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A. complete reorganization of the Catholic elementary schools in New Bedford was envisioned in a proposal made public last night by the Planning Commission for Catholic Schools in New Bedford. The proposal was contained in a six page Final Report of the Commission which· has been studying Catholic schools for the past year. The Commission's proposal calls for the establishment of six regional elementary schools in place of the present 11 parochial schools in the city. The schools would operate in the present facilities of Holy Family, Our Lady of Mount Carmel, St. Anthony, St. John, St. Joseph and St. Mary Schools. These facilities were chosen on the

basis of their geographic location and the size and condition of the buildings. The Commission recommended that the supervision and admin: istration of the educational ac-. tivities of the regional schools be consolidated under one School Board. The parishes. which built the schools would continue to have use of the facilities outside of ,s.chool hours. It is anticipated that the cost of operating these schools will be $225 per pupil for the next school year. The Commission recommended that the child's parish should pay $100 of this . amount, and that the student pay the balance of $125 by way of tuition. A serious effort would be made' to raise money for

scholarships for needy students. The schools would be staffed by Sisters fr~m the four religious' communities now serving New Bedford. Sisters from more than. one community might work in the same school where this was feasible. The reorganization wilt result in a reduction of enrollment in Grades 1 to 8 from the present figure of about 3100 to an e nenrollment of about 2300 students. A special effort will be made to accommodate all the present students in the six regional schools, adding extra classes where necessary. However, if all the students cannot be accommodated, students will be selected on a random basis so Turn to Page Twelve

Human Development Campaign

Aids Area Food Expert When the Campaign for Hu- " receive it, according to its editor, Golden Nugget newsletter as man Development Appeal was 'Srother Herman. "the first of its kind." made last November with Pope .' Brother Herman, who founded' He said that although many Paul's theme. to "break Ute hell-·the. Food Research Center _ elderly people are cared for in ish circle of poverty for God's 'located at North Easton-in 1958 special homes,' "millions live sake," the Catholic Bishops of . arid, has since become an inter~ alone in .poverty and must surthe United States de~reed' that· illitionally-recognized expert on - vive on a very small income. The each was to ~eep. 25 .per cent .' lood planning, describes The . '. . Turn to Page Seven, of the collectIOn In. th~. fight. ,,' , , ' . , ' . ; . ~ ....: ~.' :-,_... :~. against poverty on the local'" :'.:. ", . "

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A FIRST: On Sunday afternoon, Bishop Cronin confirmed John Soares Martin, a member of Our Lady of Health Parish, Fall River and a cerebral' palsy victim at ceremonies in. the young man's home at 8c Watuppa Heights. Ronald Choquette, the sponsor, stands beside John.

Hospitals in Merger' Sometime during the first half of 1972 the Greater Fall River Medical Center, Inc., about three years in the planning is expected 'to begin .operation. Trustees of both St. Anne's. and. Truesdale Hospitals have announced the merger of the hospitals into a single corporation, with. target dates set at Jan. I, 1972, if possible, and at June 30, 1972, at the latest. Each hospital, after the merger, will "maintain its identity" as

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a separate unit of the center, officials said. A single board of trustees will be fused from the two existing boards to manage the center, and a single medical staff will be organized to care for patients admitted to the respective units. "In order to establish certain principles and guidelines according to which St. Anne's Hospital, operated by the Dominican Sisters of the Presentation, and the Turn to Page Six

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nine jects throughout the diocese and one was' the direct assistance in educating the elderly living alone to plan-purchase-and prepare The honorary chairmen. of the . foods within a modest budget. 17th annual Bishop's ·.Charity ( During the first week of June, Ball were named today by Rev. Bishop Cronin gave $500.00 to M. Gomes, diMsgr. Anthony Brother Herman E. Zaccarelll, CSC, International director of the ocesan director of the BalL This .International Food Research and social and charitable event bene-, Educational Center, No. Easton fits the exceptional and underto assist in the' work with ad- , privileged children in the southeastern area of Massachusetts, vising the elderly about food. A newsletter to help the elder- regardless of color, creed or ly feed themselves-:-economlcal- race. The proceeds from the ly and nutritiously - has been 'Ball help ~o sustain the four: launched by the International Food Research and Educational Center in No. Easton. Called The Golden Nugget, the newsletter is beginning as a quarterly and will be sent free of charge to anyone' wishing to

schools for the exceptional children' and the fOUf summer camps for the underprivileged and exceptional children: These facilities are un,der the supervision of the Most~Rev. D'aniel A. Cronin, S.T:D.,· Bishop of the Diocese of Fall River, in whose honor the Ball is. dedicated. . Gerald BriIlon, St. Theresa's parish, .South Attleboro, will Turn to Page Two

Plan Workshop For Cape CeD Personnel An enrichment workshop will be held for CCD personnel of the upper and lower Cape Cod area on Nov. 13, 9:30 A.M. to 3:30 P.M., at St. Margaret's Center, Buzzards Bay. The morning will feature a multi-media workshop "Creativity and the Media", conducted by Sr. Marguerite Forcier, SFCC, a representative of Mark IV Presentations, Attleboro. The afternoon will consist In a presentation by Mrs. Constance L. Farley concerning the "themes" approach of the elementary Sadlier series. Sr. Marguerite Forcier has, for Turn to Page Four

CO-CHAIRMEN FOR BISHOP'S CHARITY BALL: Gerald Brillonof So. Attleboro.. left, representing the Societyof St. Vincent de Paul of the diocese and Mrs. James H. Quirk of So. Yarmouth, right, representing Diocesan Council of Catholic Women will serve as co-honorary' cochairmen for the 17th Annual Bishop's Charity Ball set for the night of Jan. 14th. .

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Charity Ball Continued from Page One serve as honorary" co-chairman, r.epresenting the Society' 6fSt. Vincent de Paul of the diocese, one of .the co"sponsors of this charitable event.' Mrs. James H. Quirk, St. Pius' Tenth parish, South Yarmouth, diocesan president of the Council of Catholic Women, was named 'to represent the Council, one of the co-sponsors of the Ball. Mrs. Quirk is in her' first term as president of this' women's. organization. Members of the Bali committee, St. Vincent d~:pau~ Societies and affiliates of the':Council of Catholic Women"; are urged to send the names of persons and', groups for listing ,in.. the Charity Ball Souvenir Booklet. The listings are under ~iX" categories with each category entitling the donor to tickets for the Ball. Persons or groups wishiiig to aid the' exceptional and underprivileged children may do so . "by contacting Bishop's Charity Ball Headquarters, 410 Highland Ave.,. FalI River, Tel. 6768943. "Mr.. Gerald 'Brillon, St. The'resa's "parish,'., South Attleboro, represents the Socity Of St. Viri. PRESIDENT OF NEW BEDFORD' SERRANS: Atty. vent de Paul of the Attleboro . Mauri~e F. Downey, seated is.congratul~ted by the outgo- are!!. as honorary co-chairman of ing president, Ronald R. Loranger, standing, left. Pictured the 17th 'annuil1 Bishop's. Charity in the center is Joe Camacho of New Bedford, a coach for Ball; and, Mrs. James. H. Quirk, the Washington Senators, who was the main speaker on St. Pius Tenth parish,South Yarmouth, . diocesan president of the occasion of the assistant pastors' Sports Night at the the Council of Catholic Women, Serra Club meeting. . " is the other co-chairman of the Bishop's Charity Ball.

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ROME (NC)-Evangelist Billy W as h·lI'igtonls, B· hOp 'Sees I mprovement Graham is considering a crusade WASHINGTON (NC) - The of prayer in Rome in·1973. In Priesthood Figures U. S. bishops' 1971 Campaign for The noted American preacher Jj , \ Human Development -will be as told a news 'conference here that SPOKANE (NC) L A bishop I' doubt a sociological reason, successful as the bishops themC II A · he pas been invited by the evan- disagreed here with a prediction for having any kind of certitude selves care to make it, according . as, ppolntment geJic'al churches of Italy. If he that. the'· American priesthood that they will remain the same." to the campaign director, Auxil'Window Dressing' comes, it couid be the lar~est face~possible extinction. Noting that the number of iary Bishop Michael R. Dempsey' BELFAST (NC)-The appoint- Prnte<;tant gathering in the EterBishop Bernard J. Topel of young . men studying for the of Chicago. ment of the first RomanCatholic naJ City' since Rome was united· Spokilpe' took issue with one of priesthood in the Spokane dio, " In a. letter to the American to Northern Ireland's cabinet to Italy in 1870 and the govern~ the findings ofa statistical study cese is greater than ever before ,bishops' conference here, Bishop was called "cruct'e window dress- ment opened the city to Protes, "! on tpe priesthood compiled by -"and at least as good in qual- . Dempsey said the campaign can ing" by a Catholic member of tant chu.rches. '. Father Eugene Schallert, ·Jesuit ity, too," Bishop Topel said he . be only "~as effective as the this British province's parliaGraham said he came to Rome' : sociologist of San Francisco could state "clearly and emphat- moral conviction and commitment. . ..' to di~cuss the possibilities and·" University. ically that there is no miracle in- ment of its leadership." He Shortly after he was named promised Italian . eva~.gelical. Citing a d~arriatic arop in the volved in what is happening here called on his felIow bishops to lend personal support to this a minister of state' in the cable~ders here ..,that he would number of Amerl~an priests, the in our diocese," year's campaign, demonstrating inet, Gerard New.e appealed' for . ~~:nk about It and prayaQout. Schallert. study said the Catholic peace in this violence-torn land, . It bU~ that he wou~d..not:be abl.e. priesthood,iis-it is known today. 'The Spokane bishop said he traditional "Church .concern for but· a few' hours later a police- .. to arnve at a. declSIOI) U1;tmedl- . in the United States needs a was confident .that the same up- the poor. The Campaign for Human Deman and Ii. British soldier' were at~I~. He. said he will know miracle to avoid extin~tion. 'surge in vocations would also killed and at least six guerillas' wlthm a month or two. _ happen elsewhere in the United velopment is an annu!!.1 collection , shot in a gun battle;. . "The deci~ion will be made . "I know enough about statis- '. ;. States. taken to. help the poor help themselves' by providing seed after .a great deal 'of prayer and tics tokn~w s~~et?ilig of. their .. " . money for self-help organizathe answer will·. be partially sub~ use and misuse, said t~eblsh~p,. Daring Vincentians to Me~t . jective.-,- something' that comes who. holds a doctorate}n 'ma~he tions. In 1970, the campaign St. Elizabeth's. Parish Confer- from my heart ... If my coming. matlcs from H~rvard. T~e .mo~~ ... 'One of the reasons mature totaled $8.5 million, which has ence. FalI River will act as host .here would cause great problems that can ?e .sald .for Sta.tlStICS:, I~ people stop .learning is' that they been distributed throughout the for the monthly meeting of the and troubles for the churches that provided the per~entage· re, .' become .less and less willing to nation. The 1971 collection will FalI River Particular Council of that would have to be taken int~ mains the same, the· future can risk failure. -John W. Gardner be taken up on Nov. 21. the of St. Vincent de Paul Soci- account," he added. be p~edicted." . ety sched.ule.d for Tuesday night, . There are 22 evangelical "The whole point," .Bishop. Nov. 9. churches in Rome and some 150 .Topel continued, "is' that there Mass will be offered at 7:15 in between Naples and Florence. is no mathematical reasbn'. nor Asked, if opposition by t h e ' " . the host church on Tucker Street and the meetng will follow.. Vatican or by Catholic forces in Rome would persuade him not to come, he answered: ."No:~ but Necrology .SERVING ALL FAITHS added, "I know what their posi- . NOV. 6 . tion would be." He declined to Rev. Patrick S. McGee, 1933, explain ·further.. Founder, ·St. Mary, Hebronville. NOV. 11 Rev. A. Gomez da Silva Neves 1910,' Pastor, St. John' B~Ptist: New Bedford. .111I1111111111I11111111111111I111111I111111I1111111111""11I1111111111"IIIIIIII'I"'"l1mllllnllllm_

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Plan Project to Encourage Ethnic Pride Among Polish-Americans DETROIT (NC) - Edward J. Piszek, president of one of the country's largest frozen food processing companies, is underwriting "Project Pole" in the . amount of a half million dollars to counteract what he believes is a negative picture of today's Polish-Americans. The project, to be conducted by the Orchard Lake Center for Polish Studies and Culture in suburban Detroit, will be a massive educational effort to help all Americans to put Polish路 Americans into proper perspective. . . Chargmg that .the media nee gl~~t Poles, he said: . You have to g? through~. da.lly newspap~r With a. mag?lfymg .glass to fmd anythmg ~Ith a Pol.lsh theme. Because PohshAmencans don't read much about themselves they relegate themselves to second-class citizens." He also criticized what he termed bad references in.. the media about Poles . Full Image "I watched a television program the other night in which 'dumb Polack' was used seven times," he said. "I counted them. I don't mind an ethnic joke now and again, but why do they have to beat us over the head with it?" Father Walter J. Ziemba, rector of Orchard Lake schools and project director, -said the purpose of the project is: To project the full image of Poland's rich ,I,OOO-year history. To inform all Americans of the contributions of Poles and Polish-Americans to' civilization and to' engender a healthy pride in Polish-Americans regarding. their forefathers. To encourage study of Polish history, culture .arid language and bring about an atmosphere to encourage Polish-Americans to make greater contributions to the American scene. To provide an opportunity for everyone to obtain Polishrelated materials. Starts in Detroit "The Polish immigrant-poor, deprived, ambitious, independent,

Annual Communion, The Annual Corporate 路Communion of the Fall River Particular' Council of the St. Vincent de Paul Society will be held at the 8 o'clock Mass on Sunday morning, Dec. 5 in the Catholic Memorial Home Chapel, Highland Ave., Fall River.. Breakfast will be served immediately after Mass and reservations must be made.

courageous-carrie from a dismembered nation with no political identity and without opportunity for education," the priest said. . "All he knew were his prayers and his songs. When he cam.e to this country' he couldn't tell about Poland's history." Detroit was chosen as the launching pad for the program because more than 600,000 Polish Americans live in the area and because of the resources at the Orchard Lake Schools' Center for Polish Studies arid Culture. One of the project's first efforts will be a half-page advertisement in Detroit newspapers stating: "The Polish astronomer Copernicus said in 1530 that the earth revolved around the sun. What is he trying to tell us?" .. The ad, Plsze~ sal~, hopes to epnc?urage ~thmc pnd~ among ohsh-Amencans, showmg them that they ?re just as good as other Amencans. Father Ziemba said similar ads will run in daily newspapers in Washington, D. C., Hartford, Philadelphia, Buffalo and Chicago, as well as in 29 Polish newspapers across the country.

Cardinal Criticized For Going to Synod LONDON (NC)-Catdinal William Conway of Armagh, Northern Ireland, was criticized by the Tablet, British Catholic weekly review, for participating in the .Synod of Bishops at Rome instead of staying at home and trying to end the violence in ' Northern Ireland. The Tablet declared: "The Irish primate is in Rome discussing justice and peace in the worlda:t .the synod. It would have been. better if the Irish bishops had chosen another dele路 gate and left him to reinforce by every means in his power the tardy declaration which he made on Sept. 12 together with five other bishops. . "Like charity, justice 'and peace begin at路 home. They are now in danger of extinction . . . The situation with every passing day is 'drifting nearer towards '. disaster."

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ST. THOMAS MORE PARISmONERS MEET BISHOP CRONIN: Following a concelebrated Mass in St. Thomas More Church, Somerset on Sunday morning, Bishop Cronin received the parishioners on his first official visit as Ordinary of the Diocese to the Somerset Parish. Top: Assisting Bishop Cronin are Rev. Howard A. Waldron, pastor, left and Rev. Donald E. Messier, assistant, right. Middle photo: Anticipation is evident as the line moves towards the Bishop. Bottom: All age groups were represented and the joy of a father presenting his daughter verified by the parent's facial expression.

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Plan' to Confirm Adults Only

Msgr. Pavan Most Practical Of' All Speakers at Synod,

DULUTH (NC~onfirmation has become a ceremony for adults here in Minnesota, not for children.

The Synod' of Bishops, as of' this writing (Oct. 27), has completed its'discussion on the subject of world justice and is now engaged in the difficult task of trying to determine what, to say 'about it-'and how best to' say it-within the limits of an essay of no more than three eran 'University in Rome, and one of the world's leading auof four thousand words at thorities in the area of Christian , the outside. I don't envy the social teaching.

