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Bishops Meet, Score Federal Intrusions With Bishop Daniel A. Cronin in Washington for the fall meeting of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops is Father John F. Moore, editor of The Anchor and diocesan director of the permanent diaconate. It is the first time a priest of the diocese has attended a bishops' meeting in other than the capacity of an aide to the bishop. Preceding the meeting, which began Monday and ends today, Father Moore attended a press conference for members of the Catholic and secular media. NCCB proceedings began with an address by Archbishop John R. Quinn, conference president. He said the church must respond of the malaise of the west by holiness and participation in the search for a solution to human dilemmas. "Defensiveness, withdrawal into a closed, siege mentality is Hut the answer. Neither is a reckless plunge into the secularization process," he said. "The answer is service," Arch:
Cathedral Rector Somerset Pastor Are Appointed SCENES LIKE THIS were common at the New England Conference on the Charismatic Renewal, attended last weekend in Providence by nearly 14,000 persons.
Charismatics Overwhelm R.I. "Vote for Jesus," read the band on the woman's straw hat and in fact the New England General Conference on the Charismatic Renewal held last weekend in Providence had many of the trappings of a political convention. There were banners galore, nearly 14,000 wildly enthusiastic participants, snake dancing in aisles and lobbies, and singing everywhere. At one point, four bishops were doing a modified conga step on the vast stage of the Providence Civic Center, while thousands cavorted on the center's floor. Catherine de Hueck Doherty, 78, founder of Canada's Madonna House, was so carried away with the enthusiasm generated by her talk on "faith like a fire" that despite arthritis necessitating use of a cane, she lay flat on the stage, the better
to grasp the hands reached to her from the audience. When she rose, two bishops tenderly assisted her. Miracles of healing and love were described by Sister Linda
Koontz and Father Rick Thomas of the Lord's Food Bank in Juarez, Mexico. They brought with them two young Mexicans whose mother picked garbage cans for Tum to Page Eight
A Busy Week for Church It will be a busy week in the ed in forms Of revelation, law American Catholic Church. Not and promise," notes an explanaonly does National Bible Week tory leaflet prepared by the U.S. begin Sunday, but the annual Catholic Conference for parish Campaign for Human Develop- use. "As law, it expresses his ment collection will be taken up - will for man; as promise, it gives in all churches this weekend assurance of good things to and the Thanksgiving Clothing come; and to life, it gives not Drive will start, continuing only temporal existence but eterthrough Nov. 26. nal happiness. God's word is The ,Bible week theme is "The also a confrontation with man, Word of God is Light and Life" imposing great responsibility on and the week is being observed its hearer." by Orthodox, Protestant and Among responsibilities exJewish communities in addition pressed in scripture are those reto Catholic groups. lating to care of one's brothers "God's word is light refractTum to Page Eight
Bishop Daniel A. Cronin has announced the appointments of Msgr. John J. Regan as pastor of St. Thomas More parish, Somerset, and of Msgr. Thomas J. Harrington as rector of St. Mary's Cathedral, Fall River. Both appointments are effective Wednesday, Dec. 8. Msgr. Regan, who will retain his posts as financial administrator of The Anchor and direc-' tor of diocesan health facilities, has been rector of St. Mary's Cathedral since 1971. A Taunton native, he graduated from the former Coyie High School in that city and prepared for the priesthood at St. Charles Seminary, Catonsville, Md. and St. Mary's Seminary, Baltimore. He was ordained May 22, 1953. Preceding his service at St. Mary's Cathedral, his pastoral assignments were at St. James parish, New Bedford, Sacred Heart, Fall River, and St. Patrick, Falmouth. He was named a domestic prelate June 30, 1974, as was Msgr. Harrington. Msgr. Harrington Msgr. Harrington, who succeeds Msgr. Regan as cathedral rector, has been diocesan chanTum to Page Three
bishop Quinn told the approximately 250 bishops, archbishops and cardinals gathered at Washington's Capital Hilton Hotel. In wide-ranging sessions that followed Archbishop Quinn's introduction, the bishops: -Decried what they see as increasing government intrusion into church affairs. Cited were IRS rulings .requiring some church - connected orga!lizations to submit financial reports and indicating that single-issue political surveys by diocesan newspapers would subject those papers to tax status changes. Also objected to were NLRB efforts to become involved in parochial school relationships with lay employes. -Heard a report from their Planning and Programs committee reversing decisions to release Msgr. George Higgins from work in the fields of labor and socia! action and to close a Secretariat for Human Values, dealing with questions of ethics, science and technology. Widespread protest had greeted both moves, especially that affecting Msgr. Higgins, a 34-year USCC veteran. -Heard presentations on "action items," including a proposed pastoral on the handicapped, possible reception of communion under the appearances of both bread and wine at U.S. Sunday Masses, and a general permission to receive holy communion twice . in one day at non-consecutive Masses. -Discussed a proposal that a National Communications Collection be added to the already existing annual collections in the American church.
Pope Reaffirms Celibacy Rule VATIOAN CITY (NC) - Pope John Paul II has reaffirmed the Latin-Rite tradition of priestly celibacy in a talk t,. +he clergy of the Rome Diocese. The priesthood is not a parttime job but a call to give witness "with our whole being" and the uniqueness of the priestly calling should be shown by the way priests dress, he added. Priests are necessary to men "and not like employes," he said. "We are necessary as those who give witness aod awaken in others the need to "give wit路 ness, and if at times it may seem that we are not necessary, that means we must begin to Tum to Page Three
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Prelate Reappointed
:'\E\\' YORK-Representatives of major Christian denominations have formed an ecumenical' Freedom of Faith Committee to bring cases of religious repression in the United States and abroad to the attention of all U.S. Christians. "We can 'be sure that victims of repression will not simply become invisible." said Jesuit Father Joseph O路Hare. editor of America magazine and one of three presidents of the committee.
\'ATICAN CITY - Cardinal John Wright was rt'uppointed prefl'ct of the \'atican Congregation, for the Clergy Nov. n by Pope John Paul II. The 69year-old cardinal. a nath'e of Boston, is the only person from the United States heading a congregation in the Roman Curia.
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STARTING YOUNG: This baby in Ku Klux Klan regalia is shown in "The New Klan." a documentary on the racist organization to be shown Sunday on PBS stations.
WASHINGTON-As a second phase in its effort to recognize and support parish religious education personnel. the National Conference of Diocesan Directors of Religious Education is surveying each diocese on the needs of those parish workers and the sen'ices now provided to them.
Long Fight ST. LOUIS - The director of the U.S. bishops' Committee on Pro-Life activities said the fight against abortion will haw to continue well beyond the passage of favorable laws. Father Edward 1\1. Bryce. in his first major address since succeeding ~Isgr. James :\IcHugh in the position in- September. compa~ed the pro-life struggle to the fight by blacks against racism.
Uganda Congress KAMPALA, Uganda - A week-long l':ational Eucharistic Congress will highlight celebrations next February marking the 100th anniversary of Catholicism in Uganda. The Congress will be held from Feb. II through Feb. 17.
Doctrine, Discipline VATICAN CITY-Pope John Paul II asked for "purity of doctrine and sound discipline" in the church, especially in U.S. seminaries, in a talk l':ov. 9 with 18 U.S. bishops. The bishops, from the Midwest and South, were in Rome for their official five-year visits to report on their dioceses.
DR. ALEXANDER PELOQUIN will discuss music in the liturgy at Holy Name parish hall, New Bedford, following a 7 p.m. Mass Tuesday, Nov. 28. The program is intended for those involved in music ministry in the diocese.
Merton Award PITTSBURGH - The seventh annual Thomas Merton Award will go jointly to Catholic Bishop James W. Malone of Youngstown, Ohio, and Episcopal Bishop John H. Burt of Ohio in recognition of their efforts to save thousands of steelworkers' jobs following the closing of the Campbell Works of Youngstown Sheet and Tube Co.
Right-to-Life Gains MERRICK, N.Y. - New York State's fledgling Right-to-Life Party apparently outpolled the state's Liberal Party in the Nov. 7 election, thereby giving the new party the fourth position - Line D - on statewide ballots for at least the next four years.
Commonweal Campaign
BISHOP - ELECT LAWRENCE WELSH will head the Spokane, Wash. diocese.
