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Opt .for Sanctity, Dignity of Human Life WASHINGTON (NC) - "Our fundamental commitment must be to the sanctity of and dignity of human life at all stages of its development and in all contexts," proclaimed Archbishop
Joseph L. Bernardin of Cincinnati, president of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops at the opening of the national meeting here on Monday. "If, as some would have it,"
In reference to bishops' comthe prelate explained, "we bishops are to be known as men of ments of "disappointed" and "enone issue, let the issue be human couraged" in the political camlife and all that is necessary to paign were widely interpreted protect and enhance it. I can -though officially denied-enthink of no better' issue and dorsement for Ford, Archbishop none more crucial on which to Bernardiri continued: . stake our reputations and our consciences now and in the years to come." The archbishop said that the sanctity and dignity of life are too often violated nationally by racism, unemployment, poverty, inadequate health care, bad' WASHINGTON (NC) - The housing and inadequate school- U. S. Catholic bishops at their ing, by discriminatory laws and fall meeting here did not con-, attitudes which isolate the eld- sider allowing Communion in erly. the hand as a means of restrictInternationally speaking, he ing the spread of swine flu. pointed out that living on a The administrative committee small planet with finite re- of the National Conference of sources, "brings with it interde- Catholic Bishops (NCCB) dependence and the challenge of cided not to place the issue on sharing our goods with other na- the agenda of the conference's tlons. . \ general meeting. A Boston couple, New Beginnings Mr. and Mrs. John Brennan, Archbishop Bernardin spoke backed by a Harvard University of new beginnings in both the professor of medicine had Church and in the nation. In the brought the matter before the Church, he cited the Interna- NceB Committee on the Liturgy tional Eucharistic Congress and and it was referred to the adthe Bicentennial "Call to Action" ministrative committee, where it was noted that, unde.r Church Conference. Referring to the national po- law, each bishop has the power litical elections, the prelate said: to 'take whatever action might "We look now to the future for be necessary in his diocese to fulfillment of promises, the limit the spread of disease, incharting of new directions and cluding temporary Communion the 'execution of such mandates in the hand. Twice before, the NCCB has as have been bestowed." rejected Communion in the hand The NCCB president noted as a general practice. Under that America's newly elected present Church law, two-thirds leaders face a task similar to of a nation's bishops must 'rethe bishops' consideration of ways to improve their efforts quest Vatican permission .to institute the practice in their through' conference structure. countries. The bishops of about 50 countries have asked for and been. given such permission. In such countries, communi· cants wishing to receive Communion on the tongue can con, tinue to do so. The list of countries where the practice is permitted includes most of continental Europe. English-speaking nations where Vol. 20, No. 46, Nov. 11, 1976 communion may be distributed in the hand are England, ScotPrice 15t $5.00 per year Tum to Page Three
Need No Ruling On Host in Hand Say Bishops
YOU'RE HELPING HER: Nurse examines little girl at Black Belt Community Health Center, Epes, Ala., among projects partially funded by Campaign for Human Development (CHD). Annual CHD collection for natio~aI, diocesan projects will be taken up in diocese weekend of Nov. 20-21, at which time Thanksgiving Clothing Drive will ,also begin.
d;TbeiZ Thought of Others ANCHOR Precedes Holidays
Thought of others will precede thoughts of self and family this holiday season as diocesan Catholics participate in the annual Campaign for Human Development (CHD) and Thanksgiving Clothing Drive before turning their attention to their own festive preparations. The annual Campaign for Human Development collection, funding a wide array of national and diocesan anti-poverty projects, will be taken up in all "churches of the diocese on the weekend of Nov. 20 and 21. 'Beginning at the same time and continuing for a week will be the annual Thanksgiving ,Clothing Drive, sponsored by
Catholic Relief Services (CRS) and having as its theme this year, "Blanket the World with Love." Turn to Page Three
Bless'ed Virgin Paid Tribute As US Patroness WASHINGTON (NC) - More than 250 bishops from around the ,country closed the bicentennial year yesterday with a Mass rededicating the U'nited States to Mary, under her title of the Immaculate Conception. Turn to Page Three
"The shock waves are still reverberating. All that is past his· tory but history from which we can learn an important lesson." One lesson, he said, is that "Neither we nor the many Americans who oppose abortion and desire the remedy of a con· stitutional amendment can expect universal approbation for our efforts. "On the contrary, no, matter how hard we try to make our position clear, how often we emphasize our concern for the broad spectrum of human life Tum to Page Five
Pope, Prelate Congratulate Jimmy Carter Pope Paul VI and Archbishop Joseph L. Bernardin, president of the National Council of Catholic ,Bishops, have sent messages of congratulation to Presidentelect Jimmy Carter. The papal telegram was addressed to "The Honorable James E. Carter," the president· elect's formal name. But Carter staffers during the campaign made a special point to change "James Earl Carter" to "Jimmy Carter" on ballots in several states. This is the text of the message, signed personally by the Pope instead of his secretary of state: The Honorable James E. Carter President-elect of the United States of America Plains, Georgia On the occasion of your election to the high office of president of the United States we are happy to send you our cor· dial felicitations. We ask the Lord to endow you with the wis· dom and fortitude that will enable you to le'ad the beloved American' people in the way of authentic progress, true peace and fraternal concern, with liberty and justice for all. Upon you personally and your family we Turn to Page Three
True Liturgy Reform
Now, Only Few Look Forward to Mass But Soon • • • MEMPHIS, Tenn. (NC)-Qnly about 20 percent of churchgoing' Catholics look forward to the liturgy today, a Jesuit liturgist said here. But within 20 years, "between 50 and 60 percent of those attending Mass will find it an adventure which they will anticipate and enjoy," said Jesuit
Father John Gallen, executive director of the Murphy Center .for Liturgical Research at Notre Dame University. Even though 80 percent of the church-goers today might not be "excited" about attending Mass, this does not mean they are at· tending only to fulfill the Sunday obligation, Father Gallen
said in an interview with Common Sense, Memphis diocesan newspaper. "To say they are in the pew only out of Church obligation is too facile a use of words," Father Gallen said. "Before Vatican Council 44 and today, the Mass was and is a genuine faith Tum to Page Three
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National No Park Weddings SAN DIEGO - Catholics may not be married "in parks or similar settings," according to one of the new marriage requirements issued by the San Diego diocese. The new 'policies also mandate a three-month preparation period before a couple can marry in the Church. Park weddings for Catholics have been performed here in the past, and given the generally excellent climate, the practice could be expected to grow. A diocesan official said the committee which formulated the rules wanted to emphasize the sacramental nature of marriage by forbidding such ceremonies.
Strip Mining WASHINGTON - A U.S. bishops' committee has backed proposed national legislation which would regulate the strip mining of coal and prohibit it on "lands which cannot be returned to their original contour or productivity" and on "prime agricultural lands." The Committee on Social Development and World Peac.e of the U.S. Catholic Conference issued the statement on strip mining. Bishop Joseph A. McNicholas of Springfield, Ill., is chairman.
Agribusiness Perils CARTHAGENA, OHIO - The interests of both the farmer and consumer are threatened by giant corporations, the new Cincinnati archdiocesan Rural Life Conference said in its first position statement. The position paper, which hit llard at corporation control of farming, food processing and marketing, is entitled "The Other Side of the Coin: Rural Issues." It began with the premise that every person has a right
Corrections In last week's issue of The AlJchor, the date for the next meeting ofthe.,5enate of Priests was given as Nov. 5. The meeting is actually at 11 tomorrow morning at the Catholic. Memorial Home, Fall River. On page 5 the name of Robert Duquette Was inadvertently omitted from identifications for a pic.ture taken on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of Bishop Connolly High School. A junior at the Fall River school, he was seated at the left of Bishop Connolly.
Necrology . NOV. 25 Rev. Philias Jalbert, 1946, Pastor, Notre Dame, Fall River ""'''''"I'IIII''IIIII""''''''''IIIIIIII,,,,,"IIIt''IIIIIII''III',"1111""""""""""""""""0','. THE ANCHOR Second Class Postage Paid at Fall Rive•• Mass. Published every Thursday at 410 Highland #-venue, Fall River, Mass. 02722 by the Catholic Press of the Diocese of Fall River. Subscription price by mail, postpaid
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to a nutritionally adequate diet. And it ended with a call to rysponsible stewardship of God's gifts to America: "Ideal climate, soil, rainfall and abundant land area to produce food and fiber unequalled anywhere else in the world.
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a stern warning to leftist: Catholics in Italy . against establishing a " parallel Church."
Reaction to Radicals PARIS - The "crisis of the Church must be taken seriously, "Archbishop Roger Etchegaray of Marseille told the annual assembly of French bishops at Lourdes in late October. ·His intro- • ductory speech to the week-long bishops' meeting and an open letter from the bishops to French Catholics have caused many observers here to interpret the Lourdes assembly as a reaction to too-radical tendencies in parts of the Church in France.
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Supreme Court has turned down a request by a pro-life organization that it review the New Jersey state' court decision which allowed Karen Quinlan to be removed from the machines which once sustained her life. The case was brought by the Human Life Amendment Group, a New York organization headed by Richard Gallagher and Stephen J. Garger, who charged th~t the New Jersey Supreme BUENOS AIRES, - The Argentine Bishops' Court verdict threatened Miss Quinlan's right Conference said a Latin American edition of the to life, Bible "is substantially right," but ordered a supplement to explain some controversial footnotes. Some of the bishops had objected individually to the footnotes and several pictures and their captions, which the churchmen considered "politically oriented." Other bishops had praised the edition, called Biblia Latinoamericana, saying VATICAN CITY - The Vatifian has anAthe text was correct and the notes only opened nounced that Pope Paul vi will preside at beatithe eyes to "unpleasant" conditions of social fication ceremonies Sunday for 17th century injustice. . Spanish Carmelite Sister Mary of Jesus Lopez de Rivas. The nun served as secretary to St. Teresa of Avila. It is said that her handwriting was identiNAIROBI, KENYA - "Overconsumption decal to that of the great Spanish mystic. grades nature, exhausts its resources, and leads to the degradation of man himself," a special Vatican representative told the five-week meeting of the United Nations Educational, Scientific ROME - A historic conference of the Italian and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) here. The Church here has called for a new social and poVatican representative at the conference, Archlitical presence of Italian Catholic~ in an Italy bishop Agostino Cacciavillan, who is the Vaticharacterized as suffering from "P!llnless American's pronuncio to Kenya, also expressed strong canization." The conference" the :first in Italy Church concern over basic human inequalities attended by priests, biShops, Religious and laity and human rights. meeting on a national level as equals, also voiced
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AT PARENTS' ANNIVERSARY: Bishop Cronin congratulates his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Daniel G. Cronin, on their golden wedding anniversary, for which he 'was principal celebrant at a Mass of thanksgiv'ing at St. Peter's Church, Cambridge, his native parish. Offering the Mass with him were 15 priests from the sees of Boston and Fall River. Grandchildren of the jubilarians formed. the offertory procession and among those in attendance were the Bishop's three brothers, Peter, Robert and Joseph Cronin. (Photo courtesy of Boston Herald American)
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Thought of Others Before Holidays Continued from Page One Rev. Thomas L. Rita, associate director of the Diocesan Department of Social Services. has named as area clothing drive directors Rev. Timothy Place. Fall River; Rev. Normand J. Boulet, Attleboro; Rev. Thomas E. O'Dea, New Bedford; Rev. Steven R. Furtado. Taunton; Rev. John F. Andrews, Cape and Islands. "Most of those persons who benefit from the annual Thanksgiving Clothing Collection live in the warmer, tropical areas of the world," said Father Rita. "Lightweight clothing is more than worth its weight to those who live around the world," he noted. "The ideal donations to the collection are garments made of co.tton, nylon, rayon and polyester. There is also a constant need for infants' layettes and children's clothing as well as work clothes for men," he added. Last year Catholics throughout the United States donated more than 11 Y2 million pounds of clothing, blankets and bolt goods to the Thanksgiving collection. These donations, having a value of $16.6 million, were distributed to poor and needy families in 49 countries overseas. While the emphasis of the annual drive has centered on the ~eed for usable clothing, there IS also alwa~s a great need for blankets. qUllt~ ?nd ~o.m- _ ~orters. ~he need IS mtens~fled an countries ~here sudden dlsasters. ~ave .wlped out the total families, villages or towns. "Blankets. we can always use", says James C. McClory, Superintendent of the CRS warehouse in Queens, N. Y. which processes the greater part of the annual collection. "Last year we baled 60,500 bales of clothing shoes and blankets. But only 1,200 bales were blankets, quilts, etc. We could have used a lot more," Mr. McClory said. Sometimes CRS is forced to buy blankets t6 augment its emergency supply. These funds could well be used for another worthwhile _purpose if enough blankets were contributed to the clothing appeal. "We hope," says Mr. McClory, "contributors to the annual ffhanksgiving Clothing Collection keep in mind the real need we have for these relief supplies. As I say, blankets we can always use." CHD Report Meanwhile in Washington, a report on CHD projects has been
Blessed Virgin Continued from Page One The Mass was conducted at the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception here. The United States was dedicated to the Immaculate Conception in 1846 by bishops attending the Sixth Provincial Council of Baltimore. The proclamation used then - "Eternal honor be given to the most Blessed Virgin Mary, conceived without original sin, the patroness of these states,"-was repeated by the bishops at yesterday's liturgy. Archbishop Joseph Bernardin of Cincinnati, president of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops, was celebrant and homBist at the Mass.
