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Reports Indicate Success In Development Campaign The Chicago archdiocese led WASHINGTON (NC) - First reports from a quarter of the the 38 gave its returns as nation's dioceses indicate finan- $440,540 with contributions in cial success for the anti-poverty from all but 18 of its 450 collection begun by the bishops parishes. Hartford, Conn., reLouis this Fall as part of their new ported $243,925, St. Campaign for Human Develop- $117,866, and Los Angeles and ',Washington, D. C., each more ment.

The campaign, which has an than $156,000.

The figures already available open-ended goal of $50 million, was started with the twin aims include the nation's largest dioof educating Catholics about the cese, Chicago, as well as some of problems of poverty in the the smallest.

Auxiliary Bishop Michael United States and of providing money to solve some of pover- Dempsey of Chicagq, directOl' of the campaign told newsmen in ty'!'! causes. .'

The first of planned annual November that the bishops exnationwide collections was taken pected the November collection upon Sunday, Nov. 22, just be- to yield approximately $7 million. If the giving patterns already fore the Thanksgiving holiday.

Contributions fr01ll 38 report- indicated should continue to ing dioceses totalled $2,096,074 hold, the campaign could bring with many other of the total 156 in perhaps half a million dollars dioceses relating that money was more than the bishops expected.

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Lauds Msgr. John Silvia As Parish-Minded Prelate Rev. Msgr. John A. Silvia, late ,pastor emeritus of St. John the Baptist Church, New Bedford, who died on Wednesday, Dec. 23, was eulogized by Rev. Manuel P. Ferreira as a man of principle, a sower of priestly dedication and an architect of vocations.

Speaking at. a concelebrated Mass of Requiem, offered on Monday in St. John the Baptist Church with Most Rev. ,Daniel A. Cronin as principal concelebrant, Father Ferreira, administrator cif the New Bedford parish, wove the threads of Monsignor Silvia's priestly life and his own personal experiences into the tapestry of a man of God and a real churchman.

The text of the eulogy follows: "All I want is to know Christ and the power of his resurrection and to share his sufferings by' reproducing the pattern of his death. That is the way I can hope to take my place in the resurrection of the dead."

(Phillipians, 3:10) Your Excellency, Bishop Cronin, Your Excellencies, Bishops

Connolly and Gerrard, My Brother Priests: Beloved Sisters, Family of Monsignor Silvia, friends and parishioners of St John's.

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World Tending TowardU.nity Favors Brotherhood, Peace In accord with the wishes of Pope Paul, Most Rev. Daniel A. Cronin, S.T.D., has directed that Catholics of the Diocese of Fall River join in the world-wide observance of January 1st as a Day of Peace and that' prayers for peace be offered at every Mass.

In his message for the celebration of this Day of Peace, Pope Paul writes of the world's hopes after World War II: "The world breathed again . . . . Everyone seemed ready to accept radical ch'anges, in order to avoid new conflicts . . . . There was talk of justice, of human rights, of betterment of the weak, of orderly coexistence, of organized collaboration, of world union ...

The way to peace, as a normal and fundamental condition of life in the world, seemed to have been finally planned."

But today still sees wars, continued and even increased social and racial and religious discrimination, and a· return to the old mentality.

The Pope sees this old mentalityas the' supremacy of economic interests, exploitation of the weak, class hatred, national prestige and political power, crime and violence as a burning ideal.

In contrast to this present situation, the Pope sees "fortunately another set of ideas and facts . . . before our gaze; and it is that of progressive peace."

Despite problems and breaks in its continuity, despite inconsistencies and difficulties, peace marches on because everyone realizes that peace is riecessary.

As the' Pope significantly points out, peace "has in its favor the moral progress of humanity, which is indisputably directed toward unity. Unity and peace, where freedom unites them, are sisters. Peace benefits from the growing favor of public opinion, which is convinced of the absurdity of war pursued for its own sake and believed to be the only and unavoidable means of settling controversies among men. Peace avails itself of theeven closer network of human relations in the fields of culture, economics, commerce, sport and tourism. We must live together, Turn to Page Six

Illustrating (1 quotation from T. S. Eliot, is this new pointing by 'Vlrgmia Brqderick depicting the peace that is Christ in the midst of turbulence and Yi01enCe of the world.

Abortion and Euthanasia Threats Vexing Britons LONDON (NC)-The growing threat of legalized abortion, and the dwindling number of births in the country are worrying British Catholics.

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by Norman St. John-Stevas, a Catholic member of the House of Commons and an outspoken foe of legalized abortion.

The euthanasia threat was also the subject of discussion at the annual meeting of the Hu~ 'man Rights Society, a largely Catholic group.

Dr. Margaret White stated that a supporter of the Voluntary Euthanasia Society, a lobbying group, had saist that, if parliament passed a voluntary euthanasia law, the next goal would be involuntary euthanasia. "If they had their way, we would have '1984' by the year 1974," she said.

St. John-Stevas has called for a government inquiry into the working of the Abortion Act. More than 250 members of parliament have signed a motion asking for the inquiry.

The increasing number of abortions, nearing 100,000 per year, is placing a strain on the

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national health service and leading to a revolt within the nursing profession, he said. In many places, nurses are exercising the option allowed them by the act and refusing to participate in abortions, he added.

Limiting the time during which an abortion can be performed to the first 20 weeks of pregnancy instead of to the 28 weeks now allowed would "eradicate some of the worst cases of abuse," St. John-Stevas said.

He said he regarded as a "sinister" development the organization of a new pressure group seeking the establishment of a birth control service offering contraception, abortion and sterilization as a means of family plan'1ing.

At the Human Rights Society meeting, Dr. White criticized local governments for their lack of interest in old people. Often, she' said, elderly persoris suffering from loneliness neglect to take care of themselves, become malnourished and are admitted to geriatric wards.

Another member of parliament, Mrs. Jill Knight, said Britain Turn to Page Three

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_Continued from Page One joys, its pains, its limitations, gether in a family spirit to honor while life eternal, outside the dimension of time, goes beyond our Monsignor .John A. Silvia in a testimonial on the occasion of his fullest comprehension, and ex· · 50th' Anniversary as a priest Of pectations. As St. John tells' us 'j God. . . in the Book of Revelation, speak· I Many of u.s participated' with ing of those .who reign with the 'j ~I him in the Holy Sacrifice of the' Father in heaven: "They now " Mass thanking God with him for stand in front of God's throne, his 50 years of priestly service serving in His Sanctuary. They to God's people. Later'that even- will never hunger or thirst again; il)g, we celebrated with him and. neither the sun nor scorching shared' his joy. It was a ~appy wind will ever phigue them; beday for Monsignor; a m~morable cause the Lamb, who is at the one~ which he anxiously looked' throne will be. their shepherd and forward to celebrating. "He saw will lead them to springs of living : it and was glad'.' and 'for him it water, .and Goq will wipe away 'was a goal achieved. all tears from their eyes." (Rev. . . Striken 7: 17) Just eight days ago, Monsignor' With such promise give!,! to us !'urpassed that" goal 'and entered as God's own word, can .we as' the 51st year of his priesthood. 'men of faith·;·~true Christians, de. however, not with the joviality, spilir at tHe thought of death, or alertness or agility that he had are we to' rejoice' in renewed' possessed, the previous year. : hope? Are We to 'believe 'that He had suffered a cerebral. 'death is the end of all, or really hemorrhage the Sunday previous that, it· is ,a "new ,beginning in and was seriously ill. Failing Christ" and with Christ, made pas. _ health: began taking its.heavy " sible to us through Christ. . toll. "He had run the course and . "I am· the resurrection and the fought the good fight." His priesV life," said 'Christ. "He' who beIy ministry here upon earth had;. lieves. in Me shall never die ...' .. fulfilled its fulfillment, had borne - and I will raise him up on the., its fruit. last day." . .

As God had called him' to Such should be the ,belief of "Come and follow Him" 'in a' men of faith....:..·',To want -to know' priestly vocation, now, He was Christ and the power ~f His niswelco'ming him to his heavenly: urrection." " home. "Well done, .good and ~ So it. was to be in the life of faithful servant, enter now into I the JOY of your heavenly Father.": a man of faith, Monsignor 'John ' '.... .. ~ 1!l70 Tlw R.'gl~t1·t .;.::.· E\ien now, when death has; A, Silvia. His parents, Frank M. quieted his lips and ended his and Maria Dutra Silvia brought priestly, ',work, we gather once him up in the true knowledge and .A society is judged by the way it ceres fer its again in like family spirit at this ~ love of God. Monsignor was born Eucharistic 'Banquet- to praise j . in Fall.River, September 23, 1893, --:---._"._.. __ ' the youngest of nine children. As G0d, b ::l t h in his behalf and ours' . . , d kid 'h ing' shared with uS'a 'w'ori~ ,". he' grew In age an now e ge, f or av d" d'd h' f ' h' G d derful priest and faithful servant, an grace, so . I . IS alt In o.

Monsignor Silvia'. . , At the early age :of 15, he. ~ol. via left St. John's and' was as· It. was in Provincetown that Certainly we are saddened by, lowed the promptings of dlvln~ 'signed to administer to the spir- our first meeting and close · go'ng from our midst but grace and went off to St. Charles h IS itual and temporal needs of the friendship began. If you will a1I , S· . C as men of faith, we find consol. P~eparato~ emln?ry In a.tons. faithful of Our Lady of Lourdes low me, I would like to become ing peace and Christian joy be. Ville, ~d., ,I~ pursuit of a prIestly Church, Taunto~. He returned to somewhat personal and quote lieving, "that the souls of the vocatIOn. SIX. yea.rs passed ~nd St. John's in New Bedford-how- from a previous talk I had given just 'are in the hands of the Lord the young semlnarI~n as coml~g ever not for long. He was as./ .on the occasion of Msgr.'s testi-. . '; enjoying his peace.'" cl~ser to the realIzatIOn of hIS signed his first pastorate at St. monial: In Eternal Sanctuary prIesthood.

Peter the Apostle Chur~hh, Prov"Our first meeting was of the The power ot Christ's resui-· At Angra Seminary incetown on Nov. 25, 1924, greatest importance to me as rection has influenced the life of Since he was destined for where his priesthood was to take a person and as a Christian, all men believing in Jesus, has priestly service in a Portuguese on new dimension .and greater and at that time neither' Mon. given them new hope and n~w parish of the Fan River diocese, dema,nd. signor nor I knew how close, vision; that in death life is not his Bishop, then Bishop Dimiel Architect of Vocations nor. how far·r~aching such a ended, but merely changed; that Feehan, and his priest-director, Father Silvia was to spend meeting would be in influencing i~ Christ 'we too have hope of 'Father Jose Silva suggested that 27 years in Provincetown, as' our iives together in the days a blessed resurrection from the he go to the seminary of. Angra spiritual Father to its Catholic . ahead. We first met by the wadead, comforted by the promise . in the Azores to acquire a greater Pop.uliI1ion.. Here his priesthood ter, where Monsignor called me of eter-nal 'life~ "You shall have I knowledge and ,understanding of began to flourish and grow~ bear- by name, "Manuel, I baptize you l!fe, and have it abund;mtly." 'the Portuguese language. Two ing fruit' a hundred-fold. His T~.Irn to, Page Fifteen '. Life here up,on earth has its 'years. later, Monsignor' ,(still a priestly example and direction-,,; seminarian)' returned to' the his strong faith and love for the Vincentian Meetin'g states to resume his final years Church had its penetrating ef· .

U rge Com passion of study and priestly training at feet. and influencing power on The monthly meeting of Fall For Jailed Clergy',' St. Mary's Seminary, Baltimore, . some of his young, boys and River Particular Council, Society ; WASHINGTON (NC)-A 'group Md. girls: Fr: Thomas' Edwards, of S~. Vincent de Paul,. will be of 'Pittsburgh priests has asked His course completed, Bishop 'i.O.R., Fr. Leo Ferreira, Fl). held Tu'esday' evening, Jan. 5.

Brazilian diplomats here for the' 'Daniel Feehan called the young \\Tarren Murphy,·T.O.R., Fr. Lou· Mass will be ,celebrated in the · addresses of imprisoned priests deacon home for ordination; and is Joseph, Fr. Manuel Ferreira; Immaculate Conception Church, in Brazil "so we can write to on the 40th anniversary of his Sister Mary Leander, RSM, Sr. Thomas Street, at 7:30 P.M. and them and tell them we care."own ordination to the priesthood, Mary Alonso, RSM. . the meeting will follow.

They also asked for a Christmas 'Bishop Feehan ordained John A. Fr. Silvia's little piece of sandy amnesty.

Silvia, a ·priest l)f God forever, ground, protruding out into the Father Donald Mcllvane of the ,servant of the' people of God. ELECTRICAL Atlantic, proved itself fertile Association of Pittsburgh Priest!? ,The young Levite's ministry . Contractors ground. However, now with. his visited with officials at the Bra- and service began here at the prayer and priestly hard work zilian embassy. He was accom- Church of St. :John the Bap-. to cultivate this portion in the panied by the Rev. Frank Zeman, tist. Here he spent: his first 5 ...

Lord's vineyard.).Ie saw it grow , a Lutheran pastor from Freedom, years dispensing the mysteries and bear fruit. Both h'e and his Pa. of ·God to his people-his priest- brother priests. who served with The two left a letter addressed lv' duties' hIking him often to him, served well God's. people. to Brazilian Amba~sador Mozart the mis~ion church of St. John """""U"':""""""""'I"""''''''''''''''''''''''''''''",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,\'''"",,,,,,,.,,,, Gurgel Valente -in which they the Baptist, Central, Village to THE ANCHOR asked for "the release of priests offer Sunday Mass and admin· "b~ Second Class Postage Paid at Fall River, and lay leaders belonging to thE!"' ister to the spiritual needs of its 'Mass., Published every Thursday at, 410 944 County St. ...".~.

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Charges Soviets With Genocide WASHINGTON (NC) - Archbishop Ambrose Senyshyn, head of the Ukrainian Catholic eparchy of Philadelphia, charged here that the Soviet Union is guilty of genocide against Catholic Orthodox Christians in the Ukraine.

Speaking at St. Josaphat's Ukrainian Catholic seminary near the campus of the Catholic' University of America here, Archbishop Senyshyn outlined 21 counts of genocide and other crimes committed by the Soviet government in an effort to wipe out two churches.

Among the charges listed by the archbishop were accusations that the Soviet killed religious

leaders, destroyed churches and liturgical vessels, eliminated observance of Sundays, and religious holidays and authorized hoodlums to disrupt services.

Reparation Day LOS ANGELES (NC)-Archbishop Timothy Manning designated Dec. 28, feast of the Holy Innocents, as a day of reparation "for the crimes of abortion committed in our midst. Let us pray also," he said, "that the minds of our legislators will be guided to a form of legislation in accord with the eternal law of the Lord."

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ORDINARY WITH SEMINARIANS: As Bis.hop Cronin chatted with the seminarians of the diocese at the annual Seminarians' Night sponsored by the Fail River Serra Club, The Anchor photographer was present as he met Rev. Mr. Richard W. Beaulieu of Acushnet, St. John's Seminary, Brighton; Rev. Mr. Michel G: Methot of Fall River, Theological .

College, Washington; Daniel F. Hoye of Taunton, St. John's, Brighton.

As,serts Students' Image Distorted BUTLER (NC) - A college chaplain who wears his hair long lind his beard from ear to ear thinks the current image of college students as hippies or activists is· a distortion.

Only a tiny percentage are of this type according to Father Richard R. Ragni, chaplain at Slippery Rock State College here in Pennsylvania. More than half of the college's 5,000 students are Catholic.

The great majority of students are conservative and interested almost exclusively' in getting good grades and finding a place in today's society, said the priest.

His younger brother, Jerry, is co-

Cancels Meeting President Frank S. Feitelberg of . the Fall, River First Friday Club announced that the January meeting has been canceled.

The first Friday of January is New Year's Day, a holyday of obligation and Feitelberg said First Fridains will be attending Mass with their families.

Speaker for February is a Fall River native, William F. Powers, Commissioner of Public Safety for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Britons Vexed Continued from Page One needs babies, not abortions. She said the country is suffering from uneven population distribution, not over-population.

Some areas, she added, are severely. underpopulated because a lack of local employment opportunities has caused a steady migration to large towns.

author of the stage play "Hair."

Father Ragni wishes more students "were interested in today's problems-in the war, poverty, race, exploitation. But, we've molded them pretty well from high school on. They know the game they have to play. Most don't want to make waves."

Now in his fifth year at Slippery Rock, Father Ragni does not spend his time downgrading

Report Success Continued from Page One only the bare figures. or indicated only in general that the campaign was a success, Baltimore reported that its archdiocesan total of $108,673 was 64 per cent higher than it ever colected in any other special national collection. .

The Baltimore archdiocese's previous record total was $66,558, collected in 1969 for the bishops' overseas aid fund, Catholic Relief Services.

One-fourth of all money collected in each diocese may be retained in the diocese for local programs affiliated with the national campaign effort. Several dioceses said they were withholding another' small percent~ age to pay for administrative costs of local fund-raising.

. Share in Magazine CAPE TOWN (NC)-Die Brug, a Catholic monthly magazine, will become a joint Catholic-Anglican publication in February.

The magazine is published in Afrikaans, one of the official South Africa~ languages, derived, from 17th century Dutch.

students' goals, but fears that unless students learn to speak out against injustice, human dignity and freedom will disappear.

Retiring Bishops Receiv·e

What will 1971 be like? The world will be a more peaceful place if everyone does his share....

Last year the Holy Father trained thousands of native priests and Sisters, built hundreds of schools, clinics, chapels, and cared for orphans, lepers, the aging. He can do even more in 1971 if you ask us to send full information to you, to your friends. . . . How can you make the world a better place? Pray for our priests and Sisters each day, and do all you can .to give them what they need. They are your ambassadors to the poor, and they get lonely, hungry, tired. Month by month in '71" have a share in all the good they do!

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Status WASHINGTON (NC) - Latin rite bishops upon retirement no longer will be assigned to a titular diocese but will bear the official title of former bishop of the diocese served. . . The change was made by Pop~ Paul. VI following consultations at a plenary session of the Vatican Congregation for Bishops.

Cardinal John Dearden of Detroit, president of the National .Conference of Catholic Bishops, was notified of the change in a letter from Archbishop Luigi Raimondi, Apostolic Delegate. in the United States.

-Archbishop Raimondi said the change . would enable retiring bishops to "continue to be associated with the See which they have renounced but with which they continue to have a certain spiritual bond."

"From discussions of this. subject among the bishops of the United States, I understand that this provision will be most acceptable to them," Archbishop Raimondi wrote. "I share their joy that it has come to pass."

The Apostolic Delegate requested that bishops who already have retired and been transferred to a titular see inform him whether they wish to . retain that title.

