Fall Meeting of Bishops
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Schedul(e Clothing. Drive Last Week of November The Thanksgiving Clothing Appeal will again be held this year in the Diocese of Fall River. with collection of clothing in parishes beginning on Sunday, November 25, and ending on Saturday, December 1. Trucks will pick up the clothing from parishes beginning on Monday, December 3, with the exception of the Taunton Area where pickup will begin on Thursday, December 6. As in past years, parishes in the Cape Cod Area and Attleboro Area will bring their clothing to' the area depots. . The heavy toll resulting from earthquakes and floods during the past year all over the world has virtually eJ!:haust.ed the clothing reserves of the Catholic Relief Services under whose auspices clothing is collected, processed and distributed. The need of clothing is especially acute this year. Lightweight clothing of all types is the greatest need, with
men's clothing in urgent need. Children's and infant's clothing is always in demand. Light and heavy blankets, piece goods, remnants and sewing materials are in need. Donations of new shoes' are welcome but used shoes can no longer be accepted as the problem of matching and processing them for reshipment is simply overwhelming. Ol')ce again the faithful of the Dipcese are asked to extend themselves in this needed work of charity. The clothing once collected is taken to distribution cent~rs and there processed and baled for delivery overseas. Rep-' resentatives of Catholic Relief Services take charge of the clothing and distribute it to those in need without regard to race or creed. The only standard is that of need.
To Treat Pastoral Issues WASHINGTON-The 1974 in- The discussions will be incor- bishops have sought and received ternational Synod of Bishops, a porated into a .position paper authorization from the Holy See proposed new method of admin- 'which will be sent to the Vatican for Communion in the hand. istering Holy Communion, and as the American hierarchy's reUnder the proposal to be conseveral key elections are items on sponse to the Synod theme. sidered next month, it would be the agenda of the.anJ:lual general The bishops will also elect four up to local bishops in the U. S. meeting of the National Confer- delegates and two alternates as to decide whether or not to inence of Catholic Bishops (NCCB) their reprsentatives at the Synod. troduce the practice in their dioand United States Catholic ConA much discussed liturgical cese. In addition, the individual ference (USCC). innovation - the reception of communiicant would be free to Some 250, members of the Holy Communion in the hand- receive Communion in the tradiCatholic hierarchy are expected will appear on the bishops' agen- tional manner or in the hand, to attend the meeting, which will da in November. In a vote at according to his or her preferbe held November 12 to 16 at the their meeting in November, 1970, ence. The proposal originates Statler Hilton Hotel here. a majority of the bishops (117 with the NCCB Liturgy CommitThe bishops will also consider for, 107 against) favored asking tee, whose chairman is Bishop proposed policy statements on the Vatican for authorization to Walter W. Curtis of Brid'geport, the 1974 Population Year and on introduce the practice, on an op- Connecticut. prison reform. tional basis, in the United States. The international Synod of But because a two-thirds vote is Bishops, which will be held in required, the proposal failed to . October, 1974, at the Vatican, pass. For centuries in Roman Cawill occupy much of the bishops' ,tholicism, the usual method of attention. Pope Paul VI announced earlier administerinng Holy CommuWASHINGTON (NC) - When this year that the theme of the nion. has been for the priest or the U.S. bishops meet here Nov. Synod will be "The Evangeliza- minister of Communion to place 12-16, a spirited debate over tion of the Modern World." The the consecrated Host on the Communion in the hand is in the bishops will spend a morning communicant's tongue. Since the making. during their meeting discussing Second Vatican Council, howThree weeks before the meetthis subject in regional groups. ever, about 15 conferences of ing Cardinal John J. Carberry of St. Louis circulated a report to 1111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111\1. the U.S. ,bishops opposing the practice . The report, released to NC News with the cardinal's 'permission, includes reprints or excerpts from Vatican documents opposNovember 17 -18 Weekend ing the practice and' cites other evidence indicating that introduction of Communion in the hand in the United States would not be HELp"OTHERS HELP THEMSELVES pastorally sound. But in the past, when the topic has been brought up before the 111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 American bishops a majority of Tum to Page Three
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Human Development Collection
Rose Hawthorne Home Draws 'High Praise
Supreme Court To Hear Sc:hool Aid Cas'e WASHINGTON (NC) - The U. S. Supreme Court agreed Oct. 15 to decide whether federal funds for .educationally deprived children must be spent on nonpublic school children in Missouri at a rate comparable to that for public school children. At issue are Title I funds of the federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA). Under a 1968 provision of the act, local programs "designed to meet the special educational needs of educationally deprived children" in nonpublic schools must be comparable to those for public school children "with needs of equally high priority." The Missouri case was started by a group of students and their parents in Kansas City where $50 from Title I funds was being spent for each nonpublic school student while public school students were being helped at the rate of $275 per pupil. State education officials ar-' gued that the Missouri Constitution prohibits the sharing of personnel that would be required to bring aid to nonpublic school Turn to Page Three
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CAMPAIGN FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT: Three scenes show some of the different kinds of projects funded by the upcoming Campaign for Human Development collection Nov. 18. Top left: Children in rural Vermont open wide for teeth inspection when a mobile dentistry unit arrives in town. Bottom left: A farmer on one of the Sea Islands in South Carolina inspects peanuts grown on a cooperative farm. Right: A young man in Philadelphia's inner city takes part in a neighborhood cleanup effort. The three projects are among .149 grassroots programs which received $4.6 million in CHD funds this year. NC Photo.
Dr. Elizabeth Kubler-Ross, world renowned psychiatrist and authority on death and the dying, had words of high praise for the Rose Hawthorne Lathrop Home in Fall River which she visited while in the city for a lecture. She described the home, which cares for patients suffering from terminal cancer, during an appearance on a Boston television program two days later, saying "It was Qne of the most beautiful places I've ever seen. I would have liked to put on a white coat and stay there the rest of the day. "The patients were happy, the nuns were so open and cheerful and the place looked so beautiful, with flowers and colored sheets on the bed." The home, at 1600 Bay Street, opened in 1932 and since then has cared for cancer patients from all parts of New England without regard to their circumstances, absolutely refusing any recompense for what may be years of care. It is staffed by the community of Dominican Servants of Relief for Incurable Cancer, founded by Rose Hawthorne Lathrop, convert daughter of famed author Nath~lliel Hawthorne.
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',THE ANCHOR.Thurs., Nov. 8, 1973
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ROME (NC)-A three-member member commission has been named py the Internatir nal Federation of Catholic Pn 'S Agencies (FIAC) to draft pro):. , ,als for wider exchange of Cathrlic news throughoiJt the world. Suggestions 'will be sought, from Catholic journalists on all continents. The commission',is to prepare a plan for closer cooperation among Catholic news agencies. The plan will be submitted to the FIAC membership when the 10 World Congress of the Catholic Press convenes in Buenos Aires, Argentina in 1!>74. The commission membership consists of three officers of HAC:' Dr. Konrad, Kraemer, president, who is director of the Ger'man Catholic news' agency KNA; A.E.P. Wall, vice president, who is director and editor of NC News Service, and Mrs. Christine de Schryver, secretary-treasurer, who is director of the Belgian Catholic press agency CIP.
First Confession Booklet Released
EMPHASIZE BIRTHRIGH1~:: Durink the offertory procession in which each parish"so: ciet~ offered symbols of their~ervice to Ithe Church,.Mrs. Russell p,artri~ge, organizer of the , Birthright Movement for, Greater Fan Ri,yer, offers Bishop ,Cronin the newcst infant baptized at St. Louis de France P,!rish, Swansea! Glenn Laroche. Dut:ing the parish visitation Mass, the Bishop was thanked for his forceful statements against abortion and for right-,to life.. Mrs. Partridge is assisted by her husbapd and the bishop by Rev. 1.ouis Boivin, pastor.
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- BOSTON (NC)-A program in which teams of volunteers will visit each home in the archdiocese ~o help, "dissolve the apathy and feeling of alienation which separate men from God and from one another" has been announced here by Cardinai Humberto Medeiros of Boston. The new program, Visitors for Christ, is aimed at bringing "the presence of Christ's warmth and respect" to the lonely and alien· ated members cif society, according to the cardinal. Each parish will have its team of visitors, he added" who will J.lndergo training before being assigned a cluster of houses in which each family will be visited at least six times each year. Each visitor in the team,which may include as many as 10 individual visitors - will be responsible for visiting between eight and 10 homes per year. "In the last analysis," Cardinal Medeiros said, "the future shape of our society will depend basically upon the care and concern man has for his fellow man, and nqt merely upon spcial conventions' such as culture; education or system o('law,' vital as these may be."
Somerset Students To Visit Rome
For the opening of Holy TrinLOCKERBIE (NC) - Members the name the Presbyterians had Somerset High School students of St. Mungo's Catholic parish given to tne church ~ century ity as a CathoLic church, 'Bishop. here recently moved into their ago--the Chvrch of the Holy Joseph McGee of Galloway cel- are in the midst of planning a ebrated a morning Mass, ,and an trip to Rome during the,February WASHINGTON (NC - The new church-one that has been Trinity. ! . U. S. Catholic Conference a Presbyterian house of worship ecumenical service was held in school vacation. (USCC) has published "A StUdy for 100 years. the ,afternoon attended ?y the ' The trip is UDder the direction Paper for First Confession" in In 1929 the Church of ScotII I, mayor and town council and of Edward J. Ward, head of the booklet form. ' , , .land . (Pre~byter.ian)-:-~plh '.!jince, [» ed,,~: ./P,r~~Qyterian:: mini~ters.", ,. - ",r~~e~{s:·~~~~a~f~~:P:h~~:~~ Developed by the USCC's Di- 1843 into 'tw.o., fac,tlons"':"":was 'reRev,· C~ristopher, ,Christensen,:,' ,.,. , . ,: , ", :', o,ntl ttj'p'to"R:ome'thatthe'C'O(lple vision of, Religious Educat,ion- ,united. Efforts ?a,:e{. c.~rit!!?,~~lIy 'SS.CC~, '53 years 'old; chaplain of: . Office Prepares ': 'has chaperoned. Confraternity of Christian Doc- been made to umte the congrega1 For Cuban Refugees Mr. Ward has announced that trine (CCD, the study paper was tions in single churches. This fi- Sacr.ed ~farts Academy, FairWASHINGTON (NC) _ The students and adults would be inissued in September as an aid nally happened in Lockerbie, haven, d~ef suddenly on ~unday. '.,. . . '. c1uded in the group of 25. Born m l New York City, he for developing guidelines and re- leaving the village with a spare Among the activities planned Iigious education on first con- church. The Presbyterian congre- was ordained a priest at the U. S. bishops dlvlsl.on for ~I'Shrine of Ithe Immaculate Con- grants and refugees IS preparmg are an audience with Pope Paul fession and first Communion in gation was happy to sell its extra the wake of the Vatican decree church to the Catholic parish of ception, \jVashington, D. C., on ~or ab?ut 24,000 Cuban r.efugees ,VI, a full day excursion to FlorJune 11, 1946. He has serVied at m Spam and othe~,c?untn~s who ence and several "people to on the subject last summer. St. Mungo, , In an ecumenical gesture the S1. MatthJw Parish, Mt. Gilead, ?~e e~pected t~ reJom their fam- people" programs among which will be a proposed visit to a Ohio; St. 'Anthony in Mattapoi- Ihes m the Umted States. The study paper discusses Catholic parish deCided to kee Church law and custom on conP sett; St. ~ranCis Xavier Parish" The Division 'of Migration and Roman high school. fession and makes catechetical Acushnet; Holy Redeemer Parish, Refugee Service, U. S. Catholic and liturgical recommendations Maryknoller Wins Chatham; St. Joseph Parish, Fair- Conference, began making prepfor bringing children to the re- Journalism Award haven. i arations after being informed by ,," . R., ception of the sacrament of Pen- . NEW YORK (NC)-Maryknoll A conce~ebrated funeral Mass the' House Juaidary, :Conimittee ance. Father Donald J, Casey was one was offered f(Jr'. the de-Ceased ',:that:th'e refu,gees would 'sooii':be' fUNERAL"HOME INC. , " R:'MarceIRoy- G, Lorr~ine Roy This booklet is av~i1~~le of -three journalists 'named 'to re- ' 'chaplain' y~sterdaY'at' St. Joseph' :'arriVirig' iri-thEnJnitecf SUites:" Columbia University's ':Padsh; 'F~i:thaven;:''\~itb' burial ':' ,"The"clivlslon's direCtor, John E. through the public'afions office cei,:e Roger LaFrance _ James E. Barton ,or the' cct) , office 'of the USCC, Maz:ia l\190ts,. ~abot .'pr,ize':,,Jor in the 'S~cred Heart' Fathers' McCarthy, said the division. FUNERAL DIRECTORS would inform dioceses of the , at 1312 Massachusett's:Ave, N:W. inter:American' jo'uriuifism here. cemetery i~ that town. The .38-year-old priest who Fa'ther Christensen is survived name, address, sponsor and date 15 Irvington Ct. Washington, D: ~ .. was recently...' reassigned as a by two b1rothers and a sister ,of arrival of each refugee. and of New Bedford communications specialist in the from New !.Jersey and New York. various procedural details. 995-5166 missions in Peru, was editor of I Maryknoll magazine and director '_:===*:========================~l of the order's World Horizon Films from 1969 until Oct. I of I this year. ,6u~ Pn]y~rful ;rhe ,award, established in 1939, consists ,of a gold medal Goqd 'Nishes ,an,d $.1,000. " "Throug1r" the, magazine ,·you 10 ' ': ·e,dit ,and through the' splendid docJ.lmentaries', you, have filmed ,Bishop Connolly ,and produced, 'you have done much . to further sympathetic and understanding of the problems and aspirations of the peoples of ~ishop Gerrard Latin America," says the citation to Father Casey, which was read NAMED: Msgr. Bernard here at the' award presentation Law, 42, vicar general of the by Dr, William J. 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PARISH V~SITATION: Most Re\:,. Daniel A. Cronin, S.T.D., Bishop of Fall River, celebrated Sunday Mass at St. Louis de France Parish, Swansea, as part of his diocesan parish visitation. During the offertory.prQcession, the
bishop is pictured receiving the chalice for the Mass (left) from Normand'LeComte, parish trustee, and (right) the paten and hosts from Mrs. Normand LeComte. The bishop is assisted by Rev. Louis Boivin, pastor.