released by campaign officials. Prepared by an independent management consultant firm, it indicates that 22 percent of projects funded from 1971 to 1975 had substantially achieved the campaign's primary goals of attacking the basic causes of poverty by changing institutions. generating cooperation among and within diverse groups and attaining self-sufficiency. Forty-five percent of the projects had moderate success in achieving CHD goals, 33 percent had minimal success and five percent failed to achieve any of the primary campaign goals, the report said. The National Conference of Catholic Bishops established the CHD in 1970 to raise and channel Church funds to projects that could have a long-range or pervasive impact on the basic causes of poverty and their responsibility to work for its elimination. A collection on the Sunday before Thanksgiving is taken up cnnually to support the campaign. Of the amount collected, 25 percent is retained by dioceses for local programs and 75 percent is contributed to the national campaign administered by the U. S. Catholic Conference. In the Fall River diocese from funds contributed last yea; to the CHD collection, grants were m~de in August to 22 programs in the areas of alcoholism, aid to expectant mothers, and services to elderly and youth. All parts of the diocese were represented in the allocations.
Host in Hand
HONOR PAST LEADERS: Falmouth Knights of Columbus honor Past Grand Knights at banquet with Bishop Daniel A. Cronin as guest speaker. From left, seated, Rev. Joseph L. Powers, the Bishop, Msgr. William D. Thomson; standing, Rev. James V. Lowery, CSC, Msgr. Bernard J. Fenton, Rev. John J. Oliveira.
Prelates Congratulate Jimmy Carter Continued from Page One invoke from God a full measure of Christian joy and copious' heavenly blessing. Archbishop's Statement - Archbishop Bernardin urged American Catholics to "unite with our chosen leaders" -in facing post-election challenges while recognizing that "the isues discussed and debated in recent months remain as pressing after the election as they were before it." ' The prelate made his comments in a statement and in tel-
Will Look Forward to Mass Continued from Page One experience-if not an exciting one." He contended that there is in the minds of many assessors of Catholic Church attendance "a preoccupation with what role Church demands and obligations play in attendance." "There is a lot of faith in the people you find in the churches today as there was years ago, even with the 'obligation,''' he asserted. Father Gallen based his forecast of an increase in appreciation of the liturgy over the next 20 years on the growing understanding of liturgical reform. People in the Church today are getting _their second wind on liturgical reform," he ,said. "For 13 years after Vatican II, we all were so busy trying to get organized and setting up programs and interpreting changes and revising rites, that we lost our wind and became fatigued. - "Not enough had been done to actually implement the changes at the local level," he recalled. "And people began to ask, 'Is that aU there is to' it?' . "The reply soon came back from other people: 'Hell, no, this is only the beginning.''' Father Gallen said the people of the Catholic Church must now face up to the "more substantial questions or we're in real trouble." "These questions deal with how God reveals Himself to us in the touch and the word of others-in other words, commu-
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hity. It demonstrates how a liturgical event is prayer." He called these questions and probes into "the deeper image of liturgy-what prayer really is and how shared prayer is the thing that makes community:' He said the object of good liturgists today is to "bring a professional touch to all facets of the liturgy, working with the musicians, the singers, the lectors and everyone who plays a role in the liturgy." He said the age of people is not the deciding factor in whether or not they will appreciate a liturgy for all it is. "The key is not age,"he said. "The key is the community. If a community has taken the time to make a liturgy a priority in planning and execution, everybody will be turned on by itthe old, the middle-aged and the young." He called on all clergymen to "see themselves as servants of the prayer life of all the people" and urged them to make certain that their people "know something about the liturgy." Father Gallen was here to conduct a workshop on liturgical reform.
egrams to President-elect Jimmy Carter and President Gerald Ford. The archbishop, who with other bishops had met earlier in the campaign with both Ford and Carter, told the candidates he appreciated "their efforts to shed light on the many issues which face us." Following is the text of Archbishop Bernardin's sta1lement: "After a hard-fo1.!ght election campaign it is necessary that we unite with our chosen leaders in facing the many challenges to our nation and our world. It is a testimony to the vitality of our democratic system of gov-
ernment that this can and will happen. - "In telegrams today to Pres. ident Ford and President-elect Carter, I have expressed appreciation for their efforts to shed light on the many issues which face us. The issues discussed and debated remain as pressing after the election as they were before it. It is upon these issues that we must all, leaders and "people alike, concentrate our -'best energies in the months and years ahead."
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Continued from Page One land, Australia, New Zealand, Zambia, South Africa, Rhodesia. Jamaica and Canada. Bishops of Japan, Indonesia, the Pacific Island, Korea and Pakistan have asked for and received permission for the practice. Latin American countries where it is permitted are Bolivia, Uruguay, Paraguay. Panama, Chile, Costa Rica, Brazil and Peru. All the bishops of North At,rica have received permission for the practice, as have the bishops of Chad, Upper Volta, Niger, Madagascar, Mozambique, 'Angola, the territory of the Afars and Issas, Mali and the already mentioned countries of - South Africa and- Rhodesia. ' 'In Europe the countries which have received permission are Belgium, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Monaco, all the Scandivian countries, Austria, ,Yugoslavia, Portugal, England. Scotland and Spain.
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Distinctions Care must be exercised if we are to celebrate Veterans' . Day patriotically. We must first make some very needed distinctions. The veteran we honor on this day is not the bloodthirsty mercenary who will fight anywhere for anything. This is not the veteran we speak of this day nor is there question of special honor for such men who gamble in human lives for their own coffers. We do not honor this day the man who drools for power, conquest in some 1)on Quixote adventure. This is not the day for some kind of grand condemnation of the citizen who, also at great personal risk, followed his/her conscience by refusing to bear arms. This day we rightly honor plain John Doe of our streets,neighborhoods, towns and cities who, after painful personal sacrifice, served his/her country. We express gratitude for the painful separation from family, home and job; we ackI1owledgehours and days of training, practice and risk; we honor the courageous decision in conscience the veteran made to serve 1)is country in a time of need. We publicly acknowledge this day that to continue to live our form of government is never to be taken for granted; it takes sacrifice and personal inconvenience. . The just plain citizen who had to trade a job in caring for people, cars or anything else so as to learn the skill of staying alive and even killing must not be forgotten. This is not a day to praise man's inhumanity to man but the practical and very personal risks of plain citizens as they seek ~o serve their neighbor. We must focus this day on the personal sacrifice of individuals and not on the headline politics that so often make man's idealistic sacrifice a casual taken-for-granted. Praise we have this day for the true veteran - the one who risked and offered himself/herself as a love or concern for his/her neighbor. If there be some whose service in the Armed Forces was only a selfish adventure, a -coveted attempt for personal gain, an outlet for conquest and subjugation, we commend them to the judgement of God and their own conscience. Because the Services, as every other profession, has always place ~or the least qualified as for the best qualified, and because 10 the nature of things, the militarv can be the seat for the most inhuman as well as the most-idealistic and concerned, it takes a special day to honor those who have never or rarely made the headlines路 and still sacrificed themselves for love of neighbor and country. The Revolutionary War, 1812, Spanish American, \Y'0rld War I and II, Korea and Vietnam are historic pages filled with horrors and heroism. Injustices knew no fighting lines or boundaries. Mankind, the threatened species, can brew inconceivable horrors. . We can pray this day, therefore, that please "No More War"; we can and must rededicate ourselves to strive for peaceful means to diffuse the most路volatile of situations; we must conscientiously strip ourselves of thoughts of destructive nride. r.on<!l1est and brutality. And, as abhorrence for war. grips us all, let us not take a feeling of guilt out on the veteran who in his/her way tried to do the best. _ This day we say'thanks, not for killing but for serving; we say thanks for the many examples around us when an individual denied his/her very self, more or less willinglyyet decisively, and served.
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PIETA A son's death ... A mother's grief. limp ... emptied of life ... executed as a criJ.Il~inal . . . on a cross . . . outside the city . . . his left hand cramped around a nail's raw wound. She kneels in grief . . . hurting . . . helpless . . . her arms stretched out ... in anguish . . . in acceptance . . . her face pained . . . but peaceful. Her mind asks . . . like millions of mothers . . . before and since ... Why? ... "Why my son?" No reasoned answer comes ... Death's mystery escapes the limits of the human mind . . . Only the heart can enter death's darkness . . . and there find light . . . life . . . Only the heart of one . . . like Mary . . . who knows the living God'. . . as a gracious God . whose\ life-giving love . . . creates new life . . . out of death's tears. Her heart . . . full of trust . . . responds now . as once she prayed in a happier hour . . . "I am the servant of the Lord ..." (Luke 1:38) He
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WaShi~~;;Repori ,Catholics and Carter Jimmy Carter's "Catholic problem" generated a great deal of 'media coverage during the past campaign, and the final Harris pre-election poll seemed to confirm Carter's worst fears - it showed President Ford leading by a 46-45 percent margin. But when the votes were all in, Carter's "Catholic problem" proved to be not so great a problem after all. A CBS-New York Times survey of tens of thousands of voters as they left the poll showed Carter winning 55 percent of. the Catholic vote to Ford's 45. ,A similar NBC survey showed Carter ahead 56-41. These results were still three to four percentage points below the average for Democratic candidates (excluding the Catholic John Kennedy) over the past,20 years. But they were still a significant increase over the 46 percent of the Catholic vote that went to Sen. George McGovern in 1972. Some polls suggested the large number of Catholics were undecided in the closing week of the election. But pollsters said that the majority of those who decided during the final week of the election went l,1eavily for Carter.