What becomes of the fun and frolic New 'lear's Eve? Wbat you spend is gone the morning after. . _ . Month by month in 197·1, here's what you can do: : D Train a native Sister overseas. She'll be your personal representative to people who need help, and she'll write to you. Her training costs only $,12.50 a ·month, $150 a year, $300 altogether. .

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·What sort of. priorities should Christian citizens be urging on disruption of' society's human their governments as the planet substance. They leave out the ir'enters the perilous '70s? That reversible genetic damage to Christians have a special respol'l- both attacker and attacked as sibility, it .is difficult to deny. nuclear contamination spreads Political. life and action cover through nature's inescapable great areas -of a people's moral unity of air and water and existence. "God and Caesar," nutrient chains. Abstract mil· Church and State have different itary inventions are as' unlim· areas of direct" administrative . ited as scientific imagination responsibility. But no one denies can make them - and as unre'that .the ultimate sovereignty is lated' to human need .and human survival. They have therefore no internal restraints. They must spiral upward. as .each side in- . vents the same antidote and By then the same way round the antidote. " BARBARA There is therefore. only one sane course-to stop the process WARD now. The Americans and Russians are engaged in the Strate-. gic . Arms Limitation Talks (SALT). Yet both sides are behaving with the most lamentable God's. and a citizen' cannot ac·' and.' 'neurotic irresponsibility. cepe from any earthly authority America is testing MIRVs. and comma.nds, 'policies '01' regula-, ABMs. tions which run counter to the So are the 'Russians, who are moral law. building up Soviet naval . So Christian involvement in strength, including nuclear subthe great issues of the state, and· marines, and behaving like the Christian judgment on the poli- most crass 19th century impecies of government, are an essen- rialists with their naval presence tial part of Christian witness, .here, there, and everywhere. It and discipline. . . is .like .watching a school playThe first priority, under any ground with IO-year-olds playing system. moral or otherwise, is "King of the Castle";-if only the clearly survival for the human yard were not the whole planet .species. At this moment, accord· , and the game nudear extinction. ing . to the la test report from: For Christian citizens, with Sweden's independent research Pope Palll's 'anguished cry body, the Stockholm Interna-' "Ne~er again war': echoing in tional Peace Research Institute~ 1 their. ears, the only sane rethe nuclear stock-piles in Amer- sponse is to use their utmost inica and Russia contain the eq4iv- ' fluence to persuade their governalent of 15 tons of TNT' (dyna- ments to call a halt on nuclear mite) for every human being on arms research and production this ,planet.

Moreover, the and suggest a lasting moratoworld's annual arms bill-$180 rium. billions-is roughly "equivalent Minimal Ris~ to the total income of the poor, The risk, after all, is minimal. er half of the world's populaThe present stock pjiles are so tion." vast that. they guarantee both' No More Than Once retaliation and destruction. And No security is served' by such even if there were an element . -figures. On the contrary, inse- of risk-of Russia pulling ahead cutity is mounting steadily. - is the risk any greater than Moreover, a further round in the that contained in the next upnuclear arms race threatens to , ward spiral of the nuclear race? get out. of control as American At no ppint can the lethal genetand Russian military researchers ic damage be avoided by either try to "destabilize multiple war- side. To move from 100 to 1,000 heads (MIRVEs), by elaborating times overkill changes nothing in more . sophisticated counter- ,the ultimate damage-sheet of weapons (ABMs), and increasing radiation and human decay. the on·target accuracy 'of nu-.

Moreover, if America, a free clear delivery systems. and open society, took the' first At present, so vast is the nu· step in proposing the standstill, clear stockpile that it matters it is at least possible that the not at all whether' America or 'less conservative and more flexRuss!a add to the number of ible wing of the Soviet bureau'cracy could make some headway mis~iles. You cannot eliminate their own arch,the human race more than once. against But the new inventions seem to militarists. .They could revive their argupromise the possibility of one side knocking' out the other ments about Russia's desperate without the possibility of retalia- need to get more consumer tion. This is the supposed night- goods and services to the Rusmare r.esult of further successful sian people woo; after 50 year~ research.

Of glorious revolution, still have Of course, the -.yhole.,process, occasion to queue for cooking now far beyond reaches of rea- pans. They could' argue for a reson, the General Strange-loves lease of resources to - improve on eaC(h side live in ·a.ludicrously housing and, schools and to open abstract world of projectiles and IfP more university places for trajectories. and computer calcu- t;he million or so ~igh' school lations from which human' be- children who still do .not get a ings who bleed ana burn and college ejucation. die have long since vanished.

But. who will take the first These abstractions - science's step? Should not t.he so-called most I)ecessary yet most dan· Christian United States give the' gerous tools - ignore the total ( Ie-ad?

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A.sserts Constitution Protects Rights of Unborn WASHINGTON (NC) A not available for immed~ate group of physicians, professors comment. and theologians have called on _ Dr. Joseph R. Stanton, Valuc President. Nixon to immediately of Life Committee member anl! halt government-sponsored- and associate clinical professor Gf medicine at Tufts Medical school, government-paid abortions.

They maintained that th·~ told NC' News that he and tile rights of the unborn 'are protect- other 17 signers of the letter described the defense' promulbned by the U. S. Constitution.· tion "t.o Nixon as "that docume'lt In a letter sent to the presi· which euphemistically refers to dent, members of a non-denomiabortion of 'dependents as 'tel'national Value of Life Commit· mination of pregnancy' and al· tee joined. members of academic, lows abortion on demand in l)cmedical and religious communipartment of Defense installaties to decry a recent Depart· tions in the. several states. Inment of Defense promulgatic.n deed, this is allowed regardh~ss permitting abortions in military of the state law where the installation is geographically located."

Texas Churches Back School Aid HOUSTON (NC)-The Texas Conference of Churches, an interfaith body composed of~Cath· olic, Protestant and Greek Orthodox denominations in the state, has urged indirect tax aid to non public schools.

The conference's board of directors: meeting here, adopted a unanimous resolution calling for such aid by- means of government purchase. of services from non public schools or tuition subsidies to private institutions of higher learning.

Another resolution,. passed with one dissenting vote, concerns aid to non public institutions of .elementary and secondary education.

It says in part that .proposed ,legislation for aid to non public schools in Texas "follows the purchase cf s.ervices concept of assistance to non public higher education and'is fully in accord with our traditional American sa.feguards in respect to the con· stitutional relationship between church ·and. state."

Both resolutions were s~bmit~-. ted to .the board by the Rev. William Fogelman, a Presbyter'ian minister who heads the conferencc's edllcational. division. installations· and' a p~,esidential commission's request that t.he government increase its participation in sterilization and ahcr· 'tion procedures. White House spokesmen 'were

alienated, violent, mentally' di5abled or crimina!'."

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The grout> charged that the commission was· "short on reason, fact, moral sensitivity and an awareness of the long history in many cultures and legal traditions in which societies have come to safeguard the .rights of ' the fetus.

I "For us, Mr. President," the letter continued, "and for ten:; of millions of your fellow citi· zens, abortion on demand, whether to check the popula~i(ln explosion or to insure domestic tranquility, is not an idea whosn time has come, but only an old '''Unwanted Children' idea being propagandized to apAs a second item of complaint pear as if its time had come. and concern, the letter pointed "Th.e sexual .revolution, the an accusing finger at a presiden- . women's liberation movemen:', tial task force on the mentally the ecological crisis have all handicapped and asked: "Where, come upon us at the same timl; Mr. President, is the Constituand many conscientious citizens tion to be allowed to protect concerned with social justice and human unborn life in the ren.:>rt civil liperties, have in our' view of your task force ... dated Sepobscured the moral iss~e or tember 1970 ... which calls for abortion against this tumultuous · increased government participabackground. " tion in 'voluntary sterilizations and abortion'?" ponate Apartments Letter signers included Prince· Families~ ton religion professor Paul Ramsey, Yale University Christian CHICAGO (NC)-The Carinelethics professor James M. Gus- ite Fathers at Mount Carmel tafson, Harvard professors Ar- High School here plan to renothur .T. Dyck, Dr. William r. vate five apartment buildings Bernhard, Robert E. Gross, and near the school and donate them George H. Williams and Boston to black families'!

University professors J. Robert Fath.er Daniel McFadden, prinNelson and Walter G. Muelder. cipal, said the school will seek They rejected as sociologically FHA financing to renovate tne unsound the presidential 'com- buildings, located oil property · mission's "gratuitous assumo· the priests purchased over 10 tion that 'today's unwanted chil- years ago for additional school dren are likely to be tomorrow's facilities.

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Faces Possibility Of Bankruptcy MILWAUKEE (NC)-Officials of the Society of the Divine Savior here have been ordered to produce a' plan for paying off the financially troubled community's 2,400 creditors by April 15 or face a bankruptcy declaration.

Bankruptcy referee Dale E. Ihlenmeldt announced the deadline and appointed a five-member creditors committee to approve any plan the Salvatorians devise to payoff their creditors.

A petition submitted by the society in November and asking court permission to reorganize listed debts of $8,603,500.

Creditors included an estimated 1,100 persons, most of them elderly, who had purchased annuities from the Salvatori~ns.

Annuitants have not received their promised payments since the reorganization petition was filed Nov. 3.

Irvin Charney, an attorney for the Salvatorians, said the or-der may be forced to sell property and buildings it owns to escape from debt. The order has already sold its seminaries in Blackwood, N.J. and Lanham, Md. The society's financial problems date to 1965, when the society made a series of bad investments on the advice of Washington attorney Victor J. Orsinger.

Orsinger is presently serving a three-to-nine-year prison term for misuse of the Salvatorians' money.

Director Sn'V~ Shrine of Immaculnf,e' .., Conception Great House of Prayer .;

WASHINGTON (NC)-The director of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception-official monument to Mary as patroness of the U. S.-wants the shrine to be more than a tourist attraction. ' "That's not why it was built," said Msgr. William F. McDonough, director. "It was built to be a great house of prayer."

The cornerstone of the massive, domed shrine was laid in September, 1920. For 50 years,' building and raising money for the $24-million structure has been the main thrust, assistant director Father John J. Nicola said.

Now, Father Nicola said, the building is almost completed.

Three large mosaics, marble wall-covering, and one chapel remain unfinished. The shrine has "reached a new maturity and is beginning to assume its aduft role," he said.

Recent developments have helped the shrine "come alive," Father Nicola said.

Peace Intention Nearly 30,000 Catholics from eight U. S. dioceses, led by their bishops, made pilgrimages to the National Shrine during the months of September and October. They came by bus, train or chartered plane from several Eastern States to attend Mass, say the Rosary and sing hymns to the Blessed Mother.

Father Nicola said the primary intention of all the pilgrimages was peace in the world.

The Family Life Division of the U.S. Catholic路 Conference printed more than one million . copies of a four-page' folder containing the statement, entitled "The Family and Change: A Look- at the '70's." Folders were sent to all 156 dioceses for parish liturgical use and sermon material.

F'ather James McHugh, national director, said the diocesan directors met in October "and everyone felt tpat the family wns doing pretty ~ell."

"There seemed to be good reason for a positive statement on the values of marriage and the family in the 1970's," he said. Holy Family Sunday was decided upon as the best. time of the year for such a statement. , The statement upheld the right of parents to determine for themselves the number and spacing of their children, saying: "The child-his 'coming and his growth-should . be the result of a free and determined chQice by his parents."

It noted recent proposals for a national policy limiting family size to two children, rejecting them as a serious threat to the rights of married couples.

'Persuasive Sermon' "Tbey are symptomatic of a lack of confidence-bordering on despair-that our nation can effectively deal with its major social problems," the statement said.

Expanding on the statement, Father McHugh told NC News that "society can endanger the family when it attempts to condition attitudes and narrow the options for self-determination" through such proposed legislation.

The family life statement ended with a quote from POW~ Paul VI on, the family: "/\ man and women who love one another, the smile of a child, the peace of a home; here is the wordless but astoundingly persuasive sermon in which every man can discern, shining , through as it were, the niflection of another love and its infinite appeal."

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Debate National, Pastoral Council WASHINpTON INC) - Both sides of the debate on whether the Church in the United States should convene a national pastoral council get a hearing in a new booklet released here by the U.S. Catholic Conference.

"A National Pastoral Council: Yes, No, and Maybe" grew out of a feasibility study of the issue requested by the nation's bishops in February 1970. The study is being carried on by a s~eering committee of the 50member U.S. Catholic Conf拢'rencc advisory council.

Representatives '01' 97 dioceses and 45 national Catholic organj;~ations as well as historians, theologians, canon lawyers. sociologists and other experts joined with steering committee members at Chicago's Mundelein College in August to discuss prospects for the council.

The booklet notes that advoca.tes of a council contend it would give "a stronger voice and a more effective role" in the Church to ali its members.

But it points out that critics have expressed fear that a national council might be domino ated by one interest group or might become no more than a bureaucratic structure.

On the question of feasii)ility, it says an effective national pastoral council would have to be hoth representative nnd prophetic.

Directors Express Confidence In Adaptability of Families WASHINGTON (NC) - The Family Directors of the nation's Catholic dioceses have expressed confidence in the modern American family's ability to adopt to the changing social conditions of the I970s.

In a public statement prepared for the observance of Holy Family Sunday, they noted that some observers have proclaimed the end of the family as it has traditionally been known.

"Othet;s have relegated family life to a position of irrelevance," the statement said. "But the family is neither ended nor irrelevant. Rather, we believe it . can serve as the cutting edge in man's effort to adapt to new life styles, new demands and new roles . . . . , "We reaffirm our confidence that the American people have both the ability and the will to build a better world. Moreover, we believe that the vitality of family life will contribute much to achieving justice and peace in our society."

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"People feel a real gap in their lives," the priest said. "They feel that devotion to the Mother of God has just gradually disappeared in the last few years."

He said bishops who had organized pilgrimages to the shrine were amazed at the favorable response among priests and laymen in their respective dioceses.

The bishops said they felt closer to their people during the pilgrimages than at any other time,' Msgr. McDonough added.

At their semi-annual meeting here, the U. S. bishops' approved a plan to appoint one priest in each diocese to acquaint its Catholics about activities, such as the pilgrimages, at the shrine.

Message of Faith The shrine board of "6irectors has also appointed a committee, chaired by Cardinal John Carberry of St. Louis, to promote devotion to Mary through the national shrine. The committee is currently working on a project to broadcast a 15-min'ute monthly radio program called CONTRASTS over about 600 stations.

The programs, some of which will be taped at the shrine, are commentaries by theologians, educators and other specialists to "spread the message of faith,',' Father Nicola said. The program "probes into society for its weaknesses and questings," he said.

A 65-member children's choir at the shrine is also new. Father Nicola described the choir, which will sing for pilgrims at the shrine and in concerts around

the country, as "a combination of black, white, rich, poorevery kind of kid from every kind of background-welded together in a beautiful unity."

Appropriate Patroness "The Blessed Mother's message is being expressed through them," Father Nicola said, in the innocence of children and the content of the hymns they sing.

A shrine guild, composed partly of parents of choir members and servers at the shrine, has also been established to promote Marian devotion.

Pope Pius IX declared the Blessed Mother under her title of Immaculate Conception as patroness of the U. S. in 1847.

But Msgr. McDonough said Mary is an especially appropriate patroness for today when "church, society, everyone is going through tremendous change."

"Mary is a model of transitional periods," Msgr. McDonough said. "She belonged to the Kingdom of David and was a child of the Old Testament. She lived through the era of Christ, and also in the era of the new Church."

Leave Kitchen Sink JACKSON (NC) Burglars who stole $500 in cash from Holy Family Parish here in Mississippi almost stole the parish council election, too. They took the completed ballots from the parish council election but the ballots had already been tabulated.

Establishes Draft Counseling Program ST. PAUL (NC) - A draft counseling program for Catholic men and their families in the St. Paul-Minneapolis archdiocese will be operated by the archdiocesan Catholic Charities office.

The action was taken as the result of a resolution adopted by the ,archdiocesan Urban Affairs Commission, which directed a Catholic agency be founded to operate such a program with moral and financial backing.

Father J. Jerome Boxleitner, Catholic路 Charities director, said his agency was selected because it already has the machinery to operate such a program.

Object of the program is to provide objective counselirtg, showing the individual his options in regard to Selective Service, but allowing the individua: to make his' own decision on a course of action.

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Continued from Page pne and it is good to know each oth· et, and to respect and help each other. A fundamental cohesion is taking shape in the worlq: This favors peace."

The one element in this pat· tern of peace receeding and peace progressing .is man, "man abased in the first case, man upraised in the second." Peace then will come from love springing from the consciousness among men of a universal human brotherhood, and whoever fosters this' concept of brother· hood is building the edifice of peace.

Pope Paul says that his message for 1971 is this summit . reached by the teaching of civil"ization: "All human beings ~re born' free and equal in dignity and· right.s. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act toward one another , in a ·spirit of brotherhood." . And for Christians, the con, 'cept of brotherhood is strength.,ened 'by' the' supreme argument, the fatherhood of God over all men.

And so, the Pope says, there is a meeting point now - the crossing of the paths of our faith with these of the hopes of humanity and civilization.

The acceptance and practice of the concept of brotherhood means that an individual within his own life, and sphere can make a valuable contribution toward peace. Peace does not reside solely in the hands of. the great powers and their leaders.

It is also a matter for the inRev. John F. Moore, B.A., M.A., M.Ed• dividual.

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Corrosive Criticism' .In an address last w¢ek to the College of Cardinals, . the Holy Father deplored the "corrosive criticism" ()f the Church by Am~rican and otl,1er intellectuals.

More than any of th~se critics, the Pope senses the harm they do to· the faith of so many Catholics'; The French Jesuit theologian Henri. De Lubac. has warn'ed aga.inst what he calls "our temptations concerning the Church" and one', of these'"is the critical tenlPtation.. "This very fr~quently advances itself :cunningly un~' der the .camouflage of. th~ good; it 'can easily' put )ts,elf forward to the apostolica!ly-mifided as a necessary 'concern for clarity." , ' It is not that there never has been nor ever sho.uld',' be criticism within the Church. History can point' 1:6 ·St.' -' Jerome's famous ad'dress to, Pope Daniasus, St. Betq'ard's brqadsides against bad past~rs, St. Catherine, of ~iena's, .diatribesagainst certain eccl~slasti~s. ' .(The facts that, these individuals: were saints should' give many would'-be critics pau'se.). " But for ~every constructive, and clear-headed a.nalysis there is all too much excess and recklessness coming from the present critic's lips and typewriter.~, De Lubac writes that: once there was an era when everything, including critici~m; happened within the family' circle, and irreligion was qot petp¢tually on, the lookout to turn everything to account in argument, But today, he says, "the Church is in the, dock, misunderstood, jeered at for her very existence and, even for her sanctity itself."

And in-suchci,rcumstances members of the Church "should be wary lest what they want to say simply in' order to serve her better be turned to account against her."

