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Largest Meeting In City History Is Charismatics
POLISH BIRCHES frame scene 'as mosaic of Our Lady of Czestochowa is unveiled at dedication ceremony at St. Stanislaus Church, Fall River. (Sister Gertrude Gaudette ~~
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Dedication Rites Despite the death of Thomas J. Pietraszek, a longtime usher,
moments before ceremonies began, the dedication last Friday night of Our Lady of Czestochowa grotto and grounds at St. Stanislaus Church, Fall River, was a joyous high point in parish history. Parishioners, many in Polish national dress, celebrated the event with candles, red and
white carnations in the Polish national colors, trumpets and song. The outdoor ceremony, under starry "skies and in unexpectedly mild weather, followed a church service listened to on loudspeakers by an overflow crowd standing outside. During it, Bishop Cronin declared the ~bservance to be the official diocesan comTurn to Page Seven
The first New England General Conference on the Charismatic Renewal, beginning tomorrow night at the 'Providence Civic Center, is a meeting with a difference. For starters, it will be the largest convention ever held in the city, with an expected attendance of over 12,000, so many that delegates living within 50 miles of Providence have been asked to commute tomorrow through Sunday, to relieve strain on hotels and motels. Its program is full of unusual touches, such as reminding delegates to "make love your aim and be sure to dispose of all paper and other litter properly." Spontaneous sharing, popular at charismatic gatherings, is discouraged, but, says the program, "the Conference should be given the opportunity to hear the good things the Lord is doing and saying among us. If the Lord has healed you during the Conference, acted powerfully in your life, if you have a word of prophecy that you strongly feel might be for the whole assembly, then go to the Information Center in the main lobby. As the Conference leaders are led by the Lord, these experiences will be shared by them from 路the platform." Concerning workshop-hopping among the 33 Saturday afternoon choices, the program reTurn to Page Three
TABLET HONORING Pope John Paul II was blessed at St. Stanislaus Church at observance which served as diocesan commemoration of the installation of the first Polish pope.
Curia Appointments VATICAN CITY (NC) - In the indirect manner used in previous announcements, the Vatican said that Pope John Paul II had reappointed all the heads of Vatican congregations with the exception of ailing U.S. Cardinal John Wright. A Vatican press spokesman said "one could assume" that the prefects have been reappointed. They are:
- Cardinal Pierre Paul Philippe, 73, prefect of the Congregation for Eastern - Rite Churches. The French-born cardinal, a Dominican, has held his office since 1973. After a teaching career of nearly 20 years, he held a succession of of posts in the Vatican administration beginning in 1954. - Cardinal James Robert Turn to Page Five
Evangelization Topic of New England Bishops By Father Horace Travassos Bishop Daniel" A. Cronin, in cooperation" with the National Conference of Catholic Bishops' Ad Hoc Committee on Evangelization, recently hosted a miniconference on evangelization in
Hyannis for some 60 bishops, clergy, religious and laity from throughout New England. Bishop Cronin, in his welcome, noted that the occasion was significant for the Diocese of Fall River. "It is the first time that
we have had the happy occasion of welcoming to the diocese such a large assembly of bishops and representatives of Region I." Eight New England bishops participated in the all day conference. Leading those from the
FATHER ALVIN ILLIG, director of the Bishops' Ad Hoc Committee on Evangelization, addressed a meeting of the New England bishops in Hyannis and a conference of Fall River diocesan clergy during a recent two-day visit. Left, from left, in Hyannis, Father Illig, Bishop Cronin,
Boston Province was Cardinal Humberto Medeiros, Archbishop of Boston. The Province of Hartford was led by Archbishop John F. Whealon of Hartford. Members of the Diocesan Pastoral Council, at Bishop Cronin's invi-
tation, also took part in the program. Father Alvin A. Illig, CSP, Executive Director of the Bishops' Ad Hoc Committee, conductedthe sessions, discussing Turn to Page Seven
Father Horace Travassos, Msgr. John J. Oliveira, Bishop John F. Hackett. Right, at Bishop Connolly High School, Fall River, Father Illig, Bishop Cronin, Father Gerald Shovelton, Father John Steakem. Presentations included discussion of practical techniques.
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SISTER M. TERESA KANE, administrator of the Religious Sisters of Mercy of the Union in the U.S., has been elected vice-president and president-elect of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious.
Diplomatac Policy
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VATICAN CITY - In a meeting with the diplomatic corps accredited to the Holy See, Pope John Paul II said that the Vatican is committed to working for religious freedom and equal participation in society for believers. Pope John Paul told the diplomats from 90 nations Oct. 20 that establishment of diplomatic relations does not necessarily mean the Holy See's approval of a certain government or its actions.
WASHINGTON-U.S. Catholic Conference officials have told officials of the Nestle Co. that the conference is concerned about the harmful impact of sales of prepared infant formula.in the Third World. The USCC officials said the conference has no position on a boycott of Nestle's products to protect the company's formula sales. The diocese of Albany, N.Y. has declared such a boycott.
Schools Would Suffer
WASHINGTON-The background and culture of Hispanic and black families has led them to develop unique ties and attitudes which can benefit all families in developing a comprehensive family ministry plan. That was the message brought by Pablo Sedillo, executive director of the U.S. bishops' Secretariat for Hispapic Affairs, and Auxiliary Bishop Eugene 'vfarino of Washington in addresses to the National Family Workshop and Conference, held in Washington Oct. 24-26.
WASHINGTON - Five senators have told the Internal Revenue Service that its proposed anti-discrimination regulations may punish private and parochial schools which are not guilty of racial discrimination. The proposed regulations vJould require private elementary and secondary schools established or expanded at the time of public school desegre.:;ation plans and having an insignificant rninority enrollment to prove that they Jo not discriminate on the basis of race.
'Humane Treatment' TEHUANTEPEC, Mexico-While Mexican and U.S. officials discussed frictions between the two countries, Bishop Arturo Lona of Tehuantepec, Mexico, asked for "humane treatment" of Mexican migrant workers in the United States. Illegal Mexican aliens working in the United States are causing problems between the two countries.
Light and Life
SALT Coalition
It's a Ministry DETROIT - Giving money to good causes for: the right motives is as much a form of ministry as personally tending to the sick or preaching the Gospel, said Auxiliary Bishop Daniel E. Pilarczyk of Cincinnati at the annual conference of the National Catholic Stewardship Council. In his keynote address to the Oct. 23-25 conference, Bishop Pilarczyk said financial generosity may be "the most common ministry of all."
Father Mayor RIBERALTA, Bolivia-Maryknoll Father William Coy, who mediated between strikers and government officials during .a confrontation on civil rights in September, has agreed to serve as temporary mayor of Riberalta as part of a settlement.
Professionalism Needed v ATlCAN CITY-Evangelization "must be done through a thoroughly competent and professional use of radio, television and the audio-visual media," Pope John Paul II said in a message Oct. 25 marking the 50th anniversary of UNDA, the International Catholic Association for Radio and Television.
Somoza Aid Scored
FATJlER JAMES P. NOONAN of Shelburne, Vt. has been elected Maryknoll Fathers superior general.
WASHINGTON-Several hundred religious leaders, mostly Catholics, took out an ad in The Washington Post to tell J:>resident Jimmy Carter that his credibility on human rights will be damaged unless he withdraws "material and moral support" from President Anastasio Somoza of Nicaragua.
SISTER M. ROSE CECILIA CASE is new superior general of the Sisters of St. Francis of Philadel phia, who staff St. Mary's Home, New Bedford.
Jail for Nun? BULAWAYO, Rhodesia - If a black Catholic nun serves a court-ordered six month jail sentence, it could mean an escalation of state anti-guerrilla measures, said Catholic sources. Sister Clotilda Moyo, 26, pleaded guilty to giving authorities false information about the presence of guerrillas at her mission near the Zambian border and has been ordered jailed for six months.
WASHINGTON-National Bible Week, an interfaith effort designed to foster prayerful reading, proclamation and reflection on Scripture, will be observed Nov. 19-26, with the theme "The Word of God Is Light and Life."
FORMER NEW YORK Mayor Robert Wagner is the second Catholic named by President Carter as his personal envoy to the pope.
Family Models
WASHINGTON-A coalition of Catholic, Protestant and Jewish agencies have formed the Religious Committee on SALT to support ratification of a Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty when one is signed by the United States and the Soviet Union. Most observers believe a treaty will be signed late this year or early next year.
Pope at UN? UNITED NATIONS - United Nations and Vatican officials are discussing a possible visit to U.N. headquarters in New York next year by Pope John Paul II, say U.N, sources. U.N. officials want to establish the same close relationship they had with Pope Paul VI, who addressed the U.N. General Assembly Oct. 4, 1965.
ARCHBISHOP THOMAS 0 FIAiCH of Armagh, Primate of All Ireland, will be commencement speaker for St. Mary's College, Notre Dame, in May.
