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Sacred Hearts Academy Closing Next June Statement of Sister Marilyn Spellman, Provincial of the Religious of the Holy Union of the Sacred Heatrs, issued Tuesday, Dec. 10, 1974, regarding Sacred Hearts Academy in Fall River:

After more than a year of factfinding, discussing, and praying, we have come to a final decision regarding the Academy of the Sacred Hearts. The decision was made in early October, before thz events of· this past month in which the Diocesan officials and Catholic High School principals explored the possibilities of a merger of the schools. We certainly endorse the idea of a merger, but it has no bearing on our decision regarding the Academy.

Our decision is that the Academy will close in June 1975, whether or not there is a merger.

It has not been easy to come to this termination of a school which has been a vital force in the greater Fall River area for eighty-eight years. The school has consistently provided quality education by dedicated teachers who have worked diligently at developing curriculum that is geared to th-e students' needs.

Everyone really concerned about the school put forth extra effort in order to continue the school:

-The Holy Union Sisters conducted a study of. apstolates five years ago and, in spite of a deficit, devised alternate plans for the Academy to attempt to ease financial straits while continuing excellence in education.

-The staff attempted to alleviate matters through efforts at careful budgeting and economi-, cal maintenance.

-The parents association carried on many fund-raising projects to gain finances for the school.

All these efforts enabled the school to continue .to the present year. For this we are most grateful.

However, the facts remain: -The young women will still have the opportunity for Catholic schooling in Bishop Gerrard High School and if the merger is realTurn to Page Two

Hold Ecumenical Preaching Study At Ston'ehill

Sister Patricia is going home for Christmas. Home, for the native of SS. Peter and Paul parish, Fall River, is the village of Kuttikad in Kerala State, South India, where for nearly four years she has been in charge of construction and operation of a 14-bed maternity and med· ical hospital.

Sister. Patricia is superior of a community of 10 Indian Sisters, all of whom have received their religious formation at St. Anne's Hospital in Fall River and the DigMon novitiate of the DominiCan community staffing the hospital. . She was in Dighton for a viceprovincial assembly of her community and she returns to India today, to a Christmas celebration that she says will be wholly religious with no commercial trappings.

With her is another Fall Riv· - erite, a native of St. Patrick's parish. She is Sister John Ruggiero, sister of Patrolman John Ruggiero of the Fall River Police Department, .killed last year in line of duty, the first Fall River Turn to Page Two

Fifty priests of the Diocese of Fall River and several Protestant ministers of the area participated yesterday in a day-long seminar on parish preaching conducted

by Rev. Joseph T. Nolan, editor of the homily and worship service, "Good News." Sponsored by the continuing education program for the clergy of the Diocese and directed by Rev. Michel G. Methot, Associate Director for Adult Education in the Diocese, the seminar was held at Holy Cross Retreat House, No. Easton. ,Father Nolan, who is associated with the Franciscan Com· munications Center in Los Angeles, California, opened the day with a short film, "The Preacher." Using a passage from Scrip· ture, Father raised the question, "How do we preach the Kerygma today?" Le., is the message still the same? are methods of communication really differTurn to Page Two

Bishop's Mass To Stress Ministry to the Diocese Most Rev. Daniel A. Cronin, S.T.D., Bishop of Fall River will celebrate the fourth anniversary of his installation as the Fifth Bishop of Fall River on Sunday afternoon, Dec. 15, 'at 5 P.M. TL~ concelebrated Mass will be held at St. Mary's Cathedral with fifteen designated concelebrants and an invitation to all· - priests of the Diocese to concele· brate if they are able.

As in the past, priestly vocations will be the theme of the celebration. During the Mass, the Bishop will install eight diocesan seminarians in the Ministry of the Lectorate.

Designated concelebrants include: Most ,Rev. James J. Gerrard, Auxiliary Bishop of Fall River Most, Rev. James L: Connolly, Former Bishop of Fall River Rev. Msgr. Luiz G. Mendonca, Vicar General and pastor of one of the new lectors Rev. Msgr. Alfred J. Gendreau, S.T.D., Episcopal Vicar for the Fall River·New Bedford Area Rev. Msgr. Henry T. Munroe, Episcopal Vicar for the AttleboroTaunton Area Rev. Msgr. Raymond T. Considine, P.A., Director of Diocesan Homes Rev. Msgr. John J. B.egan, Rector of the Cathedral Rev. Francis M. Coady, pastor of a seminarian Rev. Albin Fusco, O.F.M., pastor of a seminarian Rev. James F. Kenney, pastor of a seminarian Rev. John J. Murphy, pastor of a seminarian

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Rev. John V. Rezendes, pastor of a seminarian Rev. Bernard H. Unsworth. pastor of two seminarians Rev. John J. Smith, Director of Vocations Rev. John R. Foister, Examiner of the Clergy Rev. Mr. Bruce M. Neylon of St. Mary Parish, Mansfield, will be the Deacon of the Mass.

To accent the vocational theme of the Bishop's Installation An-

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niversary Mass, eight diocesan seminarians will be installed in the Ministry of the Lectorate.

They are: William Baker and Stephen Fernandes of St. Mary Parish, New Bedford Raymond Cambra of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Parish, New Bedford Joseph Cpsta of Espirito Santo Parish, Fall River John Darcy of St. Patrick Parish, Fall River John Oliveira of St. Joseph Parish, Taunton John Ozug of SS. Peter and Paul Parish, Fall River Edward Parr of St. Kilian Parish, New Bedford.

The Most Reverend Bishop Vias installed as the Fifth Bishop ot Fall River at St. Mary's Cathedrai on Dec. 16, 1970 by Luigi Cardinal Raimondi, then Archbishop and Apostolic Delegate to the United States.

More than 20 bishops joined those of New England to witness the impressive rites before a thronged cathedral and viewed by countless others over WTEV, Cr..:mnel 6, New Bedford.

Seated at the episcopal-presi. dential chair for the first time during the ceremonies, Bishop Cronin received the crozier from the Apostolic Delegate and his Turn to Page Four

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WELCOME: Sister Patricia of·the Dominican Sisters of the Presentation that staff St. Anne's Hospital and Superior of the Kuttidad religious community, greets Bishop Joseph Kundukulam with lei as he makes his official visit at the opening of the Jeevadhara Health Care Center in Kerala State, South India.

the November elections, according to Christianity Today, an evangelical Protestant weekly.

The number of Catholics in Congress was raised by eight to a total of 123, the magazine said.

Jewish representation increased by 10 to 24, the magazine said.

"Records over the years indicate that Catholics and Jews benefit in a Democratic year while Presbyterians take it on the chin."

Presbyterian representation drop· ped by 13. .

Catholics make up the single largest bloc in Congress, the census indicated, followed by Methodists (85), Episcopal (66) and Presbyterian (65).

Two new clergymen were elected to Congress, the magazine said-- Norbertine Father Robert Cornell, 54, of DePere, Wise., and the Rev. Robert W. Edgar, 31: a United Methodist Minister, Protestant chaplain at Drexel University in Philadelphia.

Four ordained clergymen were re·elected - The Rev. Andrew Young of Georgia, a Democrat (United Church of Christ), The Rev. John Buchanan of Alabama, a Republican (Southern Baptist), the Rev. Walter Fauntroy, Democratic delegate of Washington, 'D. C. ~Progressive National Baptist)' and Jesuit Father Robert Drinan (D-Mass.).

The only clergyman defeated for re-election was Indianapolis Republican, the Rev. William H. Hudnut, a United Presbyterian pastor.

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INDIAN MISSION: The Dominican'Sisters of SL Anne's Hospital, Fall River, are the sponsors of the Jeevardhara ('Source of Water and Life') Center in Kuttikad, Kerala State, Souti) India. The Center (left) includes a 14-bed hospital and convent that was b~ilt by he Sisters. Right, the Sisters

Advent Linked With Holy Y'ear VATICAN CITY (NC)-Pope Paul VI, in his Angelus Message to Sunday crowds in .St. Peter's Square' Dec. I, linked the new season of Advent with the ·1975 Holy Year.

"The Latin Church is beginning her liturgical year, that is to say, her official prayers, her commu· nity worship, her cycle of feast and memories commemorating the life of the Lord ..."

The Pope told his listeners that time was but a passing phase, an experimental existence toward a new life, a pilgrimage toward fulfillment and happiness.

"It is the con~ept perceived in our natural anxiety to live, to live beyond, to find fuIl and secure repose' in the future reality of the future life promised our faith in Christ, to divine life, the eternal conqueror of death ...

"Let us understand the imp:>rtance of this truth, let us under· stand .the importance of his new liturgical cycle,in ~ which the Holy Year may have a decisive. ef.fect for everyone of us."

Necrology DEC. 20 Rev. Daniel F. Travassos, Pastor, 1953, Espirito Santo, FaIl River DEC. 21 Rev. Henri J.Charest, 1968, Pastor, St. Mathieu, Fall River DEC. 23 Rev. Owen J. Kiernan, 1901,.

Pastor, Immaculate Conception, FaIl River Rev. Charles P. Trainor, SS, 1947, St. Edward Seminary, Seattle, Wash.

Rev. Msgr. John A. Sirvia, 1970, Pastor Emeritus, St. John Baptist, New Bedford . DEC. 24 Rev. James K. Beaven, 1886, Pastor, Sacred Heart, Taunton Rev. Timothy J. Duff, 1914, Assistant, St. Joseph, Woods Hole ••_Ull"'"''''"""""",,,..,,,,,,,.,,....''''''...,''.. '''''',,,,,,,,,,,'''","f""....,_ _

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offer flowers, incense and fire ~n ceremony at the Consecration of the Mass, according to Indian custom. All the Sisters, including 10 natives of South India, have received their training at St. Anne's Hospital in Fall River.

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Continued from Page OnE' ate technique based on rhythm. "Sometimes we're paid' in co:o,Even if a woman cannot read or nuts or squash," policeman to meet such a fate.

In Baghdad Sister Patricia said one of In- write she .can use this method," A graduate of St. Anne's Hosdia's great needs is for health Sister Patricia notej that the centers such as the one she di· Billings method; developed by an pital School of Nursing, Sister . rects. "Although 80 per cent of Australian physician, is coming Patricia was previously stationed , India's people live in and around into use in many countries. "You for 11 years at a clinic operated villages, 7,0 per cent of the will be hearing about it here," by her community in Baghdad, Iraq. She then returned to St. health faciIiities are'· in the large she predicted.

Anne's for four years before actowns," she noted.

The nun said that many dis· cepting her present assignment.

Kuttikad is only eight miles -She said that the Kuttikad from a town, she said, "about eases virtually wiped out in the the distance from our Dighton U. S. are still common in India. health center is supported "mostnovitiate tri St. Anne's Hospital, ~''Immunizations against diph- ly by the .generosity of people in but it's not a matter of jumping the::-ia,whooping cough, tetanus the United 'States," She didn't in a car and driving off. The and polio, taken for granted add that it would be nowhere roads are very poor and there is here, are only for the relatively at all without her and her siswell-to-do in India," However, ters in Christ. little or no l transportation." the Sisters are, at least in their For pati¢nts who need more village, conducting an "Under-5· care than tl1e Sisters can provide, 'Clinic" for pre-schoolers, hoping the health center has a van to to give the Kuttikad youngsters Continued from Page Om: take them linto the town, said basic immunizations. iied, in the newly merged High ~ister Patri'cia. "We've given it School. ·She displayed pictures showa name wHich means 'Hope' in . -The school has'been operating Indian religious customs, Indian, hut~ it breaks down sCi ing at a deficit for at least five often, it should really be called such as honoring a visiting bishyears with a projected deficit of op with a flower lei and, in an 'Despair"" I $33,000 for this year. The AcadThe Sistets have named their experimental liturgy, offering emy ,has no income other than center Jeevkdhara. "It can't be flowers, incense and fire at the tuition and fund-raising projects. translated exactly," said Sister conBecration of the Mass.

It does not' receive a subsidy Patricia, :'bht it roughly means And she noted that the peo· from the diocese, nor does· it 'source of ",ater and life,' Espe- pIe of her village "are as comreceive large donations or encially as a maternity hospital, fortable barefoot as in shoes, dowments. The subsidy for the we are a isource of' life and and sitting on the floor as on school comes from the religious health in U~e village," chairs," Most are poor, she said, community of the Holy Union.

In ·addition to health care, the but insist on paying what they -The student population and Sisters prov,ide some social ser- ,can for health center services. enrollment has been declining in vice, health: education and catcthe greater Fall River area. chetical ins~ruction to villagers, While the Academy enrollment' all works th~y hope to expand in I':JS not dclined drastically, it the future. "The center has been' has decreased each year. open about two years," said Sis-The' religious personnel ter Patricial "Before that we Two parties, one for adults available for staffing the Acadwere busy bhilding it," and the other for children, occuemy has declined as Sisters have The village, numbering about py the organizational efforts of responded to other needs in the 5000 inhabItants, plus many Knights of Columbus these days.

