12.04.75 by The Anchor

Vol. 19, No. 49-Fall River, Mass., Thursday, 路Dec. 4, 1975

An Anchor of the Soul, Sure and Firm-St. Paul

Apostolates Celebrate

One Thousand Cursillistas Join Thirty Priests and Bishop Cronin to Offer the Tenth Anniversary Mass at Bishop Stang High School.

Care of Sick Is 75 Year Devotion On Monday, December 8th, 1975, the "Hawthorne Dominicans", who staff the Rose Hawthorne Lathrop Home in Fall River, will celebrate the 75th Anniversary of the founding of their Community with a Mass of Thanksgiving, offered by the Most Rev. Daniel A. Cronin, Bishop of Fall River. Bishop Cronin will be the chief concelebrant and homilist at the Mass for the Sisters and the residents of the Home. The concelebrants will be Rev. Msgr. Thomas J. Harrington, Chancellor of the Diocese, who serves as Chaplain at the Home, and Rev. James F. Kenney, Pastor of St. Patrick's Parish, in which the Home is located. To celebrate their jubilee, the Sisters are inviting all who wish to cQme to an ~'OpenHouse" on Sunday, December 7th. Informal tours of the Home will start at 2:00 p.m. and the afternoon will conclude at 4:30 p.m. with Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament. The "Open House" is their way of saying "thank you" to all

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Clergy, Religious, Laity Join Cursillo Founder For 10th Anniversary

Dominican Sister Cordis Tends to Youngest Patient the kind friends of the Home, who by their generosity have enabled the Sisters to meet the needs of their patients. Incorporated under the official title of "The Servants of. Relief for Incurable Cancer", the Sisters carry on the work begun in 1896 by Rose Hawthorne Lathrop, daughter of Nathaniel Hawthorne, famed New England author. She started her work for the poor afflicted with incurable

cancer, relying solely on the Providence of God and what she called "the hourly mercy of the public". She dared to offer "Christ's Poor" a Home where they would receive free nursing care until God called them home, and her unfailing confidence in the loving concern for the needs of the poor in the hearts of men has been richly rewarded. Soon Rose was joined by Alice Turn to Page Four

Simplicity, cheerfulness and friendliness are the marks of a Christian attempting to model his life on the Gospels, declared Dr. Eduardo Bonnin, a co-founder of the worldwide Cu.t'sillPJ movement, who spoke Sunday at a gathering marking the 10th a.nniversary of the Cursillo in the Fall River diocese. Traveling from Spain to participate in the obseravnce, held in the banner-bedecked gymnasium of Bishop Stang High School, North Dartmouth, and attended by some 1,000 area Cursillistas, Dr. Bonnin gave a brief history of the Cursillo movement, which began in Spain in 1949, then discussed its spiritual teachings; "If we have Christ in us we must be happy," he said, "and .this is contagious and brings Christ to our neighbor. We must be faithful to the Gospel, open to people ad attentive to the realities around us. "These are all very simple

things," said Bonnin. "Not easy, but simple." Asked dur!ng a question period, "Did you think the Cursillo would have the impact on people that it does?" he responded quietly, "Why not?' His the word of God." Following his keynote address, the Spanish layman conducted a series of worshops for Cursillistas. He remains active in the Cursillo movement, conducting at least one Cursillo yearly and engaging in international travel, such as his visit to this diocese. He remained in the area until yesterday, visiting Cursillo group meetings 路and a leaders' school session, as well as doing some sightseeing. A standing ovation greeted Bishop Daniel A. Cronin, who was principal celebrant at a con路 celebrated Mass closing the study day. The prelate, in welcoming Dr. Bonnin, expressed the gratitude of the diocese for recog路 Turn to Page Nine

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"Nationhood" Last Article in Bicentennial Discussion Series Page 3

Coyle-Cassidy Girls Enthusiastic About "Day of the Woman" Program Page 6

Catholics Laity and Priests New TV Stars? Read Fr. Greeley Page 10

Advent Celebration at St. Lawrence New Bedford Sets Liturgy Theme Page 14

-. Urges all to Combat Psychopathic Anti-Semitism Read Msgr.. Higgins Page 10

THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Thurs., Dec. 4, 1975

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National Plan Pastor-al an Morali'ty WASHINGTON-"All are called to the highest holiness of life," declares the first draft of a new pastoral letter on moral values currently being prepared by the U. S. bishops for publication in a year. The draft, distributed to the bishops earlier this year and reporters at the bishops' national meeting here Nov. 17-20, focuses on Christian responsibilities in the world. It is addressed "first of all to our fellow Catholics," but also to "all persons of good will who, to varying degrees, share our perception both of the moral problems of our day and their solutions." During the bishops' meeting a number of prelates gathered in workshops on two afternoons to discuss the document, which is expected to be issued in final form in November, 1976, as a national pastoral letter from the U. S. hierarchy. Many of the bishops at the workshops expressed strong satisfaction over the general tone and direction of the document, but a number of criticisms, comments and suggestions indicated that the 70-page letter could be revised considerably before it is issued in final form.

Catholic Almanac Published HUNTINGTON, Ind. - The 1976 Catholic Almanac, a special edition for the nation's bicentennial, has been published by Our Sunday Visitor, Inc., here. Edited by Franciscan Father Felician A. Foy, the 1976 edition of the 71-year-old almanac contains a special report on the U. S. Catholic Church's observance of the bicentennial year. The report describes the program on the theme "Liberty and Justice for All" that has been developed under the direction of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops' Committee for the Bicentennial, the regional hearings conducted as part of the program and controversy .related to it. Another special report deals with the 41st International Eucharistic Congress to be held in Philadelphia from Aug 1 to 8, 1976. The almanac contains a special section on St. Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton, the first canonized saint born in what is now the United States. The section includes the text of the Englishlanguage homily given by Pope Paul VI at her canonization on Sept. 14, 1975. The almanac also has special reports on the National Catechetical Directory being prepared under the direction of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops, International Women's Year 1975, Holy Year 1975, the resettlement of Indochinese refugees, the world food crisis and the U. S. Catholic bishops' pastoral plan regarding it. the Catholic charismatic renewal and recent developments related to abortion.

Praise Bishops' Courage WASHINGTON-The 24 representatives of priests, Religious and laypersons who attended the meeting here of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops (NCCB) as official observers praised the bishops' "courage in tackling issues as controversial as they are complex." In a statement which also expressed their gratitude for being invited to attend the meet~· ing, the observers singled out for praise the bishops' attention to unemployment, inflation, housing. abortion and quality of life concerns, Jewish-Catholic relations, liturgical and educational aids for non-English-speaking Catholics, and priestly formation. "Your willingness prophetically to address the problems of unemployment, inflation and housing from a moral perspective offers hope to the jobless, penniless and homeless," the statement said to the bishops. "Your effort to devise a pastoral plan for prolife activities centering on abortion gives promise that you will continue to attend to the quality of human life during the whole life span and in the process of dying. "Your realistic celebration of the positive gains in Jewish-Catholic relations over the past 10 years augurs well for more fruitful relatibnships with all believers who do not share the Roman Catholic faith with us"

·World Pope Pius XII Defamed ROME-An Italian court has declared that American author Robert Katz defamed Pope Pius XII by claiming in a book . that the' Pope knew in advance of Nazi plans to slaughter 335 Romans d uri n g World War II. Katz, given a suspended sentence of 14 months in orison and fined 500,000 lire ($715), sa,id he would appeal the decision which ended the 20-month trial. Suit was brought against Brooklyn-born Katz, author of "Death in Rome," by the Pope's 59year-old niece, Contessa Elena Rossignani, in' January, 1974.

.. 1977 Bishops' Synod VATICAN CITY - Pope Paul VI has announced that the theme for the next Synod of Bishops wi!Vbe catechetics. Receiv,Htg members of the council of the synod's~ral secretariat, the Pope specified that the synod of September, 1977, would focus on "catechetical teaching in our times, and par-

ticularly to children and young people." He said: "We know well what you as pastors experience almost daily, how grave and varied are the questions of catechists in contemporary society, and how many unchanging and changeable elements must be considered." After recognizing that progress has been made in catechetics, the Pope said he was aware of the difficulties that beset pastors in this apostolate. Questions that remain unsolved, he added, perplex and disturb many, and even impede pastoral action.

Deplore UN Resolution PARIS-Catholic and Protestant leaders in France have expressed "deep anxiety" over the United Nations" resolution condemning Zionism as Racism. Archbishop Roger Etchegarary of Marseilles, president of the French Bishops' Conference, and Pastor Jean Courvoisier, president of the French Protestant Federation, signed a joint statement deploring the UN action. "We know that the word 'Zionism' has different interpretations," they said. However, to taint Zionism with racism without other considerations, means denying history, using again a language that was at the basis of incalculable evils for the Jews in the world, creating an act that is against peace and revives hitherto latent anti-Semitism."

On Pilgrimage For Peace ROME - Maronite-rite Patriarch Antonios Khoraiche of Antioch arrived in Rome Nov. 24 on a Holy Year pilgrimage dedicated to ending strife in Lebanon. Patriarch Khoraiche, who was accompanied by a number of prelates, was to celebrate a Mass; presided over by Pope Paul VI, at the Altar of the Confession in St. Peter's Basilica on Sunday, Nov. 30, in the Maronite rite. "We will pray to God to heal our wounds," the Patriarch told reporters at the Beirut, Lebanon, airport before leaving. We will ask Him "to dry our tears, to console those who have lost a dear one, to comfort the widows, the orphans and those who have lost all," he continued. "We will also pray to God to aid us in meeting this proof of courage and firmness so that Lebanon may continue to be the country of the authentic faith, of confraternal coexistence in dignity, whiCh is more precious than life." •

Arms For Defense Only VATICAN CITY-Pope Paul VI, addressing a pilgrimage of about 15,000 military men and women from 20 countries, told them the use of arms must be limited "only, always and everywhere" to defensive purposes. Defense, he said, should work only toward the goal of "giving strength to justice and peace through preventive measures, through sincere pacts, through generous moderation and magnanimous forgiveness."

THE ANCHOR-Dioces-e of Fall River-Thurs., Dec. 4, 1975

Bicentennial Article

Nationhood: A Catholic Patriotism The United States' experience The traditional, long held beof nationhood has been -unique. lief about American abundance ~\ON~UJ\lD As a nation of immigrants this has burst in the tension between

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OFFICIAL ASSIGNMENT Rev. Edward J. Byington, from Editor of The Anchor and Diocesan Director of Communications to Assistant Pastor, St. Patrick Parish, Fall River.

