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

Pick Fa II RiveriteProvince Director

Mrs. Michael J. McMahon, firstvice-president and treasurer ofthe Diocesan Council of CatholicWomen, is the first woman fromthe Fall River diocese to benamed a province director for theNational Council of CatholicWomen (NCCW). She will headthe Boston province of the organ­ization for a two-year term, rep­resenting the dioceses of Spring­field, Worcester, Manchester,Portland and Burlington as wellas Fall River.

The new province director at­tended the first meeting of thenewly formed NCCW executivecommittee, held earlier thismonth in Detroit. The commit­tee reaffirmed the stand of itsnational convention, held last Oc­tober, against the Equal RightsAmendment, and restated its po·sition on the right to life of everyhuman being from conception tothe time of natural death.

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so that by leading an exemplaryapostolic life they become, as itwere, a saving leaven in the hu­man community.

"Since, therefore, the Catholicschool can be such an aid to thefulfillment of the mission of thePeople of God and to the foster­ing of the dialogue between theChurch and mankind, to the ben­efit of both, it retains even in ourpresent circumstances the utmostimportance.

"Consequently this sacredsynod proclaims anew what hasalready been taught in severaldocuments of the magisterium,namely: the right of the Churchfreely to establish and to con-

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The Catho.ic high schools inthe Fall River Diocese will holdplacement examinations on Sat­urday, Feb. 9 at 8:30 in themorning.

Any and all students wishingto study in one of these schoolsshould prese::lt themselves to thehigh school of their choice forthe four·hour session.

There is no need to bring anyrecords of any kind; nor are par­ents expected to accompanytheir children. All informationas to schedules, programs, schol­arship aid, etc. will be madeavailable at this time.

A three-dollar fee will beasked of each student for theexamination·placement session.

The schools participating inthis diocesan-wide program are:

Fall .River: Bishop Connolly,Bishop Gerrard, Sacred Hearts.

New Bedford: Holy Family, St.Anthony, Bishop Stang.

Taunton: Coyle-Cassidy.Attleboro: Bishop Feehan.

sonalities, and finally to orderthe whole of human culture tothe news of salvation so thatthe knowledge the students grad­ually acquire of the world, lifeand man is illumined by faith.

"So indeed the Catholic school,while it ,is open, as it must be,to the situation of the contempo­rary world, leads its students topromote efficaciously the goodof the earthly city and also pre­pares them for service in thespread 9f the Kingdom of God,

CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOLSENTRANCE EXAM

Saturday, Feb. 98:30 A.M.

Why Catholic Schools ?Reasons Are Clear!

The establishment of Catholicschools throughout the UnitedStates was an an"wer to a veryclear directive of the Council ofBaltimore. However, 'it is also thepractical application of theChurch's doctrinal beliefs of faith,its deepening and propagation; itsexplanation and application onthe contemporary scene.

The practical aspects of theChurch's teaching role is trans­lated in the Diocese of Fall Riverin the following statistics:

Elementary education: 34schools serving 9,450 studentswith 366 teachers of whom are212 Religious women, one maleReligious, 111 laywomen and 42laymen.

Secondary education: 8 schoolsserving 3,973 youths with 246teachers of which are 91 Re­ligious women, 36 Religious men,95 laymen and 24 laywomen.

Why all this? The answer isgiven to us in the Second Vati­can Council's "Declaration onChristian Education" proclaimedby Pope Paul VI on Oct. 28, 1965:

"In fulfilling its educationalrole, the 'Church, eager to employall suitable aids, is concernedespecially about those which areher very own.... Among all ed­ucational instruments the schoolhas a special importance . . .

"The influence of the Churchin the field of education is shownin a special manner by the Cath­olic schools. No less than otherschools does the Catholic schoolpursue cultural goals and the hu­man formation of youth.

"But its proper function is tocreate for the school communitya special atmosphere animatedby the Gospel spirit of freedomand charity, to help youth growaccording to the new creaturesthey were made through Baptismas they develop their own per-

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Insisting on the need for per­sonal prayer, Pope Paul said:"A simple investigation into thereligious habits of the peopleof our time would document sad­ly for us the total, or almost to­tal, absence of personal prayerby most people, who are averseto and estranged now by everyexpression of interior religious­ness."

The Pope told his visitors thatthere are those "who maintainthat modern man is thus, andthat thus he must be, without

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tions-arts. It will also accommo­date the growing interest in dra­matics at the 1,600-studentcollege.

The theater is designed to dou­ble as an auditorium for academ·ic lectures and seminars. Thecushioned seats are fitted withhide-away writing arms that canbe swung into position for notetaking.

The theater is equipped witha centralized sound-and-Iightingcontrol system and projectionbooth. A motorized movie screen

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teacher of faith in the diocese.

In an age when there is somuch questioning of values andsearching for them, the Catholicnewspaper has the responsibilityof presenting in unmistakableterms what is the faith, what isthe moral standard that must beupheld, and it gives, too, thestrength of example in present·ing instances of what is beingdone throughout a diocese andthe world.

Students of modern communi­cations media are coming to theconclusion that no matter howmuch people look at televisionand despite its evident impor­tance, there is also a growinginterest in radio and the printedword. What is put in print bearsa stamp of authenticity and canbe read and re-read with its lineof reasoning examined moreclosely. And it can be given toothers to read.

Pope Stre!iSeS Personal PrayerVAnCAN CITY (NC) - Moc;l­

ern man needs to cultivate thehabit of personal prayer to God,Pope Paul VI told a weekly gen­eral audience.

"We must enable ourselves totalk with Christ, and throughHim with God," the Pope said.Praising those who daily say theOur Father or a Hail Mary orother traditional Christian pray­ers, the Pope also stressed theneed to supplement thes,e "brief,conventional prayers," becausethey can become "easily a pure·Iy exterior act."

With workmen this week pre­paring for the installation of seat­ing, Stonehill College's Heming­way Theater has passed the 90per cent completion mark.

The 265-seat workshop theateris named in honor of Philip L.Hemingway, a long-time collegebenefactor and member of theStonehill Board of Advisers. Mr.Hemingway is chairman of Hem­ingway Transport Inc. of NewBedford.

The new facility will enablethe college to expand its offer­ings in the field of communica-

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Cardinal Sees PaperGrowing in Value

When the Archdiocesan Pas·toral Council of Baltimore metto discuss as its prime object ofbusiness the Arcdiocesan news­paper, the members were remind­ed by Lawrence Cardinal Shehanof the effect the newspaper hasthroughout the whole area. Hestressed "the growing impor·tance of the paper at the presenttime, at a time when there isbeing presented to us the wholematter of Catholic tE~aching

through the consideration of thenational catechetical directory. . . How could you get doc­uments like this before the wholearchdiocese ... when it is so es·sential that all enter into thematter of the formation of adirectory."

This is another instance of thegrowing emphasis being placedon the place of the Catholicnewspaper in the mission of theChurch and the teaching officeof the Bishop, the authentic

UNITY SERVICE: St. Joseph's Church, Attleboro, ,was the scene of a Unity Octave Ser­vice which included clergy of various .denominations in the Attleboro area and which waspresided over by Most Rev. Joseph F. Maguire, Auxiliary Bishop of Boston., .

Likes Vatican Position on Israel

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NB Catholic ClubPresents Dance

$t: John the.EvangelistParish. Attleboro

The Ushers Committee of theNew Bedford Catholic Woman'sClub presents Snowball, theirannual mid-winter dance. It willbe held this year on Saturday,Feb. 9 at the Holiday Inn onHathaway Road in New Bedford.

The gala event will begin at9:00 P.M. to the music of theVanAllen Orchestra. A continen­tal breakfast will bring the eve­ning to a close at 1:00 A.M.Chances are now being sold toaid the Club in their many char­itable donations. Grand prizefeatures a 2-day Theatre Tourto New York for two.

The Club is looking forwardto a capacity crowd, and tkketsmay be obtained from any mem­ber of the Committee or theClub.

PersonaI PrayerContinued from Page One

personal prayer." But, he said,those who maintain this are con­fusing 'the terms "modern manand authentiC man."

The Pope continued: "The au­thentic man, the true man, andwe add, man if he is truiy mod­ern, that is, a man who is awareof the value of his progressivecultural, social and functioningexperience, remains basically re­ligious and essentially orientedto a serach for and a relation­ship with God and therefore iseager for and capl~ble of per­sonal prayer."

Pope Paul noted that greatefforts must be made by pastorsand others working in spiritualareas to re-instill belief in andthe practice of personal prayerin the souls "of profane, irre­ligious and even· atheisticpeople."

as in~ernat:ionalization," whichthe Vatican favored in the past.

"Internationalization," the ad­ministration of Jerusalem by aninternational body, "has beenabandoned by the Vatican,"Pragai said, because "it wouldbring in elements that could andwould create chao:;." Mentioningthe Sov'iet Union and CommunistChina, he said that ",the Vaticanis most unkeen to bring in thesepeople."

Israel's point of view is clear;Pragai said. It is tha.t the cityof Jerusalem is the capital ofthe state of. Israel and will re­main so forever' and that the cityis unified and will remain so

- forever. The government of Is­rael is on record that other reli­gious interests should have"complete and totally free" ac- .cess to all religious sites, he said.

lier in January and talkeq to "anumber of Vatican officials,"said that the points of the Vat­'ican definition "are importantelements in setting up a situa­tion that would allay the fears ofothers" and allow the Israeligovernment to share the respon­sibility of administering theHoly Places.

The present Vatican position,he said, is def,initely the same

Criticize Refusal 'Of Visa to Cuban

WASHINGTON (NC) - TheU.S. State Departme"t wassharply criticized here by the Di­vision for Latin America of theU.S. Catholic Conference (USCC)for refusing to allow a Cubanfilm maker to attend an awardsdinner in New York.. Father Frederick A. McGuire,director of the division, and Fa·ther J. Bryan Hehir, director ofthe USCC Division for Justiceand Peace, cosigned a letter ofprotest sent to Jack B. Kubisch,assistant secretary of state forinter-American. affairs.

In the let1!'lr,' they noted thatCuban film maker Tomas Gutier­rez Alea had been denied a visato the U.S. ·to receive an awardfrom the National Society of FilmCritics. The award was voted forhis film "Memories of Underde­velopment," which is currentlybeing shown in sE~veral U.S.cities.

The letter said that the em­bargo against Cuba by the U.S.,and the Organization of Ameri­can States (OAS); was "a totallyoutmoded and inappropriate pol­icy whose effects' are almost en­tirely negative." The policy dis­criminates against both thosewho wish to come to the U.S.,and those who have extended in­vitations, the letter- said.

Israel

Endorse StatementOn Ministry

VICKSBURG (NC)-The Anglican-Roman Catholic Consulta­tion in the U. S. A. (ARC) hasenthusiastically . endorsed theCanterbury Statement on Min­istry and Ordination, issued Dec.13 by the Anglican-Roman Cath­olic International Commission(ARCIC).

The Canterbuy Statement.....astudy document that does notrepresent the official position cifeither church-stated that rep·resentatives of both commu­nions had agreed on "essentialmatters" of doctrine concerning'ministry and ordination in theCathoHc and Anglican churches.Many feel that the statementcould serve as an element in aneventual reunion of the twochurches.

WASHINGTON (NC) - TheVatican's position on Jerusalem"is to our liking," an official of,the Israeli ministry for foreignaffairs sa,id here.

The official, Michael Pragai,director of the Church relationsdivision of the ministry for for­eign affairs, told NC News thatthe Vatican position, which the"Holy Father has come out ona number of occasions and de­fined," is that the Holy Placesin Jerusalem "should have aspecial, legal, interna,tional,guaranteed status." .

Pragai, who visited Rome ear-

Vincentians to MeetThe Fall River Particular

Council of the Society of St. 'Vin­cent de Paul will meet at 7 P.M.Tuesday, Feb. 5 for Mass atSacred Heart Church, LindenStreet, Fall River. A businesssession will follow in the school

. hall.

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Rev. Alfred J. CalTier, 1940,Founder, St. James, Taunton.

Rev. John Kelly, 1885, Found­er, St. Patrick, Fall River.

Rev. Ar,thur C. Lenaghan, 1944,Chaplain, United States Army.

_ JAN. 10Rev. Jourdain ChalTon, O.P.,

1919, Dominican Priory, FallRiver.

Rev. George H: Flan,lgan, 1938,Pastor, Immaculate Conception,Fall River.

JAN. 13Rev. Emil Plante, M.S., 1954,

LaSalette Seminary, Attleboro.

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Plan Boys TownYouth CenterAt Univer~,ity• BOYS TOWN (KC) - A Boys

Town Center for the Study ofYouth and Development will beestablished at Iihe Cat! Jlic Uni­versity of America in Vashing­ton, D.C., Boys Town dfficialshave announced here in Ne­braska.

The $11.2 million developmentwill be established i:n accordancewith an agreement signed byCatholic University a.nd BoysTown officials.

The commitment by BoysTown will cover 2S years, with$450,000 avail~ble annually un­til 1998. After that date ,the sup­port may be continued for anadditional 25-year period.

Boys Town chose CatholicUniversity as its eastern region­al research center after morethan a year of consideration ofuniversites which might haveprovided ,the best research po­tential.

Archbishop Daniel E. SheehanI)f Omaha, president of the Boys

- Town board of directors, saidthat the center will study andresearch such problems as reo.iection of youngsters by theirparents, drug addietion amongyouth, anti-social behavior andinability ,to learn.

Major Projects"~f these problems could De

recognized and solved in theirearly stages, it would elimfnatemany of. the corrective measuresnow necessary to rehabilitatesuch boys and girls," he said.

Clarence C. Walton, CatholicUniversity president, said thecel1l~er would immediately launchtwo major research projects. Thefirst would be a study of ado­lescence based on a surveyof 1,000 12-through-16-year­aids. The second is a study ofreligious development duringchildhood and adolescence.

The second study "is based onthe fact- that 'many believe themodern adolescent is not greatlyaffected by religion in Hs so­cietal obligation to 'build char­acter' and guard values," Waltonsaid.

"The study will :result in abetter understanding of themeaning and influence of reli­gion in adolescent lives whichmay help religion fulfill the func­,~ion American society has as­signed it," Walton said.

Middle East ControversyRaises Political Issues

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adopted a resolution urgingNCCW affiliates to combat risingpostal rates which would affecteducational and religious publica­tions.

Many ActivitiesMrs. McMahon, a past presi­

dent of the Fall River DistrictCouncil of Catholic Women, theCatholic Woman's Club of FallRiver, St. Mary's CathedralWomen's Guild, Friends of St.Anne's Hospital and the MotherMcAuley Guild, continues to serveon the boards of those organiza­tions and is treasurer of the ,FallRiver Catholic Woman's Clubbuilding committee and of theCathedral guild. In her newNCCW post she is also a memberof the organization's GeneralAssembly.

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When they do travel "the timeaway from the children is wellspent," she says. The Willkestake "the last plane out and thefil1st one back," and while onthe road, every possible minuteis put to use, with as manyspeaking engagements and pub·lie appearances as possible.

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New York ParishesGet $2.4 Million

NEW YORK (NC) - A NewYork archdiocesan commissiondistributed over $2.4 million dur­ing fiscal 1972-73 to poorer par­ishes through contributions so­licited . from financially soundparishes.

Since its establishment in 1970by Cardinal Terence Cooke, the,Commission for Inter-Parish Fi­nancing has channeled about $8miHion .to needy parishes, ac­cording to Frederick G. Stanton,commission comptroller.

Stanton said that parisheswith a school are requested tocontribute to the fund six percent of all their regular Sundayand weekday collections plus,two per cent of the balance ofsavings aocounts and two percent of the market value ofsecurities the parish may own.

know that we help other peopleand they're a part of that."

Time spent away from thechildren is always carefullythought out, she says. Althoughshe and her husband normallywork as a team in public lec­tures, at times only one of themgoes on a time consuming trip.

