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Most Rev. Daniel A. Cronin,S.T.D., Bishop of Fall River,will celebrate Mass at the Ca­thedral at 10 o'clock Sundaymorning, Oct. 22, to pray forthe success of the Church'smissions and· the help des­perately requested of all onthis Mission Sunday.

The Mass also will commem­orate the 350th Anniversaryof the Sacred Congregationfor theEvang~llzation of Peo­ples and the 150th Annlver·of the Society for the Propa­gation of the Faith.

Mission Mass

Supporting every missionaryeffort, Most Rev. Daniel A. Cro­nin, Bishop of Fall River, urgedan enthusiastic celebration ofMission Sunday, Oct. 22,throughout the diocese. Theletter follows:Dearly beloved in Christ,

Two significant anniversariesare observed this year with par·ticular importance for the mis­sionary effort of our Church.

Three hundred and fifty yearsago, the Holy See established aspecial Sacred Congregation forthe missionary spread of theFaith, an office for assisting theHoly Father now called theSacred Congregation for theEvangelization of Peoples.

It is also one hundred and fiftyyears since Pauline Jaricotfounded the Society for thePropagation of the -Faith.

was established 350 years ago tohelp direct the specialized ef­forts and the Society of thePropagation of the Faith, 150years old, seeks both to musterthe missionary efforts of "athome Catholics" and support thefore'ign missionaries.

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-It is anticipated that measuresbeing undertaken by Rev. Msgr.John E. Boyd, of the Fall RiverCatholic Welfare Bureau, to pro­vide specific alternate optionsfavoring life. for young womenexpectant out of wedlock willbe coordinated in the new thrustof the Diocesan program.

The American Bishops ex­pressed the -desire to have theimpact of Respect Life Weekunderscored in diocesan pro­grams throughout the year inestablishing the observance. _

Prayer, study and educationalprograms reflecting th'e concern<;manifested in the Respect LifeWeek Program will continue.The sanctity and inviolability of

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RespectDiocesa.n

In a response to the burgeon­ing anti-life forces, His Excellen­cy, the Most Reverend Daniel A.Cronin, Bishop of Fall River, hasannounced an on-going Diocesanprogram to reflect the concernsmanifested in the r'ecent observ­ance of Respect Life Week.

Bishop Cronin has appointedthe Rev. Joseph Oliveira, Pastorof St. Michael's Parish Fall River.as Coordinator of the program.Father Oliveira will work inclose collaboration with Rev.Msgr. Anthony M. Gomes, Di­rector of the Diocesan FamilyLife Bureau, with members, ofthe Social Concerns Committee ofthe Diocesan Priests' Senate, andwith representatives in the sep­arate Vicariates.

Fall River, MaSiS., Thursday, Oct. 19, 1972Vol. 16, No. 42

New England Priests MeetIn Sixth Annual NECOPS Love of Mass Characterized

Rev. Msgr. Edward B. BoothThe Sixth Annual New En­gland Conference of Priests Sen­ates made up of the Boston andHartford Provinces will takeplace Oct. 22-23-24 at St. Paul'sRereat Center, Augusta, Me.

Voting delegates will be at­tending from the Archdiocesesof Boston and Hartford and thedioceses of Bridgeport, Burling­ton, Fall River, Manchester, Nor­wich, Portland, Providen::e,Springfield and' Worcester.

Voting delegates from the FallRiver Priests' Senate will be Rev.George W.' Coleman, presidentof Senate; Rev. Thomas C. Lopes,treasurer of the Senate; Rev.Edward C. Duffy, Rev. JosephL. Powers and Rev. RobertBrennan, CSC.

Known as NECOPS--the NewEngland organization is one ofseveral regional organizations ofPriests Senates in the UnitedStates.

The Rev. John F. Morrissey,Presiden.t of NECOPS and Chair­man for the Conference expectsthe full complement of 55 votingdelegates from the 11 dioceses.Archbishop Humberto S. Medei­ros of Boston and several otherBishops have indicated theirplans to be present.

According to Father Morris­sey, there will be other priestspresent as observers. Sister Ma­dona Moran. R.S.M., Mt. St.Mary College, Hookset, N. H.

who is the Regional Representa­tive of the National Association

. of Women Religious and SisterTheresa Morin, S.C:I.M., Execu­tive Director, Advisory Councilof Religious, Diocese of Portlandwill also be present as observers

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Priests' SenateSets CommitteesIn 'New Thrust'

The new thrust of the Fall RiverSenate of Priests was clearlyunderway at the meeting held onOct. 13 at the Catholic MemorialHome in Fall River.

Having received - instructionsin the course of the previousmonth from President Rev.George W. Coleman, all commit­tees of the Senate submittedinitial reports for the informa­tion of the Senate. The PriestlyRenewal Committee, headed byRev. Donald J. Bowen and theVery Rev. Henry T. Monroe re­ported that a process of pollingthe priests of the Diocese to de­termine their needs in the areaof continuing education will beinitiated.

Through this process, it ishoped that concrete recommen­dations can be formulated con-

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.-' Using Psalm 27 as a text, Rev..Armando A. Annunziato, pastorof St. Francis of Assisi Church,New 'Bedford, homilist at theMass of Christian Burial for Rev.Msgr. Edward B. Booth, retiredpastor of St. Mary's Parish, No.Attleboro extolled the love that

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the late prelate had for the HolySacrifice of the Mass.

At a concelebrated Mass of­fered in St. Mary's Cathedral,Fall River on Wednesday morn­ing at 10 o'clock by Most Rev.James J. Gerrard, Auxiliary Bish­op of the diocese as principal cel­ebrant, Father Annunziato openedhis homily with the words ofthe Psalmist, "One thing I ask ofthe Lord, this I seek: To dwellin the house of the Lord all thedays of my life."

"A burning desire to servethe Lord has led every priestto the Eucharistic Altar. Thatdesire gives true meaning andpurpose to life. Every Christianshares a like desire but the heartof a priest is so ignited with thelove of God that he can onlyshow his love by the completededication of his life. That offer­ing of self, so important to everypriest, is possible only to God'sgrace and after long prayer andpreparation.

"Those many years of studyat St. Charles College and laterat St. Bernard's and St. Mary'sSeminary seemed to melt awayin the joy of ordination for Ed­ward Booth on that May 25th,1922 when the late BishopDaniel F. Feehan imposed handson' him in this very Cathedral.

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While it is true, as the SecondVatican Council reminds us, thatevery disciple of Christ has theobligation ,to do his or her partin spreading the Faith, indeedthis missionary responsibility

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Sets $10 MillionMission S.undayCoilection Goa I

NEW YORK (NC)-The nat­ional director of the Society forthe Propagation of the Faith hasannounced that the organizationhas set a $10 million goal - thehighest in its 150-year-old his­tory-for its Mission Sunday Col­lection Oct. 22.

Bishop Edward T. O'Mearastressed that this year's collec­tion, to be taken up in Catholicdioceses throughout the UnitedStates, is particularly importantbecause missionaries are con­fronted with "ever-mounting ten­sion in the world today."

Last year's Mission Sundaygoal of $8.5 million was achievedand was "the best collectionwe've ever had," according to asociety spokesman. "We seem tobe doing a little better eachyear."

The spokesman said 51 percent of the collection is allocatedto missionaries abroad, 40 percent to missionaries in this coun­try, and 9 per cent to the Cath­olic Near East Welfare Associa­tion.

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Sister Beatrice Duchesne, Ad­ministrator of Sacre<! HeartNursing Home, 359 SummerStreet, New Bedford, receivedword ,this week of acceptanceinto membership in the Amer­ican College of Nursing HomeAdministrators, an internationalsociety of health care profession­'also 'Membership in the'College isawarded to licensed nursinghome administrators who meetstringent education and experi­ence requirell)ents. There areover 3,090 members nationally.

Nurses Endorse'Respect Life'

Delegates to the 13th NewEngland Regional Conference ofCatholic Nurses held this monthat Chicopee, unanimously adopt­ed a resoluti'on asserting "re­spect for life as the most pre­cious of possesssions in the un·born, the less endowed, theyoung, the family, the poor, theaged."

Members stated: "We adherewithout equivocation to the prin­ciple that violation of the nat­ural law, whatever the rationale,is not to be judged as morallyacceptable procedure."

Twenty-eight members of theFall River Diocesan Council ofCatholic Nurses, representing theFall River, Attleboro and Taun­ton areas, attended the weekendmeeting, led by Msgr. Robert L.Stanton, Council spiritual direc­tor, and Rev. Barry Wall, FallRiver area moderat<lr. '

, During conference proceedings,Rev. Cornelius J. Keliher, formany years Council spiritual di­rector, was named an honorarymember of the New EnglandDiocesan Councils of Catholic

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There are 135,000 missionaries,in 833 mission dioceses through­out the world.

Bishop O'Meara took note ofthe role, of these missionaries.

"They are the peacemakers ofthe world," he stated. "Theybring Christian love for all mento all men. With the ever-mount­ing tension in the world today,the tireless' efforts of missionarymen and women deserve and de­mand greater support than everbefore."

wanted her daughter to have anabortion.

The girl was brought beforethe county court after she andher boyfriend, al!,o 16, had beenarrested while seeking a mar­riage license.

The ',teena,gers ran away fromhome in late September the nightbefore the girl was to have anabortion arranged by her mother. 'They could not obtain the license .because a boy must be 18 tomarry without parental consentin the state although a girl. n'eedbe only 16. '

Qnce detained by the author­ities, the girl was found to be"a child in need of supervision"and jailed.

At a hearing,' Judge Resinsigned an order' that the girl"must obey her mother in sub­mitting to the medical proce­dures at'Easton Memorial Hospi­tal to terminate her pregnancy"and said the girl was to be jailed"by the sheriff of Kent County,who shall, deliver her to the hos­pital, at the request of themother."

Floyd Parks, the girl's court­appointed lawyer, contended be­fore the appeals court that anew Maryland law granting ju­veniles the right to obtain med­ical treatment or advice forpregnancy, contraception andvenereal disease without parentalconsent also gives them theright to disregard parentalwishes in those .areas.

The program, the panel said,will have four "teps in Which thescout and his parents will con­sider how scouting 'and theChurch are linked, how the scoutcan grow in likeness to Chrif:t,hClw he can t.ike ti1l\e to carefo:r others like the Go04 Samari­tan, and how the scout can fulfillth,e traditional promise to do hisbest.

, Entitled the "ParvuliDei Pro­gram, a Chris'tian Family Pro­gram for Cubs," the :programWllS accpeted at the corpmittee's22nd biennial conferepce laBtSpring.

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. RESPECT LIFE: One of the participants in the ob­servance of Respeot Life Week in the Diocese of Paterson,,N.J. was a little gifI with a big sign that she carried in the'Family March for :pfe held in Morristown, N.J. NC Photo.

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c:our:t here flCls freed 'a 16-year­old girl. whet had, b~en jailedaJter refusing to obey her moth­er's demand that she, have ana.bortion.

The Court of Speci*l Appealsoverturned a ruling by KentCounty Judge George: B. RaBin,Jr., that the girl have an abor­tion and be detained in a countyjail before being taken~ to a hos­pital for the operation., I

,While the court, second high­est in the state, free(i the girland can'celed ::he abortion order,it did/not explain its ruling.

The appelilate court ruled oneday after the girl had ~old Juc:geRasin she wanted to have herb.3by. Her me,ther deqlared she

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The National Catholic, Commit­tee on Scouti ng, reSPonding tochanges in Chu rch practices sinceVatican II, has modified its' re­quirements tc, be fulfilled byCub Scouts sE'eking theParvuliDei (Children of God) ,emblem.

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pared' by the Commission, andregional' meetings featured pre­sentations of helpful programsfor the parishes.

A less cumbersome G,ommis­sion now is indicated. One fea­ture of the newly-designatedDiocesan Vicariates who willserve as contact. and liaison per­son's with priests, religious andlaity from all areas of the Dio­cese.

It is anticipated that VicariateRepresentatives will channel,ma­terial from the Commission itselfto the parishes of the Diocese,and, in turn, communicate re­'sponse or grass-roots reactionsfrom the faithful to the Com­·mission.

Father J.ames F. Lyons, Pastorof St. Mary's Parish, Taunton,will continue to serve as Chair­man of the Commission" andFather John J. Oliveira, of theCathedfal .Parish, Bishop's Sec­retary and Master of Ceremonies,will act as Commission Secre­tary. Sister Mary Evangela,R.S.M:, of the Bishop .FeehanHigh School Faculty, has beenappointed to membership on theCommission, joining Sister RuthKindelan, S.U.S.C., of the Coyle·Cassidy Hi·gh School faculty, theRev. Ronald A. Tosti, of the Di­ocesan C.C.D. Office, and theRev. William G. Campbell, of St.Mary's Cathedral.

VicariatesVicariate Representatives in

the Attleboro-Taunton Vicariateare the Rev. Thomas L. Rita ofSt. Mary's Parish, Mansfield, andRev. Gerard A Charbonneau ofSt. Mark's 'Parish, AttleboroFalls.

From the Fall River-New Bed...ford Vicariate, the Rev. BarryW. Wall of St. Mary's Cathedraland 'the Rev. Roger D. LeDuc ofSt. Joseph, New Bedford, havebeen appointed as Representa­tives.

The Rev. Thomas C.Lopes ofSt. Anthony's Parish, East Fal·'mouth, and the Rev. George W.Coleman of Our Lady of Victory

,Parish, Centerville, have been,named as Representatives from. the Vicariate of Cape Cod andthe Islands.

Bishop ·Reo'rganizesWorship Commission'HisE~cellency, the Most Rev­

erend Daniel A Cronin, Bishopof Fall Riv~r, announced the reo'organization. of the DiocesanDivine Worship Commission.The Commission, established inFebruary of 1971, has, since itsinception, coordinated Diocesanimplementation of the new ritesof Baptism and Christian Burial,using published material andregional workshops to assistclergy and laity in adopting therevised sacramental rites.

Guidelines for liturgical andmusical parish observances dur­ing Holy Week have' been pre-

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Rev. John J. Brennan, SS.CC., pastor of St. Joseph'Parish 'Fairhaven as Pro-Dean of the New Bedford Deanery.. ".'j" , - .

Appointment effective Thursd~y, Qct. '19, 1972.

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Ne'crologyOCT. 27

Rev. Edmond L. Dickinson,1967, Assistant, St. Mathieu, FallRiver.

Rev. Francisco L. Jorge, 1918,Assistant, Mt. Carmel, New Bed­ford. ,

:OCT. 28Rev. Alfred E. Cbulombe, 1923,

Pastor, St. George, North West­port.

Rev: Stanislaus, Kozikowski,OFM Conv:, 1956, Pastor, St.Hedwig, New Bedford~

NOV. 1Rev. WilHam H. McNamara,

1924, Pasto,r, St. Mary, Mansfield.- Rev. Louis N. Blanchet, 1927Assistant, St. John Baptist, FallRiver. "

Rt. Rev. John F. Ferraz, 1944,Pastor, St. Michael, Fall River.

Rot." Rev. George F. Cain, 1953,Pastor: St. Matthew, Fall River.

NOV. 2A Memento for the repose of

the souls of our priests not onthis list. .

Rev. Jo!?eph S. Fortin, 1923,Founder, St. John Baptist, Fall,River. .

Rev. Michael V. McDonough,1933, Chaplain, 5t. Mary Home,New Bedford.

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Teachers MeetAt TauntonWorkshop

Sister Carmencita Voisard, willconduct a workshop for all ele­mentary teachers in the Dioceseon Thursday, Oct. 19 from 9 to3:15 at ,the Taunton CatholicMiddle School. The theme of theday is "Focus on Change."

Sister Carmencita is communitycoordinator of education for theSisters of th'e Precious Blood ofDayton, Ohio, For the past fewyears Sister has given manyworkshops, encouraging teachersto try new methods and tech­niques. According to Sister Car­mencita, "The scene behind thethe classroom door has beenchanging. More and more chil­dren are at work on individualprojects. Students of varyinga,ges are working together.Teachers are making.a team ef­fort. Many considerations haveled to such reorganization, butat the heart of these changes isthe belief that the self-containedclassroom may not be the bestenvironment for learning."

Rev. Patrick J. O'Neill, Super­intendent of Schools, will be themain celebrant of the Mass atnoon. He will be assisted by theSchool Directors from variousparishes.

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.REPRESENT NEW BEDFORD: Representing New Bedford area on committees forthe Bishop's Charity Ball to be held Friday, Jan. 12 at the Lincoln Park Ballroom areseated, from left, Mrs. Eugene H. Goldrick, St. Joseph parish, Fairhaven, New BedfordDistrict President, decorating committee; Mr.' Vito Gerardi, St. John the Baptist, NewBedford Particular Council President, usher; standing, Miss Helen McCoy, St. Lawrencedecorating committee; Mr. James Gleason, Holy Name, usher and decorating committee;Rev. Roger D. LeDuc, Moderator of Council of Catholic Women; Mr. Patrick Harrington,Holy Name Church, usher and decorating committee; Miss Lydia Pacheco, St. Julie, No.Dartmouth, decerating committee.

Masses for the supporters ofthe exceptional. and underprivi­leged children of the diocese ofFall River will be televised on

. two Sundays in ..N,ovember, itwas _ announced by Bishop'sCharity' Ball Headquarters' atFall River.

The annual Ball, to be held onJan. 12 at Lincoln Park Ball­room, will benefit institutionsfor these children, including fourNazareth Hall Schools for excep­tional and four summer campsfor the underprivileged and ex­ceptional children of the diocese"regardless of race, color orcreed.

·Rev. Manuel P. Ferreira, pas­tor of St. John the BaptistChurch, New Bedford, who isthat area's director of the Ball,will say Mass on Nov. 19.

On Nov. 26 Msgr. Anthony M.Gomes, pastor of .Our Lady ofthe Angels Church, Fall Riverand diocesan director of the Ball,will be celebrant. Both Masseswill be shown at 8:45 A.M. onChannel 6, iNew Bedford.

Sisters to AppearSister Maureen Hanley, R.S.M.

of Nazareth Hall School of FallRiver and Sister Mary Jessico ofthe Attleboro Nazareth HallSchool will appear on Channel6, the Community Program, at8:30 A.M. on Tuesday, Nov. 21and Thursday, Nov. 30, respec­tively.

Most Rev. Daniel A. Cronin,S.T:D., Bishop of Fall River, willbe guest of honor at this galasocial and charitable event. He

.will speak and meet all the bene­factors of the Ball.