Bishop of Fall River

Immaculate Conception Monday, December 8 As is always the case when a Holyday of Obligation immedi· ately precedes or follows a Sunday, Catholic people have a grave obligation to participate in two distinct Masses on the com· ing weekend, which will see the Second Sunday of Advent followed on Monday, December 8, 1975, by the Feast of the Immac· ulate Conception, the feast day of the Patroness of the United States. One may fulfill the obligation

relating to the Second Sunday of Advent by attending a vigil Mass on Saturday evening, or bv attending any Mass celebrated on Sunday, December 7, 1975. One may fulfill the obligation relating to the ,Feast of the Immaculate Conception by attending Mass any time after four o'clock in the afternoon on Sunday, December 8, 1975, or by attending any Mass celebrated on Monday, the Holyday itself.

Diocesan Department Sets Funding Request Phase On Thanksgiving weekend throughout the Roman Catbolic Diocese of Fall River parishion· ers from one hundred and four· teen parishes contributed to the Campaign for Human Development. The Campaign is the Church's self-helD program for the needy regardless of race or creed.. Since its ince"ltion five vears ago, the Campaign has collected ov'er 24 million dollars for seedmoney distribution to' various

Necrology DEC. 13 Rev. Reginald Theriault, O.P., 1972, St. Anne's Dominican Priory, Fall River DEC. 14 Rev. Msgr. John J. Hayes, 1970, Pastor, Holy Name, New Bedford DEC. 15 Rev. Mortimer Downing, 1942, Pastor, St. Francis Xavier, Hyannis

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pilot programs throughout the country. This past summer the National Headquarters in Washington allocated $68,800.00 to the Southeastern Massachusetts Advocacy 'Center of New Bedford. The Diocesan Headquarters through Bishop Daniel A. Cronin, S.T.D., distributed over $10.000 (25% of the 1974 OHD Collection) to various needy organizations throughout Southeastern Massachusetts - ranging from Alco· holic Councils, Big Sisters, A Day Care Center, operated hy the Black Community of New Bedford, Councils on Agings, various Birthrights, to the purchase of a telecommunications unit for the deaf. The Diocesan Headquarters presently has applications on file for National funding for those agencies or voluntary groups who have or desire to have outreach in the following areas: Communications. Economic Development, Education. Health, Housing, Legal Aid, Social de,;elopment, and Transportation. Applications may he obtained from Rev. Peter N. Graziano, Diocesan Department of Social Services and Special Apostolates, 368 North Main Street, Fall River, MA 02720. Tel. 6768481 - 676-8905. To be considered for funding on.a national level, proposals must be fulry written and submitted .by 31 January 76.

country has lacked the long historical memory characteristic of the European nations from which many of her people come. The American national consciousness has centered not on past glories but on the horizons of a hopeful people. Whether on board the ships that carried millions across the ocean, or on the wagon trains that carried them across the plains, or 'on _the make' in the booming cities, Americans became 'a people in motion', forming and reforming institutions, life-styles, even traditions, to the changing contours of a limitless future. Theirs was a self-understanding marked by innocence, sometimes naive, often self-righteously overpowering for those who stood in the way. The experience of the American Indians testifies to the dangers inherent in linking such dreams to power and force. Yet these same myths and symbols enabled millions of people in the United States and around the world to creatively question age-old doctrines of subservience and servitude, thereby initiating the arduous process by which ordinary people took control over and responsibility for their lives in what became the worldwide democratic revolution. All this has made the American nation quite unusual in human history: a nation always in the process of becoming a nation. In the Declaration of Independence the founders set high standards: equality is characteristic of all people, not just a few; rights are 'inalienable', never surrendered, always providing grounds for rebellion when violated. Among these rights is the 'pursuit of happiness', for the goals of life arise from personal, voluntary, free decision and are not imposed by state or church .history. Thirteen years later, though ideals seldom find full incarnation in human institutions, a frame-work of government was set up to insure human rights whlie protecting the nation from enemies. The nation was more than a state, however. It was a complex fabric. Woven of the experiences and the dreams of a diverse, restless, independent people. America had no national church to instill respect for its traditions; no national educational system to instruct the young in the demands of citizenship; no standing army to overawe the people in times of stress. It depended on the people and their voluntary associations, and their loyalty was given to no person or family or class but to the ideals of the nation ratified in their own personal and collective experience and to the processes of the Constitution, sanctioned by the conviction that its structure for decision-making was the basis of both past successes and new possibilities. Two Centuries Sensitive Americans have al-

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ways known that things were not as they should be. Two centuries of vast economic and technological changes, incredible increases in population and productive capacity, shifting intellectual and spiritual currents, and the constant interaction of sectional, racial, ethnic and religious groups, all brought continual disorder and conflict. During the nation's first century it experienced a horrible, bloody civil war. Its second century has witnessed a vast national government, fostered by two wars and a generation of cold war tension. In government and society centralization of power came hand in hand with the growth of a nationally integrated economy and the challenges and opportunIties occasioned by national power. Corporate and government bureaucrats, born amid technological revolutions and military conflicts, now seem to many Americans to be so dominant in the nation's life as to render individuals and groups powerless to exercise control over their lives or to accept the responsibilities of citizenship which civic and religious traditions assign to the people of this democratic country. Present Problems Americans are deeply conscious of present problems: continuing racial tensions, urban decay, general failure of public services, an economy which seems respopsive to no coherent human .purpose, a contradiction between the exercise of national power abroad and the ideals on which that power is supposed to be based, a hampering by a persuasive national emphasis on private rights and interests.

the. haves and the have-nots. There seems to be a desire for strong governmental intervention at every level to remedy existing inequities and to insure a human future. But such an intervention requires a subordination of self to community in ways quite different from what Americans have accepted in the past. All this depends on a fundamental re-examination of the relationship between personal values and the values of American community life. In this process the religious community must attempt to make its j,nfluence felt in the national discussion which will accompany the bicentennfal. Catholic Dilemmas American Catholics consider these questions from an experience at once similar to and different from that of other Americans. In many ways they have become fully American and share the values, beliefs and attitudes of their fellow citizens. Their. experience has been filtered by their membership in a church which has always professed to transcend national boundaries and divisions. American Catholics were immigrants, often speaking a different language and always professing a different religion from the majority of Americans. Internally divided into a mosaic of cultural groups, the American Catholic community was bound together by the common experience of being a minority of gt~n erally poor, working class people. German, Irish, Polish, French Canadian and other Catholics developed class ties among themselves, and maintained powerful bonds with the nations they Turn to Page Eight

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THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall ,River-Thurs., Dec.~, 1975

l'mm1oculote Conception Monday, December 8

Happy New Year!

The Diocesan Choir, first organized for the October Peace Procession and Mass at Kennedy Park, Fall River, will meet from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 7 at Holy Name school hall, Pearce and Read Streets, Fall River, according to announcement made by Rev. William G. Campbell, director. Refreshments and a social hour will follow. The group, numbering over 100 members, has been meeting monthly since October to rehearse for diocesan festivals and special celebrations. It will be heard at ordination ceremonies in St. Mary's Cathedral Satur, day; 'De"c. 20 and at the annual Marian Medal award program also scheduled for December. Tentative plans are also being made for a spring concert. Father Campbell urges any church choir or glee club member in the diocese interested in joining the group to attend Sunday's meeting.

There may have been no parties last Saturday night to usher in a new year but Sunday morning new liturgical attitudes taught us ihat it was indeed a new year. Once again we are invited to accompany the Lord as He speaks to us of -the mysteries of His love; once agairi as His disciples we will weekly - if not daily - follow Him, learning from Him. The Scriptures shall speak to us deeply concerning the value of His creation, His intimacy with His creatures, the price of our salvation, His constant presence among us. The Church's liturgical rites wiII permit us to sense and express His and our love. But is not automatic like tearing the sheet from an old . used calendar:This year must be willed; the Lord's followers must do so freely and devotedly. Happy New Year and may this new closeness with the Lord make greater apostles of each of us.

Happy Anniversary! ' The celebration of anniversaries is not simply an expressed relief that we have come so many years successfully. It is an occasion to render thanks, to re-emphasize strengths, to correct mistakes and to take up new challenges.

Legion of Mary Meets Sunday

The Diocese of Fall River is indeed fortunate to be able to celebrate anniversaries of dedicated members who have taken the Lord's apostolate seriously. The Sisters of St. Joseph, who have labored in great sacrifice in Fall River and New Bedford in the teaching apostolate for some 73 years celebrate their 325th anniversary. Congratulations.

A youthful Mary is part of a stone relief by John Angel above the main doors of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D. C., one of the many reminders at the church of her feastday under that title on The Dominican Sisters of Rose Hawthorne Lathrop- December 8. Hospital in Fall River, who in Christ's example labor heroically among the sick and the terminally' iII, joyfully celebrate their 75th anniversary. Congratulations. One thousand CursiIIistas gathered about their Bishop and one of the world founders of the Cursillo for Christian Living Movement on Sunday to celebrate their first ten ' years in the Diocese. Congratulations. What lessons are taught us! What dedication in our midst! What example to emulate!

Letters Welcome Letters to the editor. are welcomed. All letters should be brief and the editor reserves the right to condense any letters if deemed necessary. All letters must be signed and contain a home or business address.

Only Yesterday in The ANCHOR DECEMBER 1, 1960 St. Joseph Parish, New Bedford, celebrated its fiftieth anniversary with the blessing of a new church organ . . . 105 tons of clothing was being gathered under the direction of Rev. Francis A. McCarthy. The Senior Citizens of Our Lady's Haven, Fairhaven, went "on the road" to present their Thanksgiving Show at

other homes for the elderly. The stars: Michael Tighe, Annie White, Rose Fitzgerald, Rose King, Mary Cameron, Margaret Bolton, Helen Hurley. The Daughters of Isabella installed Miss Natalie Ferreira as their president and Miss Patricia Scotti as the president of the junior group.

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Diocesan Choir Meets Sunday, Seeks Singers

A dispensation from fast and abstinence was granted for Tuesday, Dec. 7, the vigil of the Immaculate Conception but those benefitting from the dispensation were asked to participate in a Triduum of Prayer in all parishes for the intention of asking God's blessings on the labors of the Vatican Council. The dedication of the new St. Francis Xavier Parish

School in Acushnet was announced . . . Members of the Maronite Parishes in the Fall River Diocese rejoiced in the beatification of Father Sharbel. Coyle High School handed over the destinies of. the senior class to new officers: David Hoye, president; James Fitzpatrick, vice-president; Bruce Gordon, treasurer; Walter Sylvia, secretary.

DECEMBER 3, 1970 All were invited to partici. pate in the priestly ordination of Rev. Marc C. Bergeron, Rev. Robert Donovan and Rev. Raymond Monte, set at the cathedral for Dec. 5. This week's issue was a commemorative one honoring

Bishop James L. Connolly's nineteen years as Shepherd of the Diocese. Eighty-two men and women of the Diocese were designated as recipients of the Marian Medal in recognition of distinguished serivice.