.Catholics RespondTo Prayer Program

PORTSMOUTH (NC) - Cath­olics have been becoming in­creasingly involved in the Chris­tian Broadcasting Network, In­dependent, non-denominationalradio and· television programs.

"We've been getting increas­ing numbers of Roman Catholicsinvolved in the ministry," saidthe Rev. Don Hawkinson of thePastoral Services Division ofthe network. "They have beenjoining us as counselors, volun­teers and paid staff workers. Butwe've also experienced a signi­ficant increase in calls to ourtelevision programs from Cath­olics over the past few years."

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Balances Home-Life and Pro-Life

IMPORTANT SESSION: Priests, religion teachers, school officials and laity met atConnolly High School in Fall River to hear a presentation on the national catechetical di­rectory which will contain norms and guidelines for the teaching of religion in the UnitedStates. At the meeti12g were, left to right, Rev. Msgr. Wilfrid H. Paradis, appointed by tl\enation's bishops to oversee the directory; Most Rev. James J. Gerrard, D.D., V.G., Auxil­iary Bishop of Fall River; Sister Doreen Donegan, SUSC, of Coyle - Cassidy High School,Taunton; Rev. Michel G. Methot, Associate Director of Education for Adult Education; andRev. George W. Coleman of Our Lady of Victory Parish, Centerville.

reproaching Israel, "disavowingany prejudice while playingaround the edges of bigotry." Indoing so, they are violating boththe letter and :the spirit of theVatican Council's Decree onCatholic-Jewish relations whichstrongly condemns anti-Sem­itism, "not impelled by politicalreasons but moved by the spir­~tual love of the GospeL"

CINCINNATI (NC) - BarbaraWillke is a wife and homemakerwho loves to read books, chatwith neighbors over coffee, andprepare luxurious meals for herhusband and six children.

But that side of her life hasbeen obscured as she and herhusband - Dr. John Willke, aCincinnati physician - travelacross the nation in their fam­ily battle against abortion.

Mrs. Willke believes stronglyin the urgency of the pro-life.message, and she belives in com­,bining her pIlofessional trainingas a nurse with her speakingabilities--even though she mustforego for now many of the joysof home life.

In the meantime much of herlife is taken up with local andout-of-·town - sometimes out­of-country ~ speaking engage­ments, debates, writing, publica­tion of a newsletter, organizingmeetings, demonstrations, ralliesand special right-to-life projectsand endless phone calls.

Mrs. Willke and her husbandsay that while they are sensitiveto their responsibilities as par­ents, they also feel a responsi­bility to ask, "What talents didthe Lord give me that are uniqueand should be used?"

It's a constant effort to bal­ance one good against the other,she says: the good of being homewith the children, who range inage from 9 to 23, and the goodof spreading the pro-life mes­sage. Mrs. WiIlke says it's an.issue the children have to wres­tle with too, noting that "theywant us home all the time but

Father Sheerin pointed out, "thatanyone who criticizes Israel isnecessarily anti-Semitic, but weneed not be clairvoyant to pre­dict that an anti-Semite will con­demn and reproach Israel, dis­avowing any prejudice whi!!eplaying around the edges of big-otry The Middle East situ-ation has given rise to po-litical issues that are helpingto blur a true Christian persepc­tive on the Jews. The old mias­ma (of anti-Semitism) is cominghack in political form."

The old miasma came backwith a vengeance on December30 when King Faisal of SaudiArabia, in his first public speechsince the October war in theMiddle East, called on all theworld's Moslems "to rescue oursacred places" in Jerusalem fromthe "Zionist and Communistmenaces." Taking a very hardline, the King said that the Jewshave no "right" to be in the holycity, and this, believe it or not,for religious reasons.

Faisal is said to be the mostimportant ,backer of Egypt'sPresident Sadat in the Arabworld. As the official protectorof the holy places of Islam, heconsiders that he has a specialresponsibility for finding a newstatus for Israeli·occupied Jeru­salem, which includes theMosque of Omar, Islam's thirdholiest place.

That's ~dmittedly a legitimatepolitical objective. Unfortunate­ly, however, the King did notconfine himserr to the politicalaspects of the Jerusalem contro­versy but instead indulged him­self in the worst kind of anti-

. Semitic bigotry.

Faisal's Position

Addressing high ranking pil­grims to Mecca, including sev­eral heads of I state, Faisal saidthat the Jews have been "ac­cursed" by God throl,1gti theprophets and have "no right toJerusalem." He took the posi­tion that "the Jews have noconneotion with Jerusalem andhave no sacraments there. Whenthe Romans occupied Jerpsalem,they took the Temple with them,and, therefore, the Jews haveno connection or right to haveany presence in Jerusalem or anyauthority there." For good meas­ure, the King added that "TheJews have deviated from theteachings of Moses and attempt­ed to murder Jesus Christ be­cause they do not want the di­rectives of God to be achieved."

Father Sheerin is correct. TheMiddle East controversy has in- .deed given rise to political is­sues that are helping to. blura sound religious perspective onthe Jews.

My owPl experience leads meto :Believe that King Faisal's ne­farious brand of anti-Semitic big­otry is not confined to the Arabworld. It is my impression that,in varying degrees, a numberof Christians both at home andabroad tend to agree with Fai­sal. In other words, they areusing the political crisis in theMiddle East as an occasion oran excuse for condemnin& and

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Father Daniel Berrigan, S.J. is very much on the de­fensive these days because of a' speech he made recentlybefore a decidedly pro-Arab audience accusing Israel ofcriminal imperialism and racism, among other crimes toonumerous to be listed in thiscolumn. A number of Jewishand Christian leaders havecharged that the speech wasblatantly anti - Semitic. I as~

sume that Berrigan will pleadinnocent to this indictment. Hewill probably say, in his own

defense, that while he' may beanti-Zionist, he is not anti-Se­mitic. While I would be preparedto take him at his word in thisregard and would not presumeto judge his subjective motiva­tion, I must say that his speechwas an extremely shoddy per­formance from almost every con­ceivable point of view, and ob­jectively speaking, came peril­ously close to being anti-Semi­tic in tone as well as in con­tent. Closer, in fact, than anyrecent public statement by anAmerican commentator on theins-and-outs of the Israeli-Arabconflict.

Timely Warning.In other words, if Berrigan is

in trouble because of his recentspeech, the trouble is entirelyof his own making. At the veryleast, he skirted around theedges of traditional anti-Semitichigotry and, in my opinion, add­ed insult to injury by presuming,in a very patronizing manner,to speak for the Jewish com­munity after having viciously at­tacked its leaders.

This being the case, it's ob­viously up to him to straightenout the record. His critics saythat he is anti-Semitic. He sayshe is not. Unfortunately, how­ever, he has yet to face up tothe fact that the burden of proofin this regard is his and hisalone. Time alone will tellwhether or not he is capable ofdoing so. Meanwhile his name ismud in the Jewish community,and for this he has no one buthimself to blame.

Berrigan's unfortunate speechon the Israeli-Arab confIict­again, regardless of his subjec­tive motivation-can serve asa timely warning against thedanger of using the Middle East.crisis as a camouflaged.occasionor excuse for stirring up anti­Semitic propaganda. Father JohnSheerin, C.S.P. has called atten­tion to this danger in the leadeditorial of the January-Febru­ary issue of "New CatholicWorld," which is devoted exclu­sively to an in-depth discussionof Jewish-Catholic relations.This issue of the distinguishedPaulist monthly, which FatherSheerin edited for many years,is required reading for anyoneinterested in the Catholic-Jewishdialogue.

Edges of Big(ltry"It would be absurd to say,"

Servants of MankindThe skillful negotiating of Secretary of State ;Henry

Kissinger in the Middle East is a tribute to careful planningand brilliant explaining and patience in an heroic measure.It is a tribute, as well, to a spirit that war really is not theultimate answer to which reasonable men must turn.

There could have been none of the advances that havebeen made-and those that are still hoped for-unlesspeople in high places were motivated basically"by a desirefor peace ip the settlement of disputes.

All sides in the recent war have paid terrible pricesin the loss of their soldiers. In the face of this, trageuy,the efforts of many persons have been bent to bring aboutsome sort of permanent arrangement that. will outlawfuture similar tragedies. '

Almost unbelievable steps have been made. Many moremiles must be travelled before lasting peace is assured.What stands at present is progress but in a fragile postme.

The prayers and hopes of all people of good will muststrengthen the efforts of those who work for peace becausethey are indeed the servants of all mankind.

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with the Jones of the publicschool system or our pride atoutdoing others in technical fa­cilities and programs. It is ourpride in and our living of theFaith.

And Catholic Schools Weekshould remind us of all this andspur us onward.

Dynamism, Order

The archbishop asserted that, the two types of ministry needed<' in the Church are administration

and inspirati{)n. Both, he said,"are the warp and woof of thefabric of the Church."

Life and liv.ing things "haveboth dynamism and order," hepointed out. "If there is no dy­namism then life ceases; if tJhereis no order then the continuationof life becames impossible." Buthe cautioned against expectingpriests and bishops to supply theorder and the people the dy­namism. "The most healthy sit­uation prevails when both ad­ministration and inspiration co­incide in the same person," hesaid.

N{) formula or rule book existsfor starting a charismatic prayergroup or community, said thearchbishop, who feels t'hat therenewal should not be "institu­.tionalized," but rather follow theSpirit's lead. Each group, hesaid, muSt be sensitive to dis­cover that the Spirit gives "toone" a gift of leadership, to an­other the gift of' music and toanother perhaps the gift ofphysical healing."

Archbishop SaysCharisma GiftsBelong in Church

WASHINGTON (NC) - Pen­tecostal Catholics must integratecharismatic elements into theinstiJ~utional Church, an arch­bishop associated with charis­matic renewal said here.

'Canadian Archbishop JamesM. Hayes of Halifax, Nova Sco­tia, told participants in a char­ismatic day of renewal at theCatholic University of Americathat not everyone,'in the Churchis meant Ito be charismatic, butthat the whole Church is meantto profit from the charismaticgifts given to some members.Among charismatic' gifts areprophecy, the gift of tongues,healing and interpreta.tion oftongues.

Wha,t char.ismatics are doing,said Archbishop Hayes, is intro-

- ducing a new spirit into theChur,ch, not new 1?tructures. Hetold a' clergy workshop that"generally speaking, people in­volved in oharismatic renewaltend to be' more or,~odox andfaithful to the sacraments thanthe average Catholic."

He stressed, however, thatpriests and bishops must be in­volved in the'renewal to maintainthat or.~odoxy. The "charism ofcharisms" is discernment, ajudgment which priests and es­pecially bishops are called togive for the good of the wholecommunity, according to thearchbishop.

Often in the past priests askedthe Holy Spirit to "fill the heartsof the faithful," the archbishopsaid. "But many were really say­ing, 'Fill the heads of the faith­ful.' Our approach was too cere­bral and neglected emotionalneeds."

once a true service' offered tosociety.

"The Council also remindsCatholic parents of the duty ofentrusting their children to Cath­olic schools wherever and when­ever it is possible and of sup­porting these schools to the besto'f their ability and of cooperat­ing with them for the educationof their children.

"Attention should be paid tothe needs of today in establishingand directing Catholic schools.Therefore, though primary andseco'ndary schools, the founda­tion of education, must still befostered, great importance is tobe attached to those which arerequired in a particular way bycontemporary conditions, suchas: professional and technicalschools,. centers for educatingadults· and promoting social wel­fare, or for the retarded in needof special care, and also schoolsfor preparing teachers for reli­gious instruction and other typesof education. .

"This sacred synod of theChurch earnestly entreats pastorsand all the faithful to spare nosacrifice 'in helping Catholicschools fulfill their function ina continually more perfect way,and especially in caring for theneeds of those who are poor inthe goods of this world or whoare deprived of the assistanceand affection of a family or whoare strangers to the gift ofFaith."

That is why we have a Dioce­san Center of Education, a Stone­hill College, high schools, a St.Vincent's Hom E!, NazarethHomes, parish schools.

That is why we have Home­School Associations, scholar­ships, CCD programs, adult edu­cation sessions, Echo and Chris­tian Life' Community groups,

It is not simply our competing

Reas'ons, for Catholic Schools

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Continued from Page Oneduct schools of every type andlevel.

"And the council calls to mindthat the exercise of a right of thiskind contributes in the highestdegree to the protection of free-

. dom of conscience, the rights ofparents, as well as to the better­ment of culture itself.

Teachers Important"But let teachers recognize

that the Catholic school dependsupon them almost entirely forthe accomplishment of its goalsand programs.

"They should therefore be verycarefully prepared so that bothin secular and religious knowl­edge they are equipped with suit­able qualifications and also witha 'pedagogical skill that is inkeeping with the findings of t!)econtemporary world. .

'\Intimately linked in charity toone another and to their studentsand endowed with an, apostolicspirit, may teachers by their lifeas much as by their instructionbear witness to Christ, theunique Teacher.

"Let them work as' partnerswith parents and together withthem in every phase of education

_ give due consideration to the dif­ference of sex and the properends Divine ·Providence assignsto each sex in the family and insociety.

."Let them do all they can tostimulate their students to actfor' themselves and even aftergraduation to continu.e to assistthem with advice, friendship andby establishing special associa­tions imbued with, the true spiritof the Church.

"The work of these teachers,this sacred synod declares, is inthe real sense of the word anapostolate most suited to andnecessary for our times and at~Leary Press-Fall Rjve~

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4 THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Thurs. Jan. 31, 197.4

Catholic Schools WeekFebruary 3 to 10 has been designated as Catholic

Schoois Week. 'There are those who might say that this is the epitome

of optimism, to observe Catholic Schools Week in the faceof so many difficulties in their financing and staffing.

But, as Cardinal Newman has said "Ten thousanddifficulties do not make a single doubt."

And there is no doubt-nor should there ever be--thatCatholic schools f.,dfill a unique role, in the developmentof boys and girls as not only educated citizens of this worldbut as children of God, meant to conform to the likeness ofChrist and destined to travel on pilgrimage through thislife so that they might go home and live with God forever.

The first school is always that of the family, of course.But the far,nily cannot stand alone.Catholic schools give to their students the truths of

the Faith, what Almighty God has revealed about Himselfand what He wishes His children to believe that they mightshare in His Eternal Truth. ,

Catholic schools aim at forming .themselves into afamily, a community, that will reflect the charity and kind­ness and spirit of brotherhood that should then extendbeyond the school to the neighborhood, the community,the world. The school strives to be the very model ofwhat' the whole People of God should be.

Catholic schools exist to serve, and, this means toserve by' cultivating the minds of students. They serve bywidening student lives to the wonders of learning. Theyserve by enabling' students to build into their lives thefoundations upon which their futures and their places inlife will rest.

Catholic schools serve by encouraging students to maketheir very lives be living expressions of the admonition ofJesus Christ that people love God and love their neighbor.

In a world of uncertain values and standards, in aworld where there is so much wondering and drifting, ina world, where uncertainty is a way of life for so manypeople, in such a world the Catholic schools reach out toparents and students with a message-God's message forman; with a call to become the family that God wants all­men tQ be; with the summons to service of God andneighbor.

What caring parent can resist this priceless gift thatthe Catholic schools possess and wish to transmit to theirstudents.

Menninger Book AdvocatesReturn to Concept of Sin

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Kouhoutek to the contrary,there is a lively interest in as·tronomy, so much so that twoinstructors are conductingcourses, and. yachting buffs areseen seriously examining a modelsailboat and untangling the dif­ference bet.ween a tack and aluff.

The rise of the woman's move­ment in the nation is being givenas well as a course of the Chris­tian and his attitude toward warand violence.

The history of New Bedfordmakes citizens aware of the localheritage that is theirs.

Several courses in religion byvisiting priests give students theopportunity to hear new voicesand enter into dialogue on theliving of the faith.

It is a busy week at Holy Fam­ily and will hopefully open theinterests of students to fieldsoutside the course loads they arealready pursuing. Now the fur­ther hope is that when the reg­ularly scheduled classes resumeagain on Monday, the same en­thusiasm and interest so much inevidence this week will continue.

