to have a child. Select the one you want from problems inv\.!lved. They see il and at four other sl\lte p~nal inWAY the 20,000 in our Catholic Near East orphanages us u simple problem of. S(I/neone lhat Came together to make this stitutions. , TO overseas. . . . Every child is a gift from God. tuking awuy their 'ice skating counlry'? TIe was told to leave by CorThis recipe is for the tradition· You tell God 'you love Him when you love the HAVE pond. So the :"olulion in their rection Commissoioner George A child He loves. . . . $10 a month gives your t:yes ·is lu wrile letters tu people III howknuts, those very delicate, F. McGrath,' who said Father and delightful, cookie-like mor~ FAMILY 'adopted' child everything he needs: - good to gel them lo sui ve the prob· G.ibney's ';continued presence sels ,that turn up at :.til Itttli:lll food, warm clothing, books and toys, the sense lem. At the Same time une should and activities has served as an feasts. . of being loved. We'll send you your child's photo nol discouruge such interest beinciterilent to the rebel prisoners with the basic information about him (or her), HowknOls cause it - is essenlial ill lheir deand endangers the safety of the and keep you regularly informed. You may write :~ t·ggs velopmenl as" rt:~;p(msibk' .-itihostages." to him, if you wish, of course.... We ask, most 1 ~~ Tablespoons granlilatetl Zt:ns. '" The 41-year-old priest, langof all, that you pray 'for your child, for your sugar .-\1 lilly ralt' lht' Idlers are be· . lim.:.. . advocate and spokesman !adopted' will be praying for you, with love.... I y:! cups silled flour ing St'nt out daily iJllll' lhus far fur the' Tombs inmates, said he The coupon below needs merely your name and '<j teaspoon urllnge l'xlraCl huve not ret:dved ail answt::r, thought his dismissal was "ternaddress. Mail it now with your initial gift of $10; 1;(, teaspoon sail which may ,!Isu lead' to .porary," and that he was receivIt's an easy way to start another family. I Tablespoun butter several prublems. Will they' fed ing numerous telephone calls of y:! leaspuon. almund cxt ..act lhut publk offidals lin' deaf to , support from clergy and memIy:! cups oil or fal lheir plt'as'? Will they lherefure bers 'of the St. Vincent de Paul I/~ cup siftt,d cOnl'ed ion(·..·s become cynks in the future and Society among others. He. added turn off the reasonable approach sllgur lhat he wants "desperately to WAR'S In Jordan, war's worst victims are children who I) Beat lll'" eggs lightly and tu getting things done':' These go back" to the Tombs as soon are struck dumb by fear, blinded for life, or WORST ure diffkult questiuns lo answer add the sugar (grllilulated), salt as possible. I missing an arm or leg. We can help them if you VICTIMS <tnd Jhe whule situlltion does nul :lIId flavoring. Blend well. "I was there for' 50 hours give us the means. Mark your $1, $5, $10 gift :~) III a large bowl Cllt thehullead lo easy solutions ill' \l"rllls without food, without sleep, con"For Jordan." Ie.. illlu tht! fluur and then tuld of guiding the children. soling· frustrated hostages and tilt! egg mixture. Turn out onlo Whal umazes me must, how· 1I flat surface' and knead Lllltil trying to prevent murder," said ever is lilt' facl that an II year· smoolh. If the dOLlgh .is too soft lhe distraught priest, his voice cracking. Father Gibney said he old and a nine year-old would add a little .more flour. REST All Souls' Day is November 2, scarcely three had been asked twice the day cVt'n think of trying to change :{) L.et resl for 30 milllltcs. IN weeks away...• ' Our missionary prie$ts', who hefore his dismissal to act as a anything. At that early uge all 4) Divide the duugh into fuur receive no other income, will offer promptly the PEACE . ' I mediator with the detainees-all I. cuuld think about w<ts wllt:re pllrts. Rull one part un a well Masses you request for your deceased. . . • I was going to gd a new bicYCle, f1ourt::d surface until thin. Cut . of whom have been indicted but Write us now. Your offering~ will help the denot convicted. or wh~lher my JIlother IIlIHlt: into strips I> in. long and aboul serving poor. "It does seem strange," he coukies ur not. :l~ inch wide. 'Bring one 'cnd said. "that after 13 years' workTh~ lust thing that would have through the olher lying inlo a ing in New York 'prisons that occurred to lIle WliS whether: bow. ' they would suddenly decide I huusing wus mure ur less im· 5) Fry in hot uil. 3 min. or pvrtant than recreation. Is it ed- . until lightly browned. Drain on was trying to incite disturbances, WILL It's never too late to remember children in your when I was hearing confessions uca~iun that has fostered the llbsorbent paper. Cool. Dust POWER wiil. The 'Holy Father knows where children are and trying to prevent further change, televbion, the news me· lightly wilh confectiuners' sugar. the neediest.· Simply tell your lawyer our legal actions." diu. ur u combinatiun of elements '~itle: Catholic Near East Welfare AssocIation. Urges Blacks Form Although he in no. way believes that we cllnnul' ddermine? he is the cause of disturbances, , In the Kitchen ® ~ Separate Church Father Gibney stressed that . Dear ENCLOSED PLEASEoflND $ _ E~eryol\e should be a furtuCLEVELAND (NC)-:'A black blamirig him would "be cheaper" ,.MonsIgnor Nolan: FOR _ nate enough to live near an Hal· Ohio State University professor than calling for an "expensive i<ln neighburhuod when it's Co· t:alled on delegates at a state· study" into the 'butbreaks of Please NAME lumbus ·r)ay. When we first built wide black Catholic lay l:autus . violence and, he added, "maybe return coupon ---------------uur house on Jue's family's land here to create their own black . ,it would mean we could begin with your STREET _ I couldn't understand why a but Ca'thulic Church. to get something done for penal offering CITy STATE_ _ ZIP CODE _ grown man would get so excited A. Donald Bourgeois called for reform." ' at the prospect' uf u coming holi- a doctrinally orthodox church in·.THE CATHOLIC NEAR EAST WELFARE ASSOCIATION day; but after spending nine jected "with meaning. and hope', Rob Churchgoers years here I'd rather miss and common life"·, that would. SAGlNAW (NC)-U.S. crime Thanksgiving than miss a Colum- have special relevance for bla<;k. reached a new summit-of-sorts bus Day Parade and the fire"The black separatist church," here when three nylon-stockingworks that accompany the cele- he said, "would use ali the best masked 'gunmen robbed a church. bration.• that is in Catholic tradition. But The . trio invaded a Sunday-. TERENCE CARDINAL COOKE, President Candy apples, slices of warm we would inject in our Church a school teachers class at St~ MSGR. JOHN G. NOLAN, National Secretary James Lutheran Church and repizza. the cold you experience sense of celebration." Write: CATHOLIC NEAR EAST WELFARE Assoc. All meetings ·of tjle weekend lieved the II women' and four while waiting and waiting for 330 Madison Avenue· New York, N.Y. 10017 Telephone: 212/YUkon 6-5840 the. fireworks to go off and the conference were closed to whites· men present of 13 wallets and II purses. thrill (that sends you back to and to newsmen.
