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With the U. S. Supreme Court aboU;t to review the constitutionality' of public aid to private schobls in the Pennsylvania case, argu;ments for and 'against such aid are now receiving a national audi'ence. The plight of such private An Anchor of the Soul, Sure and Firm - ST. PAUL systems, and especially the Catholic: school systems, has been made clear. Nearly one million Fall River, Mass., Thursday, Oct. 22, 1970 few¢r students have been able to enroll in Catholic schools since PRICE 10¢ Vol. 14, No. 43 © 197(' The Anchor 1960. One-half to thr~e-fourths $4.00 per year of all Catholic students are now in !public schools. On the national scene, nearly one school a day has been forced to close bedause of a wage price squeeze. , The President of the United. St~tes has stated that "this government cannot be indifferent to th~ potential collapse of privateparochial schools." Other offici~ls have been frightened by an examination of what over , . 5,QOO,OOO more students will do to: the already taxed public schools and what the tax burden m~y be on all communities. IWith the Elementary-Secondary Education Act of 1965, the federal government began to aid sqme private schools. Millions of dollars were spent in such an effort. , , Individual states also began to dke,an interest in school crises vfithin their bQundaries, Twentytpree states provided transportation. to pupils in private schools; dine states helped with textt:!ooks for secular subjects; six. services from nonpubPLAN BUILDING: Members of St. Julie Billiart Parish purchased , , ,

in North Dartmouth look over plans for new concept in church building, a multi-purpose structure. Left to right, architect and parish member Paul G. Cleary, guild president Mrs. Thomas F. Burke, ·Mrs. Henry Sprague who headed recent successful Parish Str~et Fair, and Rev. John .F. Hogan, pastor of the parish.

lic schools and helped with the The National Education Assosalaries of private school teach- . ciaton and the American Federaers; four gave help of one kind ton of Teachers both opposed or another; one granted tax federal aid to private schools becredits. ' cause they feared public schOOls But any aid that went beyond would suffer 'harm and loss of transportation, milk and lunch aid. programs, .and the like quickly Americans United for Separaended in the courts-challenged tion of Church and State, tradiby those who feared a church- tionally a 'bitter foe of anything state encroachment or harm to Catholic, contended that federal public schools. Turn to Page Six

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-Fall River Schools To Regionalize In an action that the Diocesan is authorized to work out a Superintendent of Schools said commitment of the parochial would result in a stronger school' schools of Fall River to a strong system serving basically the and quality school system while same number of children and recognizing the adaptation that using existing facilities and per- must take place in the face of sonnel more effectively, pastors rising costs, fewer religious of 15 Fall River parochial schools teachers and more lay teachers met Tuesday and unanimously in the Catholic schools system. called for, the regionalization of The regionalization was ap. the parochial elementary school proved by the 15 pastors with system in the City of Fall River. the proviso that, it be discussed According to Rev. Patrick J. and approved by their Parish O'Neill, Ed.D., Diocesan Super- Councils and School Boards. The plan already has some intendent of Schools, this bold action would insure the comple- ~ork done on it as a facet of . tion In a parochial school of the' "shared resources". plan preevery youngster enroHed in the sented by Diocesan school' officials to the City of Fall River. first grade of the school. The regionalization plan folFather O'Neill called the reTurn to Page Six gionalization program which he

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St. Julie To Construct i~i' Multi-Use· Building /1 The newest parish of the Diocese-that of St. Julie Billiart in North Dartmouth-is ready to begin the building of a unique multi-purpose building to serve

as its church and parish activities center. The parish has announced that plans are just about completed for the building which is a new concept in church building. Rather than have a large church adequate for Sunday Masses but largely vacant the rest of the week, the new building will have a permanent chapel accommo-: dating 320 persons which will be I Five parishes in the Greater able to be expanded to seat 1000. I, Taunton Area will be honored in This hall part of the building the Presentee program of the' where large meetings can take/, Bishop's Annual Charity Ball place will also be able to be which will take place Friday, divided into CCD clasrooms and: Jan. 8, at Lincoln Park Ballroom. smaller meeting rooms for adult' Sacred Heart, St. Jacques and and youth .and parish activities.:, St. Joseph Parishes in Taunton, There WIll be a small and ef-, and St. Peter's in Dighton and ficient kitchen so that suppers St. Joseph's in No. Dighton will and other social events can takd present young ladies to the Bish- place in the building. I The building, which will be op at the annual social event which raises money for the sup- in the $100,000 range, will hav¢ port of Bishop' Connolly's pro- a combination' heating and air,L , gram for exceptional and retarded conditioning unit. children throughout the Diocese. Parish member Paul G. Cleary ' There are 33 other parishes in is architect for the building. Father Hogan has said that np the Diocese which will. also Turn to Page Six present young ladies at the event.

Taunton Parishes Honor Presentees At Charity Ball

NURSES' CONVENTION: Examining Conference of the New England Diocesan Councils of Catholic Nurses resolution endorsing the right to life of unborn fetus and condemning legalization of abortion are, left to right, Miss Helen Shove, Bishop Connolly, Conference President Miss Kathleen M.· Burke of Boston, and Fall River Diocesan Council President Anne V. Fleming.,

A strongly-worded resolution upholding the basic principle of the inviolability of human life as regards the formative stages of development of the human fetus and a condemnation of legalized abortion was passed by the Conference of New England Diocesan Councils of Catholic Nurses meeting over the weekend in Hyannis. The statement of conscience made it clear that the nurses as professional people believed in the basic right to life of the unborn fetus. The resolution was sent to State legislators with the urging that they scrutinize carefUlly all legislation regarding the matter since the near future may see .the legislators confronted with the question. The conference was attended by 364 registered delegates from the New England States as well as guests from New York, Pennsylvania, Michigan and the District of Columbia. The Conference took place in Hyannis on Cape Cod. In attendance were Most Rev. James L. Connolly, Bishop of Fall River, Most Rev. James J. Gerrard, Auxiliary Bishop of 'Fall River, Most Rev. Walter W. Cl,lrtis, Bishop of Bridgeport, Most Rev. John F. Hackett, Auxiliary Bishop of Hartford, Most Rev. Bernard J. Flanagan, Bishop of Worcester, and Most Rev. Peter L. Gerety, Bishop of Portland.

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Maine "Ordinary Stresses' Schools' Role in R'Oce' Justic"e Effort PORTLAND (NC) - Bishop 'Peter: L. Gerety told more than 200 Gatholic school ·teachers ' of the, Portland 'diocese here to "turn their attention to the ques'tion of interracial justice and understanding." Bishop Gerety underscored that he considers the situation "both timely and essential." He added: "The racist nature of so many of our reactions, often subconscious, must be seen for what it is-the blacks ask 'only for justice." This country's first Catholic bishop of Negro blood-Bishop James A. Healy, fabled in story as "The Beloved Outcast" headed th~ Portland diocese from 1875 until- his death in 1900. The bishop's brother, Father Patrick S. Healy, S.J., was the 29th president of Georgetown University, Washington, D. C., serving from 1873 to 1882. ' In his appeal made at a twoday workshop on racial under, standing, Bishop Gerety' said of the blacks: "They fight in our wars....;...and it' is only right that they demand equality at hom~ a true meaning equality in all areas of life." .. Bishop Geret.ay said it is essential that all Americans "review the dimensions of social injustice in this country which have produced the climate for violence, riots, and even more regrettably, the loss of faith and confidence in social institutions." '\ National .Probiem , '''T!le' 'people of' this' 'cQuiltry have to' be made aware' of this national problem upon whose solution the very future of our country 'depen'ds," he said, "The schools have an essential

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role to play in, this process of awakening the public conscience. The people ,of New England especially must be made aware. that ev.en though many of them inhabit rural areas, far removed from large .concentrations of persons of other races, they have a responsibility to exercise.' "This isa, national ptoblem requiring attention, but it is also a loc!ll ·problem because we are still far· from the day when a truly open society will exist, an open society in which every race· and minority group will be free to bring forth the best in themselv~s in making a' contribution to the life of this great nation of ours." he declared. "It is important that Catholic teachers realize that they 'have' special responsibilities in this regard 'as educators and particularly as religious educators," Bishop Gerety said.

Canonists Favor Loca I Autonom'y

Proceeds from the 16th annu~1 Bishop's Charity Ball to be held Friday, Jan. 8 at Lincoln Park Dallroom will benefit the'institutions for the exceptional children. The newest· school, Nazareth Hall in Attleboro, opened a year ago. Classes are being held on the first floor of St. Mark's Rectory, Attleboro Falls, temporarily until the completion of the new school on land adjacent to the Rectory. The other schools are Nazao reth Hall on the Cape in Hyannis, Nazareth Hall and Nazareth Pre Vocational Training School in Fall River. Students between . the ages of 1412 and 19 are being given job 'training at the Pre Vocational Training School. These students come from Fall River, Taunton and New Bedford areas. Classes taught in all Nazareth Schools include academic subjects, sewing, cooking, woodworking, home arts, home nursing, baby care and maintenance of building and grounds. The Sisters of Mercy teach at all schools with several lay teachers also engaged in teach~ ing. Persons wishing to aid in this work may do so by having their names printed in the Charity Ball Souvenir Booklet or by purchasing tickets for the Ball. Further information may be obtained from members of the Ball sponsoring organizations-Society of St. Vincent de Paul and the Council of Catholic Women or· by writing ,or. calling 'Rev. Msgr.. Anthony M.. Gomes, Piocesan Director 'of the Ball, Bishop's Charity Ball Headquarters, 410 Highland Ave., Fall River, Tel. 676-8943.

NEW ORLEANS (NC)-More than 300 experts in canon law, the 'rules and regulations governing the Catholic Church, called \ here for' a new approach to hanNATIVE TAIWAN PRIEST: Father John Baptist Tseng, dling marriage cases and: increased local autonomy for bish- the first aborigine 'of Taiwan to be ordained to the priestops, to dispense priests from hood, is, congratulated by a friend after his ordination. their canonical obligations. Father Tseng, a member of the Ami people, was ordained The resolutions were passed at the 32nd' annual meeting of the in his home village of Peipu. It is less than 20 years since Canon LaV'{::Society of A.m~ri~a, the first. Ami Catholics were baptized. Years ago, the abwhich includes over 1,400 mem- origines of' Taiwan were much .feared , headhunters. NC bers ·in the U. S~' and Can'ada, Photo. maily of whom, hold important .. . posts in diocesan chancl;!ries and marriage tribunals. Members of the society urged ·bishops to make use of their ArcJ,dlocese, Qualifies Endorsement present powers to dispense pr,iests from the law of celibacy Of United Fund· Drive in 'cases where delay would DOLAN-SAXON PHILADELPHIA (NC) -:- The tals were less than one per cent cause serious harm. They also asked that Rome permit bishops Philadelphia archdiocese gave of tQtal hospital receipts, they' to handle dispensations for' qualified endorsement' to an an- said, ,and noted the suggested priests to marry on a local level. nual United Fund drive here action might· be interpreted as 123 Broadway The society established an ad: after fund officials agreed that taking a' stand on the abortion, hoc committee to look into the money collected from Catholic 'issue, which they considered relationship between the donors would not be given to "inappropriate." VA 4-5000 Church's present law on celibacy, · hospitals performing abortionsNegotiations continued, howemployment as a' cleric by the if the donors made that stipula- ever, and United Fund agreed to . Church and the exercise of tion. the archdiocese's qualifed en"We have received assurances dor~ement plan in early October. priestly ministry. In a critique of the first draft from the United Fund that such Msgr. Monihan said in his letof a proposed constitutional law stipulations will be honored,;' · ter to area pastors that the archFUNERAL HOME, INC. for the Church, a subcommittee said Msgr. Terrence F. Monihan" diocese was "most happy" to R. Marcel Roy - Go Lorraine Roy 'of the society praised the at- achdiocesan chancellor, in a let- issue the endorsement. Roeer LlFrance tempt to protect basic Christian ter to area pastors. He asked that Catholics conFUNERAL DIRECTORS rights. It rejected the draft itself; ,The Philadelphia archdiocese tributing to the fund "stipulate 15 Irvington Ct. however, as unacceptabie for a usually endorses the yearly fund in writing that their donations New Bedford working document. drive supporting health, welfare not be given to' area hospitals 995-5166 and socal action agencies-with- performing abortions." out qualification. Necrology But this year, Msgr. Monihan OCT., 25 explained, "a problem of conRev. Reginald Chene, O.P., science arose" because part of 1935, Dominican Priory,. Fall the money is given to some area River. hospitals "where' abortions are Rev. Raymond' B. Bourgoin, being' performed at an ever1950, Pastor, St. Pa.ul, Taunton.' increasing rate." ~OCT.· 27' One month before the drive,Rev. Edmond" L. Dickinson, running Sept. 29 to Nov. 121967, Assistant, St. Mathi~u, Fall Msgr. Monihan, asked United River. Fund officials if they would ask Rev. Francisco L. Jorge, 1918, hospitals not to use any United An S. F. 1: car loan makes you Assistant, Mt. Carmel, New' Funds to "subsidize" abortions. • Bedford. ,an instant wheeler dealer! • Philadelphia residents of many faiths "regard the growing pracOCT. 28 • Rev. Alfred ,E. Coulombe, tice of abortion in the area hos- • • .THE GO-AHEAD BANK THAT PUTS YOU AHEAD 1923, Pastor, St. George, No. · pitaIs as into!erable," the chanWestport. · cellor said. • ' SLADE'S FERRY, AVENUE, SOMERSET/(RT. 138) NO. SOMER~ET • Rev. Stanislaus' Kozikowski, ·. But fund 'drive officials were O.:F.M., Conv., 1956, Pastor, St. reluctant to follow tJ:1is suggesHedwg, New Bedford. tion. Donations to area hospi-

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Teacher Says Russians Control Polish Government, Not People MOBILE (NC) - A school teacher observes that the Russians may control the Polish government, but not the Polish people. Gerald Darring of Mobile who taught an advanced English course at the Catholic University of Lublin, Poland during the· Summer, said the Russians "have no control over the people, who are a Polish Catholic and independent as they have ever been." Recalling recreation periods with students, Darring said some of their songs "were extremely critical of the Communist party, the Russians and the whole situation. This attitude prevailed throughout Poland." "You get the impresssion most of the people wouldn't have a communist state if it was up to them," Darring continued. "No Russian troops occupy Poland. They don't need to. The people know if they gave trouble, the Russians are right next door and would immediately step in. The country is run according to Russian dictates." City apartments consist of a bedroom-study, Darring .said, and each floor of an apartment has only one kitchen and one bathroom. People eat their main meal away from home at 'midday and subsist on a continental breakfast eaten at home, he said. Most women work, he said, "not to have the better things of life as in the United States, but to be able to survive. A family couldn't live on what the man makes. Crowded Churches "As a result; children are kept by' private nurseries and women are going into careers, making more than their husbands. This causes resentment and often problems leading to divorce." Discussing Polish Catholicism, Darring said there was standing room only every Sunday at Mass. The town of Nowa Huta (New Factory), he said, was planned as a model socialist city centered on a factory. "There were·to be no churches; this was to be a new world, a completely secular, socialist society," Darring said. "But it turned out to be the most, religious city in Poland.

Bishop to Receive Samaritan Award CHICAGO (NC)-Bishop Joseph B. Whelan, C.S.Sp., former head of the Owerri, Nigeria, diocese, will be presented with the 1970 Good Samaritan Award at the third annual National Catholic Development Conference meeting here Tuesday, Oct. 30. The conference is a national professional association of religious communities, dioceses and other' Catholic institutions engaged in fund raising activities to support their programs. The convention is scheduled from Oct. 18 to 21. Father Edward J. Gorry, C.S.P., Conference president, said in honoring Bishop Whelan, who served for more than 20 years in African missions, "we also honor the Irish Holy Ghost Fathers" who have aided thousands of poor and suffering in Nigeria. Bishop Whelan has been newly assigned as a lecturer at Duquesne University, Pittsb~Jrgh.