Church. more people' in the surrounding Therefore, we., regret to anOn Dec. 21, the Knights will countryside, iis largely Christian, nounce that the Academy of the she said. "There has been Chris- offer their annual Kiddies OhristSacred Hearts will close its doors tianity here' since the time of mas Party. Youth Activities Diin June, 1975. rector Don Gustafson should be St. Thomas Apostle," Sister Marilyn Spellman . reached for arrangements or one Population Control Provincial can :alli 5-1089, 6-9189, 4-3361 , , Although population control is or 3-9897.

The Home Corporation of ,Fall a major concern of the Indian government, 'Sister Patricia said River Council 86 announcej that her center h~s never been pres- plans are also underway for a sured to ,prpvide abortions or Gala New Year's Eve Party that will be held in the new Council contraceptive information.

"The' Church in India recog- Home on Meridian Street on FUNERAL HOME nizes, of course, that there must Dec. 31.

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Preaching Study Continued from Page One ent? who is listening, what al,e their need's and expectations,' Group Discussions Having divided into small discussion groups, the priests were asked to share the successes as well as difficulties that each encounters in his preaching/teaching ministry. After the presentation of a second film, "Daisy," the groups used the current Advent scripture reildings to flllrther explore the methods and resources for preparing a ser~()n.

After lunch the priests returned for a third presentation on the problems and potential in preaching. The working sessions ended with a lively discussion of Lenten homilies as well as some suggestions for preaching on special occasions, such as weddings, funerals and baptisms.

At the end of the day, Father Methot, encouraged by the number of priests who took advantage of this elective program and by the enthusiasm of those who had participated, admitted that he hopes this will be only the first in a number of such pro· grams to be offered to tlw priests of the Diocese as part 'oJ an on-going program of con tin.. uing education of clergy.

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DIAMOND JUBILEE: Three Dominican Sisters of St. Catherine of Siena mark diamond jubilees of religious profession at Mass of thanksgiving at community's Fall River motherhouse. From left, Sister Antonin

Holy Father Says Church Needs Love

Thiboutot, Sister Marie de Ricci, Bishop Cronin, principal celebrant of Mass, Sister Marie Diane, Sister Anita Pauline, prioress general of community. Right, Bishop greets Sister Marie Diane. '

Diamond Jubilee Dominican Sisters Feted in Ceremonies at Motherhous'e

Sunday's feast of the ImmacuVATICAN CITY (NC) - Pope late Conception marked tbe 60th , Paul VI told a recent weekly gen- anniversary of religious profeseral audience that the Church sion for three members of the needs love.

Dominican Sisters of St. CatherHe rebuked not only secular- ine ,of Siena of 37 Park St., Fall ists for antagonism toward the River.

Church but also Catholics who They are Sister Marie ,de Ricci seem to forget their Church's Bonin, 86 years old, Sister Marie need of love.

Diane Talbot, 80 and Sister An. Pope Paul began his address tonin Thiboutot, 80. The occawith a question: "What does the sion was marked by a Mass of Church need today?" He an· thanksgiving, at which Bishop swered: "The Church has need Daniel A. Cronin was principal to be loved." celebrant. Concelebrants were Observing that the suhject cut Rev. Pierre Lachance, O.P., Rev.' across various levels, Pope Paul Edmond Tremblay and Rev. said: George Daigle, who was also the "First, there are those who are homiIist. Rev. John Oliveira was 'a priori' (prejudicially) hostile master of ceremonies. to the Church deliberately, by At the offertory of the Mass instinctive repulsion, and they the jubilarians brought to the are legion. From them flow altar a religious veil, a rosary waves of aversion, negation, and the Dominican Rule, signiatheism, anticlericalism or, as fying their life of dedication to one says today, secularism.

Christ. Sister Anita Pauline DuQuotes St. Paul rocher, prioress general of the "Certainly there flows no love, community, offered the vows but antipathy, even hatred, as signed 60 years ago hy the Sisthough the Church were a dis· ters upon the occasion of their ease, a peril for humanity . . . profession, and Sister Gertrude "This enmity toward the fol- Gaudette offered a ,mahogany lowers of Christ, that is toward coat of arms she had carved as the Church, has a perennial his-' a gift from the community to tory, paralleling secular history. Bishop Cronin.

It is the history of persecutions.

Youngest Sisters It is the destiny set aside for the The two youngest members of Son of God ..."

Pope Paul, asking whether one tne community, Sister Lucille should des;>air over this, an- , Gauvin and Sister Deborah Blow, offered the customary gifts of swered: "No, we must not despair, bread and wine. thinking of the case of St. Paul, Following the Mass, Bishop the first of so many, whose con- Cronin greeted the jubilarians version teache~ us how pow- personally and joined them for ful and happy the act of grace a banquet served in the convent may be which induced him to dining room. write to himself: 'I am the least Sister Marie de Ricci, retired of the apostles and am not at the Fall River motherhouse worthy to be called an apostle since 1971, taught in primary because I have persecuted the grades' at St. Thomas and St. Church of God." Anne's schools from 1912 to 1927, then served at St. Peter's School, 'Plattsburgh, N.Y. from Patience 1927 to 1945.

It is an easy thing to talk of From 1945 to 1949 the jubilaripatience to the afflicted.

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Xavier School, Acushnet, then returned to Plattsburgb in a semi-retired capacity, assisting ,with household duties, until her return to Fall River.

Sister Marie Diane taught at Cohoes, N.Y., St.' Anne's and Dominican Academy, Fall River, and St. Francis Xavier, Acushnet, where she was also principal and superior of St. Rose Convent.

From 1959 to 1974 she ha.s

been study period supervisor for the primary grades of Dominican Academy.

Sister Antonin has been retired at the Fall River motherhouse for some eight years.

Previously ,she 'served at ,St. Anne's School, St. Francis Xavier, Acushnet, and Dominican Academy.

Brother Zacc'arelli Receives Award . BOSTON (NC)-Brother tierman E. Zaccarelli, expert in the food service industry, 'has been awarded the 1974 international man of achievement award by the International Biographical Centre in Cambridge, England.

He was given the award for his eJCtensive sociological involvement with feeding the aged poor, his efforts to improve dietary and nutritional food programs for children in conjunction with the American School Food Service Association, his work with the U.S. Army to develop an improved and modernized food service, and his activities in many professional associa1tions related to the food industry.

Brother Zaccarelli founded the International Food Research and Educational Center at Stonehill College, North Easton, Mass. 'He is currently the director of· educational research and development for Cahners Books in Boston.

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Virtue and Necessity

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The rising cost of living could work in very well with the present season of Advent and all that it is meant to be and to do with and in our lives.

People view~with ever-increasing *pprehension-the steady climb in weekly food bills. The ~taples that were once taken for granted-sugar is a case ,n point-are now reasons for pausing and questioning as to: their actual need.

Things that were once considered inexpen~ive foods are now rejoicing in horrifying high price tags.

So perhaps this is the time \yhen people can-with mixed motives-combine the present cost' of living with the penitential aspect of Advent. ' All true religion must contain some element of sacrifice, of asceticism. This is one sure way of controlling the senses which can so easily make one captive and prevent the true freedom of the spirit which is so vital for the service of God. Sacrifice is the proof, and proof is demand~d, that the person is willing to give as well as to receive; i~ is the proof that there is a willingness to take from onese,lf for the sake of God and for the sake of others. Without sacrifice,it is quite easy for a person to fool himself into belieying that the wish is the will, that the saying of the word is the doing of the deed. , There is an old expression about "making a virtue of necessity." It can be applied in the present instance and time. Since the cost of living is so high, w~y not a conscious effort on the part of people to do without for the 'sake of their own souls, for the sake of giving a! little to those in need, and for the sake of inviting God mdre fully into their II · IIves.

Why not a cutting of corners, a'little l,ess "luxury" food and even a little less. of the so~called staples. What would amount to good economics and good dietary habits can also become good spirituality. ' And isn't that what Advent is about?,

Convoy When the Holy Father inaugurates the Holy Ye'ar of nineteen hundred and seventy-five on Christmas Eve, he will urge again what he has been asking all along-that people enter into a period of renewal.

I Almighty God has given man all th~t he needs to be reconciled within himself and with his fellow man, and, above all, with God. But this fact has to be recalled to man again and again.'

It is strange but true that if man wer¢ promised reconciliation as the climax of some arduous and difficult task, people would vie with one another in its p~rformance. What God is asking is that they do the difficult work: of keepiqg His Commandments, of taking advantag~ of His ways of holiness, of doing His Will. : But these have !been talked about 'for' so long that people tend to ignore them. . The Holy Year asks that all people of good will take a second look at the way of salvation. They are asked to recommit themselves to the service of God and one another with a new enthusiasm. They are asked to look with brand new eyes on what has been available all along.

People should think back to the days lof World War II and consider the voyages of the ship convoys that meant so much to'-the war effort. Three elements l were demanded: that each ship be right within itself; th~t ,¢ach have the proper relationship with its neighbor; that the whole convoy go in the right direction.

This is humanity's call: that each person be at peace within himself and with his neighbor and, that all be going toward God. .

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3,000 California Youths Make Renewal,. Reco'nciliation Pilgrimage SAN FERNANDO (NC)~Three country and our religi<;m are to thousand young people came have a new spring, it must be here recently on a Holy Year in terms that begin with rever· pilgrimage of renewal and rec- ence fo.r truth. onciliation.

"The second area St. Paul On a bright California after- picks out is anger. All across the '. noon they, gathered to pray and world there are divided nations, join in Mass with Cardinal T'im· North and South Ireland, North othy Manning of Los Al}geles on and South Korea, North and the c:ampus. of Our Lady Queen South Vietnam, East and West of A:lgels Seminary, ground that· Germany, because anger which was once part of .the San Fer- derives from Cain and Abel has nando mission. found its sway. Forgiveness, a . In preparation for the day,' sense of reconciliation, must be they had participated in penance very much indicative to wou, just services in their parishes. Some as truth is something you owe had observed a 24-hour fast. your fellow man. We are begging They sat on the grass before you for that sense of fraternal love that is the peculiar mark of an o:.Jtdoor altar.

A special intention of the pil- your years, of your time." grimage was an increase in reli..

Cleanness o1r Speech giouE vocations, said Father The third area picked by Paul Lloyd Torgerson, chairman of was laziness, people who do not the Los Angeles archdiocesan . work and are parasites on the youth commission. community, the cardinal said.

Guitars strummed as the Paul, he said, insists they work young people responded to the not only to avoid idleness but prayers intoned by the cardinal to help their brother in need. and ministers of the Mass.

This awareness of brotherly 'In his homily to the thousands need, he added, is a characterisof .young people, the cardinal tic of your generation-"though offered a clear, simple exhort,a- we sometimes have misgivings tion to renewal and rec'oncilia- in this area." tion in concrete practical ways.

Cleanness of speech was the Religious Life fourth area. named by, St. Paul.

"You are the new Church "There is in our entertainment which is being built on ancient today a vulgarity that is sickenfoundations. One of the corner- ing" the cal1dinal said. "We stones of this foundation is Re- would hope that through your ligious life. We are offering this dedicati<?n to the satisfaction of Mass for vocations to the Reli- your tongue and lips by the gious life."

Eucharist you would never allow The cardinal drew on the let- an unclean word to pass your ter o~ St. Paul to the Ephesians lips. Be apostles of cleanness wherein four areas are singled of language."

Our Lord, said the cardinal, out where personal renewal must find exp,ression. insists on community with Him "The first of those is the area -He is the vine; we are of truth. You know from the branches. In order for the vine last few years what a network. to be more fruitful, the vine .of lies has constituted the whole must be pruned by m'ortification '\\i'atergate scandal, lies rein- and discipline, the cardinal said. forced by oath so that the whole fabric of our national culture Skeptic almoEt collapsed because of the Skeptic always rhymes with lie. septic; the spirit died of intellec"It is so timely that we look to you and your generation for . tual poisoning.

-Werlel this commitment to truth. If our

PHILADEL,PHIA (NC)-Arch.. bishop Fulton J. Sheen told a gathering of more than 400 priests at St. Charles Borromeo seminary here t~at "there has never been in the priesthood: such an intense desire to do bet.. ter as there is now."

Speaking at a special Holy Year holy hour, Archbishop Sheen, retired bishop of Roches·· ter, N. Y., said that society can be reformed only by individual persons who are' "anchored in God." ,Citing the example of individ· uals who have had a profound impact on history-Caesar, Mo· 'hammed, Confucius, St. Paul--· the 80-year-old archbishop said that the greatest work in the history of the world had been done by those who had with· drawn from intense activity for a time of reflection.

The archbishop, well known for his appearances on television in the 1950s, hal; begun a series of s~rmons on edu<:atinonal tele· vision.

'Holy IndividualS' He said that the work of evan· gelizing can only be done by holy individuals whose lives are rooted in God and can only be done effectively by those "whose lives are recognized as a little bit different."

