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Offer Various Opportunities For Lent

EucharisticWeekends

Adult'and

EducationPenance

Riceand'

BowlSIGN

Eucharistic Weekends of Prayer will be heldthroughout the diocese during Lent, as part of aspiritual program of preparation for the 41st International Eucharistic Congress to be held in Philadelphiathis August.

Rev. John J.' Oliveira, diocesan coordinator ofCongress activities, has announced that programs forthe first weekend of Lent will take place on Saturdayand Sunday, March 6 and 7, at St. Mary's Cathedral,Fall River; St. John the Evangelist, Attleboro; St.Francis Xavier, Hyannis; Our'Lady of Mt. Carmel, NewBedford; and Immaculate Conception, Taunton.

Programs will vary from parish to pal'ish but willoften include Benediction services, holy hours andscheduled hours of adoration for organizations or specific groups of parishioners. Each parish will announcehours of its activities and memberc; of other -arishes ineach area are urged to take advantage of the opportunity to honor the presence of our Lord in the BlessedSacrament. '

Forthcoming WeekendsSchedules for Eucharistic Weekends for the remind

er of Lent are: Second weekend, March 13 and 14;Notre Dame, Fall River; St. Mary, North Attleboro;Our Lady of Victory, Centerville; St. Joseph, New Bedford; St. Jacques, Taunton.

Third weekend, March 20 and 21: St. Stanislaus,Fall River; St. Theresa, South Attleboro; Our Lady ofthe Cape, Brewster; St. Joseph, Fairhaven; SacredHeart, Taunton.

Fourth weekend, March 27 and 28: St. Michael,Fall River; St. Mary, Mansfjeld; Holy Trinity, West

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Dates and locations for a four week Lenten enrichment program for adults. "What's Happening toConfession?" have been announced by Rev. Michel G.Methot, Associate Director of Adult Education for theFall River diocese.

Discussing biblical, historical, sacramental andliturgical aspects of the sacrament of penance and providing an explanation of forthcoming changes in therite, the sessions will run from 7:30 to 9 p.m. for fourweeks on dates varying from parish to parish. Therewill be no charge for the program.

Fall River programs will be held at Holy NameSchool, Pearce Street, on Wednesday, March 10, Tuesday, March 16, Wednesday, March 24 and Wednesday,March 31, with Rev. John Gomes, Rev. RaymondMonty, Rev. Bruce Neylon and Rev. Ralph Tetrault.

Also at St. William's Center, Stafford Road, onWednesdays, March 17, 24 and 31 and AClril 7, withRev. Ciro Iodice, OFM, Rev. Maurice Jeffry, Rev. PierreLachance, OP and Rev. John Moore.

Serving Somerset and Swansea residents will be aseries at St. Louis de France Convent on BuffingtonStreet, Swansea, scheduled for Mondays, March 8, 15,22 and 29, with Rev. Richard Gendreau, Rev DanielHoye, Rev. Joseph Maguire and Rev. Thomas Rita.

In Attleboro Falls sessions will be held at St.Mark's parish hall on Stanley Street on Tuesday, March16, 23 and 30 and April 6, with Rev. George Bellenoit,Rev. Richard Chretien, Rev. Philip Davignon and Rev.George Harrison.

In New BedfordThose.in the north end of New Bedford are invited

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It could be the best Lent ever.That's the reaction of those who've had advance

looks at diocesan plans for the penitential season, including Eucharistic Weekends of Prayer and a fourpart series of discussions on the sacrament of penance,both fully deSCribed in this issue of The Anchor.

Additionally and very importantly, the diocese isgiving full support to two national programs: RiceBowl and SIGN (Service in God's Name). Both aimto involve Christians actively in the spiritual andcorporal works of mercy. People taking Rice Bowl seri:>usly, for instance, can expect to feel very hungryone day a week, and may grow in compassion forthe 500 million poor of the earth for whom lifelonghunger is not a matter of choice.

The interfaith project, designed to help feed thethe world's hungry and sponsored by the 41st International Eucharistic Congress, will be launched nationally on Ash Wednesday, March 3.

The congress asks that families eat a sacrificialmeal each Wednesday during Lent, and contributethe money saved to their local churches for distribution to the hungry through international charitableorganizations. Suggested menus appear on page 9 ofthis issue of The Anchor.

"PrimarY among man's hungers is the basic hungerfor food, a necessity for survival," noted Msgr. RobertJ. ColI, Rice Bowl chairman, who conceived the idealast year as part of an interfaith fund raising effortin the Allentown, Pa., dioces~.

Pain of Hunger"We ask American families gathering around their

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.- In This Issue-----------------------------------_Regulations

For Lent

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Catholic Charities

Head Named

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A Look At

Ford Budget

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Pass It On

Parish Newsletter

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Menus

For Lent

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What'sHappening

ITEMS FROM NATIONAL

IN THE WORLDand

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CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE-----

NationalOppose Death Penalty

PROVIDENCE, R.I.-Affirming the "Godgiven value of life," a group of religious leadersin Rhode Island , including Bishop Louis E. Gelineau of Providence, have issued a strong statement opposing the death penalty.

"It is our belief," the religious leaders said,"that the imposition of the death penalty in today's society is an attack upon the inviolabilityOf human life and an affront to human dignity."

No InternationalizedJerusalem

LOS ANGELES-Israel has no intention ofpermitting the internationalization of Jerusalem, Israel Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin tolda press conference here.

"Jersusalem is the capitol of Israel. It is populated 75 percent or more by Jews. There hasbeen a Jewish majority in this city for the last150 years ... We don't believe that this holydty for Jews, Christians anti Moslems shouldbe again divided by barbed' wires, machine g tlnests, anti tank guns.

Name Mrs. ZillyWASHINGTON-Bernice Zi.1ly, past president

of the National Council of Catholic Women(NCCW) has been appointed to the Chicago re-

gional panel of the President'~ Commission, onWhite House Fellowships. She will assist in selecting national finalists for White House Fellowships offering educational assignments withthe Vice President, members of the Cabinet andthe President's staff.

National BoycottFRESNO-A nationwide boycott of certain

brands of raisins, processed foods, nuts andother products of several Fresno County growerswas announced by Cesar Chavez, pre'sident ofthe United Farm Workers of America. He saidhis union will try to extend the boycott to theEuropean Common Market and charged thatgrowers to be boycotted are behind efforts tosquelch revival of the California AgriculturalLabor Relations Board.

Parish SpendingHARRISBURG-Catholic parishes in the Har

risburg diocese spend half their income to support parochial schools. Of every dollar con-

, tributed in the Sunday collection, 50 cents go tothe parish schools. About six cents are used toaid the poor in the US and abroad and the remaing 44 cents are used to finance 10caJ parishprograms.

Most ControversialNEW YORK-Abortion, busing; unemploy

ment and control of social programs are amongthe most controversial issues in the 197'6 presi-

dential election campaign, according to a pollconducted for the New York Times and theCBS television network.

WorldUnambiguous

VATICAN CITY-Pope Paul has appointed asocially conscious Irish missionary bishop tohead South Africa's largest diocese. He is Archbishop Joseph Fitzgerald, O.M.I., president ofthe Southern -Africa Catholic Bishop's Conference, who is noted for his unambiguous statements in defense of human rights in South Africa, whose government follows a policy of strictracial segregation.

Food-lor-WorkROME-The World Food Program of the UN

Food and Agriculture Organization is granting$1.2 million to Guatemala for food-for-work operations, which will supply rations of rice andbeans for Guatemalans working on urgent taskssuch as clearance of rubble, building temporaryshelters and burial of victims. '

Pope Meets AnglicanVATICAN CITY-Pope PaulVI received the

secretary general of the Anglican Communion,Bishop John Howe, in private audience, mark,ing the 10th anniversary of the historic meetingbetween the Pope and the Anglican Primate,Dr. Michael Ramsey. The Anglican prelatebrought to the Pope the greetings of the presentPrimate, Dr. Donald Coogan.

Lenten Regulations 1976

DIOCESE OF FALL RIVER

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noted: "The obligation to dopenance is a serious one; theobligation to observe, as awhole or 'substantially,' thepenitential days specified bythe Church is alsq serious."

8. The Lenten Season is a mostappropriate time for the voluntary practice of self-4enialor personal penance. Thismay be physical mortification,temperance, or such works asChristian charity and witness.

is on Ash Wednesday and onaU Fridays of the Lenten Season, those bound by the lawabstain from eating meat.

7. No Catholic will hold himselfor herself lightly excusedfrom the laws of fast and abstinence. Commenting uponthe mitigated Lenten regulations published ten years agoby the Holy Father, the National Conference of CatholicBishops in the United States

obliged to observe the law ofabstinence.

6, On days of abstinence, that

5. On the two days of fasting,those bound by the law arelimited to a single fuU meal.Two other meatless meals,sufficient to maintainstrength, may be taken according to one's needs, however together they should notequal another fuU meal.

3. Those who are twenty-oneyears of age, but not yet fiftynine years of age, are obligedto observe the law of fast.

4. All those who are fourteenyears of age, and older are

1. There are two days uponwhich both fast and abstinence are prescribed: AshWednesday and Good Friday.

,2. On aU' Fridays of Lent, absti,nence is prescribed.

NecrologyMAR. 2

, Rev. James J. Brady, 1941,Pastor, St. Kilian, New Bedford

Rev. Antonio Berube, 1936,Pastor, St. Joseph, Attleboro

Rev. Tarcisius Dreesen, SS.CC.,1952, Monastery, Sacred Heart,

-FairhavenIRev. Alphonse Gauthier, 1962,

Pastor, Sacred Heart, New Bedford

Rev. J. Omer Lussier, 1970,Pastor, Sacred Heart, North Attleboro

MAR. 3Rev. Msgr. Timothy P. Swee

ney, LL.D., 1960, Pastor, HolyName, New Bedford

MAR. 6Rev. John W. Quirk, 1932,

Founder, St. Joseph, TauntonRev. Bernard P. ConnoIly, S.S.,

1932, St. Charles ColIege, Maryland

MAR. 7Rev. Arthur P.J. Gagnon, 1958,

Pastor, Holy Rosary, New Bedford

MAR. 9Rev. Msgr. Henry J. Noon,

V.G., 1947, Pastor, St. James,New Bedford; 3rd Vicar General, FalI River 1934-47

Rush Local, WorldwideAid to Quake Victims

Name Fontaine HeadOf Charities Drive

1976 CATHOLIC CHARITIES appeal lay chairman Richard C. Fontaine, Mrs. Fontaineand their nine children.

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of St. Ann's parish, the Appealchairman graduated from StAnn's grammar school and HolyFamily High School. In 1953 hegraduated magna cum laudefrom Providence College. He ismarried to the former EleanorSmith, a native of St. Lawrenceparish, New Bedford, and a 1951graduate of St. Joseph's HospitalSchool of Nursing, Providence.She is the president of St. JamesSt. John's Merged School Boardand a member of the New Bedford Catholic Nurses Assn.

The couple has nine children.Anne and Mary are students atProvidence College and Edwardis a freshman at SoutheasternMassachusetts University, whileBarbara and Joan are enrolled atBishop Stang High School. Richard, Delia and Natalie attend St.James-St. John Merged School,which pre-schooler Margaretwill enter next year.

Serra HeadFontaine's military service in

cludes duty with the U. S. Armyas an enlisted man from 1948 to1949 and in 1953 with the U. S.Army Reserve, in which he wascommissioned in the Transportation Corps.

