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Charities Convention Issues Statement BOSTON (NC)-The National Conference of Catholic Charities (NCCC) has issued a statement outlining a "people's" response to the problems of the nation's economy and calling on Presddent Gerald Ford to replace three key economic advisors who are holdovers from th~ Nixon administration.

The Conference opened with a Mass at the Holy Cross Cathedral, Boston. Most Rev. Daniel A. Cronin, S:r.D. of the Diocese of Falil River was a concelebrant at the Mass. Principal celebrant was Humberto Cardinal Medeiros who also delivered the homily.

Attending the four-day conl"vention were: Rev. Peter N. Graziano, Diocesan Director of Social Services and Coordinator of Special Apostolates; Rev. John R. Fol&ter, Associate Director in the Diocesan Office of Social Services and Mr. John M. Clements of the New Bedford Catholic Charities Office.

The six-page statement, entitled "The Economy Belongs to the People," charged that the President's economic summit conference and the mini-summits which preceded it were dominated by "special dnterests" against workers, the elderly, children, women, consumers, the needy and those on fixed incomes.

Bishops' Synod Examines Role Of Women VAliLCAN CITY (NC)-The role of women-both nuns and laywomen-was an insistent and recurring note during the first week of the Synod of Bishops.

A:lthough in the official reports opening the synod, which is studying evangelization in the modern world, there was little reference to women or their part in evangelization, the subject kept coming up from the floor.

"The role of women in the Church can hardly be exaggerated," declared Bishop Alfonso Morepeli of Maseru in the African state of Lesotho. Bishop Morepeli, probably the most outspoken on the subject, stated that women "have always been an invaluable source of life and Turn to Page Two

Ecumenical Dialogue Friday

The Ecumenical Commission of the Diocese of Fall River, under .the chairmanship of Rev. Cornelius J. O'NeiIl, pastor of St. John the Baptist Parish, CenClaiming that the income of tral Village, is sponsoring an 95 per cent of the U. S. popula- Ecumenical Dialogue between tion has leveled off or begun to Bishop Cronin and all the Protdecline since 1969, the statement estant ministers wor:king within said "the people don't need talk. the Diocese of Fall River, t<>morAt the supper table, the people row afternoon, Oct. 11 at Bishop know what is wrong with the Connolly Hjgh School, Fall River. at 1:30. economy.

The purpose of the meeting is "Therefore, we call upon the president to develop his own to provide an opportunity to the ministers for sharing and fellowteam of' economic advisors." ship with Bish<>p Cronin and Singled out for criticism by among themselves. the Charities statement were . Bishop Cronin will address the Roy Ash, director of the Office ministers assembled, and there of Management and Budget; Wil- will be a presentation by Rev. liam Simon, Secretary of the Msgr. Thomas J. Harrington, Treasury, and Alan Greenspan, Diocesan Chancellor on current chairman of the President's marriage legislation of the Council of Economic Advisors. Church.

Greenspan recently caused a Following the speaking prostir when he told a mini-summit gram, there will be an informal in health, education and welfare fellowship session and coffee that those hit hardest propor- hour, and the meeting will contionately by the economic situa- clude with a路 question and discussion period.

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rather than teaching methods.

Courses will be taught by priests who are serving in the diocese and who will view the subjects from both a theological and pastoral perspective. For the convenience of all interested participants the classes wiII be held as follows: Tuesday-oct. 22, 29, Nov. 5, 12; Stang High School, North Dartmouth.

Wednesdays-oct. 23, 30, Nov. 6, 13; St. Patrick Center, Falmouth.

Thursday-oct. 24, 31, Nov. 7, 14; Coyle-Cassidy High Sch<>ol, Taunton.

Classes will begin at 7:30 P.M. and end at 9:00 P.M. The following courses will be' gHven: Both Old and New Testament wiII be explored with the aim of discovering more of their meaning in liturgy, education, and private prayer life. The four sessions are entitled: 1. ,Revelation: God really loves us 2. Old Testament. God's I<>ve unf<>lds 3. New Testament: Who Is Jesus?

4. Today: Use, Love and Understand It Stang High-Rev. Marc H. Bergeron St. Patrick-Rev. Raymond A Robillard Coyle~Cassidy-Rev. Marcel H. Bouchard The course wiH highlight programs that are practical within area and parish structures, as we look beyond the classroom to

Columbus Day Will Mark Centennial Of Provincetown Parish This Columbus Day weekend will be memorable for members of St. Peter the Apostle parish, Provincetown. It will mark the centennial observance of the Cape-tip parish and will include three special Masses and a gala banquet.

The first Mass will be offered at 7 p.m. Saturday for all parishioners, living and dead, the second at 5:30 p.m. Sunday in memory of all deceased priests who have served the parish in the past century.

Monday will be highlighted by a concelebrated Mass at 5:30 p.m. with Bishop Daniel A Cronin as principal celebrant and homilist. A centennial banquet will follow at the Provincetown Inn. In preparation for the occasion St. Peter's Church has been renovated with new pews and stained glass windows.

Although there is logical -reason to believe that the first Mass celebrated in what is now Provincetown was in the i I th century, when Leif Ericson is believed to have landed on the shores of Cape Cod, recorded accounts place the first Mass in August of 1852 when -Rev. Joseph Finotti of the Cathedral of Holy

Cross in Bo~ton offered the Holy Sacrifice in the Franklin Street home of Thomas Welsh.

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the many opportunities for true growth in faith.

This course will be offered in all three areas by Rev. Michel Methot, Diocesan Director of Adult Education.

This course' will include the understanding of the Church as: the People of God the Communion of believers the Saving Institution Stang High-Rev. Thomas C. Lopes St. Patrick-Rev. George W. Coleman Turn to Page Four

Shut-In Day October 20 The Third Sunday of October, October 20, has been designated National Shut-In Day, a day set aside for encouraging the v.isitation of the sick,' the incapacitated, the elderly and the imprisoned. While not the first Shut-In Day proclaimed on a local level in the United States, this is one chosen by Congress and grew out of a Shut-In Day originated by Rev. Felix A~ Losito, pastor of Holy Rosary Church in Reading, Pennsylvania.

Ecumenical in nature, the Shut-In Day calls attent,ion to a large segment of the population which has been neglected, men and women whose labors in the past have contributed much to the present well-being. These worthwhile people are now suffering the neglect of loneliness.

Those in prisons look to others for encouragement to rebuild their lives and to plan for a future that will give them a worthy place in society.

Purpose of the.Shut-'!n Day is not merely the observance of the day by visits, cards, gifts, invitations to a meal or drive.

Rather, it is hoped that this observance of the day will inspire a continuing concern for those who are shut-in and the building up of an awareness in them that others care. Those who are mobile can thus reassure many shut-<ins of their value and worth before man and God.

12th College Day At Stonehill

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The twelfth annual "College Day" is slated for October 14 at Stonehill CoIlege, Easton. Admissions officers from 70 colleges will be on the StonehiIl campus for consultations with high school students between 9:30 and 11 :30 AM. They represent Catholic colleges and universities ''throughout the United States.

Students, parents and coun路 selors from New England's public and private high schools have been invited to attend the program, which has grown steadily since its inception in 1962. In recent years more than 2,000 college-bound students have participated in the event.

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THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall Riv~r-Thurs. Oct. 10, 197.4

Joyless Churchmen Not: 'Reaching Youth, Bishops Told at Syrlod i

VATICAN CITY (NC)-Arch- tween Christ and the Gospel on bishop John Quinn of Oklahoma one hand' and the Church on the City and Cardinal Bernard AI- other," Archbishop Quinn noted: "When: young people come to frink of Utrecht, Holland, both told the Synod of Bishops t,hat know the Gospel and the person the joyful news announced by of Christl they look for a model Christ is not reaching today's of Christ' and the 'Gospel, above youth because joyless Church- all in th6se who are His minismen fail tci put the message tel's. It i~ true that the Gospel, across. understo6ct by a mature faith, The two prelates were among reveals ~ vast' number- of su21 speakers to address the Syn- premely limportant qualities in od on the iast of four da'ys of . Jesus. But for young people practical exchange of experiences those qu~lities which. are most on the synod's subject, evangel- important are: joy, love and ization in today's world. When kindness,:patience and· tolerance, the debate closed at noon, the an open tnind and a willingness first phase of the synod ended. to listen, I a spirit of compassion Discussion then began in smaller and conc~rn, a sincere and honlanguage .groups. . . est simplIcity and directness."

The more than 203 partic"They fre~uently find that the ipants in the synod were broken liturgy is celebrated in an imbroken up into 12 .Ianguage personal: manner, without joy groups-three each for English, without any really obvious faith French and Spanish, and one on the ~art of the celebrant. each in Italian, German and This does, not s~m. to them to Latin. The, purpose of the small- reflect the Gospel as they underer groups, which were to meet, stand it. They recognize the parfor several days, was to work adox of the joyless herald of the over the earlier speeches delivnew and fre repelled by it." ered in plenary sessions and see The Oklahoma archbishop conif a consensus could be arrived . c1uded: "The problem for youth at. It was hoped the smaller of the dichotomy between the groups could present more con- Gospel and the Church does not cise and useable conclusions of lie principally in structures or the dominant themes. in approaches or ,methodologies:.

Archbishop Quinn began his It is chie(ly the problem of the' address by saying: "The chief minister of the Church, who problem for many young people rightly wrongly, frequently is not the Gospel or Christ. It does not' reveal to them that is the Church."

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Synod Considers Wo~en's Role' Continued from Page One strength to the church, and their work in the future must be expanded."

The African bishop noted that his country now has 700 native Sisters who "up to now have maintained. their role mainly in hospitals and schools." Today, he added, "they must be' prepared to enter other .social and pastoral fields of activity."

Bishop Paul Verschuren of . k'I, .,pea ~ k'mg I n th e name H e Ism of the Catholic bishops of .Scandinavia, urged that the state of women in the Church be reconsidered. .

Necrology OCT. 19 Rev. Manuel A. Silvia, 1928, Pastor, Santo Christo, Fall River.

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Rt. Rev. Edward J. Cair, P.R., 1937, Pastor, Sacred Heart, 'Fall River, Chancellor of Diocese, 1907-21.

Rev. Francis E. Gagne, 1942, Pastor, St. Stephen, Dodgeville.

OCT. 22 Rev. John E. Connors, 1940, Pastor, St. Peter, Dighton.

OCT. 23 Chor'Bishop.Joseph Eid, 1970, Pastor, St. Anthony of the Desert, Fall River.

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He said: "In our nations the s~tuatiOn?f women in civil ~o­ clety seems to ,be at odds WIth th~ir role! in the Church. Our epIscopal I conferences propose that the s~nod als.o conSIder the status of )Vomen m the Church, and espe~'~I.ly that it e~amine the pOSSIbIlIty of opemng to women a :number of ministries which are: already accessible to them, for. i~xa~lple: ~colyte and ~ector, mllp~t.rIes whIch accordmg '1 to tradItIon I d are not " necessarI y reserv~ to men. , . Two sUPFrIors general of R~IiglOus orde~s, Father Constantme Koser of It-he Franciscans and Father Pedro Arrupe of the Jesuits, also; discussed the 'new needs of tHe Church in terms of utilizing the apostolic capacities of women,! especially of women Religious. : l

Father A;rrupe told the synod: "The impOltance of the evangelical value ~f women Religious is not alway,s ~recognized." said:! "There is need. for reflection lind insistence that women R~ltgious occupy the place due them by virtue of their dedication I and strength, ancl they are in a position to exercise· all the offices and ministries the I .

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Bishop Caesar Gatimu of Nyeri, Kenya, told the synod: "As for what pertains to w'omen it should be remembe'red that Christ established (for them) only the' regal .and common priesthood" ':of the faithful.

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Bishop Cronin To Preside At Mass , The parishioners of 5t. Pius X Parish, So. Yarmouth will hon-or their pastor, Rev.' Msgr. . Christopher L. Broderick in two significant events this evening, Oct. 10.

Monsignor Broderick will .be the principal celebrant at a Mass . of Thanksgiving at 5 o'clock in St:.· Pius X Church in commemoration of his 75th birthday, which occurred on Monday, Oct. 7.

Most Rev. Daniel A. Cronin, S.T.D., B'ishop of the Diocese wiII preside.

Most Rev. James .1. Gerrard, Auxiliary Bishop of the Diocese will be present in the sanctuary.

Rev. Robert E. Sheridan, S.J. will preach the homily.

Concelebrating with Monsignor Broderick will be many area priests and. friends.

Following the Mass of Thanksgiving, a dinner and reception will be held at the SheratonRegal Inn in Hyannis. The program will consist of a social hour, dinner and presentation of a parish gift to Monsignor Broderick.

A graduate of B.M:C. Durfee High School, Fall River, Monsignor Broderick attended St. Charles College, Catonsville and 'St. Mary's Seminary, Baltimore.

He was ordained on May 26, 1927 in St. Mary's Cathedral, Fall River by Most Rev. Daniel F. Feehan.

He served as an assistant at Our Lady of Lourdes, Wellfleet and the Immaculate Conception, Fall River. His pastorates include St. Patrick's, Somerset and St. Mary's, Norton. 1n 1954, Monsignor Broderick became the first pastor of St. Pius X Parish, So. Yarmouth.

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VATICAN CITY (NC) - Pope Paul VI urged the Council of the Laity and the thousands present at his general weekly audience here Oct. 2 to give personal witness to the faith.

The Pope expressed his pleasure tb3t the laity council had chosen to attend a general audience rather than seek a private one. As a mark of esteem, he delivered .his major address to the 'general audience in French instead of Italian.

Among the members and consultants of the laity council present at the audience were Miss Margaret Mealey, executi~e director· on the National Council of Catholic Laity, Washington, D.C., and Martin Work, archdiocesan consult.ant for programming and .planning in Denver, Colo.

The Pope outlined to the audience how he bad founded the laity council on Jan. 6, 1967, and said: "It was founded with the double aim of promoting and coordinating th~ apostolate of the laity within the universal Church, and of listening to other laymen and to the pastors of the Church .

"Within this context, and without straying from the work of the Synod (of Bishops) which has just opened. it appears opportune to us to treat of two fundamental aspects of the lay apostolate which is sta,mped more or less in the' Christian spirit of these days: the importance, of personal witness and

'Mission Sunday Goal $11 Million NEW YORK (NC) This year's MisSiion .sunday, Oct. 20, has set· a goal of $11 million by the Society for the Propagation of the Faith.

Bishop Edward T. O'Meara, national director of the society, sadd; ,"Never has the world needed prayer more; never have people needed each other's love more,. and never has the need to give been greater than at the present time."