Special- BookIetSupporters of the Ball will be

listed in a special commem·orative booklet under six cate­gories: In Memoriam - $200 ormore, 4 tickets; Very SpecialFriend-$150: 4 tickets; Guarap­tor-$100, 3 tickets; Benefactor

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human life is the heart of thema,tter, whether that life beunborn, disabled in any fashion,elderly, distressed by poverty orinfringed by violence.

It will be the responsibility ofFather Oliveira to coordinatelocal, diocesan plrograms imple­menting and reflecting our con­cern and respect for human life.

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That joy must have often cometo mind as Monsignor Booth re­peated those words of the 27thPsalm in his daily recitation ofhis Divine Office ."

" 'I will offer in his tent sacri­fices with shouts of gladn~ss: Iwill sing and chant praises tothe Lord' ".

"Yes, Monsignor Booth hadmuch to be thankfu.l to God forin his priesthood, but his firstlove was the Mass."

Continuing a stress on thelove of the Eucharist, the hom­ilist stated, "For a dedicatedpriest, no sacrifice is too great aprice for the privilege of offer­ing even one Mass. MonsignorBooth had many fruitful yearsof offering the Eucharist and Iam sure that he was deeplygrateful to God. Only serious ill­ness or debility brought on byage could keep him from thispriestly function. No doubt, one'of the greatest sacrifices of hispriestly life was when his healthno longer permitted him to vestand offer the Eucharist."

Monsignor Booth died on Sat­urday at the Catholic MemorialHome, ,Fall River.

Wake ServiceOn Tuesday night, his remains

were transferred to St. Mary'sCathedral where Most' Rev.Daniel A. Cronin, Ordinary ofthe Diocese presided at a Chris­tian Wake Service.

Monsignor Booth was born inFall River on May 10, 1895, theson of the late Edward B. andthe late Sarah (Vera) Booth.

He spent his early years ofeducation at St. Mary's Cathe­dral School and BMC Durfee HighSchool. He prepa.red for .thepries~ood,at St. Charles College,

.Catonsville, .. lV):d.,... St. , BernardSeminary, Rochester, N. Y..andSt. Mary's Seminary, Baltimore,Md.

Most Rev. Daniel F. Feehanordained him to the priesthoodon May 25, 1922.

The Monsignor has served atOur Lady of the Isle Parish,Nantucket; St. Kilian Parish,New Bedford; St. Mary Parish,North Attleboro; Holy NameParish, Fall River; St. John theBaptist Parish, Central Village;Sacred Heart Parish, Oak Bluffsand St. Peter the Apostle Parish,Provincetown.

RetirementIn June 1969, Monsignor Booth

reUred as pastor of St. Mary,No. AWeboro, after serving asthe parish's pastor for 12 yearsand assistant pastor for threeyears.

On March 21, IH68, Pope PaulVI named the then Father Boothas a Domestic Prelate with thetitle of Rev. Monsignor.

He is survived by two brothersThomas H. and Charles J. bothof Fall River; two sisters -MissSarah E. Booth of Fall River andMrs. John (Etta) Bushell of Pearl'River, N. Y. and several nephewsand nieces.

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The annual country fair andpenny, sale will be held from 7to 10 tonight and tomorrownight, with a Children's Dayfrom 1 to 4 Saturday afternoon.Chairmen are Rev. William E.Farland, Mrs. Anna Keough andMrs. Eleanor DeMello.

Booths will include cakes,candy, country store, flowers,cards, handmade giflts, flea mar­ket, children's corner, food bas­kets, dinners and refreshments.

ST. THOMAS MORE,SOMERSET

Together with members of St.Patrick's Women's Guild, 5t.Thomas More Guild memberswill take part in a testing, andevaluation program for the Proc­tor and Gamble Co. Sessions willtake place a't the St. ThomasMore church hall on Nav. I, 15and 29, all Wednesdays. Mem­bers may participate in thisproject by contacting Mrs. Mil­ton Davidson, guild president.,

The guild has formed a wel­coming committee to visit newparishioners and acquaint themwith parish aotivities.

Rev. Howard Waldron, pastor,has expressed gratitude to mem­bers for contributions enablingrenovations of the old church,building for CCD classes and in­stallation of new carpeting in thelower church hall.

ST. JOSEPH,ATTLEBORO

Girl Scout Cadettes will sponsora parish whist party at 8 Satur­day night, Oct. 21 in the parishhall. Prizes and canned goodswill be gratefully accepted and

, may be brought. to the rectoryat ·any time before the party.

Kinights of the Altar will meettonight from 7 to 8 in the schoolPreviously they will attend the6:30 P.M. Mass.

Junior Cheerleaders are sellingcar wash tickets through Sun­day; Oct. 22.

Used magazines and rosariesare requested by the school ofreligion. They may be left at theCCD office or at the rectory.

Tkkets are now available fora Boys' Town Choir concert tobe sponsored by the parishThursday night, Nov. 2.

ST. DOMINIC,SWANSEA

The Women's Guild will con­duct a Rummage Sale from 9 to4 on Saturday, Oct. 21 in therectory hall at 1277 Grand ArmyHighway.

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The parish activity commit­tee will hol<:\ a dinner dance Sat­urday night, Oct. 21. Tickets areavailable from committee mem­bers.

A cake sale will follow allMasses on Saturday and Sunday,Oct. 28 and 29, under chairman­ship of Mrs. Leo Patenaude andMrs. Raymond Raposa.

Bishop Cronin will visit theparish Saturday, Nov. 11. At areception following the 6 P.M.Mass he will greet parishioners.'Women's Guild members will

,sponsor a turkey whist Mondaynight, Nov. 13, under directionof Mrs. Adrien Baraby. Allwomen are invited to attend.

Christmas bazaar dates havebeen changed to the weekend ofNov. 17 -through 19. Mrs. Ar­mand Thiboutot is chairman,aided by Mrs. Baraby.SS. PETER AND PAUL,FALL RIVER

The Home-School Organiza­tion will hold a Halloween'buffet-dance from 8 to midnightSaturday, Oct. 28 at St. Wil­liam's Center, Stafford Road.Music will be by the Shades ofSound.

Costumes will be optional,with prizes awarded for the mostoriginal, funniest and ugliest.Co-chairmen are Mrs. Mary Bis­saro and Mrs. Jan Fredericks.Tickets are available at SS. Peterand Paul School, which will ben­efit from the event. A limitednumber will also be available atthe door.

Publicity chairmen of parish organizationsare asked to submit news items for thiscolumn to The Anchor, P. O. Box 7, Fall'Rlver 02722. Name of city or town shouldbe Included, as well are full dates of allactivities. Please send news of future ratherthan past events.

Pope Paul Stressesp'riesthood Service

VATICAN CITY (NC) - Theservice' of the priesthood was,emphasized by Pope Paul VIwhen he received eight Americanpriests, including a' cardinal, onthe 40th anniversary of theirordination.

,Led by Cardinal John Deardenof Detroit,. the priests, all or­dained in 1932 at Rome's NorthAmerican College, were receivedin private audience Oct. 5.

"We know you have livedthese years with faith and loveand that your lives have beenan obligation of single-heartedservice to the Lord and to Hisbrethren," the Pope said in En­glish.

ABIGAIL McCARTHY

~~rs. MlcCar~hy'

~~t Boo~~ FairI

Mrs. Eugene McCarthy' will bethe featured speaker at a bookfair to be sponsored.at 8 Tuesdaynight, Oct. 24 by the Parent.s'ABsociation 0:: Sacred HeartsAeademy, Fall River. The wife ,ofthe former pre~,idential candidatewill discuss hel' recently publisJl­ed autobiography, "Private Faces,Public Places." Copies of herbook and a wide range of othertitles suitable for gift( will heavailable at th,~ fair, to be heLdin the academy auditorium. I

. IMaster of c€,remonies for the

program will be Owen T.P. Me­Gowan, librarian at Bri~gewater

State College, and directing aparents' planning comrpittee :isSi~:ter Eugenia Margaret, SUSC.,academy librarian.

. Varied Career'

On the other hand, I am ,equallyconvinced that we will Isimplyhave to be consistent in thestatement of our moral: princi­ples if we hope to retain 'even a

,shred of credibHity. ,I Abortion is admittedly a clearviolation of the moral law. Butso is the bombing of innocent peo­ple i.n Vietnam. Why not say so,at long last, in quite specificterms? And why not say it-now?Why wait until the 1973 RespectLife Week? By that time 'it maybe too late.

1n her book Mrs. lV,IcCarthytraces the influences thatbrought her hm band and herself

- int,o political life and e,!,entuallyto his attempt to seek the 'nomi­nation for the preside!,\cy. Shegives a vivid p:.cture of: the lib­eral Catholicism of the mid-Westwhich gave McCarthy his senso~

of 'Vocation asa politician.Outstanding Is her qepiction

'Of the strains and tensions ofCongressional life and theireffect on families of politicians.He!' separation from her /lusbandis mentioned o::tly briefly in aone-page epilogue.

Mrs. McCarthy's short storieBhave appeared ill several anthol- .ogi,~s and she has contributed'articles to natio:1al mag~zines.

r She is particllarly interestedin ecumenism Hnd in the civilrights movement, serving on theboard of the National Conferencefor Interracial Justice and a!ivice-president of Church WomenUnited in the U, S. A. ,

Tickets' to the lectlire areavailable at the Fall Riv:er Pub­lic -Library and at C.S.: BrownBook Store, S01.:.th Main Street,as well as at Sacred! HeartsAcademy. Proceeds will purchaseaudiovisual, equ:pment for: theacademy library.

year's program probably oughtto be somewhat more detailed inits handling of the problem ofwar and, more specifically, thewar in Vietnam.

I do not mean to suggest thatit should enter into a technicaldiscussion of the pros and consof particular methods of termiJ

nating the war. On the' otherhand, I think it would be fair tosay that the natural tendency of.....Catholics, in· any educationalprogram dealing ,with respect forlife, is to be quite specific intheir tr,eatment of the abortionissue and somewhat less specificin their treatment of the problemof war. On the latter issue wetend, more often than not, tostate our moral teaching rathertheoretically and in rather vagueand general terms.

And yet, there is certainlynothing vague or theoreticalabout the killing that has beengoing' on in Vietnam for moreyears than most of us like to re­member and unfortunately isstill going on at this very mo­ment.

On' October 4 (coincidentallythe very middle of Respect LifeWeek) the Wall Street Journalreported in a lengthy dispatchfrom Saigon that in Vietnam nomatter how much things changethey nevertheless remain thesame. The war in other words,is still going on.

.Staggering Figure

In a front-page article entitled"Death Marches On" the Journalestimated-to cite. but one hor­rendous figure out of many­that "If America, with a popula­tion about six times that of thetwo Vietnams, were being pun­ishedat a. comparable' rate, itwould mean at least two millionAmericans dead and woundedand six million homeless-all insix months." That's a staggeringfigure-and, mind you, it appear­·ed in the pages of a "conserva­tive" newspaper of great integ­rity and therefore cannot becynically. dismissed as "radical"or "peacenik" propaganda.

So far as this writer is con-. cerned, there is enough informa­

tion in that one sentence to war-,rant the conclusion that the warin Vietnam is an evil of almostincalculable proportions. PleaseGod, it will have come to a mer­ciful end before we enter upona second Respect Life Week. inthe Fall of 1973. Unfortunately,however, we have no assurancethat this will happen. The WallStreet 'Journal's Saigon corre-'spandent, Peter R. Kann, is ofthe opinion that it is, at best,m­tle more than a pious hope. Hereports that the most realisticoutlook, according to the major­ity of observers in Vietnam, "ismore months of intensive com­bat and quite possibly moreyears of protracted war:'

I am not suggesting for amoment .. tl1at we should softpedal our opposition to abortion.If anything, I think we shouldredouble our efforts to sensitizeour people to this terrible evil.

THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Thurs. Oct. 19, 1972

By

MSGR.

GEORGE G.

HIGGINS:

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The first annual Respect Life Week, sponsored bythe National Conference' of Catholic Bishops, has comeand gone. Its purpose was to focus on some of the threatsto human life and human dignity in our society and toprovied' an educational ex­perience which would alert'our people to the problemsand would re-state the per­tinent moral teaching on eachtopic. I

It would, be difficult in theshort run to, measure the results

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of this well' organized and highlypublicized experiment in Cath­olic adult education. I have theimpression, however, that' it'served a very useful purpose andprobably ought to be repeated ayear from now, with somewhatgreater emphasis next time onthe particular problem of waras perhaps 'the 'greatest singlethreat to human life and humandignity in th'e world communityof nations.

Unfa'ir Criticism,In offering the latter sugges­

tion, I do not mean in any wayto denigrate the value of thisyear's excellent pl'Ogram, muchless to stand in criticism of thosewho put it together. The manwho was principally responsiblefor drawing up the program(subject to the direction andsupervision of an over-all policycommittee) w,as Monsignor JamesMcHugh. director of the USCCDivision for Family Life. I thinkhe did a first-rate job and is tobe highly .commended. Somehave complained - rather cap­tiously, in my opinion-that thematerials prepared under hissupervision over-emphasized theproblem of abortion, for exam­ple, and under-emphasized theproblem of war.

To my way of thinking, that's·an unfair criticism. The fact isthat Monsignor McHugh, work­ing against a 'very tight deadlineand under difficult conditions,went to great lengths to makesure that Respect Life Weekwould not be thought of ,merelyas an anti-abortion program butwould also help to' sensitize ourCatholic people to a number of,other threats to human life andhuman dignity in the contempo­rary world.

In Vague TermsIn this connection, I happen to

know from personal experiencethat, when called upon to adviseindividual bishops and diocesandiresctors on the best means ofpromoting Respect Life Week,he strongly counselled them,while coming down hard on theabortion issue, to give "equaltime," so to speak, to poverty,racial discrimination and, aboveall, to the particular problem ofwar.

This having been said, how~

ever, I suspect that MonsignorMcHugh wbuld agree that next

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Priests Senate Sets Committees

cation Program. A five-membercommittee was elected to formu­late a constitution and set anagenda for the group's nextmeeting.

MeJ;llbers of the committee,Father O'Leary said, includedhimself and Siste'r Carol FrancesJegan of Mundelein Col1ege here;Father Mark Heath, ProvidenceCol1ege; James Michael Lee,University of Notre Dame; andRobert O'Gorman, St. LouisUniversity.

Al1 'are heads of the reli­gious education departments oftheir institutions.

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Dear Friend:

There are a million·and-a-half refugees in theHoly Land, each one the voiceless victim of awar now in its 23rd year., Mostly children, they are refugees torn toshreds by war.

We mend them best by giving them hope.Hope is a pair of shoes, an egg, a clean

blanket, a chance to receive the sacraments.Hope is a handful of practical-action people­

priests, Sisters, and qualified volunteers-wholeave their own homes and become refugeesin the Holy Land for the refugees.

These 'people, just a handful, are ou'r Pontif.ical Mission for Palestine.

They are people who feed, teach, heal, clothe,mend, fulfilling the love-mission ofJesus Christ,in Bethlehem, Nazareth, Cairo, Damascus, andwar points in between.

Their mission is love, and peace with justice.Their strategy is service-the works of mercy,

person-to-person, in the name of Jesus Christ.There is hope in the heart of the blind child

ir:' the Gaza Strip because he is learning a tradeIn the Pontifical Mission Center for the Blind.

In Abu·Dis, outside Jerusalem, an elderlyMuslim prays contentedly to Allah becauseSister Patrick, from Ireland, is at his side.

Six Sisters from India - a physician, twonurs~s, three social workers-have arrived inwar-torn Jordan, to work in the camps and liveno bette'r than the refugees.

You give them hope because you care.We ask your prayers, for peace and for the

safety of us all. IWe beg you to help us keep hope alive. Please

use the coupon below. I'll be writing to thankyou for your gift.

Gratefully yours in Christ,

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Religious Educators Form Federation

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CHICAGO (NC)-A federationof directors of religious educa­tion, departments in Catholicgraduate schools has beenformed as a means of sharingresources . used in training ofreligious educators.

Father James O'Leary of Loy­ola University here, a spokes­man for the group, said repre­sentatives from 27 U. S. graduateschools met at Loyola Sept. 30and decided to form a federation.

·Participants at the meetingdecided to call the new organ­ization the Association of Direc­tors of, Graduate Religious Edu-

be held at the Diocesan CCDCenter, 446 Highland Ave., FallRiver on Oct. 20 at 3 P.M.

The Temporalities Committeeindicated a membership whichincluded co-chairmen, Rev. Fran­cis L. Mahoney and'Rev. EdwardC. Duffy, Rev. Bente- R. Fraga,Rev. Robert C. Donovan, Rev.Bertrand R. Chabot, Rev. RogerL. Gagne and Rev. Arthur T.DeMel1o. This Committee's firstmeeting will be held Oct. 25 atnoon at St. Mary's Rectory inHebronvil1e.

Two laymen, Atty. William H.Carey.and Mr. Earl J. Dias havebeen included on tile Constitu­tional Committee joining cochair­men Rev. Msgr. Robert L. Stan­ton and Rev. John Brennan,SS.CC. This committee is inves­tigating the composition of thepresent Senate and the represen­tation of the religious clergyworking in the Diocese thereto.

Rev., Armando A Annunziato,Rev. Barry W. Wal1 and Rev.Marcel Bouchard will be joiningco-chairmen Rev. Joseph L. Pow­ers and Rev. Leo T. Sullivan onthe Pastoral Evaluation Commit­tee. A number of sources havebeen contacted for informationon various programs of evalua­tion ; It was stated that thecommittee will be issuing reportsto the Diocesan Personnel Board'whose assistance is essential tothe committee.

"The direction of the Priests'Senate activity is a very clearone. Through the efforts of com­mittee work, the success or thefailure of the Senate will bedetermined. It is my personalhope that the Senate will be ableto discuss in detail the formi­dable tasks that confront us andto plan effectively for their im·plementation.

"By joining our efforts withthose priests we represent, theChurch's presence will becomemore deeply rooted in our Dio­cese." Thus stated the Presidentof the Senate, Rev. George W.Coleman at the end of what wasobviously a working session.

Reflections on Pastoral Plan­ning."

A constitutional session takesplace at 7' P.M. to be fol1owedwith another general sessionstarting at 7:30 P.M.

Father Bonnike will give theconference an up-to-date reporton the activities of the NationalFederation of Pries,ts' Councilswhich is made of several regionalPriests Senates organizationssuch as NECOPS.