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Bishop Daniel A. Cronin todayannounced appointment of Richard C. Fontaine of St. Jamesparish, New Bedford, as diocesan lay chairman of the 1976Catholic Charities Appeal.

In accepting the post Fontaine,In a telephone conversation withMsgr. Anthony M. Gomes, diocesan director of the appeal, said,"I thank Bishop Cronin for thisopportunity to work with him,the priests, religious, my fellowCatholics and all the friends ofthe Appeal. My wife and ournine children are very pleased.We will do all we can in thisthirty-fifth annual call for assistance in the many apostolatesof the diocese. With God's helpand the assistance of everyone,Bishop Cronin will be able tocontinue land expand theworks of charity, mercy, socialservice and educational endeavors to all peoples, regardless ofrace, color and creed."

Since 1961 Fontaine has beenadministrative assistant to thegeneral manager of My BreadBaking Co., New Bedford. Hewas previously personnel manager for the company. Currentlyhe is second vice-president of theNew England Bakers Federation.

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Enroll for FallAll Catholic elementary

schools in the Diocese of FallRiver will receive applicationsfor new and transfer studentson Sunday, March 7, and Sunday, March 14. Parents wishingto enroll a child or obtain information should go to theschool of their choice on eitherday between 9 a.m. and noon.

For a child entering schoolfor the first time, parentsshould bring a birth or baptismalcertificate. For transfer students,a copy of the child's last reportcard is requested.

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and some schools are collectingcanned goods and clothing for·quake victims.

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Living RosarySt. John Council, Attleboro

Knights of Columbus, will sponsor a Hving rosary at 8 p.m.Saturday evening, Feb. 28, at theCouncil Home, 2 Hodges St.Those attending are asked tobring flashlights.

THE ANCHOILSecond Class Postale Paid at Fall River,

Mass. Pub Iished every Thursday at 410Highland Avenue, Fall River, Mass. 02722by the Catholic Press of the Diocese of FallIliver. Subscription price by mall, postpaid,s.00 lIer year.

Individually and through organizations, Catholics in the diocese, nation and world haverallied to the aid of earthquakestricken Guatemala. Here, fol~

lowing an initial emergencycontribution of $5,000 sent toCatholic Relief Services by Bishop Cronin in the name of theFa'll River diocese, parishes haveannounced special collections

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~leary Press-Fall River

DCCW ExecutivesMemhers of the executive

board of the Diocesan Councilof Catholic Women (DCCW)will meet at 2 p.m. Sunday,March 7 at St. Mary's Rectory.St. Mary's Square, Taunton.

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served as president of the HolyFamily Alumni Assn. and theNew Bedford Serra Club and asvice-president of St. James parish council, chairman of the parish Cub Scout Pack, and a director of Sacred Heart Home,New Bedford. Since 1966 he hasbeen a lector at St. JamesChurch. In 1970 he received theMarian Award for service to theparish and diocese.

Active in the community, Fontaine is a member and pastchairman of the New BedfordZoning Board of Appeals andchairman of the New BedfordCitizens Salary Review Committee. In the hitter post he received a special commendationfrom the New Bedford StandardTimes.

The Special Gifts phase of theCatholic Charities Appeal willextend from April 19 to May I,said Msgr. Gomes, and will solicit support of professional, fraternal, business and industrialorganizations. The parish phasewill take place from noon to 3p.m. Sunday, May 2, when over17,000 volunteers will visit104,500 diocesan homes askingfor contributions.

A kick-off meeting will takeplace at 8 p.m. Wednesday,April 21, at Bishop ConnollyHigh School, Fall River, whenclergy, religious and laity willbe briefed on the annual program.

poor and nothing for the middleincome "working class."

Some examples:-A "catastrophic illness" cov

erage plan for M~dicare patients. would hurt more people than it

would help; new benefits would .not take effect until the 75thday of hospitalization, and outof-pocket expenses for Medicarepatients would increase morethan $100 for the first 74 days.

-Another proposal wouldraise the Medicare deductible inproportion' to the cost-of-livingincrease,s in Social Security.

-The budget calls for cuttingsome $2.4 billion in food andnutrition programs includingFood Stamps, school lunches andchild nutrition programs.

-The budget would cut $37million in feeding programs forthe elderly, while not fundingother elderly programs, such ascommunity service and homemaker programs, supported overwhelmingly by Congress.

-The budget would cut aquarter-of-a-billion dollars fromaid to Families of DependentChildren.

-The budget proposes largeincreases in funding for weapons systems such as the B-1bomber.

Looking at the budget, it iseasy to see that it is virtuallyimpossible for either Congressor the Administration to comeup with new 'solutions to oldproblems when they are involved in squabbles about programs which, though imperfect,have broad public support.

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-The budget assumes thatCongress will sustain a veto ofa Labor-HEW appropriations billthat was $916 million above thePresident's recommendation;Congress overrode the veto justa week after the budget wasreleased.

-The budget proposes consolidating child nutrition, health,education and social service programs into a variety of "blocgrants" that would be turnedover to the states at a total costof several billion dollars belowlast year's funding level.

When the president made asimilar proposal last year for<:hild nutrition programs, heeould not find anyone, evenwithin his own party, to introduce his bill in Congress. Thereis no reason to expect he wouldhave' any better luck this yearwith child nutrition programs orwith the same approach inhealth, education or other areas.

-Last year the Administration estimated an income of $8billion from offshore oil drillingand received $3 billion; this yearthe estimate is $6 billion.

The budget also presents priorities: more money for militaryspending, more money for bigbusiness, less money for the

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, THE LORD SPEAKS TO THE HIEART - This theme is depictedin these readings for the weekend of February 29: First - TheLord will speak to the heart of Israel forever (Hosea 2: 16-7, 2122), Second - The Spirit in our hearts give life (2 Corinthians3: 1-6), Gospel - The new law of the Spirit in men's hearts willreplace the old law (Mark 2: 18-22).

A Look at Ford BudgetWhen a President and a Con

gress are as much at odds asPresident Ford and the 94th Congress,a presidential budget atbest can only offer one possibleoption for Congress to choose.This is particularly true todaywith the new process in whichCongress is taking a long-rangelook at the budget.

For starters it is unlikely thata $395 billion budget will bearany relationship to actual federal expenditures for the 1977fiscal year, which begins Oct. 1.Many economists and congressionalobservers are certain thehudget will go to almost $420hillion this year.

The budget projects a decreasein the unemployment rate. Butthe Congressional Budget Office

, has said that, with no new jobcreating programs in the budgetand w,ith projected spending levels, there is no reason to.expecta decrease in unemployment. Because each one per cent of unemployment costs the federal government about $15 billion in lostrevenue and in' income-supportpayments, this means that federal income will probably be lessthan anticipated in the budgetand, with continued inflation,will probably be worth less.

Some other examples:

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Letters WelcomeLetters tQ the editor are welcomed. All letters should be brief

and the editor reserves the right to condense any letters if deemednecessary. All letters must be signed and contain a home or businessaddress.

Pass It On

The Holy Father, in' a recent audience, warned hisvisitors that Catholics are "not to wear religion like anovercoat, which covers a person without changing thatperson."

A Christianity based on "habit, custom, protocol orestablished ways, of behavior-a Christianity worn like anovercoat covering only the external part of a person" isnot desired today, the Pope explained.

Authentic Christianity, the Pontiff went on, "demandssimplicity of heart, a transparency between a man's interior and exterior behavior, and a veracity which shoots thesame light through the mind, the emotions, speech, actionsand gesture which define a person."

Lent is that welcome time of reflection and evaluation; that time of personal self discipline so as to bemore Christlike in our judgements, our actions and ourlove.

The aids at our disposal this year-Adult Educationon the Rite of Penance, SIGN, Rice Bowl and the weekendEucharistic services can all supplement our diet of Lenten penance to make it a time of more Christliness.

Our Lent, this year, presents us with the opportunities to delve more deeply into our Faith and relish it themore. The various "operations" at our disposal can welldiscipline our appetites and translate the energy into awelcomed service to others, a loving joining. in God'sProvidence for the less fortunate.

Feel this Lent intently, let it sink into every littleselfish corner of our lives. May the concerns we willlive bring us all closer to the all-concerned Christ andmay what we all suffer together understandably lightenthe burdens from each one's shoulder-for what we undertake will be-not an overcoat, not a devotion for devotion's sake, not a leisurely assumed trifle-but an accepted,chosen and valuable penance and discipline with the Lord.

, May this new season of Lent be a most holy andprofitable one' for you ,and for all your brothers andsisters in any need.

A Lenten Overcoat?

We welcome the Buzzards Bay parish newsletter intor the journalistic world. The endeavor, born of a truly pas

toral spirit has already welded and strengthened thedeeply felt ties of Christian parishioners. Congratulations.

Such mini-newspapers, fired with pastoral concern,can do much for a parish. May the experiment not onlysucceed but spread to many other parishes.

The Anchor welcomes such endeavors and standsready and willing to make your contributions even morewidely felt and known, and eager to pass on the inspirationto others.

Yes, truly-pass it on-put us on your mailing liststhat we too may-pass it on-to the ever more sensitivediocesan parish' we are all part of.

.@rhe ANCHOROFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF THE DIOCESE OF FALL RIVER

Published weekly by The Catholic Press of the Diocese of Fall River410 Highland Avenue

Fall River Mass. 02722 675-7151PUBLISHER

Most Rev. Daniel A. Cronin, D.O., S.T.D.ACTING EDITOR FINANCIAL ADMINISTRATOR

Rev. John R. FoIster, S.T.l. Rev. Msgr. John Regan

Letters to the editor

When and Where:March 6 or March 20Aquinas Junior College, 15 Walnut Park, Newton,Mass.

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tion to tea'ch and instruct thePeople of God . . . and to hearit in return."

The board also cited the Bergamo conference's call for "a definition of the roles of pUblisherand editor, a mutual trust andunderstanding and frequent dir·ect communication betweenthem."

TIle board quoted further fromthe Bergamo conference statement: "The editor must recognize the bishop's pastoral responsibility and the bishop mustrecognize the editor's necessaryfreedom. Both should recognizethat the right to information isa right of, the reader whichshould not be abr,idged."

Noting that neither bishoppublisher nor editor is ever com·pletely free but "always limitedby the demands of the commongood within the Church andwithin the civic community,"the board concluded:

"In the spirit of reconciliationso ardently desired by Pope PaulVI, there must be a willingnessof the bishop-publisher and theeditor to listen and to attend toeach other. In this connectionany form of prior censorship interferes with harmonious editorpubHsher relationships and thereader's right to know. We be·lieve if such a dialogue is carried out in mutual respect fewdifficulties will ever arise."

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NEW ORLEANS (NC) - Theboard of directors of the Catholic Press Association (CPA) hasexpressed "deep concern" overrecent disputes between bishopswho are publishers of Catholicnewspapers and the editors ofthose news"lapers.

In a statement approved unanimously at its meeting here,the board called for dialogue between the bishop-publishers andthe editors. It also condemnedany form of prior censorship asan interference with "harmonious editor-pubfisher relationships and the reader's right toknow."

The board "makes no judgment on the merits of severalrecent disputes between editorsand publishers of certain Catholic newspaper," the statementsaid. "No such judgments havebeen formally requested fromthe board by any of the partiesto the disputes."

But, expressing "deeo concernover instances of editor-publisher conflict," the board reaffirmed "the principles agreed uponat the Bergamo Bishop-EditorsConference held in Dayton, Ohioin December, 1969."