Courses are being carried outfor five days and are beingtaught not only by regular fac­ulty members but by visiting in­structors and experts in the field.The courses on Latin America andthe Far East, for example, arebeing conducted by those whohave studied and lived in thoseareas and even taught there,while local lawyers and judgeswill explain the basics and phli­osophy of law to interested stu­dents. An investigation into alco­hol and its effects is being pre·sented by a member of Alcohol­ics Anonymous who was himselfan outstanding man in his careerwho found it all gone because ofalcohol. Cooking will see thestudents actually making dishesto sample and to sell at lunchtime, and the sewing class willresult in articles sewed and cro­cheted. There are even coursesin bridge and in the basics ofbasketball for those young menand women who wish to playby the rules and learn the intrica­cies of correct basketball. A radioannouncer is the instructor oncommunication media.

THE ANCHOR-Dioc~se of Fall River-Thurs. Jan. ~ 1, 197.4

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Mini-Courses at Holy Family High SchoolThis week finds students at

New Bedford's Holy Family HighSchool looking forward eagerlyto class. No, students have notchanged that much in this gener­ation, but the answer is a weekof- mini-courses.

The high' school is this weekpresenting courses for studentsin law, astronomy, Latin Ameri­can culture, communications, typ­ing, cooking and sewing, mar­riage preparation, the etiquetteof letter writing, the Far East,mythology, introduction to Greekand similar subjects not usuallyfound in the regular full-year cur­riculum.

Charge GovernmentHarasses Priest

WARSAW (NC) - The secre­tariat of the Polish Bishops' Con­ference has accused governmentauthorities of harassing a priestwho was confined to a mentalhospital after he said Mass atthe request of villagers in a townnear Bialystok' in northeasternPoland.

Government. authorities ar­rested Father Piotr Zabielski,34, and placed him in the men­tal hospital just before Christ­mas after he had protested aban on his celebrating Mass athis house.

A government statement re­leased more than three weeksafter the hospitalization said thatthe priest was mentally unbal­anced but said that he wouldbe released immediately, provid­ing the Church "accepts full re­sponsibility for him and assuressuch care as he may need."

The secretariat of the bishops'conference immediately repliedthat Father Zabielski was per­fectly sane. The secretariat saidChurch authorities would neitpromise to accept full responsi­bility because that would implythey belielle the priest is men·tally ill.

MINI-COURSES: Discussing New Bedford's Holy Family High School week of mini~courses are, left to right, visiting lecturer Ms. Diane Champagne, faculty members JohnFinni and Williapl Gushue, and principal Sister Charles 'Francis, RSM.

Sexual Sin

One will not, then, agree"'witheverything said here. This isespecially true in the mat~er ofsexual sin.

Such reservations being noted,one will find much to approveof in what Dr. Menninger writesabout personal sin. He is mostimpressive when he insists thatsome notion of sin is essentialto the adequate, operative senseof personal responsibility. With-.out it, effective atonement is im­possi'ble, and there can be norighting of wrong, no healingand growth. .

In discussing greed, Dr. Men­ninger remarks that Jesus didnot "cure" the rich young man.Here he seems to be returningto the notion of an involuntarydisorder susceptible of. somekind of psychiatric treatment.The rich young man's excessiveattachment to his possessionshas some element of deliberatechoice which he is capable ofreversing.

which the individual belongs.Each group tends to produce itsown moral code, and there isstrong pressure on the individ­ual "who momentarily expressesdoubts about any of the group'sshared illusions, or questions thevalidity of the arguments....Unanimity becomes an idol."

Rid of the notion of sin, wasmankind better off? Was theindividual better off? The ines­capable answer is, "No!"

Looking at recent history andpresent conditions, Dr. Mennin­ger points to an appalling setof horrors. One, for example,is modern warfare, with its un·precedented scope, brutality,and destructiveness. Another isthe plight of the poor throughoutthe world, which steadily wors­ens as the hellish circle of pov­erty widens. Still .another is thereckless corruption and poison­ing of the environment. Thereare obvious evils, and no oneadmits any responsibility forthem.

Coming to the matter of per­sonal sin, Dr. Menninger looksat the traditional catalogue ofcapital sins. There is some con­fusion in what he says. Thus,he confuses capital sins and mor­tal sins. There is a difference.Capital sins are those from'which many kinds of sin stem,whereas mortal sins are majorinfractions of certain divinelaws. He also wonders why somesins are not named in the listof capital sins; in fact, they be­long, by inference, to one or an­other category found there.

Moreover, he does not observethe distinctions' which are tra·ditionally made in the definitionof capital sins. For example, he'makes envy and covetousnessidentical. They are not the same.Envy is a kind of inordinate sad­ness over the good fortune ofanother. One may not necessarilycovet what another possesses(e.g., want to live in the sump­tuous house in which he lives),but may still be sad that hehas it.

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RT. REV.

MSGR.

JOHN S.

KENNEDY

Reasons for Decline

Dr. Messinger discerns anumber of reasons for the de­cline of the idea of sin. Some ofthese stemmed from scientificdiscoveries. There was, for ex­ample, hypnosis, which broughtinto question the fact or degreeof responsibility. There was psy­choanalysis, which popularizeda new formulation of humanmotivation.

Sin, he says, was replaced bythe notion of crime. The publicauthority legislated moraHty andenforced its moral law. As per­sonal conduct was increasinglyregula,ted, prosecution and pun­ishment followed. The prevail­ing impression, in consequence,was that what was not illegalcould not be wrong, that theonly wrong was what the publiclaw fo~bade.

There also was the argumentthat what had once been con·sidered sinful was actually asymptom of some disorder inthe personality, some psychic jH..

ness. It was, therefore, involun­tary and inculpable. This ideawas carried to an extreme which,in effect, cancelled out the pos­sibility of sin.

Look at History

Still again, there has been agrowth of group-think, with theimportance and the responsibili­ty of the individual lessened,and total sovereignty invested inthe group, large or small, to

Now he advocates its return.He sees it as needed for per­sonal and social health. He doesnot insist on a precise defini­tion which everyone must ac­cept. "Sin is transgression ofthe law of God; disobedience ofthe divine will; moral failure.Sin is failure to realize in con­duct and character the moralideal, at least as fully as possi­ble under existing circumstances;failure to do as one ought todo toward one's fellow man."

He says, "The wrongness ofthe sinful act lies not merelyin its noncomformity, its depar­ture from the accepted, appro­priate way of behavior, but in animplicitly aggressive quality-aruthlessness, a hurting, a break­ing away from God and fromthe rest. of humanity, a partialalienation or act of rebellion."

The title of Dr. Karl. Menninger's new book poses aquestion, "Whatever Became of Sin?" (Hawthorn, 70 FifthAve., N.Y. 10011. $7.95). In its pages he attempts an answer.He says that when he was growing up, he was taught a codeof conduct by his parents.Experience confirmed thesoundness of that teaching.But in time he came to rejectthe notion of sin, as did manyothers. It became the commonthing to regard the concept asoutmoded, and he was glad tosee it go.

6 THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Thurs. Jan. 31, 1974 Extends DeadlineFor Sick R'ite

VATICAN CITY (NC) - Be­cause of some difficulties intranslating from Latin into ver­nacular languages, the Vaticanhas extended the Jan. I, 1974,date set for use of the new ritefor the sacrament of the An·nointing of the' Sick, formerlycalled Extreme Unction.

The Congregation for DivineWorship announced Jan. 22 thatIbecause several bishops' con·ferences had requested moretime to complete transla.tions ofthe new Latin text into modernlanguages the Jan. 1 date hasbeen' suspended.

Bishops' conferences, however,are urged to complete the trans­lations as soon as possible andto establish, a6:er the transla­tions are approved and con·firmed by the Vatican, the dflteon which the new sacramentalrite becomes effective.

The English text of the newrite for use in the United StBiteshas been approved and con·firmed by the Vatican. That texthas been-given to interested pub­lishers and the effective date forusing the new rite will be an·nounced later.

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Bishops RestructureCommunications Work

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10 said," "to get this abortionamendment before the JudiciaryCommittee or onto' the floor ofthe House itself-not buried onsome political agenda."

Roncallo was an honorarychairman of the National Marchfor Life CommitteE!, which spon­sored the demonstration at theCapitol. He was also sponsor oflegislation which forbids the Na­tional Science Foundation to ap­propriate money for fetal experi­ments. The bill is now law.

'Bread for the· World' .Elects Officers

NEW YORK (NC) - The Rev.Eugene Carson Blake, formergeneral secretary of the WorldCouncil of Churches, and Aux­iliary Bishop Thomas J. Gum­bleton of Detroit have beenelected president and vice·presi­dent, respeotively, of Bread forthe World. '

The newly formed group plansto combat world poverty andhunger.

Organized by Catholics andProtestants;Bread for the Worldhopes to build a membership ofpeople who will contact goverh­ment officials and congressmenon key issues that affect hungrypeople both in the U. S. andabroad.

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Congressman Calls for HearinHsOn Abortion Amendments

HOLY YEAR SYMBOL: This symbol of upcoming HolyYear, designed for Cincinnati Archdiocesan Council of theLaity by 'Davide CameIe of Cleveland, Ohio, expresses four­part call "to hear the Good News, accept the Good News,share the Good News, proclaim the Good News." NC Photo.

WASHINGTON (NC) - Thechairman of the House JudiciaryCommittee has been urged byRep. Angelo Roncallo (D-N.Y.)to expedite hearings on a con­stitutional amendment outlawingahortions.

In remarks prepal'ed' for deliv­ery on the floor of the House onJan. 22, Roncallo said, 'It istime that the voice nf the peoplehe heard on this vital issue."

Thousands of persons demon­strated on the steps of the Capi·tol in support of constitutionalprotection for the unborn whileRoncallo made his remarks.

"Today is the anniversary ofthe Supreme Court decisionagainst life," he added, "and Ithink it appropriate that we re­new our commitment to '1ife . . .

"It is time that the voice ofthe people be heard on this vitalissue," the Long Island congress­man declared. "We can no longerafford the luxury of time or poli­tics."

In July Roncallo signed a dis­charge petition seeking to havethe House of Representativestake up a pro-life amendmentwithout having to wait on com­mittee action. The petition, how­ever, still does not have the nec­essary 218 signatures needed tobring the proposed amendmentto the House floor.

"The time has come," Roncal·

Seton Hall StudentsGet Tuition Rebate

SOUTH ORANGE (NC) - Aspromised, Seton Hall Universityhas given a refund to 4,800 stu­dents from New Jer.sey.

Msgr. Thomas G. Fahy, pres­ident of the new archdiocesaninstitution, said a year ago thatthe university intended to givesuch refunds if it could do so.

The refund was made possibleby a new state law which chan­nels specific dollar amounts toprivate institutions for eachNew Jersey student enrolled ingraduate and undergraduate pro- .grams and for increased enroll­ment of students from withinthe state.

Purpose of the legislation wasto help ease the burden on stateinstitutions which might havefaced expenditures for additionalfacilities.

Iy, they wouldn'.t give him theright time.)

By nine-thirty I had some realdoubts. I called the.county policeheadquarters near the campsite.They told me the roads werebad, but not impassable, then of­fered a new concern. "If, theyhaven't enough gas to make it

. home, that could be the problem.There isn't a drop of gas uphere."

He also suggested I call theState Police; they'd have acci­dent reports.

As soon as ~ hung up thephone, one of my' "unworried"sons asked, "What'd they say?"

The State Police had the !lamereport on the roads, and no, acci·dent or str.anded car fitting thedescription.

Still Not to Worry"Unworried" sons reassured

me that if the roads were tooslippery to drive they probablystayed over. There was no waythey could get. to a phone.

I s'ltggested that both boys getsome sleep. They "had a fewthings to finish" a'nd putteredaround with inconsequentials,stalling, waiting.

By 10 I had another thought.My fath~r h~d some knowl­

edge of that area. I called him.He calmly went over all the

facts. The roads could be so icythat it woUldn't. be good judg­ment for them to drive. Theycouldn't call. They probablystayed over and would caN in themorning. Ifany:thing was w~ong,

I would have heard. There reallywas nothing I could do.

. Dad asked, "Can you go tobed and get some sleep?"

I realized he was right, andtold him that I thought I could.

He said, "That's fine andthat's how it should be ."... but if you hear anythingfrom him no matter wha:ttime it is cal1 me right away."

At half past 10 the campersarrived home.

My son said they had had todrive very slowly and cautiously.He couldn't understand our reliefat seeing him. He knew he wasokay. There was: nothing toworry about.

By

MARY

CARSON

Sister Gillen EIE~cted

To Common Cause BoardWASHINGTON (NC) - Sister

Ann Gillen, executive director ofthe Na,tionaI Coalition of Amer­ican Nuns, was elected to athree-year term on the govern­ing board of Common Cause, the"national .citizens' lobby" here.

Sister Gillen, who formerlyheld a one-year term on theboard, is one of 20 individualschosen by more than 80,000Common Cause members. She isalso. executive director of theNational Interreligious TaskForce on Soviet Jewry. SisterGillen lives in Chicago.

was wrong, they'd eall.They know all the reasons I

shouldn't worry. And they try toset a good example for me by'staying cool and confident. Theytry ...

However, this past weekend,one of the boys went camping.He is a staff member of our localBoy Scout troop and the t1"ip wasbeing led by the s(:outmaster. Iexpected them back around four,or five, Sunday afternoon. Cer­

'tainly, by six.Not to Worry

The weather all day Sundaywas bad ... sleet, bail, freezing •rain. The campers were in amountainous area, and the infor·mation we got from news broad­casts was that the roads thereWfilre impassable.

I had great confidence in thegood judgment of the scout­master, and didn't worry ... tillabout seven o'clock.

Then eViery ten minu<tes Ithought I heard a car door out­side. I'd run to the front doorand look out. But .no one wasthere.

.,My other sons, of course,were not concerned. "Mom, it'ssenseless to worry." "If anythingwas wrong, you'd have heard."

I was worl1ted. "Suppose thecar skidded o.ff the road. Sup­pose they're in a ditch someplace, and no one (~ven knowsthey're there."

"Mom, worrying, iBnt going todo anything about that, either."

But these same nonchalantsons asked every little while,"You haven't heard from them?""He's not home yet?"

Of course, they weren't wor·ried ... just interested (Normal·

There{s No Point Worrying,Ev,e1ryone Tells Every,one

My three teen-age boys tell me, "Mom, you worry toomuch." I try to convince them that it's constructive. ThingsI worry about generally don't happen ... so I've preventedall sorts of disasters. But when one of them is late gettinghome, even that argumentdoesn't make s,ense to me.My worrying isn't protecting,

, them. Yet there :is somethinginside me that won't rest untilI know they're all safe.

The boys assure me that mywo~rying is needleBs. If anything

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through a prayer service, a slidepresentation, three conferences,and practice in spiritual discern­ment. The day concluded with aliturgy offered by Rev. MauriceProulx, M.S., Master of Novices.

The conferences were given bythe New England delegates, withSister Virginia speaking on vowsand freedom, Sister Catherine onprayer and comm~nity life, andSister Renee on attitudes of Sis­ters regarding leisure.

Spiritual discernment practicedand lived by each Sister is anobjective of the post-chapter pe­riod. The Sisters have been ini­tiated ancl will strive to continuethe slow process -of habitual prac­tice of spiritual discernment.

tical presentations in dramaticsand experimental theater at theco-educational institution.

Stonehill College has two stu­dent-directed theater groups. TheStonehill Theater performs classi­cal and modern dramas. The

THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Thurs. Jan. 31, 1974

HolyCross Nuns Study FindingsSisters of Holy Cross from the

New Bedford, Westport and At­tleboro areas met at St. AnthonyConvent in New Bedfo,rd earlierthis month to share the "livedexperience" of a General Chapterof the community held in Mont­real last summer.

