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Missions Our Work; Hope of Millions Mission activity in the Church is both the normal exercise of the Sacrament of Confi'rmation and the specialized contribution of dedicated priests. Religious and laity. The Vatican Congregation for the Evangelization of. Peoples

was established 350 years ago to help direct the specialized efforts and the Society of the Propagation of the Faith, 150 years old, seeks both to muster the missionary efforts of "at home Catholics" and support the fore'ign missionaries.

Respect Life Has Diocesa.n Head

In a response to the burgeoning anti-life forces, His Excellency, the Most Reverend Daniel A. Cronin, Bishop of Fall River, has announced an on-going Diocesan program to reflect the concerns manifested in the r'ecent observance of Respect Life Week. Bishop Cronin has appointed the Rev. Joseph Oliveira, Pastor of St. Michael's Parish Fall River. as Coordinator of the program. Father Oliveira will work in close collaboration with Rev. Msgr. Anthony M. Gomes, Director of the Diocesan Family Life Bureau, with members, of the Social Concerns Committee of the Diocesan Priests' Senate, and with representatives in the separate Vicariates.

-It is anticipated that measures being undertaken by Rev. Msgr. John E. Boyd, of the Fall River Catholic Welfare Bureau, to provide specific alternate options favoring life. for young women expectant out of wedlock will be coordinated in the new thrust of the Diocesan program. The American Bishops expressed the -desire to have the impact of Respect Life Week underscored in diocesan programs throughout the year in establishing the observance. _ Prayer, study and educational programs reflecting th'e concern<; manifested in the Respect Life Week Program will continue. The sanctity and inviolability of Tum to Page Three

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TRUST IN YOU: 51,107 mission semmarians trust in your generosity this weekend. The problem in mission lands is not lack of vocations, but a lack .of finances to meet the increasing need of seminary applications.

. of Women Religious and Sister .-' Using Psalm 27 as a text, Rev.. Theresa Morin, S.C:I.M., Execu- Armando A. Annunziato, pastor tive Director, Advisory Council of St. Francis of Assisi Church, of Religious, Diocese of Portland New 'Bedford, homilist at the will also be present as observers Mass of Christian Burial for Rev. Msgr. Edward B. Booth, retired Tum to Page Five pastor of St. Mary's Parish, No. Attleboro extolled the love that

Priests' Senate Sets Committees In 'New Thrust'

The new thrust of the Fall River Senate of Priests was clearly underway at the meeting held on Oct. 13 at the Catholic Memorial Home in Fall River. Having received - instructions in the course of the previous month from President Rev. George W. Coleman, all committees of the Senate submitted initial reports for the information of the Senate. The Priestly Renewal Committee, headed by Rev. Donald J. Bowen and the Very Rev. Henry T. Monroe reported that a process of polling the priests of the Diocese to determine their needs in the area of continuing education will be initiated. Through this process, it is hoped that concrete recommendations can be formulated conTurn to Page Five

Mission Mass

New England Priests Meet Love of Mass Characterized In Sixth Annual NECOPS The Sixth Annual New En- who is the Regional RepresentaRev. Msgr. Edward B. Booth gland Conference of Priests Sen- tive of the National Association ates made up of the Boston and Hartford Provinces will take place Oct. 22-23-24 at St. Paul's Rereat Center, Augusta, Me. Voting delegates will be attending from the Archdioceses of Boston and Hartford and the dioceses of Bridgeport, Burlington, Fall River, Manchester, NorProviden::e, wich, Portland, Springfield and' Worcester. Voting delegates from the Fall River Priests' Senate will be Rev. George W.' Coleman, president of Senate; Rev. Thomas C. Lopes, treasurer of the Senate; Rev. Edward C. Duffy, Rev. Joseph L. Powers and Rev. Robert Brennan, CSC. Known as NECOPS--the New England organization is one of several regional organizations of Priests Senates in the United States. The Rev. John F. Morrissey, Presiden.t of NECOPS and Chairman for the Conference expects the full complement of 55 voting delegates from the 11 dioceses. Archbishop Humberto S. Medeiros of Boston and several other Bishops have indicated their plans to be present. According to Father Morrissey, there will be other priests present as observers. Sister Madona Moran. R.S.M., Mt. St. Mary College, Hookset, N. H.

Supporting every missionary effort, Most Rev. Daniel A. Cronin, Bishop of Fall River, urged an enthusiastic celebration of Mission Sunday, Oct. 22, throughout the diocese. The letter follows: Dearly beloved in Christ, Two significant anniversaries are observed this year with par· ticular importance for the missionary effort of our Church. Three hundred and fifty years ago, the Holy See established a special Sacred Congregation for the missionary spread of the Faith, an office for assisting the Holy Father now called the Sacred Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples. It is also one hundred and fifty years since Pauline Jaricot founded the Society for the Propagation of the -Faith.

MSGR. BOOTH

Most Rev. Daniel A. Cronin, S.T.D., Bishop of Fall River, will celebrate Mass at the Cathedral at 10 o'clock Sunday morning, Oct. 22, to pray for the success of the Church's missions and· the help desperately requested of all on this Mission Sunday. The Mass also will commemorate the 350th Anniversary of the Sacred Congregation for theEvang~llzation of Peoples and the 150th Annlver· of the Society for the Propagation of the Faith.

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the late prelate had for the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass. At a concelebrated Mass offered in St. Mary's Cathedral, Fall River on Wednesday morning at 10 o'clock by Most Rev. James J. Gerrard, Auxiliary BishNEW YORK (NC)-The natop of the diocese as principal celional director of the Society for ebrant, Father Annunziato opened the Propagation of the Faith has his homily with the words of announced that the organization the Psalmist, "One thing I ask of has set a $10 million goal - the the Lord, this I seek: To dwell highest in its 150-year-old hisin the house of the Lord all the tory-for its Mission Sunday Coldays of my life." lection Oct. 22. "A burning desire to serve Bishop Edward T. O'Meara the Lord has led every priest to the Eucharistic Altar. That stressed that this year's collecdesire gives true meaning and tion, to be taken up in Catholic purpose to life. Every Christian dioceses throughout the United shares a like desire but the heart States, is particularly important of a priest is so ignited with the because missionaries are conlove of God that he can only fronted with "ever-mounting tenshow his love by the complete sion in the world today." Last year's Mission Sunday dedication of his life. That offergoal of $8.5 million was achieved ing of self, so important to every priest, is possible only to God's and was "the best collection grace and after long prayer and we've ever had," according to a society spokesman. "We seem to preparation. be doing a little better each "Those many years of study at St. Charles College and later year." The spokesman said 51 per at St. Bernard's and St. Mary's Seminary seemed to melt away cent of the collection is allocated in the joy of ordination for Ed- to missionaries abroad, 40 per cent to missionaries in this counward Booth on that May 25th, 1922 when the late Bishop try, and 9 per cent to the CathDaniel F. Feehan imposed hands olic Near East Welfare Associaon' him in this very Cathedral. tion. Turn to Page Two Tum to Page Three

Sets $10 Million Mission S.unday Coi lection Goa I

Nurses Endorse 'Respect Life'

THE A!'iCHOR-Diocese of Fall ~iv~r- Thyrs. ·<;>ct. 19, 19?2.

DIOCESE OF FALL RIVER

OFFICIAL APPOIN:fMENT Rev. John J. Brennan, SS.CC., pastor of St. Joseph 'Parish 'Fairhaven as Pro-Dean of the New Bedford Deanery. . " . ' j "

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Bishop ·Reo'rganizes Worship Commission' HisE~cellency, the

Most Reverend Daniel A Cronin, Bishop of Fall Riv~r, announced the reo' organization. of the Diocesan Divine Worship Commission. The Commission, established in February of 1971, has, since its inception, coordinated Diocesan implementation of the new rites of Baptism and Christian Burial, using published material and regional workshops to assist clergy and laity in adopting the revised sacramental rites. Guidelines for liturgical and musical parish observances during Holy Week have' been pre-

Ne'crology

OCT. 27 Rev. Edmond L. Dickinson, 1967, Assistant, St. Mathieu, Fall River. Rev. Francisco L. Jorge, 1918, Assistant, Mt. Carmel, New Bedford. , :OCT. 28 Rev. Alfred E. Cbulombe, 1923, Pastor, St. George, North Westport. Rev: Stanislaus, Kozikowski, OFM Con v:, 1956, Pastor, St. Hedwig, New Bedford~ NOV. 1 Rev. WilHam H. McNamara, 1924, Pasto,r, St. Mary, Mansfield. - Rev. Louis N. Blanchet, 1927 Assistant, St. John Baptist, Fall River. " Rt. Rev. John F. Ferraz, 1944, Pastor, St. Michael, Fall River. Rot." Rev. George F. Cain, 1953, Pastor: St. Matthew, Fall River. NOV. 2 A Memento for the repose of the souls of our priests not on this list. . Rev. Jo!?eph S. Fortin, 1923, Founder, St. John Baptist, Fall, River. . Rev. Michael V. McDonough, 1933, Chaplain, 5t. Mary Home, New Bedford.

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pared' by the Commission, and regional' meetings featured presentations of helpful programs for the parishes. A less cumbersome G,ommission now is indicated. One feature of the newly-designated Diocesan Vicariates who will serve as contact. and liaison person's with priests, religious and laity from all areas of the Diocese. It is anticipated that Vicariate Representatives will channel,material from the Commission itself to the parishes of the Diocese, and, in turn, communicate re'sponse or grass-roots reactions from the faithful to the Com·mission. Father J.ames F. Lyons, Pastor of St. Mary's Parish, Taunton, will continue to serve as Chairman of the Commission" and Father John J. Oliveira, of the Cathedfal .Parish, Bishop's Secretary and Master of Ceremonies, will act as Commission Secretary. Sister Mary Evangela, R.S.M:, of the Bishop .Feehan High School Faculty, has been appointed to membership on the Commission, joining Sister Ruth Kindelan, S.U.S.C., of the Coyle· Cassidy Hi·gh School faculty, the Rev. Ronald A. Tosti, of the Diocesan C.C.D. Office, and the Rev. William G. Campbell, of St. Mary's Cathedral. Vicariates Vicariate Representatives in the Attleboro-Taunton Vicariate are the Rev. Thomas L. Rita of St. Mary's Parish, Mansfield, and Rev. Gerard A Charbonneau of St. Mark's 'Parish, Attleboro Falls. From the Fall River-New Bed... ford Vicariate, the Rev. Barry W. Wall of St. Mary's Cathedral and 'the Rev. Roger D. LeDuc of St. Joseph, New Bedford, have been appointed as Representatives. The Rev. Thomas C.Lopes of St. Anthony's Parish, East Fal·' mouth, and the Rev. George W. Coleman of Our Lady of Victory ,Parish, Centerville, have been ,named as Representatives from . the Vicariate of Cape Cod and the Islands.

. RESPECT LIFE: One of the participants in the observance of Respeot Life Week in the Diocese of Paterson, ,N.J. was a little gifI with a big sign that she carried in the 'Family March for :pfe held in Morristown, N.J. NC Photo.

()vertulrns Ruling

Ma~yland Court Frees Teenager Jailed For Refu!iing an Abortion ANNAPOLIS (NC) -;- A slate c:our:t here flCls freed 'a 16-yearold girl. whet had, b~en jailed aJter refusing to obey her mother's demand that she, have an a.bortion. The Court of Speci*l Appeals overturned a ruling by Kent County Judge George: B. RaBin, Jr., that the girl have an abortion and be detained in a county jail before being taken~ to a hospital for , the operation.I ,While the court, second highest in the state, free(i the girl and can'celed ::he abortion order, it did/not explain its ruling. The appelilate court ruled one day after the girl had ~old Juc:ge Rasin she wanted to have her b.3by. Her me,ther deqlared she

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F'oll' Scout' Emb.lem NORTH BRUNSWICK (NC) The National Catholic, Committee on Scouti ng, reSPonding to changes in Chu rch practices since Vatican II, has modified its' requirements tc, be fulfilled by Cub Scouts sE'eking theParvuli Dei (Children of God) ,emblem. I The committee, in a statement issued het:e in New Jersey, sajd th.e new program for scouts will follow Vatican II phi!ospphies by . having "a more familyJoriented" approach designed to !?tress the scout's spiritllal development "rather than bis spiritual infor'mation." ! The program, the panel said, will have four "teps in Which the scout and his parents will consider how scouting 'and the Church are linked, how the scout can grow in likeness to Chrif:t, hClw he can t.ike ti1l\e to care fo:r others like the Go04 Samaritan, and how the scout can fulfill th,e traditional promise to do his best. , Entitled the "ParvuliDei Program, a Chris'tian Family Program for Cubs," the :program WllS accpeted at the corpmittee's 22nd biennial conferepce laBt Spring.

Delegates to the 13th New England Regional Conference of Catholic Nurses held this month at Chicopee, unanimously adopted a resoluti'on asserting "respect for life as the most precious of possesssions in the un· born, the less endowed, the young, the family, the poor, the aged." Members stated: "We adhere without equivocation to the principle that violation of the natural law, whatever the rationale, is not to be judged as morally acceptable procedure." Twenty-eight members of the Fall River Diocesan Council of Catholic Nurses, representing the Fall River, Attleboro and Taunton areas, attended the weekend meeting, led by Msgr. Robert L. Stanton, Council spiritual director, and Rev. Barry Wall, Fall River area moderat<lr. ' , During conference proceedings, Rev. Cornelius J. Keliher, for many years Council spiritual director, was named an honorary member of the New England Diocesan Councils of Catholic , Nurses.

Home for Aged Head Honored

wanted her daughter to have an Sister Beatrice Duchesne, Adabortion. The girl was brought before ministrator of Sacre<! Heart the county court after she and Nursing Home, 359 Summer her boyfriend, al!,o 16, had been Street, New Bedford, received arrested while seeking a mar- word ,this week of acceptance into membership in the Amerriage license. The ',teena,gers ran away from ican College of Nursing Home home in late September the night Administrators, an international before the girl was to have an society of health care professionabortion arranged by her mother. ' 'also 'Membership in the'College is They could not obtain the license . awarded to licensed nursing because a boy must be 18 to home administrators who meet marry without parental consent stringent education and experiin the state although a girl. n'eed ence requirell)ents. There are over 3,090 members nationally. be only 16. ' Qnce detained by the authorities, the girl was found to be "a child in need of supervision" Funeral Home and jailed. 571 Second Street At a hearing,' Judge Resin Fall River, Mass. signed an order' that the girl "must obey her mother in sub679-6072 mitting to the medical proceMICHAEL J. McMAHON dures at'Easton Memorial HospiRegistered Embalmer tal to terminate her pregnancy" Licensed Fune'fal Director and said the girl was to be jailed "by the sheriff of Kent County, who shall, deliver her to the hospital, at the request of the mother." FUNERAL HOME, INC. Floyd Parks, the girl's courtR. Marcel Roy - G LOm"ne Ro, appointed lawyer, contended beROller laFrance fore the appeals court that a FUNERAL DIRECTORS new Maryland law granting ju15 Irvington Ct. veniles the right to obtain medNew Bedford ical treatment or advice for 995-5166 pregnancy, contraception and venereal disease without parental consent also gives them the right to disregard parental wishes in those .areas.

O'ROURKE

BROOKLAWN

JEFFREY E. SULLIVAN

Collection Goa I Continued from Page One There are 135,000 missionaries ,in 833 mission dioceses throughout the world. Bishop O'Meara took note of the role, of these missionaries. "They are the peacemakers of the world," he stated. "They bring Christian love for all men to all men. With the ever-mounting tension in the world today, the tireless' efforts of missionary men and women deserve and demand greater support than ever before."