This suggests that a good number of those last minute un路 decideds for Carter' might be Catholics. Earlier in the campaign Father Andrew Greeley, a sociologist who blasted Carter in July and became a Carter supporter by October, said many Catholics would not make up their minds until htey got into the voting booth. Patterns. in 1972 also suggest that Catholics are more Repub路 lican outside the voting booth than inside it. While McGovern received only 48 percent of the Catholic vote on election day, a Harris poll the previous September showed him with only 27 percent of the Catholic vote. Different ethnic groups which are heavily Catholic did vote differently. There are no breakdowns available yet by both ethnicity ll'fld religion, but an NBC poll showed 51 percent of Irish-Americans and a majority of Polish and Slavic Americans for Carter. The NBC poll revealed a sharp turnaround among ItalianAmerican voters. In 1972, ItalianAmericans went 58-42 for Nixon; this year, according to NBC, they went 57-43 for Carter. 'Corning Horne' Anti-abortion groups may
claim that Carter's 'opposition to a constitutional amendment to limit abortion hurt him among Catholics, but polls suggest it was not a major factor. A more important factor may have been that as Catholics move to the suburbs they became somewhat more Republican. It is also always difficult to get people to vote against an incumbent president. But the Catholic vote for Carter was part of a "coming home" of the old Democratic, Roosevelt coalition of Catholics, blue collar workers (many of them Catholic), Jews, blacks and liberals. The NBC poll showed Carter with 75 percent of the Jewish vote and CBS showed him with 68 percent, both higher than McGovern's support. The CBS poll showed Carter with an 83-17 lead among blacks, but the NBC poll showed Carter with slightly more than 90 percent of the black vote. The real difference in the election seems to have been Carter's support from his ~ellow-Baptists and other Protestlints, primarily in the South. Although Carter did not win a majority of the Protestant vote, his 46 percent share (according to CBS) is a full eight points more than the average for Democratic candidates I;ince 1952. The reason for the re-formation of the Roosevelt coalitionand for the lat~ shift to Carter among Catholics-may' be the economy. This election was in many ways a classic confrontation between the "haves" and the "have-nots," with the middle-class caught in between. The CBS poll showed Carter leading 62-38 among those with incomes under $8,000 a year and 57-43 among those with incomes below $12,000 a year. Ford led 62-38 among those with incomes above $20,000 a year; those with incomes between $12,000 and $20,000 split 50-50. These figures, coupled With the final figure of a 53 percent turnout of registered voters, help put the election in perspective. the affluent Traditionally, have voted in greater proportions than the poor and the poll~ sters agreed that if turnout went helow 50 percent, Ford would win. If it went above 55 percent, they said, Carter would win. In between, it would be close, they forecast. It was close, indeed, but Carter's margin of 51 to 48 percent -especially considering the low turnout-was considerably larger than Nixon's 43.42 to 42.75 percent victory in 1968 and Kennedy's 49.72 to 49.55 edge in 1960.
Rummage Sale The Women's Club of the Knights of Columbus Council 4373 of Westport and Dartmouth will hold its annual rummage sale and flea market from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 13 and 14, at, the Council Home, Main Road, Westport. Donations may be left at the home or pick-up arrangements made by calling William Sullivan, Grand Knight. The event is open to the public and ample parking is available;
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The Parish Parade ST. STANISLAUS, FALL RIVER Advent wreaths will be solemnly lit and blessed at 4:30 p.m. Mass Saturday, Nov. 27, the first liturgy of Advent. Wreaths may be made by parishioners or purchased from the convent and it is hoped that every home will use one this Advent. Polish Christmas wafers are also available at the convent. Holy Rosary sodalists will meet Sunday, Nov. 14. ST. HEDWIG, NEW BEDFORD Senior Citizens of the parish will sponsor a card party at 1:30 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 14 in the parish hall. Refreshments will be served and the public is invited. Reservations will also be taken for a Christmas party to be held at White's restaurant Thursday, Dec. 9. A food demonstration is planned for 1 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 18, also in the hall. ST. PETER, DIGHTON A thrift and cake sale will take place in the rectory basement at 2039 County St. from 2 to 8 p.m. Friday, Nov. 19 and from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 20. A special feature on Saturday's program will be raffles of a Bicentennial afghan and 10 turkeys, to take place at 7 p.m. Tickets for this event are now available from Women's Guild members. ST. BONIFACE, NEW BEDFORD A Christmas 'Bazaar is scheduled for Saturday, Nov. 20 in路 the church hall. Handmade articles and white elephant and Christmas items will be featured, games will be available and refreshments will be served.
ST. MARY'S CATHEDRAL, FALL RIVER The路 Faure Requiem will be heard at 7 tonight, sung by the Cathedral Choristers and members of the New England Conservatory Chorus, directed by David Carrier, Cathedral music director, assisted by organist James Christie, director of music at Wellesley Hills Congregational Church. The program will honor deceased parishioners. ST. GEORGE, WESTPORT A dessert card party sponsored by the Women's Guild will be held at 1 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 18 in the church hall on Highland Avenue. Homemade pastry will be served and there will be table and door prizes. Claudette Steadman and Doris Sunderland will be co-chairmen. ST. WILLIAM, FALL RIVER The Women's Guild will sponsor a dinner dance Saturday night, Dec. 4 in the parish center with the double purpose of celebrating the guild's 25th anniversary and Msgr. Raymond T. .Considine's 25 years as pastor of the parish. Mrs. Jeanette Dooley and Mrs. Margaret O'Neil are ticket chairmen for the occasion. . Members will attend a dinnertheatre performance of "Oklahoma!" Tuesday night, Nov. 16.
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ST. DOMINIC, SWANSEA The Women's Guild will sponsor a Christmas bazaar from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 21 in the church center. Handmade and homemade articles will be available, including Christmas decorations, novelties, candy and pastry. Jewelry, religious books and plants will also be featured and Santa Claus will be present. A snack bar will offer refreshments. ST. JOSEPH, TAUNTON The parish council will meet in the rectory at 8 tonight. Among agenda items will be plans for a New Year's dance and the annual parish penny sale. The Christmas fair of the Women's Guild has been rescheduled to Saturday, Dec. 4. ST. JOSEPH, FAIRHAVEN "The Sound of the Trumpet," :l film depicting the impact on a man in the secular world of the second coming of Christ, will be shown at 8 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 20 in the school hall. There will be no admission charge, but a donation will be asked.
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CHURCH PROGESS: Foundation of new church being constructed in North Falmouth to replace present Immacuate Conception mission in Megansett is near completion, showing cruciform outline that wiiI provide wings for increased summer attendance by Cape Cod visitors. .
. Bishops Choose Life Programs Continued from Page One issues, how often we insist on our determination not to engage in partisan politics, we can expect that our position will be challenged and possibly misrepresented. "We must be ready to dialogue respectfully with others if we hope to win them to our point of view," he said. '''But realism rules out the expectation that our efforts will be easy, painless ornon-controversial. Few worthwhile things are." Great Past Emphasizing "continuity with the past," the Archbishop:stated, "We cannot turn back the clock in the United States. Nostalgia is no answer to the problems we face. "We canpot go forWard to deal with prob.lems which, in many cases, have no real precedents in our national experience or indeed the experience of any people - problems such as the arms race and nuclear proliferation, envtronmental degrada-
I would like to call your readers' attention to the importance of writing letters to radio sta(Times are those of r~larly tions. Every station maintains !Jcheduled programs. Others are a file which will prove to the heard at varying times and inFCC (Federal Communications formation conceming them is Commission) that they are iff' the radio staavailable from fact broadcasting in the interest of the general public. All letters tions.) WARA, AM, Attleboroabout programs heard on the station are kept in the "FCC Thoughts, Youngthoughts; WALE, AM, Fall Riverfile". If a station has a positive Sound and Sense (Saturday 11:05 reaction to religious programming they 1) are convinced of p.m.); WSAR, AM, Fall River-Relithe value of religious material, 2) are likely to play religious spots Iigion in the News (Sunday 5:30 more often, 3) in the case of a a.m.); scheduled program, may ,Play it WCIB, FM, Falmouth - PCS at a better time slot and 4) may News (Sunday 6:30 a.m. and increase the number of value Sunday 8:55 p.m.); WCOD, FM, Hyannis-Sound orientated programs. Radio stations rarely hear compliments and Sense Sunday, 8:00 a.m.); WQRC, FM, Hyannisand are glad to receive them WBSM, AM, New Bedford rather than complaints. A letter is truly worth every second it - Youngthoughts, Spa n ish takes to write it. Thoughts; WMYS, FM, New Bedford Karen King .- Youngthoughts, Spa n ish Paulist Communications Thoughts; Pacific Palisades, Calif. WUSM, FM, North Dartmouth Ed. note: Miss King is a re- -Microthoughts,Youngthoughts, gional coordinator for Paulist PCS News; Communications, which provides WLCV, AM, Orleans - PCS a religious radio service sub- News; scribed to by the Fall River diWLCV, FM, Orleans - PCS ocese. Elsewhere on this page is News; a list of area radio stations usWPEP, AM, Tauntoning material made available to WRLM, FM, Taunton them by the diocese. Thoughts, Youngthoughts, Reli-
lion, energy shortages, and the . vastly complex work of creatIng an economy and a social system which will provide the material necessities of a decent life for every American, while also placing our nation's resources at the service of human development and authentic liberation everywhere in the world. "Our guidance in attempting all this must, however, come from the inviolable principles of decency, justice, fairness and mutual respect upon which this nation is based, as well as from the teachings of Christ and the law of God," the prelate told the assembled 250 bishops. Popular Bishops A vote for bishop representalives to the 1977 World Synod of Bishops in Rome came up with a preliminary list of 10 bishops who may be the U.S. delegates or alternates: Cardinal William Baum of. Washington, D.C. Archbishop Joseph Bernardin
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A funeral Mass was celebrated Monday 路afternoon at Sacred Heart Church, Fall River, for Sister Rose Anna, SUSC, 88, who died at Sacred Hearts Con.vent after a long illness. Born in Providence, the former Lena Maria St. Germaine was' . the daughter of the late -Hercules and Roseanna (Roy) St. Germaine. During her 56 years of religious life she served at Holy.Union convents in Taunton and St. Martin's and Sacred Hearts Academy, Fall River. She is survived by Mrs. Mathilda Lamoureux, North Attleboro, a' sister, and Louis St. Germaine, Pawtucket, a brother, as well as by several nieces and nephews. Interment was in St. Patrick's cemetery, Fail River.
of Cincinnati and NCCB president. Cardinal John Carberry of St. Louis and NCCB vice-president. Cardinal John Dearden of Detroit. Cardinal John Krol of Philadelphia. Bishop . Raymond Lucker of New Ulm, Minn. ... Bishop William McManus of Fort Wayne-South Bend, Ind. Cardinal Timothy Manning of Los Angeles. Archbishop John Quinn of Oklahoma City. Archbishop John Whealon of Ilartford. Highlight The apparent highlight of this year's fail meeting -of the U.S. bishops will be the publication of a major Pastoral on Moral Values, a document which applies the teachings of the Gospel to a wide range of contemporary problems. The pastoral has been twoyears in formation with wide consultation all along the way. It will begin with a discussion of basic principles of Christian moral life and then proceed to examine the moral issues in the family, the nation and the community of nations.
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To Handle Large Family, All It Takes Is Poise As a young girl I had dreams of what my family would' be like when I got married. I would be a serene, wellgroomed mother, with my children all scrubbed and shining, doing all the nice things kids are supposed to ~o. We would all live together happily in . So I resolved to defend the our well-organized, spotlessconcept of a large family by at ly clean home. Then I got least giving the impression I married . . . and had eight am the serene, well-organized children. And the dream turned -out to be far from reality. I didn't mind that so much,
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MARY CARSON but over recent years I've noticed that a prejudice against large families .has developed. Maybe I'm paranoid but it seems to me that when a mother of two takes her grimy kids to the supermarket nobody criticizes. But if I walk into a supermarket with half a dozen grimy kids, people take the attitude that I'm not able to care for my children properly because I have too many of them.
mother of my dreams. To do this I have had to de-' velop a lot of poise. For 'example, when I go to the supermarket I make sure my hair is combed and I'm neatly dressed. It's impossible to get the kids in that kind of shape (even the mother of two knows that) so I don't even try. .