NEW YORK-Msgr. George G. Higgins, U.S. Catholic Conference Secretary for Research, and eight other priests have formed a Clergy Committee for Commonweal to solicit financial support for the biweekly Catholic opinion journal. "For Commonweal to disappear today would be a terrible loss. For it to grow and enlarge both its capacities and its influe~ce would be a great gain," says a letter which was to be sent out in early November.
How It's Done LONDON - Churches in the United States influence corporate policy by publicly raising issues and making multinationals aware that their image is at stake. said Father Michael Crosby. project coordinator for the National Catholic Coalition for Responsible Investment. Churches nave very little financial clout, he said.
Welcome to 'the Club ROSEAU, Dominica-Dominica, a selfgoverning state of the British Commonwealth in the West Indies, became an independent nation this month. Of thE' SO.OOO inhabitants, 90 per cent are Catholic.
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IRENE JOST of Wauwatosa, Wis. has made an apostolate of writing letters expressing her Christian beliefs and has written thousands in the past decade.
VATICAN CITY - Pope John Paul II confirmed that the Third General Assembly of the Latin American Bishops will be held Jan. 27 to' Feb. 12, 1979, in Puebla, Mexico. The Puebla meeting, the first general assembly of the Latin American hierarchy since 1968, when they met in Medellin, Colombia, was originally scheduled to meet last OctobE;r. It was suspended when Pope John Paul I died shortly before it was to open.
'Conscious Policy' SPOKANE, Wash. - The U.S. government has a "conscious policy to do away with family farms around the world," Father Thomas Peyton of Chicago charged at a symposium sponsored by the National Federation of Priests' Councils in Spokane. Father Peyton, director of the NFPC's peace and justice ministry, was speaking to some 25 priests on "Survival of the Family Farm and its Moral Implications."
NLRB Barred HARRISBURG, Pa. - District Court Judge R. Dixon Herman has ba,rred the National Labor Relations Board from intervening on behalf of lay teachers at a Catholic high school in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., ruling that the NLRB has no "jurisdiction over Catholic schools. The 40-page opinion was issued Nov. 3.
REV. M. WILLIAM HOWARD, 32, a Baptist minister, is the youngest person ever elected president of the National Council of Churches.
One Thing Lacking SHAMOKIN, Pa. - Japan "has many special gifts, except one: the gift of faith," said Augustinian Father Tom Purcell. Father Purcell has lived in Japan for 26 years. Catholics in Japan number only about 370,000 in a population of about 110 million, the priest said.
New Stage WASHINGTON - Priests don't retire, they just move into a new stage of ministry. That's the premise of a report on clergy retirement prepared by the bishops' Committee on Priestly Life and Ministry and sent to the nation's Catholic bishops in connection with their meeting in Washington this week. The report analyzed existing clergy retirement practices and recommended ways to develop a comprehensive retirement policy.
AUXILIARY BISHOP PAUL DUDLEY of St. Paul-Minneapolis has been named bishop of Sioux Falls, S.D.
NEWARK, N.J. (NC) - An official of the Newark archdiocesan weekly paper, The Advocate, said the Internal Revenue Service is undermining freedom of speech and freedom of the press by its regulations governing tax-exempt organizations. James B. Dolan, The Advocate's executive director, complained that newspapers have been forced to withhold factual information about political candidates following the IRS' threat "to virtually eliminate us." Dulan was referring to a May 1 ruling of the' IRS that taxexempt charitable organizations could not keep their tax-exempt status if they questioned political candidates about their positions on issues and published their responses. "This does not affect just the Catholic press," Dulan said. "It would prevent Jewish or Christian papers from reporting a candidate's stand on American support for Israel; it would not allow women's rights groups to print the stand of a candidate on ERA." An organization, the IRS said, could publish a voting record of Congress or a list of responses from candidates on a wide number of issues if the organization did not express any editorial bias or editorialize on the issues involved. But it would not be acceptable, the ruling said, for an organization to use a questionnaire that reveals a bias on certain issues. Neither could a group issue a voting record on any single issue.
Shrine Blessed For Blue Army Diocesan members of the Blue Army of Our Lady of Fatima were among thousands of pilgrims who gathered last month in Washington, N.J. for dedication of a shrine honoring the Immaculate Heart of Mary. Located on the grounds of the national center of the Blue Army, the structure includes a replica of the Holy House of Loreo in Italy, long a center of devotion. The international Pilgrim Virgin statue, which has traveled to all parts of the world with an escort of Blue Army members, was at the shrine for the dedication ceremonies. It will be in the Fall River diocese next June as the focal point of a month of prayer which will form part of the diocesan 175th annIversary observance. Permission has also been granted for the image to enter Poland during 1979. The Holy House replica is staffed by Felician Sisters, the diocesan pilgrims reported. The community also staffs St. Stanislaus School in Fall River. Information on Blue Army membership is available in the Fall River diocese from Father Jeremiah. Casey, SS.CC., Sacred Hearts Rectory, 382 Main St., Fairhaven or from Ms. Ann Levasseur, 421 Bridge St., Raynham.
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Fr. Tripp Is Chaplain Chairman Father Kevin F. Tripp, coordinator of Catholic ministry at St. Luke's Hospital, New Bedford, has been named education committee chairman for the National AssociatiOn of Catholic Chaplains. He will serve for two years. Father Tripp is certified as a chaplain supervisor for general health care facilities by the U.S. Catholic Conference.
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Appointments Continued from Page One cellor since 1971 and has also served as chaplain at the Rose Hawthorne Lathrop Home in Fall River. He heads the Diocesan Finance Commission and is diocesan chaplain for the Legion of Mary. The new rector was born in New ,Bedford and graduated from Holy Family High School in that city and Holy Cross College, Worcester. After attending the Theological College of Catholic University in Washington,
he was ordained May 30, 1964. He served until 1967 at St. Francis Xavier parish, Hyannis, and was then briefly at Immaculate Conception parish, Fall River, until assignment to graduate studies in canon law at Catholic University. In 1969 Msgr. Harrington was awarded a licentiate in canon law and was appointed diocesan vice-chancellor and episcopal secretary, in which positions he served until his appointment as chancellor.
"The responsibilities of the education committee are very important," said Father Robert
Women's Ministry Seminar Set BALTIMORE ~NC) - Archbishop William D. Borders of Baltimore has announced plans for a two-day seminar next spring on the role of women's ministry in the Catholic Church. In a statement, the archbishop said the Women's Ordination Conference held last weekend in Baltimore "refocuses attention on a deep concern felt by many people who believe that it is very necessary to make the fullest possible use of the talents in ministry of all women and men in our church." But, he ad-
Celibacy Continued from Page One give a clearer witness," he added. "Let us not delude ourselves that we are serving the Gospel if we try to 'dilute' our priestly charisma through an exaggerated interest in the vast field of temporal problems, if we desire 'to laicize' our way of living and acting," said Pope John Paul. "We must preserve the sense of our unique vocation, and such 'uniqueness' must be expressed even in our external dress. Let's not be ashamed of it. Yes, we are in the world. But we are not of the world." The pope distinguished between the universal priesthood of the whole people of God and the ministerial priesthood "rooted in the sacrament of orders." The ministerial priesthood "has been established," the pope said, "for the purpose of enlightening more effectively our brothers and sisters who live in the world - that is the laity on the fact that we are all in
Jesus Christ a 'kingdom of priests' for the Father," he said. "Our priesthood must be limpid and expressive. And if it is in the tradition of our church strictly linked to celibacy, it is precisely for the 'evangelical' limpidity and expressiveness to which the words of our Lord on celibacy 'for the kingdom of heaven' refer," said the pope. The pope told the Roman clergy that the problem of few priestly vocations "for this our dear city and beloved Diocese of Rome" was close to his heart. In 1977-78 only two priests were ordained for Rome and only 12 seminarians are currently enrolled in the major seminary. The pope suggested that priests foster vocations by increasing their contacts with youth. "Dear priests, offer yourselves to the Lord to be his instruments in calling new workers into his vineyard. There is no lack of generous youngsters;" he said.
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OFFICIAL APPOINTMENTS Msgr. John J. Regan to Pastor, Saint Thomas More Parish, Somerset. M/>gr. Thomas J. Harrington to Rector, Saint Mary's Cathedral, Fall River, while remaining Diocesan Chancellor. Both appointments are effective 'Wednesday, December 8, 1978.
