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Priests, Prayer and Praise Are Topics of Meeting Priests, prayer and praise were the topics of an important clergy conference held last Friday at Bishop Connolly High School for all priests of the diocese.

The subject of the morning meeting was the pastoral need to understand the dimensions of the Charismatic Renewal. Father Robert S. Kaszynski, pastor of St. Stanislaus parish, Fall River, president of the priests' council

How They Voted

MRS. NICHOLAS TYRRELL; 86, among oldest recipients ever awarded the Marian Medal, chats with Bishop Cronin after Cathedral presentation ceremony last Sunday. Mrs. Tyrrell, a daily communicant, is a lifelong member of SS. Peter and Paul parish, Fall River, and she and her children are active in parish affairs.

Fr. Foister To Head St. Anne1s Parish In changes affecting four diocesan parishes, Bishop Daniel A. Cronin has announced that Father John R. FoIster will become pastor of St. Anne's Church, Fall River. He is presently pastor of Sacred Heart Church, Fall River.

He will be replaced at Sa~red Heart by Father James F. McCarthy, presently pastor of Holy Family parish, East Taunton, where Father Robert F. Kirby, now associate pastor, will become administrator.

Father Cornelius J. O'Neill will become pastor of St. Paul's parish, Taunton, replacing Msgr.

Joseph C. Canty, who will retire from the' active priesthood.

All changes will be effective Wednesday, Jan. 4.

In connection with Father Foister's appointment to St. Anne's parish, since 1887 staffed by priests of the Dominican Province of Canada, the Chancery Office has made the following statement: The appointment of a member of the Diocesan clergy to the Office of Pastor of Saint Anne's Parish is being made at the conclusion of a long process of consultation in which Bishop Cronin, Diocesan authorities and the officials of the Dominican Province of Saint Dominic have participated.

It was in April of 1973 that the then-Provincial Superior of the Dominican' Fathers, Reverend Georges Perreault, O.P., approached Bishop Cronin to advise him that the Dominicans could not maintain staffing at Saint Anne's indefinitely.

Declining vocations in Canada and the United States and a process of attrition in the membership of the Province due to age and illness compelled the Dominican authOI'ities to apTurn to Page Three

Bishop To Mark Silver Jubilee On Sunday afternoon Bishop Cronin will celebrate with both the diocesan family and his own family the 25th anniversary of his priestly ordination. The actual anniversary date is Dec. 20, but in order to allow as many of the faithful as possible to share in this joyous event, the Sunday time was chosen.

The Bishop will offer his anniversary Mass at 5 p.m. at St. Mary's Cathedral, Fall River. A cordial invitation is extended to the people of the diocese to participate in this memorable moment in Bishop Cronin's life as a priest of the Church and to offer him a personal word of greeting following the liturgy.

Foliowing are the votes of Massachusetts Representatives in Congress on compromise abortion legislation which was a rider to the annual appropriations bill for the Departments of Labor and Health, Education and Welfare. The total vote was 181167 in favor of regulations permitting Medicaid abortions under certain circumstances.

IN FAVOR: Father Robert F. Drinan, SJ, Michael Harrington, Gerry Studds, Paul Tsongas.

OPPOSED: Edward Boland, James Burke, Silvio Conte, Joseph Early, Margaret Heckler, Edward Markey, John Moakley.

Following are votes of state senators serving the area of the diocese on a rollcall vote that upheld by 22 to 16 Governor Dukakis' vetoes of the antiabortion language in the supplementary state budget.

and diocesan liaison with the Renewal movement, gave the presentation.

In his remarks Father Kaszynski stressed that the Charismatic movement has the full approval of the Church and must not be considered merely a passing fad.

He urged his assembled brothers to remember that the renewal is Catholic, not an organization or private club but a real movement of people seeking a personal relationship with Jesus.

In sharing a basic understanding of the Renewal, Father Kaszynski stated that it has four

fundamental characteristics: a stress on charisms, a spontaneous desire to praise God, a powerful attraction to read scripture and a spirit of fraternal affection.

He pointed out that this official meeting of priests on the Charismatic Movement was one of the first to be held in the country. It was an opportunity for many of the clergy to have some questions answered and some doubts removed with regard to the position of the Renewal in the eyes of the Church.

Temporary Guidelines Father Kaszynski distributed Turn to Page Three

No Belief, No Marriage, Aver Rome Theologians

By John Maher ROME (NC) - The International Theological Commission (lTC), a papally appointed body, agrees that baptized Catholics who reject the faith do not receive the sacrament of matrimony when they marry.

The lTC, which has 29 members and works in conjunction with the Vatican's Doctrinal Congregation, held its annual meeting last week at Rome's International Clergy House to discuss the doctrinal and sacramental problems of matrimony.

"No one would say today that Christian marriage is only civil

marriage with a blessing," saId Jesuit Father Gustave Martelet, a commission member, in an interview. "For Christian marriage to be Christian marriage supposes for the spouses a real bond with Christ."

This bond with Christ is established by baptism and living faith, said Father Martelet, professor of dogmatic theology at the Jesuit Theologate in Paris.

He added that it is necessary to define what is meant by "living faith."

The problem of whether or not persons who exchange marriage Turn to Page Three

VOTING YES (to override the veto): Fonseca, Fall River; Rogers, New Bedford; Aylmer, Cape Cod and Islands; Parker, Taunton.

VOTING NO (to uphold the veto): McCarthy, Mansfield, Easton, Norton.

Fr. Bowen Dies, Priest 43 Years Father Ambrose E. Bowen, 72, remembered by parishioners as "such a kind man," died last week at the Catholic Memorial Home in Fall River.

His concolebrated funeral Mass was sung on Saturday at St. John the Evangelist Church, Attleboro, with Bishop Daniel A. Cronin as principal celebrant Turn to Page Seven

FRANCIS REILLY of Our Lady of Angels parish, Fall River, is congratulated by his pastor, Msgr. Anthony Gomes, and by Bishop Cronin following his receptioon of the Marian Medal.

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ill People· Places·Events-NC News Briefs ill High Court Aids Papers

New Secretary

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Supreme Court has upheld a lower court ruling that a newspaper which reports charges against a public figure cannot be sued for libel.

The decision is not a .binding precedent, but is likely to be used as a foundation by other courts ruling on similar cases.

WASHINGTON - Msgr. Wilfrid H. Paradis, project manager for the National Catechetical Directory, will succeed Msgr. Olin Murdick as U.S. Catholic Conference (USCC) secretary for education.

Bishop Thomas C. Kelley, USCC general secretary, who made the announce· ment, said Msgr. Paradis was the unanimous choice of the search committee formed to find a successor to Msgr. Murdick, who resigned to become a pastor in the Saginaw diocese.

Jesui,t Investegated

FATHER JOHN FOLSTER will be the first diocesan priest in 90 years to lead St. Anne's parish, Fall River.

MANILA, Philippines American Jesuit Father James B. Reuter, 61, under investigation by the Philippines military for publication of allegedly subversive articles, has suggested that his accusers try him before a military tribunal and release 13 coworkers who are also under investigation.

He edited and published The Communicator, a Catholic weekly raided and shut down a year ago by the Metropoli. tan Command of the Philippine Constab· ulary as part of a crackdown against Catholic opponents of martial law.

The military has not yet brought charges against Father Reuter or his 13 fellow workers - another Jesuit, four nuns, and eight lay persons descibed as non-writing staff members of The Communicator. It says investigations against the 14 are still in preliminary stages.

Eucharist Main Issue WASHINGTON Officials of the Catholic and United Methodist Churches expressed optimism following the first session in what will be a three year series of meetings aimed at finding out what similarities exist in the two churches' beliefs about the Eucharist.

Over the next three years, the two groups will also consider other beliefs, teachings and practices of the two churches, with particular reference to implementation at the local level.

N LRB at Notre Dame

FATHER CORNELIUS O'NEILL wiH be pastor of St. Paul's Church, Taunton.

NOTRE DAME, Ind. - The National Labor Relations Board :(NLRB) has scheduled a hearing Dec. 20 to decide whether to hold union representation elections for 215 food service workers at the University of Notre Dame.

Teamsters Union Local 364, which is also trying to organize 21 Notre Dame groundskeepers, asked for the hearing.

Teamsters officials also said they are talking with other university employes about unionizing. Notre Dame has reo sisted what it calls "piecemeal" organizing by the union, saying it prefers a single bargaining unit for its 400 hourlywage employes.

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FATHER WILLIAM CAMPBELL is director of an Advent Choral Evensong program to be heard at 7:30 p.m. Sunday at Holy Name . Church, Fall River. It will offer selections from Handel's Messiah, scripture readings and responsive prayer. The public is invited and there will be no admission charge.

Excommun~cated

GUATEMALA CITY - Father Salvador Valenzuela, who got married with-/ out dispensation and presided at his own nuptial Mass has incurred excommunication, said Cardinal Mario Casariego of Guatemala City.

"With this pretense at Catholic marriage he gave public scandal, violated Church laws regarding the sacraments {If ordination and marriage, and com· mitted sacrilegious profanation of the Mass," said the cardinal's decree.

Fear Czech Reprisals VATlCAN CITY - Church officials in Rome fear that Czechoslovakian Bishop Jl~liUS Gabris, apostolic administrator of Trnava, who criticized religious reo pression in his country during the World Synod of Bishops may have been physically assaulted for his action.

They Agree WASHINGTON - The National Committe for a Human Life Amendment and the National Abortion Rights League were bitter opponents during the fivemonth congressional debate on Medicaid abortion funding, but they agree on two things about the compromise reached by Congress. First, they agree, the activity on the issue now shifts to the Department of Health, Education and Welfare which must draw up regulations interpreting the law. The organizations also agree that the law's language on the reporting of rape may play havoc with rape law and attitudes toward rape in the United States.

FATHER ROBERT KIRBY, presently associate pastor, will become administrator of Holy Family parish, East Taunton.

Know More, Believe Less LANSING, Michigan - Catholic school students in the Lansing, Mich., diocese have slightly more knowledge about the basic teachings of their faith, but hold less positive attitudes toward religion than CCD students there, according to a recent diocesanwide survey. A total of 2,830 eighth grade students in the Lansing l:Iiocese part'icipated in "An Assessment of Basic Teachings in Religious Education."

Human Rights Lose UNITED NATIONS, N.Y. - A proposal to create the post of United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights was defeated when the UN's Social, Humanitarian and Cultural Committee voted 62-49, with 21 abstentions, to study the idea again next year.

