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Name 82 Laity of Diocese 'To Receive Marian Medal Some 82 members of the laity of the Diocese of Fall River have been nominated to receive the Marian Medal, a special annual award recognizing those who _ have distinguished themselves in the service to the Church.

Awards will be presented on Sunday afternoon, Dec. 28, at three o'clock at St. Mary's Cathedral, Fall River.

Most Rev. Daniel A. Cronin, S.T.D., 'Bishop of Fall River, will bless the medals and then present them to each of the 82

laymen and laywomen who come from every sector of the Diocese.

Following an address to the men and women who have so practically lived their devotion to their parishes and diocese, the ceremonies will be closed with Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament.

The exquisite silver medal has a raised image of Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal with the Latin inscription "0 Mary, conceived without ,sin, pray for us who have recourse to you." The 1830 date designates the year of

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The reverse side of the medal has the seal of the Diocese of Fall River which was established in 1904..

The nominess are: Attleboro Area Mrs. Mary (Manuel) B. Amaral, 58 Blanding Road, Rehoboth Mrs. Virginia (Harry) A. Borden, 60 West Street, Attleboro Miss Cecile J. Brais, 24 Eddy Street, North Attleboro Turn to Page Twelve

Together in Peace, Bids Pope In ushering in the New Year, Pope Paul VI sent a message to all the governments and churches of the world imploring their best efforts to promote peace and, in an address to the Cardinals in Rome, spoke of some of the perils and joys that face the Church in the new year. ' PEACE MESSAGE

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VATICAN CITY (NC)-Pope Paul VI in his message for the Day of Peace, noted that although he sees peace "gaining ground" in men's hearts and on some national and international fronts, "at the time we see the manifestation of phenomena contrary to the content and purpose of peace; and these phenomena to'o are making progress ..• "There is a disproportionate growth - and the example causes shivers of fear - of the possession of arms of every kind, in every individual nation," the Pope said.

"This is our message," he emphasized. "It is necessary before all else to provide peace with other weapons- different from those destined to' kill and exterminate mankind." One Qf the weapons of peace is "judicious disarming." the Pontiff noted.

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VATICAN CITY (NC)-In his Dec. 22 discourse to cardinals who traditionally present Christmas greetings to the Pope several days before Christmas, the Pope said that the Holy Year has proven that the Church is "more than ever alive."

He hailed ecumenismas a force continuing "calmly and without interruption."

The "special intuition" of the people of God, he said, stripped away the exterior trappings of the Holy Year down to "its esentials. He praised the orderliness of the Holy Year at a time when "violence reaps innocent victims."

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Backs Life Support Center

Jewish Statement Needed

WASHINGTON-The director of the Catholic bishops' Commi,ttee for Pro-Life Activities has expressed support for bills now before Congress which would aid life support centers to provide alternatives to abortion for pregnant teen-agers.

The director, Msgr. James McHugh, expressed his support in a letter to Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.), chairman of the Senate subcommittee on health and sponsor of a major life support center bill, the National School Age Mothers and Child Health Act of 1975.

"We support the general intent" of the bills, Msgr. McHugh said, "to provide assistance to teen-age parents enabling them to bear their children and to care for them and raise these children in a d;ignified and responsible fashion."

The legislation before the health subcommittee, Msgr. McHugh said, "deserves serious consideration since it represents an' effort to draw together those resources that will benefit young mothers and give them realistic options other than abortion."

WASHINGTON (NC)-A newspaper attack on the recent U.S. bishops' statement on Catholic-Jewish relations is proof of the need for the statement, said Father Edward Flannery, executive director of the bishops' Secretariat for Catholic-Jewish Relations here.

The bishop' statement praised the positive developments in Cathlic-Jewish relations since the Second Vatican Council. The attack, written by John J. Mulloy, a contributing editor of The Wanderer, appeared in the Dec. 18 issue of the independent Catholic weekly. It charged that parts of the statement路 cannot be justified in light of authentic Catholic teaching.

Human Development Campaign WASHINGTON (NC) - The Camnaign for Human Development (CHD) has published a new report that documents the existence of 40 million poor people in the United States - a figure nearly 65 percent higher than the official government figure.

Support Food Stamps WASHINGTON (NC)-In an unusual cooperative effort, 11 Catholic organizations have joined together to urge support for the Food Stamp program. In a three-page statment made public and aimed at their members, the organizations said critics of the program have received wide publicity and much misinformation about the program has been spread.

the meaning of the nearly':-concluded Holy Year, the Pope said that its full significance would be known only after time and study.

Deny Political Shift MADRID (NC) - The Church's shift from support for Gen. Francisco Franco's "crusade" against communism during the Spanish Civil War to its present search for liberalization of Franco's repressive policies is far from opportunism, Cardinal Vicente Enrique y Tarancon declared at the Spanish Bishop's Conference.

Rather, he asserted, it represents the application of the Gospel to changing conditions.

Spirit Renewal in Russia PARIS (NC)-A "spiritual renaissance" is under way in the Soviet Union, Cardinal Franz Koenig of Vienna, president of the Vatican Secretariat for Non-Believers, said here. This rebirth is "characterized by a new authentic路 religious self-questioning among leading personalities as well as small, private groups," Cardinal Koenig said in an article in Le Monde, Paris daily.

See Miracle

World Final Audience VATICAN CITY (NC)-Pope Paul VI in his final public audience of the Holy Year urged pilgrims thronging St. Peter's Basilica to cultivate a loving knowledge of Jesus and express it in practical love of neighbor. Reflecting on

ROME (NC)-The Medical board of the Vatican's Congregation for the Causes of the Saints, by a six to three vote, has validated a miracle in the canonization of Blessed John Neumann, fourth bishop of Philadelphia. The medical board must certify that a cure is miraculous before the congregation studies whether it is to be attributed to the candidate for canonization.

Retreat Schedule At Holy Cross

Dedicate Anew Ancient Organ In New Bedford The public is inVited to attend an organ ooncert at 2:30 p.m.

Sunday, Jan. 4 at Sacred Heart Church, New Bedford, marking rededication of the parish's pipe organ, believed to be over 150 years old.

Restoration of the organ has been in progress since August and the January concert will feature a program by Gerald Vanasse, former parish organist and now director of music for Canterbury Preparatory School in Connecticut.

Following an entrance procession to Cesar Franck's setthg of Psalm 150, the organ will be blessed by Rev. Ernest Blais, pastor, and the concert will follow.

The Hallelujah Chorus will close the program.

Joseph Scammons, present director of music for the parish, said a fund drive to restore the organ has been in progress since last March. He noted that pipe markings found in the p~ocess of restqration indicate it has been rebuilt twice before.

Retreats for priests and religious scheduled at Holy Cross Retreat House, 490 Washington St., North Easton, include, from Feb. 15 through 20 and from April 18 through 23, two retreats for Sisters, the first directed by Rev. Richard Sullivan, CSC, and the second by Rev. Thomas Tobin, esc.

TWO NEW PRIESTS: Rev. H. Stanley Barney III, left, and Rev. Herbert T. Nichols, right, pose. proudly with .Bishop Cronin following their ordination to the priesthood on Saturday, Dec. 20.

Above, priests of the diocese assemble behind and around the bishop following the imposition of hands rite symbolizing their fraternal welcoming of the diocese's newest priests.

A retreat for priests -is scheduled from May 2 through 7. It will be directed by Rev. James Burke, O.P., who has since 1971 been involved in charismatic prayer retreats and parish renewal missions throughout the United States and Latin America.

Vincentians to Meet Fall River area Vincentians will meet for Mass at 7 P.M. Tuesday, Jan. 6 at St. John of God Church, Somerset. A meeting will follow, at which final returns for the Bishop's Ball may be made. Members are also requested to meet at 1 P.M. Sunday, Jan. 4 at Lincoln Park to aid in decorating for the ball.

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Colonial Style To Highlight Bishop'5 Ba II ,

The 21st annual Bishop's Charity Ball of the Fall River diocese to be held at the Lincoln Park Ballroom on January 9 will commemorate the 200th anniversary of the founding of our nation. The theme, motif and color of the Ball will emphasize the celebration in the diocese---8f this historical event. The ballroom will be decorated with red, white and blue cloth. The Bishop's box will have a Liberty Bell.

The dress of the patrons of the Ball will be colonial style, but this is optional.

Eleventh Massachusetts Line Continental Army

No Substitute WASHINGTON (NC) - Many Catholic and Christian families are "actively supporting one another in their common beliefs and values" despite lack of support for those beliefs and values in contemporary American culture, a U. S. Catholic Conference (USCC) official said here.

"The family is the indispensable transmitter of the distinctive beliefs, values and attitudes characterizing a nation and underlying the aspirations and commitments of its individual mem,bers," said the official, Father Donald B. Conroy, representative for family life in the USCC department of education. "In this regard, there is no viable substitute for the family."

Father Conroy issued a statement on "The American Catholic Family and the Bicentennial" on behalf of diocesan family life directors and after consultation with them. The statement was issued on the occasion of Holy Family Sunday, Dec. 28.

The statement noted that "it was concern for their families

Necrology JAN. 4 Rev. Eugene L. Dion, 1961, Pastor, Blessed Sacrament, Fall River JAN. 6 Rev. James F. Roach, 1906, Founder, Immaculate Conception, Taunton JAN. 7 Rev. Alfred R. Forni, 1970, Pastor, St. Francis of Assisi, New Bedford JAN. 8 Rev. Alfred J. Carrier, 1940, Founder, St. James, Taunton Rev. John Kelly, 1885, Founder, St. Patrick, Fall River Rev. Arthur C. Lenaghan, 1944, Chaplain, United States Army THE AMCHOIl Second CIII. Po.t.,e P.id .t F.II River, Mil'. P'ubll.h.d .very Thund.y .t 410 HI,hl.nd Avenue, F.II River, Mils. 02722 by thl C.thollc Press of the Diocese of fill Illver. Subscription prici by m.II, po.tp.id '5,00 71.r.

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The Eleventh Massachusetts Line Continental Army will make an appearance at the Ball in all its regalia serving as escorts to His Excellency Daniel A. Cronin, S.T.D., bishop of the diocese, honored guest at the bicentennial ball. The Regiment

structure and general patterning of activities throughout the life cycle."

It continued: "In this climate of technological pressure and growing secularization, American Catholic families are called to work out major adjustments in ways that are consonant with their faith. They no longer can In what is probably a first for count on much support from an the Fall R~ver diocese, members externally religious culture for of the parish council of St. their distinctive family attitudes, Mark's Church, Attleboro Falls, values and beliefs." met earlier this month for a day As indications of the lack of of reflection intended to deepen support in contemporary society their spiritual life, strengthen for Catholic, or Christian, fam- their sense of dedication and commitment, develop a greater ily ideals, the statement cited: -Fewer sanctions for and less understanding of their roles as disapproval of premarital and extra-marital sexual relations, leading to "an estimated 800,000 extramarital pregnancies annually and a venereal disease rate of epidemic proportions;" -An increase in divorces anand the quality of family life nually by seven or eight per that led many of our forefathers cent since 1968 to more than one to leave their native homelands The Sisters of St. Dorothy, million this year; . to conquer the forbidding wilderwho have a novitiate and pro-Increased cohabitation withness and gradually to shape a vincial house in Taunton and out formal marriage; new nation."