On Nazi Blacklist
ROME-Pope John Paul II, as a young man during World War II, was blacklisted by the Nazis for helping Jews, an official of a Jewish organization said in Rome. During the German occupation of Poland "the then Karol Wojtyla was active in an underground, collaborating with the Christian Democratic Organization which had a record of helping Jews." said Joseph L. Lichten, Rome representative of the Anti-Defamation League of B'nai Brith.
Company Men Unwanted ROME-A group of Czechoslovakian priests and laity have appealed to the Vatican "not to give us any more government bishops," according to the Italian magazine Prospettive nel Mundo. "Officially," said the letter clandestinely sent to Archbishop Agostino Casaroli, secretary for the Council for the Public Affairs of the Church, "no one is charged with hearing our voice and consoling our pain. Therefore we entrust to YQU, Christians of the West, this message."
FATHER MARVIN MOTTET is national director of the Campaign for Human Development whose annual collection will be taken up this month.
THE ANCHORThurs., Nov. 9, 1978
Bishop Supports Kennedy Banning
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ST. CLOUD, Minn. (NC) - Bir.hop George Speltz of St. Cloud, Minn. has defended a school Father Marcel Bouchard, assisboard's decision to prohi'bit Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.) tant director of religious educafrom speaking at the school betion for the diocese, is attending the 17th National Conference on cause Kennedy has opposed a Catholic Youth Ministry, being constitutional amendment to reheld in Oklahoma City. strict legal abortion. Kennedy was scheduled to With the theme "Calling Forth speak at Cathedral High School Life," the meeting, which conin support of Sen. Wendell Ancludes tomorrow, has included derson (D-Minn.). discussion of the context of minThe school board banned istry, pastoral planning for youth Kennedy's appearance and he and attributes necessary for spoke instead at St. Cloud youth ministers. State University. Father Bouchard was among Bishop Speltz supported the participants in a small group AMONG CELEBRANTS of the 150th anniversary of St. Mary's parish, Taunton, were, board's decision in a statement session concerned with parish printed in the St. Cloud Visitor, from left, Rev. and Mrs. Thomas Crum of St. Thomas Episcopal Church, Taunton, Father youth ministry. The topic relathe diocesan newspaper. Paul Connolly, pastor of St. Mary's, Bishop Daniel A. Cronin and Mrs. Joseph L. Amaral ted to his responsibility of aid"This is never a pleasant duty and Mayor Amaral of Taunton. (Jeanne Gilbert Photo) ing parishes in developing postas I well know, having had to confirmation programs for make a similar cancellation inyouth. volving a prominent senator who was to have spoken at our biMass at which Father Francis Edmund J. Sylvia, CSC, North Continued from Page One centennial celebration at Sauk Center in September of 1976 and quests, "Please pray about Martin of the Madonna House Easton; - Yielding Our Appetite to Bishop Daniel A. Cronin will whose record was similarly not which the Lord would have you Apostolate in Canada will be the Lord: Nancy Collard, Westhomilist. attend. Once you have made be principal celebrant and homilright on the abortion issue," he your selection, please do not ist at a Mass for those involved Six persons from the Fall port; said. - Developing Lay Spiritual iri music ministry in the diocese. The senator he referred to was go from workshop to workshop, River diocese will be among but trust that the Lord will Directors in the Charismatic Re- It will be offered at 7 p.m. those conducting Saturday afterthe late Hubert Humphrey. "The public record of the fea- speak a special word to you noon workshops and Jim Collard newal: Father Robert Kaszyn- Tuesday, Nov. 28 at Holy Name Church, New Bedford. tured speaker, Senator Ken- through the workshop you have of Westport is a member of the ski, 'Fall River; Eal'tern Service Committee sponFollowing the Mass Dr. Alexnedy, has been compromising on chosen." - ,Plenitude do Espirito SanBishop Daniel A. Cronin, with soring the gathering. the abortion issue at a time to No Seculo Vinte (in Portu- ander Peloquin will discuss "Muwhen the support of his strong many other New England bishWorkshops, some in Spanish guese): Father Jose Quintao dos sic in the Liturgy" at Holy Name voice in the U.S. Senate was ops, will be among the concele- and Portuguese, will touch on Reis, East Providence and Father parish hall. critically needed," Bishop Speltz brants of the closing conference many aspects of the charismatic Gastao A. Oliveira, New BedParishes are asked to invite all said. involved in music ministry, inrenewal. Diocesan participants ford;. "He failed the pro-life moveand their topics are: - Poverty: A Way to Love: cluding organists, choir directors, ment; he failed the church which - Growth and Development Bernard O'Reilly and Sister cantors and choristers, to attend has worked so hard for the un· the program. of Christian Community: Father Mary Carolita, RSM, Hyannis. born," he said. "To give him a 'Father Thomas 1. Rita has anplatform at the height of a political campaign could not but nounced that the annual Cathhave been misunderstood by the _ olic Relief Services Thanksgiving students who would have heard Clothing Collection will be held in all diocesan parishes from The Church encourages all the his talk. faithful to remember our loved "Understandably, then, Cath·· Nov. 19 through Nov. 26. As in ones in prayer. An ideal way to do olic and pro-life sensibilities in the past, the greatest need is for this is by an enrollment in the this community were shocked." lightweight clothing, especially for infants and children. Men's Association of Prayer of the La /II~ Kennedy has opposed a con· Salette Missionaries. I I t I \ stitutional amendment to re- work clothes are also in great 1w,/w." .."",J ..... P"'.."'al·'t...,/.,, Those enrolled partake of Masses strict abortion and has opposed demand. ,~.I,. J~ (r).. ~... ~,~. ~r I ~,~....' I J "We also always need blankcelebrated at La Salette Shrine efforts to significantly limit fedI :.',:,j' /.Jr. .\~.JI,.~~/~~.: .~ !'". ets, quilts and comforters," said and share in all its spiritual works. eral funding for abortion. J'" {,.lrlIJ. v..L..,,,~ . ,!It.. . Father Rita. "In time of disaster Your offering supports the minisHe also won congressional / J I ' \ tries of the Shrine in Attleboro. support for a federal program to the Catholic Relief Services fund centers providing compre- ships them to the scene immediA lovely card is sent to certify hensive care for pregnant teen- ately as a top priority item. Annual Memberships and a beau"Since the cost of shipping agers. tiful folder is sent to Perpetual ....f..,.....f""IJ. ....I...."J.; I.II. . ud.,'....... .·11 4".",. A spokesman for Kennedy clothing and blankets from our Memberships. diocese to the CRS processing said Kennedy would have no center in New York has skycomment on the matter. PERPETUAL ENROLLMENT FOLDER rocketed, we are very grateful Enrollments available in: for financial contributions earmarked for this purpose," he English French Italian added, noting that such donaPortuguese Spanish tions may be made directly to Suggested Offering: Father Peter N. Graziano, di- parishes. ocesan director of social ser· Another project, the ThanksANNUAL one year $2.00 five years $5.00 vices, is among delegates to a giving Hunger Fund, has been PERPETUAL individual $10.00 family $25.00 conference on peace and social introduced this year under ausjustice issues being hosted to- pices of Catholic Relief Services, Please enroll: day by the Office of World Jus- Church World Services and the Name of person to be enrolled tice and Peace of the New York American Jewish J.oint Distribuarchdiocese. tion Committee. Send certificate to: 0 deceased living The main speaker will be Dr. Designed to reach those who Name Francis J. Butler, associate sec- do not contribute to the needy Street retary of the U.S. Catholic Con- through their own churches, the ference department of social de- fund, the first such joint venture City State .L.7ip _ velopment and world peace. of the three religious agencies, Enrolled by: National and international is- is a response to world hunger.' Name sues will be discussed with a It asks Americans to "give more view to initiating programs on than thanks at Thanksgiving" Street diocesan and parish levels. and suggests a $10 donation, conCity ,State .L.7ip _ sidered the per capita cost of a traditional holiday dinner. Mail this form and Such tax 'free donations may your donation to: GOD'S ANCHOR HOLDS be sent to the fund at P.O. Box La Salette Shrine. Attleboro. Massachusetts 02703 A 1983, Chicago, Ill. 60690.