MARK JUBILEES: Sister Florida Pelissier (left) is marking her golden jubilee as a Sister of Charity of Quebec and Sister Adelina is celebrating her 60th anniversary. Both are stationed at Sacred Heart Home, New Bedford. (See story at right.)
Instead when the kids start cutting up and drawing disapproving looks from the other customers, I turn to them and firmly say, "You kids tell your mother I'm not taking you shopping again!"
Styles, Setti,ngs Comb',ine, Pr,oduce Memorable Sihow By Marilyn Roderick The audience was speechless (unusual for a fashion show), the styles were almost beyond description and the total evening was akin to watching every dress you ever dreamed of prance before your eyes. All of this took place at a fundraising fashion show sponsored' by the Boston and the most outstanding talent ever to evolve from Bristol Community College the specialty shops of Newbury Spring Festival Committee. Street. His world has widened
All it takes is poise.. Teachers and. school psychologists are another group who make me feel defensive about my large family. They seem to feel I'm a neglectful mother if I don't spend a few hours each night with each child, supervising homework. If I didn't have so many children I'd have the time.
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What Church R'eally Needs
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Burning Conviction , LONDON (NC) - What is "really important" He still sees English Catholics taking a long in the Church is "the burning conviction of the time to digest the council, now over for more love of God and the burning conviction of the • than a decade. "I hope it isn't arrogant to say importance of l<;>ving my neighbor," said Carthis," he said, "but I do remember saying after the first session, within my community (at Amdinal George Basil Hume of Westminister in an interview here. pleforth), that I thought it would take at least pO years for us to absorb the council." Less than a year ago the thin, 53-year-old cardinal with a ready smile was abbot of the BeneIt is, in other words, a long-term project that means helping lay Catholics to become fully dictine Abbey at Ampleforth. Then in March this year he was plucked from the monastery to beaware that they are the Church, and that means come archbishop of Westminister and, in effect, building up the local Christian community. leader of the 4 million Catholics of England and "We have in some way to declericalize ourWales. selves," he said. "We've got to realize that the· In the interview here Cardinal Hume sugChurch is the People of God in this locality, and gested that a common vision inspiring people is that everybody has got to be involved, everybody the key to unity in the Church. He saw Church has a role to play." renewal from the Second Vatican Council as a This kind of thinking, he said, lay behind his long-term need that cannot be considered acdecision to subdivide his diocese into five areas, complished until all Catholics are actively eneach headed by a bishop - "not only so that gaged in the building up of the Church. people should know their bishop, but to involve He is also anxious for the Church to discover people in the actual decision-making." its unity without suppressing legitimate diver. Cardinal Hume said he is always surprised by sity.. An example is his approach to allowing the number of people who he believes are seritraditionally oriented Catholics to continue celeously interested in religion, though "they would brating Mass in Latin according to the rite estabnever call themselves religious and wouldn't aclished after the 16th-century Council of Trent tually have any particular denominational adan issue that has become a symbol of division herence." for the Church in many countries. His own view is that "we ought to consider very seriously permitting "the Tridentine Mass on a greater scale than we have had it." England is the one country where the Tridentine Mass is permitted under what is known as Cardinal Heenan's indult. But at the same time Cardinal Hume is aware that his fellow bishops are not by any. means united on this. And he knows that "if it (the Tridentine Mass) is introduced on any significant scale there is the great danger that we shall get a divided Church." . "What I would like to see us do is to find our unity in those things which transcend such matters as liturgy and the rest," he said. "If more emphasis were put on some of the things which I find really important, then I think there's more likelihood of finding unity withiI). the Church. "The kind of thing I have in mind is the burning conviction of the loye of God and the burning conviction of the importance of loving my neighbor." Real Unity If this became part of the life and the prayer life of every member of the Church, "then I think we'd find a real unity in Christ - and I think the differences would be seen to be concerned with matters which, compared to that, are secondary."
A practical example, he said, would be the impossibility of Christians being racists if they· were really trying to live the reality of love of their neighbor: "In fact, it's one thing to say -to people: 'You mustn't be racialist because he's your brother,' and it's another to give them a vision of what the love of neighbor is so that they don't want to be racialist." This point, to the need for the "very deep spiritual renewal" to which the Second Vatican Council and Pope John XXIII have tried to lead Catholics, he said.
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"BURNING CONVICTION of the love of God and the importance of loving my neighbor" are well understood by Mother Teresa of Calcutta and Brother Roger of Taize, both known through world for their service to God and neighbor. (NC Photo)
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THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Thurs. Nov. 11, 1976
The New Rjteof Penance In the U.S.
sidered rather progressive and avant garde in some places will now become the pattern for the universal Church." Replacing the traditional confessional- will be the "reconciliation room," designed to allow either confessing one's sins in anonymity or sitting down faceto-face with the priest. father Dallen pointed out that 'the understanding of sin has changed in recent times. "The effort now is to come to a realization that both sin
tional realities. They involve our relatipnship with God. It's not simply a matter of doing a thing. The same thing is true with the sacrament of Penance. We have to realize that this isa matter of relationship with God, not just a matter of going into a 'laundromat' and coming out clean:' The new rite recommends that a short reading of Scripture be included in the individual act of reconciliation, he said. "This is to help us realize that it is God
centuries-and the reason we are in sort of a crisis of the sacrament," he said, "is that the whole' process of living Penance and the idea of continual conversion on the part of the Christian have been isolated from our everyday lives and reduced to a little ritual of 30 seconds in the confessional which is supposed to satisfy our need for conversion. Conversion and Penance must be a part of everyday life:'
and forgiveness are religious who takes the initiative, and realities and that they are rela- "that in the sacrament of Penance we need to focus, not on our sins, but on Him and His merciful love:' NICKERSON· Another goal sought in initiBOURNE ating the new rite, Father Dallen FUNERAL said, is that "Penance has to be a part of our everyday lives; HOMES Penance is not just identified 40 MacArthur' Boulevard with going to confession. Bourne, Massachusetts 02532 "What has happened over the
reconciliation room about two years, estimated that about 10' percent of his parishioners use the face to face method for confession. He said that the new rite remedies many weaknesses in the older rite of Penance. Encounter With God The sacrament of Penance, he said, "should be more than telling of sins. It should be an encounter with God. You must not
ST. CLOUD (NC)-The new rite for the sacrament of Penance, which is being introduced in the United States, is intended "to restore the realization that both sin and forgiveness have a sodal dimension to them," said a priest who has studied the history of the sacrament. Father James Dallen of the Father Carl Spishak, a Penn~ Salinas, Kans., diocese, said the sylvania pastor who has had a most notabl!:! aspect of the new rite will be the communal celebration of the sacrament, which emphasizes the effect of sin on others as well as the sinner. "As a member of the Christian community, whatever I do and whatever happens to me some- :' how involves that Church community," said Father Dallen, who is completing a dissertation on the sacrament of Penance for a doctorate in theology from the Catholic University of America. "There, will be a greater change in orientation than. in externals," Father Dallen saia, "emphasizing a bit more the prayer context of the sacrament, and that it is a dialogue between priest and penitent rather than simply a recital of sins." Over the past few years some people have experienced this "more human dialogue between priest and penitent, and have had the opportunity to share prayer together, especially in parishes that have already proLIKE BUBBLEBATH: "Confession felt like I fell in a big tub "of bubblebath and I vided a rOQm of reconciliation,"· the priest said. "But what has came out very clean" is how Theresa Salov describes her first confession. That sort of rebeen option, and has been con- action is goal of new rite of penance. (NC Photo)
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only tell the sins, but deal with the symptoms. "A person can confess to saying bad things about a neighbor many times and never realize that the sin is a symptom of envy or jealousy. He cannot really handle the problem until he does realize these things. But these things can't come out in a 45-second confession:'
In Fall River In the Fall River diocese, preparation Jor introduction of the new rite of penance began almost a year ago when Msgr. Joseph Champlin, whose "Know Your Faith " articles frequently appear in The Anchor, presented day-long workshops for area priests on the biblical, historical, sacramental and liturgical aspects of the revised rite. This was followed by an ad " hoc committee for diocesan implementation of the rite, headed by Rev. Barry W. Wall and including Sister Rita Pelletier, Rev. John J. Oliveira, Rev. Roger D. Leduc and Rev. Daniel F. Hoye. The committee issued' guidelines for parishes, schools and religious educators and followed them up by sponsoring, with the Diocesan Department of Education, a four-week Lenten enrichment program on "What's Happening' to Confession?" held at eight locations in the diocese. Further preparation was offered the clergy in September, when the fall Clergy Education Days centered on developments in contemporary moral theology, with emphasis on the nature of sin. Conferences on thiS occasion were presented by Rev. James A. O'Donohoe, professor of theological ethics at St. John's Seminary, Brighton. ' First Weekend The planning will culminate the first weekend of Advent, Nov. 27 and 28, the time at which the bishops of the Province of Boston have decided to begin use of the new rite. Thenceforward, diocesan Cath· olics will be invited to use "reconciliation rooms," rather than confessionals when they approach the sacrament of penance. The guidelines issued by the diocesan committee go into detail on the rooms but the important point, said Father Wall, is that they should "reflect the "peace and quiet joy the sacrament of Reconciliation bestows:' They must be designed so that penitents may choose "to confess anonymously, kneeling behind a grill; to confess behind the grill, but seated in a comfortable chair; or to confess faceto face in a conference area beyond the screen or grillo" In .other words, he pointed out, those who prefer the traditional approach to confession are amply provided for. He said that some diocesan churches, including St. Mary's Cathedral, have found their former baptistries ideal areas for such rooms. Others are remodeling confessionals or utilizing sacristy or chapel space.
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HOW TO DO IT: Rev. John A. Gomes, St. Anthony of Padua parish, Fall River, and Mrs. Mary Camara, a parishioner, dem.onstrate new rite of penance at explanatory program held at Holy Name School, Fall River. Starting at top left, priest welcomes penitent, they are seated, both make sign of cross. The priest then reads or recites a scripture text and the penitent makes his or her confession in the usual manner, accepts a penance and expresses sorrow, either in his own words or by means of the traditional Act of Contrition. The confessor, with his right hand or both hands extended over the head of the penitent, then says the words of absolution, to which the penitent responds, "Amen." The priest then says" "Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good," to which the penitent's reply is: "His mercy endures forever." The priest concludes the rite by saying, "The Lord has freed you from your sins. Go in peace," or similar words of dismissal, to which the penitent replies, "Amen."
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'My Friend, Your Sins Are Forgiven You' "My friend, your sins are forgiven you." Those words of Jesus to the paralyzed man (Luke 5:20) contain within them everything that is important to know about the new rite of penance. Friend: the new rite is meant to convey the warmth and love of Christ for the repentant sinner, a feeling not so easily engendered in a dark confessional.
It is also important to remember that you're under no obligabertion to use the face to face method of confession. Every reconciliation room will have a traditional screen and kneeler, arranged so that the priest can hear your confession either way you prefer.
Your sins are forgiven you: that, after all, is why we go to confession. Christ did not have to be told sins, but his ministers are not omniscient; they must know what needs to be forgiven. The new rite aims at making an admittedly difficult part of Catholic life as welcoming and open as possible.
As indicated above, the physical and verbal changes in the new rite of penance are not tremendous and they are not its important aspect. What is very significant is the deeper understanding of the nature of sin that lies behind the revised sacrament.
