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ROME (NC)-Italy's bishops'conference has decided to ordainpermanent deacons. The decision,taken at a five-day general as­sembly by a vote of 214 to 5,must' be approved by the HolySee before taking effect.

Bishop Luigi Bettazzi of Ivrea,a member of the commissionthat drafted the project, said thedeacons would work in 1t1.!ly'smost isolated regions, "but wehave been thinking especially ofthe outskirts of the big cities."

Either married men or unmar­ried men pledged to remainsingle would be ordained as per­manent deacons.

Bishop Bettazzi told the na·tional Catholic daily, Avvenire,that he expected the great ma­jority of deacons to be drawnfrom among married men. Hun­dreds of Italian men have al­ready asked to .become deacons,he said.

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instead resided in the "CoalPits" of what is now Portsmouth,R. I. Fall River was then a partof the Boston. Diocese.

In 1822, Patrick Kennedy andhis family entered Fall Riverand became the first Catholicf~mil'y here. He, his wife andfive children had to journey toBoston to find a church. In 1828,the first Mass was celebratedin Fall River-in the home ofthe Kennedy family.

In 1830, a young priest, Rev.John Corry was appointed to bepastor of those Catholics living

,in Taunton, Fall River and New­port. Two: years later a parish

.church was built in Taunton.On Feb. 18, 1835, a chapel was

built in Fall River where FatherCorry . might visit periodicallyand serve the few Catholics in.Fall River.

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. maST lA.Y PENSIONER.: Gerard .chretien, who served33 years as superintendent at Nortre Dame Cemetery,Fall River receives his initial pension check from BishopConnolly and becomes the first lay pensioner in the miwDiocesan pension plan.

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Bishop Con.nolly is picturedduring one of his many visils toNazareth o~ the Cape, Hyannis,which he sponsor,ed. for the', ex­ceptional children of .the area in1959.',,' '

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St: Mary of the AssumptionChurch, Fall River, is by far notthe largest of the ch'urches inthe Fall River Diocese. 'Yet it isthe most important.

The reason· is not in its loca­tion or, in the treasures enclosedwithin'its walls. It is because inthe sanctuary on the east side,there, is located a special ele­vated chair-the cathedra.

The seat gives its name tothe whole church-the cathedral.Here is the normal presiding seatof the Bishop of I"all River. Herehe presides ,over sacred rites; heteaches the faithful.

Most Rev.' Daniel A Croninwill be the third bishop tabe in­stalled at that seat as the Ordi­nary of Fall River. Bishops Wil­liam Stang and. Daniel, ,Feehanpreceded him there.

Bishops James E. Cassidy and,James L. Connolly automaticallybecame Bishops of Fall Riverwithout an installation. Bjshop

"Cassidy and Bishop' Connollywere Coadjutor Bishops 'withright of succession..They bothbecame Bishops of Fall Riverupon the death of, their prede-cessors.' ' ,

Only 20 Catholics made up' thefirst :parish in Fall River. They'were not even in wha.... ls' pres­ent:Iy. known as Fall Rivkbut

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foremost to meet our brothersin the episcopate who live in thispart of the world, in order toshow them how concerned wear:e to share their pastoral re­sponsibility.

"This meeting offers us thelong-awaited occasion for mak-,ing personal contact ..." '

On every occasion he showedhis respect for all nations ofAsia, singled none out, besoughtpeace I)n all, revulsion for injus­tice no matter what its source.In speaking to !J1e rich and tothe poor, the Pope said:

"While today you 6vorkers)have become aware of yourrights and your strength, takecare that in the pursuit of yourtotal rehabilitation you do notadopt formUlas, that are incom­plete and inadequate. These,while offering you partial victo­ries of an economic and hedon­istic nature, under the banner of

. selfish and bitter struggle, maylater increase the disappoint­ment of having been deprived ofthe higher values of the spirit ofyour religious personality andof your hope in the life that

, wil not end."Speaking to the rich who

though they are only 10 per centof the population still control80 per cent of the wealth, he'taught:

"Remember how severe Christwas in your regard, when Hesaw you self-satisfied, inactiveand selfish - and on the otherhand how responsive and grate­ful He was when He found youthoughtful and generous ...