D. Wheelock, OFM Cap., association president. They include convention planning, structuring continuing education programs and acting as liaison with the USOC board of examiners. In commenting on his choice of Father Tripp as committee chairman, Father Wheelock said, "He is very well respected not only as a good organizer but also as a good educator. It was a very high priority for me to seek him as chairman. We want the best people in the important positions."
ded, the topic of women's ordination "raises expectations that cannot be met in view of present church teaching." Referring to his own 1977 pastoral, "Reflections on women in the Mission and Ministry of the Church," Archbishop Borders said he had urged the church of Baltimore to "offer leadershrp in recognizing the need for women in ministry and to attempt to heal some of the pain caused by injustices to women in the past."
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'We Want You To Care Do you wonder why there is no news about your parish in The Anchor? Are you curious to know why week after week nothing appears in our diocesan paper about your church路 activities while other parishes seemingly are in the paper every week? These are important questions. First, let it be dearly and unequivocally pointed out that in no way are such lacks the fault of the paper. Indeed, every now and then we might make a mistake and lose some information that comes across the desk. No one who works for The Anchor has admitted, as of the present, to infallibility. No, the response to the above questions is only too obvious; namely, we just do not hear from many parishes on a regular basis. How can this situation be corrected and improved? In these days of renewed effort in the Church to stimulate expanded interest in all forms of media, it is imperative that this concern be expressed on the pastoral level. Every pastor should be interested in promoting his parish activities. This does not mean just advertising parish fund raisers. People throughout the diocese want to know what is happening in all areas of parish life. Some such events might be of sufficient interest to develop as a feature story. However, no one will know this if there is no one in a parish who sends us the information. The example of some parishes in this regard might be taken to heart. There is one parish in Fall River with a publicity coordinator on its parish council who sends us parish news weekly. A Cape parish not only forwards in-路 teresting stories but also provides photographic coverage. Several parishes have a person who takes responsibility for delivering or mailing the weekly bulletin to us. There are almost unlimited ways for a parish and its parishioners to receive Anchor coverage. All it takes is a little interest on the part of the pastor and cooperation with a member of the parish council or a willing parishioner. The Anchor wants to be of service in any way possible to the parishes of the diocese. We are a newspaper for the entire diocese. In no way are we here for only a few parishes. And it should also be noted that we offer, week after week, an unexcelled teaching tool for every age group. Most recently, our election information issue supplied vital material for the consideration of voters; and our national columnists consistently provide the Catholic viewpoint on a Wide spectrum of issues. In the field of 'religious education, Know Your Faith offers article after article that can profitably be used by parish groups, from CCD children and teens, to adult study club members. These are general services - but when it comes to zeroing in on individual parishes, we need the help of you, our readers. Thus we urge each parish to choose an Anchor contact person to send us parish news regularly. Get interested in your paper! Get interested in spreading the Good News!
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Published weekly by The Catholic Press of the Dioces路e of Fall River 410 Highland Avenue Fall River, Mass. 02722 675-7151 PUBLISHER Most Rev. Daniel A. Cronin, D.O., S.T.D.
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THIS NEW TESTAMENT SAVED THE LIFE OF A NIGHT WATCHMAN BY DEFLECTING AN INfRUDER'S BULLET THAT WOULD OTHERWISE HAVE PIERCED HIS HEART
'God is the shield of all that trust in him.' 2 Kg. 22:31
Why Do We See No Difference? SPOKANE, Wash. (NC) An ancient Jewish tale tells of a Jew, filled with joy and elation, exclaiming to a rabbi: "The Messiah is come. He is in our city now." Whereupon, hearing the news, the old rabbi lifts himself from his seat and walks' to the window, stares out at the city and replies: "I see no difference." The rabbi in folklore and Christians in the modern-day world "do not see any diff~r颅 ~nce" in the incarnation because they do not recognize what the incarnation is, according to Father Edward Farrell, author of several best-selling books including "Prayer Is a Hunger" and "Surprised by the Spirit." /He spoke at a religious education congress held in Spokane last month. The incarnation is glvmg birth and bringing into being the "hidden self" that is made in the image of God, Father Farrell said. "It is the Word made flesh in our very being. "There is a new kind of consciousness available to us from God that no human has ever dreamed of or touched until that person experiences it," Father Farrell said. "It is a 'reincarnation' where in I have been seized and caught by God. It is literally a new creation which transforms us," he said. This transformation provides the recipient with a new kind of energy and richness he said. "This new depth of our being cannot be touched except by prayer," l1e said, "and this inner
dimension cannot be discovered except in an assembly at church where there is an interlocking energy." Msgr. Robert Fox, called "the prophet of the streets" because of his work in high crime areas in New York City, challenged his listeners. to "prayerfully, hopefully and boldly live out the body and blood of Christ for others ... with a radical fool's love." Msgr. Fox told his audience in a workshop to live out their own body by reacting with others in a whole gamut of unfeigned passions, including anger and sadness. "This is the true meaning of compassion," he said, "that we feel and live all things in, and with, and through the other. "We must be the daily ibread for others around us," Msgr. Fox continued. "This means that on some days the taste of our bread will have to be bitter, stale or hard to swallow - and soft and nourishing at other times," A priest assigned to the New York Archdiocese, Msgr. Fox decried the self-righteous and overly pious attitudes of some who are swift to condemn dope addicts and prostitutes without seeing "the beam in one's own eye" which Jesus taught about. , "The prostitutes sell their bodies for a price but how often each day do I sell my mind and my convictions ,at the drop of a hat to buy the appearance of belonging?" the priest said. "How often are we agreeable
when the situation calls us to be disagreeable and hurting?" Dope addicts are symbols of the brokeness prevalent in our society, he continued. "We are shocked by the specter of addicts injecting heroin into their veins to escape the squalor of their world. But we won't look at ourselves and confess that we do the same things with our drugs of consumerism, bank accounts, insurance policies, television and other entertainment media which distract us from finding grace, truth and integrity," He cited another example: "Murderers are not only those who destroy a physical body. There are persons at our jobs, in our homes, seated in this audience, and even in seminaries and convents, who are skilled in putting a knife to another, twisting it 10 or 12 times, pulling it out without spilling a drop of blood, and walking away without ever losing their smile," he said, referring to slander, ridicule and gossip. Msgr. Fox also said, "It is a sin against the Holy Spirit to make love unnecessary in aiding impoverished through charitable programs" whether those programs be backed by federal and state governments or church organizations. "It's wrong to figure that love is dispensable in any of these endeavors which seek to help the disadvantaged. Lopping off love as the root motivation for helping others emasculates the meaning of one man helping another," he said.
I want to -extend to you my deepest gratitude for your ongoing support of this most worthwhile effort. Bishop Edwin B. Broderick Executive Director Catholic Relief Services
Textbook Recall Dear Editor: Recent. action by the Fall River Superintendent of Schools in deciding to recall textbooks on loan to private and parochial schools is at once precipitous, imprudent, and insulting. As a member of the Fall River School Committee, I do not reo collect that the matter ever came before the Committee for discussion or a vote. I first be· came aware of the Superintendent's intentions through the phone calls of Catholic school parents. To recall textbooks in the middle of an academic year demonstrates a callous disregard for the educational needs of thousands of students. Strange as it may seem, one could even interpret the action as being anti· Catholic! Indeed, too many public officials and many public school administrators are quick to forget the long standing, positive contributions made by the parochial schools to character development, to the community, and to the advancement of American democracy. They also tend to forget the numerous sacrifices made by parents to give their children an education with God at its center. Further, they should never forget the billions of dollars saved by the American taxpayer as a result of the selflessness of thousands of priests, nuns, and brothers who staffed the parochial schools and, more recently, many lay people as well. Those
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December 1 Rev. Phillipe Ross, 1958, Chaplain, Sacred Heart Home, New Bedford Rev. Edward J. Gorman, 1964, Pastor Emeritus, St. Patrick, Somerset December 2 Rev. Arthur Savoie, 1917, Pastor, St. Hyacinth, New Bedford Rev. Dennis W. Harrington, 1958, Assistant, St. Mary, Taunton December 3 Rev. John W. McCarthy, P.R., 1926, Pastor, Sacred Heart, Fall River December 4 Rev. Charles Ouellette, 1945, Assistant, St. James, Taunton December 6 Rev. Joseph L. Cabral, 1959, Pastor, Our Lady of Angels, Fall River Rt. Rev. John H. Hackett, 1966, Chancellor of the Fall River Diocese June-December 1966
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CARDINAL HUMBERTO MEDEIROS was honored last week at a birthday reception and dinner in Somerset. With him to celebrate were his brothers, a sister and their spouses. From left, Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Me :leiros, Mr. and Mrs. Antone Souza, the cardinal, Mrs. and Mr. Leonel Medeiros. (Torchia Photo) who have forgotten should read the works of John Tracy Ellis, Michael Novak, and Andrew Greeley, for starters at least. Even though I have only one vote on the Fall River School Committee, I am categorically against the recall of textbooks from the private sector in the middle of this academic year. Since many other public school systems in Massachusetts will not recall the books until June of 1979, there is clearly no reason why Fall River cannot do the same. Patrick J. Foley Member, Fall River School Committee
help the poorest of God's poor has been the Thanksgiving Coth· ing Collection. Since 1950, when the first appeal was launched, Catholic Relief Services has been able to distribute more than 450 million pounds of usable clothing and blankets to poor and needy families around the world. All this was made possible through the great generosity of American Catholics. Once again, we call on you to help. The priority items needed
Kids are always asking that, no matter where they are. And over 138,000 missionaries around the world are helping them grow through your help and concern. The Society for the Propagation of the Faith is the channel for your generosity that provides not only for physical, but also for spiritual means of growth. Please help them grow - in every way. Support the work of missionaries through a gift to the Society for the Propagation of the Faith.