The board cited that conference's aff,irmation of the needfor the Catholic press to provide"a forum for dialogue withinthe body of the Church" and tohelp "fulfill the bishop's obliga-

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ThanksDear Editor:

Thank you for the article onLynda Landry in last week'sAnchor.

Father Timothy GoldrickBuzzards Bay

a poor one at that". What a furor that caused. The German Embassy ,in Washington wanted anapology for the insult - butthey never got it.

James L. GormleyPawtucket, R. I.

A Bicentennial lecture serieson Religion and Justice open tothe public at no charge will bepresented in the gymnasium ofSacred Heart School, Taunton,from 7:30 to 9 p.m. on the firstfour Thursdays of Lent.

Beginning the series will beRev. Robert Kaszynski, pastor ofSt. Stanislaus Church, Fall River, who will speak on March 4on "Justice and Jesus." Noted asa spiritual director and retreatmaster, Father Kaszynski hasrecently formed within his parish a prayer-faith communitydedicated to an intense spirituallife.

The second speaker is PaulGastonguay, professor of biologyat Stonehill College and acolumnist for "America" magazine. His topic will be "Justice'and Medical Technology."

Speaking on "Justice and theChurch" at the third session willbe Rev. James Haddad, professorof theology at St. John's Seminary, Brighton, and a nationallyknown author and lecturer.

Brother Loyola Christoph,C.S.C.," a pastoral psychologistand provincial assistant 'for theBrothers of the Holy Cross,Riverside, Conn., will concludethe series with a discussion of"Justice and the Aging."

STREET BAPTISM: Despite earthquake, life continues in Guatemala andChurch welcomes newChristians. In ChimaItenango. a baptism ceremony isheld in street because churchbehind is unsafe. (NC P~oto)

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Dear Editor:A letter in "The Anchor" of

February 12 calls for some comment. It nurported to s"eak ofabortion, but was tied in withthe general suh;ects of warfareand capital punishment.

The reference to the late Car·dinal Spellman was uncalled forand unfair. For some reason theso-called liberals in our midsthave of late years shown muchdelight "in criticizing and condemning Cardinal Spellman. Sohe was the Catholic Vicar of ourarmed for,ces during World War2! Is there anythin~ wrong withthat? Where would our countrybe today if it were not for ourarmed forces? Cardinal Spellmanwas a humble and noble man;a devoted priest and shepherd.

No sane person prefers orwants war, 'but due to the maliceand caprice of men, wars aresometimes nece'lsarv. A'l to theirjustification, that has been argued pro and con for centuries. Regarding the sad and tragic events in Vietnam, history has yetto make the final judgment.

Statements that the CatholicChurch remained silent duringthe days of Adolph Hitler andhis Nazi regime should be putto rest once and for all as theyare false. True, the Church hada concordat with Germany, butthat does not mean it a~proved

of Hitler or his acts. Germanywas one third Catholic and theconcordat was an attemT)t toprotect the rights of the Catholicpeople. Hitler later violated theconcordat, dissolved CatholicYouth organizations, imprisonedpriests and nuns and silencedbishops who spoke out againsthim.

Pius XI, who reigned from1922 to 1939, was instrumentalin spiriting Jews out of Germany and arranged with a LatinAmer,ican Cardinal to give themrefuge and succor.

His successor, Pius XII whoreigned during World War 2, also performed many charitableand creditable acts toward refugees during the war. Despitethis he has been much malignedin recent years.

And' who can forget CardinalMundelein, Archbishop of Chi·cago, who, in 1937, called Hitler"an Austrian paper-hanger and

Sincerely,Rev. Barry W. WallFall River

High School in Attleboro, andserve on the faculty of BishopGerrard High School in Fall River. Although the Sisters of Mercy withdrew from Holy FamilyHigh School in New Bedford in1974, the work they began in1883 continues under the guidance of several of their formerstudents serving as lay teacherstogether with other Religious onthe faculty.

Our congratulations to theSisters are 'accompanied by theprayerful hope that the Spiritwill lead more young women tocontinue the spirit of Mercy inour .midst.

Dear Editor,Massachusetts Citizens for

Life and its chapters will publish the position of candidateson the human life issue, andeach member is encouraged tosupport pl'o-life candidates.

Massachusetts Citizens forLife absolutely rejects abortionfor any reason where abortionis understood to mean the willful destruction of an unb?rn life.We are not opposed to measuresintended to preserve the life ofthe mother such as the removalof tubular pregnancy but we areopposed to direct abortion forwhatever reason and will workto restore the moral code whichreveres all human life withoutexception.

Only a Human Life Amendment will remove the right tolife fl'om the vicissitudes of thepolitical arena. A "states rights"amendment will subject ourstate legislators to the cyclicalfluctuations of public morality.The issue of human life should,hopefully, be removed from thearea of public opinion forever;and, therefore, a "states rights"amendment is not acceptable.

"Alternatives" to abortion arein existence now; but theyshould never be considered adequate reasons to avoid the needfor a Human Life Amendmentprotecting the born and the unborn, the young and the" old, thesick and the poor, the wantedand the unwanted.

Yours for Life,Pamela A. SmithSwanseaCo-chairman, GreaterFa;ll River ChapterMass. Citizens for Life

Spirit of Mercy'Dear Editor:

A brief article in a recentissue of The Anchor announcedthat the Sisters of Mercy of theProvince of Providence, whichincludes the Dioceses of Provi·dence and Fall River, are soonto celebrate the one hundredtwenty fifth anniversary of theircoming to the area.

This is an aopropr,iate timefor us to recall with gratitudethe devoted service of so manySisters over the years. Most willassociate the Sisters with theparochial schools, now reducedin num'ber unfortunately, but theaoostolic works of the Sisters ofMercy have been varied.

They came first to our diocesein 1873 to St. Lawrence Parish,in New Bedford where they established a hospital, the first inthe city, but after several yearsof operation financial difficultiesforced St. Joseph Hospital toclose. Since 1885 the Sistershave cared for children at St.Vincent's Home in Fall Riverand in more recent Hmes theyhave devoted themselves to theeducation of exceptional children in the Nazareth Schools inFall River, Hyannis, and Attleboro.

In the field of secondary education they staff Bishop Feehan

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terest groups, "Getting the WordOut," wiU be held on Saturday,March 6, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.This seminar is geared towardshelping publicity chairmen forclubs and organizations makemore effective use of the localmedia as well as to help improveunderstanding between commu·nity groups and the press.

The second part of the daywill also. offer tips on how towrite effective news releasesand feature stories that wi'llcatch the reader's eye.

The instructor for this courseis Ms. Diane Millikan, a writerand newspaperwoman.

For further information onthese workshops, contact thewomen's coordinator, Conferences and Institutes Division, atStonehill College.

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Starting on successive Wednesdays on March 3. and contin~ing through April 7, a six-weeksession workshop, "How to StartYour Own Business," will begin.The two-hour course will runfrom' 7-9 p.m. and is co-sponsored by the Small BusinessAssociation.

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La Salette wine and cheese festival will take place at 8:15 p.m.Saturday, Feb. 28 in the cafeteria of La Salette Shrine, Attleboro. In keeping with the Bicentennial year, only Americanwines and cheese will be servedand an American square danceprogram will be presented. Aiding with arrangements are Mr.and 'Mrs. Robert Butler of Norton. Reservations may be 'madeby telephoning the shrine.

Wome'n Will SeeCongress Film

A film presentation on theforthcoming Eucharistic Congress by Rev. John J. Oliveira,vice chancellor of the dioceseand secretary to Bishop DanielA. Cronin, will highlight anopen meeting of the TauntonDistrict Council of CatholicWomen, to be held at 8 p.m.Monday, March 1 at St. JacquesChurch, Taunton.

Mrs. Martina Grover, chairman of the Organization Services Commission of the council,is in charge of program arrangements and members of St. Jacques Council of Catholic Womenwill be hostesses for the evening.

have to at least double thisrecipe.

This potato soup recipe is alittle more elaborate but I thinkit is basic enough to meet therequirements of Rice Bowl:

Potato and Spinach Soup1 quart potatoes, peeled and

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sely slicedI quart basic stock2 ounces butter or margar,ine1 teaspoon salt~ teaspoon pepper~ pound spinach leaves, was

hed1 cup milkPut the potatoes and onion in

a large pot. Add the stock, bringto a boil, cover with a loosefitting lid, adjust heat to simmerand simmer for 30 minutes oruntil, potatoes are tender. Addshortening, salt and pper.

Turn the heat off and add spinach. Stir until spinach ds wilted.Pour the mixture through a foodmill, or blend in a blender untilsmooth. Return the mixture tothe pot, add milk and' heat. Donot boil. Serves 6.

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fringe items, potato chips, candies, etc., or maybe we hesitateto buy baked goods, vowing instead to make our own; but stillour tables are not bare.

Most famHies, even in thistime of recession, eat well if notexpensively.

So the question arises, withsuch a large percentage of theworld's population starving, howdo we, who live such an insulated existence, relate to this problem? How do we teach our children and make them aware thatthey are responsible for theirneighbors, even though acrossan ocean and inv,isible to them.

Rice BowlOne very viable, visible way

couid be to have your familyparticipate in Operation RiceBowl each We4nesday this Lent.The project, designed to helpfeed starving people throughoutthe world, is a very positive wayto observe Lent. Elsewhere' inthis issue of. The Anchor is anexcellent article on the program.so I don't want to be repetitiousexcept to say that having a sacrificial supper each Wednesdayof Lent certainly couldn't hurtyour family and could only helpit to have empathy for the hungry of the world.

Lent is a perfect time for suchsharing and I truly miss bothmy Lenten recipes and the feeling of sacrifice we had when wet1'\ied to cut down on our eating.I find Rice Bowl a very meaningful way to celebrate this Lenten season.

I searched for a potato souprecipe that could, be used withthe first suggested Wednesdaymenu and I came up with thefollowing two:

Potato Com Chowder2 Tablespoons chopped green

pepper1 Tablespoon margarine1 (10~ ounce can condensed'

cream-of-potato soup~ soup can of milk~ soup can water~ CUll cooked whole-kernel

corn1 Tablespoon chopped parsley1) In a saucepan cook pepper

in the shortening until tender.Add the remaining ingredients.Heat, stirring now and then. Serves 3. FO,r a family you would

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Says Empathy with Hungry At Stonehill CollegeTaught b,y 'Rice Bowl'

In the past year or so our food bills have doubled, a tripto the market is a trauma, and we find that luxury foodssuch as lobster, shrimp, and expensive cuts of beef have allbut disappeared from our tables, or are reserved for specialevents such as birthdays.

With our concern for serving our families well for lessuppermost in our minds, wemanage to find enough buys toprovide nutritional meals for asmaller amount of money. Perhaps we stay away from the

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Sister Mary BernardOf Joan of Arc Nuns

Word has been received hereof the funeral on Feb. 13 of Sister Mary Bernard of the Sistersof St. Joan of Arc, the former

. Mathilda Boutin. A native ofNotre Dame pardsh, Fall River,and a graduate of the formerJesus-Mary Academy, she was areligious 42 years until herdeath at age 61.

She served in rectories inBoston, Portland, Me., Man·chester and Nashua, N. H., Rochester, N.Y. and Quebec, andis survived by five brothers andsix sisters, nearly all in the FallRiver diocese.