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The people protest against communism by leaving town to go to church, he said. Censor News "It is an instance of the complete failure of communism," Darring said. "The only thing the communists have done is succeed in imposing their government on the Polish people." Since the Polish people can't do anything about the communist government, he said, they . ignore it. The editors of a Catholic newspaper, Darring said, told him the government allows the newspaper to continue because "it gives the government a way to show the world a freedom of religion. does exist ':' * *"

Black Catholics Issue Demands PHILADELPHIA (NC)-Charging that the Church is "a blatant failure" in the black community, a group of black Catholics confronted the Cardinal's COqlmission on Human Relations here with 18 demands for fuller participation and acceptance in the Philadelphia archdiocese. I The charges and demands were made by representatives I of the 250-member Black Lay I Caucus of Philadelphia at a com-I mission meeting held at St. Ig-I natius Church. I Claiming to represent thel archqiocese's estimated 35,0001 black Catholics, the caucus aC-i cused the Church of failing t~ advocate change and not recognizing that blacR 'leadership I necessary at all Church levels. I I Msgr. Phillip J. Dowling, the commission's executive chairman told NC News after the meeting that feelings' expressed by the caucus came as no surprise "b~ cause the same .sort of thing has . aI most every meet-I come up m ting" the commission has hel~ in the past year with blackCaU~olics. What was suprising-or even disappointing-said Msgr. Dow!ling was that "tangential de.mands were made that lead to argument of various points, when I had hoped it would ~e everybody's aim * * * to pull us .: together." He said that a~oth~r groJ p, the Black Catholic Conferenc~ organized by commission mebber Robert James with the cortImission's endorsement-had also presented a group of "basically similar" recommendations and that all were being studied.

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Seton Hall Votes To Retain ROTC

SOUTH ORANGE (NC)-In a campus wide referendum students and faculty members at Seton Hall University voted to retain the ROTC program as a voluntary credit-bearing part of the curriculum. Only 30 per cent ,of the eligible students and faculty members participated in the voting Donates 10 Acres on a campus where abolition of the ROTC had become a major For Union Center I BROWNSVILLE (NC)-In pne demand of student militants. A of his last actions as headl of year ago a campus ROTC buildthe Brownsville diocese, Bishop ing was damaged and several Humberto S. Medeiros - riow years ago the program was made archbishop of Boston-tran~er . voluntary for all incoming stured 10 acres of diocesan land dents as a result of protests over to Cesar Chavez' United Farm the mandatory nature of the Workers' Organizing Committee. program at that time. • I In the referendum students Accordmg to UFWOC attorney -David Hall, the transfe~ ar- had three options: to vote for rangement is a complicated 'one. the existing arrangement, to reIt results, he said, in the u'nion tain ROTC but make it a nongetting title 10 acres of ;Iand credit course, to abandon ROTC between San Juan and Alamo, altogether. Tex., for use as a Rio Grande A total of 1,543 voted to keep Valley union center. i the program as is, while 509 Hall said the gift also included were against granting credit and $3,000 with which to start the 8U wanted the program abolished. center. ;

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Walsh's son WilIia'm:-,Jr.; Maryknoll's' assistant general; Father John J. Etankard, M.M.; and the president. Chatting about the recent world series-which Nixon said brought together "two of the best ball teams we've had in 10 years"-the bishop revealed that he played right field in his youth. "Oh, then you must have been a pretty good hitter," Nixon cracked. "That's what right fielders are for." Sitting in gold upholstered chairs, all six men squinted from the high-powered lights of newsreel photographers, lights that glanced from the room's white walls and from the small American flag pinned to Nixon's lapel. Bishop Walsh, in his plain black suit, high collar and pepper and salt sweater sat on the president's right, looking somewhat bewildered by all the fuss. Beall, on Nixon's left, chatted with the president. The brief meeting closed, the bishop and his party left the White House. Bishop Walsh flew immediately back to Maryknoll headquarters at Ossining, N. Y., where he plans to live.

WASHINGTON (NC)-A Pontifical Mass of Thanksgiving in the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception here celebrated publication of The New American Bible, which Pope Paul VI has praised as "a notable achievement." Cardinal Terence Cooke of New York was the principal celebrant of the concelebrated Mass whose scriptural readings were taken, as are the readings for all Masses in the new U. S. lectionary, from the new Bible. The preacher during the Mass, Auxiliary Bishop John J. Dougherty of Newark, one of the translators who worked on the new Bible, hailed it as an example of "faith crowned by scholarsh.ip." The authors of the Old and New Testaments, whom Bishop Dougherty described as "our friends, our brothers," "speak to us now in more familiar language," he said. Concelebrants of the Mass included Bishop Greco of Alexandria, La., chairman of the U. S. bishops' committtee on the Confraternity of Christian Doctrine, sponsor of the Bible project; Archbishop Luigi Raimondi, apostolic delegate in the United States; and BishOP Joseph Ber· nardin, executive secretary of the United States Catholic Conference. After the Mass, Archbishop Raim'ondi presented the papal award Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice (for the Church and the Pope) to the Jive editonHn-chief (,If the n~~ 'Bible and toihe late' director of the St. Anthony Guild Press, publisher of the typical edition of the new work.

Favor New Liturgy CINCINNATI (NC)-A survey in 40 parishes in the Cincinnati archdiocese disclosed active participation .in the Mass liturgy is generally popular with congregations. A committee on worship for the upcoming archdiocesan synod reported that 3,960 persons said they felt like joining with others in prayer and song at Mass, while 850 said they would rather not.

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New Document Gives Guidelines F'or Dialogue v ATICAN CITY (NC)-Ecumenical efforts aimed at Christian reunion should not be limited solely to academic circles, according to new guidelines published by the ,vatican. The new document, entitled "Reflections and Suggestions Concerning Ecumenical Dialogue," has been published by the Vatican Secretariat for Promoting Christian Unity. The document does' not "prescribe nor prohibit" various approa~hes to dialogue. Instead, it is designed, accrding to secretariat officials, as a "sure and qualified guide" for Catholics interested in the problem, The guidelines were sent to national conferences of Bishops, which in turn will pass it on to ecumenical commissions, study groups and other interested groups. Father Jerome Hamer" O.P., secretary of the unity secretariat, said that the guidelines are not limited solely to church authori·ties. They are '''addressed equally to all the people of God for their information," he said. Mutual Respect The guidelines stress the necessity of on-going dialogue, mutual· respect· on the part of Christians talking to one' another and the need for those involved in talk-, ing to know what they are talking about. .. . In introducing the document to the' press, Fath'er Hamer said it seeks to establish, a l'wide and deep understan.ding of dialogue, carrying it beyond' the exclusi~e Iy academic level, in order to make it possible to combine the' efforts of the churches and e~ clesial communities with the aim of progressively reestablishing communion among them.". The document states that "the most frequent form of dialogue is the one which springs spontaneously when' Christians meet one another. It is' here that the desire makes itself felt to get to know others better and that (leads) to the hecessary contacts '" '" '" "It is a good thing to encourage young Catholics to take part in such meetings, at the same time, training them' and giving them sUPP9rt so that they may be enriched by contact' with others and may bring to such meetings their own witnesses'" '" . Result of Reflection "Groups of lay people will also meet to face in the light of Christian faith the questions raised by their profession .or occupation, problems of law, medicine, politics, business, technology, scientific research, the social sciences,· trade union questions and so on * . . *" The almost 5,000-word document is designed as an extension of the Ecumenical Directory issued by the unity secretariat. Cardinal Jan Willebrands, president of the unity secretariat, in a letter accompanying the ~ew document, said that "its authority resides uniquely in the fact that it is the result of pro" longed reflection made on many levels by those engaged in ecumenical dialogue." ,

AN EGG PEELER? Mike Pelletier of St. Peter's parish, Dighton, stumped panelists on' television's "What's My Line?" prpgram.· They 'Couldn't, guess his job of egg peeling. ,The Coyle High School junior is shown during show with Wally Bruner, m.C.

Dighton 'E'gg Pe~ler' ,Stumps P artici,pants In TV' Game Shou.'· ,,'JT1hat's My . Line?' . '.

BY PAT-RICIA McGOWAN 'more' before making final" ar. If, a f~w week:, ago, a televi- rangements ,for.my brother and sion survey service bad been me to fly to 'New York 'to tape checking viewers in St. Peter's the program.", parish, Dighton, analysts would The show that appear~d a few weeks ago was actually probably have been surprised to find that 100 per cent of area taped in May, said Mike. "It will sets were tuned to the channel appear at different. times across carrying' "What's My Line?" the country, and' will be shown The reason would have been 16 here again next March." year old Mike Pelletier and his The upcoming progr~m was 14 year old brother Paul, both announced in St.Peter~s parish altar boys at St. Peter's, both bulletin and at Coyle High featured ,on the nationally tele- School, Taunton, attended by Vised game show. both boys.' "Everyone in town No one guessed Mike and was watching,", said Mike, "and Paul's "line," and small wonder.. there were lots of phone calls Mike's an egg peeler and Paul's He said his flying trip to New an egg' cracker. The brothers York was "a blast." In addition carry 'on their esoteric occupa~, to $50 apiece, the boys received tion ,for two hours a day after various gifts, including' Ii slacks' ,school and fulltime during the wardrobe, a ring and bed linens. Summer. In twa hours, says They enjoyed their contact with Mike,' they operate on 2000 or: Wally Bruner, m.c. for the game more eggs. program; characterizing him as 'They're used by the Bradshaw very affable. Food Products Company, which Mike is the second oldest in is located next door to the Pel- a family of II children and he letier home on Somerset Avenue said everyone gathered around in Dighton. I'The eggs,' are the television set for his propickled and sold to restaurants, gram, including four year old bars, delicatesssens: places like Brian, a Filipino boy ~ adopted by that," said Mike the Pelle,tiers a year and a half He said that the hen fruit's ago. boiled 20 minutes, then run' . So Many Blessings through a cooling vat before it "We have so many blessings, goes to Paul for cracking and we wanted to share them," said him for peeling. Mike's been at Mrs. John Pelletier, in explaining his offbeat job for four years,' " the adoption. and admits that 'although he . Her husband is manager of the like to eat eggs in general, he doesn't much mind if hardboiled Newport, R. I. branch of Sears, Roebuck, and the family has eggs appear but rarely on the . lived in Dighton the past 10 Pelletier table. years. Taped Last May .They might be moving, howMike said it was at his ever, indicated Mrs. Pelletier. A mother's suggestion, that he proposed highway, if constructed,' wrote to "What's My Line?" ."will go right through our about his job. "They called me 'house." The. prosp~ct doesn't within three or four days," he ,seem to dau!)t her. ~he and IWrsaid; "and called several times husband are accustomed to tak-

PEORIA (NC) - Msgr. Robert G. Peters, the host, started things rolling by stressing that" religious publications echo the cigarette ad slogan - "you've come a long way, baby." Two business managers of Catholic publications then took over from the host, who is ediitor of The Catholic Post, Peoria diocesan newspaper, former president of the Catholic Press Association and holder of the 1969 outstanding Catholic journalist award. Ffty-seven delegates at the Midwest Regional Conference of the Catholic Press Association here spent two days gaining professional insights and suggestions in photography, promotion, advertising design. Father Patrick Sullivan, C.SS.R., business manager of the Ligourian magazine, said "we're at the point where we've seen the real major problems" and can profit from it. Ray Schneider, business manager of The Catholic Bulletin, St. Paul-Minneapolis archdiocesan' newspaper, cited eXl!mples of increased circulation, despite rising production costs and tensions within the Church. Father Sullivan whose community terminated several publications which lost their appeal, said the Ligourian magazine's \ circulation now is ~t an alltime high, up from 328,000 to 360,000. The Ligourian is published by the Redemptorists in Ligouri, Mo. Increased . circulation also means reader:ship, validated for the Catholic Bulletin by a professfonal readership survey, the journalists' were told at a s'es~ sion devoted to "What's Right About the Catholic Press." .

ing on projects~of herculean proportions-like renting a, ,"motor home" this past Summer and taking the whole' family on a tour of 30 states and two foreign' countries. "We took a similar trip three Telecasts Religious years ago," she said, "and we thought Brian would enjoy doing Education Series ROCKVILLE CENTRE (NC)it with us." He loved the whole adventure, she reported, "espe- The Rockville Centre Diocesan Tele.vision Center has begun telcially Disneyland." ecasting a' series of programs in Currently all the Pelletiers are religious ,education to the See's in school. "Everyone's out of the ,92 schools. house by 7:30 in the morning," Catechetics today is the theme said Mom. "Brian and four-yearof the I5-program series deold Marie are in nursery school, 'signed to provide an in-service and I'm taking a I5-month course for teachers of religion licensed, practical nurse course on the elementary and secondary at Morton Hospital in Taunton." school levels. How does she dovetail care of The series was made at the 11 children with a full-time nurs- TV center located at Maria ing schedule? "If you really want Regina High School in Unionto do something, you manage," dale. says she blithely. Maybe she should be the next Pelletier on "What's My Line?"

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Against Violence SANTIAGO (NC)-Only a few days before the election of a Marxist president seemed' assured, the Chilean bishops urged Christians to avoid violence and seek a "creative solution to the many problems of the country."

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THE ANCHOR-Diocese oHa!! River-Thurs., Oct. 22, ]970

'Inside the Third Reich' Gives Close-up of Hitler

WASHINGTON (NC) - The ually explicit materials to con· Senate rejected the findings of senting adults be repealed. It the President's Commission on also rejected the commission's Obscenity and Pornography and assertion that extensive research charged that the commission had had produced no evidence that "failed to carry out the mandate exposure to expli~it sexual mateof Congress and its statutory rial will cause criminal behavior duties." or adversely affect moral attiBy a 60 to 5 vote, members tudes toward sex: approved a resolution by Sen. The resolution does not have John L. McClellan, (D.-Ark.) ac- ,any legal force but simply places cusing the commission of "unsci- the Senate on record in opposientific testing" and of ignoring' . tion to the report. "the potential effects of long McClellan, chairman of the term exposure to obscene and government operations commit· pornographic materials." tee which drafted legislation The resolution specifically re- creating the commission in 1957, jected' the commission's recom- said Congress "might just as well mendation that all laws prohib- have asked the pornographers ting the sale or display of sex- to write this report."

"Death, with Hitler" might well be the subtitle of Inside the Third Reich (Macmillan, 866 Third Ave., New York, N.Y. 10027 $12.50), the memoirs of Albert Speer, Hitler's chief architect and, beginning in February, 1942, his minister of armaments and munitions. Speer was a under the regime of which he was ail integral part. ' , personal favorite of Hitler's, The Hitler regime, as here deinsofar as there was any picted, was inhuman and insane.

such, and, for a number of years, much in the Fuehrer's company. Thus, he is in a position to give us a close-up of the man.

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Hitler had grandiose building plans, hence Speer became a~ increasingly prestigious figure. This fact was not lost on people like Goering, who also employed him. Hence Speer saw much of' the Nazi top echelons. But, obtuse or impervious, he either hardly noticed or was quite, unconcerned about the evils the Nazis were perpetrating.

But it could enlist and retain the services of a gifted, privi· leged man like Speer. The why of that appalling fact is not' explained by Speer's book, which in effect, is Ii\, de· pressing commentary on the chances of reason and decency. First Time Around Joseph Wechsberg, who calls himself a dilletante ,in many fields, sketches his life in The I First Time Around (Little, Brown, I 34 Beacon St., Boston, Mass. .02106, $8.95). He has reason to I think ill of the Nazis. I Jewish, born and reared in II Prague, he had to flee them reo I peatedly, and his mother per· I ished in one of their concentra- I tion camps. : This civilized,. polished, and I charming book comments wryly! on the paradoxes of our time. It l will delight people interested in: music, anecdotes about celebri· 1 ties, the discussion of good food l and good drink, the vagaries of; Hollywood, the case for classical! education, and ,much else. I Wechsberg, like Speer, ha~ lived in a brutal age. He has been victimized by it, instead of be, ing one of the victimizers. But h~ has not only remained human~ through it all, he has been re~ fined in humanity.