At 8:30 P.M., the New England _Bishops will meet with the Coor­dinating Committee of NECOPS.

Tuesday morning a two-hourgeneral session is scheduledto get underway at 9 o'clockwith the Rev. Charles Giglio, Di­rector Pastoral Planning in theDiocese of Camden, using "Dioc­esan and Pastoral Planning: ACase Study of the Cam:len Dio­cese" as his subject.

Bishop Gerety will be the prin­cipal celebrant and homilist at aconcelebrated Mass at 11:15AM.

mittee. Lay representation is ac­tively being sought by all com­mittee members.

The Social Concerns Commit­tee presented a resume of thesurvey which was carried out inthe Spring of 1972. Two primaryareas of concern' were !familylife' and 'youth'. The presentCommittee has been enlargedto include 12 of the priests wholast Spring indicated their will­ingness to work actively in thearea of family life. Joining co­chairmen Rev. Robert A Mc­Gowan ,!nd Rev. Thomas t.Lopes are Rev. Michael G.Methot, Rev. James H. Morse,Rev. Gerard A Charbonneau,Rev. Patrick Killilea, SS.CC., Rev.Paul E. Canuel, Rev. MichaelNagle, Rev. Ricard R. Gendreau,Rev. Harold J. Wilson.

Also, Rev. Evaristo Tavares,'Rev. Marc H. Bergeron and Rev.Daniel F. Hoye. A meeting opento all clergy of the Diocese will

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Continued from Page Oneduring the three day Conference.

Registration takes place be­tween 7 and 10 P.M. Sundaynight, Oct. 22 and 8 to 9 AM.Monday morning.

The Rev. Michael J. McDonald,President of the Sena,te ofPriests, Portland will extendgreetings of ,the Maine groupand Father Morrissey will wel­come the delegates, Bishops andother dignit,aries to the annualmeeting.

Archbishop MedeirosThe first general session is due

to. get underway at 9:15 AM.with an address by the Rev.Msgr. Colin A MacDonald,Pries.ts Chairman of the BishopsAd Hoc Committee for PriestlyLife and Ministry, U.S.C.C.

At 11:15 AM., Archbishop Me­deiros will be the principal cele­brant and homilist at a concele­brated Mass in the Chapel of St.Paul's Center.

At 4 P.M., the Rev. BernardQuinn will speak on "Theological

Sixth Annual NECOPS Oct. 22-24

ADDRESSES GRAND KNIGHTS OF FALMOUTH COllNCIL: Most Rev. Daniel A.Cronin, S.T.D., Ordinary of the, Diocese, was the main speaker at the' Annual GrandKnights Banquet of the Falmouth Council, Knights of Columbus held Saturday night inFalmouth. Left to right: Raymond LaBossiere, master of ceremonies; Arthur R. Roderick,program chairman; Bishop Cronin, Lawrence Goulart, G.K. and Gilbert Roberts, PGK.

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cerning the establishment of aneducational program in the ~er-,

vice of the clergy. It was alsoreported that the committeewill be comprised of Rev. JohnJ. Smith, Rev. Ronald A Tosti,Rev...EdwardJ. Byington andRev. Robert J. Carter.

The Committee on ParochialMinistry reported that in theirefforts to formulate proposalsconcerning a total DiocesanCensus, they contacted Rev.Joseph Delaney, co-chancellor ofthe Diocese of Brownsville, Tex.in addition to both the Centerfor Applied Research in theApostolate and the NationalCouncil of Catholic Men inWashington, D. C.

In addition to the co-chairmen,, Rev. Walter A. Sullivan and Rev.

John J. Murphy, Rev. Roger L.Gagne,and Rev. Philip A Davi­gnon comprise the present com-

Attempt to ~urn

Shroud of TurinTURIN (Ne) - An unknown

- person failed in an attempt toburn the holy shroud of Turin,believed by some to be the sheetin which the body of the deadChrist was placed in the tomb,

The shroud is a piece of linenthat shows the figure and faceof a man who died by.crucifi,xionand suffered the v.arious woundsrecounted in Christ's Passion inthe Bible.

Although the Church has neverpronounced on its authenticity,the shroud has been veneratedfor centuries and is under thecustQdy of the royal ItalianHouse of Savoy.

An unknown person, whopolice think was probably men­tally, deranged, broke into thecathedral here Oct. 1 afterclimbing over the roof of theadjoining royal palace and setfire to the front of the reliquaryin which the shroud is preserved.

The attempt failed because theshrine is covered with asbestos.Only two altar cloths wereburned.

The shroud, which made itsappearance in history only afterthe late Middle Ages, was oncedamaged by fire in 1532 at theSavoy palace at Chambery. Itwas last displayed to the publicin 1931 on the marriage of KingUmberto of Italy and again in1933 in connection with the 19thcentenary of the death Jf, C.hrist.

Mission Sunday',Continued from Page One

flows' from the character im­posed in the Sacrament of Con­firmation, still,Christ our Savioralways cal1s from among thenumber of His disciples some towhom a special vocation forpreaching the Gospel is given.Certain priests, religious andlaity are endowed with the ap­propriate natural dispositions,character and talents t<l under­take local and foreign missionwork, to be ambassadors ofChrist in places and regionswhere, He is t10t known. Manynations and many souls still re-main unaware of 'Christ's savingwork among men, .and must beled to the truth and light ofFaith.

AnniversariesThese wonderful anniversaries

give us the occasion to recal1 thezeal, devotion and sacrifice ofmissionaries, past and present.This j,ubilee year affords us agood opportunity to support thevital work of preaching the Gos­pel to all nations, especial1y byprayer ,that Almighty God willfind many willing workers forthe missionary vineyards and

, that the hearts of countlessnumbers of our fellow men willbe welcomed in the harvest.

Mrssion Sunday will be ob­served next weekend, and thecustomary annual collection for.assisting the comm.unities andindividuals active in missionwork will be taken up.

I urge all the faithful of theDiocese of Fall River to partic­ular generosity in responding tothe appeal in this anniversary'year~ Ours is a Catholic, a uni­versal, Church, and I' commendparticipation in the mission apos­tolliote to all.

Faithfully yours in Christ,~DANIEL A. CRONIN,

Bishop of Fall River.

Faithful

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Still, agr1eat prayer

-Lord, he<llr our prayer.

"~Lotd, hear our prayer.

-That young men and women of this parish maygenerollsly respond to the call of the Holy Spirit toserve in the missionary work of the Church bycarrying the Gospel to the ends of the earth, letus pray to !he l Lord,

-Lot:d, hear our prayer.

":""For all the poor and needy throughout the worldthat' by our p~ayers and sacrifices, We may enablethem tl) escape from hunger, misery,. disease andignorance, let us pray to the Lord,

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IV.

[I. ~That God may sltrengthen all missionaries, bethey Bishops, priests, sisters,-brothers or lay people,and bless therp in their work dedicated to spreadthe Kingdom of God on earth, let us pray to the Lord,. . . . ~

1. .-,;That all Christians may realize that they aremissiQllCines efther through actual mission work, ortb.rougl.1,their prayerful support of missionaries, letus prav to the: Lord, .

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-Lord, hear our prayer.

MISSION SUNDAY - October 22, 1972I

Christ tol d His ~ollow€!fs to go into 'the whole worldto preach the Gospel to every creature. Conscious of ourown obligation to sp~ead the word of Goa by, imiyer a,ndsacrifice, let t,spray:

Let us pray:

o God, look with favor upon your people gathered tocele;brate theE1Jcharis~. Grant that~we may be ever mindfulof our privilegl~d task to support the missionary work .ofYour Church by our 0o/n dedication, prayers and sacrifices.Help us to do all that we can to spread the Good Newsof salvation among thc;>se who have not yet heard of YourSon, through the same Chris,t, Our Lord, Amen..,~ ,'\. .,.... '.' ,'".IV ~If.l,,,i.' . .:1, .'~ \../ ....... '. "J. _. _,_, I'" .I·~':s t-.,' •

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@rheANCHOROFFICIAL 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 675-7'151

PUBLISHER ,Most Rev. Daniel A. Cronin, D.O., S.T.D.

GENERAL MANAGER ASST. GENERAL MANAGERRev. Msgr. Daniel F. Shalloo, M.A. Rev. John P. Driscoll

CCD UnderwayNp one can really overestimate the importance of

religious instruction for both the young and older. This iswhy so much effort and encouragement are given to var­ious Confraternity of Christian D~ctrine programs..

Religious instruction, of course, must begin at thevery earliest years and in -the home with the exampleand attitudes and reactions of mothers and fathers. Theseare absorbed by the children.

, , .But it must be followed up through elementary and

high school years and beyond.

The unsung heroes and heroines of every parish arethe dedicated men and women, religious and lay, who' aregiving their efforts to staff these CCO programs at every"level. As important as the facts that they teach is the factthat they are teaching-that they are revealing to stu­dents and parents and the parish as a whole that hereare men and women willing to give themselves to serveGod and so that others may understand in greater measurethe reasons for the faith that is in them. .

. Most parish CCO programs are underway now. Theydeserve the wholehearted cooperation ~nd support of everyparishioner who is concerned that the faith really lives inthe souls of men.

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Christian LabelIt is getting more and more tiresome t«;> read about.

the so-called conservatives and radicals within the CatholicChurch. It ,is an easy thing for writers to label individualsin this simplistic way. They forget, of course, that labelsare frequently libels, and that an individual is much toocomplicated to tag with a single word.

But the labelling continues and is no service to theChurch or even to the individuals so named.

Archbishop Fulton Sheen once spoke of thes.e so-calledconservatives and radicals and cautioned that in some waysthose who are so named are like "two sides. of an. arch,building from opposite directions. They are in tension, in ,opposition and in seeming contradiction." He went on toadvise that all activities of every temperament should bebalanced with holiness, sacrifice and redemption.

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A person may tend toward conservatism or radicalismby temperament. But this is not a vocation. It is a pointof view, an approach, a way of looking at a problem ora situation~ It is not a-guide for accepting or rejectingwhat the Church teaches or condemns. A man may con-,sider himself a conservative or a radical but to be trueto the gift ,of faith that Go'd has given him he must sub­scribe to all that Christ has said and done. And this means

. he must bring into his own life the holiness .and prayerand sacrifice and pat~ence and mercy of Christ.

A man ~ cannot live by temperament. He is called uponto live in the likeness of Christ. There is great talk todayabout being fully human. All this is well and good. Butone is not called on to be just fully human. He is calledupon' to be more than human, more than natural; he is,called on to be super-human and supernatural.

. ' This means not just reacting to a situation or problemaccording to one's temperament or ,humanity, but reactingto it in the spirit of Christ, as a Christ-centered. and Christ­like individual.

Thl's is, the only label that a Christian. should ,rejoiceto attach orhcive attached to himself.

Sr. Antoinette, SUSC, with Some of Her Missionary Mementos from Africa

Holy Union Sister Spurns Royal Throne,Prefers' Work at Diocesan CCD Office

Editor AssertsChurch StrongIn Poland

WASHINGTON (NC) - "TheCatholic Church is still strong",in Poland, where "c.hurch atten­dance and religious practice archigher than in western Europe,"the director of a Polish Catholicweekly said here.

The director, Jerzy Turowicz,of Tygodnik Powszechny, whichhe described as the, Polishequiva'lent of the Commonweal,is visiting the United States fora month on a tour funded by theU. S. State Department.

"The number of vocationscontinues to be better than inwestern Europe," Turowicz said."The seminaries in several dio­ceses are full and the more pop­ular religious orders have aconsiderable number of voca­tions. There is no crisis of priest­ly vocations yet."

Turowicz said that the litur­gical reform instituted by theSecond Vatican Council has beenimp1emented and is "generallywell accepted," but he addedthat "some intellectuals feel thatthe post-<:onciliar renewal is tooslow. There is some. hidden ten­sion, but it is not as strong asin Europe or America."

There are problems, however.Turowicz said, in the relation­ships between the Church andthe Polish government. The gov­ernment imposes restrictions onthe circulation of Catholic pub­lications. Turowicz said that thecirculation of Tygodnik Pows­zechny is 40,000 and could be

,more if the government wouldallow the printing of morecopies.

Prior Censorship

The paper's freedom to ex­press d1ssent concerning govern­ment policies depends on the is­sue, he said. On some subjects,dissent is possible, on others itis not. There ,is prior censorshipin Poland, he pointed out.Everything that is to be printedmust be submitted to govern­ment censors before publication.

His paper, which is edited bylaymen and was founded afterthe Second World War, is not anofficial Catholic paper, Turowiczsaid, but is the best knownCatholic paper in Poland.

The paper is connected withthe Znak (Sign) parliamentarygroup of five deputies, Turowiczsaid. Znak is not a polimcalparty but expressed the Catholicpoint of view in politi'cs. He saidthe group does not speak dn thename of the Church, but doeswork for Chun:h interests andis in contact with the bishops.

Proposes CommonTraining' fOlr Clergy

NEW YORK (NC)-An epis­copal scholar has proposed thatAnglicans and Catholics estab­lish "a common training for theministry."

The Rev. Alan W. Jones, assis­tant ,to the director of TrinityEpiscopal InstitJ.lte here, saidthat clergy on both sides are be­set with common problems, andlaymen of both, he maintained,can learn from each other.

"It is only when fear, preju­dice and ignorance'are removedthat we can get together," hesaid, "and it is this common,training which I think is oneway in which we can removesuch things."

BY PAT McGOWAN

Sister Marie Antoinette,S.U.S.C. 'is very likely the onlynun in history offered the chanceto become a queen - althoughsome queens became nuns inpast centuries. Her opportunityis all the more striking becauseit's still open to her. Instead ofaccepting the purple, however,the missioner has chosen, whileon a one-year home visit, towork a prosaic five-day week atthe 'Diocesan CCD Office on FallRiver's Highland Avenue, and totake up her unroyal residence atthe former St. Joseph's Conventon North High Street.

Her golden moment came inthe African village of Bamunkain the United Republic of Cam­eroon. After nine years of ser­vice as a missionary in a nearbycity, she was assigned to thevillage two years ago, and sheimmediately attracted the atten­tion of its royal chieftain. De­spite the fact that he already had25 wives" he wished to makeSister Antoinette the 26th. Oneday he discussed the matter withanother Holy Union nun, relates,Sister Antoinette.

"She told him, 'She wouldn'twant to marry you and becomeyour 26th wife," and he imme­diately said, 'If Sister Mariecomes to the palace I' will tellall the others to leave.'

Write to ,Pope'

"So Sister tried another argu­ment. 'Sisters aren't allowed tomarry anyone; you know.' Hehad an answer for that, too. 'Ifshe comes, I will write to thePope and straighten everythingout.' "

Although unsuccessful, the

., chieftain wasn't discouraged.said Sister Antoinette. His nexttactic was to start sending'giftssuch as pigs and chickens to theHoly Union convent: "The otherSisters kept teasing me aboutthe bride price," she chuckled."And when I was coming home,the Fon, as he is called, evensent gifts to my mother." Achieftain of a neighboring village,she added, when he was biddingher f.arewell, said solemnly."Goodbye-and may you soonreturn and join my friend,"

As her own going-away gift,the Fon gave Sister Antoinettea brass effigy of his great great­grandmother. It is the prizeamong a I;lfge collection of Af­rican artifacts she brought home.She, hopes to raffle or sell themajority of the pie.ces (althoughnot the Fon's gift) for the bene­fit of a project extremely im­portant to the Sisters in Ba­munka.

"We have a, lovely conyent,"she said, "but it has no water.When we first moved into it,we had to use muddy water froma nearby stream for all purposes.Now we have barrels to catchrainwater, but it's an unsatisfac­tory system. What we really

'need is a cistern to catch andstore the rain, and so I'm tryingto raise enough money to haveone dug."

At Boarding School

When Sister Antoinette firstwent to Africa, she taught at agirls' boarding school in thecity :of Nkongsamba. Her sub­jects included science, English,religion and art. At Bamunka,newest mission of the worldwideHoly Union community, she firstworked in a small dispensary,

then helped set up a homecraftcenter to teach young girls"what they need' to know to begood wives." Courses includechild care, vegetable farming,sewing, cooking and generalhomemaking.

"We are also building a mater­nity hospital," said Sister An­toinette, noting that two dispen­saries and the forthcoming hos­pital are the only medical ser­vices available to 100,000 peopleliving in the territory aroundBamunka. "If they need care be­yond what we can give, theymust travel a long distance tothe nearest hospital.

'In Cameroon the Holy UnionSisters work with the Mill HillFathers, and among Sister An­toinette's treasures is a Lection­ary in Church Pidgeon, whichtranslates readings for Mass intoPidgeon English. The familiaryquotation from the Gospel ofJohn: "I am the vine: you thebranches. He that abideth in me,and I in him, the same bearethmuch fruit: for without me youcan do nothing;" translates into"Me I be the win stick; una bemy, hand them. Man whe he destop with me, and I with he; hego born plenty fruit. Whe me nothere, you no fit do nothing."

'During her year in the States,Sister Antoinette will be avail­able for lectures to parish organ­izations and other groups. Shecan be reached at the CCD of­fice, and she is guaranteed tobring a new understanding ofAfrica to tho'se who hear her.So much is she a part of her"second home", that when shewas displaying a picture of itsflag, she unconsciously said,"This is our flag."

THE ANCHOR- 7Thurs., Oct. 19, 1972

Ruling FavorableTo Tax Credits

NEW YORK (NC) - In thefirst federal court test of theprinciple, a court here has issuedan opinion favorable to advo"cate of tax credits for nonpublicschool students.

The court ruled two directnonpublic school aid measuresunconstitutional, but refused togrant an injunction against atax credit measure.

The three-judge court here de­clared unconstitutional sectionsof a recently enacted state lawproviding direct tuition grants toparents and dispensing statefunds for maintenance of non­public schools.

However, the court voted 2-1to permit further argument onthe third section of the lawgranting state income tax bene­filts to families earning less than$25,000 annually and paying atleast $50 tuition for each childattending a private school'.

Alan Davitt, executive directorof the New York State Councilof Catholic School Superinten­dents, told NC News Service thathis group was "elated that thefederal district court has foundthe tax credit approach accept­able" while it was "disap­pointed" the court found againstthe section which would havehelped poor parents.

He indicated the court's rulinghas a national impact in that itdealt WIth an issue-tax creditsto parents of nonpublic schoolchildren-that "has not yet beenadjudicated" in the federal courtsystem.