In conformity with the Vatican's revised confirmation .rite, ~hich left the age' of ' persons confirmed up, to various bishops' conferences, confirmation in the Duluth diocese will be administered during Mass to adults who are "independent enough and mature enough in the judgment of the parish to make a free acceptance of the faith and a Iifelong commitment to Christ."

editorial committee charged with Monsignor Pavan,' who is 'the responsibility' of carrying out' widely reported to have be~n Sr. Marquerite Forcier Mrs," Constance L. Farley this assignment. ,Pope John's closest collaborator Tpe committee, it seems . . t o in the writing of the Encyclicals The new policy became official Mater et Magistra and Pacem in when Bishop Paul Anderson and the diocesan, priests' senate anTerris, started .off by saying that , Cont~nued from Page One For more information call Fr. their endorsement. Be-' nounced it was essential for the Synod to By , Thomas C. Lopes, Director of fore,. most parishes had been adspell out with clarity the precise four years, been C 548 0108' Fr ' a consultant at d' f upper ape area, , . ministering confirmation to 7th ' limits of the Church's compeCCD 0 ff Ice, MSGR. the, lOcese 0 Ph'I' A D ' D'Irec t 0 r of or 8th grade children. . . .. . t" I Ip . aVlgnon, tence in the temporal order in Worcester, Inttlatmg paren -10- Iower Cape area, 3982248' , Mr . conformity with the norms of Father Lloyd Mudrak, dioc. volvement programs for prepar-. N T h ' It 759 7944' GEORGE G. h' d f . h' d orman errtau, , esan religious education director, . justice. 109 c tl ren or Euc artst an M N F 759 3927' '11" t' . rs. ancy ougere, , commented: Justice in Gospels S~crament 0 f Reconcl la Ion. Mrs. Bett Son er 759-4547.. HIGGINS The Church; as a hierarchical- SIster has planned and conducty g, "It may be that Confirmation ly ordered religious community, ed week-long catechetics instiwill now become a real gesture , he pointed out, d'oes not have tutes with emphasis on creativ- Discuss Remarriage for people after they are married, me, is caught in an almost insol- direct competence in the tem- ity i.n various media including inperhaps when they have a child uble dilemma. It has to find a poral order. Neither does it have terpretive, liturgical dance. For Of Divqrced ready for Baptism- or for school way of, saying something mean- the. political authority, nor the two years Sister Marguerite was LONDON (NC)-A change in or for First Communion." ingful and practical without at economic means, nor the specific full-time parish coordinator, cre- present Church of England reguthe same time building up false competence necessary for gov- ating multi-media presentations lations banning the remarriage hopes and unrealisticexpecta- erning the temporal order. P'rotestants Help in 'high school and elementary of divorced persons in church as tions about the competence or Still, as a hierarchical institu- programs. She is now a member debated here at the convocation Liberation Groups the ability of the institution'al or tion,' the Church must work for of the staff at Mark IV Presenta- of Canterbury, a preliminary to BERLIN (NC) - East German hierarchical Church to "solve" justice - but in ways and by tions, Attleboro. the more formal general synodthe problems of the world com- ,means consonant with her own which alone can make a deci- Protestant churches have raised Mrs. Connie Farley of Wal- sion on the matter. more than $271,900 in response munity. nature and her own specific to the World Council of pole, mother of five, has taught mission. Oversimplificiltion Since the publication in April Churches' Program 'to Combat in the public high school of Som. In particular, Pavan added, the of a report from a Church com~ Racism. At the risk .of being hypererset and programs of adult edcritical of the Fourth Estate, I Church cal) and must promote ucation in Milford and Norwood. mission confirming the existence Because government regulawould have to say that ,a' 'large justice by the constant procla- She has taught intermediate of '8 "moral consensus" in favor tions do not permit the money the Gospel, by insistmation of of remarriage in church, many to. be sent directly to the WCC, segment of the press is only CCl:> classes, helped organize elerriaking matters worse for the ing on the requirements or the mentary programs, !is instructor . persons and groups' have ex- it goes to the Afro-Asian Soli· pressed. support of the change. Synod in this regard by oversim- demands of justice, by denouncdarity Committee in East Gerof teacher training courses in the plifying the ro'le of the hierar- ing violations of justice, by eduThe commission, set up by many to support several specific . Archdiocese of Boston, including chical Church in the, area of cation, and by forming the faithclosed circuit TV presentations, . Archbishop Michael Ramsey of projects of African liberation world peace and, international ful to take part in political acCanterbury in 1968, stated also movements. tion aimed at achieving justice, is a member of the CCD execusocial justice. ' that this moral consensus is tive board and consultant for This is said on the basis of and by organizing programs or, "theologically well founded." Sadlier publications elementary ~ my own daily sampling of eight projects aimed at helping the' religion textbooks. However, speaking at the con· or 10 leading French; italian and poor and the weak in all parts vocation; the archbishop affirmof the world. ' 931[066 English newspapers. ~ 'ed that the Canterbury ConvoOn the other hand; Msgr. . A good numb~r of their re~Saturday Masses cation Act of 1957 still stands. porters-like some of the' Syn- Pavan pointed out" the Church act states in part that "the , This as a hierarchical 'institution' Attendance Boost odal Fathers themselves-don't PITTSBURG (NC)-More than . marriage of one whose former seem' to be too clear in their cannot and should not be inown minds who it. is they-wish. volved directly in the' field of a third of the parishes holding partner is still living should not to do-what when they call upon politcs and has no competence Saturday' night Masses, in the be celebrated according to the the "Church" or the "Synod" to with regard to the technical Pittsburgh diocese have r~port . rites of the church," 365 NORTH FRONT ST'REEl put up or shut up on the subject ways and. means of promoting ed im overall increase in Mass NEW BEDFORD· social justice. , of wor~d' justice. attendance: areas the,' However, in these . 992-5534 In other words, their definition UP DATED EDUCATIONflL PROGRAM A recent survey conducted by of the Church' in this context, faithful can and must work' for the Diocesan Research and 'Plan-, Tli'liEL Y RELIGIOUS ,'ORMATION , the cause of justice-inspired by seems to. be lac,king in clarity. ning Office revealed that 90 par: As I write this column, I have Christian principles but,' acting ishes have experieri'ced such an ~RlaR as citizens, independent freely before me six or eight newspaper ELECTRICAL increase. Six parishes reported BQotheQ OQ pluest ~, clippings which 'say, in effect that of the, authority of thehierarContradon a decrease in' overall attendance. the Church will lose all credibil- chical Church. let us tell you how and 158 said attendance remainPavan's 'Practicality' ity if the Synod fails to moveyou can serve. Write ed, the same as· before the "Sun. . for free literature It : Some, reporters and some synbeyond the realm. of principle no obll.ation. and get down to particular cases, ' odal delegates as well have re- day~on-Saturday" Masses began than a year ago. more· Vocation Director 'let the chips fall where they acted negatively to, Msgr. Pa-' .~ ST. LAWRENCE FRIIRY van's speech on the importance The, Saturday Masses, which may. That's fair enough. ' ' '175 Milton II. • Milton, 'MI••• 021" .. Everyone agrees that the time of distinguishing between the fulfill 'Catholics' Sunday Mass has come for the Church to role .of Christians as free and obligation' in the Pittsburgh' diName stand up and be counted' in the . aut~nomous Citizens in' the ocese, are now offered in 261 of Addre~s area of wo.rld justice -and world temporal. order. the diocese's 322 parishes. 944 County St. reportl;rs and synodal These, peace. Brother [] Priest [] ABeNew iSedford • But what is the' Church-or ,delegates seem to think that this better still, who are 'the Church? distinction, as presented by If the Synod were to ignore Pavan is much' ado about , Key Question: the central point that Pavan was. nothing. This, it seems' to me, is the To their, way' of thinking, his trying, to make, it could easily key question facing the Synod as speech' was merely an academic succumb' to the, temptation of it tries to decide what to say exercise and was of no practical trying to make the Church look DISPENSING OPTICIAN good by promising the moon,' so about world justice and how best significance. , to speak. to say it without deluding the I don't agree with them at all. Complete Optical Service public concerning the compeTo the' contrary, I thought For my own part, I think this tence of the hierarchical Church . Pavan's speech, by all odds, was would be a most "impractical" '197 Bank St. (Corner Purchase) in the secular' order. one of·the most "practical" of all thing for the 'Synod to do and Fall River Tel. 678·0412 In my judgem'ent, the best talk the 125 speeches delivered in the ' would .be ,a su~e sign that the Hours: 9· 5 Mo·n. - Fri. 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The Parish Parade ST. MARGARET, BUZZARDS BAY New officers and chairmen of . the CYO are David Ferreira, 02722. president; Michael Cubellis, vicepresident; Jacqueline Embrescia, OUR LADY OF MT. CARMEL, secretary; Debra Tobey, treasuNEW BEDFORD The PTA will sponsor its an· rer; Ann Fougere, social activi-. nual ham and bean supper from ties; Linda CubelJis, cultural;. 5 to 7 Saturday night, Nov. 6 Elizabeth Tobey, spiritual; Wilin the school basement. A door liam and Mary McMahon, aUiletic. prize will be awarded. Members will bowl at a FalST. JOSEPH mouth alley from 7 to 10 Sunday ATILEBORO night, Nov. 7 and basketball play-' Presentations of national awards er:s and cheerleaders will meet to Knights of the Altar and for practice from 7:30 to 8:30 Supreme Grand Knight, Michael Tuesday nights. Coaches are Bob Rocha will take place duri!1g a Mortensen and Tom Halloran. . Concelebrated Mass of Thanks· Women's Guild members will giving to be offered at 6:30 on hold a rummage sale in the par- . Sunday evening, Nov. 7. ish center from 9.A.M. to 1 P.M.. The Women's Guild is final- Saturday, Nov. 13, with :Mrs. izing plans for the annual Christ- Roderick Maginnis as chairman. mas Bazaar scheduled for Dec. Altar boys will attend a hock3 and 4. Women desiring to vol- ey game in Providence Wednes-' unteer in this project are asked day, Nov. 10. to contact Mrs. Anita Maigret OUR LADY OF .ANGELS, at 222-6525. FALL RIVER. ST. MARY, A malasada sale will be sponNORTON sored at the parish hall by memThe Norton Catholic Women's bers of the Council of Catholic Club will sponsor a turkey whist Women and the Holy 'Rosary at 8 o'clock on Friday evening, Sodality beginning at2 Saturday Nov. 12 in the Parish Center, afternoon, Nov. 6. Council memRte. 123 in Norton. bers will sponsor a fashion show Admission will be 99c and Sunday, Nov. 7. refreshments will be served. The Children of Mary will meet for Mass and corporate HOtY NAME, Communion at 8 Sunday mornFALlL RIVER A parish bazaar will be held ing, Nov. 14. Breakfast will folSaturday, Nov. 20, with features low. Members plan a giant penny including a Country Store, a sale Sunday, Nov. 28 in the hall. The parish council will meet cake table, and a white elephant booth. A color television will be at 7 Sunday night, Nov. 28. raffled. A . Thanksgiving Social is scheduled . for . 8:30 Saturday Car~inal night, Nov. 27, 'with dance music 'V~en~(Q] provided by the Young Rhode VATICAN CITY (NC)-HunIslanders. Refreshments will be garian Cardinal Jozsef Mindsserved. zenty has left his temporary OUR LADY Of TJH[JE CAPE, home.iri a Tower in the Vatican BREWSTER for Vienna, where he is expected The WO!l!en's Guild will meet to take up permanent residence. at 8 Tuesday evening, Nov. 9 in The morning of his departure, the parish hall. A business ses- the 79-year-old cardinal concelesion will be followed by a talk brated Mass with Pope· Paul VI by James Athern, coordinator of in the Vatican. Another concelevolunteer services for Taunton brant was Msgr. Joseph ·Zargan, State Hospital. who has been the cardinal's constant companion since he left ST. JEAN .BAPTISTE, HUfi.l~arv and who accompanied FALL RIVER him to Vienna. Arthur Gauthier and Mrs. ArThe cardinal, after 15·years of mand Thiboutot. 'are general self-imposed exile in the U. S. chairmen of the annual .Christembassy in Budapest, arrived in mas bazaar, to be held Friday through Sunday, Nov. 12 through Rome on. Sept. 28 at the urgent request of the Pope. The cardinal 14, in the parish hall on Stafford described his decision to leave Road at Tucker Street. Hungary as "the heaviest cross Hand knit items and Christmas decorations will be featured, of my life" but after .long resisas well as gourmet Canadian and tance complied with the Pope's request for the good of the American food specialties. church. . Booths will include candy, white Present at the Mass were Hunelephant, dolls,plush toys and garian priests, nuns and laymen lollipops, in. addition to many living in Rome who sang Hungagames. rian hymns during the liturgy. Later the cardinal had a private ST. Mrwy'S CATHEDRAL, FALL RIVER audience with the Pope, which The' annual Christmas Sale of was described as "a cordial conthe Women's Guild will be conversation lasting about half an ducted from 1 to 8 on Friday, hour." The cardinal was accompanied Nov. 19 in the Cathedral School, to the airport by Archbishop Spring Street. The sale is open to the public. . Agostino Casaroli, head of the Vatican's equivalent of a foreign· affairs office. The cardinal did not speak to' the press as he SOUlH CANAAN '(NC)-The boarded a flight to Vienna. Albanian Orthodox archdiocese Informed sources said the carof North and South America, dinal had expected to go to consisting of 15 parishes, has be- Vienna almost a week earlier but come a part of the Orthodox there apparently were problems Church in America, it was an- with Austrian authorities that re~ ,nounced hefe in Pennsylvania. qUiredtiJn~~Q ~Qr~ ,out. Publicity ganizations ,flews items "Anchor, P.

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MADRID (NC)-Spain's government is· continuing its crackdown on Church efforts to aid the country's workers. A bishop, accused by Catholic rightests of distributing "subversive literature"· in support of striking workers, will be brought to trial here. And police br9ke UP' and banned a seminar on· Spanish labor problems sponsored by the Catholic Action Workers' Brotherhoods. Auxiliary Bishop Ramon Echarren of Madrid, now attending the Synod of Bishops in Rome by

NAMED: Rev. Edmund J. .Fitzgerald, assistant pastor of Holy Name Parish, Fall River has been named by Bishop Cronin as chaplain to the Assumption Circle, No. 74, of the Daughters of Isabella, Fall River. He succeeds Rev. William P. Blottman, who was recently reassigned to St. Mary's Parish, So. Dartmouth.

. Bishops Protest Stand on Copper SANTIAGO (NC) - The Chilean Bishops Conference has appealed to the world Synod of Bishops to define the moral implications of the confiscation of foreign-owned industries and businesses in developing countries. In their.message to Rome the bishops allio .protested a)state. ment by U-. S.,· Secretary of.;State William P., Rogers, who termed the recent nationalization of U. S.-owned copper mines 'in Chile a violation of international law and a move. that jeopardizes further : inve$tment· .in Latin ',. ,.-;. America. The bishops said such a statement means the United States is unduly' pressing :Ch'ile to· reconsider its decision on the copper industry, a vital factor in Chile's economy. Leading churchmen are sup· porting Socialist President Salvador Allende in his nationalization policies on the grounds that it will keep profits in the country and will create more job opportunities. . Last July some 80 Catholic and Protestant missionaries from the United States 'working in Chile publicly supported his posi: . tion. .. The appeal to the. Synod of Bishops, which is studying International justice, said the Chilean bishops want a thorough study of the moral aspects of expropriations arid compensation· in order to arrive' at definite guidelines for relations between rich and poor nations.

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Expectations and the .1IN Conclusions are still being drawn from the United Nations vote that expelled Taiwan and admitted mainland China. Not· too many people could take exception to the admission of the Peoples Republic of China. It is unrealistic to expect that such a. vast riumber Qf the· world's population-some seven or eight hundred miiHon personscould be forever excluded from the forum of the United Nations. But it is equally· unrealistic to expel from the United Nations not only a founding' nation but one whose population of fourteen million is greater than qne hundred of the member nations of the UN.- . . What the vote does indicate is that the United Nations is perhaps nothing more than a fo~m""-3. place where all the nations of the world c~m meet with the assurance that . each one can voice' opinions that will.' be Jisten~d'to 'with' respect and judged .not by the power"c)f tIie~,mition:t};Ult speaks but' by the logic of. the pi'esent#ion IIl~d~..·., .', .': ,'"