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Media Reality The Catholic Communications Foundation recently completed a study of national religious syndicated television programs. The news is not good. During the two year period of study, Catholic syndicated television programs lost 8 per cent of their weekly audience while top-rated non-Catholic program audiences increased nearly 8 per cent. It should be noted that 72 nationally syndicated religious television programs are broadcast in this country weekly, of which only five are produced under Catholic auspices. The top-rated Catholic syndicated program, "Insight," draws only 15 per cent of the audience of the 'top rated non-Catholic program, the Oral Roberts show. The second highest rated Catholic syndicated television program in number of households reached is the Christophers. The total audience for Catholic syndicated programs is under one million viewers per week. It is most interesting to note that from February 1976 until February 1978, the PTL Club, a very successful religious syndicated television program, increased its audience by 34 per cent. Its rank in number ofhouseholds reached rose from 27th to ninth. The 700 Club, another syndicated program similar in format to the PTL Club, increased its audience by 50 per cent and doubled the number of markets in which it is broadcast weekly. From the Catholic Communications Foundation study it is more than obvious that the impact of national Catholic syndicated television programs is decreasing annually. Indeed it clearly indicates that the Church must begin to muster its vast resources and talents to cope with this critical and important situation. Fortunately, attempts are underway that might in due course return the Church to the mainstream of television. A proposal for a national collection for communications is once more a crucial topic. Next week it will for the second time be presented to the U.S. bishops at their national meeting. The Catholic Press Association, which previously opposed such a collection because of the failure of its planners to make a sufficient distinction between the print and electronic media, now supports a national collection for the entrance of the Church into the national television market. While the mechanics of such a venture on the part of the Church are being developed and promoted-and indeed this is an encouraging sign of hope-let us keep in mind thâ‚Źl importance of television's role in the life of the Church during the past few months. More people saw the Church in action during the days of John Paul I and of the election of John Paul II than at any other time in history. The lesson is only too apparent. In these times, when a new spirit of evangelization is emerging in the Church, the use of modern media is a top priority. A call to evangelize is a call to' support all Catholic media efforts. It cannot be ignored. It cannot be changed. The Church must bring the living Word to all men, using the inventions of man to' bring him back to his God. Prayerfully, the next study of the Catholic Communications Foundation will find the Church's media efforts on a definite upswing.
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'Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them that are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered together thy children, as the hen doth gdther her chickens under her wings, and thou wouldest not.' Matt. 23:37
Pro-Life Record in 95th Congress "We gained more than we lost" in the 95th Congress, according to Father Edward Bryce, director of the U.S. Bishops' Committee for Pro-Life Activities. "The abortion issue was very much on the minds of politicians," he said. Father Bryce said anti-abortion groups did not get everything they wanted in the 95th Congress and added, "We have to be realistic in accepting that this is a long-distance run." There was no significant action on proposals to amend the Constitution to restrict abortion. But Congress did pass laws restricting abortion funding, providing coverage for pregnant women in companies with disability programs and providing funds to help pregnant teenagers. Father Bryce said he was pleased that Congress had acted to help care for women with problem pregnancies. "This is not just an academic debate," he said, "these are real-life situations." The abortion funding issue centered on appropriations bills for the Department of Health, Education and Welfare. The House has consistently voted to prohibit funding for abortions through Medicaid or the Public Health Service except when a mother's life would be endangered if she carried her pregnancy to term. ' The Senate has consistently supported more permissive language to allow federal funding for abortions that are "medi-
cally necessary." After five months of battles in 1977, the two Houses agreed on language that prohibited abortion funding except when the mother's life is endangered or she faces severe and long-lasting physical health damage if she carries the pregnancy to term or if the pregnancy results from rape or incest. The two houses battled again this year and the House agreed to renew the same language in this year's appropriations bill by only three votes, 198-195, in the last hours of the 95th Congress. Father Bryce said "we would have been pleased" with the more restrictive language but "we are pleased that there is some restriction." He said this year's debate provides a strong legislative history that should result in a tightening up of regulations issued by HEW. Father Bryce also said he was pleased that Congress had attached the same abortion funding restriction to appropriations bills for the Defense Department and the State Department, restricting abortion funding for military personnel and their families and for Peace Corps volunteers. The pregnancy disability benefits bill involved an effort by Congress to overturn a 1976 Supreme Court decision which held that the Civil Rights Act does not require employers with disability plans to provide coverage for women on maternity leave.
The bill had strong support from church, labor, civil rights, women's and anti-abortion groups and believed it would help working women and reduce economic incentives to have abortions. But the bishops argued that unless the bill excluded abortion from maternity coverage,' emincluding' Catholic ployers, Church agencies, could be forced to pay for abortions through health insurance and disability plans. The Senate rejected this argument after the bill's sponsors said existing exemptions would protect church agencies from being forced to pay for abortions. The House passed the bill the bishops wanted and after a 15week deadlock, the two houses agreed that employers could not be forced to pay for abortion through hemth insurance plans except when the mother's life was endangered or medical complications result. ' . ,Father Bryce said the bishops were grateful for the health insurance provision, but said the language of the bill means Catholic agencies could still be forced to pay for abortion coverage through disability and sick leave. In the teen-age pregnancy bill, Congress authorized almost $200 million over three years to help fund community centers to provide medical, educational and social services as well as family planning, sex education and family life education for pregnant teen-agers before and after they give birth.
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Continued from Page One Knox, 64, prefect of the Congregation for the Sacraments and Divine Worship. An Australian, Cardinal Knox has held his post since 1974. Before that he was archbishop of Melbourne, Australia. He also served in the Vatican diplomatic corps. - Cardinal Agnelo Rossi, 65, prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples. A Brazilian, he was appointed in 1970. Prior to that, he was archbishop of Sao Piulo, Brazil. - Cardinal Corrado Bafile, 75, prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints. An Italian, he has held his present position since 1976. He worked in the Vatican secretariat of State for 20 years. - Cardinal Gabriele-Marie Garrone, 77, prefect of the Congregation for Catholic Education. A Frenchman, Cardinal Garrone was named in 1968. Previously, he was pro-prefect of the Congregation for Seminaries and Universities, as the education congregation was then known. -From 1956 to 1966, he was archbishop of Toulouse, France. Of the nine prefects, only Cardinal Wright, who had been prefect of the Congregation for the Clergy, has not been indirectly reconfirmed.
Necrology November 25 Rev. Philias Jalbert, 1946, Pastor, Notre Dame, Fall River Novembel:...26 Rev. James R. Burns, P.R., 1945, Pastor, Sacred Heart, Fall River November 27 Rt. Rev. Patrick E. McGee, 1948, Pastor, St. Mary, North Attleboro November 28 Rev. Adrien A. Gauthier, 1959, Pastor, St. Roch, Fall River November 29 Rev. Francis A. McCarthy, 1965, Pastor, St. Patrick, Somerset THE ANCHOR Second «lass Postage Paid at Fall River, Mass. Published every Thursday at 410 Highland Avenue, Fall River, Mass. 02722 by the Catholic Press of the Diocese of Fall River. Sub$criplion price by mail, postpaid $6.00 per rear.
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Annual CHD Appeal The annual Campaign for Human Development collection will be taken up in all diocesan parishes the weekend of Nov. 18 and 19. In connection with this national anti-poverty program of the American Catholic Church, Father Peter N. Graziano, diocesan director of social services, pointed out that support for it is a direct way of practicing the virtue of justice. "In our diocese," he said, in a message to priests, "in addition to groups funded by the local aspect of the Campaign, several community organizations have been funded by the national office, including agencies assisting Portuguese youth, public housing tenants and middle class owner of property and small businesses. "Through action on behalf of justice, we place our faith in the marketplace, putting it at the service of all. It is essential to our very credibility as evangelizers, preaching the message of the Suffering Servant."
On the national level, Father Marvin Mottet, CHD executive director, notes that $7 million has been awarded this year in self-help grants. Recipients include the "Save Our Valley" Ecumenical Coalition of the Mahoning Valley, Youngstown, 0., the Wambli Archery Company on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South I;)akota and Cabrillo Village for California farmworkers. Ninety-six cents of every CHD dollar goes into self-help grants and of all moneys received, 75 percent is sent to the national office and 25 percent is retained by participating dioceseses for use in local projects.
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St. Anne Represented at Hospital Meeting Sister Angela Francis Souza, OP, assistant administrator, represented St. Anne's Hospital, Fall River, at the mid-annual meeting of the New England Conference of the Catholic Hospital Assn. She was planning committee chairperson for the meeting. Also present at the day-long Worcester meeting was the hospital choral group, which sang at an evening prayer service; and members of St. Anne's corporation, its board of directors and its administrative team. 'Response to the challenges of the future and the use of change mechanisms were the conference's themes. Speakers included Father Thomas Porath, SJ, director of the Center for Planned Change in St. Louis and executives of the Catholic Hospital Assn.
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May The Holy Spirit Through Pope John Paul II Bring About Un,ty, Peace and Love For God To All Mankind. THE CATHOLIC CHARISMATIC RENEWAL OF THE FALL RIVER DIOCESE
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THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Thurs., Nov. 9, 1978
Surely We Can Use the Tc;llents of George Higgins By
REV. ANDREW M. GREELEY
Every time i start feeling positive about the national hierarchy they come up with a new stupidity. The latest and maybe the worst in a long time is their preemptory dismissal -of Msgr. George Higgins after almost 35 years of
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Mothers, when was the last time you got completely fed up with your family? Was it when: - You got home from the college class you are taking at night to "improve" yourself and found the ice cream melting into little rivers around the supper dishes that were glued to the table with congealed mashed po-
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service. George Higgins is one of our great American Catholics, thought to be so by vast numbers in the areas of labor, civil rights, civil liberties and government. In a bureaucracy of amateurs he has shone as a beacon of professionalism. Now, as he approaches his 40th anniversary in the priesthood, 'he is unceremoniously kicked out of the USCC/ NCBB office in Washington because they don't have the few thousand dollars a year for his salary. In the words of labor and
government where Higgins is considered a genius, the reaction is one of stunned disbelief. The church can't be that idiotic, can it? I was told once, not by Msgr. Higgins, that he made 21 trips to Rome during the Second Vatican Council at his own expense to serve as a peritus for the American hierarchy because the then-NCWC wouldn't pay his plane fare. His input was critically important. He paid for it all himself and is now thrown out of a job without the slightest consideration.