Her funeral and intermenttook place at the motherhouseof her community in Quebec anda pro-burial Mass ",vas celebrated for her last Satu,rday atNotre Dame Church, F'!'H' River.

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Ms. Barbara O'Brien, HomeEconomics Specialist for theExtension Service of the BristolCounty Agricultural School, willdiscuss the making of wills atthe Women's Guild meeting setfor 7:45 p.m. Tuesday, March 2in the church hall. Plans will bemade for a potluck supper to beheld at the April meeting.

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PUblicity chairmen of Darlsh orlanlzatlonaIre liked to submit news Items for thiscolumn to The Anchor, P. 0, Box 7, FillRiver. 02722. Name of city or town shouldbe I#.cluded as well as full dates of allactivities. Please send news of future ratherthan past events.

ST. ANTHONY OF PADUA,NEW BEDFORD

St. Anthony High SchoolBoosters' Club will sponsor astyle show at 8 p.m. Tuesday,March 2 in the school auditorium on Ashley Boulevard. Refreshments will be served andthe public is invited. Ticketsmay be reserved by calling 9955437 or 993-2818. They will alsobe available at the door.

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The Home-School Organization will hold a Las Vegas Nightfrom 4:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m.Saturday, Feb. 28 in the FatherCoady Center on Benton Street.Refreshments will be availableand admission, for adults only,will be free.world.

Concert to MarkJubi I,ee YearOf Cathedral

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The New England Conservatory Chorus will present a concert of sacred and secular musicat 'St. Mary's Cathedral, FallRiver, Thursday night, April 8.The occasion will be the firstin a series of activities markingthe 75th anniversary of the con·secration of the Cathedral.

Anne Marie Lingard, musicchairman of the celebration, announces that all present and former parishioners are invited toattend the concert. Reservedseats will be available for patrons, sponsors and benefactors.

The New England Conserva·tory Chorus. under the' directionof its founder, Lorna Cooke deVaron, was organized in 1947.Composed principally of voiceand music education students,the chorus also numbers amongits members instrumentalists.composers and pianists, alllearning thE! art of ensemblesinging.

Through tours and numerousrecordings with the BostonSymphony Orchestra, the chorushas distinguished itself interna·tionally. Under the auspices ofthe Cultural Presentations program of the U.S. State Department it was heard in Spain andthe Soviet Union in 1966, andtoured Europe in 1972 garneringpraise from audiences and critics.

,In its 28 year history, thegroup has performed under suchconductors as Seiji Ozawa,Erich Leinsdorf, Nadia Boulanger, Leonard Bernstein, CharlesMunch, William Steinberg, Randall Thompson, and Michael Tilson Thomas.

Lorna Cooke deVaron, one ofthe country's most distinguishedchoral conductors, received herBachelor of Arts degree fromWellesley College where shestudied with Nadia Boulanger,and her Master of Arts fromRadcliffe College where she wasassistant conductor of the Radcliffe Choral Society under G.Wallace Woodworth.

The St. Mary's Cathedral concert will be part ofa New England sryring tour by the chorusand will include works by oldmasters such as Bach, Brahmsand Faure, Russian church musicand selections by modern American composers.

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VATICAN CITY (NC) - Today's reliance on computers andstatistics for solutions to humanproblems threatens the sen<;e ofpersonal freedom and responsibility, Cardinal John Wrightwarned in a recent speech.

The American cardinal, who isprefect of tJooe Vatican's Con~re

gation for the Clergy, as<;erted,however, that God's power isstill able to "throw a monkeywrench in the best of comput·ers."

Cardinal Wright's Italianspeech was delivered at a theological seminar for laymen inEnna. Sicily.

Speaking of threats to humanfreedom and responsibility today, the cardinal stated: "Thethreat rests especially in thementality that is acclimatized torely in an impersonal way on~tatistics, which are often manipulated, for solutions of problems in which human factors love, loyalty, ho,e, courage,faith, and passion for freedomare not only directly or indirectly part of the efJuation but areelements which absolutely cannot be programmed, processedor electronicized by a compu-·ter."

But Cardinal Wright assertedthat the battle has not been lostby Christian humanists.

"This materialistic backwashis not new," he said. "The powerof div,ine intervention hasenough elasticity to pUll therug out from under the feet ofdespots and to throw a monkeywrench in the best of computers."

vacation. (They called it a business trip.)

However, his assistant, AGL4238 would help me.

When they looked for him, hewasn't there either. He was outto lunch. (By now, it was 3 inthe afternoon.)

They switched my call directly to St. Peter, but he had goneto help the 4,236 other angelswho were all trying to find God.God was buried ... someplace ...under miles and miles of computer printout.

In the background I couldhear -frantic voices ... "If He'sreally lost, who'll run things?""What'll we tell the Catholics?""It'll sure overjoy Madalyn Murray O'Hair."

Over the bits I heard a moreauthoritative voice ... "Let's justwait three days. It worked forMe."

My eavesdropping on Heavenwas interrupted. A "computervoice" spoke on the phone, "Atthe sound of the chime if youwill leave your message, it willbe electronically recorded. Someone will call you on the'\nextregular business day."

"Ding!"

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I asked for a first vice president but he was on vacation(they called it a business trip)and when I asked for the president I was told he was out tolunch. (It was 3 in the afternoon.)

Discouraged, I decided to goright to the top. I called God.

I got through to Heaven'sswitchboard. The operator wassorry but God and Darwin werein conference trying to formulatea promotion that will sell Genesis and evolution in one package.

I called a couple of hourslater. "Sorry ... God's in conference-indefinitely-trying to explain marital sex to St. Paul."

Next morning I tried early."I'm sorry, God's in the DataProcessing Department ... and Ihave no way of knowing whenHe'll be back."

By now the seraphic switchboard operator was getting toknow me, so she offered a bitmore explanation:

Computerized Heaven"You knew, of course, that

Heaven has been computerized."Instead of St. Peter having

to hand catalog all the transgressions with a quill in hisgreat big book, all we do now iskeypunch everything. It has itsadvantages. It's so much fasterthat we can keep track of allthe virtues as well as the vices.Judgment Day, you just get aprintout."

The angel went on with herexplanation. "Keeping track ofall the acts of men didn't use allthe available time for the computer, so we started recordingall the things that men say are'God's wilL'

"That's where God is now ...trying to figure out from Hiscomputer all the things that menhave said He wanted . . . andwondering what in Heaven'sname He said in the first placethat men could scramble so."

The angel offered an alternative. "Let me connect you withAGL-4237, in charge of handlingproblems concerning departmentstore accounts."

She put me on hold ... and·harp music flooded my ear.

Finally, that department answered ... but AGtL-4237· was on

A department store fouled up my charge account andI phoned to get an adustment. This is no longer a matterof just talking to a clerk who notes the adjustment on youraccount. I was informed that since the store has computerized its accounts, itwas necessary for a secondvice-president to authorizethe necessary data entrycards to effect the adjustment.

But the second vice presidentwas in conference with the salesmanager and couldn't be disturbed.

ComputerizedHardly Worth


Operation SIGN: Service •In Name

Adu,lt Education and Penance

cerned with othere, i.e., with thehungers of the human family.Such a people, a Church, is attractive to many, including thealienated and those tempted tobe. Such a people celebrate theEucharist with integrity, forthey celebrate the life style ofJesus as their own life style, inunion with him."

"Service is defined as the performance of any act or acts thatare beneficial to others for whichthe one offering the service receives no commensurate material reward. These services willbe as diversified as the needs ofthe people they are intended tobenefit, but they must be done"in God's name."

The fundamental guidance forservice will be found in the spiritual and corporal works ofmercy, added organizers. Corporal works are feeding the hungry, giving drink to the thirsty,clothing the naked, visiting theimprisoned, sheltering the homeless, visiting the sick and burying the dead.

Spiritual works are admonishing sinners, instructing theignorant, counseling the doubtful, comforting the sorrowful,bearing wrongs patiently, forgiving injuries and praying for theliving and dead.

of food left. This, said the cardinal, "was as if Jesus had expected more guests and for somereason they didn't show up. The12 baskets were intended for theno shows.

"For them the bread is waiting. It is interesting to note thatwhen Jesus multiplied the bread,He gave it to the disciples todistribute. He could have willedit to be in front of each person,but no. Hes gave it to His disciples as if somehow the actualnourishment would be done byhuman instruments. That samesituation is with us today.

"We have the bounty of God'shouse and there are many whodo not yet share His faith norHis life," the cardinal said. Hence':he Church comes to youth with~he challenge" to reach out tothose who are in need and sharewith them what you have received from the table of theLord.

"It is a great, great moment. in the Church. All we can say

is we love you and thanks be toGod."

Young People of GodSIGN organizers added that

one of the goals of the programis "to demonstrate nationally tothose inside and outside theChurch the existence of a youthful People of God truly con-

SIGN aims at involving through schools and youth programs between four and sevenmillion young people· in contributing 100 million hours of service to the neeedy, lonelyand disadvantaged. These hours will be symbolically placed on the altar at a EucharisticCongress Mass for Youth on Aug. 6 in Philadelphia, to be celebrated by Cardinal Timothy Manning of Los Angeles.

Explaining the program,the Cardinal told young people, "We haev gone through aprocess of searching for something that can fill the hunger ofthe heart. They have tried thePeace Corps, transcendentalmeditation, Oriental mysticism,Jesus moevments, and none ofthese have satisfied it. Now theyare making this profession offaith in the fact 'that in theChurch, and in the Church alone,is that satisfying Word to belistened to and live by."

He said that after Jesus hadfed the multitude through themultiplication of loaves andfishes, there were still 12 baskets

PASS IT ONIt's more than a parish bulle

tin that members of St. Margaret's and St. Mary's Churches,Buzzards Bay and Onset, havebeen getting monthly for nearlytwo years.

"Pass It On," is a bright eightpage newsletter produced bymembers of the parish PastoralService Team.

The February issue is typical,leading with an introductorystory on the forthcoming revisions in the Sacrament of Penance, announcing a Mardi Gras,and announcing a Lenten calendar.

A day by day parish activitiescalendar fills the center pagesand feature stories highlight·a successful Family Programnow under way in St. Margaret'sparish center.

Brief items welcoming newparishioners complete the newsletter.

"Pass It On" has been warmly received in the parish, saidMrs. Judy Trant. Its monthly circulation is about 600 copies, including distribution to a nursinghome and a small mailing list.Its attractive logo features aphoenix, the legendary bird thatrose from its own ashes "andalso represents the vitality ofthe Holy Spirit," explained Mrs.Trant. She paid tr:ibute to theleadership role of Rev. John G.Olrroll, pastor and Rev. Timothy J. Goldick, assistant, in making "Pass It On" and many. othergood things happen in the two.church parish.

SIGN isaprogram of theCont8ct lEeDIocesan Coordnator

or NatIonal SIGN OffIce,~ 41st222 North 17thStreet, Inte ti' al~~ t Euc~~

(In Pa.,215-564-2271) Congres.."'tburhours pledged will beplaced on theaJtarat the Youth Mass.

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Youth living the EucharistNational goal: 100million hours of service

to helpsatisfy the hungersofthe human family.

Continued from Page One

to St. Anthony of Padua parish hall on Nye Street onFridays, March 5, 12, 19 and 26, with Rev. HenryArruda, Rev. Marc Bergeron, Rev. Roger Leduc andRev. John Perry.