Not to worry: that's the watchword when going to confession the new way. There is not a tremendous difference in' the new and old rites, the real physical difference is in the setting of a reconciliation room rather than a confessional. All the penitent really says in the new rite, in addition to confessing his sins, is the sign of the cross, the act of contrition, "Amen" twice and the response, ."His mercy endures for ever." And it's comforting to remember that if the rite is new to you, it's also new to the priest. He will expect to guide you as to "what comes next" for the first few times you use the new method.
New Look at Sin
Sin, we must come to realize, is not only a list of specific actions: "I stole $5, 1 lost my temper twice, I was unchar· itable six times." Such misdeeds represent a spirit of sinfulness, far more pervasive than one particular action. Confessing par-
ticular wrongdoings, we have come to understand,- is like chopping off the head of a weed and leaving the root to sprout again. What is needed is an examination of the 'basic motives that prompt us to commit particular sins, together ,with a determined effort to uproot them from our lives. This the new rite attempts to help us accomplish. Also taken into account is the social nature of sin: our wrongdoings affect others and if serious enough put us outside the community of love. Reconcil-
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Is there a four-month waiting period before couples wishing to marry may marry in the Catholic Church? We were recent visitors in a diocese where a couple were married out of the Church be· cause of the waiting period. If there is such a ruling, please explain it. We have four un· married children in their late teens, so we're quite interested. (Illinois)
. BLESSED ARE PEACEMAKERS, but not by everyone. Betty' Williams (left) and Mairead Corrigan, founders of Northern Ireland's Women'~ Peace Movement, stand beside vandalized car holding bricks hurled at them by IRA youths when they returned to car after speaking at peace rally. The courageous pair will receive a People's Peace Award in Oslo Nov. 20. (NC Photo)
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OSLO, Norway (NC) - The People's Peace Award, an alternative to the Nobel Peace Prize, will be presented to Betty Williams and Mairead Corrigan 'of the Women's Peace Movement in Northern Ireland at a ceremony in Oslo Nov. 30. According to the Oslo daily Aftenposten, the award is expected to reach 800,000 Norwegian Kroner, or just over $150,000. By Oct. 25 477,000 had been collected and the initiators are sure that the rest will be taken in during November. The presentation of the award will be made by the president of the Norwegian Press Association, Mrs. Gerd Benneche. A third leading person of the women's peace movement, journalist Ciaran McKeown, will accompany the two award winners , from Northern Ireland to Oslo. They will take part in an international peace demonstration in London on Nov. 27. The next day they will fly to Oslo, where a press conference will be ar-
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ranged on Nov. 29. All expenses the peace workers for tpeir efin connection with the event will forts," Pastor Stalsett said. "We be paid by the Oslo newspapers 'must even this time-as when that have been engaged in pro- Archbishop Camara got the rnoting the prize. award-use the event to think The work of the Women's out the very complex matter: Peace Movement in Northern peace and war, women's efforts, Ireland is unique in history, said marriage and family, interchurch Lutheran pastor Gunnar Stalsett, and social disunity, and our own director of the Interchurch responsibility in all of it." • Council of the Lutheran state Church in Norway and a leader of the People's Peace Award. . In an interview in Aftenposten, he said, "It has all the positive elements in itself. It is Forty women, including. 13 spontaneous, it has an element from the Fall River ,diocese, of women's rebellion against' the representing dioceses from Masdominance of men in society, and sachusetts, New ,Hampshire, it has interchurch perspectives." Connecticut, New York New JerPastor Stalsett was a leader in sey, Pennsylvania, Florida, Michthe first Peoples' Peace Award igan,and Washington, D. C., atthree years ago, which presented tendEld a Bible Sharing Insti1.3 million Kroner-about $250,- tute held recently at Villa Maria 000 to Archbishop Helder Ca- Retreat House, Stamford, Conmara of Olinda and Recife, Bra- necticut. zil. Rev. John Burke, O.P., found"At first I didn't like giving er of the. Word of God Institute this year's action the same of Washington, D. C., conducted name as three years ago," he the four day seminar assisted by said. "In that way a spontaneous Miss Margaret Mealey, execaction might have been made an utive director of the National institution." Council of Catholic Women. But after the Nobel Committee The ,Fall River,delegates were announced that it had not found Mrs. Richard M. Paulson, Direcany candidate worthy of the tor, Boston Province, National peace award, the Lutheran lead- Council of Catholic Women, and er said, he welcomed the idea a member of Immaculate Conof giving an alternative peace ception parish, Taunton; Mrs. award, a People's Peace Award Michael J. McMahon, President, to Betty Williams and Mairead Fall River Diocesan Council, a Corrigan. member of St. Mary's Cathedral "We mustn't just be sitting in parish, Fall River; and Mrs. the orchestra stalls applauding James W. Leith, First VicePresident, Fall River. Diocesan Council, and a member of Holy Will Fill Souls Name parish, New Bedford. "When we empty ourselves of The goal of the institute was all that is creature and rid our· selves of it for the love of God, to generate interest among the that same Lord will fill our ; laity in reading-the scriptures by means of establishing bible souls with Himself." -St. 'f.heresa of Avila , sharing groups on the local level.'
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A. No, there is no such law in the Church or in any diocese. Church law would allow a bishop to use his discretion to delay marriage, but he could not establish a blanket rule that all couples must wait four months.
However, that is only part of the story. Most dioceses, and most pastors of parishes, require that couples preparing for marriage participate in some program of preparatory classes or instructions before their wedding. Church law, in fact, demands that priests be sure their parishioners have sufficient instruction in the nature of marriage, and in the Christian implications of the married state, prior to marriage. In some parts of the country, special counselling sessions are also required of younger couples before they will be married in the Church. How much of a waiting period this involves depends, of course, on the frequency and length of such courses. In our parish, except· for emergency situations, couples are required to attend a full series of Pre-Cana Conferences before their wedding. They are aware of this requirement, and set their wedding date· accordingly. The reason for these requirements should be plain. Their purpose is not simply to help the couple have a successful and happy marriage. The instructions and other sessions may involve the actual validity of the marriage-whether the marriage is a real one or not. For a true marriage, more is needed than legal age and the ability . to exchange marriage vows and sexual relations. The
CFM Offers Support In Family Ministry National leaders of the Christian Family Movement (CFM) have endorsed the recommendations on family life passed at the Detroit Call to Action conference and have offered 'assistance in formulating a pastoral plan for family ministry called for at the meeting. At a cF'M board meeting at Lake Forest, IlL, members also voted to develop a program on the one-parent family and to strengthen contacts with other familyoriented groups.
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Constitution on the Church in the Modern World of Viitican Council II describes marriage as a covenant (contract) that sets up "an intimate partnership of life and love." (Number 48) In other words, both spouses in a marriage must have at least minimal maturity and emotional stability sufficient to know what this "intimate partnership of life and love" means, and to knowingly commit themselves to establishing it. If it could later be proven that· one or both' of the partners did not possess this minimum psychological capability, the marriage would be null and void. Many marriages are, in fact, annulled by the Church precisely for this reason. I'm sure that somewhere here is the explanation of the faur month-wait you describe-unless a previous marriage was involved, which is a whole other story. I'm also sure the priest made the situation quite clear to the couple. Q. According to the news media, Jeane Dixon, the well· known seeress, is a devout Catholic who attends daily Mass. What is the Church's reaction to her prophecies? (Missouri) A. I have no knowledge of Jeane Dixon's religious practice; so I accept what you say as true. It is my understanding that, in making her prophecies, Mrs. Dixon claims nothing except an unusually perceptive, able, and sensitive use of purely natural human powers. She is able, she says, to harness and "read" thought waves and other natural phenomena, and to put them together in such a way as to foretell some future events. According to her, no alliance or collusion with supernatural, diabolical power is in any way involved.
This being the case, no reason the Church react to her activities at no reason she cannot be practicing Catholic.
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Q. I have heard that a Catholic may fulfill his Sunday Mass obligation on Saturday evening only if he cannot go to Mass on Sunday. Is this true? If so, it's news to me. (Ohio) A. It's news to me, too. Tha Instruction on Eucharistic Worship (May 25, 1967), which deals with this privilege, places no such restrictions.
Parish priests are urged in the instruction to be concerned that the significance of Sunday as the Lord's day is not obscured. But any individual may still use this privilege, even if he could easily attend Mass on Sunday. Questions for this column should be sent to Father Dietzen in care of The Anchor, P.O. Box 7, Fall River 02722.
THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Thurs. No~. 11,1976
States Blacks Gain More Than Others from Unions
Even for Captious Andrew No Flaws in Gaeltacht
Union members make substantially more money than nonunion workers for the same job, according to a study released by the government's Council on Wage and Price Stability. The overall proportionate wage advantage was approximately 11 percent in Labor Is Integrated 1967, increasing to 14 perThis is exaggeration-sensacent in 1973 and 16 percent tional exaggeration that makes in 1975. But the Princeton catchy headlines but hardly adUniversity professor who did the study, Orley Ashenfelter, said that. the growing differential does not necessarily mean that
By MSGR. GEORGE G. HIGGINS
Dublin, Ireland - This country forces you to think about the past. Dublin is a modern city with traffic jams, rapid urban exp;insion, -and stress and strain on family life characteristic of all big cities. Many of the old Georgian houses survive, of course, as do the four courts, the Customs is asked, are all those songs and stories and dances and ~us building, Trinity college, and toms? the old Parliament building, Or as one Irish-American re-
vances the racial equality cause. It would be closer to truth to
say-as the black civil rights leader, Bayard Rustin, has repeatedly stated-that the labor movement is "the most integrated major institution in American society, certainly more integrated than the corporations, the churches, or the universities."
remnants of the time when Dublin was one of Europe's most prosperous cities-before British imperialism snuffed out the
.LESTER LANIN in person, with his orchestra. will provide music for the 22nd This is an unpopular state- annual Bishop's Charity Ball statement at a time when a large segment of the liberal commu- to be held Friday, Jan. 14 nity is disenchanted with the at Lincoln Park Ballroom, labor movement and has writ- North Dartmouth. A popular ten it off almost cynically as orchestra leader who played ultra-conservative. Yet it needed for both the Kennedy and to be said, not in defense of the Johnson Inaugural Balls, he labor movement itself, which will have to answer for its own mis- has directed the music' at takes, but in the interest of previous Bishop's Balls and truth and of promoting the very is already scheduled for the cause of racial equality which balls of 1980, 1983 and 1986. labor's critics claim to be es- Although he has more than pousing. 50 groups trained in his muNo doubt some unions, in sical style filling engageopen defiance of the principles ments around the country, of justice and equality they claim to be guided by, still he has always appeared in practice racial discrimination or person for the diocesan gala. try "to escape with onl)' token The third generation of a compliance with the law of the musical family, he has re, land." These unions deserve con- corded 28 albums that have demnation. But to say that some sold over 100 million copies. unions are guilty of racial dis-
unionism contributes to wage inflation. The conclusion may come as a surprise to many of labor's critics. Even more surprising is Ashenfelter's finding that the average black male gains more by being a union member than any other worker, and that unions have tended to narrow the wage gap between black and white males. The wage advantage of black male union workers over black male nonunion workers was approximately 22 percent in 1967, 1973, and 1975. Ashenfelter says that, together with the fact that black workers are more likely to belong to unions than white workers, this crimination o.r drag their feet implies that unionism tended to is a far cry from saying most narrow the black-white wage unions fall into this category. differential by perhaps 3.5 perThe trouble with this/kind of cent. oversimplified and highly docAshenfelter's figures should trinaire appro~ch to racial disgive pause to those who say the crimination in organized laborlabor movement is a racist in- aside from the fact that it is stitution. For example, a prom- contrary to the evidence-is that inent black public official it runs the risk of turning the charged a few years ago that black community and black "while some unions have been workers against the entire labor leaders in equality of opportu- movement at the very time nity ... the majority of unions when unions, as Ashenfelter's ... are still trying to escape with _findings indicate, are more imonly a token compliance with portant to black workers than ever before. the law of the land."