Archbishop Sheen asked priests to make a holy hour of adoration and reparation before the Blessed Sacrament each day in order to show more effective love for Christ and to respond to His invitation to "watch one hour" with Him. Noting that "we're beginning to live in a demonic age," Arch· bishop Sheen asked that priests combat evil and bring forth good by "wasting an hour" in conversation with Christ.

Anniversary Continued from Page One vocation as Bishop of Fall River began.

The Diocese's pastors and assistants, chaplains, teaching and special apostolate Religious, elementary and high school students, the professional, the work· ing class and the retired all toolt part in. that memorable cere· mony.

So as to illustrate the Church's-and the Bishop's-call to minister to all in the Diocese, this year's commemoration will again emphasize the Bishop's reo solve to minister by stressing the priestly vocation to a l l . , The Lector is to solemnly read the Word of God to the people assembled to worship. He is to feed all with the Scriptures as the young seminarian hopes to soon feed them with the Bread of Life-the Eucharist-as a priest.

Vocations-the Bishop's minis.. try, the .priest's ministry, the seminarian's ministry - is more than an apt recollection with which to gratefully celebrate the Eucharist - our thanksgiving-· on the occasion of the Fourth Anniversary of the Installation of Bishop Daniel A. Cronin.

Of itself, it speaks loudly. As we expect a fruitful ministry of the Bishop, so should he and theChurch - and God - expect a fruitful ministry of every Christian.

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Best Interest of Patient Governs Death Decision "It's my body and I want to be the one to decide what happens to it," the terminally-ill woman told the doctor. "There are some things that I don't want to happen to me. H the medical treatment is excessively expensive, I don't want it; I'd rather see the money spent on a medical school education."

Dr. Edwin H. Cassem, a Jesuit priest and a Harvard Medical Scbool psychiatrist, recounted the conversation he had had the previous evening with the woman who had just been told she was dying of cancer.

Dr. Cassem, speaking this week at a Stonehill College symposium on the issue of "dying with dignity," said the woman's plea was illustrative of the "agonizing decisions confronting not only the patient, but the doctor, clergyman and family in a death situation."

In determining the medical treatment for the terminally-ill person, Dr. Cassem said, "We have to ask what should be done in the best interest of the patient.

That doesn't mean you use the heart-lung machine just because it's there."

"More important than technological resourses are human resources," continued Cassem, who directs a program for hopelessly-ill patients at Massachusetts General Hospital. '·'What I am pleading for is that when someone is dying those human qualities of compassion, understanding" and love are the kinds cf resources that h:lVe to be use~1 up."

Legislature Joining Cassem on the panel were State Rep. John S. Ames, sponsor of the so-called "living will" legislation in the Massachusetts legislature, and Dr. George J. "Annas, director of the" Center for Law and Health Sciences, Boston University School of Law. The symposium, attended by almost 300 persons, was sponsored by the Stonehill College Institute of Justice and Peace.

Ames' bill, which he says raises the delicate question of a person's "right to die," would allow an individual to make a prior legal declaration on how he will be treated if he ever faces terminal illness. The living will states that if there is no reasonable expectation of recovery from physical disability, the person requests that he be allowed to die and not be kept alive by artificial means or heroic measures.

"I am less interested in seeing this bill become law than I am in seeing the issue of dying with dignity discussed," said Ames, who is assistant minority leader in the Massachusetts House of Representatives. "The level of public discuSSion of death is not sufficiently sensitive, informed or visible."

Panelists Agree According to Dr. Annas, an attorney and editor of "Medicolegal News," published by the Amerlean Society of Law and Medicine, the issues of the "living will" and "dying with dignity" have gained more attention than all other aspects of patients' rights.

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WASHINGTON (NC) - Arch, of reasons for this attention," bishop Joseph L. Bernardin of Dr. Annas said. "First, people Cincinnati, newly elected presare looking for >yays to improve ident of the National Conference the quality of medical care in a of Catholic Bishops and United human sense by increasing comStates Catholic Conference passion. Also there are those (NCCB-USCC), said there are who are looking for ways to dethree "priority items" he sees crease the cost of care." for the U. S. Church today: All the panelists agreej that -"Seeking new ways of fosthe living will legislation will tering among our people a renewal of faith.

NOT make dying easier.

"The living will does not do -"Restoring a sense of moral away with the problem of con- . values in everyday life. fronting death," Dr. Cassem -"The role of the Church in said. "When you have signed the promoting social justice." living will you don't have any At a press conference and in guarantee that death will be an interview with NC News Serwithout trauma and anguish. vice following his "election Nov. However, the Harvard psychi19, the 46-year-old archbishop atrist believes that the discus- explained some of his views and sion surrounding the legislative positions and what he hopes to proposal "may force people to confront their own values and if those values dictate that any bit of protoplasmic" life must be continued, then that is biological idolatry."

Cassem was asked "whether God alone as the 'Giver of Life' should determine when one's life is to end."

"I wish that God would tap me on the shoulder and tell me what he wants. That would be Most n:ce," the Jesuit" priest said.

"But He unfortunately gave us the terrifying responsibility to make the decision and with the moral conscience He gave me, the sick person and I have to decide how we can best usc technology."

Representative Ames said that a major issue in the debate is the dominance of technology over mankind. "Man is at his utmost human self when he is facing his own death and to have technology dominate us at a time when we are most human seems to me to deprive us of something very important," he added.

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see developing over the next three years.

On the priority .of fostering a renewal of faith, he told NC News: "The basic question is that of relating in positive and fruitful ways the Catholic tradition to the new situations that people find themselves in. This is a complex challenge, and it touches in a direct way on the Church's teaching mission."

One of the chief programs under way for this, he said, is "the development of the National Catechetical Directory" to provide a "tone and orientation" to the Church's teaching.

He pointed out that the catechetical directQry is itself "very much connected" with other developments in teaching by the

U. S. bishops in recent years, particularly their pastoral letter "To Teach As Jesus Did" and their statement on "Basic Teachings for Cat'holic Religious Education The discussions by the bishops on "Renewal of Faith" at a day of recol1ection before their annual meeting and at regional meetings in the course of the annual meeting here "would also help to bring into focus some of .the challenges and and problems in this area," he said.

He said that the second priority, restoring a. sense of moral values in today's society, is necessary because "for many people today moral values are not the determining factor in how they lead their lives."

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SOUTH ORANGE ~C)-A freeze on all construction except that already under way and on faculty and administrative hiring has been ordered by the president of Seton Hall University.

In an announcement t6 all departments, Msgr. Thomas G. Fahy, president of the Newark, N. J. archdiocesan institution, noted that because of inflation an adjustment of about" three per cent will have to be made in the current budget.

As a result, he said, he was ordering the construction and hiring freeze. In addition, he directed that all departments hold their budget re~uests at the same level now in effect except for the amount required to provide for necessary salary increases. i~j{····

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By Joseph and Marilyn Rod!erick Over the years we have referred to the celebration of Advent as a special event in our house.' If we have done anything right for the children it is mos:t certainJhat we have made something special of the Advent season. We would most assuredly recomWhen we recall our own most mend . that families with memorable gifts, we almost al· young children adopt some ways find oUrselves going back sort of Advent practice on to the days' of our childhood. a daily basis for their family. One person remembers that very Whatever is decided on should special doll, another remembers be geared to the children and her' first do'll house - "It was the schedules of the parents 'S9 . wooden, and Ijust beautifuL" One that the whole family can come of my daughters mentioned the together during the celebration. year a dog I named Mocha was Our practice is as follows. On the special .', present and eve'n the first Sunday of Advent we grown men speak warmly of the make a wreath with one pink gift of their 'first dog. and three purple candles. The Ironically, most adults find the wreath is made simply of greens gifts they Ihave received as and whatever we can find in the grown-ups dpn't have so much woods. This year we collected remembr'ance' value as the gifts some wild orange berries we they have given others.

REGlSTRATION COMMITTEE FOR BISHOP'S BALL: Assisting in the registration found' growing along the side of Givin~ to Others . of the various committees planning the annual Charity Ball are: standing, Mrs. Eugene the road. Jason and I make the One young: woman I spoke to wreath while_ Marilyn and the felt that her :best Christmas was Gagnon of St. Jean the Baptist Parish, Fall River and president of ·District No.1, DCCW; girls prepare a fruit cake for one when s~e gave her mother Mrs. Willard Piper of Sacred Heart Parish, Fall River; Antone Pacheco of Our La~y of the first Sunday of Advent, Stir- numerous s'mall gIfts wrapped Health Parish, Fall River and president of the Particular Council of St. Vin~ent de Paul I up Sunday. This year Melissa in a huge qox. Her joy came Society. Seated: Mrs. William Murphy of SS. Peter and Paul Parish, left and Miss Claire made bread and we all partic- from pleasing someone else, and ipated in the kneading rather isn't that what giving is all O'Toole of St. Mary's Cathedral, Fall River. than the stirring. about?

I Prayer, Candle When we: are children our Each night, we meet for ap- world is miFroscopic,. focusing proximately 20 minutes for our mostly on our own needs and I celebration, 'which consists of a wants. Tha~kfully, our world The Souvenir for the 20th an- underprivileged and exceptional 19. Thirty-eight parishes are prayer chosen by one of the chil- grows as we' do, and the pleanual Bishop's Charity Ball of the children are the recipients of the eligible for the honor of present· dren, a reading from the Bible, sure that We' receive comes ing a young lady to Bishop . the lighting Of the Advent mainly from telatiolls with other diocese of Fall River is rapidly funds from the Charity Ball. in a coloful presentation Cronin being filled.

The Ball will be held Msgr. Gomes requests that the wreath, the selection of one people.

I· . on Friday evening, January 10 at pastors .ceremony on the night of the of parishes ·having prepiece from our nativity' set and Despite the economic crunch, the opening of one window in we all need: an elegant desert . the Lincoln Park 'Ballroom in sentees for the Ball must submit Ball. Fathers of the presentees the Advent calendar. I try to recipe to graqe our Christmas or North Dartmouth with music by the names of the pre~entees to accompany their daughters in Meye::- Davis and his orchestra. the presentee chairman, Mrs. this outstanding event. have a fire in the fireplace to New Year's buffet.

The Ball Booklet lists six cate- . James A. O'Brien, Jr., of 37 Forset the tone, and the lights are Names for the Ball Booklet Meringues Glacees gorie~. Persons applying for the est St., Fall River, by December may be sent to the Ball Head- turned low to enhance the setwith Caramel Sauce categories receive tickets for the ting. • 4 egg whit~s ..;, quarters, 410 Highland Ave., Fall social event. The Society of St. On Saint Nicholas Day MarRiver.

Tickets may be obtained % teaspoo~ vanilla Rules Against Welfare Vincent de Paul and the Council ilyn or on.e of the girls makes at all Catholic Church rectories.. % teaspoon cream of tartar of Catholic Women, Co-sponsors Benefits for Unborn cookies' and we exchange little Members of the Ball Committee pinch of salt I of the Ball, ask that each congifts, preferably with a religious NEW YORK (NC)-A federal and members of the sponsoring 1 cup of sugar (ow!) fere'nce and affiliate submit appeals court has ruled that un- organizations are to meet Sunsignificance. It is also on this ~auce . their names to the Booklet as born children. are not eligible day, January 5, at 1 P.M. at day tha t we add a new figure to 2 cups sug~r (double-ow!)' soon as possible. our nativity set. for state' welfare benefits in Lincoln Park for the setting up rind of Y2 prange Most Rev. Daniel A. Cronin, Connecticut.

Finally, on the third Sunday of decorations.

Y2 gallon vanilla ice cream S.T.D., Bishop of Fall River, is of Advent, we buy and decorate The U. S. Circuit Court of Ap1) Beat the egg whites. until I the honored guest and the' Ball the Christmas tree, which is the they hold a soft peals have revers~d the decision shape and add final preparation for Christmas. the vanilla, ~alt and cream of. is dedicated to Bishop Cronin of a U. S. District Court judge in for his efforts and support of the January.. The decision means Our pract'ice has become quite tartar. excepjonal and underprivileged ritualistic, not by design, but bethat a pregnant woman with no 2) Gradually beat in the 1 cup SINCE 1898 cause the children do not let us of sugar, abo~t 1 Tablespoon at children in the southeastern area other children cannot receive deviate one iota from what we a time. Beat ~he meringue until of M?-ssachusetts of every race, Aid to Families with Dependent have'done in the past. They are it holds very firm peaks.' Put color and creed. The four schools Children payments.

SINCE 1941 anchored in what we have done meringue in fl pastry bag and for U:.e exception children and courts in four Federal appeals and insist that we continue' in press out 12 shells about the size the four summer camps for the other districts have ruled that the vein they are accustomed to. of a lar.ge egd on a lightly oiled SINCE 1967 women in similar circumstances In the Kitchen and floured bttking sheet.

Inflation Intensifies did qualify for state welfare.

It's that season when our . 3) Bake in a 200 degree oven 'Federal regulations allow each thoughts center around what we . about 1 houri or until firm to Pilgrims Sacrifice state to decide if welfare benare going to give to a certain touch. Coolon wire rack.