Offering Of Letters Dear Editor: An Offering of Letters is a way for Christians to express their faith. It is an invitation to Christians to make an offering of their citizenship to the Lord by writing to their members of congress and placing their stamped and addressed letters in the Sunday collection basket at their church, to be mailed by participating clergy. This nationwide campaign demonstrates to senators and representatives that their consti· tuents want the U.S. to take concrete steps towards ending hunger. Past campaigns have resulted in government policy decisions benefiting millions. The new Offering of Letters will seek reforms in the U.S. foreign aid program, so that aid reaches the very poor, enabling them to work their way out of hunger, poverty and dependency. You and the churches in the ,Fall River diocese can help make this happen. Write to Bread for the World for further information at 207 .E. 16 St., New York, N.Y. 10003. A Sunday near Thanksgiving is appropriate for the Offering or any time through early spring. Thank you very much. Christ is counting on us. Ms. Antoinette Carvalho Raynham
Clothing Need Dear Editor: Over the years one of the most successful undertakings of the American Catholic community to
for the 1978 Thanksgiving Cothing Collection are infants' and childrens' lightweight wearing apparel and mens' lightweight work clothes. Blankets of any weight are always in great demand and since the cost of transporting the clothing collected to the ,CRS processing centers is an ever increasing one, we would be most appreciative of any fiancial contributions you wish to make to help defray these expenses.
Dear Editor: Although I am ashamed of being so late with this note, please believe I am 'very sincere when I say I thank you very heartily for such a wonderful article concerning religious congregations for handicapped women. I can say I am a regular reader of The Anchor, and cannot explain how that particular issue (Sept. 7) had escaped my attention. I became aware of it only when Sister Marie Bernadette Cormier wrote to me and thank· ed me for having called you; She added that they have had one inquiry and were hoping for a few more. Though so late, I am glad to express to you my deep appreciation for your time, interest and your so nice a write-up. God love and bless you and your work. Sister Marthe-Marie, SSJ Fall River
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Vigorous Campaigning Can Turn Cause into Victory By REV.
ANDREW M. GREELEY
The theologian Richard McBrien has recently announced that women should not accept ordination unless the church also agrees to the ordination of married men and permission for single priests to marry. His rigid ideology and intellectual arrogance demon-
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I once attended Mass in a magnificent cathedral. Six bishops concelebrated. The exc~ptionally good organist accompanied a full choir of seminarians. How easy it was to sense Christ's presence.
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state that he is the quintessential male chauvinist when it comes to dealing with women. Who is Richard McBrien to tell women anything about the conditions under which they should accept ordination? Like all ideologues, he propounds a liberal doctrine but attempts to impose a rigid authoritarianism on the behavior of other human beings. Besides, I have not heard that the church is about to offer women ordination to the priesthood. It is ridiculous to suggest that people should lay down conditions for something they are
I've experienced a few similar occasions when awareness of Christ was almost overpowering. But how often do these things happen in a lifetime? What about the more ordinary times we are aware of Christ's presence? We have the opportunity every Sunday at Mass. But Mass can become habitual; it can lose that sense of Christ with us if we let it. It often takes effort on our part to become conscious of Christ. I believe this awareness of the presence of Christ is really
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in anticipation of future inflation and in the process actually creates that inflation. Carter has pointed 'out that no one wants to be the first to stop; that's why many people believe voluntary controls won't work and mandatory controls will follow.
omicAlternatives, a Washington-based think tank, notes that administration officials admit that even if their plan is successful, it won't significantly reduce inflation. He said this is because most of the inflation that affects the average family involves price
while the newspaper, that carried their ads was a fashion designer's mecca. Well, 22 years have gone by and my love affair with the Times has continued. Also, like most comfortable love affairs that span a period of time the object of the affection .was taken for granted until something happened.
I think I first realized how special the New York In the case of the Times, it Times was when I was a was the strike that crippled the college major in fashion illustration. My professors used Times ads as a "bible" and I spent e~dless hours copying the beautiful illustrations. Bloomingdale's, Donwit's and Lord & Taylor's became familiar names
ever won simply because it is morally right. The blithe assumption that ordination of women will come inevitably manifests the political naivete which seems to be an incurable disease of the moral superiority of a cause is never a guarantee of its success, and the shortage of priests has never forced bishops into reform before. Of course, if you're a real liberal, you don't want to win anyhow, it's much better to have a cause than a victory.
While I think the refusal to ordain women is unjust, I know of no reform cause which has
I think a vigorous campaign ought to be launched for the ordination of women deacons.
prayer. How often mothers have times when they are just with "their children . . . sometimes playing, sometimes working, sometimes just being in silence. In such moments I find an awareness of the spiritual presence to each other.
As I become more aware of the spiritual as well as physical presence of those I love, I learn to sense Christ who is only spiritually present to me. It's easier to be aware of Him in the magnificent cathedral or in the gracefulness of a gently falling leaf, a shaft of sunlight through a cloud.
It's not obvious or dramatic. Sometimes I'm not even aware of it -at the moment, but find it reflecting on it afterwards. Sometimes it's just a feeling "that child is nice to be with" . . . "that was fun,"
Yet if I can see Him in a great church or nature, then why not in His greatest work . . . people? He can become present to me in the sparkle in a child's
There can be no theological objection to this, because it is historically clear that women deacons were considered to be in sacred orders in the past. There is no reason why certain episcopal conferences could not petition the Holy See tomorrow for women deacons, and no reason why the women's ordination movement could not pressure the American hierarchy to petition for such authorization on an experimental basis. But that's smart politics, and if you look to Dick McBrien for intellectual leadership, you are certainly not about to practice smart politics.
eyes, the gentleness of a loved one's touch.. And if Christ is there, in the beauty of those I love, can I also learn to see Him in those I find repulsive? More difficult, can I sense Him in myself? Can I see Him in my weakness? . Most difficult of all, can I become aware of His presence . . . all of the time . . . with no physical prompting? That may be heaven, but I can't help wondering if it is also possible here on earth.
Fighting Inflation of the Necessities of Life
Will the Carter administration's wage-price guidelines be successful? Even if But Gar Alperovitz, director of the National Center for Econthey are, will they be enough to reduce the impact of inflation? The administration's guidelines are aimed at prevention as much as cure. They are designed to break the "wage-price spiral" Carter has often described: business raises prices and labor fights for higher wage increases
not likely to be offered. Let me repeat for the record my own position: I am for the ordination of women, I am for ecclesiastical celibacy (unless and until it has been demonstrated to me how optional celibacy would not mean compulsory marriage for parish priests, as it does for most non-Catholic denominations) and I am for limited-term service in the priesthood. (The last position would solve the vocation shortage overnight.)
New York dailies. When Sunday came with no Times, a light had gone out, a light that remained off for over three months, until this week. A special bonus in the first
In some areas, such as dereguincreases in four basic necessities: food, energy, housing and lation of natural gas prices and health care. interest rate hikes, the adminisThese necessities take up 68 tration has gone against COINpercent of the income of 80 per- backed approaches; in other cent of Americans. Their cost areas, such as support for grain rose 15 percent between March reserves and hospital cost conand August and accounts for tainment, it has backed similar about 75 percent of the inflation approaches. Here are some of the specific affecting four out of five Ameriproposals backed by COIN: can families, Alperovitz said. FOOD: The center and 34 other - Stop price-fixing by giant groups have formed a new coalition, Consumers Opposed to In- food processors and middlemen. - 'Protect the family farm to flation in the Necessities, to campaign against higher prices in . keep farming competitive. food, energy, housing and health - Encourage consumer coopcare and excessive profits for oil eratives and farmer-to-consumer companies, banks, agribusiness marketing. ENERGY: and the medical establishment.