Funds collected during the dr·ive will be' used to ·assist over 138,600 missionanies engaged in all forms of mission work' and service around the world.

the unity of the various wit· nesses to the Gospel amon'g themselves and with their bishops."

Pope Paul stressed: "Contem· porary man listens more willingly to witnesses than to teachers, or if he listens to teachers it is because they are witnesses. In· deed, he finds an instinctive repulsion toward all that is mystification, facade, compromise. In this context can be understood the importance of a life which rings truly of the gospel," Pope Paul said that the quest by the present world for the true witness to Christ could be explained with four reasons: modErn man, tired of materialism, hungers for something else; today's men are frail in their insecurity, fear and anguish; the growing generations especially thirst for sincerity, truth and authenticity; and modern mall also asks the meaning of his exi~tence.

Brothers to Meet In Barr·e, ~A.ass.

The New England Regional Meeting for 'Brothers is set for' Sunday and Monday, Oct. 1~ and 14, at Blessed Sacrament Fathers Novitiate and Seminary, Barre, Mass.

The program will begin 'at 1 p.m. Sunday and will include prayer, reflection and talks.

Among speakers. will be Brother Dominic Lozeau, FMS, president of the National Assembly of Re· Iigious Brotl:-::!rs in the U.S. NARB was founded in 1972 and is a service organization for brot.hers and those affected by their apostolate. It aims to encourage development of religious life and to help members become more aware of the ministerial power for good to be found in their lives and apstolates.

Further information on the meeting is available ffom New England Regional Coordinator, Brother Robert DiManno, SS.CC., 3 Adams St., Fairhaven, Mass.

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TV Show Draws Chicano Wrath LOS ANGELES (NC) - Mexican-Americans here are angry over a new television show they say is ridiculing them.

The show is NBC's "Chico and the Man." Mexican-Americans say the show maligns and ridicules them, reenforces demeaning stereotypes about Mexican-Americans and raises further barriers to opportunity for Mexican-Americans.

Caesar C. Cantu is one of var. ious Mexican-Americans here who have protested the show. He is president and chairman of the Mexican Heritage Cultural Board.

In one single episode of "Chico and the Man," Cantu said, the

CENTENNIAL MASS AT NOTRE DAME: The Fall River Parish concluded its lOOth year celebration on Sunday with a Pontifical Mass and banquet. Pictured prior to the Mass are: Most Rev. James J. Gerrard, Auxiliary Bishop of the Diocese; Rev. Msgr. Alfred J. Gendreau, pastor; Most Rev. Daniel A. Cronin, S.T.D., principal concelebrant and homilist and Trustees Ferdinand Francoeur and Paul Dumais.

\NHO CARES ABOUT THE SISTERS OF MIJILVA? THE HOLY· FATHER'S MISSION AID TO THE ORIENTAL CHURCH

Mi'ilya is a little town in Galilee. The villagers were deprived of spiritual' guidance and dis· mayed as their young people were lured into the temptations of larger towns nearby.

Charities Convention Statement Continued from Page One tion are Wall Street Brokers.

The statement was issued at the 60th annual convention of the NCCC. It was originally planned that the statement be voted on as a resolution, but a spokesman for Charities said that because of suggestions for additions to the statement, the consensus was to use it as a separate document.

The statement made recommendations . on unemployment and wages, energy and food costs. high interest rates, proposed budget cuts and health care.

-Unemployment and wages.

Charities asked support for an amendment offered by Sen. Jacob Javits (R-N.Y.) to provide $4 bill~on for public employment jobs.

The statement also called for "quick congressional action to improve the unemployment insurance system." In 1973, the statement said, unemployment insurance covered only 38 per cent of those who were unemployed, and paid an average weekly benefit of $58.50. less than the poverty standard for a family of four.

Noting that some people have called for ·a return to wage-price controls, the statement said: "a return to the kind of wage and price controls we recently had is completely unacceptable.

Those were only wage controls, with every employer a willing enforcer but no one to enforce controls on the galloping prices."

-Energy costs. The statement said action should be taken "to control energy and fuel prices and where appropriate, to roll fhem back." Noting that in 1974 "profits of 22 of the largest U. S. oil companies would reach almost 30 per cent, roughly triple the rate for other industries," the statement .said, "President Ford has means at his disposal

to avert such profiteering and he should use them."

-Food costs. The statement said food prices have risen 14 per cent in the past year, and that the cost of living for the poor has risen more than. 20 per cent more thim that of the rest of the nation. But, the statement said, the farmer's share of the retail food dollar has dropped from $.52 to $.39, and that food processors and retailers have not passed along the lower costs, but have keep their own profits higher.

In many food l'ines, for example, bread, cereal and meat, the statement said, "three or four corporations or conglomerates dominate the market, con· troling over 60 per cent and BS high as 87 per cent of the product. With such control they can fix prices artificially high."

Charities urged that "President Ford should press detailed investigation of the dominant food corporations and pursue vigorous anti-trust action where indicated if meaningful competition is to be restored to· the food industry." The statement said the Department of Justice has seemed on the verge of such invesNgations and "should not be held back any longer."

-Hdgh interest rates. The statement said that people are hurt by high interest rates; "The increase in the cost of buying a $25,000 home at 10 per cent in-

Seminary Rector MAHWAH (NC) - Father Edward J. Ciuba, professor of Sacred Scripture at Immaculate Conception Seminary here in New Jersey, has been named rector of the institution by Archbishop Peter L. Gerety of Newark. He succeeds Msgr. Harold P. Darcy, who is returning to Rome as rector of the North American College.

terest rather than six per cent is $19,800 over the 25 year life of a mortgage." The high interest rates and other building costs have led to high unemployment rates in the construct1ion industry, . Charities said.

The statement urged President Ford to ask the Federal Reserve Board to ease further its restraint on credit,· particularly for the housing industry and "to give leadership to require banks to channel a meaningful share of their loans to finance low and middle income homes at reasonable 4nterest r;l.tes."

The Federal budget cuts would only have a small impact on the economic situation, according to Ash, the statement said, and a federal surplus would "contribute to higher unemployment and even less production."

The statement opposed most budget cuts proposed by the Administration and suggested increased spending in social service areas.

The statement also called for tax' reform, indulling a reform of the Social Security tax which a'ffects lower income workers more than those with higher incomes, and a "modest surcharge on incomes over $20,000 per year." President Ford is reportedly considering a tax surcharge on incomes over a certain level, but that level is not yet known.

Another tax reform move supported by the statement is a 10 per cent surtax on all corporate profits to be remitted fully to "corporations that invested or committed an equal amount to the surtax in plant and equipment during the succeeding 12 months." ~Health care. The statement opposed the adoption of a proposed catastrophic health insurance plan which it said would not control rapidly rising health costs, and called for the adoption of a more comprehensive health plan.

the Chicano's religious beliefs, war record, honesty, taste in mu· sic, food and his entire way' of life are taunted and made fun of.

"Worse yet, the Mexican com· munity as a whole was maligned and ridiculed by the statement that "all Mexicans attract flies and that they are lazy."

Cantu said the Mexican-Amer· ican community has long been subject to vilification and has suffered in virtual silence malicious ridicule, neglect and indifference. He said the Mexican community is working to remove this stereotyped version in the press, radio, motion pictures and television.

AN EMERGENCY APPEAL FROM MSGR. NOLAN

In answer to their pleas, the Sisters of St. Joseph came to Mi'ilya. They gave religious in· structions ... treated the sick ... comforted the elderly. They even set up a library, a youth club, and a summer camp.

But now, they have no place to live. A village family gave them the use of a house, but now they need it for thl!mselves. Where· can the Sisters go?

They desperately need a residence which can also serve as chapel, classroom and meeting room for themselves and those they serVe. The cost? ... $10,000 to $15,000. Who will provide for them?

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College Day The area owes a debt of gratitude 'to Stonehill College in North Easton for again presenting itsiCollege Day for the benefit cif area high school students, th~ir parents and high school guidance counselors. ' On Monday an array of some 'sixty-seven representatives of Catholic colleges from all overI the' nation will be at Stonehill to afford students and adults an opportunity to -ask about college in general and p~rticular colleges in more detail. !

There is really nO'substitute for theI particular touch.

And Stonehill's ,College Day give~ just -this - the individual student the individual opport~nity to discuss his individual life and needs and hopes in Irelation to college.

Horizons will be widened and hopes will be strengthened.

Opportunities will be presented on a sc~le that perhaps the student and his parents never reali~ed.!

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There is no question but what mo~e and more' people are calling for quiet and peace and time :for reflection. This is true on the college campus and in the city street. The joys of transcendental meditation have! been extolled and ,eagerly sought after by those who seem to have grown UIP with radios glued' to tHeir ears. It seeins that the public library and the church are the only two ~laces where people can drop in during the day and find areas of peace.

People, of course, can find peace }vithin themselves.

But they must take the time and they m4st make the effort.

Scripture tells us that after the birth pf Jesus, Mary, His mother, pondered and reflected on all that had happened.

All people have n~ed to ponder and r~flect on the things of God. I, They have need to break themselv~s away, from the , occupation and preoccupations' oLtheir lives. To pull their energies away from the worries that grind 'them down. To turn aside for a while from the distrattions that are all' I around them. ' i They have need to focus their attent~on and their lives, without tension or straining, on the ha~ic relatio,nship of themselves to their heavenly Father.

I This can and must be done in an atmosphere of quiet, of peace, of contemplation, of reflectionl During the month of October the Church asks that her children do this with the help of the ros~ry. The beads are for the sake of the prayers, the pray~rs fpr the sake of the meditation that they. induce. It is easier Ito focus prayer if the body is caught up in it; as it is with the help of the rosary. And it is easier to focus the mi~d when the body is helping it to reflec~ on the things Of God. To those who would object to the repetition that' takes place, the reminder is given that the E~stern saints have always used and recommended repetitio* in order to precondition the mind for prayer, to gently ease out other matters so that the atmosphere of prayer might be induced.

The rosary has held. a venerated plaqe in .the religious practice of generation upon generation \ of Catholics. It would be sad if newer generations we~e ignorant of its use and value and deprived of its wort,h in turning the mind and heart to reflection upon the thi?gs of God.

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Cardinal Krol Stresses Modern Youth's Interest in Religion ROME (NC) - Today's young people have a real interest in the transcendent and are reac)-r ing out to experience the spiritual: according to Cardinal John Kriol of Phil~delphia, president of th~ National Conference of Catholic Bishops, during an interview here on the eve of the fourth Synod of Bishops.

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Rhodesia Bans Catholic Weekly SALISBURY (NC)-The white minority government of Rhode9ia has banned theCath,olic weekly newspaper Moto for three months under the Emergency Powers Regulations on grounds that it published inflammatory and subversive material.

Minister of Just:ce Desmond Lardner-Burke charged in parliament: ",For years this newspaper has taken a line, which has been strongly antagonistic against the government and Europeans (whites). generally."

"Replying to questions about the 'ban by black African members of parliament, LardnerBurke said Moto had been warned several times and at one' stage appeared to have exercised "grli!ater caution" dn its editorial 'policy.

"Unfortunately, the improvement did not last and recent issues have progressively adopted a more flagrantly provocative attitude," he said.

He asserted tbat the last issue of Moto had contained "offensive' material" that, when disseminated among semieducated and unsophisticated blacks would engender hostility against the forces of law and order.

Moto has a mostly black readership of about 30,000. Swissborn Bethlehem Father Albert Plangger is the editor and most of the editorial staff are black.

one of the leading talks at the synod, said he intends to highlight tb::i positive aspects of youth today, and to view these realities as opportunities for evangelization. .

"While not denying that there are m'any problems among youth today, we must not ignore ,the fact of the genuine interest on the part of many youth in things spiritual and religious."

He noted: "Modern youth are reaching out and searching for the transcendent. We cannot ignore, for example the great number of young people who flocked to see 'Godspell,' 'Jesus Christ Superstar' and 'The Exorcist," and made them such box-office successes. Nor can we overlook the generous response of young peoP4! to such groups as the Peace Corps, mission aids and church organizations and groups, where they give freely of their time and energy."

Cardinal Krol also noted the willingness of youth to sacrifice for others as an encouraging sign of the times. He cited in particular the increasing number of vocations to the priesthood espedally in countries suffering from repression, such as, Poland and Yugoslavia.

The cardinal stated that the curiosity of youth,' regarding the spiritual is clearly shown in such movements as the charismatic renewal and is perhaps more manifest today than in other generations. He mentioned that the tragic recourse to drugs -was, in many instances, the attempt of youth to be "lifted up" or to receive a "mystical experience."

"We cannot deny that there are many problems," the cardinal said, "but we must interpret the signs of the times positively and optimistically."

The cardinal went on to say: "If there is a fault for the lack of interest on the part of many youth in the institutional Church, then we (bishops) must examine our consciences."

OHICAGO (NC) Cardinal John Krol of Philadelphia has praised the Polish Roman Catholic Union of America (PRCUA) for providing "a practkal response to Christ's call for unity" during its first century of existence.

Cardinal Krol, the president of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops, gave the homily at a Mass marking the organization's 100th anniversary at Holy Trinity Church here.

The cardinal is of Polish descent.

Tl:路~ anniversary celebration for the fraternal organization in the Unrted States began last year. The PRCUA :is the oldest Polish fraternal society in the Unitd States, and has a member~hip of about 200,000.

'Cardinal Krol recalled that the PRGUA was organized in 1873 'by poor immigrants who were "fiercely proud of their religious and cultural traditions" and who "sought a means of preserving them from erosion.'"

The union was obviQusly to be Polish; the cardinal said, "but faithful to their heritage, they insisted that it must be Roman Catholic."

Education tCourse Continued from Page One .Coyle-eassidy - Rev. Richard W. Beaulieu Freedom and Mlorality The chief objective of this course is the reconciliation between law and conscience, emphasizing that freedom is part of man's dignity and duty.

Guided by the graces and gifts of the Holy Spirit, man's freedom is elevated and strengthened, enabling him to live more fully the life of Christ.

Stang Higl}-Rev. Francis McManus, S.J. .

St. Patrick - Rev. Thomas Grannell, SS.CC. Coyle-Cassidy-Rev. Joseph D. 'Maguire Christian Values A study of values which effect the Christian union with Christ; values both supernatural and natural, theological and human, spiritual and profane. An understanding of Christian values which integrated both religious (prayer, worship) with secular values (work, leisure).