The Diocesan Legion of Mary will hold its annual meeting on Sunday, December 7, at St. Julie's Church, North Dartmouth, at 2:30 in the afternoon. Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament, Marian prayers and devotions will be followed by the annual reunion of legionaires and auxiliaries. All are cordially invited to attend.

75th Year Continued from Page One Huber, and in 1900 they were permitted to make their Profession as Dominican Sisters, forming a new Congregation under the patronage of St. Rose of Lima. From this humble beginning, their work grew, slowly but surely, and the Sisters now serve in seven modern fully equipped Homes. The Motherhouse is located at Rosary Hill Home, Hawthorne, N. Y. The other Homes are: St. Rose's Home, New York City; Sacred Heart Home, Philadelphia; Our Lady of Perpetual Help Home, Atlanta; Our Lady of Good Counsel Home, St. Paul; and Holy Family Home, Cleveland. In 1932, the Sisters came to Fall River at the invitation, of the Most Rev. James E. Cassidy, D.D., Bishop of Fall River. In the Home named for their beloved foundress, the eight Sisters presently assigned there carryon this much-needed apostolate of compassionate service to the sick. Rose Hawthorne Lathrop's spiritual daughters look back with gratitude on all the graces and blessings bestowed on them during the past seventy-five years, and beg Almighty God to bless all those, who by their sacrifices, nave made her dreams for "Christ's Poor" a reality.

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Manuel Bettencourt, 95 Tremont St., Taunton, has been named chairman of the Attleboro-Taunton Area Catholic Scouting Committee. He succeeds James Meloni.

tHE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Thurs., Dec. 4, 1975

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Dear Editor, Thank you for printing my letter against Mary Carson's birth control column, but you left out some important points I feel should be printed. Let me repeat: Don't teach us about birth control-teach us about selfless love in marriage. Tell us about the eternal fountain of grace in marriage to be had only for the asking (O God! Nothing can happen this day that You and I can't handle together!) I have been criticized for having a lot of children, not using contraception and was told to be sterilized as another pregnancy would be fatal and the child would have to be aborted -this from Catholics! Hogwash! Contraception and Sterilization are against the teachings of the Catholic Church which I love as I love Christ Who IS the Church. I believe not in birth control but in the Love and Providence of God and using our intellect and wills as He intended us to. I. would never let anyone murder

any of my children born or unborn-they're all the same. Sincerely, Kay Mack . Nantucket, Mass.

B'icentennial Spirit Dear Editor: During this Bicentennial era, it is good for Catholics to know about and be proud of a few Catholics who served in the American Revolution with distinction: General Thaddeus Koscioskoa Polish patriot who came to America in 1776 to join Washington's forces. He built fortifications at West Point-and the Delaware River. His engineering feats were responsible for winning the battle of Saratoga-all of which brought him the title of "The Father of Army Engineers" in history. Count Casimir Pulaski-helped Benqamin Franklin with the Revolution and was Brigadier General under Washington. He is called "the Father of the

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Father Richard McNally, New Sacred Heart Priest "Over the past years I have learned that a call to the ministry of Jesus Christ is a call to share in his dying and rising. The ministry of Jesus means death to self that one might live for others in the power of the Lord. Jesus has called me to be part of this ministry in his church," are the words of Richard McNally at the completion of his Ordination to the Priesthood. Father Richard McNally was ordained as a Sacred Hearts Father on November 28, 1975 at St. Mary's Church, North Fairhaven, Massachusetts. Bishop Daniel A. Cronin, Bishop of Fall River, ordained the new priest by the laying on of hands and the invocation of the Holy Spirit. Sharing in the happiness of this time were his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. McNally, his

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brothers, Michael and Patrick, and the members of his religious family, the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts, relatives and friends. He celebrated his Mass of Thanksgiving the morning of November 30th at St. Joseph's Church, Fall River. Father McNally attended St. Joseph's School, Fall River, Bishop Stang High School, N. Dartmouth and St. Mary's College, Winona, Minnesota where he received a BA in Religious Studies. In 1971 Richard McNally received his MA in Sacred Scripture from the Washngton Theological Coalition, Washington, D. C. He entered the Sacred Hearts Congregation in 1967. He was first professed in 1968 and his final profession in 1971. His first ministerial assignment is at St. Mary's Parish, N. Fairhaven, Massachusetts where he did his deaconship. McNally's remarks "The opportunity of being a deacon at St. Mary's makes being ordained with that community where I am ministering particularly meaningful." Comments from St. Mary's parishioners are summed up as "joy" at seeing their brother an ordained priest. Father McNally says "It was' something I had hoped would happen and I'm glad it has! Being in an actual ministerial situation has made my membership in a religious community mean even more. Working with my brothers adds a new dimension to my religious commitment to the community, it helps me see the distinctness of my calling as a member of the Sacred Hearts Community,"

Cavalry" and was killed on the battle field. His last words were "Jesus, Mary, Joseph". He, too, had left 'Poland to come to Americawhen the Russians invaded his country. Charles Carroll was a key man in the Continental Congressand signed The Declaration of Independence. He was an IrishCatholic who fought hard for religious freedom. His cousin, Daniel Carroll, helped draw up The Constitution and personally picked the site where The White House was built. Both were statesmen - their weapons were eloquent speech and pen. Patrick Colvin-helped Washington when his ragged, shivering men were trying to cross the Delaware to attack the British at Trenton. Oolvin was 89 then but he worked all night taking boatloads of American soldiers across the River. He was a devout man who used to travel 32 miles to Mass! Commodore John Barry - an Irish-American who fought 'the first and last battle of The Revolution and is known as The Father of the Navy. Though Catholics at that time were only one per cent of the colonies' population, what they lacked in numbers they made up for in bravery and patriotismjust as the millions of Catholic men have in our military service in all our great wars. Kathryn Nowak Marion

,It will come to pass, believe me. It is almost 3 years since the infamous Supreme Court decision permitting ALL abortions and as yet we have seen little action by our lawmakers in Washington in changing this decision and even less action by Catholics. I hope the latest statement by the U. S. Bishops is not too late.

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Christmas is Christ's Birthday. This year, to show Him you love Him, give your presents to ' the poor.... For. instance, train a boy for the priesthood. We'll send you his name, he'll write to you, and you may stretch payments, to suit your own convenience ($15.00 a month, $180 a year, $1,080 for the entire six-year course). The friend who has everything, if you sponsor a seminarian in his name, will appreCiate this more than a gift he doesn't need. We'll send your friend our attractive Gift Card before Christmas, telling him what you have done.... Or sponsor a Sister-to-be ($12.50 a month, $150 a year, $300 altogether), a homeless child ($14 a month), or feed a refugee family for two weeks ($10). Your friend .will be pleased you thought of someone else when you remembered him.... Please write to us today to, be, sure the Gift Cards reach your friends before Christmas. We'll send the cards as soon as we hear from you.

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A Right Conscience Dear Editor: I was preparing to write a letter to The Anchor in regard to the recent Bishops' Statement on abortion. I had this in mind as I read the unfortunate article by Mary Carson on birth control and I assume she refers to artificial means of contraception. For her to advise people, who practice birth conw-ol contrary to the teachings of' the Catholic Church and our Holy Father, to partake of the sacraments and once again freely admit that she does, is a sacrilegious act of complete disobedience to Our Lord Jesus Christ. Sadly, like' many clergy and lay people, she is confused about the meaning of a right conscience. As Catholics we are duty bound to follow the teachings of Christ and His Church in ALL matters and not pick and choose those we wish to disobey and still remain true, Catholics. Artificial contraception is wrong and Pope Paul once more declared it to be seriously wrong in "Humanae Vitae." So it follows that one who goes directly against the Church on birth control and receives the Eucharist in such a state is in serious error. There were many of us who saw this coming. First the acceptance, by so-called Catholics, of all methods of contraception and eventually the rationalization of abortion or at least the acceptance of abortion by these same people.

How many people in the Fall River Diocese voted against Mr. Gerry Studds? Not many. Yet he has told me personally he would not support a Pro-Life amendment. How many of our good Catholic people would work to unseat Sen. Edward Kennedy. Yet he will do nothing on this matter and in fact spoke against Tum to Page Seven

We'll send a Gift Card (or a letter, if you prefer) to the person you designate for each of these Christmas gifts: D $10,000 will build a parish "plant" with com· pleted church where the Holy Father says it's' needed overseas. Name it for your favorite saint, in memory of someone you love. D You can build a chapel now for $3,800, a school for $4,000, and the Bishop in charge will write to you. D Your stringless gifts in any amount ($5,000,

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For Ori9.inal Participa,nts, C,hristmas Was No Fun