WASHINGTON (NC) - The new idea of "Christian liberation" will have a powerful impact on the Synod of Bishops, according,to Cardinal John Deard~n of Detroit. The cardinal said in his fourth weekly "Letter'from the .Synod", an exclusive copyrighted series written for NC News Service, that the liberation concept "cuts across many lines and provides. an approach to many of the problems" the synod is discussing. Means Freedom The idea, he said, "has deep spiritual and theological overtones. It includes political and economic measures for human betterment, but also trimscends The United Nations is afofunt\vh~t~:\~T6rid~wide ,.' these, placing them in a context problem's of health and education ahd :~nvironmeritaf pto-' of Christian belief, and committection can. be workea out with the'· gr~ate'sLdegree of , ment. ~:' . 'efficiency and speed. ' . "In its deepest sense liberation means freedom from whatever The United Nations is a forum 'whe.r~hop'efullyobstructs full human develop. brushfires can be extinguished before they ·bUrst into full ment - economic, political, culflame. . '.' tural and, above all, spiritual." He said the concept is' most If the United Nations is a foruin'for these' elements of strongly represented in the synworld progress then it is worthwhile'indeed: Continued from Page One part in any operation or treat- od by delegates from developing It is only realistic to face the fact .that if one of the Truesdale Hospital, which is- ment which he considers in con- nations where "the tragic fruits great powers' of tJ1e world-or even asmalle,r one- d~ non-sectarian, can work together 'tradiction. with his religious or of political, economic and culdomination are most contermines on a specific course of a,ction,' there 'is' little that , in .harmony to improve the q~al- . moral beliefs, There. shall be no tural ity and diversity of hospital care penalty, open or. covert, against spicuous." the United Nations' can do to dissuade it from its intent. offered the Greater" Fall .River' such person for such refusal. '. - He cited colonialism and trade Moral pressure can be brought to, b~ar, of course, and in. Ar~a; the'belo* listed items are ' "No' operation. procedure, or policies favoring riCh nations as· some cases may even work, but there is no guarantee· that accepted as agreed;to ~nd bind- treatment intended to intenere examples of injustice that !'coriit always 'will. A larger:riation can simply' ignore the pres.. . 'ing. in all future negotiations," directly with· the life of an un-- tribute to the, frustration, resent,born fetus, or to result in, direct ment and unrest so apparent sure; a smaller one can go, its way with the argument that the· trustees: said,; ( ' " among the peoples of these counit is being bl!lckmail~dby the 'organization and. with. the : '''In addition to~!ihe basic 're~ sterilization; or· to accomplish tries today." . spect "for' the: religIous '~~lief. of '~irth control, s~all.~e permit~ed expectation that. the United Nations, tr99ps willprQbably each individual "now enjoyed in ItI the St,~nne s,.un~t"accordmg Directed at u~ So', • not l~nd on its soil to enforce the :objeotion; to its: action;:; 'obtlit{hospitalsi;' and; in~':th'e leam- AOdhe. ethlcal,l .prIn'uples' of ·the " :'Carainal Dearden: 'said:' 'Ain~r . _ ,._:~. ·~"'~tI;'H.'1J'~. ,. ~l." ... icahsHnust' face: the·;fa~t'J··thjllt munity:at large,. all perso~g,shall £~~hohc ~hurch. :,~" .8'1:1 :'"'' .' ILthe, United Nations ,is tosqcceed ,in. l!s ,,~oI1~Y.PlJr .be much of this resentment 'is' di;Jfree,: froin· coercion. by' :any": ' T?ere shall ~e .no dlscru~l1n~~ :poses,. there must .either be neither·, the .expectation of-'too 'person ~of.another faith in mat- . tlOn.1O the ~dmlsslon of patlen~s rected at the United.States and ~much 'from iLnor ·too little. To' expect' it; to 'be what: it ters of treatments' as it may per- to either un~t on. the same. b.asls that some of it 'is justified, alcann'o,t, be, a world policeman and atbjter> is to rj.sk dis~ tail1" to, faith and.. mQral beliefs. elf;: ,race, natJonahtyor rehglous though , ~'the United States is . ~ . '. .~- "', . belief.. Any patient may request scarcely. the international villain enchantment. To'expecCit to be~hat it-gare' not b~, merely '.:' 'lfhere.wlll.always..be, as part to be', admitted .to either the St. it·: 'is sometimes': depicted as a sQqilH debating' dub ~nto. whiGh, world, I\atioJ!.~ IIl~y . :of ,th'e<Fal~' Rive~'Medlca" Center'A~ne"s .;or· Truesdale- unit. Such being....~.' . drop' when It sUits·j.!hei,r~purPose~, is toqsknoteven',bQther- .a-",St,·.~nn.e"s.~un~t~w.here':~he :are r~qu~st y,';ill b~ granted- as far Liberation does. not apply only ing to supparPt iit :·it's~praiseworthy though'limited aims.".: Will be; m?re speCifically mspI~ed as possible provided that it:does to U.·S.. relations·with other na-'j' by the. faith ~nd moral te~chm.g notinterf~re. with· proper care tions,' he said; bU,t, ,is als9 "an ~ '... .. ;". ~. ~. - "'.'. .~'~ I~:..: ~. ., ~ .".. ... . .; ~. .- . th~; 9 th qhC Ch!1.r~. fhl,s ,.um.t of the' individual patient. _. issue wherever people.·, are exForeIgn' JustIce'.' ':' . '.,' ... ... , .of shall' mc~ude a chapel .where the "In the event of a new jointly ploited ... Such exploitation ex. There is' boreasori .why the C~ngress :af ·~the United ~uchar"s~J(; presence .wI.lldbe kept operated building, provision shall ists in' the United States." m a SUitable place, a!1 : where be made for 'ade uate office Liberation, he stated" "ulider- '. States should not take a.secondand long 100ka(ih~ 'foreign , the Catholic' Mass will be ~ele- space for' the required Jewish, lies the demands of many miliaid program. there are undoubtedly many; 'areas, where brated e~ery day. CongregatIOns Protestant,. and Catholic minis- tant -groups in the United aid is" continuing fr:om habit and not ,from ne~d; .there of all falt~s shall have free ac- ter~, to serve the religious needs States," citing racial minorities - blacks, the Spanish-speaking may also be areas· where foreign-..aid is beipg·ilsed to cess to this. cha~el f~r.th,~ p~r- in both units." formance of their rehglous serand Indians-and women's libsupport this or that private~enterprise or bUsiness. All this vices, the time of such services eration groups. . will, hopefully, be evaluated in foreign aid study; ~ '.' being arranged' by mutual agree- U~iversity to Build He cautioned, however, that ment. . '. "it is necessary to guard against . Asi~ Study Center . But there should never be a shirking of responsibility, "Any staff physician, resIdent JAMAICA (NC)-Construction over-reaction in' attempting to the duty that a wealthy.. cquntry of 'the world: owes to .physician; nurse' or other paracorrect past injustices." 'those not so fortunate. A wealthy country, 'after all,is a medical personnel 'shall be free of a $1 million Asian .center named for Dr. Sun Yat-sen, steward of the good things of the earth. "The earth is: the to decline to perform or to take founder of the Chinese republiC, . Bans Importation Lord's and the fullness. thereof." And no country. should has been started on the campus use its own wealth to provide only a higher standard ,'of Lithuanians Protest of St. John's University here in Of Religious Books ' . New York. VIENNA (NC) - Czechoslovaliving for its. own: citizens, already well off, and neglect Curbs on Religion The building, to be finished by kia is reported to have put an the million of the world living in deprivation. MOSCOW (NC~About 2,000 October, 1972, will incorporate embargo on the importation of It is not only: a matter of charity but one of justice. Lithuanian Catholjcs belonging traditional' oriental architecture religious books and magazines. to a parish in the town of Prena.! and serve as headquarte,rs for Such publications are being , told ,the Soviet .leadership that . the university's Center of Asian returned to senders by Czecho. .Prenai authorities are curbing Studies..The center has' an en- slovak customs officials, stamped freedom of religion.. rollment of about '120 graduate "refused." Every kind of reliIn an open letter' sho~n to students and is directed by Dr. gious literature, including devoforeign newsmen here, the Cath- Paul K. T. Sih, author and for- tional books, apparently falls olics claImed that Lithuanian mer Republic of China delegate under the embargo. clergymen are being restricted to UNESCO conferences. A directive was said to have in the performance of their reliDr. Sih said of the new Dr. been issued by the director genOFFI~IAL NEWSPAPER ~F' THE DIOe'ESE OF FALL RIVER gious duties and that the peti- Sun-yat Sen Memorial Hall: eral of the secretariat for ecclePublished .weekly by The'Catholic Press of the Diocese 'of Fall ~iver tioners" own parish priest had "Modern American international siastical affairs of Slovakia, K. 410 Highland Av~nue been arrested for "teaching cate- education needs a more intensi- Homola, warning that the distriFall River, Mass. 02722 675-7151 chism to children." fied study and understanding of bution of foreign religious pubPUBLISHER . The Soviet Union took over the Asian peoples." President lications considered "tendentious Most Rev. Daniel A. Cronin, D.O., S.T.D. Lithuania in 1940. The popida- Nixon's coming visit to mainland and out of harmony with the inGENERAL MANAGER ASST. GENERAL MANAGER tion is predominantly Catholic. China has generated a great deal terest of our' socialist state" Prenai is located in south-central of interest· among students at could 'be considered a penal ofRev. John P. Driscoll Rev. Msgr. Daniel F. Shalloo, M.A. Lithuania. ' fense. ..,le.IY Preas-Fall River the center, he said.

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The Catholic Women's Club will sponsor its Annual Christmas Bazaar from 10 to 4 on Saturday, Nov. 13 in the church hall. Christmas decorations, homemade food, hand-made items, games for children and refreshments will be available. ST. JOHN OF GOD, SOMERSET

The Women's Guild will meet at 7 o'clock on Thursday night, Nov. 18 for a Memorial Mass for deceased .members of the guild. Following the Mass, the meeting will feature a talk on "Poise and Charm" by Mrs. Paul Letendre of Vernon Court Junion College. ST. MARY,

NEW BEDFORD A flea market and spaghetti supper will be sponsored by the Women's Guild on Saturday, Nov. 6 in the school hall on Illinois St. The flea market will be conducted from 10 in the morning to 9 at night while the supper Will be served from 5 to 7:30. NOTRE DAME, FALL RWER

The Annual Turkey Whist under the sponsorship of the Holy Name Society will be held on Saturday night, Nov. 13 in the school hall. Contact Richard Perry or Romeo Parent if you wish tickets or plan on donating prizes or turkeys. A few reservations remain for the Mystery ride to be held by the Council of Catholic Women at 70n Saturday evenin~ Nov. 6. Call Mrs. Albert Roy or Mrs. Joseph Springer. ST. ROCH, The Annual Christmas Bazaar scheduled for Friday and Saturday, Nov. 5 and 6 will be a completely new happening this year. Open to the public, Friday's schedule is from 6 to 10 in the evening, while Saturday's is from 2 to 5 and 7:30 to 10. Games, food and booths are guaranteed to appeal to all members of the family. ST. THOMAS MORE, SOMERSET

The Executive Board of the Women's Guild will meet tonight at 8 in the lower church hall. The monthly meeting of the guild will be held at 8 on Thursday night, Nov. 11' in the lower church hall and plans will be finalized for Harvest Supper scheduled for 6 on Saturday night, Nov. 20, also in the lower church. Thursday night's program is under the direction of Mrs. Frederic Battek and will consist of a '~Game Night."

Diocese Has P'ublic Relations Office TOLEDO (NC)-A new Toledo diocesan public relations office has been established here, with James D. Richards, former editor of a local newspaper, appointed to head it. Bishop John A. Donovan said the duties of the public relations office will be "wide-ranging, with the emphasis on relating the activities of the Church to both Catholics and nonCatholics" and on assisting diocesan fund-raising projects. ~

LEEDS (NC)-Bishop William Gordon Wheeler of Leeds and his auxiliary, Bishop Gerald Moverley issued a pastoral letter denoul)cing racial discrimination. They called on the people of their diocese "to rally to the support of those politicians, irrespective of party, who have the vision and courage to repudiate the things that promote racial disharmony." The pastoral, read in all churches of the diocese said that Christians "must examine legislation in the light of the Gospel." The 'pastoral also attacked cet,: tain aspects of the ConserVative (party) government's new Immigration Bill being debated in Parliament. "It seeks to control immigration in terms not of numbers but of race," the bishops said. The letter outlined the position of Britain's racial minorities, many of whom come from former colonies, in the West Indies, PROJECT AIDED BY HUMAN DEVELOPMENT CAMPAIGN: Bro. Herman, assist- Pakistan, and parts .of Africa. ed by. a Dominican Sister, shows an elderly lady living alone how to enjoy a balanced They are faced with greater difficulties than earlier, now assimnutritionally adequa~e diet. ilated waves of immigrants from Ireland and continental Europe because of the color of their sltin, the letter said. These immibudgets are advised, in another' active in senior-citizen programs grants, it added, "can never Continued from Page One blend into the British landscape Food Research Center is pub- section of the fjr~t issue of The and even a write-in column for and 1:>e forgotten." Golden Nugget: ' the exchange of ideas; houselishing the newspaper to assist Accordingly, the bishops "Store brands-with no money hold hints, and problem-solving the elderly living alone to plan, are on dangerous warned, "we tips offered by the elderly. purchase and prepare foods devote4 to costly promotion"We'll include any topics ground if we think of people in are frequently top quality and within a modest budget." geared to the enrichment of .terms of color or race and forget For example, Brother Her- cost far less than nationallylives often suffering from a pov- that, like ourselves, they are man explained, The Golden Nug- advertised names." human beings." get will ~egularly offer recipes "It costs. a company more to erty of stimulus in the declining years," Brother Herman said. for the service of one and two Ipackage a: quantity (such as He and staffers at the Food people in such a way that all the cereal in many small boxes' than food will' be utilized arid not in one large box-and you will Research Center are currently compiling lists of the nation's wasted. pay more, too. elderly who live, alone. The Issue Number One contains, ~rother Herman also plans to Golden Nugget will be sent to among other items, a "Menu include in future issues non-food the elderly via direct. mail and Guide" that lists, "Economical topics, such as. by-line articles Meat Dishes" and includes: by physicians, gerontologis,ts, so- bulk distribution to local comOven roast, pot roast, Swiss .cial workers and elde.rly persons munity groups serving the elderly. steak, chopped beef, Swedish Now a four-page quarterly, YOU'LL Meat Balls, broiled chicken and the newsletter will increase in II Ukrainian Bishops roast leg of lamb. , size and come out every other '.CKUDI· A preview of upcoming topics To Maintain. Rite month if Federal funds for such to ,be covered in The Golden an expansion can be obtained, PHILADELPHIA (NC) The fre•••II"r1-(011 Nugget even includes a' "Gout Brother Herman said. Ukrainian-rite bishops of the Diet." Meanwhile, copies of The United States have reaffirmed Brother Herman, who has con- their determination to "maintain Golden Nugget can be obtained IDEAL LAUNDRY ducted food seminars for many and develop the rite or life-style by writing to the International 373 New Boston Road religious institutions throughout of the Ukrainian ,'Catholic Food Research and Educational the country and was cited as Church, the largest Eastern 'Center, North Easton, MassachuFall River 678-5677 one of the 10 most notable peo- Catholic Church." setts 02356. ple in food service by Food Ser- , In a letter. to the clergy and vice magazine, said The Golden DAUGHTERS OF ST. PAUL-combine a lifeot Nugget is "a direct response to faithful of the Philadelphia provprayer dnd action. Bringers of the Gospe' Mesrecommendatit>i!ls made by both ince of the Ukrainian-rite Church sage to souls everywhere by means of personal the President's Task Force on on the occasion of the 375th ancontact; Pauline MiSSIOnaries labor In 30 Nations, Aging and the recent White niversary of the reunion' of the Members witness to Christ in a unique mission-' propagation of the printed Word of Ilod. The House Conference on Food, Nu- Ukrainian Church with the Sisters write. illustrate print and bind their own Roman Catholic Church.. the trition and Health.", publications and diffuse them among people of bishops also reaffirmed their Insufficient income is merely all creeds, races and cultures. Young girls. 14-23 'nterested in this vital Mission may write to: one of the several causes of loyalty to the Catholic faith. REV. MOTHER SUPERIOR poor nutrition among the elderly, The bishops recalled help 50 St. Paul's Ave. Boston Mass. 02130 Brot~er Herman added, citing given by the Holy See to Ukrainthe Task Force report that part ians in times of need, in particof the problem is also "the lone- ular the work of the Holy See ly older person who finds going in obtaining the release from a ON THE CAPE THE MERCHANTS IS YOUR to the store too great a burden, Soviet prison of Cardinal Joseph the older person who is nutri- Slipyj, exiled archbishop of Lvov HOMETOWN BANK AWAY FROM HOME tionally ignorant," in the Soviet Union and majorthe best thing that <eVer happened to Cape Cod Consequently, the first issue archbishop of the Ukrainian-rite of The Golden Nugget includes Catholic Church. such diet tips ,as: The letter was signed by Arch"Large meals should be bishop Ambrose, Senyshyn of Bishop Joseph avoided. It is better to eat small-· Philadelphia, A FULL er quantities of food more fre- Schmondiuk of Stamford, Conn.; S~~RE YOlllng ... Established Ju'ne 12, 1969 Bishop Jaroslav of St. Nicholas quently." Larry La.key, President "Decrease the use of sweets in Chicago; and' Auxiliary BishROUTE 28, in "orious Hyannis 775-4500 and fats in your daily di~t." ops John Stock and Basil Losten The elderly with small food 'of Philadelphia.

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Long Look in for ,At ,H,om~e, Oln th·e To,wn Fa,s,hions Long gowns are turning up everywhere these days even at Guild meetings. They are elegant, femini.ne and, bring back a feeling of nostalgia for the days when women could lead leisurely lives rather than such active ones. Regardles.s of age, wo- , . --;; .

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ing comes in a variety of colors,' " prints, and fabrics., Soft velour, or warm woolens in this type of design make great snugglers for those long wintry,' evenings ahead, And ,if your house is 'drafty, buy one with a hood, years, at ho~e' In the past and "on the town" clothe,S have become so'inseparable that even in the clothing depa'rtments we find them overlapping., Some, of ' . the "home" Clothes are so:lovely '. ' that Ws a shame to keep. them. for viewing only by.' one's 'near- , est and dearest. . . Because of these lovely de- ' signs, manufacturers began calling them hostess outfits and urging you to ente.rtain in them. SON GLOWS WITH PRIDE: Christopher Pond is Then all that was needed was a elated over the Den Mother's Award to his mother, Mrs. slight shove' to get the fashion , Joseph Pond, conscious woman to start ,:Wearing her own hostess outfits to other hostessses~ parties and then one very small nudge in order to persuade' the 'women of 'the world that these outfits could ' 'Fairhaven" Mother Area's First Recipient even be worn out to dinner. 'Now ,.J Den. OL~~der~$ Silver Fcrwri, Award, it .is quite common to see, outfits of varying lengths and styles The first presentation of the New Bedford, Area has' been worn at all types of affairs rang- Silver Fawn Award by the Boy made to Mrs:' Joseph H. Pond, ing from ham and bean suppers Scouts'. of America, Cachalot den mother of Cub Pack' 56 sponto dressy, dinner dances, :Council, Jnc., serving the Greater sored 'by St. Joseph's Church, Fairhaven. Robes' will b~ ~ big seller this Christmas and they'll:range from' , Tlieaward'-is given to "outthe fanciest silks and satins to standing vJomen scouters'" and Methodists ,Support the Carole Lombard 'classical was created last . 'February by wrapped version in }Vool that. is the national cciuhcii l of . Boy' Self-Help EntEn'prise ~l ~ WORCESTER (NC) - The La Scouts of America. 'Only about already appearing in' the stores. LEXINGTON (NC)-Southeastsa'iette Or:der has es'tablished a 50 Silver Fawn Awards have ern United Methodists gave the Slink in them, curl up in them Center for Church Mission and been given to women scouters highest priority to' support of or just look lovely in them but Vocations here, which will at- in New England since the honor community -based, self-help eco-, if you love luxuriousn~ss in terrtpt to ,create pui>Hc awareness nomic enterprise at their meeting fashion, this is the year to ask of the nature and need for Reli- . was originated. Mrs. Pond has been a den here. for a robe for a Christmas gift. gious Vocations. ' mother for nine years. Her husLeave this' column tucked in bee In a· policy statement, accepted ! The centet', is staffed by four tween the sports pages of hub- priests' 'and 'is a' result of seven band is., cubmaster of Cub Pack without debate by the United 56.' The' 41-year-old mother of by's paper and maybe he'll take months' of study and planning by seven said that she became in- Methodist Church's Southeastern the hint. ' La Salette's Immaculate Heart volved with the Cub Scouts Jurisdictional Council, the coun· cil pledged itself "in faithfulness of Mary Province. when 'her olde!!t son's den to our Christian calling to workThe staff will try to interest mother resigned: Paterson Synod. Sets , for forms of economic develop· men in becoming priests or' ment which will contribute to The Ponds have five sons and 71 New Statutes Brothers. 'They will also seek to PATERSQN (NC)-The Pater-, make various Christian commu- two daughters. Three of the boys justice, liberation 'and selfson diocese's second synod, held nities and individuals vocation are former Cub Sc04ts and one is determination - in short, to the a member of Cub Pack 56. The fulfillment of" whole persons in here 28 years after the first, conscious. must "set the pace for the comA research and planning pro- youngest son is only a few the community." " ing decade," according to Bishop gram, known as the Action Re- months old, so it would seem The council stated that it was Lawrence Casey. search Service; will'consider the that Mrs. Pond has many years willing to accept a measure of responsibility for a cultural patIn a homily during a Mass problems of presenting the La' of scoutng to go. In addition to weekly meet· tern which "has permitted the that 'opened the synod, Bishop Salette way of life, showing"how ' Casey told' his congregation of , it is, integrated into the Church's ings, Mrs. Pond also serves as perpetuation of poverty, injusclergy, nuns and laity to remem- mission and how it relates to an instructor in training sessions tice, and the frustration of perfor other den mothers., She has sonal fulfillment for too many ber that· the synod's statutes other vocations. received the Den Mother's Train- human beings in our region." "form the blueprint for the ing Award and the' Bronze PeliThe policy statement stressed future. They are , not mere Group Exclusively .can, awarded by the Fall River United Methodists' desire to help 'paper' regulations; they' have Diocesan Scouting Council. ' narrow the gap between "the binding power." ' Mexica n-America n The Ponds live at 133 Pleasant haves and the have-nots" by LOS ANGELES (NC)-MemThe bishop said the diocesan synod's 71 new statutes repre- ,bers of PADRES voted here to Street, Fairhaven and are very working with other agencies of sent ,over 100,000 hours of peo- continue their policy of allowing active in the affairs of St'. the Methodist church to fulfUl this goal. ple's time, concern, and hard full voting rights in their or- Joseph's Parish. work. ganization only to priests wh9 They deal with almost every are Mexican-Americans. By a vote of 20 to 13, they aspect of Catholic life-setting up councils, and committees on voted to continue denial of full every leyel, estapJishing an of- voting rights to priests who are fice of social action, encouraging not Mexica!1-American. Even " INDUSTRIAL and DOMESTIC couples to write their own mar- Mexican-born priests are excludriage' liturgies, recommending ed froin full voting membership. PADRES members justified study of experimental ministries, supporting the diocesan news- their exclusion of non-Mexicanpaper, encouraging women to Americans from full voting greater liturgical" participation, rights on the grounds that they demanding positive programs of wish to develop the solidarity of racial integration in Catholic Mexican-Amerieans and estabNew BQd~crd 312 Hillman Street 997~9162 liclwols. ,. lish their identity.