."Perhaps it 'is your hour: thetime for you to open your eyesand hearts to a great new visionnot dedicated to the strugglesof self-interest, hatred and vio-

,Ience, but dedicated to solicitousand generous J.ove and to trueprogress."

The 'attempt on the Pope'slife did worry security officials."No one will get nearer than 10feet to the Pope," vowed oneAustralian official. But thePope~s trip-illustrated teaching

.jllst h,ad to, be given. So, uponhis landing in Australia, thePope broke ranks and wl;idedinto the 'crowds shaking handsand .bl~ssing individuals. Unityand concer!l were being taught,the Pope's' visit was the livingministry of the Apostle. .

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THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Thurs. Dec. 3, 1970

Day of. PrayerDec. 6-St. Ann, Raynham.

St. John' the Evangelist,Attleboro

Dec. 13-St.Anthony, Matta­poisett.

St. Anne, New Bedford.St. Mary's Home, New

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The attempt on the Pope's lifeseemed not to. have changedPaul VI's resolve in the least.It did not dl)ter him from mix­ing with the crowds nor did itchange or temper his apostolicmessage.

The plight of the masses andthe poor was brought to the at­tention of all in a manner no in­vestigation or public relationscould have done. Bishops andgovernment officials have ralliedto the impoverished. Demonst.ra­tions could not be intenseenough to compare with the evi­dent interest of the Holy Father.

"We resolve to have the cour­age to speak out for the rightsof the disadvantaged and power­less, against all forms of injus­tice, no 'matter from what sourcesnch abuse may come. We willnot tie our hands by compromis­ing entanglements with the richand powerful in our respectivecountries," the bishops resolvedwhile the Pope presided at theirmeeting in Manila.

New SecretariatNor was such a resolve just a

prayerful hope. Like Pope Paul's,trip, it was doctri,ne made min­istry. A permanent structure forthe effective implementation ofthe decisions reached was alsoformed of three bishops fromdifferent parts of Asia function­ing through a secretariat. It willmeet for thp. first time in HongKong in March 1971.

Demonstrators demanding truereform in the Church instead ofa show of apparent union metwith a bishops', delegation whocalmed their intensity only afterthey were promised that theirpetition would reach the Pope.

Whether in the midst of hun­dreds of thousands or in smallerbut no less enthusiastic groups

. in Samoa, the Pope repeated hismessage and emphasized thedoctrine of unity and the dutiesof church leaders.

Purpose of Trip"You must know that this is

the purpose of our journey," thePope expl':!ined to Australians,"to e~perience, consolidate andcelebrate in Christ tJ:te unity of~)Ur Church. This feeling of unity

'which 'touches '. our hearts is.. som~thing wo~derful and. singu-'

lar: it should cause us· to relish'and meditate upon the joy of'being a Catholic.

"It is feeling that holds withinitself,:!n identity of faith,a mar­velous harmony of spirit, and, 'still more, a communion of char­ity" i.ndeed, a mysterious pres­ence, that of Christ, He in .whosename we are gathered here to-gether." '. Later the Pope proclaimed,"We have' come here first and

3THE ANCHOR-Thurs., Dec. 3, 1970

Ordiml@ti@tfBMost Rev. James L. Connolly

will ordain Rev. Mr. Marc C.Bergeron, Rev. Mr. Robert C.Donov~n and Rev. Mr. RaymondP. Monty to the priesthood onSaturday afternoon at 2 in St.Mary's Cathedral, Fall River.

According to directions re­ceived from the Holy See, priestswho participate in ceremonies­such as pontificals and ordina­tions and Masses - are to bedressed in their choir dress.Those participating in ordina­tions are asked to wear a stole.

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East is so explosive it could in­vOlvEh.all of us in World WarIII," Msgr. John G. Nolan, na·tional secretary of the CatholicNear East Welfare Association·and president of the PontificalMission for Palestine, said at St.Joseph's College here.