One of the sections ruled un­constitutional would have givena total of $25 million in directaid to families with incomes be­low $5,000 -a year. Another sec­tion ruled unconstitutional wouldhave provided $4 million forschool maintenance and repair.

The tax cre~it section providesup to $15 million in aid.

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PHILADELPHIA (NC)-"Grow­ing old gracefully" could well de­scribe the theme of a manual forsenior citizens published by theConfraternity of Christian Doc­trine of the Philadelphia arch·diocese. '

Entitled "Religious Search,Growth and Enrichment forOlder Adults," the manuar liststhe contributions of the aged tothe community, their educationalneeds, organizations with whichthey can affiliate, resourcesavailable to them and a specialchapter on an "Authentic Theol·ogy of Aging and Death."

·Father, Raymond J. Teller,archdiocesan director of the'CeD, said that the book was aresponse .to Article 95 of theVatican's General CatecheticalDirectory which "stresses theimportance of old age and thefact that it is 'not sufficientlyrecognized in the pastoral min­istry."

"In this rapidly changingworld of ours," Father Tellersaid, "a continuing Christian de­velopment must be a high prior­ity pastoral objective if theChurch is to fulfill her mandate."

"A message that' comesthrough loud and clear, unfortu­nately," Father Teller com­mented, "is that the aging seg­ment of our society has been un·duly neglected"

Noting the "deep concern" ofCardinal John Krol and otherspiritual leaders with citizenswho are being forced into retire­ment, Father Teller said: "Weknow, however, that no one re­tires from the development. ofthe spirit, not even if he be asold as Abraham, Isaac or Jacob."

Court Rules TextbookLaw Constitutional

ST. LOUIS (NC) - The St., Louis County Circuit Court has

upheld the constitutionality of astate law providing $1.2 millionfor textbooks for nonpublicschool students.

Judge Orville Richardson dis·qlissed challenges by the law'sopponents that the statute vi­olated the U. S. Constitution'sFirst and Fourteenth' Amend­ments and the Misouri Constitu­tion's provisions banning useof public funds for aid to privateindividuals or religion.

However, the judge ruled un­constitutional the provision ofthe Free Textbook Law that al­lows loans of textbooks to teach­ers in private schools.

Opponents of the bill, signedinto law in May by Gov. WarrenN. Hearnes, indicated they willappeal the county court rulingto the state supreme court.

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MONTREAL (NC) - Patientsat Montreal General Hospital are'now able to, view religious ser·vices in the, hopital chapelthrough a closed-circuit televi­sion system, the first such set-upin Canada..

The 'programming of religious _services is under the direction ofthe hospital's Department of Pas­toral Services, which includesJesuit Fathers Arthur. Garneauand Hend Lacasse.

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l~ishop CClrter of Ontario Blames Evil TimesOn Lack of Prayer

LONDON (NC)--"We have fall- in the world, and 'it will be done.en upon these' evil times precise- It will be done ... by the powerly because we have stopped of God working in souls in apraying," Bishop G;'Eminett Car- gentle ·breeze.' And maybe youter of London told a general can stir up. that gentle breeze.'meeting of the Sisters Adorers of "You have to do a certainthe Precious Blood here ,in On· amount of external works. Youtario. . cannot, I think, live as you did

Relating the lack of prayer to in the past in strict contempla­the priests who have lEltt the tion and tmclosure, but you mustactive ministry" Bishop 'Carter make sure that whatever you dosaid that those to whom he had that runs counter to that voca·talked personally, alm6st in tion does not destroy that voca­every case, have ,stopped praying. tion."

"They have lo:;t the sense of He urged the delegates "to lis-faith in their priesthood, the val- ten to the Spirit .of God, thatue of their .priesthood ... and God will speak to you in yourthis is the curse of our. time,,,prayer and in your devotion."he said. '

The bishop said a major dan­ger facing the Church "is un·doubtedly from within."

"Vie know an:i we have toaccept in all humility tha~ thereare theologians who are obvi­ously teaching !:omething pre-cious close to heresy." .

Addressing himself directly tothe nuns who are member,S of acontemplative orc.er, the bishopcautioned them to avoi~ ex­tremes.

"One extreme would be ofcourse the abandonment of yourcontemplative vocation. You arenot called as oth ~rs are called.There is great we rk to be, done

CARDINAL MEETS ANGLICAN: Cardinal Jan Wille­brands, president of the Vatican Secretariat for Promoting

. Christian Unity, embraces Dr. Michael Ramsey, archbishopof Canterbury, at Lambeth Palace in London, England.Cardinal Willebrands became the first Roman Catholic

. priest since the Reformation to celebrate Mass in thePalace, the archbishop's official ~esidence. NC Photo.

Church AnniversaryCelebration Postponed

BUJUHBURA (NC)-The bish­ops of Burundi postponed cele­brations marking the 75th anni­versary of the Church in Burundibecause of the. civil war in the'country earlier this year, and rec­ommended instead that the com­ingyear be devoted to "penancefor the evils we have done, ayear to dress our wounds."

In a sermon during a pilgrim·age to Mugera, Archbishop An­dreas Makarakiza of Kitega,president of the Burundi Bish­ops' Conference, condemned the"delug§! 'of sins of hatred andrevenge," and appealed for res­titution and pardon on all sides.

The civil war broke out inlate April along the coast ofLake Tanganyika. The rebels,armed with axes and machetes,killed about a thousand membersof the ruling Tutsi tribe, but therevolt was quelled by the pre­dominantly Tutsi army within 10days.

It is believed that the rebelshoped that the Hutus, who con- ,stitute about 85 per cent of thepopulation; would rise against,the" Tutsi, but they' did not.

THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River'::"!hurs.Oct.. 19, 1972

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MARILYN

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Avers W,omen Hav,el Power.., ,

T,o R,aise Qu,ality o,f GoodsWouid you panic if I told you that seams are coming

back in, stockings? While there are certainly more impor­tant things that go on in the world, nevertheless those ofus who rerq.emb~r the days when a sign of neatness was astraight line' running down 'the back of one's leg might urging women all over the worldbe concerned about return- to buy longer skirts, they held

fast for over a year until the in­ing to this era. This straight- dustry was forced to retrenchline feat was easier said than and return to a skirt length thatdone, particularly if you had a was acceptable to all.slim leg, because the line invari- If banding together could forceably ended' up looking like this change in the length of ammm&'WFt'it~ skirt just think what it could do

to the food markets that areraising prices out of all propor-

/ tion to their needs. or to themanufacturers of toys who forcetheir products onto our youn~ /by a constant blitz of advertisingand false claims.

I'm quite sure that it's NewJersey where a group of womenhas formed a consumer groupto keep a constant watch onprices in the area markets. If onemarket ups a price .the womendemand to know why and oddlyenough, or wisely, as the casecase may be, the markets aregoing along with this small bandof consumers and' either justify- 'ing their price increases orkeeping them in line with othermarkets. The good will gener­ated by the willingness of theseretailers is something moneycan't buy and "woman power"is making itself felt in an areathat directly concerns families.

Female NaderAll we, 'i1eedilOw is fl"feimile

Ralph Nader to provide a leader­ship catalyst for, this, time ofpressure and the. quality ofhousehold goods, food items and'clothing couldn't help but im­prove. As more and more womenare being urged to become in­volved in the way the world i~

run, I can't help but fe~lth~t

perhaps the honesty and "car­ing" virtues that, are found infemales would help improve ourquality of living.

Plan Teaching ReligionIn Public Schools

DAYTON (NC)-A center forthe study of the teaching of re­ligion in public schools has beenestablished at Wright State Uni­versity here.

The Public Education Religion .Study Center is sponsored byReligious Heritage of America,Inc., ,and designed to encourageteaching about religion in publiceducational institutions. _

Dr. Nicholas Piediscalzi, chair·man of the religion departmentat Wright State, and Dr: JamesUphoff, associate professor inthe education college, have beennamed co-directors of the center,which began operation with an$88,000 budget.

The center has begun its firstproject-a 32·page handbook forpublic school personnel withsections including advice on cur­riculum materials, legal 'reostraints: a bibliography, and aroster of persons important inthe field. '

"snake hill," with the majorcurve running down the insideof one's calf. "Straighten thoseseams," was the usual salutationfrom mothers, friends and criti·cal female relatives.

-I have great faith in the worn·en of the world today (afterwhat they did to the midi length,anything they want to boycottbetter wafch out), and if theydecide that this fashion of seamsin stockings will be more of abother than an asset, the design­ers better beware.

While there is a tendency tobe followers of one another, par­ticularly in the manner of dress,I do feel that'the more mature

, woman is stressing her individ·.uality and demanding comfortas well as style from the cre­ators of fashion.

Veto PowerThe power of women as a

mov,ement in the consumer mar­ket has still to be utiliied to itsfullest but a moment's thoughtabout the vast influence theyhad on the garment industrywhen they refused to buy thelo~ger skirt lengths should makethem aware of what they couldaccomplish if they would really'mass their veto power. Despite.the constant barrage of publicityset up hy the fashion industry

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Catholic DaughtersAttend Shrine Mass,

'WASHINGTON (NC)-Nation­al Catholic Daughters of Amer­ica (CDA) Day was observedhere with a Mass Sunday at the

,National Shrine of the Immacu­late Conception.

Cardinal Lawrence Shehan ofBaltimore Was principal concele­brant of the Mass. Msgr. WilliamG. Curlin, CDA chaplain for theDistrict of Columbia, was thehomilist.

The Catholic women's organ­ization also had observancesplanned ,by local units aroundthe nation.

Bishops ScoreLegoI Abortion

TALLAHASSEE (NC) - Flori­da's five Catholic bishops issueda statement here calling on allAmercans "to unite in reversingthe life-destroying trends whichabortion and euthanasia repre­sent."

The statement, timed to coin­cide with Respect Ljfe Weekacross the nation, said that thebishops "regret" the liberalizedabortion law passed in Floridaearlier this year. The new lawpermits abortions in cases ofrape or incest or for reasons of"mental health."

"This is not an issue in whichone religious body is attemptingto impose its morality onothers," the bishops said. "It isan issue of the gravest moral

, concern to all Americans ... be­cause human dignity itself is theissue."

"Merely because a thing is le­gal does not mean it is, there·fore, morally right," said thebishops.

The bishops pointed out that"Catholic hospitals ... are con­tinuing to prohibit abortions re­gardless of ,this newly enactedsta,tute,"

"We call upon the faithful torealize that active participationin the performance of abortionsis gravely and morally culpable;this includes advising, directingand arranging an abortion," saidthe sta,tement.

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of Catholic Women will sponsora "Living Rosary" at 7:45 onThursday night, Oct. 26 in NotreDame Church, Fall ~iver.

A member of each affiliatewill participate and the public isinvited.

Also Mrs. Benjamin Leavittand Mrs. James E. Fell, recep­tion; Miss Mary Dwyer, Mrs.Henry J.Feitelberg, Mrs. AlfredJ. Roy, and Mrs. Frederick J.Sullivan, invitations; Mrs. Eu­gene J. Dionne, publicity.

Attlebof1o DistrictPions Meeting

Women of the Attleboro­Taunton district of the DiocesanCouncil of Catholic Women willhold their aIIlnual CommunionSupper following' 7 P.M. MassThursday, Oct. 26 at BishopFeehan High School, Attleboro.Guest speaker will be Sister Juli­ette Bouchard of the MedicalMission Sisters, who for the past20 years has ,been in charge ofthe Narikelbari Health Center,'Faridpu J;>istrict, East Pakistan.Reservations will close Monday,Oct. 23.

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Women to MeetIn New Bedford

St. Anne Sodality of St. Jo­seph's parish, New Bedford, willbe hostess unit for a meetingof New Bedford District Councilof Catholic Women at 7:30 Wed­nesday,night, Oct. 25. The meet­ing will be held in the school halland participants are asked toenter from the parking lot be­hind the church.

Miss 'Jean McGinnis, FamilyAffairs chairman for the council,will present Rev. Michel Methotof St. Lawrence Church as guestspeaker. All ,Catholic women ofthe area are invited to attend.,Those in need of transportationmay call 999-6091 to make ar­rangements.

Friends of St. Anne's Hospital,Fall River,will hold their annualCandlelight Ball Saturday night,Oct. 21 at The Coachmen restau­rant, Tiverton. Cocktails will beserved at 7 o'clock, followed bydinner at 8 and dancing from9 to I to the music of the VanAlan orchestra. Proceeds wmpurchase a delivery room tablefor the hospital maternity ward.

Mrs. Roger Violette is generalchaitman for the ball, aided byMrs. Adelard A. Demers Jr. asco~chairman. Committee headsare Mrs. Paul A. Giroux, reser­vations; Mrs. Joseph E. HanifyJr., treasurer; Mrs. Raymond H.Bibeau and Mrs. S. K. Kalil,prizes; Mrs. Emile J. Cote, dec­orations.

PLANNING CANDLELIGHT BALL: The Friends ofSt. Anne's Hospital, planning the Annual Candlelight Ballfor Saturday Night, Oct. 21 are: Mrs. Paul A. Giroux,chairman of reservations; Mrs. James A. O'Brien, Jr., GiftShop volunteer, Mrs. Raymond A. Giblin, R.N., Mrs. DonatG. Caron, co-chairman of the Gift Shop; Sr. Jean Marie,

, hospital administrator; Mrs. Beatrice Poirier, volunteer atmain desk. .

Bible Series Broac;lcastOn Hungarian Radio

VIENNA (NC)-Hungarian Ra­dio recently broadcast a 10-partseries on the JUble that it de­scribed as "cultural history."

Radio officials said it airedthe series---'Which will be broad­cast in December-because it ishigh time to ,put the Bible in itsrightful place in Hungary afterso many years of opposition andsectarianism, when the merepresence of a 'Bible ona book­shelf was considered a kind ofdemonstration.

The Bible, the officials said, isnot only a holy book of Jewsand Christians but also one ofthe sources of European c,ulture,like the ancient Greek and Latinclassics.

The 10-part series - caned"The World of the 'Bible"-triedto throw light on the Bible fromdifferent aspects. To keep eachprogram on a definite "track,"and to make each a -completewhole in itself, the authors ofthe series invited a differentguest lecturer to each broadcast.

Violent Change PossibleIn South Africa

DURBAN (NC) - V i ole n tchange will come in South Africaunless whites find ways of shar­ing and voluntarily giving upsome of their power and afflu­ence, an American Presby~erian

theologian warned here.Addressing the 75th anniver­

sary conference of the Presbyte­rian Church of South Africa, thetheologian, Dr. Robert McAfeeBrown, professor of religion atStanford University, said thatSouth Africa is a "microcosm ofglobal' reality."

Although two-thirds of theworld's population is non-white,a privileged white minority con­trols 80 per cent of the world'spower and resources, he said. ."We simply do not have thecapacity to understand the prob­lems, tensions, frustrations anddeep anger that are the everydaylot of the dispossessed." headded.

nesday each month, and if hisfather Is going to the meeting,the car isn't available.

Life would be simpler if theyweren't trying to be subtle.

Halfway through a meal,"What's for dessert?" is not aquestion regarding the rest ofthe menu. That means, "I don'tlike hash. Is dessert worth hold­ing my breath till I eat thisstuff, or should I just say I'mnot feeling well, and get excusedright now?"

"I'm not hungry; must I fin­ish?" is a variation of "I don'tlike this." The same child whois "not hungry" for a casserolewould be, ravenous for friedchicken. •

These are just a few examplesof how my kids avoid sayingwhat they really mean.

Next week I'll tell you how Ifeel to let them know what isreally on my mind!

Commu,ni,cateK,n,ow COlde

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MARY

CARSON

It's Easy toWhen You

I'm convinced ~he generation gap is broadened by thefact that neither parents nor children say what they reallymean when they talk to each other.

When other people's kids come home from school, thereunion looks lik,e the prod·igal son's return.

My son comes in, and onthe more loquadous days,mumbles, "Hi ... what's to eat?"

Already communication hasbroken down. I don"t answer thequestion because ,I know' he

~~mII~IIIIIIIlII!_.

doesn't want an answer regard­ing the state of the pantry.

IFirst of all, he has no inten­tion of listening to any of mysuggestions like "a piece offruit," or "a glass of juice." Heis thinking in terms of four pea­nut butter and jelly sandwiches... for starters.

Second, he has had a hominginstinct for the refrigerator sincethe day he started to walk. Be­sides, he cased it before he leftfor school in the morning and healready knows what's to eat.

So I don't answer his questic)Jl.Instead, in my best motherlytone, I ask, "How was schooltoday?"

That's the end of the "com­munication." He can't talk withthe peanut butter stuck to theroof of his mouth, and besideshe'd rather not ans.wer my ques­tion.

Tidy That Room!When my daughter asks to

go visit a friend, I suggest shefirst go "tidy her room." ("Tidy"is not the word ... "shovel out"would be better, hut I'm tryingto let her sense my warmth.)

She .flies up the stairs, "Every-'one else is allowed out. Youdon't like me!"

I don't like the mess in herroom either ... but that evident­ly has nothing to do with it.

I tell my son to be home by10. "Have a heart, Ma. Whyaren't you like the other mothers.You never let me do anything!"

No matter what I say to them,they attach a different meaningto it. They're convinced that ifI say one thing ... I must meansomething else.

To them, "Do the dishes,"means I hate them.

To them, "Thanl(s for cleaningthe living room; it looks beauti­ful," means 'I'm trying to getthem to do the front hall, too.

But the problein is two-sided... because I know they neversay what they mean. For in­stance, there are all the ques­tions that a.re not really thequestions they want the answerto. .'

,Subtlety Not WantedOur oldest son asks, "Is there

a Parisll Council meeting thisweek?" He doesn't care aboutthe Parish Council meeting. Heis really asking if he can use thecar Wednesday night. He knowsthat the Council meets one Wed-

10 THE ANCHOR-Di~cese of Fall River-Thurs. Oct. 1,9, 1972

OPEMNG SESSION OF 'CON'DNUING EDUCATION PROGRAM:Left: Rev. William Tobin of Washington, lecturer at the first session,addresses thE:! audience of more than 260 in attendance. Right: Principalsat, the initial conference were, Rev. Ronald A. Tosti, Diocesan Director

of ReVgious Education-CCD and co-chairman of the program; Father Tobin,Most Rev. Daniel A. Cronin, S.T.D., who gave the welcoming address; Rev.John~. Smith, Diocesan Director of Vocations and co-chairman of the pro­gram; Rev. John F. Hogan, host pastor of St. Julie's, No. Dartmouth. '

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Smith of this unprecedented lec­t!U"e series, Father Tobin spokeon the General Catechetical Di­rectory, its implications for ourtimes and its thrust into thefuture. '

,Participants included priests,religious and laity from the en­tire diocese. Although a: large per­centage were from the New Bed­ford and Fall River areas, par­ticipants were present from asfar away as East Brewster andNorth Attleboro., The series continues this eve­

ning with Rev. John MacInnis,assistant Pastor at PresentationParish in Brighton. The topic,"Revelation" delves more deeply-into the General CatecheticalDirectory and covers the Pas­toral dimensions of the ministryof the Word. Father MacInnis,well known in the field of Scrip­ture is also ,the guest lectUrer in,this area for the Master Teach­ers' Plan of the Archdiocese of-Boston.