Mother Teresa Is There HYDERABAD, India - Mother Teresa and her Missionaries of Charity are contributing their services to aid the sick, destitute and homeless in the cyclone ravaged Indian state of Andhre Praddesh. Survivors of last month's cyclone have received aid totalling $1.3 million in food, funds and supplies through Catholic Relief Services. Caritas International is seeking to raise an additional $1 million for the victims.

FATHER JAMES F. McCARTHY will become pastor of Sacred Heart Church, Fall River. He is now pastor of Holy Family, East Taunton.

Still Pondering NASHVILLE - Tennessee's two senators have told Bishop James Niedergeses of NashviIle that they are still considering positions on the Panama Canal treaties. The bishop wrote to the senators, James Sasser, a freshmean Demo· crat, and Howard Baker, a Republican and Senate minority ieader, asking them to support the treaties.

Asks Papal Aid VATICAN CITY - Iraq's new ambassador to the Holy See asked Pope Paul VI to try to block further Israeli construction in Jesusalem and to con· tinue Vatican efforts to help the Palestinians. Ambassador Salah Omar ai-Ali, 40, made the requests as he presented his credentials to Pope Paul in a Vatican ceremony.

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MSGR. JOSEPH C. CANTY ~ pastor of St. Paul's, Taunton, will retire from the active priesthood Wednesday, Jan. 4.

THE ANCHOR-Diocese of fall River-Thurs. Dec. 15, 1977

No Belief Continued from Page One promises confer on each other the sacrament of matrimony "has to do with the baptized who don't have faith and who don't want to believe," Father Martelet said. "The baptized who do not want to believe withdraw themselves from the mystery of Christ and the Church and thereby from the sacrament.

In a statement to Vatican Radio at the end of the meeting, Msgr. Philippe Delhaye, ITC secretary, also discussed the problem of baptized persons who have lost the faith or never had it and who marry.

"Is it possible that they contract sacramental matrimony or at least that their union be blessed?" Msgr. Delhaye asked.

"It seems necessary to disting,----uish two cases.

"Some of them still have an implicit faith that can be revived, educated. It will therefore be possible, with adequate ADVENT CHORAL EVENSONG soloists at Holy Name preparation, to bring them to a clear awareness of their inten- Church, Fall River, are, from left, Barbara Pavao, contraltion to do what the Church does to; Gloria Franco, soprano; Ronald Rathier, tenor. They in the sacramental act. will be heard at 7:30 p.m. Sunday in selections from Han"In other cases, however, he said, "the lack of faith is total del's Messiah, interspersed with scripture lessons and reand obstinate. It is therefore con- sponsorial prayer. A string ensemble and organ will actradictory to want to have the company the soloists from the sanctuary, with the choir Church intervene in their matri- providing choruses from the church gallery. Larry Poulin monial agreement . If they do it, will be organist and the program will be directed by Father it is to please this or that parent, or through frivolity. In this William G. Campbell. case, the Church must not be witness of their matrimony.

"These young people," Msgr.

Delhaye continued, "given the lack of faith, do not have the Continued from Page One Founded in 1869, Saint Anne's intention of contracting a union proach the Bishop and advise Parish was the second to be esin Christ, indissoluble and ori- him of the need to initiate new tablished in the City of Fall ented to procreation. It seems arrangements at Saint Anne's. River, anteceded only by Saint therefore opportune to avoid . It was foreseen that responsi- Mary's Parish. Saint Anne's was paratiturgies that can give illu- bility for the pastoral care of the first in Fall River to provide sions and provoke scandal. souls at the Parish would have pastoral care for French-Canad"The commission was in un- to revert to the Diocese. . ian Catholic immigrants. Since animous agreement on the necIn the intervening months November of 1887, priests of essity of reaffirming decisively,' and years, careful planning and the Dominican Province of Canain the context of the present consultation have continued. da have staffed and administererotic civilization, the indissolu- The present Provincial, Rever- ed the parish. bility of Christian matrimony," end Jean-Marc Gay, D.P., has The appointment of Father Msgr. Delhaye said. "There ex- maintained close liaison with Foister as Pastor thus signals a ists in that regard a rupture be- Bishop Cronin in making def- return to the original practice tween the Church and the world, inite plans for the gradual modi- which had prevailed from the analogous to that which came fication of arrangements for the time of the founding of the parbetween Christ and the Phari- administration and pastoral ser- ish until the coming of the first sees who, at that time, admit- vice at Saint Anne's. The cir- Dominican priests. ted divorce." cumstances of the religious or· Msgr. Canty der have not improved since Msgr. Canty, who will retire 1973, and there is no possibility to his own home, is a Taunton that Father Gay could guaran- native. He attended Boston Coltee a sufficient number of lege before entering St. BerContinued from Page One Seminary, Rochester, the following temporary guide- priests over the years to come nard's to adequately attend to parish N.Y., where he completed his lines for the establishment of responsibilities. studies for the priesthood. He charismatic prayer groups in the Happily, however, the inabili- was ordained May 26, 1934 by diocese. He said they have been ty of the Dominican Fathers to the late Bishop James E Cassiapproved by Bishop Cronin on an interim basis, until formal di- provide staffing indefinitely at dy.

Sain Anne's Parish does not rectives are promulgated: The prelate served as associate portend the departure of the - It is expected that leaders Dominican priests from the par- pastor at various diocesan parshall have undergone the "Life ish. Virtually all the Dominican ishes before entering the chapin the Spirit" Seminars.

Fathers who presently staff the lain corps of the United States - Leaders shall avail' themparish and Shrine will be re- Navy, where he served from selves of the opportunity to have 1942 until 1963, retiring from mining. completed the foundations the service with the rank of Thus, the familiar white habit course. captain. His last post was that of of the members of the religious - Leaders are expected to atForce Chaplain on the staff of tend the monthly diocesan order founded by Saint Dominic the Commander in Chief of Nawill continue to appear regularleadership seminars presently val Activities in Europe. During held at Sacred Hearts Academy ly at the Church. It is foreseen his naval career he was awardthat over a period of years other in Fairhaven. ed several decorations for merit- Each group should be un- Diocesan priests will be assigned orious service, and was raised der the pastoring direction of a to parochial duties at the parish. to the rank of monsignor in For the present, Father FoIs- 1962. priest who, though not himself a member of the Renewal per- ter, as Pastor, will be the sole Upon returning to the Fall haps, would assume responsi- Diocesan priest serving at Saint bility for the soundness of Anne's. He will be assisted by River diocese, Msgr. Canty was teaching and proper formation Dominicans who are presently named to the pastorate of St. of leadership within the same assigned to the parish and Paul's parish, Taunton, from which he is now retiring.

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OFFICIAL RETIREMENT Rev. Msgr. Joseph C. Canty APPOINTMENTS Rev. John R. Foister, to Pastor, Saint Anne's Parish, Fall River.

Rev. James F. McCarthy, to Pastor, Sacred Heart Parish, Fall River.

Rev. Cornelius J. O'Neill, to Pastor, Saint Paul's Parish, Taunton.

All changes are effective Wednesday, January 4, 1978.

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themoorin~ Now for Mr. Brooke

One really begins to wonder how a state like Massachusetts which has well over three million Catholics continues to elect government officials who really have nothing but contempt for those principles that are basic to Catholic belief. You can be sure that the Mormon Church would have a little more influence in Utah.

There are those who would say that such a comparison is odious because of the more liberal traditions of this Commonwealth. That which is odious is not our liberal state of mind but rather our libertine approach to morality when it comes to the abortion issue.

A group of priests listens intently ... to a fellow As demonstrated by his determined fight in Congress, , priest ... Rt em informal meeting.

Senator Edward Brooke is indeed a leading figure in the Each face is a study ... in concentration ... as abortion issue. As a member of the Senate-House confer- ' each person makes an effort to hear . . . and absorb ence which had the responsibility for recommending aJ;l · .. what is being said ... Each face suggests, too ... abortion payments policy to Congress, Mr. Brooke was ' a different feeling response ... to what is heard. more than adamant that federal funding of abortions should The group presents a captivating portrait ... of continue unabated. the art of listening . . . an increasingly lost art . . . in a world of communications media . . . Despite the It is interesting to note that he was the ranking minority wonders of our electronic media . . . we often fail to member on the Senate half of the panel. In this capacity, communicate with those nearest US ... with those he took the lead in conference committee, in the Senate we love most because we fail to listen. and in public, defending governmental expenditures for When was the last time . . . someone really abortions. listened to me . . . with heart . . . as well as ears? . . .

From the very beginning of this crucial life and death When was the last time . . . I listened to another . . . struggle, the Senator from Massachusetts has been the with my whole being ... with genuine concentration? great proponent of using federal tax monies for abortions.

To listen is to sh,ow respect ... to signal to another He is recognized and praised by pro-abortionists as one of a sense of personal worth . . . of having something their most tenacious leaders. worth saying ... To listen is to be open ... to another It is interesting to note that Brooke's argument for · . . Listening sensitively ... breaks through the proabortion is the same as that expounded by Mr. Dukakis. tective crust of 01.!r selfishness Listening is the key Both claim to be for abortion because of their concern for to understanding ... compassion and dialogue. the' poor. In their defense of this position, it is strange "If you are willing to listen . . . you will learn; that they refuse to address the basic fact that what must · .. if you give heed ... you will be wise." (Sirach 6,33). be done to help the poor is to fight poverty, not abort poor babies.

Despite the fact that Senator Brooke has not i'ormally announced his desire to be reelected, it is more than obvious that he has begun some efforts in this direction. Why his

By Jim Castelli funds for a single new job. It is sudden appearances in this, the poorest part of the state'? basically a planning and goal(NC) The WASHINGTON Well may we hope that as he begins once more to compromise reached between the setting bill that is important beshake hands and kiss babies, some Catholics will question White House and supporters of cause it includes plans and goals him on his pro-abortion views and at least let him know the Humphrey-Hawkins full em- which do not now exist in law.

The bill would assert and what they think of his defiant defense of Medicaid abortions. ployment bill has, so far, at "translate into practical reality" least, prompted more criticism We must be realistic and call to mind once more that the right of all Americans ~'able, praise. the only thing that really counts with politicians as they than Willing and seeking to work to That criticism has taken twa run for reelection is votes. If Catholics pull together in this forms. On one hand, some critics full opportunities for useful paid state and vote according to their conscience and not by say the bill is nothing more than employment at fair rates of compolitical party or pressure politics, then the Mr. Brookes rhetoric and is an empty symbol. pensation."