WASHfNGTON (NC) .,.-. Reli- efits will be extended to unborn ' person. Gifts become very im4) In a heary saucepan (I use gious pilgrims are normally ex- children. Connecticut is one of portant to us as giver and we bottom of double hoiler) cook pected to make sacrifices, but want so very much to please the 2 cups o( sugar until light inflation will intensify the sacri- 35 states that does not do so. those we are giving to. The spirit amber. Pour in 1 cup of boiling fice for Americans going to of giving permeates the air and water and cO,ok over moderate Rome for the Holy Year, Cardimost of our waking thoughts. heat until c~nsistency of thin nal Timothy Manning of Los An. . syrup. Remov;e pan from heat' geles told the U. S. bishops here. and let syrup Icool.

"The cost of air travel has Bishops Denounce Red· 5) Sliver rind of Y2 orange risen 38 per cent in the last year, Monopoly Over Youth and cook in : boiling water 5 and irJlation in Italy is high," BERLIN (NC)-The bishops of minutes. Mix: into syrup after ,he said.

ROUTE 6--between Fall River and New ~edford East Germany have publicly pro- draining slivers.

In h is report for the bishops' One of Southern New England's Finest Facilities 6) . To as~~mbl.e dish lightly Ad Hoc Committee for the Holy tested the communist regime's monopoly over the education of press a mermgue shell on two Ye~r, Cardinal Manning detailed sides of 6 scdops of vanilla, ice some of the main spiritual funcyouth. . for The bishops asserted that stu- cream. Place i shells a chilled tions that will be available for dents who practice their reli- serving platter and spoon car- pilgrin::s while they are in Rome. gions are systematical<ly discrim- amel sauce over them. This is ·PilgrilT:is' kits with a pilgrim's inated against and their parents such a beautiful dish that it once handbook, map, badge and othe.r FOR DETAILS CALL MANAGER-636-2744 or 999-6984 of a gourmet helpful materials will be ~ade subjected to recrimination and graced • the cohr I magazme.

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One of the most disgusting things to happen lately is the descent of the vultures from the liberal journals onto South Boston to pontificate about the shanty Irish racist barbarians. You can see writers like J. Robert Nelson in "The Christian Century" licking their lips with glee. bel' of people do was suppose~l to have gone out with the late Everyone (which means all Herr Hitler. Most "Southies" their readers) knows that the have done no violence, joined in

Irish are racist bigots. You' can have a field day.

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siO!1S of Federal Courts. Nor do I think that bussing is much of a solution to the problems of urban education, particularly when it husses students into schools that are already second or third rate. However, if bussing is required by the Constitu' tion (and one wonders how it can be proven framers of the ConsJitution had this in mind, since there were no buses in those days), then the law must be obeyed.

But it cries to ht'aven for vengt:'ance that this form of punishment-ann that is what it is~:hould be imposed on the poor antI not the well-to-do. Judge Garrity, from his secure sub-' urban home, delivers pious lectures to the poor in the central city about the Constitution. Isn't that nice? A lesser man would be written off as a hypocrite an~1 11 fraud. If there is to be bussing, let it be imposed on all social classes. not just those who are most ilkquipped to hear its bur· dens.

Monstrous Injustice I don't give a hoot about the Supreme Court's Detroit 'decision.. If the well.,to-do can escape the punishment of bussing by fleeing beyond the city limits, and if the Supreme Court ratifies this escape, then we have a mono strous injustice in our societythe kind of vicious unfairness that can drive even moderate men to violence. When people like J. Robert Nelson arrive on the scene and announce that "the charge of racism is justifiable," they sound dangerously like hypocrites. The rich and the well-to-do are oppressing the poor and justifying their oppression on the grounds that the poor are racists. ihere are undoubtedly ra::ists in South Boston (and there are anti-Catholic bigots on the Hal" vard faculty, too). but it doesn't take very many people to cause a riot or "unrest." Judgments against a whole community on the basis of what a small num-

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no protests, kept no children out of school. But they are branded racist simply because they are poor Irish Catholics who happen, to live in a neighborhood which been chosen by a suburban judge (an affluent Irish Catholic, appal'" ently) to pick up the tab for the consciences of the Harvard type liberals. Deserted by their religious and political leaders, branded as bigots by the media, the "Southies'" are guilty en . masse.

With such horrendous injustice, the amazing thing is not that there has been some violence in South Boston but there hasn't been much more. If the intellectual, political, religious, and judicial elite is going to impose bussing on American society, it had better spread the obligation around so that everyone bears it, not just the poor. Otherwise there is going to be a lot more trouble ahead.

How do the liberals justify what is done to the "Southies"?

There is rather little argument that hussing improves educational outcomes. The evidence against that is overwhelming (save in the case where rather small groups of lower-class s.tudents are integrated into a ,higher-class environment-which is hardly the case in South aoston). The implicit assumption is that racial balance in schools is a good in itself regardless of educational outcomes.

MARIAN MANOR GUESTS PREPARE FOR HOLY YEAR: Rev. Henry R. Canuel, chaplain at the Taunton Home for the Aged offers the Holy Sa,crifice of the Mass following a· procession as the guests in Marian Manor participate in the final preparation ' for the Holy Year, 1975.

Expiate 'Guilt' Deeper down, I suspect they delight in bussing because it serves the victims right. It is a way by which working class ethnics expiate their guilt of past racism. (Everyone knows that it was the Irish who brought the slaves to the New World.) Balance and bussing are good things as a matter of faith, and who cares whether anyone gets a better education or that sociol unrest results?

Harvard psychiatrist Robert Coles, who is not an Irish Catholic and can hardly be accused of racism, sums up the situation perfectly: "They've all gotten 11 raw deal, black and white. Both of them are looked down upon by the well-to-do. white people · .. All the laws are written for the wealthy and the powerful · .. the :ax laws, the zoning laws · .. and no one has taken anything away from them."

But Professor Coles may have missed the point: bussing is a great way to stir up conflict between the poor blacks and the . poor whites. Better that they fight one another than that they al~y thems-elves against their common enemies, well· to-do liberal suburbanites and college professors. The last thing such people want to do is to live with the poor. © 1974, Universal Press Syd'c't

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Catholic Bishops, UrgeAmendmenf On Abortion NEW ORLEANS (NC) - The Catholic bishops of Louisiana, Alabama and Mississippi have urged Congress to enact soon 'a constitutional amendment guaranteeing the right to life of unborn children.

Nine bishops within the Church province of New Orleans signed the Nov. 22 statement, which comes almost two years after the U. S. Supreme Court decision overturning most state laws restricting abortions.

"Lega·1 scholars who have studied the 1973 decision conclude that the only practical way to provide a constitutional basis for protecting legally the life of the unborn child is to amend the Constitution of the United States," the bishops said.

"While we continue to pray that the Supreme Court will itself be shocked by the enormity of its ruling and wHi reverse its position, we sadly acknowledge that citizens probably will have to amend a Constitution which never intended to put death before life and which does so only in the eyes of the court."

The bishops, taking note of the impending holiday season, said their statement "comes as we plan to celebrate the nation's great feast of Thanksgiving and Christendom's joyous feast of the birth of Christ."

"This' season," they said, "is one of great happiness.· But we cannot rejoice over our own life in Christ while approving, actively or passively, the denial of life to others who are also God's children, "The bishops said that "we must look ahead to the task of winning the Congress over to a pro-life stance and to the adop.. tion of a constitutional amendment which will' make life inviolate again..

"A start was made during the 1974 session of Gongress but. an even greater effort needs to be made in 1975."

The statement, issued in booklet form, also contains a conscience guide for Catholks, particularly those employed in the medical, welfare, and social service fields.

The bishops said that those "who obtain an abortion, those who persuade .other.s to have an abortion, and those who perform the abortion procedures are guilty of breaking God's law;" and that "those who undergo or perform an abortion place themselves by that fact in 'a state of excommunication."

Serious problems: they added, "do exist in connection with some pregnancies - problems such as illegitimacy, great emotional stress, possibly disadvantages for the child after birth. . But sound morality and its expression in law do not permit the solution of such problems by the destruction of innocent hum'an life."

Allowing the taking of life in such circumstances, the bishops said, "introduces into society an insidious principle, which threatens the lives of the aged, the incurably ill, the handicapped, and all who at some point may' come to be r~garded by society as undesirable or burdensome."

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RENEWAL OF VOWS: Most Rev. James J. Gerrard was joined !>y retired priests at the Catholic Memorial Home in Fall River as he celebrated Mass for the occasion of the renewal of; vows by the Carmelite Sisters for the"Aged and Infirm. Concelebrants were: . Left to rigttt, Rev. William E. Collard, Rev. Msgr. John A. Chippendale, Rev. Msgr. Thomas F. Walstt, Rev. William' A. Galvin.

Bisl10ps . Actt on Penitential Rite WASHINQTON (NC) - The U. S. 'bishops recent meeting here indicated a desire for national guidelines to describe what sort 9f unusual circumstances could call for communal sacramental :ahsolution, -By a vote of 140-96 they rejected tht~. iflea that guidelines should be drawn up by each province (srrtaH grouping of dioceses), aft~r several Qishops

.argued that the different practices that might result around the country could create serious pastoral confusion.

They accepted, however, recommendations that: -Flexibility be given in desig~ nating the places for confession .......ac~;ording to the needs of penitent:;, and within the legal norms established by the Vatican.

-When communal absolution is given some "appropriate external sign of penance . . . be shown, e.g. kneeling, bowing of the head, bowing deeply, standing (if the penitents have been kneel'ing), a gesture such as the Sign of the Cross."

The recommendations were presented to the bishops by Archbishop John Quinn of Ok'lahoma City, chairman of the ·bish· ops' Committee 011 Pastoral Resear-ch and Practices.

At a press conference Archbishop Joseph L. Bernardin· of 'Cincinnati stressed that a lengthy. win :.Jack a leadership role," he discussion of the matter by the bishops should' not be misintersaid.

B!shop McNicholas urged th.e preted to mean that the Church's NatIOnal Conference of CatholIc restrictions on genc~ral absolution Bishcps (NCCB) at their annual without private confession have been eased. He pointed out that g~neral meeting to increase support for the Black Catholics Con- general absolution is still limited cerned coHection each October to "special" or "(:risis" situawhich supports the NOBC. Last tioris and should never become a "regular occurrence." year's collection raised $255607 he sa id ' , • The bishops' concern over na.u "d th e tree h . . . 0 f tional versus regional guidelines Ine sal prlOntles th e NOBC were recrUl't men t 0 f spelling out these drcumstances, he said,· came out of a genuine . bbllack vo~atl~ns, sUPhPo rt hfor pastoral concern that even minor j ac k . semmanans . to e p t em' differences that might appear in sta~ I~ the semmary and evan- regional guidelines would create g~;!zatlOn of t.he black commu- confusion.

The discussion ,arose out of m y.

He .sa.id the NOBC would send the need to give fuller explanaa ~a.'~r document on the evan- tions for some rules in the new g~lIzatlOn of. the bla~k. commu- . OrdoPaenitentiae (Rite of Penmty to the bIshops WIthIn a few ance) issued recently by the Vatican. weeks.

Bishops T4:>ld Golden Opportunity Exists to Help Black Community WASHINGTON (NC) - The Catholic Chu:rch faces a "golden op?Ortun:it.y~': t.o r~g~ain a leadershIp pOSItion, m the black com~unity, according .to Auxiliary Blsh,op JOS~Ph McNIcholas .of St. LOUIS, chaJrrnan of the BIshops Ad Hoc CoJiJmittee 'for Liaison with the. N~tional Office for Black Catho~lcs (NOBC).

He said he has been told by black leaders1 that the Catholic • Ch urch had a strong leadershIp . .. . role In the black commumty 10 or 15 years ~go, bUit had 'lost it . · th ' . d o·f ml'I't . e peno I ancy m d u r Ing that community since then.

Faced withi other important issues such as :the food crisis, "It is easy to be apathetic about civil rights a~d evangelization of the black co~munity," he' said.

But, he said, "we say. we work better witho~t conflict." The present apathy "offers a golden opportunity for the church .to

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BUENOS AIRES (NC)-Religious publications in the United 'States must help the public to rediscover moral values, and the tool is excellence, an American editor told the 10th World Con· gress of the Cathollic Press here.

A.E,P. Wall, director and editor-in-chief of the National Catholic News Service, said: "Before becoming an effectivt: instrument in forming the con·· science of Americans, the reli .. gious press must be convincing. interesting, and outstanding in format, writing, looks and dis.. tribution."

Addressing the 250 delegates from 36 countries on ho\y reli· gious publications might become the conscience of the United States, Wall made these points: -There was a time when most Americans defended the right to life of the unborn, the sacred bonds of marriage, and prayers in school. Today such values have lost relevance for most people, -0n the other hand, there was a time when Americans condoned child labor, and discrimination on the basis of race, religion or sex. Today the national conscience condemns such practices.

-"But we have placed our trust in a devalued dollar, thus reflecting in a way a devalued national conscience," he added.