New registrantscepted at any ofrnaining Thursdaythis series.

first session's major talk afterthe group was welcomed Iby TheMost Reverend Daniel A. 'Cronin,STD, Bishop of the dioce~e.

Introduced by the Rev. ~ RonaldA. Tosti, Dioce:;an Director ofReligious Education-CCD and co­co-chairman with ~ev., John

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Con:ference. ,"The ne~e endin~s: of so

many Church agencies are here,in Washington," said ',Father,Connors. He added, "Some mis­sionaries were intr.igued .by thePenteoostal movemelllt here in'the States. Some hadn't! heardof it, and when they paTtiCipatedin a chari:smatic pl'ayer ~eeting

at Catholic Unive11Sity, ittrig­gered a great deal of dishissJonamong ,them."

He saJd some of the mission­aIiies also "consta.ntly disdussed"the dilemma of "being agents ofcultural, change 'whethel' theywanted to be, or Hot." It 'Vas de­termined, he saJd, that the onlyway to OVeI'Come this diJequna isby developing a sensitivity: to themores of the country in .whichthe missionallies work.'

"T.heyreaHze the ¥I'icanChur,ch has to be Afrioan," thepries: said of th ~ missionaries."They have to follow the l,eader­ship 'of the indigenous hierarchyand laity."

'The missionariE's who a,ttend­edthe seminar, the secondi of itskind, came from Bolivia,' NewGuinea; Peru, Taiwan, Guate­mala, Malawi, Ghana, Kenya,Ecuador, Jamaica, ZllIIl1bia, 'Zaire,Nigeria, El Salvador, Uganda,Braz:i:,Bangladesh and the Phil-ippines. " !

They are among 7,649 U. S.Catholic missionaries throughoutthe world. t

~dlucation I,Prf)gramContinuing

Catholic Missioners Learn of NewChurch Development at Senlinar:

The, continuing, EducationP.rogram of the Diocese of FallRiver got off to a more thansuccessful start last Thursdayevening at St. Julie Billiart'sParish HaU in No. Dartmouth.

With over 260 in attendance,Rev. William Tobin ·gave the

WASHINGTON (NC) - Twen­ty-eight missionaries from, such

-diverse locations as Brazil, Ban­gl'adesh and ,the Philippines spenttwo weeks here learning of de­velopments 4n the AmericanChurch and teUing of their workabroad'.

The mtsslOllaries, Priests,Brothers and Nuns on furloughfrom their assignments, attendeda seminar at the Queen of Apos­tles Seminary near Catholic Uni­versity under the auspices of theUnited States Mission' Council,an organization representing themissionary efforts of the Churchin the Un'ited States.

Father Joseph Connors, thecouncil's - executive d,irectQr,spoke of the two week seminarin an interview with NC NewsService. ,

"It was a particularly excitingthing to realize how 'simila,r, ex­periences of a missionary jn Asiacan beto experiences of mission­aries in Africa and Latin Amer­'iea," he said. "The missionarieswere very much taken up withthe sameness of their experi­ences."

The missionaries also learnedof new developments in· theChurch here from individualsFather Oonncms called "resourcepeople"-representatives of theU. S. Catholic Conference, the

- Society for the Propagation ofthe Faith, the Washington Theo­logical Coallition, the Center ofConcern, the I,eadership Confer­ence of Women ~eligious, and

,Says I.ncreasedFaith First NeedOf Church

VATICAN OITY (NC) - In­creased faith' ,is the "first andgreat need Of the Church to­day," Pope Paul VI told an over­flow crowd a,t a general audi­ence here.

The Pope, at his first custom­ary Wednesday general ,audienceat the Vatican after returningfrom his summer residence atCastelgandolfo, made no refer­ence to his 75~h birthday, whichhe had' pass~ the day' before.

Instead, the ,Pope stressed theneed of greater faith today, say­ing: "We cannot permit our~

selves to be re'signed to religiousdecadence in the oontemporary

'world, its progressive loss of in­terest ,in God~to such a pointas to declare absurdly His 'death'-or to the habitual loss of in­terest in ou~relations withHim."

Spiritual CollapseSeculal'ism, atheism, and the

lack of "responsibility for ouractions in the face of God, from,which he derived moral religiousconscience," are the conse­quences of a "spiritual collapsecaused by the lack of faith," thePope said.

"Faith ,is necessary;" the Popeaffirmed, because of a present­day mentality that "places indoubt the general concept of theworld and life which the faithfulbeliever must have to fulfill hisown way of living."

The Pope greeted dozens of,special pilgrimages and groupsbut was surpl'ised to find that anumber of them were not ableto find room in the 6,000-seataudience halt

Hearing the cheers of onegroup whO had listened to hisspecial welcome over loudspeak-'ers located outside the hall, PopePaul said:, "This is a 'new andspacious haH but still not largeenough. Perhaps we should buildanother."

THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Thurs. Oct. 19. 1972 11

FALL RlVE,R PARISH CELEBRATES CENTENARY: The 100thAnniversary banquet of the Sacred Heart Parish, Fall River was heldSunday night Wilth Bishop Cronin addressing the large gathering. Left:Miss Alice C. Harrington, chairman of program and guests, and WalterH. White, master of ceremonies hold the cake as Mrs. Robert Nedder­man, banquet chairman cuts the anniversary cake. Center: Rev. Msgr.- '

Lester L. Hull, pastor; 13ishop Cronin and Thomas F. White, who wasan altar boy in the Sacred Heart Parish in 1901. Right: Kenneth Leger,vocalist during the evening and a member of the parish; Bishop Gerrard,Auxiliary Bishop of the Diocese, who gave the benediction; John J. McAvoywho outlined the history of the parish. '

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EcumenismNoting, however, that "wher­

ever the Mother of God is lovedand venerated, the Faith is beingkept," Cardinal Krol describedthe history and present state ofPolish Catholicism as evidenceof the spiritual strength and vital­ity which accompanies devotionto Mary.

Marian Doctrine

He said that "never before inthe history of the Church didany ecumenical Council bring to­gether in a single, extensivebody of doctrine Mary's role inthe mystery of Christ and HisChurch as did the Second Vat-ican Council." .

Cardinal Krol called the Ros­ary the "Gospel in miniature"and declared that "Marian doc­trine is a symbolic summary ofthe doctrine of human coopera­tion in the redemption, therebyoffering a synthesis of the dog­ma of the Church."

Layman NamedSeminary Dean

BALTIMORE (NC) - For thefirst time in its 181-year history,St. Mary's Seminary and Univer­sity here has a layman as itsacademic dean.

The new dean is Dr. CharlesO. Ryan, head of the Depart­ment of Educational Administra­tion at Utah State University,Logan, Utah, since 1969.

According to the Father JohnH. Greenalch, rector of St.Mary's School of Theology, thedecision to hire Ryan grew outof the conviction that the com­plexity of the theological degreeprograms called for a personwith more experience in educa­tional administration that mostseminary priests have. ,

The doctoral program develop­ed by Dr. Ryan at Utah StateUniversity reflected the kind ofinitiative and awareness ofchange that St. Mary's was seek­ing, according to Father Green:alch.

Council affirmed that "Protes­tants have gone a second milein opening themselves to anexamination with their Catholicbrethren to what the New Tes­tament says about the place ofMary in Christian faith." _

, Woman of FaithOne Methodist minister, the

cardinal said, has written thatthe Rosary is an effective "visualaid for meditating on the mys­teries of the Christian faith."

Cardinal Krol said, however,that "true Marian devotion doesnot depend upon apparitions, pri­vate revelations, secret messages,hidden letters or apocalypticthreats."

The Cardinal continued that"overdependence upon these ele­ments can, in fact, be an obstacleto tl'ie acquisition of a deeperScriptural devotion to Mary asthe Mother of Jesus-the greatwoman of faith."

OAKLAND (NC)-Devotion toMary is a help to Christianunity, not an obstacle, CardinalJohn Krol told 15,000 personswho jammed the Oakland Coli­seum for a Rosary Rally markingthe lOth anniversary of the Oak­land diocese.

"Beyond any doubt," CardinalKrol said, "Mary will provideone of the sure paths towardsthe unity of all the followers andbelievers in her Son, JesusChrist." , -

Stressing the veneration' ofmembers of the OrthodoxChurch for the Mother of God,Cardinal Krol said, "Marian de­votion is an imperative meansof making progress toward theunion of Catholic and Orthodoxin Christ." ,

Countering the opinion ofthose "who, with imprudent zeal,assume that our devotion to theMother of God is an obstacle toecumenical progress," CardinalKrol said that non-Catholic: ob­servers to the Second Vatican

Clothing Collection-To Start Nov. 19

NEW YORK (NC)-The an­mial Thanksgiving clothing drive ..of Catholic Relief Services willbe held, in most U. S. diocesesNov. 19 to 25.. With most of the material in­

tended for tropical areas over­seas, CRS official here said thatthe biggest need is for light­weight clothing, trousers, infantclothes, bedding, piece goods andremnants.

While the clothing will be dis­tributed in 70 countries, much ofit will go to Bangladesh, whereCRS operates an emergency aid,program for victims of the warthere last year.,

Flood victims in Korea and thePhilippines, along with victimsof fighting in Vietnam, Burundiand Sudan, will receive' clothingcollected in the collection. Lastyear, 16 million pounds of cloth­ing were donated.

Positive RE!SUlt

"The honest and 'perseveringstudy of the teachings of faith,"he continued, "will, all by itself, "certainly have a primary positiveresult, that of demonstrating tothe intelligence and spirit ofmodern man not the strang~ness

of our faith, but rather the at­tractiveness of the truth of ourreligion."

Later, in his address to thechildren of catechism schools ofNorthern Italy, the Pope describ­ed the study of catechism as the"fundamental basis for the prep­aration of the Christian person­ality" and likenedi this earlytraining in religion to a seedplanted in good ground whichblooms in its own time of ma­turity.

Pope Paul .UrgesGreater St~udy

Of ReligionVA'BCAN CITY (NC)-Mod­

ern man's crisis of faith is oftendue to ignorance, Pope Paul VItold thousands of visitors duringa general audience here.

On the other hand, the Popesaid, the truth of the faith is anattractive factor in winning con­verts.

That same morning the Popehad received British PrimeMinister Edward Heath, and fol­lowing the general audience, re­ceived about 1,000 catechismstudents in a hall in St. Peter'sBasilica.

In his audience address, thePope admitted that Catholics canencounter "many, very manyproblems on the road towardknowledge of our religion."

Rather than being obstacles,however, those problems shouldspu~ us on, to a "greater study"lest we earn the rebuke of Ter­tullian, the ancient Christianapologist, of being "condemnedbecause of our ignorance," thePope said. '

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Women should participate, but"How you work this out is upto you," he said. .

The discussion of the resolu·tion on women ranged from themeaning of "encourage" to theactual proposal that women beencouraged to join and member·ship be unrestricted. One propos­al could have made non-Catholicseligible for membership.

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'No Ban'The motion was tabled with

the suggestion that a study bemade of the matter since it wastoo important to be voted onimmediately..

Dominican Father BrendanLarnen, national Holy Name di·rector, later said in an interviewthat "there is no ban on womenjoining the Holy Name Society.

"No motion to this effect isreally needed; perhaps only pro­cedurally. The Holy Name Soci·ety is a confraternity and ac­cording to canon law bishopsand pastors can determinewhether or not women may bemembers.

"Women, for one thing, arefar more courageous than men.There was only one man at the

.foot of the cross, John, but therewere several women. Women arefar more active, they are un·swerving about their' convictions.They have done a great job indefending the right to. life andopposing abortion."

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Holy Name Society Asks CandidatesTo State Views on Abortion

LOS ANGELES (NC)-Re'pre­sentatives of six million Ameri­can Holy Name Society membersvoted to ask all presidential can·didates to state clearly th~ir po­sitions on abortion.

. A proposal to allow women tojoin the society was discussedalso but action was postponedat the Society's nationai conven·tion here.

In its resolution on' abortiori;the 2,000 convention delegatessaid that "we want to know ifthe candidates believe abortionis right or wrong, moral or im­moral."

"And we don't want an an­. swer that hides behind a discus··sion of state rights," addedMsgr. Francis Osborn, directorof Los Angeles' Holy Name Un-

o ion, prop9nent of the resolution,introduced by delegates fromPittsburgh, proposing that HolyName members conduct a grass·roots national poll to determinewhat issues the people of thecoiuitry, Catholic and non­Catholic, believe' are important.

In other action, a motion wasmade and then withdrawn advo­c'ating unrestricted membershipin the Holy Name Society.

Family ParticipationThe motion made by the Bos­

ton delegation reflected the sug­gestion of Archbishop TimothyManning of Los Angeles 'andArchbishop Leo Byrne of St.Paul-Minneapolis that the fam·ilies of Holy Name men be en­couraged to participate more inthe activities of the society.

The Holy Name Society willnot thrive without some partici­pation by women, ArchbishopManning told the convention.

"This doesn't mean that I ama victim of the women's libera-tion movement," he remarked,~"I'm not."

"The last stronghold of salva­tion for our culture is Christianmarriage, so lived that the chil­dren of a house will see in theirown 'home the value and beauty.and dignity of sacrificial love,the last remnant of our culture,"Archbishop Manning,said.

FATHER VEIGA

Pro-Life C:oalitionSc:hedules Mee~ing

ANN ARBOll (NC)-The Na···tional Youth Pro-Life COlllition incooperation with, the Upiversityof Michigan Students in; Defenseof Life, will hold a !Pro-LifeWorkshop and :Regional :Conven­tiOll Oct. 13-15 at the Universityof Michigan hel'e. ! '

The meeting is designed tospotlight the opposition i,>f youn,gpeople in the North CentraJStates to abortion.

Participants' will discuss plansto help give pE!ople informationon the Nov. 7 abortion referen.dum in Michiga:l.

D(~plores IDecliningMOlI'al StCllndards

'f.ALLETTA (NC)-ArchbishopMiehael Gonzi of Malta has ex­pressed grave concern aboutwhat he described as the declin­ing moral standards of this i~·

land nation.

In an' addres!: to 1,009 Catho·lic Action delegates at their an­nual general meeting, the 87'­year-old archbishop : blamedmovies, which he said ihad de­generated, as tbe p~inci~al causefor the moral declIne. I

"It makes m~ cry to ~ see thedisastrous degradation npw ram­pant in our midst," t~e arch·bishop said.

The basic cause of such degra.·dation, He said, is lack of reli·gious knowledge. Pe'ople nolonger go to church or to reli.·gious instructions in tpe hugenumbers of former times, hesaid.

t¥\ission.:ariesSetFlcdl Rivli'r Feast

The PortuguE'se Vince~tian Fa­thers, headed in Fall ~iver by

, Rev. Fernando Veiga, C.M., will.hold their an nual MissionaryFeast from 2 P.M. to 111 P.M.'Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 21and 22 at the )Iarish hail of Ou.rLady of Angel~ Church,; KilburnSt., Fall River. . :

IAttractions will include a rar··

Ifle with first prize of a icar, andmany booths featuring Portu­guese foods. There will be anorchestra for dancing.

From boys whose favorite sub­ject is recess, Deliver us, OhLord.

From girls, whose favoritesubject is boys, Deliver us, OhLord.

.. A Time Jor PoliticsHail Holy Queen,temperer of

tempers, let us survive this elec·tion in peace. Help us to listento our neighbor as he refuses tolisten to us. Keep us from un·kind retorts during political com­mercials.

Help us to fake an. exampleso our children will grow to be·Iieve that which we have comeLo disbelieve. Teach us to acceptthe idea''that politicaJ expediencycomes only after country; moth·erhood and you.'

FinallY, Dear Mother, after itis all over, help us to explain itto the children so that it makessense.A Time for Ghosts and Goblins

Mother Mary, hallowed of hal·lowed Come to my aid· this Hal·lowed Season. Give me inspira·tion, patience and Elmer~s Glueto create something differentto hide my human' goblins.

Ghosts and robots are out.Cinderella is square And whoever heard of Mickey Mouse? .

Guide my needle' true and Ipray, dear Mother, to help 'mefind time bl'ltween CCD and PTAto watch for tricks and buy thetreats and ponder once againhow the Church started ~Il this.

.pha~ized. "No single approachwill ever, be right for every·child.Pluralism and diversity are nec­essary."

Dr. Glatthorn lashed out,against a system which prefers .treating ,pupils as "labels"­gifted or dull-rather than com­plex human mechanisms.

Children of GodThere are too many "lonely"

children in' American schools,Dr. ,Glatthorn said. He urgedteachers to encourage close con- .tact among classmates.

A major part of the school dayshould focus upon being human.You should draw from the sci­ences, humanities' and arts howto find meaning ir life, how tolive in a violent world," he said.

Dr. Glatthorn, reminded theteachers that "it all comes back"to them.

"If there is an authentic per·son in ~he classroom ready togive of herself while· remainingopen to the child's needs· and

. sensitive to his hurts, nothingelse matters. The human encoun­ter is all that's left that makesa difference in living," he main·

, tained.The Pennsylvania educator

noted that teachers must remem­ber that the pupil is a child ofGod. not the state. '

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DOLORES

A Time for Lettuce

Heavenly King, Father of all growing things We praythat a .living wage be paid the lettuce pickers fast.We pray that our concern for them and their families comebefore our desire for crisp lettuce once again. But beinghuman and weak, we admitto some selfishness in thisprayer. May the lettuce boy­cottsucceed. May the let­tuce pickers be paid a fair wagefor hard labor. And may we onceagain enjoy a tossed salad withRoquefort.

For everything there is a Sea·son, You tayght us, Jesus, ourbrother. This !'ea!'on it's modernmath meeting unmodern parents.