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Msgr. Booth

THE ANCHORThurs., Oct. 19, 1972

Continued from Page One That joy must have often come to mind as Monsignor Booth repeated those words of the 27th Psalm in his daily recitation of his Divine Office ." " 'I will offer in his tent sacrifices with shouts of gladn~ss: I Sister Carmencita Voisard, will will sing and chant praises to conduct a workshop for all elethe Lord' ". mentary teachers in the Diocese "Yes, Monsignor Booth had on Thursday, Oct. 19 from 9 to 3:15 at ,the Taunton Catholic much to be thankfu.l to God for in his priesthood, but his first Middle School. The theme of the love was the Mass." day is "Focus on Change." Continuing a stress on the Sister Carmencita is community love of the Eucharist, the homcoordinator of education for the ilist stated, "For a dedicated Sisters of th'e Precious Blood of priest, no sacrifice is too great a Dayton, Ohio, For the past few price for the privilege of offeryears Sister has given many ing even one Mass. Monsignor workshops, encouraging teachers Booth had many fruitful years to try new methods and techof offering the Eucharist and I niques. According to Sister Caram sure that he was deeply mencita, "The scene behind the grateful to God. Only serious illthe classroom door has been ness or debility brought on by changing. More and more chilage could keep him from this dren are at work on individual priestly function. No doubt, one' projects. Students of varying of the greatest sacrifices of his a,ges are working together. priestly life was when his health Teachers are making.a team efno longer permitted him to vest fort. Many considerations have and offer the Eucharist." .REPRESENT NEW BEDFORD: Representing New Bedford area on committees for led to such reorganization, but Monsignor Booth died on Satthe Bishop's Charity Ball to be held Friday, Jan. 12 at the Lincoln Park Ballroom are at the heart of these changes is urday at the Catholic Memorial the belief that the self-contained seated, from left, Mrs. Eugene H. Goldrick, St. Joseph parish, Fairhaven, New Bedford classroom Home, ,Fall River. may not be the best District President, decorating committee; Mr.' Vito Gerardi, St. John the Baptist, New environment for learning." Wake Service On Tuesday night, his remains Bedford Particular Council President, usher; standing, Miss Helen McCoy, St. Lawrence Rev. Patrick J. O'Neill, Superwere transferred to St. Mary's decorating committee; Mr. James Gleason, Holy Name, usher and decorating committee; Cathedral where Most' Rev. Rev. Roger D. LeDuc, Moderator of Council of Catholic Women; Mr. Patrick Harrington, intendent of Schools, will be the main celebrant of the Mass at Daniel A. Cronin, Ordinary of the Diocese presided at a Chris- Holy Name Church, usher and decorating committee; Miss Lydia Pacheco, St. Julie, No. noon. He will be assisted by the School Directors from various Dartmouth, decerating committee. tian Wake Service. parishes. Monsignor Booth was born in Fall River on May 10, 1895, the Ethics son of the late Edward B. and the late Sarah (Vera) Booth. I believe that every right imMasses for the supporters of -$100 (Box), 2 tickets; Sponsor gories have special listings in He spent his early years of the exceptional. and underprivi- ......$50, 1 ticket; Patron-$25, I the booklet,. while Guarantors plies a responsibility;' every opeducation at St. Mary's Cathe- leged children of the diocese of ticket. Each ticket admits two and Benefactors are listed on portunity, an obligation; every. dral School and BMC Durfee High Fall River will be televised on persons to the Ball. In Memoriam gold pages. Sponsore are on sil- possession, a duty. School. He prepa.red for .the . two Sundays in ..N,ovember, it and yery Spe(;ial Friend cate- ver and Patrons are in white. -Rockefeller pries~ood,at St. Charles College, was _ announced by Bishop's . Catonsville, .. lV):d.,... St. , Bernard Charity' Ball Headquarters' at Seminary, Rochester, N. Y..and Fall River. St. Mary's Seminary, Baltimore, The annual Ball, to be held on Md. Jan. 12 at Lincoln Park BallMost Rev. Daniel F. Feehan room, will benefit institutions ordained him to the priesthood for these children, including four on May 25, 1922. Nazareth Hall Schools for excepSixteen pages7 clearly written and The Monsignor has served at tional and four summer camps Our Lady of the Isle Parish, for the underprivileged and excolorfully illustrated, tell why you Nantucket; St. Kilian Parish, ceptional children of the diocese" should make your will and how to go New Bedford; St. Mary Parish, regardless of race, color or about it. Charts on page 3 show what North Attleboro; Holy Name creed. your heirs can lose if you die without Parish, Fall River; St. John the ·Rev. Manuel P. Ferreira, pasa will. Page 5 discusses why you need Baptist Parish, Central Village; tor of St. John the Baptist a lawyer's help in drawing up your Sacred Heart Parish, Oak Bluffs Church, New Bedford, who is and St. Peter the Apostle Parish, that area's director of the Ball, will. Page 6 goes into detail about Provincetown. how to start and what to include. No will say Mass on Nov. 19. Retirement On Nov. 26 Msgr. Anthony M. father, young or old, should neglect In June 1969, Monsignor Booth Gomes, pastor of .Our Lady of 'his will. Maryknoll's booklet will conreUred as pastor of St. Mary, the Angels Church, Fall River vince you! No. AWeboro, after serving as and diocesan director of the Ball, the parish's pastor for 12 years will be celebrant. Both Masses and assistant pastor for three will be shown at 8:45 A.M. on years. Channel 6, iNew Bedford. On March 21, IH68, Pope Paul Sisters to Appear VI named the then Father Booth Sister Maureen Hanley, R.S.M. as a Domestic Prelate with the of Nazareth Hall School of Fall title of Rev. Monsignor. He is survived by two brothers River and Sister Mary Jessico of Mail the coupon Thomas H. and Charles J. both the Attleboro Nazareth Hall for your copy today! of Fall River; two sisters -Miss School will appear on Channel Sarah E. Booth of Fall River and 6, the Community Program, at Mrs. John (Etta) Bushell of Pearl' 8:30 A.M. on Tuesday, Nov. 21 River, N. Y. and several nephews and Thursday, Nov. 30, respecMaryknoll Fathers tively. and nieces. 50 Dunster Road . Most Rev. Daniel A. Cronin, Chestnut Hill, Mass. 02167 S.T:D., Bishop of Fall River, will be guest of honor at this gala Dear Father: social and charitable event. He Continued from Page One Please send me your booklet on making a .will speak and meet all the benehuman life is the heart of the factors of the Ball. will. I unde;stand there is no obligatio'1. ma,tter, whether that life be unborn, disabled in any fashion, Special- BookIet N AME '--_ elderly, distressed by poverty or Supporters of the Ball will be infringed by violence. ADDRESS listed in a special commem· It will be the responsibility of orative booklet under six cateCITY _ Father Oliveira to coordinate gories: In Memoriam - $200 or local, diocesan plrograms imple- more, 4 tickets; Very Special ~ZIPCODE _ STATE, menting and reflecting our con- Friend-$150: 4 tickets; Guarapcern and respect for human life. tor-$100, 3 tickets; Benefactor

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Respect ILife

THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Thurs. Oct. 19, 1972

The Parish Parade Publicity chairmen of parish organizations are asked to submit news items for this column to The Anchor, P. O. Box 7, Fall 'Rlver 02722. Name of city or town should be Included, as well are full dates of all activities. Please send news of future rather than past events.

Says War 'Greatest ··Single Threat to Human 'Life The first annual Respect Life Week, sponsored by the National Conference' of Catholic Bishops, has come and gone. Its purpose was to focus on some of the threats to human life and human dignity in our society and to provied' an educational experience which would alert' year's program probably ought to be somewhat more detailed in our people to the problems its handling of the problem of and would re-state the per- war and, more specifically, the tinent moral teaching on each topic. I It would, be difficult in the short run to, measure the results

war in Vietnam. I do not mean to suggest that it should enter into a technical ABIGAIL McCARTHY discussion of the pros and cons of particular methods of termi nating the war. On the' other ~~rs. MlcCar~hy' hand, I think it would be fair to By say that the natural tendency of..... ~~t Boo~~ I Catholics, in· any educational Mrs. Eugene McCarthy' will be MSGR. program dealing ,with respect for the featured speaker at a book life, is to be quite specific in fair to be sponsored.at 8 Tuesday GEORGE G. their tr,eatment of the abortion night, Oct. 24 by the Parent.s' issue and somewhat less specific ABsociation 0:: Sacred Hearts HIGGINS: in their treatment of the problem Aeademy, Fall River. The wife ,of of war. On the latter issue we the former pre~,idential candidate ~:w~ tend, more often than not, to will discuss hel' recently publisJlof this well' organized and highly state our moral teaching rather ed autobiography, "Private Faces, publicized experiment in Cath- theoretically and in rather vague Public Places." Copies of her book and a wide range of other olic adult education. I have the and general terms. impression, however, that' it' And yet, there is certainly titles suitable for gift( will he served a very useful purpose and nothing vague or theoretical available at th,~ fair, to be heLd probably ought to be repeated a about the killing that has been in the academy auditorium. I . I year from now, with somewhat going' on in Vietnam for more Master of c€,remonies for the greater emphasis next time on years than most of us like to re- program will be Owen T.P. Methe particular problem of war member and unfortunately is Gowan, librarian at Bri~gewater as perhaps 'the 'greatest single still going on at this very mo- State College, and directing a threat to human life and human ment. parents' planning comrpittee :is dignity in th'e world community On' October 4 (coincidentally Si~:ter Eugenia Margaret, SUSC., of nations. the very middle of Respect Life academy librarian. Week) the Wall Street Journal . Varied Career' Unfa'ir Criticism reported in a lengthy dispatch 1n her book Mrs. lV,IcCarthy ,In offering the latter suggesfrom Saigon that in Vietnam no traces the influences that tion, I do not mean in any way matter how much things change brought her hm band and herself to denigrate the value of this they nevertheless remain the - int,o political life and e,!,entually year's excellent pl'Ogram, much same. The war in other words, to his attempt to seek the 'nomiless to stand in criticism of those is still going on. nation for the preside!,\cy. She who put it together. The man gives a vivid p:.cture of: the lib.Staggering Figure who was principally responsible for drawing up the program In a front-page article entitled eral Catholicism of the mid-West (subject to the direction and "Death Marches On" the Journal which gave McCarthy his senso~ supervision of an over-all policy estimated-to cite. but one hor- of 'Vocation asa politician. committee) w,as Monsignor James rendous figure out of manyOutstanding Is her qepiction McHugh. director of the USCC that "If America, with a popula- 'Of the strains and tensions of Division for Family Life. I think tion about six times that of the Congressional life and their he did a first-rate job and is to two Vietnams, were being pun- effect on families of politicians. be highly .commended. Some ishedat a. comparable' rate, it He!' separation from her /lusband have complained - rather cap- would mean at least two million is mentioned o::tly briefly in a tiously, in my opinion-that the Americans dead and wounded one-page epilogue. materials prepared under his and six million homeless-all in Mrs. McCarthy's short storieB supervision over-emphasized the six months." That's a staggering have appeared ill several anthol- . problem of abortion, for exam- figure-and, mind you, it appear- ogi,~s and she has contributed' ple, and under-emphasized the ·ed in the pages of a "conserva- articles to natio:1al mag~zines. problem of war. r She is particllarly interested tive" newspaper of great integTo my way of thinking, that's rity and therefore cannot be in ecumenism Hnd in the civil ·an unfair criticism. The fact is cynically. dismissed as "radical" rights movement, serving on the that Monsignor McHugh, work- or "peacenik" propaganda. board of the National Conference ing against a 'very tight deadline So far as this writer is con- for Interracial Justice and a!i and under difficult conditions, . cerned, there is enough informa- vice-president of Church Women went to great lengths to make tion in that one sentence to war-, United in the U, S. A. , sure that Respect Life Week rant the conclusion that the war Tickets' to the lectlire are would not be thought of ,merely in Vietnam is an evil of almost available at the Fall Riv:er Pubas an anti-abortion program but incalculable proportions. Please lic -Library and at C.S.: Brown would also help to' sensitize our God, it will have come to a mer- Book Store, S01.:.th Main Street, Catholic people to a number of, ciful end before we enter upon as well as at Sacred! Hearts other threats to human life and a second Respect Life Week. in Academy. Proceeds will purchase human dignity in the contempo- the Fall of 1973. Unfortunately, audiovisual, equ:pment for: the rary world. however, we have no assurance academy library. In Vague Terms that this will happen. The Wall In this connection, I happen to Street 'Journal's Saigon corre-' know from personal experience spandent, Peter R. Kann, is of On the other hand, I am ,equally that, when called upon to advise the opinion that it is, at best,m- convinced that we will Isimply individual bishops and diocesan tle more than a pious hope. He have to be consistent in the diresctors on the best means of reports that the most realistic statement of our moral: principromoting Respect Life Week, outlook, according to the major- ples if we hope to retain 'even a he strongly counselled them, ity of observers in Vietnam, "is ,shred of credibHity. , while coming down hard on the more months of intensive com- I Abortion is admittedly a clear abortion issue, to give "equal bat and quite possibly more violation of the moral law. But time," so to speak, to poverty, years of protracted war:' so is the bombing of innocent peoracial discrimination and, above I am not suggesting for a ple i.n Vietnam. Why not say so, all, to the particular problem of moment .. tl1at we should soft at long last, in quite specific war. pedal our opposition to abortion. terms? And why not say it-now? 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ST. JEAN BAPTISTE, FALL RIVER The parish activity committee will hol<:\ a dinner dance Saturday night, Oct. 21. Tickets are available from committee members. A cake sale will follow all Masses on Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 28 and 29, under chairmanship of Mrs. Leo Patenaude and Mrs. Raymond Raposa. Bishop Cronin will visit the parish Saturday, Nov. 11. At a reception following the 6 P.M. Mass he will greet parishioners. 'Women's Guild members will ,sponsor a turkey whist Monday night, Nov. 13, under direction of Mrs. Adrien Baraby. All women are invited to attend. Christmas bazaar dates have been changed to the weekend of Nov. 17 -through 19. Mrs. Armand Thiboutot is chairman, aided by Mrs. Baraby. SS. PETER AND PAUL, FALL RIVER The Home-School Organization will hold a Halloween' buffet-dance from 8 to midnight Saturday, Oct. 28 at St. William's Center, Stafford Road. Music will be by the Shades of Sound. Costumes will be optional, with prizes awarded for the most original, funniest and ugliest. Co-chairmen are Mrs. Mary Bissaro and Mrs. Jan Fredericks. Tickets are available at SS. Peter and Paul School, which will benefit from the event. A limited number will also be available at the door.

Pope Paul Stresses p'riesthood Service VATICAN CITY (NC) - The service' of the priesthood was, emphasized by Pope Paul VI when he received eight American priests, including a' cardinal, on the 40th anniversary of their ordination. ,Led by Cardinal John Dearden of Detroit,. the priests, all ordained in 1932 at Rome's North American College, were received in private audience Oct. 5. "We know you have lived these years with faith and love and that your lives have been an obligation of single-hearted service to the Lord and to His brethren," the Pope said in English.

ST. ANN, RAYNHAM The annual country fair and penny, sale will be held from 7 to 10 tonight and tomorrow night, with a Children's Day from 1 to 4 Saturday afternoon. Chairmen are Rev. William E. Farland, Mrs. Anna Keough and Mrs. Eleanor DeMello. Booths will include cakes, candy, country store, flowers, cards, handmade giflts, flea market, children's corner, food baskets, dinners and refreshments. ST. THOMAS MORE, SOMERSET Together with members of St. Patrick's Women's Guild, 5t. Thomas More Guild members will take part in a testing, and evaluation program for the Proctor and Gamble Co. Sessions will take place a't the St. Thomas More church hall on Nav. I, 15 and 29, all Wednesdays. Members may participate in this project by contacting Mrs. Milton Davidson, guild president., The guild has formed a welcoming committee to visit new parishioners and acquaint them with parish aotivities. Rev. Howard Waldron, pastor, has expressed gratitude to members for contributions enabling renovations of the old church ,building for CCD classes and installation of new carpeting in the lower church hall. ST. JOSEPH, ATTLEBORO Girl Scout Cadettes will sponsor a parish whist party at 8 Saturday night, Oct. 21 in the parish hall. Prizes and canned goods will be gratefully accepted and , may be brought. to the rectory at ·any time before the party. Kinights of the Altar will meet tonight from 7 to 8 in the school Previously they will attend the 6:30 P.M. Mass. Junior Cheerleaders are selling car wash tickets through Sunday; Oct. 22. Used magazines and rosaries are requested by the school of religion. They may be left at the CCD office or at the rectory. Tkkets are now available for a Boys' Town Choir concert to be sponsored by the parish Thursday night, Nov. 2. ST. DOMINIC, SWANSEA The Women's Guild will conduct a Rummage Sale from 9 to 4 on Saturday, Oct. 21 in the rectory hall at 1277 Grand Army Highway. Turn to Page Fourteen

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Religious Educators Form Federation CHICAGO (NC)-A federation of directors of religious education, departments in Catholic graduate schools has been formed as a means of sharing resources . used in training of religious educators. Father James O'Leary of Loyola University here, a spokesman for the group, said representatives from 27 U. S. graduate schools met at Loyola Sept. 30 and decided to form a federation. 路Participants at the meeting decided to call the new organization the Association of Directors of, Graduate Religious Edu-

ADDRESSES GRAND KNIGHTS OF FALMOUTH COllNCIL: Most Rev. Daniel A. Cronin, S.T.D., Ordinary of the, Diocese, was the main speaker at the' Annual Grand Knights Banquet of the Falmouth Council, Knights of Columbus held Saturday night in Falmouth. Left to right: Raymond LaBossiere, master of ceremonies; Arthur R. Roderick, program chairman; Bishop Cronin, Lawrence Goulart, G.K. and Gilbert Roberts, PGK.