He attributed the current wave of abortion, pornography and violence to the desire for profit, "which obscures the conscience of Americans." , Focusing his remarks on the Catholic press, Wall said,. "Its vital function is to deliver information and educational material to help the individual Catholic to form and strengthen his own conscience so that he can bring a Christian message to the world."

Airport Chaplains Convene in Rome VATICAN CITY (NC) - Thc~ Pontifical Commission for Migration and Tourism has con·· vened ,the first meeting of inter· national airport chaplains in Rome.

The chaplains are meeting un·· der the chairmanship of Cardina: Sebastiano Baggio, prefect of the Congregation for Bishops. Theil' agenda centered on how bet·tel' to pastorally serve aircrews, air· port personnel and passengers who are in transit.

One of the major issues is the need for airport chapels within terminal buildings. Many persons have complained to the commission that they would like to visit a chapel but are afraid to leave the terminal building lest they miss their flight.

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VATICAN CITY (NC) - Pope Paul has asserted tbat despite the "many accusations" of intellectual sins leveled against the Catholic Church, Catholics "remain perhaps the only ones who believe in thinking."

He lamented, however, a "sceptical and pessimistic doubt about one's own identity" among Catholics.

The Pope was speaking at a general audience. He attracted an overflow crowd to the modern audience hall, which seats 7,000.

Pope Paul said the very "authenticity" of religious faith is thrown into doubt among Catholics.

No longer is it fashionable to seek a "logical and systematic defense of religion," he said.

"Charismatic spiritualism is preferred to dogmatic reasoning.

It is n'ot for us to underrate this this marvelous possible means of recovering religious truth, as long as the means itself is authentic."

Optimists of Thought He backed up his cautious acceptance of pentecostalism with a quotation from St. Paul: "So then, brethren, desire earnestly tf-.,e gift of prophesying and do not hinder the gift of the speaking of tongues. But only let' all things be done properly and in order."

Yet Catholics must still be convinced of the "authenticity" of their religious beliefs, the Pope continued.

Catholics, he asserted, are no longer "optimistic" about Catholic thought.

"Yet we alone, I would say, in the world today and in contem-. porary civilization, still have a certitude. We are the optimists of thougbt. ' "Others have brought against the Church many accusationsobscurantism, ignorance, etc.and yet is it not true that we remain perhaps the only ones who believe in think'ing, who believe in the certitude of knowledge, who believe in the objectivity of our intellectual conquests?"

Three Sources The religious certitude of Catbolics stems from three sources, the Pope said: tradition, Holy Scripture and the magisterial teaching of the Church.

He declared: "We' are jealous of this authenticity of our teaching, which must be the foundation of our thought and our life."

He rejected assertions that firm belief in the authenticity of faith is an obstacle ,to research, ··that is, the possibility of probing deeper into religious truth," And he declared in conclusion: "We are jealous of this authen· ticity of our teaching, which must be the foundation of our thought and our life."

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Delegate Stresses Pastoral Planning BE'[1HESDA (NC) - I Pastoral planning is an essential element in Church life today, Archbishop Jean Jadot, apostolic delegate in the United States, told a group of 80 participants in the Second National Conference on Pastoral Planning, held here in Maryland.

Citing a Vatican document on . the office of bishops in th'e Church, the archbishop pointed out that "great emphasis is placed on planning in the diocese."

The document, he said, gives the bishop a mandate to set a plan of apostolic action, "but there is great emphasis on the need for collegial preparation of the plan."

He said pastoral planners "bring the professional dimension" to the· sharing of responsibility in the Church. They act as enablers in bringing more people into the decision-making process, he said.

CHRISTIAN JOY: Following a concelebrated Mass, Rev. Edward J. Burns, pastor of Our Lady of Fatima Parish, Swansea, congratulates the Jennings Family after they had Professed the Faith and received Baptism, Confirmation and First Solemn Eucharist. From left to right: Father Burns, Mrs. Charlotte Jennings" Mr.·Russell Jennings, Pamela, Brenda, Russell Jr., Rhonda.

Revise Directives on Anointing of Sick WASHINGTON (NC) - The U. S. Catholic bishops have approved a revision of the Ethical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Fac:lities that expands the section on the anointing of the sick. , But the U. S. Catholic, Conference Committee for Health Affairs which oHered the revision, teok back into committee for more work a proposed revis:on in the section on ex·traordinary means of medical care for the terminally ill.

The revision on the anointing of the sick was a verbatim excerpt from the new Rite of Anointing and Pastoral Care of the .Sick issued by the Vatican.

The section said: -"Prudent or probable judgment" about the seriousness of an illness is sufficient to justify the anointing of the sick;

Bishop Edward Head of Buffalo, N. Y., the outgoing chairman of the health affairs committee, said the proposed revision on extraordinary means of medical treatment for the terminally ill would go back to committee because of problems seen by the bishops' Committee on Doctrine.

The suggested revision said: "The identification of therapeutic procedures as extraordinary must, with regard to our Christian respect for life and death, take into account the patient's physical condition and prognosis, the reasonable desires of the patient and family and the needs of society."

Plan to Announce New Canonizations

Bishops Stress Seminary' Plan WASHINGTON (NC)-Bishop Loras Watters of Winona, Minn., stressed the importance of Ii full two years of philosophy and four years of theology for sem' inary programs in his report to the U. S. bishops here as chairman of the Bishops' Committee on Priestly Formation: He also reported that the committee visited 23 seminaries around the country before the present academic year and has scheduled nine other visits for the current year. In such visits the committee surveys the local

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seminary program and suggests ways of strengthening or improving it.

In his report, which he presented during the Bishops' national meeting, Bishop Watters also announced short-range plans to upgrade present,.! programs of priestly formation and long-range plans to revise the current general program in the light of five years of experience with it.

Among ~he committee's projects, he reported, is a plan to help meet the needs of minority group students by developing programs or program adaptations in coJ.1aboration with the bishops' Committee for the Spanish Speaking with the National Office of Black Catholics.

VATICAN CITY (NC) - The Vatican has announced that the names of new saints to be canonized during the 1975 Holy Year will be disclosed at a consistory Dec. 12.

Bishop Antonio Mazza, secretary general of the Vatican's Central Committee for the Holy Year, told a press conference here Nov. 21 that Pope paul VI has. called a consistory-a meeting of all cardina1s present in Rome, plus other major officials of the Church's central administrative offices here-for Dec. 12.

During the meeting, the cardinals and other prelates will be asked to give their opinion on the canonization or -beatification of a number of persons whose causes have been processed by the Congregation for Saints' Causes.

The consistory is a formality rather than an actual determining voting process. It is a foregone conclusion that when causes have reaehed the advancE.'<1 stage where they are brought:before a consistory, the votes will be positive.

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P. G. Wodehouse reached the age of 93 on Oct. 15,1974.

This milestone was marked by ~he publication of. his new novel , which is his 83rd book, "Bachelors Anonymous" I (Simon and Schuster, fi30 Fifth Ave., New York, N.Y. 10020.

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of it. Stories and articles by him began to be accepted by magazines and ~ewspapers, and in 1902 he "starrted out on my wild ,lone as a freelance.'" In ;that sa'~e year ~is first book was published, th~ first trkkle of a .torrent whic~ has flowed ever since.

He wrote short stories, 'novels, plays, books ~nd lyrics for many a musical co~edy. fnhis fiction he created a l world of his own, one not untelated to the real world but n<;>t 'identical with it either, and I,certainly self-contained. ' Wotld of Fun It was, and ,is, hardly touched by time and iquite untainted by evil and pain.IWhen nastiness figures in it, it is much more laughable than repulsiVE!. The world of the Wodehouse. books is one of 'innocence ~nd fUll. And it has i stayed so for all these decades. . Als Wodehou'se has aged, even into his 'lOtH decade, his work has not sou~ed in the least or been shadciw¢d or slowed by the slightest touqh of melancholy.

For him, it has been work.

Wodehouse's :books are easy to read. They race along, glitteringly. Most read~rs probably a·ssume that they h~ve been composed effortless'ly; that they have galloped' off the pen or the typewriter. But t~at 'is not true.

Each one has been painstakingly 'planned. First comes an outline with ~ach segment neatly fitted into ~he whole, as the component p~its are put together to make a watch which functions smoothly. The actual writing is laborious, causing the author toil, tor~ent and despair.

Relel1t1~ss in Cutting Much rewriting is done. It isn't a question Qf merely a second' dr-aft, but of 'severaL Wodehouse once said that the first 500 i ' words of any I story are of cruc.ia'l importance, and he might do six different version·s of an opening before being: satisfied.

He has alsp been relentless in cutting what: he has written. In this, his objective has always been to simplify. He has been particularly ~suspicious of' any passage whfch he considered v~ry good, igenerally deciding that it had td be eliminated. .

A writer, Wodehouse has observed, is ne~er reallly not writfact which most ing. This is people do, n~t grasp and probably cannot: credi.t. What it means is that a writer is always 'looking for material, in every· thing he seesj hears, reads. Once he has some 'material, he is sif~· ing and shaping it both consciously and ~ubconsciously. The process goes Ion as he puts pen to paper; but it does not begin there, it only approaches an end ·there. The wbrds he sets down are the flowfr, such. as.' it may be, not the seed, roots, or plant.

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This comic genius, truly a master, was born in England in 1881, was taken as an infant to Hong Kong where his fanher was in the British civil service, and at the age of two returned to England. He and. his two o'1der brothers were left there by their parents, who rented a house for them and provided a housekeeper to care for them. , Started at 7 Wodehous, known' thm and now as "Plum," was sent to boarding school at the age of five, and began writing little stories whEm he was seven. He later transferred to other schools, ending his. formal education at

Catholics Discuss Social Concerns EAST BRUNSWICK (NC)Delegates to the first state consultation on Social Justice, sponsored -by the New Jersey Catholic Conference (NJCC), resolved to seek grass-roots support of the total community in vital areas of social concerns.

The consultation, atten::ied by the Catholic bishops of the state and the diocesan directors of Catholic Charities, Family Life and Social Concerns agencies, developed a working ba se for the autonomous diocesan oUices and NJCC to coordinat.e and communicate social concerns issues and strategies for statewide efforts.

The delegates endorsed the necessity of the Church's working with other religious and civic organizations to liberate people from oppressive political and economic structyres.

Listed as priority issues to be studied economically,' politically and theologically, and to be dealt with in long-range planning were: housing and community development; penal reform; migrant workers; racism; national health insurance; help for the handicapped; help for the aging; land use and ownership; income security and distribution; family life and child care; hunger; mi~ nority rights; women's rights; help for native Americans; election reform; tax reform; welfare reform: political ~ction.

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POPE MEETS JESUIT GENERAL: Father Pedro Arrupe, superior general of the Society of Jesus, shakes hands with Pope Paul during an audience at the Vatican. In a talk to the 200 Jesuits, the pontiff urged them to pursue "a healthy, balanced and just aggior·, namento" but cautioned them against too rad.ical alterations of their traditional vocation.

Pope Cautions' Jesuits About Changes VATICAN CITY (NC)-Pope; Paul VI has urged the Jesuits to pursue "a healthy, balanced and just aggiornamento" but at the same time cautioned them against too drastic changes or too radical alterations of their tradit ional vocation..

Speaking to more :than 200 representatives of the Society of Jesus from around the world'in the Vatkan Dec. 3, Pope Paul urged the Jesuits never to lose their strong spirituality as sons of St. Ignatius Loyola, their founder.

The representatives were attending the 32nd general congregaltionof the Society of Jesus meeting in Rome.

Since the Second Vatican Coun:il the Jesuits have been' experiencing 'internal differences as to the role and direction of the society in today's world.

In a Latin address the Pope told the Jesuits that they have a strong spirituality and an "unequivocal identity." At the same time he admitted that "there is widespread in the church today the tl3mptation characteristic of our time, systematic dO\lbt, uncertainty about one's identity, desire for change, independence and individualism."

Serious Difficulties "Yours are the difficulties of the a;Josties of today, those who experience the longing to proclaim the Gospel and the difficulty of translating it into a lan-' guage accessible to modern man.

They are the diffIculties of other Religious orders. We understand the doubts and the tru'e and serious difficulties that some of you are undergoing."

Nevertheless, said the Pope, "all of us must be vigilant so that the necessary adaptation will lIot be accomplished to the

detriment of the fundamental identity or esssential character of the role of the Jesuit ... This image must not be altered. It must not be distorted."

Throughout the lengthy speech Pope Paul sounded notes of caution against altering too drastkally the Jesuits' traditionaI vocation. He said at one point: "U your society is in crisis, if it seeks venturesome paths that are not its own, there suffer also thereby all those who, in one way or another, owe to the Jesuits so very much of their ChrisNan formation."

Adverse EJfects In probably the sternest portion of his discourse Pope Paul called attention to the fact that upheavals within the Society of Jesus are having adverse effects

on the Church as a whole. He told the Jesuits' representatives: "Certain sorrowful facts that subject to discussion the very essence of belonging to the soci· ety are repeated with too great frequency and !lre pointed out to us from many sides, especiaHy from bishops, and they exercise a sad infll,lence on the clergy, on other Religious and on the· Cath.. olic laity."