Enlighten us, we pray on Ba!'eTen and Base Four and Thou­sands Place and Usual Numerals.Let us not show our ignoranceagain as· when we thought Cor·rect Sign meant Stop on Red.

Help us to understand thebases and help our daughter tounderstand our precocious senil·ity.

A Mother's I,.itanyFor boys who care about

sports and food We thank thee,Oh Lord.

For girl!' who care aboutgrades and books, We thankthee, Oh Lord.

MILWAUKEE (NC)-A Quak·er educator urged Catholicteachers here to make use oftheir unique opportunity to formChristian communities in theirschools.

Dr.. Allan Glatthorn, directorof teacher trairiing programs inthe University of Pennsylvaniagraduate school, told an elemen·tary school institute here theyshould help children discoverthe "arts of meditation, contem·plation and praye~."

,"Help them find the center oftheir person, nothing, is moreimportant," he declared.

A Quaker,' Dr. Glatthorn ex­pressed regret ~hat Catholicschools have made the mistakeof trying to imitate publicschools.

"Why betray what you are?Why capitulate? Why surrenderyour individual integrity and theintegrity. of the institution," theeducator asked., Denying that "bigger is bet·ter," Dr. Glatthorn recommendedthat efforts' ,be' made to keepschools small"':" an enrollmentrange of 'between 25 and 200

, pupils was suggested - so thatbureaUCracy is not permitted totake over,

"We cannot force rigid pro·grams on all students," he em·

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The Ladies' Guild will meet_Wednesday, Nov. 1 for a demon­stration and film on new cookingtechniques. Shirley Taylor willbe hostess. At the unit's Octo­ber meeting, methods of makingbow~ were explained.

ST.. FRANCIS XAVIER,ACUSHNET

New officers of the Home and'School Assn. are Mr. and Mrs.Roger Parent, president couple;Mr. and Mrs. Roger Blaise, vice­president couple; Mr. and Mrs.Armand Goulet, secretary couple;Mr'. and Mrs. Richard 'Langlais,treasurer couple.

The association plans a har­vest dance Saturday night, Nov.11 at the school hall. Ticketswill be available at the door.

ST.. ANNE,FALL RIVER

Bingo is held in the schoolauditorium at 7 every Wednes­day evening., Entrances are onForest and Ridge Streets.

The CYO will meet at 7:30tonight in the school.

A solemn novena to St. Jude,conducted by Rev. Timothy Shea,O.P., will begin -tomorrow at St.Anne's Shrine. Devotions will

. be held daily at 2 P.M. and 7,P.M.. through Saturday, Oot. 28.

Cub Scout Pack 50 will holdits monthly pack meeting at 7:30

tomorrow night in the schoolhall. .

The Home and School Associa­tion invites parents and all inter­ested parishioners to a meetingto be hel,d at 7:30 Thursday.night, Oct. '26 in the school hall.

The parish board of educationwill sponsor an adult educationlecture series at 7:30 P.M. Thurs­day night, Nov. 9 and Thursdaynight, Nov. 30 in the activityroom of the school. At the firstmeeting Alfred Dube, managerand treasurer of the parish creditunion, will speak on "Getting the

'Most for Your Money." His topic,the second night will be "IncomePlanning."

CCD classes for elementarygrade public school children takeplace every Monday afternoonat 3:15 in the school.

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The Women's Guild wm spon­sor a whist iiarty at 8 Saturdaynight, Oct. 21 in the school base­ment on Earle Street. Prizes willbe awarded and refreshmentsserved.

The Parish Parade

ST. LOUIS DE FRANCE,SWANSEA

Ladies of Ste. Anne held theirmeeting last· night in the parishhall. A calendar party followeda business session. Mrs. JanetIwanski was program chairman.

ST. MARY,NANTUCKET

A bak~ sale will be held at theA&P supermarket beginning at10 Friday morning, Oct. 20. Do­nations should be brought bythat time. For pick-up of bakedgoods; contact Mrs. Janet Stroj-'ny, Phone 228-9184.

SANTO CHRISTO,FALL RIVER

The Council of Catholic Womenhas scheduled a cake sale in the'church vestibule to follow allMasses Sunday, Oct. 22., Mrs.Palmira Aguiar, chairman, willbe assisted by Mrs. Mary Cabe­ceiras. Donations of pa'stry may,be' brought to the vestibulebefore any Mass.

ST. LOUIS,FALL RIVER

The Women's Guild will holdits annual public Christmas "'ba­zaar and meat pie supper at 6Thursday" night, Oct. 26 in thechurch' auditorium on EagleStreet. Many booths will be fea-

. tured and there will' be specialchildren's attractions. Mrs. Wil­fred St. Michel, chairman ex'officio, wili be aided by Mrs.George Oliveira, co-chairman.

HOLY NAME,FALL RIVER

Commemorating American,Ed­ucation Week, Holy Name Schoolwill hold a book fair from 7 to 9Thursday night, Oct. 26. Bookson all levels for children andadults' will be available and therewill be a table for those wishingto donate a book to the schoollibrary as a memorial.

The first meeting of the sea­son for Project Leisure will beheld from 2 to 4 Thursday after­noon, Oct. 26 in the school hall.The program will include Massand an address by Sister RuthKindelan, S.U.S.C., member- of

, the liturgical commission of theFall River diocese, on "Music inthe Liturgy."

HOLY NAME,NEW BEDFORD

The Women's Guild held itsfirst meeting of the season lastnight. A program on Bermudawas presented by E<iward Ca­mara.

D~ominic:a:n PriestWill Give Se~ies. ,

In New Bedford

"THAT'S WHY I HAlE TO BRING PHILBERTON MISSI(IN SUNDAY"

FATHER LaFRANCE

P-oll Showl» ReunionInllportanl Issue

LONDON (NC}---'More than 80pel' cent of both Anglican andRoman Catholil:s think ,that thereunion of the two ch*ches isan important i:>sue, anq 75 per<;ent of them think it is time fe,rthe churches to move closer te,­gether, according to ~ recentpoll. .

The majority in both, groups,however, confensed ignorance ofthe problems ar,d issues ~nvolved.in any Roman Catholic-Anglicanreunion. Six.ty-';wo per' cent ofthe Catholics Slid they had reoceived some instruction on th,~

question of reu:lion; 26 per centof the Anglican:; reported receiv­ing cor~esponding instr*tion.

Rev. Val LaFraoce, O.P. di­rector of preaGhing for the Do­minican Province of St. Joseph,will 'open a series of sb~ lecturesentitled "Gosh, It Used To HeEasy!" on Mor'day, ·Oct!. 30, fol­lowing 12:05 P.M. Mass at QurLady's Chapel, Pleasant Street,New Bedford. A discussion ses­sion will folloVi in the adjoininginformation center.

Subsequent lectures will hegiven at the same time on Noy.6, Nov. 20 and Nov. 27,!all Mon­days. Topics will includ!:! the po­sition of today's Christian in thelight of Vatican II, the problemof conscience, the place 'of CCDin Christian education, and therole of prayer in generaJ and theprayer of the Mass in pflrticular.

, Varied Activitie~I ,

Ordained in 1958, Fa:ther La­France has served as ~n assi:;­tant of novicE:S, director of aboys' choir, a lecturer at Yale,a retreat ,mastl~r in all' parts 'ofthe United States, a prison chap­lain and a curate in a ''tennesse,e.parish, where he was ~ctive incommunity ~ffairs.

Reality's Ugly Head

Some mornings are "coldcereal" ones, others (out of asense of guilt) are bacon and eggmornings, but the' latter aregreeted with as little enthusiasmas the former so in the long run'one wonders if all the botherwas worth it.

My friends who have teen­agers in their househol~s tell methat the situation worsens withage and that there comes a pofntwhen one is lucky even to get aglass of juice down a youthfulgullet.

Weekends are not much. bet­ter, since everyone awakens at adifferent hour and again break­fast is a hit and miss affair. I'll.just have to find some otheroccasion to wear my morninggown and serve French dishes!

Everyone who tastes this lus­cious dessert raves on and on.It was given tQ me by Mrs. AlanIveson of St. Louis parish in FallRiver. However, Mrs.· 1vesonwanted me to stress that while •it is one of her favorite recipes'she did not originate it and she'sunaware of its, original source.No matter, it's delectable.

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3) Cool and cut into squaresand store in refrigerator.

Mrs. Iveson. mentioned thatshe sometimes uses' a' 9 by 9inch pan and that this makes athinner square that is easier tocut and serve.

Pre-marriage, I would dream­ily survey the picture of themother of the household dressedina lovely flowing robe presid·ing at the breakfast table. Themovies I avidly ,viewed duringmy teen-age years did nothing todispel this ideal picture and thenreality reared its ugly head. Ahome where five people haveto prepare to venture out intothe world fully dressed and fedwithin the span of an hour ortwo leaves little time for pic-,torial table settings or gourmetbreakfasts.

Finds Procrasti'nation, \

Incurable Disease.JoeIs An

By Joe and Marilyn Roderick

Once every six months I find myself in a dither. It istime for a sticker for my automobile. We have two, onealways in a state of disrepair and the other fairly new.Nev~r does the time come when I have sufficient time orforesight to get the stickerin advance. Always I amlast minute Harry rushingto and fro getting ready forthe inspectiQn.

And the inspection stationslove me. The day before inspec­tion deadline you will find me ina long line waiting for an irate

'station attendant, to service themany last-minute arriva,ls whocame before me. I am also theone who has a burned out bulbin some inaccessible pla¢e andmanages to hold up the line forat least a half hour while theinspector searches through hislittle boxes for just the right bulbto solve my- problem. All thistime I am standing around har­ried· and distressed while the at­tendant curses all motori!;ts andme in particular with ferventand studied perfection ..

Only Hope

I should respect those peoplewho are sufficiently alert to gettheir inspection stickers two orthree weeks in advance, but Ilook upon them with disdain. Inever could toler'ate smart-alecksand I am moved t,o sneeringwhen one of my friends tells mein a supercilious manner that hehas his sticker ,because he can'tstand the last minute rush.

My only hOpe is that the Statewill eventually drop the inspec­tidn or space it for differentti~es of the year, just as we arenow doing with registration. Ofcourse, I have to admit that Iwas one of those people whostood in Hne,on the last day ofthe year waiting for my regis­tration in the days when all reg­istrations haa to be made priorto January 1;

Procrastination is a· sicknessand in my case it is a disease. It .just seems that I have so manymore "important" things to dothat ,I never get around to 'theessential!; like paying my billspromptly, or registering cars, orbuying birthday gifts on'time, or,in this case, getting a sticker.

In the Kitchen

"Do you mind if I give the yel­low part of the egg to Missy?"asked Jason. Our dog adoreseggs (our kids certainly don't) soI just nodded in silent agreement(this was ~b9ut the orily motionI could muster at 6:45 in themorning). Later on when Jasonwent to put his breakfast platein the dishwasher I noticed that

, all of the white of his hard-boiledegg was still left.

Now either he didn't eat anyof the egg himself or there's athird part of an, egg that I didn'tknow about. Naturally, abouta half hour later when he shouldhave been getting dressed for,school, he announced that hewas just famished and wouldn't'I please make him a peanut but­ter "hot" sandwich. (That's pea­nut butter on warm toast in caseany of my gourmet readers havenever heard of this cunnary de­light.)

The secretariat's statementalso repeated an earlier warningthat the study of the issue maynot result in a change in Churchdiscipline.

That warning was first voicedby Cardinal John Krol, NCCBpresident, in a statement issuedAug. 17. Following the state­ment, which was based on aVatican letter, the good con­science procedure was halted indioceses around the country.

Cardinal Krol said that the"current discipline" in thesecases should be followed. Hewarned:

It would be rash to concludethat a study must necessarilylead to a change of principles orprocedure, or that a study pre-cludes the possibility of reaffir­mation of current discipline."

Diocesan DirectorThe Rev. Monsignor Raymond T. Considine368 North Main StreetFall River, Massachusetts 02720

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The study, conducted by thebishops' Committee on PastoralResearch and Practices, "willexpress the deep pastoral con­cern of the bishop of the UnitedStates for Catholics who findthemselves in this painful situa­tion," according to a statementof the NCCB general secretariat.

The secretar.iat'said, however,that "neither the Committee onPastoral Research and Practicesnor the Administrative Commit­tee has adopted any position onthe question, since the matter isunder study, presumably for de­cision by the Holy See."

Repeat Warning

The U. S. study will contributeto the Vatican study, the secre­tariat said, and the "U. S. bish­ops are ready to be of further,servke if their experience' canbe helpful."

Most Rev. Edward T. O'MearaNational Director

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WASHiNGTON (NC) - TheU. S. bishops have decided tosend the Vatican their study ofthe issue of opening the sacra­ments to Catholics who havebeen divorced and remarried.

The issue - popularly !mownas the "good conscience" ques­tion-'became the center of anational controversy this Sum­mer after it was reported thatseveral dioceses were alreadyallowing cerlJain divorced andremarried Catholics to receivethe sacraments.

The decision to send the bish­ops' study to the Dootrinal Con­gregation in Rome wa,s reachedat a meeting here of the AdmIn­istrative Committee of the Na­tional Conference of CatholicBishops (NCCB). The oongrega­tion -is conducting its own studyof the issue.

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Pers,ecutionCrime

Cardinal ResignsCARACAS (NC) - Pope Paul

VI accepted the resignation ofCardinal Humberto Quintero, 70,as head of this archdiocese of.'2.3 million, and appointed anapostolic administrator 17 yearshis junior. Bishop Jose Ali Le­brun of Valencia, Venezuela,now 53, will run the archdiocesewith full powers (sede plena) ascoadjutor with right to succes­sion.

under contract, an ll-hour day,seven daY'S a week for a weeklywage of about $12 and he hadbeen obliged, he sa'id, to stayaway from work while hewashed his only pair of m-ousers.But he was punished for breachof contraot just the same. It ishardly surprising that in a soci­ety based on such' senseless andbal'lbacic expl01tation, there arepropol'ltionately more executions,impl1isonments, detentions anddeportations than in any othercountry.on earth.

Not AloneBut Southern Africa is not

'alone. V,il1tuaHy all 1lhe Indianshave been thrown out of Burma,aeaV'ing all their property behind.The revolt that overthrew Su­ka'rno in Indonesia also led tothe kiUing of hundreds of thou­sands of local Chinese. GeneralAmin in Uganda threatens toexpel not simply the. 50,000Asians w~1!h -B-ri-tish passportsbut perbaps another 30,000 aswell. And no Palestinian has anyhope of returning to his homein what is now Israeli territory,not even if, like the wretchedChri~ian Arabs in the V1i1~ages

on the bor.ders of Lebanon, theycooperated with the Jews in1948 and were specifically prom­ised th'e return of their land andhomes.

What can be done about themassiveness and pervasivenessof racial oppression? For Chrds;Han cit'izens a pl'limary responsi­bHity is to realize two things­the first, thalt to exploit any fel­low human being and accept·w.ithout thought I!he fruits of hislabour-"defl'lauding the labour­er of his hire" - as one of thecrimes which, in Biblical terms,calls to Heaven for vengeance.It was in this light that AbrahamlJinooln, in this Second Inaugural,accepted the grief and bloodshedof the Oivil War as a myster.ious ­but righteous judgment on a na­tion that had accepted thewealth created by slave labour.

The second point to remember, .particularly when internationalmoney,' pressure and action areneeded to help racial refugeesand end racial oppressions, is the

.degree to whioh the vast forcedl1"acial migrations from the 17thto the 20th cenltury were set onfoot by white christians for thecommercial benefit of whiteChristians. Without this crime,not an African woWid have leftAfrica, not a white man, not anAsian gone there. So the wealthypost Chdstian nations cannotev,ade histol1ical responsibility.They must help to redress thewrongs they themselves created.

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Human Mac:hines

It was not their own man­power. When aU the Caribs haddied off in the sugar islands ofthe Caribbean, the EuropeanslavellS brought jn African slavesand extended the 'trade to the .Southern States as cotton be­came king. Asians were broughtin to build East Africa's rail­ways. Chinese were broughit intothe Malayan tin mines. A vast,ruthless, exploitative redistribu­tion of human beings as thoughthey were no better than beastsor machines took place. And,this is the condition the 20thcentury inherited.

Much of our attention is oon­centrated-rightly--on SouthernAfl1ica, on South Africa, Rhode­sia and tIhe two P"rtuguese col­onies of Angola and Mozam­bique. Here the institutionalizedforms of racial oppression aremore fully potent and articulatedthan anywhere else on earth.

Let one instance stand. A fewweeks ago in South Africa, an'African labourer in Natal waspuni,shed for not turning up towork. His excuse? He worked,

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his skin. J.t becomes his prison.Only chansing the whole systemcan set him free.

And the persecutions areworld w,ide. Five hundred yearsago, the races were not so mixed.The white men were in Europe,the black men in Africa, theyenow men in China and thebrown men virtually everywhereelse. Then. began that incrediblyviolent, ooten creative yet some­times intolerable eruption ofhuman energy - the maritimeconquest of the whole planet byIthe white Chrismam; of Europe'sWestern seaboard and the whiteChristian Slavs of Russia.. Where' temperate ci'imate .and

soil were avaHable - in Northand South America, in Siberja,later in Australasia and Mrica­they killed most of the aborig­ines and settled -the land. Whereraw materi'als could he producedfur European use -- sugar andspices in the 17th century, cot­ton and tobacco in the 18th,palm oil, tin, copper, gold inthe 19th-they opened up minesand plantaltions for export. Andsince, until I'ate in 'the ISth cen­tury, machines for harvestingand mining were not invented,the white rulers used manpowerinstead.

When in the Synodal Document the Bishops cry outtheir compassion for those who are "suffering persecution-sometimes in institutionalized form-for racial or ethnicorigin," they raise one of the world's most tragic and per­vasive injustices. "Tragic be- ­cause once race or national­ality are made the basis ofdiscrimination, there is noth­ing the victim can do to escape.If he is born brown, he staysbrown. If he is born a Ruthenian,he stays one. He cannot change

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KNOW FAITHI [IfOur Limitations Lead Us to Others Limitations--TheyOpen Us to God and Other People II

a productive impersonal" rela·tionship with God and neighbor.Being a friend to oneself and ac­cepting one's own capacities andlimitation creates an inner free­dom that' makes one's fulI ca­pacities and limitation availablefor use. This sort of freedomdoes' not exist in the individualwho is preoccupied with con·demning himself and wonderingif others are rejecting him be·cause of his limitations.