-"Aggressive advocacy of staff Our Lady of Mt. Carmel After briefly sketching the 'open marriage' and homosex- School in New Bedford, will hold growth of the country, its urbanthe first national congress of ization in the past century and uality;" alumni of their schools Satur-"A commonly accepted conthe involvement of all major day, Jan. 3 at. Our Lady of Faraces and nationalities in his traceptive mentality;" -"The apparent widespread tima High School, Warren, R.I. process, the statement described The one·day program, beginof child abuse and incidence the role of Catholic immigrants ning at 12:30 p.m. will be attend-"The accepantce of aborin these developments and the tion and sterilization by married ed by representatives from' alChurch's ministry to them. umni associations in Warren, "Today," the statement then couples."

Turn to Page Thirteen "The danger," the' ,statement said, "American Catholic famsaid, "is that even 'yhristian ilies are highly mobile both socially (through education and families will be influen"ced to income) and spatially (going out compromise their ideals and no On December 18, the Bishops of cities to suburbs and to longer view sexual rela\!ons, newly developing industrialized marriage and parenthood fr6m a of the Ecclesiastical Province of Turn to Page Six areas).

Boston - which includes the "Thus, Catholic families are Archdiocese of Boston and the Diocese of Portland, Manchester, now moving toward full particBurlington, Fall River, Springipation in American society and Rita M. LeBell, 440 Main "' field and Worcester-held their are experiencing the muti-faceted St., Van Buren, Me 04785 is r~gular fall meeting at the resimpact of a dominant culture organizing a correspondence that is increasingly secularized id~nce of Humberto Cardinal club for shut-ins and as a longMedeiros in Boston. and no longer primarily influtime Anchor subscriber welenced by Protestant religious The major topic on the agencomes inquiries from this dibelief." da was the new Rite of Penance, ocese. Her interests include The statement noted that stamp collecting, painting and issued in late 1973 by the Holy American families, including arts and crafts and she is also See, and more recently transCatholic ones, "are growing lated into English. more and more alike in size, a free lance writer.

The Diocese of Fall River will concentrate in the next five years on encouraging and strengthening good Christian family life. This was announced by Bishop Daniel A. Cronin, S.T.D., Bishop of Fall River, in a special interview (please see page 8).

Sunday, Dec. 28, is Holy Family, Sunday.

"It is one of our great needs," Bishop Cronin stated.

"If parents recognized their serious obligation and brought up their children in love and implanted the seeds of Christian ethics in them, there would be no need for courts.

"Let parents stay home when they possibly can with their children ••• take an interest hi them and their school work ••• pray together."

will participate in the colorful presentee program when thirtyseven young ladies from thirtyseven parishes will be presented to Bishop Cronin.

The Ball Committee will meet on Sunday, January 4 at I p.m. at the ballroom to decorate the whole area of the hall.

The Ball booklet is still open to people wishing to have their names printed in the commemorative booklet. Each subscrLber will receive tickets to the Ball according to the categories selected. There are six categories.

Tickets are available at Catholic Church rectories and are available at the door on the night of the Ball. Requests for tickets and placement in the Ball booklet may be made to Bishop's Charity Ball Headquarters, 410 Highland Ave., Fall River, 02720, tel. 676-8943.

Attleboro Parish Council Has Day of Recollection

Dorothean Alumni Meet

elected representatives of God's people of St. Mark's and ultimately, to establish long and short-range goals for the parish.

Over eight months in the planning, the day's program featured a talk by Rev. Peter Graziano of the Diocesan Department of Social Services and Special Apostolates on the role of laypeople in the Church today, and the responsibilities and opportunities of parish council membership.

William Connelly, council president, was rector fur the day and Rev. George Bellenoit, curate, opened the program with an audiovisual prayer based on the song "Pass It On," originally prepared by Mrs. Anne Meloni, religious coordinator for the parish, for use at the New England Congress of Religious Education held last August in Hartford.

Following Father Graziano's keynote address, councillors held small group discussions of its applicability to their roles in the parish, and summaries of their findings were shared with all participants.

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Plan For New Penance Rite

For Shut-Ins

It was decided that, starting immediately, the priests should study carefully the provisions of the new Rite (workshops will be arranged in each Diocese) in order that they may be able to instruct the faithful.· It was further decided that in the above mentioned Dioceses the new Rite may not be used generally until the weekend of the first Sunday of Advent (Noevmber 27-28) in 1976. It will become mandatory on the weekend of the first Sunday of Lent (February 26-27) in 1977.

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The Holy Innocents?

The Feast of the Holy Innocents has been displaced this year by the liturgically -more important Sunday and Feast of the Holy Family.

Yet the lesson of the Holy Innocents is simply too intertwined in the revelation of Christmas to be passed. over quietly. Since suffering is part of all life and presumably will be part of 1976, we should avert to this important lesson at the very beginning of the new year.

The Feast of the Holy Innocents stresses the crossfull life of some of our brothers and sisters who are used and abused by others. Those innocent children about the Lord's age who were barbarically slaughtered at the whim of a polically threatened king remind us of the plight dramatically.

From the earliest of His ministry, the Lord would lknow opposition, plots and attempts to silence Him! This feast casts a light on both the Christ and His message - how needed was the message and the Mess ~l1ger!

But, as in Christmas, so here. The feast is not simply to commemorate the past. It is to aid us understand better the mystery and challenge in which we are immersed by choice today.

There are many Holy Innocents about us.

Bishops throughout the world have pointed oult the plight of a soon-to-be-aborted child, defenseless in the mother's womb - this is a Holy Innocent, used and abused by a supposed intimate.

The many hostages huddled into a tiny space, throats chained in wire, exposed to the elements and to constant shriek threats are Holy Innocents in the hands of selfish robbers or spectacle-thirsty politicos.

Innocent Catholics and Protestants in Northern Ireland are Holy Innocents, shot down or blasted apart simply because their religion is not the same as the attacker.

Christians and Moslems in Lebanon are used by gun wielding gangs, irrespective of their non-involvement, simply to use the moment in an emphatic political move.

The Cain in all men and women, so historically present in every age, must avert to the Infants cry from the crib.

But we must 'get down to today, here and now, you and me.

How do we face at the drug-hooked young man in the neighborhood? What is our first thought of the anxious pregnant teenage girl down the street?

How do we receive programs for the mentally disturbed, the retarded, the released convict? Are all programs fine, ideal and humanitarian as long as they do not come too close to my own life, my own home?

Is an ideal, religious education what I desire for my children as long as I do not have to back it up with my own change of life or conversion; as long as I do not have to physically and financially ,support it?

Just what do I think of the teen runaway, the neighborhood alcoholic, the "different" from me?

Holy Innocents? Oh, there are plenty around even today, even in my parish, even within the shadow ole my own life.

If 1976 can be a year in which we recognize and respect our brothers and sisters, a year in which we attempt to imitate our Master and Lord and be of service to one another, history will suffer no embarrassment or 'remorse in looking back to it.

For the moment, it is for us to decide: shall we have a loving service to one another as the Infant bids us from the Crib or shall we have more Holy Innocents?

@rhe ANCHOR OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF THE DIOCESE OF FALL RIVE:R

Published weekly by The Catholic Press of the Diocese of Fall River 410 Highland Avenue Fall River Mass. 02722 675-7151 PUBLISHER Most Rev. Daniel A. Cronin, D.O., S.T.D. FINANCIAL ADMINISTIRATOR ACTlffG EDITOR Rev. Msgr. John RElgan Rev. John R. Foister, S.T.l. .. ...,Leary Prlls- Fall River

THE FAMILY OF GOD-That theme is illustrated from these readings for Holy Family Sunday, Dec. 28: First: The children of God will love and care for their earthly parents (Sirach 3:2-6, 12-4); Second: Love and .mutual concern will mark the family of God's children (col. 3: 12-21); Gospel: In the family at Nazareth, Jesus grew in size and strength, filled with wisdom and grace. (Lk. 2:22-40).

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Alone For Christmas This season 0 f the year is a time for togetherness.

People try to be with their families and friends. They certainly do not want to be alone. Yet in these United States many people and families will be alone this Christmas. There will be many strangers searching for problems. Above all it causes a a familiar and friendly face.

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loss in one's sense of personal well being and encourages a hedonistic life style.

American situation is that we During this Christmas season h ave become perforce 0 f our present society a nation of we should make every attempt to realize that man needs a comstrangers. This past year about '11' . h d munity, that man needs his felfifty ml Ion AmerIcans c ange low man. By encouraging interI h h If dd t eir home a ress. A most a action between people we can, of these people move d across a . if we care, contribute greatly to county or state hne. a person's sense of self respect.

Of course this mass movement of the nation's population can be As Catholics and Christians attributed to the response of or- we can during this Christmas ganizational transfers, new job season be aware of the opportuopportunities and the search for nities that the Church commubetter living conditions. As a nity can make to help the result we are fast becoming a strangers in our midst. There are society that is rootless. In turn many weary travelers in our this rootlessness seems to be di- own parishes who are searching rectly associated with a decline for a friendly face and a warm in compani,onship, a decline in greeting. There are many new mutual trust and a decline in families in our communities who psychological security. would like to share the joy and It encourages an indifference love of this season with other in personal relationships and a famiilies. lack of concern t,9 .~QmqnJ,QitY.w."Ibe.C~s.bQJ.IJd,be..a...me.eJ:':h--

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The Church is on the road toward renewal despite gloomy world forecasts, he said. ''The sense of prayer, rediscovered contact with God, the initiation of social and charitable works on behalf of suffering brothers tells us that good is greater than eviL" Speaking of the "still serious and unresolved" Middle East problems, the Pope said: "Even if we are well aware of the tragedies not long past which have coml'elled the Jewish people to seek a secure and protected fortress in a sovereign and independent state of their ownand in fact, precisely because we are aware of this - we would like to ask the children of this people to recognize the rights and legitimate aspirations of another people who themselves have suffered for a long time, the Palestinian people."

The Church, the Pope pointed out would continue to seek freedom eS"lecially in Czechoslovakia, Romania, Russia and Vietnam.

He called for peace in Angola and for Lebanon he repeated his calls that a "tradition of good collahoration" be spared.

He lashed out against a "willful. categorical, unworthy and cold rejection of the mission of the .church" by the "manipulators of public opinion through the media. by men of science and education and art."

The Pope deplored a "tide of premeditated violence, often sparked by an easy, dangerous and unbelieveable thirst for money which seems to he trying to sink order in civil society."

ing place for the spirit of the season. We must keep our doors, our hearts and minds open for the strangers. We must make sure that there is room in the inn.

Just don't go to Church. The old friendliness of earlier days when after the services everyone chatted with people has disappeared in many areas. Today so many people who attend Church services flee to the parking lot like so many people who have just attended a funeral.

Invite the stranger to become active in Church activities. Offer them the advantages of the soul that only a Church community can offer.

The Church must never be considered a mere forty-fiveminute weekly stop. For those who really care the parish community can be a way of life, a means of really showing Christ to the stranger. No one who comes to Church this Christmas ~eason should ever feel that he or she is in a strange house.

It should be our home not for just one day but fior all the days of our life. It is up to each and every member of the faithful to make the strangers in our midst feel at home in our parish churches.. We must go out of our way, we must put ourselves out for the stranger. We must not let the Holy Family pass us by this or any other Christmas season.