Msgr. .Nolan expressed hisconcern and grief o,n his returnfrom a recent visit to Amman.

He said he sees one way todefuse the Middle East crisis:"Put a wrench in a man's hand-not a gun." He was referringto the Palestinian refugees fromwhose ranks have come the com­mandos who want to reclaimtheir former homeland.

"Putting a wrench in a man'shand, giving him a job, means abetter life. Putting a gun in hishand does not. Even a job won'tstop the refugees from believingthat they've been defrauded oftheir birthright - but they aregoing to be a lot less concernedwith joining the guerilla or liber­alization movement," Msgr.Nolan maintained.1970

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Bishop Connoll'y- GaveExpansion i Impetu$"

In the course of his 19 years Ias Fourth Bishop of Fall River, IMost Rev. James L. Connolly I'

has had the unique privilege of.planning and seeing built 331churches, almost one·third thei~~:~er of churches in the DiO"

These edifices are: 1St. Anthony, Taunton; St.1

Mary, New Bedford; St. Jacques,jTaunton; Our Lady of the An­nunciation, Dennisport; OutLady of Purgatory, New Bedford.:

St. Pius X, So. Yarmouth (twochurches); Immaculate ConcepJtion, Taunton; Our Lady ofGrace, No. Westport; St. Mary,So. Dartmouth; Our Lady'sChapel, New Bedford. .

CAPE COD lPARISH: Bishop Connolly established the parish of St. Pius X, So. Yar­mouth on June 15, 1954 and !his foresight in recognizing the future growth of the Capearea is evidenced by the new edifice opened on Jan. 12, 1969.

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A total of 82 men and women,from all sections of the Dioceseof Fall River, today were namedto receive the Marian Medalaward in recognition of distin­guished services they have per­formed for the Church.

The awards, established byBishop Connolly in 1968, will bepresented at 8 o'clocK on Tues­day night, Dec. 8 at special cer­emonies in St. Mary's Cathedral,Fall River.

The recipients are:

Mr. & Mrs. Amalio Annunziato,336 Swanee Drive, North Dighton

Laurier Audette, 40 KearsageStreet, New Bedford

Miss Janet Barbelle, 143 .Cy­press Drive, Swansea

Mrs. Marie Barrows, 88 OakStreet, Hyannis

James W. Blount, 341 WestBrittania Street, Taunton

Paul Borkman, 96 Summer­field Avenue, Somerset

Mrs. Louise E. Boulay, 180Barnahv Street, Fall River

Charies Cafferty, 585 StaffordRoad, Fall River

Lawrence Chongarlides, 66Penniman Street, New Bedford

Mrs. Madeline F. Coady, 87Foley Avenue, Somerset

Ronald Comeau, 124 McClos­key Street, Fall River

. John J. Connors, 224 Wash­ington Street, Taunton

Michael Considine, 994 HighStreet, Fall River

Miss Diane I. Cote, 226Broadway, Taunton

Clifford Crowley, 16 StudleyStreet, New Bedford

Louis Cyr, 226 Atlantic Boule­vard, Fall River

Manuel DeCosta, 614 BirchStreet, Fall River

Joseph DeNardo, 45 MadisonRoad, Swansea

Emile Dozois, 701 CountyStreet, Fall River

Paul, Dumorit, 123 Pine Street,Hyannis .

Mrs. Theresa Dyll, 130 IrvingStreet, Fall River '.

Frank S. Feitelberg, III ReadStreet, Fall River·

Mrs. Mary Flanagan, 213 Aus­tin Street, New Bedford

James A. Flynn, Fire StationRoad, Osterville

Mrs. Ida Galligan, 19 EastStreet, Attleboro .