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Nowhere will you find this more evident than in loungewear and lingerie. "At home" clothes, are becoming so lovely that it's a shame to keep them home. Borrowing from the Far East, many of the holiday' leisure and at home clothes will depend for,' their styling on' an' Oriental the'me~- The President's impending visit to China and the obvious success of the visit of our table t~nnJs team there probably provided inspiration for the designers, but I'm su're the abun-' dance of lovely and delicate Asian ,fabrics also influenced, them. Djabella Popular Even the' near" East is' not 'overlooked by the design~r of entertaining clothes with the Moroccan inspired djabella (a semi-fitted, long coverup ,complete with hood that reminds one of 'exciting nights in the Casbah) being used·for either at home entertaining or as a beach coverup for the Jortunate. folks who w{ll enjoy resorting it this year: The caftan-a relative of the djabella-is another great looking'robe-type design that is elegant despite its practical side. Borrowed from the' Turks, this ankle length garment with very long sleeves and a sash fasten-

Discontinue Publishing Nuns' Newsletter CHICAGO (NC)-"We've been looking at ourselves in the mirror too long," wrote Sister Ellen Traxler, announcing that the newsletter Trans Sister has discontinued publication. . "It's time for Sisters to di~ect attention outward to the human family," she said. Trans Sister was founded in 1966 as an instrument of communication for nuns interested in relgious renewal. Sister Ellen said it· will be, replaced by Commitment, a newsletter ,on human rights and social' action published by the National Catholic Conference on, Interracial Justice.

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VATICAN CITY (NC) - A U. S. delegate to the synod of bishops called for local :lind in- . ternational studies of' the' rights of women in the Church and in the world and said in an interview that the ancient office of deaconess should be restudied. Speaking with the concurrence of the U. S. delegation, Archbishop Leo Byrne' of St: PaulMinneapolis declared: "These studies should investigate the possibility of advancing qualified women to the service of the Church ... women are not to be excluded from any service to the Church, if exclusion stems from questionable interpretation of scripture, male prejudice or blind adherence to merely human traditions that may have been rooted in the" social position of women in other times." The archbishop asked that bishops' conferences initiate 'serious studies of their individual cultures and Church laws to eliminate prejudice agaist women in the Church and in the world. These studies, he' said, "should be complemented but not reo "placed by a study of an international commission established by the Holy Father." Asked by NC News if he was advocating the ordination of wqme~ to th~ priesth60d, the archbishop said he hoped this "issue would be studied by the local conferences and discussed with the Vatican if it is found feasible.

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Some time ago I heard a pious belief-not church d~c trine-but a belief that some theologians held. When a chll~ was stillborn, and unbaptized, it was unreasonable that It would be denied Heaven. This belief, therefore, held that such a child would have an opportunity to choose or re- ing why I have devoted the last . ject Christ before its death. three weeks to a grim subject· like abortion' when I 'usually If it chose in favor of Christ, write about the humorous. asthe child· would experience a Baptism of desire and would enter Heaven.

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pects of raising a family into-. day's Church and our changing world. ." . I suppose I've been doing <'omethin~ a child does instinctively. When a little one is handed a new object he inspects it carefully, turning it over and looking at it from every direction. Up until now I regarded abortion as "murder, pure and simpIe." After having examined it from some new angles, I still find it wrong, but it is not as simple as I would like it to be.

SCENE AT' RETREATS INTERNATIONAL: Return to TV? Archbishop Fu'lton J. Sheen wears. a sombrero given to him by Los Angeles Auxiliary Bishop John Ward,. left, at the recent national conference of Retreats InternatIonal in Los Angeles. Bishop Ward had said th~t since there is now a TV priest who used to be a polIceman, perhaps Archbishop Sheen could return to·TV as a pries~ who. used to be a Mexican' Charro. Enjoying the fun is JustIce MIldred Lillie, recently mentioned as a possible Supreme Court nominee. NC Photo.

so CANAAN (NC) - Many parishes of the Orthodox Church in America are changing the celebration of Christmas from Jan. 7 to Dec. 25. the date used by most other' Christians, it was made known here in Pennsylvania. At the second All-American Council of the OCA, Dean Alexander Schmemann of ·St. Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary in. Crestwood, N. Y., said that' since ·the OCA became independent last year, more ~nd more parishes are adopting a revised Julian calendar, named after Julius Caesar. This consists of celebrating Christmas on Dec. 25 and adapting church feast and fast days to conform to that. Some 75 of the OCA's more than 400 parishes have already changed, Father Schmemann said, and predicted that within two years most of them will be celebrating under the new calendar. The OCA, however, continues to determine the date of Easter by calculations different from those of Western Christian churches.

At the time I heard the story, Sign of Other Evils it was long before I was married, and I didn't think much about it, In addition to being evil in itone way or the other. But, in the self, al>ortion is also the symppast few weeks, in considering . tom of other evils, perhaps the many aspects of abortion, worse than itself; evils such as that old pious belief of the un- racism, poverty and social injusborn child's choice kept cropping tice. up in my mind: When I asked last week, "Who Suppose the unborn child had will save Shirley's baby?" it was V~omen Want Bigger a choice to accept or reject life. with a feeling of· hopelessness, Would it ALWAYS choose to be because it was so apparent to me Roles in Church born? Could it be possible that that, at this time, nobody CAN WILMETTE (NC) - The Luif the child had the choice, it save that child or so many more theran Women's Caucus has might prefer Heaven to birth? like' him~ As much as we try to launched a national movement Take that little child) de- cure all social· ills, it seems aimed at freeing Christian womVirtually Enforc~d Marriage Bothersome scribed las.t week ... Shirley's impossible-for often the relief en from chores like altar cloth baby. Does he know the plight of one problem generates anTo Some Ministers washers and church-supper pre• :. ~ , . ,I of his six potential brothers and other. It· is part of our human GARRISON (NC)-Just. 'l~ en- that the minister's problems are parers for more significant roles sisters? Does he know their hun- burden to realize that we are in society and the church. ger, sickness and despair? Does unable to solv~ every problem. forced celibacy chafes some compounded by the fragility of The caucus, headquartered Catholic priests, enforced marmodern marriage and the refusal he know that his mother is on And a complex problem like here in Illinois and largely comthe brink o~ insanity? Does he abortion certainly cannot be riage bothers some Protestant of some modern women to con- posed of members of the Lutherknow that his birth might send eradicated with simplistic solu- churchmen, said a United Church form to the established role of an Church-Missouri SynOd, afof Christ minister, the Rev. a parson's wife. her over the edge, leaving those tions. He concluded that Protestants firmed: "The gospel frees all six brothers and sisters without Next week I will return to Robert Dodds. should realize and appreciate, as people to be God's new creation Protestants should learn from what care she is able to give lighter things to brighten your -to have free and meaningful them? day with a smile, something I Catholics the real strengths of Catholics have, the strengths in lives, men and women alike." celibacy strengths which he have failed to do these past offering celibacy as an option to . Greater Love ••• In a position paper outlining" ministers, the clergyman wrote said are a value for the Church three weeks. the goals of the movement, the If he knew all this, would he the world. and its work in But before leaving this. sub- in the November issue of The caucus stated: want to be born? It is so simple Lamo Christian Unity magazine "Out of love and concern for to say, "Of course, he would. ject I would like to add that pUbli~hed here. in New York by Christ displayed charity to those all our sisters, especially those Everyone wants to live." put Him to death. As we the Franciscan Friars of the who within the church, we henceforth But would that little unborn Atonement. refuse automatic relegation to soul love his brothers and sis- labor to bring the number of Former director of ecumenical District No. 4 of the Attleboro 'our place' as office workers, ters, and his mother? Would he abortions in the world to an ir- affairs at the National Council consider that the greatest love reducible minimum, we must of Churches, the Rev. Mr. Dodds Area of the Diocesan Council of church hostesses, supper preparhe might be able to offer. his also maintain a charitable heart pointed out that only' four per Catholic Women will hold an ers, altar cloth washers, teachers family could be laying down his for those who differ with our cent of American Protestant open meeting on Thursday eve- of little ones, etc., tasks implicitlife for them? And would that beliefs, even on so vital an issue. clergy are single. It was not the ning, Nov. 11 in the Holy Ghost iy defined as humble and menial, . while our brothers in the church At least, that's one mother's laying down of his life merit his Protestant Reformation but the Church Hall, Linden St., Attle- busy themselves with the 'higher' view. place in Heaven? boro. demands of colonial America In a much different context, AIf affiliate officers and of- callings of the Lord." that made marriage the norm Christ said, "Greater love than ficers of respective organizations for Protestant clergy, he said. Form Regional Office this no man hath that he lay In colonial times, he explained, are urged to attend. down his life for his friends." I For Spanish-Speaking The guest speaker .will be the parson was responsible for wonder if it might, in some SPOKANE. (NC) - Northwest- having a family that could serve one of the Friars of the AtoneINSURANCE AGENCY, INC. cases, apply' to abortion.. ern bishops and major superiors as a model for his congregation:' ment from Cumberland. . I don't know the answer, but of religious are forming a spe96 WILLIAM STREET While that filled the sociologit keeps haunting me. Truth cial regional office for the Span- ical and religious needs at the ~EW BEDFORD, MASS. If you are a regular reader of ish-speaking to help solve probA true teacher defends his this column you may be wonder- lems faced by the minority time, the virtual obligation to pupils against his own personal 998-5153 997-9167 marry today puts a great burden influence. group. PERSONAL SERVICE .on the minister and his wife, the -Amos Bronson Alcott Led by Bishop Bernard J. To- clergyman said. Ecumenical. Theology . pel of Spokane, the group of Low income and the complexSchool in Nova Scotia bishops and superiors is initiat- ities of life make ministers' marHALIFAX (NC)-The Atlantic ing the office to determine the riages difficult, he said. He noted School of Theology opened here future course of the area's Spanas the principal school of theol- ish-speaking in relation to the ogy for Anglrcan, Catholic and Church. FAMOUS NAME SHOES $5,000 Or More United Church clergy in Nova "It is by no means clear to On Equity In YOlJr Home Scotia. me whether we should build You May Use The Money Provision has been made for separate churches for the SpanHowever You Wish. special courses required for ordi- ish-speaking . . . or whether Route DENNISPORT nation by each of the churches, we should continue to have them AVCO FINANCIAL which were formerly served by come to services in the regular SERVICES Open 9-9 Ample Parking three separate colleges. parishes," . Bishop Topel recent71 William St., New Bedford .X~U1e]:,·Wqyp",J· Rgge.r.ts.op, a . JY. w.rQt~.in th~ SpokanediQcesan. 994-9636 ED. COIUGHLlN, Prop. Catholic, is the first principaL news.{>a.{>er, The Inland Register.

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RIO DE JANEIRO (NC)-Brazil's bishops are' pressing the world Synod of Bishops to speak up for social justice between rich and poor countrieS. The Brazilian Bishops Conference, whose synod delegates represent the world's lagest national body of 'Catholics, ·.based . its position on a report prepared by its peace and justice commit· tee. .This country of 91 million has 80 million Catholics, most of them poor. _ " The Brazilian bishops. praised Pope Paul's latest major pronouncement on social justicelast May's apostolic letter on the 80th annoversary of Leo X's encyclical Rerum Novarum. But in lauding it, the' bishops. said, they wanted "this message to be reinforced and broadened by the synod through a statement clearly addressed' fo the question of social justice for developing countries." A BBC meeting in September passed Ii resolution urging the synod to produce "a clear commitment that will be relevant to the Church in all nations regarding the grave problems of world justice today.:'

ROME (N C ) - Sometiriles those who speak the least are heard the. most. This may very well be true for the 20-priestauditors who are attending the Synod of Bish,ops a.t the invitation. o~ Pope Paul to "represent" '·the priests ,of, the world at discUssions, on the problems of the . ' minis~erial priesthood and world justice:. . ..' , ''''AltIiough :our pr~sence In a Syn.od of Bishops is only sym.bolic, and none of us claim to '" . repre~ent the priests of the , ,',world, we do have a forceful impact on what the synod is doing, said Msgr. George Higgins, director, urban life division, United States, Catholic Conference.' He ,is one· of two American priests, elected by the 'u. S. bishops to attend Synod 71. The other is Passionist Father Barnagas Ahearn. Another priest-auditor, and the only one allowed to make a speech to a. synod meeting, is F~ther Ernst Schmitt of Hirschaid, West Germany. 'Lot of Suggestions' "We auditors had a meeting the very first day after the small language groups were in session. Without exception we 'found that

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Schmitt told NC News' in the Societ.y. " ' "To,day a Catholic'can in good shiny lobby of the synod hall. ' Msgr. Higgins, who was 'also·' heart cooperate with the BiBle l present, agr'eed. VIENNA (NC)-Now that <;:ar- of t~~c~ardl,'~al has been settled. Experienced historians,.. s~ch' Society's work," "Cardinal' Jo'iiii No~ :the .Hungarian govern- as A.J.P. Taylor of ,Britain; ac- Heenan of Westminster said in a "Our discussions in the lan- , dinal Jozsef Mindszenty has' left guage' groups is much more im- his refuge in the U. S. Embassy ment has agairi taken up the knowledge the claim of the Hun- statement published in the Cathportant than if all 'of us got-up in Budapest; a new problem af- probl~m .of, the missing' crown, garian state. The Vatican, so far, olic Herald, a national weekly and gave three or four speeches. fecting both Hungary and the insis~ing, that,theiitne for its re- has never laid claim to the here. . . r We meet among ourselves, at- United ,States awaits solution: turn toJ3udapest'has'come and crown, although it has repeated· "I hope that it will have fuf(. tend all the synod sessions and the return of ~t. ~t.ephen's crown. h<?p.i}lg!.that: !ilow"the' Am\,!ricans ly reported to have encouraged support from the Catholic como. have a lot of 'suggestions for our St. Stephen's crown, with itli,', will prove more amenable. ' protests against its return to munity in its work of translating respective delegations in meet-' slanting..cross"is the symbol of OneM the:'reasons the 'crown H4 ga ry by exiled Hungarians. a~d distributing the Hqly Bible " Hui:lgarian sovereignty-no mat- has non;~~ti'handea batkbY' the' And~Dr. Otto Habsburg, eldest 'throughout the world:"~ , .., ings at home;" he said. Father Schmitt, who ,'was ter whether ,the country 'is ruled Americans earlier is.that its son of Hungary's last ruler, King The, first Q.f.ficial' encourage~ elected 'by his fellow auditor~io' by a~ing .. a Fascist or'a Conimu~ legal' (iwri'e;~hip. has' n6t been Charles IV";'" better known as ment tliat the 'society, founded deliver the one speech permitted' . t .fully ,establl'she'd. ' Emperor Charles' of Austria- in ~804'by a group of Anglican's them 'in the. synod' told' the' DIS, . .. .' f S d 'No f' . t h h' syrlOd' meeting 'in the presence'··,· Only )1 .h~ndful 'of· 'people' '.- Some 's;i{ that 'a~'suc~e's~ors.,:"~~:~sa~~~.~~~~~t~~~:'~u~~~ri~~ ,·~~s ;~ce~:~n = s 'th: ~~m~~ . of the.Pope that the"signs of the ·throug40ut·, .the ,~orl~ know, to. the. kl~gs of Hunga~~ the' nation. It has neverJ)een owned ,Catholic Bishops is regarded !IS times suggest the pressing need' ','Ylhere the ,crown IS bemg kept Hungarian government IS the b . l' er 0 an important ecumenical br~akfor" the Church to something for ·.?t t1r~s~nt::~he;:;.ly. knO~ f~ct. lawful owner. Others insist it be- . " y ,a pnva e ,P s. n. through. ' the ·priesthood. '. . thiS gha I,t IS m ,en~lan . anths, long$ ·to the former. royal, fam•.t • • '. .' ou not necessan y , II). .~.~ ily: and a third opinion. says it is : Marriage' Magazine Some Criticism' '. " ',' 'United States; . ... ~ .. the,-property of the Vatican, beThi,s, has beert confirmed' by' '~use.it· WfJ.'S, origirially bestowed .Has New ,!Editor Asked what he meant by this, . U: S. government, and during on ' t~e ; king Of Hungary by a the ST.. MEINRAD (NC) - John the German priest replied in per- early talks on the'· Cardinal Pope. ' , McHale has been named new fectltalian: ,Mindszenty . problem. with the editor of Marriage magazine,. , 1, • "1 mean the lack of vocations. Hungarian government, the '0, S. . published by the' Abbey Press of and. the scarcity of priests. . I. allegedly refused to enter nego- Premier· ·p'rai,es St. Meinrad's Archabb~ here in know of a bishop in the Third . tiations. in connection with St. CO.~ Indiana. , , World (of underdeveloped na- Stephen's crown until the status Christia,n Schools ,McHale will also serve as di- ' tiol)s) who has no priests. ,None. 254 ROCKDALE AVENUE SIMLA (NC) - Premier Indira . , I mean the young. priests ,n a , , Gandhi praised India's Christian rector of publications' for ,the NEW BEDFORD, MAss. , dipcese in Austria. 91 per cent ot' Says ,Age Affects schools for inculcating ~'correct Abbey Press. Formerly assoCiated with Paulist-Newman Pr'ess values" in the minds of students. whom favor optional celibacy. I 'Missioners' Views and George Pflaum Press of Daymean the need for prayer and for . '. , .hope for all priests, young and NEW YORK (NC)-Age IS the , Speaking at a reception ,by the tori; Ohio; he succeeds Bdan ... 'old. Surely the crises, will not. most significant single factor in Catholic .community. here, Mrs. . Daly, as Marriage editor, HEATING OILS ! described Christian . get any better unless the Church determining how missionaries Gandhi Abbey Press publjshes pap~r does something , . . and I mean view, not only t~eir own task schools ,and th,e .services render-'. back books, Marriage magazine, COMPLETE today, in this. synod.... but ,tHe world around them, a ~ ed by Christians in the field of greeting cards, wall posters, banHEATING SYSTEMS There was some criticsm in United Methodist Board of Mis- medical care as "a service to the ners, and the Christian Family INSTALLED . nation." the United States by some priest sions studr, indic~tes. 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Stresses Schools Need Support Of Catholics