• Hand Bish'ops Have Pro and Con Arguments for Communion In Continued from Page One them have preferred introduction of the option. Proponents, however, have not: gained the twothirds majo'rity required for the Vatican to approve the introduction of the practice in this country. If the bishops do approve Communion in the hand for this country, their approval must still ..he r(ltifiecl; by the Vatican b~fore it can. go. i.nto..eff.E:ct., a~~ it.. will be app'roved' ;:>nly unaer strict conditions: . -That the practice be introduced in local churches only after extensive education under the direction of th€~ hishop and diocesan liturgical commission, so that Catholics will not have their faith disturbed by the change. -That in those places where the practice is introduced, it will be strictly optional for individuals-the ,trtlditional way of receiving on the tongue will always be maintained' as an option, for the sake of those who 'object to Communion in the hand or prefer to receive on the tongue. -That the practice can be introduced in eadi diocese only by the permission of that diocese's bishop. • -That Communion in either way will always he distributed directly to each individual by the proper minister of Communion, with the use of the usual formula. Gradull1 Increase In 1969 the Vatican said episcopal conferences could request permission for the Communionin"hand option in their own countries. When the matter first came up for a vote among the U.S. bishops in November 1970, 54. per cent approved the option-inore than half, but less than the twothirds needed for approval. A straw vote by mail before the bishops' April 1972 meeting showed 60 .per cent of the respondents in favor of the practice. As a result of the poll the question was not put to a vote at that meeting, but in a floor discussion Cardinal Carberry recommended a !;urvey of the laity
to determine their feelings on the their hands. Some argue that thois introduction of another optional to a question of pastoral concern, matter. distinction creates an anomaly element into the liturgy would with one side arguing that it The St. Louis prelate had ear- today as more and more lay min- further undermine the unity and would be better pastorally to introduce the option where it is lier ,conducted such a survey in isters are distributing Com- authority of the Church. his own archdiocese and found munion. "It can lead to divisiveness, wanted, with adequate education tb3t 71 per cent opposed the Other arguments are that the disagreements, unhappiness and so that those who disagree, will practice while only 29 per cent practice of Communion is aes- distress among the faithful; op- not be disturbed; and the other supported it. thetically unpleasing, that it tional factors lead to the under- side arguing that the potential The question of a poll was re- causes sanitary concern for mining of obligations, such as confusion and dangers to the ferred to the :bishops' Pastoral some, and that it is comparable Sunday Mass, support of one's faith would make the introducResearch and Practices Commit- only to the way babies are fed, Church, obedience to the laws of tion of the option pastorally tee, which' subsequently' ,rejeCted hence. utl.di~nJf.i.e(rror:.ali!JJts:~ . the Church: celibacy of the 'cler- unwise. it on the ,ground~ that_.~~.ch a .. ,:"."" " .TI1os.e.cAgai.,n,st.: ,,' . .... g~.~n~,.<?t~~r. ar~a~.:: ," the cars~rvey. ,wo~14: b~. m~ar!l~~ess While presenting these argu- dInal wrote: WIthout an IntenSIve ~ducatIOn~1 ments in his correspondence to Pastoral Concern effort to make the entIre CatholIc the U. S. bishops, Cardinal CarHe argued that where the pracContinued from Page One ~eople m~re aware of. whoat was berry also pointed out that only tice does exist in the United students up to a par with the Involved In the questIOn. 21 episcopal conferences out of States it is contrary to the disci- public school student aid. Arguments For 93, plus five nations without pline of the Church. "It would The case went to a federal apProponents of Communion in episcopal conferences, have re- seem that this decision should the hand argue that this was the quested permission for Commu- involve a serious consideration peals court in Missouri, which standard method of receiving nion in the hand so far. He also of the issues, and not merely the . ruled last March that, while comCommunion for the first nine or illustrated with a graph that number of individuals who have parable equipment, materials and ten centuries of the Church's his- after an initial surge of requests taken upon themselves to disre- supplies were being provided for both groups, the failure to share tory, not a recent innovation in- -11 in 1969, six in 1970 and gard the law," he said. tended to lessen reverence or re- five in 1971-the number of new Thus the lines are drawn up personnel was an arbitrary denial spect for the sacrament. nations receiving permission for for the debate. Neither side is of funds to nonpublic school stu.They point out that the change the option has dropped to two· arguing that there is anything dents. The court ordered an into .reception on the tongue. for' in' 1972 and two so far this year. intrinsically wrong with either junction issued against the State lay persons coincided with a risHe pointed out that of the 11 practice. Rather, it comes down Board of Education to correct the inequalitie!!. ing distinction between clergy English-speaking nations belongIn August, the education board and laity, in which it was felt ing to the International commit- Ukrainians Picket asked the Supreme Court to rethat only the clergy are worthy tee on English in the Liturgy, view the case, and the high to touch the sacred species with. only Canada has initiated Com- Vatican Official munion in the hand. . NEW YORK (NC)-About 100 court's Oct. 15 action was a reThe above statistics indicate Ukrainian-rite Catholic demon- sponse to that request. . Alaska Catholic that there is no great or rapid strators picketed a Vatican offimovement toward the use of this cial's visit here, voicing their Conference Formed JUNEAU (NC) - The bishops pr~ctice and they represent a objections to the Vatican's constatistical argument tinued refusal to establish an of Alaska have formed the Alas- strong PLUMBING & HEATING, INC. ka Catholic Conference with against the freque.ntly heard as- autonomous patriarchate for the Sales and Service largest Eastern-rite Bishop Francis T. Hurley,of Ju- sumption that the reception of world's for Domestic ~ Communion in the hand 'is only Church in union with Rome. neau as president. and Industrial ~ matter of time.''' the cardinal a Carrying placards with mesBishop Robert Whelan of FairOil Burners sages such as "Unity - Yes! 995-1631 banks is vice-president and wrote. .Opposition Given Uniformity - No.!" "Down with 2283 ACUSHNET AVENUE Archbishop Joseph Ryan of AnHe also pointed out that. the Latinization," and "Vatican NEW BEDFORD chorage is treasurer. The three bishops also make up the board initiation of the practice in re- Stop Dealing with Moscow," the paraded and cent years is not the result of de- demonstrators of directors. The conference will coordi- crees by the Second Vatican handed out leaflets in front of nate the activities of the three Council, which makes no men- the New York Athletic Club here dioceses in the state in areas of tion of the possibility, but has while a luncheon was being held religion, health, education and come as the result of Vatican inside for the visiting secresocial welfare. ' attention to the fact that the tary of the Vatican's Congrega102 Shawomet Avenue "The ACC is a state version practice has been started in some tion for Eastern-rite Churches, Somerset, M~ss. Archbishop Mario Brini. of the United States Catholic places without authorization. Tel. 674·4881 Similar demonstrations against Cardinal Carberry summed up Conference," commented Bishop Hurley: "What the usec at- arguments in opposition to intro- Archbishop Brini had been held 3% room Apartment $155.00 per month tempts to accomplish nationally ducing the practice. focusing es- at luncheol}s in Philadelphia 4Yz room Apartment $165.00 per the ACC will attempt on a state pecially on a concern for lack of Sept. 27 and in Pittsburgh Sept. month basis, though our scope will be reverence to the sacrament, gen- 28, promoted principally by the includes heat, hot water, stove, reSociety for a Patriarchal System eral opposition among the laity extremely limited at the presfrigerator and maintenance service. to the practice, and a fear that in the Ukrainian Catholic Church. esnt," he added.
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Some people prefer marijuana, but reading newspapers -good, bad, and indifferent-happens to be this writer's peculiar form of drug addic~ion. That's one of many (let's say a thousand) reasons why I always· enjoy visiting Rome. ' Most American cities, large or small, are' down to two . imately 100 employees of the national airline, Alitalia, who have daily papers, and many, alas, started judicial proceedings can boast of only one - if . against five airline pilots on the By MSGR. GEORGE G. HIGGINS
grounds that the latter have abused or exceeded their authority in dealing with certain members of their crews. In each case the captain has been accllsed of giving a steward or stewardess "a humiliating and illegal order to disembark either in Italy or in a foreign country." One case in particular was almost too' ridiculous to be true. The aggrieved stewardess' has charged that the captain of her flight, in going through the usual ritual of introducing the flight attendants to his passengers, made fun of her family name. When she replied (presumably over the loud speaker) that she really couldn't do anything about her' name, the captain immediately ordered her to' get off the plane. He said he didn't like having people in hiscrew who couldn't appreciate his sense of humor , (sic).
boast is the proper word to use in this connection. Rome, on the other hand, has too many daily papers-if such a thing be possible. To make matters worse (or hcttcr from the addict's point of view) 'R~man newspaper kiosks, which are among the seven wonc1ers of the world, also display a 'plethora of papers published in other parts of Italy and in other countries as well, including England' and the U. S. A. All this and I;teaven too! This simply has to ,be the most Local Interest humorless statement ever made The fact that many Italian by an airline pilot in the same or papers are politically-controlled similar circumstances" whether and are accused of slanting the in Italy or Afghanistan. If there news accordingly is, from the is any justice in this male· addict's point of view irrelevant. dominated world',; the"captain 'In .. The confirmed addict will devour question will- get his comeupthem in any quantity 'and ~ith pance from the Roman judge' to uninhibited relish regardless of whom the stewardess' complaint. their political coloration or their has bee~ referred. On the other hand, if the judge is so lacking alleged lack of objectivity. From the little I know about in chivalry as to rule against Italy, I am'in no position to say her, he will rightly be held up to ... whether or not its papers, by scorn as a ma Ie c hau~mlst pig. comparison with their American Mixed~up Case counterparts, are in fact lacking in objectivity. All I know is that As, an inveterate air traveller, I can't stop reading them. I can sympathize with the hapDuring the course of the next less stewardess involved in this few months,' I may be foolish crazy, mixed-up case. To coin a' enough to comment in passing on phrase, some of my best friends what the Italian papers are say- are airline pilots. I must say,' ing about controversial matters however, that by and large they of international significance- tend to' talk .too much. over the the military coup in Chile, for loud speaker and are seldom, if example, or the crisis in the Mid- :ever, as humorous as th~y dle East. Meanwhile, let me call Jieem to think they are. attention to a fascinating story A little so-called or would-be of purely local interest which ap- humor from the cockpit is par peared in last week's papers. for the course, but when a stewToo Ridiculous ardess is penalized for not going The story involved - approx- along with the gag, it's time for women's lib to rise up in arms and bring the offending captain Anglicans, Catholics to his senses. In doing so, they will be per.Near Recognition . LOUISVILLE (NC)-Within a forming a. service to all of us few years, the Catholic and An- who resent having to listen, as glican Churches may be able to members of a. captive audience, recognize each other as "sister to .a lot of chit.chat from . the churches in the Catholic commu- cockpit when we would prefer nion," an Episcopalian bishop to be napping, or reading a .detective story, or simply looking told a Cathot'ic congregation here. Bishop Arthur Vogel ,of West out the window and meditating Missouri said that mutual.recog- on the inscrutable meaning of nition may follow· the comple- life and death. tion of a nllmber of theological Pilots, in short, are not even consultations between the Cath- to' be seen, much less to be heard. olic and Anglican Churches in- They have enough to do up front cluding the Episcopal Church in monitoring all those electronic . the United States. . gadgets, without boring the pasBishop Vogel was here for the sengers-and embarrassing the general convocation of the Epis- crew-with a lot.of useless inforcopal Church in America, the mation and/or feble attempts at U. S. branch of the Anglican humor. Communron. 1973 NC Features,)
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RECE~TION: More than 400 Sacred Heart parishioners gathered to honor their former pastor ~nd assistant pastor for over 25 years, Rev. Msgr. Lester L. Hull. Participants in the program included: (left to right) Most Rev. James L. Connolly, D.p., D.Sc.Hist., FormeI' Bishop of Fall River; Msgr. Hull; Most Rev. James J. Gerrard, Auxiliary Bishop of Fall River; Rev. William F. O'Connell, present pastor of Sacred Heart Parish, Fall River.
Ano,nymous Half-Mililion-Dollar Pledge enrollment of 239, serves the two', cost·the Catbolic system an. estiparishes in Casca.de and four mated $80,000 more per year, parishes in nearby communiti~s. she said. It is part of a consolidated elet,.. C~~paign.. .. the Catholic. h:igh school.operat· met:ltary ~ch091-I1·igh s~h~o.l. sysing in this" small' eastern' Iowa tem, which operates partly .on. . , '. When POPS' launchad a cam· community.' -" -':.' ' . tuition and' partly' on . subsidy paign to raise additional funds from the parishes it serves. Expressing ,thanks for his own to cover the projected deficits, Catholic education, the donor Carol Ady, secretary of the the anonymous donor offered to said he was inspired to make his high school and secretary of an keep the high school open by gift by the efforts of Catholics organization known as POP? covering the whole system's defiin the area to raise funds to keep (Preserve Our Parochial System), cit for the next five year, providAquin High School going, after said the decision by the school ed the paris,hioners maintain it was announced in October that 'board to close th:~ high school their current commitment to the schoool 'board had recom- was mainly the result of the loss keeping the schools open. mended closing the school at the of ~shared time'.' programs with He urged other Catholics who end of the 1'973.74 school year. public schools on the elementary are "similarly blessed" to become Six :Parishes school level. Aquir. High School, with an The "shared time" loss would patrons of oth~rCatholic schools. CASCADE (NC) - An anonymous donor gave $100,000 and pledged a total of up to $500,000 over the nex~ five years to keep
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Says Reti rement Major Plroblem Of Religiious WASHINGTON (NC) - "The cost of providing for retired members is a major, if not the major, problem" facing religious communities today, according to a task force report sent to the U. S. bishops. Pointing out that three out of eight Religious men and women in the United States today are over 60 years old, the report described the situation as "alarming." Recent federal legislation making Religious eligible for Social Security benefits is "highly advantageous for many religious communities," the report said," but it pointed out that if all 170,000 U. S. Religious joined Social Security today, the initial ca.sh outlay would be about $150 million. (If this amount were to be raised by 1. contribution, it ~ould require $3 from each Catholicman, woman and child-in the United States. The largest national collection each year in the United States, .for missions, raises only $10 million.) The report urged bishops: Future Contracts LIVELY DANCE CROWD: Lively dancers are a blur of motion at an afternoon get -To make Catholics aware of together in a senior citizens' club originated by St. Helena's parish in the. Bronx, N.Y. The the immensity and seriousness of club which began in a storefront two years ago, now has a mailing list of 4,000 and is headthe retirement problem for Religious, and especially to make quartered in large quarters atop a restaurant. NC Photo. them aware of the millions of dollars that Religious give to the Catholic community each year iil "contributed services," the DUBLIN (NC)-The Irish bish- the Irish bishops appeared in the lical condemning artificial birth differential between their pay contrOl) especially," the Irish scale and the pay scale that lay ops' "failure to .deal with unor- " Irish Press,'a, Dublin daily bishops have chosen to remain The magazine said the situathodoxy in the Pontifical Univerpersons' would :receive incomsity of Mayno'oth is "nothing tion at Maynooth became so silent," the magazine said. parable jobs.. "They have done so to the utter serious that a year or so ago a -To include full retirement or short of a national scandal," an confusion and bewilderment of group of senior professors sent in a Scottish magazine article pension provisions in future conto every bishop in Ireland copies both clergy and laity. They must, tracts with Religious communi- claimed. of a document in which they pro- therefore, be held responsible The magazine, Approaches, edties, and to find ways to help tested the state of affairs at the before Almighty God for the . ited by Hamish Fraser, says it make up for the lack of such prodoubts, if not loss of faith, sufuniversity. aims at promoting lay initiatives visions in th~ past. "Despite the constant, repeat- fered by many trusting and sin-. in the temporal order that are juThe report came as the result ridically distinct from the bish- ed and publicly expressed views cere Catholics." of a year of extensive study by ops, but in a spirit of uncompro- of many Maynooth professors The magazine also said: "Maythe Task Force on the Funding mising fidelity to the social doc- who are openly at variance with nooth has become very much a of the Retirement of Religious, trines of the Church. papal teaching and with Hu- college of mixed sexes and some which' was established by the An account of its attack on manae Vitae (Pope Paul's encyc- professors have had to convey Administrative Board of the complaints to the bishops of unUnited" States Catholic Conferbecoming and even immoral beence (USCC) in September, 1972. havior." Chaired by.Msgr. Olin Murdick, 'Half Truths' secretary of the USCC DepartCommenting on the Scottish ment of Education, the task LONDON (NC) - One-third of cialgovernment discriminated force gathered data from '477 British voters thinks that the against Catholics in jobs, housing magazine article, T. P. O'Mahony, communities of men and women unification of Northern Ireland and voting. Protest demonstra- the religion writer of the Irish with' a membership totaling with the Irish Republic to form tions by Catholics eventually led Press, said: "Ridden with half108,515-almost two thirds of a completely independent United to t~e present violence in which truths, quotations out of context, the Religious in the United Ireland would be the best way of hundreds of persons have been and even innuendo and relyling for the most part on the 'alleStates. restoring peace there," a recent killed. Britain abolished the pro- gations' and 'claims' of the vincial government and took over survey indicates. Catholic Priests' Asociation of direct rule of Northern Ireland in "The survey, carried out by the England and Wales (an associaFederation Reports Opinion Research Center for The 1972. tion which was rebuked by the Although the largest segment High Dues Payment Times of London, found that 34 English hierarchy in a statement CHICAGO (NC)-The National per 'cent of British voters consid- of those surveyed considered issued a few days ago after their Irish unification the best solu'Federation of Priests' Councils ered that the best solution. regular October meeting), this (NFPC) reported an average The survey found that 24 per tion, 34 per cent 'considered a dossier is a most distasteful and dues-assessment payment of 87 cent of the voters considered the provincial .government in North- probably libelous piece of gutter per cent over the last three years, total integration of Northern Ire- ern .Ireland responsible to the literature." a rate that is "terrific for a vol- land with Great Britain the best British government as the most O'Mahony said the vision of untary organization" according solution. Northern Ireland, now likely to happen; 26 per cent con- the Church propounded by the to Father Patrick Carney, NFPC a British province, would then sidered total integration with Scottish magazine "is one of Britain most likely. Only 20 per treasurer. be governed as Scotland and cent considered the unification rulers and serfs, a Church in The five-year-old NFPC is Wales are now. of Ireland as an independent na- which truth is regarded not only as something static but as the made up of priests' senates," Twenty-three per cent of the tion most likely. councils and associations around voters said they prefer a provinThirty-two per cent of those preserve ultimately of one man. the country. Its local councils cial government in Northern Ire- surveyed considered the unifica"As a consequence anybody are assessed on the basis of the land responsible to the British tion of Ireland the solution most who so much as gives the imnumber of priests in the council. government - a solution similar likely to lead to greater violence; pression of' holding a contrary Father Carney told Priests- to the situation that prevailed in 28 per cent considered total in- view is to be purged unmercifulUSA, the federation's monthly Northern Ireland for tbe past 50 tegration with Britain most likely ly. For the spirit of this docnewspaper, that the national years. to lead to greater violence and ument is totally at odds not just office received $336,987 of a The Catholic minority in 15 per cent thought the provin- with Vatican II but with the total assessment of $420,157 Northern Ireland charged that cial government solution would Gospels of Jesus Christ in whose name it pfirports to be issued." over the past three years. the Protestant-dominatedprovin- have that result.
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Plan Statement On Formation Of Conscience OTTAWA (NC) - Canada's bishops are expected to produce a statement on the formation of conscience for Catholics within the next few months, according to Bishop William Power of Antigonish, Nova Scotia, former president of the Canadian Catholic Conference of bishops (Ccq. Bishop Power said the CCC has produced a draft document on conscience that is currently undergoing a process of revision in French and English. "What we have tried to do is to situate for Christians the various dimensions involved in the formation of conscience. We examine the ways a Christian endeavors to imitate Christ and wal,k in His footsteps under the guidance of the Holy Spirit," Bishop Power said. In an interview at the recent semi-annual CCC meeting in Ottawa, Bishop P.ower said the statement also considers the position and obligation of Catholics in forming their consciences, depending on circumstances and knowledge. In 1968, when the Canadian bishops issued a statement on Pope Paul's encyclical on birth control, Humanae Vitae, they promised to develop a more detailed document on the formation of conscience. Father Everett MacNeil, CCC general secretary; said the bish, ops have been "wrestling with key' problems on the new con路science statement during the last two plenary sessions."