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Europe and Russia. The Pope were quick to say that things are This has nothing to do with sex. took three opportunities in the better for them now than in Just as the Church has recently month of November to speak the past but the future was un· broken many of its age-old tradiout strongly on the evils of certain at .best. I pray that their tions concerning the Mass, I beMarxism in the world, calling it lives are not used-like a gam- lieve that the future will see the an "inadmissable formula" for bier uses his poker chips in a Church sanctioning women change. bluff-to achieve some form of priests. In the meantime, I hope "While it is true that the sit- personal satisfaction for the that we will continue to have uation has shifted in the last few Soviets. many more male priests to lead years for those who actively The Pope recommends: "We us by their 'holiness not their must love more, yes more." But masculinity.

I hope that you will print this we in the Western world must letter as a belated Christmas DO more. We must be uncom· promising in our discussions of present to Mary Carson from another mother of eight. the situation with the Soviets.

With love to all, We must show them that we are G. Lapointe Juliet WASHINGTON (NC) - Card- concerned with the physical and Fall River inal Stefan Wyszynski, primate spiritual welfare of our fellow of Poland, has cabled a message Christians and that their disof prayerful good wishes for the criminatory treatment of Christians does not go unnoticed.

Church in the United States.

The cable, directed to Arch As part.of its resolutidn, the Dear Editor, We've gone from the sublime bishop Joseph L. Bernardin of World Council of Churches made Cincinnati, president of the U.S. one point very clear: "Christians to the ridiculous in one incredNational Conference of Catholic dare not remain silent when ibly easy week! Whoever you are Bishops (NCCB), was dated Dec. other members of the body of (your name hasn't reached me 8 considered the patronal feast Christ face problems in any part yet) perhaps you should read the front page of your newspaper day of the Catholic Church in of the world".

Martin Doblmeier and discover that Vatican CounAmerica. cil II happened over 10 years Newport, R. I. Cardinal Wyszynski is archago. Where were you? bishop of Gniezno and Warsaw, I find your authoritarian apand president of the Polish Bisproach totally demeaning. Genhops' Conference. He sent the esis 3:5 applies to OUR God, not cable from Rome, where he was to the editor of the Anchor. on a Holy Year pilgrimage.

Your lack of empathy is to be The cardinal said: Dear Editor, pitied.

Your sister in Christ "On the feast of the ImmacuThis letter IS 10 response to (Mrs.) Dolores Larocque late Conception of Our Lady, the many criticisms against Taunton the patroness of the United Mary Carson's view of women States of America, now celebrat- in the priesthood. While I recog(Ed.--Genesis 3:5: (The sering its 200th anniversary of in- nize and accept the position and pent speaking to the woman dependence, the Polish bishops authority of the Church, I also says:) "No, God knows well are praying during their Holy believe that intelligent discussion that the moment you eat of it Year pilgrimage in Rome for is essential. Otherwise, couldn't your eyes will be opened and strength, faith, love and hope for we become mere thoughtless know what is good and what a future in the service of Christ. robots in our religious obseris bad." My name, you wiD In a prayerful embrace we gath. vances? find in the masthead on page er to our hearts the whole U.S. Before stating my views, may 4. The Vatican Council, its Church, the episcopate and the I cite the holy gospel Matt. 28:10. history, its decrees and its People of God. We wish to ex- This passage refers to the period discussions you learned in The press in a special law our re- just after the resurrection when Anchor in weekly articles I membrance of His Eminence Jesus appeared to Mary Magdawrote all through those years.

Cardinal (John) Krol (of Phila- lene and the other Mary. .. 'Do Empathy? I'll try a little delphia) all of Polonia, the Pol- not be afraid,' Jesus said to harder.) ish clergy and faithful, the Polish seminary of Orchard Lake (Mich.), the Polish parishes and religious congregations. 0 Mary conceived without sin, take spe· cial maternal care of the Church AND in the U.S. and guide it triumphantly to Christ."

It was reported last month 1091 Kempton St. New Bedford, Mass. that Archbishop Bernardin and Bishop James S. Rausch, general secretary of the NCCB, will visit' Poland next spring to ex'press solidarity with the Church in that country and to learn more a,bout the situation there. Plans for the visit were discussed in FOR INFORMATION late October at a meeting here with a delegation representing CALL TOLL FREE the Polish bishops. Cardinal 1-800-642-7580 Krol who is of Polish descent, visited Poland in 1972.

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CONTINUING STORIES - A woman in Mauritania tries in vain to produce lifesaving milk for her child, but is too late. World hunger was a continuing issue during 1975.

An abortionist's hand plucks the slender life-thread of a fetus in wood sculpture from Illinois. Pro-life issues were in the spotlight during the year. Jesus breaks bread in this statue commissioned for the 1976 Eucharistic Congress in Philadelphia, which was the subject of a U.S. bishops pastoral and other attention. A combination of three female symbols was the cover design for a pastoral on women by Bishop Carroll T. Dozier. Women's issues made news all year. Dolores Huerta of the United Farm Workers of America speaks to a rally in New York City, far from California where labor elections made headlines. Former concentration camp inmates protest the U.N.'s anti Zionism vote in New York.'

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THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Fri., Dec. 26, 1975

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"Merry Christmas," "Happy Holidays," "Peace," "Joyous Noel, "Season's Greetings, "Happy New Year." The air is filled with good wishes. But for all the effort during the holidays toward spreading happiness and good cheer, few people are happy. Look at. the expressions on people's completely change things that been developing over many faces. Listen. You'll also have thousands of years. hear, "I'm so blue." ChristThat gift of peace and good mas just isn't the way it will is there each year " . . but should be." "I wish we didn't have to go out this evening. I'm so tired."

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How many people become iII around the holiday ... fIu, colds, half a dozen other maladies . . . and out-and路out depression.

Why are so many people depressed It's more than just the effect of running in and out of overheated stores, or being overtired, or any of the other things we blame it on.

Sometimes we blame it on the holidavs being time-markers. We as<;ociate past heartaches that link with the holidays. Christmas is supposed to be ha"lpy; anything sad is sadder because of the contrast.

Sometimes we say it's because, "Christmas isn't the wav it was in the good old davs." Neither is anvthing else. We've created an unreal image of the holidays.

If we reallv remember all ahout thep,ood old days, people were not all that happy then either.

Sometimes we blame holiday deprec;sion on a <leep down feeling that what we're giving isn't enough. Of course it isn't enough. If we really love a per路 son. nothing can fully eX!lress thllt love. It has to be merely a token.

Dollars can't buv an expression of love. Even if they could, most of us are short of money.

No Time People sav, "Give of yourself . . to better exoresc; what's wit~in Wlur heart." I'd agree. exce"'t that that creates its own depression. It takes time to make a gift and we are so short of time.

"It's the thought that counts."

It is . . . when you receive a gift. But that'siust as limited as price and time when giving.

And that holiday depression is heightened when the bills come . . . hills that verify the futility of an effort to equate love with the lavishness of a gift.

It's tragic, really! A time of the year that should bring happiness has the opposite effect.

I think the worst part of the depression is because we still hope with the confidence of a child that this year reallv will fulfill the oldest of Christmas traditions ... "Peace on earth ... good wilL" And we're disappointed that one day cannot

it's always missing some of the parts. We realize we're still the same people struggling with the same problems. And the older we get the more conscious we are of the number of Chriistmases during which we have failed to bring peace to our lives, What can we do to overcome it? I don't know. I get depressed every year around this time. And my depression takes away from the peace...

But I'm trying to beat it. I'm trying to convince myself that love cannot be equated with money or time . . . and love is what should be spent on the holidays.

If I can just see where "Peace" is . . . and add a ibit where it isn't. If I can bring a bit of good will to someone who has little ...

I'll try, Lord.

This year I'll really try.

Family Life Continued from Page One moral perspective founded on Gospel values."

But the statement added, there is reason for optimism.

It noted: -Signs of vitality in organizations "dedicated to enriching family life and strengthe:ning the quality of married relationships;" -Increasing support for improving social oonditions "which unjustly deprive many families of basic economic and cultural rights."

"We also discern," the statement continued, "a desire within the contemporary Church to establish forms of family ministry that will actively assist the beleaguered contemporary Catholic family to be reassured and grow in a deeply Christian and human manner. Working on family and marriage preparation, helping the family to prepare for lllld celebrate the sacrament events of their lives and deeply educating adults to under-stand a mature Christian spirituality and faith commitment within the demands of contemporary living are all clearly discernible tendencies within the family life apostolate."

The statement finally called on "American Catholic Ifamilies, and other religiously !iensitive families' within whom we share so many ecumenical bonds, to renew the pioneering spirit of our forefathers."

It said: "We know that it is not simply a question of going back to a point in the past but of actively trusting in the Holy Spirit working in our lives to creatively disoover new programs and patterns for vibrant Christian styles of marriage and family life."

Everyone on Cape, Islands Will Know If Mrs. Houst Doesn't Keep Her Diet

BY PAT McGOWAN One last hot fudge sundae marked the beginning of a fivemonth diet for Mrs. John J. Houst of St. Pius X parish, South Yarmouth. The president of the Cape and Islands District of the Diocesan Council of Catholic Women, who tips the scale at 265 pounds, has "gone public" with her weight-losing effort, and some 200 members of affiliated guilds and councils will be keeping an eagle eye on her progress.

"If I don't lose now, I never will," said Mrs. Houst, explaining she has embarked on a "dietthon," similar to popular walka-thons. For every pound she loses beaween now and May, when the District Council will hold its closing meeting for the year, she has asked affiliates to pledge a definite amount of money. Individuals. businesses and other organization are also being asked to contribute. All proceeds will go to projects aimed at alleviating world hunger.

The idea for the diet-thon came to Mrs. Houst, who has for years been fighting what might be called a gaining instead of a losing battle of the bulge, when she was discussing plans for a Bread for the World program with Mrs. Jesssie du Mont, International Affairs chairman for the Cape and Islands District.

WEIGH TO GO: Mrs. John Niland of the Cape and Islands District of the Diocesan Council of Catholic Women chalks up a starting weight of 265 pounds for Mrs. John J. Houst, as she embarks on a five-month diet-thon aimed at raising money for world hunger projects. Observing is Msgr. Henry Munroe, pastor of Mrs. Houst's parish, St. Pius X, South Yarmouth.

"I always seem to be able to accomplish things for others, but find it hard to do something just fo"r myself," she said. "Now excuses than most pesople, since I really feel that with the I know the health reasons for chance to help so many if I stick losing weight." to my diet, I'll finally succeed."

Mrs. Houst said she wants to She added wryly that "half the lose 100 pounds and that if her doctors on Cape Cod will be con- public diet succeeds, she hopes tributing to the fund." As a reg- it might spark others who need istered nurse, she is well known " to lose weight into conducting in the medical community and similar fundraising campaigns. she notes, "I really have fewer Contributions to the diet-thon

may be sent to Mrs. du Mont at 56 Bent Tree Drive, Centerville, 02632.

Meanwhile, the eyes of Cape Cod and the Islands are on Mrs. Houst, and so is that of The Anchor, which hopefully will be present at her weighing-out ceremony in May for an "after" picture.

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THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Fri., Dec. 26, 1975

It's A Ch,orle Prepairi'ng Tree But R,esults Are Rewardi,ng

By Joseph and Marilyn Roderick

For my money there is nothing nicer than a snowy day, a good fire, and a choice of several books with which to keep the mind active, even though this is not a very practical arrangement, since the heat drawn up the chimney from a fireplace is probably far more than that tic assortment of ornaments and lit, the struggle does seem worth thrown into the room by it, even though by this time no the fire. As I write this we one in the house is speaking to

are experiencing our first snowstorm in Southeastern Massachusetts and the children have just finished decorating the tree.