The Higgins dismissal involves more than a violation of charity and justice; it is a violation of the solemn obligation of a bishop to provide intelligent leadership for the church. Why should anyone with a modicum of intelligence and ability get mixed up with a cheap, shoddy disgusting bunch of people? I think everyone who has ever worked in any capacity for the United States Catholic Conference/National Conference of Catholic Bishops should make clear that' he or she will not serve again unless the bishops
backpedal on George Higgins. Let us declare the USCC/NCCB vitandus, to be avoided by all decent men and women. The decision was made by a small subcommittee. There is still tir:ne for the bishops to countermand it at their meeting the week of November 12. I don't think they will, though. So get rid of George Higgins, throw him out, humiliate him as a reward for a lifetime' of service - that's the way people who claim to speak for Jesus of Nazareth are supposed to behave.
tatoes. - You had to climb over the bodies in front of the TV bodies that were "too busy with homework" to do the dishes.
ing school book, help with a when you needed his help, he term paper, sew a button on was "too tired." your husband's suit, make a cosThere are a million variations tume for tomorrow's play, teach . . but they all boil down to 10 thumbs 'how to knit, put a the same thing. You are working cake in the oven for the PTA too hard, 'too many hours a day, . . . and then, when you sat 'and no one cares. . down to study half a textbook Self-pity isn't a solution. It for the next night's class, you tried to answer in less than a just makes you feel worse. I had a friend who was so anscreech "why you let your homenoyed .with her family's taking work go to the last minute." her for granted that, without - You took a part-time job telling anyone, she went to a to help out and it caused house- movie. All through the show she work to become a doubletime wondered if her husband had effort, and your family didn't called the police and rehearsed care . . . but coveted your pay- the speech she'd deliver when check like the IRS. she returned. Finally, she went home, con- Your husband needed your help painting the windows, but tent that she had made her point.
No one had noticed she was gone. If self-pity is useless, guilt is worse. When you are low, there are those who will tell you it's your own fault - you raised' them to be a bunch of selfcentered, thoughtless, inconsiderate, heartless louts who will come to no good. Did Hitler's mother raise him to the life he led? Or did Christ's? You can pray - about six months on a cloistered retreat would probably do it. But you really need a practical available immediate solution. If you have one, let me know . . . preferably before tonight's supper dishes need to be done.
- You tried to plan for family cooperation in getting household chores done but the only time anyone would volunteer to be "around" was at 4 a.m. Sunday. - You asked for help with the laundry and your kids looked at you as if you just said John Travolta is really a girl. - You were expected to drive one kid to the library, pick up another at the railroad station, get "something good for tomorrow's lunch," find a miss-
95th Is Seen As the Congress of the 'Haves' from the poor and the working class. But, he adds, Congress did extend major educational and housing programs and did not retreat on existing programs. Here is a summary of some
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Last weekend we visited Vermont and were impressed with yard after yard filled with cut and piled wood. Obviously Vermonters' solution to the rising cost of fuel
in the present system. The Carter administration, which pressed unsuccessfully for comprehensive welfare reform this year, has promised to come back next year with a scaled-down proposal given a better chance of passage. - The 95th Congress took up
has been to cut wood. "Good sense is turning Americans back to wood burning," stated the ad and it seems true. With fuel bills as much as four times what they were 10 years ago, something must be done and for many the next step (short of moving south) is to seriously consider an alternate fuel. During our short Vermont stay we viewed some of the woodstoves Vermonters were buying. Who would judge better as to an efficient stove than citizens of a state where winter
tive. But no~ much of Carter's program got through the 95th Congress.
Two measures will be brought back for more serious consideration next year: a national development bank to help revive decaying urban and rural areas, and a public works program to
enters early and leaves late? Joe and I are in the market for a woodstove and spent this past weekend searching for one that would meet our needs. But while I love antiques, I really don't believe in complete reversion to the "good old days." Although I am looking forward to my woodstove, I'll still hold on to my drier, my washing rna路 chine and those modern improvements that make life a little easier, if not so charming. Somewhere there must be a happy medium!
use long-term unemployed youth to fix up public buildings.
This is a high priority for church groups concerned with world ..:.- Congress came close to ap- hunger and will be hrought up proving tax credits for tuition again next year. - Church groups regard paspaid to colleges and private elementary and secondary schools sage of a record foreign aid apbut eventually dropped tax cred- propriations bill as a major vicits altogether in an effort to tory but the bill leaves the Uniavoid a veto of the entire tax-- ted States hundreds of millions of dollars short of past commitcut bill. ments for contributions to inter- A Senate filibuster pre- national financial institutions vented Congress from approving providing loans to poor nations. labor law revisions which would , - Church groups see many have made it easier for unions minuses in the energy program to organize workers ~nd stream- approved by Congress. One realine the existing appeals pro- son is the bill's deregulation of cess. natural gas prices by 1985; an- Congress studied but failed other is that it does not do to create an emergency grain enough to stimulate energy conreserve for use in cas~ of inter- servation and development of national hunger emergencies. alternative energy sources.
While in Vermont we visited one of the state's most famous restaurants where the star of the menu was Indian Pudding. My own favorite recipe comes from Eleanor iEarly's "New England Cookbook." Indian Pudding 3 Tablespoons yellow corn meal Y3 cup dark molasses 3 cups milk, scalded .Y2 cup sugar 1 egg beaten .1 Tablespoon butter
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Evangelization Continued from Page One approaches to evangelization of the 70 million unchurched and the 12 million alienated Catholics in the United States. He stressed that it is not the intention of the Church to "steal sheep from other denominations." He said that "we want to draw back to the Church those Catholics who, for whatever reason, have wandered from it" and that "we are also concerned with the even greater numbers of Americans with no church affiliation whatever." Noting that those attending the conferences he is conducting throughout the country are bishops and key diocesan representatives, Father Illig said he hoped to provide them "with impetus and insight into ways and means of effectively bringing the Gospel to the alienated Catholic and to the unchurched." The Hyannis conference -included discussion of principles emerging from "Evangelii Nuntiandi," an apostolic exhortation of the late Pope Paul VI. Father Illig noted that "for the Church, Evangelization means bringing the Good News to all the strata of humanity, and through its influence transforming humanity from within and making it new." He explained that "Evangelization, the proclamation of the Gospel, is the fundamental mission of the Church. It is the work of each of us." . In subsequent presentations Father Illig discussed the beneficiaries of evangelization, including active and estranged Catholics, Christian communities other than Catholic, non-~hris tian communities and the unchurched. He offered a variety of materials outlining effective evangelization programs now in operation in American dioceses and suggested helpful techniques. They include: -mention of evangelization of the churchless and the inactive frequently in the prayers of the faithful; -organization of study groups on Pope Paul VI's exhortation on evangelization; -employment of a full time person to work at evangelization; -an ilnnual Visitors' Sunday and Open House; -a "banquet of friendship"
for inactive Catholics and the unchurched; -distribution of brochures about parish activities to newcomers; -use of posters and bumper stickers with the evangelization theme.
Dedication Continued from Page One memoration of the installation of John Paul II as the first Polish pope. The announcement was greet~d with thunderous spontaneous renditions of "Sto Lat, May You Live a Hundred Years" in honor of both the pope and Bishop Cronin. At the end of the service, at which a mosaic rendition of the ancient icon of Our Lady of Czestochowa and a plaque commemorating Pope John Paul's inauguration were blessed by the bishop, another placque was presented to Father Robert S. Kaszynski, pastor, by Wal!er Gosciminski, program coordinator. It was a dedication of the grotto and grounds to him in recognition of his "inspired pastorate." In Sunday's parish bulletin, Father Kaszynski paid tribute to Thomas Pietraszek in the following message: "He always said he wanted to die in church. He had attended Mass in the morning, received the Lord's Body from Father K, paid a visit to the yetundedicated grotto, came to the evening Dedication Service. . . And then . . . as the Service was about to begin - he experienced his Passover Joy! "Sharkey" Pietraszek was in love with God and in love with St. Stan's Community! The Lord accepted him from us as an :evening sacrifice' on one of the most historic nights in this parish's history. The Lord teaches us so much through 'Sharkey's' death! On the night of the crowning of so much work, effort, sacrifice: Jesus reminds us that only what is done from LOVE is worth doing at all! He's our biggest 'salesman' in heaven right now! As we have loved 'Sharkey' on earth, let us not forget him now that he awaits us in the place of eternal peace! Czesc twojej swietlanej pamieci, Panie Tomasie! Rest in peace, brother!"