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Expla ins P~pe' s Letter to Jesuit Superior General
THE ANCHOR'-Diocese of Fall River-Thurs., Nov. 8, 1973
What' It Really Means
WASHINGTON (NC) - Pope A one-man Senatorial inquiry has gone on in WashingPaul's letter to the Jesuit supeton...:...and has been little noticed by press or people-looking rior general concerning the Jesuinto the whole sl>bject of "American Families: Trends and its' general, congregation was "a Pressures." , point of clarity rather than a warning," according to Father One of the witnesses was the anthropologist, Dr. Mar; James L. Connor, assistant to the garet Mead, who testified: "The 'country is in terrible shape. president of the U.S. Jesuit onRichest and strongest of nations we may be, but we seem ference. to have iost any concern for those who are young or weak, The congregation-to be held in December 1974 in Rome-will oldor poor ..." Dr. 'Mead went on to say that Americ.a has bring together about 240 elected slid into "a pit of deterioration, corruption, apathy, indifferrepresentatives of the Jesuits to ence and outright brutality toward the weak, the sick, the discuss the future of the society young and the poor." and changes in its more than 400-year-old structures. Declaring that the time was long p~st for mending the Nothing in the Pope's letter, country, Dr. Mead sa.id: "We can now take into account both Father Connor said, disagrees the dreadful consequences of valuing a budget more than with anytbing that the Jesuit caring for/people, and cutting services to human beings to superior general, Spanish Father save funds for 'oil subsid~s, strip mining and more and more Pedro Arrupe, has said in the past. deadly weapons." _ All of the statements in the 1 The British historian Arnold Toynbee once remarked Pope's letter, he noted, were conthat he thought the Twentieth Century'would go down in .~~:break ~e hellish clrele 01 pove~;' sistent with subjects which Fathe annals of man as the century ~hen people became conther Arrupe already has "developed at great length." . cerned about the needs of their neighbors and did something In his letter to the Jesuits, about it. Pope Paul said the Jesuits should Th~ Twentieth Century is running out. There is much resist attempts to introduce new talk about helping one's neighbors. The country is slowly-'methods of decision-making that undermine the notion of obeditoo slowly-becoming aware of the plight of the elderly on ence and that will alter the nainadequate fixed incomes, on the poor who cannot even ture of the Society of Jesus. begin to get the training that will help them lift themselves Interested, Concerned : : : out of the prison of povery, of the small needed projects so < The papal letter also reminded important to life but seeming so insignificant in themselvesFather Arrupe that the Pope's associates have "called your ata well in Southwestern United States, a laundry in a ghetto tention more than once" to "cerare~ where there is no hot water, an English-language school Prayer of the Faith/uI tain tendencies" that, "if fostered for those newly-arrived in the United States, a halfway and given support, could lead to house to bring someone trying to conquer a problem into· FOlr the 1973 Campaign for Human Development serious and possibly irreparable the mainstream of society. ' . changes in the essential structure '. N.ovember 11-18, 1973 ' .' its~lf of your society.". There is Just so much that 'the government' wilr'and Father Connor said the Pope should do. It can prov~de. the massive. aplounts' o( money . ' , was saying- only 'that, he was 'needed'. But 'iegislationand allotinenU;' artd planning 'projects 'FEllEST: Let us pray. God solicits our intense and actjve "very interested in ana coninvolving the government go slowly. And meanwhile, people cooperation in the work of helping the poor. He cerned about the upcoming genare in need. asks us to act in His Spirit, with His grace. Let eral congregation." "The Pope," Father Connor exus pray for guidance and strength. And those in need want to know that their .concerns are plained, "is- clearly supporting also the c'oncernsnot of an impersonal government but' of the (superior) general." He addmen and women like themselves. This is where the Cam- LECTOR: The response to the petitions in the Prayer of ed that the Pope, "throughout his letter ... expresses his affection paign for Human Development comes in. It is a matter of the Faithful is, "Lord, hear our prayer." for the society.. ; . He recogbrother helping brother to break the hellish circle of povnizes the good work of so many That the Church may always seek God's king- Jesuits throughout the world." ertyand to walk in the measure of dignity and modest dom and His will as our first order of business, comfort that should be the heritage of every American. However, the Pope, Father let us pray to the Lord. It is a matter of funding the small but far from unimporConnor added, looks upon the Jesuits as a, "sort of weathertant self-help projects that can give encouragement to That all the Church's ministers may inspire us vane" for other religious orders. those in need because showing them that there are those to receive the Spirit of God's .generosity, let us Therefore the Pope is especially who care and there are those' whose caring takes the intetested in any new direction pray to the Lord. form of concrete help, here and now. the Jesuits may take, because it That those who have an abundance of this may forecast similar moves by When our Churches ao_nounce the Campaign this world's goods may not close their hearts to other congregations. coming weekend for the November 17-18 weekend, this those who have not, let us pray to the Lord. is what it really means. Lauds Copernicus. It . means that Catholics and others in this area are That the poor may see God's love manifested in As Man of Faith willing to care, to change the shape of the country, to touch the care and concern of their fellowmen, let us CHICAGO (NC) - Cardinal the lives of others for the better, to place into the hands of pray to the Lord. 'John Krol of Philadelphia re, their brothers and sisters the means of breaking the circle That all men of good will may ~be strength~ned ceived the Heritage Award of of poverty that enslaves' them. It means that they are willing the Polish American Congress for their work in God's Kingdom, let us pray here Oct. 14 and praised the to change an' attitude of indifference and bruality toward to the Lord. Polish astronomer Nicholas Cothose in need. It means that they are aware of the needs of pernicus as a "man of faith." neighbors and are doing something about it. This is what, That all the faithful departed, especially (menNoting that Copernicus, the itrea~ly means. tion deceased) may now know God's fatherly'· 500th anniversary of whose birth , affection, let us pray to the Lord. is being observed this year, is
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School ()fficia I Scores "rend To Athe!ism PHOENIX (NC)-The atheists have taken over public educa60n in the United States with the passive approval of those who helieve in God, according to Dr. Weldon P. Shofstall, Arizona state superintendent of public instruction. While speaking at the dedication ceremonies of a new building at a local private high school, Dr. Shofstall said:. "The greatest achievement of the devil in America today is the fact a state superintendent of schools may not legally participate in any activity in a public . school building for the purpose of overtly knowing, understanding and doing the will of God." Sees Misconceptions The trend toward atheism, he said, is caused by four misconceptions on the part of those who believe in God: A belief that religion is exclusively a personal matter. A belief that separation of church and state includes the :;eparation of religion and education. An acceptance of collectivism in the name of its opposite, individualism. An acceptance of humanism us theism. "In countries where the only religion is worship of the state, II theistic or God-centered, religion is allowed only as an exclusively personal matter," Dr. Shofstall said. "In the United States, the atheists and agnostics contemptuously tolerate religion [IS a persona] matter because they consider it is irrelevant in daily citizensl1.ip and in professional and cultural affairs. Unfortunately, many Christians oelieve them and very few know what to say in opposition." 'Personal Matter' Many Christians, he added, have failed to realize the impact their actions have on others. "We cannot simultaneously helieve in Goel and consider our religion a purely personal matter," he said. "A society in which, religion is only a personal matter must be a society of cultural . barbarism_ and disguised animalism." Turning to the belief that separation of church and state means a complete separation of religion and education, Dr. Shofstall saic!: "The (U. S.) Supreme Court had banned prayer ... and in effect conv:inced the American public we can educate without belief in a supreme being." The decisions of the Court banning prayer in public' schools, he said, are not the reasons for atheism in the schools. . The rulings, Dr. Shofstall added, "are a symptom of the inability of the American public to settle the ultimate consequences of an atheistie or agnostic state."
Marks Anniversary. East Berlin (NC)-The 200th anniversary of the first postReformation Roman Catholic church built in Berlin is being marked here this, year. The second-century observances at the church, St. Hedwig's Cathedral in East Berlin, include a Pontifical High Mass to be celebrated by Cardinal Alfred Bengsch of lBerlin, who resides in East Berlin.
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CFM MEETING: Couples active in the Christian Family Movement of St. Mary's Parish, MansfielQ. Meetings are held weekly in members' homes, and participants discuss husband-wife relationship, child raising, role of family in church and society.
CFM Is Alive and路 Well and Living At St. Mary's Parish, Mansfield A "CFM Sunday" held recently at St. Mary's Church, Mansfield, highlighted an intensive expansion campaign currently being conducted by Christian Family Movement members in the parish. ' The day included coffee hours following every Mass, a display of CFM literature,' continuous showing of a CFM slide show, distribution of explanatory leaflets and special sermons explain路 ing the organization. Results were "about 200 per cent better than expected," said Rev. Mr. William Costello, deacon at St. Mary's and one of the CFM chaplains ,in the 'parish. It had been hoped to recruit about eight new couples to join the five parish couples already in CFM. Instead, 16 couples have joined .the group, and several others "are still thinking about it. " What Is It?
marriages, their families and the community in which they live. Communication in marriage," child development and social problems are a Jew of the many topics discussed.
and personal, but they have been examining, In the beginning, group actions are" small and personal, but as a CFM unit develops, actions become more involved and community wide.
The reasons why people join CFM vary with each couple. Some couples in the current St. Mary's group are new to the Mansfield area and see CFM as a way of getting to meet people and sinking their roots in the community. Other couples like the fact that CFM offers them a chance to do something together as husband and wife. Some people see the movement as an opportunity for adult companionship and a method for discussing areas of common concern with others.
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In CFM, group discussion and action are used to enable couples to grow as people and as Christians. Couples, are involved in CFM over a period of time, which enables people to grow at their own pace.
What is CFM, to deserve all this effort? "A new movement for couples," explained Rev. Mr. Main Parts Costellq, "it focuses on the husThe two main parts of the band-wife relationship, the raising of children, and the role of CFM meeting are the "reflection" the family in church and" society. and the "social inquiry." The "reCouples in ecumenkal marriages flection" involves reading and are particularly welcome to discussing a passage from the join." Bible or other inspirational The organization enjoyed wide books. In the "social inquiry," popularity among Catholics in the couples examine the contem, the 50's and early 60's, but has ~ porary env'ironment, using. a been comparatively unheard technique of observe/judge/act from in recent years. Its tech- to deal with daily life. CFM niques are still viable, however, couples observe or get the facts and have scored 'impressively in concerning a real life situation. For example they may observe Mansfield. CFM attempts to improve the the treatment of elderly people. quality. of family life through Then they judge if there is a discussion. and action, said Rev. need for change. Finally, as indiMr. Costello. Small groups of six viduals or a group, the couples couples meet in members' homes act to improve the situation they on a bi-weekly basis. They talk have been examining.. In the beabout things important to their ginning, group actions are small
An important part of the CFM meeting is a short social period with refreshments. This enables couples to become better acquainted and it builds community spirit. The St. Mary's Christian Family Movement is planning several special events during the year for its members. An evening of reflection is slated for the upcoming Advent season. An Epiphany Pot Luck Supper is scheduled for a Saturday evening in early January. On Wednesday of Holy Week-1974, CFM will conduct a Passover Seder Supper as a means of examining the Jewish roots of ChrIstianity. A rummage/yard sale will be held in the spring of 1974, and the CFM season will wrap up in June with a Saturday picnic for member families.
Ask Laity to Name Bishop Candidates CLEVELAND (NC)-Catholics in the diocese of Cleveland have been asked to name candidates for the office of bishop as the first step in the selection process, it was announced here. Father James Grandillo, chairman of the selection committee; said that a list of 10 names will be submitted by the committee to Bishop Clarence Issenmann of Cleveland, who then will send a list of candidates to the apostolic delegate in the U. S. The final decision is made at the Va\i<;an. .
ST. LOUIS (NC)-The clergy, teachers and parents must be prepared to set good examples for children if anti-Semitism is to be destroyed, according to Jesuit Father Paul C. Reinert, president of St. Louis University here. ' Father Reinert made his reo marks -after receiving an award from the American Jewish Committee's (AJC) national executive council, which held its annual meeting here. "The teacher in the schoolroom, the priest in the pulpit, the father at the head of the table," Father Reinert said, "what they say, do, and feel bears on the children as much as any printed page, if not more so." The award was given t(} Father Reinert in recognition of the pioneer leadership given during the 1950s by St. Louis University in conducting the first systematic investigation of the portrayal of Jews in Catholic textbooks. These studies formed the pasis of a series of memoranda, prepared by the AJC and made available to the Second Vatican Council. They have been widely credited with aiding the council's adoption of its Declaration on Non-Christian Religions, which repudiated anti-Semitism and called for continued dialogue between Catholics and Jews.
Relief Aid Sought For War Victims NEW YORK (NC)-Catholic Relief Services (CRS) needs money, medical supplies, blankets, clothing and shoes to help the victims of the Middle East war, it was anounced here. Msgr. John Nolan, president of the Pontifical Mission for Palestine and national secretary of the Catholic Near East Welfare Association (CNEWA), said his organizations were coordinating their supply efforts through CRS, U. S. Catholics' overseas aid agency. Msgr: Nolan said he received a phone call here Oct. 15 from the Pontifical Mission's area office in Beirut, Lebanon, advising him of a "critical need for relief supplies." The need "is increasing alarmingly day by day" for clothing, blankets, shoes, hospital equipment, medicine and antibiotics, Msgr. Nolan said.
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Wlhy Are Fried Eels Better Tihan Bearns, Brown Bread? I enjoy cooking, especially trying new recipes. My problem is that I have children who would eat hamburgers or frankfurters at every meal if I let them, and who regard anything new with suspicion, If one of my kids hollers: "Mom's making hot dogs and beans for supper!" matico He sampled the menl. then asked, "Did it take you the kitchen fills with hungry long to make this?" children immediately. But Favorite Appetite
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later," "Or, "I thnk I'll take my girl friend out for pizza tonight." It's deflating' to my ego. Last night was "a perfect example. I made a steak and kidney pie. Admittedly, with food prices what they are, it was mostly kidney. The bit of steak was just to improve the name. . My husband thought it was delicious. I thought it was delicious. The kids thought .... things like, "Yuccch'" When I told them it was "Cornish Steak Pie"· one commented, "You used good steak to make this?" . You Can't Win There's a way of getting more mileage from iil ham than the pig did who was originally walking on it. My 'supermarket had a special on hams, 'soI bought a whole one. I had the butcher cut the center slices. This gave me the ham steaks to broil, two halves to freeze; and the bones for soup. When it was time to use one of the halves, I cut the excess fat from it and rendered it, giving me a supply of ham fat for frying as well as the little fried out bits. That night we had baked ham. No problems. The next night I took the drippings from the baked ham, the bits of fried out fat and made home-baked beans. It was a raw day, and the beans "an~ molasses cooking smelled good. I got carried away and made steamed Boston brown bread to go with them and the left over sliced ham. All I needed was a good salad. . A recipe for "Frozen Cranberry and" Pineapple Salad" sounded just right. It was a delicious, attractive. wj!ll-balanced, nutritious meal ... They didn't like it. "Mom why don't you make the canned beans, instead of this kind?" '''Why didn't you just make cranberry sauce out of the cranberries?" " "Why couldn't we just have had ham sandwiches ... on regular bread?" The classic in carefully couched comments came from one son who tried to be diplo-
Their tastes puzzle me. The same kids who-don't like my exotic dishes enjoy raw clams, fried eels, and pickled mussels. They'll "turn up their noses at my split pea soup, but relish Camembert cheese and pumpernickel bread. The quick answer might be that it's my cooking. But God iii' His goodness gave my kids a mixture of tastes. While most of them like simple, standard food, one has ,an appetite like a sump pump. I'll concoct a supper out of a .bit of left-over chicken, broth cooked from the bones, and steamed rice, and my favorite appetite will say, "MOl!), this is great. I love left-overs. Can I have more?" Meanwhile, the rest of them are trying to lose it by pushing "it around the edge of their plates. Some day I'm going to write a cookbook entitled: DO I HAVE TO EAT IT? .. subtitled, YES.
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SURPRISE VISIT TO CEMETERY: Pope Paul VI stands in ~is open car and blesses the crowd as he leaves Verano cemetery in Rome after a surprise visit on All Souls' Day. Acting as bishop of Rome, the Holy Father joined thousands of visitors in offering prayers for the dead. It was his first visit there since shody after his election as pope in 1963. NC Photo
Vv'h€lelchai'r Col.lege Stud~nt Knows What She Wants
SIOUX CITY (NC)-"I know what I want and I'm gonna get it. I'm not going 'to let the chair stop me." The chair is a wheelchair. The words of determination are from its occupant, Janet Gandy, 18, a Schedule Thanksgiving freshman at Briar Cliff College. a Catholic liberal arts college in Clothing Collection Sioux City. She has been in "the NEW YORK (NC) -" Sharply rising operation costs have chair" since she was five. Miss Gandy has osteogensis forced Catholic Relief Services (CRS), overseas aid agency of imperfecta, "commonly called U. S. Catholics, to cancel this ,brittle bone. ."I'm not a true brittle bone year 1s annual Thanksgiving Clothing Collection in 35 West- because I would have to be" physically hit. to break a bone. ern U. S. dioceses. But despite that setback, A true brittle bone can simply American families were being break his arm by lifting it. asked again to check their per"A sociology major, Miss Gandy sonal clothing inventory and to hopes to work in a referral cencontribute whatever usable items ter where she can help other of clothing and bedding they can handl:capped people find jobs, spare to" help poor and needy "r think my condition will be people overseas. an asset in the kind of job I The collection will be con- want,"she said. "I know there are ducted during November in most people in that" type of work right dioceses throughout the country. now who can't know what it's Catholic 'churches will again really like (being handicapped). serve as collection depots. I think I'll be able to relate better." See Reconsecrated Although she is an EpiscopaTo Sacred Heart lian, Miss Gandy chose the Cath~ PHILADELPHIA (NC)"....:.... The olic college here in Iowa because Philadelphia archdiocese was re- two 0,( her brothers (one a conconsecrated to the Sacred Heart vert to Catholicism) attended it. of Jesus in a ceremony that "I know the people up here. I came exactly 100 years after the liked the place before I even " started. The people up here treat original consecration. In the ceremony at SS. Peter me just like anyone else. That's and Paul Cathednil here, Car- the way I like to be treated." But Miss Gandy is not just dinal Krol used the words of Bishop James F. Wood, who pre- anyone else. Afflicted with her sided at the 1873 event, in ded- disease since she was six months icating the institutions, "lives, old, she spent most of her life "labors, thoughts: words, actions . from ages eight to 15 in Shrine· and sufferings"of the people of hospitals. She attended high the archdiocese to the Sacred school in Sioux City for half a Heart. " year, but graduated with her In the sermon, Father John peers because she had been P. Foley. editor of The €atholic tutored at home. Standard and Times, archdiocShe wants to get a motorized esan newspaper, told the congre- wheekhair because she can no gation of 1,800: longer move her chair and she is "Because men and women not expected to walk again. Felhave forgotten that God is love, low students recognize her needs they have become unresponsive and she apreciates that. "Living to God's invitation to love Him " in the dorm up here is an advanand to love others a~ themselves; tage. The kids are really helpful they have become spiritually when it comes to helping me cold and socially insensitive." . dress and takin~ me to classes."