The soul of the Church is the Spirit of Christ but het members are men all the same; and while they can nev~r succeed i'n ,cornipting the Church, since the source 'of her sanctifying power does not lie in them, she, on the . ' other hand, wilL never succeed in stopping completely the. . ; . '"." source of eVil in them. . " There· is: 'this';staitlii1'g 'contrast b~tween' th'e ht;inan" wretchedness of those, who makeJup ,the Churdl~'ahd';the' greatness of her divine, 'missioll', and this; should' not be a. scandal. to anyone. ' , But 'the scandal will surely be present, as Pope Paul indicates, if inteliectuals fall into the crit'ic,!l temptation, if they. carp the Church: and her shepherds and in a collective neurasthenic crisis denigrate, everything about he~ , Indeed, so~e 'have gone: so 'far as to' criticize and call into question' her teachings,' not areas. where there can be free opinion, ~ut doctrine. , , Every parish priest can relate incidents where people .have been hurt in their faith and'.:have even turned 'from , the Church because of the confusion introdU<:ed into their thinking by such CrItics. .

As St. Ambrose reminded, those who are "weak, poor fOQlish-like the sinners-s~ould' be 'surrounded with all -<> the greater honor and watched· over with all the more exacting care." ", . , Since every man falls into this ca'tegory, and since Pope Paul has the mission f~qm. Christ to watch over the weak and poor and foolish, ,. then his care must not be frustrated. by those. few criti~s whose words corrode and harm.

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.Love of. Life .... ", , This past week. the President of the United States signed a bill which expanded the already growing Federal .involvement in the field of a national policy of birth control.

In a statement on the bill, Mr. Nixon noted that the new h~alth measure w~s. a piece ,of "landmark legislation on can only shudder in dismay and family planning." It certainly disgust in contemplating the effects of a government dom· will be a landmark in more ,inating national family life and ways than one.

Iti. fact, it' certainly seems to be a commencement of even more direct ,governmental entanglement in the complete control of individuals and their basic freedoms, not only as citizens of this country, but even more basically as human beings.

The far reaching consequences of this Federal attit\lde and similar 'state legislation can only be described as appalling, One

personal existence.

The progression of abortion legislation ang the expenditure 'of federal funds on national birth control proiects dehuman· izes the citizens of this country.

Limitation' of families by legal decree, mandatory laws of abor·, tion and governmental programs of enforced sterilization can now follow as the logical consequences ,of a Federal regulation of the natural rights of its citizens.

Genetic Control Under the Guise o'f Law The' door is now 'wide open might be labeled democratic in to anything the mind might as much 'as ,the government, in imagine as 'total genetic control theory, represents the rule of unqer the disguise of law. What the people: However, in this age is so surprjsing is that all this of computer existence we seemhas .been done with hardly a ingly forget that this same, govvoice .raised in opposition. The ernment is growing ever more few fain~ cries of objection have hostile to the ideals· of personal been but voices lost in the wil· freedom, individual humanity derness of self indulgence and and the constitutional rights of ethical democracy. its citizens.

Of present day America'; it Only a few short years ago the American people were hor- can be truly stated that never rified at the genetic de6rees and has this nation been so completeabuses of Hitler's Germariy. Yet, ly absorbed in the techniques it seems that we are beginning and mechanics of civilization to submit ourselves to the same and so neglectf~l of the ultimate attitudes and influences that en- spiritual and moral values for abled these same situations to the sake of which' the nation evolve in ttte Nazi mind. In a . owes its very fo.undation. It is very real way weare becoming. quite evident that -this ever victims of' the mass state. We growing power of the American

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mass state will not be' content with the mere controlling of the external side of our social and economic life but it will also seek to rule our very bodies and minds. It will dominate our yery existence. This is no mere emotional . whim .or religious platitude. The testimony of history is all too evident. Recent legal attitudes and legislative mandates only serve to support and affirm the reality of this testimony. ' If there was ever a time when members of the Church and all' believers in the sacredness of human life were to act to stem the growth of this real national eVil, it is now. This work is not the sole task of church leaders or men of influence but the duty of each and every citizen who regards' life, its creation and de· velopment, as a sacred trust. Let us begin Ii national attitude to love life rather than a legisla· tion destined to destroy life. By doing so, we will' promote programs that will help this nati'on to find ways' to sustain and nourish life. We will begin to use our national genius and en. ergies not in the quest of death and destruction but in the pres- ervation of life and the true pursuit of happiness.

Simple, Complex Stories In O'Faolain. Collection

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There are two kinds of stories in the latest collection of short fiction by Sean O'Faolain, which is entitled Thc Talking Trees (Atlantic-Little, Brown, 34 Beacon St.. Boston, Mass. 02106. $6.95.) One kind is simple; the other, complex.

The simple stories nre far more impressive than the retirement, The Times has had complex. The first story in but one drama critic of comthe collection is of the 'sim- parable stature, Walter Kerr, ple sort. Called "The Planets of the Years," it tells of a young Irishwoman recently married to an Irishman who is a visiting

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lecturer at Harvard. She is alone • and lonely in the big house in Cambridge which has been loaned to the couple. On a dreary, rather menacing day ir Winter, she has a pair of callers, an old Irishwoman who years earlier had been a servant in thi:; house, and the old wom-' an's niece.

Nothing much happens. But a mood is created, and feelings are released. An effect is subtly yet surely achieved. What the narrator experiences is shared by every sensitive ·reader..

In contrast, there is the elaborate contrivance of stories like "Brainsy" and "Of Sanctity and Whiskey." Both of these are laid in the desolate Irish town of Coonlahan and center in a school conducted by religious Brothers.

All' of Manufacture In "Brainsy," an alcoholic failure takes a teaching post in the school when all other employment eludes him. There he meets again a schoolmate of years ago.

The schoolmate, who was once his closest friend, is now a religious Brother and quite unrecognizable. The two have always taken contrasting attitudes, and continue to do so.

In "Of Sanctity and Whiskey," another alcoholic, but this time a modestly successful painter, comes to Coonlahan to do the portrait of the Brother who is headmaster. The artist once attended the school, and has unpleasant memories of the Brother, who seems at first not to reo member him. The portrait is to be a permanent tribute to t~e headmaster, but the artist turns it into his own revenge upon the man.

Two of the longest stories in the volume, "Hymeneal" and "The Time of Their Lives," are more 'successful, containing and conveying feeling, but the air of manufacture hangs about them. On the other hand, briefer, seemingly more artless entries, "Thieves" and "The like Kitchen," come affectingly home .. ' to the reader. He is getting the point, not admiring the performance.

Atkinson's Broadway Drooks Atkinson was drama critic for The New York Times for 30 years (1925-1955). He was respec.;ted as a perceptive and honest evaluator of the Broadway stage. In the years since his

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MILWAUKEE (NC)-The Wisconsin Dental Society's executive committee unanimously endorsed a plan to seek state financial aid for Wisconsin students who attend the only dental college in the state.

That college is Marquette University's dental school here.

Marquette, 'staffed by the Jesuits, advanced the plan, which involves getting approval from the legislature for a contract with the state which would allow an annual education cost allowance of $3,500 per Wisconsin studen.t Among the 4{i9 students currently erirolled in the dental school, '~44 are from Wisconsin.

It was estimated adoption of the plan 'would provide $1.2 million a year to the dental school.

In its resolution for approval, the state dental society council underscored there is "a critical need for more dentists in Wisconsin, which has experienced a net loss of 261 dentists in the past 10 years."

and at present the kind of daily criticism which Mr. Atkinson provided is completely .Iacking.

Now there comes from Brooks.

Atkinson a' big book called Broadway (Macmillan, 866 Third Ave., New York, N. Y. 10022. $12.50), which covers the New York theater in the 70 years between the beginning of the cen: . tury and the present.

It will delight anyone inter· ested in the theatre,' for it is living history. Not orily does it supply us with information; it shows trends, charts, developments. Also, it categorizes and pronounces judgment.. Still again, it provides a succession of speaking likenesses of players, directors, producers, theatres, not to forget playwrights and critics. . On Downgrade . "And of course it is crisply written,. with wit and pervaSive charm. Mr. Atkinson always had high standards and admirable taste, but he was never fierce.

Very Rev. William P. Haas, He could tellingly dismiss infe-' O.P., presidmt of Providence rior work without savaging it or College since 1965, will resign at its perpetrators. It is pleasant inthe end of the current academic deed to be hearing from him CARDINAL VISITS BATTLE UNIT: U.S. soldier, just year in order to return to the again. , returned from a patrol south of the DMZ separating North teaching faculty of the college.

Can one credit his statement and South Vie!nam, kneels before Cardinal Terence CooKc A search committee appointed that in 1920 there were no fewer by tl)e chairman of the college than 60 Broadway theatres, with Wednesday. The Roman Catholic Vicar for U.S. armed corporation will nominate a suc12 of them on the fabulous forces is on a tour of U.S. units in Vietnam. He didn't hold cessor.. a formal service on this occasion but chatted with the street itself? Yes, that is the fact.

During Fatrer Haas'· tenure a And putting on a play then cost troops. NC Photo. new library building and a doranywhere between $2,000 and mitory were added to the cam$10,000. pus. A College Union building Today, the Broadway theatres is under construction and work are but a fraction of the total JEFFERSON. CITY (NC)-':"The erson City, Kansas City-St. Jo- on an infirmary is scheduled to of 50 years ago; the cost of pro- Catholic bishops in a joint state- seph and Springfield-Cape Gir- begin in the near future. duction is many, many times the ment deplored the "growing so- ardeau dioceses issued the stateWomen ii.. '71 1920 figure, and the plays pro- cial acceptance of abortion" and ment in observance of Right to duced in a single season are warned the mushrooming liber- Life 'Day. The statement was The president established new probably 40 as against 264 in alization of abortion laws could read at Masses in all Catholic departments of psychology and the year 1928. lead to mercy killings and' geno- churches of the state. art and initiated a graduate proAs for quality, one can read- cide.

The Catholic teaching that gram in education as well as an ily agree with Mr. Atkinson's The seven prelates-heads and abortion is morally wrong was evening schools degree program. view, "At the close of the Sixties, auxiliary bishops. - of the St. reaffirmed, buttressed by cita- A faculty senate is now in its Broadway was on the downLouis archdiocese, and the Jeff- tations of court decisions recog- • third year of operation, and a grade as a form of art and as 'an nizing the unborn's right to life. thorough curriculum revision amusement emporium." The area was completed last June.

"If the unborn's right to life itself is seedy, degenerate, and Other accomplishments of Fadigiously. But here, despite much is ignored, will the elderly be repellent. ther Haas include institution of Mr. Atkinson 'gives us more ballyhoo, it is yet to command next? If men take it upon them- a cOI,lllselling center and a stuserves to destroy the life of the than a pale reflection of some of much inter~st .. dent relations office at: Proviunborn, will the chronically ill dence College. Special studies the glory moments of the New It purports to be the autobiogYork theatre. He may not be in raphy of a man unjustly con- and the mentally retarded soon are available for disadvantaged the class of Bernard Shaw when demned to a French penal col- be considered unworthy of life?" students and an Urban Council it comes to catching in print the ony in this hemisphere in 1931. the bishops asked. They called extends college activities to inessence of a great performance, He says that he made a series of abortion a "hideous crime." clude community affairs. Women but he does communicate some- nine escapes, only to be repeatA bill to case Missouri's abor- will be admitted to the college thing of the electric shock of, edly recaptured, until, in 1945, tion laws was defeated in the for the first time in September, say, John Barrymore's Hamlet.

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New Year fashions "Will ,outshine the tinsel and decorations in' many diocesan hdmes this' seasori. Among the 'yQunger set. Miss Valerie Pe~eira, daug~ter of Mr. liOq Mrs. August' Pereira ,of St. Michljiel's parish in Fall, River, will look ',like an angel in deep , bJu~ velvet trimmed with: crepe ,blouse with long full , white' organza. The organza: . sleeves: ' ". ' ..' .forms a large puritan-type, .Red v~l.vet" a Winter fa\ionte, collar around the neckline of 'the

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will, be, worn, by M~s. E~wa~d Lynch of Holy Name pansh. In Fall River. :Mary' Lou has: chosen a pant suit in this material, 'set off with cr:.ystal beads.' , Knits Are. Sm£rt Knits are a must 'for those wishing to look smart and ,rieat, despi~e rushing; ilnd this is why Mrs., John Rowe of St. Louis' parish in' Fall 'River has chose'n im Italian knit basic as one of her poliday 190ks. 'A three piece ens'emble in tones of black beige and, cocoa, it, consists of, a slee,veless' shell, a, short J'acket . and:!lslen~er'skirt just: the right, look for the mo!:her of' a busy' househ~ld of males. . .

The mother of another household. (or hOu.seful)' of' energetic boys' is Mrs. 'Paul Berube of' St. Louis de France parish in Swansea and 'for her hectic holiday schedule she !las ma,de" herself some knits. One is a dark. brown pant outfit, consisting of slacks and a vest over a paisley blouse in the brown tories.

In short, it looks to be a dec'. orative holiday on the home scene with 'many diocesan women whipping up their own outfi.ts.

dress. With this feminine style: the lovely nine-year-older will wear white leotard; , ,, Valerie's cousin Jason, son of ' Mr.: and Mrs. Thomas' Medeiros I , of St. Joseph's parish ',in Fall River, a curly-haire'd charmer of f.our will dress for the l10 li days in an English look. He' has an Eton type suit of black velvet , 'I corduroy." The short .trousers,' have' a high ri~ew.,aistline a,'nd na'rrow straps. Jason';, Ii'as' a white blouse with' puffed sleeves and· English, schoolboy collar 'to complete the effect of stepping out, of a Dickens' noveL > I Ann Marie Golen,ll-year-old : , daughter of Mr. 'and, Mrs. 'Ma'th· ew Golen of Holy Name 'parish in Fall River, has chosen, an Indian print dress for the holidays : t-:!ospitcil Test:s Bring, . in. tones of rose, blue and purple. I "I" . '.. ....

This very pretty.frock has long ,; Re igious Frel~dom Suit gathered sleeves and a gold, CHARL01TESVILLE (NC)-A chain belt. For church on New county welfare department order Year's Day An':! Marie will· top putting an eight-year-Old. girl i,n her outfit with a fluffy white the University of Virginia hospicoat trimmed with red a1'-d green. I tal here has led t:o what is reAttleboro Styles i portedly the largest monetary In Attleboro the younger set ' sUi.t ever filed' on freedom of reo will look quite grown up in long hglOn grounds. skirts and feminine tops for at- _: John' E. Willson brought suits . home entertaining. Miss Mary :for. $500,000 eac:h agairist the Ellen Rockett, lovelv blonde pre- I county and the university. He teen daughter of Mr. and' Mrs. ;ch.arged that hi~ daughter's co~­ Paul Rockett of St. John the, :mltment to the hospiltal for Evangelist parish in Attleboro tests violated his religious be·' h~s chosen a long skirted red Iiefs. He is preparing' to become and' white peasant press to, wei- ~a Seventh-Day Adventist. : ~ilIs.on ~aid he will press the come her holiday guests. .'

Mary Ellen's mother, Mrs. isults despIte, a federal judge's Paul Rockett, will play' hostess Q.rder that the daughter be rein an elegant gold lame jump- 'leased froni the hospital as' soon 'suit, t~at she created herself. ' ias her tests are complete~.

Mrs. Andrew Farrissey of -, Sllcred Heart parish in Fall River :Catholic Relief Goes has chosen the- gypsy manner.

The striking dark-haired Nancy, To Cyclone Victims, whose looks belie the fact that I ROME (NC)-The international 'she has' teenage daughters, will ,Catholic· cl1~rities organization wear a .Iong gypsy skirt with a launched' a worldwide campaign polka dot ruffle in shades of for aid to .Pakistan cyclone disorange. To complement her fes· ,ilste~ ,victims., asking men of tive skirt, this lovely' matron will goodwill not to (orget "a broth'W~ar a scoop:nec~ed:or~rige' stricken by misfortune." : At the time the appeal was is: sued victims of the cyclones and Canadian Father : . the tidal waves they 'caused Ord~iined Deacon were feared to be over 100,000.

MONTREAL. (NC) -'- The i The charities' organization, French-Canadian province of ,Faritas International is, iss'ued Quebec. ha's its' first, and Can- 'the .appeal to all of its memher ada's Second so far Catholic ,agencies, including U. S. Cathomarried layn;an OI:aai~ed" a per- fic Relief ~ervices, urging them, manent deacon. ~o t~ke part, "as speedily as posBishop Joseph Albertus Martin ~ible in the great impulse of genof Nicolet, a small diocese be· erosity that will not fail to mani· tween Montrea,l and Quebc~ City, fest itself throughout the world ... , ordainqd Louis Leve1\ques while : C<.lri,tas 'asked that donations ~rs. Leyesques ~nd their .-,eight ~e SCI'lt to member agencies in ctti1drCI,1, ,w.atched the, cer~TT)ony. " each country.

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY: "Happy Birthday dear Jesus, Happy Birthday 'to you" was ~heme song' of Christ Child birthday party attended by youngsters Qf St. Pius X parish, South Yarmouth. Children brought gifts of infant clothing, later assembled into layettes for needy families, enjoyed large birthday cakes and played games centered around Christmas story'. Over 250 children attended. From left, aiding Rev. Philip Davignon, curate, in arranging packages, Mrs. John Houst and,Mrs.'Paul Baker, co-chairmen of parish CCD teachers.

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WASHNGTON (NC) - Profes· fessional and volunteer social workers. got a IO-step recipe for ending poverty at the 56th anmial meeting of the National Council of Catholic Charities.

In an' address former U. S. Health, Education and Welfare Secretary Wilbur Cohen outlined to nearly' a thousa.nd ;'de'legates that if the steps are taken, it could mean an end to poverty.

They include adoption of Pres. ident Nixon's proposed welfare reform program and a national health fnsurance system from birth to death for all Americans.

'Cohen, now dean at the Uni· versity of .Michigan's School of Education, also urged that Social Security benefits be increased 35 per cent. "', As other steps, he called for earlier education for all children; expansion of day care center programs to' include educational experience along with custodial care; support for, doctors' groups and group medical practice and special aid to meet the growing need for more doctors, dentists and other medical specialists. ,

Education was the subject of • Cohen's last ~three steps. , He' 'stressed the' continued ,need 'for federal aid to education, ,abolishment. of property taxes used as devices to pay for education and greater emphasis on vocational and technical edu-, cation. This means, Cohen said, that educators need to redirect their thrust so that they are not always "pu'shing' colleg'e education for all students.

Meeting 'concurrently with the , conference were the Society of St. Vincent. de Paul ,and Association. of Ladies of. charity' of the United States.