Favors Ordaining Married· Men

ST. PETERSBURG (NC)State and federal aid is not the solution to the money worries gnawing away at the nation's nonpublic schools, a diocesan superintendent told a national gathering of his peers here. "Even ifso,me form. of government assistance continue's," said Father Michael O'Neill, school superintendent. of, the Spokane, Wash., diocese, "it will not make all that big, a dent in the financial problems.. we face." " Father O'Neill told 250 superintendents, religious education directors and other school adthat "Catholic ministrators schools in the foreseeable future are going to have to be supported by the Catholic community."

. ROCHESTER (NC) - Bishop Joseph L. Hogan of Rochester said he is in favor of ordaining married ,men to the priesthood, not as a substitute but as a "supplernenf' to the celibate clergy. Speaking to a conference of the Christian Formation Board, Bishop Hogan said he felt nothing could supplant a celibate. clergy free to serve the total .Christian community. Bishop Hogan said the current crisis in the priesthood is the kind that exists in many other professions. He said radical changes in society have redefined roles and caused "identity crises" within various professions. The priest crisis, he said, falls into three categories: theological, Demonstrably Effective psychological and sociological. The Spokane, priest, keynote He said that theologically the speaker at the meeting sponCouncil of Trent in the 16th censored annually by the National tury defined the role of the Catholic Educational Associa,priest primarily in its sacramen· tion superintendents' departtal aspects. But in today's secu· ment, added that the burden for lar culture, he said, this defini· supporting Catholic schools tion no longer seems adequate, should not rest only with parBishop Hogan cited the growents who pay tuition. ing number of priest-sociologists He said he was confident and priest-social workers as an dioceses and parishes would reanswer to modern needs, but one NO DOCTORS: If an apple. a day keeps the doctor away, these youngsters won't alize that "Catholic schools are' that has blurred the older conof bumper harvest of apneed medical attention for a long time. They're cooking part serving them to a very great except of the priest. tent and thus deserve generous ples they brought to Holy Union Primary $chool, FaH River, as result of tripto Swa~ Socialogically, the ,priest is no subsidy levels," sea orchard. Apple sauce, apple crisp and apple' 'turnovers were among products of longer among the few best eduDiscussing whether the Cath- school kitchen. cated, and in terms of what he olic community gets its money's used to be, he is now surpassed worth out of an educational sys-' in many areas, the bishop said. tern counting about 11,000 Psychologically, the image of schools, 4 m~llion pupils and the priest has developed away 165,000 tea~hers, Father.. O'Neill from the exalted picture of the . sala ' he" perscin~llyf~eis "Cath-. priest that has come down ; olic schools are one. of the very· . . through pious literature, he said. few demonstrably effective,Cathout to sow his seed or about the of how the apple seed becomes By Patricia McGowan olic agencies in this country, and Voices Strong Hope , that, if anything, their.' problems The idea that apples grQw in tiny mustard seed· growing' into. a beautiful tree," Vying for attention with the For Catholic Press have been, problems of success,'~ a'supermarKet has been perman - a large tree, it· will ,be .more meaningfuHothem;They'll:think fruit were a crowd of farm dogs NASHVILLE (NC)-A strong Adult Education ently scotched for 30 ~ots at ': "", . ,"; and a soft kitten, but all the note of hope for the future of Holy Union Primary School,.F,all 'BI·S·~· '0" p":',',,' """. children managed to fill pockets, Catholic journalism was conHe cited' instances of Catholic River. Led by Sister Ann Bohands and mouths with a half veyed here at the 1971 Southparishes _''Where the school 'I an, d SUS C . h I'd" ct r . . . . , sc 00 lre 0, dozen varieties of juicy apples, ern regional meeting of the closed. and suddenly there· was they' devoted a' day to the apple, Everyone then crowded into the Catholic Press Association.·' . , a huge hush, silence and vacuum, from 'seed to sauce.: VATICAN. CITY, (NC)-A orchard store to see what apples and it, became all too painfully .Bishop Joseph A. Duriclt of The program' began. -as' the , bishop from: white-ruled Rhode" turn into:' candy apples, cider, Nashville reaffirmed during a clear that not much else of -interest was going on in the parish." children took turns viewing a sia told the .Synod of Bishops and assorted jellies. Mass at the meeting that AmerSeveral 'gallons of cider rode ican bishops believe the CathoFather O'Neill, author of "New film strip on apple growing: In that the first and most effective' Schools in, a New Church," a .line with the school's Montes- blow for justice should be:aimed' back to school with the children lic press is the Church's most 1971 book on nonpublic school sori-oriented philosophy that at racial discrimination "wher-. for a lunchtime treat, and the valuable instrument of contact. problems written at the request pupils should do as much -for ever it is found." ...... -. afternoon was devoted to makHe .said he was' aware of reo of the NCEA superintendents' themselves 'a.s they possibly can,' , " Bishop Donaid- Lamorttof Um~;: . ing apple sauce. ligious press problems, such as departme!1t, faulted bishops and the' strip was presented not 'by tali, observing. that the 'synod' ~ "They will do it themselves,", declining circulation and inReligious superiors who fail to a teacher; but by 7. year old had asked for practical sugges-' said Sister A,nn, a 'remarkable creased postal rates, but urged see "that oftentimes not enough Elizabeth O'Toole, chosen be- tions on how' to eliminate injus- lady who when last seen was . CPA members 'to have hope in has been done with adults' in tire' ·cause '~she's an excellent reader tice throughout the world, said:, facing' with equanimity the the future and confidence in their Catholic Church." and could read the commentary "Th f' t th'h', ':t ' b d'" . chaos bound to be produced by publications.. e lrs 1· go, one, . t 'mvol' "Teaching goes on at many that went with the strip,", He challenged members to th' e ., t· a· cook'109 proJec vmg . 30 h levels," the priest continued, Viewing took place in a t «: most eff ect lve 109, lS 0 small children. help readers become aware of and expose to the con- . "Th' d'd hat the nt" life around them, "to look to.the "and I would argue that one can- "movie theatre" constructed by . dpolOt out ' f 'th' "1' d' Id ey eCl e w y wa emnatlon 0 e C1Vl lze wor t d 'th thO l'k thO not have an effective Catholic the children from an enormous f ' 1 0 0 Wl ,some 109 1 e lS, " world as a' servant and' as a , " every smgle mstance 0 raCla h 'dde, dAd grade school unless .one does an cardboard' cart<~n; h 't' sea n cheerfu11y agree d friend, responsive to its needs, · . . t' dlscnmma lon w erever 1 IS h th . 1s das hed just as it is ~mphasized by the awful lot of teaching with the d" w en ree rttl 1 e glr parents' adult religious educaAft~r everyone ·,had been in- f ou~ . . .'.,. up and said, "Sister, we'd rath- . Pastoral Constitution on the tion." doctrinated, it was. time to listen B1Sh~p, La.mont. sald lt mlght er make pie," Church in the 'Modern World ·of to the story of Johnny Apple- seem mcredlble that some gov- : She should get a medal. the Second Vatican Council." seed' and to learn the ',Johnny ernments still segregate human ' . Finds Accusations Appleseed Grace-"We thank beings according to their color. , you, Lord, for the things we Hard to Digest "But it is done. It exists, GENEVA (NC) - "Apparently need, The sun and the rain and "However .fantastic it may the Reader's Digest digested only the appleseed," , seem, it has even been justified half of the discussion," remarkOff to Orchard as.a means of preserving justice, ed ,a World Council of Churches ~ Booklets Brochures Then it was off to the Swan- peace and Christianity:'" spokesman here in reply to' a series of charges against the sea Apple Orchards, operated by As president of Rhodesia's wee in the October issue of hospitable Don Simcock, who Conference of Bishops, the turned the children loose among stormy and controversial Irish the monthly magazine. The first of a series of two the trees to collect windfalls missioner has been leading a articles by ,Clarence W. Hall, a and watch the apple pickers at struggle against the Rhodesian == 0 F F5 ET - PRINTERS - LmERPRESS ;: • former editor of the Christian work. regime's racist laws, which put Herald, accused the WCC of Sister Ann said that the "apple certain jobs, schools, hospitals ,7 COFFIN Bodle,d. Me". Phene 997·9421 "using church funds to back in- day" had catechetical overtones. and even geographical territories surrection in the United States '''When 'we talk later to thechil- 'off-limits to the country's black and Africa," dren about how the sower went African citizens.

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<tic'st in ~:'~eries of a housewife's experience at the Vatica~ as fue',onlY ·nioth~r. in, the American delegation to the InternatIonal CatechetlcaI' '~ongress :in. Rome, sept. 1971)

" tittl~dld i think 'when I wrote. the recent series on reli'gious e'dU:cation that while you were reading them, 1 would ·be·. sittipg in Rome as part of the 15-memb~r American delegation to the first International Catechetlcal Con';\ ' gress. Who, you, I can hear .:.: 'f the interim month of Sep',,: you'" asking, 'a housewi e ~:~ber to clean house, get ~, from 'suburbia 'who knows a caught up on deadline~, and do , ";~ lot more about,' peanut, but-' all those other things to make

,: 'ter than Latin or theology? Yes" up for a bad conscience in abanme, and' it was an incredble ex- doning my family 'four days, perience. every, other month. I want', to share that experi-. Didn't Work Out ence with you, not going into .It didn't quite work out -that "lay. Whi,le we w~re enjoying / the breathtaking scenery of West Mystic, Conn., on our way By to Bos'ton, I received a phone call from' Rev.. William Tobin, .. DOLORES i Assistant Director of the Nation. .i al Center of Religious Education . CURRAN f in Washington, D. C., inviting me to represent the American mothers in Rome in September. He gave me a half-day to accept or reject the invitatiori. , great- 'detail 'over the catJchetics What agony! My, immediate and theology involved but over reaction was, that while the in, my reaction, as if non-Religious vitation was a gr!!at honor, I participant, totally new to the simply couldn't consider' attendprocedure and politics of getting ing. Jim saw it differently. He something done in Rome. I want said it was a once-in-a-lifetime to tell' you about the invitation, chance to work closely with the some of the unusual people and Vatican. It didn't convince me.. experiences and of the highlight (The old guilt syndrome was at of the trip, having Pope Paul work.) grasp my hand' after our papal Jim tried another' tack: '''Don't ' audience. worry about us," he said. "We It all started back in Boston, can get along fine for 10 days a good distance from my dusty without you." That wasn't exhome in Denver at the foot of actly what I wanted to hear as it our beautiful Rockies. Let me aided the guilt thing. backtrack a little to say that I He tried again. "Look at the get' good many invitations to insights this will give you for speak at religious education con- further 'writing. Professionally, gresses and NCCW luncheons, you can't afford to turn, it not necessarily because I have down." I couldn't argue that anything to say but because I point. My long interest in family have a few books out. religious education made this a tempting Congress to attend. Went ·to Boston Still, I couldn't bring myself to Anyway, I tum down about 90 accept.. , per cent of these invitations, simThen Jim hit low. "If you ply because I have small children don't accept, they'll ask someand many deadlines, both of one else." That did it! Pure old which take a good deal of time. ilnchristianpride reared its ugly . I figure that speaking is another head and I accepted. half-time occupation which I There 'went most of Septem~er. must defer until later in my' life. As I write this, I have been back Howev~r, when I was, invited home for three days and I to talk at the New England Con- haven't regretted my" (rather gress of Religious Education .in our) decision. I missed the famBoston.iri August, I accepted. My ily, of cou~se, but I was far too 'husband, Jim, would be free to busy'to dwell on homesickness. go with me; we could accept a ' Thanks to my good friend who long-standing invitation to visit babys!lt Danny and to my inval~ne of my publishers in Connec- uable mother's helper, Katie, ticut on the way; and our co- who kept things going at home, operative grandparents urged us and, of course, to Jim, I discov" to go while they baby-sat (a fact ered I wasn't indispensable, after that made the kids urge us to go, all. too). Next week, I'll tell you about About two weeks after accept- l?reparations for the trip. ing that invitation, there' came another which was too hard to h K ' reject: to, speak at the National Teac orate Congress of Religious Education SPOKANE (NC) _ Catechism in Miami, Fla., in October. This isn't all students learn at some Congress occurs only' once every Catholic elementary schools five years and draws 'the top these days. Newest subject at people in cateche"sis in our coun- the cathedral school here is try. karate, the oriental form of com,Accepting two invitations so bat,' offered to students' in the' closely together - August and sixth through eighth g~ades. October-didn't appeal t<;> me but Teacher Teruo Chinen, a, Korean circumstances..being':' what ·they-' 'who runs a local school, donates . were, I accepted. I planned to his 'time in the school ba~ement.

ATTLEBORO AREA ADULT DUe TI PROGRAM: Re,:,. Thomas L; Rita, as-, sistant at St. Mary's Parish, Mansfield add~esses adults gathered In St. ,~ark s Center, Attleboro :Falls on the topic "Church Teachl ng: Is It Really the Sam~? The program ends on the 17th, of November.

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Continued from Page One that each st~de~t has. an equal opportunity of being selected. , In presenting the Report, Rev. James Morse, Chairman of the Commission, commended the "thord)Jghness and ,zeal" with which the Commission, members worked. He stressed that the Report was only "a proposal, ,and not a final plan." "Now that the Report has been made public," Father Morse remarked, "We plan to get around to each of the parishes to hear their reactions and advice. "After our Report has been thoroughly discussed during the month of November, ,we may find it necessary to revise porti0l1S of it before pres~nting a final proposal to the Diocesan Board of Education.. In any event, the Diocesan Board will make the final decision on any plan for New Bedford." Among the extensive data gathere~ by the Commission, the following' findings were particularly noteworthy in influencing the final recommendations: ~ In the 10 years preceding 1970, there has been a 50 per cent decline in the number of Sisters teaching in New Bedford, and a 71 per, cent increase in the number of lay teachers. Over the 10 year period; enrollment has declined from 5223 to 3776.

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Three schools were found to be in dire financial condition, three schools were barely managing to meet their financial commitments, and five scltools said they had no immediate, pr,oblems but that the pa,rish was ' putting a large porton of its income into the operation of the school.

New Bedford are using outdated and 'inadequate facilities, Pa~ents who Were' surveyed indicated a high degree of confidence and satisfaction with both religious and lay teachers. Full text of the reorga'nization proposal follows on pages 13 and 14.

TIle per pupil cost of schools in New Bedford rose from $150 in 1969-70 to' $165 in 1970-71. Half of the Catholic' schools in

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Cardinal Praises Nobel Pruze Winner SANTIAGO (NC) - Cardinal Raul Silva of Santiago joined an elated nation in congratulating poet Pablo Neruda, a Marxist, for winning the 1971 Nobel Prize in Literature.

CLEVELAND (NC) The Knights of Columbus have given $50,000 to religious education departments in Ohio's six dioceses. The grant will fund the purchase of audio-visual materials and, a program of preparing such materials. The program is directed by the Knights' state chaplain,' Father Joseph Kraker.

"Above any other considerations, Neruda has been a dispenser of beauty-and the Church appreciates truth, goodness and beauty even when expressed by those who do not share her religious convictions," Car~inal Silva told NC News.

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In a cable to Neruda, who is Chile's ambassador in Paris, the cardinal conveyed "our celebration for the well deserved prize to a servant o,f beauty beyond all borders."