Stang High-Rev. Maurice H. Jeffrey St. Patrick---Rev. Timothy J. Goldrick Coyle-Cassidy-Rev. James H. Morse Registration forms are available at all parishes. We encourage you to pre-register and return the forms to the Catholic Education Center by Oct. 15. If more registration forms are needed, please contact the' Center (678-2828). Registration will also be taken the night the courses open from 7:00 to 7:30 P.M.

Pope's Pilgrilnage VATICAN CITY (NC) - Pope Paul VI has visited the places where St. Thomas Aquinas was born and died, Sept. 14. The visit reported Vatican Radio, was private and took him to Roccasecca, Italy where St. Thomas was born around 1225. and to Fossanova, where the Doctor ,of the Church died on March 7, 1274.

Follow the Intelligentsia; Get Into Malaisian Mood It's official now that there's a malaise in the country.

Not only does the press agent for the NCCB prepare a document for the synod saying there is, but Rev. Donald Campion, the editor of "America," agrees. That settles it.

There has to be a malaise.

Everyone said that there next TV appearance. That man really can't be our President, would be one after the Viet- can he? nam war-from Henry Kis10) Think about that small in-

singer to George McGovern. In· vestment you made in the stock deed, Henry was afraid that we market when the Dow Jones might go down the road of the . was over 1000.

German Weimar Republic in II) Return to the beach and discover that girls aren't pretty at all any more, then call your doctor to arrange for y~>ur annual checkup (which you haven't had in five years).

By 12) Listen to' a teenager explain why there isn't anything REV. to do, but he still needs the car.

13) Get a young clergyman to' ANDREW M. tell you what he believes.

14) Read any issue of "AmerGREELEY ica." It is the best thing for insomnia since sheep.

Boston Controversy 1933 if we "lost a war." The. Catholic bishops tell us that we 15) Think of all the Catholic arc deeply divided. Politicians schools which could have been wonder about a post-impeach- built with the money lost in ment backlash. Richard John the LaSalette and Reno scandals.

Neuhaus (writing in "World 16) Imagine that you were View") laments the wave of neo- Leon Jaworski when our new isolationism. Inflation, corrup- president pulled the rug out tion, defeat, impeachlT'.'~nt, bus- from under you. ing, etc., etc.-there just has to 17) Read the last five statebe a malaise. ments of the American hierarchy.

Only there isn't, and that is 18) Go over the Boston abordownright unpatriotic of Amer- tion-baptism controversy and icans. We could, of course, start ask yourself how Jesus would lying to the pollsters; but it have handled the case. might be much more responsible 19) Dig out of your files and of us to cooperate with our inlay end to end all the explanatelligentsia and get ourselves tions sent to you by men leaving into a malaisian mood. I suggest the priesthood. Think of all the the following steps. money spent 'educating and 1) Sit on the beach every day maintaining these men in comand keep repeating to yourself fortable style. Then remember that girls are not as pretty as the sermons they preached. they used to be.

Merry Christmas and a happy 2) Clean out your attic, closet, New Year. storeroom, or basement-wher© 1974, Universal Press Synd'c't evel you pile up your junk.

Read Editorials 3) Watch. ABC, NBC, and CBS evening news shows every ni,ght fora a week. You may have to borrow your neighbor's television to do, it, but you can return the favor next week when he pursues his malaise.

4) Ponder the choice you were offered in the 1972 election.

5) Think about how much fun Howard Huglies seems to have had with all his money.

6) Make tape recordings of your clergyman's Sunday sermon and analyze it each day until you go to church again-if you decide to go back.

7) Read all the editorials in your local newspapers.

3) Find the nearest coHege professor and listen to him talk about himself (a subject it won't be hard to get him onto).

Cure for Insomnia 9) Watch all of the President's

Bishop Installed DENVER (NC) - Bishop Richard C. Hanifen was ordained a bishop and installed here as an auxiliary bishop of Denver in ceremonies during which all the members of the congregation received carnations at the handshake of 'Peace. The ceremony, a blend of tbe ancient tradition and the modern liturgy, took place in the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception.

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Executives Resign to Become Priests MIAMI (NC) - Six years ago they worked from nine to five.

Today they r.ise about 5 a.m. and retire about midnight or even later, depending on the demands for their time.

Future priests of the archdio· cese of Miami, James and Thomas Shehhan, now in their early 50s, are engaged in pastoral work and looking forward to the day when they will be ordained as priests.

Although J'ames felt that he had a vocation wben he was in the Army dUlling World War II, his father died in 1946 and he knew that his first responsibility was to take care of his mother, who was suffering from arthritis.

So for the next 22 years he worked in his hometown of ROChester, N.Y., at General Motors Delco Appliance Division

where he became personnel and labor relations manager.

When his motber died in 1968, he resigned a lucrative position but left behind a number of programs for GM retirees and their families.

A graduate of the University of Rochester, James entered Pope John XXIII Seminary in Weston, Mass.,- specifically for belated vocations. After enrolling in the Sacred Heart School of Theology in Milwaukee. he was joined by his brother, Thomas, who had resigned his position as accountant in charge of payroll at Eastman-Ko~ak.

Church The church in the new Testament never thought of itself as 'being in a rest camp; it was obviously on a battle line.

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Thomas said that his decision was influenced by his brother, but he added that there was also something lacking in his life.

There were many people. he said, in need of assistance whom he could serve as a priest and whom 'he would never know as an accountant.

Looking back on his years as an executive at GM, James ex· J:lained that although his work "tried to fulfill tbe needs of a man and the needs of his fam· ily," it was not t!he same involvement as visiting the sick and aged in hospitals and in their homes and counseling those who come to the rectory seeking help.

"Some of the people we see are really despondent," he pointed out. "But when they realize that you are really listening to them and that you're anxious to help they relax at little."

Federation· Names Program Director CHICAGO (NC)-The National Federation of Priests' Councils (NrFPC) has appointed Father Leonard A. Hoffman, a priest of the St. Louis Archdiocese, to direct the federation's World Without War program, it was announced in Priests-PSA, the NFPC monthly.

Father Hoffman, '3.3, co-founder of St. Louis Catholics for Peace, has been assistant pastor of North American Martyrs parish in Florissant, Mo. He has begun a one-year training program at the World Without War Council (WWWC), a national private resource agency in peace education, located in Berkley, Calif.

During this period, he will formulate ways to implement the March, 1973, decision of the NFPC House of Delegates to involve the federation in the area of peace education.

Father Reid C. Mayo, NFPC president, told NC News that the federation has been given a grant from the Raskob Foundation for a two-year exploratory program to develop training programs for priests' councils" dioceses and parishes in peace education and to investigate the development of alternatives to war as a means of resolving international conflicts.

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S,ays Winter Fashions Must C,ombine Warmth,i,Stylie For our fashions for' winter this y,ear, we may very well have to look toward the English way of dressing layer after layer. After a taste of lowered tpermostats, drafty rooms and cold restaurants last winter, we know by now that warm clothing will have : to be the rule rather than b?on to mqthers! Girls can now .

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Sit on schoolroom floors, run around the, schoolyard without scraped knees resulting, and fecI just as comfortable as their male counterpart~.

Shortly ~e will be' receiving Christmas !Club checks and if you're going to do your shopping early, keep; in mind that items that help fi'ght the energy crisis will be most welcomed by all.

I One oftez:! wondered why the British wore those heavy tweeds and now we can appreciate why!

That doesn't mean "that we havt: to look u~fashionable to keep warm but it! does mean that days when we could wear just any type of dre$s, because of central heating, are gone and now we must think! layers as well as loveliness.

toasty warm. This latter item c would be a nice Christmas gift 20TH ANNUAL BISHOP'S CHARITY BALL: Among the members for various for anyone on your list from comrriittees preparing fOr the Jan. 10th social event benefitting the exceptional and untoddler to senior citizen. The eni derprivfleged children of the area are: standing, Mr. Stanley A. McLean, Our Lady of ergy crunch should also activate Cardinal: Cooke Visits I Victory Parish, Centerville, honorary co-chairman of the affair; seated, Mrs. Edward C. the knitting and crocheting set" African prought Area Weil, Jr., Mrs. Nestor Robidou and Mrs. Gilbert J. Noonan, all of St. Patrick's Parish, especially in the area of bed, ROME .(t;JC) -,Cardinal Tersocks, bedjackets, and- afghans.

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Fashionably Wann a six-day trip to the drought• A problem this winter will be ridden areas of Africa Sept 27 how to look fashionable while to talk with government and keeping warm. In many cases relief-agency. officials about inSupporters' of the 20th anPersons wishing to be listed in ano the affiliates of the Council there really will be a need for creasing aid! to the area. long skirts, or slacks for the The cardinal flew to Africa nual Bishop's Charity Ball of the the Booklet are asked to contact of Catholic Women. Listing of house, the warmth that only' an from Rome,! where he recently Diocese of Fall River which will committee members and mem- ' names may also be sent to extra sweater can bring and of finished a fuonth-Iong Theolog- be held at the Lincoln Park Ball- ' bel'S of the conferences of the Bishop's Charity Ball Headquarcourse some smart-looking flan- ical Consul~ation at which 73 room January 10, 1975 are to Society of St. Vincent de Paul ters, 410 Highland Ave., P.O. '..

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As a teacher I have found that cent 'develo~ments in the theo- orative booklet prepared for the a winter outfit has to include a logical and scriptural sciences. event. The' Ball is dedicated to Transport Nonpublic jacket or sweater topping for my Upon his return, Cardinal the Most Rev. Daniel A. Cronin, School Students working day. Many mornings Cooke, will hold a press confer- S.T.D" Bishop of Fall River, now DUBUQUE (NC)-Public transI the furnace in our school build- ence to outline his plans for in his fiftn year as bishop of the portation' of nonpuhlic school ing refuses to get going at an increased ai~d to the drought- diocese. The Ball will have as its students has begun in Iowa early hour and it's 10 'o'clock or stricken are~s. His itinerary will theme the observance of the under a program that includes so before the heat shows its wel- take him toi Upper Volta, Sen- Church's Holy Year. the purchase of nearly $2 mliThere will be six categories lion in school buses. come presence. egal, and Mauritania.

- I of supporters of the Ball in the This too could be a word of Ul; The transportation law was Booklet. The proceeds from the advice for the parents of school- Enrollmerit Increases I .

Ball benefit the exceptional 'and passed after Americans United age children - make sure they underprivileged children of every for Separation of Church and are dressed warmly enough for In Catholic Schools GR'EEN B~ Y (NC)-Although race, color and creed in the State and the Iowa Civil Liberthe wintry weather ahead. If a enrollment ~as gone done in sout,heastern area of Massachu- ties Union had obtained an insweater is worn over school actual numbers, "it's safe to say setts. junction against a previous law clothing, it can always be re... that enrollment is 'increasThe institutions receiving funds providing auxiliary services and moved but, other than allowing ing" in the Green Bay diocese's are the four schools for the transportation to nonpublic children to keep coats' on if Catholic schools, according to exceptional child - two in schools. they're cold, teachers have little Department hf Education head, Fall River, one in Hyannis and control over in-school clothing.

Father Mark ISchommer. one in Attleboro. These schools Letting little girls wear slacks Enrollment, in diocesan schools are named the Nazareth Hall to school has certainly been a has declined Iby 319 students in ' Schools. the past year" Father Schommer Also, beneficiaries of the Ball' Kings , said, but the inumber of children are the four summer camps for Expect Laity to Get ( Over 35 Years I of school age has gone down the underprivileged and excep'Mandate from Synod ,~ of Satisfied Service even more. He explained that tional children. \These -are the NEW BEDFf'JRD MADRID (NC)-The lay apos- the enrollment decline was 1.2 St. Vincent de Paul Camp, the ~ Reg. Master Plumber 7023 tolate magazine Ecclesia expects per cent, wHile the population Catholic Boys' Day Camp and ~ JOSEPH RAPOSA, JR. the world Synod of Bishops to decl-ine covering the same grades the Nazareth Day Camp, all in ~ 806 NO. MAIN STREET Open Evenilngs rely heavily on the laity for the averages 3.4 Iper cent. ~ Fall River 675..7497 Westport. The other camp is in - _ .. ~~~~~ ... evangelization of the modern There are '25,499 students in Mashpee on the Cape. ' world.

Catholic elem'entary schools and , "We do not expect magic for- 4,276 in high Schools in the WisCategories mulas to mend the problems of consin diocest The high school The Booklet categories are: In the church and the secular soci- enrollment fig~re, Father Schom- Memoriam, $200.00 or more, 4 I ety," Ecclesia. said. ' mer said, is 1~5 higher than last tickets; Very Special Friend, INC. "But we hope the 'synod will year, the first time there has $150.00, 4 tickets; Guarantor, take the decisive step of moving been an incr¢ase in enrollment $100,00, 3 tickets; Benefactor, the whole Church community, in diocesan Catholic high schools $100.00, 2 tickets; Sponsor, the whole people Of God, to be- since 1965. ! $50.00, 1 ticket; Patron, $25.00, come involved in evangelization; Father Sch:ommer also indi- '1 ticket. Each ticket admits two That means the lay people too." cated that one elementary 'school persons to the Ball. In Memoriam The magazine had listed "the was closed at the end of last and Very Special Friend cateuniversal challenges such evan- year's, term, ahd that two eighth gories have a special listing in gelization faces," the way the grades were returned to schools the B'ooklet. The Guarantors and message of salvation must be which had previously dropped Benefactors are listed on gold brought to modern man, adapta- them, In addition, four new pages. The Sponsors' are printed tion of pastoral work to man's khldergartens 'were opened in on silver pages and the Patrons Mj~SS. changing environment. diocesan schools. ' are on white pages.

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Says Results Sh:ow Catholic Schools on Right Track My eight kids are in five different schools, partly because they have very different capabilities. As a result, I have a fairly broad experience when it comes to observing the results of various religious' education programs. I have children attending parochial elementary school, diocesan marriage was mentioned. I asked if he thought that would be high school, a special CCD wrong. He responded with some c1a'ss for the retarded, and feeling. "It would be wqrse than the COllrses offered by the religion department of a Catholic college.

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thing in common as far as their religious education is concerned.

They aren't learning religion the way I did!

None of them can recite the Seven Capital Sins, the Fruits and Gifts of the Holy Spirit, the· sins that cry to Heaven for vengeance, or the Commandments of the Church.

Some of them even lItumble around when asked to recite such basics as ·the Apostle's Creed or the Ten Commandments.

Wl:en I was a student I could rattle off everyone of these.

As many other mothers, I have wondered about the moral development of my children. I know how I was taught the fundamentals of my religion and when I find these things are not being drilled into my children I tend . to 'wonder just what they are being taught.