Each Sister had previouslyreceived a copy of a "thresh·old - document" entitled Actsof the Chapter." The actsenter into the movement of theCongregation to deepen the reli­gious life of its members. Theyspring from a triple source: re­search done by local communi­ties; proposals from ProvincialChapters; study and decisions ofthe General Chapter.

Since these acts were preparedand lived out as a spiritual ex­perience, worked out above allas a community of faith attentiveto the Spirit and God's Will, thefirst essential for the Congrega~

tion, was seen to be a reliving ofthis experience in each group ofSisters.

Chapter Mini-DaySisters Renee Provost, Virginia

Grenier and Catherine Poirier,delegates to the General Chapterfrom the New England Province,were delegated to present work­shops throughout the Province tofulfill this essential goal. Accord­ingly the 47 participants at theNew Bedford gathering experi­enced a mini-day of the Chapter

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The air-conditioned playhouse,which is expected to ,be complet­ed by the end of February, willbe used for instruction and prac-

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College receives workmen's attention. The 267-seat workshop theater is expected to beready within a month.

Symposium PlannedOn Man, Environment

STOCKHOLM (NC)-A sym­posium on man, the environmentand natural resources will beheld here Sept. 16-20.-

The f-our topics to be discussedat the symposium are the causeand effect of the population in­crease; the use of natural re~

sources, and pollution; the socialand cultural environment ofman; global programs and na­tional interests,

The symposium is beingplanned by the five Nobel Prizecommittees and is being paid.forby a foundation of the NationalBank of Sweden.

Among those invited to par­ticipate is Barbara Ward, a Cath­olic British economist widelyknown as an expert on develop­ment.

Denver BoostsNuns' Salories

DENVER (NC) - Change inlifestyles. as well as Social Se­curity requirements· and. retire­ment needs has prompted a$1,500 raise for Sisters 'employedby the Denver archdiocese.

The salaries will be boostedfrom the current $3,100 to $4,600during the 1974-75 school year.For most Sisters the raise actu­ally amounts to $500 since Ithoseliving in a parish-owned conventwill be required to return $-l,OOOto the parish for rent and trans­portation.

The new salary plan was mod­eled after one implemented bythe Brooklyn diocese. Called the"total sum concept," the planconsiders operating costs for theSisters' religious congregationsas well as local convent ex­penses. The cost of supportingretired Sisters has prompted Re­ligious in several dioceses to'seek raises.

The $4,600 salary allots $3,600for living expenses and congre­gational operating costs, includ­ing support of currently retiredSisters; $300 for transportation,and $700 for lodging andutilities.

around look. Of course, whatwill make them "new" lookingwill be below the knee hemline.

If they are picked up as afashion "must," I see them beingworn more by the younger gen­eration who feel that fashion isfun and who have taken thelook of the forties for their own.

Already one of my daughtersis telling me that below the kneeis the only length for skirts (uni·form skirts of course are an ex­ception to this role, the shorterthey are the happier the wearer)and that's one reason why I seethis length heing accepted by theyouth' cult, Who enjoy "dressingup."

Nothing is more fickle thanfashion so there is always thepossibility that hemlines willdrop, heels will get proportion­ately higher and summer of '42,here we come!

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gerian priest who studied at uni­versities in Ireland and theUnited States has been named abishop in Nigeria. Pope Paul VIappointed Father Francis Folor­unso Alongo, 38, as auxiliarybishop of Ondo. Father Alongotook degrees in education andliterature from the NationalUniversity of Ireland in Dublinand from Boston College in theUni,ted States.

(Many of us remember thosedays when our thick bobby socksmet the hemlines of our full,bias-cut skirts and girls lookedhottom 'heavy!)

As the role of woman in so­ciety is changing, so too fashionshave changed and when pants­suits and the shorter skirt ar­rived on the scene women wel­comed their freedom. Life is hec­tic for the mOdern woman andshe must feel comfortable onthe treadmtH that takes her fromthe supermarket to the bank,to the nightly meeting with justenough time in-between to whipup a meal.

Wouldn't BU3'Thus the reason for the fail­

ure of the midi. Women's WearDaily pushed it, many of usbought them, but the vast rna·jority of women refused to buyand they hung on the rack untilSeventh Avenue realized that itwasn't going to be easy to dic­tate to women again,

That's why I'm qUitE: surprisedby the sudden appearance of thelonger skirts on the horizon forspring and summer. Despite allintentions to shorten my wjntercoats, most of which are mid-calflength, I never did get around toit and actually I appreciate thatextra material during a blusteryNew England winter.

However, summer is a timewhen comfort moves in the op­posite direction and coolness isthe desire and extra length notwelcomed. Because of this fact,coupled with the history of themidi, I will hesitate to predictthat the long skirts will be wornby all.

Fickle FashionThey will be appearing on the

market soon, in materials suchas denim (a big scene stealer forsummer), linen and other firmfabrics that lend themselves tothe bias cut and the wrap

Long S,kirts May Be Back··­Then Again T'h,eiy May Not

It has been a little over two years since the midi fiascoalmost ruined the garment industry, but because fashion cannever be stagnant the industry is going to give the longerlength another whirl. Back in the mid-forties Dior tried thelonger look in what he calledthe "new look." It was a'buoyant, post - war periodwhen the American femalewas tired of rationing and short·ages. The luxury of yards andyards of material appealed toher and the fashion caught on.

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Theology I)rofessor Says ,PrisonsProduce Insane Human Beings

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charity are trampled underfoot.No reconciliation is possiblewithout education to deep re­spect for man and nature, a re­spect that corresponds to God'sown way of acting with regardto man and all creatures,"

The board announced that anICCM General Assembly, to beheld in Rome in Octdber 1975,will discuss how these commit­ments will be carried on beyondthe Holy Year.

Mean·while, the ICCM has del­egated to a small commission thetask of drawing up a memomn­dum for the wol'ld Synod of Bish­,ops to be held next fall in Rome.The memorandum "will set forthsome requirements, charac~eris­

tics of adults of our time, withregard to an evangelization thatwill respect particular local cuI­,tures as much as possible and beat the same time open to theprospects of more intense rela­tions in international life," thes~atement said.

The board also said the ICCMis planning a document in con­firmation of its positions on thefamily, abortion and any attempton human life. The documentwill be presen,ted to the LatinAmerican meeting on Populationand Development to be held atQuito, Ecuador, next June.

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will emphasize ac::ive participa­tion in the Holy Year and a re­jection of "the spiri.t and practiceof materialism,"

ICCM board members fromGermany, France, 'Italy, Englandand the United States attendedthe meeting. In a statement is­sued at the end of the meeting,they said:. "In the harassed pursuit of al­leged prosperity, the idea of Godand the supernatural disappearsand justice, brotherhood and

Each month the topic of dis­cussion changes, During themonth devoted to communica­tions,NBC commentator EdwinNewman spoke of his recent tripto the Soviet Union. And tennishustler Bobby Riggs, fresh fromhis defeat on the tennis courtat the hands of Billie Jean King,spoke during physical educationmonth.

Campus Minlistl'ryAssociation Meets

MIAMI (NC)-A national con­ference of over 250 Catholiccampus ministers was told that,to make their work more effec­tive, they must "reproduce theirministry in others.

The Catholic Campus MinstryAssociation (CCMA) met atMarymount College in BocaRaton to consider how an indi­vidual priest or Sister can bemore effective on campus andwhat type of presence the Churchshould maintain there.

Father Gerard Egan, a psy­chologist from Loyola Universityof Chicago, told participantsthat they must "reproduce" theirministry by inv<llv,ing more pa­r-ishioners in their work.

"You have to get a small num­ber of men and women who arewilling, to m'inister, and trainthem to communicate, learn theskills of ministry to the sickand troubled~in other wordsreproduce your ministry inothers until you have a "minis­tering parish" where parishio­ners are helping one another,"

CINCINNATI (NC)~ver thenext two years the InternationalCouncil of Catholic Men (ICCM)will work to promote the HolyYeaT theme of "reconciliationamong men," according to FerdJ. Niehaus of Cincinnati, ICCMvice-president and immediatepast president of the U. S. Na­tional Council of Catholic Men.

Reporting on a recent meetingof the ICCM board in Cologne,Germany, Niehaus said that theorganization's 1974-75' program

Men's Council Urges Reconciliation

WOODWORKING, TOO: All is not the three R's in the Catholic school curriculum asboys enrolled in woodworking shop course at Bishop Feehan High School in Attleboroprove.

Educational F'acilities Center'. ,

Has New Materials, TechniquesCHICAGO (NC) - "We just

had to look to other places forhelp, and the center was theplace to go. There's nothing elselike it," said Father Patrick Far­rell, director of curriculum forthe Chicago archdiocesan schoolboard.

The "cen'ter" is the Education­al Facilities Center, often calleda "wish shop" for educators. Itis dedicated to exploring newideas in education. Members ofthe center's staff travel exten­sively throughout the U.S. andforeign countries, searching outnew ways of educating childrenin a modern age.

"Quite a few Catholic schoolsare beginning to use the centeras a place for teacher informa­tion," Father Farrell said. "Thename of the game in education 'is resources,"

Manufacturers of teaching aidsare invited to display theirgoods at the center, providingteachers with a kind of "grocerystore" of new educational tech­nology.

The division of the Education­al Facilities Center which dealswith displaying new productsand educational systems was theidea of the Chicago Catholicschool board, an example of theclose work between' the two in­stitutions.

But the center also holdsworkshops and seminars for stu­dents working towards master'sdegrees in, the teaching field.College credit can be obtainedby attending the educationalgatherings.

asked, "Well, are they differentfrom me?"

Prison conditions should bea concern of the Church, SisterDonnelly suggested, because itis "supposed to ,be living theGospel of Jesus, and Jesus saidsimple little things like, 'I wasin prison and you visited me,'and 'Ransom the captive,' and 'Ihave come to pre'ach release tothe captive,"

Ministry to prisoners, sheadded, should not be left up topriests, Brothers, and Sistersbut should include lay personsalso.

,National CoalitionTo Fight School Aid

WASHINGTON (NC)-Twenty·eight educational, civ.ic and rE!!i­gious organizations that opposepublic aid to nonpublic schoolsbanded together here to form theNational Coalition for Pub!icEducation and Religious Liberty(National PEARL).

The new coalition, whichtakes its name from an organ­ization of nonpublic school aidopponents in New York, includes'the National Education Associa­tion (NEA), the American CivilLibenties Union (ACLU), andAmericans United for the Sep­aration of Church and State(AUCUS).

One small Catholic organiza­tion, the National Association ofLaity, is also a member.

National Pearl was created asa result of a conference in Wash­ington last spring, when repre­sentatives of about 50 organiza­tions which oppose nonpublicschool aid agreed that a nationalcoalition was needed to coordi­nate anti-aid efforts.

Vatican OfficesTo Cut Expenses

VATICAN CITY (NC) - Thecold wind of austerity is re..portedly blowing down the al­ready drafty corridors of theVatican.

Although unannounced by of­ficial sources, it is reported thatCardinal' Jean Villot, Papal Sec­retary of State, has twice in thelast six months sent letters tothe heads of all Vatican officesurging them to cut expenses andto tighten budgets.

Because of widespread infla­tion in Italy, the Vatican inJanuary had to increase its cos~­

of-living compensation paymentsfor an estimated 3,000 employes,including approximately 1,000laymen and 2,000 priests,Brothers and nuns.

Cardinal Villot's letter' la·mented the fact that the Vat­ican's income has dwindled ap·.preciably in recent years whileits expenses have continued toclimb, but gave no figures.

Acording to a report in theMilan daily, Corriere della Sera,salaries in the Vatican today,from the highest offices to thelowest, are far less than paid inRome or elsewhere in Italy. Acardinal, living in Rome, butwithout heading a specific office,draws approximately $900 amonth, while those who have anoffice in the Roman curia re­ceive an extra $84 monthly.

SPRINGFIELD (NC) - TheAmerican prison system is amonstrous industry which man·ufactures "insane human beings,"according to Sister DorothyDonnelly, a professor of theologyat the Jesuit &:hool of Theologyin Berkeley, Calif. I

While hele in Missouri to ad­dress the St. Catherine Collegeprison refor.m program, SisterDonnelly, a member of the Sis­ters of St. Joseph, said that theidea of correction has been cor­rupted into a "monstrous indus­try" that does not correct or re­habilitate people.

Sister Donnelly teaches agraduate course entitled Cap­tive Structures and takes herstudents to visit prisons as partof the course... ' ,

Only i5 to is per cent of theinmates in prison, she main­tained, need to be confined be­cause of "me~lical, mental, phys­ical or psychological dif,ficulties."

By locking up the other 85 perc.ent, Sister Donm:lly added,America is "ruining all the goodhuman potential which our coun·try needs to develOp."

Instead of incarcerating con­victed criminals, she suggestedgreater use of paroles. Harsherand longer prison sentences, shesaid, do not deter crimes.

"The answer to dealing withhuman beings, if you want themto be corrected and rehabilitat­ed," she stated, "is hardly toput them under stress conditionsin which they have no chance todevelop human social relationsor new skills.

"If you put me in a cage for'even two days," she said, "I'dbe ready to claw you." She then

Publish JournQllismScholarship Guide

PRINCETON (NC)-·The 1974"Journalism Scholarship Guide",has been published here by theNewspaper Fund.

The guide, available free tostudents, teachers, counselorsand parents, contains infomla·tion on financial aid for collegestudents in journalism or com­munications.

More information is availablefrom the "Journalism Scholar­ship Guide," The NewspaperFund, P.O. Box 300, Princeton,N.J. 08540. '

Pope Pau I StrEissesConcern for T.'uth'

VATICAN CITY (NC)-PopePaul VI, addressing the C<lmmu­nications committee of the Ger­man Bishop's Conference, sum­moned Christians to "energeticconcern for truth in information,and an undaunted rejection ofwhat is slanted and false," ,

He called it "doubly serious ifChristians heedless 0:: their re­'sponsibilities and lack:ng criticalsense should accept and diffusefalse information,"

The Pope, who re(:eived' thecommittee and its episcopalmoderators Jan. 16 thanked its'members for accepting the Vat·ican's invitation to hold its studysession in Rome. The invitationhad been extended by the Pon­tifical Commission for SocialCommunications.

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Catholics and other Christianchurches and communities and"laid plans for future action."

Some emphasis wa·s given toa general review because "nineof the 24 member cardinals andbishops who took part were onlyappointed recently to the com­mission," he said.

American participants in themeetings included Bishop CharlesHelmsing of Kansas City, Mo.,and Bishop Ernest Primeau ofManchester, N.H.

Canon Moeller said that thenew document on common ecu­menical endeavors which willcontain the guidelines, was ex­amined in the light, not only ofthe teachings of Vatican CouncilII, but also with the assistanceof observations "coming frommany parts of the world andfrom various Christian organi­zations, including non-CllItholicones."

Another area of discussionwas the subject of "ministry inthe Church,"-how the idea ofministry is conceived by theCatholic Church and other Chris­tian bodies, its differences, andsimilarities. For instance, a jointdocument will shortly be issuedby Catholic and Anglican repre­sentatives on ministry as the re­sult of many years of study, Fa­ther Long said.

Canon Moeller noted that itwas stressed during the meetingsthat "until the discussions underway have ibeen deepened suffi­ciently and competent church au­thorities have reached a deci­sion on them, changes in the(present) discipline of the Cath­olic Church are not permitted."

CU Sells LandTo Pay Debt

WASHINGTON (NC) - TheCatholic University of Americahas sold :35 acres of land here topay back a loan made three yearsago when the university wasundergoing financial troubles.

However, the university's fi­nancial situation today looksbrighter, according to RichardApplegate, the university's vice­president for financial affairs.

"We think we've whipped theproblem that caused the deficit,"Applegate said.

The problem came to a climax,he said, during the 1968-69school year when expenses wererising at 13 per cent per year,income rising at 11 per cent, andstudent enroHment was dwin­dling.