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WASHINGTON (NC)-A Cath- it exists in Denmark today. The olic priest, a Catholic layman and cummission, in shor't, is prea Methodist minister ripped intu sumptuously recommending that the majority report of the Pres- the United States follow Denidenl's Commission on Obscenity mark's lead in giving pornograWASHINGTON (NC)-De La arid at the Catholic University of uted $100,000 and the prupe~ty, and Pornography for assuming phy a free rein. Salle College, the Christian America, with which De La Salle then valued at $150,000. "the role of counsel for the filth "What the American people Brothers' house of studies here College was affiliated. In 1930, the building was commerchant-a role not assigned do not know," they said, "is that for 40 years, has closed, a casuOnly 44 Students . pleted and the college opened by the Congress of the United the scanty and manipulated evi- alty of the decline in vocations , Last year, there were 80 stu- with 95 Brothers in residence. Stutes." dence contained with this report to the religious life. . dent Brothers and a faculty of Increasing numbers of student According to these three dis- is wholly inadequate to support The college, where expansion 40 at the college, which at one Brothers necessitated the Baltisenters who are members of the the conclusions and sustain the and renovation were completed time housed 180. Brothers. llIore provinces opening of its commission, the majority report recommendations. Thus, . both six years ago at a cost of about Now the 44 remaining student own scholasticate at Elkins Park recommend "repeal of obscenity conclusions and recommenda- $1 million, may bi! leased by· the Bruthers are living in groups of near Philaddphia and the openluw for consenting adults." tions are, in our view, fraudulent, Lear-Siegler business schools for from five to 12 in houses here ing of a freshman scholasticate In sharply worded minority re"What the American people I five years with an option to re- and in New York, Detroit and for the New York provinet: in ports, the three called the ma- have here for the two million I new for another five years. Nc- East Providence. They are at- 1954 at Troy, N. Y. jority report - supported by 12 dollars voted by Congress, paid I gotiations are under way. Broth- tending Catholic University, the· But De La Salle Cullege was of 18 commission members-"a by the taxpayer, is a shoddy er Timothy Ralph, F.S.C., a mem- University of Maryland, Manhatstill overcrowded evt:n with only Magna Carta for the pornogra- piece of scholarship that will be I bel' of the faculty, said it was tan College, New York Univertht: upper thrt:e classes and in pher." It added that the report quoted ad nauseam by cultural I unlikely that. the premises would sity, Providence .college and 1959 ht: Brothers decided to exis "slanted and biased in favor polluters and their attorneys I ever be used again as a house Wayne State University_ pand the college. The renovated of protecting the business of ob- within society." Dedicated. in 1964 i of studies for .tile Brothers. In 1922, the Brothers pur- and· expanded building was dedi~ Much criticism in the Hill-Link scenity and pornography which The college was the scholasticated in 1964 with chapel and the commission was mandated dissent was directed to the com- cate, or collegiate level house of chased the 56 acres on which the by the Congress to regulate." mission's behavioral research, studies, for the Brothers of the college was to be built in the dining room facilities for 350, a library, an auditorium and addiThe three most verbal objec- conducted by Dr. Victor B. Cline, Baltimore and New York prov- Avondale area on the border betional living quarters. tors to the majority are Father University of Utah psychologist. inces until 1952 and after that tween Maryland and the District But inste·ad of .continuing to The majority report, said the for the Brothers of the: New of Columbia. The Brothers' New Morton A. Hill, S.J., president of province Morality in Media, Inc., of New dissenters, claims that empirical York and Long Island-New En- York contributed increase as expected, enrollment York City; Dr. W. C. Link, a research has come up with "no gland provinces. The Brothers $250,000 for construc'tion and declined sharply and the decision Methodist minister from Nash- reliable evidence to indicate that attended classes at the college the Baltimore province contrib- to close was made. ville Tenn., and Charles H. Keat- exposure to explicit sexual mateing Jr., a t;incinnati, Ohio, law- rials plays a significant role in yer who is a Catholic layman ami the causatiun of delinquent or fuunder of Citizens for Decent criminal behaviur among youth J.ikrature. 01' adults." Urge Private Action The three charged that the 'I'hdr lengthy dissenting re- l:Ummission "has deliberately purts included a critique of the and carefUlly avoided coming to It.·gal "findings" of the comOlis- grips with the basic underlying sion /:lnd a detailed analysis uf issue. The guvernment interest obscenity cuse lilW. They rec- in regulating \Jol'llography has, unlmended a Hew definition 01' alwuys related primarily to the I It'st for obscenity plus federal, \Jrevel~tion uf moral corruption I stule and locltl laws tu control and Hot to prevention of overt i diss"minaLiun of p')I·nfJgmphy. crilninals acts and conduct, or I III .' uthe,,: '·I'i'cu1\1il1t'iIlJationS! ;,"-th: protectiun of persons from I aimed at cOlllbalLing the major- b"lIlg shtJcked and/or offended.'" ity's repurt. the tlll·e.' urged the I public to take privlltt'~ organized, lu,therans Share ! but constitutional action against I obscenity by: Paulist Seminary I Bringing official legal comWASHINGI'ON (NC) St. 1)luiJ~ts whenever eVil.lenee of .obPaul's Collegt', the P.llIlist Fa-I scel1lt~ con~es ~~. t~lell' attention. tht'~'s' ~t'llIinary nt-ar Cath~licl Urglllg llIunlclpal, state and University hert', went t'l:lunenlcul I'l:'d.:ral officials to prosecute ob- this S"llldt"r wh..n it upened its l scenity cases. building tu huus,," lhe Llllhcran i Futher Hill and Dr, Link Tht'olugkul Sdllinlu'Y of (;t>LLys.l ll'umed up with the concurrence hurgh, Pa. I of Keating in releasing one forA worship servic.. and ~ecep-! ilia I objecLion to the majority li(>I1 marked tilt' forillal (,pt'ning ~ith Keating. elaborating . W~L11 of tht' Lutheri!n school. I IllS own version. Both maJonty lJnmanied l.utheran seminarand minority report dissension iltns will live with the Paulist~ were released at the same 'press in thE> Guthic building, whilJ conference here by commission married stud"nts will