Her dormitory room in Briar Cliff's Alverno Hall shows that she is cheery as well as being a good student--she carries a str~:mg "B" grade point in sociology, speech and English. The walls of her room are hung with
humorous posters and a stereo and a television set bring entertainment. "She keeps in touch with friends by telephoning or writing them letters, just like any college student. But writing is something special for Miss Gandy. She said she wants to write magCharges - Authorities azine articles some day. " With Discrimination With her strong sense of purRIO : DE JANEIRO (!'II C) pose, "Janet'GandY"'m"ight be a Cardirial" Avehir" BrandliO Viiela' byline to watch for. But if you of Sao Salvador da Bahia ac- don't see it you can know that cused Brazilian authorities of "the chair" was not responsible. discriminating against him. The cardinal said that a deci- Youth Week Manual I sion to cancel the planned award to him of the medial of merit of Encourages Trust the noitheastern Brazilian state WASHINGTON (NC)-A sense of Pernambuco was "a gesture of trust that "must take the place of public hostility>' of fear and suspicion"was the aim The cardinal's accusation is of the National Youth "Week Oct. the latest in a series of incidents 28 to Nov. 4. . deepening tension between BraA manual published here and zil's military rullers and the prepared for the observance Catholic Church, to which more states that "trust is that special than 90 per cent of Brazil's 100 quality that enables you to freely million' people belong. place yourself, your life, ,in the Cardinal Brandao Vilela was hands of the Spirit and others." awarded the Pernambuco medal Sections of the booklet examof merit and then the state's gov- ine leadersnip potential, underernor cancelled the award a standing people and process, acweek later. tion projects for youth groups, and ways to communicate more effectively. . Vatican Official Sees One of the objectives of Youth Week since 1952 has been to Mission Growth bring together youth groups of PITTSBURGH (NC)-Catholic missions around the world are various faiths. "doing very well despite unfriendly governments and dollar devaluation, . according to Archbishop Duraisamy Lourdusamy, secretary of the Vatican Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples. While here to speak to the" Pontifical Association of the Holy Childhood, the archbishop said: "Las~ year we took a survey Bishop Feehan High of mission growth in Africa, Asia, Oceania, part of South School Cafeteria America, and many other countries covering the past 20 years. Every Wednesday Eve Contrary to what we expected, the results were very encourag. DOORS OPEN 6:00 P.M. ing, not only in the large growth Early Bird Games 7:15 P.M. in numbers, but in the quality of the people and the increasing Regular Games 7:30 P.M. number of church vocations."
THE ANCHOR-Diocese 01 Fall River-Thurs., Nov. 8, 1973
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, The Chri~tmas catalogues are coming in in droves (didn't I hear somewhere that there was a paper shortage) and there's enough of a rise in prices to make your Christmas Club look as if it were meant to pay for a dog license. If you're a do-it-yourselfer, With the return of the short you'll have a fighting chance cocktail dress there's also a reto come out at least even. turn of the ladylike jewelry such No one who works for a liv- as pearls. These can be worn separately or in a great jumble for scads of glamour. Ladylike Pearls While 'I generally only order a few items from the endless brochures that weigh down my mailman, 1 do enjoy browsing them and dreaming over just what might please Uncle Russ or one of the children in the family. Shopping can be fun but when you're trying to decide what would please someone, else, all avenues have to be explored and nothing is more fun than window shopping with th~ catalogues in your own home.
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is that as usual the luxury gift will be what, most of the big stores push-those extras that you just can't live without (but somehow you did manage all of these years). Last year it was the natural yogurt maker, this year it could be a drill for drilling for oil in your own back yard. While most of us can hardly afford to glance at the clothes the Christmas folio collections
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I F h. . . Ho y at er VIS,ltS Little Sisters of Jesus ROME (NC) _ Pope Paul VI visited a hamlet of shanties south of Rome inhabited by the Little Sisters of Jesus. "I have come to know you." he told the 230 professed Sisters
and novices, all clad in the light-. blue denim-like material worn are showing, we must admit that in ·the factories and fields of t}:.~y are Iqvely" breathtakingly Europe. so. How about a pair of creamy He referred to the prayer-life white wool slaeks for a mere of the man who inspired the $74 or a .shetland wo?1 cardigan foundation of their community collared m fox for $280 (there and t,hat of the Little Brothers goes the whole 'Club check). . f J '.' Ch I d F Id o esus,' ar es e oucau, Metallll~ Cloth describing it as silerit love for All that glitters is not gold, but Jesus,' continual conversation metallic cloth, and this particular with him, the sense of His presfabric can be found in just about ence in the lives of all persons. everything from hostess outfits "This is your charism," he'deto body blouses. The latter are clared. for th::lse who want just a touch of shine, not a whole waterfall. You'll find the fine threads of Catechetical Directory tinsel running through a plaid Committee Appointed fabric or even an argyle. WASHINGTON (NC) - Four Shoes will shine, not to be outdone by the dresses, and they bishops, two priests, two Sisters, too will have price tags in the a Brother and three lay persons glitter range. Their h.eight is still have been appointed to the work· growing, with platforms still in, ing committee of the National Catechetical Directory, Bishop along with the sandal look. Every woman loves jewelry James S. Rausch, general secreand from all indications it looks tary of the National Conference as if this will be a great Christ- of Catholic Bishops (NCCB), has mas for that type of gift. Rings announced. in particular are very fashionable Selected after broad consultaand they come in a variety of tion throughout the Church, the shapes and sizes. final 12 were chosen from among One particularly lovely design 300 candidates. is an initial ring, one of which The working committee wiil comes in diamonds. If you're oversee the education-consultavery affluent you can get one t~n process to be used in obtaineach for four fingers and spell ing grass-roots participation in out love. Of ,course most of us the development of the directory will settle for one and think it as well as consultation with exgrand! perts in many fields. The committee will also prepare drafts of the document at various Diocesan Pastoral stages of its development. The Council Formed final 'draft will be submitted to CHATTNOOGA (NC)-Bishop the bishops of the United States Joseph A. Durick of Nashville, after approval by the National Tenn., officially created a Nash- Catechetical Directory Policy and ville diocsean pastoral council Review Committee of the NCC,B. when he ratified the council's The development of the Naconstitution at the third annual tional Catechetical Directory diocesan lay convention here (NCD) is recognized as the most Oct. 27. important enterprise in 'religious The 25-member council of laity, education in the U.S. Catholic clergy and Religious was formed Church since the preparation of after three years of preparatory the Baltimore Catechism after the work involving the establishment Third Plenary Council of Baltiof parish, regional a,lid diocesan more in 1884, said Msgr. Wilfrid H. Paradis, NCD project director. councils of the laity. I
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AWARDS' TEA AT ST. ANNE'S HOSPITAL: Top photo: Mrs. Ann,ette Pineau, Mrs. John F. Giblin, chairman of the Volunteer Workers at the Fall River hospital; Sr. Jean Marie, a.p., hospital administrator; Miss Margaret Dwyer and Mrs. Peter F. T~rcotte, co-chairman. Bottom photo: Mrs. Yvonne Emond, Mrs. Flora Caron, Sr. Jean Mane, Mrs. Emile Cote and Mrs. William Deschenes.
Awo'rds to St. Anne's Hospif1ol Volunteer Workers Fifty-five active volunteer workers at St. Anne's Hospital, Fall River were honored by the hospital administration at a tea on Sunday afternoon in the hospital cafeteria. This hospital activity is under the direction of Mrs. John F. Giblin, chairman and Mrs. Peter F. Turcotte, co-chairman. Sr. Jean Marie, O.P., hospital administrator 'welcomed the volunteers with words of gratitude and presented the service awards to the following: Special Achievement Trophies were presented to Mrs. Flora Caron and Mrs. William Des-, chenes for over 5,000 hours and Mrs. Yvonne Emond for over 3,000 hours. 1,000 Hours Miss Valerie Foley, Mrs. Ad· elard Demers, Mrs. Lucy LeBoeuf, Mrs. Joseph Nadeau, Mrs. Lillian Reardon and Mrs. William Whalen. 500 Hours Mrs. Margaret Blake, Miss Kathryn Dailey, Mrs. Roland
Desmarais, Mrs. Gerard Fortin, Miss Mary Giblin and Miss Emily Downey. 100 Hours Miss Dolores Burns, Mrs. Aida Ronan and Mrs.' George Sutherland. 50 Hours Mrs. Richard Beliveau and Miss Margaret Dwyer. A hi'ghlight of the program was the presentation of a Paul Revere
bowl to Mrs. Emile Cote, chairman of the hospital gift shop which she established in 1960. For the past 13 years, she has been responsible for raising many thousands of dollars for the benefit of the hospital. Sister Jean Marie poured at the tea and she was assisted by Mrs. Giblin, Miss Dailey, Mrs. Robert Mitchell, Mrs. Pineau and Mrs. Turcotte.
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Missions Require Different Types Of Priests NOTTINGHAM (NC)-Sooner. or later the Church will have to. modify its policy of insisting on unmarried and academically trained priests, Holy Ghost Father Donal O'Sullivan told the general assembly here of the National Missionary Council of England and Wales. That insistence on one type of priest is the greatest single obstacle to the completion of the missionary endeavor of the Church abroad and to the formation of authentic community in the Church as a whole, Father O'Sullivan said. He is general councilor of the Holy Ghost Fathers. Most of the 80 delegates from missionary orders attending the meeting expressed concerri at the manpower shortage, a loss of functiort because of the nationalization of schools anCl hOspitals and future policies for missionaries. At the same time, however, they expressed a willingness to adapt to a changing environment in the missions. Layman Involvement Major emphasis at the meeting were on two aspects: first the approach of missionaries today must be different because they are no longer pioneers. and they no longer "run the show"; second, every baptized person shares responsibility for the Church's mission effort. One of the problems discussed at the meeting was how the ordinary" layman can become involved in missionary work. Twinning parishes with those in other countries, vigils and fasting were among the solutions proposed, and Noel Charles, director of the Catholic Fund for Overseas Development (CAFOD), called for a massive educational campaign to be initiated by the British bishops. It was g~nerally agreed that each diocese should appoint its own director for overseas' missions. It was admitted, however, that a difficulty is the lack of any agreed upon list of mission priorities and the absence of comparative studies of the relative needs of mission fields.
Archbishop 'Roasts' Milton Berle HOLLYWOOD (N<;:) - Archbishop Fulton Sheen poked fun at comedian Milton Berle on his 60th anniversary in show pusine~s.
Friar's Roasts are events where show business stars gather to pay homage to someone they feel deserves' recognition for excellence in the entertainment field. The idea is .to poke gOO? natured fun at the person being honored. Berle took some pretty stinging jabs from fellow comedians. Archbishop Sheen was kinder. . The archbishop's tribute to Berle induded recollections of the days when he and Berle had television programs in the same time slot on different channels. "Berle's sponsor," the archbishop said, "was the Texaco Star Theater. But my sponsor was Superstar."
CAPE COD SCRIPTURE SERIES: Left, CCD teachers from St: Joseph's parish, Woods Hole, St. Patrick's, Falmouth, and St. Anthony's, East Falmouth, before bo.arding bus for Buzzards Bay to attend first in series of lectures on Scripture at St. Margaret's parish hall. (
Experts A.id in Translating Mi~ssal ROME (NC) - When. English versions for both the Roman Missal, which contains the prayers for the celebrating of Mass, and the priest's daily prayerbook, the Breviary, are published next year they will bear the stamp of such varied experts as a professor of classics, liturgists, a playwright, a history professor, a novelist, a .composer and an expert on the writings of the Chu.rch Fathers. These experts met in Rome Sept. 28 to Oct. 5 as members of the advisory committee to the
International CQmmission on English in the Liturgy (ICEL). Representing 11 English-speaking nations, the commission has since its formation in 1965 been chiefly responsible for translating into English the Latin texts for ceremonies and the rites of the sacraments provided by the Vatican. The chairman of the advisory committee, Father Harold Wins-. tone of London, said that althoug~1 all four volumes of the Breviary have been translated
Widespread .Reac:tio,n Reported To Prayer for Good Government 'ADRIAN (NC) - A group of Dominican nuns who bought space in two newspapers to publish a prayer for the Watergateplagued federal government were s~rprised at the. widespread reactlOn to the proJect. Sister Carol Fleming, public relations director for the Dominican Sisters here in Michigan, .said the response to the prayer which appeared in The Detroit News on Oct. 26 and the Lenawee Tribune, a twice-a-week Adrian newspaper, on Oct. 25 was "kind of unexpected."
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prayer, seek to have it printed in parish bulletins and to contribute financially to the expense of having it placed in newspapers. In the letter nuns were told that "the United States government is facing one of its gravest crises" and that the prayer ''Was written -"as a response to ac:ion taken recently in Washington, D. C." Sister Fleming said the firing of special Watergate Prosecutor Archibald Cox triggered the action..
"We wanted to do something . After the prayer was published positive," Sister Fleming said. as an advertisement in The News, "\VE felt this would be more efa staff reporter called Sister fective than picketing or protestFleming for further details and 'ing and more true to the nature wrote a news story which ran in of what we are." . the Oct. 27 edition of The News: The prayer begins by paraThe Detroit Free Press picked phrasing the preamble to the up the story and wrote a similar U. S. Constitution, noting that article. governments are institut~d and Sister Fleming said the prayer, derive their power from the peowhich was written by Sister pIe. Mary Philip Ryan, historian for ~ It asks God "to awaken us to the Dominican Sisters of the personal responsibility and acAdrian Congregation, was an ef- countability in ourselves and in fort by a group of nuns to bring our elected leaders" and "to lead the nation together again. us to the truth that will draw Copies of the prayer were sent forth a government of integrity, to a number of Congressmen. where the路 rich will not 'prey on Others went to nuns in a letter the poor, nor the powerful on the over Sister Fleming's signature powerless, but where all will asking them to join in the seelc justice and peace in You."
NEW YORK (NC)-Vice President-designate Gerald. R Ford was the headline路 attraction at the annual Alfred E. Smith .Memo~ial Dinner sponsored by the archdiocese of New York. The dinner is named after the former DemocraJic governor of New York who in 1928 became the first Catholic ever to be nominated by' a major party for the U. S. presidency. I The dinner, however, caused a stir of controversy over the fact that one of four mayoral candidates for New' York City was not invited. Albert H. Blumenthal, a Liberal, contended he had been snubbed because of his advocacy of the legalization of abortion .in the New York state legislature. But archdiocesan officials said Blumenthal was not invited because he had not neen a past subscriber to the dinner and the sponsoring organization, the Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation. On the dais with Ford were Cardinal Terence Cooke of New York and high ranking political dignitaries for the state of New York. These included Gov. Nelson Rockefeller, U. S. Senators Jacob K. Javits and James L. Buckley, and New York Mayor John V. Lindsay. Ford, the Republican minority leader in the U. S. House of Representatives, told his audience that government must make a "new beginning" to restore Americans' faith that' government works for them.
from the Latin, the first two volumes will be printed in 1974 and the final two the following year. The reason for the delay, he said, is that subcommittees are studying final selections of reajings from the Fathers of the Church and medieval and later writers. Hope for Improved Furthermore, bishops' conferences ~ust give final approval Education Act before the texts are printed. WASHINGTON (NC)-A CathThe translation of the Missal has already been accepted by olic education official has given ICEL'S ll-member episcopal strong support to the section of a board and the translation has federal act which aids educationbeen sent to bishops' confer- ally deprived children, but added ences that participate in the that Catholic school administraICEL. . tors feel "there is much room for Some conferences have already improvement." The support was for extension approved the translation of the missal and at least five publish- and amendment of Title I of the 1965 Elementary and Secondary ers will issue editions in 1974. The U. S. bishops will vote on Education Act (ESEA). The act accepting the translation at their said that money was for proNovember meeting in Washing- grams designed to meet the special educational needs of educaton, D. C. During their eight-day meet- tionally deprived children. Noning, the advisory committee also public school children are indiscussed the English translation cluded in some of the programs. Dr. Edward R D'Alessio, diof the various Ordination rites that are 'now in use in provisional rector of the Division of Elemenform, as well as the rite for the tary and Secondary Education, profession of Religious. U. S. Catholic Conference, noted The committee also discussed that thousands of educationally the' "Christian initiation of disadvantaged youngsters in nonadults." That ceremony, which public schools have already been some dioceses have also experi- assisted through Title I. mented with, confers the sacraHe made this appraisal in an ments. of Baptism, the Eucharist .address in Boston to the Suband Confirmation on adult con- committee on Program Developverts.. . ment of the National Advisory Council on the Education of DisFriend advantaged children. No man can be. a friend .of Jesus Christ who is not a friend to his neighbor. -RH. Benson
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Score Cc)nflict In Middlle East v ATlCAN CITY (NC) - All sides in the Middle East conflict - including the United States and the Soviet: Union are wrong. according to an editorial in the Oct. 14 edition of the Vat· ican weekly magazine, L'Osservatore della Domenica. Vatican Radio earlier in the week declared that recourse to "violence and blood" cannot be justified by any "ideological differences, any partisan interests, or any arbitral:y or debatable evaluations of historical, situa· tions." Longtime Vatican newsman Federico Alessandrini, who is the Vatican press officer, said in the editorial in L'Osservatore delIa Domenica that the two superpowers who furnish arms for the conflict will not be able to stop the war by blowing a whistle. Stating that many small nations have suffered because of the antagonisms between the United States and the Soviet Union, Alessandrini continued: . Spill New Blood "When those powers really reo sponsible for the war become convinced of the necessity of a compromise after a long series of disastrous mistakes, the state of mind and the situations which they, in their blind and endless rivalry, have promoted among third parties will be too deeply imbedded to be assuaged overnight just because the two suo, perpowers then find it convenient." The United Nations, Alessandrini said, will doubtless condemn the war, but such a condemnation will have no effect be· cause the Soviets and Americans are not in accord on the issue. American and Soviet arms, AI'essandrini added, will kill people and spill new blood. As for the Arabs and Israelis, Alessandrini asked: "How can a just cause be aided and strengthened by resorting to violence and brute force?"