"Things looked· pretty bleakabout three years ago," Apple­gate said. But with an internalreorganization and an increase instudent tuition, Applegate ex­pla'ined, the situation stahilized.

The money that was borrowedthree years ago to help pull theuniversity out of its financialtroubles, he noted, had to be paidback, th:IS necessitating the saleof the land.

changes must .be made. Invest­ments and production must begeared toward the basic neces­sities of our people; on the otherhand, it is necesary that unlim­ited acquisition be replaced byan effective distribution of prop­erty among all members ofsociety."

The canon reported on otherecumenical developments and onthe work of the unity secretariatat annual plenary meetings ofthe secretariat which ended Nov.14.

American Jesuit Father JohnLong, an official of the secretari­at, said the 10-day meeting reoviewed much of the work byvarious joint commissions of

MEXICO CITY (NC) - TheMexican Bishops Conferencecriticized both ,capitalism andMarxism and declared that theChurch must defend humanrights in a statment of "TheChristian Commitment and So­cial and Political Options."

The document, which tooktwo years of research and con·tains 10 chapters and 197 arti­cles, analyzes capitalism, social·ism and Marxism and urges po­litical commitment by Chris­tians. It also sets limits on thepolitical activities of priestswhile stressing their duty to de­nounce injustice.

The bishops said that "Chris­tians must look for better formsof social organization, and indoing so, they will always finddifferent ideological tendencies.. .." In embracing different op­tions, Christians must decide,the bishops said, whether these"are compatible or not withfaith. A Christian cannot makea choice disregarding the de­mands of faith."

"The abuses of private prop­erty" were criticized by the bish­ops. Christ demands that Chris­tians search for a society inwhich all have participation andaccess to the goods society pro­duces as well as the righ't toparticipate in economic and po­litical decisions, they said..

"Private ownership of themeans of production is a possiblemeans of reaching a more justsociety if it is conceived withinthe values of the Gospel," the'statement said. "But to bringabout in such a system profound

Mexican Bishops' StatementCriticizes Capitalism, Marxism

Vatican Prepares Unity Guidelines

THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Thurs. Jan. 31, 1974

VATICAN CITY (NC) - TheVatican Secretariat for ChristianUnity is praparing guidelines forecumenical action on the local,regional and national level.

Canon Charles Moeller, theBelgian secretary of the UnitySecretariat, reported that theguidelines are undergoing finalediting and should be ready "inthe not too distant future."

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HARD AT WORK: Far from desks-in-a-row classrooms of yesteryear is this brightprimary grade room at Espirito Santo School, Fall River, decorated by children's art work,books and pictures, but most of all by studious youngsters.

Protest Nixon'sSilence on Abortion

WASHINGTON (NC) - Morethan 30 members of the NationalYou t h Pro - Life Coalition(NYPLC) demonstrated Jan. 21in front of the White House inprotest to President RichardNixon's silence on abortion.

Tom Mooney, national direc­tor of the NYPLC, said that thedemonstration was planned at\terthe group was unable to arrangemeetngs with the President,Vice-President Gerald Ford, andSecretary of Health, Educationand Welfare Caspar Weinberger.

Requests for meetings weresent by letter to all three offi­cials, Mooney said. A WhiteHouse staf.f member replied thatthe President was too busy, andno responses were received fromthe other two of£icials, Mooneysaid.

Although the President indi­cated that he was opposed toabortion in 1972 by refusing tosupport relaxed abortion laws,Mooney said, he has remainedsilent on the subject since then.

same time a sending Churcb. TheAsian missioner knows how itfelt and how it feel,s to have for­eign non-Asian missioners in thelocal Church. This must enablethe Asian missioner to avoid themany past missionary mistakesand respond fully to the yearn­ings for freedom and human dig­nity, for taking pride in anAsian identity."

Canadian PrelateChalIengesYouth

OTTAWA (NC)-Young peo­ple were challenged by Arch­hishop Joseph A. Plourde of Ot·tawa to take posibive action toimprove social conditions that donot measure up to Christianstandards.

"Criticizing, faul-finding andblaming others is easy," thearchbishop said in his monthly,the Message.

"What is really difficult isdoing something to improve thethe situation. Believe me, thefamily, the Ohr.istian communityand society need more belJievingyoung people and fewer critics."

The archbishop criticized thedestruc'tive-protest mentality.

"Protest is not evil in itself," hesaid. "On the contrary, it forcespeople to stop and think, to reviseand purify their motives and ob­jectives, to redress injustice. Butit must be justified .and, in its ex­'Pression, respect the rights ofothers and Christian principles.Moreover, it must not be youronly concern, consuming allyour 'time and energy.

"When one is 16, 18 or 20years old, there has to be some­thing better to do than tearingdown, undermining all tha,1. isgood, and dabbling in drugs andsex."

Most Christian communlitieshave organized sports and cul­tural activities for young people,he said. But those communities,he said, have pastoral projectstoo, such as assisting the poor,visiting the sick and pr.isoners,hel,piing senior citizens and thehandicapped.

"What exactly are you doingto meet 'these needs?" the arch­bishop asked young people.

Archbishop BClumVisits Reformatory

WASHINGTON (NC) - Arch­bishop William Baum of Wash­ington visited inmates in WasH­ington's Lorton RefoI'matory andsaid that the archdiocese soonwill make concrete suggestionson prison reforms. .

During the visit t.o the sub­urban Virginia penal institution,the archbishop said that theArchdiocesan Task Force on Jus­tice and Corrections "will becoming up with some concreteproposals ... probably in March."

The National Conference ofCatholic Bishops, ArchbishopSaum noted, issued a statementencouraging prison reform at itsmeeting in November. "State­ments," he said, "must be fol­lowed by concrete action."

However, the first objectiveof the Church, the archbishopsaid, is to help the inmatesspiritually.

Asian Missioners Can Offer'Solutions to Area's Problems

HONG KONG (NC) -- Asia ofthe 1970s sees itself marked withstrong a'nd seemingly permanentvestiges of colonialism, capital­ism, malnutrition, unemploy­ment, ignorance and war, ac­cording to three Philippine Sis­ters who collaborated on a re­cent article in Dialogue, a quar­terly magazine of the Hong Kongdiocese. The article was writtenby Maryknoll Sister TeresaDagdag.

Asians, the article said, arelooking for radical SOlutions, forways to change a system thatthey believe has perpetuatedsuch evils.

The reaction of the Asian mis­sionary to the problems, the ar·ticle said, is one of sympathycoupled with hope, hope basedon a Christian feeling that theremust be a solution.

Asian missionaries, the articlestressed, are awakening to thefact that they have a great con­tribution to make to the Churchand that they can Emrich thealready existing Western tradi­tion and can discover and offernew ways of being Christian inan Asian milieu. The growth inpride in the Asian identity is aspecial aspect of the Church inAsia' in the 1970s, the articleadded.

Addressing itself to non-Asianmissioners the article said: "Weneed to go deeper into discover­ing local atthudes, values and thebasic patterns of thought andaction. We need to go beyondsuperficial and formal ways ofexpressing tHese va'lues and at­tempt to discover the depth andmeaning of Asian values as soonas possible. We also need to at­tune ourselves to the things andsituations that affect our people,economy, politics, society and re­Iigion, and the trend these factorstake in relation to the Asianscene, and indeed the even biggerinternational picture."

Asian missioners in Asia, be­cause of the many links theyhave with fellow Asians, areasked to sharpen their sensitivityto the present Church needswhich are familiar to them he­cause they have been part ofttjeir own local Church milieu,the article said.

The Asian missioner, it con­tinued, "has the advantage ofhaving experienced being partof a receiving Church and at the

10 THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Thurs. Jan. 31, 1974

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Argentina Takes Over Catholic University

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The conflict -began amost ayear ago when students protest­ed policies followed by the ad­ministration 'and the high tuitioncosts. They also demanded thereinstatement of a student Whohad been expelled for earlierprotests.

The students want "true dia­logue" with university authori­ties and "active participation" ofstudents in the university admin­istration, which is opposed by therector.

The university buildings weretaken over bya group of some200 people demonstrators. Policeattempted to oust .them by firingtear gas wbich in some cases ex­plodedagainst 'the bodies of thedemonstrators. Fifteen personswere seriously wounded andmore than 50 received cuts andbruises.

In an official sta,tement theuniversity said that the violenttakeover of the buildings re­vealed "subversion and ideologi­cal penetration as well as politi­cal partisanship that threatensthe university's autonomy andthe right of 'the Church to con­duct ,its noble -educational .task."

University autonomy is acherished Latin American tradi­titm according to which no gov­ernment authorities or law en­forcement officials can enter auniversity's campus. This is in­tended to protect the universityas a place for the free exchangeof all ideas and for objectiveacademic investigation. The au­tonomy of the universities hasnot been respec'ted in manycountries.

Bishop Eugenio Peyrou ofComodoro Rivadavia, in whosediocese the university is located,and Father Benigno Roldan, rec­tor of the 500-student university, 'are in Buenos Aires meeting withhigh off.icials of the Peronist gov­ernment.

being swayed by a one-sidedpropaganda."

The note says it is essentialto be aware of "the educationand propaganda campaigns, in­deed, even pressures,' which willbe set in motion in a variety ofways by public and private or­ganizations."

Essential VllluesPeople must "develop their

critical sense" in the face ofa "b!1rrage of information, sta­tistics and varying opinions."

The laity, and especially or­ganizations of th(~ Christianlaity, "should be encouraged to

'play their part in the politicaland cultural activities takingplace in different areas." EachCatholic organization is left free"to show imagination in pro­moting the esential values inquestion."

The note listed the essentialvalues as: "the meaning of pro­creation, the responsibility ofthose who exercise it, respectfor life and its transmission, thenature of the marriage act,which must remain open to thetransmission of life; the right tolife, the rights of the family asthe fundamental cell of society,the quality of life, the nature andthe just demands of the nationaland international commongood."

Those are values emphasizedby Pope Paul in his encyclicalHumanae Vitae and his encycli­cal on international justice andhuman development, PopulorumProgressio.

VATICAN CITY (NC) - TheVatican, in a confidential noteto bishops throughout the world,warns that the 1974 World Pop­ulation Year may prompt someCatholics "to develop conceptstha·t are divergent from those ofthe magisterium," the teachingauthority of the Church.

It also cautioned against atemptation "to think that thetime has come for the Churchto revise her positions." Docu­ments such as Pope Paul's anti­contraceptive encyclical Bu­manae Vitae "show how' theteaching of the Church is firm,"the 5,OOO-word note asserts.

"Those who deal with suchsubjects without heeding the au­thentic, established teaching can­not claim to represent Catholicviewpoints."

Vatican Warns on ParticipatingIn World P,opulation Year

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The note was sent by the pa­pal secretariat of state in mid­October to all papal nuncios andapostolic delegates in the world.Those papal representativeswere to hand the note on to thelocal bishops by way of the bish­ops' conferences.

TIre note was drafted by theVatican Committee for the Fam­ily and completed by the state'secretariat.

Bishops' conferences must"closely analyze and pass judg­ment" on the moral aspects ofundertakings connected with thePopulation Y~ar, the Vaticannote says, "thus protectingChristians from the danger of

.......SPREADING THE WORD: Eighth graders at Holy Name School, Fall River, work on

mural they will enter in art contest on theme. "Why go to Catholic schools?" From left,Linda Baillargeon, Dianne Czerwonka, Kim Shea, Kathleen Hackett, Michael Archambault,Mark Shea, Brian Cheney.' ,

COMODORO RIVADAVIA(NC)-The Argentine ministry of

,education has decided .to takeover the Catholic San Juan BoscoUniversity of 'Patagonia 'after alongstanding conflict betweenstudents and administrationerupted into violence.

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Church RadioVoice in Asia

HONG KONG (NC)-A radiovoice of the Church will soonbe heard throughout south andeast Asia-including mainlandChina.

Using the renovated facilitiesof the Church-owned, Manila­based Radio Veritas, the Feder­'ation of Asia Bishop' Confer­ences (FABC) will assume fullcontrol and respor.sibility for theoverseas broadcasts.

A draft agreemp.nt on thatbetween the FABC and the Phil­ippine Bishops' Conference wasdrawn up here at a meeting ofbishops' representatives for so­cial communications from 12Asian countries. The Philippinebishops will remain responsiblefor broadcasts in their owncountry.

The agreement will be sub­mitted to each bishops' confer­ence and is expected to be fi­nalized at the FABC meeting tobe held in April in Taiwan.

Radio Veritas has faced manylegal, ,financial, and, technicaldi~ficulties since its est'ablish­ment in 1969.

Originally intended for broad­casting throughout the area, theonly places t~at it reached con- I

sistently outside the Philippineswere Korea, Japan and Siberia.

Rev. Raymond E. Brown, S.S.,noted Script!Jre scholar, willconduct a day-long ChristianCulture Institute at John Han­cock Hall, 180 Berkeley Street,Boston, on Saturday, 'March 9,on the topic, "Who Do Men SayThat I Am?" -'an evaluation ofJesus in the New Testament. '

A Professor of Biblical Studiesat Union Theological Seminary,New York.' Father Brown iscurrently visiting professor ofNew Testament at the BiblicalInstitute, Rome, and the onlyAmerican member of the Pon­tifical Biblical Commission.

Biblical CommentariesHe has written many commen-,

taries on ,the Bible, in~luding histwo-volume book, The GospelAccording to John; his otherwritings include books on thepriesthood, resurrection, reli­gious education, and the Ilivinityof Jesus Christ. Father Brownis a member 'of many nationaland international scholarlygroups and organizations and was,past President of the CatholicBiblical Association.

The Institute,' beginning at 9A.M. and concluding at 4:30P.M., will include three lecturesby Father Brown and open dis­cussion by participants, with aview to applying Biblical con·cepts to everyday life.

Admission to the March 9Institute is by pre-registration.Information may be obtained bycontacting Rev. Robert F. Quinn,C.S.P., P. O. 'Box 8579, J.F.KStation, Boston, Ma. 02114, tel­ephone 617-523-6083.

Urges SupportFor Pro-Life Lcnv

OHARLESTON (NC) - BishopErnest L. Unterkoefler ofCharleston h~s requested that allAmericans urge their state legis­latures to petition Congress forthe passage of a pro-I'iie amend­ment'.

Ina pastoral letter, the SouthCarolina prelate stated that abor­tion is not simply a Catholic is­sue, but "involved principleswhich cut across religious lines."

CalHng abortion a "blot on na­tional life," the South Carolinabishop reasserted that "thelife of every human 'being is sa­cred from conception to death."

Bishop Unterkoefler, -citing theSupreme Court's Jan. 22, 1973,abortion ruling, said that "nocourt, no legislative -body, no in­dividual can. assign less valueto the life of any individual orclass of human beings. The courtclearly exceeded its compE!tence."

BALTIMORE (NC) - A Cath­olic and a Lutheran hospital,which had been the focus of anabortive Pcllicy dis,pute, have.worked out a proposal to buildtwo hospital buildings under acooperative plan.

Bon Secours and Lutheran hos­pitals have agreed upon a "co- ,operative sharing of resources"in the combined areas ,of WestBaltimore and suburban' How­ard County.

The controversy began lastJuly when Lutheran Hospitalwas favored over Bon Secoursfor a permit to build for morebed space.

The Lutheran Hospital hadagreed to perform abortions,and Bon Secours had refused.The state health departmenteventually favored Lutheran forthe building rights but said thatthe abortion issue did not influ­ence the decision.

But Bon Secours Hospital of­ficials were skeptical and imme­diately announced plans to ap­peal the decision.

Now that the cooperative pro­posal has been submitted, Dr.Neil Solomon, secretary of theState Department of Health, willmake the final administra,tivedecision.

Under the proposal, LutheranHospital would construct a 180­bed hospital in Howard Countystarting in September and BonSecours would build its facilityof 100 beds adjacent to it inSeptember 1975.

No sHe location is mentionedin the memorandum drawn upby legal counsels representingeach of the hospitals. A keyclause in the memorandum says"each of the institutions shallprovide medical care consistentwith the theological tenets ofeach."