live in chairman, Univ~n;ity of Minne- apal'tllknts in the Washington sota Law School Dean William area. I B. l.ockhart. The new prugram, aimed a~ Fraudulent Conclusions h:tling seminurians study at Father Hill and 01'. Link Washington's culleges and uni~ churge that' the majority repol't vel'silies as well as under thei~ would thrust upon,the American CJwn faculty nit'lI~bers, will enl. public "precis(-Iy the situation as able students to eul'll a year'~ .. credil tilwurtls tllt'ir !nasler's d~ .. .. gret'~ . j Berlin Ecumenical Send your sacrifice toda'yto helpthemission~ries . . One of the pUl'pOSes of a LuConference Formed theran huuse uf studies in th~ serving the world's poor... it's BERLIN (UC)-Ten Christian nution's capital, according to Df. groups are represt:ntt:d by memRobert E. Van Deusen, the resibers ur observers in the newly- dent directur, is tu give students established Berlin Ecumenical the opportunity to study nutiom,1 Conferenc·e here. and international affairs "where The Catholic diucese of Berlin the action is taking place." and the Berlin Quakt:rs are rep.Commenting on the effect df resented in· the confert:nct: by the Lutheran students' presenJe ubservers. on the Pau.lists" activities, FJThe conference was estab- ther Louis McKernan. C:S.P., Qf lished on the initiative of the St. Paul's faculty, said it would Lutheran Church of Berlin- be minimal. I Brandenburg to promote cooper"There are really very few SEND YOUR GIFJr TO ation among the religious organ- students involved-only 14-a~d The Right Rel'l'fend Edward T. O'Meara The. Right Rel'erefld Raymond T. Considine ilzations in Berlin. most of these will be taking the'ir National Director 0 R Diocesan Director courses at Catholic University The conference has four comJ6lJ;North Main Street 366 Fijth Avenue missions: faith, unity, world mis- or at other schools," he told NC New York, Nell' York 1000/ Fall Ril'I'f, Massachusl'lls 02720 sion service and communications. News.
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THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-'-Thurs., Oct. 8, 1970
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Domestic. Reform Needed, To Restore' Law," Order I railed slightly' in last week's column about the boreuom of undue seriousness and introspection in the Church over its own internal problems to the. detriment of a careful collegial reformation of out mission in the real world. It is' a question of perspective, or what Profess~r Jan forlll. The widening circle of violence will finally force a" violent Grootaers calls an absorp- reaction of panic and hate. It tion with questions of micro- will not be easy to rebuild the
ethics-individual morality-in a world beset by problems" or "macro-ethics-social ethics and international justice. The simmering disagreement between Rome and the Dutch
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Church is a case in point. The critical question of mission a'nd authority in the post-conciliar Church is being debated over the micro-ethical question of priestly celibacy. The question of re-integrating some married priests into the ministry is a legitimate item for the Church's agenda for the 70's, as is the clearer "issue of ordaining married men, It is just that these questions are far down on the list of problems of "human life in our day. In fact, as some in the Church have already noted, a real shortage of priests may help us face the practical issue of whether the Church is simply a Church of priests or an ecdesial community where laymen have, roles to play in the mission and ministry of that Church. A somewhat de-clericalized situation may bring us all to a dearer appreciation of our responsibility to the Gospel and the human community. Some of the miasma now engulfing the priestly, function in that community might be blown away by the breeze of increased activity. Violent Reaction The problem for many, however, remains that against the background of the fire and blood of events these past few weeks, internal problems of Church reform seem trivial to a fault. The amazing I.F. Stone writes in a recent edition of his "BiWeekly": "The social landscape does not encourage long-range investment. Black and Chicana minorities are in revolt, and an urban guerrilla movement confronts us in the cities and on the campuses. Another Kent State could set off a tidal wave of violence on the nation's campuses. ' "The police have become a target for snipers, as have firemen. Guns are ready everywhere. A tiny minority of firebrand youngsters is making good on its threat to ~ 'bring the war home.'." 'Moral Stance Guerrilla warfare in our streets by frustrated young anarchists will not bring about needed re-
fabric of American society. Thinkers like LF. Stone have been saying for a long time that human society as it grows more complex and interdependent in th~ process "of urbanization grows also more vulnerable to disruption by well planned efforts of the few. Political kidnappings and hi:jackings, bombers and snipers, commandos and terrorists-these can unleash destruction out of all proportion to their numbers. These destructive utopians are almost impossible to round up because they are fill1atically selfrighteous and only vaguely 01'-' ganized around their ideology. In such a situation it seems that a moral stanCE' becomes a political necessity. Friendly rational arguments won't work with anarchists against the vivid backdrop' of Vietnam and "the poverty of th'e world's citizens. Somehow, as Stone suggests, a majority coalition of our fellow citizens must regain the moral initiative: "Men are moral beings; and to take away from the terrorists' their moral justification is the only way to strike at the heart of the tenor spreading around the globe." ',
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New. Book S,tudy Of Religious Life TECHNY (Ill.) - "0ur first uf The Religious Life Defined by Rev. Ralph Wiltgen, S.V.D., will most likely sell out this month," Rev. John P. McHenry, S.V.D.,' publisher of the Divine Word Publications here in Illinois, announced today. "Father Wiltgen's book is a definitive (in depth) study of the particulars of commitment for all religious. Here, for the first time, is a definitive study ,of the Chapter on Religious in the Constitution of the Church, Vatican ~rinting