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MEMBERS OF UPPER CAPE CCD BOARD: Attending the Scripture Series are, front, from left, Mrs. Carmine Cotillo, St. Patrick's parish; Mrs. William Kennedy, St. Joseph; Mrs. Keith Songer, St. Margaret; Mrs. Charles Bardelis, St. Patrick. Second row, Mrs. Robert Mosher, St. John; Sister Rita, St. John; Mrs. James Lopes, St. Mary's, Onset; Mrs. Lawrence Peters, St. Anthony's. Rear, Mrs. John Roderick, St. Anthony; Rev. Timothy Goldrick, St. Margaret; Rev. Marcel Bouchard, St. Joseph, Taunton, speaker; Rev. John Magnani, St. Patrick; Mrs. Fred Haussmann, St. Anthony.
Hospital Wins Major Legal Decision BILLINGS. (NC)-A year-long battle over whether a Catholic hospital here in Montana should perform sterilization operations has resulted in a major legal decision in favor of the Catholic hospitals.
erties Union (ACLU) against St. Vincent's Hospital. The suit had been filed as a "class action for all women of childbearing age" and had impli· cations for all U. S. Catholic medical institutions.
U. S. District Court Judge James F. Battin of Billings dissolved a temporary injunction that had forced St. Vincent's Hospital to allow limited sterilization operations.
The injunction was later restricted to apply at St. Vincent's only to, women delivering by Caesarian section who wanted to be sterilized simultaneously ,with delivery. "We at St. Vincent's Hospital are very gratified with the court's ruling," Mrs. Ethel Taylor, assistant administrator of the
Last year Battin issued the temporary, injunction' in response to a suit filed by a Billings couple and the American Civil Lib-
Those exulting in victory today, he said, w:1I another day see the 'other side of war: "moral and material ruins, blood and tears, new injustices added to the ALBANY (NC) - A recent old ones, "In a word, they will see war court decision to exempt a Jesuit shrine from taxation came on in its atrocity." Vatican Radio, recalling the Oct. 19, the feast day of the admonition of Pope Pius XII that Jesuit martyrs to whom the "nothing is lost by peace, all can shrine is dedicated. The decision by the New York he lost by war," said that right· State Court of Appeals (the thinking men know war solves state's highest court) was "prenothing. "Only the sick passions of ternatural to say the' least," said man, scorning all human logic Jesuit Father Thomas Egan, diand the denials of history from rector of the shrine at Auriespast to present, can keep alive ville, N.'Y. "The martyrs used their inthe illusion that s~ous matters tercessory powers," Father Egan can be solved on the field of bat· . said. "I take it as a sign from tie," Vatican Radio said. The Vatican daily newspaper, them that they have a message L'Osservators Roinano, tamented for American Catholic people today." ' the renewed Mideast war in -its The shrine, located in upstate Oct. 12 edition, calling on all the forces of good to mobilize New York, is situated where St. through prayer against the forces Isaac Jogues -and other early of evil, namely, the presence of American missionaries were tomahawked to death by Indians in war in the world. 1646. The' appeals court ruling afMan firmed, without opinion" a State The more we really look a.t Supreme Court decision that certain parcels of the shrine's man as an animal, the less he will land were not taxable. The case look like one. began in 1964 when the town -Chesterton board sought to collect $I30,QOO
Jesuit Shrine 'Gets Favorable Decision on Martyrs Feast Day in taxes on the dining hallcafeteria, the roofed picnic area, the Shrine Inn (now closed down); Jogues Manor for housing nuns, the parking facilities and other acreage. The case before the Court of Appeals was heard on Oct. 19, 1972 and its decision was just released, exactly one year later. "If was a relief to all of us," Father Egan said. "It really is going to mean the difference between developing the shrine and its possible closing. The J,esuits at Auriesville want to be good citizens and cooperate with the community. But we feel we can do much better by developing the shrine than by being forced to close it." In their plea to the courts,-the Jesuits had asserted that the facilities "were necessary and incidental to the overall purpose of the shrine and to the thousands of pilgrims and visitors who come to it." . The ruling of the Court of Appeals could be appealed to the U. S. Supreme Court. Such action, however, is not expected.
hospital; said. Bishop Eldon B. Schuster of Great Falls, which includes Billings, said: "I am very happy to hear of the decision. The judge's order (last year's injunction) has spurred a great deal of discussion in the Church, and we were looking into the possibility of discontinuing maternity care if continued to be forced to perform contrary to our religious ethics." The latest ruling, however, has not ended the battle. The ACLU is prepared to carry the issue all the way to the U. S. Supreme Court. "We will appeal' immediately to the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals," ACLU staff lawyer Robert L. Stephens Jr. of Billings said. "If necessary we will continue the fight all the way to the U. S. Supreme Court." Greg Osborn, executive secre· tary of the ACLU of Montana, said: "The ACLU has made plan's ahead of time to provide funding for a protracted fight. The national office has told us, 'We are going all the way.' " St. Vincent's Hospital became embroiled in the battle shortly after it and the city's other hospital, a non-sectarian institution, consolidated all maternity care in the Catholic hospital.
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NEWARK (NC)-In a brief let· ter to priests here Archbishop Thomas A. Boland of Newark said that only those who have been ordained may preach the homily at liturgical services. "I wish to advise that the homily at Mass and at any other Iiturgical'service at which a homily is preached may be given only by a priest or deacon. No one else may fulfill this role ..." Archbishop Boland said. The archbishop did not indicate what prompted his directive. Recently, however, Wilma Supik, the religion editor of The Record, a daily newspaper published in Hackensack, N.J., wrote of her own experience in preaching at Sunday Mass at the request of a pastor. . In other cases, Sisters and lay persons have spoken at Masses. Some parishes ha.ve used officers of the parish council to present the. annual financial accounting or appe'al for increased contributions. During an archdiocesan·wide appeal conducted by the Little Sisters of the Poor to raise funds for a new bome for the aged, some Sisters spoke during Mass at particular "parishes.. The homily is considered a part of the liturgy and is intend-' ed as a commentary on the Gospel"message. Regulations providing for the restoration of the per- . manent diaconate empower the ordained deacon to preach at Mass.
Teenage Marriage Guidelines Issued OGDENSBURG (NC) - Teenagers who wish to get married in this northern New York diocese will have to undergo three months of counseling before their marriage can be approved, according to new guidelines issued here. Bishop Stanislaus Brazana of Ogdensburg said the new rules are intended "to provide our young couples with sensitive and understanding help in this vitally important decision on life." "At the same time," he said, we hope to reduce the alarmif.lg rate of divorce in teenage marriages by encouraging young people not to rush into marriages for which they are ill-prepared, particularly in cases involving pregnancy."
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I was asked by an editor to write an article from the viewpoint of a couple. "We're getting the viewpoint on this subject from a priest, a nun, a. bishop, and an unmarriefl person," he explained. "We would like you to write it from the viewpoint of a couple." , I explained to him that I was the more ,a couple thought alike, the happier they were. The reinterested in doing the acti- verse of this held that differing cle but. not from the view- viewpoints .made for unhappi-
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WASHINGTON (NC)-Dr. R.H. Edwin Espy, the retiring general secretary of the National Council of Churches was praised as a man of "great faith" by his Catholic counterpart, Bishop James S. Rausch. Dr. Espy's "patience, his vision, his sentitivity, his integrity and his perseverance are well known to us and deeply admired," said Bishop Rausch, general secretary of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops and United States Catholic Conference. In the 10 years that·Dr. Espy served as top administrator for the NCC, "The. quest for racial justice and pursuit of peace came before us as two issues that could not be ignored or dealt with from a distance," Bishop Rausch said. "Those who served the national council and its member churches knew that in pursuing these goals they would have to face militancy, backlash, polarization and the sheer agony of ·men's consciences, and that they coul~ use none of these as an excuse to stop' their' efforts." .The bishop also pointed out that during Dr. Espy's tenure the NCC and the Catholic Church, began to work together. "No small. amount of skill has been necessary to carefully develop ecumenical collabor.ation and' protect the potential it contains for the future;" he said. "There has been one constant during the past ten years, the person of Dr. R.H. Edwin Espy."
point of the couple. I don't be- ness. Such fears permeated not lieve there is any such thing. (He ,only marriage but politics and reunderstood and I'm doing it from ligion, the result being that these my viewpoint alone.) subjects were. taboo unless ,.....:, everyone in the group was of the same faith or party. Small wonder we so little understand others' beliefs. We were afraid By that disagreement means loss of friendship', rather than an in· DOLORES crease of understanding which leads to maturity. CURRAN They're. Surprised Some couple!) avoid discussing anything.upon whiGh ~hey might I disagree. As a result they don't ~ .. ,- _._~ l<now each other's thinking on the A couple is made up of two subject and aren't able to repeople, not necessarily of the examine their own. The surprise same viewpoint. It's true they of a person in hearing his spouse may hold similar viewpoints on express an idea or attitude new some subjects but. they're just as to him is obvious to others. It likely to told differing ones~ The seems unfortunate that some kind of thinking that pairs the subjects can be discussed among couple as one mind has caused couples only when they are with some basic problems in the past, others. . THE PROPHET AMOS-Artist Jacques Barosin~ a forin family~ church and society. When a husband and wife preFor many years we pretended tend to agree on child-rearing in mer inter~ee in a Nazi concentration camp, stands beside order to present a united front. his largef-than-life portrait of the prophet Amos, one of to the kids, it's not only hypo- twelve portraits of Old Testament prophets which are being critical but also self-defeating. featured in an exhibition at the American Bible Society in Parish' Forms. Club Children need to realize that twq I persons remain. tW? . per~ol1s New York City 't'J"ov: '21~Jan: ll,~ A~flti-\'~ 'o( gig,a,- Latvi~·;.: VATICAN CITY (NC)-A Vat- when they marry. They may he came to this country in 1947 and lives in Kew Gardens, For 'Se'nior'Citizens . . ican c'ardinal has told Moslems have profound influence on one NEW YORK (NC)-An examof the ,world that Christians another but neither has to be- N.Y. NC-Photo I ple of how a local church can everywhere wish a lasting peace come the other in order to mainform a: senior citizens' club is to the lands of the "beloved tain a deep and loving relationthat of St. Helena's Parish here. Middle East." A huge top floor of a restaurant ship. One doesn't .have to be a Cardinal Sergio Pignedoli, pre- winner and one a loser, either. serves as headquarters for Proj· I fect of the Vatican's Secretariat They can be compromisers,' just ect HAND (Helping. the Aged Miami Archdiocese Helps Haitians for Non·Christians, said he hopes as they ,are in other areas of Needing Direction) which curI the Middle East will be delivered their lives. rently serves about 300 senior I Fight Ext'raditi'on ' from the "nightmare of war" into citizens a day on the premises. A couple is a couple only in . She spoke while awaiting the MAIMI (NC) "There were The club, which now has 'a a lasting and just peace. marriage. In everything else, they The cardinal's sentiments were remain persons. When I read an many sick,:' said the girl, who- doctor's call at the archdiocese mailing list of over 4,000 old expressed in a letter written article in which a couple writes, like the other 27 women and 35 of Miami's Spanish center where people, started as a storefront from the Vatican on the occasion "We think just alike," I become men-had krrrived in Miami tired, the women were given fresh two years ago in the Parkchester of thoe end of the Moslem feast of ·suspicious. I can't envision any hungry an4 sick after drifting on clothing. and medical attention. section of the Bronx, where 40 Ramadan, the annual month-long two people thinking alike for life. the ocean for over a month. They. Since -the group's arrival the' per ~ent of the residents are period of fast and penance en- At least, it strains credulity. At survived oh a mixture of ocean, archdiocese-under the direction over 60 years of age and 90 pe'r joined on Moslems. of Archbishop Coleman F. Car- cent have incomes under $5 000. best, it would be colossally bor- wate: and' sugar. I~~ Speaking to "my dear Moslem ing. A more honest statement, in"The center came about roll-has taken them under its friends," the cardinal said: wing, providing room and board through the combined efforts of dicating that we don't think alike F·4)pe Says Schools "I am sure that Christians join on all subjects, is, "We think and taking on their legal fight St. Helena's and other local parMlold Civilization ishes and (New York archdioceme in a gesture of friendship alike on this." to stay in this country. VATICAN CITY (NC)~Schools san) Catholic Charities," said Sistruly fraternal and selfless in No Coll~ctive Couples possess grandeur and beauty be- . The 62 Haitians had left their ter Eileen Byrne, who is on' the offering you wishes for peace in In our own church, we've clas- cause they; mold tomorrow's civ- country for America "like the Is- board of directors. "It was beauthe Middle East." sified people as priest, nun, single ilization, Pope Paul declared in raelites crossing to the promised tiful how the Church worked land," one of them said, 'looking together on all levels." . and couple, a rathercontemptu., his noontiine Angelus talk. Pro-Life Attracts for a better political situation ous look at the personhood of 30, The parish-run group has since 9,000 in Me~phis the married. This image has to Acknowledging that Italy's and jobs that did not exist ex- greatly enlarged and it has been MEMPHIS (NC) - More than be erased, just as the old. image schools, which opened the: next cept for a few, and only then if taken over hy a New Yo~k City 9,000 persons t\,lrned out for the of every other priest has dis·, day, have,: their difficulties, the you kept your mouth shut about agency. It is open to anyone over the government, Pro-Life Mass celebrated at the sob'ed. It's become refreshingly. Pope said: i 60 years of age and a daily hot Mid-South ColisE!um here.. obvious that the priesthood and "Our schools are the necessary , Since' their arrival in late Sep- meal is free. Over 150 meals are Bishop Carroll T. Dozier of sisterhood are made up of a wide complemeIlt to the family. the tember the women have been . served every day. Memphis said that even though variety of persons with many garden in' which future gener- housed 'at Boystown of Florida the rally and Mass had been set different levels of thinking. There ations will grow, the laboratory which is operated by the archup to celebrate Respect for Life are those who are still scandal.. in which QUI' young will develop diocese of Miami. The men were Month, the event took. on more ized that all priests don't.. mentally, 'morally and socially, kept at the Dade County StockSIN,CE 1898 importance when Tennessee's think alike, but to most of us, the way whereby young people .ade under the eare of the U. S. first abortion clinic opened here it's a welcome relief from pre.. will orient themselves to dis- Immigration Departnient which recently. . cover and' conquer those values will determine after a series of tense.. SINCE 1941 One hundred years ago, the Now that we've given our re.. which give, to human existence hearings whether they will have WEB OFFSET Bishop said, Memphis was fight- ligious a right to personhood, a sense, a seope and art of living. to return to the land they fled. SINCE 1967 ing a' battle to preserve life let's do the same for the married. "In a vlord, our schools give against yellow fever. Let's do away with the collective an education which tries to be They have already been ordered Three nuns and four priests couple in such phrases as "the equal to the true and transcen- deported, but that is being apdied in the epidemic, he noted, couple will find" and "the cou.. dent idea I of .man in con-crete . pealed by an archdiocesan attor"because of the value they placed pie's viewpoint." We married in- reality and living. experience. ney, Michael Tal~rant, who is repupon life, even to the sacrifice dividuals will find it a welcome Such is the grandeur, such is resenting them for "humanitarian 679-5262 relief from pretense, too. of their own lives." the beauty of SChools.... reasQrJ,s."
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ST. WILLIAM, FALL RIVER The Women's Guild will hold a turkey. whist at 1:30 P.M. Sunday, Nov. 18 in the parish center. Members are asked to bring canned or packaged goods to the guild meeting at 8 P.M. Wednesday, Nov. 14 for use in prize food baskets. The meeting will feature a demonstration of flower arranging by Bob Medeiros of Somerset. OUR LADY OF ANGELS, FALL RIVER The parish council will meet at 7 P.M. Sunday, Nov. 11 in the church hall. The Holy Name Society an· nounces a whist party for 7:30 P.M. Saturday, Nov. 10, also in the hall. A pre-advent social, including a malasada supper and dance is scheduled for Saturday, Nov. 17 in the hall. Supper will be served from 6 to 8 P.M. with dancing to follow until 11 P.M. HOLY NAME, FALL RIVER Children in the first three grades of CCD classes will attend a Mass at 6:45 P.M. Tues.. day, Nov. 13, aecompanied by their parents. Religion books will be presented to them during the service and a social hour will follow. A parish bazaar will be held from 11 A.M. to 7 P.M. Saturday, Nov. 17. Returns of ticket books for a raffle to be held at the' event may be made at all Masses Sunday. Unreserved and student tickets are still available for "An Eve: ning of Music" to be presented at 7:30 Sunday night ·in the church by the Boston Archdiocesan Boy Choir, directe'd by its founder, Theodore'Marier. ST. MATHIEU, FALL RIVER A catered supper and dance will feature the annual Christmas party of the Council of ,Catholic Women, to be held at 7:30 P.M. Saturday, Dec. 1 in the parish hall. Music will be by the Art Perry orchestra. Mass at 7:15 P.M. will precede the next council meeting, scheduled for Monday, Nov. 26 with Mrs. Raymond Poisson as chairman. ST•. JOHN THE EVANGELIST, ATTLEBORO The fourth annual Harvest Dance will be held on Saturday, Nov. 17 at St. Mary's Parish Center, Norton. A buffet will be served and dancing will start at 8 and conclude at 1 A.M. A turkey raffle~ will be held and door prizes awarded. ST. JOSEPH, ATTLEBORO A turkey whist is planned for 8 P.M. Saturday, Nov. 17 and donations of groceries, canned goods, turkeys and turkey certificates are needed. Captain Norman Dennis and Don Jorgeson of the Providence Reds hockey team will speak at a Sports Night at 7:30 P.M. Tuesday, Nov. 13 in the parish hall. A Stanley Cup film will be shown and prizes will be award· cd.