Joseph G. Finnel'ty, Jr., thelawyer for Bon SecOUI'S, said theclause would allow LutheranHospital to perform abortionsand sterilizations, while Bon Se­cours would not have to acceptsuch cases.

The agreement provides thatthe four hospitals-the two ex­isting hospi,tals in Baltimore andthe two proposed in the subur­ban area-"operate together toprevent duplication of services.

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than eviL", They also said thehopefuls "are also more likelyto be confident of human sur­vival , to enjoy higher levels ofpsychological well-being, moresatisfying marriage relationships,and to be both less racist andmore trusting of others."

Their findings suggest, the so­oiologists said, that Catholicschools may have worked betterthan most people thought.

Father Greeley and McCreadymaintained, however, that theirfindings may have come too latebecause, among Catholic educa·tors, "the deterioration of self­confidence is such now that itis improbable that any good newscan reverse the process."

D'Alessio said the Greeley­McCready data "confirm thatCath{)lic schools make a signifi­cant difference in the lives oftheir students."

He denied, however, their con­tention that the schools are inan irreversible decline. The com­mitment and willingness of par­ents to accept a share of respon­sibillity for the schools, he said,makes such a contention dubious.

Sulpicians ProposeNew Directions

BAL~IMORE (NC) - Dele­gates to a meeting of SulpicanFathers here have proposedchanges in seminary training tokeep up with changing modes ofministry and religious life.

The 25 delegates used datafrom bishops' studies and theirown research over the past twoyears in making decisions forchanges.

"The Sulpicans are being urgedto provide more concentratedpastoral training for priests," ac­cording to a statement releasedfrom the Sulpican provincialhouse here.

Other demands center on bet­ter spiritual formation "whichprepares priests to cope with acontemporary spiritual crisis inboth Church and society," thestatement continued.

to a category the sociologistsla-belled "hopefuls."

This categ{)ry, they said, "facessquarely the problem of evil ...does not try to cover it over, butstill believes good to be stronger

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While welcoming the findingby Father Andrew Greeley andWilliam C. McCready that Cath­olics who attend Catholicschools are more "hopeful" thanthose who do not, Dr. Edward R.D'Alessio, director of the USCCdivision of elementary and sec­ondary education, cited recentsurvey results presenting a pic­ture "of Catholic educators whofirmly believe in Catholicschools and intend to continuein the Catholic school business."

The Greeley-McCready find­ings were published in the Jan.11 issue of the National CatholicReporter. Their data indicatedthat Catholics who attendedboth Catholic elementary andsecondary schools are almosttwice as likely as those who at­tended public schools to belong

WASHINGTON (NC)-A U. S.Catholic Conference (USCC)official has objected to the re­cent claim by two Catholic so­ciologists that "many of thosewho staff and administer Cath·olic· schools today seem willingno longer to believe in what theyare doing."

Educators' Loss of Morale Denied

YOUNG SCIENTISTS: Joseph Walent, seventh grade science teacher, demonstratesprinciple to junior high schoolers at Taunton Catholic Middle School.

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Need AmendmentTo Protect Unborn

NEW YORK (NC)-"A consti­tutional amendment to protectthe life of the unborn child isessential and urgently needed,"Cardinal Terence Cooke of NewYork told an audience filling St.Patrick's Cathedral here Jan. 13.

Cardinal Cooke noted theforthcoming anniversary of theU. S. Supreme Court's Jan, 22,1973 decisions "that cheapenedrespect for human life by allow­ing aboJ:1tion on demand."

"In the -face of that decision,we must reaffirm that what islegal is not necessarily moral,"he said. He charged that "anaboJ:1tion mentality is wide­spread" in America and "a eu·thanasia mentality is beingfoisted upon society."

"I call upon the Catholic peo­ple of New York and all menand women who stand for lifeto be advocates for life," he saidduring the New York archdioc­esan family life celebration' Sun­day afternoon.

children in religion classes. Withone child, I didn't discuss it atall, just handed it to her andasked her to write a story aboutit. She came up with a coherentpiece on how the two birds wererelated, an important point onher level of understanding.

Our own youngest child, justfive, had a totally different per­spective, one that fits his pre·cognitive way of thinking. He de­duced immediately that "thecat killed a bird. l

' Hence, alldead birds are caused by cats.

On the reverse side of thepaper was a .tranquil cemeteryscene of two tombstones. Iasked my oldest if they sawany relation betwen the bird andcemetery photos. Our I2~lear-old,

who is beginning to abstract,pointed out that they were actu­ally the same and that both"make you think about whenyou die,"

Quiet Parks

Our eight-year-old turned theidea of a cemetery from a placefor the dead to a place for theliving "because they're so peace­fuL" Many parents know thatchildren love to visit cemeteriesbecause of their aura of tran­quility and reverence. We gotinto quite a family discussion

I then on the purpose of the cem­etery, and my husband and Iwere surprised to learn that allour children regard t·hem moreas quiet parks for the enjoymentof the living than as depositoriesfor the dead.

As parents and as teachers, Ithink we need to be aware ofthis burgeoning interest in dea.thon the part of our children andhelp them express their feelingsabout it. We draw them out, ex·pose their fears, and share ourthoughts with them about deathand af.ter-life. We can take themon field trips to cemeteries, ifneed be. We can do just about

. everything but ignore the sub­ject, and that's what most of u'>are doing.

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Cult RevivedREYKJAVIK (NC) - An an­

cient Scandinavion cult that in·cludes the gods Woden andThor has been revived here inIceland and made legal by theministry of justice and churchaf,fairs. The cult's congregation-wit!} aJbout 100 members-isnow entitled to give names tochildren and to perform mar­r:iages and other religious cereemonies.

Dead Bird

Still, when the Know YourFaith section of our diocesanpaper printed an excellent serieson death a couple of months ago,I noticed our eight-year-olddrawn to a picture of a dead birdbeing watched over by a livecompanion.

"Isn't it sad?" he asked me.I nodded and nothing was saidfor a few minutes as he contin­ued to stare at it.

Finally, he turned to me andsaid, "I think I feel sorrier for.the bird that's alive t.han the onethat's dead."

"Why?""Well, the one that's dead.

knows where he is but the onewho loves him doesn't knowwhere he ~s."

Never one to miss an advan·tage, I u'sed the photo with other

Ition for them. (Now childrenknow more about sex: than theirparents, so they've lost a lot ofinterest.)

Colleges, noting an upsurgeof interest in death and the here­after, are finding standing roo~

only in courses on the subject.It's a curious turn of events allthe way around.

Our own children are nostrangers to death. By sometwist of fate, our block has hadan unusual number of youngdeaths. Two 38-year-old fathersdied during an open heart sur­gery; one college boy was killedin an auto accident; a IZ-year­old baby sitter came home fromschool sick and died less than aday later of a strange and sud­den disease; a three-year-old boydied of cancer; and our goodfriend and neighbor, a wife of43, died of Hodgkins disease.All of this occurred within aseven-year period in one blockin a culture which has presum­ably controlled disease.

Parents Can Help ChildrenExpress Selves on Death

Death has become a taboo in our society, a culturethat has been successful in eliminating many of the oldso-called natural causes of death. In our national reluctanceto discuss and admit to death, a curious phenomenon istaking place. The more wehide the fact of death, themore interest our childrenshow in it. It's a lot likesex used to be, in fact. Childrensensed their parents' embarrass­ment and distaste for discussingsex, so it held a natural attrac-

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LEARNING ENGLISH: Special equipment to aid immigrant children in learning Englishis provided at Espirito Santo School, F.all River, where children are brought into regularschool program as rapidly as possible.

JRLC's interests during thislegislative session include astrong gun control measure andan environment bill which wouldharness unrestricted productionof cans. In the past two yearsthe group has wr,itten, tele­phoned, leafletted, and button­holed state' legislators on' issuesas varied as penal reform, freebusing for senior citizens, rurallife questions and nursing homereform.

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Ponder Husbands'Rights in' Abortion

WASHINGTON (NC) - TheSupreme Court has announcedthat within a few weeks it willdecide whether to hear argu­ments on ·the issue of whatrigqts a prospective father hasover an unborn child.

Petitions have been filed herewhich ask for a review of aFlorida decision declaring thatfatheJ1s have no right to preventa woman from having an abor­tion.

- A federal court in Floridastruck down parts of a Floridalaw requiring ·it woman to gether husband's consent-or if sheis unmarried and under IS-herparent's consent before havingan abortion.

The three-judge federal courtsaid .that the U.S. Supreme

. Court's Jan. 22 decision on abor­tilin made it clear that the statecannot interfere with a woman'sdecision to have an abortion inthe first six months of preg­nancy.

goal this session is the JointRe)iigious Legislative Coalition(JRLC), a two-year-old ecumen­ical church lobby sponsored bythe Minnesota Catholic Confer-·ence, the Minnesota Council ofChurches and the MinnesotaJoint Community RelationsCouncil.

The ethics bill, which wouldmonitor campaign contributionsand candidates' finances, wouldalso furnish partial state financ­ing of campaigns for state of­fices. JRLC chose the bill be­cause it believes that America'sJudeo-Christian principles mustbe reflected in its government.. But JRLC had another reason

for choosing the ethics bill. Lastyear ofticial records showed thatJRLC was the state's highestspending lobby, with expenditureof $3,000. "That's a joke," saidJohn Carr, a member of the Ur­ban Affairs Commission if theSt. Paul-Minneapolis archdiocese,who works closely with JRLC."That figure doesn't amount toone-tenth of what some lobbyistshave spent." Both Carr andJRLC believe that the lobbyingregulations in the ethics billcould be among its most impor­tant features.

Peace Pilgrimage. ,

To Begin in Japan'TOKYO (NC)-A Pilgrimage

for Peace with the InternationalPilgrimage Virgin Statue will be­gin here Jan. 24 and will visitHiroshima, several cities inVietnam and Jerusalelm.

Sponsored by the Blue Armyof Our Lady of Fatima, a groupseeking world peace throughprayer, the statue has visitedmost of the countries of theworld in:a crusade for peace.'

After visiting the peace shrinein Hiroshima, the statue will goto the Catholic basilica in Saigonand then to Tay Ninh where itwill be displayed at the HolySee of Caodaiss, a modern reli­gious cult in Vietnam.

Lobby Pushes Ethics Bill

ST. GEORGE,WESTPORT

The Couples Club will sponsora Valentine dance at 8 P.M. Sat­urday, Feb. 16 in the school hall.The public is invited, and musicwill be by the Jim Brock Orches­tr. Refreshments will be served.Planning the event are Mr. andMrs. Fred Mulcairns, aided byMr. and Mrs. Manny Fernandes.

SACRED HEART,NEW. BEDFORD

Six boys will receive the CubScout Parvuli Dei award at 10A.M. Mas's Sunday, Feb. 10. Re­freshments for families andfriends will follow in the parishcenter.

Requirements for the awardincluded attending Mass at adifferent church for eight consec- 'utive weeks, eight hours of reli­gious instruction, collection ofclothing and making of gifts forthe needy.

Receiving the award will beJohn Rainville, James Mercier,Robert Roy, Raymond Gobeil,Brian Belanger and Joseph Ban­croft.

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OUR LADY OF MT. CARMEL,NEW BEDFORD

The PTA will hold a Valentinedance from 8 to midnight Satur­day, Feb. 9 at the Kennedy Cen­ter. Music will be by Gilly Ferro.Special prizes will be awardedand· a continental brejkfastserved, according to announce­ment made by Richard Barboza,chairman.

EcumenicalST. PAUL (NC)-ln the Min­

nesota state capital, lobbying. groups are rarely newsmakers­

except when their top legislativepriority is a bill which wouldtighten regulations on 'lobbyiststhemselves.

One such lobby which haschosen Minnesota',s proposedlegislative ethics bill as its prime

HOLY REDEEMER,CHATHAM

"By popular request~' theWomen's Guild will offer a re­peat performance of a pot lucksupper'at 6 P.M. Saturday, Feb.2 in the church auditorium onHighland Avenue. Red heartsflowers, together with a "senti­mental sing-along" will create afestive, atmosphere for parishio­ners and friends at the affair.said Mrs. Andrew W. Mikita,guild president. Executive boatdmembers will form the supperarrangements committee.

SANTO CHRISTO,PALL RIVER

Correcting two contradictoryannouncements in last week'sAnchor, the Council of CatholicWomen will hold its installationbanquet at, 4:30 P.M. Sunday,Feb. 3 at the Coachmen restau­rant. Busses will leave thechurch for the event at 4 P.M.

HOLY NAME,FALL RIVER

The Women's Guild announcesa Valentine dance for 8 to mid­night', Saturday, Feb. 9 in theschool auditorium. Tickets areavailable from guild officersand board members or at therectory. Music will be by the ArtPerry band and there will be afloor show.

The unit has 'scheduled anopen meeting for 8 P.M. Tues­day, Feb. q, also in the hall. En­tertainment will be by Rev.Andre ,Patenaude, M.S., singer,composer and guitarist. Refresh­ments will be served.

Skiers meet at 5:30 P.M. in theschool yard on Wednesdays, re­turning from Kleine Innsbruckski resort by 11 P.M.

Rev. Edmund J. Fitzgerald,re­cently transferred from the par­ish to a chaplaincy at St. Anne's'Hospital, will celebrate the 5P.M. Ma,ss Sunday, Feb. 10 atHoly Name Church. A receptionin his honor will follow in theschool hall.

ST. ANN,RAYNHAM

The Ladies Guild will sponsora whist party in the church at8 tomorrow night. Cochairmenare Mrs. Eileen Alden and Mrs.Anna Keough.

SS. PETER AND PAUL,FALL RIVER

The Home and School Organ­ization will hold a rummagesale in the school basement from6 to 8 P.M. today and from 1 to,4 P.M. tomorrow. The BentonStreet entrance should' be used.

ST. ANNE,FALL RIVER

Bingo is played at 7 P.M. eachWednesday in the school.

The by-laws committee of theparish board of education willmeet at 7:30 P.M. Monday, Feb.4 in the rectory meeting room.'

OUR LADY OF FATIMANEW BEDFORD

1\ business session and ceram­ics class will feature the meetingof the Women's Guild scheduledfor 8 p.m. Tuesday, .Feb. 5 in theparish hall. The unit will spon­sor a Sweetheart Dance and buf­fet Saturday" Feb. 16, withMrs. Barbara Brightman andMris. Janice Fredette in charge ofarrangements. Tickets may bereserved by calling telephone995-9998 or 995-4571.

Publicity chairmen of parillh organizations.r. liked to submit news Items for thiscolumn to The Anchor, P. O. Box 7, 'FallRiver 02722. Name of city or town shouldbe Included, as we,ll as full dates of all'activities. Please send news I)f future ratherthan past events.

ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISI,NEW BEDFORD

The Women's Guild sponsoreda tea to welcome Rev. AlexanderZichello, new pastor. February,activities will, include a potlucksupper and a' Snowflake Ball,spOnsored by the Men's League,the latter scheduled for Friday,Feb. 8 from 8 to midnight at theNew Bedford Country Club.

ST. PATRICK,SOMERSET

A three-part lecture series onthe history of the Mass will begiven by Rev; Joseph Maguire onMonday evenings at '7:30 at theFisher House, beginning Feb. 4.

All are urged to attend.Henceforward candidates for

confirmation in the parish mustbe at least high school soph­omores' and must complete atwo-year course of preparationfor reception of the sacrament.Reasons for the change wereexplained to interested parentsat a meeting held last week.

The Women's Guild, will holda calendar party Tuesday night,F~b. 5. Members may bringguests.

A newly-organized CouplesClub will meet at 8 P.M. Thurs­day, Feb. 7 in the fisher Houseand will sponsor an intr<lductorydance Saturday night, Feb. 16at the Old Town Hall. Music willbe by the Celebrities and ticketsmust be obtained in advancefrom a member of the planningcommittee.