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Priests Senate Sets Committees Continued from Page One cerning the establishment of an educational program in the ~er-, vice of the clergy. It was also reported that the committee will be comprised of Rev. John J. Smith, Rev. Ronald A Tosti, Rev...EdwardJ. Byington and Rev. Robert J. Carter. The Committee on Parochial Ministry reported that in their efforts to formulate proposals concerning a total Diocesan Census, they contacted Rev. Joseph Delaney, co-chancellor of the Diocese of Brownsville, Tex. in addition to both the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate and the National Council of Catholic Men in Washington, D. C. ,

In addition to the co-chairmen, Rev. Walter A. Sullivan and Rev. John J. Murphy, Rev. Roger L. Gagne,and Rev. Philip A Davignon comprise the present com-

mittee. Lay representation is actively being sought by all committee members. The Social Concerns Committee presented a resume of the survey which was carried out in the Spring of 1972. Two primary areas of concern' were !family life' and 'youth'. The present Committee has been enlarged to include 12 of the priests who last Spring indicated their willingness to work actively in the area of family life. Joining cochairmen Rev. Robert A McGowan ,!nd Rev. Thomas t. Lopes are Rev. Michael G. Methot, Rev. James H. Morse, Rev. Gerard A Charbonneau, Rev. Patrick Killilea, SS.CC., Rev. Paul E. Canuel, Rev. Michael Nagle, Rev. Ricard R. Gendreau, Rev. Harold J. Wilson. Also, Rev. Evaristo Tavares, 'Rev. Marc H. Bergeron and Rev. Daniel F. Hoye. A meeting open to all clergy of the Diocese will

be held at the Diocesan CCD Center, 446 Highland Ave., Fall River on Oct. 20 at 3 P.M. The Temporalities Committee indicated a membership which included co-chairmen, Rev. Francis L. Mahoney and'Rev. Edward C. Duffy, Rev. Bente- R. Fraga, Rev. Robert C. Donovan, Rev. Bertrand R. Chabot, Rev. Roger L. Gagne and Rev. Arthur T. DeMel1o. This Committee's first meeting will be held Oct. 25 at noon at St. Mary's Rectory in Hebronvil1e. Two laymen, Atty. William H. Carey.and Mr. Earl J. Dias have been included on tile Constitutional Committee joining cochairmen Rev. Msgr. Robert L. Stanton and Rev. John Brennan, SS.CC. This committee is investigating the composition of the present Senate and the representation of the religious clergy working in the Diocese thereto. Rev., Armando A Annunziato, I Rev. Barry W. Wal1 and Rev. Marcel Bouchard will be joining co-chairmen Rev. Joseph L. PowReflections on Pastoral Plan- ers and Rev. Leo T. Sullivan on ning." the Pastoral Evaluation CommitA constitutional session takes tee. A number of sources have place at 7' P.M. to be fol1owed been contacted for information with another general session on various programs of evaluastarting at 7:30 P.M. tion ; It was stated that the Father Bonnike will give the committee will be issuing reports conference an up-to-date report to the Diocesan Personnel Board' on the activities of the National whose assistance is essential to Federation of Pries,ts' Councils the committee. which is made of several regional "The direction of the Priests' Priests Senates organizations Senate activity is a very clear such as NECOPS. one. Through the efforts of comAt 8:30 P.M., the New England _ mittee work, the success or the Bishops will meet with the Coor- failure of the Senate will be dinating Committee of NECOPS. determined. It is my personal Tuesday morning a two-hour hope that the Senate will be able general session is scheduled to discuss in detail the formito get underway at 9 o'clock dable tasks that confront us and with the Rev. Charles Giglio, Dito plan effectively for their im路 rector Pastoral Planning in the plementation. Diocese of Camden, using "Dioc"By joining our efforts with esan and Pastoral Planning: A those priests we represent, the Case Study of the Cam:len DioChurch's presence will become cese" as his subject. more deeply rooted in our DioBishop Gerety will be the princese." Thus stated the President cipal celebrant and homilist at a of the Senate, Rev. George W. concelebrated Mass at 11:15 Coleman at the end of what was obviously a working session. AM.

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Sixth Annual NECOPS Oct. 22-24 Continued from Page One during the three day Conference. Registration takes place between 7 and 10 P.M. Sunday night, Oct. 22 and 8 to 9 AM. Monday morning. The Rev. Michael J. McDonald, President of the Sena,te of Priests, Portland will extend greetings of ,the Maine group and Father Morrissey will welcome the delegates, Bishops and other dignit,aries to the annual meeting. Archbishop Medeiros The first general session is due to. get underway at 9:15 AM. with an address by the Rev. MacDonald, Msgr. Colin A Pries.ts Chairman of the Bishops Ad Hoc Committee for Priestly Life and Ministry, U.S.C.C. At 11:15 AM., Archbishop Medeiros will be the principal celebrant and homilist at a concelebrated Mass in the Chapel of St. Paul's Center. At 4 P.M., the Rev. Bernard Quinn will speak on "Theological

cation Program. A five-member committee was elected to formulate a constitution and set an agenda for the group's next meeting. MeJ;llbers of the committee, Father O'Leary said, included himself and Siste'r Carol Frances Jegan of Mundelein Col1ege here; Father Mark Heath, Providence Col1ege; James Michael Lee, University of Notre Dame; and Robert O'Gorman, St. Louis University. Al1 'are heads of the religious education departments of their institutions.

There are a million路and-a-half refugees in the Holy Land, each one the voiceless victim of a war now in its 23rd year. , Mostly children, they are refugees torn to shreds by war. We mend them best by giving them hope. Hope is a pair of shoes, an egg, a clean blanket, a chance to receive the sacraments. Hope is a handful of practical-action peoplepriests, Sisters, and qualified volunteers-who leave their own homes and become refugees in the Holy Land for the refugees. These 'people, just a handful, are ou'r Pontif. ical Mission for Palestine. They are people who feed, teach, heal, clothe, mend, fulfilling the love-mission of Jesus Christ, in Bethlehem, Nazareth, Cairo, Damascus, and war points in between. Their mission is love, and peace with justice. Their strategy is service-the works of mercy, person-to-person, in the name of Jesus Christ. There is hope in the heart of the blind child ir:' the Gaza Strip because he is learning a trade In the Pontifical Mission Center for the Blind. In Abu路Dis, outside Jerusalem, an elderly Muslim prays contentedly to Allah because Sister Patrick, from Ireland, is at his side. Six Sisters from India - a physician, two nurs~s, three social workers-have arrived in war-torn Jordan, to work in the camps and live no bette'r than the refugees. You give them hope because you care. We ask your prayers, for peace and for the safety of us all. I We beg you to help us keep hope alive. Please use the coupon below. I'll be writing to thank you for your gift. Gratefully yours in Christ, Monsignor Nolan

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Continued from Page One flows' from the character imposed in the Sacrament of ConIt is getting more and more tiresome t«;> read about. firmation, still, Christ our Savior the so-called conservatives and radicals within the Catholic always cal1s from among the number of His disciples some to Church. It ,is an easy thing for writers to label individuals whom a special vocation for in this simplistic way. They forget, of course, that labels preaching the Gospel is given. are frequently libels, and that an individual is much too Certain priests, religious and complicated to tag with a single word. laity are endowed with the appropriate natural dispositions, But the labelling continues and is no service to the character and talents t<l underChurch or even to the individuals so named. take local and foreign mission work, to be ambassadors of Archbishop Fulton Sheen once spoke of thes.e so-called Christ in places and regions conservatives and radicals and cautioned that in some ways where, He is t10t known. Many those who are so named are like "two sides. of an. arch, nations and many souls still remain unaware of 'Christ's saving building from opposite directions. They are in tension, in , work among men, .and must be opposition and in seeming contradiction." He went on to led to the truth and light of advise that all activities of every temperament should be Faith. balanced with holiness, sacrifice and redemption. Anniversaries I A person may tend toward conservatism or radicalism These wonderful anniversaries give us the occasion to recal1 the by temperament. But this is not a vocation. It is a point zeal, devotion and sacrifice of of view, an approach, a way of looking at a problem or missionaries, past and present. a situation~ It is not a-guide for accepting or rejecting This j,ubilee year affords us a what the Church teaches or condemns. A man may con-, good opportunity to support the sider himself a conservative or a radical but to be true vital work of preaching the Gospel to all nations, especial1y by to the gift ,of faith that Go'd has given him he must subprayer ,that Almighty God will scribe to all that Christ has said and done. And this means find many willing workers for . he must bring into his own life the holiness .and prayer the missionary vineyards and and sacrifice and pat~ence and mercy of Christ. , that the hearts of countless ; numbers of our fellow men will A man ~ cannot live by temperament. He is called upon be welcomed in the harvest. to live in the likeness of Christ. There is great talk today Mrssion Sunday will be obabout being fully human. All this is well and good. But served next weekend, and the one is not called on to be just fully human. He is called customary annual collection for. assisting the comm.unities and upon' to be more than human, more than natural; he is individuals active in mission ,called on to be super-human and supernatural. work will be taken up. . ' This means not just reacting to a situation or problem I urge all the faithful of the MISSION SUNDAY - October 22, 1972 according to one's temperament or ,humanity, but reacting Diocese of Fall River to particto it in the spirit of Christ, as a Christ-centered. and ChristChrist tol d His ~ollow€!fs to go into 'the whole world ular generosity in responding to the appeal in this anniversary' like individual. to preach the Gospel to every creature. Conscious of our year~ Ours is a Catholic, a uniThl's is, the only label that a Christian. should ,rejoice own obligation to sp~ead the word of Goa by, imiyer a,nd versal, Church, and I' commend participation in the mission aposto attach orhcive attached to himself. sacrifice, let t,spray: tolliote to all. Faithfully yours in Christ, ~DANIEL A. CRONIN, Np one can really overestimate the importance of Bishop of Fall River. 1. .-,;That all Christians may realize that they are

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TURIN (Ne) - An unknown - person failed in an attempt to burn the holy shroud of Turin, [I. ~That God may sltrengthen all missionaries, be believed by some to be the sheet they Bishops, priests, sisters,-brothers or lay people, in which the body of the dead But it must be followed up through elementary and bless therp in their work dedicated to spread Christ was placed in the tomb, and high school years and beyond. The shroud is a piece of linen on earth, let us pray to the Lord, .the Kingdom of. God . . that shows the figure and face The unsung heroes and heroines of every parish are of a man who died by.crucifi,xion the dedicated men and women, religious and lay, who' are ~Lotd, hear our prayer. and suffered the v.arious wounds giving their efforts to staff these CCO programs at every" recounted in Christ's Passion in level. As important as the facts that they teach is the fact the Bible. ":""For all the poor and needy throughout the world that they are teaching-that they are revealing to stuAlthough the Church has never that' by our p~ayers and sacrifices, We may enable pronounced on its authenticity, dents and parents and the parish as a whole that here them tl) escape from hunger, misery,. disease and the shroud has been venerated are men and women willing to give themselves to serve for centuries and is under the ignorance, let us pray to the Lord, God and so that others may understand in greater measure custQdy of the royal Italian the reasons for the faith that is in them. . House of Savoy. -Lord, he<llr our prayer. An unknown person, who . Most parish CCO programs are underway now. They police think was probably mendeserve the wholehearted cooperation ~nd support of every IV. -That young men and women of this parish may tally, deranged, broke into the parishioner who is concerned that the faith really lives in generollsly respond to the call of the Holy Spirit to cathedral here Oct. 1 after the souls of men. serve in the missionary work of the Church by climbing over the roof of the carrying the Gospel to the ends of the earth, let adjoining royal palace and set fire to the front of the reliquary us pray to !he l Lord, in which the shroud is preserved. The attempt failed because the -Lot:d, hear our prayer. shrine is covered with asbestos. Only two altar cloths were burned. OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF THE DIOCESE· OF FALL RIVER Let us pray: The shroud, which made its Published weekly by The Catholic Press of the Diocese of Fall River appearance in history only after 410 Highland Avenue o God, look with favor upon your people gathered to the late Middle Ages, was once 675-7'151 Fall River, Mass. 02722 cele;brate theE1Jcharis~. Grant that ~we may be ever mindful damaged by fire in 1532 at the PUBLISHER , of our privilegl~d task to support the missionary work .of Savoy palace at Chambery. It Most Rev. Daniel A. Cronin, D.O., S.T.D. Your Church by our 0o/n dedication, prayers and sacrifices. was last displayed to the public GENERAL MANAGER ASST. GENERAL MANAGER Help us to do all that we can to spread the Good News in 1931 on the marriage of King Umberto of Italy and again in Rev. Msgr. Daniel F. Shalloo, M.A. Rev. John P. Driscoll of salvation among thc;>se who have not yet heard of Your 1933 in connection with the 19th ~ leuy ~resl"':.FIII River Lord, Amen..,~ , Son, through the same Chris,t, Our centenary of the death Jf, C.hrist. '\. .,.... ' . ' ,'".IV " J . _. _,_, ':s t-.,' •

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Proposes Common Training' fOlr Clergy NEW YORK (NC)-An episcopal scholar has proposed that Anglicans and Catholics establish "a common training for the ministry." The Rev. Alan W. Jones, assistant ,to the director of Trinity Episcopal InstitJ.lte here, said that clergy on both sides are beset with common problems, and laymen of both, he maintained, can learn from each other. "It is only when fear, prejudice and ignorance' are removed that we can get together," he said, "and it is this common ,training which I think is one way in which we can remove such things."

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Sr. Antoinette, SUSC, with Some of Her Missionary Mementos from Africa

Holy Union Sister Spurns Royal Throne, Prefers' Work at Diocesan CCD Office ., chieftain wasn't discouraged. said Sister Antoinette. His next Sister Marie Antoinette, tactic was to start sending'gifts S.U.S.C. 'is very likely the only such as pigs and chickens to the nun in history offered the chance Holy Union convent: "The other to become a queen - although Sisters kept teasing me about some queens became nuns in the bride price," she chuckled. past centuries. Her opportunity "And when I was coming home, is all the more striking because the Fon, as he is called, even it's still open to her. Instead of sent gifts to my mother." A accepting the purple, however, chieftain of a neighboring village, the missioner has chosen, while she added, when he was bidding on a one-year home visit, to her f.arewell, said solemnly. work a prosaic five-day week at "Goodbye-and may you soon the 'Diocesan CCD Office on Fall return and join my friend," River's Highland Avenue, and to As her own going-away gift, take up her unroyal residence at the Fon gave Sister Antoinette the former St. Joseph's Convent a brass effigy of his great greaton North High Street. grandmother. It is the prize Her golden moment came in among a I;lfge collection of Afthe African village of Bamunka rican artifacts she brought home. in the United Republic of Cam- She, hopes to raffle or sell the eroon. After nine years of ser- majority of the pie.ces (although vice as a missionary in a nearby not the Fon's gift) for the benecity, she was assigned to the fit of a project extremely imvillage two years ago, and she portant to the Sisters in Baimmediately attracted the atten- munka. tion of its royal chieftain. De"We have a, lovely conyent," spite the fact that he already had she said, "but it has no water. 25 wives" he wished to make When we first moved into it, Sister Antoinette the 26th. One we had to use muddy water from day he discussed the matter with a nearby stream for all purposes. another Holy Union nun, relates Now we have barrels to catch ,Sister Antoinette. rainwater, but it's an unsatisfac"She told him, 'She wouldn't tory system. What we really want to marry you and become 'need is a cistern to catch and your 26th wife," and he imme- store the rain, and so I'm trying diately said, 'If Sister Marie to raise enough money to have comes to the palace I' will tell one dug." all the others to leave.' At Boarding School Write to ,Pope' When Sister Antoinette first "So Sister tried another argu- went to Africa, she taught at a ment. 'Sisters aren't allowed to girls' boarding school in the marry anyone; you know.' He city :of Nkongsamba. Her subhad an answer for that, too. 'If jects included science, English, she comes, I will write to the religion and art. At Bamunka, Pope and straighten everything newest mission of the worldwide out.' " Holy Union community, she first Although unsuccessful, the worked in a small dispensary, BY PAT McGOWAN

then helped set up a homecraft center to teach young girls "what they need' to know to be good wives." Courses include child care, vegetable farming, sewing, cooking and general homemaking. "We are also building a maternity hospital," said Sister Antoinette, noting that two dispensaries and the forthcoming hospital are the only medical services available to 100,000 people living in the territory around Bamunka. "If they need care beyond what we can give, they must travel a long distance to the nearest hospital. 'In Cameroon the Holy Union Sisters work with the Mill Hill Fathers, and among Sister Antoinette's treasures is a Lectionary in Church Pidgeon, which translates readings for Mass into Pidgeon English. The familiary quotation from the Gospel of John: "I am the vine: you the branches. He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same beareth much fruit: for without me you can do nothing;" translates into "Me I be the win stick; una be my, hand them. Man whe he de stop with me, and I with he; he go born plenty fruit. Whe me no there, you no fit do nothing." 'During her year in the States, Sister Antoinette will be available for lectures to parish organizations and other groups. She can be reached at the CCD office, and she is guaranteed to bring a new understanding of Africa to tho'se who hear her. So much is she a part of her "second home", that when she was displaying a picture of its flag, she unconsciously said, "This is our flag."