The director concluded by emphasizing that people are the most important tool of evangelization. He remained within the diocese to address a clergy conference on the evangelization topic. He will return in the spring as keynote speaker for the annual convention of the Diocesan Council of Catholic Women and will conduct an Evangelization Conference for the entire' diocese at a date to be announced. Arrangements for the latter event will be handled by Father Horace J. Travassos, Diocesan Liaison to the Committee on Evangelization.
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Washington University, she found what she considers an ideal place for her, "a place where they want us to be generous . . . it's just great." When she returned from Mexico, she threw herself into finding money sources to provide the $1 million a year Father Wasson's family needs to live. "I started with friends," she said. "And then I decided it is something affecting everyone. Whether they have a dol'lar or a million, they should give what they can." Mrs. Stern put her art collection up for sale to benefit Nuestroso Pequenos Hermanos and, more importantly, decided to "put my life on the line" for Father Wasson's family. As an anthropologist, she wants to study the qualities she's seen in the children - "courage, standards of conduct based on true conscience, national judgement." "But I can't study human nature as an outsider, as if I wasn't part of it," she says. "I intend to practice in my own life the qualities I want to study."
And that study and practice, she expects, will involve the rest of her life. . Her children, aged 16 to 26, are "inspired in varying degrees" by their mother's life plans. Her youngest daughter will spend some time in Cuernavaca this summer after a trip to France, and some of the others also plan visits. She'll live in a two-room apartment near the haciendas where the children live, sharing the skills she's picked up over the years. "I want to share not just money or skills from a distance, but to 'live my life according to what this place means," she says. Although joys are many at Nuestros Pequenos Hermanos, Father Wasson must make frequent trips to the United States to find money to feed, clothe and house his children. He likes to see people like Mrs. Stern - whom he calls "responsible donors" - getting involved. "It's not out of a sentimental sense of guilt," he says. She studied us carefully, and then became involved."
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tion of legalism, awareness of the social implicat:ons of morality, the realization that moral formulations are tentative, a new view of the magisterium and an end to clerical "paternalism."
found personal response" to God or "the 'yes' of faith flowering into love," he said. Perhaps in no area has tbe change in moral theology been more important than in the awareness that it is tied to social conditions and that "our radical acceptance of God is tied to love of neighbor," Father McCormick said.
The rejection of legalism meant no longer favoring Church legal structures over the gospel values they serve, Father McCormick explained. Catholics Another crucial realization is had faced a constant temptation that moral formulations are tento lean upon the structures . tative, Father McCormick consuch as fasting, avoiding meat tinued. The complexity of moral on Friday, or follo~ing rules for thought "suggests our grasp of priestly prayer - until these significance is at any time limitlegalisms became security, he ed." Thus, moral theologians said. "We were taking up our must constantly question and crosses, and relaxing," he said. challenge. In contrast, now, "the questions Coupled with the increasing we consider of importance are knowledge of the uncertainty of tied to values and acts." moral formulations has been a Likewise, he said, previously, changed regard for the magismoral conduct primarily was terium, the "teaching church," tied to acts and omission Father McCormick said. Once, mortal and venial sins included. Catholics overly emphasized The current understanding is teaching - as opposed to learn"morality is above all a pro- ing, the role of the hierarchy,
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car? May he leave town? Must he let you know if he is leaving town? Such questions arise in a mobile culture such as ours. What about drinking and driving? Are there special penalties for this very serious offense? There are some problems to anticipate: Who pays in the event of an accident? Who pays if he gets a ticket? Are there any penalties from you for getting a ticket? For getting stopped by the police? Will taking away the use of the car ever be used as a punishment? If so, will this punishment be used for any offense or only for abuse of driving privileges? Asking all these questions may seem to be making too much of a simple privilege. However common it may be in our country, driving a car is a privilege involving a lot of money and a lot of responsibility. Anticipating the problems and talking them over with your son can alleviate many controversies and misunderstandings. Reader questions on family living and child care are invited. Address Ito The Kennys; c/o The Anchor, P.O. Box 7, Fall River, Mass. 02722.
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Q. I Imow there is much controversy about birth control today, and the church is officially against it. I'm puzzled, though, on how it came to teach what it does. Was it organized by a pope or a eoUDcll or what? And what is the scriptural basis for it? (Mass.) A. Thousands of pages have been written on the questions you ask, but perhaps these few sentences will help. As far as we know, Jesus never taught anything explicitly on the subject of birth control. The church's position on birth control, as well as its other moral teachings, developed gradually. Questions confronted people at various times, and the church responded. From the time of Saint Paul Christian teachers placed enormous emphasis for several reasons, on virginity, often even inside marriage. Largely as a result of this emphasis, a number of strange sects arose who attacked marriage from any of several directions. Some were materialistic and sensual; others were quite "spiritual," claiming that marriage, and especially sex, were evil and beneath the dignity of enlightened Christians. To counter act these groups, the church had to answer the question: If virginity is so ideal, how does the church avoid being in the position of condemning marriage and sexual procreation? The manner in which Christian teachers and theologians answer this question proved critical and significant in the church for nearly 14 centuries. One option open to them was the one suggested in S1. Paul's letter to the Ephesians, that sexual intercourse is closely associated with married love and is, among other things, imortant for the growth and development of that love. However, under pressures from the social structures of the time, from the great emphasis on virginity in the church, and in order to compromise with the contempt for sexuality among these heretical groups, theology and preaching took on an entirely different direction. Sexual intercourse certainly can be good and holy, said Christian teachers. But what makes it good and holy is procreation, the desire for a child. Thus, enjoyment of sexual relations, or having intercourse as an expression of love for one's spouse, is sinful, unless the couple desires to conceive a child. This rather severe approach came ullder considerable suspi. cion, npt to say disregard, through· the centuries. Only since the first part of the last century, however, thanks largely to one of the great theologians
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of modern times (S1. Alphonsus Liguori) has respectable Catholic theology accepted the fact that married love and affection possess an essential, even primary, significance in sexual intercourse. Traditional teaching on contraception has, of course, been adhered to in all papal documents. But the essential role of the love and affection between husband wife in sexual relations is increasingly emphasized, especially by Popes :Pius XI and Paul VI. Both the Old and the New Testaments tell us much about the meaning of sexuality and sexual relationships between men an dwomen. No one seriously . claims today, however, that scriptural texts can solve the birth control controversy one way or the other. Questions for this column should be sent to Father Dietz~, c/o The Anchor, P.O. Box 7, Fall River, Mass. 02722.
For Lebanon An appeal to readers of The Anchor has been received from Father Norman J. Ferris, pastor of St. Anthony of the Desert Maronite Catholic Church, Fall River. He writes: "I am sure many of your readers are aware of the sad and critical situation in Lebanon today. The people of Lebanon, particularly the Christians, have heen' suffering greatly. They have been driven from their homes, their homes destroyed, everything is in ruin, and they have nothing left. "Recently I have received a letter from His Excellency, Bishop Francis M. Zayek, Bishop of the Diocese of St. Maron-U.S.A. concerning this situation, pleading with us for help-be it in the form of medicine, canned goods, clothing or money. Anyone who wishes to help in any way, can please contact me at St. Anthony of the Desert Church, 300 North Eastern Ave., Fall River, or if they care to give money donations, can write out a check to LEBANON RELIEF FUND. This donation is tax deductible. The checks can be sent to me and I will forward them to the Bishop and then he will forward them to help the Christians in Lebanon who are suffering from tIlis awful war. "I make this appeal to all my brother and sister readers. Help Lebanon! They need us, and they need us now."
Correction In last week's Anchor, in a story concerning the Foster Parent Program for newborns, an incorrect telephone number was given for Catholic Social Services. It should be 674-4681.
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Once upon a time there was a young girl of 13 who lived in Nazareth. Her name was Mary. Like other girls her age, she was planning to marry. In those days people married much younger than they do today. Joseph, a young carpenter, was to be her husband. One day God sent the angel Gabriel to 'Nazareth to visit Mary and tell her something that would change her life. When he arrived, he said to her, "Rejoice, 0 highly favored daughter! The Lord is with you. Blessed are you among women." As you can imagine, Mary was completely surprised and frighttened, but the angel expected this and said, "Do not fear, Mary. You have found favor with God." Then he told her God's plan for her. "You will become pregnant and have a baby boy. You are to name him Jesus." Mary was puzzled. She wondered what it all meant. How could she have a baby? She was still a virgin. And "Jesus." Nobody in her family had ever been named Jesus. The name itself made her wonder. "Jesus" meant "God saves" or "the salvation of God" or "God frees." Why should her baby have such a name? Then the angel told her that the Holy Spirit would come upon her and make it all possible. Her child would be very special. He would be called the Son of God. Mary heard what the angel said but didn't really understand it all. However, she trusted God. If he wanted her to ibe the mother of a very special child, his own Son, she knew he could make it happen. She told the messenger, "I am the servant of the Lord. I am willing to do whatever he wants." Gradually all that God planned for her happened. She married Joseph. She had a son, Jesus, who became known as the Son of God. And Mary herself came to· be praised and loved more than any other woman in history. She is special because she trusted God and placed herself completely in his hands. In this she is a model for all of us.