We have only to get a few more logs into the house and settle down for the evening. The children tend to congregate around the television set which leaves Marilyn and me pretty much alone except to settle arguments about which show the kids will watch. It is the kind of calm, quiet evening when no one in his right senses would leave his house that parents dream about.

Forced L~isure The great advantage to living in New England is that our lives are at times limited by the weather. Snow does fall and with it comes the withdrawal necessary to all of us. Whether we will it or no, there are times when our normal activities are limited by weather conditions and we have to revert to our homes out of necessity. Californians for example, rarely experience this sort of weather-forced retirement. Here we have no choice.

So the shovelling can wait for another day, the shopping must be postponed, what had to be done yesterday can wait for tomorrow. For today there are "Nicholas iNickleby," "The Prime Minister" and "The Merchant of Venice" to be read, there is the New York Times crossword puzzle, there are Christmas cookies to be made, a Christmas tree to be enjoyed and a warm fire to be relished. ' Perfect Shape ~his year Jason and I picked out the tree and the man who sold it to us guaranteed it would have a perfect shape once it unfroze. As we explained to everyone at home, now that it's up, can we help it if this man's idea of a perfect shape is five branches in a cluster at the top and then a two foot space before any more branches appear. Of course when we finally did get it up (this year aided by our wonderful next door neighbor, Joe Mello), decorated with our eclec-

Served Diocese In Two C'ities Funeral services have been held at the Provincial House of the Daughters of the Holy Spirit, Putnam, Conn., for Sister Yvonne Pelletier, 53, whose 32 years of religious life included assignments at the former Bishop Stang Day Nursery, Fall River, and as a home nurse for the sick in New Bedford.

Born in Waterbury, Conn., Sister Yvonne leaves three sisters, three brothers and several nieces, nephews, grandnieces and grandnephews.

anyone else.

As I watch the fantasy world of television laud an evening of tree trimming as an invitation to have a party, I have to wonder if the producers ever did put a tree up, or if they just envied those who did and invested the unknown with everything bright and beautiful. Either that, or they are dam good liars.

St. Joseph's Church in Attleboro. has published a collection of popular recipes from parishioners. The booklet was compiled for sale at a Christmas bazaar but I'm sure members would be delighted to sell it to anyone in the diocese interested in adding it to her cookbook collection.

For the very small price of $1.50 I would recommend it highly.

I'm going to use my copy as a gift for a friend who loves cookbooks, and then I'm going to send for another copy for myself.

The women who compiled it did an excellent job and they . have covered almost every recipe we would like to have at our fingertips, from Rhode Island Johnny cakes to my own all-time favorite, pistachio cake, for which three versions are included.

I'm going to send for my copy from Evelyn Boucher, 57 Wheaton Drive, Attleboro, Mass.

02703 and I'm sure readers can do the same. (I would imagine that we should include .20 for postage beyond the initial $1.50.)

This recipe from St. Joseph's cookbook is perfect for New Year's Eve and was contributed to the book by Medora Antaya of the parish.

St. Mark Council Day of Recollectioll Is Probable First For Fall River Diocese tians elected or appointed to serve their fellow parishioners and the community at large.

Continued from Page Three A brainstorming session intended to identify areas of parish strength and weakness en- _ sued, resulting in spotlighting a number of pressing needs, handling of which was assigned to various council commissions.

The commissions were asked to set priorities in meeting the needs, in terms of short and long range goals.

Planning of a special liturgy to climax the day's activities followed. The celebration, also attended by spouses and friends of councillors, had as theme "Spirit of '76." A dinner concluded the program.

Purpose of Day Conceived as an approach to parish pastoral planning, the REV, ROGER GAGNE idea for the day originated with James Meloni, religious education commission chairman, and fective means of developing spirit was organized as a "jumping- ituality among clergy and laity. off point" for St. Mark's new To use this vehicle, they said, as council, formed after eleCtions a means of pastoral planning in November. Also .participating takes it out of the realm of the were former council members individual and his relationship and two election runners-up. to God, the community and the Days of recollection, noted or- outside world, to the collective ganizers, have long been an ef- spirituality of a body of Chris-

This effectively multiplies the impact the parish can have on identifying and solving problems. It also furthers spiritual formation of a core group of dedicated Christians, with the full resources of the parish behind them, working under the spiritual guidance and direction of their priests to bring Christ to His people both spiritually and temporally.

St. Mark's parishioners hope the reflection day will become an annual event "as a means of maintaining the spiritual momentum the parish has generated through this unique experience,"

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(Ed.-We are grateful to the Fall River Herald News for permission to reprint in its entirety the interview with Bishop Cronin which was published in the December 16 issue of the newspaper.)

By Herman P. Mello News Editor Most Rev. Daniel A. Cronin is observing two anniversaries this week..

Today he begins his sixth year as ,bishop of the Fall River Diocese. And on Saturday he will be observing the 23rd anniversary of his ordination to the priesthood. He will mark it by ordaining two seminarians at St. Mary's Cathedral. That will bring the number of new diocesan priests this year alone to .nine.

The deacons who will be ordained -at 11 a.m. are Rev. H. Stanley Barney of New Bedford, who has been serving in Sacred Heart parish, and Rev. Hebert T. Nichols of Taunton, currently assigned to St. Joseph's parish here.

The success of the diocese in fostering vocations, at a time when they remain in sharp decline in other areas of the country, 'is one of what Bishop Cronin considers the blessings of his five year episcopacy.

The diocese also has 40 young men in various stages of pre· paration for the priesthood.

That's the same number as five years ago. That, the bishop feels, is a remarkable record.

He talked in an articulate and frank manner at the chancery office about his goals, the work that has been and will be done, and about some of his achievements and disappointments. The wide-ranging interview certainly refuted the general characteriza· tion that have been made about his aloofness and conservatism.

He projected an image of being a very warm and sensitive human being, sincerely conscious of his awesome responsibility as the spiritual leader of over 250,000 Southeastern Massachusetts Catholics.

"Sometimes," he said, "the mitre can be a crown of thorns."

But he quickly added: "The Lord asks that, too." He reaffirmed his installation pledge to dedicate himself to a "ministry of service to the Lord and to my people.." He is accessible, he stressed, to the priests and the laity. "I want to serve them. If you say anything else, please, please stress ministry of service."

He emphasized that he is' happy as a bishop. But he also coceded there have been moments of anguish that he has felt as human being. "But that's the way it is;" he said.

The controversy over The An·

"There was no dispute over publication of any letter to the editor or the content of particular articles. What the chancellor suggested to the editor was exercise of prudence. The editor took offense, characterizing it as an infringement of his right to 'print 'anything he felt like chor, the diocesan weelldy, and "There have been certain one- Catholic teaching. After all. any printing.

"At immediate issue was the the dispute involving Sit. John's sided statements that imply that Catholic publication, particularly Day Nursery, were moments of the bishop appears every day at a diocesan newspaper, is an ex- bishop's right as publisher and anguish, he said.

The Anchor with a red pencil, or tension of the teaching arm of shepherd. The editor suggested Bishop Cronin stressed that it that he stands by the editor's the church. Consequently it is a the Ibishop did not have this has been his policy not to im- desk aU day long telling him teaching arm of the bishop, en- right. I believe I do."

Regarding the St. John's Day merse himself in public debate what to print. trusted to lea~ the people of the Nursery controversy, the bishop in controversies of this nature, diocese.

"I can honestly tell you, and considering it an affront to the this is for publication, that I just "I do not feel that opinions at said he had remained silent dignity of the office and the peo- don't or have I ever done that.· variance with Catholic teaching largely because the issue is being ple of the diocese.

"Ask the people involved with have any particular claim to free adjudicated in the courts. 'mut here again there has been But he said he was breaking The Anchor. Ask Msgr. Shalloo. space. We are not in competition. a misrepre,entation of the facts, that rule lest the people be mis- Ask Father Byington. with the secular press. led by his silence.

"I don't tell them what to "The secular press gives ample along with the scandal of a bish"I must set the record straight print or what not .to print. But opportunity for expressions of op beoing sued by a corporation as a shepherd of the flock and as publisher and as bishop, I cer- various opinions. Even the pub· led by a nun.

"St. John's Nursery," he stresits principal teacher, especially tainly have the right to suggest lishers of the secular press and when the people are misled by the exercise of prudence in han- those who exercise editorial con- sed, "was built with the pennies of the hard working people of distortion of the facts," he said. dling material that contradicts trol have some guidelines, too.

St. Patrick's parish, with a few \ gifts here and there. It is basically a parish facility, operated by the parish and the diocese.

"The nursery operation was turned over to a priest at the parish. It was subsquntly incorporated independently, without the bishop's knowledge. making the validity of the lease execut· ed -by that 'corporation, a matter for the courts to adjudicate.

"What we had then~ was a clear cut issue involving a takeover of church property by a corporation formed without the bishop's permission or knowledge. We haye an independent, non-sectarian corporation, as their papers indicate, insisting it is not responsible to the bishop, but yet insisting on staying there, on church property. So, I took steps to protect the diocese, and in effect, to also protect the interests of the people of St. Patrick parish. That in substance is the St. John's Day Nursery story."

Bishop Cronin stressed that he tries to do his job with firmness and dignity. "Like I said, sometimes difficult decisions appear to be authoritarian. But they have to be made. It's your job and you do it," The hishop said that an unfortunate consequence of the dispute was an expression of resentment ,ahout what might appear to be a domineering, authoritarian attitude.

"It isn't a case of domination or suppression. My goal is the spiritual development of the dio. cese. Suppression implies force FALL RIVER NE:WS: SS. Peter and Paul Church and Parish Center (top left) was and restriction brought about by individual exerting power dedicated in 1975 along with the St. Dominic Parish Center (top center) in Swansea. Con- one over another. troversies also came into being involving the Anchor and the St. John's Day Care Center "How the flock grows in spir(top right). Nine new priests began their ministry in the Diocese' with priestly ordinations itual life is a heavy responsibilin the Summer of 197:5. An historical highlight of diocesan history was the massive pilgrim- ity. It is not easy to make diffiage for peace in October.

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Herald News Interview with Bishop Cronin Continued from Page Eight

wrong approach, however, when it encourages immoral love without fear of pregnancy and without encouraging people to lead moral lives in married love," he said.

Middle ground alternatives sound like fine proposals but he remains somewhat suspicious of the motivation. They may be ploys to get politicians off the the abortion hook. The bishop feels strongly that the pro-life thrust must be on an anti-a<bortion constitutional amendment.

"It's a life issue," he said.

"The Declaration of Independ· ence talks about the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of hap"'iness. Doesn't an unborn fetus have the same right?"

What sort of priorities should Christian and concerned citizens be urging on their governments?

The first priority, the bishop said, must clearly be a return to fundamental values, particularly a respect for human life and the family.

cult decisions. These difficult decisions, if isolated to themselves, may at times seem authoritarian, were they not related to the overriding responsibility I have as a bishop, answerable to God. These are not whims of my own.

No bishop has any great desire to exercise episcopal power merely for the sake of dominance, particularly in decisions affecting the life of others. The yoke is heavy, but when the decisions are done within the context of my role as chief pastor and chief teacher of the diocese, done with. clear vision and firmness of purpose, then the burden is that much lighter."

Further refuting the allegations of authoritarianism, the bisho~ stressed that in most instances, no decision is made wUhout consultation, and that this applies to maior and even some minor decisions. .

"But the leader on either the church or secular level can't vaccilate or take the easy way out.