NEW YORK (NC) - In the first federal court test of the principle, a court here has issued an opinion favorable to advo" cate of tax credits for nonpublic school students. The court ruled two direct nonpublic school aid measures unconstitutional, but refused to grant an injunction against a tax credit measure. The three-judge court here declared unconstitutional sections of a recently enacted state law providing direct tuition grants to parents and dispensing state funds for maintenance of nonpublic schools. However, the court voted 2-1 to permit further argument on the third section of the law granting state income tax benefilts to families earning less than $25,000 annually and paying at least $50 tuition for each child attending a private school'. Alan Davitt, executive director of the New York State Council of Catholic School Superintendents, told NC News Service that his group was "elated that the federal district court has found the tax credit approach acceptable" while it was "disappointed" the court found against the section which would have helped poor parents. He indicated the court's ruling has a national impact in that it dealt WIth an issue-tax credits to parents of nonpublic school children-that "has not yet been adjudicated" in the federal court system. One of the sections ruled unconstitutional would have given a total of $25 million in direct aid to families with incomes below $5,000 -a year. Another section ruled unconstitutional would have provided $4 million for school maintenance and repair. The tax cre~it section provides up to $15 million in aid.

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Wouid you panic if I told you that seams are coming back in, stockings? While there are certainly more important things that go on in the world, nevertheless those of us who rerq.emb~r the days when a sign of neatness was a straight line' running down ' the back of one's leg might urging women all over the world be concerned about return- to buy longer skirts, they held fast for over a year until the ining to this era. This straight- dustry was forced to retrench line feat was easier said than done, particularly if you had a slim leg, because the line invariably ended' up looking like

PHILADELPHIA (NC)-"Growing old gracefully" could well describe the theme of a manual for senior citizens published by the Confraternity of Christian Doctrine of the Philadelphia arch· diocese. ' Entitled "Religious Search, Growth and Enrichment for Older Adults," the manuar lists the contributions of the aged to the community, their educational needs, organizations with which they can affiliate, resources available to them and a special chapter on an "Authentic Theol· ogy of Aging and Death." ·Father, Raymond J. Teller, archdiocesan director of the' CeD, said that the book was a response .to Article 95 of the Vatican's General Catechetical Directory which "stresses the importance of old age and the fact that it is 'not sufficiently recognized in the pastoral ministry." "In this rapidly changing world of ours," Father Teller said, "a continuing Christian development must be a high priority pastoral objective if the Church is to fulfill her mandate." "A message that' comes through loud and clear, unfortunately," Father Teller commented, "is that the aging segment of our society has been un· duly neglected" Noting the "deep concern" of Cardinal John Krol and other spiritual leaders with citizens who are being forced into retirement, Father Teller said: "We know, however, that no one retires from the development. of the spirit, not even if he be as old as Abraham, Isaac or Jacob."

and return to a skirt length that was acceptable to all. If banding together could force this change in the length of a mmm&'WFt'it~ skirt just think what it could do to the food markets that are raising prices out of all propor/ tion to their needs. or to the By • manufacturers of toys who force their products onto our youn~ / MARILYN by a constant blitz of advertising and false claims. RODERICK I'm quite sure that it's New Jersey where a group of women CARDINAL MEETS ANGLICAN: Cardinal Jan Willehas formed a consumer group brands, president of the Vatican Secretariat for Promoting "snake hill," with the major to keep a constant watch on . Christian Unity, embraces Dr. Michael Ramsey, archbishop curve running down the inside prices in the area markets. If one of Canterbury, at Lambeth Palace in London, England. of one's calf. "Straighten those market ups a price .the women seams," was the usual salutation demand to know why and oddly Cardinal Willebrands became the first Roman Catholic from mothers, friends and criti· enough, or wisely, as the case . priest since the Reformation to celebrate Mass in the case may be, the markets are Palace, the archbishop's official ~esidence. NC Photo. cal female relatives. going along with this small band -I have great faith in the worn· en of the world today (after of consumers and' either justify- ' what they did to the midi length, ing their price increases or anything they want to boycott keeping them in line with other better wafch out), and if they markets. The good will generl~ishop CClrter of Ontario Blames Evil Times decide that this fashion of seams ated by the willingness of these retailers is something money in stockings will be more of a On Lack of Prayer bother than an asset, the design- can't buy and "woman power" is making itself felt in an area LONDON (NC)--"We have fall- in the world, and 'it will be done. ers better beware. en upon these' evil times precise- It will be done ... by the power While there is a tendency to that directly concerns families. ly because we have stopped of God working in souls in a be followers of one another, parFemale Nader ticularly in the manner of dress, All we, 'i1eedilOw is fl"feimile praying," Bishop G;'Eminett Car- gentle ·breeze.' And maybe you I do feel that'the more mature Ralph Nader to provide a leader- ter of London told a general can stir up. that gentle breeze.' "You have to do a certain , woman is stressing her individ· ship catalyst for, this, time of meeting of the Sisters Adorers of .uality and demanding comfort pressure and the. quality of the Precious Blood here ,in On· amount of external works. You . cannot, I think, live as you did Court Rules Textbook as well as style from the cre- household goods, food items and tario. Relating the lack of prayer to in the past in strict contemplaators of fashion. 'clothing couldn't help but imLaw Constitutional Veto Power prove. As more and more women the priests who have lEltt the tion and tmclosure, but you must ST. LOUIS (NC) - The St. The power of women as a are being urged to become in- active ministry" Bishop 'Carter make sure that whatever you do mov,ement in the consumer mar- volved in the way the world i~ said that those to whom he had that runs counter to that voca· , Louis County Circuit Court has ket has still to be utiliied to its run, I can't help but fe~lth~t talked personally, alm6st in tion does not destroy that voca- upheld the constitutionality of a state law providing $1.2 million fullest but a moment's thought perhaps the honesty and "car- every case, have ,stopped praying. tion." about the vast influence they ing" virtues that, are found in "They have lo:;t the sense of He urged the delegates "to lis- for textbooks for nonpublic had on the garment industry females would help improve our faith in their priesthood, the val- ten to the Spirit .of God, that school students. when they refused to buy the quality of living. ue of their .priesthood ... and God will speak to you in your Judge Orville Richardson dis· lo~ger skirt lengths should make this is the curse of our. time,,,prayer and in your devotion." qlissed challenges by the law's them aware of what they could opponents that the statute vihe said. ' accomplish if they would really' Church Anniversary olated the U. S. Constitution's The bishop said a major danHospital Has Masses mass their veto power. Despite First and Fourteenth' Amendger facing the Church "is un· Celebration Postponed .the constant barrage of publicity ments and the Misouri ConstituOn Closed-Circuit TV BUJUHBURA (NC)-The bish- doubtedly from within." set up hy the fashion industry tion's provisions banning use MONTREAL (NC) Patients "Vie know an:i we have to ops of Burundi postponed celeof public funds for aid to private at Montreal General Hospital are accept in all humility tha~ there brations marking the 75th anniindividuals or religion. Plan Teaching Religion versary of the Church in Burundi are theologians who are obvi- 'now able to, view religious ser· However, the judge ruled unvices in the, hopital chapel ously teaching !:omething prebecause of the. civil war in the' In Public Schools through a closed-circuit televi- constitutional the provision of . country earlier this year, and rec- cious close to heresy." DAYTON (NC)-A center for ommended instead Addressing himself directly to sion system, the first such set-up the Free Textbook Law that althat the comthe study of the teaching of re- ingyear be devoted to "penance the nuns who are member,S of a in Canada. . lows loans of textbooks to teachligion in public schools has been for the evils we have done, a contemplative orc.er, the bishop The 'programming of religious _ ers in private schools. established at Wright State Uni- year to dress our wounds." Opponents of the bill, signed cautioned them to avoi~ ex- services is under the direction of versity here. the hospital's Department of Pas- into law in May by Gov. Warren tremes. In a sermon during a pilgrim· The Public Education Religion . "One extreme would be of toral Services, which includes N. Hearnes, indicated they will Study Center is sponsored by age to Mugera, Archbishop AnJesuit Fathers Arthur. Garneau appeal the county court ruling Religious Heritage of America, dreas Makarakiza of Kitega, course the abandonment of your and Hend Lacasse. to the state supreme court. contemplative vocation. You are Inc., ,and designed to encourage president of the Burundi Bishnot called as oth ~rs are called. ops' Conference, condemned the teaching about religion in public "delug§! 'of sins of hatred and There is great we rk to be, done • educational institutions. _ Dr. Nicholas Piediscalzi, chair· revenge," and appealed for resman of the religion department titution and pardon on all sides. The civil war broke out in at Wright State, and Dr: James Uphoff, associate professor in late April along the coast of the education college, have been Lake Tanganyika. The rebels, named co-directors of the center, armed with axes and machetes, ROUTE 6-between Fall River and New Bedford which began operation with an killed about a thousand members of the ruling Tutsi tribe, but the .One of Southern New England's Finest Facilities $88,000 budget. The center has begun its first revolt was quelled by the preproject-a 32·page handbook for dominantly Tutsi army within 10 ·Now Available for public school personnel with days. 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I'm convinced ~he generation gap is broadened by the fact that neither parents nor children say what they really mean when they talk to each other. When other people's kids come home from school, the reunion looks lik,e the prod· nesday each month, and if his igal son's return. father Is going to the meeting, My son comes in, and on the car isn't available. the more loquadous days, Life would be simpler if they mumbles, "Hi ... what's to eat?" Already communication has broken down. I don"t answer the question because ,I know' he

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doesn't want an answer regarding the state of the pantry. IFirst of all, he has no intention of listening to any of my suggestions like "a piece of fruit," or "a glass of juice." He is thinking in terms of four peanut butter and jelly sandwiches ... for starters. Second, he has had a homing instinct for the refrigerator since the day he started to walk. Besides, he cased it before he left for school in the morning and he already knows what's to eat. So I don't answer his questic)Jl. Instead, in my best motherly tone, I ask, "How was school today?" That's the end of the "communication." He can't talk with the peanut butter stuck to the roof of his mouth, and besides he'd rather not ans.wer my question. Tidy That Room! When my daughter asks to go visit a friend, I suggest she first go "tidy her room." ("Tidy" is not the word ... "shovel out" would be better, hut I'm trying to let her sense my warmth.) She .flies up the stairs, "Every-' one else is allowed out. You don't like me!" I don't like the mess in her room either ... but that evidently has nothing to do with it. I tell my son to be home by 10. "Have a heart, Ma. Why aren't you like the other mothers. You never let me do anything!" No matter what I say to them, they attach a different meaning to it. They're convinced that if I say one thing ... I must mean something else. To them, "Do the dishes," means I hate them. To them, "Thanl(s for cleaning the living room; it looks beautiful," means 'I'm trying to get them to do the front hall, too. But the problein is two-sided ... because I know they never say what they mean. For instance, there are all the questions that a.re not really the questions they want the answer to. . ' ,Subtlety Not Wanted Our oldest son asks, "Is there a Parisll Council meeting this week?" He doesn't care about the Parish Council meeting. He is really asking if he can use the car Wednesday night. He knows that the Council meets one Wed-

weren't trying to be subtle. Halfway through a meal, "What's for dessert?" is not a question regarding the rest of the menu. That means, "I don't like hash. Is dessert worth holding my breath till I eat this stuff, or should I just say I'm not feeling well, and get excused right now?" "I'm not hungry; must I finish?" is a variation of "I don't like this." The same child who is "not hungry" for a casserole would be, ravenous for fried chicken. • These are just a few examples of how my kids avoid saying what they really mean. Next week I'll tell you how I feel to let them know what is really on my mind!

Violent Change Possible In South Africa DURBAN (NC) - V i ole n t change will come in South Africa unless whites find ways of sharing and voluntarily giving up some of their power and affluence, an American Presby~erian theologian warned here. Addressing the 75th anniversary conference of the Presbyterian Church of South Africa, the theologian, Dr. Robert McAfee Brown, professor of religion at Stanford University, said that South Africa is a "microcosm of global' reality." Although two-thirds of the world's population is non-white, a privileged white minority controls 80 per cent of the world's power and resources, he said. . "We simply do not have the capacity to understand the problems, tensions, frustrations and deep anger that are the everyday lot of the dispossessed." he added.

Bible Series Broac;lcast On Hungarian Radio VIENNA (NC)-Hungarian Radio recently broadcast a 10-part series on the JUble that it described as "cultural history." Radio officials said it aired the series---'Which will be broadcast in December-because it is high time to ,put the Bible in its rightful place in Hungary after so many years of opposition and sectarianism, when the mere presence of a 'Bible ona bookshelf was considered a kind of demonstration. The Bible, the officials said, is not only a holy book of Jews and Christians but also one of the sources of European c,ulture, like the ancient Greek and Latin classics. The 10-part series - caned "The World of the 'Bible"-tried to throw light on the Bible from different aspects. To keep each program on a definite "track," and to make each a -complete whole in itself, the authors of the series invited a different guest lecturer to each broadcast.

PLANNING CANDLELIGHT BALL: The Friends of St. Anne's Hospital, planning the Annual Candlelight Ball for Saturday Night, Oct. 21 are: Mrs. Paul A. Giroux, chairman of reservations; Mrs. James A. O'Brien, Jr., Gift Shop volunteer, Mrs. Raymond A. Giblin, R.N., Mrs. Donat G. Caron, co-chairman of the Gift Shop; Sr. Jean Marie, , hospital administrator; Mrs. Beatrice Poirier, volunteer at main desk. .

Set Annual Ball For St. Anne's Friends of St. Anne's Hospital, Fall River,will hold their annual Candlelight Ball Saturday night, Oct. 21 at The Coachmen restaurant, Tiverton. Cocktails will be served at 7 o'clock, followed by dinner at 8 and dancing from 9 to I to the music of the Van Alan orchestra. Proceeds wm purchase a delivery room table for the hospital maternity ward. Mrs. Roger Violette is general chaitman for the ball, aided by Mrs. Adelard A. Demers Jr. as co~chairman. Committee heads are Mrs. Paul A. Giroux, reservations; Mrs. Joseph E. Hanify Jr., treasurer; Mrs. Raymond H. Bibeau and Mrs. S. K. Kalil, prizes; Mrs. Emile J. Cote, decorations.

Women to Meet In New Bedford St. Anne Sodality of St. Joseph's parish, New Bedford, will be hostess unit for a meeting of New Bedford District Council of Catholic Women at 7:30 Wednesday,night, Oct. 25. The meeting will be held in the school hall and participants are asked to enter from the parking lot behind the church. Miss 'Jean McGinnis, Family Affairs chairman for the council, will present Rev. Michel Methot of St. Lawrence Church as guest speaker. All ,Catholic women of the area are invited to attend., Those in need of transportation may call 999-6091 to make arrangements.

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Attlebof1o District Pions Meeting Women of the AttleboroTaunton district of the Diocesan Council of Catholic Women will hold their aIIlnual Communion Supper following' 7 P.M. Mass Thursday, Oct. 26 at Bishop Feehan High School, Attleboro. Guest speaker will be Sister Juliette Bouchard of the Medical Mission Sisters, who for the past 20 years has ,been in charge of the Narikelbari Health Center, 'Faridpu J;>istrict, East Pakistan. Reservations will close Monday, Oct. 23.

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Catholic Daughters Attend Shrine Mass, 'WASHINGTON (NC)-National Catholic Daughters of America (CDA) Day was observed here with a Mass Sunday at the ,National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception. Cardinal Lawrence Shehan of Baltimore Was principal concelebrant of the Mass. Msgr. William G. Curlin, CDA chaplain for the District of Columbia, was the homilist. The Catholic women's organization also had observances planned ,by local units around the nation.