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ST. ANTHONY, NEW .BEDFORD A harvest fair will be held tomorrow and Saturday, and next Friday and Saturday, Nov. 16 and 17. Friday hours will be from 6 to 11 P.M. and Saturday hours from 1 to 11 P.M. Features will include homemade foods, cakes, knit goods, and games for children and adults. Refresl1ments will be available. ST. THERESA, SOUTH ATTLEBORO The Confraternity of Christian Mothers will sponsor a Christmas bazaar Wednesday and Thursday, Nov. 14 and 15, from 2 to 9 P.M. with babysitting offered from 2 to 5 P.M. Volunteers are needed to assist with babysitting and manning booths as well as to assist in decorating the hall Monday, Nov. 12. Donations of meat pies and meat balls are re- , quested for the bazaar kitchen. Donors should notify Ami' Gawlick, telephone 761-7963. ST. MARY, NEW BEDFORD The art of making Christmas decorations will be demonstrated by Patricia Gonsalves at a Women's Guild meeting to follow 7:30 P.M. Mass Monday, Nov. 12. The Mass will be offered for deceased guild members. ST. GEORGE, WESTPORT The Couples Club will sponsor a harvest dance at 8 P.M. Saturday, Nov. 17 in the school hall. The public is invited and refresh· ments will be available. Music will be by the Bob St. Amour orchestra. 'Chairmen are Mr. and Mrs. Andre Fournier, aided by Mr. and Mrs. Bertrand Leduc. OUR' LADY OF PERPETUAL HELP, NEW BEDFORD Tpe Holy Name Society will hold a pierogi sale on Thursday and Friday, Nov. 15 and 16 in the parish hall, 235 No. Front St. On Saturday night, Nov. 17, the Holy Name Society will sponsor a supper from 6 to 7 o'clock and a social from 8 to midnight at the Mickiewicz, 2031 Purchase St. Johnny Sowa and his orchestra will provide the music. Tickets will not be available at the door. The Society of M~uy will con· duct a card party at 2:30 01) Sunday afternoon, Nov. 18 in the church hall. ST. BONIFACE, NEW BEDFORD The guild will conduct its annual Christmas Bazaar from 10 A.M. to 6 P.M. on Saturday, Nov. 17 in the church hall. Among the features will be antiques, glassware, handmade articles, toys and games. Refreshments will be available. ST. LOUIS DE FRANCE, SWANSEA' The Ladies of St. Anne Sodality will conduct their monthly meeting at 8 o'clock on Wednesday evening, Nov. 14 in the parish hall. Mrs. Jeanette Peladeau, manager of the Fall River Travel Bureau will narrate a half-hour film entitled "To Paris with Love." To continue the theme of the program, Mrs. Olga Perron, program chairman has planned .to serve wine punch and cheese.
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Plan to Probe Moral Crisis INDIANAPOLIS (NC) The Indiana Interreligious Commission on Human Equality (IICHE) has received $47,150 from Lilly Endowment Inc. for a year-long study of the crisis in public morality. The bulk of the money will be used. for a three-day conference at .which 200 of the .state's religious leaders will be addressed by a team of theologians and sociologists. The conference will .b~ held at Indiana, University March 31, April 1 and 2, 1974 The project will explore conditions which have produced "the erosion of public morality" and develop programs "by which confidence might be restored in the vision of the n~ligious community." Recommendations of the conference. will be presented to 500 Indiana churchmen, and a followup study will determine what action had been taken on the rec-, ommendations. Among those in charge of planning the conference are Bishop Raymond Gallagher of Lafayette and Raymond Rufo, executive secretary of the Indiana Catholic Conference: ICCHE is an interfaith organization that promotes equal opportunities for minority groups.
WASHINGTON (NC)-A politician from Northern Ireland, a politician from the Republic 'Of Ireland and a bishop from Texas came to Washington with a message: In -Irelanq, things are bad all over. The message was delivered by Bishop ThomasJ.Drury of Corpus Christi; Frank McManus, a member of the British Parliament who represents a constituency in Northern Ireland, and Ruairi O'Bradaigh, president of the provisional Sinn Fein (Ourselves Alone), a Dublin~based political party described as "the political expression of the republican movement." All three spoke at a press conference; later the two politicians testified before a House subcommittee on international organizations and movements. Bishop Drury, a native of Ireland who has lived in the United States for 50 years, concentrated his message on the Long Kesh internment camp used by the British army in Northern Ireland for those suspected of terrorist activities. The bishop, who said that as a U.S. military chaplain in World War II and the Korean War he had seen prisons "all around the world," described his visit to Long Kesh this past summer. Like Dachau "I was shocked to see such conditions in the civilized world," he said. The men were housed in Quonset huts, he said, adding "you know how miserable these are," and the floors were strewn with glass the prisoners said came from windows broken by the guards who bang on the galvanized walls in the middle of the night. Against the protests of are· porter for The Times of London, Bishop Drury defended his comparison of Long Kesh to Dachau, the World War III Nazi concentration camp. The bishop said he had visited Dachau and "when I saw our men in those huts (at Long Kesh), Dachau seemed a decent place compared to this." He conceded, however, the British reporter's point that the Nazis had killed thousands of prisoners in Dachau, but no one has claimed that the British are killing prisoners in Long Kesh. Denies Improvement McManus, who represents Fermanash and South Tyrone in the
British Parliament, sought to counter the impression that the situation in Northern Ireland is improving. "Nothing could be further from the truth," he said. "The repression and brutality are escalating." Jury trials have been abolished, he said, the number of ·in. ternees is increasing and the government operates on the premise that accused persons are guilty until· proven innocent. McManus said the political approach that has been presented as power sharing between representatives of Northern Ireland's p""tec;t""t l'1a;oritv and its Catholic minority 'begins and ends as a pious sentiment. The British government retains all rights if the political representatives don't behave themselves." "In fact," he said, William Whitelaw, the British secretary of state for Northern Ireland "is the military dictator of Northern Ireland."
The Parish Parade HOLY CROSS. SO. EASTON The Women's Club will sponsor their sixth annual Holly Fair starting at 10 o'clock in the morning on Saturday, Nov. 10 in the church hall, 225 Purchase St., just off Route 138. Booths will feature silhouettes, woodworking, knitted articles, fresh-baked goods, white elephant, toys, holiday decorations, plants and needle-work. Highlights will include the awarding of a Wurlitzer Organ, a ten speed bicycle and a basket of cheer Included in the interesting items for childen will be bal· loons, dart game, spinner paints, and a water game. Santa will greet all the children. Mrs. Albert Fleury and Mrs. John Kelly, co-chairman of the affair, have announced that a snack bar will be open throughout the day. OUR LADY OF THE CAPE, BREWSTER The Women's Guild will sponsor a Christmas Fair from 1 to 4 on Saturday, Nov. 17 in the church hall. Booths will feature some-made Chr.istmas gifts and ornaments, felt boutique, and food items.
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In World of Vindictiveness Yule Traditions Needed By Joseph and Marilyn Roderick One of the questions concerning Watergate that is ever present on everyone's lips these days is "How much more of this can we take?" We are inundated with startling revelation after startling revelation and we wonder when it winI end. The question posed, ~hinking about too much holiday however, surprises me in the' baking, it is a good time ·to jog sense that I am rather rpemories and to. have my readamazed that we should ques- ers come up with some of the
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tion .our durability or ability to take shock. In my lifetime alone we have experienced a horrendous depression, a world war, the atomic revolution, a prolonged cold war, the Korean war., -the Vietnam war and an agonizingly rapid change in our way of living. It seems to me that in the light of what we have gone through as a nation, the current political debacle, although highly serious, has less seritlus long-term implications for the people of this country. Too Much Power In many respects the current crisis reflects our political dilemmas, which have been coming for years. Too much power is placed into the hands of the people we elect and those people, because ,of our political system, are too often self-serving and dishonest. But the system can be corrected and it is within reason to expect that changes can be brought about to correct it. One of Watergate's redeeming. features is that we have focused our attention upon the failings in our political system and hopefully have' determined to do something about it. But to question the American people's capacity to take the shock, no matter what the consequences, is to give them little credit for the fortitude they pos.' sess, which they have demonstrated in the past 40 years and of course for years before that. We need not be concerned about how our people will react under pressure, they have demonstrated that admirably" the' question is what to do in the future to cor-' rect our present ills. In The Kitchen. With the prices of every food item skyrocketing, I'm afraid that holi?ay bakipg is going to be expensive and even frustrating. The latter will come about when we. start searching for such items as raisins that have all but disappeared from the market. However, I do believe that people' are resourceful and that holiday baking will take place. Last year we were able to , print in the early part of December two pages of holiday favorites from readers of the column; and while I haven't approached my editors yet, I'm sure that . they will allow something of the same this year. While it is still early to be
Deacon Program MILWAUKEE (NC)-A permanent diaconate program has been started by the Milwaukee archdiocese. A!,chbishop William £. Cousins said the program will be operated by a full-time director, Father Paul M. Esser, whose office will recruit, screen and train candidates.
recipes that they have 'enjoyed since they were children. Each family has something special that means "Holiday" to them. Won't you share your family's special recipe with the other members of the diocese? One of my aunts was of German ancestry and she had a marvelous recipe for a German Christmas cookie, with just a hint of almond. Christmas wouldn't have been. Christmas without those special cookies. To my own children the foods of this season will have their own personal importance. If asked, however, I'm sure' they would mention the Mamie Eisenhower fudge that their grandmother makes in abundance in December, or the date nut bread that's my mother's special. Christmas Traditions In our. house cookies vary and because I like to try all the recipes I can find at this time of year, Melissa, just commented that she thinks of Christmas , cookies but of no particular ones. In a world filled with chaos, deceit, vindictiveness, and daily crisis our children need something tangible and unchanging to hang on to. Even though such items as fruit. dike may tax all of our ingenuity and resources at this time, it is still very important that we maintain our holiday traditions. So send your recipes to The Anchor! Around the holidays we're always looking for a great cake recipe and here's one that has a new twist to an old favorite. It comes from Anna Lizak of .St. Stanislaus parish in Fall River. Pineapple Carr?t Cake 3 cups flour 2 cups, sugar 2 teaspoons cinnamon 1 Y2 teaspoons baking soda -} Y2 teaspoons salt 1 teaspoon baking powder 3 eggs, beaten ' , 1 Y2 cups salad oil· 2 teaspoons vanilla 2 cups raw carrots, grated and loosely packed· 1 small (8% ounce can crushed pineapple, drained but reserve syrup. 1) Mix together the flour, sugar, cinnamon, soda, salt and . baking powder. 2) Add to this mixture the syrup drained from the pineapple, eggs, oil and vanilla, blend thoroughly. 3) Stir in the pineapple and carrots. '4) . Bake in a greased tube pan ,in a 325 oven for 1 Y2 hours or until done. 5) Frost with a cream cheese frosting. 0
POPE IN "HIS" VlLLAG~New residents lean our windows and watch from balconies as Pope Paul VI waves greetings during his visit to the 99-unit "Village of the Pope," at Acilia, Italy. Money from the pontiff was the major funding of the housing project, occupied by about 500 former inhabitants of sha.ntytowns on the edge of Rome. NC Photo
Po,pe' Gives Directtives for Sainthood' VATICAN CITY (N<;;) - Men become saints with the help of Christ and hard work, Pope Paul VI told thousands gathered in St. Peter's, Square forr.~is, noonday blessing on the Feast of All Sabts, Nov. I, a national holiday as well as a holy day in Italy.
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TORONTO (NC) - True worn- the Second Vatican Council the liberation began with Christ Church has come to a deeper unand will pe fulfilled when man- derstanding of the need, for this Jules' Leger Named kind follows the designs Of God, dialogue. Governor-General aocording to Mat:ia del Pilar Bel"Women cannot ,be considered OTTAWA (NC)-Jules ~eger, losiIlo of Spain, president-general as second-class citizens in the the younger brother of Cardinal of the World Union of Catholic Body of Christ," she said. Paul Emile Leger, was named by Women's Organizations (WUC"There is a great awareness . Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau WO). among women in all countries to become governor-general of "Liberation of the human perof their equality with men, and Can'ada in January. s,on demands' education in the divine revelation agrees with this The govern.or-general is a repfaith and evanglization in the . . . the Church is searching to resentative of the Queen of Enworld," she said ·here. "Liberalihelp woman clarify her role." gland, Canada ~as 'designated a zation requires the changing of The role of women in the constitutional monarchy when it antiquated structures in all countries, abolishing ignorance and Church, she said, is one of the became a confederation in 1867). overcoming apathy and passivity important areas being studied in The post.is largely ceremonial, the Vatican. "For instance, Rome' however, and, the governorin both men and women." has established a subcommittee general - who must now be a Miss BellosiIlo, a member. of Pope Paul's commission studying on the possibility of ordaining Canadian-has little or no authe role of women in the Church women to the diaconate," she thority to act on his own except in very extraordinary circumand society, was invited to To- said. . stances. ronto recently by the Catholic "There may well be ministries The Queen appoints the govWomen's League' as part of her for women in the future. These' North American tour. could involve ilUch things as min- ernor -general, but on the advice She' was also scheduled t6 istries of service, such as teach- of the Canadian cabinet, which is named by the Canadian prime speak in New Orleans, La., at the ing the Gospels. minister. U.S. National Council of Catholic "We already have situations in Laity conference Oct. 14·20. -Latin America, Africa, Belguim Women can help foster a true and Canada where women, acting intimate, working diil.logue beas extraordinary ministers, distween all levels of God's people, tribute Communion when the she said. ONE STOP need arises." "In the liturgy, the sacramenSHOPPING CENTER Miss BellosHlo urged women in tal life of the Church and in the • Television • Grocery pastoral sphere, particularly, Canada to involve themselves in • Appliances • Furniture women can bri,ng their experi- discussions and dialogues with ences of reality to the priests and . priests and bishops who are help· 104 Allen St., New Bedford ing to change and renew the' the bishops." 997-9354 She said she feels that since Church.. en'~
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science and technology advance, in Buddhist, Hindu or Confucian societies as well. But .Christian thinkers have managed to show that the concept of "the Good" cannot be reduced to pure matehalism without eliminating it altogether. If we love our neighbor simply because our genes makes us do so, our neighbor may be lucky but we are not "good" in the moral sense. Yet goodness is a fact of our experience. Where then does it corne from? To this, materialism has no answer. 'H,urrah ~oise'_ ~'I~~_·· .. fl!l.. '.~' .:.:~_ .~:11 The same philosophic defense of religious insights can be made from the side of truth. Some scientists and some secular philosophies have argued that the only truth we can know is the truth of statements which can be rigorously tested by scientific measurement. vVe can say, with Einstein, that energy equals matter multiplied by the speed of light squared because every test and measurement bears this out. But God cannot be put in a laboratory or a test tube and so we can say nothin'g "true" about Him. He is just a preference or, to use a phrase once popular in academic circles, a "hurrah noise" j
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Capuchins Mark 100th Anniversary PITTSBURGH (NC)-The 350 priests and Brothers of the Capuchin Order's province of St. Augustine, headquartered here, are celebrating the province's 100th anniversary. Bishop Vincent M. Leonard of Pittsburgh and Auxiliary Bishop Joseph L. Howze of NatchezJackson, Miss., one of the two black bishops in the United States, will participate in the celebration. The province is one of five Capuchin provinces in the United States. The order also has a viceprovince in California. Capuchins of the Pittsburgh province work in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Maryland, West Virginia, ~\1issouri, Kansas, Colorado, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and PARUANew Guinea. Among other activities are parish work, youth counseling, teaching, retreats, and chaplaincies of hospitals, colleges, inilitary bases and other institutions.
does not work. At the purely philosophic level, when a scientist says: "Only what is tested in the laboratory is true," he means us to understand that his statement is true. Bui it cannot be tested by any measurements. It is a statement of belief. The possibility of truth has to be assumed before any statement can be made that claims it. If there is no such thing as "truth," the statement is simply: "I prefer to think everything true is testable in a laboratory." The second point is practical. When an experiment is tested in a laboratory, it is said to be "proved," in other words to be accurate and truthful to reality, when it behaves in a predictable way, bears out supportive hypotheses and can be retested to produce the same result. The statement that H20 is water is true because, under rigorous tests, water always proves·to be made up of two hydrogen atoms and one oxygen atom.
THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Thurs., Nov. 8, 1973
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Bishops Made Continual Pleas for Peace VATICAN CITY (NC) - "In the name of God, stop the war."That was the plea of Catholic bishops of South Vietnam to "au" thorities of the North and South" in a 1968 pastoral letter. Tbe bishops' pleas for peace' began in 1964 and were renewed each year until 1972. Federico Alesandrini, writing in the Sept. 30 edition of the Vatican weekly, L'Osservatore -della Domenica, said that "the Church in South Vietnam has been and remains faithful to its rightful mandate -. . . testifying to God and for fundamental human values." The hishops' pastoral letters were sent to Alessandrini by Archbishop Paul Nguyen van Binh of Saigon, who said they illustrate the work of the bishops
of South Vietnam in seeking peace. The letters, the archbisbop said, will also "respond to the deceitful, calumnious and iniquitous propaganda disseminated in the world against the Church." . In their pastoral letter of Jan. 5, 1968, the bishops said: "We appeal to the good will of authorities of North and South to seek together the .means of restoring peace to the country ... "There is a need to come together, to gather round, to discuss in all sincerity ..." The bishops declared in their letter of Jan. 22, 1964, that the Catholic Church "wished only to be a higher principle of union and peace above and beyond any political party." In 1966 the bishops called for
dialogue among tbe warring factions and in 1969 tried to establish contact with all four delega· tions present at the Paris peace talks. Alessandrini described the Church in South Vietnam as a "local Church faithful to its mandate amid tragic circumstances and one which suffers with its sons." Alessandrini, the Vatican press officer, writes a political column for the Vatican weekly, but does so, he insists, as a private person.