All were invited to a pontifical Mass in St. Matthew's Cathedra', ,here to hear Bishop Raymond J .. Gallagher, of LaFayette., Ind.,. describe, in an evening homily, elemerits whiCh' "promise 'to' send society bac'\{ to the dark ages." "< '

The bishop, honorary' president and episcopal adviser to NCC, cited as· examples of his concern, "congressional action to ,penalize citizens for begetting children; national publications which -ridicule and impugn the ,honor, dignity and sanctity of motherhood and the sociologist,; who repudiates the very· core of his' science by saying that the. family ~'society's basic institution-is now passe.'; "It is clearly possible that we, in our day," the bishop told the co~ference representing the larg· est non-governmental program in social welfare, "are dealing with the forces of hell in a more critical way than in any recent

WASHINGTON( NC)-A Mil\'/aukee man has appealed to thl' U.S. Supreme Court here to give fathers a chance ·to claim an illegitimate child if the child's mother offers the infant for adoption.

If, the court rules in favor of 'Jerry D. Rothstein, he-and tho,usands of other fathers "of illegitimate children-will be able to be united with children now in foster homes or institutions.

Rothstein's case 'was rejected last July by the the Wisconsin Supreme Court on the grounds that few fathers of illegitimate children''- would be able to present anything like a rational argument that the child's best interests )Nould be served by recognizing the father's desire to obtain custody."

But Rothstein, now married, c1a'ims he and his wife can give his son by another woman, a good home. Rothstein's rights to the child were terminated by a LaCrosse, Wis., county court. ' . Wisconsin a!ld 14 other states allow fathers of Illegitimate children to claim the children, especially if the mother wants to give the child Up' for, adoption.

The courts, however, do not ap· pear Willing to make sure the father has a chance to claim the child.

In 'Rothstein's case', the wo° man with whom he lived in Den, ver left him. By the time he tracked the woman. down, she' had given birth to the child and the court had terminated Roth· stein's right to claim the infant. "

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WASHINGTON (NC) - Selective Service director Curtis W. Tarr said here that proposal's made to draft officials' by' a panel of 109 youth advisors would be 'implemented as soon as possible.

Among the - young people's suggestions to be put" into effect CounCil of Women is an instruction that local draft boards emphasize conscientious ~~mes ~N Observer objectors' life styles' as well as NEW YORK (NC) - Dr. Ruth, their specific beliefs when disReardon, assistant professor of cussing the designation of - conFrench at New York University scientious objector status. here, is the National Council of Another suggestion take~ unCatholic;: Women's new observer der advisement was one that a~ the United Nations. ,w:6uld. 'allow conscientious obMiss Reardon replaces Mrs. jectors to \', orlc in public service John Pogue . of New York City, jobs 'in place of military posiNCCW's 'observer since midtions. Pr:esently, COs must per- .

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THE ANCHOR·Thurs., Dec. 31, 1970

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Plan M~areology Society Meeting

As a result of this past week, I have a few suggestions for New Year's resolutions for some of my favorite people.

I would like to see toy manufacturers make just one little toy that has no parts to break, fall off, or go out of order. In this age when .

I would like to make a bargain eveything is disposable, every ,child should be en- with snow plow drivers. If my titled to just one toy he can kids have the driveway. shoveled play with, treasure, save and hand down to his own children.

I wish inventors would use all their marvelous skills and design a new box for games - a .nice

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strong box, that will not break when· a child sits, stands' or jumps on it.

I'd be delighted if gift wrapping companies. would use an ink - particularly a red inkthat does not dissolve when a baby chews on it, making it look' as if the child is hemorrhaging.

I hope the ad agencies who do the TV commercials for children's toys will take a new approach. Instead of toys being demonstrated on a theatrical set with background films and music, I would like them to show l\ toy in actual use by an average youngster - after the child has been playing with it for a week.

Raw Cookies The real r:ocket model would not reach the moon. It would be . shown breaking the overhead lights in the living room. The talking doll would . open her mouth, but say nothing. The oven ·would turn out raw cookies and the carpet sweeper would pick up the dust and spit it out six inches later.

Early in the season, a friend of rJ1ine got so frustrated by her' children's gullibility that' she started a full-scale brainwashing , program. Every time a commercial was shown, she would tell her children the toys were no good.

Pretty soon, she had a condi-· tioned response. As the toy ads were shown, her little ones chant, "Look at the junk. It's all junk. Any toys that are on TV are no good."

Th~ day after Christmas, her husband's new boss came ·to dinner. He had neatly wrapped packages for the little girls ... dolls that had been advertised on TV. As the girls opened the gifts,. they happily sang in unison, "Look, Mommy, four pieces of junk!"

Maybe it would be better to ban toy advertising altogether as being dangerous to a mother's mental health.

I would like to see new vacuum cle,i:\ners. One would be so small that it could not possibly digest parts to a game. Another super model would not only de: vour the parts, but would take the broken box and instruction sheet as well.

before you get the 'street cleared, you're not allowed to plow it under. If you get there first, our drive is a fair target. But .it's been upsetting to see my kids crying just because you undid hours of their work.

On days when the snow is melting, and we are surrounded by huge puddles of slush, I wish drivers would slow down. I've resigned myself to' having my children smell like wet wool.

But I am somewhat annoyed when I'm drenched from shoulders to toes with a mixture of road dust and melted snow.

Those Homilies In a more spiritual vein,. I would make a compromise with priests. At Mass, 'staying awake during the homily has been a problem for me. When the' homily is good, !'Ii make a real effor to keep alert. When it's not, I'll krtow that you are doing it deliberately to lull all tired mothers into the last nap they will get for the week.

If the sisters will stop assigning homework projects over the holidays, I'll stop sending .dusting powder, writing paper' and the leftovers from the c.Y.O. Candy Sale for their Christmas presents..

I wish my' husband' 'WoUld I,eep away from the football. games on TV. It's demoralizing to have him invite the chil9ren . to watch the game right after I have given a firm order that the next one who touches the TV before the living room is tidy, gets shot.

I would hope my children would get up a half-hour earlier, have their rooms clean and beds made before they leave in the morning. I know it's asking a lot, but for the New Year, I wish they would remember where they put the other shoe.

Since I have so many sugges· tions for others, I also have some for myself. I'll stop finding fault with the sisters in the school, the dirty laundry hidden under the beds, the empty ice cube trays in the sink and the basket of unfolded socks in the middle of the living room floor.

I know I won't make it through the first week in Janwiry. In fact, I doubt if I'll' last two days: Besides, what do you do witq 73 odd socks?

If I can't keep my resolutions, I can't expect others to try my suggestion!!.

Instead, each day, I'l try to say one kind word that might ordinarily be forgotten.

Care to join me?

Students Support POW Petition JAMAICA (NC) - Students at 20 universities and' colleges in the New York area have joined a cam:Jaign by St. John's University students ·to collect 5,000,000 student signatures nationwide for a petition to Hanoi to release information on American prisoners of w;u.

St. pE:TERSnU~G (NC)-Relevance of the Ble~sed Virgin to modern times will· be discussed

by Catholic and Protestant 'scholars at the 22nd Mariological Society of America convention here Jan. 4 and 5.

Father William G. Most of Loras College, Dubuque, Iowa, former society president. will be the keynote spea ker. The 1971 Cardinal John .I. Wright Award of t.he society will be presented to Redemptorist Father John F. Craghan of Mount St. Alphonsus, Esopus, N.Y., for his Marian studies and works.

Bishop Charles B. McLaughlin of St. Petersburg, will be host to the convention.

Other speakers will include Msgr. Austin B. Vaughan of St. Joseph's Seminary, Yonkers, N.Y., society president: Father Robert Maloy of the University of Dayton (Ohio); Father Rich-. ard Kugelman of .lamica, N.Y.; INTERNATIONAL HOUSE: Bishop Cronin is shown Dominican Father Matthew F. \vith, left to right, Flora La~ of Hong Kong, Stephanie Sowa Morry, Providence, R.I., and and Committee member Kathy Harkin at supper Sunday' Franciscan Sist.er Rosanne Jones, Tampa, Fla.

evening which hosted 40 26 universities_ South End sored the project to bring . country into area homes

stUdents from 18 countries and Youth Center of Fall River sponforeign students studying in the' for the holidays.

Co,ncelebratied Mass Service.s to Mark 150th Anniversary Of Blessed Mother Seton EMMITSBURG (NC) - Services. marking. the 150th, anniversary of the death of Blessed Elizabeth Ann Seton, who' may become the first Ameri.can-born saint, have been scheduled here Sunday, Jan. 3.

Vincentian Father Lucio G. Lapoloricia, official promoter of Mother Seton's canonization cause, will come from Rome for a concelebrated Mass to be offered in the chapel of St. Joseph's provincial house of the DalJghters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul..

Mother Seton, a' convert to Catholicism, founded the American branch of the Sisters' community in Emmitsburg in· 1809.

She· also started' a school for young girls, which later became the foundation of the parochial school system in this· country.

Principal celebrant at the noon Mass will' be Cardinal Lawrence Shehan of Baltimore.

Among the celebrants, including American bishops and priests, will be Cardinal Patrick O'Boyle. of WaShington, D.C., and Archbishop Luigi Raimondi, apostolic . delegate in the United States.

Vincentian Father Jospph I. Dirvin, la'utnar' of "Mrs. Seton," will deliver the sermon. His. work is a biography of Mother Seton, born in Npw York City, who became a Catholic in 1805 following the death of her husband.

Mother Seton was declared Blessed by Pope John XXIII in 1962.

Daughters of Charity and other Church and civil dignitaries will attend the Mass in the chapel where Mother Seton's remains are enshrined and venerated.

Cardinal 9'Boyle Bans Communion-in~Hand WASHINGTON (NC)-Cardinal Patrick A. O'Boyle of Wash· ington has ordered that priests and deacons in the archdiocese refrain from giving Communion in the hane!.

In a pastoral letter, the cardi· nal directed that the "practice of placing the Holy Eucharist on the tongue" be followed.

Cardinal O'Boyle reminded that the U. S. bishops' at .their November meeting here voted against introducing the Commu· Contiriues Servi-ce PHILADELPHIA (NC) - The nion in the hand practice. He United Presbyterian Church in ·said the bishops' decision was based on two "forceful reasons" the U. S. A.'s Council on Church -that available evidence indiand Society has urged a two-' year-long continuation of the de- cated "by far the ,majority of nomination's ministerial service the laity" is opposed to Communion in the hand, and the primarily for draft" objectors and "danger of irreverence. admit· their families. "There is no evident decline in demand for these tedly never intended, remRins too great." services," sta tpd t.he council, in sending its recommendation to The Communion in the hand practice has been used on occathe Church's Board of Christian Education and the Committee on sion at services in institutions of World Relief and .Emergency religious communities in the archdiocese.

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Bars Death Sentence' In Rape Cases WASHINGTON (NC)-Judges of the Fourth U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals here have ruled that imposing the d.eath sentence for rape is .unconstitutional if the victim's life is neither taken nor endangered.

The panel of judges, which in· c1uded one of President Nixon's unsuccessful nominess to the Supreme Court, Clement F. Haynsworth, declared' that in all but the most, aggravated rape cases, the death penalty amounts to the cruel and unusual punishment forbidden by the eighth amendment.

Handed down on an app('al from William Ralph of Washington, convicted in the 1961 rape of a suburban Maryland housewife, the decision marked the first time a court set aside a death penalty on eighth amendmend grounds.

Twelve men awaiting death on rape convictions in Maryland.

Virginia, West Virginia and North and South Carolina may be affected by the decision.

Taunton D of I New officers of Cardinal Gibbons Circle, Taunton Daughters of Isabella, are Harriette Martin, regent.: 'Rita Frazier, vice-regent; Margaret Mulcahey and Helen Brennan, secretaries; Clarina Hamel, treasurer. They were install.ed by Julia Schofield, state regent, at ceremonies held at Marian Manor, Taunton, with Rev. James Lyons, chaplain, a~ guest speaker. The circle also hosted the annual Christmas dinner for the Taunton Catholic Guild for the Blind.

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Educators Study Iden,tity, Crisis

THE ANCHORThurs., De~. 31,' 1970

S.tresses. Need· To K:eep' Parish., SchQols Open ..

CHICAGO (N'C) - The bishop

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diocesan school system appealed to pastors and educators' "to go • to the limit to. continue parish schools,- even though some oth.er form of ministry may hold prom,ise of. greater rewards.

"The Catholic school still is . an institution which lends vigi orous vitality to a Cathlic parish," Auxiliary Bishop William A.. McManus of Chicago told 600 pastors and school princi~ ... pals at a meeting here.

He said the road ahead fot Catholic schools is uphill but the need for'" their continuance' is, greater now than ever.

Reaiization of ~hat a Catholid school means never is more ap-, parent to children and. thei~, parents' than when the problem of continuing a financially hard pressed parish school is raised" he said. ~Crisis

of Confidence'

"After it's all over," Bishop McManus said, "what you remember is a mother's indictment ~'I never thought the Catholic Church would throw my child' out of ~ Catholic school.' " : The bishop, a member of the i President's Panel on Nonpublic School Education, cautioned: '}Let us be sure of a better form' of ministry before we destroy,' our schools, which, in fact, are pastorally productive."

He said the current school: crisis is one ~'of confidence, or perhaps' a . crisis of faith in 'ttle eternal values' inherent in the Catholic school.".He called for facing the crisis' in "reflective, prayerful . fashion, undisturbed: .. : by our agonizing worries about the schools' incessant fi- ' nancial problems."

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DELIVERS CHRISTMAS BLESSING: Speaking to a .croj""d .of..abo~t 20,OO?"trom ~he central balcony of St. Peter's Basilica, Pope Paul VI dehver;s hIS. Urbl. et OrbI blessmg to the city and the world on Christmas Da~. The 73-year-oI9 pontI!f ~aId the ~orld must free its.elf of '~centuries ol.d poison" of sel~Ishness and hate befOie .It can become free . . and umted. Nc Photo.

world. . The program's aini will be to keep. missioners abreast of new deveropments in theology, social sciences., ecumenism and ~ultural trends in developing coun· tries, plus fund raising and· relief dispensing efforts. The Pal-' lottihes have sOllle 320 missioners in South 'America, Africa, India 'and ,Australia.

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. The corps of diplomats of some 60 nations accredited to. the .H'oly See assembled. in the BALTIMORE (NC)-The Pal- .sistine Chapel and heard Pope lotine Fathers have established Paul call Christmas "a feast of 'an international mission secre· joy .and hope, a feast that puts tariat designed to coordinate! new life into man's future:' funds, shipments of medicines Then the Po'pe referred to the and aid in self-help programs in way all men today, including 20 countries, throughout the himself, are 'searching 'for some t

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NEW YORK '(NC)-:-Educators from 23 Catholic colleges in nine states will meet Feb. 8-12 for self-study that may lead to a greater and stronger version~of Catholic higher education.

At the meeting, scheduied. in San Antonio, Tex., partial results will be released of a nationwide survey of the identity crisis at their schools arid 127 others. This will give participants a basis. for discussiop Of a rationale for action, accorqing to Dr. S. Thomas Greenburg.

He cond ucted . the survey as director of the Institute of Catholic Higher Education' of St. John's University, 'Jamaica, N.Y., sponsor of the San Antonio event. , Greenburg is optimistic that "out of these self-relfections and self-analyses" will come a strengthening of Catholic colleges and universities.

Educators will be'asking themselves, Greenburg sa,id, qu'estions such as: What is meant by an institutional commitment in a Catholic college and university?

What is the relationship of theology to the Catholic university?

What is the relationship of the theologian-professor to the Catholic university?

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BUFFALO (NC) :...... Reaction recent voyage and also in his Gospel is "an ever new and vital \ I u came quickly to the recen~ anmessage of peace for 1971, ap- message. . nouhcement that a number of pealed to young people and the l Man's Only Hope ~ .

Catholic schools were closing 9r downtrodden of the" wor.l~ to \ The Pope said' i'n' hi~'- noon consolidating as part of a masconsider mor~l. a.nd . spJrltual message that. the prime candi- sive financial retrenchment by values as top pnonty 10 a new dates to .listen to the message the diocese here. world.

9,f the Babe of 'Bethlehem were One state legislator said New "Does Christianity still have the poor, the suffering, prisoners, York's law-making body should today something relevant to say rlefugees and those "bewildered give top priority to the Catholic to the modern world?" t~e Pope . tly the darkness of evil." school crisis. Another said he To this list he then added the would reintroduce a bill to pro: a.sked. The answer t~ this qu~s· tlOn com~s from falt~, he 10oung, scientists and intellectu- vide state aid to students in nonsisted, faith that beheves the . ~Is, economists and politi.cians. public schools.

He. asked the -latter: "po you The crisis was pinpointed by ·,Catholic-Or.thodox riot notice by the very shadows an economy drive, announced' by that are 'fearfully projected in , Buffalo Bishop James A. McNulMeeting in Italy 'f\-ont ,ot us .that we often have ty to counteract rising costs and BAR I '(NC)-A Catholic par- dur backs turned on Christ?" the eight-county diocese's $16 ticipant in a second meeting :of A~ POPE(, Paul gave. his war.n. million debt. the Holy' See and' the Russian .i~g at, midnight Mass 10 th~ SISOrthodox' Church described it tine. Chapel, it was not wlth~ut as "a grounct'breaking affair."

New President irony that over four centunes BOSTON (NC)-David·J. Herako Michelangelo in his ceiling The two church groups met 'to discuss' "ollie role' of the Chris- . f~escoes said much the same lihy, University of Wisconsin tian in' a 'developing' society." t?ing. 'Running down the center history professor, was inauguIt' was the. first conference since of the ceiling are nine scenes de· rated president at the opening they first met in Leningrad in plcting the hopelessness of man session of the 51st annual Amer· I~ft· to his pwn resources. ican Catholic Historical Associa· 1967. tion convention here. He suc· Michelangelo, like Pope Paul, Father John ·Long, U.S. JesuiC pictured Christ as man's only ceeds Edward T. Gargan, also of official of the Secretariat for the University of Wisconsin.

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20.000 farmers, ~ a gift from on high which adproximately mostly Indians, to read and mits of' "'no measure, no regret, , write and use better farming la love that wishes to make of us and all mankind a new people, methods.

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Rent an Bolivia links eight chain-spon- ; The noontime "Urbi et Orbi" , ,message -"To The City and The sored radio stations. .

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SHEPHERD VISITS THE FLOCK: Initiating his visitation to all the parishes of. the Diocese, Bishop Cronin began last Sunday at Our Lady of Angels Parish in Fall River. Left photo, Bishop offers Christ Child for veneration after celebrating Sunday Mass. Center photo, Eishop

Father Koob Heads Foundation Project WASHINGTON. (NC) :.- The president of the National Catholic Educational Association here will direct a new project aimed at improving education through cooperation of the pub· lic and non public sectors,

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BROOKLYN (NC) Bishop Francis J. Mugavero in a pastoral letter urged the 1.5 million Catholics of the Brooklyn diocese to seek to offset morally harmful effects of pornography Father C. Albert Koob was named director by the Ford in "all segments of our society."