ST. JOSEPH,TAUNTON

The Women's Guild will meetTuesday, Feb. 5 with Mrs. EstelleMargarido as hostess. Bingo willfollow a business session. A par­ish penny sale is scheduled forMonday and Tuesday, Feb. 18and 19.

ST. ANNE,NEW BEDFORD

A Winter Carnival dance andbarbecued chicken supper will beheld at the school hall Saturdaynight, Feb. 2, with supper servedat 7:30 P.M. and dancing from9 P.M. to 1 A.M. Music will beby the Silverliners, and chairmenare Mr. and Mrs. RaymondJacques, with Mrs. Robert Lam­balot in charge of tickets.

ST. JOSEPH,ATTLEBORO

A planning meeting for a par­ish variety show will be held at8 P.M. Tuesday, Feb. 5 in theschool building.

Members of the B.E.E. Peoplewill leave the church at 5:30P.M. Saturday, Feb. 2 to attenda Mass in Worcester celebratedby Rev. Richard Delisle, M.S.,formerly of La Salette' Shrine,Attleboro.

Boy Scout Troop 37 will par­ticipate in a ciimping trip thisweekend at Camp Willard.

Knights of the Altar will holda "reward trip" tomorrow nightfor those members most faithfulin fulfjIling their duties. The pro­gram wilr include attendance at"Showtime Follies" in Pawtuck­et, a "sleepover" in the parishschool and breakfast Saturdaymorning.

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Plan InternationalAssembly in Rome

WASHINGTON (NC) - TheConsortium Perfectae Caritatis,an organization founded herein 1971 by U.S. and Canadiannuns, will hold its first inter­national assembly in Rome Feb.23-March 4.

The subject of the m~eting

will be "The Woman Religious,a Minister of Fai,th." Speakerswill aim at presenting a pano­ramic study of the special min­istry that the Religious life ofwomen affords the Church ofthe 1970s.

The stated purposes of theConsortium Perfectae- Caritatis(AssocillJ~ion of Perfect Love) areto bring together those who ac­cept the Second Vatican Coun­cil's decrees on the Religiouslife, subsequent papal statementsand directives from the Vati­can's Congregation for Religiousand to communicate and sharewj,tJ} each other experiences inimplementing the conciliar planof renewa'1 of the Religious life.

There's 11 convenientlocations in AttleboroFalls. Mansfield. NorthAttleboro. North Dighton.North Easton. Norton.Raynham. and Taunton.

a life that was so foreign to him.At one point in his exploration,he noticed a small girl playingin the street without shoes. Ashe watched her, he thought ofhis own younger sister who hada closet full of shoes at home.He was so touched by the ex­perience that he quickly droveto a store, bought a doll, anddrove back to find the littlegirl. But she was gone.

Several other teenagers wentback to one of the houses theyhad vhsited. It belonged to a crip­pled old man. The youngstershad noticed how cold it was in·side on their first visit, andrealized the old man could notdo much about the situation.So they spent about eight Sat­urdays fixing up his house. Theybought an old, used stove, andinstalled it, replaced brokenwindows, insulated the doors,and then painted the whole in­terior of the house. They did

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Those were some of the ob­servations of a teenage groupwho visited a section of the citywhere they had never been be­fore. The visit to homes of poorpersons had a mixed impact onthe group. Their first impres­sions seemed to center on theapparent paradox of obviouslypoor homes with big televisionsets and large cars out front.The visit brought these middle­class suburban youth to face newquestions arising out of a first­hand meeting with disadvan­taged inner·city families.

In the following weeks of rel­gion classes, the teenagers con­tinuea to discuss their experi­ence. They did research intocauses of poverty and unemploy­ment, the psychological effectsof poverty and discrimination,and programs devised to copewith poverty in an affluent so­ciety. They searched the Gospelsand other Christian sources todiscover what Christ and theChurch taught about poverty.Gradually they deepened theirunderstanding of the complex.reality of poverty. To some ex­.tent their attitudes towards thepoor - and the wealthychanged.

Initiative

What most impressed me werethe spontaneous things they didoutside of the requirements oftheir religion class. One boy tookan afternoon to 'become moreclosely acquainted with the moreimpoverished sections of thecity. He drove and walked alone,attempting to feel his way into

Diocese to HelpFuel Cost Victims

RICHMOND (NC)-The Rich­mond diocese is making an ef­fort to help ensure that poorfamilies do not go without heatbecause of the soaring cost offuel.

At the recommendation of thediocesan priests council, BishopWalter F. Sullivan decided toask parishes to establish emer­gency fuel funds for the poor intheir communities.

Bishop Sullivan, apostolic ad­ministrator of the diocese, alsomarking $2,500 as an emergencyfuel supplement fund from whichparishes and social service agen­cies of the diocese can draw tohelp meet the needs of the poor.

"How come poor people havebig TV _sets?" That's the first,time I went into somebody'shouse and found it col~er insidethan outside:' "What struck meright off were the big cars parkedin front of those dingy houses."

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Criticizes QualityOf Television

NOTRE DAME (NC) - Sen.Vance Hartke (D-Ind.) told agroup of bishops here that thereis an urgent need to improvethe content and quality of con­tempoI'ary television.

Hartke spoke at commence­ment ceremonies at which 10bishops received graduation cer­tificates from the Bishop's Com­munication Institute. here. Arch­bishop Joseph L. Bernardin ofCincinnati, chairman of the U. S.Catholic Conference Communi­cation Committee, presented thecertificates.

"If there is one overridingchallenge which television mustface," Hartke said in his com­mencement address, "it is theneed to bring people closer to­gether."

He said that television couldalso improve people's associa­tion with each other rather thandiscourage such association. "In­stead of fragmenting people, tel­evision can pull us closer to­gether and make us more toler­ant of each other," he said.

thing that seems to be happen­ing now in this country-but itwill not be cured until the rich

'determine that it shall be.

POOR STILL WITH US: Banners no longer wave in thewar on poverty and the war itself seems to have ended ina ceasefire. Children and chickens roam in the muddy frontyard of a tenant farmer's home in the Mississippi delta coun­try of eastern Arkansas. NC Photo.

fact is that poverty imposes somany disadvantages on the poorthat they are nearly powerless toescape from poverty withouthelp. Pulling oneself up by one'sboot-straps is a reasonable self­help formula only for the manwho has boots.

The first and essential require­ment for eliminating poverty inthis country and aboard is thatthe rest of us must really want

. the poor to become non-poor. Nodoubt many affluent Americanswould insist that they do desirethis. Unfortunately, however,their "desire" is not always ex­pressed in action.

Sharing: The AnswerThere is no secret about why

this is so. The plain fact is thatif the lot of the poor is to im·prove, it will be necessary forthe rich to share more of whatthey have-and sharing does notcome easily. The thought of ac­tually giving up some of ourwealth is hard for most of uswho always were, at heart, paci­fists in the war on poverty.

Poverty in the midst of plen­ty is one of the most painfulparadoxes of our country andindeed of the entire contempo­rary world. It is a scandal whichno Christian can ignore and forwhich Christians share much ofthe blame. Poverty dm be ig­nored and hushed up - some-

Does that mean that the prob­lem of poverty has been solved?Hardly. It only means that pov­erty and the poor, having en­Joyed their brief time in thespotlight of attention from pub­lic figures and the media, out­stayed their welcome: and havebeen elbowed off the stage. Itis not the first time this hashappened, nor is it likely tobe the last.

The poor are still there-be­tween 25 million and 29 millionof them in the United Statesalone, even according to thegovernment's unrealistically lowdefinition of poverty, These arethe people to whom the 1971World Synod of Bishops referredas "silent, indeed voiceless, vic­tims of injustice."

Poor Are Powerless

Even worse than the fact ofpoverty is the attitude of thenon-poor. Many people are notmerely indifferen t to the poorbut actively hostile. They seemto have a strange notion aboutthe subject of poverty-the no­tion that poverty is the l fault ofthe poor themselves and thatto be poor is the sign of ,badmoral character.

How else explain the slightingremarks so casually and cal­lously made about the poor? "Ifthose people were good for any­thing, they would take care ofthemselves instead of lookingfor handouts." 01': "There'snothing wrong with people likethem that a little hard workwouldn't cure."

The central fact about pover­ty, both within the UnitedStates and on the internationallevel, is that it is not the faultof the poor. A second crucial

Supports AbortionWASHINGTON (NC) - A co­

alition of 18 religious organiza­tions has been formed here tocombat attempts to nullify theU. S. Supreme Court's decisionlegalizing abortion. The ReligiousCoalition for Abortion Rights,according to the chairwoman,Mrs. Ray M.S. TucJ<er, will be­gin to form religious coalitionsin key states in which legisla­tive bills threaten to restrict thecourt's decision str,iking downmost abortion laws.

Whatever happened to pov­erty?

A headline-grabber in theI960s, the problem of povertyhas receded into relative obscur­ity in the United States today.Banners no longer wave in thewar on poverty and the war it­self seems to have ended in aceasefire.

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14 THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Thurs. Jan. 31, 1974 Pope Paul CitesChurch InterestIn Music

VATICAN CITY (NC) - Pil­grims attending Pope Paul's au­dience Jan. 15 here were treatedto a concert by the orchestraand chorus of the Rome Opera.

Pope Paul was among themost appreciative listeners, andtold the orchestra and chorusthat his thanks went to them "asa sign of interest with whichthe Church has always looked onyour profession."

He spoke to the musicians of"the influence you can exercisein educating and forming peoplein good and honest sentimentsand in the love of beauty andtruth." .

The Pope continued: "For art,true art in all its expressions,has this lofty. task of liftingminds above the impressions,of the senses to reach the realmof the spirit, which, though mys­terious, is more real, and whichis tailored to man.

"So we put forward the wishthat you will always be faithfulto this ideal of your art and ofyour mission. We hope you willnever yield to unhealthy tastesor to the seductions of deoadentfashions. Rather we ,hope youwill be always conscious of your'responsibilities and always at theservice of man, who continuallyneeds to be helped and taughtto think correctly, to perceiveclearly and to live well."

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, Ao'\ark AnniversaryOf Abortion Ru Hng

WASHINGTON (NC) - Thefirst anniversary of the U. S.Supreme Court's Jan. '22, 1973,abortion ruling will be markedhere with a march and gatheringat the Capitol, while thousandsof red' roses are sent to Con­gressmen.

The National March for LifeCommittee, a group which is

,planning activities for the anni­versary, will sponsor a march­termed a "circle of Iife"-around_the Capitol '¥hile another circleof Iife-composed of represen­'tatives from each Congressionaldistrict in the U. S.-is formedunder the Capitol's rotunda.

After the march, both gmupswill assemble at the west frontof the Capitol for a rally featur­ing national pro-life speakersand legislative leaders.

Planners of the gathering hopeto send red roses-the pro-lifemovement's symbol of Iife--'-toevery senator and representative.

erty that it is as if Christ Him­self were crying O;.lt in thesepoor to beg the charity of thedisciples" (Church in World, 88).-

The Council goes on to re­mind us that "it is the duty ofthe whole People of God, fol­lowing the word a,'ld exampleof the' bishops, to do their ut­most to alleviate the sufferingsof the modern age." It is onetask of religious educaHon tohelp Christians learn about andfulfill this challenge.. For thatone group of teenagers, comingface to face with poverty intheir 'own city was a first step inmeeting Christ's challenge' tohelp the poor.

Named to PriestlyLife Committee

WASHINGTON (NC) - Ninebishops have been named mem­bers of the U:S. Bishops' Com­mittee on pj-.iestly Life and Min­istry, and a search was an­nounced for selection of a priestas executive director of its of­fice.

Bishop Thomas J. Grady, com­mittee chairman, made these an­nouncements in letters to alIU.S. bishops and presidents ofpriests' senates in the coun)r'y.

Bishop Grady said there willbe a broad' consultation amongbishops and priests to identifycandidates to be named priest­advisors and to select a priestto serve as executive director of,the Office of Priestly Life andMinistry.

"The bishops' Committee onPriestly Life and Ministry hasthe potential to make an im­portant contribution to the lifeof .the Church in the UnitedStates," he told the bishops."We would like to make a goodbeginning. We appreciate yourhelp and the help of your

. priests."

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this completely on their owninitiative.

In Touch With Life

The whole experience 'of vis­iting disadvantaged families andthen dealing with their own re­actions to poverty was a prac­tical, creative model of religiouseducation that is in touch withlife. Some of their reactions weretypically adolescent in theiridealism and directness. Yet thepersonal, immediate involvementmotivated a great deal of study,discussion, action, and prayer.Through experience they grap­pled with the reality of povertyand the Christian response to it. '

Religious educators, beginningwith those who are most effec­tive, namely parents, need tohelp their feHow Christians be­come more aware of and re­sponsive to poverty. The SecondVatican Council urges this "sincethe greater part of th(~ world isstill suffering from so much pov-

Speakers Chos«~n

For ConferenceST. LOUIS (NC)-Three lead­

ing Catholic spokesmen will ad­dress the 1974 Cardinal Minds­zenty Foundation LeadershipConference F~b. 22-24 here.

Jesuit Father Daniel Lyons,editor-at-Iarge for' Twin Circleand the National Catholic Reg­ister, will head a panel on "Ag­gressive Atheism in the UnitedStates."

Also addressing the conven­tion wiII be Clarence Manion,former dean of the Universityof Notre Dame's College of Law,who wiII speak on "The Key toPeace and Freedom."

Dale Francis, editor and pub- ,Iisher of The National CatholicRegister, will speak on abortionand euthanasia.

Poverty end Religion Education

POVERTY IS POWERLESS: The poor are still there­between 25 million and 29 million -of them in the UnitedStates alone-even according to the government's unrealisti­cally low definition of poverty. A listless dog watches astranger from the back porch of a dilapidated house in NorthMinneapolis, Miss. NC ·Photo.

Dictators'Freedom

Convention Speaker,NEW YORK (NC) - ,Holy

.Cross Father Theodore M. Hes­burgh, president of the Univer­sity of Notre Dame in SouthBend, Ind., will be the chiefspeaker at the 1974 joint con-

,vention of the Catholic PressAssociation and the AssociatedChurch Press, it was announcedhere. The convention will beheld April 23-26 in Denver, Colo.

By

REV.

ANDREW M.

GREELEY

'Self- Ri~lhteousAttack I-Iuman

Two similar :remarkable attacks on human..... freedomhave been made in recent weeks. Charles Isaacs, a collegeprofessor, informed us in an article in the Chronicle of High- .er Education that "History teaches us that ideas have con­sequences; that the separa- 'tion of thought from action along with the Chinese defini-

tion 'of academic freedom.is a device designed to pro- Come to think of it, it might nottect bourgeois ideology while . be a bad 'idea.rendering its opposition ineffec- Religious Lifetive." Academic freedom, then, The other attack comes fromis "inoperative" when it deals the opposite end of the worldwith matters that are "incorrect" from Father Constantine Kos­(as the Marxists put it). ner, the boss of the Francis-

cans. In an incredibly dumb"secret" letter, Father Kosnerannounced that the religious hndgiven up his "rights' as a hu­man person to another person,namely the superior." The reli­gious must also yield his rightsconcerning "gifts received fromGod." And the religIous has noright to decide about "doctors,treatment, and medicine" whenthey are sick.

That's what the religious Iif€:really needs just now. Thereare obviously too many peopleswarming into the novitiates,and Kosner's letter may lessenthe tide.

Where does one draw the lineabout "rights as a human per-"son?" If talent and health areto be abdicated, why not thetotal human body? Among therights of a human person isthe right to be free from sexualassault. Is that freedom to beyielded to the superior? And ifthat is to be kept, then 'howdoes one decide what else mightbe kept? Is sexual integritymore or less important thanphysical health or intellectualdevelopment?

Father Kosner and ProfessorIsaacs have one thing in com­mon: they are both self-right­eous, authoritarian dictatorsmore interested in order thanin human dignity and freedom.They don't trust human beings;they don't want to run the riskof. letting people be free.