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Members of the Holy Rosary Sudality will receive Holy Com02722. munion in a body at the 5 o'ST. JULIE, clock Mass and then proceed to NORTH DARTMOUTH Ramada Inn, Portsmouth for The Women's Guild will hold their banquet. Reservations are its first harvest dance from 9 to being handled by Mrs. Mary Sil1 . Saturday night, Nov. 14 in via, Mrs. Dorothy Almeida and Bishop Stang High School audi- officers of the board. torium. Mrs. Lawrence A. WeavThe CYO will conduct a Flea er, chairman, will be aided by Market from 10 to 4 on Saturday Mrs. PaulO. Labelle Jr. and Mrs. in the church hall. Articles, with Maurice P. LaFrance. Music will' the exception of clothes, are bebe by Lionel Ponte and his" ing sought and arrangements for group, with Mrs. Edgar W. their house pickup may be made Moorhouse in charge of arrange- by calling 4-0817. ments. "The dance will be semiformal. ST. STEPHEN, ATTLEBORO HOLY NAME, NEW BEDFORD The year's first meeting of the A harvest dance is planned for Women's Council will open with 8 Saturday night, Oct. 24 by the a Mass at 7:30 on Monday eveWomen's Guild in the. parish ning, Oct. 12 and it will be fol, hall on Studley Street. Mrs. lowed by a business meeting and " Lucien Cormier,. chairman, an- a social. The following officers will nounces that Paul DePaola and the Vilfagers will provide music. serve for the coming year: Mrs. Also on the guild calendar is Julien Marquis,' president; Mrs. a ham and bean supper and mini- .Alfred Ladabauche, vice-presibazaar, to take place in dent; Mrs. Russell Dugas,· secretary; and Mrs. Eugene Landry, November." treasurer. ST. PATRICK, SOMERSET S'f. STANISLAUS, A Fall social and smorgas- FALL RIVER bord is scheduled for 8 Sunday The public is invited to a night, Oct. 11 at Roseland Ballwhist party for the benefit of 1'00111, Taunton. Music for dancthe educational fund at 7 tomoring will be by Mike Megan and row night in the school hall. his orchestra. Proceeds will ben-, .Mrs. Celia McLendon is chairefit the parish." man and will be assisted by Mrs. Dorothy Wilkes, co-chairman. HOLY NAME, Refreshments will" be served by FALL RIVER CCD classes will begin this a committee headed by Mrs. week for all levels. Students will Josephine Charron. The monthly meeting of, the be assesed a $1 iee for registraMen's Club will be held Su'nday tion and use of supplies. and night, Oct. 11 follOWing the evetexts. The Women's Guild will spon- ning Mass.
, "Clearly annotated to be used with the Abbott-Gal1agher translation of the Council Docl,lments, Build N.:w America this work delineates the nuances sor a· fashion show and supper at John F. Kennedy-for all his of meaning in the chapter with 7 tonight at White's restaurant. ST. ANTI-!0NY OF PADUA, unfulfilled promise, which his- darity and effectiveness. Tickets are available from Mrs. FALL RIVER tory will judge--contributed to "Not Qnly is this book a must Richard Fleming, Mrs: Howard The Council of Catholic W()men a "can do" mood in this country. fol' every religious, it is a re- Melker and at the rectory. will sponsor Ii fashion show at " He touched "alienated" youth velation to the curious layman 7 on Sunday evening, Oct: 25 when the word was just coming and interested neophyte. The OUR LADY OF PERPETUAL in the parish hall. Proceeds will into style aild tll~ned people on strength of inspired wisdom can HELP, NEW BEDFORD be used for the building f\.ind. to the potential of a nation be observed, read, and pondered " Our Lady of Perpetual Help Mrs. John Silvia, president ot working together to change where fur. so long we have had Society will conduct a cake sale the council, has announced that things. And with all the /lliscal- merely conjecture and opinion. after o all the Masses on the tickets may be obtained from culations of what Pat Moynihan" We now have c1eur definition." week-end of Oct. 17-18. Sodality ftny council member or by callcal1s "maximum feasible misunmembers will leave their pastries ing the rectory. Tickets will be derstanding," good things did at the church hall on Saturday available at the door on the night Approve Contract happen. or Sunday morning. of the affair. Tne annual Mass for deceased The leadership in the White With Arclhdiocese Refreshments 'will be served members will be offered at 8:30 and door prizes awarded. HOuse will not be able to "rePHILADELPHIA (NC) - By a store law and order" and then vote of 405 to 178, members of on Sunday morning, Nov. 8. The sodality will also sponsor begin domestic reform. Vietnam the "Association of Catholic has taught us how difficult I it Teachers which represents about an auction and food sale on Satis to subdue a people who be- 900 lay teachers.in 32 Philadel- urday, Nov. 7 in the church hall. "lieve in a ca use. phia archdiocesan high schools ST. JOSEPH, 43 RODNEY FRENCH BLVD. LF.. Stone has history on his approved a two-year contract ATTLEBORO NEAR COVE RD. NEW BEDfORD side when he writes: "I imagihe with the archdiocese's secondary .. The Women's puild will sponAll Your Moner Insured Against Loss an America with a new Roose- school system. All Personal Loans LIfe Insured sor an Evening of Prayer at 7:30 velt, with a President who saidThe vote came three weeks on Tuesday night at LaSalette. Home Mortgages on [asr Terms and made us feel he meant it-'- after tentative agreement was The affair is open to the public Special Deposits Double at Death Bank In Person or br Mall 'We are embarkin'g on a ten-year reached between the secondary and the cost is $2.00. The group Welcome Into Our Credit Union Famllr crusade to wipe out racism, illit· school system and ACT's negoti- will leave from the school yard Open Daily 9 am:2 pm Fri. 6-8 pm eracy, pOllution, urban ~light ating team. The tentative agree- at 7. -Parkingand war. To do so we are :w-ith- ment made possible the opening A CYO meeting will be held CLOSED SATURDAYS drawi\lg froin Vietnam 'and cut- of Philadelphia's Catholic high this evening at 7 in the rectory. ting our military down to bare schools to accommodate more bones size. Come and help, us than 58,000 students. build a new and shining" AmerThe new contract provides sal· ica.' Think of what we could do ary increases in each of the next with the zeal that now moves two years. The starting salary some of our best youth to de- under the former contract for struction. " TEXA~O ·teachers with bachelors' degrees was, $5,800 per year. The new contract specifies a $6,300 annuDOMESTIC & HEAVY DUTY OIL BURNERS' For Social Action CINCINNATI (NC) - Grants al starting salary' for teachers Sales - Service -,Installation totaling more than $32,000 to with bachelors' degrees. At the time tentative agreea idfivc social action progriuns MAIN OFFICE - 10 DURFEE STREET, FALL RIVER in the .Cincinnati archdiocese ment was announced between were made by the archdiocesan the secondary school system and planning and budget commission. ACT (AFL-CIO).