Hail "Day of the Woman" in Taunton Students Open Doors of Further Understanding

November 21 was proclaimed the "Day of the Woman" at Every Christmas I start to get cards before I've Coyle and Cassidy High School, even bought mine, much less started to address them. 'and the theme of the day was a Today one arrived with a picture of Mary and Joseph development of tbe role of womon their way to Bethlehem. Joseph is leading the donkey. en, both religious and lay, in the striding confidently toward ation of Jesus' parents. (If you church today. All Junior and Senior girls took part in a spethe little town. Mary,radi- have ever been eight months cial workshop, while Freshmen ant and serene, sits on the pregnant, or are right now, I'm and Sophomore girls participated animal in her spotless blue sure you'll know what I mean.) in an informal discussion session. With a Donkey? robe. It's a very pretty picture. Following a slide presentation You get terribly tired. I re- showing women involved in the As I look at it, I realize the artist who painted it could never member falling asleep at the various forms of thl! ministry never have been eight months kitchen table while making pea- and service, Sister Margaret Ker路 nut butter and jelly sandwiches. nan, chairperson of the event, inWhen Mary was on that trip troduced the workshop leaders. . . . and so brutally tired ... could At the conclusion of the workshe nap-on a donkey? Or did shops, everyone returned to a she get what sleep she could by general session at which time the side of the road? sp,ecific questions were posed to Iy You have difficulty tying the panelists. your own shoes, so how would The areas of discussion includMARY you manage riding on a dankey? You have trouble getting out of ed a wide range of various topics. Sister Vera Herbert and Miss a chair, so how would you even CARSON Donna Wotherspoon spoke on get up on a donkey? Smells give you heartburn. the role of 'Women, both religious How would you fare with a' and lay, in the Catholic school pregnant. The picture is an un- donkey as your constant com- system. They both noted that real as a fairy tale. In "glamor- panion for a week? despite the tremendous difficulizing" them, the artist has reThat trip was about seventy- ties faced today in maintaining moved all trace of the raw five miles ... How far could they the school system, there remains strength and courage these two have gone in a day ... ten or fif- a definite advantage in educating very real people must have pos- teen miles? That countryside is young people in an ~nvironment sessed. dusty. They must have been which personifies and stresses Since I have been eight grimy and there was no warm months pregnant (eight times) I hot tub to soak out all the aches can guess how it really must and pains. have been. I hope these thoughts And what did they eat? There will give you a greater apreci- weren't any freeze-dried campers' complete dinners. Did they carry all their food from home? Catholic Relief Sends Without refrigeration? For four Help to lebanon or five days? Or did they count NEW' YORK (NC) - Catholic on finding food along the way? Relief Services has air shipped Berries, fish? You can have a $25,000 worth of medicines and prety queasy stomach in the last medical supplies to Lebanon to month of pregnancy. And what of Joseph? He cerassist victims of the bloody civil 'strife between Christians and tainly loved her, was a sensitive ' Moslems which has claimed man. He must have noticed what thousands of lives in the past six that trip was like for her. How did he feel ... this young months. The latest emergency ship- girl, his wife ... he was responment to Lebanon by CRS, over- sible for her. Did he curse the seas aid agency of U. S. Cath- stupid "registration" that forced . olics, was flown from New York , him to drag her on that miserin respo'nse to an urgent appeal able trip? Was he scared she'd for help issued by Archbishop have the baby on the way? Joseph's ,Feelings Alfredo Bruniera, apostolic nunHow did it hurt him to see cio to Lebanon. his wife uncomfortable ... exhausted ... with nothing he could do to relieve her. Hurrying would Dodors Oppose Death only .be more uncomfortable; With Dignity Bill slowing the pace would only ROANOKE (NC)-The Medical prolong the misery. Society of Virginia, rejecting its What does it do to a man to legislative committee recom- see the woman he loves enduring mendation that it remain neutral so much hardship ... apparently on the issue, has gone on record just to please the whim of a in opposition to "death with dig- bureaucrat? Annoyance ... frusnity" legislation. tration; anger ... desperation ... Iii': .''I~,. A death with dignity bill, When they finally arrived, and 1<1i., which would have given legal he could find no warm bed for recognition to the "living will," her ... could offer her nothing thereby allowing a patient to di- but a stable ... how did Joseph rect physicians to discontinue evaluate himself as a husband extraordinary means of treat- and father-to-be? How did he ment during terminal illness, rate himself as a "provider"? was introduced in the 1975 VirDo you ever get down on ginia General Assembly, but was yourself? Do you ever feel you're tabled for study in committee. doing a terrible job? Everything Its sponsor, Delegate Ira M. you touch turns to disaster? Do Lechner, (D-Arlington) plans to you feel you've really made a sponsor a revised version in the mess of things? legislative session in January. Meditate for a moment on Bishop Walter F. Sullivan of what Joseph felt when he said, Richmond has strongly opposed "Mary there's room in the the "death with dignity" mea- stable " sure on grounds that it could Next week I'll continue this mark a move toward legalized meditation on what that first euthanasia. Christmas was really like. .'

personal growth witbin a Christian atmosphere. Sister Barbara Riley, Religious Education Coordinator at St. Joseph's Parish in Taunton, and Mrs. Virginia Paquette, Assistant Coordinator for St. Paul's Parish in Taunton, spoke of the importance and need of integrating religious education into all aspects of parish life. Coordinators play a vital role in the parish and should be seen as a part of the pastoral team. They concluded that they should also work very closely with the pastors and parish priests since the growth of the parish family depends greatly upon the cooperation and spir'it of community that should be present in every parish. Sister Martin, of Marian Manor in Taunton, spoke at length about the role of religious women in the fields of medicine. The care of the sick has always been an ,important apostolateand concern of the Christian community. Sister reflected on the missionary aspect of the Sisters of Charity, and brought along a few depicting some of the memo hers of the community 'at work in India and Pakistan. Sister Pat Goggin's workshop dealt with the social work dimension of ministry within the Church. 路Sister is currently working with a program at St. Vin: cent's Hospital in Fall River, and indicated to the Junior and' Senior g,irls that her work is primarily one of service. "We are called as Christians to care for all" people, young and old, the saved and unsaved. And this necessitates our becoming concerned about the lives and needs of people everywhere." Miss Joy Belanger, of Baltimore, Maryland, is an active member of a program called VITAL, Volunteers in Total Ac路

WOMAN'S DAY: Sister Eleanor McNally (left) recently returned from refugee work in Vietnam speaks before a banner that reflects the Church's own thought of the Religious' heroic involvement. A library discussion (bottom) brought together Kathleen Eddy, Sally Hoye, Sister Anna Kane, chaplain of Holy CrosS College, and Ann Crowninshield.

tion Living. Joy brought out the exciting aspect of actually becoming ,involved in the community life of the Church. She spoke of the program she is part of as an excitin~ opportunity to meet pe0'11e, share the love of Christ with others in hospitals and homes, and participate in the decision-making aspects of parish life as an intricate part of the parish team. Sister Anna Kane, Chaplain of Holv Cross College, presented the workshop on Campus Ministry. Alon~ with her were Sally Hoye, a Covle-Cassidy alumnus, and Connie Morse. who -is actively involved with Sister Anna in the campus ministry program. Together thev shared with the C-C girls the joys of their work and the challenges of tbis demanding form of ministry to young peo路 ole. The college camnus is one of the most diversified types of communities and demands a ~reat deal of individual work, but the fruits of this ministry can he very meaningful, as the group attested. Sister Marv Ellen Mahon. in her workshop, lectured about total involvement in retreats. Her talk also included information on prayer groups and the study of the Bible. Sister Eleanor McNally's workshop dealt with changing ,and developing ministries. Sister, who lived 'in Viet Nam, spoke of the strained atmosphere. Stressing tbe danger of her life. Sister brought out the lovaltv and dedication of the Catholic Religious Service. Both sudent$ and faculty agreed that these workshops and discusions opened new doors of understanding for the ideas and concepts presented. The "Day of the Woman" at Coyle-Cassidy proved to be an interesting and enlightening program for all who participated.

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Says St,ores Cut C,omforts As They Raisie Prices

Christmas shopping in crowded stores is not my idea of a fun day anyway but when even the so-called better stores have remodeled in a way that makes shopping less convenient I feel that such action deserves comment. With the price of clothes soaring all this was very picturwe have to expect that dis- While esque, my heels kept getting count stores are not going to caught between the boards and be set up with the comfort of I was more concerned with my the shopper in mind, but I protest quite strongly when a store selling slacks from $25 and up and blouses in the $25 to $40

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range has also thrown comfort to the winds. "These racks must have been been designed by a 6'5" male," I commented to Meryl as I just about dislocated my back trying to pull a blouse out of a rack with 40 garments squished into a space designed for 20. The young salesgirl, who wasn't much taller than I, came to my assistance and between the two of us we managed to dislodge the blouse from its heights of grandeur. "Are you in the process of remodeling?" I asked the tiredlooking girl. "No," she answered apologetically, "this has been remodeled." The next store we ventured into had more room on the racks and they were more accessible but when Meryl had to try semething on in the dressing room we had to climb two flights of open plank stairing (v~ry avant-garde) to a type of scaffolding with what looked like bathhouses for dressing rooms.

Letters to the Editor Continued from Page Five Pro-Life legislation on the floor of Congress. I ask again how many CATHOLICS would vote against Sen. Kennedy. Some of us have felt like we have been hitting our heads against a brick wall in our attempts to stop abortion yet who will listen? Who will act? I have written many, many, letters on this subject and have received much backlash. How I wished many times that my fellow Christians and especially my fellow Cursillistas would back some of us up by writing letters. When this never happens you begin to wonder if it is worth tbe effort. 'Is it too late? I don't know; but I feel it can be. First artificial contraception, then abortion, and now as many of us warned, euthanasia. Will it ever end? Or have I just made a damned fool of myself again? Sincerely, Edward IF. Acton Hyannis

precarious perch than I was with Meryl's new outfit. What has happened to the stores that had the customer's oomfort at heart? Wants Less Rush ,Personally, I love to shop in a - store that has room to display its merchandise, an unrushed atmosphere, and salespeople willing to help without intruding. Naturally, at this season of the year, we expect to run into crowded oonditions and I'm not so naive as to expect Fifth Avenue conditions in lower priced stores, but when suddenly the more expensive stores appear to be cutting back both service and convenience, we customers have to ask ourselves why, and also what we are getting out of it. Shopping brings out the very worst in most of us, especially when done at the height of a season and at a period in time when everything seems.to cost more. Perhaps this should be the year we limit ourselves as to gifting and try to find presents that are meaningful without being costly. As I have often mentioned in this column, the gift you make has a little bit 'of yourself in it and it truly has more meaning than the one on which you spent hours of walking time and a goodly part of your Christmas check. nespite the fact that merchants are predicting a record . Christmas for sales, some of the most precious gifts will be those that truly come from the heart.

Set Internationa I Fair fiO'r Tonight ,Fall River District Council of Caholic Women will hold an International Christmas Fair at 7 tonight at St. Mathieu's parish hall, St. Mary's Street, Fall River. Countries represented will be Ireland, Mexico, 'Poland, Portugal, France, China, Brazil, India and Italy, as. well as the continent of Africa. IFoods, products and costumes will be displayed and a speaking program will include descriptions of Christmas customs of each nation. Mrs. Raymond Poisson is general coordinator for the fair, aided by chairwomen from each country represented. Three or four parish guilds or area organizations are combining for each presentation.

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AMONG THE MEMBERS of the committee in charge of the colors, theme, and hall for the 21st annual Bishop's Charity Ball of the Fall River Diocese to be held at Lincoln Park Ballroom on Friday, January 9, include left to right: Norman Hathaway, Fall River, Robert Coggeshall, Fall River, Rev. Msgr. Anthony M. Gomes, Fall River, diocesan director of the Balf, John McDonald of Westport, Chairperson of the committee, Miss Margaret M. Lahey, was not present for the photo.

Bish,op's Ball Them.e: Bicentennial The 21st annual Bishop's Charity Ball of the Fall River Diocese to be held at the Lincoln Park Ballroom on Friday, January 9, is in honor of the Most Rev. Daniel A. Cronin, S.T.D., Bishop of the diocese. Bishop Cronin will be making his sixth appearance as honored guest at the annual charitable and social event. The colors, theme and decorations will commemorate the observance of the bicentennial celebration of the founding of the nation. The theme is "Liberty and Justice for All." The National Conference of Catholic Bishops Committee for the Bi~ centennial is sponsoring a commemorative program highlighting the spirit of '76. The Ball is held annually to assist the Bishop in his work with exceptional and underprivileged children. The schools and

summer camps for these children receive funds from the Ball. The decor of the Ball will be red, white and blue. Persons attending the Ball are invited to come in Colonial dress. A Guard of Honor, the Eleventh Regiment of the Massachusetts Line Continental Army from Taunton will be featured in the ceremonies at the Charity Ball. Groups, organizations or persons wishing to have their names entered in the Charity Ball

Booklet may contact members of the Ball committee, members of St. Vincent de 'Paul Society and Council of Catholic Women or call or write to Charity Ball Headquarters, 410 Highland Ave., Fall River, 02722, tel. 676-8943. Miss Margaret M. Lahey, St. Mary Cathedral parish, Fall River, is chairperson of the committee assisted by Norman Hathaway, Lester Reed, John McDonald and Mrs. Stanley Janick, Fall River.