Bernard Gamache, 12 HarvardStreet, Attleboro

Leo Giroux, 800 'Locust Street,Fall River

Gilbert D. Guimond, 831 Ro­beson Street, Fall River

Mrs. Angela Harney, 52 Un­derwood Street, Fall River

F. Vernon Harrica, 313 Tre­mont Street, Taunton

Atty. Edward J. Harrington,Jr., 315 Arnold Street, New Bed­ford

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HONORED', BY PORTUGAL: Dr. Luis Esteve Fer­nanges, ambass~dor irom Portugal to the United States,presents the insignia of Grand Official of the Order of .Christ, to Bishop Connolly in ceremonies held on June 23,1957-in recognition of the Fall River Ordinary's service tothe people of Portuguese descent in 'the diocese. Witnessingthe presentation is the Most Rev. Manuel Carvalho, Bishopof Angra, Azores.

,Sacred Heart PastorA solemn pontifical Mass in

St. Mary's Cathedral on June 7,1945 welcomed the new Bishop,to his Diocese. Archbishop Mur­ray preached and Cardinal Spell­man, then an Archbishop, headedvisiting prelates. .

Bishop 'Connolly served' . aspastor of Sacred Heart Church,Fall River, in addition to hisduties as .CQadjutor until the sud­,den death of of his predecessor,Bishop ·James E. Cassidy, onMay 17, 1951, brought him tothe position of Ordinary. .

Ca.re for the aged and excep- . '...... A h'tional comes first to mind when l'IIIIIIIIeW - 'pproacone reviews the episcopate ofBishop Connolly; but hardly less Episcopal. Bishop Enthuses Over Pope's'important is the chain of highschools' that he· has erected . _ . Reunion Suggestionthroughout the Diocese. Begin-'

ALBANY (NC)-The Episcopal body.ning with Bishop Stang High, bishop of Albany characterized' Bishop Brown said fellow Epis.

. School in North Dartmouth, andcontinuing with' Bishop Feehan, Pope· Paul's suggestion for a copal Bishop Donald Hallock ofAttleboro; Bishop Cassidy, Taun- charter of reunion between the Milwaukee, chairman of the Epis­t,on; a'nd Bishop Connolly, Fall Roman Catholic and the Angli- -copal National Committee onRiver, they serve a total of near- can churches as "one of the most . Ecumenical' Relations, said heIy 3000 students. sign,ificlIont things. that has hap- found the Pope's proposal' "en-

pEmed in' the·whole contemporary couraglng."Many Organizations .Organizations of'every type ecumenical movement." . " I The Anglican-Roman Conver-

serve the faithful of the Diocese Episcopal Bishop Allen W. sations, a group engaging inunder the l3ishop's leadership. Brown of the Albany diocese, theological dialogue on behalf ofSpanning all age groups is the said in an interview: "It's 'signi- the two Christian churches, is.Confraternity -of' Christian 'Doc- ficance lies in the fact that it sued a statement in May indicat­trine, which is assuming new expresses a new approach in the ing that there were no deep the­

. importance, in a day when paro- ,"whole matter of the Roman-A.n- ological differences between thechill'I schools are more and more glican relationship, an approach Roman and Anglican churchesfinding it impossihle to continue' that is based on mutual trust, and that' unity could probablytheir traditional task -of provid- 'acceptance and affection rather take place within a decade.big a complete' edoucation for than on the somewhat meehan-Catholic childr~n. Foreseeing the ical and legalistic approach that'growing need for CCD, the characterized the Roman-Angli­Bishop in May of 1968 author- can dialogue in the past."Ized the opening of the Diocesan Pope Paul's suggestion wasCCD Center, followed in August made at the canonization of 40of 1969 by 'opening of a branch English and Welsh men and wo­center in Buzzards Bay to serve men who died for the ,Catholic

. the 'Cape Cod al~ea. faith in the 16th and 17th cen:The Family Life Bureau is a turies. The Pope urged the An­

service preparing young couples' glican Church' to reunite itSelffor marriage by means of Pre- with the Catholic Church 'as aCana Conferences, held regularly uniate church-united but inde­throughout the Diocese and pendent.given by priests, doctors .arid "I would say that thejJropo-married cQuples. sal," Bishop Brown said, "demon-