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Nancy Friday in her book, "My Mother, My Self," declares that most women subconsiously live out their mothers' unrealized dreams and internalize their hidden fears. Thus our mothers live on in us as bundles of assumptions we picked up in childhood. Ms. Friday says that our lack of nerve lets this go on and on. We mayor may not agree with Ms. Friday's analysis, but we are. aware that we do project a good deal and that learning how and why we project is a giant jump in maturation. We have often experienced that the shadows of self which we cannot face are what we reject in others. Consider St. Paul for a moment. Biblical scholars are telling us we need to see Paul the Apostle as he was. Many have learned to read him today's religious through the eyes of later thinkers. We are inclined to see him as that man of sudden disposition who, violently converted, left Judaism hurriedly. Krister Stendahl, the Lutheran theologian from Harvard, "Should he memorize an Act wrote: "It becomes clear that of Contrition?" I had anxiously the usual conversion model of asked his teacher the week be- Paul the Jew who gives up his fore. "No, he can make one up," former faith to become a Chrisshe said. And he did. Finally, I tian is not the model of Paul began realizing that he is learn- but ours ... Our vision is often ing doctrine but they are his more obscured by what we think words. His answers prove that we know than by our lack of he does understand. knowledge . . . Paul was chiefly We're all looking forward to concerned about the relationship first Eucharist as another step between Jews and Gentiles in his spiritual growth - -and and in the development of this concern he used as one of his in ours. As we watch him learn about arguments the idea of justificahis Christian heritage and ac- tion by faith," "Paul Among cept it joyfully, we realize that Jews and Gentiles," (Harvard we can indeed learn from him Press, 1976). The more we understand the too. Paul of the Christian Scriptures. the harder it becomes to imagine him proselytizing Jews, or insisting that one can only be Christian if reborn in a fundaStill, from the little we know mentalist style. Granted, Paul is about her and the relatively hard to imagine. This intense, great deal we know about Jesus, mystical, overreaching and overwe can make some fairly safe bearing'man, passionate to extremes and repentant at having surmises. to make anyone hurt, has often It would have been Mary, with been minimized in his long Joseph, who taught Jesus to journey through human history. walk and talk. He learned his He more resembles a wild first prayers from her lips, and William Blake than a stadium she watched him grow into a preacher, more a passionate poet young man and experienced the ·like John Berryman than a writpain of the generation gap. er of day apologetics. Mary is mentioned in only We may ask: Why have we one passage shared by the first projected our images out onto three Gospels. The basic form Paul, thus not perceiving him? of the passage is in Mar~, where Religion has often been describit has two parts, 3-20-21 and 31- ed as a matter of "ultimate con35. The first part mentions only cern" - that is, the depth ques"his own," but that this phrase tions about our relatedness to includes Mary is indicated by God and ourselves. Paul is deep the mention, in the second part, and we may, by projection, tend of his mother and brothers and to want to bring him into more sisters who have come looking shallow water where we are. for him, presumably to persuade Big people are hard to underTurn to Page Thirteen Turn to Page Thirteen
Parents ' Share in Religious Education By Wendy Somerville Wail Time was drawing near fo our son's first penance and parents' meeting .was callec Over coffee it became apparen that we all wondered "What ar our children learning about thei religion and what is our rol in it?" A few expressed genuine rE gret for the demise of the 01 Baltimore Catechism, whil some applauded reservedly th colorful new texts with scarcel a mention of dogma. Most recognized that childre are encouraged to develop a reI social conscience, somethin generally missing in an era whe we "bought" black and yell01 babies in far-off missions an seldom hothered with inequitiE close to home. But the majorit of us felt that our children weI not learning doctrine. Guidelines in the children books and notes from teachel stressing the role of parents i teaching children religion adde to our frustration. Unlike tt "new math," the "new religior. is something we parents al I supPosed to krlOw about. Having mingled among us, U elderly monsignor was sensith to our problems and dealt wi1 I them in his talk. One fath, greeted the announcement thi the children would be tested b fore being permitted to recei1 Communion with a stern nod I satisfaction. The monsignor thE I gave us his criteria for passin "We must be satisfied that tl child understands that Gc loves him. And he must kno that he shows his love for Gc by being good to others." Tht I
he smiled and said, "I've never had to fail a child." Noting that a popular poem, "Children Learn What They Live," hangs in many homes, he added, "If a child lives with religion, he learns to believe." Answers never come easily to me. I see both sides of a question, and it takes a while for me to sort it out. I sent my son to the reconciliation room for his first penance with some reluctance. But when he emerged grinning broadly and skipping joyfully, his contagious enthusiasm made us eager for the sacrament.
Jesus and Mary By Father John J. Castelot The Gospels are statements of the church's faith in the identity and mission of Jesus. As such, they are selective in the data they present, and those data are interpreted in a Christcentered way, that is, Christologically. One result is that personages other than Jesus are mentioned only to the extent that they contribute to this overall purpose. Even a person as important as Mary appears seldom and then not for her own sake, but for her Christological significance. . This is disappointing. We should like to know more about her as a distinct individual and about her relationship with her son. But we can only read between the lines, and we must be careful not to read too much there.
A Verdade E A Vida Dirigida pelo Rev. Edmond Re20 APESAR DE TUDO, ESPERAMOS "Vivemos numa sociedade acolchoada que caminha e at~ fren~ticamente, mas sem dar urn passe para urn futuro aut~ntico." o homem de hoje quase se chega a convencer de que n~o existe outro ceu que aquele que se v~ nas montras. A sua Bnsia ~ urna ~nsia quantitativa de possuir. Enquanto reprimimos as auttnticas esperan~as humanas, satisfazemos aquelas necessidades artificiais que, pr~viamente, foram criadas por uma sociedade de consumo. Assim, a mudan~a da nossa sociedade n!o ~ uma mudanja qualitativa que nos obriga a penetrar num mundo novo aut~ntico, mas ~ uma mudan,a puramente quantitativa que nos deixa num mundo cheio de contradi5~es, de injusti.as, e minado por insatisfa~~es profundas. At€ a angustia que produz esta insatisfaJ~o d~s necessidades b~sicas, urn m:} estar gerado_por este estado de coisas, sac utilizados pela produ)~o para manter 0 homem na escravid~o. o vaivem da vida dissimula muito mal a nosso profundo aborrecimento nesta sociedade onde nada h~ completamente novo. o homem trabalha para consumir mais e consorne para produzir ainda mais, e deste c!rculo vicioso, onde os homens estao encerrados, n~o se consegue tirar ~gua viva de uma verdadeira esperan~a que fecunde a terra e de vida a sociedade futura. Ainda hoje, que existem recursos t~c nicos, economicos, cient!ficos, para satisfazer as necessidades verdadeiramente humanas de todos os homens, inconsciente e conscientemente continua a explorafao do homem, baseada num trabalho inutil e numa luta pela vida, que poderia ser efectivamente superada. "A sociedade de consumo urna maneira sGbtil de manter a escravidao, de diminuir as aspira~~es do homem, de empobrecer a sua intelig~ncia e a sua fantasia, de 0 tornar incapaz de poder criticar os defeitos da nossa sociedade." Se reflectirmos, compreenderemos tantas situa)~es do homem de hoje, ansioso por saltar estas barreiras. Muitas vezes, sao situa5~es que para n6s nao tem sentido; situ~~oes de desespero e ate suic!dio. No fundo, urna busca de alguma coisa que se quer, mas nro se conseguiu ou ~o lhe possibilitaram a sua consecuJ~o. Quem n~o sente pena ao ver tantas pessoas, jovens e maduras, sem urn mfnimo de esperan.a a nortear-Ihes a vida? As cr{ticas pouco servem, se faltar a ~ ¥ idA compreensao. Em s i tuaJoes enticas, nao teriamos nos as mesmas atitudes psicologicas, os mesmos desesperos, as mesmas n~use as? lsto obriga-nos a pensar que 0 homem n~o e nem pode ser considerado urna ~quina. N~o podemos catalogar a pessoa humana com um computador. 0 homem ~ urn ser sociavel, urn ser, que ama a liberdade, que ama ser responsavel. E, talvez, no fundo do ser humano nto importe muito comer com urn talher ou com os dedos. 0 que importa bus car a realiza~~o integral do homem. o cristao deve ir sempre a frente, n~o se conformando com 0 hoje, nem com 0 amanh~ Deve viver em cont!nua tens~o e ate ang~stia na espera de um novo mundo, de urn futuro mais risonho, mais feliz. Deve ~udar a face deste mundo no qual ele cre, " espera e ama.