This is the "most significant On the other hand, some critof this Commonwealth might realize that they just can't ics say the bill is a threat to part" of the bill, according to take the Catholic vote for granted as they have in the past. the economy which will cause Francis Butler. U.S. Catholic As an asid~, for those who say there is no such thing the inflation rate to soar.

Conference (USCC) associate dias a Catholic vote, a simple referral to the Gallup and Harris It's obvious, the bill's suppor- rector for domestic social deters point out, that the bill can't ' velopment. The USCC has suppolls as well as to the writings of Theodore White.

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Ad Multos Annos This Sunday Bishop Cronin will celebrate his 25th anniversary of ordination to the priesthood. These past years have seen him witness as a priest in Boston, Ethiopia.

Rome and Fall River. He has served the Church as a curate. parish priest, diplomat and Bishop; a truly varied and unique expression of ministry in so short a time.

On December 16, 1970, he was installed as Bishop of Fall River. Thus, for the past seven years he has reflected the image of the Church in this diocese. As spiritual leader for over 300,000 Catholics, he has tried to face the issues that concern his people in a time of difficulty and change.

Ever mindful of the universal Church, he has brought to this diocese a unique bond with the Holy See whom he served so well in the Secretariate of State.

With all this in mind, we congratulate our Bishop and his parents who joined him in joyful celebration ...

Ad Multos Annos!

be both.

Part of the problem is that most people don't understand the Humphrey-Hawkins bill. It is not simply a public works jobs bill; it doesn't itself appropriate

ported the Humphrey-Hawkins bill almost since its earliest days three years ago.

The bill does not actually define "full employment." But it sets "interium goals" of an un-

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employment rate of three percent among adults (persons over 20) and four percent overall within five years.

These goals are important for several reasons. First, they would, for the first time, establish a clear, national employment goal. Butler says this would end the process of every Administration defining "full employment" in its own way.

One prominent conservative economist, Herbert Stein, for example, believes that full employment should be defined as seven percent unemployment, the present rate, with some seven million people out of work.

Supporters of the HumphreyHawkins bill believe the bill's interium targets will put pressure on the White House and Congress to meet those targets or give a good explanation of why they can't. 'The bill allows the President to ask Congress to raise the targets after two years, but, again, the burden of proof is on the President to justify such a move.

The Humphrey-Hawkins bill's critics argue that the economic expansion needed to reach full employment could increase inflation by as much as two percent a year. The bill's supporters argue that unemployment is it· self inflationary and contributes to budget deficits because each of unemployment percentee drains some $16 billion from the national treasury in welfare, unemployment compensation and so on.

But the inflation-unemployment debate involves a moral question: is it moral to want to keep people out of work so that those who are working can. pay a little less for what they buy?

The nation's major religious groups, including the Catholic bishops, have said they believe it is not.

For Marian Manor A mini-bazaar and flea market will be conducted from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at GAR Hall, Washington Street, Taunton. Proceeds will benefit the residents of Marian Manor.

Taunton. On sale will be handmade items, jewelry, books, plants and clothing. Donations for the event may be left at Marian Manor on Summer Street.

Beyond Reason "Reason is the precondition of faith; faith is the act in which reason reaches ecstatically beyond itself." - Paul Tillich

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To President (As part of their participation In Bread for the World, an ecu· menical organlzatiorr fighting global hunger, parishioners at Our Lady of Victory Church, Centerville, wrote Thanksgiving Day letters. The letter of Father FranciS Connors, pastor of Our Lady of Victory, follows. Editor.)

This is an open letter to President Carter: As we give thanks for all the many gifts and blessings showered upon us by Almighty God, our thoughts turn to those who are not so fortunate as we are.

Why are we so blessed? What can we do as a nation to share what we have with others?

You and I both know our problem is not overpopulation, but selfishness. We could feed the world if we so wished. It is not a question of charity, but of justice and we are our "b;-others' keeper." Not to share with others is a terrible sin in the eyes of God. "As long as you did it for these, the least of My brothers, You did it for Me," says the Lord Jesus (Matt. 25; verse 40). .

We speak of civil rights, human rights, etc., but the first right is the right to life and the right to live. This means we have the right to food, since we eat to live.

Why pay farmers to plow under excess crops, when so many are starving?

esan officials have also planned NFP classes at two,.... Cape Cod locations.

Sessions will start Wednesday, Jan. 18 at St. Margaret's CCD Center, Buzzards Bay, and Wednesday, Feb. 1 at Our Lady of Victory Center, Centerville.

Programs will begin at St. Anne's Hospital Wednesday, Jan. II and Wednesday, Jan. 25.

All classes begin at 7:30 p.m. and will continue for four Wednesday evenings. Pre-registration is requested, as numbers are limited, and further information is available at the Cape Cod rectories or from Mrs. Eaton at St. Anne's, telephone 674-5741.

cording to Mrs. Eaton.

"Natural Family Planning is a tool for wholeness. It teaches a woman about her body and helps her understand it. Because this method depends upon mutual cooperation between man and woman, it actually enhances the marriage partnership," she said.

The NFP program at St. Anne's has been very successful and a smaller program at LaSalette Shrine has also met welcoming response. The latter will soon expand into the full program offered at St. Anne's, while with input from family life ministry groups, hospital and dioc-

Letters are welcomed, but should be no inore than 200 words. The editor reserves me right to condense or edit, if deemed necessary. All letters must be signed and Include a home or business address.

Dear Editor: I have just finished reading the two articles in "the mooring" (12/1/77).

I am opposed to shopping on Sunday as I would like it to remain a day set aside for God and family. However, if we are to criticize those who use this holy season as a way to make a buck, let's not ignore the competition at the parish level. The now traditional Christmas Bazaar is the same wolf in church clothing.

Part of every parish discussion will include "Did you know so-and-so's parish made over $3000 this year?"

Like many other things Las Vegas nights, beano, etc.

- you may have been cautioned against them by the church some years ago, but they are now condoned as a means of bringing in money.

As to your comments on Eric Sevareid and his command of the English language, I'm afraid your use of the word hopefully will probably make him cringe!

I regret that the Dameans have discontinued their column on contemporary lyrics. It was a good source for discussion with our young people.

Anita Maigret Attleboro (A successor to the Dameans' column will begin early in the New Year. Editor.)

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Letters to the Editor

MARIETTE EATON, RN conducts session of Natural Family Planning course at St. Anne's Hospital, Fall River.

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Natural Family Planning Expands in Diocese "When will there be a natural way to plan my pregnancies that is safe and effective to use, and conforms to my religious and moral philosophies?"

This is a question many women ask in the 1970's when economy and physical well-being are important influences on family life.

It is being answered in the Fall River diocese by Natural Family Planning (NFP) programs, already offered at St. Anne's Hospital, Fall River and La Salette Shrine, Attleboro, and expanding in the New Year to Buzzards Bay and Centerville on Cape Cod. Many couples today are planning their families carefully, say 51. Anne officials, pointing out that choosing a method of planning children is probably one of the most senstitive and controversial problems married couples must face today.

Although medical technology has emphasized the production of many methods of "birth control" including pills, barriers, creams and coils, it has also produced the totally natural NFP method which involves no artiWhy pay farmers not to plant, when so many need food?

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ficial or mechanical devices and is preferred by many couples because it utilizes a woman's monthly fertility cycle.

Proponents of NFP cite the deficiencies of artificial methods of birth control, said Mariette Eaton, RN, certified teacher of the program at St. Anne's Hospital. She noted that "the pill" causes me~ical problems for many women because it disrupts the natural hormone balance. Intrauterine devices (IUDs) bring about temporary inability to conceive and may cause spontaneous miscarriage.

Barrier methods may be uncomfortable, while sterilization is permanent and irreversible.

NFP, on the other hand, is harmless to the body because it requires nothing artificial. All that is needed is daily charting, careful observation and cooperation between partners in marriage, said Mrs. Eaton.

NFP programs do not teach the older rhythm method which has proven relatively undependable. The program does include three scientifically proven methods of observation that, when used properly, can pinpoint the moment of ovulation.' By knowing that ovulation indicates fertility, the couple may avoid or achieve pregnancy, according to their wishes.

NFP classes teach couples how to observe physical symptoms of the woman such as fluctuations in body temperature, the Keefe Method of self-examination, and patterns of cervical mucus defined by the Ovulation Method.

Before the Ovulation Method was perfected ·by Drs. Evelyn and John Billings of Australia, sperm survival was considered a male phenomenon, explained Mrs. Eaton. The doctors disproved this theory when they discovered that during a woman's "fertile days" she secretes a substance that allows the sperm to survive. NFP teaches couples a simple method of this pattern of fertility.

With increasing concern over the negative side effects of artificial methods of birth control couples and physicians are wcl~ coming the natural method, ac-

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Synod Truly Stupid Not To Consult Father Greeley By REV. ANDREW M. GREELEY

The bishops at the synod were faced with a serious problem. If the church has the gospel and if young people hunger for the spritual, how come they're not turning to the church? Bishop Gerald Carter of London, Ontario, president of the Canadian Conference of Catholic BishOps, had the answer. What's wrong with young people can be explained by "technical advances, mass media, industrialization, and. atomic power ... secularism, material·

ism, and self-concerned atheism." the headaches they' caused finNow this is just plain rubbish. ally drove me away.

There exists an overwhelming While lip service was paid to literature in the social sciences the importance of the family as which would prove that Bishop a catechetical agency, parents Carter is wrong. But is is con- were invisible at the synod. soling to blame the mass media While young people were praised and all the other demons while as having a hunger for spiritual assuming no responsibility your- values, there were no young self for your own failures as people at the synod. teacher.

While the work of catechetI dislike criticizing Bishop ists was lauded, most of the soCarter, who is certainly one of called catechists who were the finest churchmen in America. Still, when Kenneth Wood- around were staff bureaucrats of ward of Newsweek asked Bish- the sort that produced the foolop Carter about surveys suggest- ish American Catechetical Diing the fault might lie with the rectory. institutional church, the' BishNor, as far as I could find out, op of London dismissed the sur- had anyone bothered to conveys as irrelevant. . suIt those who actually write The exchange symbolized the catechisms. I checked with anfrustrations of the episcopal other catechism writer in Rome synod and was the reason why just to make sure I wasn't

M·om Stouthleart's Christmas: Exercis,e By MARY CARSON

As Christmas nears, my friend Mom Stoutheart's family is chaotic. Her son, Patrick, began a little enterprise months ago, taking orders for Christmas wreaths.