Tries to Listen So I try to make a real effort to talk with my kids, and even more important . . . to listen to them.

When I was a kid there were certain things you discussed only with your closest friend, and never with adults. One thing I've noticed is that kids today are very willing to talk to adults. if the adults will listen.

To illustrate, I was talking to one of my sons who has recently graduated from high school. We were discussing his plans for the future and he said he planned to marry but that he thought it would be necessary to insure his financial future before taking on the res;:lOnsibility of b3ving children.

Somehow, and I'm not sure how, the subject of sex before

240 Future Deacons Now in Training NEWARK (NC) - Ahout 240 men are now in training for the permanent diaconate in the Newark archdiocese, a second class having been accepted in Septem· bel'.

Of the 130 men in the new class, 47 are being pre')ared for the diaconate in the Trenton diocese, which has just introduced the program.

Instruction is being given two nights a week as part of a threeyear training program. Newark accepted its first class of 110 candidates a year ago.

stealing," he said positively. "It would be taking something I could never give back!"

Now. I know I never taught him that, so he must have gotten the idea some place else . . . probably from the religion classes in school, which goes to show how different they are now. When I was young we memorized a dozen answers to questions about the Sixth and Ninth Commandements and we didn't even know what the words meant. . In conversations with my own kids, and from talking with other mothers, I've come to the conclusion there are lots of differences between the religious training I got and what kids get today.

Something Right .

AID TO BIRTHRIGHT OF NEW BEDFORD: John M. Clements, a member of the Diocesan Committee of the Campaign for Human Development, presents a check in the name of Bishop Cronin to Mrs. Eleanor Smith, co-director; Mrs. Claire C. Loranger, director; and Mrs. Agnes Bowen, co-director of the New Bedford Birthright.

We were taught lists of sins.

Our children are learning why an action is sinful, and how to de· termine if an action is sinful.

We were taught the letter of the SOtJ11H ORANGE (NC) law. They are learning th~ spirit Seton Hall University will mark of the law. the bicentennial of the birth of Our training fit only black and Blessed EHza'beth Ann Seton, in white problems. Our children are whose honor the school was learning to analyze gray ·areas. - named, on Oct. 6.

The program will beg;n with And there the conflict over morality arises. Our "yes" and "no" a concelebrated Mass in Sacred answers don't fit their questions. Heart, Cathedral, Newark, at 2 Today's kids are thinking. .. P.M. with Arch'bishop Jean tbey're talking ... and they have a better grasp of Christianity than we did.

Even though I sometimes feel a bit uneasy when I disclWer that one of my kids doesn't know the difference between the Incarnation and the Immaculate VATICAN CITY (NC) - ArchConception, all in all, I think bishop Joseph Bernardin of Cincinnati told a Vatican press conthey are becoming pretty good Christians. ference Oct. 1 that the role of I don't fully understand what's women in the Cburch is being going on in Catholic education discussed by participants in' the but from the results I've seen I'd world Synod of Bishops, but addsay our Catholic educators must ed that the question of ordaining women deacons or priests did be doing something 'right! not seem to be surfacing during the synod's early sessions.

Church Administrators Archbishop Bernardin assured To Meet at Notre Dame a woman questioner that the NOTRE DAME (NC)-The third role of women in the Church annual convocation of tbe Na- would be discussed in the work· tional Association of Church Per- ing groups of the synod and that sonnel Administrators (NACPA) the topic had already been brought up by participants. will be held Oct. 14-17 here.

He added, however, tb3t the Attending will be the leaders or top officers of the Catholic question of ordaining women Committee on Urban Ministry, "has not yet surfaced'" during the Conference of Major Superi- synod meetings. He said also ors of Men, the Leadership Con- that he intends to speak on the ference of Women Religious, the role of women and that he was Priestly Life ,and Ministry Com- disappointed that. the reports mittee of the National Confer- made on the synod topic of Evanence of Catholic Bishops (NCCB), gelization of the Modern World by the bishops' conferences of and other national organizations.

Auxiliary Bishop Thomas Gra- North America, Oceania and Aus· tralia did not specifically mendy of Chicago and Msgr. Colin MacDonald, executive secretary tion the role of women. The reports referred mainly to the enof the NCCB Priestly Life and Ministry Committee, will keynote -I-..anced role of. the laity in the the conference witb talks on Church since the Second Vatican Church Personnel Work: its Con- Council, he explained.

Archbishop Bernardin gave a text and Goals. major speech Sept. 28 that was Other speakers will respond to issues outlined in a recent report based on reports from eight bishof the Priestly Life and Ministry ops' conferences in North America, Australia and Oceania.

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Bicente,nnial at University Jadot, apostolic delegate in th'e United States, as the principal celebrant. Also participating in the Mass will be Archbishop Peter G. Gerety, of Newark, chairman of the board of trustees of Seton Hall.

Father Joseph I. Dirvin, vice president for university relations at St. John's University, Jamaica, N. Y., and author of "Mrs. Seton," a biography of Mother Seton, will deliver the homily.

Later at Seton Hall there will be an address and an academic panel on Mother Seton and her place in early American Catholicism.

'Seton Hall University was founded in 1856 and was named in honor of Mother Seton by her nephe'w, Bishop James Roosevelt Bayley, the first :bishop of New. ark, w,hich then embraced the entire state of New Jersey. The college's original site was in ALUMINUM

Madison, N. J. and the school moved to its present location in South Orange four years later.

Today the school enrolls more than 10,000 students and has a faculty of more than 400.

The Va,tican is still studying the sainthood cause of Mother Seton who was a widow and the mother or five when she founded the American Sisters of Ch~rity in 1809.

New History CLEVELAND (NC) - Father William A. Jurgens has been named research hi.storian of the Cleveland diocese and has begun writing a new history of the diocese. According to Father Jurgens, the new work will consist of five volumes covering the time from the arrival of the first Catholics in the area to the death of Archbishop Joseph Schrembs in 1945.

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.Cardinal Manning to Address Catholic Press Association

THE ANCHORThurs., Oct. 10, 1974

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WASHINGTON (NC)-Seven.ty-seven per cent of thg 16,100 nursing homes in the U. S. keep waiting lists, indicating a significant shortage of nursing home beds according to a government survey.

The National 'Center for Health Statistics of the Department of Health, Education and Welfare said there were about 170,000 people in those waiting lists in 1972, but that the actual . number of those then seeking admission was fewer becouse some people were on lists at more than one home. , In 1972, the latest year for which figures are available, there were 1.098.500 people in nursing homes, according to the survey. Seventy per cent of those In homes were women. reflecting the high survival rate of women. the survey said.

About 70 per cent of those discharged from nursing homes in 1972 were live discharges. the survey said, adding that the highest live discharge percentage (73 per cent) came from homes certified by both Medicaid and Medicare. Live discharges in homes with other types of certification ranged from 62 to 68 per cent. the survey said.

Score Population Growth Alarm' MADRID (NC) - The Spanish Bishops' Commission on Childhood has criticized "artificial and . sometimes self - serving alarm" over population growth.

In a statm~nt on the UN-sponsored World Population Conference, which. met in ~ucharest, Rumania, the commission said it realizes the consequences of "uncontrolled growth of world population."

It also endorsed "responsible parenthood." but insisted that true responsibile parenthood leave to the couple the decision about the number of children it should have.

"Children should never be the product of sexual instinct but the fruit of the couple's ma'ture and responsibile decision," the bishops' commission. said, But the commission said probiems of rapid population growth must find solutions responding to "the demands of social justice, the mora'i law and human dignity."

It pointed out the role of an equitable distribution of we'alth fn those solutions.

HEALTH AND CARE: Teresa Cartenuto, a shut-in, gets a friendly visit from Sister Mary Pierre, 72, a Sister of . Mercy, itt Rochester, N.Y. Although technically retired, Sister Pi~rre has found a new ministry by visiting the sick and eldet:ly. In this year's Respect Life observance, U.S. bishops are' spotlighting the need of health care for all and are sugge:sting visits to shut-ins. NC Photo.

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SAN FRANCISCO (NC)-Cardinal Timothy Manning of Los Angeles will address the banquet of the Western regional convention of the Catholic Press Association here Oct. 31, the first day of the two-day meeting.

Theme of the convention is "Faith Commitment and the 'Catholic Press." It will be keynoted by 'Father Paul E. McKeever. editor of the Long Island Catholic and former president of the Cathqlic Thelogical Society.

Gerard E. Sherry, e::llitormanager of The Monitor, and regional chairman. said that the convention will be the first attempt at a Catholic press regional meet to devote a theme solely to the spiritual role of the Catholic press. Sherry said: "For many years the Catholic press has sought to attain for its members professional competence in the various departments of our newspapers and magazines. However.' we have tended to forget our primary role as Catholoics. This 'immedi'ately implies not only profes,·sional competence, but knowledge and expertise in the ways of the Church."

'Sherry said the convention format will be expel'limental inasmuch as it will !!ttempt to apply "the scriptural. theological"and renewal a~pects to personnel of the Catholic press.

"Great stress," 'Sherry said, "has been laid ,in the past on the necessity for continuing professional education for Catholic editors, while all departments of the Catholic press have been' neglected in the sense of their

role in the spiritual context of the Catholic press funct,ion.

"A very pertinent question that arises in relation to the faith commitment ·:s whether today's business ethics and mores are sufficient for the Catholic press. In our effort to survive in this inflationary period, should we emulate the business world or Catholic. teachings? It ,is a crucial question for the Catholic . press which preaches 'hard savings' in relation to social justice, politically and economically, yet seldom applies .it when dealing with staff, personnel, readers and the world at large.

"The business practices and human relations dealings of the Catholic press have to be set in the purely profit-conscious business world. This c.onvention is an experiment in dealing with the fact that we preach one thing, but dn our dealings with readers and the world of business we practice something else."

Stresses Relevance Of St. Bonaventure ROME (NC) - Pope Paul VI, evoking St. Bonaventure's "message" in a talk before a congress· marking the seventh centenary of the Seraphic Doctor's death. called it "an invitation to man to regain his authenticity and attain his full development."

Said the Pope: "St. Bonaventure'!; message is an invitation to mam to regain his authenticity and to attain his full development.

Hits Affluent Society Arc1hbishop Sheel1l Says Hard Times I Strengthen. Christians

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NEW HYDE PARK (NC) -Christians ')iving in communist countries ar'e spiritually stronger than Chris'tians living in the I West because they must practice asceticism. Archbishop Ful .. ton J, She~n. retired bishop of Rochester. isaid here in New ; York.

The archbishop told the more than 300 tPembers of St. .Jo.seph's (G~rden City) Men's Club attending their annual dinner that Western Christianity is not strong ~ecause it does not undergo Hard times which strengthen lts' members. ','Christ without the cross, is weak, effetriinate, dull ...· Archbishop Sheen stated. "Who picks up Christ wi'thout the cross? Our Western, affluent society. The ascetic prinCiple of Christianity has moved ': to the totalitarian states, and that's why they (persecuted Chri,stians) are strong."

The Church, he maintained, Receives Patriarch crisis every 500 undergoes' ,CASTELGANDOLFO (NC) Pope Paul received Melkite-rite years. and : the contemporary Patriarch Maximos V. Hakirl) of Church is now in the throes' of Antioch' recently. the VatIcan the fourth. : "Thirty or 14'0 y'ears ago it was _announced. Although the Vatican' offered no details. it was widely easy to be a Christian." he said. understood that at least one Then, he added, Christian prinpoint for disoussion was the ciples were lin evidence everyarresL in Israel in August of where.

"You could leave your 'bicycle Archbisr.op Hilarion Capucci, 01} the front lawn," he noted, Melkite:rite Patriarchal Vicar for Jerusalem. ·Archbishop Capucci "and you didn't even have to was charged with smuggling lock your fn:mt door." arms from Lebanon to Arab Today, however, Archibshop guerrillas in Israel-occupied Jor- Sheen said, Uie world is no longdan. . er Christian. i

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"We are witnessing the end of 'Christendom," he said. "not the end of Christianity."

Christendom, he. explained. was the period in which the lifestyle of most Western nations were profoundly influenced by th.e Gospel. But this is' no longer true. he ad~ed.

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THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Thurs. Oct. 10, 1974

The Parish

ORDINATION: Most Rev. Daniel A. Cronin, S.T.D., Bishop of Fall River, imposes hands on Rev. Mr. Kevin J. Harrington of St. Lawrence Parish, New Bedford, ordaining him as Deacon for the Fall River Diocese. Rev. Mr. Harrington has been assisting Rev: Bento R. Fraga, pastor of Holy Ghost Parish, Attleboro. Bishop Cronin is assisted by Rev. John J. Smith (left), Diocesan Director of Vocations and Rev. John R. Foister (right), Associate Director of the Diocesan Department of Social Services.

Pope Links Music With VATICAN CITY (NC) - Tbz unique nature of sacred music as a means of evangelization was praised in a letter sent in Pope Paul's name by his Secretary of State, Cardinal Jean Villot.

The letter, released Sept. 26, was address~ed to Bishop Antonio Mistrorigo of Treviso, president of the Italian Association of Santa Cecilia, an organization dedicated to music.

Cardinal Villot's letter conveyed Pope Paul's pleasure at the association's promotion of the 21 st Italian National Congre::s of Church Music in Vicenza. The keynote of this congress, which coincided with the opening of the Synod of Bishops in Rome, was "Sacred Music in Evangelization." The synod is dealing with evangelization.

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Cardinal Decries Terrorist Bombing MADRID (NC)-Cardinal Vincente Enrique Tarancon of Madrid has branded "cynical and inhuman" the terrorist bombing of a crowded路 Madrid cafe that killed 11 persons and injured 71.

"Such acts are destroying our peaceful coexistence when we need it most," the prelate asserted, asking Catholics. at all Sunday Masses to pray for the victims.

Authorities said the 'bomb could have been planted by terrorists of Basque or Catalinian groups seeking autonomy from the central government.

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Paul's words in 1966 tpat sacred music was "a very worthy instrument of humanity ... as well as of spirituality."

The letter emphasize9: "Hence it cannot be of a kind that conflicts with the divine message, nor be' of a sort or tone which would liken it to some superficial expression of escapism or of amusement, distracting the mind of the faithful from contemplation of celestial truths."

Cardinal Villot further wrote .that evangelization was an absolute and basic need of the Church, and that the liturgy held a position of major importance in the preaching pf the word of God. "Indeed, from earliest times the Church has raised (Gregorian) chant as an integral element of liturgical action and as a means of evangelization."