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TALLAHASSEE (NC) - Florida's five Catholic bishops issued a statement here calling on all Amercans "to unite in reversing the life-destroying trends which abortion and euthanasia represent." The statement, timed to coincide with Respect Ljfe Week across the nation, said that the bishops "regret" the liberalized abortion law passed in Florida earlier this year. The new law permits abortions in cases of rape or incest or for reasons of "mental health." "This is not an issue in which one religious body is attempting to impose its morality on others," the bishops said. "It is an issue of the gravest moral , concern to all Americans ... because human dignity itself is the issue." "Merely because a thing is legal does not mean it is, there· fore, morally right," said the bishops. The bishops pointed out that "Catholic hospitals ... are continuing to prohibit abortions regardless of ,this newly enacted sta,tute," "We call upon the faithful to realize that active participation in the performance of abortions is gravely and morally culpable; this includes advising, directing and arranging an abortion," said the sta,tement.

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OPEMNG SESSION OF 'CON'DNUING EDUCATION PROGRAM: Left: Rev. William Tobin of Washington, lecturer at the first session, addresses thE:! audience of more than 260 in attendance. Right: Principals at, the initial conference were, Rev. Ronald A. Tosti, Diocesan Director

,Says I.ncreased Faith First Need Of Church

Continuing The, continuing, Education P.rogram of the Diocese of Fall River got off to a more than successful start last Thursday evening at St. Julie Billiart's Parish HaU in No. Dartmouth. With over 260 in attendance, Rev. William Tobin 路gave the

of ReVgious Education-CCD and co-chairman of the program; Father Tobin, Most Rev. Daniel A. Cronin, S.T.D., who gave the welcoming address; Rev. John~. Smith, Diocesan Director of Vocations and co-chairman of the program; Rev. John F. Hogan, host pastor of St. Julie's, No. Dartmouth. '

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first session's major talk after the group was welcomed Iby The Most Reverend Daniel A. 'Cronin, STD, Bishop of the dioce~e. Introduced by the Rev. ~ Ronald A. Tosti, Dioce:;an Director of Religious Education-CCD and coco-chairman with ~ev., John

VATICAN OITY (NC) - Increased faith' ,is the "first and great need Of the Church today," Pope Paul VI told an overflow crowd a,t a general audience here. The Pope, at his first customary Wednesday general ,audience at the Vatican after returning from his summer residence at Castelgandolfo, made no referWASHINGTON (NC) - Twen- the National Sister Fo~mation ence to his 75~h birthday, which ty-eight missionaries from, such Con:ference. , he had' pass~ the day' before. "The ne~e endin~s: of so Instead, the ,Pope stressed the -diverse locations as Brazil, Banneed of greater faith today, say- gl'adesh and ,the Philippines spent many Church agencies are here ing: "We cannot permit our~ two weeks here learning of de- ,in Washington," said ',Father selves to be re'signed to religious velopments 4n the American ,Connors. He added, "Some misdecadence in the oontemporary Church and teUing of their work sionaries were intr.igued .by the Penteoostal movemelllt here in 'world, its progressive loss of in- abroad'. The mtsslOllaries, Priests, 'the States. Som e hadn't! heard terest ,in God~to such a point as to declare absurdly His 'death' Brothers and Nuns on furlough of it, and when they paTtiCipated -or to the habitual loss of in- from their assignments, attended in a chari:smatic pl'ayer ~eeting terest in ou~relations with a seminar at the Queen of Apos- at Catholic Unive11Sity, ittrigtles Seminary near Catholic Uni- gered a great deal of dishissJon Him." versity under the auspices of the among ,them." Spiritual Collapse Seculal'ism, atheism, and the United States Mission' Council, He saJd some of the missionlack of "responsibility for our an organization representing the aIiies also "consta.ntly disdussed" actions in the face of God, from, missionary efforts of the Church the dilemma of "being agents of which he derived moral religious in the Un'ited States. cultural, change 'whethel' they Father Joseph Connors, the wanted to be, or Hot." It 'Vas deconscience," are the consequences of a "spiritual collapse council's - executive d,irectQr, termined, he saJd, that the only caused by the lack of faith," the spoke of the two week seminar way to OVeI'Come this diJequna is in an interview with NC News by developing a sensitivity: to the Pope said. "Faith ,is necessary;" the Pope Service. , mores of the country in .which "It was a particularly exciting the missionallies work.' affirmed, because of a presentday mentality that "places in thing to realize how 'simila,r, ex"T.heyreaHze the 楼I'ican doubt the general concept of the periences of a missionary jn Asia Chur,ch has to be Afrioan," the world and life which the faithful can beto experiences of missionpries: said of th ~ missionaries. believer must have to fulfill his aries in Africa and Latin Amerown way of living." 'iea," he said. "The missionaries "They have to follow the l,eaderThe Pope greeted dozens of, were very much taken up with ship 'of the indigenous hierarchy special pilgrimages and groups the sameness of their experi- and laity." 'The missionariE's who a,ttendbut was surpl'ised to find that a ences." number of them were not able The missionaries also learned edthe seminar, the secondi of its to find room in the 6,000-seat of new developments in路 the kind, came from Bolivia,' New audience halt Church here from individuals Guinea; Peru, Taiwan, GuateHearing the cheers of one Father Oonncms called "resource mala, Malawi, Ghana, Kenya, group whO had listened to his people"-representatives of the Ecuador, Jamaica, ZllIIl1bia, 'Zaire, special welcome over loudspeak-' U. S. Catholic Conference, the Nigeria, El Salvador, Uganda, ers located outside the hall, Pope - Society for the Propagation of Braz:i:,Bangladesh and the Phil" ! Paul said:, "This is a 'new and the Faith, the Washington Theo- ippines. spacious haH but still not large logical Coallition, the Center of They are among 7,649 U. S. enough. Perhaps we should build Concern, the I,eadership Confer- Catholic missionaries throughout another." ence of Women ~eligious, and the world. t

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Smith of this unprecedented lect!U"e series, Father Tobin spoke on the General Catechetical Directory, its implications for our times and its thrust into the future. ' ,Participants included priests, religious and laity from the entire diocese. Although a: large percentage were from the New Bedford and Fall River areas, participants were present from as far away as East Brewster and North Attleboro. , The series continues this evening with Rev. John MacInnis, assistant Pastor at Presentation Parish in Brighton. The topic, "Revelation" delves more deeply -into the General Catechetical Directory and covers the Pastoral dimensions of the ministry of the Word. Father MacInnis, well known in the field of Scripture is also ,the guest lectUrer in ,this area for the Master Teachers' Plan of the Archdiocese of -Boston. New registrants will be accepted at any of the five rernaining Thursday evenings of this series.

OAKLAND (Ncr-An Anglican theologian has been named a member of the newly formed theological commission of the Oakland, diocese. The Rev. Massey H. Shepherd, Jr., a faculty member of the Church Divinity School of the Pacific, Berkeley, is the only non-Catholic member of the nine路man commission.

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FALL RlVE,R PARISH CELEBRATES CENTENARY: The 100th Anniversary banquet of the Sacred Heart Parish, Fall River was held Sunday night Wilth Bishop Cronin addressing the large gathering. Left: Miss Alice C. Harrington, chairman of program and guests, and Walter H. White, master of ceremonies hold the cake as Mrs. Robert Nedderman, banquet chairman cuts the anniversary cake. Center: Rev. - Msgr.

Lester L. Hull, pastor; 13ishop Cronin and Thomas F. White, who was an altar boy in the Sacred Heart Parish in 1901. Right: Kenneth Leger, vocalist during the evening and a member of the parish; Bishop Gerrard, Auxiliary Bishop of the Diocese, who gave the benediction; John J. McAvoy who outlined the history of the parish. '

Pope Paul .Urges Greater St~udy Of Religion VA'BCAN CITY (NC)-Modern man's crisis of faith is often due to ignorance, Pope Paul VI told thousands of visitors during a general audience here. On the other hand, the Pope said, the truth of the faith is an attractive factor in winning converts. That same morning the Pope had received British Prime Minister Edward Heath, and following the general audience, received about 1,000 catechism students in a hall in St. Peter's Basilica. In his audience address, the Pope admitted that Catholics can encounter "many, very many problems on the road toward knowledge of our religion." Rather than being obstacles, however, those problems should spu~ us on, to a "greater study" lest we earn the rebuke of Tertullian, the ancient Christian apologist, of being "condemned because of our ignorance," the Pope said. '

Devotion to Mary Aid to Ecumenism OAKLAND (NC)-Devotion to Mary is a help to Christian unity, not an obstacle, Cardinal John Krol told 15,000 persons who jammed the Oakland Coliseum for a Rosary Rally marking the lOth anniversary of the Oakland diocese. "Beyond any doubt," Cardinal Krol said, "Mary will provide one of the sure paths towards the unity of all the followers and believers in her Son, Jesus Christ." , Stressing the veneration' of members of the Orthodox Church for the Mother of God, Cardinal Krol said, "Marian devotion is an imperative means of making progress toward the union of Catholic and Orthodox in Christ." , Countering the opinion of those "who, with imprudent zeal, assume that our devotion to the Mother of God is an obstacle to ecumenical progress," Cardinal Krol said that non-Catholic: observers to the Second Vatican

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Council affirmed that "Protestants have gone a second mile in opening themselves to an examination with their Catholic brethren to what the New Testament says about the place of Mary in Christian faith." _ , Woman of Faith One Methodist minister, the cardinal said, has written that the Rosary is an effective "visual aid for meditating on the mysteries of the Christian faith." Cardinal Krol said, however, that "true Marian devotion does not depend upon apparitions, private revelations, secret messages, hidden letters or apocalyptic threats." The Cardinal continued that "overdependence upon these elements can, in fact, be an obstacle to tl'ie acquisition of a deeper Scriptural devotion to Mary as the Mother of Jesus-the great woman of faith."

Layman Named Seminary Dean

BALTIMORE (NC) - For the first time in its 181-year history, NEW YORK (NC)-The an- St. Mary's Seminary and Univermial Thanksgiving clothing drive .. sity here has a layman as its of Catholic Relief Services will academic dean. Positive RE!SUlt The new dean is Dr. Charles be held, in most U. S. dioceses O. Ryan, head of the Depart"The honest and 'persevering Nov. 19 to 25. study of the teachings of faith," . With most of the material in- ment of Educational Administrahe continued, "will, all by itself, " tended for tropical areas over- tion at Utah State University, certainly have a primary positive seas, CRS official here said that Logan, Utah, since 1969. result, that of demonstrating to the biggest need is for lightAccording to the Father John the intelligence and spirit of weight clothing, trousers, infant H. Greenalch, rector of St. modern man not the strang~ness clothes, bedding, piece goods and Mary's School of Theology, the of our faith, but rather the at- remnants. decision to hire Ryan grew out tractiveness of the truth of our While the clothing will be dis- of the conviction that the comreligion." tributed in 70 countries, much of plexity of the theological degree Later, in his address to the it will go to Bangladesh, where programs called for a person children of catechism schools of CRS operates an emergency aid, with more experience in educaNorthern Italy, the Pope describ- program for victims of the war tional administration that most seminary priests have. , ed the study of catechism as the there last year., The doctoral program developFlood victims in Korea and the "fundamental basis for the preparation of the Christian person- Philippines, along with victims ed by Dr. Ryan at Utah State ality" and likenedi this early of fighting in Vietnam, Burundi University reflected the kind of training in religion to a seed and Sudan, will receive' clothing initiative and awareness of planted in good ground which collected in the collection. Last change that St. Mary's was seekblooms in its own time of ma- year, 16 million pounds of clothing, according to Father Green: alch. ing were donated. turity.

Noting, however, that "wherever the Mother of God is loved and venerated, the Faith is being kept," Cardinal Krol described the history and present state of Polish Catholicism as evidence of the spiritual strength and vitality which accompanies devotion to Mary.

Finance Post WASHINGTON (NC)-Donald Bailey has been named director of accounting services in the U. S. Catholic Conference Office of Finance and Administration. Before joining the usec, Bailey was with the National Wildlife Federation.

Marian Doctrine He said that "never before in the history of the Church did any ecumenical Council bring together in a single, extensive body of doctrine Mary's role in the mystery of Christ and His Church as did the Second Vatican Council." . Cardinal Krol called the Rosary the "Gospel in miniature" and declared that "Marian doctrine is a symbolic summary of the doctrine of human cooperation in the redemption, thereby offering a synthesis of the dogma of the Church."

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Columnist Offers Prayers To Fit Seasonal Problems A Time for Lettuce

Heavenly King, Father of all growing things We pray that a .living wage be paid the lettuce pickers fast. We pray that our concern for them and their families come before our desire for crisp lettuce once again. But being human and weak, we admit From boys whose favorite subto some selfishness in this ject is recess, Deliver us, Oh prayer. May the lettuce boy- Lord. cottsucceed. May the letFrom girls, whose favorite tuce pickers be paid a fair wage for hard labor. And may we once again enjoy a tossed salad with Roquefort.

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For everything there is a Sea· son, You tayght us, Jesus, our brother. This !'ea!'on it's modern math meeting unmodern parents. Enlighten us, we pray on Ba!'e Ten and Base Four and Thousands Place and Usual Numerals. Let us not show our ignorance again as· when we thought Cor· rect Sign meant Stop on Red. Help us to understand the bases and help our daughter to understand our precocious senil· ity.

A Mother's I,.itany For boys who care about sports and food We thank thee, Oh Lord. For girl!' who care about grades and books, We thank thee, Oh Lord.

subject is boys, Deliver us, Oh Lord. .. A Time Jor Politics Hail Holy Queen,temperer of tempers, let us survive this elec· tion in peace. Help us to listen to our neighbor as he refuses to listen to us. Keep us from un· kind retorts during political commercials. FATHER VEIGA Help us to fake an. example so our children will grow to be· Iieve that which we have come Lo disbelieve. Teach us to accept the idea''that politicaJ expediency comes only after country; moth· The PortuguE'se Vince~tian Faerhood and you.' thers, headed in Fall ~iver by FinallY, Dear Mother, after it , Rev. Fernando Veiga, C.M., will is all over, help us to explain it .hold their an nual Missionary to the children so that it makes Feast from 2 P.M. to 111 P.M.' sense. Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 21 A Time for Ghosts and Goblins and 22 at the )Iarish hail of Ou.r Mother Mary, hallowed of hal· Lady of Angel~ Church,; Kilburn lowed Come to my aid· this Hal· St., Fall River. .: I lowed Season. Give me inspira· Attractions will include a rar·· tion, patience and Elmer~s Glue I to create something different fle with first prize of a icar, and many booths featuring Portuto hide my human' goblins. guese foods. There will be an Ghosts and robots are out. orchestra for dancing. Cinderella is square And who ever heard of Mickey Mouse? . Guide my needle' true and I D(~plores IDeclining pray, dear Mother, to help 'me find time bl'ltween CCD and PTA MOlI'al StCllndards 'f.ALLETTA (NC)-Archbishop to watch for tricks and buy the treats and ponder once again Miehael Gonzi of Malta has exhow the Church started ~Il this. pressed grave concern about what he described as the declining moral standards of this i~· land nation.

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In an' addres!: to 1,009 Catho· lic Action delegates at their annual general meeting, the 87'year-old archbishop : blamed movies, which he said ihad degenerated, as tbe p~inci~al cause for the moral declIne. I "It makes m~ cry to ~ see the disastrous degradation npw rampant in our midst," t~e arch· bishop said.

The basic cause of such degra.· dation, He said, is lack of reli· gious knowledge. Pe'ople no longer go to church or to reli.· gious instructions in tpe huge numbers of former times, he said.

LOS ANGELES (NC)-Re'presentatives of six million American Holy Name Society members voted to ask all presidential can· didates to state clearly th~ir positions on abortion. . A proposal to allow women to join the society was discussed also but action was postponed at the Society's nationai conven· tion here. In its resolution on' abortiori; the 2,000 convention delegates said that "we want to know if the candidates believe abortion is right or wrong, moral or immoral." "And we don't want an an. swer that hides behind a discus· ·sion of state rights," added Msgr. Francis Osborn, director of Los Angeles' Holy Name Union, prop9nent of the resolution, introduced by delegates from Pittsburgh, proposing that Holy Name members conduct a grass· roots national poll to determine what issues the people of the coiuitry, Catholic and nonCatholic, believe' are important. In other action, a motion was made and then withdrawn advoc'ating unrestricted membership in the Holy Name Society. Family Participation The motion made by the Boston delegation reflected the suggestion of Archbishop Timothy Manning of Los Angeles 'and Archbishop Leo Byrne of St. Paul-Minneapolis that the fam· ilies of Holy Name men be encouraged to participate more in the activities of the society. The Holy Name Society will not thrive without some participation by women, Archbishop Manning told the convention. "This doesn't mean that I am a victim of the women's liberation movement," he remarked, ~"I'm not." "The last stronghold of salvation for our culture is Christian marriage, so lived that the children of a house will see in their own 'home the value and beauty. and dignity of sacrificial love, the last remnant of our culture," Archbishop Manning,said. o

Women should participate, but "How you work this out is up to you," he said. . The discussion of the resolu· tion on women ranged from the meaning of "encourage" to the actual proposal that women be encouraged to join and member· ship be unrestricted. One proposal could have made non-Catholics eligible for membership. r 'No Ban' The motion was tabled with the suggestion that a study be made of the matter since it was too important to be voted on immediately. . Dominican Father Brendan Larnen, national Holy Name di· rector, later said in an interview that "there is no ban on women joining the Holy Name Society. "No motion to this effect is really needed; perhaps only procedurally. The Holy Name Soci· ety is a confraternity and according to canon law bishops and pastors can determine whether or not women may be members. "Women, for one thing, are far more courageous than men. There was only one man at the .foot of the cross, John, but there were several women. Women are far more active, they are un· swerving about their' convictions. They have done a great job in defending the right to. life and opposing abortion."