Charity It has been said that charity
is the pardoning of the unpardonable and the loving of the unlovable. -R. H. Benson
Proving Moraiity But in fact we know a number of moral truths in exactly the same-way. We come to recognize a -man ElS'--hon'orable:'by-' seeing him continue to act with honor in a variety of particular situations. We say love is better than hatred because we can compare actual experiences of societies governed by love and others twisted by hate. We can claim universality for such a moral law as "violence breeds violence" by seeing its consequences acted out in every version of the moral law. These are proofs as cogent as laboratory tests and not much different from them. Iron melts at a certain degree of heat. A saint loves even his enemies. Both are truths of experience. It is only when the whole concept of a Sacred Order is contested by scientific thinking that these profound philosophical truths come to be examined. In all previons ages, men lived' by some kind of faith which transcended ordinary material existence. In the last 300 years, first in the Christian West and now increasingly all -over the world, men are being told that there is no transcendent order and human destiny is confined to planetary existence. The gods have gone, as dramatically as the tallow candle or the stage coach. Christians; however, have lived with these arguments for more than -two centuries. They have been compelled to think in terms of science's achievements and its pretensions. They ~ould not advance any old argument for the reality of religious truth. They have had to to take up with great precision the immense challenge which scientific thought presents. It is the results of this effort and preoccupation which they can now offer to share with other world religions as the scientific order spreads to the whole planet.
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THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Thurs., Nov. 8, 1973
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KNOW YOUR FAIT'H What Is a Samaritan,.
Family Life and Religious ,Education I recently asked two friendsboth parents-what they felt had been the biggest influence on their faith as they were growing up. Jerri responded immediately, "My family." Then I asked about religious education classes. She said she did not have any regular catechism classes as a child, except for a couple of weeks before first confession and communion in second grade, and confirmation several years later.
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Jerri added that she ,felt strongly that it was af home that children really learn what is most important in life. They share with the family such bascic experiences as forgiveness, joy, death, concern for others, sharing, the place of God in life. In her opinIon family living involved the child with the very same themes explored in religious education classes, but in a more immediately meaningful manner, Mary Ann hesitated a bit before answering my question. She had attended parochial-school for all eight 'grades. ''I'd have to say
that what happened at home most influenced 'my own faith, My parents had such a .respect for other people. They responded generously to neighbors or even strangers in need. My mother went to daily Mass and it was obvious to all of us that she drew her strength from' that. Actually my parents· never gave us sermons or religious lessons, but we knew ·their lives centered on their relation with God." Faith 1 found that my own experience as a child confirmed their. impressions. My experience as a religious educator over the past 15 years even more strongIy suggests to me that what mattel's most in the growth of faith in the young is normally the quality of family Iifc,'they experience. Faith normally is nurtured or stunted primarily at home. It is not so much a matter of parents teaching their childrel) Catholic doctrines or preaching sermons. Rather, as Jerri and Mary-Ann suggest" what really influences the faith, moral sense, and spirituality of the young is the way their parents face day-to,day living. There is a long tradition in the Church of referring to the fami1Y'oa? the. ec;c1esiola,. the.. Iittl.~ Church. This is not meant in the·' sense that the home should be filled with candles and holy pic- Turn to Page .Eighteen
'Where the Action Is It was one of those Sunday
mornings any parent would recognize. We were strainirig toward the zero hour-that last possible' minute when we could leave for Mass and still beat the priest up the aisle. '
By JANE WILLIAMS PU~EL
One lad had just announced that he was going to church barefooted because "those women" (his sisters) had hidden his shoes again when they cleaned his room. His shoes, it seemed, were supposed to be kept on his pillow because then he could find them "even on dark' days." Shoes located (on their shelf), we turned, our hand to subduing three-year-old Ann who was refusing to be crammed into a dress. Shoed and dressed, we finally were ready to take off. My 18year-old daughter turned' to me and sighed, "How do you supposed real life families handle getting to Mass?" I couldn't help laughing as I shoved people out the door. "You better believe it, honey,"
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I told her, "this is about as real as you're going to get!" And it's true; family life is real life. Much of this world's living takes place in famflies-families of all types and descriptions, Each one is unique, a sort of closed circle. Family Influence , Taken together, the influence of the family is breathtaking. Everybody springs from some kind of family, making it the very cornerstore of society. All in all, families are 'an awesome fact of "real life." Many of us blessed with hap. py families tend to take things for granted:-We get bogged down in the nitty-gritty of daily ~ur vival, the tumult and the shouting - the getting-to-Mass episodes, naps, housework, home'work, committee meetings. Sometimes family life seems to be just getting things done, anc~ it takes some small thing to make us realize that this is real life. Sometimes the small thing that makes us sit up and take notice is funny. Like the day' a neighbor told me, that her son, an only child, said he liked to 'visit us because "they are a real family with lots of kinds and a junk drawer." Success! Sometimes it is sad. A seventh grade friend told my daughter wistfully, "You're lucky to have a mother who gets up and cooks Turn to Page Eighteen
Wnen Jesus chose a Samaritan as a:l example of the one who was the neighbor to the man who fell among thieves on'the road to Jericho (Lk. 10:33f) he struck a responsive chord in his listeners. [,H;;,I J:~iII'Km;I~~;,;,f;;;;,;
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To the Jews of Jesus' time the Samaritans were the most detested group of people in the Near East. The reason for the mutual hatred was religious, not pol.itical. Unfortunately there is no hate like religious hate. The causes of the alienation dated back to the time of the exile in Babylonia and before. Samc.ria, the source of the name Samaritan, is a hill in that section of Palestine between Jerusalem and Galilee. According to . 1 Kir,gs 16:25 it was owned by a man named Sh~mer. When Omri, the sixth k£ng of the Northern Kingdom, of Israel, decided to SAMARITAN: In .contemporary Israel, this Samaritan build a new capital cit>' he ma,n wears a distigctiye hat, marking, him .as an ,elder in chose this hill, purchased it from Shemer· and named. it after the the small remnant of wh~twas a prominent group. NC former owner ... hence Samaria. Photo. The reasons for Omri's choice are not difficult to discern. Yahweh by Judeans to preach Yahweh in Father John L. McKenzie in his The new population, probably Samaria prior to the fall of the "Dictionary of the Bible" de- from eastern Mesopotamia, Southern Kingdom in 587 B.C. scribes the site as "agreeable and brought their own goods with and the exile of Babylon. defensible. It occupies the top them, but interestingly enough The exiles from the Northern of a hill which is steep. 011 all accepted Yahweh when intro- .Kingdom never return~d but sides offering a goodview of duced to the Hebrew religion by those of the Southern Kingdom the Mediterl'anean and expOsure the few surviving Israelites. did in 538 B.C: and one of the to sea breezes." There were' even some efforts Turn to Page Seventeen Excessive Luxury Omri, and particularly his son, King Ahab, converted the hill into a truly magnificent royal capital. The Northern Kingdom was wealthier- than its southern neighbor, Judah, both in natural resources and because of the presence of commercially profitable caravan routes. The prophet Amos, who went north to prophecy to the residents of Israel, had little good to Bay about Samaria and its residents. He criticized its citizens for their oppression of the poor, their religious hypocrisy and. their blatant materialism. An idea of the opulence of this royal city can be gleaned from the prophet's tirade against excessive luxury (Amos 4:13-15) in which he refers to houses of ivory and ebony. Amos' prediction of the vengeance of Yahweh for the sins of Samaria came to pass witt! the .capture of the city by the, AB'syrians in 721 B.C. and the de- . portation of 27,290 inhabitants (2 Kings 17). The Assyrians not only deported captured peoples, but also repopulated their lands with deportees from other areas. This was the pattern follo~ed in Sar:la:;ia and the Northern Kingdom.
Symbols •In Worship I became very nervous during his petite sister, Kathleen, age the presentation of gifts at our . 3, worried me. I knew she Saturday night Mass of anticipa- couldn't reach the altar and pretion on the Fourth Sunday of sumed she was afraid of fire. Advent last year. Supposedly The mis-match, however, two college students were to car- turned into a beautiful experiry candles to the altar, light ence for all concerned. I lit the them, and then bear these candle for Kathy, took her by the burning symbols to a triangular hand and led the girl and her brother over to the tree. Our capacity congregation watched silently, intently, no doubt conBy cerned more about the successful outcome of that precarious trip than the meaning of the candle FR. JOSEPH M.: ' ceremony. CHAMPLIN Advent We introduced this extremely simple, ,but powerfully effective symbolic gesture at the begining Advent "tree" located at the side. of Advent during the 5:15 SaturHowever, unknown to me, there day and 8:30, 9:45 and 11:15 Sunhad been a communication mix- day Masses. Grades 1-4 supplied up and, instead, the ushers our "candle bearers" on the first pressed into service children of a Sunday, with each class taking family previously prepared to one service. Grades 5-8 fulfilled take part ill the "offertory" pro- a similar function on the second, , high school pupils, the third, and cession. ., returning college students, the Eddie Verdi offered no prob- last. lem. Age 9, fourth grader, new The boys and girls, young men altar boy - this lad certainly and women came equally from could pandie the candle bit. But Turn to Page Seventeen
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.rHE ANCHORThurs., Nov. 8, 1973
'Go-Go Years' Lays Bare Mysterues of Wall Street
A Samaritan
In The Go-Go Years, (Weybright and Talley, 750 Third Ave., New York, N. Y. 10017. $10), John Brooks contends that the 1960s in Wall Street were much like the 1920s, and that in 1970 there was a crash comparable to that of 1929. This peppery book Now, in the 1970s, Wall Street takes one behind the scenes has instituted some reforms. in Wall Street, and what one Whether they will go far enough sees there must be shocking and be faithfully maintained re-
to the ordinary investor who assumes that integrity and efficiency are the rule in the stock exchange and in the renowned brokerage houses.
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There is some integrity, but it seems not to be in plentiful supply. Thus, a number of downright dishonest practices have been all too prevalent, with consequent heavy losses to investors. Speculativ.~ Binge As for efficiency, have you ever heard of "fails"? The term means stock certificates which somehow get lost, intentionally or unintentionally. In December 1968, "the fails level peaked out at an all-time bigh-$4.12 billion." Between 1968 and 1970, about 100 stock exchange firms disappeared, some though outright liquidation, some through '(arced merger. Hundreds of thousands of customer accounts were involved, with a great many customers unable to recover either their securities or cash. A speculative binge in the 1960's was part of the trouble. There was a flood of new stock issues which, it was foolishly expected, would perform spectacularly, and quickly enrich investors. But (!lost of these so-called glamour stocks, promoted by hotshot brokers, proved to be garbage stocks, in short order, worthless. Mutual Funds Another feature of the .jJJ-fated decade was the mutual fund craze. The mutual fund's appeal was that it supposedly gave the small investor, for the first time, the advantage of expert advice and fast action in the stock market. But it did not work out that way in most instances. Some of the investors hard hit in the go-go years were by no means little fellows. Mr. Brooks tells the flabbergasting story of the Atlantic Acceptance Corporation, of Canada, in the shares of which millions of dollars were poured by such institutions as the Ford Foundation, the U. S. Steel pension fund, the Morgan Guaranty Bank, Princeton University, and large insurance companies. Atlantic was shown up as massively fraudulent. Days Are Numbered Where was the Securities and Exchange Commission during all this time? It was operating, but differently under different Presidents of the U.S.A. In general, it appears that the SEC was altogether too lenient.
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Continued from Page Sixteen first things attempted upon their return to Jerusalem was to rebuild the Temple that had been destroyed by the Babylonians. The Samaritans wanted to participate in the project but were refused. The reason is not clear but it probably was rooted in the' resentment that still persisted over the Northern Kingdom's secession from the united Kingdom of David and Solomen. Reject Prophets The establishment by the Northern Kingdom of rival shrines to Yahyveh at Bethel and Dan and a general tendency among Judeans to consider their northern brothers as heretics and deviationists all contributed to the rebuff. The mixed blood lines of the Samaritans were probably also a factor. In any event the Samaritans didn't take the rebuff quietly. Through various means they harassed the building of the Temple and succeeded in delaying it several times. But to no avail. Finally, sometime before the revolt of Judas Maccabeus the split became complete and the Samaritans built their own Temple to Yahweh atop Mount Gel'aziril. The Samaritan scriptures include only the first five books of the Old Testament, the Pentateuch or Torah. None of the prophets are accepted. The depth of the feeling that remained in Jesus' time is reflected by the attempt to insult Him by calling Him a Samaritan in John 8:48. In Lu~e 9:52 a Samadtan village refuses hospitality to Jesus and His disciples on their way to Jerusalem from Galilee. When Jesus chose a Samaritan for the hero of His story on loving your neighbor His listeners knew instantly what He meant ... your neighbor is not just you. friend, but your enemy as well. It is an interesting postscript that Samaria was the first place outside of Judea where the Gas, pel was preached. Philip the deacon fled Jerusalem after the martyrdom of Stephen (Acts 8:4ff) and preached in Samaria where he won' many converts.
mains to be seen. Mr. Brooks believes that in any case the days of Wall Street are numbered. Mechanization (e.g., tradinn over closed-circuit television) and the abolition of stock certificates (with entries in computer memory units as a substitute) will spell the doom of Wall Street as it has functioned, and misfunctioned, until now. Much technical material figures in this book, but Mr. Brooks has brought it well within the reach of the non-expert. He Iqys bare mysteries, or mere mystifications, which have dazzled and victimized countless Americans, as credulous as they were greedy. He anatomizes intricate ADVEN1.': "I lit the candle for Kathy, took her by the institutions and analyzes individual careers with a piercing, punhand and led the girl and her brother over to the tree." gent pen. Father Champlin helps Kathleen Verdi, 3, light an Advent Troubled Waters tree in his parish in Fulton, N. Y. An altog~ther different, and intensely personal, book is Through Troubled Waters by William H. Armstrong (Harper & Row, 49 choir and congregation sang a Continued from Page Sixteen E. 33rd St., New York, N.Y. 10016. $3.95). the local Catholic and the area resounding "Alleluia, alleluia" Some 20 years ago, Mr. Arm- public schools-a happy blen:ling and the church lights were strong's wife Martha died. They ,to insure that all facets of the switched back on. This type of service contribhad been married for 12 years, parish's youth were represented. and had three children: Kip, The tree itself was a plain, yet uted in many ways to the Adabout 8; David, not quite 7; and handsome, wooden triangle with vent-Christmas celebration at MarY,on the verge of her fifth - indentations for four candles on Holy. Family. It involved 34 indibkthday. each arm and a place for viduals more intimately in the Mr. Armstrong taught (as he the Christ candle on top. As the liturgy, a significant enough still does, one gathers) at Kent Sundays progressed first two, plus alone to justify the cerSchool, a private school in rural then four, next six, finally eight emony. It also stirred, the interest of other worshippers and northwestern Connecticut. He tapers were lighted. g~ve these Masses a fresh, difSign Service and his family lived on a farm , whi,ch he carved out of the This Advent ceremony cul- ferent, but the same quality. land" and in a house entirely minated on Christmas Eve at'the Above alI, however, it inched built by him. packed 7 P.M. Mass (isn't it re- those present more deply into Deep Christian Faith markable how instantly popular the mystery of Christ. Symbols do that. They reveal, They were a happy, harmo- that innovation became?) and but hide; they draw us closer to At each, during Midnight Mass. nious unit, delighting both in homely things and in the beau- we turned off alI church lights an invisible reality, while causties of art and I'iterature. Episco- before the gospel, had altar boys ing us to understand that the palians, they were also a truly hold candles at either side of the face to face fullness is yet to Christian family, alert to the lectern, proclaimed the Nativity come; they enable us to meet, to dimension of reality which is not good news, while the choir touch Jesus in faith, yet don't 'Walk for Life' earthly, and with a deep, oper- hummed background music, then , allow us to embrace or hold on to Him. ST. CLOUD (NC) - About waited as a parishioner carried ative Christian faith. 1,500 men, women and children One November evening, Mar- the flickering Christ taper from Publish Moral Guide participated in a "Walk for Life" tha Armstrong said goodnight to the rear up the main aisle to the organized here in Minnesota by her ill husband and went off to tree now situated in the center For French Forces a committee of church and sleep in another room. During of the sanctuary. PARIS (NC) - The use of school representatives of the St. As soon as the candle had been armed force, including nuclear the night she returned, to complain of some throat trouble. Her placed at the tip of our tree, the weapons, was defended as a les- . Cloud area. On the grounds of the St. Cloud Hospital, the halfhusband urged her to call the ser evil in a document published way point of the walk, Gene S. doctor. She did, The doctor, after "'1""""''''',''''"''11'''''''''""'''"",,"1111111111111111'''..... at the request of the French â&#x20AC;˘ Bakke, the hospital's executive seeing her, advised that she go gone maudlin, or it could have Catholic bishop in charge of milvice-president, told the demonto the school infirmary. At the become artificialIy preachy. But itary chaplains. The document, strators that the scale of values infirmary she suddenly died, Mr. Armstrong never puts a foot, however, expresses tolerance for in the United States has been Mr. Armstrong, had to break or a word, wrong. the views of those who favor turned "upside down" to the this terrible news to his children, . There are heart-breaking bits, nonviolence. point where "comfort and conand after that to see them Published in the October issue as when Mary, finding a scarf of takes precedence over" venience through the days, weeks, months her mother's insists that her of the influential :iemiofficial life itself." of adjustment to a different and, mother must still be somewhere quarterly Review of National Dein a way, diminished sort of ex- in the house, or as when the fense, the 20-page document, ELECTRICAL istence. same child, volunteering to help "Reflections on Defense," was Contradors He tells us how he did so. He her father witb preparations for drawn up by a national study was, it is plain, kind and patient, diriner, sets the table with the group of Christian military. ofingenious and industrious. But accustomed five places. ficers set up at the request of most of all he was profoundly Everything here fits beautiful- Bishop Gabriel Vanel, French Christian. ly together and works powerfulIy military vicar. Remarkable, Book on the reader. One shares in the In a preface, Bishop Vanel deHe was Christian in his accept- unbearable sorrow, and also in scribed the document as "neither ance of his loss, and Christian in its lifting as faith asserts itself an official declaration, nor a what he told his children and in and the reality of love stronger completed and indisputable body 944 County St. the solace and strength he gave than death is grasped. A remark- of doctrine." New Bedford them. able hqok, highly recommended He described it also as "a 992¡0560 This book could easily have for reading and giving. bafiis for dialo~ue."