"It is impossible for me to reFoundation which awarded the association a $162,000 grant for main silEmt," he said of pornothe project. Purpose of the proj- graphic materials. "All of us are ect is to find ways of improving' c'onstantly being assaulted and the quality and economic effi-' bombarded by it." He warned ciency of educational operations. "we are in danger of being engulfed in a tidal wave of filth The two-year project provides and smut." for pilot and non public edBishop Mugavero expressed ucational planning councils in agreement with the' recent minthe three populous U. S. cities ority report of the Presidential a'ld long-range planning consulCommission on Obscenity and tation for school systems outside the three areas.

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Pornography. The minority held that the spread of pornograhy was harmful to society.

The bishop said the problem is a "moral danger" and "those entrusted with teaching author·' ity in the Church must speak out loudly and clearly in their condemnation of 'this evil."

Bishop Mugavero emphasized that all of the communications media, while aw'akening man's spirit to knowledge and awareness, "have nevertheless become incessant and effective purvey-

Issues Warnings On Sea Pollution ROME (NC)-The 300. environmentalists and scientists who participated here in the largest conference ever held on marine pollution compiled a vast storehouse of data and issued dire warnings to the world.

SAN JOSE (NC) - Episcopal Brother John W. SiQ1pson was arrested by an FBI agent and local police here after setting fires causing $10,000 damage to The United Nations' Food and a San Jose.Selective Service of· Agriculture Organization (F AO) fice. titled the meeting a "Technical Simpson, a member of the Conference on Marine Pollution Community of the Agape, which and Its Effects on Living ReThe archbishop, who had re- he described' as an active monsources." turned from a 20-day tour of astic community of the EpiscoSouth Africa, denounced that palian Church, helped clerks in More than 150 scientific docu· country's apartheid policy of • the draft board office escape ments submitted problems of strict racial segregation. after he ignited file drawers fill· pollution from a technical standpoint. Roy Johnson, FAO as· The Anglican primate said he ed with draft records.

A U.S. commissioner ordered sistant direc~or general and was particularly saddened by the use of secret police and paid in- Simpson confined to the county head of its fisheries department, formers a.nd by the breakup of jail in lieu of payment of $50,- opened the conference by urging non-white f(l.milies. African fam- 003 bail. Selective Service of- mankind to undP.rtake a revoluilies, he said, are being separated ficials said that all records de· tion against the pollution "which because of the apartheid laws, stroyed in the fires were dupli- is damaging his environment so which he called "very oppres· cated in state draft headquarters gravely as to threaten his surat Sacramento. vival." sive."

LONDON (NC)-If South Af· rica does not change its policies there will be widespread violence in that country, Anglican Archbishop Michael Ramsey of Canterbury told a news conference here.

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He said the Church teaches that the sexual 'act is the eXpression and fulfillment of "committed human love" related to the continuity of human life through "the intelligent use of the human procreative faculty" and "the creative power of God." Bishop Mugavero urged parents to teach their children Christian ideals of sex. He asked priests, Brothers, Sisters and lay teachers to support "sound, wholesome programs of sex education." High school youths were asked "not to allow themselves to be exploited" by cheap interpersonal relationships.

Men of goodwill, he added, should unite in ."developing a positive ,affirmation of the good· ness and beauty of sex" wherever possible but especially in the creative arts.

Faith, Th20tOgy Distinction Clear ST.p'ACL (NC) - Coadjutor • Archbishop Leo C. Byrne urged Catholic educators to make a "clear distinction between theology and faith," emphasizing that no theologian is infallible.

Addressing a workshop of St. Paul-Minneapolis '. archdiocesan board of education members, the archbishop underscored that students must he protected, from "pronouncements of those with a minor grasp of theology."

He cautioned that a student's faith can be destroyed or shaken by a teaCher with an insufficient or faulty view, of theology.

Priest Candidate WARREN (NC) - Father Arthur H. Krawczak, 3,()-year veteran in the priesthood, announc· ed he would enter' the February primary as a condidat.e for eh:~c­ tion to a two-year term on the nine-member Warren City Coun· cil here in Michigan. The erection will he held in April.

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By Marilyn arid Joseph Roderick.

At'this time of year we usual i made in .1aye'rs, with, condensed Iy make a plea' to our re'aders to milk, chocolate bits',. etc.) take the trouble to feed the Many 9f the reCipes have' been .birds, which have the courage tQ served at guild meetings and linger in' our northern dime fo~' tried out on the family, therefore the Winter. Aside from the' fact yo~ know that ingredients are that having daily visitors can 'of, 'measured' exactly, recipes are fer', hours of amusement to the: taste-tested and there is nothing family" it is absolutely mand~· , exotic in the list of j'ngredients tory that these little creatures' that. will cause ,you a trip to be able to find food especially .~hinatown to acquire. when the"ground, is covered with" Rare Gold" " t' , snow. . , Feeding need not be a maj9r "While Joe, who adores fish, operation. It, may merely mean' --~ . . . . . .,. . . . objected to the scarcity of fish throwing some bread out on, the. recipes, I must commend t1~e ,HOLIDAY TOURNAMENfl\': Attleboro bank window features display in connection back stoop with bits 'of suet women' for being able.to acquire thrown in or buying a bag of, with' Bishop Fe'ehan Holiday Basketball Tournament, sponsored this week by Attleb?ro a delicious stuffed'sh'r.imp recipe. sc'ratch feed which can be scatDistrict Serra Club- for teams from Franklin, Stoughton, Taunton and Feehan hIgh For some reason, recipes for tered each morning.. Birds will· baked stuffed shrimp are as hard schools. Event ended yesterd~y with buffet dinner:. also enjoy bread soaked in left-, to come by as gold. over- bacon fat, popcorn, apples.

Even 'if your gift list is com'and apple cores, oatmeal and a' pleted and you 'don't know one host. of other lef~ove'rs. i acquaintance who. would enjoy Many Variations a new C90kbook, buy' one for your own collection. all have For those of us who make' motnents of. becoming of public andpri- the state has determined that more of feeding the birds,' there our NEW YORK (NC)-The presare any .number of variations . "stale" in the It<itchen, relying ident ,of 'Yeshiva, University Vate support if higher .education the school is not a religious inthat are worthwhile. At· the t90 much on a .bac~log .of. never' here, said that. his school's sur- is to have a future in America." stitution, Funds are allocated on' . ; Yeshiva University's status the basis of the number of depresent time I have four basic trying anything new~' Here's' vival is definitely' linked to .infeeders; a 'small' hanging variety, your chance to do some brain~ creased governmental· aid. under the Bundy law in ·New grees a school grants each year, which is filied with wild bird picking o( reCipes from women ., Dr. 'Samuel Belkin,' speaking York state is currently being and if Yeshiva 'becomes eligible seed, another of the sa!Jle type "just like you."Whq knows,. you at a dinner marking the Jewish ~tudied. The statute provides aid it would receive $1 million from filled wi'th' sunflower .seed, a may find your menu on, theup-. institution's" 25th year; said that for private colleges and univer- the state.

Funds und<::r the Bundy law third fil'led ~ith' 'sunflower seed swing in January instead of there must be a "redirection in ~ities in the state. , I Such funds are' gra~ted when have, been distributed to Fordwhich is attached -to a fence and : taking a large slump. national poli~y to allow for the Anyone interested in buying I .' ' ham University and a number of , a fourth again filled with sun- , this cookbook at a small $1 can other Cahtolic colleges in the.: flower seed which has a bar attached ,to it which closes over contact Mrs. Kenneth Leger, 545 state. Observers believe that the fact that Fordham changed its the feeder ,when ,a large bird 'Walnut Street. board of trustees from an !l1Iperches on it, thus allowing In every good recipe collection CHESTNUT HILL (Nq...,- If" history" if funds are not~ allqtted Je!i\!it one to, .ind\.ld~, a ,major-.. oniy the. smallest birds to .feed. ~ there' should,v be a really good , ity . of laymen was a deciding .

In' addition to the feeders' we ' sponge ·cake. recipe. This one private schools fail, ,so -will. de- to' nonpubhc sc~ools.

Jesuit Father .William C. Me- consideration in the state's achave made 'it a 'practice to sup- from the Sacred HeartCookb66k mocracy, Archbishop Humberto ply ~uet for the birds~ Actually was submitted by Mrs. Johri'L S. Medeiros of Boston warned Innes, , . president of Fairfield Uni- tion to give the Catholic univerhere. ~erslty, who also addressed the, sity aid. it is a nuisance to keep the Morgan. ·"1 have, a fear that if our priNlCEA meeting held at Boston In an effort to qualify, for feeders filled at all times, but it ' vate schoqls go under," the arch- q;ollege, said the future, of all Crow~ ~poJrlge Cake Bundy law funds, Yeshiva has is well worth the effort, because bishop, told a meeting of the higher education rests on per· made the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan not o!"ly does it. satisfy the birds, 4 eggs New England unit of the Nation- rlJanent public funding,' Theological Seminary, which bl;lt the children are. quite aware ' I'h cups cake flour. plus 2 al Catholic Educational Associa-j He said that some states are of what is going on and are alhas been an integral part of Tablespoons tion, "we will be in grave dan· n,ow providing such aid, and ways checking the bird book the university, an affiliate and 1'4 cups sugar. gel'," the federal government is has rearranged some Jewish for new birds th~t .they haven't . . that , l'h teaspoon cream of tartar "This is not a criticism of pub- becoming more aware of the im- studies courses to 'emphasize identified. , I Tablespoon 'of vanilla or lic schools;" he added, "but pbrtance of the assistan,ce. '.

Hebrew 'literature and history The pne thing that is essential, lemon when there are monopolies we I "The financial problems of inst~ad of religion. however, if you plan to feed the 'h cup. boiling water 'plus 2' will hav.e little to say about ed~ higher edlucation are not conAccording' to Dr. Sheldon E. ~ardy northerners who persist in tea'spoons: fi:ned to church-related institu- Socol, Yeshiva secretary, the ucation in'the United States." staying with us, is that you feed The failure of education would ti,ons," he said. "All 'schools, in i) Separate the egg. whites university is facing a $4.5 miltheiTi every day.. Once' the birds become accustomed to' feeding and yolks; putting the yolks in be bad for .America', he said. "If fact, face a common problem- lion deficit this ye~r. He at-. . at a station, they may very well 'a large bowl' with the boiling' we let it go we will contribute to ri1sing costs and,· competition . tributed this to the economic ; the downfall of democracy." f1 0m public institutions." downturn and the intensification starve if the feeding is not con- water. tinuous. This cannot be: stressed of· fund drives for Israel where Addressing the meeting which' I Court t9 De~id~.

2) Beat this mixture 7 minutes too heavily. In terms of cost, I , then add .sugar, slowly; then the included presidents, and admin•Father McInnes. s~'d It would Yeshiva has found itself in the e,!;timate that my tota( bill comes , flour and the extract. istrators of New Engl.and Cath- b~ hard. for ~any private schools uncomfortable position of having to approximately $10 a month olic colleges and universities to survive Without some govern- to compete with the country for 3) In'a small bowl, beat the Archbishop Medeiros' made ~ m:en't ai?,..and added, "It i~ ~v~n donations from Jewish sources. during December, ,January and February; including the' cost of , egg whites until frothy then add. strong plea for public aid to mere ,dlff~cult to ,be· .0ptlmIStl.c replacing feede~s and bird seed. . : the cream of tartar and beat un- . private education "as a' matter a~out church.related. s.chools· If ' Top Stories til stiff, then fold, do not beat, of justice." they are legally prohibited from WASHINGTON (NC) .A In the Kitchen. 'into the yolk, mixture, '''We are asking that the rights eJen. se.ekin,g ai?~', newsletter published by Amer: Sometimes we're on the lookIFalrfleld Umverslty, o~erated 4) Bake in'a·325' o~en for 45 of the Constitution' be exer-' out for simill gifts that could minutes in anungreasea 10 inch cised," he said, pointing' out that b the Jesuits, is involved' in a icans .United for Separation of be given to some one As justa 'tube pan: Test before removing . parents have the right to send ca1se now before the U. S. Su- Church and State here described Michigan and Nebraska referen-' . token of friendship. Such a per- 'from oven, tester should come children to" schools of their pr\eme Court. ' dums barring state aid to church' fect little gift would be a cook- 'out dry. Turn pan upside down choice.

That case, filed by 15 tax payschools as the top church-state book' that' has been compiled by until cooi.

"If there are no schools; there er~, chall~nges the constitu.tion- story of 1970. A list of the year's the Sacred Heart Women's is no right," lie said. "In fighting allty o! title ~~~ of 'the Higher 10 top church-state stories inGuild of Fall River. " for justice in the 'AmeriCan way, E1ucatlOn. FacllJ.tl~s Act of 1963, cluded five dealings with the Counsel Objec,tors One of the things I really enjoy we are doing a service for the under which Fairfield,. Annhurst, use of state or federal monies about cookbooks that come from LOS ANGELES (NC) - Arch- , whole country." : Sa:cred Heart College and AI- to support non-public schools, guilds, or organizations is .that 9bishop Timothy Manning has bertus Magnus College - all . mo~t· of the' recip~s that are in-· instructed archdio(:esan officials ch~rch-related colleges in ConSees Fi!1anci~1 Crisis c1uded tend to be the 'ones that of social service programs to It marked the second time in netticut-receive public aid. the women of the group' con- !begiil counseling Catholic con- December the Boston archbishop h lower federal court 'upheld sider their favorites. scientious' objectors. The arch- had spoken out urgin'g aid to th~ aid· to the schools, conclud· This charming' little booklet bishop's instruction was con- private education, in~ that "we find no conflict be.Excavating contains many of those recipes tained a pastoral letter in Earlier, in a statement to the tween preservation of religious that you've enj9yed but would which he said that "true consci· Massachus~tts Special Commis- fre;edom and provision of higher ! also lik'e to have' under one entious objection, by the fact: sion for the Study of Financial education. Without both, we 9 CROSS ST -r FAIRHAVEN I cover, such as that famous sour that it is based on the dictate' Aid to Nonpublic Schools, he ma1y end up with neither." cream coffee cake, banana bread. of conscience, is rllOrally defen' said the state "may find itself in l-hat deCision was appealed and coconut delight (a dessert sible." the gravest financial' crisis of its to Ithe Supreme Court" •

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Pennsylvania School Aid Case Seen as Precedent Setter WASHINGTON (NC) For most Americans the names AIton J. Lemon and David H. Kurtzman are not 'exactly hou~e­ hold words.

For the people of Pennsylvania, for nopublic school educators, and for, the nine justices of' the United States Supreme Court, however, Alton J. Lemon and David H. Kurtzman are very important people.

Alton Lemon is the child on whose behalf a major constitutional challenge to the Pennsylvania Nonpublic Elementary and Secondary Education Act (PNESEA) was launcned some two years ago. David H. Kurtzman is the state's Secretary of Education, named as principal defendant.

The Lemon case promises to be the most important test of public aid to non public schools to come before the Supreme Court in years - perhaps the most important eVer. Enacted by the state legislature, the Pennsylvania, act became effective on July I, 1968. It provides for reimbursement of non-public schools from state funds for part of the cost of educating students in four specified "secular" subjects-mathematics, modern languages, physical sciences and physical edu· cation.

The state reimbursement is limited to three items of direct expense-textbooks, ,instructional materials and teachers' sal· aries.

In adopting PNESEA, the state legislature described it as essen· tial to meeting an "educational crisis" fadng all schools an'd students-public and non-publicin the state.

'Purchase Services' Briefly put, the legislators' argument was that unless non publie schools in Pennsylvania can stay in business and provide quality education, the result is likely to be widespread closing of such schools. This in turn would create "an intolerable financial burden to the public ... as well as school stoppages and long·term derangement and im· pairment of education in Penn· sylvania."

One out of every five elementary and secondary school pupils in Pennsylvania attends' a non public school. At present, 1,181 schools with an enrollment of some 535,000 pupils are under contract with th~ state to provide educational services under PNESEA. Technica~y speaking, the issue in the Lemon case is whether it is constitutional for a state to "purchase services" from churchrelated cshools: More broadly, the question is whether state and federal programs of aid to church-related schools that go beyond fringe benefits like bus rides, health services and the loan of textbooks can stand up under stringent testing in the courts.

For Catholic school people the case is crucial in more ways than one. Referendum votes in early November in Michigan and Nebraska against the principle of state aid to church-related schools came as a stunning blow to their hopes.

PresicJent Interested A favorabl!! decision by the Supreme Court on the Pennsylvania school aid law would breathe life into the flagging spirits of non public educators.

An unfavorable' decision would deepen their gloom.

The White·House, too, has an eye on the outcome of the Lemon case. Earlier this' year President Nixon appointed a panel to study the financial. problems of non public schools and come up with recommendations on how the federal government might help.

If tile Supreme Court decides' that, the Pennsylvania law is constitutional, it could open the door to major new proposals by the presidential panel. If the court rules against the law, it is questionable what the pariel could recommend arid what" the administration could do.

The Pennsylvania school aid ,law has been widely regarded as a precedent·setting measure which not only provides badly needed financial assistance to non public schools but also resolyes the church·state impasse with surprising dexterity.

State K of C Leader Disputes Report to Council on Laity CAMDEN (NC)-A Knights of Columbus official disputed as unfair and unjust a report to a Vatican unit saying Catholic lay organizations are failing.

Patrick J. O'Reilly, New Jersey K of C state deputy, said work done by his group "proves the vital,ity and meaningful ac· complishments of just one of the organizations" criticized in the report.

The report, prepared by Martin H. Work, former executive director of the National Council of Catholic Men, was made to the Vatican Council on the Laity.

It said that many of the older lay structures, such as the Knights of Columbus, the Catholic men's and women's councils and the St. Vincent de Paul So· ciety, lJre failing.

Work's report also said that there is little grassroots ecumenical activity in thf' Church in the United States and that major Catholic youth organizations

have all been wiped out in a few short years.

Reilly said, "Mr. Work seems to overlook' the fact that the Church in America depends very much Oft national and statewide, organizations such as ours for support in so many of its undertakings and for the defense of many of its positions on great moral issues."

He cited the K of C role in helping to secure passage of legislation providing state aid to nonpublic schools and efforts . blocking attempts to liberalize New Jersey abortion laws.

He also pointed to the K of C's increased membership rolls over the past few years, and said his organization formed 18 affiliated youth groups.

"These are only the achievements of our statewide organization," Reilly said. "Similar activities arf' repeated many times over a greatf'r scale by other state councils and by our national .order."

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PROTECT HOU.SES: Armed men guard houses under construction in Chile in order to keep squatters out. More than 5,000 houses, some only partially completed, h~ve been seized by squatters since November. NC Photo.