When I stopped in the other day, she showed me Patrick's efforts . . . all bare branches

. . . and needles all over the floor.

"It's the only time in his life that he started something early," FeeIng sorry for Patrick, I wondered if he could spray paint them and start a new trend.

"Please . . .," she begged.

"Don't even suggest it. We haven't cleaned up the remains of his last adventure with spray paint. I've gotten it off the wall and the floor. I'm still working on the dog," "That dog," Mom Stoutheart went on, "has everybody mad.

We are trying to have a. real old-fashioned Christmas. So we made an Advent wreath, candles

you certainly can't talk meaningfully about religious instruction in the modern world.

Maybe one reason there was no input from empirical science, families, young people, practicing catechists or catechism writers is that all would have in- . sisted on the need to explore the sexual dimension of human life. From the point of view of those who stage-managed the synod, such insistence would have been a disaster.

One's faith does not depend ultimately on the wisdom of the institutional church thank God! - yet a synod on religious instruction of young .people could have been a marvelous opportunity for revivifying the church's approach to a younger generation. The opportunity was wasted.

wrong. He told me the delegation staff studiously avoided him too. I'm sorry if this sounds self-serving, but when you write a catechism that is translated into German, Spanish, and Italian within a year, you might be thought to know something about catechetics.

I don't mind not being asked by the bishops or their .staff about what I think about the subject; they're going to hear what I think regardless, but I do think they're stupid when they don't consult the authors of successful catechisms.

So, while the performance of the American delegation was not unpresentable, the synod on catechesis was mostly a waste of time and money. If you cannot talk about sex - a!ld that subject was ruled off the agenda

and everything," I decided I'd make things this She was picking dripped wax year. So I bought yarn. I have off the table as she talked. "The . 15Y2 mitt~ns to go. kids thought it would be nice "You know all the articles in to put some fragrance in the magazines that tell you the fun candles. Apparently the dog things you can -do together as likes cinnamon," a family? They lie!

She showed me the wreath.

"We were making decorations Not only were the evergreen for the windows. The kids did branches bare twigs, but the nothing but argue about whose pink candle had been bitten off. was best. When they went to She said, "'Every year I get put them up last night, one so depressed before Christmas. pushed the other . . . that reI've always blamed it on the minds me. I must call the glazcommercialism. So this year we ier. were. going to try to do things "One of the girls made those the way a family should for tree decorations where you take Christmas. a styrofoam ball and cover it "Rather than just buy gifts, with sequins held on with little

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"The kids were trying to organize the neighborhood urchins to go Christmas carolling.

They've been rehearsing here. So far I've made 40 gallons of cocoa, and all I've heard is them listening to John Denver records," I interrupted her. "Has anything gone right?"

"Just one thing. The Rosary Society is putting on 'A Christmas Carol' and they picked me for just the right' part," "The mother?"

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Ruth Stapleton, evangelist sister of Jimmy Carter.

REV. JOHN B. SHEERIN, CSP

When Larry Flynt, publisher of "Hustler" recently announced he had gotten religion by way of conversion,

Converts usually make good Christians but occasionally a fanatical convert comes along with more zeal than judgment, trying to change the Christian religion into his bizarre version of the Gospel.

I am reminded of John Humphrey Noyes, founder of the noted Oneida Community in he was greeted with smirks. New York State (1845). After The ordinary reader of "Hust- hearing Charles Finney, are· ler" found it impossible to im- vivalist, Noyes developed an agine this raunchy publication idea designed to reconcile the changing its stripes. impulses of the flesh with a But the incredible has appar- saintly life. He decided to start ently happened and Flynt re- a new godly community. Other portedly owes his turnabout to- quasi-Communistic communities

had started in America before him but he noticed they had failed because they did not solve the problem of marriage. So he invented "complex marriage," The New Testament demanded that all Christians obey the commandment of love of neighbor but Noyes decided that marriage 'must not stand in the way of love of neighbor. He therefore devised the ingenious arrangement of men marrying women they did not particularly care for. In this way they would not form attachments.

The "unforgivable sin" was to form atachments. For "an exclusive attachment" to one woman would prevent the spouse from loving all women, as com-

manded by the Ten Commandments. He considered selfishness, the desire to possess anyone or anything, as the only real evil.

The Oneida Community flourished for some time but eventually Noyes had to abolish the key feature of the community, "complex marriage," Whereupon the community died.

I hope that Flynt will not pub. lish some kind of religious magazine that will advocate shortlived relationships among godly men and women as a way of staying away from permanent marriages. Such arrangements are all too common today. Such an arrangement is not love but is really a refusal to get involved and to accept the de-

'mands that love makes.

As Henry Fairlie recently observed in "The New Republic," "The characteristic of the 'singles' today is not the sexual freedom they supposedly enjoy but the fact that this freedom is a deception. They are free with only a fraction of their natures.

"If love is continuance and involvement, perhaps no less it is attention, a constancy of gaze on the object of one's love, so that one may grow to know how to love it as the other, in all the richness and variety of its aspects. Lust is incapable of this constancy: it has no attention to give,"

Preparation - for C·hristmas Bett,er Thain Day Itself By MARILYN RODERICK

Today we're Newport for a Chdstmas home taken me a while,

going to Victorian tour. It's but I have

finally realized that I enjoy preparing for Christmas more than the day itself, which, ex-

cept for the Christmas Mass, I find anticlimatic.

So I've decided to relax and enjoy the pre-Yule festivities, and one of my favorite projects at this time of year is browsing through bookstores for just that right book for a special person.

My daughter Meryl immediately came to mind when I came across a little gem called "The College Cookbook" by Geri Harrington, published by Charles Schibner's Sons. It's a perfect stocking stuffer for $3.95, espec-

ially if your student is enjoying apartment living and his or her first attempt at being chief chef.

The recipes are easy to follow, the ingredients are economical and it's really the best book of this type that I have seen.

Over the years I have judged a cookbook by the way it reads at bedtime. If I stay awake longer than 10 minutes, it gets a four star rating. James Beard's "Beard on Food" is without a dou:Jt a four-star volume. It's $10 and would make a wonderful

gift for anyone who loves cooking. It certainly isn't your tra· ditional cookbook but it's the one for someone who has the basic recipes and now wants some tips from the master.

Many people love to give food as a gift and there is really nothing with more meaning than something you've prepared yourself.

For such people, "Gifts from Your Kitchen" ($2.49), published by the Meredith Corporation, or "Woman's Day Gifts From

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And if your friends have joined the microwave fan club, then by all means gift them with the "Better Homes and Gardens Microwave Cook Book" ($2.49), published by the Meredith Corporation. From appetizers and snacks to special company meals, there are enough recipes here to make your microwave oven something other· than a quickie appliance for the basics.

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Continued from Page One and Father William F. Morris, pastor of Corpus Christi Church, Sandwich, as homilist.

Father Morris served as associate pastor at Sandwich with Father Bowen and succeeded him as pastor.

Father Bowen was born in Attleboro in 1905, the son of the late William H. and Lillian E. «Deenen) Bowen. He graduated from Attleboro High School and attended Providence College until he entered St. Mary's Seminary, Baltimore. While at Providence College he was Grand Knight of St. John's Council, Attleboro Knights of Columbus, the youngest member ever to hold the post.

Completing his studies for "the priesthood at St. Bernard's Seminary, Rochester, N.Y., Father Bowen was ordained in 1934 by the late Bishop James E. Cassidy at St. Mary's Cathedral, Fall River.

He served as associate pastor in several parishes until 1942 when he entered the U.S. Navy as a chaplain, serving in Iceland until his discharge in 1945.

Subsequently Father Bowen was associate pastor at St. Louis Church, Fall River, and St. Francis Xavier, Hyannis.

From 1959 to 1968 he was administrator and then pastor of Corpus Christi parish, Sandwich.

In 1968 he became pastor of St. Joseph Church, Taunton, from which post he retired in 1969 for reasons of health.

Father Bowen is survived by four sisters, Mrs. Monica E. Kirk, Pocasset, with whom he lived after retirement; Mrs. Ida M. Murphy, North Attleboro; and Mrs. Angela D. Lewis and Mrs. Miriam O. Condon, Attleboro. He also leaves three brothers, William, Francis and Charles, all of Attleboro and several nieces and nephews, including Father Donald Bowen, a diocesan priest serving in Bolivia with the Society of St. James.

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U.S. To End African Empire Aid WASHINGTON (NC) - Officials of the U.S. Department of State have announced that the United States is phasing out its aid programs to the Central Afri-, can Empire of Emperor Bokassa

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Current U.S. commitments will be kept" the department said, but no new projects will be funded.

Emperor Bokassa, who styled his much-publicized coronation after the 1804 coronation of Napoleon, had wanted Pope Paul VI to place the crown on his head, as had Pope Pius VII in the Bonaparte ritual.

The Pope declined but sent a message which was read at a solemn post-coronation Mass in the cathedral at Bbengui, the empire's capital.

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Courageous Victim Rebuilds His Shattered Life

ROBERT VIOLANTE looks into em uncertain ruture as he discusses his reactions to being among victims of "Son of Sam." (NC Photo)

By Matthew Monahan BROOKLYN (NC) - Robert Violante's laughter comes in rich warm waves. His handshake is firm and friendly. He has the ability to express some of his deepest feelings regarding a most singular experience.

"Everything Must Change" is the title of Robbie's路 favorite sC::J. He relates to it. "Basically I'm still the same guy, but I have changed a great deal as far as my outlook is concerned," the 20-year-old said. "I appreciate life a lot more."

The life he appreciates almost ended the night of July 31. He and Stacy路 Moskowitz were on their first date when the so. called Son of Sam allegedly shot and killed her and put Robbie in the hospital for a month. He lost his left eye but has been making progress with his right, although vision is nowhere near to what it was.

He does not dwell on the past.

"Every once in a while, I get down in the dumps. So.metimes I think about it and get a little depressed, but then I do a little more thinking and I find I'm a very lucky person to be around," Robbie said.

Minutes after regaining his senses at Kings County Hospital,

his will to get well activated. "I thought, 'All right, Robert. It's a drag being in the hospital but I'm here and not six feet under ground."

One of the happiest moments of his life came in mid-August.

"After about two weeks I was able to determine the differences between light and dark. That was the first ray of hope.