"These facts require from us and for you an expression of sorrow, certainly not for the sake of dwelling on them, but for seeking together the rem·, edies, so that the society will reo main, or return to being .... what ,it must be in order to respond to the intention of the founder and to the expectations of the Church today."

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WASHINGTON. (NC) - The WASHINGTON (NC)-A comcontributions of the U. S. delbination election/selection proc· egates to the world Synod of ess is now underway to replace Bishops in October were "signifmembers of the U.S. Catholic Bishops' Advisory Council whose icant and outstanding," Cardinal John Krol of Philadelphia told terms of office have just expired. the American bishops at their Nearly one-third of the 60 annual meeting here. positions on the Advisory CounIn a report on the synod the cil are open, the National Cathcardinal repeated earlier stateolic Office for Information said ments that the 1974 synod was b~re. the best one yet, and he rapped The lay men and women, Relimedia reports of division bepriests and bishops of the gious, tween the Pope and the bishops council serve three-year terms as regrettable" and "incredible" in a consultative capacity to the distortions of what happened.

National Conference of Catholic . "How anyone could infer that Bishops (NCCB) and the U.S. the Holy Father rebuked the synCatholic Conference (USCC). od Fathers is a complete mysThey are the only group of men tery," he said. "How anyone and women in the -U.S. Catholic could imply that the synod was Churoh who are invited to reo trying to minimize the authority NATIONS OF THE WORLD: First prize winner in the Christmas Parade in Falmouth view and comment on the agenand power entrusted by the Lord this year was this float by the St. Patrick School of Religion. The float, representing the da prepared for the twice·a-year . to Peter and his successor is meetings of tbe NCCB Adminis· nations of the world, was followed in the parade by marching parish students. equally a mystery. The attempts trative Committee and the USCC I to depict the synod in terms of Adminstrative Board. an adversary procedure are posi' Council members include 12 tively inaccura te." laymen and 12 laywomen elect· In his lengthy report-he deed by the 12 NCCB/USCC geo· livered a briefer oral summaryJEFFERSON CITY (NC) - A men and· this will mean another This year we're lucky if we can graphic regions, six bishops electCardinal Krol detailed the backsampling of Midwestern farmers big step toward corporate farmget $10 to $25 a head, and some ed by other bishops in six of the ground and events at the synod, indicates that many do not think ing," he said. farmers can't even give them priests in the other six regions which met in Rome Sept. 2?-Oct. away," he said.

Clem Veit, a much of proposals for a meatless dairy farmer in regions, six priests elected by 26 to discuss evangelization in not represented by a bishop, six . day each w.eek as' a means to central Missouri, said he feels While the farmers' beef prices the modern world. help solve the world's energy and b3ve dropped, Veit said farm proReligious (three men selected by a return to meatless days for Qualified Praise the Conference of Major Supefood shortage.

Catholics at this time could hurt duction costs have virtually douHe focused particularly on ex"Bad timing" because of a de- farm profits because of the beef bled in the past few years, in- riors of Men, three women seplaining the synod's failure to surplus. cluding the price of such needed lected by the Leadership Conpressed market for 'cattle an:! pass a document of "pastoral ference of Women Religious), "Last year, young calves were items as feed. gasoline, machinother meat products was the propositions" and the Pope's ery, and baling wire. and 18 at-large members. selling for about $75 a head. main criticism of such plans, proqualified praise of the synOd. posed by the Canadian Catholic The first event led many reo Conference of bishops and by porters to conclude that the synsome individual U.S. bishops. od had been a failure because of , internal dissension. The qualifiTI:·~ views of the farmers were cations on the synod's conclurepor:ted in the Catholic Missoursions that Pope Paul VI exian, weekly newspaper of the pressed in his closing address Jefferson City, Mo., diocese. The were reported by some as an newspaper serves a predominantly rural readership. attempt by the Pope to reassert his authority in the face of chal"Farmers still have not recovlenges by the bishops at the syn· ered from the meat boycott last od. year," says Jim Veltrop, who "Some journ3lists concluded raises cattle on his 366-acre farm that the non-issuance of a 'docnear Missouri's state capital at ument' was an indication of failJefferson City. ure of the synod," Cardinal Krol ''The boycott and its overexposaid. "The fact of the matter is sure by the news media knocked that synod 1974 was geared and down meat prices for the farmer programmed not to a 'document' and caused cattle to back up in such as was produced in other the feed lots. It completely upset synods, but rather to Pastoral the whole farm picture," he said.

Propositions. The four-part reo Veltrop said the American port which was voted down, meat industry is now faced with not because of content, but be· a tremendous oversupply of beef. cause of form.

Just sign below. We will do the rest.

Any mass effort to reduce consumption at this time could ruin For Only $5.00 many small farm operations and (mailed anywhere in the U.S.A.) c3tt1e raisers, he said.

"If we don't eat up all this WASHINGTON (NC) - Jesuit ~"""""""""""""""""""""""""'""""""~ meat, we are going to break FCltb<>r Robert F. Drinan, Demoa bunch of ,farmers and c·attIeI cratic congressman from Massa410 HIGHLAND AVE., FALL RIVER, MASS. 02722 : chusetts, has' called for a renewI I al of trade with Cuba. a reduc: 0 1 yr. sul:!scription $5.00 0 Canadian $6.00 0 Foreign $7.00 : tion in tariffs on imported sugar and an investigation of the sugar II -PLEASE PRINT PLAINLY ROCKVILLE CENTRE (NC)industry to ease the rapid inLong Island Catholics have concreases in the price of sugar. : Name : tributed $56,761 to aid the The rrice of refined sugar in -I I: Address. : American supermarkets rose 400 famine-stricken Sahelian region of Africa and $31,884 for the per cent in the last year, he said. :- City , State Zip :I This also raised the pric~s of victims of Hurricane Fifi in Honduras. other foods ma:!e with sugar.

I Fa'ther Edmond J. Trench, fiFather Drinan also called on :I GIFT CARD SHOULD READ: :nancial officer of the Rockville I I the Food and Drug Administra: From : tion to publicize its scientific Centre diocese, said,. "The 'refindings about the nutritional sponse of our people to these : ; Street City-State : value of sugar so that people crises in Africa and Central I I America has truly been imprescan switch to cbeaper artificial : Parish to receive credit : sive." sweeteners if the FDA "agrees The re~icf funds were chanwith most nutritional experts neled through Catholic Relief that sugar has virtually no positive value as a source of nee:!e:! Services, the overseas aid agency of U. S. Catholics. vitamins and minerals."

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Admits Misinterpreting Reference to AFL·CIO

ST. JULIE, NORTH DARTMOUTH A students-parents night will be held at 6:45 P.M. Sunday, Dec. 15 at the church for high school CCO students of St. Mary's and St. Julie's ·parishes.

Rev. Fernand Cassista, M.S. of Mark ~IVPresentations, La Salette 'Shrine, Attlebo'ro, will present a workshop on popular music "with overtones of the Christmas season and the, coming Year of Reconciliation." Refreshments will be served.

In the last release of this column; I quoted Father Virgil Blum, S.J., Presfdent of the .Ca~holic League for Religious and Civil Rights, as having; said in. a recent speech: "Most Catholics are politically simplistic. They v9te for,' the party, not the issues.

Therefore the Democratic talk to the Chief Administrators of Catholic Education I accused party' and the AFL-CIO can the union ·leadership of being' 'twist a broken bone into the anti-Catholic. Neither expressly, flesh of Catholics without loss of votes.'''

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"I enclose the full text of my remarks S9 you can see for yourself that I made reference to AFL-CIO and AFT opposition to tax credits to demonstrate, not that the union i~ a'nti-Cathobut that Catholics are politi.. lic, By cal pygmies; and therefore treated as second-class 'citizens. A read..

MSGR. ing of the text of my talk makes this perfectly clear.

GEORGE G. "After referring to the LemonHIGGINS gag rule, I said: 'This makes a mockery of our political rights.

Deprived of these rights, we are (Father Blum) meant to suggest second-class citizens. However, that the 'Federation's position it must be said that the Supreme on aid to parochial schools re- Court was :not creative when it flects a spirit of,anti-Catholicism degraded <;:atholics to secondon the part of its leadership. class citizenship.' In that conSince the President and many text I quoted Adam Walinsky's I of the top officers of the Federa- strong statement on the way thE! tion are themselves members of Democraticiparty treats 'Catholie tr.;z Catholic. fa'ith, I am some- interests,' cited the opposition of what perplexed by thi!l unsub- the AFL-CIO and thz AFT to tax stantiated allegation. That is to credits, and>then raised the quessay, it's one thing to disagree . tion, what Was the AFT spokeswith the AFL-CIO on aid to par- man telling us? I said: 'He is ochial schools or any other pub- shouting through the halls of the lic issue, but something else Capitol that Catholics are politiagain to accuse its leadership- cal pygmies.' without a shred of, verifiable evi"Clear.ly,:I neither said nor imdence-of being anti-Catholic." plied that the AFL-CIO was anti'Father Blum has .informed me Catholic. that, my interpretation of his Chief Purpose , reference to the AFL-CIO was completely mistaken and has "WhilE! vi,e describe our organ< asked me, in fairness,' to correct ization as Ii Catholic civil rights the record through the medium union and la Catholic anti-defaof this column. His letter reads, mation league, our activities are in part, as follows: not limited! to Catholics. For example, we are involved in the St. ~econd.Clliss Citizens Patrick's Episcopal Day School "I was appalled and distressed case, and the Dr. 'Frank Bolles' when I received your column in freedom of; expression case. which you charge me with hav"The Catholic League has one ing accused the AFL-CIO lead- chief purpo:se-serving' the Cathership of being 'anti..(;atholic.' I olic Churcn and ,the members of categorically deny tbat in 'my tbz Catholi¢ community. I think it is true to say that what the League has done to date has English Bishops merited th~ confidence of both. the Catholic clergy and laity.. To Condemn Terrorism LONDON (NC) - The Catho- the extent that your column deconfidence, the ,lic bishops of England and Wales stroys thiS I have again condemned terrorism, League will be less able to serve declaring no CathQlic "ean offer the Church and Catholic comsupport or excuse" for violence munity. This would be extremelike the Birmingham bombings ly regretta~le, in my opinion. . that killed 19 person's and in"I would' like to suggest thoat, in fairness,' you point out ina jured 184 Nov. 21.

"The brutal and indiseriminate futl,lre column that I did not killings caused by the bomb ex- accuse the AFL-CIO of being plosions in Birmingham have ex- 'anti-Catholic.' " cited feelings of horror and re,In reproducing Father Blum's vulsion among all right-minded letter, I do pot mean to be underpeople," the bishops sa·id in a stood as eMorsing the Catholic message read in all Catholic League for -Religious. and Civil churches in England and Wales Rights. While I have the highest on the First Sunday of Advent. regard for IFather Blum and for "We utterly condemn these many of his assoc:iates, I am not murders as well as the cruel at all sure I at th:is stage that I mutilations and injuries suffered completely, agree . with the by so many innocent human be- League's approach- to the soings." called Catl:lOlic issue in Ameri. But the bishops also cautioned can public life. But more about that feelings of revulsion for acts that a later date. Meanwhile my of terrorism "must not allow a apologies to Father Blum for havwedge to be 'driven between the ing misinterpreted the thrust of English and Irish peoples in his reference to the AFL-CIO in his recent Speech in San Diego. these -islands."

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Church' Facing Clrisis in Ireland DUBLIN (NC)-The situation facing the Catholic Church in 'Ireland contains the "elements of a crisis" and only a total mobilization of the religious orders, the 'diocesan clergy and the laity will be able to meet the Chr.rch's needs here over the next decade.

That assessment has been published here in a report entitled "'Focus for kction" by a working par ~y set up last January by the ,CorJerence of Major Religious Superiors.

The documents of the Second Vatican Council "have had disappointingly little impact on people, priests, ReHgious or laity," the report said. It also noted that the laity too often "regard the Church as being made up of priEsts and bishops" and "rarely think of themselves as being the Church."

An understanding of thz teac:hing of the Second Vatican Council by priests, Religious and laity in the life, of the Church, the report said,' adding: "Earlier attitudes of paternalism and overprotectiveness have' generated reactions of immaturity among the laity."

Growing alienation of the laity from the Church, diminishing" Christian belief, the prospect of a 5ecular society, and the triumph of "consumerist, nonChristian values'; are all elements of the present situation and must be faced, the report said.

Only by recognizing that there is "some truth" in this picture, the report said" will it be possible 'to tackle the trends, prevent the prophecies from being fulfilled, and turn crisis into lj:dvantage."

SANTO CHRISTO, FALL RIVER Council of Catholic Women will sponsor a parish dance at 8 P.M. Saturday, Dec. 14 in the parish hall, wit~. music by the Jardinaires. Tickets wiII be available at the door. Mrs. Lorraine Lima is chairman.