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;[ 1eacl,.in/!; .,,4bout (7/lrist Un... of Illy happi.:st t'Xlkd· ... n~~s in religious edul:ation was u y~ar of discussiuns about the Bibll' with fuur C&tholk couples in /:I small lIIidwt'stel'l1 tuwn. We bt'gun with a reading uf the Ads of the Apostles. The discussion following their privute study of Acts was enthusiastic /lnd livdy. Althuugh all WE're graduates of Catholic high schoul or cull~gt~ nune had even read thruugh thl' Ads uf the Apostles. They found in Acts a kind of buok they did nut suspect wus in the BiblE-. The next buok I suggested was the Gospel of Mark. I asked them to sit down and' read Murk's brief Gospel from beginning to end-something none of them had ever done e~en in college scripture courses. When we gathered for our meeting, in contrast to the enthusiasm of the previous week's discussion on Acts they were embarrassingly silent. A few polite remarks were made, but none seemed eager to get into a serious discussion of the Gospel and the whole atmosphere was tense. Finally I asked what the problem was. I asked why after last week's exciting discussion they
Fr. Carl J. Pfeifer, S.J. were so quiet and embarrassed about discussing Mark's Gospel. After more moments of tense silence one of the women finally said, "Father, after reading Mark I don't like Jesus anymore!" Others nodded that they shared similar feelings. So I questioned them further. "Why don't you like Jesus after reading the Gospel of Mark? What did you learn that has changed y'our feelings?" Several reasons were quickly expressed. One of the men said he was surprised and shocked to read that Jesus really became angry and used very strong language. The women were more disturbed by the fact that Mark tells of Jesus speaking with prostitutes. All of them found Jesus' apparent coolness toward Mary disconcerting. On the whole they found reading Mark's Gospel a troubling experience. We discussed this quite openly. It gradually became clear that they had become comfortable with an idea of Jesus that was much mote middle-class, white,
AWt'ricali, thart that \Jortruyed by Miirk. Th...y also admitted that tht;'y were Il1ul:h lIlore com·· f(Jrtubl ... thinking of Jesus uS Gud than as Illun. When pressed, they admitted thut they never hunestly tuok seriously the fact that Jesus was fUlly human, with ordinary human feelings and experiences. They fuund it hard tu think of Jesus expel'iendng temptatiun as other men are tempted. It was I difficult to grasp that He really did suffer and die, even though they professed this in the Creed. AmI they doubted that He made I NEW BAPTISMAL RITE: mistakes or hat! to study in ! uil of catechumens, order to learn. ~ I suggested that we next read the Gospel of Luke in the same way and discuss it. The discus-. sion this session was much more Father Donald Krebs graduated relaxed. from Notre Dame in the early Luke, they found, purtrayed Jesus in a gentler fashion than fifties; studied at the seminary Mark did. We then went on to in St: Paul and serves now as a read and discuss other selections priest of the Crookston, Minn.; from various parts of the Scrip- diocese. Pastor uf St..Joseph's tures, and gradually learned Church in Middle River, he shepmuch more about the personality herds a - tiny flock and leads and work of Jesus of NazarHh. them at worship in the hand-' I have spent time recalling this some church with its excellent experience becausl' it illustrates pipe organ: An adive member how persuns can be taught an of the diucesan liturgy and music orthodux Christiltll dl)ctrine, in commissiun, Father. Krebs, like this l:ase the Inutrluition, and many of today's priests, feels a still nut appr...ciatE' cu',H:retely lwed fiJI' cunst/:lnt, personal upwhat it implies. Tht' adults i;l dating in theology. This pushes Illy discussion group were guud him tu spE'llll several weeks durCatholics, intelligent and well ing th... Summer at St. John's in sl.ytlying Sacred educated in Catholic schools. Collegt'ville They firmly believed in the In- Scripture, liturgy and otlll'r recarnatiun, the fact that the Sun lated subjects. Thes... rE'fresher courseS hdp. of God became /Ilan fur our' When this pastor returns to his salvatiun. Huwewr, they were I l'lIIbarrassell at Mark's account I rurul parish, he .finds himself lIlort' iiwan' of current develupof just huw human Jesus is. menls und in u .better position . ' . . I I) urtng many centurtes, lor 11 I.u introduce the latt:st liturgical \'uri..-ty of reasons roukd in I reforms -Iil<f' haptizing within cOlllplt'x histurical circumstances, i Mass. Catholic religious education I Tht' rt-vis...d rile for infallt baptended tu stress so strongly .the I tism suggests: "Oil Sunday, bapdivinity of Jesus, that His humantism may he celebrated even durllt'SS was uften not given proper I ing Mass, so that the entire coml~mphasis. Religious education l munity may be present and the texts today attempt tu pres('ntl necessary relationship between a better balance. ; baptism and eucharist may be .Without denying (H' "watering clearly seen, but this should not down" the ductrine of Jesus' l b... done too often." (Number 9). divinity, that He is truly God,1 This simply carries to a logical they recognize the traditional,l conclusion the notiun that bapbiblkal insight that it is precise-j tism is basically a service of iniIy through his humanity that His tiation, a welcoming of child (or divinity is revealed. The richnessl adUlt) into the Christian commuand depth of God's love are! nity, into the Church. The intromade visible and tangible in th~ duction to Christian Initiation regentle yet strong compassiun of iterates the thought with these Jesus for His fellow man. I words: "(n act.ual celebration, 'rlle more recent re I'IglOn. . textsI the people of God (represented or "catechisms" try to help not only by parents, godparents young Catholics as well as Cathj and relatives, but also, as far as olic adults come into contad possible, by friends, neighbors, with Jesus as presented in thJ and some members of the (ocal· Gospels, a man like us in every! church) should take an active thing except sin. The Gospel$ part. Thus they will show their show us a man who could cry common faith and express their at the death of a friend and joy as the newly baptized are tremble with fear in His bravest received into the community of moments, a man' whose courag~ the Church." (Article 7). and strength were clothed in \1 There are not a great number gentle tenderness that attracted of baptisms at St. Joseph's, pereven the anxious. He struggled haps a .dozen each year. This with temptations and grappletl makes it possible to baptize to make the right decisions. He every infant (with the exception was a man of penetrating insig~t of cases where parents, espeand deep emotion, a teacher who cially the mother, might be emattracted others because of the barrassed) within the context of a Sunday Eucharist. The reaction Turn to Page Eighteen