"You bave to be just, patient and kind, hut it's also quite clear that you have to be quite firm, or you invite abuses."

The Dominican Fathers of the EXT)ounding on The Anchor Canadian Province who have and St. John's Nursery issues, staffed St. Anne's par-ish for years may be leaving within two the bishop added: "I would like it to be said in to three years . some form, from the bishop, Most Rev. Bishop Daniel A. that Whatever odd situations and Cronin has confirmed that the relations exist between priests diocese is actively trying to find and bishop certainly does not re- someone to assume supervision flect on the comportment of the of the South End parish. vast, vast majority of the priest"They have told us· that they hood or sisterhood of the dio- do not have the replacements to cese. They have been wonder- guarantee their continued prefuL" he said. sence in Fall River. This isn't to The bishop has consistently say that they' are necessarily and forcefully articulated the leaving. But we are preparing for position of the CathoHc Church that eventuality, if they decide on the abortion and pro-life is- to withdraw of their own acsues. He was one of the archi- cord," the bishop said. "It is a tects of the decision last month Dominican church and we would by the bishops of the United like to see it remain so," he addStates to take the abortion ques- ed. The bishop said he has not tion to the grassroots political had anv discussions with other level in 1976. religious orders about the future He said the decision to bring of 81. Anne's parish. the .pro·life issue into the politiRegarding the survival of diocal arena next year is not imcesan parishes, the bishop said pelled by any sense of righteouscommitment to a fundamental improvements in budgetary and civil, moral and human right. accounting procedures will help And the bishop added that Cath- pastors. One of the first thino,s olics do not stand alone in ac- that he did as bishop, he said, was to institute a system of fiscentuating its importance.

"It is not solely a Catholic is- cal responsibility on all levels, sue. We have strong Jewish and and ho"'efully, the diocese soon will also pursue this accountabilChristian allies," he said.

Bishop Cronin doesn't believe ity through computerization of parish and chancery data. that the pro-life issue will proThe diocese has no plans for duce an anti-Catholic backlash.

"Lamentably, if it does, I will consolidation of parishes, he certainly regret it. But I'm sure stressed. "I have no desire to it will not deter the bishops from close any church," he said. articulating their commitment. "There isa great tradition in Not any more than civil rights these places. That would be a groups have been sidertacked last resort."

The bishop also confirmed from asserting their convictions in a spirit of dialogue on the po- that he will be moving to the of· ficial episcopal residence on litical level," he said.

Avenue, probably The Ibishop is aware of talk Highland about midde·ground alternatives sometime next year. He has being offered to defuse the ex- lived at St. Mary's Cathedral plosive abortion issue. "We cer- rectory since his installation five tainly welcome viable options. years ago.

Expanded health and social serHis predecessor, Most Rev. vices for eX'."'ectant mothers, to James L. Connolly, is now liVing reduce the market for abortion at the Priest's Hostel, where he are mentioned. Some of this is can receive better care and be already being tried. But it is the in the company of other priests

Moral values in the United States are degenerating to the point where its destruction as a great nation is a grave threat.

One of the goals of the diocese in the next five years, the bishop said, will be to reassert the importance of family life. "It is one of our great needs. If parents recognized their serious obligation and brought up their children in love and implanted the seeds of Christian ethics in them, "there would be no need for courts.

"Let parents stay home when they possibly can with their children. Take an interest in them and their school work, pray together."

He said the diocese will concentrate in the next five years on encouraging and strengthening good Christian family life. "It is imnerative," he said.

His classification as a Roman bishop. the diocesan leader, said is traceable to the 17 years in which he was ~lose to the Vati-

can, both as a student and member of the Secretariat of State.

He has a large portrait in his working office of Angelo Card· inal Dell'Acqua, for whom he worked in the third floor offices of the secretariat, whose Palazzo Vaticano windows look down on St. Peter's Square and its forest of columns.

Bishop Cronin studied at the North American College and Casa Santa Maria on Via dell 'Umilta, and served on the staff of the Apostolic TUI\cio in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

In fact, he studied in Rome as a seminarian, graduate student and also as a bishop. He went back in September to preside at a North American College meeting and to also pursue a course in theological updating.

"That," he said, "should refute the glib crack made recently about my being locked into 16th century theology."

The Cardinal DellAcrma portrait and one of Pope Paul VI,

with whom Bishop Cronin also worked in the secretariat, when he was Msgr. Montini, represent the Roman touch in the bishop's working office.

He also has a pair of ship's lamps and scrimshaw over a mantlepiece. "That," he said, "is a tangible sign of my link with a diocese identified with the sea." The lamps are a gift of the New Bedford Catholic Women's Club.

"I suppose I am a Roman bishop," he said, in reflection. "You have to he leery of labels, however.

"Where is the plausIbility that I must ibe either a Roman bishop or a conservative or Iiheral or something else? My goal is to serve the people of God in the Fall River Diocese in the best way I can and to be able to face God when my day of accountahility comes. Labels won't affect that final judgment," the bishop said. "Only performance will Count."

Dominicans May Leave St. Anne's

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in residence there. "Bishop Connolly seems. pleased with the change," Bishop Cronin said.

The episcopal residence is next to the chancery _office. It will make it easier for him to deal with diocesan work. The bishop said he would not move until the Higland Avenue home is ready. "We are trying to determine how much renovation work has to be done first. We have some old wiring for example, that must be replaced. I will move when the house is ready," he said. The bishop expressed some

distress about the rampant flouting of the Sunday sales law. He said he hopes tbe defiance of the Blue Laws doesn't degenerate into the complete de'3acrali'!ation of Sunday as a day of worship.

The Massachusetts Catholic Conference, of which he and Humherto Cardinal Medeiros are members, along with Most Rev. Louis E. Gelineau of Rhode Is· land, is on record supporting the sacredness of Sunday. "I personally strongly favor keerying Sunday as the holy day it was intended to be," the bishop said.

The elementary school situa-

tion seems stablized. The bishop said no schools have closed reo cently. The high school situation is more optimistic than it was two or three years ago.

He said Stang High in Dartmouth is a vibrant and flourishing school.

Bishop Gerrard, through consolidation with Jesus Marie and Dominican academies, is holding its own. And Bishop Connolly High, largely through the efforts of the Jesuits and Brothers of Christian Instruction is hopefully past its initial crisis.

It's remarkahle, the bishop said that we are doing as weI! as we are on the education level. We had 600 religious teachers in our schools five vears ago. We now have only 257.

Bishop Cronin said one of his main concerns now is the statu~ of 8t. Vincent's Home. He characterized it as a' drain and con· stant worry."

He would like to have a capital fund raising campaign to payoff the indebtedness on the' Highland Avenue facility. "But we can't do that now, particularly with St. Anne's fiscal need for funding for its expansion program," he said.

The bishop stressed that St. Vincent's was financed through internal borrowing and rearranging of parish funds. "But these have to be paid hack to the parishes.

"The work done by 8t. Vincent's is laudable. There's no question about that and it is an apostolic work the diocese should pursue and for which Fall River certainly has a great affection for the St. Vincent's Home tradition. However, we do have some serious complications.

"Things were stabilizing, then the state ran into cash flow problems and is running behind in its reimbursement for the care of children assigned to St. Vincent's. This creates problems.

But I imagine, that with the help of the Lord, we will get hy," he said.

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THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Fri., Dec. 2~" 1975

Moynihan Active Promo1ter Of Interracial Justice

Extraordinary Papal Rite Stresses Christian Unity

ROME (NC) - It was in an Daniel P. Moynihan's highly controversial performance Italian winter more than 500 as U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations seems to bring year ago that a delegation from out the very worst in many of the people who disagree Constantinople, including the with him. It was predictable, for example, that some of his Eastern Roman emperor, made a rather unhappy and homesick critics would accuse him, in stay, first at misty Ferrara and "racist" or an Uncle Tom, was effect, of beng a racist and one of the first to see and to then at chilly Florence, and aca political opportunist of the say that this was far from being cepted an act of union with the cheapest kind. Both of these true. He saw nothing in these Western Church. It was a reconcharges are levelled against him in a lengthy article by Paul Good in the Dec. 20 issue of The Nation, "Moynihan: The Mask of

two laws that would significantly help blacks living in Northern ghettoes. He was also concerned about black unemployment, a problem that had lost much of its priority as the economy prospered and the overall unemployment rate declined. Moynihan Iy "took a new look at life in the ghettoes. The statistical evMSGR. idence, he later remarked, "reached out and grabbed me."

GEORGE G. He found, for example, that in HIGGINS 1946 New York City had a 3 per cent illegitimacy rate but that in 1965 the rate was 12 per Liberalism." I can't remember cent. He also found that in Harwhen I last read such a savagely lem, 44 per cent of the children personal attack on a public ser- were being born out of wedlock. vice in a "liberal" magazine.

While the nation as a whole Mr. Good is obviously en- grew richer, Moynihan noted, titled to say what he thinks lower-class blacks became poorabout Moynihan's performance er, and their unemployment rate at the UN, but it's most regret- much higher. In 1960 for examtable that, in stating his case, he ple, 47 per cent of the black has smeared the Ambassador as families with an income under a racist bigot and has crudely $3,000 were headed by women. impugned his motives. That's not the kind of reporting one exCycle of Poverty pects to find in a responsible The overall conclusion of magazine like The Nation.

This is not. the first time of Moynihan's report was that, alcourse, that Moynihan's critics though many blacks are making 'have tried to smear him as a rapid strides, great masses of racist. For 10 years he has been them are caught in a cycle of subjected to this kind of criti- poverty and despair camied by cism. In my opinion it is grossly unemployment, discrimination, and white society's tragically unfair.

When his critics first started successful attempt to emasculate out after Moynihan in 1965, I the Negro male. Assuring these came to his defense in this col- people of equal opportun:ity, he umn. What I said at that time said, is not enough to break the bears repetition 10 years later in cycle. What is needed, he said, response to articles such as the is a major effect to restlUcture one referred to above. I said our social and economic legislathen and now repeat that Moyni- tion around the family unit. han is just as deeply concerned In fairness to Moynihan, it about civil rights as any of his should be carefully noted Jor the critics and has done at least as record that his report and Presmuch as they have done, and ident Johnson's historic speech perhaps even more, to promote at Howard University, whkh was the cause of interracial justice based on the report, were enthuin the U. S. siastically acclaimed by thl~ overNew Look at Ghettoes whelming majority of blac:k and Why is it, then, that Moynihan white leaders in the civil rights is being kicked around so unmer- movement. As John Herb!ers recifully by people who have every ported in the New York Times reason to know that he is not a on Dec. 12, 1965, it was not un"racist" or a 20th-century Uncle til a few days before the White Tom, but on the contrary, a man House Civil Rights Conference who has served the cause of civil on Nov. 17-18 that adverse critrights with courage and insight icism of the report broke out. It and, I might add, far beyond the was set off by Dr. Benjamin F. Payton, a black, who had recall of duty? cently been named director of His principal "offense" is that, the Commission on Religion and while he was still in the Depart- Race of the National Council of ment of Labor, he wrote a con- Churches. Dr. Payton, in a 22fidential government report, en- page critique of the Moynihan titled "The Negro Family," report, said that it "evades the which has since become a public real issue, formulates a false document. problem."