BUSY FIRST: Mrs. Graciela Olivarez, first woman graduate of Notre Dame School of Law, has been busy since June commencement on presidential panel on Population and as consultant to the Urban Coalition. NC Photo.

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COCHIN (NC) - The charges "nun·running" and Indian girls' being used for slave-like labor Inhuman, Insane in European convents that made headlines across the world were lIe has the insensitivity, or the also used in the elections cam. effrontery, to speak of the Allies' paign in Kerala state, .predom"11 '"ltnrious interrogation camp" inantly Christian. to which he was taken after his Attempts by pro-Peking Comca~turc. It was 'not exactly on munists to use the charge against the Icvel of the concentration the New Congress party of camps in which millions p~Hshed Prime Minister Indira Gandhi in the election were unsuccessful, I as her party, won the largest bloc of seats in the state assembly. The New Congress party won CHICAGO (NC}-"Don't keep vertising signs and transit card 32 seats in the 133-seat assemblv the faith-share it" and "We're advertising. . I loolting for hard core human Dr. G. Douglass Lewis, con{: and parties allied with Mr~. beings" may sound like routine mittee chairman and director Qf Gandhi,'s won 39, giving the allispot public service television an· the National Enlistment Project ance, a total of 71, a five-vote majority. nouncements. of the National , Council of I' 'The pro-Peking communists But surveys show that those Churches, said the purpose Qf announcements had a special im- the effort was "to seek new played up the charges of "nunpact on Chicago viewers, helping ways to communicate about the running," alleging the sale of Kerala girls to European 'conthem learn about the meaning of ministry in today's world." I vents, in their daily Deshabreligious vocations in today's He sai'd, "We wanted to inte~ himani, in an apparent attempt world. .' pret the meaning ,of ministry as The TV spo~s and similar a career to the general publ1ic to confuse Catholic voters who theme:; used in other media were and in' particular young people, have been supporters of the New part of a unique approach to and we wished to reinforce the Congress party. The pro-Peking communists communicate and interpret reli- commitment of seminarians 'in [lious careers. students and ordained mi~istJrs were hopeful that the charges would cause some of these And according to its sponsors, already in active .service." ; voters to withhold votes from the Interfaith Committee for ReLewis said the committee, ligious Careers, the recently com- which relied on media experts, Mrs. Gandhi's party and elect pleted six-month pilot project produced a campaign "with I a , independents ~upported by the created a "significant level of high degree of awareness by both Communis~s. This, they believed, would give them a controlling awareness" here. collegians and the ministry." I voice in the formation of a state Included on the committee I Lewis said in a telephone sur- government. wcre a group of Chicago clergy, vey of nearly 1,000 male col1Eige Sensational press reports durby leaders, mass communication students, 77 per cent noted that ing the past four months had specialists and represenatives of they were aware of the interfa'ith likened the sending of novices to Serra International, a worldwide campaign and 64 per cent i1tdi. convents to a slave-like commer· organization of Catholic laymen cated a favorable reaction. He cial traffic in bewildered girls. who foster vocations to the reli- added that while only two per Cious life. cent said that the campaign had . MC~!:lin3 of Ministry af~ected their career plans, 142 To get its message across to per cent acknowledged that they the public; the January to June had considered a religious ca~eer rl'ogram organized some $150,000 at one time in their lives. I in contributed and paid time, In a smaller sample of mihisspacc and creative services to tel's, priests and rabbis, 74 iper produce public service radio and cent recalled' the campaign and 273 CENTRAL AVE. tclevision announcements, and 25 per cent of these were highly I'.Hlgazine and newspaper adver- favorable to the program, anq 20 992-6216 tisinti in daily, weekly and col- per cent indicated that the projlege publications. ect had some effect on their' beNEW BEDFORD. Also used 'were window and lief in their own work, LJwis \'/all posters, billboards and adrelated.

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THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Thurs., Oct. 22}., 1970 ,

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t~e Work Contin'll.es: While a tentative peace is just about holding, in the Middle East, the Pontifical Mission for Palestine-the papal relief and rehabilitation agency among Palestinian refugees -is preparing against. renewed hostilities. The relief campaign .that followed the September-October fighting was an impressive' one, based on concern for the victims who 'lost loved· ones and horne's and one completely divorced from political matters. Funds for the relief supplies were drawn from the contributions of Catholics all over 'the world to the Holy See. Now the fighting threatens to break out again, and plans are bei.ng made for the transport of food, medi~ine, - shelters and qualified personnel to provide' again for those who may be victimized in the hostility. In ·this way the works of mercy continue on a worldwide basis. And in this way the contributions of Catholics continue to do their work long after the collections themselves are taken up, long after the donors themselves have forgotten what they have given. But the victims of tra~edy do not forget. And those who use the support to administer the works of mercy do not forget. And God does not forget.

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Educators, lay and religious, will meet on Saturday, Nov. 7, in 'St. Bernard's Central Catholic High School in Fitchburg for the New England meeting of the National Catholic Educational Associaton. Topics to be discussed include Emerging teaching styles, Conversion from traditional ~o flexible programs, Proven programs of educational change, The computer and innovation, Ongoing 'change in innovative schools. The meeting will center around what is new in teaching and what is happening in innovative schools.

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Mission· Vocation The Holy Father, speaking on Mission Sunday, reminded all Catholics that theirs is a missionary Chu'rch and that "tile spread of the faith is a common, personal S~hool's to duty." : Each Catholic is called upon to follow a missionary Continued from Page One vocation to welcome into the Christian family persons and' lows a mandate given to Dipeoples who are all potentially brothers. "ocesan school- officials in the This reminder is a timely one especiaUy for people Spring by the Diocesan Pastoral in our own nation who believe that they are living iqa Council. This Council, composed · name, but t he pro.. b- of members of the Priests' SenC.hristian country. It may be so m ate and lay people, from all over lems of the nation would make the. thinking person ques- the Diocese, met with the Bishop tion whether' the country is a Christian one in fact. The and called for the regionalization ,breakdown ·of. the' family, the high divorce rate, the legal- . plan 'to be worked out to. insure ization of abortion in many areas,' the widespread use" the. continuation and strengthof alcohol ~nd drugs, the weakening of moral values and ening of the Catholic ,school the acceptance of this-all these indicate tha'CChrisHanit)i" system. . ,. Id' While' details of the plan are h.as no t y~ t t a ken th e,h 0 Id on"th e na t"Ion th a.t sqme wou,' still to be worked out, the basic lIke to thmk. ,. " adjustments in school and grades If citizens look on their United States as the goal of, are as follows: missionary endeavor, then' it would save them from some Present Situation measure of frustration, since they would see it as an area Numl>er of Parish Schools...... 15 that is still to be inissionized; and it would make them Total Enrollment ..4,789 -mindful of their;:status as missionaries in a missiona~y· Number of Classrooms .140 land where peoplitare still waiting to see Christ in thos,e Number of Sister~ 106 corning in His name.

Parliament of Religion At a World Conf~renceon Religion and Peace in Japan, it was suggested that a world parliament of religion take place for the purpose of upholding the' common good of all people, with representatives of religious persuasions from all overthe, world participating. themes for the. parliament would be the themes of the Conferenc~disarml ament, human rights and development. " The very fact that people of differing religions can sit down together and then sugge~t· such a world parlia. ment is an indication' of. how far men of good will of many religious convictions can unite. While holding fast to'-their individual beliefs and while deeply' aware of the, radical differences that separate them, they still can rec-, ognize also fhe common bond of humanity that unites and the common' pr'oblems of humanity on which there . : can be common action.

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'Regionalization Plan Number of Regional. Schools........ .8 Total Enrollment :.: ..4,160 Number of Classrooms 104 Number of Sisters , 86 Number of Lay Teachers 26

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Fall River ~atholic Woman's Club will welcome new members at a tea and reception at 3 Sunday afternoon at the organization's clubhouse, 742 Rock Street. Mrs., Roland .G. Desmarais is . chairwoman. A holiday fashion show and dinner to be held Wednesday night, Nov. 4 at White's restaurant,' Westport, will benefit the club's building fund. Mrs. Anthony J. Geary and Mrs. Michael , J. McMahon are co-chairwomen, I with Mrs. Raymond V. Barrette OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF THE' DIOCESE OF FALL RIVER in' charge of tickets and Mrs. Thomas F. Burke haridling door Published weekly by The'Catholic Press of the Diocese 'of Fall River; prizes. Special prizes are being 410 Highland Avenue ' arranged by Miss Jean Drzal and Fali River, Moss; 02722 675-7151 Miss Madeline Boisvert. PUBLISHER .' .Tickets are' available from Most. Rev. James l. Connolly, D.O., PhD. . ~ these committee. members in adGENERAL MANAGER ..... ASST. GENERAL MANAGER 'dition to building and house committee women and executive Rev. Msgr. Daniel F. Shalloo, M.A. Rev. John P. Driscoll ~leary Press-Fall River. ' " board members.

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Regionalize Schools that would be regional schools are Holy Name, St. Michael-St. Matthew, Sacred Heart, Notre Dame, SS. Peter and PaUl, St. John the Baptist, St. Anne and St. Patrick. The regional school system would be governed by one school board of pastors and elected lay persons from the city and would make major policy decisions, approve the budget, approve personnel to be hired and assigned to the schools, and' generally be responsible for the operation of the schools of the region. The actual administration of each. school would be similar to that of the diocesan high schools with the principal as the chief administrative officer operating within the guidelines and with the aid of the Diocesan School Department. The centralized boo~-keeping and budgeting system now used by the high schools would be extended to these schools. ' Financing would be insured by having each parish pay $100 per student fo'r each of its children in ·the school. This is a maximum and any additional cost would be funded by tuition increases. For most parishes with schools, this subsidy would actually be less than what is currently being spent on schools. The minimum amount from every parish in the region would be $5,000. .. ' Schools would be staffed by Sisters from the community now staffing' the school plus Sisters of communities staffing schools to be closed. The Diocesan School Office would offer its fa- . cilities for the ,selection of the best Sister-principals available and for the recruiting of Sisters . best suited for the grades and subjects involved. Some lay teachers would still be needed but ·the ratio is expected to be improved. The regional schools would keep their close relations to parishes since the School Board would include priests, and the parish 9riginally owning the school would be able to use the building rent free at any time apart from school activities:.All parishes in the area would share the use of the school.

Continued from Page One special fund-raising drive will be held but, rath'er, that all parish members have indicated a willingness to make the building a project in which each family will participate. There will 'be ample parking space around the building which i$ on Slocum Road adjacent to Stang High School. The -land on ' which there is a house being used as the rectory was purchased at the time the parish was established last Fall in anticipationof building the facility.

Facing Showdown Continued from Page 'One aid would destroy .religious liberty and violate freedom of worship. In a policy statement issued_ by .Rev. Msgr.Raymond A. Lucker, director of the Education Department of the USCC (formerly NCWC in Washington), it was pointed out that: "Catholic ,schools want to be regarded as a partner in the total American educational enterprise. We do not want aid for religious instruction. We believe that we have a title. in ju.stice to state and federal aid for school lunches, buses, secular textbooks, and the purchase of secular services." .-_ The latest such request on a diocesan and statewide level, founded on the same Pennsylvania case now before the Supreme Court, was thought to be contrary to the Massachusetts Constitution by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court. . Other requests for possible purchased services or - shared facilities were also put off by local governments because of an apparent opposition to the Massachusetts and Federal Constitutons. . The importance of the U. S. Supreme Court's judgment, and_ corpmentary cannot, therefore; be neglected. It may conceivably bring about a sharing of responsibility by all concerned or prove to be a less-painful but quick end to the Catholic school system.

X-Rated Films CEDAR GROVE (NC) - The Cedar Grove township council here in New Jersey moved to control attendance by minors at X-rated movies by making it a punishable offense to admit them. The ordinance makes it possible for any citizen to file a complaint against a theater admitting anyone under 17 to the showing of an X-rated film.

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Bishop Optimistic on Government Aid to Nonpublic Schools NEW HAVEN (NC)-A bishop recognized as an authority on Catholic education in this country expressed an optimistic view here on proposals for governmental aid to financially hard-pressed nonpublic schools. Speaking before the National Association of State Boards of Education, Auxiliary Bishop William E. McManus who directs the Chicago archdiocese's Catholic school system, outlined his view of sentiments within President Nixon's Panel on Non public Education of which he is a member. The bishop disclosed the panel "as yet has not reached any firm conclusions" but added he felt "free to tell you about the trend of our present thinking." "We are aware," Bishop McManus said, "that the present administration's fiscal policy favors full involvement of the private sector in plans and programs across the board in education, health and welfare. This involvement envisions governmental contracts with private agencies which efficiently and economically can serve the people, as they wish, in education, health and welfare." Church, State The bishop said panel memo bers are concerned about "the alarming decrease in nonpublic school enrollment, a drop of 17 per cent in five years, an estimated decline of five per cent between June, 1970, and September, 1970." "If this enrollment trend were to continue, nonpublic schools could cease to be a substantial component of the nation's school system as early as 1978," Bishop McManus warned. He said "full government funding for the operation of these non public schools under an arrangement comparable with Head Start contracts is a proposal which the panel may carefully consider." Reviews History "Hanging over all our deliberations will be considerations of church and state because of the fact that about 80 per cent of the nation's nonpublic schools are church-related," Bishop McManus said. "On that question we at least hope that these schools on the American scene will continue to be guided by the Scriptural mandate to render to God what belongs to Him and to the state what belongs to it. There is abundant evidence that churchrelated schools functioning today are meeting that standard," he added. Bishop McManus, who shared the speaker's platform with George La' Noue, Columbia University political science professor, reviewed the history of the church-related and public school system in this country. He said in the pre-Civil War era, then

Agency Proposed PARIS (NC) - The French branch of Pax Christi, the international Catholic peace organization, has asked for the creation of a national disarmament agency. The national council of French Pax Christi recommended that provision for such an agency be introduced when parliament next considers the government's bill dealing with military equipment.

Roman Catholic Irish may have suffered more than the slaves from the attacks of gangs who burned convents, destroyed churches and terrorized Catholics.

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Sustain Abortion Law Strikedown WASHINGTON (NC) - Without publishing formal opinions to support their action, the Supreme Court's nine justices dismissed a Wisconsin appeal from a three-judge federal tribunal's decision. that the state's antiabortion law WIIS unconstitutional. The high court action sustains the panel's finding of unconstitutionality and in effect renders the law void. It also sets a precedent regarding the application of similar laws in 30 other states. In its opinion, delivered last March 5, the Wisconsin panel ruled that "a woman's right to refuse to carry an embry during the early days of pregnancy may not be invaded by the state without a more compelling public necessity than is reflected" in the Wisconsin law.

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He recalled President Abraham Lincoln's denunciation of , such tactics. He also related I President U. S. Grant's position against the church-related school system and his declaration "that not one dollar * * * shall be appropriated for hte support of sectarian schools." .President Sympathetic Grant's position, he declared, generally prevailed unde.r succeeding administrations until the tenure of President John F. Kennedy who "held the opinion that it would be unconstitutional to give tax aid to nonpublic elementary and secondary schools but he saw no trouble in such, aid for church-related colleges I and universities," A major breakthrough favor-' ing some form of aid to none; public schools came in President Lyndon B. Johnson's adminis; tration, Bishop McManus sad, when the 1965 Elementary and Secondary Education Actbecam¢ law. I Bishop McManus lauded th~ sympathetic position President Nixon has taken regarding ai4 to nonpublic schools. He said the President's Panel on Nonpub:lic Education ,"if it is as influ,ential as the positions of it~ predecessors, will establish !l new policy on nonpublic educ~tion in our nation." i

Urges All. Catholics Foster Vocations I NOTRE DAME (NC)-A Dominican priest said here the responsibility of fostering religious vocations is every Catholic's job, not just that of a vocatioris director. I .1 "Our service to t he commumty is that of a barometer," s~id Father Robert Perry, O.P., "We must reflect to our communities the feelings, needs and desi~es of the candidates, reflecting Ito the candidates accurately the gospel of life as it is lived I within our communities." The director of vocations for Dominicans in the Chicago atea , was the keynote speaker at the Midwest Religious Vocations Directors Association meeting here at the University of Notre DaJrte. More than 40 priests ~nd Brothers from 40 religious commU'nities attended the sessions.