Steps to Maturity

Accepting one's self is just asimportant as accepting otherswith their limitations. Thehealthy person, and here we aretalking about spiritual and moralas well as mental health, is con·fident of his own worth becausehe is willing to admit and accepthis limitations as welI as his as­sets and see himself as otherssee him. Such a person, is wellpleased and can thus -be trulyopen to the movement of theSpirit within him, and alIowsothers (God and man) to assist

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to return for a few days and ob­serve some of the religious ac­tivities 'his five-priest team min­istry sponsors. For example:

An 11 A.M. Sunday Mass withthe Academy's magnificent 80.voice malt;! choir under the direc.tion of talented musician Mr.Edward' Ladesour. One doesn't'have the opportunity to _ hearsuch a choral group very oftenand to listen as it performs tra­ditional Latin motets and Gre­gorian chant or contemporaryhymns and harmonized piecesalone would justify the trip.

ScheduleThe 6 P.M. weekday Eucharist

with 50-70 cadets present who,because of their-disciplined, busyschedule, really must hustle tomake the celebration. Father

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JLIMITATIONS' AROUND US: "The world in which

he lived' became hostile and had to be subdued." FarmerWillard Robbins, 84, uses primitive means to disc his stub­born land in Ogden, Ark. NC Photo.

splendor of human friendship.Most psychologists agree that itis very difficult for a person togive or receive love if he will notadmit his own limitations as-wellas those of others.

Furthermore, psychologists tellus that from the point of viewof mental h'ygiene,' it 'is' iinpor.tant fo'r a person to accept his'limitations _and think well ofhimself. In fact, an hqnest self­esteem that admits the presenceof limitations is closely con­nected with the individual'scapacity for social relations. "Arealistic appraisal of one's ownstrengths and weaknesses, saidWayland Vaughn, the author ofPersonal and Social Adjustment,"is helpful in guaranteeing a per­son adequate security in humanrelations."

An individual neecis consider­able insight to accept his limi­tations and to see himself as hereally is. In fact, it requires' ahigh degree of tolerance for aperson, to like the self he mustlive with, but this is an impor­tant prerequisite if one is to have

Ilcommunion At the Air Force Academy

However, ,after talking thissummer on the west coast withMajor Dennis Dwyer, the Cath­olic cadet chaplain, I would like

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FR. JOSEPH M.

CHAMPLIN

About ten years ago I visitedthe Air Force Academy south ofDenver at Colorado Springs.

, It's an, impressive campus and,the interdenominational chapelthere framed in a background ofthe Rocky Mountains struck meas a particularly beautiful sight.

trade the results back and forth F;iither Eugene J. Weitzel, C.S.V.among ourselves by means of. We know that' in ;God ourmoney. Father there are no limitations.

Human society as we know it He is the Supreme Being, the Ln­arose to provide for things no finitely perfect One; he has allone man can do for himself. The

perfections without limit. Thefamilies we grew up in, the God of our fathers, is eternal,the schools we went to, the un- all-powerful, all knowing, 'all-l'ons and clubs, the organizations d

holY,all-loving, all-just, an all·and churches we joined, the merciful.companies we work for, the However, he creatures Godcities and nations we live in-all of them underline how limited ' made out of nothing have many

limitations. Everything we ex­we are personally, at the same perience in OUI: daily lives is lim.time they show how much we ited in scope and abilit~ and thiscan do when we support one certainly includes ma!) himself.another.

These limitations migh,t be saidUnited We Stand to derive from four sources.

It is the experience of our First of aL, creatures havelimitations that leads us out of limitations simply because theyourselves to other persons. The were created.- God, tM Creator,fa<:t that we are weak and less' is, above all c:reaturesi who arethan perfect makes us look for but a faint sh,idow of ,his limit.help and find it even in others lessness.who are weak and imperfect too. Secondly, because man reoTogether we can 'do something. fused to remain faithfu,l to God,And, in doing it, we discover one he forfeited all- of the gifts Godanother. h~,d intended for him 'and thus

Not all our dependence can hlild to' endure fu,rther li(nitations.be found symbolized in a 'piece The world in which he I lived be­of money, however, any more came hostile alld had t6 be sub­than alI 0ur needs' can be ful- dued. "To the woman he said, Ifilled by things that money will multiply your pains in child­buys. In actual living with others, bearing ... Your 'yearning shallwe soon find we have limitations be for your husband, y~t he willand needs beyond food, warmth lo:~d it over you." To ~the manand protection. We need under- he said, ... "Accursed b~ the soilstanding and dialog; encourage- because of you, ... it shall yield

Turn to Page Seventeen you brambles and thorns ..."(Gen. 3:16-19).

Heredity-:EnviroOltlentThirdly, human limitations are

sometimes hereditary, I and thehereditary potEntials the individ­ual inherits from his parents,grandparents and more remotear.cestors place physical, emo­tional and intellectual litnitatiolls

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on the individual. AlI' of us al:e·aware of our hiereditary

'strengths and weakness~s.

FinalIy, many of our limita­tions come from our environ·ment. Every man is ad;vantagE,dand disadvantaged; limited byhh: environment-time and plateof birth, educational opportuni­ties, economic conditions, racialand ethnic attitudes, etc.

Yes, every (,ne of U$ experi·ences personal 'limitati,ons andthis included Jesus qhrist ciSman. Thus, our' problem basi­cally is not our personl!-I limita·tions, though O'lr limitations cancause problem:; and, sometimesvery serious ,)nes, but ratherhow we admit and ac~ept ourlilrnitations. If we have Icontinu­ally striven to acquire ~ healthyself-concept, our mental healthand adjustment potential is con­siderably enhanced. Furthermore,the experiencing of personallimitations can open us, to Godand other peoIIle, who itogethercan make limitations a source ofdevelopment.

Recognize LimitationsOnce I realize and admit that

I cannot be everything, or doeverything, and that I Itlust fre:­qently have th'l assista~ce of amerciful and 10'ring God; and thehelping hands (If my friends andneighbors, I b'lgin to feel thewarmth of God's love and the

Seek HelpWe talked at length about his'

feelings, his situation. He washonestly facing himself ,for thefirst time in years. He was open..ly admitting his limitations, eventhough he found it hard to ad­mit failure. He feared what hiswife would think if he droppedout' of laY' school.

Several years later he visitedme again. He was happy, re­laxed, and enjoying creativework as a photographer. We re­called our first meeting, and hetold me, "Father, that day Ibroke down and admitted that Ijust couldn't learn law was themost fortunate day I can remem­ber. I never knew how lucky itcould be to discover that youhad limitations ~nd needed'help."

His experience suggests thevalue of recognizing and admit·ting one's limitations. To be lim­ited in ability reveals one'sneeds. To admit that one needshelp - encouragement, support,guidance, forgiveness, comfort,medical assistance-opens a per­son to, receive. This is a grace·filled experience.

First Beatitude

.Jesus confirms the paradox ofneed reSUlting in fulfillment."How blest are' the poor inspirit," he says in the Sermonon the Mount, "the reign of Godis theirs" (Mt. S: 3). Anothertranslation of the same passage

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Limitations•InLuck

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FR. CARLJ. I

PFEIFER, S.J.

"Show me the coin used forthe tax." (Matthew 22, 19)..

Take a coin in your hand andlook at it. What is money goodfor? Nothing much in itself. If,like King Midas, we had nothing

but money to eat, to drink, towear, to touch and love, wewould soon be desperately un­happy' people.

But what is it good for? Well,at least to get us the things weneed and a few of the things wewant. We use it to provide forbasic comforts today and somehope of a little security tomor­row.

Money r~minds us of' howmuch we depend on one another.If each one of us could grow hisown food, make his own clothes,and build his own house, thenwe could get along withoutmoney. But in fact none of uscan do everything. At least, wecan't do them in the way welike them done. So each one ofus does some of them, and we

Driving home this afternoonI turned on the radio. The famil­iar voice of Barbra, Streisandfilled the car with her hit song,"People." One line struck me."People who need p'eople' are theluckiest people in the world'"

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The lyrics rang true to life,even though the thought at firstjars one. It is a paradox that theexperience of need can indeed bea very lucky experience. Many aperson has found that the painfuldiscovery that he really neededhelp has been the first step tonew growth and happiness.

I remember well' a young manwho walked into my office, satdown, and sadly began, "Father.I need your help. I just can'tmake it alone anymore." Some­what surprised at his directnessand depth of discouragement, 1listened intently:

"I'ye really tried hard, Fathet.But I just can't do it. I'm notcut out to be a lawyer. I justcan't get the feel for law. Thisis the most embarrassing day ofmy life. I've really tried, but Iknow I can't do it."

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ment and' warning; a commonpursuit of truth and fidelity togood.

Looking at a piece of money isnot likely to remind us of these.It often distracts from them. Webecome aware of these limita­tions and we find their healingonly by looking 'at anotherhuman being.

There are still other ways weare limited, where not even ourfellow men can help us. We can'tknow' everything we want toknow, and neither can they. Wecan't do a tenth of the good we'dlike to, and neither can they. Wecan't guarantee ourselves oneone extra day of life. We can'tsee beyond our death. We can'tlay our hands on anv treasurethat will last forever, ~nd neithercan they.

Go to GodWe stand afraid in the dark­

ness of a universe vast beyondour imaginings. So do all othermen. We didn't ask to come intoit. We can't be sure if, in thelong run, it is kindly or cruel,whether ultimately it all makessense or is a pointless absurdity.No man can help us here.

These deeper limitations toourge us out of ourselves towardanother-toward the only onewho can do anything about them.He built the limitations into us.As we become aware of them,we begin to be able to see ourwhole world as one great signof him, bearing his mark, point­ing us toward the discovery ofhim.

Looking at the coin and atCaesar's' image on it, Jesus couldsay: "Give Caesar what is Cae­sar's." But looking to the wholeworld of which we are a part, hecould add: "And whose imageand inscription does this bear?Then give to God what is God's."

THE ANCHOR- 1,Thurs., Oct. 19, 1972

Apply DirectivesFor Health Care

ST. PAUL (NC)-Minnesota'sbishops have created a specialcommission to insure standardapplication of health care direc­tives on contraception.

The prelates, in a statement,said they "recognize, adopt, andpromulgate" the Ethical and Re­ligious Directives for CatholicHealth Facilities adopted lastyear by the U. S. bishops.

The bishops said that theywould create a commission "toconduct continuous study, dis­cussion and rulings" on the di­rectives "to assist in the properinterpretation and applicationwhen needed" of the norms.

The bishops indicated theyhope the new body-which is tohave a membership of expertsin medicine, theology, canon law,and health care administration­would institute a standard, state­wide application of the directivespertaining to contraception.

overcome them, even with thehelp of others. With effort how­ever, many can be surmounted.Before, one can develop meansof" overcoming them, or of learn­ing to circumvent them and con­tinue to make progress, he mustknow what his Hmit~tions areand accept those he cannoteiiminate.

The truly mature man not onlyachieves maturity in spite of hislimitations, but uses his'limita­tions as stepping-stones to matu­rity and a fuller life.

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Limitations--Open All of Us

Golden WindowBeyond the inverted arches is

the choir. One's eye may be riv­eted by a myriad of small fea­tures, each worthy of attention.But of far greater importanceand not to be missed is the so­called Golden Window, bestvieweq from the choir.

'Unlike Ely, Wells was neverconnected with a monastic' es­tablishment. The original, Saxonchurch which occupied the pres­ent cathedr'al's site, was foundedearly in the 8th century, andfrom the beginning was servedby a college of diocesan priests.

The garb of its users changedfrom age to age, but in the ca­thedral are reminders of humannature's sameness in all ages. Onthe capital of one of the transeptpillars there are carved fourstages in a familiar episode.

The first is of two peoplestealing fruit in an orchard; thesecond, of the farmer as he be­comes aware of the thieving; thethird, of the farmer catching oneof the thieves by the ear; thefourth, of the farmer hitting thethief over the head with a pitch­fork. Then as now, crime neverpays: it never stops, either.

MEDALIST: Bishop James E. Walsh will be honoredOctober 21, by the alumni of his alma mater, Mount St.Mary's College and Seminary, Emmitsburg, Md. BishopWalsh will receive in person the John Dubois Medal ofthe Alumni Association. !twas presented in absentia in1962 when the bishop was being held in a Chinese prison.The Maryknoll missioner was released in 1970. NC Photo.

Continued from Page Sixteenhim in making his personal limi­tations a s.ource of development.

Granted, some personallimita­tions cannot be overcome nomatter how hard one tries to

Overlook Details

In Ely cathedral, as in com­parable buildings, it is possibleto be so entranced with magni­tude as to miss details which, ifmodest in size, have' their ownpeculiar excellence. Thus, thereis here a small Norman doorway,carved dn about 1170. In the daysbefore the Ely monastery wassuppressed, this was the prior'sentrance.

In the doorway's tympanumthere is a charming carving ofChrist in glory. Charming? Isn'tthat an inept word for such a I

subject? Not in this instance.While most representations ofChrist in glory are oveI'awing.and some even frightening, thisone has a simplicity, an intimacywhich ap\?eal to the heart andreassure one.

Much of the decoration of Elywas destroyed long since, includ­ing the original glass and manyof the small statues which onceinhabited the innumerable littleniches. This devastation cannotbe laid to Cromwell. Ana thereason is not that in youth helived in the shadow of. the ca­thedr~I, and so, later, spared it.

Lovely Cathedral

No, the destruction waswrought by a 16th-century bish­op who, in his zeal to pleaseHenry VIII, went far beyond theking's order to suppress the.monastery, and did a smashingjob on the cathedral too.

Contrasting with one's firstsighting of the Ely cathedral isthat of Wells, in Somerset, south­west of London. We approachedthe west front, which is the prin­cipal entrance, through a gate­way, hence came suddenly upon,across a stretch of grass, thedark gold stone facade, reminis­cent of a richly, decorated altar­piece. Curiously, this facade is'wider than the catlredral itself.

But the cathedral is delightfulin its own way. Less majesticthan Ely, it has a lightness, evena sprightliness, which makes itimmediately captivating. If it ispossible to call a cathedr:al love­ly, this is the place to do so.

The crossing at Wells has itsown unique architectural feature,inverted arches introduced to

cousin of William the Conquer­or, started the cathedral. The ab­bot was then a mere 80 yearsold.

Massive pillars of light-coloredstone march down the nave un­der rounded arches, giving animpression of . insuperablestrength and gravity. The grandsweep of the nave is unimpededhy the screen which is a featureof most ancient cathedrals.

One 'of the principal glorieshere is the eight-sided towerwhich rises from the very centerof the building, at the crossing.Built in the fourteenth century,it represents a prodigious feat ofengineering, and its exquisite in­terior carving delights the eye.The best of this carving wasdone by a man whose recom­pense was two shillings, plus hismeals.

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Outside, .there were a veryfew taxis. We secured the lastone. As it was about to leave, awoman asked if !she might rideinto the city with us. We gladlyagreed. Being a proper Englishlady, she never said a word tous during the 20-mile drive.

A visit to England must in­clude a visit to at least one ofits great cathedrals. For us, thistime, it was to be two, that atEly and that at Wells, two verydifferent huildings in very dif­ferentparts of the country.

Ely is in East Anglia, north­east of London. The landscapethere is relatively flat, and theelongated pile of the cathedralcan be seen from afar, somewhatas Chartres looms up long beforeone reaches it. But the Chartrescathedral, so viewed, seems to beafloat in fields of gtain and mus­tard, whereas the Ely cathedrallooks to be crouched and cling­ing to the ground. .

Of Normnn Origin

As with many cathedrals, theone at Ely belongs to no singleperiod. The present structurewas built piecemeal in differentages and represents five separ­ate styles. The earliest survivingsection was built in Normantimes.

It . is amazing how quicklyafter their conquest of Englandin 1066 the Normans set aboutorganizing the country politicallyand economically, and how soonthey began monumental build­ing projects. It was in 1083 thatAbbot Simeon, head of the Bene­dictine community at Ely and a

onstrate sympathy with thestriking dockworkers. All flightswould be cancelled, t.he paperssaid. But not, we discovered.those of the Irish Air Lines.Their planes could make it toLondon and return withoutrefueling.

Heathrow, when reached, wasstrange, indeed, a ghost airport.Where normally there is a dizzy­ing coming and going of planes,ours was the only one in motion.:rhe idle vehicles used in thevarious ground services \ werelined up, row after row. The vastterminal building, usually swarm­ing and noisy, was all but empty,nil but silent. The few people init looked like the last to fleesome doomed Babylonian palace.

Ely and Wells

Ancient English CathedralsImpress American Visitor

Experience suggest.s that during every trip there is atleast one unlucky day. The day, for example, when youlose your wallet or find that you have no reservation at thehotel. But what starts out as an unlucky day may turnout otherwise. Such was thecase when we were sched­uled to fly from Dublin toLondon a few weeks ago.

That was on the day chosenby all the ground personnel atHeathrow, the London airport,for a 24-work stoppage to dem-

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the merit of si::nplicity, and Cai:lgenerate almost ~vangelical fer­vor. Those who disagree with itare in a very difficult ,positiollboth ethically ana intellectually-though as' I hope to :show illthe next column, I believe thos,e'who reject e~:alitarianism ar,eprobably right.

Some subsidies and some taxloopholes may be socially nec­essary or at least desirable. Butone is permitted to be scepticalas to how many could not, bedispensed with tomorrow (asSenator McGovern suggests)with no harm done to the econ­omy; on the other hand I amopposed to eliminating all of'them as a matter of doctrinaireprinciple. Representative Mills'idea of reviewing each loopholeperiodically and requiring thosewho support it to justify its so­cial utility strikes me as beingsensible.

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reads: "Happy are they who rec­ognize their oWn need." The sec­ond version goes more clearly tothe heart of what Jesus means.The biblical notion of "povertyof spirit" is accurately translatedas "recognition of need."

Jesus' words rest on centuriesof Old Testament usage. Thepeople who were to - receiveGod's blessing became knownas the "poor," the "needy," inHel:1rew called "anawim," While

,God's chosen ones were ofteneconomically poor, the term"poor" referred rather to "spir­itual poverty." The "poor" rec­ognized their neec;l for each otherand most of all for God.