The passage of that Act and the enactment of the Voting To his credit, it must be said Rights Act of 1965 had per- that Payton wrote with a degree suaded a number of people in of courtesy and objectivity and out of the Administration which, I, for one, find sadly that the principal goals in the lacking in much of the current field of civil rights had been criticism being levelled at Moynachieved. ihan. Objective criticism is one Moynihan. who is now being thing; character assassination is grotesquely caricatured as a something else again.

ciliation never accepted in the East, over it hung the shadow of the Turkish threat, which materialized in the fall of Constantinople only a few years later in 1453.

Old, unhappy, far off things and battles long ago.

On Sunday, Dec. 14, in the Sistine Chapel with Michelangelo's Last Judgment looming behind them, Pope Paul VI and the Orthodox Metropolitan Meliton of Chalcedon, representing _ Orthodox Ecumenical Patriarch Dimitrios of Constantinople (Istanbul) celebrated together the 10th anniversary of the rescinding of the anath",mas which more than nine' centuries ago had driven a wedge between Rome and the venerable churches of the East.

At the same time, over in Istanbul, Dimitrios iVas welcoming a similar Roman delegation headed by cardinal Corrado Ursi of Naples.

Metropolitan Melton, addressing the Pope, reminded him of one of his own stories told at the original ceremony 10 years ago.

A rich man offered a sage of ancient Greece a handsome reward to teach him the art of remembering. The sage replied by offering the rich man an even better reward if he would teac)l him the art of forgetting.

The moral was one needed at Florence in that far-off winter.

It is needed in our own ecumenical enterprise, and in many places in the world where men cry peace and there is no peace.

Christmas is a time to remind us that true peace is no matter of words-it is the gift of the word made flesh. The metropolitan of Chalecedon brought news of the transition of words into action, or at least of provision' for words which may heal enduringly. The patriarch of Constantinople (he told Paul VI and the dignitaries assembled in the Sistine Chapel) announces the setting up of a pan.Qrthodox theological commission for the preparation of theological dialogue with the Church of Rome.

At the same time, to underline how seriously the leader of Orthodoxy will take this new step, he announced and named the members of a special synodal commission of the ecumenical patriarchate with the same end in view. Commentators who know what they are talking about have made no bones about the importance of this announcement. Reconciliation has entered on a decisive phase, they say.

P~ul VI expressed his delight in a long speech, but, as he loves to do on such historic occasions, he produced to the surprise of everybody a dramatic symbolic gesture: He knelt down and kissed the foot of the visiting Eastern metropolitan, somewhat to the latter's consternation.

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UNITY URGED:. Pope Paul embraces Metropolitan Meliton during a Mass in St. Peter's Basilica. The Pope, who had kissed the Eastern Orthodox prelate's feet, announced that new dialogue would begin on unification of the two churches.

Older people, who remember the Vatican of 40 or 50 years ago, the first years of the Lateran Treaties, will recall that it was the custom to kiss the Pope's foot at a papal audience.

This was one of many features of the historic pomp surrounding the pontifical court. It expressed much of what the Greeks (themselves no strangers to pomp) had resented about the papacy nearly a thousand' years ago. Paul VI has stripped off many of the minor trappings of this pomp.

It is a long time since anybody has knelt to kiss the Pope's foot, but here was the Pope himself kneeling to kiss the foot of the patriarch's representative.

Only a great man could so humble himself," remarked one Athenian journalist. "Only a saint," .amended Metropolitan Meliton himself.

A memorable day in the history of ecumenism, and, like all such, an event which must shift, in various degrees, the total ecumenical pattern. The Orthodox world is no longer a series of ancient churches looking to the past and left behind by history.

It is present in growing numbers

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KNOW YOUR FAITH Prophets During Babylonian Exile-

Living With Waywardness

God responds to the needs of ruins. It was as if the Word of His people. In the days of the Yahweh had been blotted out by kingdoms of Israel and Judah pagan victories. when prosperity and political exWith their religious roots bru. pediency caused the Israelites to tally yanked from the sacred abandon their covenant promises soil of Israel they were faced to Yahweh, He sent them proph- - with the same despair that had ets to exhort them to faithful- caused their brothers from the ness, to warn them of the conse- Northern Kingdom to disappear quences their apathy toward the completely when exiled to Ascovenant could bring upon them. syria a century and a half earlier.

The feelings of desolation are expressed in Psalm 137. "By the streams of Babylon we sat and By wept when we remembered Zion " STEVE But God responded to the new lANDREGAN need of his people and raised up among them great prophets to speak to them of Yahweh's love for them and exhort them to When Jerusalem fell to the hope in His promise that a Holy might of Nebuchadnezzar and Remnant would return to the most of the citizens of Judah land. were exiled to Babylon, the danThe two great prophets of the gers facing the remnant of God's Exile were Ezekial and he who people were entirely different is known to us only as Second from those they had faced as an Isaiah. independent nation.

Ezekial was among those taken Jerusalem, God's Holy City, hostage and deported to Babylon had been conquered and de- in 597 by Nebucharnezzar. He stroyed. The Temple had been received his prophetic call in leveled and the Ark of the Cov- 592 (Ezk 1-3) and spoke the enant destroyed or hidden never Word of God among his fellow to be found. Those who had in- Exiles until 570. terpreted their "chosenness" to His first prophecies pre-date mean national invincibility had their dream shattered by reality. the fall of Jerusalem and like Exiles who survived the fall of Jeremiahs warn the people of Jerusalem and the 600-mile the coming disaster. Many of his death march to Babylon were prophecies were dramatically grief stricken and confused. The acted out by the prophet who Land, promised them by Yah- most scholars would agree was weh, had been wrenched from the most eccentric of a breed of them. The city where His name unusual men. was to dwell forever was in Turn to Page Twelve

Something Old, Something New A recent news item out of Los Angeles reported the proposed establishment in that area of four centers for the study of Gregorian chant. The founder, Msgr. Robert E. Brennan, believes there is "a growing movement to bring back Latin and Gregorian chant as a normal part of liturgical prayer."

By FR. JOSEPH M. CHAMPLIN

I COncur in his observation about the trend toward restoration of chant and Latin in our liturgies, but with some qualification. My experiences indicate the return of these musical elements is only a partial reintroduction llnd those melodies tend in a given celebration to be combined with other contemporary vernacular songs._

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Two illustrations should clarify the point.

St. Charles Borromeo Seminary at Overbrook in Philadelphia possesses the reputation among peer institutions as a conservative, old style, formidable Eastern school for future priests.

The massive buildings and vast campus, the students in cassock (and surplice for Mass), the seminarians' very deferential attitude toward visiting priests, the ancient paintings in every hallway tend to confirm this impression.

However, after directing a three-day retreat for the theological students at Overbrook, I found the label inaccurate. These young men are not ashamed of the past or of the Philadelphia tradition, but they seem very open to the Church's needs for today and tomorrow.

The liturgies for that opening retreat reflected this pride of the past, but in tune with the present attitude.

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By Rev. Augustine P. Hennessy, C.P. Singleminded commitment to any great love is a rare human achievement. To know one's way to personal fulfillment and to follow that way without 'deviation seems to be too hard an assignment- for the ordinary man or woman. Waywardness of some kind seems to be built right into the human heart.

Even marital love which is two people's commitment to an enduring complacence in each other rarely escapes periods of disillusionment. Husband and wife can normally mature together -only a series of disappointments and rediscoveries.

And before each rediscovery, there is a strong likelihood that one or the other may have a painful feeling of having lost his or her way. "I don't know where we are going" is a very understandable complaint at times, even in the best of loves.

The prophet Ezechiel uttered prophecies of restoration. For me, one of the most beautiful is in the form of an allegory about a marriage. In it, God speaks to Jerusalem and its people, with all the grief, indignation, poignancy, and ultimate forgiveness of a hurt lover. He is a husband who has been betrayed by a fickle and wanton wife. And like any hurt lover, He seems unable to refrain from chastising the beloved by reminding her of all the things He has done for her.

In vivid and earthy language, the prophet's voice tells of the Lord's discovery of His beloved as an abandoned unwashed, uncared for, doomed to die. He made her live and watched her grow into young maidenhood but found her still naked and untamed.

Then the Lord says tenderly, "Again I passed by you and saw that you were now old enough for love. So I spread the corner of my cloak over you to cover your nakedness; I swore an oath to you and entered into a covenant with you. You became mine." (Ezechiel 16:8) Loving solicitude was heaped upon the Lord's bride. All this solicitude is drummed into her consciousness with an overtone of hurt feelings until the Lord's words to her culminate in a rebuke for ruined beauty.

"You were renowned among the nations for your beauty, perfect as it was because of my splendor which I had bestowed on you. But you were captivated by your own beauty. You used your renown to make Y'ourselve a harlot -and you lavished your harlotry on every passerby whose own you became." Ezechiel 16:15) There is a timelessness to this rebuke to Jerusalem and its people. It is the story of mankind's response to God in every age.

The Lord enriches us and beautifies us by the outpouring of

"The prophet's voice tells of the Lord's discovery of His beloved as an abandoned child, unwashed, uncared for, doomed to die." A six-year-old refugee child in the Gaza Strip seems to fit the biblical description of abandonment. gratuitous love. And we forget who we are, where we came from, and where we are going.

Waywardness is an old story.

And we throw ourselves away whenever we leave the way where love is calling us to follow Him. It would be calamitous if Ezechiel's allegory stopped here.

Even in the romance of God and the human race, there is rediscovery after disillusionment.

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THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Fri., Dec. :/6, 1975

Waywardness Continued from Page Eleven

Something Old, Something Nlew Continued from Page Eleven munal Penance service and concluded on Friday with benediction of the Blessed Sacrament.

The music included "'Deus in adjutorium intende" (a famous Gregorian chant introduction to to the divine office) and the Bossa Nova '\Holy, holy, holy."

We chanted the Agnus Dei (Mode VIII) and joined in songs

by Deiss and the Dameans. We sang "Down in adoration falling" (a evrnacularized Latin benediction hymn) and listened to a melody by the monks of Weston Priory.

Something old, something new indeed.

The priests of our Syracuse diocese gathered this September in a local motel for their second "live in" clergy workshop. Despite the presence of two excellent lecturers, feedback stressed that the highlight of the conference was not the good academic presentations, but the daily eucharistic liturgies.

Carefully planned to feature a variety of options provided by the revised liturgical texts, the two Masses contained musically, as in Philadelphia, something old and something new.

We changed a familiar Kyrie Eleison to begin one Eucharist and concluded that service with the popular "Let there be peace on earth." Contemporary composer Carey Landry's "I'll ~ever

Forget You" was a Communion meditation piece for Mass and the Salve Regina in Gregorian chant ended Compline or Night Prayer. The priests united both in Lucien Deiss' antiphonal "Hosanna, hosanna, hosanna in the highest" and an Agnus Dei, again in plain chant. They also listened to a vocal solo with strong charismatic overtones and a violin rendition of "J'esu, Joy of Man's Desiring."

This is the type of old and new liturgies 1 see developing across the nation. It represents a restoration of Gregorian chant, true, but a modified reintroduction.

Msgr. Brennan's centers may stir more than local interest. In too many seminaries the Church's rich musical tradition h~ls all but been abandoned for contemporary compositions. Future priests certainly need an awareness of today's best in music, but they also should acquire an appreciation for yesterday's finest works.

Ezekiel sought to preserve the identity of God's chosen ones in a strange land; Isaiah announced the return home of these pilgrim people. Perhaps the Los Angeles musician may perform a similarly prophetic role in preserving part of our heritage and leading the people of God in this age back to some of its ancient roosts.