The panel's finding is more extensive in its legal application than another federal court finding that ruled a District of Columbia abortion law unconstitutional on the grounds of "vagueness."

ISRAELI COLONIZAnON: Children play in a kibbutz in Golan Heights, part ofthe Israeli-occupied territory being . colonized by Israel. NC Photo.

A high court ruling on the D. C. law is expected later this term.

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Guild for All Blind; Reelects President: NEWTON (NC) - Dr. Robert W. Mann, professor of medianical engineering at the Ma~sa chusetts Institute of Technol9gy, was reelected president of I the Catholic Guild for All the Blind, a non-sectarian center for rehabilitation of blind people, whose offices are located here. ..j Mann has been a membe~ of the guild board since 1967: and I president since 1968. James J. Storrow Jr., of New York, publisher of The Nation, was damed for a second term as vice-president during recent balloting by the guild's board of. directors. I

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THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Thurs., Oct. 22, 1910

Why Didn't S'pirits lRJema,in Qui,etly in Their Graves, - Halloween is my least favorite. holiday. Originally it was celebrated with fireside festivities designed to satisfy those not included in the following Holyday. How it degenerated from that to "Trick or Treat" must be a spell cast by the ghosts of the early tradition. Those spirits watched, all the little', girls looked so polished. My daughter probably would have been approached, and I felt relieved. happier if people just let She looked so "lily white.", But

them lie in their graves in peace. When I was young, Halloween was "celebrated" with vandalism. I was just as much of a square then as I am now. I couldn't see why destroying another's property was fun. What was amusing, satisfying or pleas~

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,when she passed me, I could, still see black ash down the back of her ne~k! . But the kids' cleverness With costumes is the extent of mx ap- , preciation. Looking at Halloween's blackest side, it's a sickening waste *. ,~ :" literally. Half, the candies throw;n in the gutter· that day; the other half is thrown up that night. Nutritional experts feel ,our children are the most over-fed, and undernourished in the world. Halloween has to be a major contributing ,factor. .

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ant about causing harm? Even its' mildest form-ringing doorbells-hrought joy because it an-, noyed others. . While some still feel the need to express the level of their intelligence by breaking eggs, smashing windows and stealing anything that can be wrung loose, most of the children today celebrate by dressing in costumes ,and playing "Trick or Treat." " , , This is certainly an improvement over ·the earlier vandalism, but rm still not that' eilthused. In all fairness, many of the chil' dren's costumes are very clever. Most of the children design their own outfits from odds andEmds they find around the house. They do deserve credit for imagination and creativity. Ingenious Costumes We keep a bag of "costume makings" in the attic. One black cape has been a witch, Zorro, a pilgrim, one of the Magi, a Shakespearean, prince and Dracula. The cape, several old drapes, assorted hats and some odd r~m nants of clothing and bedding provide the children with the materials for 'several hours of preparation. On one memorable occasion, prompted by the discovery of a tattered old corn'bI:oom; the boys decided to turn their little' sister into a chimney sweep. She was thrilled with the' idea and stood " patiently while they burnt 'cork and smeared black ash all over her face and hands. A heavy turtleneck sweater, an oversized scarf, a golf cap and the broom completed the outfit, The costume was ideal for the day. The'boys just didn't know about that night. 'At 7" o'clock she was to be in a "white, dress procession" at church, for Forty Hours Devotion. After her tour of the neighborhood, I sent her up to soak in the tub.' She' scrubbed; her sisters scrubbed; I scrubbed. Satisfied that we had removed all the burnt cork, she dressed for the procession. 'As IklJelt in .church a!1d,.

Often when they come to the door,' their mouths are already so' jammed full of candy: they can't even form the words to ask for more. Kids who' don't lOOK parti~ularly starved, 'greedily pack hands full ,of candly' into their faces as if they hadn't eaten in a month.' , I don't min:d the little ones so much.' I can even tolerate the ones who don!t have the courtesy to say "thank You"-even after they have bee'n reminded:. ' But the ones who really upset me are the grown kids,' driVing" up on their motorcycles, removing a cigarette just long enough I to beg for candy. Somehow, that really gets to me: Because it' has grown to ihc1ude the older ones who come from' miles around rather than just the little ones who live nearby, I can never anticipate the count, and we always run out of candy. Then we start ANNIVERSARY: A 25th commemorative session of the United Nations is taking doling out of the bags my own' ,place with the- hope that, the next twenty-five years will see increased progress in ashave collected. This helps cut suring world peace. down on the intake here,' but i t ' . still doesn't solve the real problem. : I haven't been able to find a WASHINGrON (NC) - PhysiThe cardinal-archbishop of local chapter of "Candyolic's cians, faced with iI1creasing de- life or destroy it, according to Anonymous." With. all that stuff mands' for permissive abortion the judgment of those who have Washington also took issue with in the' house, it takes me si:k and' other ~ anti-iife measures, the power to decide who shall a recent report of the ~residen tial Task 'Force on Mental Retarlive and who shall die." weeks to lose th'e effects of must decide whether to defend dation, which concluded that "no The cardinal told the doctors overdose of chocolate bars. the integrity of their profession women should bear an unwanted or "prostitute it to the service' of that they were beng challenged child." It recommended legalized not only as Catholics and relideath." Bishops, Propose Cure abortions and voluntary' steriliCardinal Patrick O'Boyle of gious men, but also as physicians. F P I III "Eventually, some of you may zation. Washington gave this warning or apers s face the bitterest choice: either "Such a viewpoint. is un-ChrisCAPE TOWN (NC) - ,The to delegates attending the con· to give up your profession en- tian, inhumane and nihilistic, vention of the International FedSouth African bishops' proposed tirely or to prostitute it to the and I oppose it in the strongest cure for the Sou!hern Cross, the eration of Catholic; Medical Asso- service of death." way," Cardinal O'Boyle said. ciations (FIAMC) here. national Catholic weekly whose Cardinal O'Boyl~ 'said society circulation has been dropping',. includes more interpretive arti- was being threatened today by lillllllllllllllll11I11I11I11I11I11I111I11I1111I11I11I1III III111I11I111I11I11I11I111111III III11I111I11I11I11I11I11III11I11IIII III111111II111111I c1es, reports that will help read-' , what he called "a new inhuman-' ers see and interpret trends in ism - pretending to represent a MANUFACTURERS the Church, and better service new morality-which sets aside , from more local correspondents..: the principle to respect life. , NATIONAL BANK :"If a person has no absolute At their meeti~g here the bish. . of BRISTOL ops also called for the establish-, dignity; his life can be weighed ment of an office in Johannes-: against other considerations," he burg, the nation's largest city: said. "'\yomen ~ay responsibly 90-DAY NOTICE (th'e main' office is in Cape' decide to get rid of their unborn TIME OPEN Town), and' more features for ~ babies. After these decisions are made, ACCOUNT women and young people. Interest Comp~unded The bishops ~adbeen told that: he said,physicians would be exthe weekly's falling circulation,. pected to, to carry them out. Quarterly and rising costs were causing" Bitter Choice Offices in: problems for the paper, but they "You will be cast in the role said that a price hike should be of skilled technicians, and asked NORTH ATTLEBORO MANSFIELD ' ATTLEBORO FALLS use,d only as a. last resort. to supply your art to sustain

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THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fail River-Thurs., Oct. 22, 1970

NEW ENGLAND CONFERENCE: Shown at the 11th Conference of New England Diocesan councils of Catholic Nurses a~e: left photo, Mrs. Rita O'Donnell of Attleboro, Miss Anna Donovan of New Bedford, and Sister Thomas More, O.P. of St. Anne's Hospital, FalllRiver. Center !.

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Brother Suggests Plan to Meet Needs of U.5. Black Catholics

NEW YORK (NC)-Perhaps it LOS ANGELES (NC) - The "In fact, among all possible . would be inappropriate to describe Franciscan Father Irenaeus If:!ader of two black Catholic or- organizatiqns, Christianity has "I've just got to get a couple of dresses for school," Schoenherr as a "swinger," but ganizations said here needs of the most solid formation for any American Negro Catholics can man," he added. . {lamented to my husband. "I'm awfully tired of sweaters he's an avid booster of liturgical be ascertained through establishOther concerns, he said, are and skirts and blouses and skirts." Much frustration could; changes in the Church, especially ment· of four regional offices. establishment of a training prohave been avoided if I had stuck to separates and saved: in the Mass. )\It~ria,nis.t.arother Joseph D.avis gram for white priests and Reli"I approve the' changes in the said training, technical, research giolls who work in black areas, myself the bother of looking . I Church like the Mass .because and communications services and 'd "They look just like the pic-' strengthening Catholic for a dress, beca~se sal. tures in our high school year-I people should participate more," could be channeled through the schools in black communities. dresses are almost lmpossl- book," said Mrs. Richard Roder-I the German-born priest com- . four offices toward implementaBrother Davis said at last ble to cor:n~ b~. ~hat stores ick of St. Michael's parish in: mented: He's 91, one of the nation goals of the new National count, the're were some 800,000 are stocking IS eIther short Fall River, when asked to de-I tion's oldest active priests and' Office of Black Catholics U. S. Negro Catholics, 160 Negro enough to be considered a long scribe how she felt about thel just celebrated his 65th ordina- (NOBC), of which he is interim priests, and about 1,000. black tion anniversary. He's stationed head. He also is pro tem direc- Sisters. belt (these are in the junior de- longer hemlines. partment and are .fine for jun· Christine went on to say that at St. Francis of Assisi church tor of the Black Catholic Clergy Brother Davis, an alumnus of iors but not for my age group) she wouldn't mind skirts a little here. Conference. the University of Dayton who or long enough to be almost above the knee or in the middl~ Father Schoenherr said he Brother Davis attended a taught six years in Nigeria and ground sweeping. There really but anything longer was out! believes firmly in the ecumen- meeting of a score of black for two years was vice-president doesn't seem to be much in be- Her 16 year old daughter, Nancy; ical movement's hopeful signs. priests and Religious at Verbum of Chaminade High School in is also holding out against the Diminutive, wiry with a ready Dei High School, in the riot- . Dayton, said through four remidi even though she love~ smile, he said that while he goes remembered Watts area here. gional offices "we can put a clothes. I along with the Church's reforms, The meeting was a "get to know finger on what the real needs each other" session to discuss are." . Mrs. John Smith of St. Pat By f he still is a firm believer in cel- the NOBC work. He expressed hope that the rick's parish in Somerset hasn'~ ibacy for priests. Archbishop Timothy Manning U. S. Catholic bishops would apHe came to this country in' found shopping too frustrating MARILYN because she wears uniforms t9 1926 from his native province of Los Angeles attended the prove a budget of $650,000 for work and pant outfits on mos.t· in Fulda, Germany. He· was Mass at the session, at which NOBC work. Its board now inRODERICK other occasions. "At our last blacklisted by Adolf Hitler dur- Father Joseph Francis, S.V.D., cludes four priests, four Brothparish dance 80 per cent of th~ ing the rise of the Nazis in Ger- provincial of the western prov- ers, four: Sisters and 16 laymen women were in pant dresses/, many for his work in this coun- ince of the Society of the Divine from various parts of the U . S. said Pat. Her daughter, Pats~, try in helping the persecuted in Word, was a principal celebrant. tween. Wondering whether other who is Miss Fall River, hasnjt Germany. Brother Davis described the women in the Diocese were hav- succumbed to the midi loo,k meeting as "a beginning." ing the same problems, I decided either. Of prime concern, he said in I ish in Fall River find themselves an interview after the closed PLUMBING & HEATING, INC. to check. She Kept Waiting holding off and waiting for the session, is the decline of voca· .1 Sales and Service ~ ~alting It Out In the Cape area of the Dle;>- hemlines to settle somewhere. tions among Negroes. for Domestic ~ t=: Mrs. Frank S. Plichta of Holy cese, Mrs. Eugene Sweeney of and Industrial ,~ Helen said that she really To restore a desire for vocaName parish in Fall River has St. Margaret's parish in .Buz- hasn't thought about wearing Oil Burners tions, he said, "we will have to 995-1631 made up hbr mind that she really zards Bay, who spent quite a bit the midi herself yet and that demonstrate that Christianity is 2283 ACUSHNET AVENUE isn't gOin~ to buy anything in of time in New York recentl~, while she doesn't favor the short, not contrary to the liberation of NEW BEDFORD the line of clothing until the stated that she kept waiting to short skirts she does feel that the black people. hemline cbntroversy is settled. see all the midis they had bebn hemlines should have come down "I'm fond! of pant outfits for talking about. . j . gradually as they went up. myself, therefore I'll just wait." "All in all, I don't think I saw "We spent this past weekend said Eileerl. 10 girls wearing the longuette on the Cape," said Helen Caron, Another, member of Holy .and each one of these had I a "and everyone was wearing pant· Name par,ish, Mrs. Frederick head-to-toe outfit look," said lro suits for evening. One girl did Czerwonka) loves pant outfits so Sweeney. "As for myself, at ~he stand out, though, and she had she isn't tdo unhappy yet. "I'm end of last Winter I boughtj a on a long patchwork skirt and a planning on buying a Winter few outfits that were a little black knitted long sleeved top; pant suit, b.ut I truly don't like longer than I have been wearing this really looked elegant." Well, the consensus seems to the midi Idok because I don't and these are what I'm going I to , be that no one is going to rush feel it will look good on me," wear this season." 653 Washington Street, lFairh'aven Even women who are beautiful into buying an outfit for Fall, said Peggy. :;he added that she 994-5058 hopes the very long skirts don't seamstresses, like Mis, AI~ert other than pant outfits, which Caron of SS. Peter and Paul ~ar- are really the safe bets. catch on.