Bishop Rausch Urges Reading of Bible WASHINGTON' (NC)-Bishop James S. Rausch, general secretary of the U. S. Catholic Conference (USCC), has recommended that parish bulletins, homilies and general intercessions at Mass be used to encourage Catholics to frequent and prayerful reading of the Bible. The suggestion was made in a letter to the U. S. Catholic bishops in connection with the 36th annual observance of National Bible Week, Nov. 21-28, sponsored by the Laymen's National Bible Committee in cooperation with the U. S. Center for the Catholic Biblical Apostolate, a USCC subdivision, and Orthodox, Protestant . and Jewish agencies. This year's National Bible Week theme, "The Bible: Freedom's Holy Light," Bishop Rausch said, "provides us with the occasaion for stressing the importance of the Bible in shaping" the lives of our people and that of our nation, its tradition, moral principles, laws and government."
AT BOOK FAIR: Participants in book fair sponsored :>y Taunton District, Diocesan Council of Catholic Women, are, from left, Mrs. Gordon Owen, who gave a patriotic presentation; Sister Eugenia Margaret, SUSC, speaker on family reading; Mrs. Robert Calvey, who gave an illustrated talk; Mrs. Michael J. McMahon, Diocesan Council president.
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marked to me, "What's all this nonsense about the Irish language? They should speak English like everyone else, and use the money to take care of the poor." A milder form of the same question is posed by many Irishmen. Is this country going to lose its charm and friendliness By as it becomes more affluent through its integration into the REV. European economic community? ANDREW M. They Couldn't Stop The outsider may be permitGREELEY ted to wonder how the Irish can possibly stop being friendly, and he may be inclined to decide promise of eighteenth-century that even if the Irish here write off their heritage, the American Ireland. irish - and the Americans of But these are tourist attrac- every other ethnic group-might tions, and while the life in Dub-· be wise to exercise the opposite lin doesn't pulsate quite at the option. There is no necessary pace of New York, it is still big- conflict between urban society city modern, with crowds scur- and folk heritage. Those who rying about the business of mak- say there is such a conflict uning money in a capitalistic in- duly restrict the ingenuity of hudustrial world. man nature. But less than,a morning's ride While here, I've seen a movie away there is Goeltacht, Irish- about the National Folk Theater speaking areas where the old of Ireland, which is presently - stories and !!ongs and dances touring the United States. As and customs and beliefs and su- far as I can see, there is no reaperstitions are still alive; and son at all for writing off such where one can find perhaps the music, dancing, and storytelling most direct line to our past that on the grounds that it's irrelis still available anywhere in evant to the making of money. the Western world. -~~'~ The government pours all TELEPHONE I kinds of money into the Gael548-2338 ~ tacht to keep that culture alive, ? though many critics are arguing once again, as the English did over a century ago, that the old Irish culture is a museum piece JOSEPH J. COSTA JR. and really ought to' be aban'Painting Contractor doned as Ireland moves in to the Common Market modern FALMOUTH, MASS. ~ world. What good, the question --..... ...... ~~\
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KNOW YOUR FAITH -I How Can ALoving God P-unish ? By DEACON STEVE LANDREGAN On the highway outside the southern Indiana town where I grew up was a sign that has always stayed with me ... it said simply "Don't Blame Jesus if you go to Hem" Years later that sign was to " provide me with the key to unlock the solution to the proble.m of a punishing God. a God who would condemn anyone to eternal suffering. Two weeks ago we wrote about Christians who recognized their own sinfulness and asked "How. do we know that God forgives us?" They have real difficulty undersranding how love can be so great as to be always ready to forgive and forgive and forgive. The other side of this coin, so to speak, is occupied by those among us who are unable to understand how a truly loving God can punsh sinners. To them it seems that if God really loves us so much, the most loving thing He could do is is to overlook all our transgressions.
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Perhaps a good starting place on this question would be the concept of 'free· will. Free will is that freedom that God chose to give to men that no other earthly creature received. All of the rest of earthly creation, animate and inanimate, reflects the will of God in its existence. No tree or plant or animal is free to go against the will of God. But we men and women are. In the Book of Genesis we read how humanity, created to share intimately the life of God, used the gift of free will to tum away from Him and toward selfishness and sin. The gift of free will once given by God was irrevocable. Man had to use the same gift to return-to God. Choose Life! In the book of Deuteronomy, Moses eloquently implores the Israelites who are about to enter the promised land to "choose life!" His statement, "Here, then I have today set before you life Tum to Page Thirteen
The Thunderbolts of Jahweh
By JOHN McHALE Our technological age has brought with it power to alleviate much suffering: vaccines against some deadly diseases, expertise and modem tools for farming, medical advances that would boggle the minds of people who lived a hundred years ago. Yet we have not mastered natural disasters: earthquakes, floods, tidal waves, hurricanes, tornadoes, volcanic eruptions. And we recoil when they strike for they bring with them dreadful suffering. But our earth abounds with beauty that delights us: warm
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sunshine, cool water, soft breezes, people who devote their lives to making the world a. better place. And then there is evil: wars, crime, hatred. Yes, earth is filled with pleasure and pain, goodness and evil. And what about God? Our faith telIs us that He is all good, all loving, all powerful, but if He is the personification of love, how can we assert boldly that He punishes His creatures? How can He allow illness, natural disaster, hunger, all kinds of injustices, to envelop us? In the Old Testament, the classic story of Job, a jlist man, tells us a great deal. Tormented and plagued with every disaster under the sun, he engaged in a long tirade with philosophical friends, trying desperately to explain his sufferings. In spite of his afflictions, he accepted everything as coming from the Lord and relied upon His goodness. At last, God rewarded him. , Finally, when Jesus, the Son of God, came to live among us, Tum to Page Thirteen
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Punishment Inherent In Sin By FATHER JOHN J. CASTELOT Given' our concern with the hereafter, our conviction that we are moving toward an eventual share in the eternal bliss of the risen Lord, it's a bit surprising that the Old Testament attitudes toward the afterlife are so vague and confused. For centuries Israel lived according to a simple and simplistic principle: fidelity to God brings happiness; infidelity spelIs misfortune and disaster. While this principle seemed to work out fairly welI on the na· tional level, human experience and reflection made it painfulIy clear that as far as individuals ' were concerned, it would not hotd water. Many good people suffered in numerous ways, while many notoriously wicked people lived untroubled lives in the lap of luxury. This was the problem over which Job agonized. He set up a situation in which an extra· ordinarily upright man suffered many disasters and was left with nothing but a horrible skin disease. Why? In the end he reaches no satisfying solution to the problem. But how could he, when his horizons, too, were limited to this life? How did the 'Israelites envision afterlife? For them it was a sort of non-life. All, good and bad alike, went, after death, to a place called Sheol, the "Pit," a dark, mysterious region beneath OLD TESTAMENT ATTITUDES toward the afterlife the subterranean waters. It was are vague and confused, Father John J. Castelot writes. "For, the end of the road for everyone, an uncharted, terrifying place. them it was a sort of non-life. All, gOQd and bad alike, went, The unknown, the terrifying ex- after death, to a place called Sheol, the 'Pit,' a dark, mystericites the imagination, and so ous region beneath the subterranean waters." This 17thSheol and existence therein are century illustration by John Baptist Medina is one concept pictured with vivid and varieof the afterlife. (NC Photo) gated imagery. The important thing is to recPonsh Ourselves is not something imposed from ognize that it is imagery, an at"For I am God and not man" outside; it is inherent in the sin tempt to picture the unknown and frightening. It is equally im- -how simply stated, yet how itself. The truth is that we punportant to recall that references richly meaningful! Does this ish ourselves. To a greater or to God's "anger" and His "pun- mean that sin goes unpunished? lesser degree we alienate ourTurn to Page Thirteen ishing," frequent in both Testa- By no means. But the .punishment ments, also involve imagery. We can speak of God only in human terms and we tend to interpret our existential relationship to Him by attributing husion a homily is distinctly sepBy man emotions to Him. If we treated a fellow human the way MSGR. JOSEPH M. OHAMPLIN arate from rather than an intewe often treat God, he would Many preachers today stiU gral part of the total liturgy. The Church, on ,the contrary, get angry and strike back, and have the habit of beginning a so we speak' of God as "being homily and concluding it with a suggests the preacher's words should flow from the Gospel and angry" and "punishing." sign of the cross. But God does not feel human In some ways that seems a lead into the Creed or prayer of emotions. If He did, in the faces praiseworthy practice. After all, the faithful. Thus Article 9 of the Roman of billions of sinful human lives, this gesture is probably the most He would be almost infinitely common Catholic symbol and Missal's General Instruction angry, infinitely vindictive. In a contains within it our major be- reads: "In the biblical readings passage from Hosea, where God liefs-the oneness of God, the God's Word is addressed to all is pictured as torn by conflicting Trinity, the coming of Christ men of every era and is underemotions-to punish or not to into the World, the Lord's death standable in itself, but a hom, punish - there occurs a line and resurrection, the dignity of ily, as a living explanation of the . Word, increases its effectiveness which is profoundly significant: Baptism. "I will not give vent to my blazHowever, there were sound and is an integral part of the ing anger,! I will not destroy reasons why the Vatican's Of- service." Ephraim again;! For I am God fice for Divine Worship, in a Section 41 speaks in similar and not man,! the Holy One commentary several years ago, terms: "The homily is strongly present among you ..." (Hos. discouraged the practice. Such recommended as an integral 11:9) a procedure gives the impresTum to Page Thirteen
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Living Explanation of the Word Continued from Page Twelve • part of the liturgy and as a necessary source of nourishment of the Christian life." Should the homily tackle current topics or restrict itself to an explanation and exegesis of the scriptural texts? Are sermons centering on a Mother's Day theme, or treating lay ministers of Communion or explaining the new Rite of Penance out of order? Must the preacher concentrate on the Mass's biblical passages and simply try to develop a point or two from those excerpts? The Roman Missal answers those questions with these words of Article 41: "It should develop some point of the readings or of another text from the Ordinary of the Mass of the day. The homilist should keep in mind the mystery that is being celebrated and the needs of the particular community." Appropriate Topics That response would appear to offer the preacher considerable freedom in fashioning' his homily. There ought to be a connection with the Scriptures of the liturgy, but matters of immediate concern to the worshiping community are certainly appropriate topics for the sermon. In our liturgy-planning ses. sions at Holy Family we have followed both patterns. Sometimes we simply go to the biblical texts and draw from them a point or two as the main theme for that weekend's Masses and homilies. On other occasions, we' fit subjects which need consideration,e.g., death and dying or the question of God's love and human suffering, into Sundays whose scriptural passages bear a certain relation to those particular issues. Lay persons in the parish can serve as invaluable resource people for the homilist as he prepares his next weekend's sermons. For instance, prior to ,Father's Day, I asked Jack and Joan Pauldine if they would assist me in developing a suitable homily for the occasion. This couple in turn 'asked a neighbor to join them in gathering ideas. One evening after appointments in the rectory were finished, I stopped at their home a little after 9:00 and we spent the next hour-and-a-half in an extremely beneficial discussion of what is or ought to be a "father." They had done their homework. Jack took out a list of points he had jotted down since my phone call; his wife and the neighbor, Julie Patrick, likewise showed through their responses the lengthy reflection they had given the issue. I took notes of ideas and suggestions and stories. On Saturday morning, a prayerful hour or two enabled me to sift through all those notions and pull them together in a homily. The sermon's conclusion was really Jack's: "Be good to your father before it is too late. For
God's Edge "To define God is to limit Him. Still it seems inevitable that man should do that in order to get some edge to which his mind may cling." -Heywood Broun
sooner than you think, he will be gone. Then he will not see your tears as you stand by the tomb , nor hear your apologies at the side of his grave."