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Joe Finds Procrasti'nation Is An Incurable Disease. ,

By Joe and Marilyn Roderick

Once every six months I find myself in a dither. It is time for a sticker for my automobile. We have two, one always in a state of disrepair and the other fairly new. Nev~r does the time come when I have sufficient time or foresight to get the sticker Reality's Ugly Head in advance. Always I am Pre-marriage, I would dreamlast minute Harry rushing to and fro getting ready for ily survey the picture of the the inspectiQn. And the inspection stations love me. The day before inspection deadline you will find me in a long line waiting for an irate 'station attendant, to service the many last-minute arriva,ls who came before me. I am also the one who has a burned out bulb in some inaccessible pla¢e and manages to hold up the line for at least a half hour while the inspector searches through his little boxes for just the right bulb to solve my - problem. All this time I am standing around harried· and distressed while the attendant curses all motori!;ts and me in particular with fervent and studied perfection.. Only Hope I should respect those people who are sufficiently alert to get their inspection stickers two or three weeks in advance, but I look upon them with disdain. I never could toler'ate smart-alecks and I am moved t,o sneering when one of my friends tells me in a supercilious manner that he has his sticker ,because he can't stand the last minute rush. My only hOpe is that the State will eventually drop the inspectidn or space it for different ti~es of the year, just as we are now doing with registration. Of course, I have to admit that I was one of those people who stood in Hne,on the last day of the year waiting for my registration in the days when all registrations haa to be made prior to January 1; Procrastination is a· sickness and in my case it is a disease. It . just seems that I have so many more "important" things to do that ,I never get around to 'the essential!; like paying my bills promptly, or registering cars, or buying birthday gifts on'time, or, in this case, getting a sticker.

The Parish Parade

1972

mother of the household dressed ina lovely flowing robe presid· ing at the breakfast table. The movies I avidly ,viewed during my teen-age years did nothing to dispel this ideal picture and then reality reared its ugly head. A home where five people have to prepare to venture out into the world fully dressed and fed within the span of an hour or two leaves little time for pic-, torial table settings or gourmet breakfasts. Some mornings are "cold cereal" ones, others (out of a sense of guilt) are bacon and egg mornings, but the' latter are greeted with as little enthusiasm as the former so in the long run' one wonders if all the bother was worth it. My friends who have teenagers in their househol~s tell me that the situation worsens with age and that there comes a pofnt when one is lucky even to get a glass of juice down a youthful gullet. Weekends are not much. better, since everyone awakens at a different hour and again breakfast is a hit and miss affair. I'll. just have to find some other occasion to wear my morning gown and serve French dishes! Everyone who tastes this luscious dessert raves on and on. It was given tQ me by Mrs. Alan Iveson of St. Louis parish in Fall River. However, Mrs.· 1veson wanted me to stress that while • it is one of her favorite recipes' she did not originate it and she's unaware of its, original source. No matter, it's delectable. Cheese Squares, % cup butter or margarine % cup brown sugar, firmly

packed 2 cups flour 1 cup chopped nuts ' Y 2 cup granulated sugar In the Kitchen 4 Tablespoons milk "Do you mind if I give the yel16 oz. cream cheese low part of the egg to Missy?" 2 eggs asked Jason. Our dog adores 2 Tablespoons lemon juice eggs (our kids certainly don't) so 1 teaspo~n vanilla. I just nodded in silent agreement 1) Cream together the brown (this was ~b9ut the orily motion sugar and. shortening. Add the I could muster at 6:45 in the flour and nuts. Reserving 1 cup morning). Later on when Jason of this mixture for a topping, went to put his breakfast plate pack the remainder in a greased in the dishwasher I noticed that 8 by 8 inch pan and bake in a , all of the white of his hard-boiled 350· oven 12 to 15 minutes. egg was still left. 2) Blend the cream cheese until Now either he didn't eat any smooth. Add the sugar, eggs, of the egg himself or there's a third part of an, egg that I didn't milk, lemon juice and vanilla. know about. Naturally, about Beat well and pour into cooled a half hour later when he should baked crust. Sprinkle. crumb have been getting dressed for, mixture over top and bake in a school, he announced that he 350· oven 25 minutes. 3) Cool and cut into squares was just famished and wouldn't' I please make him a peanut but- and store in refrigerator. ter "hot" sandwich. (That's peaMrs. Iveson. mentioned that nut butter on warm toast in case she sometimes uses' a' 9 by 9 any of my gourmet readers have inch pan and that this makes a never heard of this cunnary de- thinner square that is easier to light.) cut and serve.

ST. ANN, RAYNHAM The Ladies' Guild will meet _Wednesday, Nov. 1 for a demonstration and film on new cooking techniques. Shirley Taylor will ST. LOUIS DE FRANCE, be hostess. At the unit's OctoSWANSEA ber meeting, methods of making Ladies of Ste. Anne held their bow~ were explained. meeting last· night in the parish ST.. FRANCIS XAVIER, hall. A calendar party followed ACUSHNET a business session. Mrs. Janet New officers of the Home and Iwanski was program chairman. 'School Assn. are Mr. and Mrs. ST. KILIAN, , Roger Parent, president couple; NEW BEDFORD Mr. and Mrs. Roger Blaise, viceThe Women's Guild wm spon- president couple; Mr. and Mrs. sor a whist iiarty at 8 Saturday Armand Goulet, secretary couple; night, Oct. 21 in the school base- Mr'. and Mrs. Richard 'Langlais, ment on Earle Street. Prizes will treasurer couple. be awarded and refreshments The association plans a harserved. vest dance Saturday night, Nov. 11 at the school hall. Tickets FATHER LaFRANCE ST. MARY, will be available at the door. NANTUCKET A bak~ sale will be held at the D~ominic:a:n A&P supermarket beginning at ST.. ANNE, 10 Friday morning, Oct. 20. Do- FALL RIVER . , Bingo is held in the school nations should be brought by that time. For pick-up of baked auditorium at 7 every Wednesgoods; contact Mrs. Janet Stroj-' day evening., Entrances are on Rev. Val LaFraoce, O.P. di- ny, Phone 228-9184. Forest and Ridge Streets. rector of preaGhing for the DoThe CYO will meet at 7:30 minican Province of St. Joseph, SANTO CHRISTO, tonight in the school. will 'open a series of sb~ lectures FALL RIVER A solemn novena to St. Jude, The Council of Catholic Women conducted by Rev. Timothy Shea, entitled "Gosh, It Used To He Easy!" on Mor'day, ·Oct!. 30, fol- has scheduled a cake sale in the' O.P., will begin -tomorrow at St. lowing 12:05 P.M. Mass at Qur church vestibule to follow all Anne's Shrine. Devotions will Lady's Chapel, Pleasant Street, Masses Sunday, Oct. 22., Mrs. . be held daily at 2 P.M. and 7,P.M. New Bedford. A discussion ses- Palmira Aguiar, chairman, will . through Saturday, Oot. 28. sion will folloVi in the adjoining be assisted by Mrs. Mary CabeCub Scout Pack 50 will hold information center. ceiras. Donations of pa'stry may its monthly pack meeting at 7:30 Subsequent lectures will he ,be' brought to the vestibule tomorrow night in the school hall. . given at the same time on Noy. before any Mass. 6, Nov. 20 and Nov. 27,!all Mon- ST. LOUIS, The Home and School Associadays. Topics will includ!:! the potion invites parents and all interFALL RIVER sition of today's Christian in the ested parishioners to a meeting The Women's Guild will hold to be hel,d at 7:30 Thursday. light of Vatican II, the problem its annual public Christmas "'ba- night, Oct. '26 in the school hall. of conscience, the place 'of CCD in Christian education, and the zaar and meat pie supper at 6 The parish board of education role of prayer in generaJ and the Thursday" night, Oct. 26 in the will sponsor an adult education prayer of the Mass in pflrticular. church' auditorium on Eagle lecture series at 7:30 P.M. ThursStreet. Many booths will be fea- day night, Nov. 9 and Thursday , Varied Activitie~I , . tured and there will' be special night, Nov. 30 in the activity Ordained in 1958, Fa:ther La- children's attractions. Mrs. Wil- room of the school. At the first France has served as ~n assi:;- fred St. Michel, chairman ex' meeting Alfred Dube, manager tant of novicE:S, director of a officio, wili be aided by Mrs. and treasurer of the parish credit boys' choir, a lecturer at Yale, George Oliveira, co-chairman. union, will speak on "Getting the a retreat ,mastl~r in all' parts 'of 'Most for Your Money." His topic HOLY NAME, the United States, a prison chap,the second night will be "Income lain and a curate in a ''tennesse,e FALL RIVER Commemorating American,Ed- Planning." .parish, where he was ~ctive in CCD classes for elementary ucation Week, Holy Name School community ~ffairs. will hold a book fair from 7 to 9 grade public school children take Thursday night, Oct. 26. Books place every Monday afternoon P-oll Showl» Reunion on all levels for children and at 3:15 in the school. adults' will be available and there Inllportanl Issue will be a table for those wishing LONDON (NC}---'More than 80 pel' cent of both Anglican and to donate a book to the school CHAS. F. Roman Catholil:s think ,that the library as a memorial. The first meeting of the seareunion of the two ch*ches is son for Project Leisure will be an important i:>sue, anq 75 per held from 2 to 4 Thursday after<;ent of them think it is time fe,r noon, Oct. 26 in the school hall. the churches to move closer te,The program will include Mass OIL CO., INC. gether, according to ~ recent and an address by Sister Ruth poll. . 254 ROCKDALE AVENUE Kindelan, S.U.S.C., member- of The majority in both, groups, , the liturgical commission of the NEW BEDFORD, MASS. however, confensed ignorance of Fall River diocese, on "Music in the problems ar,d issues ~nvolved. the Liturgy." in any Roman Catholic-Anglican reunion. Six.ty-';wo per' cent of HOLY NAME, , the Catholics Slid they had reo NEW BEDFORD HEATING OILS ceived some instruction on th,~ The Women's Guild held its COMPLETE question of reu:lion; 26 per cent first meeting of the season last of the Anglican:; reported receiv- night. 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Racial, Et~nic Pers,ecution 'Good Conscience' Study Sent to Rome WASHiNGTON (NC) - The The study, conducted by the The secretariat's statement Is Worldwide Crime U. S. bishops have decided to bishops' Committee on Pastoral also repeated an earlier warning

When in the Synodal Document the Bishops cry out their compassion for those who are "suffering persecution -sometimes in institutionalized form-for racial or ethnic origin," they raise one of the world's most tragic and pervasive injustices. "Tragic because once race or national- under contract, an ll-hour day, seven daY'S a week for a weekly ality are made the basis of wage of about $12 and he had discrimination, there is noth- been obliged, he sa'id, to stay ing the victim can do to escape. If he is born brown, he stays brown. If he is born a Ruthenian, he stays one. He cannot change

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his skin. J.t becomes his prison. Only chansing the whole system can set him free. And the persecutions are world w,ide. Five hundred years ago, the races were not so mixed. The white men were in Europe, the black men in Africa, the yenow men in China and the brown men virtually everywhere else. Then. began that incredibly violent, ooten creative yet sometimes intolerable eruption of human energy - the maritime conquest of the whole planet by Ithe white Chrismam; of Europe's Western seaboard and the white Christian Slavs of Russia. . Where' temperate ci'imate .and soil were avaHable - in North and South America, in Siberja, later in Australasia and Mricathey killed most of the aborigines and settled -the land. Where raw materi'als could he produced fur European use -- sugar and spices in the 17th century, cotton and tobacco in the 18th, palm oil, tin, copper, gold in the 19th-they opened up mines and plantaltions for export. And since, until I'ate in 'the ISth century, machines for harvesting and mining were not invented, the white rulers used manpower instead. Human Mac:hines It was not their own manpower. When aU the Caribs had died off in the sugar islands of the Caribbean, the European slavellS brought jn African slaves and extended the 'trade to the . Southern States as cotton became king. Asians were brought in to build East Africa's railways. Chinese were broughit into the Malayan tin mines. A vast, ruthless, exploitative redistribution of human beings as though they were no better than beasts or machines took place. And ,this is the condition the 20th century inherited. Much of our attention is ooncentrated-rightly--on Southern Afl1ica, on South Africa, Rhodesia and tIhe two P"rtuguese colonies of Angola and Mozambique. Here the institutionalized forms of racial oppression are more fully potent and articulated than anywhere else on earth. Let one instance stand. A few weeks ago in South Africa, an' African labourer in Natal was puni,shed for not turning up to work. His excuse? He worked, ,. 1..

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away from work while he washed his only pair of m-ousers. But he was punished for breach of contraot just the same. It is hardly surprising that in a society based on such' senseless and bal'lbacic expl01tation, there are propol'ltionately more executions, impl1isonments, detentions and deportations than in any other country. on earth. Not Alone But Southern Africa is not 'alone. V,il1tuaHy all 1lhe Indians have been thrown out of Burma, aeaV'ing all their property behind. The revolt that overthrew Suka'rno in Indonesia also led to the kiUing of hundreds of thousands of local Chinese. General Amin in Uganda threatens to expel not simply the. 50,000 Asians w~1!h -B-ri-tish passports but perbaps another 30,000 as well. And no Palestinian has any hope of returning to his home in what is now Israeli territory, not even if, like the wretched Chri~ian Arabs in the V1i1~ages on the bor.ders of Lebanon, they cooperated with the Jews in 1948 and were specifically promised th'e return of their land and homes. What can be done about the massiveness and pervasiveness of racial oppression? For Chrds; Han cit'izens a pl'limary responsibHity is to realize two thingsthe first, thalt to exploit any fellow human being and accept· w.ithout thought I!he fruits of his labour-"defl'lauding the labourer of his hire" - as one of the crimes which, in Biblical terms, calls to Heaven for vengeance. It was in this light that Abraham lJinooln, in this Second Inaugural, accepted the grief and bloodshed of the Oivil War as a myster.ious but righteous judgment on a nation that had accepted the wealth created by slave labour. The second point to remember, . particularly when international money,' pressure and action are needed to help racial refugees and end racial oppressions, is the .degree to whioh the vast forced l1"acial migrations from the 17th to the 20th cenltury were set on foot by white christians for the commercial benefit of white Christians. Without this crime, not an African woWid have left Africa, not a white man, not an Asian gone there. So the wealthy post Chdstian nations cannot ev,ade histol1ical responsibility. They must help to redress the wrongs they themselves created.

Cardinal Resigns CARACAS (NC) - Pope Paul VI accepted the resignation of Cardinal Humberto Quintero, 70, as head of this archdiocese of.' 2.3 million, and appointed an apostolic administrator 17 years his junior. Bishop Jose Ali Lebrun of Valencia, Venezuela, now 53, will run the archdiocese with full powers (sede plena) as coadjutor with right to succession. _. . -

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send the Vatican their study of the issue of opening the sacraments to Catholics who have been divorced and remarried. The issue - popularly !mown as the "good conscience" question-'became the center of a national controversy this Summer after it was reported that several dioceses were already allowing cerlJain divorced and remarried Catholics to receive the sacraments. The decision to send the bishops' study to the Dootrinal Congregation in Rome wa,s reached at a meeting here of the AdmInistrative Committee of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops (NCCB). The oongregation -is conducting its own study of the issue.

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Research and Practices, "will express the deep pastoral concern of the bishop of the United States for Catholics who find themselves in this painful situation," according to a statement of the NCCB general secretariat. The secretar.iat'said, however, that "neither the Committee on Pastoral Research and Practices nor the Administrative Committee has adopted any position on the question, since the matter is under study, presumably for decision by the Holy See." Repeat Warning The U. S. study will contribute to the Vatican study, the secretariat said, and the "U. S. bishops are ready to be of further ,servke if their experience' can be helpful."