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I At the recent Pugwash Conference of scientists from America, the Soviet Union, Canada, Japan, Europe, ~nd the developing world, concern about pollution of the planet came only second to concern about the continuing risks' of the arms race. The reason \ is simple. What the ordinary ginning with less than five milcitizen sees as smog in the lion people in an ~m'piy continent of unparalleled mineral reair o'r filth in the river or oil sources and temperate land, has slicks in the ocean or prohibitions on catching mercurypoisoned fish, the scientist sees

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been both the most technologically intrusive and the most wasteful of any modern state: But what has this meant? It has meant that even larger wastes and pOllutants, manufactured in the man-made part of the planet (the "technosphere") and dumped into the biosphere, have gone beyond the ability of the living chains of, being to ,clean themselves up and disp,ose of the dirt and poison. 'The pollution is beginnng to silt up. Suddenly we find a whole lake like Lake Erie within a few years of" biological 'death. We are caught in the middle of ~ p~ocess which we hardly knew we had embarked on-overloading Nature to the point at which even her vast regenerative powers can no longer go to work. Now there is no reason to suppose the biosphere's powers can not be restored. Technology, hav-' ing created the imbalarice, can master the' task of cleaning up its own mess. We can stop thinking about our planet as a large garbage can and see it as a limited, balance system in which the recycling of all resources So as to regenerate them, is a' ,con" dition of survival. We can learn to think of our pla~et as asm~1l spaceship, not a vast" empty continent. • ' But' just in case anyone thinks it is easy to change the concept of the "wide, wide world" into the smaH, small spaceship, it has to be remembered that two very great obstacles stand in the way. The first is that we are used to the cheapness of the trashcan concept. To use rivers for waste 'and beaches for tin cans anCl oc~ans for the disposal of hot water from thermal power plants apparently costs nothing. Point of No Return All our consumer goods are subsidized because they do not include the cost of recycling waste. We like this subsidy. We may be all for saving Lake Erie. When we learn that the cost may be $40 billion!!, enthusiasm fizzles out. Pollute now .and pay' later seems to be the slogan. But there might be no "later" in a biosphere. corrupted beyond the point of no return. The other even more daunting problem is that solutions cannot be reached by single nations, however powerful, or even by groups of nations. The chains of being' 'run right round the planet.' They can be cleaned only if the' whole planet cooperates in the',' task. " ;' ,

from a rather different angle of vision. 'He sees how this particular patch of polluted air is one part of a much wider network of weather' systems which circle the globe, are 9pen to each other and carry one man's fallout into another man's forest a thousand miles away. The tainted water is simply the beginning of a biological chain of sustenance in which the fish absorb the poisons, and other beings-water rats, otters, humans-eat the fish. Their tissues~nd organs ingest the poi-' son, many of which, being highly indestructible, begin' to build up inside the organism un-, til irreversible damage is done. Penguins in the frozen wastes of the Antarctic have been found with destructive quantities of DDT in their bodies. Yet the nearest farms are thousand upon thousands of miles away. These biological chains of exchange and nourishment, these systems, of tides and currents, these moving masses of atmosphere propelled by rain and storm bring all life together within a single "biosphere" of air and soil and water. Vast, But Finite Under' natural conditions, this biosphere or "envelope" of life is self-c1ea.ning and self.regenerating. Vegetation captures solar ene'rgy and turns out the constituents' of the atmosphere while capturing and passing' on the water that enters streams and oceans, evaporates and returns as rain. And as' the leaves fall and rot, the soil is renewed. This self-cycling and self.preserving system is all there is-vast, but finite. In man's earliest organized living' within the biosphere-in his stone age settlements - his disturbance of nature's cycles of' regeneraton was, with ,his few blunt tools, so slight that the biosphere asbsorbed all his wastes and interventions without Examine Activity trace. Men lived so long with this ROME (NC) - An advisory relative immunity of Nature (as group of Jesuits held a 10-day the biosphere used to be called) meeting here at which "every that he carried over the idea of aspect of the life and activity its invulnerability right down to of the Jesuit was examined at the present age of the nuclear- close range." The delegates, reactor, the mechanical strip representing 24 provinces and mine, the billion-dollar process- missions, met at the interna-, ing plant and the invention of tional headquarters of the 34,000synthetics. American society, be- member Society of Jesus. I

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Ponder Appeal in Aid to School Case ,

Federal Court HARTFORD (NC)--'-To appeai or not to appeal' a federal district court 'ruling prohibiting U. S. financial aid to non-public schools', that is the question up for decison here. A three-judge district court panel overturned Connecticut's, 1969 law allowing, financial as'sistance. Its deCision will have to be studied thoroughly by the state 'attorney general's office to determine if an appeal will be made to the U. S. Supreme Court, said Connecticut. Assistant Attorney General' F. Michael Ahern. District court judges Robert P. Anderson, M. Joseph Blumenfeld and T. Emmet Clarie ruled that the Connecticut law violates the "Establishment, Clause" of the First An:tendment to the U. S. Constitution, providing for separation of church and state. . The measure, as passed by the

Dr. BlakeAd,vise~ Cautious Decision ,NEW YORK (NC)-:-Full membership of the Roman Catholic Church in the World Council of Churches is not just around the corner the head of the ecumenical body' said, although areas of WCC-Vatican' cooperation continue to multiply. Dr. Eugene Carson Blake, general secretary of the WCC, counseled in an interview here against precipitous l,Iction on the question of.' Catholic membership. ,From his vantage point, he ,told NC News, "A decision to join would be better five years from, now rather than 'now, if it rose' out of bishops' conferences discussing it all over the world, then on the agenda of the Synod of Bishops and the Synod giving advice to His Holiness that they thought the time had come to do this, and he accepted that advice and then we ,went to work imple'menting the membership appli· cation."

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Professor Hits Sex Education

For all my life as a priest I have worked in one way' or another'with young people. I do not think I have yet lost my ability to learn from them which I take it is the ultimate sign of whether one should continue to work with young people or not. I am particularly impressed Christianity is and has also probwith the present generation. ably spent little if any time tryIf they are a little bit more ing to find out what it is, He vague and more cynical than their predecessors, God knows that the present mess in our Republic is more than a sufficient explanation. I must say, however, that I find them very unlike either the

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image that appears in the mass media or the description of them which I hear from certain academic types 'who have chosen to identify with what they consider the "youthful position." Quite the contrary; in fact it has often seemed to me that people like Professor Margaret Mead have chosen to pander to one element in the youth culture, and a marginal element at that. The critical problem of modern youth i!? not that they, are different from their parents (note that if the cover does not make a book, long hair does not make a basic difference), but rather that they are so much like them. I am therefore amused when college faculty members like Professor Mary Daly in her review of Father Gregory Baum's recent book, Man Becoming, seemed willing to fall back on "what young people say" as a serious form of scholarly argumentation, Lack Experience, Wisdom If I am toid, for example, that young people find that the' Bible or the Christian tradition is "irrelevant," I am inclined to reply, "so much the worse for them." But I really don't believe the assertion, Some young people find the Bible and Christian revelation irrelevant and others do not, Indeed, there is a growing segment of y()ung people who arEt willing to accept, at least tentatively, things far more outlandish than Christianity - astrology, witchcraft, and the SDS, for example. I also know enough about the social psychology of religious processes to be aware that those who indeed have r.ejected the faith on which they are based are very frequently working out the conflicts with their parents .which have nothing really to do with religious commitment. I thoroughly respect the freshness, the vigor, and the passion of youthwul emotions but in most instances, the youthful insight is necessarily not tempered by experience, by wisdom or even by serious thought. The young person who tells me, for example, that Christianity is irrelevant, probably doesn't have the foggiest notion of what

NEW YORK (NC)-Dr. William A. Marra, Fordham University philosophy professor and and head of Holy Innocents Safeguarded (HIS), lashed out here at th'e Newark archdiocese's sex education program and at sex education in general. can scarcely expect me, thereMarra told NC News that the fore, to take his pronouncement .HIS group believes the responseriously, at least as a basis for sibility of sex education lies with serious and intel1igent discussion. the parents. Marra contends Disservice to Young most parents discuss sexuality Yet, there are far too many with their children, despite what academics who are only too willmany sex education advocates ing to take him very seriously claim: that sex is a forbidden' indeed. The uninformed and insubject between parent and experienced emotions of youth I child. are not merely to be .taken to be "Most people in my group are truth, but indeed, the highest not delinquent in .this respect," kind of truth. Marra said. Faculty members who engage' "We don't go down to naming in this sort of youth:worship are the genital parts and giving them really doing the young a grave a diagram when they are six, disservice, They are flattering but we answer every questonthe weakness of youth and not frankly, honestly and as comits strength. They are pandering pletely as need be. to the inexperience of youth "What :kills sex is the moment rather than encouraging its en..... it is publicized, the moment it thusiasm and, above all, they are \ becomes a topic for conversation, telling the young that uneduat that moment you kill the concated emotions are as valuable cept of intimacy." FIRST .BLESSING: Rev. John Paul McDonald, a.s.B., as educated intel1igence. HIS hit local headlines recentI haveno objection at all, as I I monk of Portsmouth Abbey; ordained· Oct. 11 to the priestly when it organized in Newark said at the beginning, to learn- i hood, gives priestly blessing to his mother, ,Mrs. Kathleen to put an end to proposed sex ing something from the young I McDonald of Tiverton, after celebrating Mass in St. Wil- education courses there. The but I expect them also to be group feared the course would willing to learn from me. That liam's Church, Fall River, Sunday afternoon. serve as a pilot program for the position the youth-worshiper is entire state. singularly ill-equipped to take The purpose of HIS is to inbecause somehow or other it form parents. "We want to show seems authoritarian and "asymthem what will be taught to '. I metrical." their children in the name of the Knowledge of Proverbs Aids Missioners Second Vatican Council," Marra One might well wonder why some academics engage ,in this said.· . UnderstQnd. 'Chines~ form of youth .worship. Perhaps they are persuaded. that the TAIPEI (NC) - "In China Chinese wisdom coming from Hits Liberalization young are going to remake the everyone uses proverbs. Ordi- the people and living in the or- Of Abortion Laws society and the Church and that nary conversation is as full of dinary conversation of the peotherefore they are backing a I BELLEVILLE (NC) - The winner. I them as a pudding is of raisins," ple." Catholic War Veterans' national a well known China scholar Father Devloo pointed out commander has assailed those I Like Parents I once said. that many of the proverbs and pushing for eased abortion laws To the extent that either of I So a new anthology of 3,600 sayings have a classical origin as ignoring the problems that these last two positions are serio, Chinese proverbs and wise say- and come from the writings of underlie attempts at abortion. ouslyheld by the youth-worship- ings compiled by a veteran the philosophers, yet the philoso-' AIdo F. DiChiara of Belleville ers, they are merely deceiving! China l)'lissioner has been wel- phers collected them from the called the liberalization of aborthemselves. The available re-I comed here. mouths of the people. tion laws "a great disservice to search evidence, as I have said humanity and to our own naThe author, Father Edmund Sound Familiar before, indicates that young peo.! tion," in a statement he issued "Codified by the philosophers, pie are for the most part veryl Devloo of the Congregation of here in .New Jersey. the Immaculate Heart of Mary, these proverbs today go on livmuch like their parents even if: is now 80 years old. The Belgian ing in the mouths of the peothey don't think they are. NO~ is there any reason to expect priest. was for 30 years a mis- ple," he said. "They are used as either' tl1at this generation o~ sioner !n the north China dio- argument and as proof, or sim· radical young are going to coni cese of Jehol and for the past ply as salt and spirit in daily tinue their radicalism as they 20 years has been professor of conversation." grow older or that the next' gent Chinese at the rilotherhouse of Many of the sayings have a eration is going to share th~ the CICM (Scheut) congregation. religious and. moral background. radical perspective of the presen~ "In order'to know the mental- That is because they come from 1/4 WYman one. I ity of the Chinese people it is old Chinese philosophers such as e4~" 3.6592 The whole youth cult phenom c necessary to study the Chinese Confucius and Lao-tzu and their enon is a massive form of self~ set phrases and proverbs," Arch- disciples, or from Buddhism, inCHARLES F. VARGAS ~eception, even more astonishing bishop Stanislaus Lo Kuang of troduced very early from India when one realizes that it is Taipei said. "By this 'Book of according to Father Devloo. 254 ROCKDALE AVENUE mistake which has been mad~ Proverbs' the author intends to "We are happy to find in NEW BEDFORD, MASS. many times in· the past. : help the missioners in China to many old Chinese sayings likeJohn Cogley summarized -the understand the character and the .ness with our Christian concepts situation with his usual deftnes1s customs of t"'e Chinese people about God and heaven, justice as he remarked, "I feel terribl~ and, in this way, to give their and retribution, or about moral sorry for the young, because apostolic activity a better Chi- standards which were of a natthey are going to live to be lIb nese aspect." ural level before they were years old, and that means for $0 The proverbs and sayings of Christianized," he noted. years they'll be over 30." But the anthology are classified acIn the section of the anthology most of them were over 30 ev~n cording to. relevance under 21 listed under God and religion it , ~. when they were 18. I headings, such as life and death, is surprising how many old I hell-ven and God, eating and Chinese sayings sound like vaForms Center I drinking, fa'!1ily, luck and hap- riations of scriptural passages: piness and government. "The Old Heavenly Father CLEVELAND (NC) - BiSh~P does not starve even a blind "This anthology presents to Clarence G. Issenmann has E1stablished a center for Spanis~ the many friends of China a sparrow." "Good has a good reward, evil speaking people of the Cleveland large collection of proverbs and . diocese here as headquarters fbr sayings of different trend and has an evil reward." "You may deceive men, you religious, cultural, educational meaning," Father Devloo said. HEAT~NG "They contain a great' part of cannot deceive God.'! and social activities.