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confusion, and that you may be utterly silenced for shame when I pardon all you have done."

(Ezechiel 16:60) Saint Augustine has a somewhat shocking remark about our Lord's love for the Church. He says, "He found her a harlot and made hera virgin."

Virginity is identified with singlemindedness. Achieving singleminded love of the Lord is the vocation of the whole redeemed people of God. Christ, the Bridegroom, is ultimately the adorable center of all that undeviating complacence which human hearts are capable of when looking upon the beloved.

"Many of his (Ezchiel's) prophecies were dramatically acted out by the prophet who most scholars would agree was the most eccentric of a breed of unusual men." Ezechiel strikes a prophetic posture in this drawing by artist Paul Gustave Dore who allowed his artisan engravers to sign the plates also. NC Photo.

Prophets Du,ring Babylonian Exile Continued from Page Eleven He acts out the fall of Jerusalem by digging a hole in the wall 'of his house through which he escapes and flees into the darkness (12:1 ff). All this while his fellow hostages look on. Another such combination prophecy is his "Song of the Sword" (21 :13ff)

God. Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and proclaim to her that her service is at an end, her guilt is expiated ... A voice cries out: In the desert prepare the way of the Lord! Make straight in the wasteland a highway for our God!" (Is 40:1-3).

He contrasts the power of Yahweh to the lifeless idols of Babylon (40:12-31). Cyrus, the conquerer of Babylon, is pictured as the chosen instrument of God to free His people (45:24ff) and the fall of Babylon as God's punishment the Babylonian's treatment of Israel (45:1-7)

Ezekial's visions of God on the Cherubim (l:lff), the dry bones (37:lff) and the New Temple (40-42) are God's consolation of His people and His assurance that He is present among them even in exile, and Yahweh's forgiveness and resthat they will indeed be restored ' as a people to the Land of the toration of Israel is movingly described in Second Isaiah's canPromise. ticle on "The New Zion" (54), His a~' ~gory of the two sisters where the barren and repected (23) reminds the Israelites of wife (Israel) is taken back iby their history of infidelity to God to be the mother of the Yahweh and the hardness of New Israel. heart that resulted in their conquest and fall.

It is in Second Isaiah that we find the beautiful and mysteriAfter the fall of Jerusalem ous Servant songs (42:1-4,49:1-6, (587) EzekiaI's prophecies change 50:4-11 and 52:13ff) that portray to messages of hope. In his Par- the ideal servant of God, unselable of the Shepherd (34) He fish, self-sacrificing and recontrasts their bad kings (shep- sponding perfectly to the covherds) with the Good Shepherd, enant call of Yahweh. Jesus God, and the messiah whom He clearly identified himself as this will send to gather them to- Servant; the Man of Sorrows. gether.

Second Isaiah, like his predeThe promise of a cleansing of cessor whose name he bears emHis people and the gift of new phasizes the holiness of God and hearts, of flesh, not stone particularly the power of His (36:24-28) speaks of the gift of God's Spirit to enable men to Word (5'5:1~) that is able to recreate and renew (43:19ff). live by God's statutes.

Second Isaiah (Is 40-55) is raised up among the exiles toward the end of their captivity and is charged with the message of hope and consolation.

Indeed his first oracle prophesies an end to exile. "Comfort, give comfiort to my people, says your

God responds to the needs of His people as part of His hesed, his covenant love. Through Ezekial and Second Isaiah he responds to a broken, dejected and despairing people with consolation and hope based upon His promise of restoration.

While waiting to achieve this enviable fidelity amidst all the indecision, restlessness, and incongruity of our human bungling, we must accept ourselves as we are. We must learn to accept the struggle between our call to total-commitment and our flirtations with waywardness.

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THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Fri., Dec. 26, 1975

National Congress of Dorothean Alumni Continued from Page Three Bristol, Providence, East Providence, Newport, New Bedford and New York and will have as its theme "The Modern Family in Our Changing Society."

The keynote speaker will be Dr. Conrad W. Baars, Catholic psychiatrist, lecturer and author, and Most Rev. Louis E. Gelineau, Bishop of Providence, will be principal celebrant and homilist at a concelebrated Mass to be offered for the intentions of the congress.

Discussion groups following Dr. Baars' talk will address themselves to the role of Catholic schools, the place of the aged in the family, national and international responsibilities of fam· ily units, effects on the family of changes in the Church and conditions of healthy family life.

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Mrs. Rita Borna, national alumni president, will present the congress with representation of Dorothean symbols, including the ash tree, symbol of the foundress; the lily, for purity; the star, for Mary; and the dove, reprsenting those aided by the Dorotheim community.

Following the Eucharistic Liturgy, a buffet will be served and a musical program will be offered by alumni members.

Dr. Baars, horn in the Netherlands, spent two years in Buchenwald concentration camp during World War II, aiding down· ed Allied fliers. With 25 years of clinical psychiatric experience, he frequently conducts study weeks including lectures, seminars, group therapy and communication sessions. His areas of special interest include Christian

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anthropology, the psychology of anti-life movements and the min- . istry of healing as practiced by the Christian psychiatrist.

His most recent book, "Born Only Once," describes the causes, treatment and prevention of the "non-affirmation syndrome which in millions of young people and adults is the cause of feelings of inferiority, inadequacy and insecurity."

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SACRED HEART, FALL RIVER Rehearsals for a spring musical will begin at 7 p.m. Monday, Jan. 5 in the school auditorium.

All those wishing to participate are asked to report at that time.

ST. JOSEPH, TAUNTON The annual parish councilsponsored penny sale .will take place Monday and Tuesday, Feb. 16 and 17, in the school hall on Sheridan Street.

ST. JOSEPH, NORTH DIGHTON Mrs. James Williams is general chairman of a motherdaughter communion breakfast to be held in the parish center following 9:45 a.m. Mass Sunday, Jan. 18, under sponsorship of the Women's Guild. ' Diet Workshop meetings, also sponsored by the guild, have been discontinued until after the holidays.

ST. LOUIS, FALL RIVER The parish activities committee is planning a New Year's Eve party in the church hall with music provided by "A Touch of Brass." Admission is $5. per person and tickets may be obtained from Mrs. Yvonne Crompton 6-9814 or Ray Rego at 4·7191.

OUR LApY OF GRACE, WESTPORT A blind auction will begin New Year activities for the

Council of Catholic Women. Mrs. Vincent M. Nanni, auctioneer, will hold the sale following an 8 p.m. business meeting Tuesday, Jan. 6 in the church base-

ment. Members are asked to bring one or two wrapped or unwrapped gifts suitable for auctioning. The public is invited and refreshments will be served.

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Only Yesterday in The ANCHOR DECEMBER 22, 1960 Msgr. Higgins would begin to write a weekly column ...

The Christmas stars of the issue were: Patricia Noel Hart (Holy Redeemer, Chatham); Sylvia Baker, Evelyn Cannon, Bonnie Latham, Pamela Maddalena, Richard Smith, Raymond Lewis (Our Lady of Victory, Centerville); Joseph Perry (St. Anthony, Mattapoisett); Karen Szwaja, Theresa Pacheco, Carols Ramos, Margaret O'Brien, Philip Piva, Paul Desrosiers (St. James, New Bedford); Mrs. Victoria Dumont, Mrs. Margaret Laurant, Mrs. Mary Lemieux, Mrs. Aurore Seguer, Miss Anna Maihot (Sacred Heart, New Bedford); Mary Anne and Michael Botelho (Our Lady of Lourdes, Taunton); Bernadette Santos, Kenneth Lopes, Mary Ann Firmino, Debra Spinola, Robert Turner (Our Lady of Assumption,

New Bedford); Patrick John Cordle (St. John the Evangelist, Attleboro); Susan Jenkinson, Dennis Read, Roger lizotte (St. Michael, Ocean Grove); Charlotte Dube, Vivianne Bacon (St. Louis de France, Swansea); Mark Beynard, Kenneth Legrace, William Gramm (St. Joseph, No. Dighton); Robert Ledoux, Natalie Rezendes, Roger Silvia, John O'Toole, Donald Gallant, Anna Audet, Elizabeth Olivia, Linda Robert (St. Francis Xavier, Acushnet); Richard Plante, Suzanne Jordan, Christine Davignon (Sacred Heart, No. Attleboro); Pamela Olson (Nazareth-on-the-Cape,' Hyannis); Patricia Marie Harney (Holy Rosary, Fall River); Elizabeth and Patrick Sullivan (Sacred Heart, Fall River) together gave the story of Christmas.

DECEMBER 23, 1965 The front page highlighted the St. Mary's Cathedral Crib ... Guillermo Aponte was the star of the Christmas Story depicted throughout the issue.

He was helped by Sister Teresita, SUSC; Mr. and Mrs. Apolinario Aponte and Father

Gerald T. Shovelton of Our Lady of Guadalupe Spanish Center, Taunton ... The Feehan Sodalists seated their officers: Carol Miller, social chairman; Colleen Martin, secretary; Donna Gamache, prefect; Diane Roy, treasurer.

DECEMBER 24, 1970 The Christmas scene was the new bishop's (Bishop Cronin) visit to the St. Joseph Parish outdoor crib with youngsters of the parish ...

Bishop Cronin signed the documents making him legally responsible for the Diocese and its properties ... Michael J. Sylvia, formerly of Bishop

Stang High School was recognized a star by the Warriors of Loyola College, Montreal ... Bishop Cronin issued his first pastoral letter for the Feast of the Holy Family ...

The students of Holy Union Pre-School in Fall River depicted the story of Christmas for readers.

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BY THE DAMEANS "Theme from Mahogany" (Do You Know Where You're Going To) Do you know where you're going to?

Do you like the things that life is showing yOIll? Where are ,you going to, do you know?

Do you get what you're hoping for When you look behind you, there's no open doors What are you hoping for, do you know?

Once we were standing still in time, Chasing the fantasies that filled our minds You knew how I loved you, but my spirit was free Laughing at questions that you once asked of me.

Do you know where you're going to?

Do you like the things that life is showing you?

Where are you going to, do you know?

Now looking back at all the past, We let so many dreams just slip through our hands.

Why must we wait so long before we see, How sad the answers to those questions can b4~?

Do you know where you're going to?

Do- you like the things that life is showing you?

Where are you going to, do you know?

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Do 'you get what you're hoping for, When you look behind yo"J there's no open door's?

What are you hoping for, do you know?

P 1975 Motown Record Corporation Written by: M. Masser-G. Goffin Performed by: Diana Ross Do you know where you're going to? This question no doubt will receive as many different approaches as there are people being asked the question. Not only will there be varying answers, there will also be different degrees of emotion accom))anying the question. The person who is a senior in high school will have a different feeling with the question than the sophomore who is not pressured with having to make any immediate decisions. The individual who has just finishedcollege, or the person who is trying to decide on a life work, or a marriage partner, will approach the question with grave seriousness. The man or woman in the 40s and entering what psychologists term "the crisis of the limits" will stare the question in the eye with a sobering look. It is this person who looks back over his me, views all the possibilities that have been present, wonders why certain goals and ideals were not met, and realizes that these will never be fulfilled. He 01' she questions why life with its money, fame, and power, still lacks peace and fulfillment. "Do you know where you're going to?" is threatening, challenging qnestion.

This song is the theme for the movie "Mahogany" Diana Ross plays the leading role. She portravs a person who has worked her way from poverty to becoming a famous: model and fashion designer.