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Jesus and Mary Continued from Page Twelve him to come home with them. When Jesus is told they are there, he asks his hearers "Who are my mother and my brothers?" And gazing around at those seated in the circle he continued, "These are my mother and brothers." The meaning of both versions is clear: True discipleship is much more important than blood relationship. St. Augustine captured this truth in a memorable remark: "Mary was more blest in believing than in conceiving." In the fourth Gospel Mary figures prominently in the story of the marriage feast at Cana, but only as an actor in a little drama designed to reveal her son's glory. She appears as a real historical person, of course; three times the narrative refers to her as the mother of Jesus. But in the symbolism characteristic of this Gospel, she is something more, and this explains Jesus' pUZZling reply to her observation that' "they have no more wine." "Woman," he answered, "how does this concern of yours involve me? My hour has not yet come." (In 2,3-4). This is just one of the many difficulties in what seems to be a simple enough story. Why "woman?" It is true that this was a respectful way for a man to address a lady, but there is no recedent for a son so to address his mother. For John, the term is symbolic and theological. Mary turns up just once more in this Gospel {l9,25-27), and again she is called "woman." In another Johannine writing there is a mysterious "woman"
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Continued from Page Twelve stand. They are not one-dimensional and we tend to see only one side of them. We do not perceive that they have contraries, drives, forces within themselves, just as we do, that need balancing, centering - not elimination. So we tend to reduce them to one aspect, the one that we need them to have. What we cannot imagine or experience we imagine not to be. Paul was big - a giant interpreter of Christian faith - and the tendency in every generation is to seek to nail down dogmas which make that interpretation final. And usually it is St. Paul who will not stay in the certitude box we try to build. Today, in an age of ecumenism and pluralism, we are rethinking many of our assumptions. St. Paul, we now realize, accepted the continuing validity of God's call to the Jewish people. Christians must come to grips with this reality in our own theology, learning from Judaism as it speaks to us on its own terms. This is a process of dialogue, not proselytism.
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"When you tell people to care, don't stand arour,d and slap them down when they do!" These were the words of a discouraged young man who found out that the people in his life "were {me big contradiction" between what they told him to do and what happened after he did it. lt's not an unusual story. "Love one another" re~ounds from pulpits, and there it dies. Those who try to carry out the mandate are often stopped in their tracks. So young people and older peopie flee from these narrow boundaries, where some are cared for and others are not. My mail makes me cringe. The neglected are like David writing as a fugitive fleeing from his enemies. For they are enemies who try to discourage people from h'elplng others, by telling them this or that person is lying or exaggerating. Such discrimination is a crime! How easy it is to cut off others from fellowship while one is wallowing in it. True Christianity is elusive. There are too many words not enough action. The loneliness in the crowded church reo mains, yet if no one really cares, it is God who is rejected, since He created us to be cared for. Like Timothy, of whom Paul wrote: "I have no one like him, who will be genuinely anxious for your welfare." We should be a worldwide community of Good Samaritans journeying on the treacherous road of history, where victims of injustice, misfortune and cruelty lie half dead. We should have the gift of sensitivity to human need, the capacity to suffer with those who suffer. Bureaucratic set-ups tum me off, whether in government, the church or school. The one seeking help and understanding is humiliated as he or she is passed from one office to another. How desperately we need those who have the courage and compassion t6 take charge, to }:Ie accountable to assume responsibility!
How many are willing to be responsible, not just for a moment or a day under the spell of a romantic idea, but over the long haul, like the Good Samaritan who said to the innkeeper: "Take care of him; whatever more you spend I will repay when I return," We are all'living on a small fraction of our spiritual capital. What keeps us from becoming more caring? Because we are less than we should be. If we tap the underground layers of our life in Christ, we will discover new realities in the world of dreams and ideals. How many dreams have died, how many ideals have been curbed, how many creative impulses have been smothered because pragmatic considerations and "sensible" judgements have ruled the day? God created us. to express with good taste, of course feelings of affection and esteem. Too often have we heard the cry after a loved one has died: "How I wish I had told them how much I cared while they were alive!" But the rule of "reason" has warned: the deepest feelings of love and affection are to be kept hidden and invisible. Did Jesus keep His love for us hidden and invisible? It was there for all to see! But because some are cold fish, they wish others to he likewise. They treat religion as a business, people as statistics, buildings as more important than people, money the most important of all. No wonder people don't dare to care anymore. They've been intimidated. To those who have listened
too long to the cynics and the ambivalent, I would suggest a retracing of steps and a new examination of self. Indulge your moments of insight and elevation. Be transported in your mind to that world wherein you touch the true reality and discern what life is really all about. The best therapy of the ages is found in the words that if one loses one's life for another he finds his own.
Bishop Feehan Among faculty doings at Feehan High in Attleboro: Sister Mary Noel will attend a planning meeting of the Mass. Council of Teachers of English on Monday, while Mrs. Karen Brennan will be at a College Board French Advisory Committee meeting on Saturday. . Home room representatives to the student council will be elected Wednesday. Feehanite Monique Lareau has been named Somerset Junior Miss and will compete for a state title in January. Among club activities: Business Careers and Science Careers clubs held a joint meeting at which Carol Nerney spoke on the work of a medical secretary and explained use of a braille machine. Members of the band, color guard, drill team and majorettes are conducting a fundraising campaign, to close Nov. 22.
The ,Feehan Women's Auxiliary will meet Monday in the religious education center to hear the school's annual corporation report explained by Sister Mary Faith, principal.
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Among topics discussed at a recent Social Justice Day were world hunger, nonviolence; nuclear power, Big Brother/Sister programs, racism, retardation, houses of hospitality, abortion, juvenile courts, consumer boycotts, Hispanic minorities, women's issues, political, activism, child abuse and needs of the deaf. An opening Mass was celebrated by Father Peter Graziano.
"The Effects of Gamma Rays on Man in the Moon Marigolds" will be presented at 8:15 tomorrow night and at 2:15 p.m. Sunday. Tickets will be available at the door. On Tuesday the school will hold a public open house from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Juniors received class rings as the culmination of a retreat program. A ring dance will be held tomorrow night in the cafeteria.
The Serpent's Egg Short Eyes A Special Day Summer Paradise
C • Condemned Blue Collar Blue Country The Chicken Chronicles The Choirboys Chosen A Different Story Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands Equus The End Eyes of Laura Mars Fingers First Love
The' First Nudie Musical Pretty Baby The First Time Rabbit Test The Fury Rabid The Gauntlet Rolling Thunder The Greek Tycoon Salo The Hills Have Eyes Satan's Brew In the Realm of the Senses Semi-Tough Joseph Andrews The Sensual Man Kentucky Fried Movie That Obscure Object of Looking for Mr. Goodbar Desire Midnight Express Up in Smoke National Lampoon's Animal Valentino House Women in Cellblock 7
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AMONG WINNERS at a Special Olympics Swim Meet at Durfee High School, Fall Riyer, were Nazareth Hall students (from left) Marie Chaberek, Danny Renehan, Lisa Breault, Brian Blanchette, Theresa Ravenelle. (Torchia Photo)