He added: "Hence, it is the wish of the . Supreme Po'ntiff that public celebrations do not take place without some minimum'of song, and that every church resounds with WEST CALDWELL (NC) - A music, which elevates those presgroup of students at James Cald- ent closer to God, satisfies their and aspirations well High School here are com- innermost strengthens their communion in ing'to school early, looking for . an empty room and holding pray- faith and in love." er sessions before the start of the school day.

But, according to Jane Mazzocchi, 16, one of the students, they would like to get the approval of the' board of educa路 tion "so we don't have to sneak around."

The students who belong to various faiths, have asked the board to set some classrooms aside for student prayer meetings and Bible classes but board members 'are undecided on the matter because of the legal ramifications.

Shirley Coombs, board president, believes the practice may be illegal in view of the U.S. Supreme Court's 1963 school prayer decision. But she said tb~ board would look into it.

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ST. DOMINIC, ST. MARY, SWANSEA FAIRHAVEN Th<l semi-annual parish sponThe Women's Guild will sponsor a rummage sale in the parish sored antique sale and fIea marcenter on Rte. 6, Swansea on ket is :scheduled for 10 A.M. to Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 19 G P.M. Saturday, Oct. 12 and 9 A.M. to 5 P.M. Sunday, Oct. 13 and 20 from 9 A.M. to 4 P.M. The center will be open from on the church grounds on Main 9-5 every day from Monday un- Street. Over 25 exhibitors will be on hand and sale items will intil the opening of the sale in order that parishioners will be clude china, glassware, brass, able to bring their donations as pottery, insulators, old tins and soon as possible in order to start oak furniture.

Refreshments will be availsorting at once.

Karen Banaczek and Alice able and proceeds of the event Castro, co-chairmen have re- will benefit the parish CCD proquested that clean usable cloth- gram. ing and household items will be . ST. LOUIS DE FRANCE, especialy appreciated. The com- SWANSEA The Ladies of St. Anne's Somittee will not be able to handle large articles such as dressers, dality will serve a pot luck supper cit 7 o'clock on Wednesday tables, cribs, TVs etc. night, Oct. 16 in the church hall Refreshments will be availon Buffington St. able during the sale.

Reservations close on Oct. 14 ST. ANN, and may be made by contacting RAYNHAM Mrs. Claudette Armstrong at The annual Fall Country Fair 2-1658 or Mrs. Mary Sawejko at and Penny Sale will be con- 3-0329" It will be followed by an open ducted on Thursday and Fr'iday nights, Oct : 7 and 18 at 7 meeting and the program will o'clock. Saturday will be chil- consist of a reception of new dren's day with doors opening members and the honoring of past presidents. at 1 o'clock in the afternoon.

Among the features will be ST. GEORGE, cake and candy booths, a coun- WESTPORT The Couples Club will sponsor try store, flea market, flowers and plan-ts, handmade articles, "Hee-Haw Dance Night," open to the public at 8 P.M. Saturday, and food baskets.

Refreshments, including din- Oct. 19 dn the school hall. Refreshments will be available and ners will be available.

There will be free door prizes music will be by the Silhouettes.

In charge of arrangements are and a special raffle.

John Smith will be master of Mr. and Mrs. James Steadman, ceremonies on Thursday and Fri- aided by a large committee. day and James Moura will serve ST. EILIZABETH, in the same capacity for chil- FALL RIVER dren's day on Saturday.

The new parish hall on Tucker Mrs. Anna Keough, Mrs. Ei- Street will be the scene of a leen Alden and Mrs. Harriet harvest dance to be sponsored Gray are co-chairmen for the by the Women's Guild at 8 affair.

Saturday n,ight, Oct. 12, with music by the Latinaires, and reST. MARY, freshments featuring Portuguese NEW BEDFORD and American foods. " The Women's Guild will sponMrs. Mary Ferreira is dance sor a路 harvest dance from 8 to chairman, aided by Mrs. Mary midnight Saturday night, Oct. Oliveira. In charge of the 19, with music by the J.B. Quin- kitchen will be Mrs. Alice Cortet. Tickets will be available at reira, guild president. Tickets the door of the school hall on are available at the rectory or Illinois Street or may be reserved from committee members. by calling 995-6686 or 995-0762.

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THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Thurs. Oct. 10, 1974

The Parish Parade

ST. JOSEPH, ATTLEBORO A Mass and reception for Rev. Ernest Bessette, new pastor of St. Joseph's, will ta·ke' place at I ST. LAWRENCE, 6:30 P.M. Sunday, Oct. 20.

NEW BEDFORD Donations of S&H green Hastings is a place name which rings in the mind of A Flea Market will be held in stamps are requested by', the the amateur of English history. It conno~es the battIe of' the Grammar School and yard parish CCD in order to obtain a Hastings, in 1066, at which William of Normandy defeated on Saturday" Oct. 19. Articles series of filmstrips. Donations the English king, Harold, and sealed the fiorman conquest may be brought to the school may be placed in the collection or a phone call to the Rectory basket at Mass or left at the of England. One does not will assure that they are col- rectory. expect Hastings to be uriThese remn1ants do more than lected. Wanted are knick-knacks, Knights of the Altar will meet changed after. nine centuries s.ugg~st. what IBattle A~b~y was . ' like In Its heyday. SurvIving are furniture, jewelry, books, appli- from 7 to 8:30 tonight in the ~ut t~ere, IS th~ hope that " a massive gat~house, portions of ances, etc. school. Msgr. Henry Munroe will something ab~ut, It Will speak the ,abbot's hpuse, a dormitory, Parishioners will man tables speak. of 1066. Nothing does. the monks' c'ommon room the for the. Annual Sale for the The pal'ish will ~ponsor a learned then, with sur- cellars. These: are all of, ;tone, Blind on Tuesday, Oct. 22, from_ bikeathon Saturday, Oct. 26 or pnse and pleasure, that the bat- are handsom~ design and inge10 A.M. to 1:30 P.M. The sale Sunday, Oct. 27 in case of rain.

MARY LANGUIRAND niously engineered, and enable will 'be at the First Baptist Proceeds will benefit the parish one to pictur~ the whole com· Church on William Street. renova.tion fund and registration plex and something, of the life forms are available at the rec, HOLY REDEEMER, of the long, resident and now tory.

Iy CHATHAM long departedl community.

ST. ANTHONY, Renewal will be the theme of NEW BEDFORD Benedi~tine Abbey RT. REV. activities for the coming year Meat pies will be served at for the Association of the Sacred .

'The Benedictines rose with MS~R. Miss Mary A. Languirand, a supper dance to be sponsored William 'I land were scat- daughter of Alfred G. Languirand Hearts, including spiritual re- by the Parish Club in the church JOHN S. tered by Henty VIII not -only at and the late Helen V. (Francis) n~wal an,d renewed participation ba,sement Saturday night, Oct. Battle but iIi other places in Languirand of 212 Central Ave., in -civic activities, according to 19. The meal will be served from KENNEDY England: for example, in New Bedford, a member of St. Dr. Anne Raleigh McCarthy, as- 6:30 to 8 and dancing will follow ' Gloucester in ~he West Country, Kilian's Parish and a, senior at socration president. ,until midnight, to the music of on the bordeI'I of Wales.

Forthcoming events were an- the Townmen. Tickets are availHoly Family High School, New tie of Hastings was misnamed Gloucester Cathedral was not Bedford has been. named a nounced at a reception in the able from Mrs. Nancy Guy; teleand has so remained all this u~til 1540, when the 'Merit Program Commended stu- parish catechetical center. They phone 992-7456, or Mrs. Irene a cathedral while. William and Harold faced each other not at Hastings but new diocese bf Gloucester was dent by the National Merit include a day of recollection in , Jette, 993-6145.

March and a Communion breakat Battle, some distance away. established. At the outset, and Scholarship Corporation.

She is one of 38,000 Com- fast in May. Speakers on current BLESSED SACRAMENT, Battle is so called precisely be- for almost 500 years, it was the will be scheduled FALL RIVER cause the celebrated battle took church 6f a Benedietine abbey. mended students named on the events The Townsend Hill Men's Club throughout the year.'

Although it has been altered and basis of their high performance place there.

A Christmas fair is planned will hold its annual Halloween added to, mu'Ch of the sturdy in the 1973 Preliminary ScholasBattle' Abbey Norman origi~al is extant:' . tic' Aptitude Test/National Merit for Saturday and Sunday, Nov. dance and roast beef supper at Qualifying Test 16 and 11, with Mrs. Frank 7:15 P.M. Saturday, Oct. 26 In What most ~ook our fancy was Scholarship The village's main feature is the parish hall. Costumes are op· Maloney as chairman.

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Battle Abbey, which stands rignt the marvelou~ly designed and tional and prizes will be .commended students are in m,onastic cloister, where the English and the Nor- preserved OUR LADY OF PERPETUAL awarded. Music will be ,by the the upper two per cent of those mans clashed. The abbey or which one enters from the HELP, NEW BEDFORD Johnny Sowa orchestra. what is left of it, 'is on a long, church. Quad~i1ateral, it has a who are expected to graduate , Tickets are available from' A ,pierogi and glombki sale low hill looking toward the sea. fan vaulted ceiling which is like from high school in 1975. Tohey will be conducted from IOta Eddy Brault, chairman or any rank, an fact, just below theBelow it is rolling land, across a woodland in (stone. Its like can 5 today and tomorrow in the committee member. Tickets are which William's invading force be found nowhere else, and one 15,000 semifinalists who were parish hall at 235 Front St. also on hand now for a announced in September by the is reluctant to~ leave off looking confidently made its way.

The sale items will also be Christmas party scheduled for NMSC. at it.

Harold's army was strung out I' Edward C. Smith, president of available for purchase at the 7:30 P.M. Saturday, Dee. 7 also on the brow of the hill, an obin the hall.

Practic~l Aspects NMSC, said: "The high standing rectory on any day thereafter: viously superior position. The But the rare: beauty overhead of Commended students in the English were less numerous and ,...--...,. less well armed than the Nor- and in the p~rspectives should, Merit Program shows their great mans, and the latter'had cavalry, not. so absorb one as to prevent ,pr?mise, ~nd ~heir attainment in while the former did not. Harold examination ofl some of the prac-, thiS nationwide program deserves public recognition. The ordered his men to stand fast, tical aspects of the cloister. ' For example, inset in the outer Commended students s~ould be and as long as. they did so they wall on one siqe are 20 recesses. encour~ged to, continue their repulsed attack after attack.

But the wily William resorted These were individual studies for educatIOn. Both these students Cleaned in your home or business to a ruse. He had some of his the monks, 'each'one fitted with a and our nation will benefit from desk Along the inner waH on their further educational and

by DRY FOAM METHOD troops pretend to flee. Spontaneously. a segment of the English the north side iis the lavatori urn personal development." located at JO~N HARNEY RUG CO. To inc.r~ase their scholarship broke out of line and gave chase. -that is, the ~ashing place. It 308 Purchase St., -New Bedford William's deceivers rounded upon consists of a long, broad stone opportumtles NMSC reports the them, outflanked them, and trough, into Jrhich lead 'tanks Commended students' names to Call 993·3575 the regionally accredited colraced up to positions which the fed water and this after use foolish English had abandoned. . was carri~d ~way th'rough draj~ leges they named as their first' and second choices when they , , . . - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - . - - - .

The Norman victory was there- h o l e s . !

A final word 'about Glo t took the NPSAT/NMSQT in Ocby secured.

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Present Remains from which Dick Whittington., The abbey was founded by according to the story, set out Vatican Security William in thanksgiving. He can· f?r Lon?on: Asl famous as Whit- ferred upon it title to all lands tIngton IS hiS ca~, always pictured (iuards Get Pistols VATICAN OITY (NC)-Vatwithin a radius of' a mile imd' a with him and said to be responThere's a .Iot to ~ike about Fernandes Super Markets ican City's security guards, the half. The stone for the buildings sible for his fortune. His cat was was brought by sea from Caen. in ,fact, not a feline but a boa~: former Pontifica'l Gendarmes, are Se~iced Fish and Deli, Serviced In· store Bake Shops, , William did not live to see' the a type of craft, for transporting once again carrying sidearms on Luncheonettes, Convenient Customer Rest Rooms. Try Ull ••• completion of the abbey church coa.( and, fat I some unknown duty.

Since Sept.

20, 1971, when the in 1094, having died in 1087 after reason, called a' cat. Whittington You'll like us, tool a horse had inconsiderately fal- made his fortune, prosaically, in 150-.man strong corps of Pontif· suppressed' ical Gendarmes was len upon him. ' the coal busine~s.

by Pope Paul VI and replaced by The present remains are of a an 80-man force of security thirteenth century abbey, succesFavors f\mnesty -guards, no guns hav.e been carsor to the rather mean buildings GREEN BAY (NC) The ried by the new security personeked out of William's meager grant of funds. Of the abbey _ Priests' Senate of the Green Bay nel.

The dec,ision to reissue guns church there is nothing, thanks ·diocese' has cal:led for uncondito the brutality of Henry VIII. tional amnesty l for draft resis- was taken early this August after 32 'Stores in Southeastern Massachuseth When he suppressed the religious ters. In a resolution the senate Vatican authorities decided to house in 1538, the church was called for "imrrlediate, universal order a three-day blanket check OPEN DAILY 8 a.m. -,9 p.m. destroyed. But the man to whom and unconditiortal amnesty be- on all visitors to the Vatican he gave the property, Sir An- cause we value ithe nel~d for rec- Palace, St., Peter's Basilica and MONDAY thru SATURDAY thony Browne, preserved much onciliation and the need for the Vatican Museums. No reason was given for this step. healing wounds:" of the rest of the abbey. , Publicity chairmen of parish orcanilations are liked to submit news items for this column to The Anchor, P. O. Box 7, Fall River. 02722. Name of city or town should bl Included. IS well IS full dates of all activities. Plelle send news of future rather than put events.

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The study concluded that in U.S. Catholic seminaries "theology is insufficiently related to practical piety as expressed in the liturgy, and pastoral preparation is insufficiently related to the priestly task of' presiding over and interpreting the liturgy."

The conclusion is stated in a report on ''The Teaching and Celebration of Liturgy in the Catholic Seminary Theologates of the United States." The re~ort, writ· ten by Divine Word Father Thomas Krosnicki, associate director of the U.S. Bishops' Committee on the Liturgy, was based on a survey conducted by the Washington-based Center for Ap· R,lied Research in the Apostolate (CARA) during the 1973-74 aca· demic year.

'Integrative Discipline' The report concluded that liturgy is not given a sufficiently important place in the courses of study of most seminaries.