Isaacs has some grounds inhis faith" for such reluctance.Whenever Marxism has come topower, it promptly abolishesfreedom. But I would be inter­ested to know where FatherKosner finds justifioation for hisposition. In the Gospel? DidJesus really come to tell us thatwe must yield our total per­sonality to the control of an­other? Did he really tell us thatwe should give up all our humanrights and talents? If he, did, itwould be rather strange. Hewould be telling us to give upthings that his heavenly Fatherhad bestowed on us.

In fact, Jesus said he cameto make captives free.. If he re­turned, he might have to liber­ate the Franciscans from FatherKosner.

How freedom of researchwould be any diHerent in Pro­fessor Isaac's world than it is inthe Soviet Union (or China) ishard to divine. In one recentmeeting of professors the argu­ment was advanced su,portingthe Chinese model of "freedomof research." Research that ben­efits "the people" (read, "thosewho control the society, and theprofessors, of course assume itwill be they) is to be approved,research 'that hurts the "people"is immoral.

JeQpardizes ReputationsThe University of California

11t Berkeley has already begun toimpose such a Maoist versionof academic freedom. Researchis to be banned that "may placethe reputation or status of asocial group or an institutionin jeopardy."

Of course hardly a::lY majorresearch project of the last dec­ade failed to jeopardize the rep­utation of some social group orinstitution. Alcoholism research

\ might embarrass the Irish; re­research on priests might em­barrass the bishops; research oncorporation control might jeop­ardize the status of' the rich; re­search on Watergate might em-

, barass the Republicans; research ,on income might embarass theJews; research on acad.emic per­formance might embarrass men(who don't do nearly so well aswomen); research on racismmight' embarrass Southernwhites.

But of 'course this is not whatthe Berkeley Maoists have inmind. There are some groupsthat must be protected from em­barrassment, and they are theblacks, chicanos, the "poor," andcollege professors. These are thegroups that possess specialmoral worth, The Jews used toqualify, but not any more (wit­ness Dan Berrigan's violentanti-Semitic blast at Israel). Asfor,other groups in socie·ty, well,the Berkeley profs couldn't careless whether they're embarrassedor not.

In China, professors ,are sentout into the fields for longperiods of manual work. Ihaven't heard many professorialadmirers of Mao suggesting thatthis practice should be adopted

By PETER J. BARTEKNor1ton Kllh Coach

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"What we need more now,"he went on to say, "is a thought­ful and well thought out planfor changing the federal judi­ciary."

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"We're going to get nowherewith denunciations and chargesof bigotry."

Lynch, who is now executivedirector of U. S. Catholic Con­ference Bicen~ennial Committee,said at the time the SupremeCourt last June ruled New Yorkand Philadelphia laws, includingtax credits, unconstitutional,similar legislation in Congresshad enough support for passage.

But the Supreme Court,Lynch saia, was listening toAmericans United for Separa­tion of Church and State's "odi­ous rhetoric of bigotry andprejudice and buying what theyheard, lock, stock and barrel."

By those decisions, he assented,'the Supreme Court made Cath­olics specifically second classcitizens. Justice (Lewis F.) Pow·ell, writing for the majority,faBed to mention any of theother gnmps who were operatingnonpublic schools other thanCatholics and one passive refer­ence to a Jewish school. Lynchmaintained that "in everyschool-aid case of the 70s, thepresence in any large number ofOatholic beneficiaries almostmade it mandatory that thecourt find against the nonpublicschools."

THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Thurs. Jan. 31, 1974

nominees for federal judgeshipswho manifest religious prejudice.

James L.J. Pie, deputy citysolicitor of PhHadelphia, crit­icized Lynch's speech saying:

Football WoesPlague Schools

PITTSBURGH (NC)-A Cath­olic school official here is wor­ried that: the existence of threeCatholic high schools is beingthreatened by a different kindof power shortage - footballpower.

The three schools have askedto transfer from District 8 toI?istrict 7 of the Western Penn­sylvania Interscholastic Athletic

"League. Their request has been, turned down by the league. The

schools are Central Catho-Hc,North Catholic and Canevin.

The year-old controversy, ifnot resolved in favor of the threeschools, could bring to an end"the very existence" of thoseschools, according to John Cicco,Pittsbul'gh diocesan school su­perintendent.

Restrictions on attendance atgames in Distr.ict 8, imposed be­cause of past game incidents,would wipe out the income thatCatholic schools depend on tosupport their athletic programs,said Cicco. The schools simplycannot afford to play football inDistrict 8, he said. "We have toobtain some income from ourfootball program."

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Without a sports program,say Cicco, each school may losefrom 50 to 100 boys. The loss inenrollment would mean incr'eas­ing tuition for the remainingstudents, which would in turndiscourage new students fromattending, he said.

Cicco said he will take the is­sue to the state legislature ifnecessary. He said that if hislegislative attempts are unsuc­cessful, he will go to the courts.

Brownsville PriestsSupport Boycott

BROWNSVILLE (NC) - The12·member priests' senate of theBrownsville diocese has voted tosupport the United Farm Work­ers of America (UFWA) national

.boycott of iceberg lettuce andtable grapes.

The senate resolution calledon fellow priests to support ac­tively the boycott of Californiaand Arizona-grown lettuce andgrapes which the UFWA is nowconducting against certain storesin the Lower Rio Grande Valleyarea.

"I don't think it will have atremendous efifect on the saleof lettuce and grapes," saidFather Gerald Frank, author ofthe resolution. "However, wewant to stand up and be counted,for what it's worth, and we hopethat somehow it will show thefarmworkers' union people, whoare organizing boycotts againstValley stores at the present time,that we stand with them, thatwe support their ef,forts."

Taunton. .Coyle along witl1"Dennis-Yarmouth has one vic­tory to ills credit in loop action.

Dennis-Yarmouth is at Digh­ton-Rehoboth tomorrow. Dightonis 3-3 in circuit play.

"IT'S IMPORTANT: Important is the word for a Catholic education, being acquired byfifth graders Helen Green and Mark Ledoux at Holy Family-Holy Name School, New Bed­ford. Sister Eileen Hayes, R.S.M. makes sure those syllables are correctly divided.

Controversy at School Aid MeetingANNAPOLIS (NC)-Two back­

ers of nonpublic school aid dis­agree over the role of the SUopreme Court in ruling out vari­ous forms of aid to nonpublicschools. The controversy flaredat a meeting here of the StateAid Group for Education (SAGE),an organization of Maryland

, nonpublic school leaders.The keynote speaker, Robert

N. Lynch, former executive di­rector of Parents for NonpublicEducation, had called the Su­preme Court "a crass and arro­gant court ·which has lost sightof freedom of religion" and" hadurged his listeners to oppose

IN THE DIOCESE

While Bourne strugg~s to cre­ate a stalemate with Old Roches­ter, Seekonk will try to keepwithin str.iking distance. TheWarriors who are tied withBourne will play host to Msgr.Coyle-Bishop Cassidy High from

A year ago' Old Rochesterrolled to an unbeaten 10-0 sea­son in Division IV. The Bulldogswere rewarded for their successby being moved up a division.As expected they have met thechallenge admirably and lead thebracket with a 5-1 mark. TheRegional can take another bigstep toward another champion­ship tomorrow evening whenthey host Bourne. With onlyfour games remaining, a Bourneloss would drop the Canalmentwo games off the pace.

At the same time Warehamwill try to keep pace as theytangle with Nor,ton on the lat­ter's court. The Lancers havebeen playing well lately andcould surprise Wareham. St. An­thony's of New Bedford will en­tertain crosstown rival New Bed­ford Vocational in the remainingdivisional game.

Action has been fast and fu­rious in Division ~ I where thearea's largest schools are com·peting for championship honors.Taunton was expected to win thetitle and it may well do it. How­ever, the Tigers have been con­stantly tested as no opponent isready to concede anything.

Holy Family and Case High ofSwansea were expected to giveDartmouth· the most oppositionthis Winter. Such has been thecase, although neither appearsstrong enough to upend the fa­vorites. In all probability the twowill battle it out for runner uphonors.

vorite in the division champion.ship race. Big Bob Schoening,Mark DaCosta, Scott Sharek,Peter Carey and Jim CalUns havecombined their talents·· well toprove the prognosticator correct.The tourney bound Indians willplay at Falmouth tomorrow eve·ning.

SCHOOLBOY SPORTS

New Bedford who is tied withDurfee will be in Dartmouth toplay Bishop Stang. The Spartansare winless in divisional play.

Old Rochester Meets Challenge AdmirablyCoach Bob Reedy's l:harges Attleboro and Barnstable round

hold a single game advantage out the docket with their Capeover both Durfee High of Fall meeting.River and New Bedford. It wasreported earlier in this columnthat Taunton was tied with NewBedford following its loss toBarnstable. The Silver City fivehas lost only to New Bedford.

But, th"ey will haVE: their handsfull tomorrow when they clashwith Durfee. The Hilltopperswho were all but counted out aweek ago, have bounded backunder the direction of veteranmentor Tom Karam and aremaking their final charge. IfDurfee is able to defeat Tauntonin Fall River Friday there willprobably be a three way tie forthe top position.

Dartmouth and Diman Regional Vocational Technicalof Fall River enter the stretch run of the Southeastern Mas­sachusetts Conference basketball race as the only unbeatenteams among the 26 league schools. The Green Indians fromDartmouth begin the weekwith a 7-0 loop record lead­ing the eight team Division IIpack. Diman, at 6-0, is thefrontrunner in the six teamDivision IV bracket. Taunton andOld Rochester of Mattapoisettcontinue to top the Division Iand III standings respectively.

Coach Peter Gaudet's Indianshold a two game advantage oversecond place Holy Family ofNew Bedford at this writing.Back to back victories for thebig Green this week will give ita three game lead with only fivecontests to be played.

In most preseason polls Dart­mouth was selected as the fa-

Dartmouth and Diman On Top

As Stretch Run Commences

Opponents Will Concede Nothing to TigersCoach Jack Nobrega's Blue tain its one game lead over

Wave was .upset by Bishop Con- Wareham in Division IV tomor­nolly High of Fall River last row when it hosts Westport. Theweek. Until that time it appeared Fall Riverites, who are enjoyingas though they might catch Dart- their best hoop season ever,mouth, Holy Family, as most should have little difficulty withfollowers of high school basket- the Villagers who have a 1-5ball k now, has Ii rich and league record.deserved hoop tradition. A yearago when it competed in thelarge school Division I bracket,the school sutfered through oneof its poorest seasons ever. Nowthat it is playing schools moreits size (Holy Family is thesmal'lest in the division) it isback among"the contenders.

Holy Family will entertainSomerset tomorrow. Somerset ·istied with Fairhaven for fourthplace ,in the standings. In otherDivision II action sla,ted for Fri­day, Case takes on Bishop Con­nolly and Fairhaven is at BishopFeehan in Attleboro. Feehan,Falmouth and Connolly openplay this week tied for last place.

Diman will attempt to main-

Bishop Calls Retreat'Learning Experience

, BEGINNING TO LEARN: Michael Rezendes and Kathy Marotte, kindergarten young­sters at St. Joseph School, Fairhaven, take first steps on road of education under directionof Sister Muriel Ann, S~.Cc.·

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Protests ClosingOf Rad io Station

BRASILIA (NC) - The presi­dent of the National Conferenceof Bishops of Brazil (CNBB), pro­testing the closing by the govern-

• ment of a Church-owned. radiostation, said Church-owned com­munications media "have beenset up to spread the Gospel, notto destroy peace."

CNBB president ArchbishopAloisio Lorsch~ider of Fortalezamade the protest- during a press'conference at .the end of a five­day meeting here of the CNBB'sexecutive committee.

The 'archbishop said that "theChurch had made a point ofusing the mass medi~ with re­spect for 'the laws to help in thegrowth of our country."

Citing "national interests," thegovernment on Oct. 30 closedthe Sao Paulo archdiocese's Ra·dio July 9, the second largestChurch-owned station in Brazil.The minister of communicationssaid that the ·reasons for theclosing were "technical," ratherthan political as Sao Paulo arch­diocesan officials had implied. Hesaid. the station's broadcastswere "clandestine," according tonorms for broadcasting approvedin 1973.

A member of Arena, a politicalorganiza'tion supporting the Bra­zilian military government, saidthe reasons for the closing were"political" because "Radio July 9worried more about critkizingthe government than soreadingthe Gospel." The minister ofcommunications and the Arenaspokesman both said the closingcould not he considered perse­cution because "the Church hasabout 20 per cent of Brazilianradio stations, some 180."

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we could handle our agenda atour national meeting in a moreefficient way if we were. to en­gage in two or three days ofprayer and reflection," he said.

"I was also struck. by the sig­nificance' of the remark, becauseit seemed to say: 'Do you prac­tice what you preach?' I amwilling to admit that all of usfail in this regard. I am surethat bishops do not practice fra·ternal correction to any signifi­cant degree. As a matter of fact,we just do not interfere. withanother bishop's diocese. Andthis would include any directcomment about his sense of theChurch or his style of life withinthat Church."

Bishop Dingm'an said he wasalso struck by the idea of' be­ginning an executive board meet­ing with a retreat. "I asked whyyour executive board startedwith' a retreat," he told theNFPC monthly. "Your answerwas that you could handle youragenda more quickly and moreefficiently 'if you had formedpriestly community.

"Could the bishops of theUnited States learn somethingfrom your experience. Perhaps

here, Bishop Dingman said he got.new insights into his own lifeand role as a bishop during the

.retreat at Charlotte, N. C.

His greatest insight, he said,came ,from a question raised byone of the priests: "Do the bish­ops criticize each other in termsof how well they do I!heir jobs?"

"This question must be under­stood in context," Bishop Ding~

man said. "I had expressed thethought that the priests wereputting too much emphasis onthe bishop and expecting him tosolve the problems of the priests.It is my feeJ.lng that there oughtto be peer influence. If the priestswere actively engaged in livingout the. ideals of the presby­tery as a community, then therewould be a supportive systemthat would include fraternal cor­rection.

CHICAGO (NC) - "I felt we'both had gained," said BishopMaurice Dingman of Des Moines,Iowa, after he conducted are·treat for the 27~member execu­tive board of the. National Fed­eration' of Priests'; Councils(NFPC).

Interviewed by Priests-USA,the NFPC monthly published

THE ANCHOR-Thurs., Jan. 31, 197416

WHERE IT COUNTS: Catholic schools offer value­oriented education, as demonstrated by Sandra Castonguayand Michael Blaise of St. Francis Xavier School, Acushnet,examining religious textbooks.

Sco~e ReportingOf Church t~ews

hi Magazin'eVATICAN CITY (NC) - The

reporting of Vatican B.nd Churchnews by an Halian weekly mag­azine has excited the ire ofthe Vatican daily newspaper,the Pontifical Commision on So­cial Communications and theVatican Press office.

Within days of each other thethree Vatican offices, which dealwith public opinion and news,deplored what it called journalis­tic inaccuracies and baseless re­ponts published by the Milanweekly Panorama.

The Vatican daily, .L'Osserva­tore Romano, in its Jan. 23 edi­tion published a comment titled:"The Fantasies of 'Panorama."The Vatican paper accused thenews magazine of "abandoningitself willingly to flights of fan­tasy" in reporting Church news.

The paper cited a recent in­stance in which Panorama de­clared ,that a letter written toL'Osservatore Romano on abusesin legal charges among lawyersadmitted to practice before theChurch's high court was falsebecause the signer of the letter,a Federico Sciano, did not exist.

L'Osservatore Romano saidthat "he does exist, he lives inRome and we know him per­sonally."

L'Osservatore Romano citedalso a "categorical" denial issuedby Federico Alessandrini, head

. of the Vatican press office, of anarticle in Panorama's Jan. 17 is­sue that claimed the Vatican isconsidering a rQ.llback on theHumanae Vitae encyclical ofPope Paul VI condemning theuse of artificial means of birthcontrol.

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