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Scholastic Grid Season Nears End Division Three title, which may well be decided only when they meet at Wareham on Thanksgiving. Meanwhile, Bourne will be at Case and Old Rochester at Dighton-Rehoboth in division Among weekend games, At- playas Wareham goes to Midleboro and New Bedford High, dleboro in a non-league game DIANA ROSS and friends travel that famous Yellow in Attleboro, rates top billing. Saturday. Brick Road in "The Wiz," a film based on. the Broadway It is the last Division One In the iHockomock League, Southeastern Mass. Conference Canton gained first place as a musical of the same name. (NC Photo) game for Attleboro's Bombard- result of its victory over Mansiers who have five victories in field and Franklin's loss to Sharas many starts. New Bedford has on. Saturday Canton will be won its four division outings and home to Foxboro and Mansfield must win to remain in contento Franklin. Other Hockomock tion for the division championgames this weekend have Sharship. Other Division One games on at Stoughton and Oliver Saturday have Durfee at Dartbedroom sequence, moreover, Symbols following film reviews indicate Ames at North Attleboro. King mouth and Taunton at FairPhilip has the bye on this week's both general and Catholic Film Office are offensive. (R) B haven. schedule and will entertain Do- ratings, which do not always coincide. On TV Somerset, unbeaten in· four ver-Sherborn in a non-league . General ratings: G-suitable for genSunday, Nov. 12 and Monday, eral viewing; PG-parental guidance sugdivision starts, will host Bishop tilt. Nov. 13, 8-9 p.m. and Thursday, Stang High, Coyle-Cassidy enManchester (7-0-0) is the only gested; R-restricted, unsuitable for Nov. 16, 8-9:30 p.m. (PBS) "Glo· tertains Barnstable and, Bishop undefeated school in the May- children or younger teens. bal Paper: The Fight for Food": Catholic ratings: AI-approved for Feehan High visits New Bedford flower League and could clinch An investigation of the world Yoke-Tech in Division Two ac- the league title with a victory children and adults; A2-approved for food crisis which many education. The Somerset Blue Raiders over Southeastern Regional at adults and adolescents; A3-approved for tional and church groups, incluhave already assured themselves Manchester Saturday. Runnerup adults only; B-objectionable in part for ding Bread for the World, are of at least a share of the divis- Blue Hills Regional has two everyone; A4-separate classification urging viewers to use as an ion crown, which they can more games remaining, at Ap- (given to films not morally offensive opportunity to learn about clinch with a victory Saturday. ponequet Regional in Lakeville which, however, require some analysis causes of possible solutions to ·Bourne and Wareham are Saturday and home to South- and explanation); C-condemned. world hunger. waging a tight battle for the eastern on Nov. 18. "The Wiz" is a version of Sunday, Nov. 12, "Directions" "The Wizard of Oz" as seen (ABC) presents a conversation Eastern Mass. Soccer Playoffs Underway through the prism of black ex- between Irish churchmen on Preliminary rounds in the ton, was the runnerup with 25. perience, with Diana Ross as prospects for peace in Northern Eastern Mass. schoolboy soccer Both schools are in Division One. Dorothy, a timid kindergarten Ireland. tournament were scheduled to Celso Ferreira, also of New Bed- teacher, who is caught up in a Sunday, Nov. 12, "Behold run through today. All four ford, and, Neil Buchanan, Den- Harlem snowstorm and transquarter-finals will be played nis-Yarmouth, tied for third ported to Oz. Lavish settings, Wondrous Things" (CBS): A Saturday at Boston University. place with 20 goals each. Tim lively dances and good songs documentary on earthquake The semi-finals are set ·for Man- Buchanan, Dennis-Yarmouth, combine to produce an entertain- damage in Guatemala and Cathning Bowl, Lynn, Nov.14, and and Jim Hamill, Falmouth, each ing evening, although Diana olic Relief Services programs to the final for Nov. 18, also in the scored 10 goals and tied for fifth Ross is miscast as Dorothy. Des- alleviate the consequent hardManning Bowl. place. pite a G rating, the movie seems ships. (Check local listings for , Three of the Division Two Attleboro's Dave Robinson directed to adults and teens and times.) its length, if nothing else, would quarter-finals will be played at topped Division Two with 19 TV Films· Harvard, the other at the field goals. He was followed by Steve seem to make it unsuited to Tuesday, Nov. 14, 9 p.m. (PBS) oj the top-seeded team. The Dailey, Somerset, 15; Andy younger children. A-II (G) "Distant Thunder" (1973) semi-finals are set for Nov. 14 Chace, Old Rochester, 14; Steve "Think Dirty" (Quartet): A tells of a remote Bengali village and 15 at Brandeis University Kitchen, Bishop Connolly High, bumbling, good-natured, happily and its inhabitants during the where the final will be played 12. Neal Ciminillo, Bishop Stang married ad man (Marty Feldman) disastrous famine of 1942. The on Nov. 18. High, Dave Miller, Attleboro, and is ordered to launch a lewdly focus is Upon a relatively wellThe complete list of qualifiers Augie (Gus) Carvalho, New Bed- oriented campaign for selling off young Brahman couple. Deswas not available at this writ- ford Yoke-Tech, tied for fifth porridge. The movie is not quite pite flaws, the film offers a rare ing but among them are New place with nine goals apiece. as bad as its title might indicate, glimpse into a world little Bedford High, Dennis-Yarmouth, but the humor is often heavy- known to Americans. A-II Attleboro, Somerset of the So. Saturday, Nov. 18, 8· p.m. handed and nudity is thrown in More Repress'ive E. Mass. Conference; Sandwich (CBS) - "The Bible" (1966) for bad measure. (R) B and Nauset of the Cape and IsGeorge C. Scott, Ava,Gardner, ZAGREB, Yugoslavia - Re"Magie" (Fox): A magician- Peter O'Toole and Franco Nero lands League. cently adopted religion laws in Arthur Mello, of New Bed- Croatia are more repressive than ventriloquist (Anthony Hopkins), star in this John Houston-direcford High, was the leading the former regulations, com- frightened by success, hides in ted film adaptation of the book scorer in conference soccer with plained Glas Koncila, Catholic a cabin in the Catskills. When of Genesis, from the story of his agent ~Burgess Meredith) creation to Abraham. Beauti36 goals. Ashras Mobrouk, Taun- paper published in Zagreb. finds him, he is horrified to dis- fully photographed, with fine cover him in a heated argument acting and direction. A-I with his dummy. Meredith offers On Radio to get him psychiatric help, but Sunday, Nov. 12. "Guideline" this intended kindness sets off a series of tragic events. Ann-Mar- (NBC) presents the involvement gret is on hand as an unhappily of the Campaign for Human Demarried woman whom Hopkins velopment in preserving jobs of 5000 workers in Youngstown, O. loved from afar in high school. (Check local listings for time.) CLOSED SUNDAYS Burdened by pop psychology, Daily Deliveries to Otis, Barnstable Coun~y Hospital, melodrama and an u~appealing Tobey Hospital, Falmouth Hospital hero, "Magic" falls short of its 12 McARTHUR BLVD. - BOURNE SO. ROTARY, BOURNE modest goal of being an enterPLEASE PATRONIZE taining thriller. Its attitude toTel. 759-4211 and 759·2669 ward adultery, its violence and a OUR ADVERTISERS
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The annual Christ the King Sunday youth awards ceremony for Scouts and Camp Fire Girls of the diocese will be held at 3 p.m. Nov. 26 at St. John of God Church, Somerset, with Bishop Daniel A. Cronin presiding. In other scouting news, Mrs. Helen Silvia has been named chairman of the Attleboro-Taunton Catholic Committee. She.will serve for one year.
steering points ST. JAMES, NEW BEDFORD A slide presentation on jewelr.'1 making will 'be given at the Ladies' Guild meeting at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday in the church basement. Gold and silver pieces and jewelers' tools will be exhibite.d.
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ST. VINCENT DE PAUL, GREATER FALL RIVER COUNCIL Council members will meet at Sacred Heart Church, Fall River, for 7 p.m. Mass Tuesday, Nov. 14. A meeting will follow in the school hall. Conference assessments are now due.
CATHOLIC SCOUTING, FALL RIVER DIOCESE
offered at 11:30 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 12. The annual guild Christmas party is set for Wednesday, Dec. 6 at White's restaurant. Reservations may be made with Mrs. Edna Cook or any other officer.
ST. JOHN OF GOD, SOMERSET
The Women's Guild will hold a joint meeting with the Ladies of St. Anne of St. Louis de France parish, Swansea, at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 15 in St. John of God center. Raymond Barlow will speak on the history of Sandwich glass. The public is invited and pieces of glassware may be brought for appraisal.
ST. MARY'S CATHEDRAL, FALL RIVER At Sunday's 10 a.m. liturgy the Cathedral Choir will offer "Communion Service in D" and "0 How Amiable" by Ralph Vaughn Williams.
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ST. PIUS X, SOUTH YARMOUTH ST. STANISLAUS, The Women's Guild will meet FALL RIVER at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 14 The Men's Club will meet at in the parish hall. Noel Reid, 7 p.m. Sunday in the school and treasurer of Cape Cod Bank & the Women's Guild annual tea Trust Co., will speak on estate . will take place from 2 to 4 p.m., and' general financial planning. also in the school. Prospective Guests are invited. members are invited. DOMINICAN LAITY BIRTHRIGHT, (THIRD ORDER), NEW BEDFORD FALL RIVER New officers of Birthright of The Dominican Laity, formerly New Bedford are Pauline Rid- known as the Third Order or ing, director; Jean Taffe, chair- Tertiaries of St. Dominic, will man of volunteers; Dolores Fell, meet at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at counselors; Trudy McCormack, St. Anne's rectory on Middle and Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Baker, Street. Four postulants will be education; Gail Charpentier, pub- received in ceremonies in the licity; Betty Rivet, housing; Ann priests' chapel and a meeting will follow. SACRED HEART, FALL RIVER Mrs. Colette Waring is recruiting members for a choir. Rehearsals will be held at 9 a.m. Sunday in the church and new voices are needed. Senior citizens will meet at 2:30 p.m. Monday at the school. A wine and cheese demonstration will be held. A bus trip is planned for Tuesday,' Nov. 28. ST. STEPHEN, ATTLEBORO The Women's Guild will meet for 7 p.m. Mass Monday and a game night will follow, with Dee Bergevine, Arlene Gagnon and Rose Raposa as hostesses. SS. PETER AND PAUL, FALL RIVER Thanksgiving baskets will be prepared with groceries brought to a special Thanksgiving Mass at 5:30 p.m., Nov. 22. Parishioners are asked to notify the rectory if they know of any needy families. Retirees Club will meet Tuesday at 2:30 in Father Coady Center.
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ST. ANNE, FALL RIVER Beginning this week, all daily Masses will be celebrated in the lower church. Funerals, weddings and weekend Masses will take place in the upper church. The Wednesday night novena to Our Lady has been cancelled until further notice.