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Baptism at .Sunday Mass to this innuvation, begun after the Palm Sunday implementation date, seems very positive. Parents naturally enjoy "showing off" the gift of life they have reo ceived and their signing of this child at the rite' of welcome in particular impresses those in the congregation. Parishioners likewise appear tu accept favorably the ne.w procedure. Thev sing up something of a storm for the occasion and their response to viirious prayers makes it d~ar this celebratiun is a community eveht. The refurmed ritual reminds us that "the faith in which the children are baptized is not the private pussession of the individual family, but is the commun treasure uf the whole Church of Christ." (Number 4). We see this truth acted out, as it were, immediately before the baptism pruper when celebrant and congregatilin aSSl'nt to the \Jrofession of fuith. Thl' priest says: "This is our faith. This is the faith uf the Church. We are pruud to. prufess it, in Christ .Jesus uur Lord." All lend their suppurt to his words with an "Amen." Father Krebs finds his parishioners understand well the significance of this part of the" ceremony and truly do express their faith with a strong, united "Amen." In our contemporary concern about time, one might worry over the added moments requirt~d to include baptism at Mass. The fear is unfounded. At . S1. Joseph's a eucharistic liturgy which incorporates within it this rite of Christian initiation lasts but five minutes longer than the regular Sunday service. The celebrant there observes directives in the official text which outline that combined rite. . According to these guidelines, the reception of children replaces the greeting and penitential rite; a liturgy of the Word with reading, homily, general intercessions, but no Creed follows the opening prayer; the celebration of baptism itself begins at the prayer of exorcism and continues through to, but excluding the concluding rite; the celebrant resumes Mass at the preparation of gifts and, for the f:nal blessing, may use one of the solemn baptismal benedictions.
The Minnesuta pastor, after several experiences with baptism at Mass, stopped providing companion booklets for the congregation. He found that these pamphlets, far from facilitating the people's understanding of the ceremony, actually interfered with parishioners' participation in the celebration. Their noses
Fr. Josepln M. Champlin were buried in the bouks, their eyes "fixed on the printed page instead of upon the living event before them. He found that a brief explanation, a few words of prompting elicited much better responses. Father Krebs believes that the service itself does .the explaining; the ritual, in his view, should be so designed that it is self-exphmatory. That thinking rests un a solid foundation. The Council Fathers decreed that tht~ reformed liturgical rites should be "short, clear, and unemcumbered by useless repetitions; they should be within the people's powers of comprehension, and normally should not. require much explanation." (Article 34). Discussion Questions I. What does the revised rite of Baptism state about baptism during Sunday Mass? 2. What does the revised rite of Baptism say about the faithrelationship of the newly baptized child t.o the rest of the Christian community?
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Offers Self for P'eople Continued from Page One am glad. Among the countless blessings of a long life', favored by God in so many ways, I consider it a special sign yf His goodness that He has spared me to this day. The Lord is great and exceedingly tu be praised! After mure than a quarter of a century as your shepherd, 1 knuw something uf the faith and devotion uf the people uf this Archdiocese and, their cuncern for the church here and the church universal. I cail assure our new Archbishup that no'where in God's guod world will he find more earnest collaborators, more willing hands and hearts to assist him, more fevvent prayers in support of all his endeavors. From the days of the saintly Cheverus up to this hour,' the faith has flourished among us and the generous impulses of God's people have been matched by the bounty of His grace. Although my part in this unfolding story is only a small portion of the total" I render thanks before God for being allowed to be the servant of His people, Today we welcome and warmly welcome-a new Archbi'shop. He is in the prime of his life, rich in character and ability, and full of promises for the years ahead. I have known him 'for , several years; and 'I have knuwn about him and his works for a mUl;h longer time through my old and precious friend, Bishop Cunnolly. He cOllies to us frum our neighbor,ing diocese, itself a citadel of the faith, and out of of the proud tradition of a land ,ancient in Catholic accomplishment 'with a' glorious history of martyrs and missionaries., Small
wonder that his zeal in these last yeal's has su readily emhraced, 011 the very edge of our country, the truubled. the dispossessed, the forgutten people of uur deepest suuthlalld. Like the naissior,ary in every gener<ttion, he has gOlle where God has called, and laborhl where, tht' . I..ul'd has nt'ed of hiln. ' We have Sl'ell the new Archbishop furrnally illstalled by' the Apustulic Ddegate who stands l:llllung tiS ill the lIallle uf uur Holy Father, Pupe Paul. From this time un, An.:hbishop Medeirus is uur father and brother,' our shepherd and leader, otlr servant 1.Ind our friend. Thruugh .him Christ speaks tu us; through him Christ teadlt'S us; thruugh him Christ blesses us. Let us pledge ,logHhel' our .fidelity to him in I he I.ord; let us pledge also uur loyalty to him, and through him our loyalt.y to Christ's vicar: on earth. LeI. us' be one family, hound together in affection and faith, with one father who is our guide and leader., ' These few words of mine must in some degree be a kind of·farewell. On this note let me thank Archhishup Raimondi, my fri~nd for many years, 'for his mimy kind words and deeds in my,behalf. My thanks, also, to ,my fellow Bishops, my priests and religious, and all the peuple' of God in 'Bostun and beyund it. My heart overflows with gralitud~ to all of you. Whatever tillle is left for lIle, whatever pain or suffering, r, offer Joyfully for the church that I have loved' and tried to serve for three quart~rs ACJ:RESS J-IONORED: Actress Helen Hayes beams happily after she received an . of a century. Pray for me, as' 'I' honorary doctorate of fine arts at the' openi ng of the 'new theatre at' Catholic Universi'ty" pray for you-and God bless you of America.' At right is university president, Dr. Clarence C. Waldron. Miss Hayes has all.