"The sight is still blurry, but I can get around the house.

Doctors say I won't be able to see completely." Conceding that much, he continued, "I think one day I will really be able to see well. In my honest opinion, there is no such thing as impossibility.

I'm not one to give up. ''I'm ready for spring and I'm hoping the winter flies by," he said. Future plans are uncertain.

For a while the Violante family received much attention from the news media. His parents Pat and Teresa displayed a quiet dignity throughout the ordeal and they are cherished. "I have more respect for them than for anybody in the world. I love them no end," Robbie said. Mr. and Mrs. Violante have two other children - Linda, 22, and John, 25. .

"My parents and family aren't going to sit home and sob and

cry for the rest of their lives.

They accept this as I do. It's something that happened and you can't do anything about it," he said.

"I don't turn around and say I wish I wasn't there or had gone somewhere else. No way.

That's not my attitude," he said firmly.

Robbie said faith has a big part in getting him through the rough times. "This has brought me so much closer to God it's unbelievable. If I've learned anything from this incident, I've learned to believe in something even if I can't see or feel it.

That's where faith and belief come in."

For the millions of prayers offered for him, he is grateful, but don't bother feeling sorry for Robert Violante; he doesn't.

"I don't want sympathy from anybody. Hey, I'm still Robert.

The best therapy is never to feel sorry for yourself. Once you start doing that you let yourself go and can't get back up again."

Like everyone else, Robbie is thinking about what he'd like for Christmas. "If I could just look into somebody's face and see him completely, that would be just great."

Maryknoll Nun Helps Rebuild Shattered Country Give or take a few earthquakes, riots and seasons of political unrest, Sister Honora Felix is doing just fine, thank you.

The Maryknoll missioner, only child of Mrs. Henry A. Felix of St. John the Evangelist parish, Attleboro, and the late Mr. Felix, is at the moment on home leave, resting between adventures.

But in her 21 years as a religious, soft-spoken Sister Honora has given her mother more than a few anxious moments.

She was in Panama during the 1964 riots in that country, having to move temporarily from a convent in the midst of the unrest; she then went to Guatemala City, arriving in time for political upheavals which included shooting in her school and convent grounds and a government expulsion order (later rescinded) for the Maryknoll Sisters, who were believed sympathizing with leftist guerrillas.

The political situation somewhat settled, Sister Honora was in the midst of the 1976 Guatemala earthquake, described as probably the greatest natural disaster ever to hit modern Central America.

"I was shaken awake," she related, "and got out of bed, but was knocked down by the quake." , In 37 seconds, she said, the earthquake destroyed 250,000 buildings. Her convent was condemned and she and the rest of her community lived and slept outdoors for several weeks until they were able to obtain a tent.

The Sisters and their students were in the thick of rehabilitation efforts, said Sister Honora.

"We were extremely proud of our girls. Every one of them be-

gan immediately to do what she crt, CRS heaLth and nutrition could in the way of relief," she consultant for Central America said, explaining that the school's and Panama, who has found a student body is drawn mostly new feeling among the peoplp. from the middle classes. "The as she has restored a network better built homes did not col- of nutritional health centers. lapse as did the houses of the "The quake provided a major poor, so for the most part the breakthrough in the country," students did not have rebuilding said Dr. Rothert. problems of their own."

"People wanted to come to Maryknoll's Monte Maria town meetings; emergency comSchool, however, has a contin- mittees were formed and people uing program of bringing poor decided for themselves what they and middle class Guatemalans wanted done and how they together, with all students par- wanted to do it," she said. "In ticipating in community develop- the long run there was a much ment programs. .greater emphasis on community "There may be initial social control than ever before." barriers but when they get to Summer Vacation know each other' as people, Pointing out that the seasons things work out," she said, adding that some-moth路ers of stu- are reversed in Latin America, dents have also become involved Sister Honora said she was on her "summer" vacation and in the community programs.

Among them has been pro- would return to Guatemala at viding a concrete block machine the end of the month in time for use by Guatemalans seeking for the beginning of the new to rebuild their homes. Around school year in January, and her the city the typical farmhouses classes in English, psychology of the Indians, worst hit by the and liberation theology.

Students are in school from 1976 earthquake, are no longer 7:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., she said, to be seen.

The colorful tile roofs of with a 10-subject curriculum. orange and red and the adobe After school there are extracurwalls have been replaced by .ricular activities and the inevimetal roofs and concrete block table homework, leaving girls with few idle moments. Monte walls.

"For visitors to the country- Maria offers college preparatory side, it isn't as picturesque, but and teacher-training courses, the houses are safer," said Ro-路 the latter fitting students to lando Lopez, assistant program teach primary grades.

"Although the population is director of Catholic Relief Services (CRS), overseas aid agency 70% illiterate," said Sister Honora, "there is an over-supply of of U.S. Catholics.

Corrugated iron roofing mate- teachers, due mainly to lack of rial worth $1.5 million was im- money to set up schools. Howported and distributed by CRS in ever," she added, "our students Guatemala at subsidized prices. are so well trained they're in deAnd Sister Honora would mand regardless." ~gree with Dr. Frances C. RothShe said no alumnae have

SISTER HONORA FELIX looks at. 1960 Anchor article about herself during visit to editorial offices while on home leave from Guatemala. entered the Mary,knoll community and ascribed it to the complete cultural change that would be required of girls entering a North American sisterhood. She added, though,' that native communities are very conservative and do not appeal to Guatemalan teens.

"We're not warried about vocations," she said. "We feel our main job is building up and training lay leaders and we're

pleased with the achievements of our graduates."

In Attleboro since October, Sister Honora expects to return in five years. But she is very likely to see her mother before that time. Energetic Mrs. Felix has visited every Latin American mission post where her daughter has been stationed and she says that with her many mementos the Felix home is "a little bit of Guatemala."

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This development has been referred to by some as the American version of the priest-worker movement.

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ment with the person in need.

In this respect, let it be made quite clear that the diaconate is a vocation in itself and in no way to be thought of as a remedy for the lack of priests.

Obviously, men are not ordained deacons because there are not enough priests to administer the sacraments.

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WASHINGTON (NC) - An official of the U.S. Catholic Conference (USCC) has rejected charges by the Irish National Caucus that a paper published by his office whitewashed the British role in the conflict in Northern Ireland.

In a statement, Father J. Bryan Hehir, director of the USCC Office of International Justice and Peace, said the paper did not exonerate the British from responsibility for violence in the six Ulster counties under Briti!sh rule.

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Catechetical Center at Gannon College, Erie, Pa., said that "new POMPEII (NC)-Several car- Christologies militate against dinals, about 50 bishops, and the classic notion of the Sacred hundreds of priests from around Heart." the world met under the shadow He criticized the modern view of Mount Vesuvius this fall to that "no truth is valid except discuss whether devotion to the for a certain time and for a Sacred Heart should be revived certain people." or allowed to fade away quietly.

A priest from Nigeria noted The congress, entitled "Heart that "those who question tradiSpeaks to Heart - The Cateche- . tional Church devotions go on si~ of the Sacred Heart," had for some time as Catholics, but difficulty sticking to its theme then pull out." in the first few days of disFather Michael Wrenn of the cussion.

New York archdiocesan cate"Please remember that the chetical center told the confertheme of this conference is the ence that lack of devotion to the Sacred Heart," pleaded the mod- Sacred Heart is part of a erator, said Cardinal Corrado "pseudo-sophistication among Ursi of Naples. "You can speak Catholics who have forgotten about evangelization, human de- their spiritual roots and look velopment, and general catche- down on traditions inherited sis at any other congress." from their parents."

The first conference speaker On the positive side, Father was the episcopal vicar of Roer- F. Sheeran of the Picpus mond, the Netherlands, Arch- Fathers, Congregation of the Sabishop John Theunissen. cred Hearts said that there is In a two-hour speach on mod- "so much in the doctrine of the ern disregard for the Church's Sacred Heart that Catholics magisterius (teaching authority), must carefully 'choose an orienthe priests declared that "the tation which will be appealing to 'third church' - a universal, modern man." ecumenical alternative church He said that men today are in which everyone can do what particularly drawn to the aspect he pleases - is not the Church of deep religious ,·.experience of Christ." which he said is contained in Among those who spoke Sacred Heart devotion.

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About 30 other Americans attended the meeting as guests of Miller's Beer heir, Harry John, who is president of the International Institute of the Heart of Jesus.

A priest-psychologist, Salesian Father Alping 'Ronco, chided priests for not showing the comprehension that Jesus showed toward sinners.

He said that a team of laymen and psycologists recently evaluated the counsel given by a representative group of Italian priests and found that "neither the young nor older priests showed an acceptable level of comprehension."

He criticized confessors for not "judging acts of penitents in relation to the person's past and future" and for "giving too little consideration to raising a penitent's hope," Father Ronco said that the Church promotes devotion to the Sacred Heart "rather than devotion to the sacred mind or sacred brain" precisely to accent Jesus' compassion.

One American priest-participant admitted privately that devotion to the Sacred Heart would probably die out in 10 years.

"The Sacred Heart devotion was the package through which simple people, uneducated in Scripture, were taught about a personal and merciful God," he said.

"The Sacred Heart devotion is death to most of the new generation. The important thing, however, is that the message of the Sacred Heart - that Jesus is love - not be lost."

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A. The reason is a good one.

Extreme Unction, which comes straight from the Latin phrase Extreme Unctio, literally means "anointing at the time of death."

Unfortunately, this is the way many Catholics considered it, , even to the point of feeling that receiving Extrelije Unction was a sure sign they were about to die.

This sacrament is for the sick, but by no means only for the dying. In a Scriptural passage which forms one of the main bases for Anointing of the Sick, St. James says: "Is anyone sick among you? Let him ask for the elders of the church. They will pray over him, and anoint him in the Name of the Lord."

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WASHINGTON (NC) Clarence C. Walton, president of The Catholic University of America Q. Is it really necessary to go si?ce 1969, ~as r~signed his post to confession before receiving ,~wlth the university.