- Step up energy conservation efforts. - Reform utility rates. - Mount an all-out effort to develop energy sources such as solar energy. HOUSING: - Reform taxes to discourage land speculation. - Lower interest rates to reduce mortgage costs. - Rehabilitate existing housing. HEAL'I1H CARE: - Adopt comprehensive national health insurance. - Encourage prepaid health care programs. - Impose strict hospital cost controls.
afford!) it was nevertheless a great morale boost to those of us who love fashion. It's nice to dream and the Times is made for dreamers. I
feel eternally grateful to my art professors for exposing me and to the Times for remaining the magic "bible" it was to a young art student 22 years ago.
post-strike Sunday paper was a marvelous magazine section of Fashions of The Times. Filled with great and exciting winter fashions {which none of us can
Church Prepares Family Decade WASHINGTON (NC) - Some 300 representatives of diocesan family life offices throughout . the country are preparing to implement a plan which will lead to what one church official called "a singular event in the history of the church in the United States" - a decade of research into family ministry. The preparation took place at a National 'Family Life Work-
shop and Conference, held in Washington. It was the first step in implementing the U.S. Bishops' 'Plan of Pastoral Action for Family Ministry, which calls for the celebration of Family Year in 1980, followed by the decade of research. Father Donald Conroy, U.S. Catholic Conference representative for family life, summarized the plan and said he thought its
final phase was unique in U.S. church history. Responding to the claims of some that the 12-year project may be too ambitious, Father Conroy said: "The sum of the task should not overwhelm us. If we fail :because of the extent of the need, we have failed to have confidence that the Lord himself is calling us to this task."
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Survey Reveals 51 % Increase In Catholics
The church of the Brethren had the. largest growth rate (269 percent) between 1952 and 1971. The number of Catholics increased 51 percent; Jews, 20 percent; and Southern ,Baptists, the largest Protestant denomination in the country, 78 percent. Despite numerical growth, however, 20 percent of the denominations experienced geo-
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AT THE FIRST joint installation ceremony ever held by the six Cape and Islands councils of the Knights of Columbus, Bishop Daniel A. Cronin is presented with a plaque commemorating the 75th anniversary of the Fall River diocese. At St. Francis Xavier hall, Hyannis, from left, Grand Knight Richard Fish of Falmouth, the bishop and Msgr. John J. Oliveira, vice-chancellor. (Poisson Photo) graphical shrinkage by being represented in fewer U.S. counties than 20 years ago, the researchers said. The three religious groups they defined as being "truly national in caracter" Roman Catholics, United Methodists and "Southern Baptists - all expanded geographically, with Catholics in 92 percent of U.S. counties in 1971.
In their summary of the Catholic Church, the researchers said Catholics are "an expanding group ... both in terms of their total numbers and in terms of their entrance into new areas such as the South. In that region they have both entered newcounties and expanded their share of total adherents in a significant number of counties."
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Systems, Must Serve Man, Says Pope VATICAN CITY (NC) - Man is not at the service of social, economic, political and cultural systems, rather the systems "must be for man," Pope John Paul II said at a recent general audience. Speaking to more than 15,000 persons, the pope discussed justice. "It is necessary to defend against the rigidity of the system," the pope said. "I am thinking of social, economic, politicat and cultural systems which must be sensitive to man" and capable of reforming themselves to serve man, he added. "It is from this viewpoint that we must evaluate the great effort of our times to define and consolidate the rights of man," he said. Papal encyclicals and the teachings of Vatican II were evidence of the continual dialogue of the church with the world on this subject, the pope said, adding that he plans to discuss justice many times.
There is "a principle of profound truth" in saying that justice does not exist in the world because "justice is, in a certain way, greater than man, than the dimensions of his earthly life," said the pope. The purpose of justice is to. define what is due each man by other individuals and by society and what each man owes to society and to other people, added the pontiff. "Consequently, it remains, during the centuries of human existence on the earth, a contin: uous effort and a continuous struggle to order justly the whole of social life in its various aspects. We must look with respect on the manifold programs and activities, at times reforming, of various tendencies and systems. We must be aware at the same time that we are not concerned first of all about systems, but about justice and about man," he said. Justice is not merely a theoretical science, the pope said. "It is a virtue, it is a capacity
Attend Mass that morning in your parish church. Take fifteen minutes to visit someone in the hospital. Have someone who eats alone join your family for turkey and all the trimmings.
of the human mind, of the human will and also of the heart. We must pray to be just and know how to be just. We cannot forget the words of our Lord: 'With what measure you measure, you shall be measured.' (Matthew 7,2)"
Better yet, feed someone who needs food. There are millions .of people in the world who have hollow eyes and swollen stomachs because they have no food. We don't see them because they are overseas. We know they're there, however. Can we ignore them, let them starve?
Before the audience, the pope received more than 10,000 Italian children and young people, who greeted him with wild enthusiam. He took 20 minutes to walk down the central aisle shaking hands or speaking with those in the crowd. "The pope loves everyone, each man and all men, but he has a preference for the youngest, because they have a preferential place in the heart of Christ, who wanted to remain with the children, to talk with the young," he said. The pope asked youngsters to "seek Jesus, love Jesus, bear witness to Jesus." They should go beyond a or sociological superficial Christianity, he said.
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Charismatics Continued from Page One food. The brother had a record of arrests for theft, and the sister had borne her first child at age 10 and thereafter was kidnapped into prostitution. Both were alcoholics until the Lord's Bank came into their lives. They were on the platform last week singing haunting songs of their own composition about the work of the Lord. Their stories might have been the most dramatic but they were not the only ones of the meeting. When a speaker asked all who "have been healed by the Lor:d this weekend" to raise their hands, a forest of arms waved at the civic center. The three-day program included three general sessions, 33 workshops and two incredible Eucharistic liturgies. The closing Mass, concelebrated by eight bishops, including Bishop Daniel A. Cronin, lasted three and a half hours. The homilist, Father Francis A. Martin, a theologian who works at Madonna House with Catherine Doherty, told the charismatics that "Jesus is gathering up an army of pilgrims, beggars and children whose only strength is the Lord." The convention delegates bewildered but delighted Rhode Islanders. One group helped
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Busy Week Continued from Page One and sisters in the human family and the Campaign for Human Development and the Thanksgiving Clothing Drive provide opportunities to fulfill these obligations. "Where There's a Thirst for Justice" is the CHD 1978 slogan, based on the beatitude: "Blessed are they who hunger and thirst for justice, for they shall be satisfied." "The defeat of poverty and oppression," explain CHD officials, "is a dream shared by millions of American Catholics who have responded to poverty and injustice With determination. Through CHD, their support is living witness to a thirsting for justice for all people and to the positive changes that are possible when people work together." The need for clothing in the Third World is self-evident and as householders clear closets and bureaus of summer garments in preparation for winter, there is no better place to bring outgrown or out of style items than the collection depot which will be set up in every diocesan' parish, Particular emphasis has been laid on the need for infant's and children's clothing and men's work .clothes, as well as for bedding.'
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ST. GEORGE, WESTPORT The Women's Guild will meet Monday night, Nov. 27, with the session followed by a Christmas party at Dartmouth Manor Nursing Home. Members will distribute gifts, provide refreshments and conduct a Christmas singalong. ST. MARY, SEEKONK Canned goods for Thanksgiving distribution may be left in the sacristy after Mass or during the week at the CCD center. A fifth grade CCD teacher is needed for Tuesday afternoon. Volunteers ~ay contact the rectory. The choir will meet from now on at 7 p.m. Monday in the CCD annex. Also in the annex is a scripture study course conducted by Father Hugh Munro at 7:30 p.m. each Thursday. A 7:30 p.m. Mass Monday at the CCD center will precede the 8 p.m. Women's Guild meeting. Officers will be voted on and a wine and cheese party will be hosted by Frances Roche. All parish women are invited. ST. MARY:S CATHEDRAL, FALL RIVER . The Kyrie, Gloria and Agnus Dei from Haydn's Missa Brevis and Jubilate Deo and Ave Verum Corpus by Mozart will be offered by the Cathedral Choir at the 10 a.m. Sunday liturgy. REGIONAL ULTREYA, NEW BEDFORD A holy hour will be held at 8 p.m. tomorrow at St. Francis Xavier Church, Acushnet, for those making Women's Cursillo No. 88.