Council members will attend a Christmas party Sunday, Dec. 15 at Chateau de Ville, Warwick, for which a 'bus will leave the churchyard at 4:30 P.M. Mrs. Virginia ,Brown is in charge of arrangements.

ST. ANN, RAYNHAM There will be a Marriage Encounter speakers' night at8 P.M. Sunday, Dec. 15 in the church hall. Couples 'interested in improving their marriages through deepening their communication are invited to attend. Further information is available by telephoning 822-0472.

ST. JOSEPH, ATTLEBORO The junior choir will present a Christmas concert at 7:30 tomorrow night in the church.

Refreshment will follow in the church hall.

The youth choir will hold a Christmas party at noon Saturday, Def. 14 in the hall.

An advent penance service will take place at 7:30 P.M. Monday, Dec. 16 in the church.

Theme for the evening will be ",Prepare Ye the Way of the Lord."

An Advent tower will be added to the outdoor display of the parish 'this weekend, marking the "0 antiphon" days of Dec. 17 through 23. ' Knights of the Altar' will meet at 7 tonight. The program will iJ:}clude talks by two deacons serving in area churches.

'Fathers of members are invited.

A children's Christmas party will take place from 2 to 4 P.M. in the hall for children up to third grade, Sunday, Dec. 15.

Literature The laws of expression do not change because the subject becomes religious.

ST. ANTHONY OF PADUA, FALL RIVER Council of Catholic Women members will sponsor a Christmas party at Chateau de Ville~ WarWick, on Sunday, Dec. 15, with bus transportation leaving the church yard at 4:30 P.M. • . A party fiJr members will takl~ place at 7 P.M. Tuesday, Dec. 17 at the church hall with Mrs. Rosemary Reagan in charge of arrangements.

HOLY NAME, FALL RIVER A musical program by the Foik Group of the Sacred Hearts Academy under the direction of Sr. Barbara Walsh will be presented at the meeting of Project Leisure at 2 o'clock on Thursday afternoon, Dec. 19 in the school hall.

A coffee hour will follow.

The 5:15 P.M. Mass each Friday of Advent will be designe,~ to help families prepare for Christmas. Tomorrow's celebration will be planned by the George Hickey ·family and Masses on succeeding Fridays will be planned by other parish families. ' A communial penance service is Planned for 7:30 P.M. Monday, Dec. 16, followed by an open 'house at the rectory.

HOLY REDEEMER, CHATHAM The parish Guild will bridge the so-called generation gap at its annual Christmas party scheduled for 7:30 on Monday night, Dec. 16 in the Anchorage.

The Junior High CCO Program and Senior Citizens experience each year that "happiness' in Christmas camaraderie." In preparation the boys and girls have been gift-making and baking at the home of Mrs. Andrew W. Mikita, immediate past presidem.

"The joy of gifting" brings Christmas earlier in a real way, she explained.

Guild members and parishioners traditionally contribute the refreshments for the affair.

The evening will close with a Christmas celebration for guild members.

Officers of the group are: Mrs. Jon D. Eldridge, president; Mrs. A.J. Farley, vice-president; Elizabeth I. Norton, treasurer; Mrs. Gary Hackett, recording secn:tary and Alice B. Dobbyn, COI'responding secretary.

At the recent Christmas meeting of the Association of the Sacred Hearts, the membershill voted a -1,500 contribution to the Holy Redeemer Parish towards 'the expenditures recently il1l,curred in recently completed n:furbishing of the church property.

Rev. John J. Brennan, SS.CC. pastor of Holy Redeemer accepted the check from the association's president, Dr. Anne Raleigh McCarthy.

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KNOW YOUR FAITH Deeds Not Words To make this Holy Year real for us, we need positive action more than we need words. Last week, I began to examine how we might make action a reality.

I used the three prescriptions of the ancient Jewish Year of Jubi. lee taken from the Bo.ok of Leviticus, chapter 25. The three prescriptions' touch (I) ecology, (2) justice, (3) freedom.

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I have already considered the first prescription, have shown how it relates to ecology. Today I shall take up the' second prescription. This second prescription of the Jewish Year of JubiIre has the Lord commanding: "In this year of jubilee each of you shall return to his property" (Lv 25:13). As Lucas Vischer had e'xplained it, "Those who have gone into debt and have had to sell their land shall have their land returned to them by the .')Oth ypar. As the land and all that it may produce is God's property, mankind should share it equally. The property should not be united in a few hands but should be for the benefit of the community."

What does this say to us to-

day? I argued earlier that we Americans need a new attitude towards those hundreds of millions in the world who do not live humanly. A graphic description of the problem caught my eye recently: "If the world were a global village of 100 people, 70 of them would be unable to read, and only one would have a college education: Over 50 would be suffering from malnutrition, and over 80 would live in what we call substandard housing. If the world were a global village of 100 residents, six af them would be Americans.

These six would have half the village's entire income, the other 94 would exist on the other half" (IFCO News 4/6 (Nov.Dec. 1973) p. 12).

Call to Action Such a desperate situation calls not only for an attitude; it calls for action. One example on the corporate level. The churches in this country are, in many instances, powerful operations. To operate efficiently, to help the needy, they invest in stocks and other securities.

But the corporations in ~hich churches invest are not merely tools for producing income; they have' social consequences. By their policies, corporations may cause death, disease, injury-by decisions on pollution, plant safety, working conditions. They exercise influence and power, may even control and coerceby propaganda, advertising, shady practices.

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Theoretically, Advent is a time of preparation for the Feast of the Incarnation. As a matter of fact, most of us are so harassed by the pressure of events that the commercial aspects of Christmas overshadow (if not eclipse) the spiritual meaning of the event cele!Jrated. Living in a secular culture as we do, it is difficult to "put on the mind of Christ" and integrate the spirit of the season in our homes and parish.

There is much to be said for "making Love visible" in our daily lives. The Mystery inherent in the celebration of Christmas causes us not only to look backwards in time but forward to the Second Coming. In a real sense, Eternity has already begun for us. What better way to con~retize this belief than to have a circle of greens through these Advent weeks, lighting first one candle, then another, until the four candles are aglow as we approach the Feast itself?

In the ritual of lighting the candles we are psychologically preparing ourselves for the grace of the Feastday.

For the last 25 years we have made a large (24-inch) Advent wreath, which we suspend from

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The New Testament is punctuated with passages urging the Christian to translate the Good News into action.

John warns against ignoring our brother in need, reminding us that "He (Christ) gave up His life for us; and we, too, ought to give 1.Ip our lives for our brothers." (1 John 3:16) "Our love is not to' be just words or mere talk."

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James warns his readers that "you must do what the word tells you, and not just listen to it and deceive yourselves." (James 1:22) And the gospels relate the story of the rich young man who is unable to a"ccept the call of Christ to sell all he owns, give the money to the poor and follow Jesus.

The Christian is called to put on Christ (Gal 3:27), to make the mind of Chr,ist his own (Phil 2:5), so that he can say with Paul "it is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me." (Gal 2:20) The problem cuts right to the heart of Christianity. One who is baptized into Christ must do more than accept His name, he must accept and live his Good News. He is called to a lifestyle' that bears witness to his Bap.tism.

At the crux of the problem is the chandelier above our dining the simple fact that precious few room table. With white candles Christians know enough about and purple ribbons wound Christ to begin to "put on" His 'round, we light it each evening mind. while we sing Veni, Veni EmanChristianity: Procedure uel. Other customs that occupjed Admittedly Christianity is a us have gradually fallen away process of becoming, it is a long as our six chHdren have grown and fruitful procedure that beolder. But we hustie to get pine gins with Baptism and is marked branches over Thanksgiving by a series of ever deeper comweekend and despite the myriad mitments to Christ. Commitobstacles, we are always able to ments deepen through prayer, begin the Advent season with study and action as a member of this tradition. On Christmas Eve His Body. It is through this process that He reveals His love to we change the white candles and purple ribbons to red and our us - a process which never Advent wreath is transformed ceases but is never completed in into a glowing symbol of the this life. It seems to slow down and sometimes even collapses joy of the Christmas Octave.

'Experience' Belief completely in the lives of many At this point in time many of Christians. the young and not-so-young have Through no fault of their own, left the Institutional Church to some are attemptig to function become followers of Hare Kris- as an adult on a "First Communa or Buddha. Withi~ the Church nion" faith. They have matured there is a great interest in the physically and mentally since Pentecostal Movement and En- their First Communion but not counter Retreats. It seems to spiritually.

Most of us would look pretty signify a search for "the spirit," an awareness of the undel'\lying ridiculous attempting to wear mystery of life, an attraction to our First Communion suit or prayer. To merely intellectualize. or dress, yet we unhesitatingly 'is not enough. People want to wear our First Communion faith. "experience" belief. Perhaps this The problem with this is that is a time to turn to prayer few first communicants have within the family-grace before learned their faith other than as and after meals, spontaneous \ a set of very important questions Turn to Page Fourteen \ and the very good answers to

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Way of Life Christianity is a lifestyle. It is a way of life. It is only possible to fully appreciate and live the mysteries of our faith when we more fully discover the mystery of Christ's love for us.

Second Vatican Council says, we who are the Church must be a sign to all the nations of the redeeming love of Christ, thc\l we had better take a look a,: ourselves and determine whether the sign we are making is proclaiming tbe rede~ming love of Christ or obscuring i~.

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The mystery of the Church, God's saving grace, the great commandments of love of God and of neighbor, the moral teachings of Christ and His church can only be fully lived and loved as a natural extension of Ohrist's love.

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There are millions of Christians who have never known the joy and the peace of the fullness of Christ's love. Where does the fault lie?

Perhaps it lies with our society which, being nominally Christian, offers comfortable . complacency to the nominal Christian. Perhaps it lies with priests and deacons who fail to use the pulpit as rhe great instrument of evangelization it is.

Perhaps it lies with us, the Church, that we don't act like a redeemed people. If, as the

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WASHINGTON (NC) - The chairman of the Bishops' Committee on Priestly Life and Ministry has called on the U. S. bish' ops to set up a committee to study the problem' of clergy distribu'tion in this' country.

Bishop Thomas Grady newly named to head the Orlo,'ndo diocese, told the 'annual general meeting of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops that such a study is necessary becaus,e of "an existing and increasing shortage of priests," fewer vocations to the priest. hood, lower "perseverance rates'" for seminarians and a I7rowing Catholic and world P()pui~tion. _ "An unhappy phenom.mon of the past year," he said, "is that a number of older women and sometimes much respected priests have resigned, almost always without bitterness hut with some sort of weariness or apathy." , "There are currently 56,712 priests in the U. S., according to Bishop Grady. The Catholic population is about 50 million.

"The prospect," he said, "is

that there will be fewer and fewer priests to serve the Catholic community, and fewer priests to evangelizf the no~-Christaian: Bishop Grady saId that the Vatican Coi1gregation for the Clergy is pr~paring a "Directory for the DistHbution of the Clergy" calling' for a con,ciliu."! in Rome to. en~our~ge an~ faclhta~e better dlstn~utlOn of clergy ~n ~Il, parts of the world. He saId It also calls ~or each co~ntry to ~et up a. n~tlO~al commIttee o~ clergy dlstrIputlOn" , . .

Problems' of dIstrIbutIOn should lea~: to more study and understandIng of the nature of other form~j of .m.inistry, including the perII1anent diaconate, acolyte, lector religious educator, parishcoundil member ,and musiciano i',' "Distr.ibution cannot be based merely on nombers,"'he said. "In some areas, it may be possible to call lIpo,n educated laymen or other ministers to amplify the work of the! priest. Whereas, in other less p,rivileged areas, the whole bllrdJn of ministry may fall upon the priest and more 'Priests woul~ be needed."

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Continued from Page Thirteen prayers that draw a family close " on special occasions, the use of symbols of the season that provide a reminder of God's divine intervention in our lives.

To help create an Advent atmosphere we could turn to sources Which express our sentiments in a more effective way.

For example, Christmas carols.

We hear them so often before Christmas that ·by the time the day occurs we no longer want to listen. "Gra.lville Sings," a record' of Advent and Christmas music (folk songs, .spirituals, polyphony and chant) is excellent background music for the evening meal, Father Clarence Rivers has produced an "American Mass Program" recording that has marvelous songs, rooted 'in the folk tradition of Negro spirituals.

Mary's Role Ad,vent is a time to dwell on Mary's function in OUI' lives.

With women looking for models as they search for indep'endence, Mary can fill a very special role.

In addition to Scripture, we have

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Continued frum Page Thirteen ness to Christ's living presence in the world.

The work of reconciliation today to a great extent depends upon those who witness Christ''i redeeming love to a world in desperate need of reconciliatbn and redemption.

Only those who know Christ can witness Christ to the world.

Only those who know Christ can discover the depth of His love and His peace in feeding the hungry, o:othing the naked, setting the downtrodden free.

Only those who know Christ can mediate His love to the world reconciling man ,to God, with his brother, within himself and with nature by proclaiming the Good News of Salvation.