Communion if one has commit.A search committee headed ted a mortal sin?

by Archbishop Philip M. Hannan of New Orleans has been A. Yes. If someone is certain appointed by the University that he has offended God th~t Board of Trustees to recommend seriously, he should receive the candidates for the position. The Sacrament of Penance before go- trustees will make the final deing to Communion, except for cision which may take a emergency situations. year or more - on the new It is true, of course, that such president. a person reestablishes his or her The 15-member search comfriendship with God before con- mittee includes members of the fession by turning back to Him hierarchy, leaders of labor and in honest sorrow for the wrong in the construction industry, that was done. But going to con- politicians, lawyers, experts in fession in a case like this is not economics and social services, an empty, superfluous formality. schola~s, administrators, faculty Any sin, especially more seri- and students. ous sin, injures our relationship Walton's resignation was "renot only with God but with our luctantly" accepted by the trusfellow man - and most of all tees on Oct. 29. His future plans with our fellow Christians. It have not been announced. may be that the sin involved The 61-year-old Walton, the others directly. At least indirect- university's first lay president, ly, our loss of holiness, our self- served as a professor and associcenteredness in the sin, and the ate dean of the Columbia Graducrippling of our generosity in ate School of Business and, later, prayer and other good things we as dean of Columbia's School of do for others, all in some way General Studies before coming effect the human family we be- to Catholic University. long to. It is only fair and just, During his eight-year tenure then, that we first confess our at Catholic University, theunisin, and receive the "public" versity developed a new School forgiveness for it from the priest, of Religious Studies; undergraduwho acts in the name of Our ate and graduate programs in Lord and all His people in the Arts and Science were united to -Sacrament of Penance. form a cohesive faculty in those, After that, the sharing of the areas; a new seminar for busiEucharist in Holy Communion, ness and political leaders in which is the sign of our mutual Washington drew national attenfriendship with Christ and with tion; and two major centers each other, makes more genuine were established - the Boys sense.

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The three, aided over the years by Emile Cote, by Miss Grace Parenteau and by scores of volunteers, have seen the shop grow from a modest start on a loan of $500 from the Friends of St. Anne, to a viable enterprise that over the years has contributed almost $100.000 to hospital projects, $8000 this fall alone.

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Although the "founding mothers" will be missed. they are leaving their "child" in good hands. Mrs. Robert Page replaces Mrs. Cote as gift shop committee chairman and Mrs. Joseph Scanlon will take over Mrs. Demers' post as treasurer.

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come the all-absorbing issue. The Marxists call it class struggle.

Christians call it social justice.

The military and the allied power groups call it subversion.

The conflict encompasses the two symbols of revolution: Che Guevara, eulogized by terrorists everywhere, and Camilo Torres, the Colombian priest turned guerrilla, whose actions in the late 1960s inspired in good part the theology of liberation.

Another churchman from El Salvador indentified one aspect of the anti-Gospel forces. Bishop Pedro Aparicio of San Civente blamed the persecution of church activists on "an obsession for national security" of the military rulers in his country - an obsession, he added, borrowed from the Pentagon and spreading from Brazil into other dictatorships of the sword.

'Bishops everywhere in the continent agree that another anti-Gospel force is Marxism, and they warn Christians the pitfalls of trying the outstretched hand with Communists. The

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When most of Europe was under royal rule, it must have been very difficult for a king to live a truly Christian life. He wielded absolute power, had the wealth of the nation at his disposal, could enjoy every comfort and luxury, indulge his slightest whim. Only a man of strong self-discipline could resist the constant temptations of such an existence. Consequently, when one reads of a king who was also a saint, one can only marvel at his greatness.

Such a one was Louis IX of France.

He was born at Poissy on April 25, 1214, the son of Louis VII and Blanche of Castile, who seems to have been a mother both doting and domineering.

She controlled his education rigorously, instilling in him from earliest years a love of virtue and a corresponding hatred for sin. When her husband died in 1226, her son was only 12 and she was regent until he came of age.

However, Louis was anything but a "mama's boy." He was a strong ruler with a real knack for governing. Along with these qualities went a sincere unselfishness and complete dedication to the honor and glory of God and the welfare of his peop)e.

He had a consuming zeal for justice and peace. If rebellous barons had to be defeated they were, but his subsequent treatment of them was mericful, not vindictive. Eventually he established a system of arbitration between whereby sovereigns and feuding lords, gradually eliminating violence in favor of judicial process.

As might be expected, Louis was a man of prayer and solid piety. As a captive during the first of the two Crusades he led to the East, he recited the Divine Office daily with two of his chaplains.

In 1267 he announced another Crusade, much to his people's consternation. He was sick and exhausted 'and, as his friend Turn to Page Thirteen

When confronted with eight months of persecution, Archbishop Oscar Romero of San Salvador recently reviewed the human and divine fabric of events in his Central American nation: He said the blood of priests, religious and lay leaders showed their will for martyrdom for the faith.

He was talking of two pastors and three lay helpers gunned down by rightists and of hundreds of campesinos and students killed by security agents as "subversives."

He was talking of 15 priestsseveral from the United Statesexpelled by the government or forced to leave under threat of death, of a media campaign against the Church paid for by the rich, and of the evasive language of the government when the bishops asked for a frank dialogue.

He called his pastoral letter "The Church Is Christ in History." It was his way to reflect on the intermingling of spiritual and temporal issues, but above all his way to defend the mission of the Church to preach salvation to the whole man and woman, to be consistent with the Gospel, to denounce inequity and to help the poor liberate themselves from the shackles of sin and injustice.

Leadership training, cooperatives, Christian communities aware of their rights are the effective tools of this mission, he pointed out.

Archbishop Romero's indictment covers the modern persecutors of the Church in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Cuba, Chile, Honduras, Paraguay, and to a lesser degree, in Colombia, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, Guyana, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama and Uruguay - most of Latin America.

What often begins as political dissent, when tolerated, evolves into rabid persecution because the power, riches and privileges enjoyed ,by rUling groups be-

paradox and the challenge is that Christiaans seeking redress from injustice and oppression find the Communists willing partners for liberation, mostly because they have not reached power. When they have, as in Cuba or Guyana they apply pressure on the believer, distrusting his or her loyalty to atheist materialism.

The immediate, most painful persecution comes however from the military rulers obsessed by the monster of security, who find that it is to their advantage to equate Communist subversion with the practical application of the Gospel regarding the poor.

The guerrilla threat might assume different proportions, from real as in Argentina and· Colombia, to barely visible. But the presence of the Church and its work, particularly after the Madellin guidelines of 1968, is taken as a real threat to power and the status quo. Then the price of dissant - which really is the voice of human dignity of the many - is martyrdom.

Freedom in Our Society

By Msgr. Joseph M. Champlin Would you consider the Sat.urday morning kiddie cartoons a subtle form of persecution for adults? How about selecting a casket for your deceased parent?

How about obtaining a bank mortgage for a new home?

These all sound like unreal statements or hypercritical objections. But hear me through.

In the three instances above there seems to exist a similar restriction of an individual's freedom. Very quietly, in many instances without our awareness of it, the current culture or economic system pushes us to act in a certain way and exerts a powerful pressure to respond according to a set pattern.

A few minutes ago I watched two youngsters sit absolutely mesmerized by the Saturday morning television shows.

About now, those same children

and millions like them will be constantly bombarded with commercials suggesting appropriate Christmas gifts.

Only strong parents can resist that form of indirect pressure.

What little John and Mary really want (and the TV set heavily influences their desires), caring dads and moms try to satisfy despite financial strain.

Two weeks ago I went with my family and uncle to select a coffin for my stepfather. Like most bereaved people, we were tired, upset, and not all that familiar with this process.

The funeral director was gracious and accommodating, but under the duress of that moment there was an underlying inner demand to follow the common procedure. Deviations cause delays and problems. Furthermore, would you wish to seem less Turn to Page Thirteen

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Twenty years ago he was the Bishop of Brazil, moving about the country, appearing on TV, confident of three presidents.

Newspaper men affectionately called him the "electric mosquito."

Today his writings may not be published by Brazilian newspapers. He may not appear on TV. He is free to leave his country and return, but he's not in favor with the government.

Even some of his fellow bishops fear him. His enemies call him "Fidel Castro in a cassock" or "The Red Bishop of Recife."

He is, of course, Archbishop Helder Camara, outspoken defender of the poor, prophet extraordinary, fearless diminutive giant. of justice.

Dom Helder's concern is the poverty of most of the world's people. Some people, he says, "feel that. Communism is the greatest social' problem . . . I am convinced that the greatest problem is social injustice.'"

He criticizes the,' excesses of both Communism and capitalism.

Two-thirds of humanity do not belong to the free world, he insists. They live "in destitution and sub-human conditions . . . slaves to hunger, disease, ignorance and internal colonialism."

He praises the Unit-ed States with its goal of "liberty and justice for all."

But he also criticizes the United States. "As long as the American middle class is incapable of realizing that the gravest social problem of our time is the ever-widening gap between the rich who get richer and the poor who get poorer; as long as there is no change of mentality, no revolution of ideas, the United States will be unequal to its immense responsibility of being the greatest democracy of our time."

Dom Helder, a frail-looking man, knows poverty first hand.

He was born Feb. 7, 1909 in Forteleza, northeast Brazil, one of the world's poorest areas.

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Isalas inicia a sua missao nrofetica no ano da morte de nzias(Azarias), rei de Jud~, oelo ano 739(antes de Cristo). Devia ser ainda relativamente iovem, de cerca de 25 anos, uma vez ~ue denois 0 vemos actuar durante nerto de 50 anos. Tudo comesou com a famosa vis~o de Deus tr~s vezes santo,no temnlo de Jerusalem, e com a sua resposta, humilde e qenerosa: Eis-me anui, e enviaime: (I S. 6) n Senhor envia-o a denunciar a infidelidade do Seu novo e a anunciar-lhe tremendos castiqos, embora deixando brilhar urn raio de esneran~a de sobrevivgncia para a . na~ao: urn nenueno resto nurificado, a semente santa desse roble frondoso abatido.

Isalas urn aristocrata nue trata em pe de iqualdade a qente das altas esferas da corte, dotado duma.qrande culture e esmerada forma~ao 1iterari a. ~1as a sua e1evada condi~ao n~o 0 faz esouecer a qente humilde, constituindo-se em seu advoqado da narte de Deus. Na sua crftica a alta sociedade frivola e aburquesada visa tambem 0 luxe e coouetismo feminjno. Critica dura~ente uma fin· qida e falsa reliqiosidade sem amor a Deus e ao nroximo.