"Not all seminary faculties under3tand that liturgy is by nature an integrative discipline, affecting many areas of seminary study and practice." the report said. "As long as this lack of understanding remains, it can be expected that seminarians will view the study of the liturgy from an impoverished perspective, and will emerge as cele· brants without an informed un· derstanding of the liturgy. Consequently, as long as these conditions continue, we can expect that the quality of liturgical celebration and catecbesis wiII suf· fer as they already have in the decade since Vatican II." The report criticized the fail· ure of many seminarians to reo late theology courses to the lit· urgy. "The integration of theolo· gy and liturgy," it said, "would help to lead to a more informed priestly piety and ultimately to the transformation of the laity as well."

Bishop Announces Goals for Diocese GREEN BAY (NC) - A Mission Statement proclaiming the goals of the diocese of Green Bay and the duties of its people was issued here by Bishop Aloy, sius Wycislo of Green Bay. The st~tement was arrived at after consultation with Religious and lay people in the diocese's 12 vicariates..

Diocesan goals set forth by the bishop are: "Engender a deeper faith com· mitment to Christ through prayer, worship and education, especially on the adult level; "Increase o~portunities for lay involvement and leadership in the mission of the Church; "Develop a deeper sense of mission in the diocese in regard to the alienated and poor, both . locally and globally; "Achieve a greater degree of unity among all people of the diocese through an improved process of communication and dialogue."

Provincetown Parish to Mark Centennial Continued from Page On£' years later. During his first trip to the small town Father Finotti baptized five children. The first Provincetown marriage, between Patrick Meagher and Mary Nailand, took place November 17, 1852.

From 1852 until 1860 Father Finotti continued to visit Provo incetown three or four times a year. In January of 1854 he pur· chased property known as Snow's Block, now 119 Bedfor~1 St., and used it as a residence and a place to celebrate Mass and conduct catechism classes.

By 1864 Provincetown Catho· lics came under the jurisdiction of the Sandwich parish, the first established on Cape Cod, and in 1868 under tbat of Harwich, MONSIGNOR DUART where Rev. Cornelius O'Connor was then pastor.

New inventions were reflected In the following vear land was purchased for St. Peter's Ceme· in the church as the hot air furtery and in 1870 Father O'Con· nace was replaced by steam heat nor leased a building known· as and the lighting system was Adams Hall at Central and Com- modernized.. The sanctuary was mercial Streets which was large installed in 1914.

Msgr. Silvia Successor enough to accommodate the 500 Catholic families then comprisWhen the Fall River Diocese ing the parish. was created in 1904, the two In October of 1873 Rev. John missions became part of the HarMcGeough became the pastor of wich parish. Previously, Father Harwich and its missions and he Terra in 1895 had purchased an began the actual construction of old skating 'rink; using the lumSt. Peter's Church in the Spring ber to build the Truro chapel. of 1874. Freeman Smith of Har- and in 1900 an abandoned school wich was the contractor and the house became the Wellfleet . total cost of the Church was - chapel. $8,000. The Church was built on Father Terra was forced by ill the site of the First Congrega- health to retire in 1924 but he tional Church of Provincetown. made provisions in his will for On July 4, 1874 Rev. John J. a Calvary to be placed in the Maguire was appointed the first parish cemetery, a commission pastor 'of St. Peter's. The Church which was carried out by his was dedic.ated and tbe parish successor, Msgr. John A. Silva. canonically erected on October During Father Silva's pastor· II. 1874 by Bishop Thomas Hen· ate Provincetown was becoming dricken of Providence, Rhode' more and more popular as a sum'Island. mer resort, with more than 2,000 Early Pastors attending Mass each Sunday.

With only three parishes on And also during his 27 year pasCape Cod, Provincetown now torate five parishioners entered had two missions under it, in religious life: Rev. Thomas EdTruro where Mass was celebrat· wards, T.O.R., now retired and ed at the home of Mrs. Theresa living in Rome, the first AmeriBrown, and in Wellfleet where can to be Secretary·General of three different homes were used. the Third Order Regular FranDurJng this time Rev. John J. ciscans in its 500 year history; Maguire had served the congre· Rev. Leo Ferreira, new pastor gation. and in 1878 Rev. James of St. Pius X Church Weslaco A. Ward succeeded him for a Texas; Sister Anna D~yS, R.S.H.: year. When Fatber Ward became now stationed in Belize, British ill, Rev. Francis Tuite was named Honduras; Sister Mary Isabel Martin, now retired at Mt. pastor at Provincetown.

When Rev. Thomas P. Elliott St. Mary's, Fall River; and Sister was appointed pastor in 1874, Therese d'Avila King. S.S.J., now the Vine Street building which deceased.

In .1948 Msgr. Silva was instru· had been used as a residence for priests since it had become too mental in starting the ceremony small for a church was sold and of the Blessing of the Fleet. The a new rectory built adjacent to bisbops of Fall River have an· the· church where there had once nually blessed the Provincetown . been a Congregational meeting fishing fleet since that time.

On October I, 1951, the prelate house. In 1887, a church bell was installed. became the pastor of St. John the Also in 1887, a census showed Baptist Parish in New Bedford where he remained until his 1,730 CatI-..olics in Provincetown, 80 in Wellfleet and 245 in Truro. death on December 23~ 1970.

Father Terra Father Elliott was transferred in September, 1889 and Rev.·Ber· nard McCahill came to Province· town for four years, during which time he enlarged the church bya substantial addition to the rear of the edifice.

The longest pastorate in the history of St. Peter the Apostle Parish was that of Rev. Manuel C. Terra, who remained there for 31 years, an era of manycbanges wb:ch witness::x:l the first World War and the emergence of Provo incetown as an art colony.

Present Pastor Msgr. Leo J. Duart, who had been a curate at St. Peter's from 1931 to 1933, returned as pastor in 1951 and still serves the nearly 2000 Catholics of Provincetown with the aid of Rev. John A. Perry, curate. In 1953 Msgr. Duart built the parish hall located to the rear of the church and in 1956 the church itself was renovated to give it a colonial atmosphere more adapted to its locale. In 1966 the school was built apd dedicated Oct. 8, 1967.

Msgr. Duart also supervised reno

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Migr'ant Agency Bill Supported

FATHER PERRY ovations to St. Peter'~ Cemetery.

Vocations during his pastorate have included: Rev. Robert Andrews, O.S.A. of Villanova University; Rev. Manuel P. Ferreira, pastor of St. John's, New Bed· ford; Rev. Louis J. Joseph, Air Force Chaplain; Rev. Warren Murphy, T.O.R., St. Francis College; and Brother Mark Aresta, S.C.J. of the Union of South Africa.

Fishermen's Gifts The story of Provincetown would not be complete without mentioning the fishermen who at one time made ·an offering of two dollars at the end of each fishing trip, and although this custom has ceased many of the crews of the fishing vessels still contribute from their profits reg.ularly. The Hghts now used in St. Peter's were the donation of Provincetown fishermen.

St. Peter's, as the only Catho· Iic church in Provincetown. serves 'a unique community, including fishermen, artists, and thol,lsands of visitors from all parts of the world. With its pre· dominantly Catholic permanent population and its eclectic transients, the Cape-tip town com· bines tradition and innovation in the life styles of its inhabitants.

But now, as it has for a hundred years, St. 'Peter's serves all.

WASHINGTON (NC)-Spokes· men for migrant and seasonal farm workers have strongly sup· ported a bill to place federal migrant programs under one agency.

Testifying before the Agricultural Labor Subcommittee of the House Committee on Education and Labor, Raul Uzaguirn;. di· rector of the National Council of La Raza, a Mexican·American advocacy organization, called. the proposed bill a "big step forward, perhaps even a quantum leap, in bringing about coherence in terms of federal programming for migrant and seasonal farm workers and their dependents."

The bill, introduced by Rep. Edward Roybal (D-Cal.) would bring migrant programs now under the Departments of Labor Agriculture, Health, Educatio~ and Welfare and other government agencies into a National Office for Migrant and Seasonal Farmworkers under the Department oJ Health, Education and Welfare.

The new office would have authority to review, amend or mod· ify federal program policies and regulations for a unified farm worker policy.

Uzaguirre said the new program would not involve more ap· propriations, but would make ex· isting programs more effective.

He and' others urged strong national coordination of migrant programs, which they said cannot be adequately dealt with at the local level.

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Denies Writer's Charge Against Social Activists I

Pope John XXIII, that most tolerant 'of men, observed 'in 'his encyclical, "Christianity and Social! Progress" (Mater et Magistra) that "when it comes to redu<;:ing (the Church's social) teachings to action, it sometimes nappens that even sincere ',Catholics have dif~ : fering views. When this lost time add lost opportunities

in the field of education and employment.! He says that such programs are "quite evidently esteem and regard, and to ex- discriminatoty against Cathplore the extent to which they olics" and tqat the failure of the can work in cooperation among Church as an organization to do themselves," .anything ab:out this matter is , "disgraceful. r

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HIGGINS ,I· kept thinking of this statement as I read a column by my friend and fellow-diocesan, Father Andrew Greeley, entitled "Social Activists Fail Catholics," The gist of Father Greeley's characteristically aggres'sive col· umn is that Catholic "social ac. tivists" (a conglomerate term which almost defies anything like an exact definition) have let "us" down, "us'" meaning in this context lower-middle and working-class Catholics. Catholic social activists, according to Father Greeley, "were very much with their people in the labor struggles in the 1930's and 1940'£; but more recently, accepting the nat. tivist stereotype of the Catholic ethnic as an Archie Bunker-bigot, they turned against their own people in their concern for racial justice," Honest Differences The problem Father Greeley has raised is a bit more complex than he has made it out to be.

The problem is that there are honest and legitimate differences of ,opinion as to what Catholic (or other) social activists ought to be doing about specific issues in the field of social reform. I could illustrate with a number of examples, but let me cite just one which Father Greeley brought to the fore in his column.

To corroborate his own conclusion that the social activists have failed the nation's working-class Catholics, he appeals to the impressive authority of Father Theodore Hesburgh, President of Notre Dame and former Chairman of the U. S. Commission on Civil Rights. "Despite repeated warnings from people like Father Theodore Hesburgh," ,he writes, "most of America's leadership elitists and a great part of the so-called Catholic leadership simply hasn't noticed" that working-class Catholics are "angry because they feel that they have been left out of American society .. ," To illustrate why workingclass Catholics are allegedly so angry at Catholic and other social reformers, Father Greeley then cites the example of racial quotas and aff·irmative action programs designed to enable Blacks and members of other minority groups to make up for

Affirmative Action I Father Gr¢eley may well be right about that. The problem is, however, th1at his friend and mine, Fath~r Hesburgh, com· pletely disagtees with him. In an article in th~ Sept. 14 issue of "The Natio~" commemorating the I Oth anniversary of, the 1964 ,Civil Rights Act, Father Hesburgh strongly sup~orts affirmative aCt tion as a temporary measure," Affirmativ~ action, he says, "is essential if we are. to eliminate the effects of discrimination sUfficie~t1y to reverse the development of two societies, one white, one Qlack, separate and, unequall ... Unless we attack the continuing effects of past discrimirtation, we will deny minorities their just share of America's job, status and social benefits weill into the next millenium," Father Gr~eley may well be right about this issue and Father HElsburgh may be wrong. I feel certain, how~ver, that Greeley, as a friend ahd admirer of Hesburgh is not cihout to accuse him of having fkiled, the nation's worki~~-Class: Catholics. I would be wlllmg to bet that even. if he feels corJpelled to disagree with Hesburgh, he will do so ever so gentl~ and will readily ackn.owledge t. ~esburgh's. right to hiS own opmlOn, espeCially in view of the Iktter's vast experiI ence and aCKnowledged competence in the 'field of interracial justice.

I' This being the case, I don't quite understand why Pather Greeley felt C:6nstrained to lash out so strongly against Catholic social activist$ in general when none of them, ito my knowledge, has ever defended quotas and affirmative adtion programs as explicitly and: e.mphatically as Father Hesbur:gh has in his recent Nation ar~icle. The moral of all this is: What's sauce for the goose is sauce! for the gander.

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INSTALLATION OF COUNCIL 330 KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS: Principals at the annual install~tion of officers in the No. Attleboro Council are: Warden Joseph Braga, Deputy Grand Knight Joseph Veilleux, Grand Knight Donald Gendron, District Deputy Norman Bowlin, District Deputy Robert Araujo and Trustee Ronald MoIlins.

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The Knights of Columbus of Charity Chairman, has an- covers to parochial :5chools in the Fall River1!iocese and sur- nounced that the Annual Knights the area. The project was under rounding areas will attend the of Columbus Ball will start at the direction of Raymond Cousiannual Columbus Day Mass at 8 o'clock on the night of Oct. 26 neau, G;K. and Youth Activities 10 o'c1oc.k on Sunday morning, in St. Anne's Auditorium, Forest director Donald J. Gu~;tafsqn.

Oct. 20 in St. Mary's Cathedral, 'St., Fall River.

Councils are requested to forward news Council No. 86 has continued items to frank P. George, 3 Halidon Terrace, Fall River. Parking is available the annual distribution of book Newport, R. I. 02840 in the schoolyard.

Installed as officers of the Thomas P. McDonough Council No. 330 Knights of Columbus" No. Attleboro are: Grand Knight f~r Dona;d Gendron. Deputy Grand ST. pAUL (NC) .A trend toparishes will spend seven full Knight Joseph Veilleux, Chancelward having public school 'stu- school days in the study of Jesus lor Edward Lambert, Warden Joseph Braga, Financial Secre- dents released for entire days of Christ, values, the sacraments, tary John Bevilaqua, Treasurer religious education is developing Scripture and liturgy with the in the archdiocese of St. Paul- help of 27 staff members. SHARE Thomas O'Donnell. ' director Thomas Toohey, chairAlso installed were: Recorder Minneapolis.

Richard Brown, Inside Guard The trend has been given im- man of the religion department 'Ronald Letendre, Outside' Guard petus by an opinion of Minnesota of Benilde-St. Margaret's High Lawrence Nigro, Lecturer Leo Attorney General Warren Span- School. St. Louis Park, said the program has a waiting list for Cloutier, Advocate James Riley,' naus stating that public school both students and parishes wantTrustee John Flanagan and students may be released from ing to join.

Membership Director Albert classes for entire days to attend Sevigny.

The January 1974 opinion that religious instruction instead' of Council No. 330 "';ill celebrate iil the traditional periods or'three provided for SHARE and other . block released' time program's Italian Night with a dinner at hours per week.' stemmed from a 1equest by St. 8 o'clock on Saturday night, Oct. The ruling has spurred the de12 under the chairmanship of velopment of a wide range of Bona.venture parish, Bloomington, for 12 full days of released Paul Calderone, P.G.K. "block" released·time programs time.