The opposite of the, "poor"were the "rich." These words donot primarily indicate financialstatus. For example, in the par­able of the Pharisee and the Pub­

Communion, ,At Ai, Force Acad~my lican, the Pharisee probably wasC:ontinuedfrom Page' Sixteen needs of people are the basic not nearly as wealthy as the

Primary Goal Dwy.er estimates some 200 (out reasons why our Holy Father has publican-a tax collector-but in4) If all Jencks is saying is of 1200) Cathclic cadets partid- ,endorsed this return to a pre- the eyes of God the Pharisee was

that we should strive to elimi- _ pate each wellk in these daily ninth century' practice. Fewer "rich" and the publican "poor."nate misery for the poor and liturgies. They, naturally act as priests, more Communions. It The Pharisee felt self-s~fficient,special favors for the rich (real., leetors and servers with the StIJ- really boils down to those hard not needing anyone, whereas theizing that it will take time to dents seeing tei the arra~gements facts. Publican was so conscious 'of hisdo both and neither will ever be themselves. Reason"....Deprivation own inner neediness that hedone perfectly), I .think there can A weekend engaged couples The Air Force Cadets would in reached out to God for help.be little reason to disagree with retreat. Cade':s contemplating'- effect be deprived of the Holy Trust 'in ,Godhim. Furthermore, we need con- 'marriage' brin,g their fiancees Sacrament. at this daybreak ser:stant remind~rs that even though from all over the coliiltry for vice without permission for lay A passage that sums up theboth of these goals have been th:'s event. ' minis~rs of the Eucharist. Cath- biblical meaning of spiritual pov- •part of our national consensus An early morning Word- olics in larger parishes already erty is found in the last book offor decades w~ have been intol- pray.er-Communion service pr'e- have experienced long, long de-' the Bible, the Apocalypse orerably lax, and I would' add un. pared and executed by the COl- lays at Communion time, a phe- Revelation. "You keep saying,

,imaginative, in our efforts to dets. A number of Istudents nomenon not conducive to' good I ' 'I am so rich and secure that Iachieve them. as[.<ed for this brief, 10-15 minute liturgy. want for nothing.' Little do you

5) But, I suspect he is saying paraliturgical c,~lebratiOll to com- No one should rush through' realize how wretc,hed you are,more. My position would be that plement the evening Mass. About Mass or grumble about a few ex- how pitiable and poor, how blindin a society where food, clothing, 20 regularly attend the ceremony tra minutes each week for the and naked!" (Rev 3: 17).housing and health care: is 'guar-, which involves some 'reading of Lord. But' if these 'moments '

Scripture,: a short' h'omily' and, c6uld be saved"by 'a"p"e'r'ml'ssl'ble '" <Both <.>ld and"New',Testamentsanteed for everyoQe and where f h'the distribution of HolylCommu- practice, why not? They ml'ght ocus on t IS central attitude offavoritism to the wealthy and " f' .powerfUl was reduced to a min- nion. Cadets plan the service and then be used for a common poverty 0 SPIrIt" or "aware-

four specially' designa,ted I,ay period of Thanksgl'vl'ng after ness of one's need" as the deci-imum, . the residual inequality , ft'ministers of the Eu'char'I'St cal'e Communl'on, slve as or In personal growththat persisted would not neces- fol' t, his aspect of the l,iturgy. as a believer, Only the personsarily be inherently evil. h .Chlmging Tim~ w 0 recogmzes his own need

II think that egalitarians like See Possibilities can open his heart to God, plac-Jencks are saying that even re- ]n the b~ginning, Major Of A ing his life in God's hand withsidual inequality would be in- Dwyer's flock reacted with greement trust. The person who discernsherently evil, that in the ideal, shock to the (oncept of cadets MINNEAPOLIS (NC) - Citing no needs' in himself finds noand moral world toward which as ministers of the Eucharist. ,"common ground" on the ques- need for God or other people.we ought to be striving there Nevertheless, in time t~ey came ,tion of papal primacy, Catholicwould be no inequality of income to see the wisdom of this devel- and Lutheran theologians have Paradoxically, the facing ofat all, and that while such equal- op::nent and th~ chaplain SenSE!S concluded, "It is possible for personal limitations, which .in­ity may not be practically their devotion to the Blessed both loyal Lutherans and loyal volves the admission of need forachievable at once, it should Sacrament ha5 grown tremen- Catholics to envision new pos- help, can be one of the most val­still be the absolutely primary dO::Jsly as a re:iUlt of that inno- sibilities of concord" on the uable and enriching experiencesgoal of all social change to vation. : long-disputed issue. in life. Barbra Stresiand's song iswhich all other goals will be We shouldn'i: be surprised at The 'statement' came at the not far from Jesus' "Happy aredirected, the students' initial reluctance conclusion of a three-day meet- they who recognize their own

not our own parishion~rs' fin;t ing here, the 15th in a series need." "Blest are the poor innegative response to tl)e intro- sponsored by the U. S. A. Na- ,Spirit."duetion of. lay ministers Ifor Holy tional Committee of the Luther­Communion. After all, Catholics an World Federation (LWF)' andfor years were told only the .... the Committee for Ecumenicalsaered , anoir.,ted hands of a and Interreligious Affairs of thepriest may toueh the host, even National Conference of Catholicthe tabernacle ](ey. Now we sud· Bishops.denly find a man who had a beer American members of thewith me at the local bar la~:t LWF are the American Lutheranmonth is up thl~re in the sanctu- Church and the Lutheran Churchary acting like II priest, or I learn in America. The Lutheranmy next door neighbor is going Church-Missouri Synod is ,repre-to give me Communion.' - sented in the dialogues by a,

Such, hesitation tells l us in.- special ,inv.itation.structionbeforl~ iritrodl.!ction is The discussion centered onessential. "the papacy as a form of minis-

Changing Fmes' and new try to the universal church," andwas limited to the question ofpapal primacy. It did not inCludeconsideration of the: Catholicdogma of papal infal1ibility.

THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Thurs. Oct. 19, 1972r

Mills' Idea Sensible

By

REV.

ANDREW MJJ\,

GREELEY

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Egali'tarian Position' -HasIntellectua'l, Moral Appeal

Christopher Jencks is not the only recent' writer tofind inequality in the United States intolerable. That somepeople should have great incomes while others are verypoor seems to be self-evidently evil. Indeed that the stan­dard of living in some coun- 'tries be much higher thanthat of others also seemsclearly immoral. Somethingought to, be ,done about it.

There are a number of com­, ments that tnust be made:

I) The American income pyra-

Economic Inequality

6) Hence, the ,egalitarians willnot be shaken by the economicargument that some inequality isnecessary to guarantee the mo­tivation 'for innovation and risk­taking which ar~ 'essential toeconomic growth or' expansion,They, may question the factualtruth of, the argument and sug-

3) I do not think, either, that gest that motivations for risk­the issue is, governmental and taking need not be financial at'social favoritism to the very all and for many people clearlywealthy. While ,.I don't,' suppose are not. But they are perfectly,favoritism cari be completely willing ,to' concede tlie truth of 'eliminated, it' does seem to me the' argument fot the presentthat,there is far too much of it ,corporate capitalist system;, theyin the United"States 60th in' the' add that this merely proves that.form o.f- tax ,loopholes an'd gov- corporate capitalism 'is: inherent·ernment 'suDsidies which are Iy i~moral because it, dependst~chnically legal and the "Cav· on econC?miC'inegu!!lity which isors" :wbich ~reextra-Iegal,'but inherently imJ:l1oraL _ , ,part of t~e gov,~rnmet:ltal way' of 7) It would' be' a'mistake tolife -'-: ,particularly' when a big underestimate' the iritellectual,

,business admin.i~tration is, 'in' ,arid moral' appeai'(jf 'the ,pas- ,power. The -ITT and Lockheed :',s,i6mitely" state- egalitarian' posi-

• 'cases are suffici~nt evidence ,'as' tion -:- particularly with' the, to ',:"ho runs~the cotintry today. yO,un/? and'enthus'iastic. It' has.. , . 'f': .-/'

mid is relatively "flat." The over­whelming majority of Americansare neither very' rich nor verypoor. The pyramid could pre­sumably be made flatter but onlya very small' number of peopleare quite rich and a somewhatlarger number (not all non-whiteby any means) are quite poor.While there is a great distancebetween the, very rich and thevery poor, most Americans donot fall into either category.

2) I do not qelieve that theissue is whether all Americanscan be guaranteed decent food,clothing, housing and health care.A society like' ours should cer­tainly be able to afford such aguarantee. I doubt that eitherPresident Nixon or Senator Mc­Govern would disagree, thoughthey might have different no­tions of how to achieve such agoal. While the goal is a validone, it cannot be reached over­night, at least as much becauseof organizational as because offinancial reasons.

I do not think that we yetknow how to achieve a decentminimum standard of living foreveryone in the society; what-

I ever their differences, McGovernand Nixon both seem cOmmittedto the same old - and in myjudgment discredited-approachof making the, federal bureau·cracy responsible for welfare,But while I am less than confi­dent that we have the knowledgeand skills to eliminate sub·standard food, clothing" housingand health care, I think that noAmerican can, reject this as a

- -goal.

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Wareham Leads Tight Division III Race

By PETER J. BARTEKNorton Hiah Coach

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Hits Population Stabilization Measure

MISSIONERS LOOK TO YOU: Medical aid and health education are but two of themany desperately needed services being offered by medical missionaries supported bythe Society of the Propagation of the Faith in every part of the world. They look to youon Mis~ion Weekend to help provide their basic medical supplies and material needs suchas this mobile maternity and child health clinic. .

IN THE DIOCESE

This Fall Attleboro's offensiveattack led by junior quarterbackMike Bassis, features the strongrunning of Todd Holt, Brian Par­dey and Mark Charron. Holttallied three touchdowns lastweek when the Bombardiers de­f~ated cross-town rival BishopFeehan 34-0. .

Somerset, a 19-0 loser to Law­renee· High of Falmouth Satur­day last, has been held scorelessin its last two ·outings. If theBlue Raiders are to be successfulagainst powerful Attleboro, theymust: get their offensive attackuntracked and, ·at the sametime, control the ball. ,

SCHOOLBOY SPORTS

Attleboro Ready,

Dangerous Blue Raiders

Undefeated

ForAttleboro High wilt"attempt to run its unbeaten streak

to five this Saturday when it travels to Somerset to meetthe upset minded Blue Raiders. While Somerset is lodged inthe cellar of Division III of the newly formed SouthwesternMassachusetts Conference,Attleboro cannot afford tot.ake the Ray McDonaldcoached Club lightly. WithMsgr. Coyle-Bishop Cassidy andDartmouth close behind in· the·standings, Attleboro must winin order to remain in undisputedfirst place.

Coach Jim Cassidy will un­doubtedly remind his chargesof what happened a year agowhen the Bombardiers travelledto Somerset to place their 1972undefeated record on the line.In that outing the high f1yi~g

Cassidymen were upended forthpir only loss of the campaign.

North Hopes to End Franklin Win Streak

A pivotal Division I game willhe played in Dartmouth Satur­day when Coach Carlin Lynch'sIndians host Barnstable. Dart­mouth has lost one contest in theloop and can not afford a secondsetback. The Indians who hadtheir Wishbone offense in highgear last Saturday when theyrolled over Taunton 40-0, arerapidly developing into a seriouscontender.

The Paul Therrien coachedCoyle Warriors, not scheduledfor league play this weekend,will place their 3-0 loop recordon the line against Attleboronext weekend.

Feehan will entertain Fal­mouth Saturday and Tauntonwill meet Medfield of the TrI­Valley Conference to round outthe Division I docket.

Diman Regional Vocational willbe after its first league triumphSaturday when it meets Case

Entering play this weekendWareham holds a half game edgeover runner-up Case, a full gameover Norton and a game and ahalf lead over fourth place Vokein the Division III pennant race.

In Division II, Bishop StangHigh of Dartmouth has earnedthe role of favorite by virtue ofits success. The George Milotcoached. Spartans are 3-0 in thecircuit. Fairhaven trails by halfa game with a 2-0-1 mark. But,if comparative scores are any in­dication, t.he race will get moreinteresting as the season pro­gresses.

In last weekend's gamesBourne edged Dighton-Rehoboth26-23 for its first divisional tri­umph, Stang just nosed out See­konk 14-12, and Fairhaven beatDennis·Yarmouth :!8-14.

A full slate of games is sched­uled fOI: Saturday with Bourneat Seekonk, Stang at Dennis­Yarmouth and Fairhaven atDighton.

High in Swansea. The Artisans,0-3 in the league, won their firstvarsity game, since returning tothe grid scene two years ago,last Saturday when they downedBlue Hill Regional of Canton14-8.

However, the Fall Riveriteswill have their hands full againstthe hard hitting Cardinals. CoachJoe Santos' Case contingent de­feated Norton 15-6 Saturday lastto move into second place in thecircuit standings.

Divisional III leader Warehamwill be out to extend its leaguerecord to 4-0 when it hosts Nor­ton Friday night. Coach JimLanagan's Vikings demolishedOld Rochester of Mattapoisettlast week 41-22 in their annualCranberry Bowl game.

New Bedford Vocational willmeet Old Rochester in Mattapoi­sett in the remaining Division IIIcontest.

In the northern sector of thediocese, a determined NorthAttleboro offense drove 99 yardsto score on the first play of thefourth quarter for the only scoreof the contest to edge KingPhilip High of Wrentham in lastweek's key Hockomock Leaguegame. The victory sets the stagefor ,this week's showdown battlewith defending league titlistFranklin.

Coach Bob Guthrie's RedRocketeers have faced unbeatenclubs in each of their four gamesto date and will do so again Sat­urday. Franklin will enter thecontest with a 28 game Hocko­mock League win streak. North'sobjective IS' to end Franklin'sstreak and continue their own.

OptimistsMany cjf the optimists in. the

worlddown'town a hundreddollars, and because of theiroptimism never will.

WASHINGTON (NC) - Thehead of the family life bureauof the U. S. Catholic Conferencehas attacked the Joint Resolu­tion on Population Stabilization,re-introduced into the House ofRepresentatives as "an attemptto move the government into thearea of controlling national pop­ulation size."

Writing in "Ties That Bind,"his weekly column syndicatednationally by NC Features, Msgr.James T. McHugh claimed thatsupporters of the original reso­lution, which was introduced lastJanuary, "agreed' to play it cooluntil after the November elec­tions," because of the controver­sial nature of ,the proposal.

"So in mid-August of thisyear, Rep. (Frank) Horton ofRochester, N. Y., and Rep. (Mol'­ris)/ Udall of Arizona re-intro­duced the resolution, with thehope of holding any action untilafter November 7," Msgr. Mc­Hugh said.

Threat to FreedomThe resolution calls for a

"policy of the United States toencourage, develop and imple­ment ... policies which will ...move to stabilize the populationof the United States."

What's a missionary gonna buy with my'Dad's quarter?

DON'T BE EMBARASSED ON MISSIONSUNDAY. GIVE GENEROUSLY!

Msgr. McHugh pointed out.that the resolution "includes theusual language endorsing 'volun­tary means consistent with hu­man rights and individual con­science.''' However, he said,"this affirmation is meaningless.The stated purpose 'of the resolu­tion is to move the governmentand its agencies toward a moreactive role in stabilizing popula­tion, and a more active and de­termined government role is al­ways a threat to individualfreedom."

Msgr. McHugh took exceptionto Rep. Horton's contention thatthe resolution was needed to es­tablish a clear U. S. commitmentto population stabilization. Hepointed to U. S. Census reportsand statistics showing that therate of population increase in theU. S. has been dropping steadilyand is near zero populationgrowth.

'Water Shortage'"Our present rate of growth

is 0.9 per cent," Msgr. ~cHughtold NC News.

Msgr. McHugh challenged the"panic" language of the resolu­tion's co-sponsor, Rep. Udall.saying:

"At one point he states that'if we continue rapid populationgrowth, all or part of 21 stateswill face significant water short­age by the year 2020.' There isno way one can describe thepresent population pattern asas 'rapid population growth,'and therefore the water shortageargument is false."

He also charged Udall withpromoting liberalized abortionlaws. "Although Udall statesthat abortion should be a matter

, of state law, he also ar,gues that. he considers the need to stabil­ize population so great that thenation cannot allow laws thatprotect the unborn child to standin the way of decreasing popula­tion growth," Msgr. McHughsaid.

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Announce Theme­For Prayer Week

GARRISON (NC) - "Lord,Teach Us to Pray"-the wordswith which the Gospel of St.Luke introduces the "OurFather" will be the theme for the'1973, Week of Prayer for Chris­tian Unity. '-The week, Jan. 18-25, is spon­

sored by the department of faith,and order of the National Coun­cil of Churches in collaboratingwith, the Graymoor EcumenicalInstitute here in New York., The week's theme was selectedearlier this year by representa­·tives of the World Council ofChurches and the Vatican Secre­tariat for Promoting ChristianUnity at a meeting in Spain.

Bishops to AskMore SupportFor Education

OSHKOSH (NC)-The bishopsof the United IStates plan to askCatholics' to expand their sup­port for Catholic education­both Catholic, schools and reli­gion programs for public schoolstudents, according to BishopAJloysius Wycislo.

The Green Bay bishop said theappeal will be contained in apastoral -letter - "To Teach asJesus ·~ought"-which will bereleased. during, the Novembermeeting of the National Confer­ence of Catholic Bishops inWashington.

Finishing touches on the 45 to50 page pastoral are now beingmade, Bishop Wycislo told mem- 'Ibers of the Knights of Columbusat a banquet ,here.' ', The bishop ds a member ofthe N,OCB admhlistrative boa~d

which met in Washington recent­ly.

The 'pastoral ~etter will notonly emphasize the value of'primary and secondary schoolsoperated under the Church's aus-

,'pices but "will recognize the im­portance of a Catholic educationfor all children," no matterwhere they receive their instruc­tion in secular subjects, BishopWycislo said.'

"The bishops will ask theirfellow Cathdlics to support in­struction for non-parochialschool children with the samevigor they displayed in con­structing the parochial system."

He noted that Catholic gradeand high schools no longer servethe majority of Catholic children.

Need Laity Help

Explaining ~hat the bishops asa body were not "gung ho" onso-called "prayer amendment,"which wouM permit prayer inpublic schools, the prelate saidthe chief need is to provide wellrounded dnstruction for allCatholic children.

Bishop Wycislo said that thehelp of the laity was necessaryif the grand scheme for total ed­'ucation is to be realized.

"We need' whatever help w~can get," he continued. "Wemust understand that more im­portant than the buildings thathave been handed down to us byour parents is tile heritage theyhave given u,s 'in our faith."

The bishop said he is con-vinced that Unlless the Christian

.ethic is preserved, "we might befaced with a generation of peo­ple who have lost their faith."