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Bread Bcikii1g Gua'iranteed To Raise, Drooping. Spirits By Joseph and Marilyn Roderick "Catch-22": You can get out of the Air Force if you are cra~y, but if you admit to being crazy you must be sane and therefore you cannot get out of the Air Force. Joseph Heller used the catch-22 theme throughout his brilliant but disturbthrough your mind that if it ing novel to point out the were possible the best solution paradoxes of military life in would be quietly to go balmy. . particular and life in general. That's the day to bake bread. As I've mentioned' before, I After reading several rave reviews my wife and I, having had avoided working with any both read the book, decided to form of yeast until I took a See the movie, Our feelings can bread baking course with Mary be best expressed by the fact Reese of Portsmouth. Under Miss that we walked out of the movie, Reese's leadership I was initiated which is a first for' us. We have into the age·old art of working sat through some pretty bad with yeast -and the therapeutic . movies but this was the ultimate values thereof, There is a mystical something in poor movie-making, bad taste, about watching the dough rise and commercial exploitation, Aside from the reviews,' al" (I still don't quite believe it) but most everybody I met who' had the real soothing therapy occurs ROSARY SELECTION: Mrs. Alice Hornung, manager of Our Lady's Rosary Making seen the film was horrified by when you knead an~·.knead the its brutality. The catch-22 theme dough. Then all t~oughts and Center in Louisville, Ky., looks at sample of beads in stock. The cente'r supplies parts for which made up such a great worries seem to vanish (at '.least making rosaries to clubs and individuals thr oughout the world. Mrs. Hornung has manpart of the book was completely ',for the moment) and you can feel empathy for the early' pio- 'aged the international rosary center for "about 20 years" but her devotion to the rosary . omitted in the movie.' neering women who spent at goes back to childhood. Since then the rosary has become' "a part of my life. We never , Rather, we are subjected to least a part of each day preparthe horrors of suffering and the ing ther loaves in just this way. went to bed at 'nigl},t unless we, said the rosary." NC Photo. most absurd portrayals of brutality in a pointless, obvious distorWonderworking Odor tion of the book: a man is sevFinally, the odor that permeered completely in half by an ates your kitchen, while' the . . airplane; a dying man's innards bread is baking does strange Governm~nt, are literally poured out of his things that even a decorator body; a half-dead horse is whip- couldn't accomplish. Suddenly ALBANY (NC)-To 55-year- legal briefs-many of which in hospitals that comes under the ped; all of this with the subtlety you don't notice 'that you need old attorney Charles J. Tobin some way affect the Catholic guise of abortion." of ari atomic bomb exploding in a new refrigerator or that the Jr" law and religion are agree- Church. The legal and religious "Abortion is a symptom of our back yards. kitchen cabinets, haven't been able if not inseparable compan- combination isn't so hard to un- negativeness," according to ToShock Treatment: , ,_ pa.!nted. So what if.,you haven't ions as he strives for Catholic .derstand, since Tobin is legisla- bin, whose re<;ord indicates he's got' arouncf'to ordering thefab- social, moral and religious just- tive representative for the Cath- one of the nation's most' successolic Bishops of New York State ful crusaders in fights to uphold The fault for. all of this lies ric for the kitchen window, or tice. and secretary of the New York Catholic principles. ' at the doorstep of one Mike haven't had a minute since comTobin, J n~tionally known layNichols who should have stop- ing home from work to sweep man who holds numerous Church State Catholic Committee. 'More Charitable' Giving Tobin national recogniped with Narragansett commer- 'the floor-it suddenly J>ecomes posts, in addition to partnership For the past quarter century, , cials. At' least his commercials the most ,home-like kitchen in a law firm here, believes the tion in the Church is his presi- he has 'been engaged in a big, used a soft-sell, but he is pres- imaginable.' And all because of solution' to many of society's dency ,of the National Confer- battle to improve living condie~tly disposed to sledge-hammer two crisp brown loaves of bread current ills lies in teamwork:- ence of, Catholic Charities and tions for persons from all walks hIS hackneyed message across to baking in your oven just waiting "the Church, g~)Vernment, organ- chairmanship of the National As- of life and is currently using hi!i his a~dience, a~ if his audience , to be devoured by'your hungry i~ations and people working as sociation of Directors of State wiles to urge passage of welfare were In a semI-stupor and had .: brood, topped with plenty: of a cohesive unit." Catholic Conferences, reform on Capitol Hill. ~o be awakened and. shocked at rich butter and pungent jelly. Opposes All Violence "There's no reason why any Teamwork is not idle talk Intervals to keep them awake. Try it-it's,a sure cure for the In capsule, as another Catholic one in this country should go to from Yale-educated Tobin. Low- layman put it: "Tobin has to be bed hungry," Tobin insisted. Everything in the film is sub- blues. jected to his shock treatment; This is still the best recipe I've keyed in temperament and en- considered as the top consultant He is a firm believer that the actors play their roles as if come across for a nice, firm loaf dowed with a quick Irish wit, he counselor for the Catholic hier- needs of people can best be met handily uses his legal knowledge archy in our state-a year round through organizations, such as they were puppets (which IT\ay of rich bread. to advance Christian principles, job that consumes virtually all the Church, working with the be symbolic of the fact that Gossipy Sweet Bread education, the welfare of individ- his time." anyone. in the service must be government's help. "Church' uals and preservation of life. doltish and puppetlike), dialogue Y2 cup milk The concept of "evetyone ~o groups," he explained, "can best His desk is inundated with ing his own thing" to improve serve by becoming involved in is limited to bits and pieces so Y2 cup sugar that .one is constantly straining 1 teaspoon salt' the world, draws Tobin's disdain. community affairs. "This, he beto hear what is, beng said, trick Y2 cup margarine or other "It's not effective," he said, it's lieves is the only effective way Discontinue Parade photography .is used constantly shortening CINCINNATI (NC)-Dwindling "just a jumbled hodge-podge ap- to attain successful, productive -again, not as a vehicle for enY2 cup of very lukewarm attendance was blamed for a de- proach-and it's beneficial in programs to help mankind. lightening or entertaining the water (if this is too hot ,it kills . "Government can't do it alone. cision' of the Hamilton Count~ isolated cases." audience, but for shock effect; the yeast) , Consequently, Tobin turns to All of us have to be more charHoly Name Union to discontinue in all the movie and its director 2 packages dry yeast long-range programs designed to itable and put ourselves in, 'the. its annual Holy Name' rally and are best never seen again. 2 eggs beaten , parade in downtown Cincinnati. protect human life by eliminat- places of others who daily are This particular viewer was 4Y2 to 5 cups all purpose flour. Father Robert R. Wolfer, spiri- ing all forms of violence such as beset with hunger, poor living most disturbed by the film's I) Scald the milk. Remove tual director, said the rally, held war, street and campus rioting conditions and job discriminapatent disrespeCt for its audi- from the heat and stir in the on the second Sunday of October and what he calls "murder in the tion." ence. This film was made for sugar; salt, and rnargarine--cqol for ' more than 60 years, had thrill seekers who leave their to lukewarm. drawn close to 250,000 particibrains at home before setting 2) Measure the warm water pants and spectators in the out to a movie. One cannot ex- into a large warm bowl (aga,in 1930s but that there had been a perience empathy; one has only not too hot) Sprinkle in the yeast sharp falling off iil attendance to sit back clutching one's bag and stir until dissolved. ' in recent years. ' of popcorn arid be enveloped by, 3) Stir in the lukewarm mix, a series of sensations; horror, disROUTE 6-between\ Fall River and New Bedford gust, laughter, fear, delight etc.; ture, the beaten eggs and one cup of flour, beat with a large hardly why I go to a movie, 6) Let rise in a warm place, [t One of Southern New England's Finest Facilities wooden spoon until smooth. In the Kitchen 4) Add the remainder of the . until dough has doubled (about fi ~ hours). Everyone has her moments of flour gradually, mixing as you Ayailable, for add. When dough can be brought depression, and I'm certainly no 7) When dough has doubled, exception. There are days when together into one smooth ball divide in half, roll out each sec, responsibilities s~em to _be c1os· ,it is'mixed enough, tion on the floured cloth and • ing in from a hundred and one 5) Knead on a floured cloth roll up into a loaf. Ple;1ce in • FOR DETAILS CALL MANAGER-636-2744 or 999-6984 directions, the phone rings con. until dough feels smooth (about greased bread pan and bake in it stantly and the thought runs 5 minutes). a 375· oven about: 30 ..minutes. 1.'.1. " 0

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Michigan 'Court Rules Parochaid Law Promotes Public Welfar'e LANSING (NC) - Michigan's Supreme Court ruled that the state legislature promoted the public welfare in passing the socalled parochaid law which provides ,direct aid to nonpublic school students and teachers. Moreover, the high court deci_sion recognized as legally valid: The parents' right to send their children to either a public or nonpublic school.' The legislature's concern to improve the quality of secular education offered in nonpublic schools.. " The l~glslature ~ awar~ness that contmued c10smgs of fmancially pressed nonpublic schools ~ould. add ~o. the public schools' fmanclal cn~ls. . . The court s landma.rk decISion held that the parochald law does not conflict with either state or federal church-state prohibitions. . The formal opinion was issued three weeks after the high court announced it had upheld the law by a 4-3 ruling. Parochaid provides aid to nonpublic school students and authorizes the state to pay 50 per cent of the salaries of lay teachers instructing secular subjects in nonpublic schools. In a majority opinion written by Justice'Thomas M. Kavanagh, the high court, said the law meets all of the tests used by the U. S. Supreme Cour~ in previous cases involving the question of public aid for nonpublic school students. The court said the argument is often advanced that the U. S. Supreme Court has ruled that educational benefits for nonpublic schools arei,unconstitutional. Applies Test "The contrary is true for that court has upheld statutes providing textbooks and bus transportation for nonpublic school children, as well as . . . 'released time' for attendance at religious

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instruction or de~otional exercises off the premises of public schools," the court said. The only cases in which state MINNEAPOLIS (NCr-:-A nomeducational programs have been inee for presidency of the Amerruled unconstitutional by the 'ican Lutheran Church predicted , U. S. Supreme Court are those ,here that Lutheran an,d Roman involving religious services i~ 'Catholic theology will converge public schools, the majority opin- lin the 1970s. He also said he ion noted. 'foresees a possible three-way The Michigan court applied the ~merger among 'Lutherans in the Schempp-Allen test, used by the 'United' States. U.S. Supreme Court in several I The forecasts were contained previous cases, to find parochaid !in two addresses by Dr. Kent S. constitutional. !Knutson, president of Wartburg The Schempp-Allen test states I Seminary at Dubuque, Iowa, dethat a law providing public funds llivered at the,57th annual meetfor students attending church- ing of the national Lutheran edirelated schools must have a tors' and managers' association. "secular legislative purpose and The two presentations exama primary effect that neither ad- ined theological and policy isvances nor inhibits religion" to I sues facing Lutheran churches in be constitutional. this decade. . Lutherans will have to decide, Legitimate Concern Knutson said, whether they conThe majority opinion said the sider themselves pan of a radilegislature "has spoken forth- cally distinctive community, or rightly" in chapter two of the if, as it appears, "everybody is school aid act "of its desire to buying our prOducts." He defoster, improve, and advance the scribed growing agreement both quality of secular' education, wherever offered, as an integral element of the public welfare." Since parents have a right to send their children to either a public or nonpublic schools, "the I state's interest in secular educa- I tion in those (nonpublic) schools ; is a legitimate legislative con- I cern," the court said. The court said that all education - public and nonpublicfaces a "continuing and intensiBeggar... fying financial crisis'" and that many nonpublic schools have helpless ... been forced to close in recent years. . 11 one'out of '''These closings are adding to the public schools' financial eduthousands ... cational crisis," the court said. "Under these circumstances it is clear that chapter two serves a public purpose," and that aid fori nonpublic schools "constitutes al secular legislative purpose." ,

Lutheran lead'er Sees Agreement With Catholics among Lutherans and Catholics and Lutheran and Reformed churches. From their present nonaligned position, he said, Lutherans have a choice between the mystical, sacramental approach of the Catholics or the ethical stance of the Reformed. "I 'believe we're on a course of convergence with the Catholics," the seminary president concluded. Knutson emphasized that he

Theological Renewal ROME (NC) ~ A "student body" of pastors, chancellors, vicars general, a seminary rector and other priests are undergoing a "program of theological renewal" at the Institute for Continuing Theological Education sponsored by the North American College here.

was not talking about a CatholicLutheran merger but about "theological empathies and possibilities." The trend could be reversed if the renewal movement in the Catholic Church were to end, he added. Commenting on Knutson's statement, Father John Hotchkins of the National Council of Catholic Bishops' secretariat for ecumenical and interreligious affairs told NC News: "Certainly there is a growing sense of cooperation between individuals and groups and a growing cordiality towards Catholics on the part of many Lutherans. "As far as a convergence goes, well, it's a challenging statement, and seems to be based on a belief that Catholics and Lutherans are moving away from a workcentered other-worldly theology to an in-the-world theology."

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N'ew York Candidates Dis$atisfied: : With Permissive Abortion Law ROCHESTER (NC)-A survey conducted among candidates in the Nov. 3 election for ,the New York legislature in the Rochester diocese disclosed an overwhelming majority are dissatisfied with the state's permissive abortion law which went into effect last July 1. The poll, conducted by The Courier-Journal, diocesan newspaper, also drew a comment from Gov. Nelson Rockefeller that there is a possibility of change in the law. "As with any new law," the governo'r commented, "the abortion statute is undergoing the test of experience. The lessons of this experience will be carefully considered in determining whether any changes are indicated when the legislature next convenes." The survey, directed by Carmen J. Viglucci, editor of the paper, drew replies on three alternatives from 36 legislative candidates with these results': 31 indicated they are not happy with the new law; 22 favor reform; three favor retention of the new law. Viglucci, in a copyrighted story on the survey, pointed out

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The present law, described as the most permissive in the coutitry, permits a woman with thb consent of her physician to end a pregnancy of 24 weeks or les~. The old law permitted abortioh only if the life of the moth~rwas endangered. I The Courier-Journal couplE\d its three full-page coverage Of the survey with an editorial rbstating the paper's policy again~t endorsing candidates for political office.

The paper urged its readets to: "Read the survey results carbfully and vote for those candidates who agree with your position on abortion. Use letters a*d telephones to influence those who disagree with your views.:'

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THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Thurs., Oct. 22, 1970

OUR LADY OF ANGELS, FALL RIVER The Annual eyO Communion with parents will be held this' 02722. coming Sunday at the 8 o'clock OUR LADY OF FATIMA, Mass. . The formidable Rosemary Reuther has written an arSWANSEA The children of Mary Sodality Reservations are being taken Penny Sale and Raffle wiII take resting study of the relati9nship between Christianity and for the Turkey Supper which place Thursday, Oct. 29. Social Change ("The Radical Chri~tian," Harper and Row). will take place .in the church ST. ROCH, In discussing the contributions of the "Social Gospel" movehall on Saturday, Nov. 14 from FALL RIVER ment of 19th century Protes5:30 to 7 P.M. The Supper will The Council of Catholic. Women to the ing over them, giving tantism, she mentions .its conclude the all·day Christmas will hold a public whist at 8 to· U~ited Givers Fund, getting .Bazaar of hand-made goods, night in the parish hall. Tickets main weakness as well. Mrs. angry at them - and nothing cakes and 'candy, jewelry and will be available at the door. Reuther states that while the works. In fact, things seem to knick-knacks. Supper reserva· Mrs. Pierre Gagnon, chairman, publicizing of the exploitation of get worse. What can we do·" tions may be made by calling will be assisted by Mrs. Yvonne the worker was "graphic and This is exactly where the poverMrs. Thomas Murray, 8·2528. realistic, the projected solutions ty in imagination shows up Fozzard. ST. CASIMIR, At the council's meeting at 8 tended to be paternalistic and among the social activists. Once NEW BEDFORD sentimental, thus. revealing the every "Middlesex village. and Monday night, Nov. ~, Lt. White The Couples Club is sponsor- of the police department will limitations of imagination of and farm" has been aroused by ing a Ham and Bean supper this speak on drug addiction. Memmany Social Gospel churchmen." the prophetic Paul Revere of Saturday evening in the church bers are invited to bring families social justice what does he do basement from 4:30 to 7 P.M. and friends. Also on' the Nonext? HANDS: Redemptorist Fa- Tickets are $1.25 for adults and vember agenda will be the anPeople often become quite resentful whE\n they have been ther Anthony Russo, preach- 75c for children and may be ob- nual Christmas bazaar, sched· super-aroused to social problems ing to deaf, makes sign for tained at the door or from Club uled for Friday and Saturday, By and then are handed a list of church, another instance of members. Co·chairmen are Mr. the 13th and 14th, in the parish REV. local social service agencies concern of church for all and Mrs. Edward Gajewski and hall. 'HOLY TRINITY, looking for volunteer help.. A manners and conditions of Mr. and Mrs. Leo Turgeon. P. DAVID WEST HARWICH ST. MARY, campaign of social awareness for There will be an adult HalSOUTH DARTMOUTH suburbanites cannot lead to a peo·ple. NC Photo. FINKS loween costume dance from 8 to The parish will sponsor a clean-up program in a carefully midnight Saturday night, Oct. 24 seleceted' slum. Such responses penny sale at 7:30 Wedri'esday night; Nov. 18 at the parish cen- .at the parish youth and social are not only naive; they are downright destructive of Human ter. Hundreds of gifts will ,be center. Refreshments will be awarded and refreshments will served and prizes 'awarded for There is soine evidence that a dignity for all -concerned. BALTIMORE (NC)-The school will be available. Heading a outstanding costumes. similar poverty of imagination 75 Different Programs with a touch of paternalism is a There should be no further pa- is an old dark building near the large commttee are Mrs.' Ray- ST. JOSEPH, factor in the frustration of many tience with social meddling-no heart of an East Baltimore ghet- mond A. Robichaud and Mrs. FALL RIVER 'social action church people to- matter how well intentioned. If to. It is not a~ unqualified suc· Joseph E. Viera, co-chairmen. . There will be a rummage sale day. In increasing numbers the diocesan· Church with'. its cess. Because of its educational ST. KILIAN, in the parisn hall from 10 to 3 throughout the last decade, cler- parochial and educational units philosophy, it has trouble plac· NEW BEDFORD Saturday, Oct. 31. Please leave The Women's Guild announces clothing in the school hall from gy and lay people have been is to be. interested in serving ing some of its graduates. moved by war and civ,il rights . people who live in and are. af· Yet students flock from Balti- a .whist for 8 Saturday night, 7 to 9 Friday night, Oct. 30. beyond comfortable apocalyptic fected by a· metropolitan envi· more's suburbs, although the Oct. 24 in the school. basement. Basketball players are asked Billy Grahamism to a clearer ap- ronment with all that means to- school was designed to serve one Refreshments will be served. to turn in uniforms from last preciation of the social respon- day, then it must deveiop a new neighborhood. This year, 75 ST. THERESA, year. sibilities of the Christian mission. policy of pastoral life. ST. STANISLAUS, . children tried to fill the 20 open-' SAGAMORE Newspapers 'and TV news OtherWise, 'WE!' are always r're: ings in one of the school's most .' st' Theresa'~ Hali, Main Street, FALL RIVER bring contempora'ry social injus- acting to the squeakiest wheel. important programs. New offlic;ers of the Women's' Sagamore, will be the scene of a tices home with a' daily imme- And another half-baked progiam A college prep? A trade school FaIl bazaar to be sponsored Sat· Guild are Mrs. Walter Zdabosz, diacy that a Dickens' novel could will be swallowed up in the dioc- geared to industrial crafts? urday, Oct. 31 by the Women's president; Mrs. Daniel SUliivan, never do. People are bothered esan administrative jungle. Guild. Gifts, ceramics, novelties, vice·president; Mrs. Peter Pie. about issues that seem to defy Hardly. The school is the home made articles and white trazek, secretary; Mrs. Paul KleIn one large diocese, the Chan· solution. Suburbaniites fret cery sponsored a housing devel- Martin de Porres Center, and. it elephants will be featured. A age, treasurer; Mrs. Nell Groabout the neighborhood, buzzing opment corporation designed to serves as the last best hope of education for its 63 students in snack bar will be open through-- mada, publicity; Mrs. Joan Perry over' the black family moving in. build low and moderate income and Mrs. Walter Pudlo, regisout the day. People worry about their cbil- housing and became enmeshed pre-school, kindergarten and trars. ST. THERESA, dren's education when the com- in local suits with the tenants" grades four through six. An installation banQJ.Iet was SOUTH ATILEBORO munity battles over busing and union in its own newly cqn-· It offers after-school tutoring, October activities for' the .Con- . held last night with Mrs. Kleage school bond issues. . structed buildings. In another for area children four days a fraternity of Christian ',Mothers as 'chairman and Mrs. Helen Drugs and drop-outs, pollu- diocese, over 75 different ad hoc week, staffed by seminarians included a fashion show and card Weglowski in. charge of reserva· tion and politicians, hunger and programs were identified in va- and college students. It soon will party, with proceeds going to 'tions. hippies - all t\1ese and many rious stages .of rigor mortis with start 'evening programs in con- the parish center building fund. Pupils in the seventh grade more issues affect those of us little or no connection with each sumer education and high school The 'unit's regular meeting was of the school will sponsor a car brought up to believe in the doc· other or anyone else: equivalency preparation' for held. in conjunction with . a wash Saturday, Oct. 24, from trine that if enough dedieated adults. meeting of District Four of the 9:00 A.M; to 4:00 P.M. in the Basis Jor Action elbow grease is expended, things As a first step, the diocese Roland Hunt, director, said Diocesan Council of Catholic school yard. have got to get better. . St. Vincent de Paul will meet might bring together its Catholic that the center's purpose is to Women. Dr. Vincent Ze.cchino on Thursday, Oct. 22, at 7:45 What Next? . Charities and social action staff upgrade the education of chil- spoke on the work of the hospiPeople are beginning' to ask people. The holy war between dren in the neighborhood, which tal ship Hope and of his three P.M. in the lower church. hard questions: "We know that social service agencies and social consists largely of public hous- voyages aboard the vessel. there is a many·sided urban action ministries is more mud- ing project residents. SACRim HEART, crisis. We feel surrounded dIed and senseless than the U. S. NEW BEDFORD by issues that demand attention. military presence in Indo-China. The Home and School AssoHOLY NAME, We've tried ignoring them, pray· 'Conversations leading to a clariINSURANCE AGEN.CY, INC. ciation will sponsor a cake sale NEW BEDFORD Jying of goals, objectives and today and tomorrow at Stop The annual harvest dance of 96 WILLIAM STREET employment of resources, could the Women's Guild will take and Shop Market at the Arlan's Prelates Support NEW BEDFORD, MASS. be very helpful 'in developing a place at 8 Saturday night, Oct. Building, Hathaway Road. ,Mrs. Dignity of Life social policy-however tentative 24 in the parish hall on Studley Jeannne Sasseville s chairman. 998-5153 997-9167 HELENA (NC)-A joint state- -as a basis for action.. Street. Paul DePaola and the' The activity is the first fundPERSONAL SERVICE This pastoral policy could be Villagers will play for dancing. raising event of the new. school ment in support of the "dignity of human life" and in opposition the basis of "What to do"_ Mrs. Lucien Cormier and' Mrs. season. to . a current effort in Montana "How to do" sessions with parish Russell Nelson, co-chairmen, anto ease the abortion law was is- clergy and with smaIl groups of nounce that tickets are obtain· sued here by the state's two interested parish people. There able from members or may be are all kinds of techniques and purchased at the door. Catholic bishops. See Us BishOp Raymond G. Hunthau· tools around to' help in this , sen of Helena and Bishop Eldon process. 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struction and several tall hotels or apartment buildings now rise skyward in imitation of the surrounding snow-capped mountains. Alaska is huge, sparsely populated mission territory for the Church. Last month, 42 priests of the Anchorage-Juneau areas gathered for a two-day clerical conference and some of them travelled over 700 miles from their parishes to reach the retreat house where sessions took place. Archbishop Joseph Ryan of Anchorage and newly ordained (the term consecrated has been dropped by Rome) Bish'op Francis Hurley of Juneau often take to the air by commercial jet or' Piper Cub for episcopal visitation of pastors, parishes and people. Frequently, an airplane is not only the fastest, but the sole way of reaching an isolated community. Father Anthony O'Carroll, an enthusiastic, well-read Irishman who left his teaching post on the Emerald Isle last year to work for a limited period on the Alaska "missions," shepherds' 160 families in Palmer, a village an hour's drive from Anchorage. His parish covers an area the size of Ireland and to reach his people the pastor plans in the months ahead to offer "station" Masses at houses throughout the territory. Four or five families will meet in one home according to a schedule for instruction, the Eucharist and a bit of socializing. Adaption to Situation The principles in our revised liturgy should help Father O'Carroll with these weekday Masses. He will want to select the readings and prayers which best fit the circumstances of each tiny congregation and every eucharistic celebration. Before reformation of the Roman Missal, such adaptation was rarely permitted. The Church calendar tightly regulated these matters and there were few open days. We have more, almost unlimited freedom today. In November, for example, sixteen dates are listed as either weekdays or optional memorials. Article 316 of the General Instruction specifies the options a celebrant and liturgy planning committee enjoy in these situ-