South end residents may attend sessions at St. Johnthe Baptist parish hall on Wing Street on Tuesdays,March 9, 16,23 and 30, with Rev. Edward Correia, Rev.Thomas Lopes, Rev. John Steakem and Rev. HoraceTravassos.

On the Upper Cape the program will be held at St.Patrick parish center, East Main Street, Falmouth, on Tuesdays, Marc:h 9, 16, 23 and 30 with Rev. RobertCarter, Rev. William Costello, Rev. John Magnani andRev. James McLellan,

Taunton discussions are scheduled for the CoyleCassidy Library at Adams and Hamilton Streets onWednesdays, March 10, 17, 24 and 31 with Rev. Richard Beaulieu, Rev. James Fahey, Rev. Robert Kirby andRev. Michael Nagle.

Those interested in attending the program areasked to fill out the registration form on this pageof The Anchor and bring it with them to thefirst session. Forms are also available from parishpriests and religious education coordinators. There willbe no charge for ,the program.

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Eucharistic WeekendsContinned from Page One

Harwich; Sacred Heart, New Bedford; St, Ann, Rayn,ham.

Fifth weekend, April 3 and 4: 51. Patrick, Fall River; St. Mary, Seekonk; St. John the Evangelist, Pocasset; Holy Name, New Bedford; St. Anthony, Taunton.

Rice Bowl and SIGNContinued from Page One

dining room tables to make their tables an altar, topray and to eat a sacrificial meal," Msgr. Coli said."This will lead them to experience the agony, thepain of hunger."

The congress suggests that the sacrificial meal beheld on Wednesdays. Each Sunday following, the Congress proposes that money saved by the meal be placedin special "rice bowls" at local Catholic churches orparticipating Protestant and Jewish congregations.

III most dioceses, 75 per cent of the donations willbe dispensed by Catholic Relief Services to the pooroverseas, and the remainder will be app'lied to helpingthe poor and hungry in the United States.

Msgr. Coli noted that some 500 million people, halfof them children, live on the brink of starvation. "Itis estimated," the priest said, "that this year some 10million people will die from hunger and disease relatedto malnutrition. Half wrIl be children under five yearsof age."

As a way of gauging what a donation will buyoverseas, file congress published the following estimates: $5 will buy 12 pounds of powdered'milk, enoughto give 10 children a glass every day for two months;$15 will buy 48 cans of evaporated milk; and a $9contribution will buy a 100 pound sack of kidneybeans.

The total collected during the Rice Bowl projectwill be announced Aug. 2 on the Family Day of theEucharistic Congress,. to be held Aug. 1 through 8in Philadelphia.

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The Pope, encouraging all whocontributed toward relief work,concluded: "We want to takesome consolation from this: goodexists, good is working and acting to open the ways to trustand to esteem for humanitywhich lead, even if throughtears and misfortune, towardthe civilization of love."

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The cardinal's letter continued,"The worst thing of al:l is all ofour dead and the hundreds uponhundreds of wounded. The livingare sleeping in the street amongthe dead and wounded. It makesone weep."

The Pope commented thatabout a million people were lefthomeless by the earthquake andthat an unusual cold wave wasmaking matters worse for thevictims.

But the Pope said that "acomforting demonstration of social compassion and activeChristian presence" is at workin Guatemala through the helpof church organizations and"friendly governments."

"The good is fighting alongside generosity and, is trying todefeat an earthly evil for whichno remedy except human sol-

AID BACKUP - A volunteer unloads a truck as reliefsupplies for Guatemala pile up in a warehouse at the NewOrleans airport. A shortage of aircraft with available spaceto carry the food and clothing has forced agencies to seekships to move the 150 tons of earthquake, relief.

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hood Association announced aGuatemala Emergency Appeal,asking pupils in the country's8,000 Catholic schools and inConfraternity of Christian Doc-'trine classes "to share theirblessings with those who havebeen immersed' in incrediblemisery." Funds collected wereturned over yesterday to reliefagencies.

Also the Society for the Propagation of the Faith, the Pontifical Mission Aid Society of the'Catholic Church in the UnitedStates, has announced an immediate grant of $50,000 for assistance to Guatemala earthquakevictims.

Major responsibility for American Church-sponsored reliefefforts continues to be assumedby Catholic Relief Services, theoverseas agency of the UnitedStates Catholic Conference,headquartered in New YorkCity, with Bishop Edward E.Swanstrom as executive director.

More Tears Than InkIn Rome, Pope Paul VI, urging

help for Guatemala, made public parts of a letter to him fromCardinal Mario Casariego ofGuatemala City.

"I write to you more withtears than with ink," the Popequoted the cardinal's letter as 'saying. "Seventeenchurches are completely destroyed in the capital, and the

Vincentians to MeetFall River Vintentians will

meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday, March2 at Immaculate ConceptionChurch on Thomas Street. Masswill ,be 'celebrated for the beatifi·cation of Frederic Ozanam,founder of the V:incentians, andfor the welfare of a seven-year·old patient at the Rose Hawthorne Lathrop Home. A business session will follow.

Where Have the WomenGone, Asks Fr. Greeley

rush to get out a final statementand from unfamiliarity with theArabic language, in which thedrafting session was conducted.

In any event, the Vatican hasalready taken steps to set therecord straight, Cardinal SergioPignedoli, head of the Vaticandelegation at the Tripoli talks,said, upon his return to Rome,that he had been unaware thatthe controversial paragraphs hadbeen accepted by a small groupof Vatican representatives intheir haste to complete theArabic-language resolutions. Hesaid the paragraphs came as acomplete surprise to him whenthey were read publicly, andstated that they must be considered in suspension unless ap·proved by competent officials atthe Vatican.

That approval has now beenrefused. A front-page announce·ment in the Feb. 11 edition ofVatican daily, L'Osservatore Romano, said the Vatican is notable to accept the above-mentioned resolutions "since theircontent does not correspond inessential points with the position, well known to all, of theHoly See itself."

It must be said, nevertheless,that the Jewish community hasevery right to be indignant aboutwhat happened at the Tripolimeeting. The two resolutions referred to above served to remindthem once again ...;.. as if theyneeded another reminder - thathostility to Israel on the partof all too many Arab leaders, religious and secular alike, is virulent and unrelenting.

This has been a nerve-wracking year for the Jewish peoplethroughout the world, with theUnited Nations and UNESCOhaving indulged in a type offanatical anti-Zionism which,from the Jewish point of viewand from mine, can hardly bedistinguished from anti-Semitism. For this reason, the Vatican's prompt rejection of theanti1lsrael resolutions adoptedat the Tripdli meeting musthave caused a sigh of relief inJewish circles throughout theworld.

While the Tripoli fiasco willundoubtedly be reviewed at theJerusalem conference, let ushope that it will not loom solarge on the agenda as to distract the delegates from theirown essential purpose, namely,to promote the cause of CatholicJewish understanding. While thishas been a traumatic year forthe Jewish people for the reasons mentioned above-and formany other reasons as well-ithas also been a year of significant progress in the field ofCatholic-Jewish relations. Itwould be a tragedy if the Tripoli fiasco were to prevent Catbolics and Jews from making evenfurther progress in this area inthe months and years that lieahead.

By

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GEORGE G.

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Hopes Tripoli MistakesWill Be Redressed


By the time this column appears, I will be attendingan internatinonal conference on Catholic-Jewish relationsin Jerusalem. It is a safe bet that the original Jerusalemagenda, which I have not yet received, will be revised~etween now and the start:>f the meeting to take ac:ount of what happened atthe recent Catholic-Moslemdialogue in Tripoli. Jewish leaders all over the world are terribly disturbed about one aspectof the Tripoli meeting and will

undoubtedly request that theJewish conference take whatever steps may be necessary toset the record straight and redress the balance.

Desmond O'Grady, an Australian-born journalist who haslived in Rome for many years,covered the Tripoli meeting forthe National Catholic Reporter.He warned his NCR readers that"political issues threatened todominate" the meeting, but thenwent on to say that "the worstfears" in this regard proved exaggerated. Alas, he spoke toosoon.

The fact is that while politicalissues may not have "dominated"the Tripoli, dialogue, the worstfears of observers like O'Gradyproved, in the end, to have beenanything but exaggerated. Atleast two of the 25 resolutionsadopted at the final session wereblatantly political, despite thefact that the Vatican, accordingto O'Grady, had extracted apledge in advance of the meeting that such issues were to beexcluded.

The two most objectionableresolutions were aimed, ofcourse at Israel. Paragraph 20of the joint statement issued atthe end of the meeting calledZionism "a racial, aggressivemovement, foreign to Palestine."Paragraph 21 said that the parties to the resolutions "reaffirmthe national rights of the Palestinian people and their right toreturn to their homeland, and·affirm the Arabism of the cityof Jerusalem and the rejectionof Judaization, partition and internationalization projects." Thatsame paragraph also urged theliberation of all occupied territories." It called for the formation of "a permanent commission to investigate the alterationof sacred Moslem and Christiansites and to reveal all these toworld public opinion."

At this writing, it. isn't alto~gether clear how the Catholicparticipants in the Tripoli dialogue happened to get trappedinto voting for these extremelyoffensive resolution. Accordingto the NC News Service, Vaticansources said that the embarrassing situation resulted from the

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The Booster Club of BishopStang High School, North Dartmouth, will present a buffet andstyle show, "Array of Fashions,"at 8 p.m. Wednesday, March 10in the school auditorium. Television personality Salty Brinewill be the commentator andmodels wearing spring and summer styles will include students,their mothers and fathers andyounger brothers and sisters.

Mrs. Gerald Bruce is generalchairman and Mrs. Leo Poineault is ticket chairman for theevent, which will benefit a fundto su-,ply the Stang gymnasiumwith extra equipment. The mostrecent gift made to the gymnasium by the Booster Club was aweight machine.

ST. JUNIPERO SERRA?Bronze statue of FranciscanFather Junipero Serra standson spot in San Diego wherehe founded first Californiamission in 1769. He is among1,037 candidates for beatification or canonization currently under study at Vatican. Others of American interest are B1. John Neumann,19th century Bishop of Philadelphia, Father FrancisXavier Seelos, Baltimore Redemptorist, Mother Katharine Drexel of Philadelphiaand Katharine Tekakwitha,the "Lily of the Mohawks."Also listed are Popes XIIand John XXIII.

It may be that many of themost gifted women religious leftthe religious life because therewas no room in it for theirtalents. But then their talehtsshould have flourished once theyleft and we would be hearingof them. Yet we do not.

It may be that so much energywent into the radical political.activism of the sixties and themilitant feminism of the seventies that there was no time oropportunity left for church-wide'intellectual, religious, and human influence; but somehow Idon't think such an explanationhelps us very much.

I have asked this questionseriously of many people in thepast few weeks and can find noplausible explanations. I con·clude that there is an immenseamount of talent out therewhose contributions are beingfrustrated, but I do not knowwhy. Nor, in truth, do I thinkthe ordaining of some of thattalent-however desirable sucha goal may. be - would solve'anything.

I don't expect much in the wayof a serious response to thisquestion. This level of hatredand paranoia in the Americanchurch today is such that I amalready bracing for the responseof vituperation. (Forget it, girls,it will all go into the wastebasket.)

But it remains a serious question.

nedy, John McKenzie, AveryDulles, Henry Nouwen, RichardMcBrien, and Joseph Fichter.Nor are there any younger women on the scene who promise tohave the impact of a John Sheaor a David Tracy. Finally, whilethere are some women collegepresidents with considerable influence, none has an impactanywhere near that of Ted Hesburgh. Jacqueline Grennan wasgoing in that direction, but hercareer as a religious came to anabrupt end.