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BICENTENNIAL ARTICLE: NATIONHOOD Continued from Page Three had left behind.. They did so believing that in affirming their own national traditions· they were in no way compromising their loyalty to this new country which was now their home. Belief Differences If their national self-consciousness caused doubts about their patriotism, so too did their religious beliefs. Many Americans were convinced that Catholics owed their first loyalty to the Pope and that the authoritarian structure of the Church made them a nation within a nation, prepared to sacrifice American citizenship to the dictates of their religious superiors. Precisely because Catholic patriotism was constantly questioned, it was passionately affirmed by Catholic leaders. Despite the papacy's condemnation of religious liberty and 'separation of church and state, American Catholics affirmed with near unanimity their devotion to the Constitution and their support of the First Amendment. Catholic bishops warned frequently against the dangers of divisiveness in a 000 enthusiastic ethnicity, and they worked hard to counter non-Catholic suspicion by leading their people to become orderly, productive and patriotic citizens. Only rarely did the admoni: tions of bishops and priests give evidence of the very real differ. ences which exist between the traditional Catholic understanding of nationhood and that characteristic of non-Catholic America. All Christians believe that nations and their institutions live under God, subject to divine judgment, and churches often seek to correct the state when it transgresses Christian moral obligations. Yet Catholics have also emphasized the intimacy of the relationship between people and their culture.

The responsibility for moral and physical well being of the national community, arising .from the human situation, can never be denied. In Catholic thought the guiding principle for exercising social responsibility is the common good: the obligation that rests on both the government and the citizen to give careful consideration in personal decisions and public policy to the welfare of society as a whole. Self-interest must always be evaluated within the context of the welfare of all in the community-locally, nationally and internationally. Pope John XXIII in PACEM IN TERRIS argued eloquently' that an international human' community is becoming a reality in our times through the development of communications, the ex- . pansion of economic relationships, and the danger all people feel under the threat of nuclear weapons. For this reason, national well-being can no longer be considered apart from world justice and peace; all people must attempt to balance legitimate national concerns with the concerns of the whole human family. Discussion Questions 1. When you look at the United· . States today, what events, situations and types of people contradict the principles of freedom and justice as you .understand them? 2. How does the Church in the United States stand against those contradictions and truly express the principles of liberty and justice? 3. Over the years American Catholics have, by and large, considered themselves patriotic. In recent years our understanding of patriotism has become somewhat clouded. It stretches today in the minds of some from "Love it or leave it" bumper stickers to leaking secret information to the press.

VATICAN OITY (NC)-Pope Paul VI expressed his sorrow over the death of the Spanish chief of state, Generalissimo Frapcisco Franco, in' a telegram to Alejandro Rodriguez de Valcarcel, president of Spain's Regency Council. The Pope's Spanish-language telegram, sent within hours of Franco's death, read: "At the time when. General Francisco Franco Bahamonde has been called to eternity, we wish to express to the Regency Council and to the _Spanish people our feeings of profound sorrow. "We are offering fervent prayers for the eternal repose of his soul and we invoke abundant divine blessings upon this dear' nation, as a pledge of harmony and Christian progress." Pope Paul sent a personal telegram of grief to Franco's widow, Carmen Polo de Franco.

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Study, Prayer and Resolved Action at Cursillo Gathering Continued from Page On~ nition of the local Cursillo movement by international headquarters of the organization, as signified by Dr. Bonnin's presence. Bishop Cronin also spoke on the liturgy of AdveJ;lt and its relationship to the spirituality of

the Cursillo movement. Also on the day's program were an opening prayer service conducted 'by Rev. Edmund Fitzgerald, 'and a discussion by Rev. Giles Genest, M.S., on the role of Cursillistas ,in implementing the Bicentenial themes of justice

and peace. Looking forward to the Eucharistic Congress planned for next August in Philadelphia, Father Genest declared, "An authentic Eucharist can only be a. just Eucharist." Rev. Peter Graziano, diocesan director of Diocesan Department

WORKSHOPS: The tenth anniversary celebration of the Cursillo Movement in the Fall River Diocese wa~ characterized by study and prayer: Dr. Eduardo Bonnin, world co-founder of the movement, places the last piece of a giant puzzle whose each piece, given at the Offertory, represented the efforts of each group in the Diocese to reflect the Christ; Sue Anderson (upper right) of Cape Birthright speaks of the plight of the young pregnant girl; John Cort (left center) explains the problems and possible aids for the unemployed; Rev. Peter N. Graziano (lower left) bids his hearers consider the anxieties of the Vietnam refugee; Bishop Cronin (lower center) , . welcomes the enthusiasm of .the noted Spanish visitor, Dr. Eduardo Bonnin.

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Calls Current TV Ethnics 'Minstrel-Show Catholics'

Urges Eager Effort Against Psychopathic Anti-Semitism

It has been a rough, rough autumn for Catholics. The Catholic ethnics, once the scapegoats for everything wrong with Middle America, now find themselves the heroes of a whole gaggle of TV programs. I think we were better off as scapegoats. If Italians had a choice between the act like homosexuals. The current crop of TV priests are Mafia and "The Montefus- weak, flabby, listless characters cos" (in which a group of with no strength of char~cter or

Early in the first session of Vatican II, a copy of an incredibly vicious anti-Semitic tract, running to several hundred pages and expensively printed and bound" was distributed out of nowhere to each of the 2,OOO-odd bishops attending the council. Entitled, "The Plot Against the would like to convince the rest us-to cite but one of their Church," it was written in of many incredible generalitiesItalian and bore the imprint that "behind communism, free-

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HIGGINS or who wrote it, for there was no return address- on the wrappers, and the name of the alleged author, Maurice 'Pinay, like the name of the alleged publisher, was obviously phony. Most of the bishops with whom I was in personal contact at the council disgustedly threw the book in the waste basket once they discovered, in leafing through it, that it was the work of a paranoid or a group of paranoids who had an almost psychopathic hatred for Jews-and not only for Jews, but also for an alleged fifth column of traitorous cardinals, archbishops and bishops "who are the unconditional tools of communism and of the secret power directing it (and) ... form a kind of 'progressive' wing within' the council (and) ... will attempt to bring about a break-through a shameful reforms, whereby the good faith and eagerness of progress of many devout council Fathers will be deceived."· As a matter of fact, so few of the English-speaking bishops saved their copies of the book that I had great trouble in salvaging one for future reference. I finally ran into a bishop who still had a copy in his room at the hotel in which we were both . staying, but who hadn't bothered to unwrap it. When he discovered what it was about, I think he would have been happy to pay me....t o get it out of his sight, although he must have wondered why I or anyone else would want to keep a copy under any circumstances. To make a long story short, when I eventually got around to reading the book, I realized, as never before, why the Jewish community, even in a pluralistic society as free and open as our own, is still deeply concerned about the threat of antiSemitism and has yet to be persuaded that this threat was ended, once and for all, with the downfall of Hitler and the collapse of Nazism. The fact is that Hitler aQd his Nazi gauleiters had nothing on the group of fanatical anti-Semites who put this miserable tract together and then didQ't even have the courage to sign their name. These are sick people. They have convinced themselves and

masonry and behind every action which is directed at the destruction of Christian civilization stands Jewry as head of the octopus, which must be destroyed if one wishes to effectively defeat the arms - communism, freemasonry, socialism, and the other sects. For if the head of the octopus is not attacked, the arms can grow again." This, beCARDINAL MEDEIROS ing translated into basic English, means that "Jewry" must be completely destroyed in the name of Christianity. God help us alI! St~ Those Gentiles in the United States who may be inclined to make light of the Pinay book on Humberto Cardinal Medeiros the grounds that it was published in Europe more than 10 years will officiate at reception of 185 ago by a small and very unrep- pioneer members into a prayerresentative group of obviously faith community newly estabunbalanced extremists and is lished in St. Stanislaus parish, therefore irrelevant to our own Fall River. The ceremony, to insituation in the United States, clude a solemn Pontifical Euchawill want to know that an En- rist, and co:nferring of associaglish-language edition of the tion medals, will take place at book is still circulating under 7:~0 p.m. Ml)nd~y, D:c. 29, and the imprint (God help us again) ~111 mark ~I~~ first t'lme. a carof the Christian Book ClUb of . ~mal has VIM ted the Pohsh par· America. Ish. The moral of all this is that, Announcing the event at all while some of us Gentiles may Masses last wee.kend, Rev. ~o~ complacently think that there is ert S. Kaszynski, pastor, said It no market in the U. S. for this woul~ be "the biggest occasion kind of psychopathic anti- our h,~tle parish has e~er experiSemitism, the anonymous au- ened. The Mass wl1l ,be folthors of the Pinay book and sim_!owed by a reception' in the parilar screeds see the situation dif- Ish school. ferently. They are carrying on He said formation of the coman extensive advertising cam- munity, the Association of Our p~ign and obviously expect-or Lady of Czestochowa, was the at least earnestly hope-to be outgrowth of nearly a decade of able to sell at least enough consideration of the form a spircopies of their wares to get back itual ,assocation for the laity the filthy lucre which they have might take. He said members invested in this miserable oper- have committed themselves to a ation. As recently as last week, one-year trial peroiod of daily I received another advertisement meditation and study of scripfor the book at a reduced rate. ture. Addti()nally, they will per· We are told in this new blurb form 'acts of' charIty and attend that the authors were a group of one Mass weekly in addition to "Catholic clerics wishing to re- the Sunday liturgy. After the main anonymous." I suspect that year it will be possible to make that is a downright lie, but if it a permanent commitment to the happens to be the truth, it's a association. disgrace to the Catholic priestFather Kaszynski sa,id that hood. Cardinal Medeiros expressed As I pointed out in this column great pleasure in hearing of the two weeks ago, the best way for spi~itual aims of the new organiAmerican Catholics to counteract zatlon, named for Our Lady of this kind of Anti-Semitic prop- CzestochowSi ~because she is aganda is to get busy with the revered as a patroness of the implementation of the Vatican inner life. Council's Declaration on CathMembers include many outside olic-Jewish Relations, "Nostra St. Stanislaus parish, said the Aetate," promulgated 10 years pastor, including in addition to ago this month. The bishops of laity, diocesan and religious the United States have given us priests, and Sisters from five the lead. At their recent fall communities. The association assembly, they adopted a 2,500- holds monthly spiritual conferword pastoral statement on ences, and the next will be a Catholic-Jewish Relations, com-· day of prayer which may be memorating the 10th anniver- made either Sunday, Dec. 7, or sary of the council document. Mon4ay, Dec. 8. A conference in It's an excellent statement. English will follow the 6:30 p.m. Copies can be secured by writing Mass Sun~ay and in Polish after directly to the Secretariat for 8:30 a.m. 'ciLDd 7 p.m. Masses Catholic-Jewish Relations, _ Na- Monday. tional Conference of Catholic A pre-investiture conference Bishops, 1312 Mass. Ave., N. W., and rehearsal will take place at Wash., D. C. 20005. 3 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 21.