The No. Attleboro Council will giving public school students sponsor a Halloween party for time for day-long retreats, comchildren through 10 years of age, , munity service projects and inwhose fathers are members of tensive religious studies. Such Council No. 330~ There will be programs involve more -than fun and frivolity from 2 to 4 3,500 students in about 20 parSunday afternoon" Oct. 27 and ishes. the special feature will be the In some areas, public school awarding of prizes in the cos- students are released on 12 full tume contest for various age days spaced at ·intervals during groups. the school year. The 12 days re). F.D.D.· Edward Cabral, area place the weekly tbree-hour segments.

In the Suburban High School ential priests who are well Religious Education' (SHARE) known to him personally and are program, 560 students from nine truly representative,of the mainstream of the Catholic social action movement-have already informed me that they, too, agree with Levison 100 per cent and are distributing copies of bis article to their respective 339 Gifford Street,O Falmouth, Massachusetts mailing lists. It occurs to me 80 air' conditipned rooms with T.V. - On Jones Pond - Indoor swimming that, even by Father Greeley's pool - Dining room and cocktail lounge - Meeting rooms - Golf course rigid standards, two men who and pro shop. are that concerned' about the problems of working-class AmerIdeal for Families and Excellent Convention Facilities icans can't be all bad-and cerOff season package plan (midweek escape or weekend caper). Av.~ilable tainlyare not as bad as Greeley from mid September until mid June - Open year round.. makes them out to be.

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KNOW YOUR FAITH God-like Parents or Parent-like God? Parents have had a rough time with sin and confess,ion these past few years. Not only have we experienced the personal pain of abandoning the habit of confession without filling the need for it but also we see a whole generation of kids growing up without any experience of divine forgiveness. More heart rending, we see our children searching for that something we found, lin confessing a generation ago.

By DOLORES CURRAN

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Why don't we just go back to the old habit of confession then?

Because it isn't enough anymore.

If it were, our adult Catholics who grew up with the "endless acts of contrition," as Father Burghardt puts it, would still be satisfied making them. Thousands of Catholics who once found great solace in weekly confession no longer go. They

sense the superficiality of it in a world that no longer permi.ts superficiality.

They can force their children to confession until they leave home but today's parents soon recognize the futility of that.

Rare is the home that hasn't echoed the youthful refrain, "Why do I have to go? I don't get anything out of it. It's just an arch~ic formula. O-kaaay, I'll go, but it's only to please you."

Home Offers Opportunity ,So what do parents do who see the need for a constantly maturing relationship between God and child? We have an ideal opportunity in the home to point up and live out the analogy between parent-child and Godperson. We experience constant pain of division and 'joy of reconciliation in the human family.

Almost daily some incident occurs in which there is a rupture (sin) in the home. Generally it comes from breaking a parental rule (commandment) and sometimes it's willful, sometimes not.

Parents can react in several ways: A demand for apology (forced sorrow) or reparation (penance); severe punishment (ven'geful God); a withdrawal of Turn to Page Fourteen

Reconciliation Between God and Man Last week I tried to define sin, show haw sin ruptures man from God. This week, let me suggest how man and God are reconciled.

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

Sin is profoundly a matter of man and God; and at its worst. sin ruptures man from God. I admit, it is the rare sin that assaults God directly; few humans curse God with utmost seriousness. Most sins are leveled at the image of God: another human person. And still, each sin touches the divine: the covenant, the link, that relates earth to heaven.

Rupture between man and God calls for reconciliation between man and God. And because the rupture 'that is mortal sin, sin unto death, is rebellion, hostility, alienation, destruction of a covenant, it will not do to simply say "0 my God, I am heartily sorry for having offended thee."

Reconciliation calls for conversion. For only conversion reverses the radical rupture that bride. But God, too, has' often , sin creates. Like sin, conversion entered into a covenant of love means that my whole person and fidelity with man. In the changes: I have a new stance Old Covenant Israel was God's towards God, a new way of lookchosen people, in the New Cove- ing and living; I change the nant the Church is Christ's cho- whole thrust of my life. No single sen bride. Earlier than both cov- cry of sorrow, no one 'act of love, enants is God's covenant of will do this. I must change. I friendship with the first human must give God a total yes that is expressive of me. couple.

God Offers' Friendship' and Love The first sin was a shattering experience. It shattered man's relationship with God, with himself, with his fellowman, with the world of nature.

The psychologist, the sociologist and the ecologist are concerned with what is wrong with man and his world. The theolagist or theologian is more concerned with what is wrong with man and his world.

By REV. PAUL F. PALMER, S.J.

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The Counc.iJ of Trent went to the heart of the matter when it taught him that the first man by the sin of disobedience lost or forfeited his friendship with God. Let us examine what was lost.

Love of friendship, unlike charity, is highly selective. We exeroise charity towards all, including our enemies. We wish them well, but we don't love them with the love that we have for a friend, who is our companion, our confidant, the one in whom we take delight. We choose our friends as they choose us.

Friendship is covenant love, a lifelong engagement, a basic commitment made to a person or persons of our choice. It underlies the relaNonship between husband and wife. She is his chosen

First Friends From the whole of visible creation God selected two to be His friends. These He made to His own image and likeness, male and female He made them, giving them alone the god-like quality of freedom to respond to His love. God did not only choose man to be His friend. His delight, as the Psalmist tells us, 路is to be with the children of men.

Something of the delightful relationship of God and man is suggested by the author of Genesis. The garden is not only a trysting place for Adam and Eve, but a place where man and his wife were on familiar and easy speaking terms with Yahweh whose very name will become unspeakable to the Israelites.

Before the covenant of friendship was violated, the first human couple awaited expectantly the "sound of the Lord God walking in the cool of the day."

After the breach in love, the break in friendship, "the m'an and his wife hid .themselves from the presence of the Lord God among the trees of the garden" (Gen. 3:8). And man, estranged from God, bas followed the example of his first parents.

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RECONCILIATION THROUGH CHRIST: All this is from God, who through Christ reconciled us to Himself . .. For our sake He made Him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God. Jesus' death on the cross for the sake of man is depicted in this single wood bloc carving by African artist Jean Matudadidi. NC Photo.

Reconciliation The problem is, I cannot change myself. There is a paradox here: I can turn from God all by myself; I cannot turn to Him all by myself. St. Paul said it pointedly to the Christians of Corinth.

"All this is from God, who through Christ reconciled us to Himself . . .; that is, God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself . . . . For our sake He made Him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God" (2 Cor. 5:18-21).

In Him. . . . "Reconciliation, conversion, comes through Christ.

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new oneness, a root unity, be- who offers you time and again tween God and man was born. a new covenant with God and For the flesh that God took is makes 'it possible for you to respond with a total yes. our flesh: In some genuine sense, Conversion it is my flesh, your flesh, the Conversion ... to Christ ... flesh of every human person born Turn to Page Fourteen into this world. The Son of God became what we are, that we might become what He is. In Bethlehem forgiveness was born, a new covenant. Reconciliation climaxed on Calvary, where "the sin of the world," the tyrannizingpower that has torn man from 245 MAIN STREET God since the beginning, was FALMOUTH - 548-1918 levelled in the blood of Christ.

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THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Tlhurs. Oct. 10, 1974

God Offers Fri'endship and Love Continued from Page Thirteen CovenaQt of Fidelity The tragedy is not that fallen man has lost friendship with God, but that he has forgotten or never known that he is capable of such friendship. Estranged from God he has fashioned strange notions of God. He has changed a God of love into a caricature of indignation and wrath. Man will fear God, but God cannot command his love. But God wants to be loved, or, better, God wants to communicate His love and His life to man.

Reconciliation Continued from Page Thirteen through, Christ. I am not suggestil'1g that at this moment you are turned totally from God and His Christ, alienated from God, in rebellion against Him, that you ,have not experienced conversion, that you are in, a state of sin. Quite the contrary. My experience of Christians is very much my experience of myself: turned radically to Christ in mind and will, but dreadfully weak in living the logic of that conversion.

You cannot call me sinner, because my face is set towards Christ. But you can call me sinful, because so many of the actions that should express who I am, a committed lover of Christ, give the lie to that person.

So much of my life is superficial. I mean. so many of my human acts are not fU'lly human" do not commit me as a total person.' They are neither sin in the radical sense nor conversion.

They ,do not enslave me to Satan, they do not commit me to Chr,ist. The danger in such semiChristian living was strongly stated in the last book of the Bible: "I know your works: you are neither cold nor hot. Would that you were cold or hot! So, because you are lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will vom· .it you out of my mouth;' (Ap 3:15-16).

Reconciliation: Conversion I \ have asked you to take a fresh look at the rupture that is sin, a fresh look at the reconciliation that, is conversion. I have insisted that both nature and reconciliation involve a relationship of man with God. I have suggested that to grasp the relationship, you look less at your individual sins, more at the sort of person these sins express: look less at your 'endless acts of contrition, more at the kind of person such remorse images.

I have argued that mortal sin, sin unto death, total alienation from God, is· rare among earth's men and women; but I h,ave hinted at the peril that overhangs those whose face indeed is Godward but whose hands and hearts are earth-bound.

I conclude these reflections with St. Paul's message to the' Colossians: "And you, who once were, estranged and hostile in mind, doing evil deeds, He has now reconciled in His body of flesh by His death, in order to present you holy and blameless and'irreproacltable before Him, provided that you continue in the faith. stable and steadfast, not shifting from the hope of the gospel which you heard . . ."

(Col 1:21-23).

Speaking through the Proph· ets, God has revealed Himself under a number of titles, as Maker, Lord, Redeemer, as Father and even as IYIother. and the people of God have responded with reverence arid love, tinged by awe and w<?nderment. In, the later prophet~" God has revealed Himself as H~sband to Israel, His chosen bride; the people of His choice, His people by a covenant and fidelity. "For your Maker is your Husband, the Lord of Hosts is His name, and the Holy One is your Redeemer" (Is. 54:5), Unquestionkbly, a wife is meant to be a friend" the beloved, the confidant lof her husband, but it is not until "these last days that God hks spoken to us through a Sor" (Heb. 1:2). And it is through the Son of God enfleshed thalt we learn of our , friendship with God which was lost in Ada~ and restored in Christ, the se~ond Adam.

, ALBANY (NC) - The New York State Board of Regents has been asked to provide physical education teachers and equipment for use in Catholic schools.

Father Daniel Brent, president of the New York State Council of Catholic School Superintendents, made th~ suggestion while testifying recently before the regents, the highest state policymaking body in education.

The state, he suggested, should "provide physical education personnel and materials for all children in grades kin.dergarten through 12 regardles:; ,of the school they attend."

Noting that he w'as speaking on behalf of the needs of over 500,000 children in Catholic elementary and secondary schools, Father Brent said the new program would be a natural followup to th-e shared-time proposal which had the enthusiastic support of the regents and was enacted by the 1974 legislature.

Among the reason:; Father Brent listed for approving state physical education aid to Catholic schools were:

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Friends of God, confidants of God, let in, ~s it "were, on the hidden designs of God, with privileged k!'lowledge reserved to intimates, Is it any wonder that the Psalmist can 'exclaim: "What is ~an that you !should be mindful of him?":

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But mindful! of man God has always been, I"time and again making a covenant with man," a covenant ofl love and friend· ship, a coven~nt sealed at last in the blood lof His Son, who "while we. were enemies, were reconciled by Ithe death of His Son" (Rom. 5:10). It is' this reconciliation, thi~ restored friendship between man and his God that we celebrkte and preach to the world in this Holy Year of I

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Religious IEducation 1M Directors eet SPOKANE (¥C) - The board of directors of the National Conference of Diorlesan directors of Religious Educ~tion met at Immaculate Heart Retreat House here to consider funding for nationa I research! projects on reli· ~ gious educatio~.

"One of the[ major items of busine~s was to try to amplify one of the putposes of the organization. naniely to encourage a~d collaborate Iwith research in religious education," said Father Pearson. directbr of Spokane's office of religidus education.

He said the ~ationaI organization has been encouraging such study and_ wil) participate in funding the research.

One proposkl the executive unit planned tq consider while meeting in Spokane, he said, is development ofl an "evaluation instrament" that could be used to measure effe¢tiveness of reli-' gious education I programs.

"A concern over research fol· t Iowe d th e grea tl d ea I 0 f mteres shows to this particular project 'at the national !meeting held in April (1974) in Atlanta," Father Pearson said. :

MINIATURE CHURCH: The home is just a miniature Church that sustains us until we arE; able to step out in the world with our own secure relationship with God. And we are just the sustaining authority, behaving as much like God to our children as we hope he will behave toward us. Her father's arms give secuJity and comfort to a tired balloonist at a folk festival in Rochester, N.Y. NC Photo.

God-like Parents or Parent- IikeGod' .

Continued fr?m Page Thirteen affection (abandonment by God); an expression of disappointment over the child's willingness to strain the relationship (appeal to conscience.)

In turn the child can react in many ways: protesting innocence, blaming another, questioning the rule or the authority behind it, pouting, shouting and/or withdrawal, complete door-slamming.

Home-Miniature Church Why do parents find it so difficult to recognize ,in this our own behavior toward God? We protest our innocence, claim ignorance, question His rules, and withdraw from Him. By behaving childishly we refuse to become the mature parents our chi!dren need to lead them to God. Using family ruptures after the emotion has cooled to ilIustrate to our children the pain of cutting ourselves off from the source of love in the family and God will give them a far more valuable view of confession than having them memorize the com, mandments at seven.

Admitting our own pain aloud is a first step, as difficult as this i~ for parents. Hear,ing one par,ent say to another after a quarrei, "I am sorry, honey. I felt awful after I slammed out of the room," can better explain the need for reconciliation to our children than a whole chapter of the catechism.

Later-and this is important-we can use such incidents to

point out that the home is just a miniature Church that sustains us until we are able to step out in .the world wJth our own secure relationship with God. And, we are just the sustaining authority, behaving as' much like God to our children as we hope He will b~have toward us.

-No funds would be sought for Catholic school programs because the teachers would be '~dis­ trict" teachers under supervision and control of the public school districts and the equipment would be given to the teachers and not to the schools.

-There would ,be no entangle· ment with religious instruction or worship since physkal exercise is non-denominational and fulfills the requirements of being "neutral, nonideolgical, and secular" as required by present law.