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THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Thurs., Nov. 8, 197:3
,Criticizes Latin American 'Theology 'of Liberation' ,
. The collapse of Chilean democracy is a monumental tragedy. After establishing one of the longest traditions of peaceful, political processes in Latin America the ChUean people now find themselves~overned by an unimaginative and quite possibly repressive pressive when its proponents military th/at shows no s-ign gain power. Those who are capof wanting a return to tilred by the Marxist vision are democracy. What's more, de- forced to conclude that those. spite' sympathy for a socialist government in the world press, it appears from reports on the scene that the vast majority of
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who wish to maintain their own personal freedom are immoral; therefore they must either be eliminated or forced to be virtuous-for thei; own good, of course. There is currently a romance between some Latin American .theologians and Marxism. 'The By so-called "th'eology of liberation" is usually a combination of sec- , REV. ond-rate theology, fi'fth-rate ecoANDREW M. nomics, and what real Marxists call "vulgar Marxism." It is an 'GREELEY unimpressive hodgepodge, but it enables 'some Latin churchmen to think that they are part of the the people of Chile are reluctant: "re\'olution." Whether, the disasIy accepting the new government trous effects of religious flirtation with Marxist ideology in as the only alternative to chaos. Chile will change their minds The media repeated through- remains to be seen: I out the revolutionary crisis that If the Latins want to peddle Allende was the first democratically elected Mar,xist leader in this inadequate, theology, it is their affair. After several cenSouth America: What they usuturies of messing up the Church ally did not say was that he was in Latin America, I suppose they a minority president who carried only 37 per cent of the popular have the right to try to do somevote, a mere percentage point thing to pretend to be important more than the right-wing candi- to the rest of the world. And if date.· The Christian Democrats-, their strategy of moral blackmail Chile's ,center party-threw their at internationa,l meetings is suc,cessfu! with_'guilt-l'idden" North ,~Uppof't, to. All~t:tde.,,~I)~n'i~he -. Atlantic theologians; vthen .'that promised to respect the country's constitutional processes. When is the fault of. those who give in he reneged on that promise the to that moral blackmaiL In the Christian Democrats withdrew United States we have learned their support, causing the insta- through painful experience tha t such surrender only delays the bility that ended in revolution. development of mutual respect. Once Allende had power Chil- Perhaps the Europeans will learn ean democracy was finished; this eventually. Chile would have a police state Moral Blackmail, dictatorship; The only question was whether it would be of the. But what is intolerable is for right or the left. You cannot imthese itinerant theological Marx-, pose an ideoJogical Marxist so· ciety on a people the majority ists to claim that they are speak·' ing for the !'oppressed" of the of, whom do not want it-not world. No one elected them ,without throwing the democratic processes out the window. Rad- spokesmen. There is no reason to ical ,Marxism and representative think that their own experience, political democracy have coex· is typical of their fellow citizens:, isted nowhere very long. Firmly and much reason to think that most of the "oppresseo" are not convinced that they are morally Marxists at all. and intellectually right, Marxist To appeal to one's representaideologues must force the people ' tive status as a'theological cre· to . "correct" behavior whether dential is merely to admit that they want to engage in that 'one is not. sure whether 'one's behavior or noL theolpgy is good enough to make it on its own. For some of the Police State "liberatiQn" types such a fear is It would be a mistake to uncertainly valid. If they didn't derestimate the power of the engage"in moral blackmail they Marxist vision. Every Marxist wouldn't be good enough to keep government that has ever getting invited to the transatlan· achieved power (and the West- tic meetings they disrupt. ern European social democratic It is a useful tactic, one suppolitical parties are hardly Marx- pose·s. But it is hardly fair to ist in any meaniJ:lgful way) turns those people for whom the itininto a repressive police state, erant disrupterse claim to speak. but the elegance and the in- The theologians might make a sights of the Marxist analysis much more important contribuseem to have perennial appeal, tion if they stopped going to particularly' for intellectuals. And meetings, put aside their vulgar it is precisely this elegance and Marxist textbooks (and spare us insight that makes' Marxism op- any more quotes from Miucuse, please), and actually made a serious, non-ideological study of Stages Childhood is ignorant, boy- their countries. But that would be work..Moral hood' is light-headed, youth is rash and old age is ill-humored. blackmail is much easier.. ' -Luis de Granada © 1973, Inter/Syndicate
"SKID ROW" HOMIEFOR MEN: Msgr. Anthony J. O'Keill, right, talks with Brother Mark, directo~ of St. John's Hospice for Men in Philagelphia. The home, which opened 10 years ago, provides meals, and cH)thing for transients and needy famiies. The hospice is lVIsgr. 0' Neill's brainchild!. NC Photo.
IF:amily Life and Religious I:duca~ion
BURLINGTON (NC) - A lay missionary recently returned from Chile said he is concerned "about .tbe safety of dozens of American and Canadian nuns, priests and ministers" working among the poor in Santiago. Ray'mond Plankey, who reo turned three weeks ago from an II-year stint in Chile, added: "My fears are strengthened by the fact that many were work-' ing in shanty-town parishes and communities in the southern part of the Chilean capital." Tbis is where heavy fighting has been reported between workers' militias and army units, fol· lowing the Sept. II military coup that ousted Marxist President Salvador Aliende and resulted in his death. Plankey, who himself worked until August in small Chris,tian comunities in the parish of San Miguel in one of the "callampas," as the shanty-towns are called, said that the missionaries would not abandon their 'people. "Knowing them as I do, I can see the nuns, priests and ministers taking care of the injured, helping the families in distress, trying to protect those in need. "I say undoubtedly they might find themselves among the victims." There are 223 U.S. missionaries in Chile, including 116 nuns and two laywomen, 99 Religious priests, 'two diocesan priests and tbree la}"IJlen.
ily circle is also important. Real· istically it seems to me that one of the major thrusts needed in religious education today is the development of creative and meaningful links between family 'and other influences within the Church. The parish worship and formal religious education pro· Contacts grams need to be more realistiNormally the family, tM little cally related to the day·to-day Continued from Page Sixteen Church, exists in relationship to 'living of families. Priest,· teach- for you, and things." She was the broader Church community. , er,and parents need -to' discover talking about what I consider my 'The locar Church with its S~.mday urvia.bler'w'liys' 'ilf wbriti!l'g£fOge~Rer -1fci~ily"Jho~Hliffi:')y'et' sj{lt()'didil't . worship, its· form'ai '·religio~'s ed- to build up the whole:community. have it, and she recognized the ucation pr9grams, and its inabsence.'- . volvement in contemporary isFamily life is, so important it sues complements family life. has been dignified by a sacraThe faith of the young <)~m be ment, and by a noteworthy exgreatly influenced by the broader ample,-too. The son of God grew adult Christian community of up in a family. God could have PLYMOUTH (NC)-Two nuns ,chosen any situation for the which each family is a part. are the first women to join the growing up of Jesus, yet he chose Therefore, while the quality fulltime faculty of the St. John's a family that had to work, cook, of family life is normall)' the, most significant factor in {he re- Provincial Seminary here, which do dishes, earn money, go serves all seven Catholic dio- through year after year of "real ligious education of tqe young, ceses in Michigan. life." Just like us. the influen'ce of other contacts We could do worse than conThey are Sisters Claudia Carwith Christans outside the f8lm· len, I.H.M., of, Detroit .and sider the Holy Family when we Frances Tobin, R.S.C.J., of San slip into the doldrums of family Collins Retire!; living. True, it won't change 'our Antonio, Tex. WASHINGTON (NC)-'Sulpicircumstances, but it can enSister Claudia is h~ad libra- hance our view on days when dan Father Joseph B. Collins, a major figure in the American rian at the seminary, transferring things out of. focus. caitechetical movement, has reo ,from a similar post at Marygrove Our families, with all our ups tired after 31 years with tae Na- College, Detroit. She also is ed· and downs, laughter and tearstional Genter for Religious Ed- itor of the index volume of the our crisis centers-are the very uc:ation-Confraternity of Chris- "New Catholic Ency'cIopedia." core of society. Our influence is tian Doctrine. The 73-year old Sister Frances will be director limitless. The world around us repriest was director of the na- of field education in the pastoral flects what we are. Our health tional center from 1942 to 1H68 formation department at the and very survival are worth large when he became assistant dirlec- seminary. She is the first nun amount of consideration, work tor and theological andcat!,!chet- to graduate with a master's of and prayer. ical specialist. He will continue divinity degree from Andover Besides, I like families. Why, to serve as a special' consultor Newton Theological School, some of my best friends belong to the center. Newton Center, Mass. to one. Continued from Page Si~te~n tm:es. Still less does it mean that family life should resemble monastic or religious life. It simply means that it is at home that the •Christian/faith finds the Soil 'in which it grows most naturally.
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SCHOOLBOY SPORTS IN THE DIOCESE By PETER J. BARTEK Norton High Coach
Division III ~~Super Bowl" Matches Case and Wareham Undefeated Case High of Swansea will host Wareham Saturday in the Southeastern Massachusetts Conference's Division III "super bowl". Case, one of only two undefeated football teams within the confines of diocesan territorial limits, (Dartmouth is the other), will attempt to wres- go to the vicoory, if Case can retle the coveted circuit title main unbeaten a possible post season State championship game away from the defending could be in the offing and rechampion Vikings. However, venge for last year's defeat. the Cardinals will have to play at their best to achieve that end. The two divisional powers enter the fray with identical 4-0 loop records, although Wareham is 6-1 over-all. The JIm Lanagan coached Vikings dropped a 14-13 decision to Bishop Stang High of Dartmouth two weeks ago in an interdivisional game. Wareham was idle last Saturday. Case tuned up for the encounter with a well. earned 7-6 victory over rival Seekonk Saturday last. If motivation is needed for this week's game Case has plenty. The divisional crown will
A year ago ~oach Joe Santo's Cardinals lost the circuit title to Wareham when the Vikings won 19-0 on the latt~r's home territory. Case hopes to use the home crowd and field to advantage Saturday. Whenever anyone speaks about this year's Case 'grid corps the word aggressive comes into the conversation. The club is extremely aggressive in all phases of the game almost to the point of intimidating opponents. There is no doubt that Case can and does hit, but rest assured the Vikings will not be intimidated.
Souto Virtually Impossible to Contain Case is a well balanced aggregation. While n,pt extremely· explosive on offense, the Car- '. dinals can score. Led by sen. ior halfback K~vin Walmsley who is complented well by speedster Gary Medeiros, the Swansea eleven can generate a strong running game. But, if Case is to win Saturday its defense will be the key. On the other hand, Wareham although stymied. by Stang, is one of the most prolific scoring machines in the area. The Vikings score with startling quickness from anywhere on the gridiron. When one !;iees Wareham in action he is' impressed most by its explosive offense. Elusive running back Tom Souto rates among the best in the Commonwealth. There is no doubt this boy is college material. He has good size, is quick and runs to daylight as well as any schoolboy who has played in the area in years. The talented junior is virtually impossible to
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for a full afternoon. However, W~reham. is not a one.man shoW. Quar.terback Joe Vasconcelos who directs the triple option very well can also throw long accurately. His favorite receiver is split end Gerald Barrows who must be watched closely. When the outside running game is stacked up, Wayne Mendes is very capable \ of breaking a long gainer up the middle. Bac ks receive . th' elr s hare 0 f notoriety, but no back can do the job without the hard working and under publicized linemen. Some of the area's best will coIIide ~aturclay in Swansea,. . Ralph Pina, a poteri~ial ~II. state candidate, is worth watching at a tackle for Wareham. Also keep an eye on Wareham's Ron Oliver and Bennie Gomes. On the other side of the line, big Bill. Caron and Charles Ashley lead the Case charge at tackle and guard respectively.
Undefeated Dartmouth Can Clinch Title In the only other Division III games slated for Saturday New Bedford Vocational is at Norton. The Artisans lost a 32-16 decision to Stang last week and Norton was edged by DennisYarmouth 12-6. Two Division II games are on Saturday's docket with DennisYarmouth at Seekonk and Fair· haven in Dartmouth to meet Stang. Three Division I games match Barnstable at Taunton, Msgr. Coyle-Bishop Cassidy at Somerset and Dartmouth at Bishop Feehan in Attleboro. Coach Carlin Lynch's Dartmouth Indians enter their final league game of the campaign with a full game advantage over
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Attleboro the Division I pennant 'chase. The Big Green rose to the occasion last Saturday to knock Attleboro from the ranks of the undefeated and take over sole possession of first place with a thrilling 21-8 Victory'. A win Saturday will clinch the title. Dartmouth appears well on the way to both the league title and an unbeaten season. It would take a minor miracle for the undermanned Feehan Shamrock to defeat the Indians, although stranger things have happened in schoolboy football. Dartmouth is at Fairhaven in its final game of the. Fall Thanksgiving morning in what should be an easy win.
HAVE LEADING ROLES IN CONNOLLY HIGH PLAY: Featured in the play "Stalag 17" that will be presented on Saturday arid Sunday nights, Nov. 10 and 11 in the Bishop Connolly High School Auditorium, Fall River, are: Russell Abisla, John Hetzler, Paul Biello, Bill Amberg and Marc Mendonca.
Halt Plans for National Pastoral Council WASHINGTON (NC) - Plans a lack of funds for this purpose." for a proposed National Pastoral -The NCCB Administrativ'e Council, a national consultative Committee decided "to suspend, body for the U. S. bishops, have at least for now, efforts to bring been suspended for the foresee- a National Pastoral Council into able future, according to Bishop being," and to focus its efforts James S. Rausch, general s ecre- on the parish and diocesan levtary of the National Conference els. of Catholic Bishops (NCCB) and -In conjunction with this the U. S. Catholic Conference Administrative Committee ap(USCC). . . . .. . proved NCCB·USCC cooperation <1 .... ' " i. ! ' 1 " ! ' ,1, • Bishop Rausch said the U. S. with a workshop for officers of bishops' national offices and diocesan pastoral councils, to be committees will focus their at- held Dec. 3-5 in Parma, Ohio. The committee decisions, Bishtention instead on other aspects of the pastoral council move- op Rausch said, came in response to several proposals ·by the U. S. ment. He announced four specific de· bishops' Advisory Council, a 60velopments in the NCCB-USCC related to pastoral councils: -The NCCB-USCC Committee on Research, Plans and Programs has approved in principle a proJEFl'ERSON CITY (NC)-The posal to develop a training proconstitutionality of Missouri's gram for members of parish and anti-obscenity law has been up· diocesan' pastoral councils. held by the Mussouri Supreme -The same committee, how- Court here in a case involving ever, rejected a proposal to estab- the owners of a bookstore. lish a new NCCB staff office on The defendants in the case, shared responsibility "because of Dick and Edna Bird, owners of Readers Book Service in Springfield, Mo., claimed that two secCondemn Miiitary tions of the state's anti-obscenity Coup in Chile law were unconstitutional. PARIS (NC)-A French bishop The couple argued that the and a Catholic committee here Greene County Circuit Court did have condemned the military not have the evidence to label . coup in Chile as an unjustified material sold in their store "ob· takeover of a legitimate govern- scene," and that the materials were not obscene. ment. The Missouri State Supreme The criticism of the overthrow of the government of Salvador . Court held that the Missouri Allende came in separate state- laws "ate constitutional and are ments from Auxiliary Bishop not overbroad in their proviAlfred Ancel of Lyons and the sions" and that they comply with Catholic Committee Against the recent U. S. Supreme Hunger and for Development Court decision on obscenity. which is under the patronage of The bo.okstore owners had ap· pealed their case from Greene the French bishops. In a statement published in County Circuit Court which held Paris Catholic daily La Croix, that publications taken from the Bishop Ancel said: "In a country store were obscene and "utterly that has preserved freedom of without any redeeming social voting, a revolutionary insurrec- value ." tion cannot be legitimate. The Missouri Supreme Court "But even if th~ insurrection upheld the lower court's judgewas legitimate, it had to be ment, noting that t~e lower court humane. But, as the days pass, employed standards in conforone truly has the impression that mity with the U. S. Supreme it has been savage." Court.
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member consultative body for the USCC and NCCB, which is composed of laity, clergy, Religious and bishops. Bishop Rausch cited three reasons for the decision to suspend efforts to create a National Pastoral Council in this country: -"First, the lack of evidence, after three years of study and discussion, Of significant public support for the idea. -"Second, the position of the Vatican's Congregation for the Clergy, which has expressed the view that national pastoral councils would not be opportune structures in the Church at the present time. -"Third, the fact that other national episcopal conferences which have studied the matter have arrived independently at the conclusion1hat national pastoral councils are not practicable now."
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