Why should this situation be?It may be argued that there isso much male chauvinism in thechurch that the leadership ofscholarly or influential womenwould not be accepted. I amunder no illusion about chauvinism -it is to be found evenamong some of those who claimto be liberal. (I could namenames, but won't--on this occasion at least.) Yet the churchhas provided more women withbases for ,influence than anyother American corporate institution. Nor am I aware of anywoman religious who is seriously striving for such a' position.If there were, for example, a female Eugene Kennedy or DavidTracy around who couldn't gether work published because shewas a woman, then the chauvinist argument would explain theproblem. But if there are suchpeople they are not protestingvery loudly th~ discriminationagainst them.

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ANDREW M.

GREELEY

Who Knows Why?

But it all turned sour, and Ido not think anyone yet knowswhy. Vocations have dried up;tens of thousands have resigned,and the loss in membership isclose to 35 per cent. Many ofthose who have departed blamethe orders for failure to modernize, yet it seems preciselythose who most rapidly modernized that suffered the greatestlosses. And in many communities, it was precisely those wholed the successful struggle forchange who thereafter decamped.That it has happened this wayis clear enough, but why it hashappened has never been explained satisfactorily.

And I cannot think of awoman religious - despite theirsuperior intellectual trainingwho exercises the kind of influence in American Catholicismas, for example, do Eugene Ken-

seemed so reasonable as to bealmost certain. The religiousorders of women had given theirmembers much better academictraining than their male counter·parts-to say nothing of thediocesan clergy. Graduate degrees from the great seculargraduate schools were almost amatter of course for religiouswomen long before the men arrived on the scene - and theywere doing first-rate work ontheir dissertations, or so everyone heard it said.

So the women's orders seemedin much better condition for thepostconciliar modernization thanthe men's orders; and they began the process of "renewal"(as we called it in those deardead days of the happy past)much more systematically andconfidently. Their superiors werestable, sophisticated and openminded people; the women warein the forefront of social action,cultural creativity, and intellectual endeavor. It looked as if agolden era was about to begin.

Loved"In order that we might re

ceive that love whereby weshould love, we were ourselvesloved, while as yet we had itnot." -St. Augustine

Whatever happened to the nuns you were talkingabout 10 years ago?" an old friend and companion inarms asked me the other day. "Remember you were predicting that the religious women were about to enteran era of great influence inthe Church? What wentwrong2"

It was a fair questionthough one doesn't like to bereminded of one's mistaken predictions. And I didn't know theanswer. In 1965, in the postconciliar euphoria, the prediction

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in the kitchen. It stayed there allweek. They found it interestingand easy in an informal way toread the text, perhaps pray it,talk about it a little at timeswhen they bumped into eachother reaching into the refrigerator.

The text also provided something the younger children coulddraw or illustrate.

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"I RECENTLY read of devout Muslims who are able torecite the entire Koran from memory. There are said to beJewish believers who know the whole Hebrew Bible byHeart."

An old woman in Bethlehem reads her Bible diligently.

we will not do so in our usuallyhectic and scattered lives unlesswe find a simple, meaningfulway of working at it. Here iswhat one family I know does.

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Each week they will find aBible quotation that they like,one that says something tothem. For example, a recent textthey found meaningful is fromPsalm 31, verse 15: "My trustis in you, 0 Lord; I say, 'Youare my God.''' Another favoritewas from St. Paul's first letter tothe Corinthians: "By God's favor,I am what I am" (I Cor 15:10).

Where did they ever find thosequotes? From one of the children's religion textbooks. Whatdid they do with the quotes?They had one of the older children copy the quotation onto apiece of paper. One of the younger children then colored it. Theyhung it on the refrigerator door

If you or I were thrown intoa concentration camp tomorrow.with no books, without a printedBible, how much of the Scriptures would we remember wellenough to draw upon for ourown and other's encouragement?I fear most of us would have little more than one or twophrases like "You are Peter andupon this rock I will build myChurch" (Matt. 16:18).

This is not surprising. TheBible was not a strong part ofour early Catholic education.We memorized doctrinal statements from the Baltimore Catechism, supplemented by Biblestories. Memorizing segments ofGod's Word was not widelypracticed.

Our Protestant neighbors weremeanwhile focusing their religious education on the Bible.Memorizing Bible texts was encouraged in all kinds of ways~Bible games, Bible puzzles, Biblesongs. How much the Bible cameto mean to many Protestants inhelping them cope with life's upsand downs, I have come to learnin recent years from close association with Protestant lay menand women.

While Protestant religious education has been criticized forits often naiv~ and sometimesmeaningless memorizing of Bibletexts-much as Catholic catechesis has been criticized fortoo much memorizing of abstract doctrinal statements there does seem to be a real value in learning Bible texts-anddoctrinal statements by heart.

If the Bible is meant for helping us make sense out of ourJives and Jive me more meaningfully and happily, it is imimportant that we gradually become more familiar with it. listening to the Scriptural readingseach Sunday at Mass is one important way of slowly becomingacquainted with the Bible. Reading the Bible at home on occasion is another means.

Memorizing Bible texts seemsto be a very useful way of mak.ing the Bible your own and relating it to daily experience. But

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I read recently of devout Muslims who are able to recite theentire Koran from memory.There are said to be Jewish believers who know the whole Hebrew Bible by heart. In accountsof survivors of Nazi concentration camps it is not unusual toread of the courage and comfortinmates drew from sharing with

. each other passages of the Biblethat they had memorized longbefore.

The anguish of Job ~nd pragmatic pessimism of Ecclesiastes (Qo 7:15ff) do little to resolve the dilemma caused by theteaching that God rewards thejust man and punishes the unjust in this life.

It is in the last books of theOld Testament that an answeris forthcoming when the conceptof an afterlife' and eternal retribution surfaces in Judaism.

During the persecution of theJews by Antiochus Epiphanes,the Seleucid despot, many Jewsmade the ultimate sacrifice ofmartyrdom (2 Macc 6:18-7:42)rather than worship the pagangods of Greece. Others betrayedtheir Judaism to save their lives.It was inconceivable that theJew who died rather than abandon God could be worse off thanthe Jew who did abandon Himand live.

A recognition of afterlife andeternal retribution is containedin the accounts of the Maccabean martyrs, particularly in thestory of the widow and herseven sons (2 Mace 7:1-42).

The .concept is also found intwo other af the last works ofthe Old Testament, Daniel andthe Book of Wisdom.

Daniel is part of that literarygenre or form known as apocalyptic that flourished in the lastcenturies before Christ and inthe early Christian era. An over-


dozen persons). It was not, however, an unusual approach forthis Archbishop or for the otherbishops in that section of ourcountry.

These men gather bi-monthlyat a central location for a dayof prayer and recollection; onthe alternate months each bishopmakes a similar day of his own.

Archbishop Hunthausen's request for prayer, his consciousdependence on the Holy Spirit,his spiritual attitude were not,then, out of character, but thenatural result of such an intensified inner life. Moreover, thesebishops have found their persondirected retreats and monthlyrecollection days have led themto other noteworthy actions,e.g., living in small apartmentsrather than large homes, feelinga greater concern for the poorand rejected of society, mixingmore closely with both clergyand laity.

--.Atonement Friar Dennis Sinnott operates the busy bookstore located at Graymoor onthe Hudson River. The texts hefinds in demand today are workson prayer and sacred Scripture,a trend in sharp oontrast to thepopularity 5-10 years ago of action, conflict and speculativelytheological publications.

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In this column I will cite afew illustrations from aroundthe country which indicate tome that such an era of inner reform and progress is already inits beginning stage and upon us.

-"I would ask you now topause for a moment in silencepraying that the Holy Spirit willinspire my words so they maybe of some help to you."

Archbishop.Raymond G. Hunthausen of Seattle made that request of 3,000 participants at aconvention Mass during lastfall's Northwest Religious Education Institute.

This somewhat different introductory part of a homily broughtcomplete silence (except for therepeated clicking of a tape recorder being shut off by a few

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The Dawn of AGolden Age

Weaving its way through theOld Testament from the Pentateuch to the Books of Wisdom,Daniel and Maccabees, is athread of revelation that confronts man's age-old questionof why the just suffer and theunjust frequently prosper in thislife.

At the base of the problem isIsrael's ancient belief that meaningful existence ends with death(Ps 39:13) and that the dead areno more. Existence beyond thegrave is limited to a shadow existence in Sheol without hope orexperience of God (Is 38:18).

Ooupled with this was theequally ancient teaching thatman would be punished for hissins and rewarded for his justice(Dt. 24:16, Ez 18:4).

Given these persistent teachings is it any wonder that Jobgrappled with the question ofearthly justice asking pleadingly, "Why do the wicked still liveon, their power increasing withtheir age?" (Job 21:7).

Last week I forecast a goldendecade of spiritual growth within the Church, a period in whichPope John's dream of renewal inChristian hearts would at leastpartially. come true.

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the ColumbUS, Ohio, diocesan religious education departmentsponsored workshops on thenew Rite of Penance for priests,religious, teachers, religion coordinators and, concerned laypersons last November.

The planners hoped for 600 inNewark; a crowd of 1,200 filledthe auditorium. The Columbuscommittee planned on 500; over800 arrived on the scene necessitating a closed circuit television arrangement in an adjacenthall for the overflow.

In both sessions, the audiencelistened with remarkably seriousand sustained interest to alengthy presentation on the revised ritual of Reconciliation.This lecture sketched externalmodifications in the liturgy forPenance, but more importantlystressed the need for a radicalchange of attitude within bothpriest and penitent. Those in attendance seemed quite ready,even anxious for that latter typeof challenge.

-Many members of a tinyparish in the San Angelo, Tex.diocese are deeply involved withthe charismatic movement. It isnot unusual for 50 of them toassemble at regular sessions,there reading God's word, sharing insights, and praying withunique success for the healing ofthose suffering various ailments.

-High school students in religion classes are expressing ahunger for more doctrine in theircourses, seem disposed to prayerexperiences and appear unhappywith approaches which tend tobe exclusively humanistic orsocial action oriented.

-On the refrigerator door inthe home of a "Marriage Encounter" couple is a reminderfor all in the family to pray onbehalf of Mr. and Mrs. (Blank).This kind of praying for othershas become a standard procedurefpr the father, mother and children in that family since theyencountered six months ago.Their reaching out for others insuch a prayerful fashion is notunique, but common to thousands of M.E. couples and families.

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Emergence of Belief in Afterlifehim. But by the envy of the devil death entered the world, andthey who are in his possessionexperience it. But the souls ofthe just are in the hand of God

'and no torment shall touchthem. They seemed, in theview of the foolish, to bedead; and their passing awaywas thought an affliction andtheir going forth from us, utterdestruction. But they are inpeace." (Wis 2:23-3:3).

As the birth of Christ nears,Old Testament revelationreaches a point where pious Jewscan acknowledge that "the justlive forever, and in the Lord istheir recompense, and thethought of them is with theMost High. Therefore shall theyreceive the splendid crown, thebeauteous diadem, from the handof the Lord" (Wis 5:15-16).

"THE SOULS of the just are in the hand of God and notorment shall touch them ... they are in peace," is the teaching of the Book of Wisdom on. deat.h. E~e~hiel's vision ofthe majesty of God is portrayed m thIS pamtmg by Raphael.