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SANTA CRUZ (NC) - The Catholic school board in this Northern New Mexico town has found a new way of solving the teacher shortage in the parochial school: it sent the seventh and eighth grade classes to a United Methodist school half a mile up the road. ' Twenty-seven youngsters who would have comprised the two top classes at Holy Cross School have enrolled as regular students at McCurdy School, an institution of the United Methodist Church. The former Holy Cross. pupils have been completely illtegrated into McCurdy classes for all their courses, including religion. SchooI officials believe this new level of ecumenical cooperation marks the first time in this' country that Roman. Catholic and, P~otestant schools have co- , operated in this manner. Religion classes, which are required at McCurdy as well as at Holy Cross, are being taught by a team of instructors consisting of Sister Bernice Garcia, principal of Holy Cross; the Rev. AW. Pringle, principal of the grade> school at McCurdy and a United Methodist clergyman, and Miss Ruth Stambach,' religion teacher at McCurdy. As a further ecumenical note, books published by the Lutheran Church in America provide the texts for the classes. McCurdy
has been using the Lutheran rnaterial for several years, Rev. Pringle 'said, because "we think it is the best that we have been able to find." The arrangement between the two schools had its origins' la'st year in a committee that had been called together to study,yet another school in an adjacent town-this one related to tne United Presbyterian Church. Rev. Pringle was a member of the committee. So was Arturo Jara-, millo, a restaurant proprietor who was a state senator and is also president of the Holy Cross school board. . Discussion in the committee of mutual problems of education in the community eventually led Jaramillo, whose Spanish adobe restaurant each year hosts the formal dinner party of McCurdy graduating seniors, to propose cooperation between the Catho- ~ lic and Methodist schools., ' "They struggled hard at Holy Cross to get lay teachers in order to carryon," Rev, Pringle recalled. When that was impossible, it was agreed that th~ two top classes at Holy CrO$S should be moved to McCurdy. Tuition at McCurdy is slightly higher than at Holy Cross: Par" ents pay the $15 a month they would normally pay at the Cath; . olic school and the Holy Cross, parish pays the additional $10 per, pupil out of parish funds.
joined the U.S. Catholic Conference's 21-member 'communications committee, a panel that recommends .policy for the organization's communications department and its four divisions. Nc Ph()to.'
'Think About Death, Start to Live" Prelate Says Man Needs Reminder of Future LAKE PLACID (NC) - A di"All Christian teaching tells rect6r of Catholic cemeteries us that this body of ours will adroitly handled here one of life's most depressing topics-death. "Think about death and start to live," Msgr. Robert A Farmer, Continued from Page Seventeen director' of cemeteries for the strong, gentle manner in which Ogdenburgh, N. Y. diocese, ad- He, spoke with authority. His unand compassion 'vised in .the keynote address at derstanding the 23rd annual national Catho- were so deep and sensitive that lic Cemetery Conference conven- they called up the best in those he loved. His honesty was retion here. spected even by His enemies. He acknowledged to the 300 His powers of forgiveness delegates at the three-day sessions "it is human to put off were as strong as His hatred of thoughts of death as long as we sin anq hypocrisy. He knew can," especially among the fear, anxiety and doubt, as well as courage and confidence. As young and healthy. "But even' in this life, the Pilate stated, He is "the man." true values and real joys of liv- No one Gospel, not .all ,the Gosing come into clear focus when pels together, can fully portray we face up to the fact of death," the humanness of Jesus. But one the monsignor said. "Once' we and all proclaim that in Him, a do this, the terrifying specter of man like us, -can be seen the 'graciousness, of God.' Jesus Himdeath becomes less fearsome. The gist of Msgr.' Farmer's self says that really to see Him talk centered around the con- , is to see the Father, and that no vention theme-,"Catholic Ceme- one comes to the Father except teries - Remembrance of the through Him, a man ,more fully human than any of' us, . His Future." "We need this reminder, this brothers. Discussion Questions remembrance of our fu~ure," Msgr. Farmer said. "Our day is 1. Is it easier for you to' think so misguided-invited to aban- of Jesus as God than as man? don realistic thought, to consider Why? , man, self, this world only. Man 2. How will a fuller undertoday is so earth-bound! He standing of the humanness_ of' needs a signpost as a reminder Jesus help us understand the Gospels bette'r? that he is truly heaven-bound.
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SCHOOLBOY SPORTS
Bob Jorge and Tom Farias
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lAIC Comeback Depends on Whalers
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Coach Peased with New Bedford Grads BY LUKE SIMS
Amerkan International College and New . Bedford are over 100 I miles apart but you couldn't tell lit by the Yellow Jackets' varsity Ifootball roster where the names of four Whaling City natives dot the sheet. All four are starters on Coach Gayton Salvucci's sophoImore-laden squad which is hopIing to rebound from last year's 14-5 record.
State Scoring Champ Leads Titleholders to Falcontown Ipswich High gunning for its third consecutive Class D championship will invade the diocese Saturday determined to extend its winning streak to 12 games. The task of halting the powerful state champions will fall on the capable shoulders of Coach Tony Day and his Dighton- 1969, he won the state individual Rehoboth Falcons.. The Re- scoring championship by blitzing enemy goal lines for 130 points. gionals enter the fray with However, winning footbal1 a 2-1 record including a 34-12 victory over Narry league rival Old Rochester posted last Saturday.
The Cape Ann League club is 3-0 this season including an opening game win over Seekonk of the Narry circuit. The visitors feature a high scoring offense led by a talented running back Peter Gorniewicz. The high stepping, hard running senior has scored seven touchdowns in three contests this season and has averaged close to 100 yards rushing per game. Stopping Gorniewicz is no easy task, as his statistics from last Fal1 attest. In
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First Place and Bel Title to Winner? Unquestionably, Dighton has the horses to move the pigskin and is a threat to score from anywhere on the gridiron. In their first three contests the Regionals have tallied 87 points for a 29 points per game average. The running game features speedster Don Davis and Jim Olson. When the pass is needed quarterback Bruce Malaguti goes to working firing strikes to Bob Boisvert, Fred Robinson, Ken O'Connel1 or any other open receiver. If the Falcon offense continues to function well, Saturday's contest should prove to be a crowd pleaseI'. In Narry. loop encounters slated for Saturday, Somerset wil1 host Seekonk and Old Roches~er .,of Mattap~isett wi~l entertain the Case HIgh Card.nals from Swansea. Somerset posted its first win of the young season Saturday last when it rol1ed over Portsmouth, R. I. 39-0. At the same time, Case was edged by West-
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bol'o 13-6. And, Seekonk had an easy time with Sharon who is playing its first season of val'sity footbal1 by besting the Hockomock League club 41-0. Coach Joe Bettencourt's New Bedford High rebo'unded from its early season. setback to Brockton by defeating Attleboro 22-14 last week. The victory gave the Crimson and White sole possession of first place in the Bristol County League. However, that position will be up for grabs Saturday when the Coyle High Warriors travel to the Whaling City to meet thel County's new entry. Coach Jim! Lanagan's Blue and Gold, one of only three undefeated and Untied! clubs in the diocese, were idle, last w~ek... If things go according to form in County competition for th~ remainder' of the c~paignJ which is very unlikely, the wini ner of this clash will emerge as Bristol Courity League Cham-II pions.