Isalas avulta entre os qrandes profetas como homem de extraordin&ria firmeza de caracter, como espfrito eoui1ibrado, lucido e sereno, mas sobretudo homem de fe inquebrant~vel. Estes seus dotes s~o postos em evidencia nos momentos dificeis da historia do seu novo, em ~ue interveio decididamente. n seu proprio nome, Isafas, marca 0 seu caracter e nersonalidade. Isafas, da mesma etimoloqia de ,lesus, siqnifica, II 1ave e que salva. Isafas urn anelo constante a fee a confian~a no poder salvador de Deus. ~1as Isafas nao e urn carismatico nuro, nem urn falso mfstico exaltado e desliqado da realidade, quando ele apela nara a total con· fian~a em Qeus: ele realiza 0 ideal do perfeito homem de Deus, vivendo 0 divino e humano em perfeita si'ntese de unidade de vida.

Eis como se exprime urn crftico: IITalvez nunca tenha havido urn profeta como Isafas, que estivesse com a cabeJa acima das nuvens e os seus nes assentes na terra firme, com 0 cora~ao nas coi sas da eterni dade e com a boca e as maosnas coi sas do tempo, com 0 eSPlrito no conselho eterno de Deus e com 0 corno num momenta muito definido da Hist6ria.

Tamb~m os ensinamentos de Isafas nao sao de modo nenhum meramente ocasionais, mas tern uma validade sempre actual, oor vezes mesmo oalpitante. Isafas e considerado, no asnecto literario, 0 ponto mais altp da literatura blblica do Antiqo Testamento. Recorde-se 0 trecho admiravel do Cantico da Vinha. Deus, desiludido com a falta de correspond~ncia da sua criatura: ue mais nodia fazer Eu oela minha vinha, . nue Eu nao 0 tenha fei to?

Porque, esperando Eu oue me desse boas uvas, ~e nroduziu anenas 'uvas bravas?

Conhece 0 boi 0 seu amo e a jumento a manjedoira do seu dono: mas Israel nao tern conhecimento, (1s.l,3) o Meu nOVO nao entende.

Os oraculos de Isafas foram recolhidos em textos dispersos e s6 deoois foram recomnilados bastante desordenadamente, sem qrande ordem, nem 16qica, nem crono16qica~ talvez 0 comnilador tivesse diante alqum'criterio ~ue n6s iqnoramos.

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Archbishop Camara Continued from Page Twelve He was an auxiliary bishop of Rio de Janeiro in the 1960s when he began to attract worldwide attention. At the Second Vatican Council he seriously suggested to his fellow bishops that they sell their episcopal rings, mitres and crosses and give the money to the poor.

Dom Helder' doesn't only preach simplicity of life, he lives it. As a young bishop in Rio. he lived :in a two-room apartment with his mother and sister, and rode a bus to work.

As soon as possible after his appointment to the Archdiocese of Olinda-Recife, he moved his living quarters from the episcopal palace to a couple of simple sacristy rooms behind a nearby parish church. He doesn't own an automobile. As he travels to lecture throughout the world, he often carries his own shabby suitcase into the luxurious hotels where he is to speak.

Helder Camara is a courageous man whose life has been threatened frequently.

Eight years ago, a young priest, working with him, was brutally murdered because he wouldn't sign a statement saying Camara was a Communist. In 1973, five others working with him disappeared for several weeks, detained by officials unhappy with the Archbishop.

Dom Helder is affable, available and approachable to all. He is a man of deep prayer life who knows there is no simple solution to the problems of injustice.

St. Louis IX Continued from Page Twelve Joinville wrote, "those who recommended this voyage to the king sinned grievously." It was indeed a disaster. They made it to Tunis, where Louis was stricken with typhus and died.

His remains were brought home to the abbey church of St. Denis and after just 30 years, in 1297, he was canonized.

He believes in youth and in what he calls Abrahamic minorities. In any country, he says, "It is possible and easy to discover some people - a minority who ... are marked by God Himself. They are born for others, to devote themselves, to give without calculating and without measure."

Dom Helder hopes these minorities will exert a constant liberating pressure towards peace and plenty for all of God's human beings.

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Yesterday I talked with the pleasant, accommodating vicepresident of a bank. About to resettle a second Vietnamese family, our committee had made a purchase offer on an older home and sought to finance the ar· rangement. The basic fiscal plan was sound and solid, but the situation was unusual.

We got the mortgage, but I wonder if it was my power position as a community leader which actually brought that about.

It takes determined, motivated people to overcome cultural pressures and break through regulations.

The mother of those two children strictly supervises the quality and quantity of their television viewing.

A priest from St. Paul (with his mother's concurrence) decided in advance to purchase for his cancer-ridden father a beautiful, but extremely reasonable wooden casket from St. John's Abbey in Collegeville. Moreover, they made a decision not to have the man embalmed and to care for him at home rather than to have him die in a- hospital.

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CHOOSE LIFE!

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By Cecilia Belanger Advent is a good time to talk about life and how wealthy it is.

What does "choosi~g life" mean?

I have found young people who are not interested in accumulating possessions and property. They said their parents in some cases, spent a lifetime doing just that and had very little time for them. Conversation in their homes centered around things "we have to do for the house" and so forth, and very little on how Joe or Martha or Jane was hurting.

Joel: I can look around me at the people I know best and I can classify them into those who have chosen life and those who have chosen death.

Anne: I find that in most of the people I know, as in myself, there is a complex mixture of life and death.

Frank: But there are such great choices we can make. It's up to us. Certainly our education should help us to make these choices, else it's been a waste.

Pamela: Maybe there are four choices here. Life, death, God or Mammon. Or maybe choosing Mammon is death.

Instead of talking about this

problem somewhat abstractly we decided to focus on one particular issue.

What does it mean to choose life in that area of life which has to do with what we possess?

Within the Old Testament we seem to get two answers that cut in quite different directions.

"There are many passages in which prosperity as measured by worldly possessions is seen as a mark of the divine favor.

On the other hand, there are many passages in which the rich are condemned and those who have possessions are attacked for clinging to them.

In the New Testament the scales tilt more clearly against possessions, and the words of Jesus come to us in a horrifying way telling us that those who have possessions cannot enter the Kingdom of God. Does this mean, that to have possessions prevents us from participating truly in life itself?

Marie: I thought all that was explained a long time ago. That it doesn't make any difference whether you are poor or rich, that the Kingdom of God is for all. Yes, we thought that was explained a long. time ago, and we thought it was silenced al_ most successfully, both the Old and New Testament notes regarding riches and the poverty that comes in many guises, but it comes to us again today as something with which we must reckon.

Byron: The Bible does not tell us that hunger is more virtuous than a full stomach, that it is better to be naked than to be clothed. Doesn't it tell us that

the possession of some worldly goods is an enhancement of life?

Jean: We are not asked to withdraw from all that. Working and distributing goods is how we've built up our economy and civilization. One can turn toward the world or away from the world and still understand its goodness. But the New Testament is, like the Old Testament, extremely suspicious of possessions, extremely suspicious of great wealth.

Jean: Let us consider why that may be. I'm Catholic and I remember as a child hearing these things Sunday after Sunday so that I felt guilty if I had more than $10 in my pocket.

Nora: It's my observation that middle-class Americans can become possessed by their possessions. Instead of owning things we are owned by them.

And this is true. Think about the time most people spend in earning the money with which to acquire possessions, in the shopping time used to bring them into our homes, in taking care of them, protecting them, insuring them.

I know people who' are not willing to go off on trips because they cannot leave their possessions unguarded or uncared for. There are others who can's leave their plants for a week in the summer. We become slaves of our own property.

Bob told us of a retired neighbor, living alone in a big house full of furniture. He just could not bring himslf to separate from all that furniture.

Leslie: I think possessions often harden our hearts. If you

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All hands aided in preparations for the annual Open House program for area eighth graders, held earlier this month. "Visitors," said school officials, "were greeted by Gerrardites who shared their enthusiasm and love for 'Big G.''' Especially busy is the Gerrard Chorus which recently appeared at St. Mary's Women's Club and was in a joint performance with Portsmouth Abbey Glee Club and the Fall River

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Also in the musical line, the newspaper and yearbook staffs co-sponsored a round-the-clock rock-a-thon to raise funds for school equipment.

with all classroom windows seasonally decorated under the direction of Janet Twarog, art teacher, and Drama Club members rehearsing Dickens' "Christmas Carol," which will be presented at the Christmas assembly and at a parents' program Thursday, Dec. 22.

Holy Family Hundreds of visitors were guided through the "new" Holy Family High in New Bedford during the past week as area eighth graders visited and their parents attended an open house program which included a slide show and a question and answer period conducted by Father John P. Driscoll, director, and John J. Finni, principal.

Also last week, French students enjoyed a lunch at L'Auberge de Marion and entertained Holy Family-Holy Name kindergarteners at a St. Nicholas party, with David Freitas playing the part of the saint and Gail Sinagra that of a wicked elf.

Representing marketing and consumer relations, representatives of New Bedford Gas and Edison Light Co. spoke to upperclassmen on energy conservation. .

As boys' jayvee and varsity basketball players shape up to meet an alumni team tomorrow at Kennedy Center, girls are practicing in the newly-acquired HF gym for their season.

And it's beginning to look and sound a lot like Christmas, what

Committee, which rallies students behind school activities and sports. She also belongs to the track team, the marching and jazz bands and the National Honor Society. Last year she was class president and active in the student council.

The third oldest of seven children, Marilyn is the daughter of Richard and Doris Castro of Attleboro. She has a parttime job in the dietary department of Sturdy Memorial Hospital and hopes to become a doctor.

have two coats and your neighbor has none, if you have food in the pantry and your neighbor is hungry, and if you continue to possess the coats and the food without sharing, then does it not require that you harden your heart?

Space does not permit recounting all that was said. But I know there are youth who are choosing poverty, who feel that their values, ideals, hopes and dreams will be threatened if they do not.

It is not as difficult as one fears to live simply, to make do, to shift for one's self, to be car-less, to give up a lot of unnecesssary things in order to do the things one really wishes to do.

None of these young people smoke or drink. So they do not spend money on these things.

Some make their own clothes, all do their own shopping and cooking. They own very little. Theyare generous to a fault and their good deeds are done quietly.

Our group decided one thing unanimously: that we can choose life, but that choice must be made in a profound, genuine and effective way, and it can be done only as we are at the sallie time transformed within at a level that is beyond that choice.

It is only as something happens in the depths of our being; it is only as our deepest desires are transformed that our choice is truly just and truly holy. And that we can call grace. If choices cannot be sustained except in brittle and painful ways to those around us, then they are not the choices that serve God.

. cent Spell-In sponsored by the Future Business Leaders Club.