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Th un derb0 ItS Continued from Page Twelve even a brief look at how He responded to sin, suffering and evil completes our guide for how we should conduct our live·s. In the Garden of Olives, Judas and his cohorts came to apprehend Jesus. Peter and the fiery apostles wanted to take swift, violent action, but Jesus was a paragon of permissiveness and restraint: "Do you not suppose I can call on my Father to provide at a moment's notice more than twelve legions of Angels? But then how would the Scriptures be fulfilled which say it must happen this way?" (Mat. 26, 53, 54). Earlier, He had prayed while His Apostles slept. Having accepted a human nature, He suffered as we suffer. And He said, "My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass me by. Still, let it ,be as you would have it, not as I" (Mat. 26, 39). Care of Faith When we remember that J esus was not only God but human as well - an absolutely guiltless, perfect being-who accepted pain and suffering, our own lives become bearable. Because of the human part of His nature, He found it necessary to pray for strength to allow God's will to be done. His fa!her's will, even for Him, was difficult to accept. This is the very core of our faith: acceptance of God's will. But this is often far from easy. So we often pray, "Our Father, who art in heaven ..." - the prayer that enables us to accept His will and leads us to salvation. lf we can admit that mankind is the source of many of its woes, then perhaps, too, the created world wpich is battered, frail and vulnerable can be perceived as we are ourselves: Incomplete, in the process of growing and thus subject to inherent weaknesses, cracks and flaws in structure. While we know God has the world in His hands, we still do not understand fully what this means. We do accept God as the first cause, the Prime Mover, but does this mean God sends every little mosquito bite that comes into our lives? Or rather, does He simply let nature glory in its own existence and handle its own affairs in its programmed but unfathomable pattern? The best we can do is bow our heads humbly, and like Job, reach out and let Him fold us in His arms.
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STEVE LANDREGAN QUOTES from the Book of Deuteronomy where Moses, about to enter the promised land, says, "Here, then I have today set before you life and prosperity, death and doom." In this fresco by Signorelli from the Sistine Chapel, Moses views the promised land. (NC Photo)
How Can A Loving God Punish? Continued from Page Twelve· and prosperity, death and doom" was made to Israel but it echoes through human history reminding men of their options ... life with God or' death apart from God. The justice of God could have left the human race severed from Him by sin but His mercy caused Him to pursue His beloved if erring creatures,seeking to reconcile them to Himself and restore croken humanity to; its original wholeness., ' , Revelation is filled with God's love an~ faithfulness reaching ou't to man, and culminates with Jesus, the man who is also God, finally responding freely and lovingly to the Father. Jesus' love for us and the Father provides the means for broken man to be mended but it doesn't take away man's free-
dom. A gift can be given, but it also must -be accepted. Each of us must choose the renewed life that Jesus has offered to us. Not to do so is to choose death apart from God and all the punishment that such; a choice implies. How can we say that a loving God punishes? He punishes by responding to sinful man's choice, freely made, to live apart from Him forever. It is to such a man that we might well direct the warning on that old highway sign: "Don't blame Jesus if you go to Hell."
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Continued from Page Twelve selves from God; we have it in our awful power even to alienatt' ourselves from Him completely, irrevocably. This is hell. The New Testament teaching on afterlife, beginning with Jesus is clear, but only in the essentials: the just will -enjoy eternal happiness, the wicked will suffer eternal loss. Espe. cially in Paul's letters, we find the positive assurance of Christian resurrection modeled on Jesus' resurrection. See especially 1 Corinthians 15. . But when it comes to details, both Jesus and the apostolic writers fall back upon the imagery already current in the Old Testament and in popular nonbiblical works: the messianic ban" quet, the bosom of Abraham, Gehenna, unquenchable fire, weeping and gnashing of teeth, etc. And it is no less imagery simply because it appears in the New Testament. The essential doctrine, however, far transcends that of the Old Testament, and the reason is the resurrection of Jesus. Accordingly, Paul can make the triumphant statement: "When the corruptible frame takes on corruptibility and the mortal immortality, then will the saying of Scripture be fulfilled: "Death is swallowed up in victory.' '0 death, where is your victory? 0 death, where is your sting?' The sting of death is sin ... But thanks be to God who has given us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ" (1 Cor. 15:54-57). ~#"····#····················1.
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basic youth page Not Their Turf, But They Repay .STOCKTON, Calif. (NC) - A Catholic high school here has taken the lead in trying to reduce vandalism by offering restitution to a rival school ~hich had its lawn set on fire. No one knows for certain that students from St. Mary's High School here were responsible for the damage to Lincoln Senior High's property, but the schools are intense rivals at many levels and the incident occurred at the time of a football game between the two. Greg O'Leary, St. Mary's student body vice president, said "the damage consisted of gasoline burns to both the turf and 'trees. 'Inter-school conflict is one thing, but damage to an oponent's school serves no purpose. It just makes it harder for 'everyone involved." The Lincoln high school newspaper said that vandalism "has cost the school district hundreds of thousands .of dollars per year." "St. Mary's has set a commendable precedent in the action they took to correct the problem," the paper said. "If all Stockton area schools took the initiative to pay for the damages caused by their students, destructiveness would sharply decline."
Bishop Feehan A momentous election was slated for Bishop Feehan High School freshmen this week. Voting for the four class officers took place yesterday, preceded by an assembly at which candidates addressed their fellow students. Elections for homeroom representatives at the Attleboro school,. one from each freshman homeroom, will take place Tuesday, Nov. 16. Candidates will speak to members of their own homerooms prior to the election. Students are glad that Feehan radio station, WBFH, has come back on the air. Media Club president, Rod Meloni, stated, "WBFH will put forth 100 percent effort to make this year its best." Music, news and commentary are broadcast from 7:45 a.m. to 2 p.m. every school day. Last week, the Cross Country Track members and their coach, Paul Klenk, participated in a 24-hour marathon relay on the Feehan track. Members began the relay at six o'clock on Friday evening and ran in one-mile units continuously until six Turn to Page Fifteen
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Usually in the morning, I'm filled with sweet belonging and everything is beautiful to see. Even when it's raining the sound of heaven singing is simply joyful music to me. Sometimes I feel like a sad song, like I'm all alone without you. So many different places, a million smiling faces, life is so incredible to me. Especially to be near you and how it is to touch you oh, paradise was made for you and me. I know that life goes on just perfectly, everything is just the way it should be. Still there are times oh, and in the night time to hold you close and say I love you so, And have someone to share with and someone I can care with And that.is .why ~ wanted you to know. by John Denver © 1976 RCA Records (ASCAP)
AT CONNOLLY: Principals in the Connolly Players production of Thornton Wilder's "Our Town," staged last weekend at the Fall River high school, are from top, left to right, Adrien Boulay, Richard Bedard, Chris Rodrigues, Pauli~e Dumais, Marie Levesque, Jasqueline Dias, James Martin, Frances Young, Mark Vincent.
focus on youth • • • by Cecilia Belanger COMMENTS FROM YOUTH "I wish I could see God-or an image of Him-in everyone I meet, and the faith to see my neighbor as a bearer of His grace, but I can't. Too many terrible things have happened to me at the hands of people who are very evil, and somehow I find myself questioning; Are some of these people the sons and daughters of God or are they the sons and daughters of someone other than God? I'm very confused." J.F. "When I am told to look to the interests of others before my own, it _just doesn~t make sense to me. These others have everything and I have nothing, yet I'm told to 'look to their interests.''' Zero Bank Account "I have very deep feelings inside of me, yet I have no one with whom to discuss them. I've tried to talk to different people and they don't know what I'm talking about, so I wish people would stop telling others to be available to talk to people who need it, because if you're not the right person, forget it." T.P. "I have the most afraid parents of anybody I know. They are afraid of everything-afraid to express an opinion, afraid to differ from others, afraid to let me do or say anything different, it's no way to live. I blame the church for their fears, for maKing them this way. Now they can't change at:ld it's affecting
me. I don't want to leave home -I'm too young-but it's an awful way to live. You're not living." B.W. "Is a new start possible? Will people let you forget what hap- , pened in the past? It hasn't. worked out that way for me. My only hope is to change my name and go away-far, far away, cause I can't make it where I am. I need to create a new image-the 'real me' image and I would like a personal letter from you giving me your opinions." M.D. "I think adults today, more even than us youths, are th~ prisoners of their senses. I'm sick and tired of all the blame laid on us. I think adults are the worst examples we have today, not the youth." Have had it "I wish Jesus would take custody of this crummy world right here and now. It's getting so corrupt and evil, so degenerate and dishonest, that I can't trust anybody anymore, especially those who go around acting as if we should all trust them because of their position. Those are the last people I trust." Wiser now "I don't find anybody even coming close to Jesus-not even close to imitating Him. So I think everybody wastes their_ time when they ask us to imitate Jesus. People are too conceited and materialistic and too sensual to imitate Jesus. They like their liquor, their fun and games, and will till the day they die. I think preachers and the like Turn to Page Fifteen
This song is perfectly stated for a Saturday night when it's just you and your typewriter and an article you have to grind out. John Denver is right. Mornings are fresh and fine, and it's even nice when it's raining, but night times when you are too tired to produce anything creative, that is another matter. Suddenly it's a lonely, sad time for a person who knows his limits. "Like a Sad Song" is about a common mood that comes when you feel how limited you really are. It's the panic you experience when you know it is impossible to prepare for tomorrow;s big test. It's the trap into which you have stepped when you don't have the money to pay your bills. It's the feeling that you cannot possibly be patient another moment with your friends or your children. At such times loneliness is most painful. It appears that all the rest of the world has left you alone. Gradually the feeling steals over you that you worry too much about what you have to produce. You want to halt the rushing world so there will be some time just to be. You long for the opportunity to. be with the people you love, to hold and be held, to feel important, not for what you do, but for what you are. Unfortunately we live in a world that is not very comfortable with limitations and weakness. And we therefore find it difficult to be uderstanding.about our own limits. But it seems as if from tpe first day of creation it has been easiest with imperfection. He understood that Adam needed to hum his sad song to someone else, and so he took his rib to fashion someone to be with.. Jesus did the same, spending His time with people who were weak, poor fishermen, harlots and weary tax-collectors. If there's a lesson to be learned from this article and [ong, it's that we should be more comfortable with our own weakness. Maybe sad songs are okay, reminding us that it it too oppressive to work all the time. Maybe this article should end here on Saturday night and the writer should take the time just to be. Good night.
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Interscholastic Sports By PETER 1. BARTEK
Old Rochester Bulldogs Only Unbeaten Eleven in Diocese
son, Old Rochester R~gional High of Mattapoisett. stands alone as the only undefeated club within the confines of diocesan territorial limits. The Bulldogs, coached by Frank Oliva, toppled Norton last Saturday to up their season record to 8-0. The victory also assured the Regionals of at least a tie for the Southeastern Massachusetts Conference Division III crown. The future looks bright for the Bulldogs. Next Saturday they travel to Dennis-Yarmouth
major obstacle to the Bulldogs. If, by chance, the Dolphins can come up with the unexpected upset, Seekonk would be in position to gain a share of the champi?nship. Coach Oliva's charges have been taking them one at a time all season and will continu,e to do so. Once the league race has been decided, they will set their sights on an undefeated campaign, which should be attained November 20th when the Regionals play Nantucket to i:onclude the regular season.