She falls in love with a person who wants to help people in a ghetto area live a life of dignity and happiness. Their missions in life clash and even though she says "you know how I loved you," she is not able to give up her personal as:,irations. As she is reaching the peak of her success. he tells her how emrty she will- feel once she gets to the top. He states that "success is nothing without someone you love to share it with." In receiving a standing ovation from the "high brows" of society for her designs, these- words come back to haunt her. She is confronted again with the question.

"Do you know where you're going to?"

Granting some weak points in the movie, there are a number of basic experiences of life to reflect on. There is the story of seeking happiness and thinking that fame bring that happiness. There is the storv of living through that time of 'life where our "free spirit" takes us down manv roads, playing out many options in life. There is the story of letting dreams slip away" and watching "doors dose" as the person looks behind the journey of life. It is the story of being amused and "laughing" at the serious questions of life as long as the person is in good health, attractive, has a sharp mind, a free spirit, and J"eople are friends because we are successful.

The real shock of this type of life story is the day we wake up and realize that many of these experiences are empty and fade with the passing of time. It is then that we wonder why we didn't make the sacrifices and struggles necessary for more lasting happiness.

(All correspondence should be directed to: The Dameans, P".O, Box 2108, Baton Rouge, La. 70821).

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NC News Service With the celebration of the Bicentennial and the expectancies of .a vigorous political year the NC Series "Washington Report" by Jim Castelli will return to The Anchor.

It should help us as Church members to be cognizant of political facts that could well affect us.

WASHINGTON (NC) - "You can't make the world safe from abortion, you can only educate people about it," according to law professor John Noonan, author of what he calls a "Human Life States' Rights" amendment to the Constitution.

Noonan's proposed amendment would give the states and the Congress the power to "protect life," including the unborn, at every stage of biological development, regardless of age, health or condition of physical dependence.

This amendment introduced in the Senate by Quentin Burdick (D-N.D.», came the closest of any "anti-abortion" amendment to being reported out of the Senate subcommittee on constitutional amendments with a 4-4 tie vote.

The Noonan amendment was supported by the National Committee for a Human Life Amendment, a lobbying group funded largely by contributions from individual Catholic bishops. The National Conference of Catholic Bishops has not, and has indicated it will not, support any specific wording for an amendment.

Noonan argues that his amendment would basically restore the legal situation to what it was before the Supreme Court in January 1973 struck down most state laws restricting abortion, with the added value of having written into the Constitution a call for the proection of life.

Noonan agrees with some observers who said the Senate subcommittee did not have an adequate opportunity to review his proposed amendment because it was introduced at virtually the last minute. Noonan said he expects the House hearings on the

amendments, tentatively scheduled to begin Jan 6 and 7, will go into it in more detail. Noonan's amendment has been introduced in the House by Rep. Leonor Sullivan (D-Mo.).

Noonan believes that, with strong grass-roots support, his amendment could pass Congress in a year and be ratified by the states in four or five years.

If there is sufficient support to ratify the amendment, Noonan believes, "most states would probably return to the laws they had before the Supreme Court decisions, prohibiting abortion except when necessary to save the life of the mother.

"Some states would probably add a few exceptions and there would probably be one or two states that would be 'abortion havens." .

You can't make the world safe from abortion, you can only educate people about it." If abortion were prohibited, except in cases involving the life of the mO,ther, women would still go to other countries to have legal abortions, Noonan said.

Education .is the major goal that would be achieved by an amendment, he said.

Noonan believes that other proposed amendments which attempt to prohibit abortion except t,o save the life of a mother by defining the fetus as a "legal person" are unrealistic.

"Here you are faced with. a major setback after 200 years," Noonan said, referring to the Supreme Court abortion decisions. "How can you expect to get more than you had before?"

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Peace SCHOOLBOY SPORTS IN THE DIOCESE

By PETER 1. BARTEK

Norton High Coach

New Season Brings New Hope Ex~ept for Division I Clubs Guarded optimism reigns in most area schoolboy basketball camps as the new season commences. The disappointments of last year have faded, things will be different this time around. In the multi-team Southeastern Massachusetts Conference realign- this season. They will have their ment has taken place and as work cut out for them. a result there will be new . The two new comers, Attlechampions crowned in 1976. boro, Taunton, Bishop Stang But, such will not be the case High of Dartmouth, New Bedin Division One. ford, intracity rival Holy Family This year the 26 schools in High and Barnstable appear to the circuit will be competing in be evenly matched. But, Durfee three divisions rather than four High of Fall River is also in the as in the past. The area's best division and is the solid favorite are aligned in the nine team to retain the title.

Division One bracket. Using Durfee's basketball prowess is competitiveness as the primary known throughout the Commonthe remaining wealth. From all indications this consideration schools have been aligned into will be another banner year for a nine team Division Two and the school on the hill. It appears an eight club Division Three to be within Durfee's grasp to circuit. attain three goals - the league Dartmouth and Bishop Con· championship, a state crown and nolly High of Fall River, who Coach Tom Karam's 300th vicdominated the second division. tory. As of Friday last, Karam the past few years, will be com- coached Durfee teams have won peting against the "big" boys 280 games over 16 years.

Somerset Eyes First League Crown While the prognostication is for Durfee to repeat in Division One, look for new champions in both Two and Three.

Wareham won 20 games a year ago, primarily against Division Four opponents. Now the Vikings find themselves competing in Division Two. With three starters gone from the championship team, the Vikings will be traveling a difficult road.

Somerset appears to be ready to seriously challenge for its first league title. Coach Ray McDonald's Blue Raiders have been impressive to date and may be the team to beat.

But, unlike Division One there is no clear cut favorite in Two. Seelronk, Fairhaven, Bishop Feehan High of Attleboro all have the potential to corral the title.

Dennis-Yarmouth, Falmouth and Old Rochester Regional of Mattapoisett will challenge.

Realignment brought about four changes in the "small" school bracket. As note Ware· ham moved up while Bourne, Case High of Swansea and Dighton-Rehoboth Regional drop· ped a notch.

The newcomers to Three definitely have to be considered among the favorites. Norton and New Bedford Vocational are in the same classification. Diman Regional from Fall River will not be the same team without all-everything Neil Toulan. Westport and St. Anthony's of New Bedford do not appear to have the depth to stay with contenders.

The division, like Two, has all the earmarks of a hotly contested race that probably will go right down to the wire. The choice fnom this corner is for Norton to finish on top by a narrow margin.

Holiday Festivals Highlight Weekend Coach Howard Kelley's Lancers have good team height, play tough defense and run extremely well offensively. The club has looked very impressive in preseason scrimmages and in nonleague encounters.

Holiday festival action dominates the schedule this weekend while there is a break in league competition.

In Dartmouth the two day annual Christmas Holiday Basket,ball Tournament will be held Friday and Saturday at Southeastern Massachusetts University. New Bedford tangles with Dartmouth in the 6:30 opener followed by Holy Family against

Bishop Stang in, the night cap.

The winners, will play for the title Saturday at 8.

Bourne will host its first annual Christmas tourney at the same time with Wareham, host Bourne vying against Chatham and Sandwich of the Cape and Islands League.

Schoolboy hockey enthusiasts can view top flight action Friday, Saturday and Sunday at the Third Annual Silver City Hock· ey Tournament in Taunton. The single elimination event concludes with the finals on Sunday. All games are played at the Family Recreation Center in Taunton.

Continued from Page One A final section of the new USCC booklet attempts to en· gage Christians of various philosophical 'backgrounds in serious dialogue. "The real weapons (of peace)," according to the booklet's introduction "include a knowledgeable and politically astute public, willing to effect changes in national policies toward the genuine pursuit of justice and peace."

The Office of international Ju,stice and Peace of the United States Catholic Conference (US CC) has prepared a manual for use in prayer and reflection on the message of Pope Paul VI for the World Day of Peace Jan. I, 1976.

The focus chosen by Pope Paul for the day is on "the real weapons of peace."

The 32-page usec booklet, "Human Right-A Priority for Peace," includes a liturgy section, the need for emphasizing prayerful prepa'ration and reflection on the issues of war and peace.

A second section examines the tensions between the weapons of peace and the weapons of war, and between human rights and national security. Two background pieces are offered on the ideology underlying American foreign policy.

The Rea I McCoy WASHINGTON (NC)-No one can say that the National Conference of Catholic Bishops doesn't consult with the experts when necessary. When the NCCB president, Archbishop Joseph Bernardin of Cincinnati, needed a parliamentarian for the bishops' general meeting, he made a choice that would insure that his condu<;t of the meeting would be strictly according to Hoyle. The parliamentarian was Henry Robert, grandson of Gen. Henry Robert, author of the definitive guidelines for ,Procedure, Robert's Rules of Order.

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The Christmas crib . . . in a cornucopia . . . or "horn of plenty" is so different from the crib ... in a cave or stable Cave and stable speak of the economic and spritual poverty . . . of then Child and his family . . . Cornucopia suggests the riches of God . . . our loving Father ... and the richness of his gift to us.

The cornucopia is usually filled with all kinds of good things . . . candy, flowers, fruits, food, toys, money ... It symbolizes all that enriches our lives ... all God's gracious gifts to us.

The crib of Jesus in the horn of plenty ... gives image to St. Paul's vision He sawall good things as gifts of a loving God and all God's gifts summed up ... in that one gift of his only Son ... Christ Jesus, our Lord. ' The cornucopia crib says visually what we pray at the Eucharist . . . as we thank God for sharing with us his Son . . . "Through him you give us all these gifts ... You fill them with life and goodness ... You bless them and make them holy." tion Son

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Twenty-First Annual EAST, WEST, OLD, YOUNG: East met West and youth met age at vow renewal ceremonies for the Dominican Sisters of the Presentation, held at their Dighton vice-provincial house. Sister Marie Elizabeth Raymond (above)" who marked her 65th anniversary of profession and is now retired, has spent a half century of her religious life earing for the sick at St. Anne's Hospital in Fall River. In the center of the left-picture is Sister John Ruggiero, a native of Fall River, in the U.S. to attend a provincial meeting but normally assigned to the community's Indian mission as a midwife. With her are the community's youngest members, both from India, Rosily Cherussery (left) and Lisa Kadambatt (right) who officially began their novitiate at the renewal ceremonies.

Bishop's Charity Ball Honoring Most Reverend DANIEL A. CRONIN, S.T.D. FOR THE BENEFIT OF Underprivileged and Exceptional Children

8 P.M. - 1 A.M. ART PERRY and His Orchestra

Marian Medal Recipients Continued from Page Twelve Mrs. Mary St. Michel, 86 Ash Street. Fall River Florance Sullivan, 42 Eaton Street, Fall River Joseph M. Theodore, 323 Palmer Street, Fall River Roger A. Vezina, 124 Cottage Street, Fall River New Bedford Area Mrs. Dorothy (Manuel) Almeida, 20 Valentine Street, New Bedford

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Mrs. Mary Bettencourt, 49 Fielding Street, New Bedford Mrs. Wladyslawa Alice (Joseph) Bubrowiecki, 141 Bullard Street, New Bedford Mrs. Shauneen (Leonard) S. Crane, 29 Eleanor ~treet, North Dartmouth Ernest Dupont, 319 Shaw Street, New Bedford Mrs. Mae (John) Francis, 340 Main Street, Fairhaven Miss Rose M. Funaro, 36 DeWolf Street, New Bedford Donald R Gaudette, 1125 Pequot Street, New Bedford Mrs. Caroline Houle, 24 Woodlawn Street, New Bedford Mrs. Francis (William) Kennedy.

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