First and second place winners were Karen Doyle and Susan Diaz, freshmen; third and fourth were Anne Marie Lewis and Karen Cummings, juniors.

A holiday program, "Christmas in Music and Drama," included band, chorus and drama club selections and presentations by the color guard, drill team and majorettes.

Parents and friends are invited to the annual Christmas Also at the Attleboro School, . liturgy, to be celebrated at 10 freshmen and juniors won a re- a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 21.

Bishop Feehan Senior Marilyn Castro has been named winner of the Daughters of the American Revolution Good Citizenship Award at Bishop Feehan High in Attleboro. Asked why, school officials said: "The answer lies in her total membership in her school community. The qualities required for the DAR are dependability, leadership, service, and patriotism, all exemplified by Marilyn.

"She is a member of the Spirit

MARILYN CASTRO (right), DAR Award winner at Bishop Feehan High in Attleboro, is congratulated by Sister Mary Faith, principal.

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Interscholastic

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IN THE DIOCESE

By BILL MORRISSETTE

679-5262 Hoop Season Starts Next Week League seasons in basketball get underway next Tuesday but there is non-league action everywhere in the meantime.

The Hockomock League's opening card next Tuesday lists Sharon at King Philip, NO'rth Attleboro at Stoughton, Franklin at Foxboro and Oliver Ames at Mansfield with Canton drawing the bye.

Sharon and Stoughton are the defending co-champions having finished the 1976-77 season tied at 14 wins and two losses each.

In the Southeastern Mass.

Conference only Division One opens its 1977-78 schedule next Tuesday when Barnstable will entertain state champion Durfee Somerset will be at Dartmouth, Bishop Connolly High at New Bedford High and Attleboro at Fairhaven. Taunton has the bye.

Divisions Two and Three open on Jan. 3.

Girls' basketba:Il in the conference does not start until after New Year's but the Hockomock girls open their schedule next Tuesday with defending champion Sharon at home to King Philip, Mansfield at Oliver Ames, Foxboro at Franklin and Stoughton at North Attleboro.

Hockomock launches its indoor track schedule today with Stoughton at Mansfield, Canton at King Philip, Franklin at North Attleboro and Sharon at Foxboro. Franklin, 7-0 last year, is

In conference winter track, New Bedford Yoke-Tech is host to Bishop Stang High as Attleboro meets Barnstable and New Bedford takes on Seekonk at New Bedford High. Saturday, Taunton High will be the site of meets pairing Dighton-Re-hoboth against Diman Yoke and Somerset against Taunton.

Monday at New Bedford Yoke-Tech it will be VokeTech vs. Diman, Coyle-Cassidy vs. Dighton-Rehoboth; at New Bedford High that school will host Barnstable and Attleboro opposes Dartmouth; and, at Attleboro, it will be Stang vs. Bishop Feehan High, and, Taunton vs. Seekonk. Wednesday the schedule has Dennis-Yarmouth vs. Fairhaven and Somerset vs.

Falmouth at Fairhaven.

Among preseason basketball games Diman is at Tiverton today. Somerset is at Case, Connolly at Tiverton and Westport at Southeastern Regional Friday. On the hockey front, Somerset and Connolly meet at eight o'clock tonight in the Driscoll Rink, Fall River. Somerset takes on Seekonk at 7:30 Saturday night in the Bay State Arena.

Seekonk and Durfee clash in girls' basketball at 3:15 tomorrow at Durfee.

More All Star Teams The roster of the Division One Southeastern Mass. Conference all-star football team reads: Offense - Jim Murphy, Bill Heap, Durfee; Ken Fisher, Taunton; Lance Martin, Dave White, Jeff Farias, Dartmouth; Don Tavares, John Clough, New Bed- ford; Steve Haddad, Falmouth; Brian Hanley, Kevin Cryan, Attleboro. Defense - Don Belanger, Taunton; Bor Ingham, Tom Vieira, Dartmouth; Mark Correira, Ken Johnson, New Bedford; Jeff King, Gary Furtado, Fairhaven; Dennis Lopes, Mike Halloran, Falmouth; David Gervasio, Durfee; Cryan, John McNally, Attleboro; Tom Vieira, Dartmouth.

The Division Two team is: Offense Randy Glasser, James Norton, Barnstable; Brian Chisholm, Randy Lombardi, Richard Rose, Brad Gomes, Coyle-Cassidy; John Gonet, Michael Schmitt, Stang; Andre and Manny Carvalho, Somerset; James Brennan, Feehan. Defense Michael Heroux, Joseph Vanafra, Robert Tainer, Somerset; Thomas Hutchins, Michael Duchaine, Joseph McLean, Dennis Clark, Coyle-Cassidy; Paul Larocque, Rene Choquette, New Bedford Yoke-Tech; Michael Flaherty, Feehan; William Gallagher, Stang; William Sullivan, Barnstable.

Fall River South Win Streak Broken Taking a two-goal lead in the first period New Bedford went. on to a 3-1 victory over Fall River South last Su~day night snapping the pace-setting Southies' win streak at nine games. John Travers and Dave Gammons scored in the first period, Bob Leger in the last stanza for New Bedford. Ray Correira netted South's goal in the second period.

Brian Cabral scored four goals in Somerset's 7-1 win over Fall River North and Taunton de-

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feated Westport-Dartmouth, 3-1, in other games last Sunday night.

Next Sunday night's schedule has Westport-Dartmouth vs.

New Bedford at nine o'clock, Taunton vs. Somerset at 10 and Fall River South vs. Fall River North at 11.

South, now 9-1, has 18 points in the standings, New Bedford 12, Somerset 10, Taunton 9, Westport-Dartmouth 6, Fall River North 5.

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Checkered Flag or Crash - Friday, Dec. 23, 8:30-9:00 (Universal): Joe Don Baker is a p.m. (NBC) "The Fourth King." driver in a Philippines road race From Italian television comes and Susan Sarandon is a photo- this animated story of how the grapher-journalist this film's animal kingdom discovers and disregard for human life renders celebrates the Birth of Christ. it questionable for younger - Saturday, Dec. 24, 4 and viewers. Adults only.

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THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Thurs. Dec. 15, 1977

The Parish Parade Publicity chairmen of parish organizations are asked to submit news items for thil eolumn to The Anchor, P. O. Box 7, Fall River. 02722. Name of city or town should be Included, as well as full dates of all Ictlvities. Please send news of future rather than Dast events. Note: the same news Item can be used only once. Please do not request that we repeat an announcement several times.

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Due to space limitations, effective with our issue of Thursday, Jan. 5, 1978, we will no longer carry news of fundraising activities in the Parish Parade column. This includes bingos, dances, suppers, bazaars and other profit-making events.

We wiD continue to carry notices of spiritual programs, club meetings, youth projects and similar nonprofit activities.

Fundraising projects may of <cour~ be advertised at our regular rates. This is a policy in effect ~t many diocesan newspapers to the satisfaction of both readers and advertisers.

ST. JOHN OF GOD, [)OMERSET A

family penance service fer 7 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 18 has been rescheduled to 7 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 17 in order not to interfere with Bishop Cronin's 25th anniversary Mass.

Parishioners knowing of any family in need of Christmas dinner supplies are asked to contact the rectory or the St. Vincent de Paul Society president, Louis Rosa. His telephone is 674-0300. ~,cheduled

HOLY NAME, FALL RIVER The Vocalaires and the Serenaders of Durfee High School will entertain Leisure Group members at 2 this afternoon in the parish hall.

An Advent Choral Evensong will be held in the church at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, with selections including sections of Handel's Messiah, scripture lessons and responsive prayer.

The monthly prayer service for parish intercessors will be held at 1:30 p.m. Sunday. Requests for prayer may be left in the boxes at the church entrance.

The annual 'parish family Advent Penance Service will be held at 7:30 'p.m. Monday, Dec. 19.

School board officers are Michael Walsh, president; Donald Vermette, vice-president; Claire Picard, secretary.

ST. LAWRENCE, NEW BEDFORD A cantata, "The Promise of Love," wm be presented at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 18 in the church by the New Bedford Ecumenial Choir. Admission will be free and all area residents ate invited to attend. The group is directed by Ronald Roy Allison.

ST. THOMAS MORE, SOMERSET • Youth group members will attend a Christmas party with youth of Sacred Heart parish, Fall River from 7 to 10 p.m.

Friday, Dec. 23.

New members may join the 1000 Club during the next two weekends.

ST. JOSEPH, ATTLEBORO Cub Scouts will meet tomorrow afternoon.

Junior Corps members will attend a Christmas supper at 7:30 p.m. Saturday.

A coffee hour in the parish hall will follow 9:15 and 10:30 a.m. Masses Sunday and the annual children's Christmas party will be held in the hall at 2 p.m. Cubs will hold their party at 7:30 p.m., also in the hall.

An Advent penance service will take place at 7 p.m. Monday, Dec. 19.

SS. PETER AND PAUL, FALL RIVER Miss Joan Leduc has been parish representative to the Bishop's Charity Ball, Jan. 13.

An important meeting of new altar boys will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday.

Reservations for the Home and School New Year Eve dance can be made with Claire Machado, 672-3561 or Lucille Pavao 679-5904.

Tonight is the deadline for a men's day of recollection, Sunday from 1 to 8 p.m. Reservations may be made with Edmond Machado, 672-3561.

Those planning to take part in the annual parish show in March are asked to attend a casting session at 7 p.m. Tuesday in Father Coady Center.

ST. STANISLAUS, FALL RIVER Parishioners will bring Christmas cards to Mass Sunday for a special blessing. The oplatek, the Polish Christmas wafer of reconciliation, will also be distributed at each Mass.

A trip to Poland is planned in June with 50 seats reserved on a charter flight for parishioners.

Additional information will be forthcoming in February.

The church will be decorated from 6 to 11 p.m. Wednesday through Friday of next week and volunteers are invited.

The pjuish children's Christ,mas concert is set for Sunday at 3 p.m. in the school hall.

Reservations are being accepted at the rectory for the traditional parish New Year's Eve party, with music by Lee Drewniak and his orchestra.

SACRED HEART, FALL RIVER Cub Scouts will hold a Christmas party tomorrow in the parish center.

Parish children will decorate a tree in the church from 1 to 2:30 p.m. Saturday with decorations they have made themselves. They will also make Christmas pictures for an art contest.

All parishioners are asked to bring gifts suitable for nursing home patients to the church on Sunday.

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