Continued from Page Twelvely simple explanation of apocalyptic would be to describe itas literature written to console apeople undergoing persecutionby comparing their present ordeal to a similar ordeal in anearlier era. It reassures the persecuted that God has not abandoned them and that just as hebrought about justice to theirancestors he will bring aboutjustice in their present circumstances.

Daniel is the ancient figurethrough whose experiences, thesufferings of the Jews exiled toBabylon in the 6th centurr B.C.are shown as parallel with thosebeing suffered by the Jews ofthe second century B.C. underAntiochus Epiphanes. ,

In the latter part of Daniel thetribulations of the Jews of theMaccabean period are describedas if in prophecy. It is in thissection where the significant reference to afterlife and eternalretribution is found. Referring tothe persecution, the author says:

"Many of those who sleep inthe dust of the earth shallawake; some shall live forever,others shall be an everlastinghorror and disgrace" (Dn 12:2).

Another reference is found inthe Book of Wisdom. Althoughthe book is traditionally attrib-'uted to Solomon, most scholarsagree that it was composed inGreek, probably at Alexandriain the 1st century B.C., by a pious Jew. The book sees God, theGod of Wisdom and the God ofthe Israelites, as wise, just, loving and saving. It does much topave the way for the teachingsof Jesus in the New Testament.

The teaching of Wisdom ondeath is clear: "For God formedman to be imperishable; theimage of his own nature he made

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the ordinary routine of familyliving. By the end of the weekeveryone knew it by heart Fllmost without trying. And because they learned it in so natural a way, in touch with daily'living, it seemed to mean a lotto everyone in the family. Otherpassages for other weeks werefound in the Sunday readingsheard at Mass, or in the priest'shomily, or in the diocesan newspaper, or' by reading the Bible.

Try it. You may not wind upbeing able to recite the Old andNew Testaments by heart, butyou may find the Bible reallyhas something to say to you inyour everyday living.

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Swansea, her eldest son tried toencourage her.

"Mommy," he said, "if the people don't come, why don't youand Daddy build robots and letthem talk about pro-life."

And 19-month-old Maggie,who has become a familiar sightin area newspaper, televisionand radio offices as her motherhand-delivers news releases,doesn't need to talk. All by herself, she's an ad for pro-life.

She's so shy that she "chickened out" when she was scheduled to deliver her very firstspeech and she was delightedwhen it became so cold at FallRiver's recent March for Life,which she helped organize, thather planned talk, was canceled.But Pamela Smith of Our Ladyof Fatima parish, Swansea, has'summoned her courage and iscurrently looking for speakingengagements to carry her prolife message to area voters before the March 2 presidentialpreference primary in Massachusetts.

She is one of several Massachusetts citizens so convinced ofthe importance of pro·life representation on the ballot that theyhave all but given up their normal activities until March 2 inorder to work "48-hour days"for their cause.

Mrs. Smith named John Dembroski and Bernard Shannon,Stoughton businessmen whohave "closed their offices" untilafter March 2. They were inSwansea last week promotingarea pro-life efforts and theyjoined Mrs. Smith in urging citizens to participate in what isusually a verY small turnout ofregistered voters.

Mrs. Smith, mother of threechildren, ages 6, 5 and 19months, said she had been "incredibly naive" about abortion,feeling' that no o~e could nossibly favor it except in the direstof circumstances, until membership in a civic organizationwhich went on record as sup·porting abortion legislation"opened my eyes."

"Then I began reading everything I could get on the subjectand I became more and moreconvinced that abortion wasmurder and I had to do what Icould to oppose it."

She is helped in her efforts byher husband, James, who is alsowilling to mount the speaker'splatform, and by her three children. The other night, she said,when very few people showed upfor a pro-life meeting at herhouse at 592 Stevens Road,

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AT GERRARD: From top,Sister Evangelista, RSM receives bouquet from MelissaToulan, varsity basketballcaptain; cheerleaders JackieMelanson, varsity captainCeleste Morin, Elaine Guimond prepare for pep rally;CLC members, clockwisefrom lower left, Judith Coppinger, Claire Desrosiers,Sister Mary Albertus, Inezde Costa, Paula Hinman,Cindy Lake, plan "Be AwareWeek."

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country. He has forgotten theABC's of life.

Evidently, T.D., you are looking for a purpose in life, for a.healing of your spirit, and Ithink that's the reason you keeplooking for places, to be byyourself, to find 'that placewhere you are intended to be tofunction at your best, where youcan put it together. And thatain't always easy!

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within man himself. His VISionof the world has become distorted and the Bible's doctrine ofGod seems somehow primitiveand archaic. What the Biblesays grates on his scientific reason.

But one day there comes atime when- all his sophistication,h:is knowledge, his power havebecome the real stumblingbl,ocks. He becomes like theProdigal Son, far away fromhome and lost in that far-off

By DEBBIE SMITHSchool Correspondent

A special tribute honoring'Sister Mary Evangelista, RSMhighlighted the fifth annual PepRally Night at Bishop GerrardHigh School, Fall River. Introduced as the basketball teams'most loyal fan, Sister Evangelista, who has never missed ahome game, was presented witha bouquet of pink carnations byvarsity captain Melissa Toulan.

Also on the program was awelcoming address by schoolpresident Sandra Madore, a Bicentennial Salute honoring the

youth

Musicthing to the community. And only a ghost town was left.

Eric Carmen's new album entitled with his own namegave me the same feeling as that ghost town. It is romanticand apparently once full of I.ife, but sadly lonely now. Hiscurrent chart song, "All By MyseU," reveals a life that is adusty shadow of the past. "When I was young I never neededanyone and makin' love was just for fun; those days are gone."Yes" the days were glorious and high, full of friends andlaughter. In the rush' it never 'occ:urred to anyone that thetimes would end.

Somehow the sunset one evening and rose the next dayto find that everyone was gone. "Livin' 'alone I think of all thefriends I've known hut when I dial the telephone nobody'shome." Where did the people go? Why would they leave?

Where is the answer? It is settled dn the mountains ofColorado, in a ghost town. When people get together just forfun, not planning to work, when they rush together to seewhat they can get, not expecting to return anything of value,when they build (;heaply, not planning for many winters, youcan bet that the neighbors will be gone as fast as the veindisappears. For Eric Carmen, it is dear that the friendships ofthe past were not built on anything stable. From the vantagepoint of history, the truth emerges that good financial economyand good personal relationships require the same thing investment. Without a reinvestment 'of what a person receives,all things must pass. '

Far too often love is seen as a conquest, a conquest thatmight he compared to the prospector who fortunately discoversthe vein of great worth, successf:JlIv stakes his claim, andmakes the most of it until a more profitable course is available.Actually, good economy and genuine love are rarely due todiscovery; they come from the risk of investment when aperson puts on the line everything he can spare. What isrequired is not the emptying of the other person, but' rather,the emptying of self.

"All By Myself" stirs through dusty memories to revealthe truth that loneliness only passes when people make theleap to give abundantly of themselves.

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"home," to find where it reallybelongs.

Your question, T.D.. takes meback to a talk I heard given bya minister who seemed to. haveexperienced what you are goingthrough. He said he hoped people wouldn't accuse him ofsounding too romantic and childish, but that places have alwaysbeen important to him. I findmyself agreeing'with this ~tate-ment. .

He said that when he was sixyears old, on a very hot day' inMissouri, his father decided totake the family where it wascooler. So they went to Colorado.

As they aporoached the mountains on the highway going toDenver, something stranBe happened to him, because. "he suddenly knew that that was wherehe belonged." That was hisplace. He said that wheneverhe could find enough time andmoney, he went back "to God'scountry. This was the placewhere my spirit dwelt." He urged others to find "a place wheretheir spirit dwells" and t9 go 'toit as often as possible in orderto find themselves. '

With this knowledge, this feeling, there also comes a sense offaith. It is almost miraculous.It's not the Bible's fault if mandoes not believe. The fault rests

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A. If I've been asked onequestion more than any other,this is it. People of all ages askit. The eternal longing of thesoul to find its place, to find

LifeBy The Dameans

All By Myself

When I was youngI never needed anyone

And makin' love was just for funThose days are gone

Livin' aloneI think of all the friends I've known

But when I dial the telephoneNobody's home

All by myself, Don't wanna be, all by myself anymore

All by myselfDon't wanna live, all by myself anymore

Hartl to he sureSometimes I feel so insecure

And love so distant and obscureRemains the cure

All by myselfDon't wanna be, all by myself anymore

All by myselfDon't wanna live, all by myself anymore

by Eric Carmen«c) 1975 C.A.M. BMI)

There's something strangely romantic about ghost town.I remember one such place. The buildings were nestled againstsome of the most beautiful scenery one could imagine.Mountains, rocks, trees, streams and wildlife gave the sensethat life was there for the taking. The town itself was amining community that sprang up overnight, woodframe shopsand stables, hotels and saloons. now weatherbeaten andimpossible to keep up. The townspeople undoubtedly loved itwhen life was high; there was the flash of discovery and thedreams of more to come tomorrow. But sadly, it was obviousthat there was nothing permament either in the town's construction or the people's relationships. Those who had chosenthis way of life had come to take when they could get. Theywere not interested in building an economy or returning any-

BY CECEILA BELANGER

Q. I don't know what's the matter with me. I justdon't feel at home anywhere. Do others have this feelingat one time or another? I feel lonely in crowds, at home,at the dinner table, in school. The only time I seem toget it together is when I'moff by myself, away frompeople, away from everything. Now do I overcomethis lost feeling? T.D.

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...::CYO ALL-STARS: Excitement marked the Junior CYO All-Star Tournament, held at

Anawan Street CYO Center, Fall River, as Taunton All-Stars defeated Attleboro in thefirst game, then Fall River nipped New Bedford for the right to play Taunton for the cham,pionship., In a well-played game, the Fall River Stars squeezed out a 47-46 victory to takethe tournament. Named to the All-Tourney Team were Alan Berard and Brian Donnelly,Fall River, Bill Williams, New Bedford, Scott Clemmey, Taunton. At top, from left, AlanBerard, All-Star; Tim Leary, Taunton, MVP; Brian Donnelly and Scott Clemmey, AllStars. Bottom, left, Leary goes up for a shot; right, so does Clemmey.

IN THE DIOCESE

The winners of the three divisional titles in the South sectional will join the divisional titlists from the North and Western Mass. to form the field forthe state playoffs.

Alignment of schools withindivisions for the tourney is accomplished strictly on male enrollment in grades 10-12 basis.The largest schools compete forDivision I honors while thesmallest battle for the DivisionIII crown.

Only two local schools havequalified for play in Division I.Durfee High of Fall River andAttleboro both from Southeastern Massachusetts ConferenceDivision I. Realistically, Attleboro's chances of success arelimited while Durfee's are good.

their small enrollments. Bothare expected to fare well.

New Bedford Vocational andNorton will also play in the IIIbracket along with three representatives of the Cape and Islands League. The latter includesMartha's Vineyard, Sandwichand Nauset. The eighth areaschool in the division is Southeastern Regional of Easton andthe Mayflower League.

All preliminary rounds of thetournament will be completedby tomorrow. The survivors willadvance to the quarter finalswhich will be held tomorrow andSaturday. The semi-finals in alldivisions are slated for Wednesday, March 3, and the finals forthe following Saturday, March 6.