Upset May Cost Coyle League Championship If the Olivamen can win their next two outings they will be in a good position to gain a berth in the state Division IV Super Bowl. However, they will have to wait until after the Thanksgiving Day games are completed and the final ratings are released ~mong the bracket's two top teams. Coyle and Cassidy High of Taunton appeared to be on its way to the S. E. Mass. Conference Division II championship and possibly an appearance in the Super Bowl after it defeated Somerset in that classic game two ·weeks· ago. The Warriors were flying high with a perfect 7-0 mark.
However, as often happens after a big game, the Warriors had a letdown this past Saturday. Consequently they were beaten by an inspired New Bedford Vocational eleven 17-8. Now the Steve Winslow coached Diocesans find themselves in the possible position of having to share the league title and no bowl berth.
Coyle has finished loop competition with a 5-1 mark and can only hope to receive some help from either Bishop Stang High of Dartmouth or Case High of Swansea. The latter two are Somerset's opposition in the final two games of the campaign. The Somerset Blue Raiders can win a share to the champion's trophy or lose it all to Coyle. Like Coyle, Somerset found the going rough last week as it dropped a 27-6 non-league decision to Falmouth. Coach Ed Winslow must now get his Raiders back up for the remaining two games. While. Coyle can only sit and wait to see what happens in the Conference race, it must play its final two games with the knowledge that it still has an outside chance of qualifying for postseason competition. Dartmouth, this Saturday's foe and Taunton, Thanksgiving's opponent; are both state Division II teams and carry a high point value. Victories in those games could possibly thrust Coyle back into the playoff picture.
Mansfield Chases Hockomock Title Saturday Coyle was not the only local school to be knocked from the ranks of the unbeaten Saturday last. The same fate befell Mansfield of the Hockomock League, as Coach Tony Day's Green Hornets lost a last minute heartbreaker to North Attleboro 21-20. Mansfield's hopes for a league title, however, are still .very much alive. Presently, the Hornets are tied for the top spot with Canton with identical 5-1 drcuit records. And in a scheduler's delight, the two square off Saturday.
The winner of this weekend's game obviously will then only 'have to survive the traditional Thanksgiving Day game to win the -league crown. Another important contest slated for Saturday finds Durfee High of Fall River at Taunton. A win for Coach Frank Almeida's Taunton Tigers will assure them of the Conference's Division I, championship. Taunton enters the fray a heavy favorite against the winless Fall Riverites. But crosstown rival Coyle entered last Saturday's game against New Bedford Vocational an odds-on favorite.
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Two weeks ago there were four. Last week there were three. Now there is only one. In capsule form, that is the fate of local unbeaten scholastic schoolboy football teams that only a short time ago were entertaining thoughts of an unblemished season and a shot at the state ch~m to meet the young Green Dolphins in their league finale. D-Y pionship. With two weeks has won only one game this searemaining in the regular sea- son and should not present a
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focus on youth .' •• Continued from Page Fourteen waste their time." Not wasting mine These are merely. excerpts from letters and will be answered - to the letter-writers only-at their request. However, a few words in general:· Psychiatry, since Freud, has laid such stress on the antecedents of human' behavior that many can scarcely believe a new start is possible. If they would believe in Jesus'. word, they could. We do not enter life trailing clouds' of glory but dragging the chains of damage done us ,by fumbling parents and often an uncaring society. A teenager with a smattering of psychology turned to her mother in a moment of profundity and said, "Mother, do you remember that night., wh~~ .I wanted to talk to you about bty first date and you were· too busy?" "Yes," the mother answered. "Well," said the girl, "you destroyed me that night!" Of course that sort of statement could be irresponsible nonsense-and it has thrown parents into a tizzy and caused a whole generation of young people to allow their past to tyrannize their future. Yes, many parents have destroyed their children' and sometimes children destroy parents. But parents had parents, too. We could keep go-
ing back, back, back, until n" one would be responsible for anything. Are we, in truth, programmed for behind, or will we continue to allow ourselves to be, or are we, in fact, the beneficiaries of a pull toward tomorrow - remembering that conversation Jesus had with Nicodemus. Jesus knew what kind of home Nicodemus had come from, but He still gave him hope that he could change, that he could be born again and become a whole new human being in his outlook and attitude. We continue to suffer in our time from want of compelling and worthy examples. Daily we are disappointed in someone. But Jesus' word struggles to be heard. Never mind how others lie, cheat, deceive - you be. your own ancestor! Love only the highest. Never compromise it. Jesus lived and walked this earth.. Love Him! People keep looking everywhere else for examples, and here He is for the taking. Always available, always true, always full of love. We should keep it ever in mind that one divinely noble life did live and that life overcome all evil, and we should spend., much of our time making our bodies and minds fit dwelling-places for this perfect- Jesus. I can only ask that those who despair make this the subject of their meditation.
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Roger Guillemette has won the Century III Leaders' scholarship competition at Bishop Connolly High School. The local contest at the Fall River school is part of a nationwide competition for $116,500 in scholarships at the state and national level. The program is administered by the National Association of Secondary School Principals and' funded by the Shell Oil Company. Runnersup in the competition are Edward Rishniany and Michael Surette, both seniors. Members of the local selection committee were John Nagle, Msgr. Patrick O'Neill, Rep. James O'Brien, and Brother Leo St. Pierre, F.I.C. Entrants were judged on the basis of their leadership potential with emphasis on community and extracurricular activities, scores on a current events exam, and their views on America's needs and challenges for the future. Guillemette now competes with other state high !lchool winners for two $1,000 scholarships and an opportunity for a "$10,000 top national scholarship. The two Massachusetts winners 'Will receive lim all-expense-paid .trip in March to the second anpual Century III Leaders Meet~ng in Colonial Williamsburg, Va., where they will participate in seminars on current issues.
Bishop Feehan Continued from Page Fourteen o'clock on Saturday evening. "We are facing a personal and a team challenge," commented Mr. Klenk. "This marathon relay is something I have considered for a long, time." Folk Group This is the sixth consecutive year of the activities of the Folk Group at Feehan. Under the direction of Father Brian Harrington, chaplain, its 31 members add to the beauty and solemnity of the school Masses by their singing and arrangements. Their activities have also expanded to include visits to homes for the aged, blind, and the mentally handicapped.
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Parish Parade Publicity chairmen of parish organizations are asked to submit news items for this column to The Anchor, P. O. Box 7. Fall River. 02722. Name of city or town should be included, as well as full dates of all activities. Please send news of future rather . than past events. Note: the same news item can be used on Iy once. Please do not request that we repeat an announcement several times. .
ST. JOHN BAPTIST, NEW BEDFORD The annual Christmas bazaar sponsored by the parish committee will take place from 6 to 8 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 20 and from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., Sunday, Nov. 21. Features will "include arts and crafts, homemade pastries, jewelry, candles, homemade jellies, "paint swirling,;' silhouette pictures and a white elephant' booth. A snack bar will serve malasadas and coffee. New Year's Eve party tickets are now available at the rectory.
Music for the occasion will be by the Ray Besse band and 'a catered buffet and continental breakfast will be served. SACRED HEART, FALL RIVER The parish council will meet at 7:30 tonight in the school. Donations for the Thanksgiving clothing drive may be left at the school hall any day during school hours beginning. Monday, Nov. 15, and also during Masses the weekends of Nov. 13 and 14 and 20 and 21. ST. JOSEPH, ATTLEBORO Biblical, historical, sacramental and liturgical aspects of the new rite of penance will be discussed at the second of a twopart lecture series to be held from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 16 in the parish hall. Prer;entfng the program will be Rev. Richard Chretien and Rev. George Bellenoit.
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OUR LADY OF ANGELS, FALL RIVER Holy Rosary Sodalists will sponsor a penny sale at 1:30 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 14 in the church hall and the Children of Mary will hold a cake sale at all Masses this weekend. A social scheduled for Saturday, Dec. 4 will include a malasada supper from 6 to 7:30 p.m. :lnd a penny sale to follow. The parish council will meet at 7 p.m. Monday, Dec. 6 in the hall. The Holy Name Society announces a turkey whist and basket of cheer raffle Saturday, Dec. 18. ST. LOUIS, FALL RIVER The annual supper and Christmas bazaar of the Women's Guild will take place Thursday, Nov. 18 in the parish hall on Eagle Street under the chairmanship of Mrs. Wilfred St. Michel, telephone 674-3047 and Mrs. William Whalen, 6724004, who may be contacted for further information. Booths will be open at 4 p.m. and the supper will be served at 6 p.m. A raffle will be held in conjunction with the event. OUR LADY OF PURGATORY, NEW BEDFORD Bishop Roland Abi-Jowdy, Maronite Patriarchal Vicar, will celebrate a Maronite Pontifical Mass on WTEV-Channel 6 at 8:45 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 14. Our Lady 'of Purgatory's organist and members of the parish choir ~iIl supply music for the celebration. The prelate is touring the country speaking and collecting funQs for Lebanese war relief. While in this area he may be reached at 11 Franklin St., New Bedford. ' HOLY NAME, FALL RIVER Volunteers are needed for the parish bazaar to be held from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 20. Those interested may call the rectory. The school requests parishioners to save Almac's register tapes and Campbell's Soup labels for use in obtaining. audiovisual and playground equipment. School board members for the year have been named, headed by Roger Souza, president and Claire Picard, secretary.
BLESSED SACRAMENT, FALL RIVER The Men's Club announces a meat pie supper with dancing to follow at 7:15 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 13. Music will be by the Casino Royales and Normand ~oule is -chairman for the evening. Planned for Saturday, Nov. 20 is a pre-Thanksgiving smorgasbord and dance in the church hall, with music by Charlie and Company and Eddy Brault in charge of arrangements. Brault is also chairman for a Christmas weekend in New York to take place Dec. 11 and 12. Tickets and further information on all events are available from any club member. ST. JAMES, NEW BEDFORD The Ladies' Guild will meet in the church hall at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 17.' A plant care demonstration will be given by Mary Ellen Robbins and plants will be available for sale. Members may bring guests. Gifts for a forthcoming penny sale and canned goods for a turkey raffle will be accepted at the meetng. ST. JOSEPH, ATTLEBORO The annual Knights of the Altar turkey whist: is schedulec! for 8 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 13 in the parish hall. The Knights witl have a field trip to New Bedforc' today. CCD high school students will hear a film and talk on a1cohol~~ ism and the work of Alcoholics Anonymous at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 14. Also on Sunday, Cub Scouts will hold a pack meeting at 7:15 p.m. in the parish hall. Camp Fire Girl organizers will hold a meeting at 7 p.m. Wed.lesday, Nov. 17 in the hall. HOLY CROSS, SOUTH EASTON The annual parish Holly Fair will take place from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 13, with booths including needlework, holiday decorations, foods, bandmade items, plants ancr' articles for children. A, snack bar will be open all day and Santa Claus will be on hand from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Also to be featured are canned goods and money raffles.
No matter where you live in the Fall River Diocese, there is a Fernandes near you! *NORTON, West Main St., *NO. EASTON, Main St., *EAST BRIDGEWATER, Bedford St., *NEW BEDFORD, Jct. Routes 140 & 18, *ATTLEBORO, 217 So. Main St., *SOMERSET, Route 6, *RAYNHAM. Route 44, *FAIRHAVEN, Route 6, *BRIDGEWATER, Route 18, *MANSFIELD, Route 140, *FALL RIVER, Southway Plaza, R. I. 'Ave., *FALL RIVER, Griffin St., *SEEKONK, 17 Central Ave., *Middleboro, 133 So. Main St., *NEW BEDFORD, Mt. Pleasant St., *NEW BEDFORD, Rockdale Ave., *FAIRHAVEN, Howland Rd., *SO. DARTMOUTH, Dartmouth St., *NEW BEDFORD, Rodney French Blvd., *SOMERSET, Route 138.