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Text of New Bedford Reorganization Plan Background Faced with the closing of schools in all parts of the Diocese, the Diocesan Board of Education two years ago began steps to reorganize the schools of the Diocese. Plans to reorganize the schools in Fall River and Taunton' were developed during the 1970-71 school year. Because New Bedford's problems were more complex, it was decided to spend the 1970-71 school year studying the schools in New Bedford, and the 1971-72 year preparing a plan for implementation by September, 1972. For this purpose the Di()cesan Board of Education established the Planning Commission for Catholic Schools in New Bedford.. The pastor of each New Bedford school was asked to name three representatives of the parish to form the nucleus of the Commission. The first meeting of the Commission was held on March 4, 1971, at which meeting a Chairman and Vice Chairman of the Commission, were named, and the: initial group organized itself into, four Committees: Research, Facilities and Finance, Personnel and Public Information. The Chairmen of these four Committees along with the general Chairman and Vice Chairman were to. form a Steering Committee to, direct the activities of the Commission. The Commission ~~t regularly during the remainder of the school year, and gathered considerable data on the schools. The Steering Committee analy~ed .!hese data "during" the Summer months and prepared a final report to be pres'ented to t~e Commission. The report has been studied by members of the four committees, and is now presented to the people of New Bedford. Findings The four committees amassed a great deal of information on the schools of New Bedford, and filed extensive reports. However, for the purposes of this report, only the most significant information which has a direct bearing on the reorganization of New Bedford's Catholic schools is presented. The complete work of the Commission is available to any interested party. . Enrollment As of the 1970-71 school year, there were 11 parish elementary schools in New Bedford: Holy Family, Holy Name, Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Sacred Heart, St. Anne, St. Anthony, St. James, St. John. St. Joseph, St. Mary, and St. Theresa. These schools inclUding kindergarten had a total enrollment of 3,776. This enrollment figure represents a steady annual decline from an enrollment peak in 1963·65 of 5,223. ' Thus, .the enrollment during the past seven years decreased a total of 27 per cent. This enrollment decline can be attributed . alm~st completely to the closing of fIVe schools and the elimination of several classes. It is clear that if enrollment were to continue to decline at the, present rate, there would be few elementary schools available by 1975. lleliglous Teachers ' In 1970-71, there were 68 reli, gious and 53 lay teachers In the

schools has been improving durelementary schools of New Beding the years. , ford. This figure represents, a This finding seemed to be borne steady decline 1n the number of out by a survey of parents conreligious teachers available, from ducted by the Personnel Coma high point in 1960, where the mittee, which found that parents ratio was 134 religious and 15 have a high degree of confidence lay. and satisfaction with both reli· During the 10, years involved, gious and lay teachers and place this represents a 50 per cent dea high value on the religious incline in religious sisters and a 71 struction, the inculcation of valper cent increase in lay teachers. ues, and the development of selfIf this decline were to continue discipline carried out by Catholic for th~ next five years, it would ·schools. After visiting each par· leave fewer than 50 Sisters availish, the Public Information Comable to teash in New Bedford mittee made the following gen· schools. eralizations based on comments Since the difference in the they had received. average salary paid to Sisters The most frequently stated compared with the average salary paid lay teachers in 1970-71 opinion was that a total diocesan effort should take place: was about $4,000. the financial monetary support coming as a impact of the loss of religious general assessmel1t from all paron individual schools is apparent. ishes, with or without schools. Facilities Also included in this category In addition to visiting all the were thoughts on fund drives parish schools, the Commission to the Catholic Charities similar studied carefully a professional or the yearly Easter ColAppeal survey 'of parochial school buildlection. ings conducted by Booz, Allen Many.. favored regionalization and Hamilton, Inc., for the public the solution, with a certain as school department in New Bedpercentage favoring the inclusion ford. of a middle school as part of the All except three recently built A CANADIAN SCHOOL SCENE: Quebec schoolboys plan. Concern oyer the establishschools (St. John's, St. Mary's, leave, their school' after classes to head toward home. Qualment of a Catholic education and Immaculate Conception) system (or the more fortunate were found to be old, outdated in ity education rather than finance is the main problem in was also voiced. This could bemany respects, well maintained, Canadian schools. NC., Photo. come the most significant objecbut unsuited for further. ex'pantion in a plan where high tuition sion. .Five of the schoois are with niany up to date facilities. proportion of its income into the" payments are involved. over 50 years old: St. James, St. Joseph'::"- A good structure operation of the school. Some comments questioned Sacred Heart, Holy Name, ijoly that· has been renovated within Attitudes of Teachers the purpose of Catholic schools, The Personnel Committee did Family and St. Anne's. the last ,15 years. Its large cawhere significant numbers of lay Complete information on each pacity and good location recom- an in-depth study of the attitudes teachers are involved. Efforts to school has been placed on file 'mend it for retention in any long of teachers, both religious and promote' the competence of lay with the Commission. However, range plan; lay, regarding the various probteachers in the teaching of reli-,. fora brief: view of the potential ' confronting parochial St. Mary~The newest of'the' lems gious instruction, as well as the of each school in a reorganiza- Catholic schools in New Bedford, schools. There appeared to be, a tion plan, a brief description of a well built structure with many' good rapport between Sisters ability to teach within a Catholic oriented envoironment, with reeach school is presented here. modern facilities including a and lay teachers, and both' sults in achieving a Catholic Holy Family - Although 70 gymnasium and cafeteria. groups found a high degree of education for children should be years old, the building is in fair St. Theresa - An antiquated satisfaction in their work. No made. condition and basically sound structure which is. part of the problem was seen in having lay Further indoctrination on the and well used. The central loca- church complex. Three class- teachers teach Religion. A majority of Sisters indicated state aid issue and reason for tion of this school makes it one rooms in the school are totally to be considered for future use. unsuited for future use as a, they would be willing to teacH loss of religious teachers, apHoly Name - The building is school. in a school staffed by more than pears necesSary in anticipation 81 years old and in need of addione religous order, and most Sis- of a proposed plan. Comments Finances were made pertaining to a tutional repairs. Putting additional The average per pupil cost of ters indicated that they felt they ition payment method that could money to bring this to a first ,should be free to choose the Catholic elementary schools for class structure is financially unschool in which they worked or be made tax deductible. the school year 1970-71 was Conclusions sound. should be able to work under an $165 per pupil, as compared individual contract with the Our Lady of Mount Carmel1. There is a pressing need to with the average cost in 1969-70 Only 30 years old, the school is school. reorganize the schools into a . of $160 per pupil. About 75 per ' a good structure with many exAttitudes of Parents cent of this increase in per pupil Turn to P~ge Fourteen tra features such as an auditoriBasic to any reorganization expenditures is attributable to um and cafeteria. increased salaries for lay teach- plan in New Bedford would be a Sacred Heart - An antiquated study of how parents feel about ers and religious. structure in critical need of imThe amount of subsidy being Catholic schools. The Research provements in many areas. Facil-, Committee studied the survey ities in this school are beyond reo provided to the school from gen- conducted by Louis Harris Assoeral parish funds over and above pair and a program to update ciates for the diocese in 1969, Complete Line this school would cost entirely fees collected by way of tuition and found that the vast majority was $101 per pupil in 1970-71, too much. Building Materials of people surveyed rated CathoSt. Anne-A very old school about the same as had been pro- lic schools as excellent or good, the previous year. vided in 118 ALDEN RD. FAfRHAVEN and partially a wooden structure. and that most people also feel Therefore, increased expenses 993-2611 The building should not be rethat the quality of Catholic tained for formal school pro- in most schools were met by an increase in tuition rather than an grams. increase in the amount of subSt. Anthony-An old building sidy provided by the parish. This which' could stand much trans- would seem to indicate that the formation. However, the builCling present figure of $100 per pupil is structurally sound and geo- represents about the maximum graphically' well located for that parishes can afford by way regionalization. of subsidy. . ROUTE 6-between Fall River and New Bedford St. James-The building is 90 This is borne' out further by , years old. It has recently had the fact that in visiting the indiOne of Southern New England's Finest Facilities some interior work done hut still vidual schools, the Facilities and needs many additional repairs. Finance Committee found that Its playground area is inadequate three schools were in dire finanfor and the cafeteria consists of. cial condition, three schools lunchrooms in the basement of were barely managing to meet the school.' their financial commitments, and St. John-Qne of the newer five schools said that they had FOR DETAILS CALL MANAGER-636-2744 or 999-6984 schools in New Bedford and is no immediate problems but that in all ways a good structure the parish was put,ting a large

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Says Impossible to He'or· .. What's That Again? By ~oseph and Marilyn Rod~rick I've read many reports lately. of concern in medical circles for the hearing of our youngsters. The experts are blaming both the noise that they see~, to steep themselves ' 'in (their music) and the noise .that they are subjected to in our environment.. Wl:1ile I .am concerned about' the avoidable noises that one all but gives up in despair. Who can effect this increased sound even think with the barrage of will have on our younger' noise that assails our ears, never

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1. The supervision and administration of the educational activities of the elementary schools of New Bedford should be consolidated under one SchOOl Board. The Board should be com~ 'generation, I'm also concerned mind talking intelligently. posed of a majority of lay peowith the' effect it has on their It's heartening to see that ple from, the various parishes. parents-especially this one! ecologists consider. noise one The parish which presently Noise hits us from all sides. of our .deterrents to modern maintains each school would In the morning it wakes us and living-let's just hope they can continue to have control over ", during the day we are besieged do something about it other than the physical plant. The Board" from all sides by blaring horns, equipping us all with earplugs. and the' parish would work 'out screeching radios, and jangling November ana pumpkins just an equitable sharing of the fatelephones and as we return to naturally, go together. This reCipe cility and its upkeep. our homes (or' when our off- fora delicious pump~in cake 2. Six regional elementary spring return to them) the yol- is from Mrs. John Medeiros of schools should be established in ume immediately goes up tenfold. St. Michael's parish; Ocean' the following facilities: Holy , Loud Studying Grove. Family, Our Lady of Mount CarStudying is never done withmel, St. Anthony, St. John, St. ,Pumpkin Cake out a radio blaring so loudly Joseph and St. Mary. The follow31'2 cups flour that . there will' surely come a ing schools should be closed: 2 teaspoons baking soda time' when the only ones who Holy Name, Sacred Heart, St. 11'2 teaspoons salt will be able to hear it will be Anne, St. James, St. Theresa. 1 teaspoon cinnamon ,those people tuned into high 1 teaspoon nutmeg frequency. Our hearing, or that. 3. The subsidy paid by the 3 cups sugar of our children, will be so hamchild's parish should remain at 1 cup oil pered that we'll become a nation the present $100. The balance of . 4 eggs' • . of lip readers. the actual per pupil cgst of op% cup water It has almost come to that eration would have to be ab. 1 can s'quash or pumpkin now, especially if you're trying sorbed by way 'of tuition for 11'2 cups chopped nuts to carry on any kind of converSYNOD MEMBER: Cardinal John Carberry talks with each student. The per pupil COljt 1 cup raisins sation while a band or or-ehestra members of the press during a break in the World ,Synod for 1972-73' is estimated at $225, 1) Sift together the flour, is playing. I find myself either which. would indicate a tuition screaming (and of course just soda, salt, cinnamon, and sugar. sessions. The Cardinal gave a strong speech assailing atof $125. 2) Make a well in the center tacks on' huinan dignity. NC ~hoto. at that moment complete silence 4. An early effort to register falls and I feel like a fool) or of the dry ingrediE:nts. students for the 1972-73 school trying to make my point with a 3) Mix together the eggs, year should be made to deterReorg~ni%,atio'n pantomime perfonnance that water, squash and oil and pour mine the extent to which the six would give Sid Caesar competi- into the center, mixing quickly. , Continued from Page. Thirteen present buildings, the best apschools can accommodate all the tion. . Add the nuts and raisins. '4) Pour into two greased loaf sOlaller, 'more closely-kilit sys- proach is to establish six com- students wishing to enroll. For The art of conversation is dead and no wonder. It has been pans and bake in, a '350 oven tern: The current C~tholic educa- plete elementary schools (Grades the next few years, additional ',tional effort in New','Bedford is 1-8). The buildings do not lend classes for some crowded grades . drowned out by so many un- for one~ hour, . over.-extended due to the' loss themselves at this 'time to any' could be established where posof'. religious personnel, rising other pattern, such as middle or sible in the six schools. No transcosts and aging facilities. junior high schools. The schools. fers betweeen schools should be ', ~ 2. . The ;reorganized syste~': to b~ maintained s~o~ld be ?e- accepted during the current year should 'become, regional. in na- termmed ?n the ba.s~s of. location in order to maintain stability.' S. f VATICAN CITY (NC)-A synOn a, more general' level, ,ture, rather: than parochial. By and phySical condition. 5. Students who are presently ,6. The means of financing in the eleven parish schools . od official who -has, ·asked the Archbishop. Alberto noted that' utilizing the best facilities and gelegates to draw up":a battle almost all synodal fathers Who' pooling religious and lay' teach- . these schools should be reor- should be given an equal opplan for the' Church's war spoke onJnjustice had urged the . ers'in a centralized system, equal ganized s6. that those who bene- portunity to attend the 'six new against injustice declared that synod to,' arrive at practical con- quality for all 'schools would be fit most directly from. the school regional schools. In the event the Church is now in better po- clusions.. In tum, he charged the achieved. A regionalized system should pay the major cost of that all the present students can· sition to 'wage that war. synod's working groups to de- . would afford flexibility· admin- the school's operation where not be accommodated, students "As never in the past, the cide:' . , 'istratively, educationally and fi- this can be afforded. The parent < should be chosen by lottery or Church can become a voice and ' .Offer EXample nancially. ,. .' parish should not be expected similar fair means. a conscience before the world Should the syno<l denounce 3. 'The system should have a to subsidize the school' over 6. This Commission has not on behalf of peoples and groups actual instances of injustice?' If, . clear commitment to quality ed- 'and. above the basic ~ubsidy es- ~onsidered New Bedford Cathodeprived of elementary rights by so, which ones? ' ucation. This would require (1) tabhshed for al.l parishes. The lic high schools as part of its an expanding and dominating Should the synod restate 'prin~ a truly innovative curriculum; cost of operatmg the ~~hoOI study. However, it strongly rec(2) 'fully qualified teachers; (3) ove~ and a?ove the traditional ommends a similar study of the nationalism, by economic, power, ciples? If so, which ones? .. ,' by cultural and' ideological imAfter recalling that many syn~' a maximum class size of 35 stu- ' parish subSidy should be borne high schools and the possible perialism," said Archbishop Teo- odal fathers had urged the need dents. Th'e ' schools should also' by tuition. A serious e,ffo.rt i'mpact of elementary school repisto Alberto y Valderrama of for education in justice, .Arch- have a definite emphasis on re- should then be made to raise organization on high school enCilceres ~n the Philippines. The bishop Alberto pressed them for ligious fonnation; otherWise their' money for scholarships for needy rollment. If it were found that archbishop is the official relator specifics.. :unique,value'would be question- students. the present facilities of either or summarizer of the synod poThe synod official recalled il ble . ' '7. Religious Sisters should be Holy Family or St. Anthony that speakers had insisted that 4. The reorganized system recruited to serve in the schools High Schools were not needed, sition paper on world justice. In almost the same breath, the Church fulfill' her mission should be geared in size to the on the basis of their interests the reorganization of the eleArchbishop Alberto denounced .for justice not only by denounc- number of religious' available as arid their ability 'to contribute to, mentary schools would be great"the lack of religious' anq civIl ing injustices, preaching the well as' the ability of parishes the school. Schools should be ly aided. liberty in some Marxist coun- Gospel message and educating and parents to support the systries and also in otlier countries consciences to a sense of jus- tem. A ratio of two Sisters for SIX CONVENIENT OFFICES TO' SERVE .YOU· that even profess to be Chris- tice, but by offering an example ,each lay teacher should be estabtian." of justice in her own life. The l,ished, with a maximum of 50 ONE·STOP BANKING Church should give, the example Sisters anticipated. This would Several synodal fathers had of a simple and sober life-style result in a system of about 65 criticized Archbishop Alberto's . i?lassrooms, (allowing for prinoriginal survey on 'Worldwide in- he s a i d . . , He criticized' the life-style and cipals and specialists) and 2300 justice for omitting mention of priorities' of high-consumption children in place of the current religious persecution. societies. ' enrollment of 3129 in Grades 1 Women's liberation inside and Archbishop Alberto noted that to 8. Kindergarten would be disOF TAUNTON, 'outside the Church was another '.social structures' can be' unjust continued in all schools. North Dighton • - North Easton • Norton 5. Because' of the limitations topic he introduced into his sur- and that Christians should not Raynham • Taunton vey at the insistence of several accept such structured 'inJustice' imposed by. the geographical 10Member lFederal Deposit Insurance Corp@Il'(lll~ion . , -"'r. ., •• ,.! .......' .. speakers. .,. passiYely.. , -e'''','"'' " .. ' .... ~ " • «ation- and;pliysic~l1 condition of