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FAITH

KNOW Our Limitations Lead Us to Others "Show me the coin used for the tax." (Matthew 22, 19).. Take a coin in your hand and look at it. What is money good for? Nothing much in itself. If, like King Midas, we had nothing

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but money to eat, to drink, to wear, to touch and love, we would soon be desperately unhappy' people. But what is it good for? Well, at least to get us the things we need and a few of the things we want. We use it to provide for basic comforts today and some hope of a little security tomorrow. Money r~minds us of' how much we depend on one another. If each one of us could grow his own food, make his own clothes, and build his own house, then we could get along without money. But in fact none of us can do everything. At least, we can't do them in the way we like them done. So each one of us does some of them, and we

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limitations that leads us out of ourselves to other persons. The fa<:t that we are weak and less' than perfect makes us look for help and find it even in others who are weak and imperfect too. Together we can 'do something. And, in doing it, we discover one another. Not all our dependence can be found symbolized in a 'piece of money, however, any more than alI 0ur needs' can be fulfilled by things that money buys. In actual living with others, we soon find we have limitations and needs beyond food, warmth and protection. We need understanding and dialog; encourageTurn to Page Seventeen

• In Limitations

Driving home this afternoon I turned on the radio. The familiar voice of Barbra, Streisand filled the car with her hit song, "People." One line struck me. "People who need p'eople' are the luckiest people in the world'" nrs;ii:'ii!!E

trade the results back and forth among ourselves by means of. money. Human society as we know it arose to provide for things no one man can do for himself. The families we grew up in, the the schools we went to, the unl'ons and clubs, the organizations and churches we joined, the companies we work for, the cities and nations we live inall of them underline how limited ' we are personally, at the same time they show how much we can do when we support one another.

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The lyrics rang true to life, even though the thought at first jars one. It is a paradox that the experience of need can indeed be a very lucky experience. Many a person has found that the painful discovery that he really needed help has been the first step to new growth and happiness. I remember well' a young man who walked into my office, sat down, and sadly began, "Father. I need your help. I just can't make it alone anymore." Somewhat surprised at his directness and depth of discouragement, 1 listened intently: "I'ye really tried hard, Fathet. But I just can't do it. I'm not cut out to be a lawyer. I just can't get the feel for law. This is the most embarrassing day of my life. I've really tried, but I know I can't do it."

Seek Help We talked at length about his' feelings, his situation. He was honestly facing himself ,for the first time in years. He was open.. ly admitting his limitations, even though he found it hard to admit failure. He feared what his wife would think if he dropped out' of laY' school. Several years later he visited me again. He was happy, relaxed, and enjoying creative work as a photographer. We recalled our first meeting, and he told me, "Father, that day I broke down and admitted that I just couldn't learn law was the most fortunate day I can remember. I never knew how lucky it could be to discover that you had limitations ~nd needed' help." His experience suggests the value of recognizing and admit· ting one's limitations. To be limited in ability reveals one's needs. To admit that one needs help - encouragement, support, guidance, forgiveness, comfort, medical assistance-opens a person to, receive. This is a grace· filled experience. First Beatitude .Jesus confirms the paradox of need reSUlting in fulfillment. "How blest are' the poor in spirit," he says in the Sermon on the Mount, "the reign of God is theirs" (Mt. S: 3). Another translation of the same passage Turn to Page Eighteen

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F;iither Eugene J. Weitzel, C.S.V. We know that' in ;God our Father there are no limitations. He is the Supreme Being, the Lnfinitely perfect One; he has all perfections without limit. The God of our fathers, is eternal, all-powerful, all knowing, 'alld holY,all-loving, all-just, an all· merciful. However, he creatures God made out of nothing have many limitations. Everything we experience in OUI: daily lives is lim. ited in scope and abilit~ and this certainly includes ma!) himself. These limitations migh,t be said to derive from four sources. First of aL, creatures have limitations simply because they were created.- God, tM Creator, J is, above all c:reaturesi who are LIMITATIONS' AROUND US: "The world in which but a faint sh,idow of ,his limit. he lived' became hostile and had to be subdued." Farmer lessness. Secondly, because man reo Willard Robbins, 84, uses primitive means to disc his stubfused to remain faithfu,l to God, born land in Ogden, Ark. NC Photo. he forfeited all- of the gifts God h~,d intended for him 'and thus splendor of human friendship. a productive impersonal" rela· hlild to' endure fu,rther li(nitations. Most psychologists agree that it tionship with God and neighbor. The world in which he I lived be- is very difficult for a person to Being a friend to oneself and accame hostile alld had t6 be sub- give or receive love if he will not cepting one's own capacities and dued. "To the woman he said, I admit his own limitations as-well limitation creates an inner freewill multiply your pains in child- as those of others. dom that' makes one's fulI cabearing ... Your 'yearning shall Furthermore, psychologists tell pacities and limitation available be for your husband, y~t he will us that from the point of view for use. This sort of freedom lo:~d it over you." To ~the man of mental h'ygiene,' it 'is' iinpor. does' not exist in the individual he said, ... "Accursed b~ the soil tant fo'r a person to accept his who is preoccupied with con· because of you, ... it shall yield 'limitations _ and think well of demning himself and wondering you brambles and thorns ..." himself. In fact, an hqnest self- if others are rejecting him be· (Gen. 3:16-19). esteem that admits the presence cause of his limitations. Heredity-:EnviroOltlent of limitations is closely conSteps to Maturity Thirdly, human limitations are nected with the individual's sometimes hereditary, I and the capacity for social relations. "A Accepting one's self is just as hereditary potEntials the individ- realistic appraisal of one's own important as accepting others ual inherits from his parents, strengths and weaknesses, said with their limitations. The grandparents and more remote Wayland Vaughn, the author of healthy person, and here we are ar.cestors place physical, emo- Personal and Social Adjustment, talking about spiritual and moral tional and intellectual litnitatiolls "is helpful in guaranteeing a per- as well as mental health, is con· I on the individual. AlI' of us al:e· son adequate security in human fident of his own worth because aware of our hiereditary relations." he is willing to admit and accept 'strengths and weakness~s. An individual neecis consider- his limitations as welI as his asFinalIy, many of our limita- able insight to accept his limi- sets and see himself as others tions come from our environ· tations and to see himself as he see him. Such a person, is well ment. Every man is ad;vantagE,d really is. In fact, it requires' a pleased and can thus -be truly and disadvantaged; limited by high degree of tolerance for a open to the movement of the hh: environment-time and plate person, to like the self he must Spirit within him, and alIows of birth, educational opportuni- live with, but this is an impor- others (God and man) to assist ties, economic conditions, racial tant prerequisite if one is to have Turn to Page Seventeen and ethnic attitudes, etc. Yes, every (,ne of U$ experi· ences personal 'limitati,ons and this included Jesus qhrist ciS man. Thus, our' problem basically is not our personl!-I limita· About ten years ago I visited to return for a few days and obtions, though O'lr limitations can cause problem:; and, sometimes the Air Force Academy south of serve some of the religious acvery serious ,)nes, but rather Denver at Colorado Springs. tivities 'his five-priest team minhow we admit and ac~ept our , It's an, impressive campus and, istry sponsors. For example: An 11 A.M. Sunday Mass with lilrnitations. If we have Icontinu- the interdenominational chapel ally striven to acquire ~ healthy there framed in a background of the Academy's magnificent 80. self-concept, our mental health the Rocky Mountains struck me voice malt;! choir under the direc. and adjustment potential is con- as a particularly beautiful sight. tion of talented musician Mr. Edward' Ladesour. One doesn't' siderably enhanced. Furthermore, have the opportunity to _ hear the experiencing of personal such a choral group very often limitations can open us, to God By and to listen as it performs traand other peoIIle, who itogether ditional Latin motets and Grecan make limitations a source of gorian chant or contemporary development. FR. JOSEPH M. hymns and harmonized pieces Recognize Limitations CHAMPLIN alone would justify the trip. Once I realize and admit that Schedule I cannot be everything, or do everything, and that I Itlust fre:The 6 P.M. weekday Eucharist qently have th'l assista~ce of a with 50-70 cadets present who, merciful and 10'ring God; and the However, ,after talking this because of their-disciplined, busy helping hands (If my friends and summer on the west coast with schedule, really must hustle to neighbors, I b'lgin to feel the Major Dennis Dwyer, the Cath- make the celebration. Father warmth of God's love and the olic cadet chaplain, I would like Turn to Page Eighteen

Ilcommunion At the Air Force Academy

Ancient English Cathedrals Impress American Visitor

Our Limitations

Experience suggest.s that during every trip there is at least one unlucky day. The day, for example, when you lose your wallet or find that you have no reservation at the hotel. But what starts out as an unlucky day may turn out otherwise. Such was the case when we were sched- cousin of William the Conquerstarted the cathedral. The abuled to fly from Dublin to or, bot was then a mere 80 years London a few weeks ago. old.

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on strate sympathy with the striking dockworkers. All flights would be cancelled, t.he papers said. But not, we discovered. those of the Irish Air Lines. Their planes could make it to London and return without refueling. Heathrow, when reached, was strange, indeed, a ghost airport. Where normally there is a dizzying coming and going of planes, ours was the only one in motion. :rhe idle vehicles used in the various ground services \ were lined up, row after row. The vast terminal building, usually swarming and noisy, was all but empty, nil but silent. The few people in it looked like the last to flee some doomed Babylonian palace. Ely and Wells Outside, .there were a very few taxis. We secured the last one. As it was about to leave, a woman asked if !she might ride into the city with us. We gladly agreed. Being a proper English lady, she never said a word to us during the 20-mile drive. A visit to England must include a visit to at least one of its great cathedrals. For us, this time, it was to be two, that at Ely and that at Wells, two very different huildings in very differentparts of the country. Ely is in East Anglia, northeast of London. The landscape there is relatively flat, and the elongated pile of the cathedral can be seen from afar, somewhat as Chartres looms up long before one reaches it. But the Chartres cathedral, so viewed, seems to be afloat in fields of gtain and mustard, whereas the Ely cathedral looks to be crouched and clinging to the ground. . Of Normnn Origin As with many cathedrals, the one at Ely belongs to no single period. The present structure was built piecemeal in different ages and represents five separate styles. The earliest surviving section was built in Norman times. It . is amazing how quickly after their conquest of England in 1066 the Normans set about organizing the country politically and economically, and how soon they began monumental building projects. It was in 1083 that Abbot Simeon, head of the Benedictine community at Ely and a

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Massive pillars of light-colored stone march down the nave under rounded arches, giving an impression of . insuperable strength and gravity. The grand sweep of the nave is unimpeded hy the screen which is a feature of most ancient cathedrals. One 'of the principal glories here is the eight-sided tower which rises from the very center of the building, at the crossing. Built in the fourteenth century, it represents a prodigious feat of engineering, and its exquisite interior carving delights the eye. The best of this carving was done by a man whose recompense was two shillings, plus his meals. Overlook Details In Ely cathedral, as in comparable buildings, it is possible to be so entranced with magnitude as to miss details which, if modest in size, have' their own peculiar excellence. Thus, there is here a small Norman doorway, carved dn about 1170. In the days before the Ely monastery was suppressed, this was the prior's entrance. In the doorway's tympanum there is a charming carving of Christ in glory. Charming? Isn't that an inept word for such a subject? Not in this instance. While most representations of Christ in glory are oveI'awing. and some even frightening, this one has a simplicity, an intimacy which ap\?eal to the heart and reassure one. Much of the decoration of Ely was destroyed long since, including the original glass and many of the small statues which once inhabited the innumerable little niches. This devastation cannot be laid to Cromwell. Ana the reason is not that in youth he lived in the shadow of. the cathedr~I, and so, later, spared it.

THE ANCHORThurs., Oct. 19, 1972

MEDALIST: Bishop James E. Walsh will be honored October 21, by the alumni of his alma mater, Mount St. Mary's College and Seminary, Emmitsburg, Md. Bishop Walsh will receive in person the John Dubois Medal of the Alumni Association. !twas presented in absentia in 1962 when the bishop was being held in a Chinese prison. The Maryknoll missioner was released in 1970. NC Photo.

Limitations--Open All of Us Continued from Page Sixteen him in making his personal limitations a s.ource of development. Granted, some personallimitations cannot be overcome no matter how hard one tries to

prevent collapse of the central tower. Golden Window Beyond the inverted arches is the choir. One's eye may be rivLovely Cathedral eted by a myriad of small features, each worthy of attention. No, the destruction was But of far greater importance wrought by a 16th-century bish- and not to be missed is the soop who, in his zeal to please called Golden Window, best Henry VIII, went far beyond the vieweq from the choir. king's order to suppress the. 'Unlike Ely, Wells was never monastery, and did a smashing with a monastic' esconnected job on the cathedral too. tablishment. The original, Saxon Contrasting with one's first church which occupied the pressighting of the Ely cathedral is ent cathedr'al's site, was founded that of Wells, in Somerset, south- early in the 8th century, and west of London. We approached from the beginning was served the west front, which is the prin- by a college of diocesan priests. cipal entrance, through a gateThe garb of its users changed way, hence came suddenly upon, from age to age, but in the caacross a stretch of grass, the dark gold stone facade, reminis- thedral are reminders of human cent of a richly, decorated altar- nature's sameness in all ages. On piece. Curiously, this facade is' the capital of one of the transept wider than the catlredral itself. pillars there are carved four stages in a familiar episode. But the cathedral is delightful The first is of two people in its own way. Less majestic stealing fruit in an orchard; the than Ely, it has a lightness, even second, of the farmer as he bea sprightliness, which makes it comes aware of the thieving; the immediately captivating. If it is third, of the farmer catching one possible to call a cathedr:al love- of the thieves by the ear; the ly, this is the place to do so. fourth, of the farmer hitting the The crossing at Wells has its thief over the head with a pitchown unique architectural feature, fork. Then as now, crime never inverted arches introduced to pays: it never stops, either.

overcome them, even with the help of others. With effort however, many can be surmounted. Before, one can develop means of" overcoming them, or of learning to circumvent them and continue to make progress, he must know what his Hmit~tions are and accept those he cannot eiiminate. The truly mature man not only achieves maturity in spite of his limitations, but uses his'limitations as stepping-stones to maturity and a fuller life.

Apply Directives For Health Care ST. PAUL (NC)-Minnesota's bishops have created a special commission to insure standard application of health care directives on contraception. The prelates, in a statement, said they "recognize, adopt, and promulgate" the Ethical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Facilities adopted last year by the U. S. bishops. The bishops said that they would create a commission "to conduct continuous study, discussion and rulings" on the directives "to assist in the proper interpretation and application when needed" of the norms. The bishops indicated they hope the new body-which is to have a membership of experts in medicine, theology, canon law, and health care administrationwould institute a standard, statewide application of the directives pertaining to contraception.

Continued from Page Sixteen ment and' warning; a common pursuit of truth and fidelity to good. Looking at a piece of money is not likely to remind us of these. It often distracts from them. We become aware of these limitations and we find their healing only by looking 'at another human being. There are still other ways we are limited, where not even our fellow men can help us. We can't know' everything we want to know, and neither can they. We can't do a tenth of the good we'd like to, and neither can they. We can't guarantee ourselves one one extra day of life. We can't see beyond our death. We can't lay our hands on anv treasure that will last forever, ~nd neither can they. Go to God We stand afraid in the darkness of a universe vast beyond our imaginings. So do all other men. We didn't ask to come into it. We can't be sure if, in the long run, it is kindly or cruel, whether ultimately it all makes sense or is a pointless absurdity. No man can help us here. These deeper limitations too urge us out of ourselves toward another-toward the only one who can do anything about them. He built the limitations into us. As we become aware of them, we begin to be able to see our whole world as one great sign of him, bearing his mark, pointing us toward the discovery of him. Looking at the coin and at Caesar's' image on it, Jesus could say: "Give Caesar what is Caesar's." But looking to the whole world of which we are a part, he could add: "And whose image and inscription does this bear? Then give to God what is God's." AnLEBORO'S Leading Garden Center

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Egali'tarian Position' -Has Intellectua'l, Moral Appeal

reads: "Happy are they who recognize their oWn need." The second version goes more clearly to the heart of what Jesus means. The biblical notion of "poverty of spirit" is accurately translated as "recognition of need."