Squatter Problem Allende Warns Chilean~ Against Seizing Newly Contructed Houses SANTIAGO (NC) - President Salvador Allende has warned thousands of homeless and illhoused Chileans that, although he had been sympathetic to their 'taking over unused lands, he will 'not tolerate' their se~zing workers' houses.

His statement is supported by a new law that provides prison sentences of up to five years for convicted squatters.

Nearly 5,000 newly constructed houses and apartments have been seized by squatters since Allende, a Marxist, was inaugurated in November. Many of the buildings were only partially completed.

Some of the houses were built by Chilean Caritas, the national Catholic charities organization; others were government projects, and about 1,700 were buiit by private developers. Most ,were slated for occupancy by low-income families.

Allende acknowledged that there are at least 430,006 illhoused persons in Chile, and promised that housing will be high on his list of priorities and that his administration will step up the housing construction program begun by the previous administration.

More than 300,000 homes were built during the six-year term of President Eduardo Frei.

Allende and, other government officials have attempted to discourage squatters, saying their actions are actually slowing down construction.

Recently Allende visited some

After Harvest MIAMI (NC) - Cuba's Christmas and New Years celebrations have been postponed until July so that they do not interfere with the sugar harvest, Premier Fidel Castro has announced.

"We cannot afford the luxury of fiestas when our sugar harvest is behind schedule," Castro explained in a marathon radio and television speech heard here.

400 squatters who had seized a group of small brick houses.

He told them the national housing shortage is a serious problem that "cannot be solved ,overnight. " "What are we supposed to do, wait,. five, or .l 0 years for a house?" a spokesman for the' squatters retorted.

The Chilean Chamber of Construction, representing private construction firms took out newspaper a<ls urging the ministry of housing to crackdown on squatters. They said some construction companies have found it necessary to employ armed guards to' ward off squatters.

New Commissioner Favors Federal Aid WASHINGTON (NC) - The Senate has confirmed President Nixon's choice of Dr. Sidney P. Marland Jr., as U.S. Commissioner of Edu<;ation.

Marland, 56, superintendent of public schools in Pittsburgh from 1963 to 1968, has gone on record, favoring federal aid to nonpublic schools and continuaation of the private school system.

Two national Catholic education officials publicly endorsed Marland's nomination when it was made public in September.

Father C.Albert Koob, Norbertine priest who heads the National Catholic Educational Association here, praised Marland's "concern, for the problems of all education, private as well as public."

"Together with the Catholic schools of the country, we stand ready to assist the U. S. Office of Education in its continuing efforts to provide quality educat.ion for all children," said a congratulatory telegrarn frorr. Dr. Edward R. D'Alessio, head of the U.S. Catholic Conference <,Iementary and secondary education division.

DETROIT (NC)-Cardinal John Dearden 'of Detroit has given school officials a progress report on criteria establis~ed to help them decide whether to dose their schools or keep them open.

A special t.ask force on education was formed to discuss possible alternatives for :JO:i archdiocesan schools in the wake of a state constitutional amendment wiping out, most forms of non public school aid.

After the t.ask force began gathering statistics, Cardinal Dearden expressed the hope Jhat at least 25 per cent of the archdiocesan schools might find ways to survive.

In his letter to principals, pastors and parish councils, Cardinal Dearden said a final report on the future of Catholic educa· tion in the archdiocese would have to be postponed, due to the Michigan Supreme Court's decision to consider interpretation of the constitutional amendment in January.

School offici~t1s should soon begin applying specific criteria to their local situation, Cardinal Dearden ~aid. "In this way, we should have clear directions for the future, what.ever the outcome of the Supreme Court deliberations," he said.

Goals of Service The task force guidelines set firm standards of financial stability, and "very definite goals of service to all parishioners of every age group in educational and other programs, "Cardinal Dearden said.

A spokesman for the archdiocesan information office said specifics on the guidelines were not presently available. But he said they focus in part on thl' financial stability of a parish, and try to pinpoint whether parishes which SUI)port schools can continue to do so and still provide other services.

The~e are 276 parish-sponsored schools with 128,951 students in the archdiocese.

Cardinal Dearden also noted the guidelines urge "Christlike concern for others outside the circle of parish members." Earlier, he had insisted that if any Catholic schools were to survive, they would have to serve not only the affluent, but the poor and those in between as well.

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Project' Amos_-Attacks ,Day Labor 5yst,em's Abuses 'On SClturdCly,. Nov. 21, ( attended a meeting of Project services in the Uptown District.

Amos at St. Mary of the'Lake . Over a period of four months Parish in Chicagq and came back these volunteers went out· each to Washington that evening day to work in day labor jobs. more convinced than ever before Each evenin'g they returned to that where. there is a ~iII.1- an apartment' in Uptown and even on the part of a few people filled out detailed questionnaires who are prepared to' stay in' about their experience. there and keep plugging away 'fit This preliminary investigation the Job-there is still a way to revealed that the day labor system' is full of ab4ses. 'Father Millea's volunteers found, for example, that a day: laborer, may By show up at a day rabor se'rvice as early at 6 'A.M:, ,may have to MSGR. sit around ftlr several' hours waiting fora job 'assign!TIent, 'GEORGE G. and then may' be told that there is nothing avaHable for him tha,t day. ' HIGGINS If he is lucky ,e'rio'ugh to get~ an assignl1)eri~, he will receive", 'effect needed social reforms in an average of $11.09 after the', , this country' without bombin'g day labor service has deducted City Hall or burning down the 'its "cut" of ;3fi to 50 per· cent, and,' more' often than not, may White House. , Project Amos is a grass~roots be required' to cash his check social action' program designed at a' nearby tavern where' he may to protect ,the rights, and im- be expected to buy a drink as 'a prove th~ ~orking conditions of kind of kick-back to the owner the two or three million Amer- of the tavern.

Exploit Poor icans who, not being steadily employed, are compelled to earn The most intolerable of all the ,their living precariously and abuses uncovered by Father MHhaphazardly, by means of, day lea's volunteer investigators was labor~ the so·called "90-day clause" The Project takes its' nam~ which prevents"day laborers; for from the Old Testament ,prophet that period of time; from accept· who was a migratory workel" ing permanent jobs, with the the ancient equivalent of the da~ companies to which' tliey are laborer in our highly industrial· assigned. ized. economy. It was st~rted by /' On AprH 29--presumably as a Father Thomas MilIea, a big direct resul.t, .of the, !widespread broth of a lad who, though he publicity given t.o Father Millea's was born and raised in Chicago Uptown the investigation and has been a priest of the American Temporary Service , Archdiocese of Chicago for some Contractors Association, a kind 13 years, looks as though .of trade association of day labor might have just come over from agencies, dropped this 90-day the Old Sod. " clause.

In all of his earlier parish as' The trouble is, however, that signments-which, for the' ,most only 17 out of approximately part, were in' predominantly 200 day labor services in the black neighbor-hoods - Father Chicago' area belong' to the Millea' had demonstrated' Ii keen' A.T.S.C.A. The rest are subject inter'est in the social and eco~ to no control and can go right nomic problems Of his people, a' on exploiting "the poor without rare ability to put his finger on: let or hindr~nce either from the the, underlying causes of thesel iridustry itself or from any problems, and a willingness to branch of ,the government'pitch in and try to do something. local, sta~e, or federal. about them on his own initiative Asks State Control without waiting for instructions!

Enacting legislation to correct from the Chancery. ' the abuses uncovered by Project College Students Help Amos' local chapters will be exTo those who knew him, then,' tremely difficult, first of all be-' it came a's no surprise that when: cause there is so little publiC he' was transferred a few years interest in the 'day, labor probago to the Uptown District on lem, and ,secondly, because the Chicago's Northside, he immedi- i day labor industry has such an ately began to prowl around the' extremely effective and well area trying to, I~arn as 'much as .. financed lobby which is deterhe possibly could about its peo·' mined to preserve the status quo.

Nevertheless Pmject Amos has pie and their problems. . He discovered, in short order, started a' legislative_ process that, the Uptown District is ,one' which cannot be stopped. Last of the principal centers of the:. April State Representative Ar· day labor market in Chicago and' t1iur Berman of the Rogers Park ,that a large percentage of th'e: District in Chicago introduced people living, in the District~: in the lIIinois State legislature a many of them refugees, so to, bill 'whiCh would put all, day speak, 'from poverty-stricken: labor servi~e.s in "Illinois under rural areas-were being victim- : state control.

-Representative Berman based ized by the day labor system.

Ably assisted by Mr. William : ,his bill on the findings of Fatner Dendy, a dedicated social ac- Millea's Uptowri investigation. tivist who had w.orked for a time Hearings were held on the bill, as a reporter on ,- the, Chicago but unfortunately it never. got ' diocesan newspaper, The New out of committee.

Berman intends, however, to World, he recruited a number of college students and Vista reintroduce the bill in the next workers, among others, to'make ses~ion of the Illinois legislature' an investigation of the day labor and is reasonably hopeful that

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Open Doors Typing Lessons Valuable to Educable Mentally Reta~ded ChDldren

NEW YORK (NC) New York's ilttorney gen<;rill, has launched ill' investigiltion here to determine if the fees chilrged by ilbortion'referrill agencies in the state ilre just.

The practices of ilbout 15 com· panics in the New York City metropolitan area, which have served thousClnds of v/omen since the new Clbqrtion law went into effect last July I, are being studied Cllong with those of physicians and several private hospitals and clinics, Stephen Mindell" assistCl'nt Clt· torney gen.eral if) charge of the investigation, said that the ',state's primary concern WclS those women from outside of New York who "may be paying more than a fair and reasonable rate for abortion referrCl I. " "We are concerned," he continued, "that many proprietors of these services have had no training whatsoever. medical They are businessmen, and we are' concerned with the ,conditions of the hospitals these' women are being sent to," Mindell told of a complaint from' an Indianapolis woman who paid $560 in advance to one of the referral agencies for Cln abortion, She had contacted the attorney general's office when the 'hospital she had been sent to was dirty and generally in poor condition. The state was able to get her money back and the, woman returned home without the abortion.

One 'abortion referral agency and a private hospital here are challenging the state's right to examine their records,

ST. LOUIS' (NC)-"Dear Sis- and other educable mentally retarded children in the St. Louis ter Paulette, ..

"How are you doing. I am do- Archdiocesan Special' Education Tripoli Cathedral ing fine. We just finished test, Pr~gram could do better with Becomes Mosq ue I think I did butter than I did the h~lp of a typewriter.

TRIPOLI (NC) - The 45-year· Sister Paulette, chairman of last time. My moUier likes th-is old Catholic cathedral here was typeing program very ,much. the business department 'at Font- converted to a Moslem 1T]0sque And my sister Pat likes it too. I' bonne College here, conducted and named after the late Presilike it very much -to because itis her researc.h profect on the dent Gamal Abdel Nasser of interesting .and you learn how to teaching of typing to the eduthe United Arab Republic' in type and, When you know how cable retarded in seven Catholic ceremonies televised to the na· to ,type you type real fast" .. schools over a seven month peri- tion.

And I want to know when you od last year.

The cathedral was built for She has summarized the find· are coming to see us again, I the Italian, community while ings, ,:eported in a doctoral dis· hope ,you do, Tripoli was under Italian rule sertation, in a booklet published Your Friend (192'9-1943). Libya became inde'and currently being distributed John ..." pendent in 1951.

John missed the spelling of to colleges throughout the coun- , Libyan officials said that the ",better," but he proved to Sister try by the department 'of 'busi- conversion of the ca'thedral into Paulette Gladis, C.S.J., that he iness education at the University _ a' mosque "marks the end of 'of North Dakota. Sister Paulette ,.."",,,,,,,,,,,,'.,,,,,,,,.., ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ;,,,,'.""11",,,i,..,,, --,,,·,,,,,.,, . domination and colonialism," I ' this time he may, be able to get was awarded her doctorate from 'the university in August. it enacted.

Drug' Problem Through her research, she doc,Going to Win umente'd that educable mentally NEW YORK (NC)-A nationThere is also a good: chance ~etarded children could improve al task force of Catholic Daugh: that a parallel bill will be introtheir vocabulary, motor develop, ters of America officers and duced in the U. S. Congress early lnent, spelling skills and reading members has been nameo to 1 next year. I see very little hope by using a typewriter. She also study the problem of drug adthat such a bill at the federal tound they can acquire a modi-, diction. "Maybe we will come level will be enacted during the tied touch typewriting' skill. up with an answer to the probnext session of the Congress.

I But, according to Sister Paul- lem," said Mary C. Kanane of but, in any event, if hearings are ~tte, "the int.angible, psycholog- Union City, N. J., SDA nationa'l are held on the bill, this in itilcal results which are ,not. statis- regent. Miss Kanane is a judge t • self will serve a very useful edu· tically measurable were' even of the Union County, N. .I" Sur' cational purpose.

Ihore dramat.ic." ragate Court.

In summary, then, Project Amos is on tne move, and, if I know 'Father Millea, Mr. Dendy, and their dedicated counterparts in the local Amos 'chapters throughout the United States, it's going to win the day, sooner or later, come hell or higli water.

If you want to - learn more about Project Amos and would like to enlist in one of its local chapters, the address of the organization is as follows. P~oject Amos, St. Mary, of the Lake Rectory, 4200 North Sheridan Rd.,; Chicago, Illinois 60613.

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THE ANCHOR-Diocese of fall River-Thurs. Det. 31, 1970

Duquesne Receives PIITSBURGH (NC) The Richard King Mellon Foundation made a $1 million challenge grant to Duquesne University here with the condition that the university match the amount in its current drive for funds.

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'Challe~ge Grant' staffed by the Holy Ghost Fathers, said: "This general purpose grant can give us a tremendous lift in solving our short term debt crisis if we can meet its requirements."

He called on business, industry and the community to help the university earn the grant.

ARE YOU A PEACEMAKER! Peace has as man~' meanings as there are kinds of strife of which to be freed. Peace of mind and spirit Is freedom from mental anguish, despair, and ignorance. Pea~e is also freedom from physical and social strife: disease, poverty, and umderdevelopment.

Our Lord said, "Happy the Peacemakers"-blessed are those who relieve the causes ·of s.trife; blessed are those who see their brothers in need and do something to change theit plight. Christ showed the example for spreading peace. It was Peace He wished His followers to give to the world; it was by being makers of peace His followers would be called "Sons of God."

BISHOP MEETS SERRANS: Bishop Cronin joins members of the Fall River Serra Club at annual seminarians night. Left to right: H. Frank Reilly, charter member; Gilbert C. Oliveira, president of Fall River Serra; Bishop Cronin; Ronald R. Loranger, guest, presi. dent of New Bedford Serra Club.

Lauds Msgr. Silvia as Parish-Minded Prelate Continued from Page Two in the name of the ·Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit."

Yes our first meeting took place at the'font of Baptism, 40 years ago. In 40 years, Msgr.'s priestly influence and example had brought a boy and a priest into close relationship: first at Baptism, then as an altarboy, as a seminarian and finally as a Brother Priest. Today, 40 years later, I offer sacrifice to God in his behalf and most inadequately and humbly attempt to honor his memory with these words of praise and respect.

As he prepared my soul in Baptism' to receive the Lord in a new life of faith-God saw fit in his Divine Providence, to in· fluence our parting. Monsignor prepared me for life .in Christ; I prepared him for entrance into th'e fullness of this life. We met through faith, worked together in faith, and in faith and love we now part.

Concern for Parishioners The past 19 years, Monsignor has served the people of St. John's as a good and faithful servant, and even during his retirement, he continued to give his priestly concern and prayers for his people.

For the past year, failing health began to slow him down, he tried his best to keep upbut he could not; nevertheless, his strong desire to continue his priestly work never ceased. Of late, Msgr. ministered to his people more as a suffering servant, suffering inside his hearl:, because of his inactivity inability to perform his priestly functions as before and finally in his suffering during these last days of illness. . To his family, to his bishops,

and' to his brother p~iests he service in the Portuguese parwas known as a priestly gentle- ishes in the diocese. He comman, a man of faith; a man of pleted his theological training at great love for the Church, for St. Mary's Seminary, Baltimore his priesthood, and his brother the Sulpician Seminary, Washpriests. He was a priest dedi- ington.

Ordained on Dec. 20, 1919 in cated to his priesthood. And to those who knew him well, or St. Mary's Cathedral, Fall River served under his pastorship, we by Bishop Feehan, the Second recognized him as a man of Ordinary of the Diocese of Fall principle--stern and firm at River, he served as an assistant times, but with a fraternal pur- at St. John the Baptist Church, pose--to instill in his priests a New Bedford until his appoint· ment as pastor in 1924 to St. sense of priestly dedication.

To you, Bishop Cronin, we of- Peter the Apostle Church, Provfer our sympathy at the loss of incetown. a fine priest. And today, as di,For 27 years, Monsignor Silvia vine providence would have it, served the people at the tip of another Bishop by the name of Cape Cod and on Oct. 2, 1951 Daniel prays over him, com- returned to the New Bedford mending him to the Lord.

Parish where he served as an We also offer our prayers and assistant following ordination sympathy to Msgr.'s family, his and where· he remained as pasbrother Steve, his nieces and tor until his retirement on Aug. nephews, his Brother . priests, 12, 1969. who knew and served with him, In addition to parochial duties, and to his friends and parishion- Monsignor Silvia served as a Diers who knew and loved him. ocesan Consultor, a member of Let us have no regrets as we the Diocesan Board of Examcommend our Brother to the iners of the Clergy, a commisLord, for certainly his words to sioner on Sacred Liturgy, and a liS would be the words of St. charter member of the Bishop Paul, Stang High School Corp.

"All I want is to know Christ On July 30, 1952, the late and the power of His resurrec- pastor of St. John the Baptist tion and to share his sufferings Church was named a Domestic by reproducing the pattern of Prelate by Pope Pius XII. his death. That is the way I Assisting Bishop Cronin in the can hope to take my place in concelebrated Mass were: Rev. the resurrection of· the dead."

Msgr. Hugh A. Gallagher, Rev. (Phillipians, 3:10) Msgr. Leo J. Duart, Rev. John Monsignor Silvia was born on J. Murphy, Rev. Roland B. Boule, Sept. 23, 1893 in Fall River, the Rev. Manuel P. Ferreira, homilyoungest of nine children of the ist; Rev. Casimir Kwiatkowski, late Frank M. and Maria A. Rev. Joachim Da Silva, C.M., Dutra Silvia. Following his clas- . Rev. John J. Oliveira.

Survivors include a brother, sical studies at St. Charles College, Catonsville, Md., the late Stephen and numerous nieces New Bedford pastor enrolled in and nephews.

Interment took place at St. the Seminary of Angra, Azores in order to' .pre.pare himself for John's Cemetery, New Bedford.

Who, then, are the Christian !Peacemakers of today? Missionaries can certainly be called peacemakers because their entire !ives are dedicated to bringing this Chrnstian message of freedom to others. l.ike Christ, the Prince of Peace, they heal the sick, teach the ignorant, forgive the sinner, and preach the Good News ~f 5alvation to the poor.'