Cardinal Will Be At Stanislaus On Dec. 29

Italian-looking people run around talking like Jews)-I think they would take the Mafia. And every time I see the soppy, sticky,

clearly formed personalities. They smile nicely, but that's about all. The TV people would have been horrified if American Catholicism had been as well organized as blacks or Jews to fight stereotyping and defamation. It never occurred to them By that the current crop of TV ethnics are minstrel-show Catholics REV. with the clergy minstrel-show endmen. ANDREW M. . The intentions of TV are beGREELEY nign-after all, are not Catholics some 30 per cent of the viewing public? Who would want to offend them? Indeed, it seemed phony "Beacon Hill" thing I feel. like joining the IRA.' The Poles like a good idea to put some Catholic shows on TV just had better arm themselves; heavprecisely to attract Catholic en only knows what is going to viewers. So how come Catholics be done to them. are angry? Then we have Kate McShane You mean that Italians are not and her pool-playing Jesuit really like the Montefuscos? And brother and Irish' father, "Joe and Sons," in which a· kid is there were no rich Irish on Beapressured into going to church; con Hill? And short-haired young jebs like the McShanes no longer and noc losing. a poker game to exist? And priests don't play a priest and ending up in the poker to get people back to conconfessional. And, oh, yes, Mary fession? How come no one told Tyler Moore falls in love "kind us? What are Catholics really of" (everything in that drippy like? bit of unreality is "kind of") with The TV stereotypes are the a priest and is overjoyed to discover that he is not leaving the benign side of the hard-hat, chauvinist, hawkish, racist, bluepriesthood because of her. collar image (all of which, by Wide Variety The season abounds with the by, are false to empirical priests. In addition to the Jesuit data). There are good Catholics McShane (apparently the writers and bad Catholics. This year we didn't read Garry Wills on what have the good ones. No Protest· has happened to the JeSUits), I guess we have only ourselves there is the Montefusco priest (making jokes like a rabbi), the to blame. We are quite incapreturned Lasiter missionary, the able of mounting effective probefuddled MASH cleric, and a test against anti-Catholic stereowide variety of other Bing types. We do no research on ourCrosby-like characters. Even the selves; name me one Catholic priest with whom Ms. Moore university' with a program in contemplates a. fling seems to social research on American ethhave stepped out of "Going My nic diversity. When it comes to the bicentennial we look for a WayY The Vatican Council,' I guess, theory not to our own experinever happened. Or maybe the ence but to the Latin American experience. TV types never heard of it. Our own TV efforts are badly Personally I liked the Spencer Tracy, Pat O'Brien, Bing Crosby funded or are concentrated on type of priest. They were nice closed-circuit things which for people and not unlike some real' all their cost aren't watched by clerics of their era. But since anyone. And our intelligentsiathen there have been James such "intellectuals" as Sheed, Kavanaugh "I'm a married Cath- Wills, Campion and the likeolic priest and I want a divorce), and our "serious" journals Philip Berrigan (I can have a ("America" and "Commonweal" wife without a legal marriage), for example) are busy confirming Daniel Berrigan (I'm not inter- the image that the national elites ested in practicality), John Mc- have about us and dismissing Laughlin (Nixon is an honest ethnic diversity as second rate.• man), Robert Drinan (hang the How could the TV writers president!), and Daniel Lyons know any. better? (celibacy ought never to be op"The Montefuscos" is dead tional). Granted that these and the Lassiters seem to be characters are not necessarily moribund at this writing. Serves typical, neither can an honest them right. But that they ever presentation of American Cath- existed serves us right. olic life pretend they don't exist. © 1975, Universal Press Sy'd'c'te Weak, Flabby Furthermore, Tracy, O"Brien Attleboro K of C and Crosby were at least m~n. One knew from seeing them in St. John's Council No. 404, other movies that there was no Attleboro Knights of Columbus, .doubt about their masculinity, will welcome first degree candiand even as priests they did not dates at 8 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 9.

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KNOW YOUR FAITH Classical Prophets in the North

Practicing What Prophets Preach

The threads of Divine Justice and Divine Love are finely woven throughout the tapestry of revelation that is the Old Testtament. The mystery of the tension between these two attributes of God is shared by everyone who has been tom between the desire to forgive and the need to chastise.

spuming the covenant their anBY cestors had made with Yahweh. REV. DONALD G. McCARTHY Called from his work as a Over 2,700 years ago the shepshepherd in the Judean village of Tekoa, Amos prophesied at the herd-prophet Amos cried out in the name of the Lord, "If you northern sanctuary of Bethel. would offer me holocausts, then One can almost see the com- let justice surge like water and manding figure of the prophet goodness like an unfailing as he stood before the proud stream" (Am. 5:24). Shepherds Israelites drawing enthusiastic treasured surging water and unresponses as he roundly con- failing streams for their flocks demned all their pagan neighbors and the Lord treasures justice for their offenses against God and goodness among His people. a~d promised God's judgment By Recently a modem Amos cried (1:3-2:3). out in northeast Brazil. "Are we But their enthusiasm ended so alienated that we can worship STEVE abruptly as Amos spoke of the God at our ease in luxurious LANDREGANcrimes of Israel against Yahweh temples:' Archbishop Helder and prophesied God's impending Camara, "and fail to see, hear, wrath and the destruction of and serve God where He is prestheir own kingdom (2:6-16). ent and where He requires our He numbers the covenant . presence, among mankind, the Revelation of the God whose love for His creatures moves crimes of Israel: oppression and poor, the oppressed, the victims Him to both forgiveness and pun- exploitation of the poor (5:11-12), of injustices in which we ouri:ohment is sharpened by two of idol worship~5:26),· and hypo- selves are often involved?" religious practices The Brazilian Amos remarked the early literary prophets of critical realistically, "We all know that Israel, Amos (760-740 Be) and (5:21-24). His oracles spelled out God's people, often young people, beHosea (747-725 BC). Amos, the Prophet of Divine just punishment of those whose come atheists because believers, Justice , and· Hosea, the Prophet presumption caused them to dis- particularly believers in posiof Divine Love, both prophesied tort their call to sacred respon- tions of responsibility, disapto the Northern Kingdom of Is- sibility into an invitation to priv- point them when they do not practice what they preach." rael (Samaria) where prosperity ilege and indulgence. Amos sees no reprieve for sinled to many social evils and reliThe Second Vatican Council "IF YOU WOULD OFFER ME HOLOCAUSTS, then let ful Israel (7:7-9) but offers the amplified within the Catholic gious hypocrisy. justice surge like water and goodness like an unfailing Hosea's oracles spoke of God's. hope that a holy remnant (9:8) ChUrch the muffled cries for stream." Waters surge into a Pennsylvania lake from hillside unending love for Israel and will survive the covenant curse social justice. Yet such cries had Amos' warned the Israelites of ·which the people have called up- already been heard in those an- stream. the judgment of God they were on themselves by their crimes. cient days before Christ from Tum to Page Twelve bringing upon themselves by . the lips of Amos and Hosea. shekels, dollars, but corruption, one of Jesus' parables, thought Hosea dramatized the sinful- greed and exploitation continue. he had a private covenant with ness of Israel .in terms of the The old covenant has been re- God and could ignore the begmarriage covenant of God with placed by the new one sealed gar, Lazarus. But God has only His people. "I will espouse you with the blood of Christ. Chrisone covenant, and it has many to me forever:' sayd the Lord, tians enter that covenant members. no the same persons always personal approach. A parish "I will espouse you in right and through baptismal vows, yet sin Tum to Page Twelve seem to do the work in your leader who follows this proce- in justice in love and in mercy" still flourishes among the cov(Hos. 2:21). But Hosea found the . enant people. . parish? Is it normally a certain dure simply calls or visits and group of identical individuals then asks the individual "to do people unfaithful to their God. Every sin against justice or who form the committees, direct me a favor" or "help us out." "There is no fidelity, no mercy, love still cries out to heaven for important projects, come for- In making those calls and visits,· no knowledge of God in the land, vengeance, for each one violates ward when the need arises? however, the recruiter deliberate- (but) false swearing, lying, mur- the covenant. "One who has no ly seeks to contact parishioners der, stealing, and adultery!" love for the brother he has seen presently active in few or no (Hos. 4:1-2). The covenant bound cannot love the God he has not the people to each other and to programs. seen. The commandment we During the past four years we God in justice and love; by injus- have from his is this: whoever have discovered an additional tice to one another and by infi- loves God must also love his By system which has worked ex- delity to God they violated the brother" (IJ 4:20-21). 679~S262 tremely well for us and brought bond of the covenant. The new covenant, like the old, FR. JOSEPH M. forth a great corps of parish Amos painted a picture of the workers. wealthy who oppressed the poor: binds people to each other in a LEARY PRESS CHAMPLIN In brief, mimeographed volun- "Lying upon beds of . ivory, common bond of unity with God. Somehow Dives, the rich man in teer forms together with a suf- stretched comfortably on their ficient supply. of pencils, are couches, they eat lambs taken If that appears to be the sit- placed in the pews before week- from the flock and calves from ~ uation, know you are not alone end Masses. During or in place the stall!" ... They drink wine in it. Many parish leaders, with- of the homily (obviously this is from bowls and anoint themout minimizing the generosity only a once or twice a year selves with the best oils" (Amos and importance of those hard- practice), the preacher explains 6: 4 and 6). working few, bemoan this failure our current needs and asks for In one of his prophetic visions INCORPORATED 1937 of the many others to volunteer volunteers. The completed slips Amos described the business for activities. of paper are then passed to the corruption ~nd exploitation of Requests from the pulpit, they aisles and collected by ushers. those "who trample upon the complain, like the words of At the beginning of this fall needy and destroy the poor of prophets Amos and Hosea, nor- our staff decided to take that the land." In their greedy schemmally fall on deaf ears. Bulletin fundamental procedure, increase ing they said, "we will diminish announcements likewise gener- the number of opportunities for the ephah, add to the shekel, and JAMES H. COLLINS, C.E., Pres. ally attract few willing partic- service presented and weave the fix our scales for cheating! We Registered Civil and Structural Engineer ipants. entire process into a September will buy the lowly man for silMember National Society Professional Engineers How then do you broaden the weekend's liturgies. ver and the poor man for a pair base, involve a wider circle of We felt the feast of the Tri- of sandals; even the refuse of ,J=RANCIS L. COLLINS, JR., Treas. volunteers in a parish? umph of the Cross with its ser- the wheat we will sell!" (Am. THOMAS K. COLLINS, Secy. Probably the most effective vice and servant motif would 8:5-6). method is the laborious, method- adapt nicely to our theme. ACADEMY BUILDING FALL RIVER, MASS. Now, 27 centuries later, ical, hat holding, "we need you" Tum to Page Twelve ephahs have become bushels and . .+t ~ ..