-The regents have already ,indicated they are concerned about the physical education program in nonpublic schools through their new regulations which note that an approved physical education program must be provided in public schools in order for them to meet accrediting regulations.

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THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Thurs. Oct. 10, 1974

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SCHOOLBOY SPORTS IN THE DIOCESE

By PETER J. BARTEK Norton High Coach

N.B. Artisans In Conference Falmouth High and New Bedford Vocational stand alone among the 22 members of' the Southeastern Massachusetts Football Conference. At this stage of the campaign, entering the fourth week of competition, the Clippers and Artisans are the only unbeaten and untied clubs in the who scored twice, coupled with the pinpoint passing of quartermulti-team circuit. Defend- back Dave Pilla highlighted the ing Division I champion, victory. But, it has been FalDartmouth, and Division II title contender, Case High of Swansea are both undefeated but have been tied once.

No team has clearly established itself as a runaway favorite in any of the three 'divisional races; but Falmouth, at this juncture, looks impressive. Coach Jack George's charges have handled non-league foe Canton and loop rivals Taunton and Durfee High of Fall River with relative ease. On Saturday last the Clippers dominated Durfee on the way to a 28路6 win.

The running of Mark Chicoine,

mouth's stiflgy defense that sets the stage for victory. The Clippers will host Somerset in Falmouth Saturday in what should' be, on paper, an easy one for the loopleaders.

Falmouth will not collide with the divisional powers until the end of the month when it meets New Bedford and Dartmouth on consecutive weekends.

New Bedford defeated Barnstable 18-2 Saturday 'last while Dartmouth beat Somerset 26-0.

The Crimson and White will play at Leominster Saturday in a nonleague contest and Dartmouth is at Taunton. '

Norton Looks to Key Division III Game Coach Frank Almeida's Taunton Tigers surprised many observers last Saturday with an easy 35-6 triumph over previously unbeaten Attleboro. Quick backs and a determined defense stole the show as Taunton propelled itself into the title race.

Dartmouth must win Saturday if it is to stay within striking distance of Falmouth.

Durfee is at Attleboro in the remaining conference game slated for this Saturday while Barnstable plays Dennis路Yarmouth in a non-loop affair.

The high flying Artisans from New Bedford will entertain Norton in Saturday's key Division III contest. Coach Jeff Riley has his Whaling City eleven off to their best start ever. In three games to date, including last weekend's 20-0 win over Nashoba Valley, Voke has scored 98 points while yielding nothing.

On the other hand, Norton enters the fray with a 1-3 overall record. The Lancers lost to a strong Sharon club a week ago 29-19. Records. however, can be

BLESSING OF ANIMALS: Rev:. Frank Gillespie, SS.CC. of St. Francis Xavier Parish, Acushnet officiates at the first Annual Blessing of Animals sponsored by the Liturgical Committee of the parish.

Holy Name Society Still Vital Today CLEVELAND (NC)-The Holy Name Socie,ty is as vital to the Church today as when it was founded 700 years ago, Cardinal John Krol of Philadelphia told members of the society here..

deceiving. The Lancers have played stronger opponents and Addressing the two-day conrecognize the importance of this vention of the National Associadivisional game. Voke, likewise, tion of the Holy Name Society, will be out to prove its non- Cardinal Krol said that the Secleague victories are not to be ond Vatican Council had not, taken lightly.

- "swept away" the Holy Name In the two third division games Society. Some persons, the cardiplayed last Saturday Old Roch- nal said, "assumed that the ester of Mattapoisett rolled over council swept away everything Diman Regional of Fall River that was, and that they were free 56-0 and Dennis-Yarmouth and or bound to introduce new Dighton-Rehoboth battled to a ideas, new structures, in some scoreless tie. cases even new doctrine."

With the exception of VocaThe council Fathers, he pointed tional, none of the Division III schools have gotten off to a very out, "could not possibly abrogate good start. Now as they begin or change God's commandments, to meet each other in league including the one whkh forbids play, they will be battling for the taking. of God's name in the small school bracket title and vain." a winning season.

The merit of the society, CarDighton-Rehoboth, touted as dinal Krol said, "is recorded in the team to beat in pre-season a 700-year-rong span of activity polls, has not been able to score and growth." That record, he in its first three games. The Fal- continued, is "outstanding by cons will try to break out Sat- any standards ... because t' , -0urday before the hometown ciety's program is a positive one. crowd when they meet Old Roch- It seeks to develop a knowledge ester. Diman is not scheduled for and reverence for Jesus ... the this week. program calls for reparationatonement as well as a cOJlcerted

Eight Clubs Battle for Division II Honors The eight team Division II championship chase is Iikelv to go right down to the wire. Close games have been common thus far, and it appears that any club in the bracket is capable of win路 ning on a given Saturday.

Seekonk, for example, is 0-2 in the league. But, the last place Warriors have lost 13-0 and 8-6 in their two outings.' Victory would have been theirs Saturday except for a last minute touchdown and extra point conversion

by Case.

many of the experts were beginning to write off the Vikings' chances of winning another league crown. But, in the last two weeks the Vikes have come on strong. Saturday's 22-8 win over Fairhaven has people won路 dering if Wareham is now the team to beat.

Then again, Msgr. Coyle-Cassidy High of Taunton was not impressive in its first two games: Last Friday the Warriors upset Bishop Stang of Dartmouth 19-0.

Stang beat Durfee earlier in the season.

Wareham lost the, opening Bourne is the defending divigame of the campaign to Middle- , bora in a non-loop game and sional champion and thought by .<

some to be a contender this Fall.

Bishop Feehan High of Attleboro toppled the Canalmen a week ago '19-0.

Division II appears to be extremely well balanced. There is not a weak club among the eight.

And, there does not seem to be one that can dominate. Time will tell. But, there will be plenty of action before the issue is finally settled.'

In this Saturday's Conference contests Fairhaven is at Bourne, Seekonk at Bishop Stang, Feehan at Wareham and Coyle at Case.

effort at personal sanctification."

Cardinal Krol, president of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops, proposed that Holy Name Society members adopt three direct ways that lead to spiritual and moral renewal.

-Real religious, doctrinal and sacramental contact with Christ; --Have a passion for truth; -Have an understanding of the Church today and of its universal conception of human destInies."

Entombment In Community Mausoleums Continued from Page Sixteen far away as Quebec City. All have been impressed by the durability of the construction as well as the majestic simplicity of the edifice.

Even more so perhaps have they been struck by the great practicality of the project and the economy involved in land conservation and the lowering of burial cost in labor and equipment when services are held in the committal rite chapels rather than at graveside. Among other items, the use of planking, lowering devices, grass imitation at the grave and the placing of numerous sheets of plywood to protect mourners from the mud during heavy rains, are all eliminated. In winter months, snow renioval is reduced to the area of the burial site proper; workmen opening a grave, mowing the grass or performing other tasks in the vicinity of ~ burial site, do not have to stop and remove their equipment from the area ~nd waste a half hour or more a's is the. case when committal rites are held at the grave. Notre Dame Cemetery officials estimate that by eliminating ,the above, the work force required to perform the 700 burials performed annually and still maintain the cenietery in a dignified state can ~e redUced by two workmen at a considerable saving, which in turn will go a long way in keeping burial and . other cemetery fees down.

The Notre Dame Chapel Mausoleum has been designed and is being built by the Acme Marble and Granite Company of New Orleans, which has been constructing mausoleums in every part of the country for the past 60 years.

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ENTOMBMENT IN COMMUNITY MAUSOLEUMS & COMMITTAL RITE CHAPELS BECOMING MORE & MORE POPULAR IN NEW ENGLAND Experience of Notre Dame Cemetery, Fall River, Massachusetts Five years ago, Notre Dame Cemetery, aipting .. primarily at lowering the cost of performing an average of 700 burials annually and th~(eby keeping cemetery fees. down, launched the Iconstruction of a mausoleum combined with three committal rite chapels. The first of these ch~pels with 572 crypts in its walls was· complet~d in early November, 1972. All of the crypt sp~ces, chosen from artist colored renderings, had-been reserved before their completion. The follOWing year, the second chapef cOl1taining 514 ~ore crypt spaces was erected. In this case, three fourths of the spaces had been reserved b~fore their completion. And, as of September 1, 1:974, 300 spaces have already been selected in l the central area of the mausoleum complex,· the . construction of which is due to begin shortly.

The following cemeteries, to mention the known ones,have had or are having the same experience: St. Peter in Lewiston, Me., Mt. CalvarY in Manchester, N.H.; in Massachusetts, Mt. :Auburn, Somerville, St. Michael, Boston, Notre Dame, Worcester and St. Francis in Pawtu¢ket, RL . . i I

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According to the Notre Dame Cemetery h~ad counselor, Mrs. Barbara Guay, reasons seem to I vary a great deal. Several people, men ~nd women, frankly admit their fear of going into the ground. Others readily· realize that e~rth burial, even in the most prominent section: of the best maintained cemetery and surinou~ted with the most elaborate and expensive mohu-· ment, or 'even a very costly family mausole~m, these cannot even begin to compare with the uplifting atmosphere and setting and the majestic serenity of a modern community mausoleum.

Indeed, in most such edifices the cryp~s are bVilt of ·poured steel reinforced concrete capable. of withstanding earthquakes and are individu~lly drained and vented. In the Notre Dame Mausoleum, those crypts opening on the inside of the chapels are faced with polished Perlato Italian marble; the imposing deluxe companion crybts have an eight foot long front of veined Laredo Chiaro marble, permitting the use of three i*h bronze letters to memorialize the family na~e, During the last six months, the demand for these prestigious companion spaces, even by famili~s, who at first would have no part of the mausoleum idea, has increased to such an extent ttiat cemetery officials decided to build 28 more I,of them in the central chapel. The outside crypts are faced with Spanish rose granite unaffected by cl:matic conditions. The facade of each chapel'is finished with a rich blend of Coldspring; Mirtn. granite. Two white Carrara marble statues flaRk each entrance. B~autiful Lydial1 Bronze letterirtg

by Matthew Bronze is used throughout to memorialize the entombed departed. Exterior ligHting has been added to discourage vandalism arid make possible evening committal rites followiI~g an evening funeral Mass in the Parish church, I

thereby permitting a much greater number of relatives and friends to attend both services in lieu of the last wake on working days.

People want to be remembered Perhaps the overriding consideration inducing families to select above ground burial results from their realization that entombment in a community mausoleum is the most effective way to assure their remembrance after death. All Final Committal Rites being held in the mausoleum chapels, mourners attending the burial' services cannot help but read, notice, remember familiar names and pray a short silent prayer for their eternal repose. Then too, deceased loved ones can be visited and prayed for in comfort in any weather. Most importantly, at least in the case of the Notre Dame Mausoleum, since last Nov~mber, monthly Memorial Masses have been celebrated and will continue to be offered on a permanent basis primarily for the eternal repose of all the departed entombed in the mausoleum. And, as the cemetery Director remarked, "people with any faith at· all readily recognize this to be the most effective and beneficial form of remembrance of them after their departure from this life." This has been confirmed by the large attendance at these Masses from· the beginning. Finally, an increasing number of generous families, although most of them already own ground burial space, realize that by choosing space in the ·masoleum, they are not oniy providing for themselves a firial resting place in a truly. imposing and inspiring setting, but they· are making possible .the addition in their cemetery of a majestic shrine which gives "it a truly· spiritual and religious character and . .keeps on proclaiming to mourners and visitors the great truths of life, death and hope of eternal bliss.

Mausoleum. Entombment cost· versus that of groun~ burial

cials and counselors also note that by re~serving mausoleum space in advance of need, purchasers are freezing the total cost of their burial as of the time of the purchase; whereas purchasing of ground space involves a lot of extras which at the time of death have to be met at a price which in the intervening years could have increased as much as 50% of even doubled. One final reason for the successful advance sale of crypts is that pre-construction prices in Fall River are~ on an average 10% below the completion price.

Chapel Committal Ri'tes bring s4)lace to the bereaved Since last November, all final rites for. the departed to be entombed or buried are held in the mausoleum chapels. This procedure, long in existence in .other parts of the country, has received complete acceptance in Fall River and has elicited high praise from all concerned. Among the many comments heard and repeated in one form or another, after every service, the following are a clear indication of the very favorable reactions of all involved. The officiating priests, after conducting the.ir first service were unanimous in their approval of this new procedure at Notre Dame. In one way or another, they expressed the opinion that the revised committal rites as conducted in the beautiful surroundings and atm·osphere of the chapels become an extension of the funeral Mass in the parish church and because they are easily heard and actively participated in by the mourners, they are certainly more effective and consoling to the. bereaved. "The relligious atmosphere of the chapels .away from the bleakness of an open grave; and mourners being protected from the elements on cold or stormy days, goes a long way in softening the shock of having lost a loved one," commented one funeral director.

Another had this to say: "This is the proper way of giving a final tribute to the departed; this is just great."

Mourn~rs, on the other hand, from the beginning, have voiced and continue to' voice how p]eased and comforted they were by the manner in which their departed loved ones were sent to their earthly resting place. Most surprisingly, even th~s observation was heard one day: "Ten years ago, my father caught his death when in January we attended the graveside prayers for my dear inoth~ er; I am sure others have suffered the same fate; to me, this is the Christian, the loving and the merciful way to bid farewell to our loved ones."

An antiquated Massachusetts statute requires that 30% of the sale price of crypts be put into a permanent maintenance and improvement fund. Experts in this field are agreed that with the type of construction and materials used in mausoleums nowadays, the interest 'of 10% of the sale price would be more than adequate to provide the necessary funds to properly maintain and improve the mausoleum over the years. The additional 20% required naturally increases the crypt cost by that much more. And yet, despite .

Cemetery Officials from near and far this additional increase, crypt prices compare are investigating the Chapel ~ausoleum .favorably with ground burial costs, when all items involved in the latter case ·are added up. approQch to burial of the ·dead These include burial space and permanent care From the beginning of the construction of the of the grave, burial fees, concrete outer containNotre Dame Mausoleum, hardly a week has gone er, memorial stone and its foundation. And if an without some cemetery official writing in reby elaborate tombstone is selected and a sealed or visiting the construction questing jnformation vault is substituted for the ordinary concrete site.

These inquirers have come from Worcester, container, the total cost is often higher than the Boston, Somerville, Arlington, Lynn,' Peabody, lower priced masoleum units. And, of course, in and New Bedford, in Massachusetts, :from Lowell .most mausoleum projects, such as that of Notre Providence, R.I., from Utica, N.Y.; and even as Dame in Fall River, purchasers can have up to 48 months to pay for their selection. Cemetery oftiTum to Page Fifteen

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