SS. PETER AND PAUL, FALL RIVER The SIGN Folk Group is seeking new members. If interested call Joseph Pavao (9-5904) or Carol Bell {5-1794). CYO Juniors and Seniors will attend 7 p.m. Mass Saturday night, prior to joint installation of officers in Father Coady Center. Dancing will follow the ceremonies, with a pizza break at 9:15. A family educatIon program will I>e held at 1:30 p.m. Sunday. . The theme- i£ Thanksgiving.
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FALL RIVER DCCW, WESTPORT Sister Thomas More OP, director of Madonna Manor, Attleboro, will speak at an open meeting of the Fall River District Council of Catholic Women, to be held at 7:45 tonight at S1. George parish hall, Westport. Mrs. Joel D. Sunderland, president of the host guild, will direct the coffee hour.
Boys in sixth grade or over are eligible for one of the four parish basketball teams and may register in the sacristy after Mass.
ST. JOHN OF GOD, SOMERSET The Holy Name Society will meet at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday in the rectory. An Appreciation Day reception will take place from 3 to 5 p.m. Sunday in the parish center. All parishioners are invited.
SACRED HEART, FALL RIVER Youth group members and confirmation candidates will attend a presentation of "Godspell" Saturday at Case High School, Swansea, leaving at 7 p.m. from the parish center. Members of the Catholic· Deaf Association will attend a Thanksgiving dinner following 11:30 a.m. Mass Sunday at Sacred Heart School. The Women's Guild will hold a Christmas party Monday, Dec. 4 at Beechwood Mansion, Newport. Bus transpo~aion wil leave from the church at 6:30 p.m.
ST. WILLIAM, FALL RIVER Fourth and fifth grade boys interested in becoming altar boys will meet at 9 a.m. Saturday with Father David P. Belliveau. Two seventh grade teachers are needed Monday afternoons for the CCD program. Volunteers may contact Sister Ruth or the rectory. Sister Ruth is also looking for a Big Brother for an 11-year-old boy.
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ST. ANNE, FALL RIVER A day of recollection for sen· ior citizens will be held from noon to 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 28, in the school.
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IMMACULATE CONCEPTION, TAUNTON The Women's Guild annual Christmas party will be held at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 5 in the church hall. A catered dinner will be followed by a program of Christmas music by the Junior Choir. ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISI, NEW BEDFORD The Ladies' League will meet Monday and plans will be made for a Christmas party Tuesday, Dec.5. A Thanksgiving Mass will be offered at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 22. Those attending are asked to bring an item of food for distribution to the needy. A social hour will follow in the church hall.
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The Spirituality of Vladimir Soloviev By Father James V. Schall, S.J. The intense world o( Russian intelligence and religion is not familiar to most of us. The only names we are likely to know are those of Tolstol and Dostoevski. Vladimir Soloviev (18531900). however, greatly influenced both of these men. He is said to have been the model of Alyosha in "The Brothers Kramazov," perhaps the greatest of the religious novels. Nineteenth-century Russian writers are not easy to read. Often they are complex and metaphysical, laden with terms from German philosophy. As well as by his Russian and northern European background, Soloviev was greatly influenced by Roman Catholic thought. He saw the mystical function of the papacj, which often set him at odds with the official Russian Orthodox Church. He seems even to have been an Eastern Rite Catholic for a time. Soloviev was inspired by a vision of the divine wisdom, even literally so in a vision in Egypt, in which all society and the cosmos were seen returning to God in Jesus. He stressed both the personal and social sides of the
faith and felt that the Russian Orthodox Church has neglected the meaning of religion in society. He felt the division of East and West had harmed both. He also appears to have wanted a universal society united under a pope for spiritual affairs and a czar for temporal ones, all in one Christian view of society and man. However, in his later years, he -grew more pessimistic of the possibility of this because of man's sinful nature. Soloviev was directly concerned with the relation of each person to God and to all else. He was very clear that we ought first to know what was unique about the Christian God whose basic message to us in the' Gospels was the good news of the kingdom. "True, genuine Christianity," he wrote, "is not a dogma, or hierarchy, or liturgy, or morality, but the life-giving spirit of Christ really, though invisibly, present in humanity and acting in it." The most useful insight into Soloviev's spirituality comes from his "God, Man and the Church: T.he Spiritual Foundations of Life," where he revealed his deep notion of prayer,
sacrifice, aims and fasting. What is characteristic of Soloviev's faith is his unflinching belief that Christian grace alone solves the basic, ultimate quesLion each person discovers himself asking. In each soul, there is a "hunger for immortality and a thirst for truth." This reveals our awareness of our own destiny, yet we are unable to be satisfied by anything less than God. Prayer is seen by Soloviev ·in this Christian context. Christ, truly active in his creation, first seeks us. But we must recognize what we are and what God is, that he wills to relate to us freely as persons. Prayer is the response of our freedom. Soloviev's vivid sense of the reality of God's seeking us, of our free response, of the return'ing of all creation to God, is the unifying, mystical characteristic of his spirituality. He wanted that the earth be "oned," as he put it, with heaven, yet not by one absorbing or destroying the other.. He stands for that strand of Christian spirituality that feels that it must account for everything because it sees that ultimately God is all in all.
East and West, Old and New By Father Joseph M. Champlin
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one cannot claim absolute authority. A couple of years ago I visited the Blue Mosque in Istanbul, Turkey. At the door I removed my shoes and entered the very beautiful but· simple rounded temple, walking reverently among persons squatted on mats in silent prayer. The experience evoked a real longing in me for the same kind of prayer. I recalled my discomfort the previous Sunday in an ornate Romanian Orthodox cathedral where people were vocalizing many prayers and frequently genuflecting, while others milled around kissing the coffin of the church's patron. I experienced some guilt in feeling more attracted to the quiet Moslem prayer style and I began to ask myself serious questions about present-day prayer in the Catholic Church. Similarly, your son's abandonment of Christianity may be a search for deeper prayer. The atmosphere in your home, which apparently has been one of great respect for religion, may be what Turn to Page Thirteen
Going out for dinner is an American tradition, looked upon as a treat for special occasions or an opportunity to deepen relationships with others. We pick a particular place because of its food, prices, service or atmosphere. The -latter, in some situations, may form our dominant motive for selecting that restaurant. Environment makes a significant difference when we sit down to eat. It exerts a similar influence when we gather to worship. Aware of this, the U.S. Bishops' Committee on the Liturgy and the Federation of Diocesan Liturgical Commissions have produced a handsome, illustrated statement and booklet. "Environment and Art in Catholic Worship" (USCCPublications Office, 1312 Massachusetts Ave., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20005). Introductory sections sketch both the limitations and value of church art and architecture and numerous photos illustrate the general principles of liturgical art. The items in those pictures reflect the influence of older and Eastern religious attitudes as well as the impact of modern approaches. A madonna and child on the wall, large processional crosses and a massive concrete baptismal front with running water are cases in point.
Here are some of the statement's recommendations for parishes and worshipping .communities: - The "community's deprived, handicapped and suffering members" should be given special consideration in the design of buildings. - "Audibility . . . is another primary requirement. A space that does not require voice amplification is ideal. Where an amplifying system is necessary, provision for multiple microphone jacks should be made." - "A concourse or foyer or other place adequate for gathering before or after liturgies is
recommended ... Such a gathering space can encourage the building of the kind of community sense and feeling recognized now to be a prerequisite of good celebration." - The altar "is holy and sacred to this assembly's action and sharing, so it is never used as a table of convenience or as a resting place for papers, notes, cruets or anything else." - "The location of the altar will be central but this does not mean it must be spatially in the center or on a central axis. In fact, an off-center location may be a good solution in many cases."
For Children By Janaan Manternach Once there was a big wedding party in the little Jewish town of Cana. The story is told in the Gospel according to John. The couple getting married must have been friends or relatives of Mary, Jesus' mother. She was invited to the wedding, and so was her son, Jesus. rLots of people came to the party, and were having such a good time that the wine ran out. The groom was embarrassed. Mary noticed how bad he felt. It was late and the shops were closed. She did not want their wedding party to be ruined.