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WASHINGTON (NC) - Sup- who are struggling with poverty. tional orientation of the Cam- education campaign, although it pose you gave a dollar to the The reason for this is not only paign, besides making special- takes a relatively small part of Campaign for Human Develop- that "charity begins at home" ized skills available to the local your dollar,'is an important part ment last Nov. 22. but, that men on the scene, dioceses, helps to equalize the of the project-as important as In fact, you, the Catholics of' in the local diocese, are often distribution of the funds. the distribution of funds, In the the United States, gave couec- better able to see and respond to ' If the money were not, in large opinion· of the' bishops who detivelymore than $8:5 million, a particular need than the men measure, distributed on the na- cided, to launch the Campaign. tional level, the dioceses which 'but it's easier to .keep track of in a central, national office. how your contribution was used This division between local contributed the least, that is, the, Ask Federal 'Income if you break it down to a dollar. and central administration is one ooorest dioceses, would also hp ,Then, if you want more pre- evidence of the careful planning the ones that received the least Tax Consideration cise figures, you can multiply by that has gone into the Campaign. assistance. Some of the largest ST. PETERSBURG (NC)-The the number of dollars that you, National coordination is needed grants being made by the Cam- nation's Catholic school superinthe individual reader of this to provide the professional skills paign, ranging in size almost up tendents have wired President newspaper, actually gave. required in such a campaign.' to $200,000, would clearly be Richard Nixon urging "some impossible if they had to be form of federal income tax conWhat happened to that dollar On National Level sideration" for parents of chilo No one diocese could have funded by the local diocese. after you dropped it bito the So far, out of the dollar y6u dren attending nonpublic elecollection basket last ,Fall? The mounted the effort that the 1970 answer . in all its details, is as .. , dr.fve required, including making gave to the Campaign last year, mentary and secondary schools. Father Bernard ,A. Cummins, good a way as any of getting to . films and radio and television 83 cents have been accounted know the Campaign for Human spot announcements, providing for-all distributed in grants to president of the National Cath,Development and how it works. information to the news media, help poor people on the diocesan olic Educational Association department, The Catholic bishops of th!l giving local campaign directors or the national level. What about superintendents', sent the telegram to Nixon on United States, sponsors of the kits to help make their work the other 17 cents? Seven of them are marked behalf of 250 Catholic school Campaign, decided. that the effective. money would be spent in' two The largest part of your con- "final balance" on the Cam- administrators' attending the broad areas -direct grants to tribution dollar, just under 58 paign's first annual report, that NCEA-sponsored meeting here. Father Cummins, San Fran· projects and organizations work- cents, is being distributed on the ',is, they will be carried over, ing against poverty. and a, pro-,' national level; that is, to several added to the millions that the 'cisco archdiocesan school supergrain of· education. to make hundred local projeCts which Campaign will collect in its sec- intendent, told the President it Americans generally and Catho- have applied to:the national of- ond collection, Sunday Nov. 21, advises you respectfully that the superintendents had determined lies in particular more aware of fice of the Campaig~. The oa- for use in the future. the problems' of,poor people. A little over two cents, a re- at their annual meeting that such markably low percentage in a tax program "is essential for Local' Administration ' " Pri~sf. E,ndsFast fund raising and distributing ac- the preservation of educational They also 'decil;led that one quarter' of the funds collected GUN LAKE (NC) - A priest tivities, have been spent for options, which are in very real would be distributed loc\llly by who told \ President Nixon. this administrative costs, the expense danger of passing from the individual dioceses while' the Summer that. he would fast from of collecting and handling the American scene." The telegram also urged "that remainder would go to the na- solid food until'the Vietnam War money and deciding what is to concerted efforts . toward launchtional headquarters 'of the Cam-' ends is eating' again~, Father Wil- , be done with it. The final item, less than eight ing proper legislative activities liam Kobza; ',!l parish-pastor here paign. '" cents out of your dollar, went begin at the earliest opportu~o the first thing to notice, in Michiganqsaid, he, e~ded his about your dollar contribution is' fast after six week's ,because his into promotion of the campaign nity," and suggested a meeting that 25 cents of it stays in your friends 'we~e r co'nc:emed 'al:ioht and a continuing program of' of Administration and Catholic ed4cation about poverty. ' This .. education officials as a first step. diocese, helping your ,neighbors his health. ..... GJ iei~i ,'.~ ~, : \.. • ." _ ' c.;.';~ -- ~.~ .•. :.~~.~; - .~ gr~Jat~rGfny:OiVehlg~t '!W'i:'ii~ }~Yr.: / . gious and social questions of the. day." ' ", Other key spea~ers at the three-day convention include Carr:linal'Terence Cooke of New '~ York and' Senator John V. Tunney (D~, Calif.). 'Virtue of Hope' The .' Catholic .youth convention occ,ms, every two yeats, and Philomena Kerwin,' executive secretary of the CYO federation, told NC News young people on In 'gratitude for my many blessings, I wish the organization's national board have been planning this year's to share this month of Thanksgiving with meeting almost since the conclusion of the last one, held in Den· the world's poor and the missionaries servo ver in 1969. ing them. Enclosed is my special sacrifice Bishop William D. Borders of Orlando, Fla., and Auxiliary for the missions. Bishop William E. McManus of Chicago, chairman of the usec Name _ education committee; will con. celebrate Mass on the last day Address _ 'of the 'convention with priest-, directors of the .12 CYO geographic regions. City _ Theme of the closing liturgy, "the Virtue of Hope;" will "tie State Zip, _ it all together", said Richard Quirk, assistant to Msgr. 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WASHINGTON (NC) - Delegates to the 1971 National Catholic Youth Organization convention here will probe in depth the four institutions that most affect their young lives - church, gover:nment, business and education. More than 3,000 CYO members from all over the country will attend the Nov. 11-14 convention, and share ideas with representatives of each institution. Paul O'Brien, 17, Boston archdiocesan CYO president, and Leonard Maldonado, 18, former CYO president from Houston, will join with Auxiliary Bishop John B. McDowell of Pittsburgh and Auxiliary Bishop Walter F. Sullivan of Richmond on "What Youth Wants of the Church Today." Congressman Benjamin S. Rosenthal (D., N. Y.), outspoken advocate of consumers protection legislation, will iead the CYO seminar on the business community. The session on youth and politics will be chaired by Congressman Lloyd Meeds (D., Wash.). Greater Involvement Dr. Robert Binswanger, director of experimental schools for the U. S. Office of Education, will talk about student participation in education. Msgr. Thomas Leonard, head of ,the U. S. Catholic Conference youth activities division and CYO federation national director, said he hopes the se,rnjnars would "stimulate the' .CYo" 'to

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KNOW YOUR FAITH Christian' Lives Reflecf Christian Moralit,How Do , Know" mDoing Right? III·

SEARCmNG CLASSIFIED ADS: The search for what God wants a person to do with his life leads to many places within our society.

. Trying to understand Chris·tian Morality by examining, Christian ,lawbooks always seems to fail. Christian laws, from the very beginning" have ' been borrowed somewhere else or modeled on someone's else's. , The Christian began by bor-,' rowing the Ten Commandments 'from the Jewish law and many, of their social regulations merely followed Jewish practice witn slight changes. Later they modified these in the light of Gentile customs and added generous helpings from the moral reflections of the Platonists, Stoics, Seneca, etc. Yet the Christians were always convinced that their morality had something very distinctive. What was it? The key lies in something quite apart from the laws they observed. It lies in their first act of faith. The act of faith which made them Christians was felt by them as a moral transformation at the root of their being. Higher Set of Values When the people heard Peter preach Christ's death and resur-

training thEm must focus on aiding Christians to discern or recognize God's call in their lives. According to Scripture, the tradition of the Church and the Second Vatican Council, God's impelling voice is expressed not only in law and authority, but also 'in the events of history, the experiences of personal and social life and in the Scriptures and tradition of the Church. If it is true that God's imper, 'Fhe;..most 'compelling drive of atives are recognizable, in per- human life is man's' incessant sonal and soc.ial experience as search'" for happiness and selfwell as' through ecclesiastical fulfillment. Within' ·the last few a,nd civil authority, then Chris- years,' differing'life;styles betians need to' learn to recognize tween'the':generations, have acpeac~?" and discern God's voice in all of centuated the problem of choosthese areas. One strategy for ing...:the ' ';'right'~'J road'to happilearning discerhment may be de- Iness..··Love: ,'.story" or' "WoodBy scribed briefly in terms of three stock!'. depict a: life-style scarcely important stages or dimensions: (I) Exploration, (2) Diaiogue, FR. C~RL J.• , and (3) Prayer: All three aspects PFEIFER, S.J. of this dynamic protess ate imBy , " portant for coming to a peacefilled moral choice., - FR. JOHN P. ,MJlWamrllWBlliU", " Exploration SCHANZ Each of us can recognize simAll the relevant facts are to i1ar situations in our own lives, be explored, both experimental' si~uations in which ';He must and leg~l, past and present. make a moral choice. We all What seems to be most needed ktiow something of the anxiety in this situation? What appears accepta,ble to the average coninvolved in any major decision, to be most loving? What are the temporary, mother or father. amI in many minor o'nes. We effects of each choice? What is " What makes right living the~? may well wonder before and realistically possible? What com- Is it a matter of following soci- , after a moral choice: "How do I mandments or laws touch' this ety's 'rules or the fashions of know' I'm 'doing right~" "What situation? What does the Gospel one's peers? (e.g., murder is out, does God want me, to' do?" say about such a choice? What but trading marriage partners Modem Challenge does the' teaching of 'the Church "Bob and Carol and Ted 'and One task of religious educators indicate? What, values,' are at Alice"-style is the "in-thing"). Is morality imposed' on man -be they parents or teachers_stake? What reasons seem most by church or' civil authority? is to guide persons toward the compelling? \ mature ability to make moral These'questions suggest the (e.g., abortion is wrong only' bechoices ·that, are - genuinely type ot"exploring or reflection cause the Church says so; vio,Christian. In today's complex, that is needed. Naturally the ex- lence is forbidden only' because complicated world this challenge tent and depth of the exploration the State punishes, it). Is' it ,a set. of taboos to be will vary according to the seriis doubly difficult., ., 'F~ced with the task of guiding ousness and complexity of the 'promptly discarded by a sophispeople toward mature:' Christian moral issue in, question. In any ticated breed reared on technol'living in a, constantly changing, case' the exploration is' to help ogy and bent on liberty' unlim, increasingly"' comple~ ,world, re- 'us' be open to 'the various aspects ited? (e.g., pre-mari.tal sex is "in" ligious educators are developing of the reality in which w,e can because the "double standard" is ,hypocritical): ' ~ new strategies for guiding people ~ecognizeG6d's.will.' . , Basic Values , to live and, grow as Christians. Dialogue : If morality or right living coinThese strategies are based on a Because one important avenue ' rich, ,traditional understanding of of' hearing God's voice is other cides with the way to auth'entic Christian love between God and people, arid because we exist ,happiness, then. it cannot be man. God.-Jnvites, calls, chal- within.'a'colIlmuility of b~lievers , merely. any, one of the above oplenges, commands; man responds· each of whom has particular tions. Nor can it ever go, out of ;.f~thf~lIy or selfishIy.~ MQl'al Of.' • 'fum. to' Page Seventeen '-t fashion, since happiness, theSoal "How do I know I'm doing right?" "How do I know what God wants me to do?" In day to day living this question is usually more specific,' in terms of concrete decisions to be, made regarding family, job, vocation, or a dozen other important areas of life. "Should I go to college or not?" Should I marry or not?" "Should we have another child or not?" "Should ·1' a~swer 'my draft' call be a coriscientious objector?" "Should 'I continue ,this relationship or break it off?" "What should I do about social justice, pollution,

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Do we need, just now, yet another book on Mr. and Mrs. F. D. Roosevelt, and a 764-page behemoth at that? In any case we have one, entitled Eleanor and Franklin (Norton, 55 Fifth Aven., N.Y. 10003. $12.50), the work of Joseph P. Lash, for many years a close friend of Mrs. part in his recovery and her con· to his subsequent caRoosevelt. Having trekked tribution reer are made much of in the through it, I can report that book. it is mainly about her, one of the most extraordinary and controversial women in American history. Her life story until 1945 is told at great length and in inti-

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mate detail, drawing heavily on her private papers. Her husband's life is sketched insofar as it was interwoven with hers. Mr. Lash's sympathies are with Eleanor Roosevelt, but he is fair in his treatment of F.D.R. and not altogether uncritical of his heroine. It is only occasionally that he slips into hyperbolic rapture. Orphaned early, Eleanor was in the care of her maternal grandmother. The environment in which she grew up was moneyed, privileged, socially select, closed against the lower classes and their problems. Eleanor conformed to its ways of thinking and acting. .At 15, she was sent. to England, to a school run by a remarkable Frenchwoman. Mlle. Souvestre saw merit and mettle' in the girl' which no 0l1e else recognized. Eleanor, in turn, was impressed and. changed by .this unconventional educator, who opened her eyes to important· questions and encouraged her to think and to act. At 18, Eleanor made her debut, but she was not content to be the usual debutante. She went into the New York slums. to do settlement work, and was struck by the misery of the poor. This was a shock to her. Pursued Own Activities

Toured World He became governor of New York in 1929, and she went up and down the state inspecting institutions, meeting ordinary folk in cities and hamlets, giving speeches; she reported to him her observations and recommen· dations by the score. Moreover, she brought to meet him people whose ideas and plans interested her and, she thought, ought to be examined and backed by the governor. Thus, she had friends among trade union officials whom she introduced to Franklin, affording them access to the governor which they might not otherwise have had. In a real sense, she was an ombudsman. This role she continued and expanded in Washington, during Franklin's 12 years as President. In peacetime and in wartime, she toured the country, toured the world, turned up all over the continent, all over the globe, and showered' the President with memos about a vast number and range of subjects. Master Politician .She lectured, had her own radio programs, wrote a column for the daily press, wrote magazine articles and books, became a celebrity and, a force in her own right. She also became a master politician. She. was unique in American annais. Not all her life is covered in Mr. Lash's book. He concludes with the death of the President in 1945, probably leaving Mrs. Roosevelt's remaining 17 years for another volume. The relationship of Franklin and Eleanor. is not explicated in these pages. We do not learn why he married her. We do learn that there were difficulties between them from the start. We are told, concisely, of the Lucy Mercer affair in 1917-18, and of its shattering effect on Eleanor. A reconciliation followed, but it appears to have been an -arrange. ment rather than a genuine reconciliation. Roosevelt, of course, was, as' the author often says,. a selfcentered man, and he was im· measurably ambitious. He used people in his pursuit of office and power, and his wife was among those used.

Her cousin Franklin proposed to her in 1903, to her astonishment and that of everyone else, for he was highly eligible and she was considered an - ugly duckling. Franklin's mother Sara did not favor the match, tried wilily to scotch it, and for the rest of her long life maneuvered for control of her son' and grandchildren, with many a 'Ambitious for Influence slight and slash dealt to Eleanor. In 1910, Franklin was elected One feels, however, that she to the New York state senate, used him, too. She also was ambiand in 1913 he was appointed tious, not for office but for inassistant secretary of the Navy. fluence. Mr. Lash would have it In Albany, .then in Washington, that the only power she was bent Eleanor learned the ways of on was power f9r good. That is politics and pursued her own true to a large degree. And she activities. . was a humanitarian and devoted Franklin was nominated for to social reform. She was also the" vice-presidency in 1920, was wilful and stubborn and could be defeated, and shortly afterward vengeful, as the book abundantly was stricken with polio. His proves. mother wanted him to retire to This study 'shows her to have the life of. a country gentleman, been culpably credulous where but Elean01; fou~l)t to kel'lP him !pe.. ~m~r!c.ap_ .. 'y<?~.ttt <;:Qngre.ss invoi'Ve>d.qhA ~~'i.rc o~ffJfh. Het' '\\Ja~ ~Qrfc'e~rlEtd~ JUS' ltftan:i~\.ttati'b'h

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PAPAL AUDIENCE: Pope Paul VI receives two natives from Samoa, dressed in their native costumes, in St. .Peter's Basilica. The islanders repaid the visit the Pontiff made to Samoa almost a year ago.

What Is Christian Morality Continued from Page Sixteen characteristic of human morals is responsibility rooted in our power of reason and free choice. . Utilizing our intellectual capacity, we must discover the basic values we will live by, values we conceive as promoting genuine self-fulfillment. Source of Morality Where shall we discover these life-building values? Do we have a buiit-in compass to guide us? A set of maker's directions for· right usage? Ordinary experience points to a correlation between the nature of an object and its purpose, between the way it is made and its intended use. A pen knife just won't do if we want to chop down a tree; but the weight and cutting edge of an axe can do the job. Applying this principie to the task of human living, shouldn't we look to our very nature (our essential' make-up as human beings) for soine indication of "right usage?" Isn't it reasonable and human, for example, to con· trol alcoholic or drug consumpton in order to maintain self· mastery beyond an animal level of conduct? Or isn't it reasonable and human to respect one's parents, the property or the lives of others, because of the rights involved . in these social relationships? Human nature-what man is """'''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''"""" by Communists was perceived by many long before Mrs. Roosevelt withdrew from it the invaluable prestige which she lent it as the President's wife. A kind of innate and persistent distaste for anything Catholic can be detected in remarks here quoted from her writings over a long span of years. Her bias against Jews and blacks disappeared as her life proceeded. She conquered many of her prejudices, but not all. . We know her somewhat better as a result of Mr. Lash'~ exer-

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Continued from Page Sixteen gifts for the good of all, we need to speak with and listen to others. Again, the extent and depth of the dialogue .depends on the nature of the moral issue. Often the advice of a' more experienced person may. be sufficient, at other times discussion with a large number of persons might be required. What do you think is right in this circumstance? How do you see God's law as applicable in this situation? What is your understanding of the Church's moral teaching in this case? Why would you choose this course of action? What is your understanding of Christ's law? Honest dialogue, sincere shar· ing and listening, has been recognized from the earliest days of the Church as a vital dimension of mor~1 decision making and a' test of one's own honesty. Even the most isolated hermits of the desert met periodically with another "spiritual father" to discuss the directions of their Christian growth. Prayer Since it is the voice of God, the guidance of the Holy Spirit, which we need to recognize, prayer is absolutely essential. Christian prayer is not just the recitation of formal prayers, but a conscious placing 'of oneself in God's presence, asking his help and guidance. True prayer arises out of one's life, out of daily experience, and is nourished on the traditional sources of Christian prayer-the Bible, Liturgy, and the experience of God as interpreted in Christian tradition. It is this process of moral discernment that is at the heart of Christian moral education. It is a process distilled out of the centuries of Christian experience. of moral choice. This approach to Christian discernment is a realistic, traditional way to "judge what is God's will, what is good, pleasing and perfect" (Rom 12:2), and "to value the things that really matter" (Phil 1:9-10). .