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New Volunteers Continued from Page Eleven

Cathedral Feast In Preparation A recent meeting of St. Mary's Cathedral Parish Council was held at the school during which plans for the celebration of the 7'5th anniversary of the dedication of the Cathedral were formed. The rector, Rev. Msgr. John J. Regan, outlined the past history of the cathedral and sought the formation of a parish council committee for the celebration. It was announced that II concelebrated- Mass will be offered on September 19, 1976 at fiv~ o'clock in the afternoon and that a banquet will follow at White's Restaurant.

Chairmen for the 75th anniversary celebration were appointed by the parish council: Michael J. McMahon, general chairman; Robert Coggeshall, past and present history; Miss Ruth E. Hurley, banquet; Daniel F. Shea, invitation; Anne Marie Lingard, music; James W. Coyne, Sr., publicity. "He, the eternal, dwells concealed in the heart of all beings. Though himself devoid of all senses, he is the illuminator of all the senses, the source of their powers."-"The Mahanirvan Tantra" prior to sixth century B.C.

Classical Phophets in the North. Continued from Page Eleven The book should be read against the background of the curses and blessings found in Chapter 28 of Deuteronomy. I Covenant is the theme of the prophetic ministries of both Amos and Hosea. Mention of the covenant itself is only implicit in Amos but it is mentioned explicitly in Hosea (6:7, 8:1) and the fou,ndation for his teaching. Little biographical information is knQwn about Hosea except what he provides in the first three chapters concerning his marriage to Gomer, who is described as a harlot. In his marriage, tragic and real, the prophet saw an allegory of the relationship of Yahweh to Israel. The fertility cult of the Canaanites with its sacred prostitution so influenced Old Testament thought that the term fornication became synonymous with idolatry. This concept penetrates Hosea whose wife may have become a sacred prostitute. Hosea sees the sin of apostacy

(idolatry) as the betrayal of Yahweh's true love just as an unfaithful wife betrays the love of her husband. Chapters 1-3 are a mixture of biographical detail and prophetic oracle centering on the theme that despite the unfaithfulness of Israel (Gomer) to her covenant partner, Yahweh ~Hosea), His love for her is everlasting. Although his oracles speak of the Divine Love, Hosea denounces Israel as strongly as Amos (4:1-2; 13:1-2) and prophesies punishment and destruction (2:13-15, 5:8-9, 13-15). Hosea, however, sees more clearly the restoration of Israel by a loving Yahweh after a necessary but painful punishment (11:8-11, 14:2-9). The first three chapters are the most important portion of Hosea, but the oracles found in the remaining 11 chapters reinforce the theme that beyond destruction lay restoration of Israel not as a political entity but as the loving and beloved covenant partner of Yahweh.

A BISHOP REFERRED TO AS A "MODERN AMOS," Archbishop Helder Camara of Olida and Recife, Brazil, preaches dramatically, emphasizing his statements with,gestures.

Practicing What Prophets Preach Continued from Page Eleven

if Amos returned tQday he would surely cry out against modern forms of injustice. He would condemn both the laziness of workers who take endless coffee breaks and the dishonesty of those who cheat on the welfare program. He would probably UnCOV(lr the greed of employers who force early retirement of faithful employees or secretly fix prices to avoid business competition. With prophetic wisdom Amos would lament international injustice like his modern counterpart, Archbishop Camara. Perhaps, like him, he would single out the inequities of world trade practices which fix low prices on resources from underdeveloped nations and high prices on proddcts of developed nations.

but humanism without God soon becomes inhuman, even antihuman." Amos and Hosea both ended their prophetic writings on a note of hope and expectation of the Messianic kingdom. The Second Vatican Council reminded modern Catholics that that kingdom has already begun on earth. But the new covenant, like the old, demands, total commitment to right and justice, love and mercy. "Straight are the paths of the Lord, in them the just walk, but sinners stumble in them" (Hos. 14:10).

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Perhaps Amos' words would be even harsher than Archbishop Camara's indictment of the small number of business czars who control the "gigantic web enmeshing the underdeveloped world iIi its toils." These men, the Archbishop said, "are the real masters of the world, the cold and c,alculating manipulators of war .and peace (more frequently war), the implacable wheelers and dealers of international finance."

THIS ILLUMINATED INITIAL, from a 14th-century . Latin Bible, shows Amos prophesying the fall of Samaria.

If Hosea returned to bicentennial America, he would find, not idolatrous worship of Baals, but a glorification of wealth and a reverential cult of technology. He would 110t condemn American humanism itself but would prophesy with DeLubac that "Man can literally speaking, manage the earth without God,

Calling this Volunteer Sunday, various committees then selected appropriate music, designed a special participation leaflet and prepared the necessary forms. These volunteer sheets asked for name, address, phone number and Mass regularly attended. A note stated: "If already involved in the activity at Holy Family, please do NOT check the space. Below this directive were 37 possibilities for service and a final one, number 38, call "Other -, please specify." We attempted to offer an opportunity for persons of every age. The form suggested altar server (must be aUeast grade 4), high school youth group, college winter and summer get-together, golden age club (must be over 45). It also included tasks suited to nearly every temperament and talent. The list began with bingo worker, touched gift bearer at Sunday Mass, altar bread baker, Welcome to Holy Family committee, parish press operator and concluded with Fulton Catholic School helper. The homilist, after a few words about the feast and its relationship to Volunteer Sunday, went quickly through each item. Where necessary he explained in connection with a specific service what had been done in the past or is projected for the future. That process itself, in addition to securing helpers, also gave new and old members of the church, as well as visitors, an overall picture of parish life. The response? We received over 250 forms, with the vast majority checking several positions. Moreover, these volunteers were almost entirely fresh recruits since veteran workers already in a program did not sign for that activitity-we already had their names. Now, instead of six bakers we have 15; rather than seven artists for the musical leaflet we can call on 12; to our alternating list of 175 Sunday Mass gift bearers, we add 25 names.

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ATI'LEBORO "Christmas Village" will be the theme of a parish bazaar to be held Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 6 and 7 in the school hall on Hodges Street. Mrs. Mary Horton, general chairman, announces that attractions will include handmade articles, crafts, Christmas decorations, children's wear, jewelry and plants. Additional features are a silent auction, games, ''Grandma's Attic," a children's shopping area and the opportunity to have pictures taken with Santa Claus..A cookbook of parishioners' favorite recipes will be on sale, and refreshments will be available. Saturday hours will be from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. and Sunday from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. The Ladies Guild will meet at 8 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 10 in the school cafeteria. A program of Christmas music is planned and members will exchange giftwrapped tree ornaments. HOLY GHOST,

ATI'LEBORO A Christmas Fair will be held from 7 to 10 p.m. tomorrow and from 2 to 10 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 6 at the parish hall. Booths will feature arts and crafts, knit goods, homemade pastries and candies, potted plants a Country Store, jewelry arid children's games. A kitchen will serve hot foods both nights, with beans and franks featured from 5 to 8 p.m. Saturday. ST. MARY, NEW BEDFORD Changing Moods will play for a buffet dance planned for New Year's Eve by the Women's Guild. The buffet will be served at 7:30 p.m. with dancing following from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. The evening will include party favors and a midnight "afterglow". Reservations may be made by calling 995-2430 or 995-9003.' ST. PIUS X, SOUTH YARMOUTH The Senior Citizens Choral Group will entertain at a Women's Guild meeting set for 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 9 in the church hall. IMMACULATE CONCEPTION, MEGANSETT Recv. Joseph L Powers will officiate and Rev. Joseph Wiseman will assist at a rosary, Benediction and candlelight procession service to be held at 7 p.m. Monday, Dec. 8. The public is invited to attend this observance of the feast of the Immaculate Conception.

ST. ANNE, FALL RIVER Beginning tomorrow and every First Friday thereafter for nine months, a Holy Hour in reparation for the Eucharistic Congress will be conducted before the 11:30 a.m. Mass. A bicentennial liturgy honoring Mary Immaculate, Patroness' of the United States, is planned for 6:30 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 7. Rev. Andre Patenaude, M.S. and the Reconcilers will lead congregational participation in the celebration.

SACRED HEART, TAUNTON Theresa Lane is in charge. of reservations for the Women's Club Christmas party planned .for 7 p.m. Monday, Dec. 15 at Venus de Milo restaurant, Swansea. She may be called at 8231554 and reservations close Sunday, Dec. 7. A Yankee Swap will be held and members are asked to bring a $2 gift for exchange. ST. LOUIS, FALL RIVER

Meeting last night, the Women's Guild made final plans for its annual Christmas smorgasbord and dance, to be held in the parish hall at 6:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 6. The affair is open to the public and reservations may be made with Mrs. John Rowe or Mrs. Raymond Cote. ST. MARY, FAIRHAVEN The annual parish penny sale is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Saturday, oDec. 6 in the parish hall. Over 400 prizes will be awarded and a special drawing will also be featured, handled by Mrs. Irene Wojcik and Mrs. Alice Torres. Proceeds will benefit the general church fund. Chairpersons are Mr. and Mrs. Leo Grenon, aided by Antone Da Luz. Mrs. Ethel Cataldo is in charge of refreshments. ST. JEAN BAPTISTE, FALL RIVER 'Parvuli Dei' medals were awarded to Cub Soouts Claude Levesque and Robert Deschenes of Pask 4 at a special Mass celebrated by Rev. Daniel Gamache, pastor. ST. STANISLAUS, FALL RIVER Women's Guild members will participate in an International Night program to be sponsored by the District Council of Catholic Women at 7:30 tonight in St. Mathieu'S church hall, Fall River. Rev. Robert Kaszynski, pastor, will celebrate a Eucharistic liturgy .for living and deceased guild members at an observance of the unit's 10th anniversary. The Mass, at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, . Dec. 10, will be followed by a dinner at White's restaurant. A revised Mass schedule will be in effect for December, following which parishioners will vote as to their preferred timetable. The new schedule calls fora 7:30 a.m. English Mass, a 9 a.m. Polish Mass and a 10:30 a.m. English family liturgy. Christmas wafers (oplatek) are now available at the convent and will also be on hand at a Christmas sale of Polish sweetbreads (babki), which will be held the weekend of. Dec. 13 and 14 in the school hall following all Masses. Advent parties include a Men's Club dance and supper Saturday, Dec. 6, with the supper served at 7 p.m. and dancing following at 8 p.m. Music will be by the Buddies. Holy Rosary Sodality will hold a festivity at 1:30 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 14 in the school hail. A New Year's Eve party will take place in the school hall, including dinner, a midnight toast and dancing.