Mary was sure Jesus would want to do something for the embarrassed couple. She had no idea what he could do, but she knew how much he cared about people. So she said to him, "They have no wine." Jesus asked her what difference that made to him or to her. Mary was puzzled because she knew he was always ready to help anyone in need. "It's not time yet," Jesus explained, "My hour has not yet come." Mary was still puzzled. She knew Jesus was trying to tell her something important, but Turn to Page Thirteen
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U homem, desde a sua origem, vai descobrindo muitas coisas, mas por si mesmo na entra na zona da luz. Vive num pats de sombras. A escurid~o da sua origem e a escuridWo do seu destino oprimem-no com angGstia e at~ desespero. 'As trevas envolvem e at~ esmagam 0 homem. A experi~cia de seculos foi dizendo que 0 homem, por si s6, nro pode sair desde enredo, por mais que avance 0 progresso. Mas h5 AIgu~ que ama 0 homem, que pensa nele e, porque 0 ama the fala: Deus. . E Ele quem toma a iniciativa; antecipa-se a dar sinais de Si mesmo, a abrir 0 di~lo, go com 0 homem. E 0 primeiro passo na fe. "Por isso veio uma luz intensa que brilhou nas trevas dos homens." "Veio de AlguEfm que desde toda eternidade existia no outro lado da fronteira, na zona da Luz." Antes de Ele vir, j~ se tinha espalhado entre os homens uma claridade que iluminava 0 caminho. H~ urn livro que nos diz e prova que Deus falou aos homens: a B!blia. Nele se narram as origens e destino do homem; d~o-se-nos normas para a conviv~ncia humana. E 0 livro da grande esperan~a final. Mas foi no Verbo que Deus nos falou enos revelou todas as coisas. . ' Tomou carne como a nossa, V1veu como nos. Cristo G 0 grande sinal e prova de que Deus \quer dialogar com os homens, de que lhes quer transmitir a verdade que salva, de que nao os abandona. Algu~m, vindo da zona da Luz, disse-nos 0 que somos, 0 que devemos ser, donde vimos e para onde vamos, a povo que viv~ nas trevas pode passar para a luz. Essa luz que ~ a revela~~o, levanta o v~u que.faz sombra sobre a nossa vida, sobre 0 nosso caminhar, sobre a nossa origem e destino, chama-se f~: ~, simplesmente, aceitar a verdade, a palavra que Deus nos comunica, dando-Se a conhecer e dando-nos 0 conhecimento de n5s pr5prios. Quem aceita essa f~, essa verdade que Deus comunica, transforma-se em luz que nos man1'f esta: a que e~ Deus, 0 que e, o homem, os des1gnios sobre 0 homem, 0 envia do Salvador, 0 grande mistlrio: a 1greja. A fe e luz, todavia nro ilumina tudo. N~o pode suprimir a profundidade de Deus nem mesmo a do homem. A fe e a comunica~~o de luz: diz-nos que coisas existem e s~o, mas nro nos diz, muitas vezes, como s~o; n~o as explica. Diz-nos qual ~ 0 caminho que devemos andar mas nem sempre ilumina todo 0 caminho. Diz-nos muito a respeito de Deus, mas sempre "de um Deus oculto". Sim, e uma angustia a daqueles que se sentem frustrados por Deus, porque a buscam e Ele n~o Se manifesta claramente. Querem ver Deus, e Deus responde como a Moises: "A minha face ira diante de ti e Eu dar-te-ei descanso." Deusrevela-se, mas rito face-a-face, porquanto 0 homem n~o suportaria a Sua Luz. Revela-Se nas Suas obras e na Sua palavra. A fe ilumina 0 suficiente para podermos andar 0 caminho, mas n~o faz desaparecer todos os pontos escuros; assemelha-se as luzes que de noite indicam as pistas dos avi~es; indicam por sinais qual e a pis ta e onde esta, mas nro suprimem a escuridro da noite. Esta atitude cria em nos um novo modo de existir e andar em seguran~a. ~
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Prayer: Continued from Page Twelve has evoked intense longing for God within him. I share your concern for him, because as we practice transcendental meditation or yoga or any such prayer practices, we are opening ourselves to the world of the spirit. This may deepen our union with God, or it may be devastating. Without guidance in the spiritual realm, we can easily open ourselves to the demonic as well. There are many who promise to feed our hungry hearts. Some merely meet security or pleasure needs and leave us essentially loveless and empty. Yoga or transcendental meditation may be helpful on one level but can !be lethal if used improperly. ,But all is not lost. Eventually, your son's involvement in Eastern religion may enhance his Christian faith. I just returned from a month's retreat at an ecumenical center that specializes in the integration of Eastern meditation with our Christian tradition of mystical contemplation. Contemplative prayer is part of our Christian tradition. Christ went off to the desert to pray and Mary pondered in her heart. Doctors of the church such as John of the Cross and Teresa of Avila are great teachers of this approach to God. 'Perhaps individuals like your son are helping us to reclaim our contemplative heritage.
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Children Continued from Page Twelve she did not understand what it was. ,But she still knew he would think of something to help the groom and his bride. So she said to the waiters, "Do whatever he tells you," pointing to Jesus. A moment later Jesus asked them to fill six stone jars with water. The jars were used for ceremonial washing before meals and held up to 25 gallons of water. The waiters could not figure out why Jesus wanted so much water but they did as he asked. Then Jesus said, "No}\' draw some out and take it to the head waiter." When the head waiter had tasted it, he was amazed and asked the other waiters where they had found such good wine. But they were silent, not knowing what to say. The head waiter told them to serve the new wine. "People usually serve the best wine first," he said to the groom. "Then when the guests have been drinking awhile, they serve cheaper wine. But you have kept the best wine till last!" Soon everyone at the party had heard what Jesus did. His friends were convinced more than ever that Jesus was someone special. Many others came to believe the same thing that day. What happened at that wedding party tells us much about Jesus. But it tells us something important also about Mary. She placed her hope and trust in her son even when she had no idea what he could do to help.
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By Charlie Martin
WE MAY NEVER PASS T.HIS WAY AGAIN Life - so they say Is but a game and they let it slip away Love - like the Autumn sun Should be dying but it's only just begun Like the twilight in the road ahead ThJy don't see just where we're goin' And aU tit... secrets in the universe Whisper in our ears and all the years will come and go And take us up, -always up We may never pass this way again We may never pass this way again We may never pass this way again Dreams - so they say Are for fools and they let them drift away Peace - like the silent dove Should be flyin' but it's only just begun Like Columbus in the olden days We must gather aU our courage Sail our ship out on the open sea Cast away our fears and aU the years will come and go And tak~ us up - always up So I wanna laugh while the laughin' is easy I wanna cry if it makes it worthwhile I may never pass this way again That's why I want it with you 'Cause you make me feel like I'm more than a friend Like I'm the journey and you'r~路 the journey's end I may never pass this way again That's why I want it with you baby Written by James Seals, Sung by Seals and Crofts, (c) 1973,
THE PLAY'S THE THING at diocesan high schools. Top, Stephanie Pelland, Elaine Fournier and Betty Ann McDonald in "The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man in the Moon Marigolds," presented last week at Bishop Gerrard, Fall River. Bottom, Jackie Paquin and Lucy Soares in "Wait until Dark," playing at 7:30 each night through Saturday at Bishop Stang, North Dartmouth. '
Bishop Gerrard Varsity and JV volleyball teams at Gerrard have maintained a 4-3 record under the leadership of varsity co-captains Marie-Paule Boulay and Pat Sullivan and JV heads Cheryl Thibault and Diane Rousseau. ,Also at the Fall River school, the 42-girl chorus is already at, work on its Christmas concert, which will include such favorites as "The Hallelijah Chorus" and "Carol of the Star." Sister Theresa Farrell and Sister Pat Combies recently attended a workshop on competencybased education, aimed at improving foundation skills and in line with the public demand for "back to basics" education.