Three of the New Bedford players are among the second year crew while the fourth is a senior. Sophomore Tommy Farias and senior Bob Jorge are two who hold the keys to the Yellow Jacket success. Farias won the starting quarterback position from former Falmouth High star Dave Creighton a1'!d was impressive in the
team's opening game 7-6 loss to Bridgeport. As a freshman, the former New Bedford High all-around athlete led the team in rushing with 312 yards, in passing with 407 yards and rushed for four touchdowns. Athlete of Decade Farias, who was voted the High School Athlete of the Decade at a banquet in his home city a year ago, was a three sport star at New Bedford High, lettering in football, basketball and baseball. He was a quarterback and defensive safety with the gridiron squad, Ii starting guard on the varsity basketball team and a pitcher with the baseball team. Of the three, baseball, is his best sport as evidenced by the fact that he was drafted by the New York ·Yankees following his graduation' from high school. Tommy is the son of Mrs. Iris M. Fiore, 96 Capitol Street and the late George Farias. Jorge has been a standout defensive end for two seasons and is being counted on to duplicate his efforts again this yellr. Started as 'Soph The 5-11, 195-pounder gained, a berth on the varsity following lln impressive stint with the freshman squad but didn't gain a starting slot until late in his sophomore season.
Candidates F'eud Over Abortion
PHILADELPHIA (NC) - The Democratic party's position on abortion remains a controversial campaign issue in the state, despite an' effort by the party's candidate for lieutenant-governor to clarify the stand. At a news conference here MINERSVILLE (NC) - From. State Sen. Ernest P. Kline said the pulpit 'of a Catholic church that he and gubernatorial candihere a bishop assailed a permis- date Milton Shapp are opposed sive abortion policy position tak- to abortion "on principle." Kine added, however, that he en by the Democratic' Party of and Shapp "support provisions of Pennsylvania. "The pulpit is not the place a proposed bill before the state for politics," Bishop Joseph Mc- legislature calling for 'a commitShea of Allentown, Pa., acknowl- tee of women to study proposals edged in his sermon in St. Fran- to reform Pennsylvania's present ds of Assisi church here, "but it abortion law and to determine if is a place to teach public mor- state action is necessary.''' He said that the plank in the ality and to call evil, evil. Dartmouth Embarks on Quest of Title I "I beseech you, then, in party's platform called for a Attleboro wil1 attempt to re- Stang. This week the Indian~ Christ's name, to withhold your study to reform the present law, gain its winning ways when it embark on their quest for th~ support from the party whose not broaden it. But when asked takes on home team Taunton. Capeway Conference crown. I candidates are bound by such a what limits he and Shapp would The Tigers trounced New BedThe first step comes in thl! deplorable platform item," he find acceptable for the reform, ford Vocational a week ago 30-6 form of the Dennis-Yarmouth added. Voters go to the polls Kline refused comment. "I won't say what I would acand enter this contest with a 2-1 Regionals who will host thb Nov. 3 to elect statewide officept," Kline said. However, he season record. The Artisans are Green and White in one of threb eials. The Democratic Party platform added that he felt the study not scheduled fOJ' this weekend. Conference clashes slated fdr' committee at a stormy session would benefit those against easDurfee High of Fal1 River bat- Saturday. I tied Bishop Feehan High of AtCoach Ed Keys' Regionals d~ in Harrisburgh, approved a plank ing the abortion laws by giving tleboro to an 8-8 stalemate last feated Fairhaven 14-12 la'st week calling for easing of Pennsyl- 'their views exposure. Saturday. The Hilltoppers will be and will be out to stop t~e vania's laws on abortion. Milton J. Shapp, Democratic looking for their second win Dartmouth express. I of the campaign Saturday when Else~here in the circui,t, candidate for governor, questionthey meet league rival Bishop Wareham will attempt to halt ed the wisdom of the eased aborStang in Dartmouth. Feehan will Barnstable; a 20-0 winner ov~r tion plank in the party platform. INSURANCE AGEN.CY, INC. He also asserted he would optangle with Fairhaven in a non- Bourne on Saturday last. Tije 96 WILLIAM STREET league contest on the Capeway Canalmen from Bourne draw the pose any'legislation at this time NEW BEDFORD, MASS. Conference club's gridiron. difficult assignment of stoppirlg to change the present anti-aborCoach Carlin Lynch has his defending titlist Lawrence High tion laws. But the platform com998-5153 997-9167 Dartmouth gridsters off and run- of Falmouth. The Clippers were mittee okayed the plank, l/-ssertPERSONAL SERVICE nnig with victories over non- tested severely last week before ing it reflected an earlier posiI tion taken by Shapp. league foes Somerset and Bishop outlasting Wareham 21-14. I I
Assails Party's Abortion Stand
As a junior, Jorge impressed Salvucci enough in pre-season drills to be awarded the starting linebacking position in the Yellow Jackets opening game against the' Coast Guard. He rewarded the confidence by leading his team in tackles and paced the Springfield "11" to an easy 46-7 triumph. Bob's linebacking chores entailed some time up on the line * '" '" asa defensive end. He was outstanding at both positions.
TOM FARIAS Like Farias, Jorge received his baptism of fire at New Bedford High School. But, unlike his teammate, the gridiron and diamond were his only sports. Jorge is the son of Manuel Jorge, 212 Harwich Street, and is a communicant of St. Joseph's Parish. In addition to football, he enjoys all forms of athletics and keeps himself busy during the Summer months by participating in sandlot sports. The other New Bedford resi~ dents on the AlC roster are guard Don Girouard and fullback Gary Haslam.
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