Vatican to Check THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Thurs., Dec. 4, 1975 13 On Establishment Of Councils ,:- Want To See "What's Cookin" :' VATICAN CITY (NC) -- A ': change in the "ad Iimina" visits' :- On The Cape?" schedules and procedures will , ' seek information from each : Please send copies of What's Cookin'? at $2.75 :' bishop on how new consultative bodies (parish councils, priests' ,: per copy ($2.50 plus .25 handling ~md postage). : senates) are working out. ,: Enclosed is my check and money order for ' : Bishops will also answer ques' tions on such new post-conciliar , ,, '' ministries as the permanent di~""""""""""""""""""""""'~

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My Little Town In my little town I grew up believing God keeps His eyes on all of us And He used to lean upon me Lord I recall My little town Coming home after school Flying my bike past the gates Of the factories My mom doing the laundry Hanging our shirts In the dirty breeze And after it rains There's a rainbow And all of the colors are black It's not that the colors are black It's not that the colors aren't there It's just imagination they lack Everything's the same Back.in my little town In my little town I never meant nothin' I was just my father's son Saving my money Dreaming of glory Twitching like a finger On the trigger of a gun Leaving nothing but the dead and dying Back in my little town (by Paul Simon, (c) Paul Simon BMI, 1975) This song has the exciting privilege of creating 'again the experience of magic from the great team of Simon and GarfunkIe. It's been some time since their mellow mixture has 'Soothed us into ta,king critical looks at our lifestyle.,Now -to hear lhemagain is like taking a trip back home; remembering how it was back then 'and wondering what it could have been had they remained together. But times change, and so do people. This simple fact is at the heart of their going separate ways and is also probably at the heart of this, . their latest song. Almost everyone remembers his own past with warm feelings of peace and contentment. You long to be back home in "My Little Town" where "God keeps his eye on us all". But you probably have also had the experience of going back to your little town after some exciting new places, or time away at school or even leaving the nest. When you return the place looks different, the people seem unfamiliar and life seems uninteresting. Has the place changed in such a short 'time? Actually, ~t's not the place. You have changed. Your new experience has had an effect on the way you see the world, and suddenly, the town that once seemed so pleasant now seems dull. "H's imagination they lack - back in my little town." This kind of experience can teach you a basic truth about the world; namely, as you change, things will look different. This applies not only to a "1ittle town" but to many areas of life. As you grow in experience or in awareness, the things you saw and accepted before suddenly become disturbing. Two hundred years ago slavery didn't bother people much. As they grew in awareness it became unacceptable. Just a few years ago women's role in society didn't bother many people. Now as awareness grows, people begin to see injustices in the way that things 'had always been. The world hasn't changed, ,but we have and all at once it looks different. When you realize how personal changes affect your view ot the world, you can come to another startling discovery: Your world will not change unless you do. It's easy to blame someone else from time to time for your personal unhappiness -"If only my parents were more understanding, my boss more personal, my wife-husband more considerate, then my world would be nicer," Actually you can do little to change another. You can count on changing yourself. You cannot count on changing someone else. If you make your happiness dependent on 'another person's changes you are fighting a losing battle. However, if you work at changing your own attitudes then your world will look different. You will be able to rise above what disturbs'you "leaving nothing but the dead and dying" of what caused your bitterness before. Try to realize that you have the power to create your "little town" wherever you are. (AU correspondence should be directed to: The Dameans: P. O. Box 2108, Baton Rouge, La. 70821). (Copyright(c). 1975 by NC News Serv.ice)

AT PRAYER DAY: Parkin family 'of St. Lawrence parish, New Bedford, cooperates in making Advent banner during Advent Family Day of Prayer involving 15 families. In foreground from left, clockwise around table, Michael, Jane, Kathleen, Mrs. Henry Parkin, Thomas and Henry Parkin.

Join in Advent Prayer Day At St. Lawrence Parish "God with us - Prepare for -the Day of the Lord." was the theme of an Advent Family Day Prayer for 051. Lawrence parish, New Bedford. For five h:>urs, from 2 to 7 p.m., 50 people, representing 15 families, gathere,d in the 'T'arish c::lurch and Holy Fam· ily-Holy Nairne School building for prayer, ,group discussion, family projects, a concel~brai:ed Mass, a pot-luck supper and a concluding li~ht service. The program was part of an on-going adult education program being conducted with the help of two diocesan seminarians, Mr. George Carrier and Mr. John Ozug, who are as~igned to St. Lawrence on weekends. Call to Prayer Called to prayer in the tradition of the Jewish shofar. nartici· pants were reminded of God's saving activity throu~h the I~rae}'ites and the promise of the Messiah. MI'. Carrier opened the day of 1'fayElr with a talk on the theme of waiting. raising the nuestion of what the attitude of the Christian must be in, the face of "waiting for the Lord." FamUy Activities Following the opening presentation, groups were divided according to age. While adults discussed the tbemeof waiting and the meaning of Advent, youn~er parishioners were guided by two other Diocesan seminarians who a~isted WiUl the dav, Mr. Bruce Cwiekowsld and Mr. Bernard Vanasse. The younp,est children spent this time assistin~ Rev. Michel Methot. assistant at St. Lawrence, il1bakin~ bread for the 'afternoon's liturgy. After a mid-afternoon cicierbreak, the famiHes' were reunited to involve themselves in Advent projects. Most made banners to serve as the focal point for Advent celehra1iions in their homes as well as il1l the narish. Family Liturgy The day's: liturgy was concelebrated rby Rev. John P. Driscoll, pastor, Rev. Thomas E. O'Dea, assistant, and Father Methot. During the celebration a group of youngsters presented ' a dramatic pantomime, "The Sel-

fish Giant," as their contribution to the day's activities and prayer. A pot-luck supper following the Mass was an occasion to celebrate a renewed appreciation for the parish family. The Day of Prayer concluded with a light service to symbolize .the personal responsibility of each baptized Christ'ian for carrying the Light of Christ into a waiting world, and the final song, "A Child Is Born," was a reminder that such '8. day can lead to a heightened awareness of the call for a rebirth of Christ in one's heart, one's family, and the world.

Honor Society Richard M. Arikian Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Arikian, Taunton, has been named to the Stonehill College chapter of Delta Epsilon Sigma, national scholastic honor society. A graduate of Taunton High School, he is majoring' in psychology at the Easton college.

NEW YORK (NC) - U. S. Catholics, in a period of depression and inflation, contributed a high of $18.1 million last year to Catholic Relief Services (CRS), overseas aid agency of U. S. Catholics, CRS official said here. lIn Washington, Bishop Edward Swanstrom, CRS executive ,director, told the annual meet· ing of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops (NCCB) that the pastoral plan on the world food crisis issued by the NCCB in November, 1974, was largely responsible for bringing in $10.4 million of that total. Some of the $10.4 million was raised in special collections for drought-stricken African countries, India, Bangladesh, and other areas, Bishop Swanstrom said. The remaining $7.7 million of the total was given to CRS in the 197'5 fiscal year from the annual collection for overseas aid on Laetare Sunday during Lent. The bishops of the United States divide the money from the Laetare Sunday, Collection among CRS, the Pope's overseas charities, the Migration and Refugee Services of the U. S. Catholic Conference and the Apostleship of the Sea, an International Catholic organization for the welfare of seafarers.

Elect Black P'riest To Town Council EPWORTH (NC)-Father Joseph Simon, a black priest teach'ing at Divine Word Seminary here in Iowa, has been elected to the town council in this allwhite town of 1,100 people. The 43-year-old priest was elected by a write-in campaign. Discrimination on the basis of race has never been a problem here in Epworth where Father Simon has been teaching for the past 10 years. "People know I'm black," he said. "There's one thing about a small town, especially around here. Once people begin to know you they take you for what you are," he said.

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Of TV Family Viewing Pia" WASHINGTON (NC)-An of· , audiences. "Vieweradvisol'ies" ficiaI of the Federal Communi· are to precede exceptions. The U. S. Catholic Conferenc( cations Commission (FCC) sait: that a recent criticism of the administrative board, in crit· television networks' family view· icizing the plan" said that it de· ing pian by the U. S. Cathlic pends on "self regulation by the Conference (USCC) may hurt broadcast ·industry" and that the the cause of effective self· networks have not demonstrated a commitment to an "open,acregulation of television. 'Larry Secrest, adminis'trative countable,and cooperative pro· assistant to FCC chairman Rich- cess" necessary for effective ard Wiley, said the USCC crit- self-regulation. The board also questioned icism has "elements of truth" but that to "pa'int it (the family whether such a commitment i~ viewing plan) all black and evil" possible for the networks becould harden network executives cause of the "impact of commeragainst recommendations by cial pressures upon their program . church groups and others con· decision-making." The family viewing policy is cerned with the quality of tele· the result of conversations earvision programming. The family viewing plan, lier this year between Federal Commission launched this season by the Communications three major television networks, (FCC) chairman Richard Wiley provides that the first hour of and. network officials. While the new family viewing network entertainment programming in prime time, as well as plan is not without handicaps, it, the immediately, preceding hour, 'marks a "step in the right dfrecgenerally not contain material tion," Secrest said. He advised judged unsuitable for younger critics to accept it as such and

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ourselves to His Gospel and His Church." "The tragedy is that Jesus is so little known and loved today, even among some who are nominally His followers," the archbishop said. "The world is still a rather cold, cruel place, even 20 centuries after His appearance on tne human scene Unforunately even the Church is at times beset by conflicts and polarizations which impede its mission." Calling for a "new vigor, a new enthusiasm, a stronger sense of vision" to make Christ "come alive for the people of our day," Archbishop Bernardin urged Christians to "give first place in our lives to Jesus." "Only when we have such faith will we be able to rise above our human weaknesses and failures, our human attachments and our personal pride, and focus attention on our Saviour," 'he said. "Only then will our witness to Christian faith be a credible sign to those around us. Then there will be a real cause for rejoicing." As Mother Seton's "fidelity brought new and wO,nderful things for the Church in her time, so our fidelity now can do wonders for the Church of our day," he said.

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