SCHOOLBOY SPORTS

Level of Competito,:, Sets Tourney ToneThe Hilltoppers have been im- Conference Division I opponents

pressive all year enroute to their all season.second consecutive league title. Dartmouth will be tested byThe fact that they have not been Roslindale while Connolly meetsseriously challenged could hurt Rockland in opening round acagainst stronger competition, or tion. It will be interesteing toprove their suspected superiority. compare the fate of both withDurfee makes its tourney debut qualifiers from Division II of thetomorrow evening against the Conference.winner of the Braintree-Quincy Qualifiers from that bracketgame in Taunton. include Somerset, Seekonk and

Barnstable. Somerset and Barnstable are paired off againsteach other in preliminary actionscheduled for tonight at 7:00 atOld Rochester High in Mattapoipoisett. Seekonk plays Westwood in its first tourney game.

Dighton-Rehoboth will step upa division from its ConferenceIII position to compete againstschools of equal size. The Falcons will be the only team fromthe area moving up a notch fromConference placement.

Many schoolboy baskeball followers believer that the level ofcompetition experienced duringthe course of the regular seasonsets the tone for the tourney. InDurfee's case the competitionhas not been consistently strong,but for Dartmouth and BishopConnolly High of Fall River thesituation was reversed. The Indians and the Cougars who willparticipate in Division II of thestate tourney competed against

Seventeen schools from within the confines of diocesanterritorial limits will embark on the championship trailthis week when the Eastern Massachusetts SchoolboyB~sketball tournament commences. Predictably the unpredictable transpires overthe course of this gala singleelimination tourney. Only:he "elite" from the schoolboy ranks qualify for event andany school is capable of stringing together the four victoriesneeded to earn the title EasternMass champion.

There are no clear cut favorites entering the extravaganza.All teams participating have either won their respective leaguechampionships or, a minimum,of 59 per cent of their games.There is no such thing as a softtouch in tourney competition.

Under the new format, localschools will vie for the right torepresent Southern Massachusetts in the state finals whichwill be staged in mid March.

Seventeen Area Hoop Teams

Begin Championship Journey

Of the seven area clubs chasing the Division II title, OJiverAmes High of Easton is the onlynon-Conference team. The Tigerswill represent the HockomockLeague as champions of that 10team circuit. On paper and performance OA appears to be thediocesan's strongest representative in the second grouping.

Tonight's docket lists OliverAmes against the winner Of theBurke-Plymouth-Carver game atBrockton while Dighton-Rehoboth will meet Boston Trade atBridgewater.

Wareham and Bishop FeehanHigh of Attleboro, who battled .Somerset and Seekonk for theConference's Division II crown,will participate in Division IIIof the state playoff because of

Contraetors Since 1913

The Parish Parade

No matter where you live inthe Fall River Diocese, thereis a Fernandes near you!*NORTON, West Main St., *NO. EASTON, Main St.,*EAST BRIDGEWATER, Bedford St., *NEW BEDFORD, Jet. Routes 140 & 18, *AlTLEBORO, 217 So.Main St., *SOMERSET, Route 6, *RAYNHAM. Route44, *FAlRHAVEN, Route 6, *BRIDGEWATER, Route18, *MANSFIELD, Route 14.0, *FALLRlVER, Southway Plaza, R. I. Ave., *FALL RIVER, Griffin St.,*SEEKONK, 17 Central Ave., *Middleboro, 133 So.Main St., *NEW BEDFORD, Mt. Pleasant St., *NEWBEDFORD, Rockdale Ave., *FAIRHAVEN, HowlandRd., *SO. DARTMOUTH, Dartmouth St., *NEW BEDFORD, Rodney French Blvd., *SOMERSET, Route 138.

Photomeditation

Photo and text by Father Carl J. Pfeifer, S.J.

A MAN LIKE EVERY MAN ••• OR?

Hands on hips . . . a young man stands thinking. Christ seems to dominate his horizon . . . His T

shirt proclaims faith in Jesus Christ ... as eternal life.His stance suggests an inner pondering ... a sense

of wonder shared by all who seem to know JesusChrist ... a questioning felt already by Jesus' first deciples . . . who asked themselves . . . "What does thismean?" (Mk 1:27) ... "What sort of man is this?"

The experience of Jesus Christ in one's life ...and serious faith in Him . . . is always marked bywonder . . . questioning . . . awe . . . "What sort ofman can this be?" (Lk 8:25).

Mighty in awesome power . . . "even the windsand sea obey Him" (Mt 8:27) ... Jesus is at the sametime sensitive and gentle . . . "the bruised reed Hewill not crush" (Mt 12:20).

He is a king who rules by serving ... a priest athome with sinners . . . a prophet who remains awesomelyapart ... yet loves intimately ... Jesus power-

. fully stills storms ... yet is Himself engulfed in wavesof inner anguish and fear . . . He heals others whilebeing broken himself ... loved. and hated ... persecuted and condemned . . . yet loving even to the end. .. He finds new life in the ultimate agony of death.

Jesus Christ a man like every man ... whileso much more than an ordinary man ... asks each ofus ... "And you ... who do you say that I am?"(Mt 16:15)

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_:===============.1focus on youthContinued from Page Fourteentend to be too consumer-oriented, where the utter sameness ofHoliday Inns and Dari-Freezesare perhaps a poignant symbolof our modern, industrial, technocratic society. I wonder ifthese things contribute to man'srootlessness, disorientation,where mobility of body and soulcause people no longer to havehomes but merely places of residence, a world where men deface the contours and outlines ofthe physical world for the sakeof faster and more. and better.

As important as getting an education is the importance offinding your place, your niche.If you are to retain your spiritual life in its deepest meaning,you must find a place where youcan belong as one with the land,where you can truly be yourself.

Do this and all else will beadded unto you.

Gerrard FanContinued f.rom Page Fourteening ca,tain Celeste Morin. Theannual basketball game betweenvarsity and jayvee teams wasthe featured event of the program.

Sister Elizabeth McAuliffe,RSM, Gerrard principal, notedin her message, "In this, the dayof the abbreviation, CIA, FBI,BGHS, the letters PEP shouldhave some deeper meaning. Aswitnessed tonight, they stand forPurpose, Enthusiasm, Pride."

The annlUil pep rally is sponsored by the Gerrard cheeringsquads under the direction ofSister Mary Agnes, OP, to hpnorthe school's 'basketball teams.Also a cheering captain, in addition to Celeste Monin, is JeanneGagnon, jayvee head. Basketballcaptains are Melissa Toulan,Norma Comeau and Mary JaneBryant, varsity; and Nancy Torres and Patricia Sullivan, jayvee.

The event is emotional, notedSister Mary Agnes, "because it'sthe cheerleaders' way of sayinga very special, fond farewell tothe senior players on the basketball team."

Be Aware WeekEarlier this month, members

of Bdshop Gerrard's ChristianLife Community (CLC), led bySister Mary AI'bertus. RSM,held a "Be Aware Week."

Its purnose was to better develop a Christian atmosphere atGerrard through prayer and"simply being more aware ofeach other as members of theGerrard community." Sister AIbertus stressed that "whatshould make Gerrard differentfrom other schools is that thereis a smaller enrollment, whichallows for better personal relationships."

During the week CLC mem-'bers served coffee to faculty andstudents in the senior loungeand faculty and students wereasked to create colleges of themselves depicting "strong, positiveaspects." Each class and the faculty was assigned a day duringwhich baby pictures of memberswere on display.

eLC officers said it was theirhope that such activities wouldhelp bring about "the evolutionof full human beings able successfully to deal with themselvesand each other in a more considerate and loving atmosphere."

ST. THOMAS MORE,SOMERSET

The Women's Guild announcesthat noted portraitist John Coldwell will judge the parish Amateur Arts and Crafts Show tobe held in the church hall thisweekend. Coldwell, whose artstudies were made in Paris, isactive in the Fall River ArtAssociation.

Registration for this weekend'sevent, open to all parishioners,will be held from 1 to 3 and 6 to8 p.m. today. Judging will takeplace tomorrow and the exhibitwill be open to the public from2 to 6 p.m. Saturday and from9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sunday: Mrs.Kathy Pietraszek is generalchairperson.OUR LADY OF ANGELS,FALL RIVER

A malasada supper from 6 to7 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 28 in theparish hall will be followed until11 p.m. by a penny sale.

A Portuguese language mission is scheduled for the weekof March 7 through 13.SACRED HEART,FALL RIVER

The monthly meeting of theWomen's Guild is scheduled for8 p.m. Monday, March 1 in theschool hall.

Members of the bowling leagueare making plans for a gamenight.ST. JOSEPH,ATTLEBORO

Knights of the Altar will leavefrom the schoolyard at 7 tonightfor an evening of roller skating.

On Saturday, Feb. 28 BoyScouts will take an overnightcamping trip, returning Sundayafternoon.IMMACULATE CONCEPTION,FALL RIVER

An Irish program will highlight a meeting of the WomensGuild set for 8 p.m. Monday,March 1 in the church hall. Mrs.Clare Long and Mrs. Ann Turnerwill be in charge of refreshments.ST. MARGARET,BUZZARDS BAY

A World Day of Prayer willbe observed at 10 a.m. Friday,

. March 5 in the church by ChurchWomen United and representatives of all area churches. Allare invited to participate in thischain of prayer uniting millionsof people in 169 countries of theworld.ST. JOIJN OF GOD,SOMERSET

The church building fund willbenefit from the annual dinnerand fashion show sponsored bythe Women's Guild, to be heldthis year at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 10 at Venus de Milorestaurant, Swansea. Men's,women's and children's styleswill be shown and reservationsmay be made by telephoning673-6145 or 674-0246.

HOLY NAME,FALL RIVER

Parents of children preparingto receive First Penance andFirst Eucharist will meet in theschool at 7 p.m. Tuesday, March2.

Registration for Holy NameSchool for the coming year willtake place during regular schoolhours for the first two weeks ofMarch. Parents are asked to bringwith them their child's baptismalcertificate.

ST. ANNE,FALL RIVER

Rev. Kevin Tripp, chaplain atSt. Luke's Hospital, New Bedford, will speak at a Home andSchool Assn. meeting at 7:30p.m. tonight. His topic will be"Realistic Approaches to Deathand Dying."

Allen G. Brown of BarringtonCollege will be guest. artist atan organ recital to take place inthe church at 4 p.m. Sunday,Feb. 29. The public is invited.

ST. MARY,TAUNTON

CYO cheerleaders and basketball players will benefit from adance to be held in VFW Hall onIngell Street Friday night, March5. Tickets are available fromRev. Michael Nagle, Ralph Hodgson and Lorraine Miller.

ST. LOUIS,FALL RIVER

The Women's Guild will meetin the church auditorium at 7:30p.m. Tuesday, March 2, insteadof Wednesday, its regular meeting date. The change is made inorder not to conflict with AshWednesday services. A St. Patrick's party will highlight themeeting, with Mrs. WilliamO'Neil, Miss Agnes Murphy,andMrs. Raymond Morin in chargeof arrangements.

ST. ELIZABETH,FALL RIVER

The annual Women's Guildinalasada supper will take placefrom 6 to 7:30 p.m. Saturday,Feb. 28 in the church hall onTucker Street. A penny sale willfollow, beginning at 7:45 p.m.Proceeds from both events willbenefit the parish hall fund, according to an announcementmade by Mrs. Mary Oliveira,guild president and chairman forthe evening. Penny sale ticketswill be available at the door anda limited number will also beon hand for the supper.

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