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THE EUC HARI5T . ations. "On optional memorials the priest may choose the Mass of the wee!<day, of the .saint of the day, or of the saints commemorated or mentioned in the martyrology that day, a Mass for a various occasion, or a votive Mass.'" Bishop's Decree Later articles 332-333 go even further. The bishop, in virtue of these norms, may permit special Mas~es on any day except solemnities and certain Sundays. Moreover, the celebrant may decide on his own, in cases of "some genuine need," to employ these unique celebrations, on obligatory memorials, as well as on those day~ ~Jr~ady' cited. In addition, the Ameriean bishops have decreed that any biblical text in the 'Iectionary may be used 'in the formulation of Masses for particular occasions. This latitude should not be interpret~d as a return to the pre-Vatican II period of repeated I "black" or requiem Masses. Ar- i ticle 316 expressly states: "The! Mass for the dead should 'bel used sparingly. Every Mass iSI offered for both the living and l the dead, and there is a remem· brance of the dead in each eu.; I charistic prayer." Nor should priests feel encour, aged to, don "green" vestmentS on every weekday and limit theiJ choice to the previous Sunday'~ Rr~yers. A little ,variety withi~ the week requires effort in plan 1 ning, but it will improve the service, please the people anq help the celebrant. I Check before Mass i In this connection we want t6 mentiol1 that the present confJ. sion between Sundays "of the year" and "after Pentcost" wiil end in the near future when a revised sacramentary is puqlished. The current lectionar~ follows the reformed calendar; the sacramentary we -now u~e na turally observes. the older on~. I know of no sure' and ea~y method at this time for 'keepirlg the different enumerations c1ea'r; except a swift check before Ma$s begins. I Discussion Questions

1. How does the new revis~d Mass rite help us make our liturgy more relevant? ' 2. Should the laity be involv~d in selecting the readings lat Mass? I

Iif I still believed in Original Sin. I replied that I did. "But how can you, an educated man of the twentieth century, believe such a thing?" "Well," I answered, "of all the Church's teachings I find this one of the easiest to believe simply because I am an educated man alive in the tortured world of the seventies." "But you surely can't ~elieve what we learned in catechism ' class, about Adam and Eve and the apple? Why even the religion texts have dropped that!" I went on to affirm my belief and tried to explain something of the difference of approach in the newer religion texts, which reflect another aspect of development in doctrine within the Church. Since the time the Baltimore Catechism was revised in 1941 a wealth of knowledge has been uncovered that makes possible, even necessitates, a rethinking of the Church's teaching about Original Sin. Development is a sign of life and health as' long as it is in continuity with the :Church's tradition. The Vatican Council II states very clearly that the "tradition which comes from the apostles develops' in the Church with the help of the Holy Spirit. For there is a groWth in the understanding~of the realities and the words which have been handed down" (Constitution on Divine Revelation, No.8). Most of us adult Catholics learned about Original Sin simply as a truth or doctrine taught by the Church. We learned the words, "original sin," perhaps imagined it as a stain on the soul, and reflected on it in the context of the story of Adam and Eve found in the Bible (Gen 2).' Adam and Eve were thought of as the first man and woman, the first parents 'of the whole human race. They received' special gifts from God, some of Which they lost by disobeying the God-given command not to eat the fruit of a certain tree in the Garden of Paradise. Because of this sin all of us are born without sanctifying grace and we inherit the punishment of Adam. Perhaps we felt deep down that it wasn't fair to be punished for a sin somebpdy committed perhaps millions of years ago. Advance of Exegesis This was certainly a valid· approach at the time. But a great deal of data has been uncovered since we learned about Original Sin in school, data about the Bible stories in Genesis, facts from archeology and palontology, data regarding the interpretation both of Scripture and subsequent doctrinal definitions. All of this important data is involved in the development of the Church's grasp of the traditional doctrine of Original Sin and its presentation in catechesis.. Contemporary attempts to understand and enable others to understand the doctrine of Ori-

ginal Sin begin from day to day experience rather than from an abstract statement of a truth. If we but scan the _morning newspaper or wearily watch the evening news telecast, we' are painfully aware of the tragic suffering people everywhere undergo. Murder, rape, war, hijackings, cause pain and tears to millions of people, some of whom already have little food, poor homes, no 'work, no hope. Our own cities are unsafe, our children are exposed to drugs and pornography on the streets and frustration' or boredom in school. Wars have been part of our experience for as long as most of us can remember. Men find hope when the crime rate shows a fractional decrease. An honest look at life reveals a situation fractured, torn, and tortured, in which people need to struggle to survive or to live in peace. There is something painfully wrong with our world.

wanting to be "like gods." They taught this with a story, the penetrating story of Adam and Eve. They attempted to make sense out of the data of experience and tradition in the language and thought patterns of their time. Much later, the story of Adam

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and Eve was interpreted in terms of a philosophy which had its roots in ancient Greece. The idea of cause and effect allowed for a more sophisticated understanding of the Genesis account. Adam's sin caused an effect in himself and because we are all descendants of him, in all of us. These ill effects or punishments are such things as death, suffering, ignorance and a strong inclination toward sin. Recognizing the depth of in'sight in the Biblical interpretation. of the human situation and the further precis~ons added by Catholic theologians of other ages" the Church today is trying. to translate these insights into more contemporary language and perspective. A great deal of mystery remains, and always will, but the approach through experience makes possible a more direct, personal grasp of the 'reality of Original Sin in today's situation. Meaning Today ,

Mnn's Role in Evil If we take a hard look at ourselves, if' we examine our consciences, we find that all is not well there either. All of us must grapple with ourselves to be honest" faithful, generous. In spite . of our best efforts we find that do the very things we most wish. not to do, and in doing them we often hurt others whom we love. We repent, renew our resolutions, try hard, succeed sometimes, but fail, too. There is something painfully wrong within us as well as outside us. We not only are touched by th~ evil in the' human situation, but we even add our share to man's uphappiness. All of this is a fact, a very painful fact. What does it mean? Why is the human situation Instead' of being preoccupied seemingly caught in a whirlpool with how it all star,ted, theoloof evil from -which it cannot gians and religious -educators are fully free itself? The Church's more concerned with discerning developing doctrine of Original what it means today and what Sin is an attempt: to make sense is to be done about it. The exout of· questions like these, act historical beginnings are questions thai: well up out of hidden in the misty unknown of human experience. prehistory, millions of years beThe effort, guided by the Holy fore the story of Adam and Eve Spirit, to penetrate the mystery was written. The story of Adam of human misery a'nd evil in a and Eve is not a historical docworld which is under the con- ument but the attempt of God's .stant care of a gracious God~ People in a given time and culThe doctrine, as all the ture to explain the same mystery Church's saving teachings, is that we experience in our world an attempt by God's people to and in our hearts still today. articulate human experience, to In the face of this mystery make sense out of it the light of evil we are stimulated to penof Faith. etrate the human facade of selfEvil and Selfishness .righteousness and the myth of Faced with the constant hu- uninterrupted human progress. man struggle between the pow- We are challenged to recognize ers of selfishness and the call to our need, the need of the whole generosity, the writers of Gene- . human race. We are all poor in sis attempted in the story of the this respect, all in need of help Fall, to make sens~ ,out of the from a God who so believes in experience. They affirm the un· us and our world that He sent questionable goodness of God. His only Son to save us. He certainly could not be the For the believer the expericause of man's misery. ence of evil does not lead to The world's misery somehow despair or disillu$ion; it opens shows a human quality of seek- one in an attitude of hope to the ing self regardless of other's equally present mystery of God's needs or God's calls. The world's faithful love. "Where sin was evil is somehow man's doing, multiplied. grace immeasurably each one wanting his own way" Turn to Page Nineteen

'. Proposal' DO.oms Catholic Schools

. THE ANCHORTliurs., .-Oct: 22, 1970

Says -Television, Movies Demean Ethnic Groups WASHINGTON (NC)-Television and motion pictures lead viewers to believe that ItalianAmericans are mobsters, that Spanish-Americ~ns are lazy or revolutionaries and that Jews are tight-fisted peddlers, a New York congressman told his colleagues here. , Rep. Frank J. 'Brasco (D-NY) and other congressmen testified -before a House Interstate and Foreign Commerce subcommittee that millions of Americans who belong to ethnic or nationality groups "are being rubbed raw by such outrageous commercial warping and exploitation of what they hold most dear-their identities, heritage and culture." Although none of the congressproposed any legislation directly affecting the program content of either the movie industry or television, all of them expressed a "a sense of Congress" in condemning what. is called the "deg-' radation" of ethnic and religious : groups. Later congressional action is possible, it was mentioned, unless the industries adopt their own standards- on depiction of ethnic characters.

LANSING (NC) - The Michi· gan Catholic Conference's board of directors predicts n"early all 550 Catholic schools in the state will close next June if "Proposal C" is approved by Michigan voters in the Nov. 3 election. "Proposal C" provides for a constitutional amendment which would prohibit any form of public aid to students attending nonpublic schools. The conference board includes Cardinal John Dearden of Detroit and the bishops of the state's four other dioceses. The board said if "Proposal C" is approved "it would be impossible for all but a handful" of Catholic schools to continue operations beyond next June.

. MONTESSORI CLASSROOM: Rev. Joel Scheveis, a.Carm., pastor of St. Anastasia's Church, Teaneck, N.J., gets down to the level of his smallest parishioners in the new Montessori School in the convent of the Sisters of Charity. The. furniture, made by men of the parish, is all child-size. Adults who visi t find themselves crawling around in order to get a look at what is going on with the 27, pupils, aged two and a half to four and a half. NC Photo. .