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proposals, not vague, destructive, generalized complaints; cite successful efforts -in ot~er, neighboring parishes. Complaints , If these steps do 'not prove ,The intelligent and fascinating report by -Newsweek I jotted down afterwards a effective, then •one ultimately on the current state of American Catholicism provides dozen items which bothered us: comes to a tough consciencelittle comfort fot anyone in the American Church.. Th~ An inexpensive 'and inade- decision. Does the Lord want me hierarchy is not likely to be ple~sed at the t,hought that quate public address system to stay, suffer and work for nine-tenths of'the American which required constant .switch- change in my own parish or re.'Catholic-,population do not note~, "A majority' bfCatholics' ing on and off by the celebrant gretfUlly pull 'up roots and shift , . do not seem to share ,the' hierand was no match for the noisy to a better place of worship? think the decisions ,of the archy's .'moral and spiritual fans whirling in the church's' While we work and hope for United States Catholic Con- vision. Perhaps they never really suitable liturgies in every comcenter. ference have any importance for did." Maybe, in other' words' the: No lay lectors, with the cele- munity, I fear that many Christheir lives. Nor will there be good old days were not all that brant perfunctorily and unclear!y tians still may be forced to make 1Wm'9%KKWJl? ...15%W,:, good. ' reading. all ,three scriptural, such an agonizing choice and a ' few should even temporarily I came' away from the Newspassages. week data feeling rather good. The priest turning toward tne transfer to more satisfying spirabout some· things and cont;ibernacle away from the con J itual homes. ' By vinced that ther~ was still much gregation (and the microphone) vitality in the Church-whatever for the opening and closing REV. its or'ganizational problems. RETIRED: Most Rev. prayers. When two fifths of any human George L.' Leech, 81 years No homily. Continued from Page Sixteen ANDREW M group report that their family After the General Intercessions ,of age, has retired as Ordithe knowledge of Christ Jesus prays, together, that group has GREELEY (routinely and inaudibly annot yet become. anything near nary of the Diocese of Har- nounced), the celebrant placed ,my Lord. For his sake I have irreligious. , risburg after 36 years as a maniple on his left arm, using thrown everything away; I. conThe, problem of the Ame'rican: head of the Pennsylvania a vestment eliminated' by the sider it all as mere garbage, so that I might gain Christ and be much consolation that the 'pro- Church, I suspect, IS not. that: See. NC Photo. Holy See several years 'ago. completely united with him. No, people are'less religious but that portion of the laity in favor of a A too tiny' (approximately 2' ionger do I have a righteousness .the Church as an organization is . married clergy (53 per cent) is x 3') altar of sacrifice' at the of my own, the kind to be gained not very different .from the pro- going through a .period wtien"it ' sanctuary's' edge. by obeying the Law. I now have does not know with any degree portion of the clergy holding No offertory procession. the righteousness that is given .the same position (57 per cent). of confidence how to minister to No gesture of peace. through faith in Christ, the righNo procession down the main On the other hand, the official people's religious needs and aspi- , VATICAN CITY (NC)-In anteousness that comes from God, rations. "liberals" will hardly be happy 'other step forward 'in Catholic- aisle into or out of the ,sanctuary and is based on faith. All I at the finding that 62 per cent Orthodox relations Pope Paul VI arid no opportunity for' worship- want is to know Christ and feel Cardinal's position of the Catholic population has formally, welcomed the head of ers to see or greet the celebrant the power of his resurrection; One of the reasons may be t~e Syrian Orthodox Church of before or after the service. not heard of the Berrigan brothto share in his sufferings and ers.. (They shouldn't be too hurt; that the Church leaves it to oro' An'tioch at the, Vatican. The Outdated rubrics and, more: become like him in his death, in in one of our studies, 25 per cent ganizations like Newsweek to do Pope hailed the Orthodox official seriously, an external attitude the hope that I myself will be its research. At some point we as a leader in the efforts for the which coriveyed little awareness raised from death to life" (Phil. of the Catholics didn't know the name of the Pope). Nor will they must establish a mechanism for reunion of Christendom. of what the revised liturgy is 3: 6-11). , like the idea that almost half the monitoring the religious feelings Mar Ignatius Jacoub III, Syrian and should be. This Christian morality' 'could Catholic population is so strong- and problems of American Cath- Orthodox Patriarch; visited the I not be pinned down in written Comparison Helpful IY'committed to Catholic schools, olics. Newsweek has done a good PopeIl,offici~lly attbe Vatican laws. It could, be ·expressed· only that it is willing to spend more job, but it does seema.little pre- and, was the Pope's guest at I have' tried' in thi~'~olunin: in Christian lives. It could be money in sUPllOrt of the schools sumptuous of us to 'expect that apartments in the Papal palace consistently to take an optimis- taught only insofar as faith in in the absence of federal.or state they will continue to do. our of, the, Lateran in downtown tic, constructive approach toward Christ was passed on by living work for us. aid. the liturgical renewal. It may testimony and example. Where Rome. _. What impressed me about the Or one can take the positio)'l The patriarch, head of one of seem that this sharply critical ' general rules of good conduct newsweek data was the fact that of Cardinal Wright who was ,re~ the most ancient churches of the description of a bad performance were needed, the Christians the Chqrch is changing at such cently quoted as hoping that all Middle East, was accompanied by deviates from that path. Never- could freely boorow, and they a relatively slow rate.. Qiven the soc!ologists would b~ f7d into ,a group, of prelates representing theless, contrast sometimes helps did so. But what made their. frantic activity of the past dec- theIr computers, and m fIve sec- ,the' Syrian Orthodox 'Church and those who feel their own morality Christian was the inner ade and the transformation of onds the computers would self: r' around the world. parish programs are seriously transformation of "putting on ' . . h' .. P Church practices, the surprising destruct. , deficient may take comfort hear- the mind of Christ" and ~e'ac· I guess I would be included on In welcommg IS VISItor, . ope thing is that there is still consid- ' the list of those the Cardinal Paul took note that the patrIarch ing about a situation far more tions that flowed from 'that erable st~bility. objectionable. transformation in the concrete' would like to see fed into the had sent his representatives to What should we do when the ,situations of daily life. This truly , Some Changes, machine (perhaps near the head the ~ec~nd. Vatican Council at of the list). And while I would the mVltatlOn of Pope John pastor or parish priest fails to Christian morality has always Sixty-two per cent of the keep pace with the Church's' been the church's most preci~us Catholic population goes to Mass not enjoy such a fate, I must ,XXIII. ' " liturgical reforms? I face that possession. give the Cardinal credit for a:" Pope P~uI' added: . "N~w we at least weekly, approximately tricky, awkward difficult quesneat turn of a phrase. And, 'I 'have the 'Joy of meetmg m perthe same proportion as in 1952. tion from nearly every lay audididn't know they showed "Mis-: son, so that. we ~ay ~h~re th.e Separate ~ite The one quarter who have gone ence and was so queried at all sion'Impossible" in the Vatican.' thoughts :~nd deslre~ whIch a~lto 'confession in the, past two SAN ANTONIO (NC-A comthe New four seminars during mate us as we strIve to fulfIll months represents a decline from mittee of Mexican-American England Religious Education God's wish for His church and 1963, but not as much a decline Scores Prediction priests here will soon, begin Congress b Boston. for the world 'redeemed by the , , as most parish priests would I offer these suggestions: studying the possibility of a sepprecious blood of His Son." Of S.chool Closing have expected. Don't categorize or, stereotype arate Chicano rite within the The Pope told the patriarch The opposition to the Church's NEW YORK (NC)-An archindividuals everyone can Catholic Church's structure. The that he recognizes "the history . teaching on birth contrQI and diocesan education official here change; talk it over with the committee will also evaluate the divorce, has gone, up from about has branded "ridiculous" a pre- of the relations between our priest himself, not behind his feasibility of a national Spanishone-half (at the time of our diction that large numbers of churches shows many lights and back; present particular, positive speaking vicariate. parochial school study in 1963) New York non public schools will shadows." Nevertheless, he said, to three-fifths, a change of con- close in the next decade because "each of us is motivated by a siderable importanc!,! but not one public financial aid is unobtain- sincere desire to be faithful to our fathers in the faith and to able. of overwhelming. extent. the tradition they have handed The 540-page report containThe striking point to me is' not to us. Yet this very desire down how much change there has been ing the prediction "assumes that to be faithful to them impels since 1963 but how much devia- the battle is over," .said Msgr. us to search with ever greater INCORPORATED 1937 tion from the official' position Joseph·T. O'Keefe,' archdiocesan zeal for the' realization of full had taken place before 1963. secretary for education. "I con- communion with each' other." Perhaps the most important tend it is still being waged." change in the last decade is that Msgr. O'Keefe said the report, now there is a public and ex- one of about 25 submitted to a Religi'on as Tool plicit rationale available for two-year-old state commission' Hong Kong' (NC)-The Chithose who wish to dissent from studying the status of nonpublic nese do not use religion to en, JAMES H. COLILINS, C.E., Pres. the official position. education, "fails to recognize s'lave people.Hosea L. Williams, Registered Civil and Structural Engineer -that there' are still valid consti- national program director of the Vitality Remains, Member Nationai Society Professional Engineers tutional avenues of aid open to Southern Christian Leadership the schools." Newsweek writer Kenneth FRANCIS L. COLLINS, JR., Treas. Conference, said here after a Woodward implies strongly that As examples of workable pro- tour of communist China. He acTHOMAS K. COLLINS, Seey. '. the past might not have been so grams, he cited a Pennsylvania cused Westerners of using reACADEMY BUILDING FALL RIVER, MASS. rosily devout as many would nos- tuition reimbursement act and a ligion as a'tool to dominate peotaJgiciilly remem'ber it when he ' Minnesota tax ~redit plan. ple.

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WASHINGTON (NC) - Labor organizations in much of the By PETER 1 BARTEK Third World of underdeveloped Norton Hiah Coach nations are going through a "sav~ age era of· repression," according to a Domin~can Republic labor leader. He is Henry Molina, secretary . of the Free Confe~eration of Christian Trade Unions in the.' Dominican Republic. Free on bail on recent charges of sub- ,', . version, Molina spoke here about Lawrence High of Falmouth will place its unbeaten a series of arrests, reprisals and streak on the line Saturday when it meets Dartmouth beatings he had and other Doin a key Capeway Conference football contest. The Clipminican labor activists have uripers, under Coach Don Ruggeri,' enter the fray as the dergone in the past few years. ". "To be a labor leader is to only unbeaten dub within the confines of diocesan ter- 32-14 victory ,over Bourne last perform an act of heroism every Saturday. Coach Kevin Cadieux's day," he said. "The.' establishritorial limits. In their first club is 5-1 to date. The Blue ment is trying to crush all insix ball games the Clippers Devils' only loss came at the dependent leadership." . have scored 162 points while hands of Bishop Feehan High of The latest attempt, he report'. allowing the opposition only 21. Attleboro and the Bristol County ed, was repression of a strike Falmouth presently trails Fair- League. The Devils will meet at Bonao against the Falcon" haven by half a game' in the another strong' non-loop oppol'Even when he's .sleep: h. feels' his soul is Bridge Co., a U.S.-Canadian Conference standings.' A win nentthis Saturday in Somerset. absorbing' good' from Ibe surrounding church mining complex. Strikers were Somerset, playing an indepenSaturday will move the Clippers demanding better' wages 'and into a first place tie and set the dent schedule will be looking for . ..tmosphere~~' working conditions. About 580 stage for next Saturday's, meet- its fourth win-in six outings. The workers were arrested during' a ing between the two clubs. Blue Raiders have already earned peaceful demonstration, and of Dartmouth battled Barnstable victories over Attleboro of the those, 140 'were jailed on charges to an 18,18 stalemate Saturday County League and Stoughton Campaign foi' Human Development Aids of subversion. last. Coach Carlin Lynch's Indi- of the Hockomock circuit. The Conditions in rural areas are ans now stand 3-2-1 on the year. Ray MacDonald coached Raiders Black Farmers Form Cooperative much worse than in industry, Falmouth, in its last outing, an- should prove to be a formidable LAFAYETTE (NC)-A dozen for Human Development. Molina said, and efforts by the nihilated Matignon High 41-0. opponent for' the scrappy .Blue In the coming fiscal year, the Dominican Federation of ChrisFairhaven kept its slim Con- Devils. Fairhaven will host the black subsistence farmers have decided to get together and form fund will lend cooperatives more tian Farm Leagues are being ferenc~ lead. by virtue of its contest. a cooperative that will lift them than. $600,00O-Capital which it thwarted by police and soldiers. of poverty together. got from the Ford Foundation "Upset" Game Matches Attleboro and Coyle outThey "The minimum wage of $2 a have ambitious ideas but and other philanthroptcsources. day is avoided by farm owners, Bourne will be at Dennis- Vocational in the Whaling City no capital. Banks, looking for "We look for co-ops with who manage to pay only 90 Yarmouth in another Conference Saturday. Coach Jeff Reilly's collateral before giving a loan, good potential income," ex- cents. A worker cannot go elsegame slated for Saturday. D-Y Artisans were beaten bady last will not finance a group based plained Martiai Mirabeau, SCDF whe~e. In La Vega province, for dropped a 14-6 decision to Ware- Saturday by Durfee High of Fall only on ideas. Where can' ·the vice-president. instance, . 14 families control ham a week ago;' Barnstable 'will River 52~0. Durfee will meet group get backing? Where:can' a The fund was formed by mem- more land than all the rest of play host to Tantasqua Regional' Taunton Saturday. Host Taunton . similar group, some poor urban bers of various low-income co- the 300,000 people in the area." in a non-league game and Ware- was idle last weekend. whites who also dream of form- operatives who have themselves ham will be idle this Saturday to . had difficulty getting backing. round out the Ca ewa ·docket. ~n the Hockomock League, ing a cooperative? . p y Oliver Ames of North Easton .reThe answer is the Southern Their experience 'has also made Stress Communal Bnstol C~unty League leader, bounded from its loss two weeks Co-Operative Development F)Jnd, them familiar with the weakJOLIET (NC)';'" The pastoral ~ttleboro wllI atte~p~ to protect ago by defeating Mansfield Sat- founded in 1970 to provide nesses most often found in a council of the Joliet diocese has Its OI~e game margIn In th~ loop urday last· 42-8. The Amesmen, money and managerial assistance co-operative. recommended communal serstandIn~s Saturday when It. tanpresently in third place in the to just such co-operatives. It "Most co-ops that fail do so vices in preparing for the tradigles . WIth ~sgr .. Coyle-BIshop loop, will be engaged in. a non- operates in 14 states and the Dis- because of poor management or tional sacrament of Penance. CassIdy HIgh. In Taunton. circuit contest Saturday when trict of. Columbia,. with operating poor .bookkeeping," Mirabeau The council also recommended Attleboro-Coyle ,games always they entertain a good Cardinal . expenses paid .mostly by a said. communal thanksgiving for the prove to be interesting ~ffairs. Spellman team from Brockton. $105,000 grant from American SCDF has helped sponsor absolution of sins. Confessions Throughout the years thIS contest has 'resulted in one or the Mansfield will be looking for, Catholicism's 1970 Campaign classes to teach both of these and absolutions would continue skills, and provides managerial to be private and individual. other being ousted from the top its first. victory of the campaign training or consultation to any spot in the circuit: Upsets are this week when North Attleboro Predicts Ordination co-operative that asks fot it. not uncommon when these visits. North downed Canton a Of Married Men Financial help is given only after friendly rivals meet. wee~ ago 14-12. & ROME (NC) - Married men Attleboro defeated Bishop Elsewhere in the diocese, will one day l~e ordained as further study. ,In the 1970-71 fiscal year, Stang of Dartmouth last week- Dighton-Rehoboth will play win- priests in the Netherlands, Dutch end 35-14. The Warriors, coach- less Norton at home and Case theologian Edward Schillebeeckx seven co-operatives backed by . Over 35 Years ed by Paul Therrien were beaten High' of Swanse'a' will be in Fall predicted in an 'in~erview here' SCDF showed a profit. They inof Satisfied Service' clude' a county marketing co-op River to .meet Diman Regional with NC News. by Bishop Feehan 20-7. Reg. Master Plumber 7023 in Choctaw County, Miss.; a canFeehan will play New Bedford Vocational 'on Saturday. JOSEPH RAPOSA, JR. He expressed hope that the ning co-op in Blusston, S. C., and 806 NO. MAIN STREET world Synod of Bishops would' a farming, cattle and hog raising Fifteen Teams Playing 500 '()r Better Ball recommend that national episcoFall River 675-7497 Coach Tony Day'S D-R Falcons With three games remaining pal conferences be granted au- co-op in Epes, Ala. came from behind last Saturday to be played for most area thority to ordain married men. to best rival Case 22-14. Norton schools 15 of the 28 schools Asked if there should be a lost to Tri-Valley league foe playing football. within the con- minimum age limit for such orAshland 16-8. Diman did not fines of diocesan limits' can dinations, the Dominican theoloplay last weekend. boast of a .500' or better won- gian said:. Down on the Cape, Province- loss record. At' the same ,time, "I would say they ought to town turned back a stubborn there are four clubs still looking be about 30. They must have Martha's Vineward eleven 19-3 for their first victory of the sea~ demonstrated that they are good and Nantucket bested Southeast son, however three of the four husbands and fathers and they Regional Vocational 30-8 on Sat- have tied at least one game. must have had a few years of urday last. The victory was NanFalmouth .at 6-0 leads the dioc- pastoral experience." He said 'tucket's first "official" win of esan standings with Attleboro that wives must b\l asked if the campaign. The Islanders and Fairhaven a close second they approve of their· husbands were forced to forfeit their with 5-1 marks. Fourth place be- entering the ministry. BANK-BY-MAIL (post-paid) WITH earlier triumphs when it was dis- longs to New Bedford with a covered they had used an ineli- 4-1-1 mark. P-town is fifth at 5-2. gible player. Three clubs are tie'd for sixth po- ing better than .500 ball. Somer307 Main St., South Yarm~uth, Ma. 02664 P-town will travel to Matta- sition with 4-2 records. The set is presently 3-2 while Dart*At Bass River, 2-3 yr. term deposit certificates yield poisett Saturday to meet Old teams include Bishop Feehan, mouth and Barnstable are 3-2-1. 6.18% per year when com'pounded daily ftom day-ofRochester Regional. The Bull Old Rochester, and Oliver Ames. Durfee, Dighton, Msgr. Coyle deposit. $1,000 minimum deposit. 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