Only those who know Christ can take the Word and translate it into the deeds of Chris~.

books like' Father John W. Lynch's "a Woman Wrappe'd in Silence," which' vividly depicts the life of !Mary in free verse which is bot,h moving and easy .to ·read. "The Reed of God" by CarY'1l Hou$elander is an enchanting pr,ose poem relating Mary's role! in 'bearing Christ and bringing: Him into the world.

For person*'l reading or for group reading, Paul Claudel's classic dram;a, "Tidings Brought to Mary," is, a tremendous realization of the Christmas mystery. The'special miracle.. which takes place on Christmas Eve is a scene bet{veen Mary and her sister, Violaine, a ,leper, is one of the most touching in literature. ' Tirrte to Think Chl"istmas week is filled with Feasts that 'reflect the Incarnation MysterY.. On the day after Christmas, We could sing "Good King Wenceklaus" on the feast I of St. Stephen; on the 28th, read touching poem Charles Peghy's I on "The Holy Innocents," revealing the tend~rness and humor of God. If you could gather your family or ftiends on the 29th, the feast df Thomas Becket, Archbishop ',of C::lnterbury, to read T.s; Eli'ot's "Murder in the Oathedral," you would find it a rewarding experience. If that seems more Ithan you can manage, there is Ian excellent record of dialogue 'lighHghts from the movie, "Becket," starring Richard Burton 'and Peter O'Toole ·t,hat provide' a rewarding hour in the midc!l,e of the Christmas bustle.

As you thihk about these s,uggestions, you' may find other activities that \vould be especially meaningful f~r your family. This joyful season is an ideal time to stop a wryile in: the midst of all the bustl~;I a time for• famiies to come tog~ther; l:! time to prepare for the Christ Child; a time to think of ~hat the fuss is all about; a t,im~ to get to the,JJue ~.meaning of the Mystery being celebrated. Now - this Advent season-1974!

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DEEDS NOT WORDS: Nuns are prominent in the scen~ as the Rev. Martin Luther King conducts a 'prayer service on the steps of the Dallas County Courthouse in Selma, Ala. At 'eft is Greek Orthodox Archbishop Iakovos and beside him, labor leader Walter Reuther. Next to Dr, King is the Rev. Ralph Abernathy. NC Photo.

Deeds Not, Words 'to migrant workers, to minority Continued from Page Thirteen Scme corporations deal in groups, to the poor and the powdeaf1; napalm, poisonous gas, erless. Problems of the immedirockats. Some drain the re- ate present such as lettuce and souces of underdeveloped na- grapes are too complex to settle in a paragraph. The important tion~:, while 't'he rich in those natiom get richer and the poor get thing is, you may not 'shut your poorer. Some assist racial pol- eyes to what lies behind a head icies by the support they give to of let.tuce or a bunch of grapes, just because if is aN too' compli· racist governments. n.e point is, the churches <:ated or you simply cannot be may no longer disregard the pur- -bothered. Human lives are at pose, to which their investments ;;take. And here enter my sins of are put. They may not go along omission. 'with a certain respected econ:You"know what 'agoniz'es me omist: "The question is, do cor- as I near life's late afternoon? porate executives, provided they I have written against injustice, stay within the law, have re- preached, against it, prayed sponsibilities in their business against it; but I have never activities orher than to make as shouted against it, never linked much money for their stock- arms with marchers for peace holders as possible? And'my an· and justice, never laid my life swer is that they do not ... The on the line. It's always been ,a exec'ltive's job is to do what- barricade; it's all been quite safe. ever the shareholders would like And are you among those who to S3e done, and most of the told the nuns to stay in their time the shareholders only want convents, stay out of Selma and to r.1ake money . . . There is Jackson? Are you among those nothmg that would in fact de· who say that a priests' place is stroy the private enterprise sys- in t'he pulpit and not on a picket tem more than a real acceptance line? I'm afraid the theory is no of H;e social responsibility doc- ,longer Christian-if it ever was. trine" ("Milton Friedman Re- Oh, yes, some nuns and priests sponds: A Business and Society are quite stupid in the causes Interview," Business and Society they espouse and the shibboleths Review, Spring 1972; pp. 6·8, they shout. But even at' their quoted by David Hollenbach, worst they are aware that they S.J., in "Theological Studies" 34 are their brothers' keepers.

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VATICAN CITY (NC) - The Vatican's' Central Committee for the Holy Year has reacted strongly to assertions in the Italian press that additional mil· lions of visitors in Rome for the: 1975 Holy Year may bring with them dire consequences to the health both of pilgrims and Romans.

Bishop Antonio Mazza, secn:· tary general of the Central Committee, said in an interview, on Vatican Radio that he was "sur· prised and grieved" by Italian press reports predicting the pos· sibility qf serious health hazards and even the outbreak of epidemics due to the influx of pil· grims.

"I did not believe it possible," he said, that the press "could arrive at certain descriptions at times so fantastic regarding the Roman and Italian sanitary sit· uation in general, since the com· petent offices, if I am not mistaken, have shown on variol:s occasions the greatest awareness of their responsibility in these sectors."

The bishop said he was grieved by the articles "because the poison which sometimes is emit· ted by such articles is directed. against a religious and spiritual movement worthy of respect by every' honest person."

Almost ·$5,000,000 Sent to Sahel WASHINGTON (NC) - Cath· olic Relief Services (CRS), the overseas aid arm of the U, S. CathoIic;'Conference, has ,pro· vided almost $5 mililion in aid for the famine-stricken African Sa'helian region, according to Bishop Edward Swanstrom, CRS executive director.

He said more than half of the $4,702,253 provided came from special diocesan appeals, which brought in $2,648,646.

The total value of CRS programs for the year ending June 30, 1974, he said was $154,089,262. This represen ted 26 Y2 times the amount contributed by the bishops, he said. CRS, he explained, was able to multiply contributions through matching 'and additional grants from the U. S. government, other governments, foundations and overseas funding sources.

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Expect Millions To Visit Rome During Holy Year

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By PETER 1. BARTEK

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VATICAN CITY (NC) - The 1975 Holy Year promises a spiritua.1 feast but also seems to threaten urban chaos in crowded, contemporary Rome.

Prognostication Lost Art

Bishop Antonio Mazza, secretary of the Vatican's Central Committee For the Holy Year, has unveiled a still-incomplete but nevertheless crowded calendar of spiritual imd religious events during the 1975 Holy' Year. At the same time Rome's city officials and the provincial authorities of Lazio-the region which includes Rome-have yet to come up with any substantial plans to cope with the expected inundation of at least 6,000,000 pi.lgrims, in addition to the usual flow of tourists into and out of the Holy City.

In Southeastern Mass. Loop Judging from the results of this past football campaign prognostication is a lost art within the Southeastern Massachusetts Conference. The so called favorites and defending champions soon became the also rans. From all indications predicting the winners in this Winter's basketball title merger of the three leagues into races would be like trying to the 26 team Southeastern Mass.

Basketball Conference and the forecast the New England subsequent aligning of schools weather. Under the new Conferference divisional setup the only safe assumption is that each race will be close and there will be plenty of exciting competition. .Only three years ago it was relatively easy to predict that Durfee High of Fall River would contend for Bristol County League honors, Holy Family High of New Bedford and Case High of Swansea would battle for the Narragansett League crown and Barnstable looked like a sure thing in the Capeway Conference. However, with the

according to competitiveness such is not the case today.

While there are still some difficulties the directqrs of the loop are trying to resolve, there is little doubt that the Conference has brought more equitable playing conditions to the area. Most league games last year were not decided until the waning moments of the contest. Each club felt that it had a good chance of winning every time it went onto the floor and that is the way it should be.

Division I BasketbaU Rates With Best A fact that verifies the bal- the veteran Jim Cassidy who has ance within the loop is that 12 relinquished all coaching duties of the 26 schools qualified for after many years of success. the state basketball tournament Look for Coach O'Connor to follast March. -In order to partic- low the custom. Barnstable, like ipate in the tourney a club had Taunton, has been somewhat deto either win its league cham· pleted by graduation. I pionship or 65 per cent of its Dartmouth, Holy Family and games.

Case led the way in Division II Division I, the large school last year but may not this Winbracket, may be hard pressed to ter. Dartmouth rolled to a 15-3 duplicate its feat of last year season a year ago, however when four of the six teams quali- most of the starters were sen· fied for the tourney. But, it will iors. Coach Pete Gaudet will mirror its tradition of featuring have his charges in the thick of some of the best schoolboy bas- the race. The question is can ketball played anywhere in the Dartmouth retain its title?

Commonwealth.

Three years ago Holy Family Coach Tom Karam, recognized competed in the Conference's as one of the best mentors in top division. The heavy schedule the state, is sure to have his and unfortunate transfers reDurfee Hilltoppers in contention sulted in a disastrous campaign throughout the season. New for Coach Jack Nobrega and his Bedford and Bishop Stang High Blue Wave. Realignment saw of Dartmouth can never be . Holy Family, one of the smallest counted out. Taunton, a power schools in the «ircuit, move for the past two years, was hit down a division and the Wave hard by graduation arid may suf- responded with another tourney fer from inexperience. Attleboro team. Never look past Holy Famwill be under new head Coach ily when evaluating title conFrank O'Connor who succeeds tenders.

Tri-Champions Contenders Again This Winter Case is always a threat, although some experts expect the Cardinals to be weaker this year.

All of the remaining clubs in the bracket are very competitive and anyone could emerge as the champion. Falmouth may be in for a big year in all sports. Fairhaven, Bishop Connolly High of Fall River, Bishop ,Feehan High of Attleboro and Somerset round out the division.

Old Rochester Regional High of Mattapoisett has won two cons'ecutive league championships. Two years ago the Bull Dogs won the Division IV crown and last year the Division TIl. Msgr . Coyle - Bishop Cassidy could upend the Regionals this Winter. Seekonk and Dighton-

Rehoboth rate along with the Taunton Warriors. Bourne and Dennis-Yarmouth co.mplete the division.

The small school Division IV bracket was the most competitive a year ago when Wareham, Diman Regional of Fall River and Norton all finished tied for the top spot. The Vikings were led by sparkplug Joe Vasconcellos, Neil Toulan led the Regionals and Dave Bonefant was the big man in the Lancers attack.

All three are back with strong supporting casts.

New Bedford Vocational was only a step behind the leaders and managed a few upsets of their own. S1. Anthony's of New Bedford and Westport need a

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HOLY DOOR: Tourists examine the bricked-up Holy Door at St. Peter's Basilica during a tour of the Vatican.

Pope Paul VI will open the door on Christmas Eve in an internationally televised inauguration of the 1975 Holy Year.

Bishop Mazza outlined for a press conference the general calendar of religious events which will take place in Rome. The official observance pf this century's last scheduled Holy Year begins with a world-televised opening of the Holy Door at S1. Peter's .Basilica on Christmas Eve and runs through the next 12 months.

Pope's Schedule

The schedule laid on by the central committee and Pope Paul VI, who has made it clear he wants to take part in as many degree by Dr. Clarence Walton, public ceremonies and events as president of Catholic University. possible, is virtually overwhelmDr. C. Joseph Neusse, univer- ing for a man of 77. Aside from sity vice-president and provost, non-papal daily religious celebracited Cardinal Willebrands for tions at all four major basilicas working "with the zeal of an of Rome and at the catacombs, apostle and the integrity of a the Pope has scheduled at least scholar, through innumerable con- two audiences a week; his usual sultations, conferences, studies Wednesday general audience and ... to bring closer the day of .a Mass at S1. Peter's each Sunfull and perfect communion day. In January, a series of special ecumenical liturgies will be among the ch~rches." held in connection with the traIn his lecture the Vatican offi- ditional week of Christian unity, cial stressed the value of ec- Jan. 18-25, with a solemn con· umenical dia,logue, which he clusion to be observed at the termed "a struggle for common' Basilica of St. Paul-outside-theunderstanding and common ex- Walls. pression of truth as it has been revealed to us in Jesus Christ."

Cardinal Willebrands Honored; Reviews Ecumenical Movem·ent W.ASHINGTON (NC) - Cardinal Jan Willebrands, president of the Vatican's Secretariat tor Promoting Christian Unity, reviewed the history and nature of ecumen ism during a recent ceremony honoring him at the Catholic University of America here.

At a press conference the following day he expanded on his view that if Christians find themselves in full agreement on faith, diversity in law, theology. and spiritual traditions need not be a bar to unity.

The 65-year-old cardinal, who has been active in ecumenism for 30 years and president of the unity secretariat since 1969, was given an honorary doctor of laws

scorer to keep with the other four in the group.

Twenty-six· clubs will fight for the four titles commencing on January 3. All but a hand full are serious challengers. Should be an interesting Winter.

Dialogue, he said, "transcends mere intellectual approach, we meet each other in faith and faith means more than knowledge ... Ecumenical dialogue en' gages the whole person, it can not be a thing accessory, a trimming, like make-up on the face -it must be an expression of life.

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