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WASHINGTON (NC)-Pressur- avoid an "as long as you are in ing a teen-ager into attending our house, you will go to Mass", 'Outrageous Portrayals' Mass can actually be an obstacle approach. External observance Brasco, himself· an Italian- to his maturing faith, warned a of the rule on attendance at American, and about 100 House J~suit religious educator in, an Sunday Mass is no proof of real colleagues are sponsoring a re- artide in the October issue of conviction, he asserted. lated resolution that would put Word magazine. "Rather than seeking welcome Congress on record urging the Accordong to Father Vincent signs of faith manifestation, movie and. television industries M: NovaR~' S.:J:: 'direCtor'of''fhe, parents would do. better :to' conto stop producing films that de. Graduate Institute of Religi6tis tribute to a dimate that would mean racial, religious and ethnic Education,at Fordham Univer- foster human growth towards groups, or fall into the category sity, many Catholic. parents to- spiritu'al maturity." of obscene. day are disallusioned and frusAdult Education In' their view" th~ Italian- trated when their children ref~se The core of the struggle beAmerican isn't the only citizen the gift of Catholic faith which who has been libeled on film. the parents hope to pass on ....t o tween the generations is theological, the Jesuit said, noting Brasco said movies and TV also them.' . . I . present these "outrageous porthat Catholics tend to view faith "Faith cannot be bequeathed as merely intellectuaI: In reality, trayals": "The Spanish-American * * * is as a family heirloom," he re- he continued, it is .a response of. lazy. H~ makes revolutions. He minds them in the magazine ti)e whole person, a free giving sleeps too much and drinks too published here by the National of the whole self. much tequilla. He is dirty and Council of Catholic Women. When adults understand this, Authentic faith, he maintain~d he added, it will be dear to them smelly, lacking ambition * ** "Polish"Americans * * * are is the result of a mature de~i that "no one is responsible for either ignored' or portrayed as sion. another human being's act of "Personal faith can never be faith. dull beasts of burden * * * Jews are tight-fisted peddlers * * * the' programmed," he wrote. "And Irish are almost always por- ' yet sometimes parents and even, trayed as beefy policy types who professional educators aetas cif Many Indian Claims it could. The timing of matura. drink heavily and think little:' tion in faith' differs with evet;y Remain Unsettled WASHINGTON .(NC) - With' 'Free Speech' individual for theological as 'well "Consistently, through pro- as psychological reasons. Such little over half its -Work accom· plished, the In.dian Claims Comgrams such as the 'Untouchables' faith is impossible to predict.'~ . mission wil Ibe forced to close . or 'the FBI,' Italian-Americans In the meantime, couns~lIe'd are painted as illiterate mobsters Father Novak, parents should its doors here 'April 10, 1972, an expiration date set by Congress. who dress flashily, smoke huge . Since its inception in 1946 to cigars, smuggle heroin, kill innocent people and belong to the S'upports Extensive I' dear a backlog of cases extending far into history the commisMafia or Costa Nostra," Brasco Sex Education sion has approved Indian claims said. NEW YORK (NC)-AQ offi- totaling $359 million. But time The result, he added, is that many believe "every Italian· cial of the National Council of is running out and there remains expressed support 'a total of 290 claims valued at American is either a dose blood Churches relative to Al Capone or would here for the recommendation by an estimated $150· million to be the President's Commission on settled. like to be." "The Seminoles, for example, Dean Burch, chairman of the Obscenity and Pornography that Federal Communications Com- "a massive sex education effort are in the midst of a battle to I acquire what they think should mission, agreed with Brasco but be launched." The Rev. William H. Genee;' be handsome compensation for said: "Despite the offensiveness of such. material, it generally en- NCC director of Family Life Min- most of Florida - which they joys the Constitutional guaran- istries, said "the fa,ct that people owned prior to an 1823 treaty tees of free speech." He said he will stand in line for hours and with the U. S. government. Still unrsesolved is the fourhoped the "good taste and re- pay good money to see some sponsible judgment" of broad- very mediocre and monotonous decade dispute stemming from casters would prevail, but com- sex films is a revelation that the Turtle Mountain Chippewas mented that absolute standards they themselves feel their under-: retribution claim for more. than in such a difficult area are im- ~tanding of 'sex is inadequate', seven million acres of North Dakota. and unfulfilling." possible to set.·

The Michigan State Board of Education at a meeting in Pon· tiac voted 5-2 in urging the state voters to defeat "Proposal C." Thomas J. Brennan of Dearborn, board vice-president, said approval of "Proposal C" would be the "eulogy" of non public schools and a "disaster" for public schools. A wide number of candidates for public office, including Republican Gov. William G. Milliken and his Democratic 0ppo-' nent for the office, State Sen. Sander N. Levin, have said they opposed "Proposal C."

"A parent cannot claim credit, though he may have contributed At its last session, the legislasignificantly, to a son's or daughter's ,!ct of faith; neither ture approved a measure calling should a mother or fathf!r feel for state aid to nonpublic sc~<?ol personal guilt, all else being children. It was signed by Gov. equal, if a son or daughter has Milliken and upheld as c'onstitu, tional by the Michigan Supreme apparently lost faith." This points ,up the need -for Court. ~"&...I The same day the high court more adult :'religious education, he said. "Without adult re-educa- approved the measure, it also tion and self-renewal, he pre- upheld the validity of a ballot dicted tensions within the referendum on "Proposal C" for Church community and within the Nov. 3 elections. the family circle will grow. '...

Personality Traits Remain Constant BALTIMORE (NC) - Despite changes in administration, curriculum and community life at St. Mary's Seminary College, students' personality traits have remained constant over the past eight years. '. "Somehow, the values-benevolence, charity-have survived," Dr. Alan Gr~enwald, a psychologist on the college's faculty, told 31 dioces!ln vocation directors meeting at the seminary. Greenwald said that the college level seminarians consistently score higher than the average college student on the benevolence section of a psychological test used at the seminary. This indicates, he said, that the seminarians are interested "in doing things for people, in helping the unfortunate."

'p'ocket' Chalice WORCESTER (NC) - A tiny chalice, small enough to be hidden in a coat pocket, was used by Auxiliary Bishop Anthony Joseph Emery, of Birmingham, when he celebrated Mass during the annual Martyrs' Walk here in England. The ceremony honored those who died for their faith during the post-Reformation persecuti'on of Catholics. The chalice was a relic of those days and was used by priests escaping imprisonment when it was illegal to celebrp~~ Mass.

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SCHOOLBOY SPORTS IN THE DIOCESE

'Eyes on Deschenes

I ~~rcester Tech Puts Hopes in Future

By PETER J. BARTEK

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Taunton High New Challenger In Bristol County Loop Race The Taunton High Tigers are on the prowl. Their prey is any foe who happens to cross the path. Coach Charlie Benoit'.> gridmen literally clawed their way back into the Bristol County League championship race on the basis of their own performance. And, in so doing they '1ave opened the gates for at least two other clubs. Just when it appeared as though New Bedford was abuut to run away from the rest of the County pack Taunton surprised , almost everyone by rompng to a 34-0 victory over the league leaders. The defeat was the first for the Whalers in County competition and dropped them into a three way tie for. the league lead with Msgr. Coyle High of Taunton and Attleboro.

The Tiger vctory was reminiscent of last Fall's clash when the Tauntonians upended the Crmson and White by a 42-20 count. Now Coach Benoit's chargers will have to receive some help if they are to gain any share of the County title. Losses to Attleboro and Bishop Feehan High of Attleboro plus an early season win over New Bedford Vocational place Taunton. one game behind the league leaders with a 2-2 record. Little Dave Williams a 5'4" quarterback directed the attack very capably last week when he called on. big running back Dan Enos to do the bulk of the leather lugging and then fired perfect passes to his end Mike Medas just often enough to keep ~he: New Bedford defense guess. mg..

Remainder of Season to Tell Tale BY LUKE. SIMS

I Coach Mel Massucco had a

problem. ; How does a team dotted with ,inexperienced underclassmen re,bound from a, losing season? I Last year Worcester PolytechInic Institute struggled through I a disastrous· 3-5-0 campaign. :Four times, the opposition hung 126 or more points on the scoreI board. Twice the Engineers s.ufI fered through the embarrassi ment of a shut out. And graduI ation had claimed several of the ,I individual standouts.

lOne bit of good news came I packaged within .the 5-9, 185I

pound frame of halfback Charlie Deschenes, the .... team's 1969 rushing leader.

With two. years of eligibility remaining, Worcester Poly followers had found a ray of hope beaming through the thick cloud , of pessimism that hovered over Alumni Field. But Massucco was , only optimistic at best. The press release from WPI sports infori mation center explained why.

"Charlie Deschenes, last year's leading ground gainer with 516 Coach Charlie Connell's Bish- slated for Saturday matches' , yards in 106 carries, is not goop Stang Spartans from Dart- Coyle and Durfee High of Fall i ing to repeat those statistics." CHARLIE DESCHENES mouth will be faced with the River. Both clubs chalked-up vic- I The reason was given in seven task of corrallng the diminutive tores over Capeway Conference I words. "Mainly because he's to Union, Bowdoin and Middle- and Mrs. Agenard J. Deschenes signal caller Saturday when his opponents a week ago and per- I not getting the blocking." bury. of North Attleboro and is a ' charges attempt to cage the formed well in the process. Saturday;' Charlie reBut last communicant of Sacred Heart For three games," the' release"' . hungry Tigers. The Spartans who Coach· Jim Lamigah's' Coyle defeated New Bedford Vocation- contingent halted the Lawrence 'was accurate. Charlie managed ceived excellent blocking and . Parish. He is one of six children and al last weekend will host the High of Falmouth win streak only.81 yards in 37 carries as the press release suddenly read like a fairy tale. the second eldest boy. Older the Engineers dropped decisions contest in Dartmouth. at 12 games by toppling the The North Attleboro native sisters Annette and Helene are Attleboro remains in conten- Clippers 8-7. At the same time I reeled off 120 yards on the housewives while his brother, tion by virtue of its ,thrilling Durfee under the tutelage ofl ground, scored one touchdown Rev. Roland Deschenes, is the come from behind victory over Coach. Don Montie rolled overj and set up two others as WPI assistant pastor of St. Joseph's crosstown rival Bishop Feehan. Bourne by a 30·16 count. I whipped Bates, 19-12, for its Church in New Bedford. Gerry, The Jewelers who were plagued With the loop standing as close, 23, is employed as a plumber. by fumbles and heads-up Feehan as it is neither club can afford! WASHINGTON (NC) - The first victory of the year. The season is half over for Younger brother Paul is a play most of the afternoon were a loss and remain in contention.' National ,Shrine of the Immacuon the brink of defeat until late late Conception here was filled the Engineers and Deschenes is member of Bishop Feehan's unThere:s no doubt that this clash with some 7,000 persons, largest still a long way from approach- beaten football team. in the final period when they Charlie received his gridmanaged to score to win 14-7. will rival the best of the Durfeei congregation in its 50-year his- ing last year's offensive figures. I Attleboro now stands at 3-1 in Coyle meetings. tory, for a service commemorat- But a few more games like his iron baptism as a member of Coach Joe Bettencourt's New ing the Motherhood of the latest effort may very well pro- the same Feehan team and oddly loop competition and should improve on that record Saturday' Bedford eleven is scheduled (or Blessed Virgin Mary, patronal pel both Charlie and WPI back enough, he hardly, if ever, when it meets New Bedford Vo- a non-league affair Saturday feast of the Washington arch- into the New England limelight. I?layed offense. The scrappy Deschenes is the son of Mr. Shamrock ace was a defensive . with Leominster, Bishop Feehart diocese. cational in the Whaling City. \ specialist as well the team's :. Another key County contest will bes idle. Cardinal Patrick O'Boyle of punt and kickoff man. In 1966 Dartmouth Alone With Un-Un Record II Washington was the principal he played a leading role in the Bristol County Only two Capeway Confer- and untied club within the coni- concelebrant of the Mass. The Continued from Page Seventeen Shamrocks' concelebrants included Auxiliary exceeded it, in order that, as sin League championship season. I ence games are on the docket fines of diocesan limits. In the only Narry League cori- Bishops John S. Spence and Ed, established its reign by way of . Strangely enough, he broke for Saturday with Fairhaven at Barnstable and Dennis-Yarmouth test last Saturday Seekonk ward J. Herrmann. The homily death, so God's grace might see into the college ranks with a at Falmouth. Dartmouth· will bested Case High of Swanse~ was preached by Msgr. William tablish its reign in righteousness, resounding bang gaining 151 host Seekonk and Bourne will 30-6. Defending champion Som- F. McDonough, shrine director. and issue in eternal life through yards in 22 carries to lead his Jesus Christ our Lord" (Rom. mates to a 17-6 victory over meet Ipswich in non-league con- erset will be back in action aftJr A dramatic touch came with tests. Wareham is not scheduled a week's absence when it meets the presentation of gifts during 5:21). With this hope we are en- the same Bates team. He gained Old Rochester in Mattapoisett the Mass by the Albert Mogzecs couraged to commit ourselves 151 yards in 22 carries and was for action this weekend. Barring any major upsets the in the one league fray slated fQr family of St. Ann's parish here. to do all we can to Work with named to the All-East Division II God to improve the, quality of team. of the week. I Cape loop championship will not Saturday. In addition to the bread and human life. Milford will play Case· in In addition. to football, Charlie wine, the Mogzecs offered sixbe settled until the end 'of he Swansea and, Dighton-Rehoboth is a member of the WPI track Discussion Questions week-old Albert Mogzecs II, as a month when co-leaders Lawteam where he competes in the 1. What does the Constiturence High and Dartmouth col- will be at Mansfield. The Gre~n symbol of the value of human lide. But, like the Bristol County Hornets lost to Canton 30[6 life. Cardinal O'Boyle blessed the tion on Divine Revelation say dash events.' An engineer major, I Deschenes hopes to enter gradbaby and accepted a symoolic about tradition? League, the Conference special- Saturday last. . Oliver Ames, North Attlebo~o rose offered for him. zes in upsets and both clubs will 2. What is your understanding uate school upon his graduation in 1972. have to be on guard lest the and Norton will all be out to ~e of Original Sin? Touching on the dramatic same fate befall them that hit verse last week's decisions Saturday when they hope to get on presentation in his homily, Msgr. New Bedford last week. the winning trail..-ln Hockomo¢k McDonough asked: "How can we & In league action a week ago League action Oliver Ames will stay Catholic and find nothing Barnstable defeated Dennis- entertain Stoughton in Easton wrong with an abortion law Yarmouth 26-0, Dartmouth and North will be at Franklin! which is based on someone's reOver 35 Years downed Wareham 24-0 while Norton will meet Medfield 6n luctance to carry a living unborn Complete line of Satisfied Service Fairhaven beat Old Rochester Re- the local team's gridiron in' a fetus to completion? Our faith Reg. Master Plumber 7023 gional of the Narry circuit 24-12. Tri-Valley 'Building Materials Conference game. is not based on what we desire. 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Hope to .Prevent Campus Turmoil At Seton Hall" SOUTH ORANGE (NC) - A week-long student-sponsored forum on "Alternatives to the American Crisis" ran its course at Seton Hall University, here. Administration officials disclosed they now are hoping the university can escape the campus turmoil which ran from beginning to end of the last school year. One reason for the hope is the open attitude being taken by Father Thomas G. Fahy, the new president and a key figure' in 'an 'unsuccessful attempt to avoid a police-student confrontation last Spring. Father Fahy has let it be known he is setting aside a definite period each week when -any student or other member of the campus community can see him without a formal appointment. And for 2Y2 hours at a "town meeting," one of the features of the forum, he and 14 other members 'of the university community answered questions by some 1,300 students, faculty, parents and alumni. The· town meeting was held the day after the term opening ceremony at ,which Father Fahy promised the university expected to play a role in the economic and educational advancement of the disadvantaged. .

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Relies on Good Sense At one point in the town meeting questioning, Father Fahy said: "Many people have asked if I have a 'battle plan' to deal with a situation like the one that ended in a fracas with the South Orange police last May. , ~'I do not," he added. Rather, he said' he would rely' on the "good sense" of the students. He told questioners he is not aware of "undercover" police agents being. on campus. But he said if anyone knows-that this is the case they should· bring it to his attention and he would have it investigated. . He also said "law enforcement agencies have taken a great interest in colleges lately" and he "would not be surprised" to find that investigators have been ,active,

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]ROTC Choices Father Fahy said there would be a student referendum in October to determine the future of the university's ROTC ,program, which was placed on a voluntary rather than a mandatory basis two years ago. H;e said .three choices would be offered - the ROTC program be abolished; its status remain as at present, and ROTC be retained but no course credit be, given. . Father Fahy and other panelists answered a barrage of questions on tenure, role of the trustees, educational priorities, the new black studies program, financial assistance to students, use of alcohol on campus, student evaluation of. teachers and other subjects. In his earlier formal talk, Fr. Fahey cited university programs to .aid the disadvantaged and said the university' would at- ' tempt to be of assistance to nearby' Newark.'

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