Bishop Stang Students at Stang High, North Dartmouth, saw their music teacher, Mr. Machado, in a new light last week. He is a member of "Together," the group that played for the annual homecoming dance, which followed a game with GNB Voc-Tech. During the game senior players presented their mothers with corsages, and Senior Michelle Dupre resigned as homecoming
queen. In girls' field hockey, the Stang Spartanettes have won the league championship for the third consecutive year with a record of 12 wins, four losses. -Being presented in the auditorium at 7:30 each night through Saturday is "Wait until Dark," directed by Gerald Morrissey.
president, Patrick Patch; vice president, Deborah Fales; secretary, Diane Carey; treasurer, Sarah Shannon. Tomorrow a ralIy will precede th,e Feehan-Stang football game, the last of the year. Two former Feehanites' have been named to the Attleboro Hall of Fame: James Ferrara, '65 and David Kirby, '67. Having scored 933 points out of a possible 1000, Flashback '78 achieved a first place rating in Wendy D. Garofalo has won the Columbia Scholastic Press the Century 'III Leadership Association's annual yearbook competition for Holy Family and contest. Judges especially comis now eligible to compete for mended theme presentation and state and national scholarships.' development, layout good use of Wendy, 17, is yearbook editor, end sheets, and complete coverNational Honor Society presiage of school life. hi the words dent and Student Advisory of a judge, "It gives the reader Council delegate. Last year she a real sense of communitywon a top award at the Region school relationships." III Science Fair in Boston with In 14 years, the Flashback has a project on cardiovascular won two second and 11 first surgery. place ratings in the.. national competition. The 1973 and 1975 volumes were Medalists, an honJunior Varsity cheerleaders, or given to the top five percent chosen through a competitive of first place rated. books. skills ~xhibition, are Roxanne Allen, Susan Diaz, Pamela Gleason, Betsy Lavallee, Helen MacBishop Connolly High in Fall, Donald, Elaine Manning: Diane River will hold an open house Morrissey, Karen O'Neil, Lisa for prospective students and Valade, Denise Waite, Mary Eltheir parents from 2 to 4 p.m. len Young. Sunday. Freshman class officers are
Dawnbreaker Music We break from our usual Top Forty emphasis to a song from five years ago combining gentle guitar with the vocal harmonies that Seals and Crofts fans have grown to expect and appreciate. The song encourages us to be open to the possibility of the meaning attainable in life. It encourages us to evaluate how we have used opportunities and to enter present possibilities as completely as possible. We easily forget that the richness in our tomorrows depends on our efforts in our todays. We need to set priorities in how we use our time and energy. Certainly there are people who advocate a more spontaneous life. This view states that life should be lived as it comes and one should "stay cool." However, even spontaneous happenings need direction if they are to have meaning. The song further challenges us to determine what aspects of life pass us by with little notice or appreciation on our part. Have we acknowledged the small yet important things that others do for us? Do we realize that our relationships with our parents, teachers, and friends comprise the most important level of meaning in our lives?
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CHILDREN OF Our Lady of Mt. Carmel School, New Bedford, at a Vocations Mass, for which each class picked a symbol of mission and second graders enacted a dramatization of the gospel story of the catching of fish. Offeratory gifts included a baptismal candle, a scapular, "ourselves, as a gift to others" and "feet that travel to bring others the Good News."
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By BILL MORRISSETTE
Diocesan Schools Dominate Division All-Stars Champion Bishop Feehan High of Attleboro, runnerup Bishop Connolly High of Fall River, and -Bishop Stang High of Dartmouth dominate the Southeastern Mass. Conference Small School Division cross-country all-star selections. Together they have captured seven of the 11 berths on' the stellar aggregation. J amis McDonald, David Popeo, Kevin Southwood and Mark Tarsa are the Feehan ShamrOCK harriers on the squad. Connolly's Cougars are represented by John O'Neil and Bill Shea while Dan Collis is the Stang Spartan selected. Other members of the all-star squad are Joe Barboza and Kev-
in Brogioli, Wareham; George (Skip) Darmody, Durfee; Mike Hallal, Case; Dan Simski and Dan Smith, Bourne. Feehan swept its seven-meet Small Schools Division schedule and Connolly, 6-1, took runnerup honors. Wareham was 5-2, Bourne 4-3, Case 3-4, Durfee 2-5, Stang 1-6, Westport 0-7. The Shamrocks also won the all division meet with 30 points to Connolly's 69, Wareham 89, Case 119, Bourne 125, Durfee 132, Stang 164, Westport 225. Feehan's junior varsity harriers also won their all-division meet with 30 points. Wareham was second with 58 followed by Connolly 76, Bourne 119, Case 129. Stang, Durfee and Westport do not have jayvee teams.
year-old black cab driver in Washington. He is also a deacon in the Catholic Church, chosen because "he is the kind of man you can depend on," This is the story of him and of the permanent diaconate program. (Check local listings.) "Wild Horses, Broken Wings," 8-9 p.m. Wed., Nov. 22, PBS: A documentary on a New Mexico foster mother who rehabilitates abused children through wilderness treks on horses for which the children have full responsibility. TV Movie Saturday, Nov. 25, 9 p.m. (CBS) - "Orca" (1977): Richard Harris, in attempting to catch a male killer whale, kills its mate,
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Sue Kitchen and Kattie Hudner sparked Durfee High to the Eastern Mass. south sectional swimming championship at Brockton High School last Saturday. Miss Kitchen, named the state's girl swimmer last year, took first place in two events and was with the winner 400yard freestyle relay team. Miss
The Durfeeites, who topped Dover-Sherborn by 48 points last Saturday, will compete in the state final at Gardner High School tomorrow.
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Freetown clashes with New Bedford. The three-game program starts at nine o'clock. In the current standings South has 13 points, New Bedford nine,. Somerset-Freetown eight, Taunton seven, North six, Rochester five.
Special Note In last week's Anchor the time given for the television film "Distant Thunder" was incorrect. It will be shown at 8:30 and 10 p.m. Saturday on PBS.
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Not Alone "When you have shut your doors and darkened your room, remember never to say that you are alone, for you are not alone, but God is within, and your genius is within." - Epicitetus
• tv, movie news Symbols following film reviews indicate both general and Catholic Film Office ratings, which do not always coincide. General ratings: G-suitable for gen· eral viewing; PG-parental guidance sug· gested; R-restricted, unsuitable for children or younger teens. Catholic ratings: AI-approved for children and adults; A2-approved for adults and adolescents; A3-approved for adults only; B-objectionable in part for everyone; A4-separate classification (given to films not morally offensive which, however, require some analysis and explanation); C--condemned.
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On Television NBC will recognize National Bible Week with a four-part mini-series, "Greatest Heroes of the Bible," beginning Sunday, 8:30 to 11 p.m., and continuing from 9 to 11 p.m. Monday and Tuesday and 8 to 10 p.m. Wednesday. Tales dramatized include Noah's Ark, David and Goliath, Samson and Delilah, Joshua and the Battle of Jericho, Moses, Solomon, Daniel and Joseph. "The New Klan," 8-9 p.m. Sunday, PBS: A disquieting documentary on the growth of a new form of the racist K~ Klux Klan. "Look Up and Live," Sunday, CBS: John Fairfax is a 57-
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a . huge and powerful iceman (Lee CanaIto) - make a try for the big money by having the iceman turn wrestler. Just when Canalto's career is taking off, however, rivalry between Stallone and Assante and the machinations of a petty gangster (Kevin Conway) who manages another wrestler complicate matters, which are resolved in a prolonged and brutal match between Canalito and Conway's man. The movie has a few lively moments but never rises above the level of pulp melodrama. The violence of the wrestling sequences make this mature viewing fare. (PG)
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South Continues To Set CYO. Pace Fall River South defeated Somerset-Freetown, 6-3, last Sunday night and now leads • New Bedford by four points' in the Bristol County Catholic Hockey League. The loss dropped Somerset-Freetown from second to third place. In other games Sunday night, New Bedford defeated Taunton, 4-1, and Rochester tied Fall River North 3-3. Next Sunday night, in the Driscoll Rink, Fall River, South will meet Rochester, North opposes Taunton, and Somerset-
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Topperettes Win Swimming Crown Hudner, who was also on the relay team, took a first and a second place. They were joined on the relay team by Ann Salois and Jane Feitelberg.
a pregnant female, thus incurring the wrath of the male. It is very silly stuff, with rather graphic violence. A-III New Films "Halloween" (Compass International): In this low-budget thriller, an escaped mental patient returns to his hometown on Halloween, the anniversary of the brutal murder for which he was put away. The movie's mixing of some nudity with its relatively restrained violence is offensive. (R) B "Paradise Alley" (Universal): The time is 1946 and three brothers from the slums of New York - a con man (Sylvester Stallone, who also wrote and directed); a bitter, crippled war veteran (Armand Assante): and
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