Christopher Jencks is not the only recent' writer to find inequality in the United States intolerable. That some people should have great incomes while others are very poor seems to be self-evidently evil. Indeed that the standard of living in some coun- ' Some subsidies and some tax tries be much higher than loopholes may be socially necthat of others also seems essary or at least desirable. But clearly immoral. Something one is permitted to be sceptical

ought to, be ,done about it. There are a number of com, ments that tnust be made: I) The American income pyra-

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mid is relatively "flat." The overwhelming majority of Americans are neither very' rich nor very poor. The pyramid could presumably be made flatter but only a very small' number of people are quite rich and a somewhat larger number (not all non-white by any means) are quite poor. While there is a great distance between the, very rich and the very poor, most Americans do not fall into either category. 2) I do not qelieve that the issue is whether all Americans can be guaranteed decent food, clothing, housing and health care. A society like' ours should certainly be able to afford such a guarantee. I doubt that either President Nixon or Senator McGovern would disagree, though they might have different notions of how to achieve such a goal. While the goal is a valid one, it cannot be reached overnight, at least as much because of organizational as because of financial reasons. I do not think that we yet know how to achieve a decent minimum standard of living for everyone in the society; whatI ever their differences, McGovern and Nixon both seem cOmmitted to the same old - and in my judgment discredited-approach of making the, federal bureau· cracy responsible for welfare, But while I am less than confident that we have the knowledge and skills to eliminate sub· standard food, clothing" housing and health care, I think that no American can, reject this as a - -goal.

Primary Goal 4) If all Jencks is saying is that we should strive to eliminate misery for the poor and special favors for the rich (real., izing that it will take time to do both and neither will ever be done perfectly), I .think there can be little reason to disagree with him. Furthermore, we need constant remind~rs that even though both of these goals have been part of our national consensus for decades w~ have been intolerably lax, and I would' add un. ,imaginative, in our efforts to achieve them. 5) But, I suspect he is saying more. My position would be that in a society where food, clothing, housing and health care: is 'guar-, anteed for everyoQe and where favoritism to the wealthy and powerfUl was reduced to a minimum, . the residual inequality that persisted would not necessarily be inherently evil. II think that egalitarians like Jencks are saying that even residual inequality would be inherently evil, that in the ideal, and moral world toward which we ought to be striving there would be no inequality of income at all, and that while such equality may not be practically achievable at once, it should still be the absolutely primary goal of all social change to which all other goals will be directed,

Economic Inequality 6) Hence, the ,egalitarians will not be shaken by the economic argument that some inequality is necessary to guarantee the motivation 'for innovation and risktaking which ar~ 'essential to economic growth or' expansion, They, may question the factual Mills' Idea Sensible truth of, the argument and sug3) I do not think, either, that gest that motivations for riskthe issue is, governmental and taking need not be financial at' social favoritism to the very all and for many people clearly wealthy. While ,.I don't,' suppose are not. But they are perfectly, favoritism cari be completely willing ,to' concede tlie truth of ' eliminated, it' does seem to me the' argument fot the present that,there is far too much of it ,corporate capitalist system;, they in the United"States 60th in' the' add that this merely proves that .form o.f- tax ,loopholes an'd gov- corporate capitalism 'is: inherent· ernment 'suDsidies which are Iy i~moral because it, depends t~chnically legal and the "Cav· on econC?miC'inegu!!lity which is ors" :wbich ~reextra-Iegal,'but inherently imJ:l1oraL _, , part of t~e gov,~rnmet:ltal way' 7) It would' be' a'mistake to life -'-: ,particularly' when a big underestimate' the iritellectual, ,business admin.i~tration is, 'in' ,arid moral' appeai'(jf 'the ,pas- , power. The -ITT and Lockheed :',s,i6mitely" state- egalitarian' posi• 'cases are suffici~nt evidence ,'as' tion -:- particularly with' the , to ',:"ho runs~the cotintry today. yO,un/? and' enthus'iastic. It' has .. , . 'f': .-/'

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as to how many could not, be dispensed with tomorrow (as Senator McGovern suggests) with no harm done to the economy; on the other hand I am opposed to eliminating all of 'them as a matter of doctrinaire principle. Representative Mills' idea of reviewing each loophole periodically and requiring those who support it to justify its social utility strikes me as being sensible.

Jesus' words rest on centuries of Old Testament usage. The people who were to - receive God's blessing became known as the "poor," the "needy," in Hel:1rew called "anawim," While ,God's chosen ones were often economically poor, the term "poor" referred rather to "spiritual poverty." The "poor" recognized their neec;l for each other and most of all for God.

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C:ontinuedfrom Page' Sixteen Dwy.er estimates some 200 (out of 1200) Cathclic cadets partid_ pate each wellk in these daily liturgies. They, naturally act as leetors and servers with the StIJdents seeing tei the arra~gements themselves. A weekend engaged couples retreat. Cade':s contemplating''marriage' brin,g their fiancees from all over the coliiltry for th:'s event. ' An early morning Wordpray.er-Communion service pr'epared and executed by the COldets. A number of Istudents as[.<ed for this brief, 10-15 minute paraliturgical c,~lebratiOll to complement the evening Mass. About 20 regularly attend the ceremony which involves some 'reading of Scripture,: a short' h'omily' and, the distribution of HolylCommunion. Cadets plan the service and four specially' designa,ted I,ay ministers of the Eu'char'I'St cal'e fol' t,his aspect of the l,iturgy. Chlmging Tim~

The opposite of the, "poor" were the "rich." These words do not primarily indicate financial status. For example, in the parable of the Pharisee and the Publican, the Pharisee probably was not nearly as wealthy as the publican-a tax collector-but in the eyes of God the Pharisee was "rich" and the publican "poor." The Pharisee felt self-s~fficient, not needing anyone, whereas the Publican was so conscious 'of his own inner neediness that he reached out to God for help. Trust 'in ,God

needs of people are the basic reasons why our Holy Father has ,endorsed this return to a preninth century' practice. Fewer priests, more Communions. It really boils down to those hard facts. Reason"....Deprivation The Air Force Cadets would in effect be deprived of the Holy Sacrament. at this daybreak ser: vice without permission for lay A passage that sums up the minis~rs of the Eucharist. Cath- biblical meaning of spiritual pov- • olics in larger parishes already erty is found in the last book of have experienced long, long de-' the Bible, the Apocalypse or lays at Communion time, a phe- Revelation. "You keep saying, nomenon not conducive to' good I ' 'I am so rich and secure that I liturgy. want for nothing.' Little do you No one should rush through' realize how wretc,hed you are, Mass or grumble about a few exhow pitiable and poor, how blind tra minutes each week for the and naked!" (Rev 3: 17). Lord. But' if these 'moments ' c6uld be saved"by 'a"p"e'r'ml'ssl'ble '" <Both <.>ld and"New',Testaments practice, why not? They ml'ght focus on t h'IS central attitude of f' . " then be used for a common poverty 0 SPIrIt" or "awareperiod of Thanksgl'vl'ng after ness of one's need" as the deci, f Communl'on, slve ast or 'In personal growth as a believer, Only the person . wh 0 recogmzes his own need See Possibilities can open his heart to God, plac]n the b~ginning, Major Of A ing his life in God's hand with Dwyer's flock reacted with greement trust. The person who discerns shock to the (oncept of cadets MINNEAPOLIS (NC) - Citing no needs' in himself finds no as ministers of the Eucharist. ,"common ground" on the ques- need for God or other people. Nevertheless, in time t~ey came ,tion of papal primacy, Catholic Paradoxically, the facing of to see the wisdom of this devel- and Lutheran theologians have op::nent and th~ chaplain SenSE!S concluded, "It is possible for personal limitations, which .intheir devotion to the Blessed both loyal Lutherans and loyal volves the admission of need for Sacrament ha5 grown tremen- Catholics to envision new pos- help, can be one of the most valdO::Jsly as a re:iUlt of that inno- sibilities of concord" on the uable and enriching experiences vation. : long-disputed issue. in life. Barbra Stresiand's song is We shouldn'i: be surprised at The 'statement' came at the not far from Jesus' "Happy are the students' initial reluctance conclusion of a three-day meet- they who recognize their own not our own parishion~rs' fin;t ing here, the 15th in a series need." "Blest are the poor in negative response to tl)e intro- sponsored by the U. S. A. Na- ,Spirit." duetion of. lay ministers Ifor Holy tional Committee of the LutherCommunion. After all, Catholics an World Federation (LWF)' and for years were told only the .... the Committee for Ecumenical saered , anoir.,ted hands of a and Interreligious Affairs of the priest may toueh the host, even National Conference of Catholic the tabernacle ](ey. Now we sud· Bishops. denly find a man who had a beer American members of the with me at the local bar la~:t LWF are the American Lutheran month is up thl~re in the sanctu- Church and the Lutheran Church ary acting like II priest, or I learn in America. The Lutheran my next door neighbor is going Church-Missouri Synod is ,repreto give me Communion.' sented in the dialogues by a, Such, hesitation tells l us in.- special ,inv.itation. structionbeforl~ iritrodl.!ction is The discussion centered on essential. "the papacy as a form of minisChanging Fmes' and new try to the universal church," and was limited to the question of papal primacy. It did not inClude . . i' the merit of si::nplicity, and Cai:l consideration of the: Catholic generate almost ~vangelical fer- dogma of papal infal1ibility.

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SCHOOLBOY SPORTS IN THE DIOCESE By PETER J. BARTEK

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Undefeated Attleboro , Ready For Dangerous Blue Raiders Attleboro High wilt"attempt to run its unbeaten streak to five this Saturday when it travels to Somerset to meet the upset minded Blue Raiders. While Somerset is lodged in the cellar of Division III of the newly formed Southwestern Massachusetts Conference, This Fall Attleboro's offensive Attleboro cannot afford to attack led by junior quarterback t.ake the Ray McDonald Mike Bassis, features the strong coached Club lightly. With running of Todd Holt, Brian ParMsgr. Coyle-Bishop Cassidy and Dartmouth close behind in· the· standings, Attleboro must win in order to remain in undisputed first place. Coach Jim Cassidy will undoubtedly remind his charges of what happened a year ago when the Bombardiers travelled to Somerset to place their 1972 undefeated record on the line. In that outing the high f1yi~g Cassidymen were upended for thpir only loss of the campaign.

dey and Mark Charron. Holt tallied three touchdowns last week when the Bombardiers def~ated cross-town rival Bishop Feehan 34-0. . Somerset, a 19-0 loser to Lawrenee· High of Falmouth Saturday last, has been held scoreless in its last two ·outings. If the Blue Raiders are to be successful against powerful Attleboro, they must: get their offensive attack untracked and, ·at the same time, control the ball. ,

Wareham Leads Tight Division III Race A pivotal Division I game will he played in Dartmouth Saturday when Coach Carlin Lynch's Indians host Barnstable. Dartmouth has lost one contest in the loop and can not afford a second setback. The Indians who had their Wishbone offense in high gear last Saturday when they rolled over Taunton 40-0, are rapidly developing into a serious contender. The Paul Therrien coached Coyle Warriors, not scheduled for league play this weekend, will place their 3-0 loop record on the line against Attleboro next weekend. Feehan will entertain Falmouth Saturday and Taunton will meet Medfield of the TrIValley Conference to round out the Division I docket. Diman Regional Vocational will be after its first league triumph Saturday when it meets Case

High in Swansea. The Artisans, 0-3 in the league, won their first varsity game, since returning to the grid scene two years ago, last Saturday when they downed Blue Hill Regional of Canton 14-8.

However, the Fall Riverites will have their hands full against the hard hitting Cardinals. Coach Joe Santos' Case contingent defeated Norton 15-6 Saturday last to move into second place in the circuit standings. Divisional III leader Wareham will be out to extend its league record to 4-0 when it hosts Norton Friday night. Coach Jim Lanagan's Vikings demolished Old Rochester of Mattapoisett last week 41-22 in their annual Cranberry Bowl game. New Bedford Vocational will meet Old Rochester in Mattapoisett in the remaining Division III contest.

North Hopes to End Franklin Win Streak Entering play this weekend Wareham holds a half game edge over runner-up Case, a full game over Norton and a game and a half lead over fourth place Voke in the Division III pennant race. In Division II, Bishop Stang High of Dartmouth has earned the role of favorite by virtue of its success. The George Milot coached. Spartans are 3-0 in the circuit. Fairhaven trails by half a game with a 2-0-1 mark. But, if comparative scores are any indication, t.he race will get more interesting as the season progresses. In last weekend's games Bourne edged Dighton-Rehoboth 26-23 for its first divisional triumph, Stang just nosed out Seekonk 14-12, and Fairhaven beat Dennis·Yarmouth :!8-14. A full slate of games is scheduled fOI: Saturday with Bourne at Seekonk, Stang at DennisYarmouth and Fairhaven at Dighton.

In the northern sector of the diocese, a determined North Attleboro offense drove 99 yards to score on the first play of the fourth quarter for the only score of the contest to edge King Philip High of Wrentham in last week's key Hockomock League game. The victory sets the stage for ,this week's showdown battle with defending league titlist Franklin.

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Hits Population Stabilization Measure WASHINGTON (NC) - The head of the family life bureau of the U. S. Catholic Conference has attacked the Joint Resolution on Population Stabilization, re-introduced into the House of Representatives as "an attempt to move the government into the area of controlling national population size." Writing in "Ties That Bind," his weekly column syndicated nationally by NC Features, Msgr. James T. McHugh claimed that supporters of the original resolution, which was introduced last January, "agreed' to play it cool until after the November elections," because of the controversial nature of ,the proposal. "So in mid-August of this year, Rep. (Frank) Horton of Rochester, N. Y., and Rep. (Mol'ris)/ Udall of Arizona re-introduced the resolution, with the hope of holding any action until after November 7," Msgr. McHugh said. Threat to Freedom The resolution calls for a "policy of the United States to encourage, develop and implement ... policies which will ... move to stabilize the population of the United States."

Coach Bob Guthrie's Red Rocketeers have faced unbeaten clubs in each of their four games to date and will do so again Saturday. Franklin will enter the contest with a 28 game Hockomock League win streak. North's objective IS' to end Franklin's streak and continue their own.

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Msgr. McHugh pointed out is 0.9 per cent," Msgr. ~cHugh .that the resolution "includes the told NC News. usual language endorsing 'volunMsgr. McHugh challenged the tary means consistent with hu- "panic" language of the resoluman rights and individual con- tion's co-sponsor, Rep. Udall. science.''' However, he said, saying: "this affirmation is meaningless. "At one point he states that The stated purpose 'of the resolu- 'if we continue rapid population tion is to move the government growth, all or part of 21 states and its agencies toward a more will face significant water shortactive role in stabilizing popula- age by the year 2020.' There is tion, and a more active and de- no way one can describe the termined government role is al- present population pattern as ways a threat to individual as 'rapid population growth,' freedom." and therefore the water shortage Msgr. McHugh took exception argument is false." to Rep. Horton's contention that He also charged Udall with the resolution was needed to es- promoting liberalized abortion tablish a clear U. S. commitment laws. "Although Udall states to population stabilization. He that abortion should be a matter pointed to U. S. Census reports , of state law, he also ar,gues that and statistics showing that the . he considers the need to stabilrate of population increase in the ize population so great that the U. S. has been dropping steadily nation cannot allow laws that and is near zero population protect the unborn child to stand growth. in the way of decreasing popula'Water Shortage' tion growth," Msgr. McHugh "Our present rate of growth said.

THE ANCHORThurs., Oct. 19, 1972

Bishops to Ask More Support For Education OSHKOSH (NC)-The bishops of the United IStates plan to ask Catholics' to expand their support for Catholic educationboth Catholic, schools and religion programs for public school students, according to Bishop AJloysius Wycislo. The Green Bay bishop said the appeal will be contained in a pastoral -letter - "To Teach as Jesus ·~ought"-which will be released. during, the November meeting of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops in Washington. Finishing touches on the 45 to 50 page pastoral are now being made, Bishop Wycislo told mem- ' Ibers of the Knights of Columbus at a banquet ,here.' ' , The bishop ds a member of the N,OCB admhlistrative boa~d which met in Washington recently. The 'pastoral ~etter will not only emphasize the value of' primary and secondary schools operated under the Church's aus,'pices but "will recognize the importance of a Catholic education for all children," no matter where they receive their instruction in secular subjects, Bishop Wycislo said.' "The bishops will ask their fellow Cathdlics to support instruction for non-parochial school children with the same vigor they displayed in constructing the parochial system." He noted that Catholic grade and high schools no longer serve the majority of Catholic children.

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Explaining ~hat the bishops as a body were not "gung ho" on so-called "prayer amendment," which wouM permit prayer in public schools, the prelate said the chief need is to provide well rounded dnstruction for all Catholic children. Bishop Wycislo said that the help of the laity was necessary if the grand scheme for total ed'ucation is to be realized. "We need' whatever help w~ can get," he continued. "We must understand that more important than the buildings that have been handed down to us by our parents is tile heritage they have given u,s 'in our faith." The bishop said he is convinced that Unlless the Christian . ethic is preserved, "we might be faced with a generation of people who have lost their faith."

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