The calling to be a peacemaker is not exclusive to the missionary, .!Jut is the vocation of every Christian. Every foll~wer of Christ, as our liturgy points out, should give to one another the sign of peace. Does not Christ speak to each one of us in the Mass with the words: i'Go forth in peace to love and serve the Lord?" What then can your family do to share the peace of Christ with the entire Family of ·.Man? I would propose the best make is to pray and sacrifice who cannot be peacemakers for out this spiritual and financial back home.

contributiom each family could together for those missionaries the world's suffel'ing;poor willisupport of the "peace-makers"

The Society for the Propagation of, th.e Faith exists Jor this purpose. It is the Holy Father's own society designated for' the support 'of the entire Missionary Church. Through Family Membership in the Society your family annually supports some 135,000 missionarias-IO,O,OOO _ mission schools-I,OOO hospitals-2,374 orphanages- 127 lcprosaria-867 homes for the aged-5I,000 native seminarians-and in all over 819 mission dioceses dependent on the Society for their very existence.

This first month· o[ this n'ew year is Family Membership Month! We beg each and every family of lthe United States to do their share this year to bringing the rea:iiy of Christ's Peace to a world so much im need. At a time when the "generation gap" is too often. evident, we beg you to unite your family in this common cause of Peace through missionary development.

Please begin today by sending a family sacrifice along '.with this column! Become .Family Peacemakers for Christ by joining the Society for the Propagation of the Faith ($6.00 for Yearly Family Membership-$IOO.OO for Perpetual Family Membership) this month in your parish or enclose your enroIlment with this column.

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SALVATION AND SERVICE are the work of The Society : : for the Propagation of the Faith. Please cut out this column : , and send your offering to Reverend Monsignor Edward T. I : O'Meara, National Director, Dept. C., 366 Fi[th Ave, .New : , York, N.Y. 10001 or directly to your locllll Diocesan Director. , , The Rev. Msgr. Raymond T. Considine , , , 368 North Main Street , , Fall River, Massachusetts 02720 ,

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.THE ANCHORThurs., Dec. 31, 1970

President Lauds Catholic .Efforts To Help Poor

Judaism, he is an observant and NEW YORK (NC) - Robert i 'stric,t Jew who lives in the hasC9Jeman, 30, the new head of sidic section of Brooklyn and the Division of Social .Justice of attends the Lubavitcher synaWASHINGTON (NC) - Presi- the Synagogue Council of Amer· gogue and sends his three ica,i s 'black, Jewish and a curident Richard M. Nixon has sen:t school-age youngsters to the osity to both blacks and Jews. a warm letter to Chicago AuxilLuba vitcher school.

He is also an optimist. 'Despite iary Bishop Michael R. Dempsey" Sees Mutual Respect polarizations in religion and sopraIsing America ll Catholicism An estimated 20,000 to 25,000 ciety, he believes tha t the 1970s commitment to help the nation's blacks in the U. S. identify with will produce healthy .structural ,?oor.

Judaism, he said, some of them changes in the nation's churches Nixon called the Campaign for I successors to blacks who con,?nd synagogues leading to what Human Development, a Catholi<;: I verted after slavery in the South he calls "involved religious enfund-raising effort aimed at and others claiming roots with terprise." fighting poverty, "a far ranging I the Falasha community in "There's only so far you can and energetic project to help Ethiopia, which traces its origo or you're at the end of the our less fortunate citizents." gins to the union of King Solopole," Coleman observed during ROBERT COLIEMAN mon and the Queen of Sheba.

In his recent letter to Bishop an interview on his first day He carefully chose the oword Dempsey, national director of on the job at Synagogue headthe campaign launched Oct. I' quarters here. "Either you fall able spiritual leap to. become a "identify" to describe them, beby the U.S. bishops, Nixon said off the end or you go back devout ultra-Orthodox LUbavitch- cause some of them do not pracer Jew. In a sense he lives in tice their religion today. "all Americans can be proud of toward the center." the spirit of goodwill and broth-: Coleman cited a "tremendous Coleman is the first black three worlds.

Isense of mutu'al respect" which .erhood that' marks these ef-, Jew to hold the social action , . Observant, Strict forts."

One, of . course, is with the h.as grown between Catholics post of the council, a national The first national' collection: coordinating agency for Conser- council. To his post he brings and Jews since Vatican II. No for the campaign occurred Nov.,' vative, Orthodox and Reform the keen sensitivity of one who. one, he said, would have 22. A 40-member bishop-appoint- ra.bbinic and congregational or- experienced the civil rights bat- !dreamed of it a quarter century tle in Mississippi in - the I960s. ago. ed. committee will meet in San! ganizations. ''I'm a Zionist, of course," he He is hopeful, he said, of keep- As an area organizer and memAntonio, Tex., Jan. 8-10 to es-: ber of the Mississippi-Alabama said, adding "and I think maybe tablish criteria and make rec-, ing the doors of his office open ommendations for distribution for dialogue and collaboration Southern Relief Committee, his the Pope is a Zionist too. I don't of the collection 'in ways th.at' with Christians, Jews and all memory is seared with· the plight I,see how it is possible for any of thousands of blacks fired Isegment of Christianity not to encourage development. of self- men of good will.

"I'd be open to constructive from' jobs and evicted from their 'see that the aims of the Jewish help projects _for the poor. dialogue with black Muslims- f~rms in voter registration cam- people with regard to Israel areVital Opportunity historically and religiously valid." with black any.body-but there paigns.

Today, his secret night life is The president's letter to the must be a sincere desire for that of a' third-year political I bishop was released by- the' dialogue," he added .. science student at the Columbia ~aved Coleman, the son of an EpisUnited States Catholic Confer-: .

University School of General mother and Jewish father, copal ence. The text follows: grew up here in a Baptist setting Studies.

"The, Campaign for Human in Harlem; where he went to And as the father of six chilWASHINGTON (NC)-By edDevelopment recently ill1ounced' grade school and high school. dren and husband of Rose Coleucating their children in Catholic bY' the National Conference of, Six years ago he made 'the size- man, who. also converted to ~ChOOls, Catholics of the WashCatholic Bishops is a fa~ rang\. ington archdiocese saved· taxing, and energetic project to " ~ayers in the District of Col urnhelp" our less' fortunate citizens. , 6ia and five suburban Maryland AH Americans can be proud of ' dounties' more than $42 million the spirit of goodwill and brothduring the 1969-1970 school erhood that marks these ef-: I SEATTLE (NC) - Archbishop Washington the 16th state to lib- )(ear. forts. ' Thomas A. Connolly of Seattle eralize abortion,;;. Other states I The Catholic Standard, arch"You have seized a vital op- denounced .passage of a state- thave changed their laws, making diocesan weekly newspaper, said portunity, and I have every hope wide referendum legalizing abor- it easier to obtain abortions, ih a story by its news editor, that your approach of building tions, charging that the public through the legislative process. ~orman McCarthy, that the toself-reliance. and self-respect had voted to abolish the Fifth The law provides also that no tal saving of $42,517,353 did not will produce results. I.n the end, ' Commandment-Thou ShaH Not objecting hospital, physician or tkke into account students in the you wiH be helping' to lay eco- Kill. other person shall be required to a~chdiocese's five colleges and nomic . stepping stones for a The archbishop, who'vigorous- participate in the termination of u1niversities.' A similar sur~ey for more meaniIigful and productive ly opposed the measure, said it a pregnancy. the 1955-1956 school 'year life for many of our people." was "shocking and frightening The state's four Catholic bish- showed a taxpayer saving of Thepresiaent ended the let- to realize that the majority of ops took a strong stand against, rrlore than $9 million. ter with "best· wishes for suc- i the citizens of Washington' had the proposal in a pastoral letter I Catholics also contributed as cess." voted. in favor of killing' in cQld read in all churches Nov. 1. It taxpayqers to' the support of : blood one segment: of our society was issued by Archbishop Con- t~e public schools, whose costs : for the economic benefit and nolly, Auxiliary Bishop Thomas irlcreased in the 1970- I971 1 Authored Landmark Ii social conveniencl~ of another." Gill of Seattle, Bishop Bernard syhool year, the Standard noted. . In a hard fought emotionally Topel of Spokane and Bishop ~ccording to per-pupI costs proFair Textbook Law vided by District public school BROOKLYN (NC)-New York 'charged campaign, the abortion Cornelius Power of Yakirlfa.

The Washington Council of officials, it cost $230 to educate ?tate Sen. William J. FarraH, reforn'l proposal was '. approved\ author of the Fair Textbook Law I by' a vote of 532,739 to 424,875 Churches (Protestant) supported eJch child in the public schools the measure. in'I 1955-1956 and now costs wl1ich led to a' landmark 1968 ; in the general election. $977-or $747 more. The lowest , Archbishop Connolly took exdeciSion of the U.S. Supreme IntimidDting Tactics fi~ure in any of the five counties to pro-abortionists' camCourt, died here at ·the age of 'ception , ' ~eading the organized oppoisl $687 per pupil. paign tactics, some of whicfi he 65 after a brief illness.

The' Washington archdiocese ,charged Were~ unfairly directed sition' against the proposal was a UndeJ: the 1965 state .law, at him as well as the Catholic non-denominational group called inbJudes the city of Washington more than one miHion' 7th to IChurch. He. expressed disappoint- "Voice for the Unborn," whose arid the five outlying counties, I .12th-grade students in, Christian i ment that some Catholics had spokesmen said they would con- where 49,937 children attend 86 and Jewish schools in New York ,supported the measure, but said tinue the fight against abortion. el~mentary schools, 32 high State ha.ve been given free text: 'that the large opposition vote Archbish~p Connolly charged schools and four specialized inbooks in sec.ular subjects. 'had proved that abortion reform the campaign had been marred stitutions.

I • [fhe dollar figure for 1969For his efforts, FarraH was :was not an issue just among by. religio'us bigotry. He attacked . honored by the State Federation 'Catholics, who make up only abortion proponents, saying they 19pO taxpayer savings was comof Citizens for Educ~tional Free- :13 per' cent' of the state's had waged "the most vicious puted by multiplying the number attack on' the Catholic Church of I students in Catholic schools dom an'd by Agudath: Israel: of 3,204,000 populatiori. in half a century." bYI the cost of. educating one America" the Jewish d.ay-schopl . No Clear Mandate "With few exceptions," the public school student 'for one federation.

I "Although the refe~endum archbishop said, "the news me- ye~r.

Msgr. Eugene MoHoy, secre- passed," commented Archbisliop dia openly endorsed l'egalized In the District of Columbia tary for education in th~ Brook- Connolly, ."the yote was by no abortion statewide. Their intim- aldne, the newspaper said, taxI lyn. Diocese, said the 'state sen- means unanimous. There is no- idating attacks on the person of payers were saved $15,650,563, ator's contribution, especiaHy in \.vhere·a dear mandafe for abor- the archJ:iishop and Catholics in on the I;>asis of a per-pupil cost_ the, area of education, "is far tion on demand." general did a disgraceful disser- of $977 for 16,019 students ,!tgreater than even his legion of , Passage of the measure, which vice to free speech and journal- . tellding Catholic instead of pub'friends .. and supporters' r.ealize." became effective Dec. 3; makes istic responsibility."

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Prela.tes Pledge School Support MUNDELEIN (NC) - If there was any doubt in Catholic minds where their American bishops stood on the question of keeping Catholic schools open, the issue was settled here.

A two-day meeting of 40 prelates from across the nation advocated a plan to resell Catholics on the moral and spiritual benefits of their' "value-oriented" schools.

In addition, the cardinals, archbishops and bishops pledged to aid Catholic parents in efforts to get financial help from public and private sources to make sure Catholic. schools stay open.

Acting as spokesmen when the meeting ended at St. Mary of the' Lake Seminary were Cardinals John .Dearden of' Detroit and john Krol of Philadelphia, along with Archbishop Philip M. Hannan of New Orleans and Auxiliary Bishop William McManus of Chicago.

Bishop McManus said that the "insecurity" parents and teachers feel about the future of the schools has caused a morale problem and a drop in parochial school enrollments.

The purpose of the meeting was "to allay confusion whether the bishops will back the schools or close them up," one participant explained.

The 40 bishops issued a state- . ment that declared Catholic schools "the most effective instrument of Catholic education."

It endorsed the principle of "parental rights in education," acknowledged that Catholic schools in the United States are now· "in a severe financial crisis" a.nd recommended "a vigorous campaign" to obtain financial relief.

Cencinnati Catholics Favor Ecumenism CINCINNATI (NC)-A survey of Cincinnati Catholics reveals a generally favorable climate for ecumenism.

An overwhelming majority of those who responded to a 15question survey believe that unity among Christians is possible and that Protestants are part of the church founded by Christ.

The survey was conducted by the archdiocesan synod commission on ecumenism in 15 parishes.

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KNOW YOUR FAITH Work and Worship· "Sesame Street" keeps countless youngsters' eyes glued to the television set and their minds growing in the process.

Many adult viewers, however, may judge its huge success merely a happy accident and consider the program a childish, casual, sOllJetimes spontaneous' show which, for the moment, ha.s caught our America!! fancy.

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the congregation) presents the petitions, and the priest concludes with l:I summarizing prayer.

Several publishers now supply subscribing parishes with "canned" General Intercessions for both Sundays and weekdays.

These are not necessarily bad and may even serve as indispensable crutches .for those unable or u!lwillihg to compose their o.wn. But, r hope we soon will throwaway these artificial supports and write' personal Prayers of the Faithful which flow from the homily, speak to or about this particular congre· gation, and reflect the present period's urgent needs. Commercial versions prepared for a national audience, regardless of how skillfuly fashioned, can never capture that local atmosphere and sense of the contemporary. Only' a preacher or worship committee' working Saturday with newspaper in hand, ear to the radio, and eye on television will succeed in accomplishing this.

The priest's invitation, for ex· ample, should link his homily with those General Intercessions which follow immediately after. the sermon. Likewise, the concluding prayer ought to be based on his talk's main thought or central points.

How long the enormous popularity will last is, of course, a moot question. But one point remains certain "Sesame Street" has achieved high ratings and wide acclaim not through luck (although some of this undoubtedly helped), but because of work, hours of good, old fashioned hard work. From the idea stage through scripting until actual fiming, few facets are left to chance. Many talented, creative people labor long to produce what comes to us in a Specific Intention seemingly informal, almost reThe specific intentions need laxed style. to be concrete, possibly controWe should be willing to work versial at times and always curso hard in preparation of the rent. For the needy, yes, but Sunday liturgy. God and congrespecifically between Jews and gations know well those many Arabs in the Middle East; for the areas which need such careful community, yes, but with referattention-the music, the homily, ence to this· very city sharply the reading of scriptural texts. divided by a conflict over school In this column I would like to busing; for the Church, yes, but examine the Prayer of the Faithconcretized in a p!lstor or bishop ful, now called General Intercesappointed during the past week. sions, to see how imagination Father Robert Hovda, writing and effort could improve this in Worship's October 1970 issue, part of the parish Mass. urges variety in content and General Intercession form for the General IntercesArticles 45-47 of the Roman . sions. The People's responses, to Missal's General Instruction de- illustrate, could be recited one scribe the prayer and give broad week, sung the next, and simple gUidelines for its use. Priest and silence the third. The intentions planning committee, according might be symbolized by banners, to the document, ought to incor- visualized through slides, or unporate this "in all Masses cele- derscored by newspaper headbrated with a congregation, so lines projected on the front wall. that intercession may be made Hovda is right. We no doubt for the Church, for civil author- will' pray well when a leader ities, for those oppressed by va- says, "For recent victims of the rious needs, .lor all mankind, and flood in Pakiston, let us pray to for the salvation of the world." the Lord." We probably would In its basic format, the cele-. pray better if then a picture brant invites his 'community to flashed before us of an eight pray, a leader (deacon, cantor, year old girl from that country commentator, representatives of wearing a scarf about her face to ward off the stench of" death from unburied bodies.

Promote Ecology Good liturgIes and General InFRESNO (NC}-If society does tercessions like this don't just not promote conservation, not happen. They take work, hours only nature but all mankind will of good, old-fashioned hard suffer, Bishop Hugh A. Donohoe work. of Fresno has warned. Christians Discussion Questions have an obligation to future genWhat procedures should be I. erations to preserve and mainfollowed in preparing a Sunday tain a healthy balance in nature, said the California prelate at an liturgy?

2. Why is it wise to have a annual symbolic dedication of a giant Christmas tree at ..Kings variety in content for the G~n­ Canyon National Park near here. eral Intercessions?

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The Trouble and the Glory of the Fle~h In St. Paul's time a school of thought regarded the body as a hindrance to intellectual and spiritual life. This attitude, adopted by philosophers in various parts of the ancient world, continued in the Christian era.

We have much of it in the New Testament, including Paul's letters, and .in later ascetical writ· ings, rules of religious orders, etc. But the key Christian festi· vals of Christmas and Easter each year remind us of facts that throw quite a different light on the matter. From Chapter 15 of Paul's First Letter to the Corinthians' comes much of that light.

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Some Christians at Corinth were saying that the dead would not be raised to life (15: 12) apparently because they felt the body didn't deserve to share in the glory of the afterlife. Paul replies that' Christ's resurrection is proof that Christians too will rise from the dead; their bodies will be restored to them and will be very much better than they were in this life. Paul's line of thought is that Christ is the head of the body in which the Christians are members. Since the head has risen, the members must rise also (see 15:22, "all will be raised to life because of their union with Christ"). We know from other parts of Scripture that all will rise, good and bad, saved and damned. In this chapter, Paul speaks about the resurrection of the good, the just, the saved.

Gospel and Faith Paul's reply is not simply theological speculation. It is tied to the most basic truths of the faith. Notice how Chapter 15 begins. Paul reminds the Corinthians of the Gospel or Good News which. he preached to them, . which they received, on which their faith stands firm. To those three solemn descriptive phrases he adds a fourth: it is the Gospel through which they are. being saved. The order is climactic. Then Paul presents, in ~erses 3-7, what is probably the earliest-written credal formula of the New Testament. The reference to "the Scriptures" in that formula means the . Old Testament, which was the only collection of the Scriptures at the time Paul wrote.

Notice that Paul says nothing here about the risen Jesus' appearanc.es to the holy women.

Look up Luke 24: 11 and you will see why. Paul knew the general feeling of his time, that women were not readily believed a.s witnesses, so he does

SIGNS OF THE TIMES: This peace sign was photo'graphed near the altar of Cl. Brownsville, Texas, Church and on Friday, the sign of peace will come to life in the liturgy of Jan. 1, the Day <?f Peace. NC Photo. not "spoil" his list of witnesses to the resurrection of Jesus by mentioning ·women. When the Gospels were written, years later, they included the testi. mony of the women.

Finaly, Paul lists the appearance of Jesus to him, indicating that he ranks himself with the apostles and the appearance to him with the ones given them.

The other apostles, as he says, were progressively prepared by Jesus for the stunning event of the resurrection. Paul was suddenly confronted by the risen Lord without having known him before at all.

Resurrection Is Bosic When Paul says he has "worked' harder than all the other apostles" he is not comparing internal disposition but simply referring to the fact that up to then, at least, he had covered more ground than all the rest of them combined. He had also suffered more than any of .the others, with the exception of james, who had already been martyred.

Paul says (15:14) that the mystery of the resurrection of Jesus is basic to everything Christian as we know it from Jesus and the preaching of the apostles. I remember, in this connection, a fine sentence from an editorial in "America" some years ago (written by one of my . COlleagues, not ·by me): "The cry that fired the pagan world and led to its conversion was not a gently ethical 'Do Good,' a' pale, philosophic Golden Rule, but the flaming news: 'He is risen!"

Bodies in Eternity Verses 20-28 in Chapter 15 are

fascinating for their insights about the end of the world and the glorified humanity of Christ.

It is in virtue of his humanity that the Son, who as God is one with the Father and the Holy Spirit, can "subject himself" . to the Father. Verses 35-37 are fascinating for their insights about our future bodies. Paul doesn't think it necessary to say so explicitly, but it is clear that he means we will have the same bodies we had in this life (see verses 53-54 where the Greek four times refers to "this" body putting on immortality, etc.) with new qualit.ies. As for those who are still living at the end of the world, their bodies will be given the new qualities "in the twinkling of an eye" (RSV) or "as quickly as t.he blinking of an eye" (TEV).

Chapter 15 is a great collection of our beliefs and our hopes.

It is interesting that Paul ends this section with a sudden appli· cation to daily life: "So then, my dear brothers, stand firm and steady. Keep busy always in your work for the Lord, since you know that nothing you do in the Lord's service is ever without valu~." If you think about it. ,what he says can t~lfOW a lot of light on the time spent in this life taking care of the body's needs. Shouldn't the Christian be merrier than others when he eats and drinks?

Discussion Questions .

I. What relationship' is there between the feasts of Christmas and Easter to I Corinthians 15?

2. What does .Paul s.ay about the end of t.he world in the 15th chapter of 1 Cor.?

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Likes Ric:hne,ss; Symbolism;, Color~ Variety in C,llothes I want to, be a cardinal. ,It's not that I want· to have the privilege of ~voting for the Pope; I really don't think the cardinals ought t"o have that.

Nor do I want administrative re" sponsibilities .. that generally at~ tach to the .office. Running sevetal research projects is quite eriough of that sort of thing.

they have any, keep them securely locked' in their closets. , It all gets stranger and stranger. One distinguished American Catholic educator recently remarked,' he didn't wear the Roman collin in many sets of circ!Jmstances because, he thought it was' a symbol that would lead people to pamper him.

I'm afraid' that if he thinks what the Roman collar stands for to the Catholic laity he really doesn't understand much about By the history of the' sociology 'of American Catholicism. ' REV,.

Loud~t at Conference 'ANDREW M.::::,::: Not that I'm hung up espe. :::::::: cially on the Roman collar. It's GRIEELEY a relatively recent form of ecclesiastical ,dress, is generally speaking rather unattractive, and is quite easily dispensable.

Nor do I want tl1e honor that: When I meet with my European goes with the job. Being' a full I colleagues on' the international professor has, every bit as much journal, Coneilium, the' Roman honor and is a lot more secure. collar would be as embarrassing All I want are the robes. to them as a bikini at a, papal It seems to me that it would' audience.. I have; therefore,' n'o be the greatest of fun to walk: hesitation about doing'.in Nijacross the Midway every morn-' 'megen what the Nijm~genians ing in flowing cardinalatial robes,! do. accompaned . perhaps by two But even here I run i~to some acolytes, a cross bearer, and a i trouble because I figure', that if thurifer, quite possibly with I you're g<?ing to wear "lay" garb someone ringing a bell, too. I, you may as well do it big. My would, in case of necessity, be' Edwardian jackets and Pucci ties willing to give up the thurifer.' take my colleagu~s' somewhat If, I can't be a cardinal then: by surprise. , I'd be willing to settle for an Father Congar, for example, honorary .doctorate from Har-: exclaims with delight, "Ah, tovard as the, Harvard doctoral' day, I'aspect rouge." Indeed, ...crimson is almost"as flas~y as I. Father ~oilgar" was' 'dismayed . the cardinalatial robes. ' ,when, courtesy of Pan American And If I were a cardinal I : airlines' luggage handling, I... would wear red shoes and red ' showed up in the normal Consocks and drive' a red car and I cilium uniform: drab black suit, even insist that my office be drab dark tie, and dull white painted red. It all seems to me shirt. to be a very reasonable request.-: My boss at NORC tells with I delight about meeting an Irish Like Everyone Else And what's more,' I'm sure cleric in Switzerland who told that: my colleagues at th~ Uni- ' ~im in a rich brogue, "Ah, that versity of, Chicago would be de- ~ Father Greeley, he "wore the lighted. In an environment: loudest clothes at the 'conferwhere bizarre garb is, taken for : ence." ' granted, the .cardinalatial robes . S~ge World would be envied as something practically' impossible: td beat.' So my probilem, is noLan obSome of my colleagues might i session with "the Roman' collar .even want ~o join the morning ! but rather:bafflement as' to Why :procession' '-across the' Mid~iiy: i the clergy and religious seem so We could. all chant .Gregorian ,eager to lose themselves in the ,music together. ' mass precisely at the time 'When · We have a singular,',situation ! the mass is busy differentiating in- t.be church; priests a'nd Duns itself in every way possible. ~are::'patl1e~icauYe~ger..'.to"dress : Thus, Charles A. Reich. in his .\ikeeveryone eise' just precisely I horrendo~s book, The Greening at a ,time when e~eryone else ii; lof America, spends many pages trying to dress,differently from ,describing in ,loving detail the .,every6ne~lse. 'We are seeking psychedelic garb of his con·to be, indistinguishable . from Isciousness ill heroes·(they sound' "others while the . others are :like fascists to' me) and' how 'struggling desperately to be as :they use their clothes to express distinguishable as ~hey 'can. their ideology and differentiate It's all sort of strange.

It~emselves from the rest of, soStranger and Strangerclety.

During the, lecture I gave re-~" Hippies, drug addicts, radicals, cently at a Catholic college I and indeed just ordinary fellow encou.ntered a young lady 'whose ~ravelers of the youth culture :,headpiece. waS a monsignoral are _terribly eager "to distinguish biretta. She claimed 'that she themselves by the cloth.es they 'was" a' "wrong revererid" mon- ' lNear and the more bizarre the signor. She seemed to be the distinction, the better. ., envy of'all her friends for, comIt's' kind of a strange world hen you can instantly' identify ,ing up with this splendidly dif.ferent piece of headgear. '\l. communard or.a possessor of r couldn't help but wonder ~onsciousness III but you're not ·how many mon~ignors would at all sure about a priest o~ a dare to wear their biretta down ?un. :the street at I}ight; indeed, the' ._Q ~ Lunacy,SlllI1ity new breed of monsignors, such ,There is much lunacy' i~ the ·as they may be, rarely if' ever fashionable romanticism' of our display their red robes; and if time but there also' is a good

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PRINCETON (NC) - Catholic {vas about 63 per cent each week. ance rates by taking representaProtestant attendance this year tive samples of he adult populachurchgoing continues to decline, s about the same as recorded tion. He noted that a total of according to a Gallup Poll showing that 60 per cent' of adult ~ast year-38 per cent compared 15,738 persons were interviewed Catholics now attend Mass each to 37 per cent, with the rate at more than 300 places. They were asked: Did you, yourself, wee~ as compared to 71 per cent . ~ince 1964 holding fairly steady.

I Little change has been seen happen to attend church in the in 1964. .

The fall-off during the six-year ir religious service attendance last .seven days? period is attributed to youth, by Jews, who have an average rate of 17 per cent this M~g,~zine s.tr~$ses largely among young adults in ~eekly I ' , , ,. )!'ear. . their 205; pollsters reported'. ' Mo·th~rho,od The Catholic attendance rate I The 1970 poll reveals that 42 Mary's ADRIAN (NC) - An editorial last year, according to the poll, per cent of adults of all faiths in the Michigan Christian Advo'~ttended church in a typical cate, the official magazine of tl').e Suggests Control *eek. This closely parallels rates state's United Methodists, has r~corded in Canada and exceeds called on Protestants to take the Of ~ex Explicitness tpe rates of· the Netherlands, theological implications of PHILADELPHIA (NC)-A uni- q.reece, Australia, Britain and Mary's motherhood more seriversity psychology professor told Uruguay. ously. , ' a congressional investigating \ Polltaker George Gallup said The editorial added that· the committee here that a public he estimated the average attend- proper ,attitude towards the system should be established to \ . mother of Christ should fall control sexual explicitness in the Schedule Ordination somewhere between Catholic media., " I ' emphasis on her and Protestant 'Dr. Bernard L. Bonniwell of Of Maine Auxiliary neglect.

Villanova University told memIPORTLAND (NC) - Episcopal "It is impossible to underbers of the 'U: S. 'House Post d' . f stand the coming of Christ withOffice and CIvil Service subcom- Of_ matIon 0 Auxiliary Bishopdrsignate Edward C. O'Leary of out fully acknowledging that he mittee on postal operations that Portland is scheduled for Jan. was his mother's son ... without Gallup-type polls should be made . 25 in the Cathedral of the Im- human parentage, Ch~ist's huregl,Jlarly to' determine public Jtiaculate Conception here. "inanity would not make sense opinion on the 'amount of sexual IArcJtbishOP Humberto S. Me,- and would be totally unreal," explicitness permitted' in the the editorial said. inedia at' any given time. ' deiros of Boston will be the prin, ' cdpal consecrator,' assisted bv d~'~i""~f'''~~~'i;;'''i~'''';~~;''''~f'''i~~''''~'~: ai,shop Bernard J.Flanagan ~f pects. The desire for richness, 'V.I0rcester and Auxiliary Bishop variety, color and symbolism in L~urence P. Graves of Little CALL what one wears 'is, I think, fun- R9 ck, Ark. .damentally sane (I suspect G. K. :Pope Paul· VI .named, BishopChesterton would have to agree). designate O'Leary to the post of That's why I want to be a atbciliary to Bishop Peter L. Ger380 FOURTH STREET cardinal. et~of Portland on Nov. 17.

Fall River 673·9942'697 ASHLEY BLVD., But if the process keeps up,' New Bedford 993-0111 priests and religious/are going to U\rges Retention find themselves in an awkward position. One can imagine a time 0lf Latin Mass in the not-too-distant future 1'lEW YORK (NC) - Members when th.ere will be special garb of lUna Voce, an international orfor doctors, and for lawyers, ganization devoted to retention congressmen, and fot airline ex- of ILatin in the Mass have asked ecutives, and even, heaven thJ nation's bishops to petition knows, for project officers in thEl Vatican to allow continued foundations. Indeed, everybody usJ of the' Latin Mass, will have their own garb except Una Voce, in a letter to the" ·..273 CENTRAL AVE. the clergy and religious and we bispops, asked if it made any will be stuck with yesterday's se9se to permit variations in the 992-6216 fashions, some clown will think celebration of the Mass around up religious'symbolism for them. ~hel world while forbidding the NEW BEDFORD And we'll be right back where celebration on which the va'riawe started. ' t i o r i s are based.

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THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River- Thur.s. Dec. 31, 1970

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On June 6, Americo Araujo heard bells. Three months later he was a ringing success!

Following his freshman year at Southeastern Massachusetts University, Araujo took time out from his Summer activities to Coaches are generally a pessimistic lot, but one can get married. On June 6, Miss understand why Coach Dick Graves may be a little optiCarol Ann Belmarce became his bride in a double ring ceremony mistic as his Barnstable Red Raiders prepare. for Capeway at St. John the Baptist Church Conference basketball action. A year ago, the Regionals in New Bedford. finished the campaign in a Gene. Delorenzo a 6' 4" forThe following September, the second place tie with Dennis- ward is back to help Dorr .off the Corsairs opened their 1970 soc'Y~rmouth with 9~3 loop re~- backboards. Veterans Billy Ros- cer season and Araujo was a ords. However, this Winter ary and Bill Souza are ready to member of the starting lineup. the Raiders are' overwhelming resume their duties as starting . Playing center-forWard for the favorites to dethrone defending guards. Both are good ballhan- young blue and gold, Araujo was ~hampion Lawrence High of Fal- -dlers ilOd shooters who can one of the few shining lights in mouth. . break up any contest with their what started out to be a dark Four returning starters, two outside marksmanship. . and dismal year. Rico had far outstanding transfer students Captain-elect 'Steve Schlehuber less difficulty scoring goals ·than and a host of talented prospects of Mission High .in Roxbury will his team had winning. But up from last year's junior var- lend his' talents to Barnstable thanks to a late season rush, sity unit is the byline, on the' this sea lion as he is now a resi- SMU finished with a 4-7-1 rec1970-71 Red Mac'hine. And, it is dent of that school district. The ord to rate among the ranks of with these thoughts in mind that 6-3', 210 pounder may be just the respectable. many Conference coaches have. what the Raiders will need to Araujo finished the season termed Barnstable "unstop-· go all the way. But, he is not the with 21 goals and five assists pable." only transferee that may shine for a total of 26 points and was Senior Ken Dorr leads the list for Coach Graves. the author of two school records.

Quarterback John Kenney, of returnees and is unquestionIn additions to setting a new ably one of the premiere college also a transfer student, led the single game record for goals (6), candidates in the area. The 6' 5" Barnstable football eleven to a he also tallied the most points in sharpshooter finished in second share of the Conference crown one game (8) and all against place, two points behind Jay this Fall and is battling for a New Hampshire College whom Regan of' Dartmouth, in last starting role on' the basketball the Corsairs defeated, 13-0. year's Conference scoring race. club.· Following the season, he and two teammates were named to the Colonial Intercollegiate S9C' Six Team Battle for First Division cer Conference All-Star team.

Juniors Jerry McDowell, Den- ever, neither are considered Little Mike Duarte, who talnis Nydam, Jeff Barrows' and strong enough to compete with lied nine times and had a like Bob Kahedin also possess talent the likes of Barnstable. ' number of assists (the latter a aplenty and are ready to take Dartmouth has been hampered school record) and Rick Ray, over if needed. With this array by injuries to key personnel. If the defensive, standout of the of hoopsters it's no wonder that the Indians can shake the injury squad, were the other all-stars.

Capeway opponents look woe- plague Coach' Walt Silveira Both were co-captains of the fully 'at the Red Machine. could have a winning season in team. . .

Defending titlist Falmouth has his first year at the helm.

Araujo developed his soccer been hard hit by graduation, but A year ago Coach Lou abilities at New Bedford High Coach Ray Charron has several Bachand· of Bourne suffered where he was a standout memkey men .returning for duty. If through a winless league season, ber of the school's soccer team. the Clippers can iron o'ut a few hopeful that playing experience He came to SMU following his problems early in the season would help his charges. With six graduation in 1969. tlley may surprise. lettermen back, look for the As a freshman, Araujo worked Coach Tom Kelly at Dennis- Canalmen to move up in the loop' his way into the starting lineup Yarmouth will be pressed to standings. , and rewarded coach Ray' Oliver In the greater. Fall River area, duplicate last year's second place finish. With only two vet- . the local newspaper carried the with 11 goals to rank: among the erans,Chris Myland and Bill folloWing announcemen this past top team scorers. His two year goal output is 33. .

Daggett, in camp the Green ,Dol- week-The Reverend Thomas J. the son of Mr. and Americo is phins will field a young inex- Gibbons, S.J., principal of Bishop Mrs. Angelo Araujo, 183 Allen perienced club.

Connolly High' School, announces Fairhaven and Wareham both the appointment of Wayne M. Street, New Bedford and is a are expected to be in the thick Ramey as freshman basketball communicant of St. John Parish.

He is also one of four boys of the first division race. How- coach.

(Joseph, Raphael and Roberto).

The swift center-.forward does not list any hobbies, although Bishop Connolly High Looks t~ Future being newly ordained in.to the Of itself the announcement is Coach Curry's alma mater, Holy brotherhood of marriage, could like any other carried by news- Family High of New Bedford. create a few., The freshman team will compapers throughout the diocese His immediate goals are to when new coaches are appointed. pete against Narragansett League But, for the young men of Con- frosh clubs primarily, however, nolly it was very significant be- Coach Ramey is hopeful of In addition, the newly apcause it signifies the beginning scheduling as many contests for pointed coach mentions Jeffrey of a formal freshman program .at his club as possible.

Souza of Tiverton, R. I. Souza the new diocesan high school.

Coach Ramey notes that there is, in the coach's opinion, the For varsity Coach Jack Curry, .is a fine array of talent in the finest ninth grade basketball it marks the beginning of a feed- freshman class and that a strong player he's seen. "The boy has er system that will hopefully schedule could go a long way excellent moves and can shoot enhance the school's basketball toward building Connolly's bas- with the best on the varsity unit." program. Fall River is noted for ketball f.uture.

If these boys show steady im-.

Among those who have been its basketball talent, and if. Connolly is able to produce a few impressive in pre-season drill provement over the years and more winning clubs' like last and scrimmages are 6;\ 2" center the Freshman program proves year's Tech tournament qualifier, Mark Levasseau and forwards successful, Bishop Connolly High then perhaps a tradition will be Pat Sullivan and Jack Greenless. may well move to the Narry established similar to the one at Both youngsters are over 6' tall. Basketball League limelight.

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AMERICO ARAUJO of SMtJ become a good husband and family provider as well as improving his prowess as a soccer player during his two remaining years at SMU. Rico is a language major (Portuguese) and would like to

Carries President's Greetings to Troop's NEW YORK (NC) - Cardina~ Terence Cooke of New York, who left here for his annual overseas tour of military bases, said he. would extend greetings of the President of the President of the United States to Ameri.can fighting men.

At the airport before boarding the plane for his first stop in Anchorage, Alaska, the prelate showed' newsmen a telegram he had received from Mr. Nixon.

In the message, the President thanked the cardinal for ml\king the trip, and asked him to "convey to our servicemen my warm good wishes. for a Merry' Christmas and 11l), profoun8 hope that 1971 will mark the beginning of a generation of peace." .

Cardinal Cooke, who is military vicar to the American armed forces, is making his third trip to military bases overseas.

Included is a seven-day stay in South Vietnam, and stops in Korea,' Japan, Taiwan, Hong Hong, Thailand, the Philippines, Okinawa, Truk, Guam and Hawaii.

become a college professor following his school days.

A favorite among his teammates, Araujo is considered the "ideal athlete", always working long, hard 'hours in an effort to improve his game. At the rate he's scoring goals. there may not be much more room for improvement.

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