Women of the Diocese were strates the new approach thatunited in the Diocesan Council has characterized ecumenism andof Catholic Women in 1953. As is' a departure' from such mat­such they hold annual conven-· ters as 'submission' and 'valid.tions and frequent district-wide ity:'meetings. Together with theSt. Vincent de Paul Society of "Although in times past, thethe Diocese, the DCCW has as uniate relat!ons)1ip has' some-the highlight of each year, spon- times been an uneasy one, thesorship of the Bishop's Ball, Holy Father's remarks in my lEiwhich has come to be the main judgment have substituted theevent of the Winter social sea- dimension of mutual reconcilia-son in' Southeastern Massachu-, tion for old attitudes of eithersetts. Each year the Ball raises resistance. or submission."a· significant sum of money to be Bishop Brown said the pe6pleused for the work of the Naza- of his diocese "would be grati­reth Halls in Fall River, Hyannis . fied, would, be very happy withandAttIeboro. . it unanimously."

Serving youth has been the He said the proposal of unionCatholic' Youtp, Organization, with Rome "would require rati­whose multifarious' activties fication by the national Anglicanwere coordinated by Rev. Walter churches because each nationalSullivan, also director of Cathe- church has a degree of' auto­dral Camp for Boys and. O'ur nomy" and the Anglican Church

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. THE ANCHOR-Diocese of F~II Ri~er-'l'.hur~. D.ec,3; J9704

In 19 Years as Ord;~Qr'1.

Bishop Connolly CombinedScholarship and Activity'

By Patricia McGowan

~USPICE MARIA-With the Help of Mary-is themotto on the coat of arms of His Excellency, theMost Reverend James L. Connolly, 0,0., Dr.Sc:Hist.since 1951 Bishop of the Diocese of Fall River. It

is a motto well chosen, for Mary, patroness of the Diocese,seems to have smiled on the episcopate of Bishop Connolly.'

Early LifeBishop, Connolly was born in

Fall River Noy. 15, 1894, the sonof the late Francis and AgnesMcBridge Connolly. At the age(If three days he was baptizedin St. Patrick's Church by Rev.J. F. Haney. His godparentswere Patrick Corrigan and HelenMannion. He grew up with twosis.ters and four brothers, allnow deceased. One, Bernardjoined him in the priesthood,serving as a Sulpician and aprofessor at St. Charles' Semi·nary, Catonsville, Md., until hisdeath in 1932.

The future Bishop 'graduatedfrom St. Patrick's School in,l~09

and from B. M. C. Durf~e HighSchool in 1913. He entered St.Charles 'Seminary, Catonsville,and continued his studies at theSulpician Seminary in Washng·ton. He was ordained Dec. 21,i 923 by Bishop Feehan in St.Mary's Cathedral, where he him· .self was to. ordain so manypriests in future years.

His first assignment was as aSummer assistant' at Our Ladyof Lourdes Church, Wellfleet,then he returned to Washngtonand from there went to LouvainUniversity, Belgium, where from1924 to 1928 he fulfilled the reo~uirements for a doctoral degreein historical science, which hereceived summa cum laude. .

The young priest's dissertationwas a study of John Gerson,15th century Chancellor of theVniyersity of Paris. Some 400pages long, 'it was the first suchstudy in English of the famousreformer' and mystic.

To St. PaulTogether with two other' Fall

River priests, Father Connollywas next assigned to the Arch·diocese of St. Paul, _Minn., atthe request of its Archbishop.The trio was dubbed "the threeWise Men from the East." Onebecame Archbishop of St. Paul,the late Most Rev. Willia'm O.

. Brady; one is pastor of a St. Paulchurch; Msgr. Francis J. Gilli·.gan; and in 1945-·Father· Connol·Iy was named Titular Bishop ofl\fylasa and Coadjutor, with theright of' succession, of the FallRiver Diocese.

Prior to his episcopal appoint·ment, Father Connolly hadtaught at St. Paul's major sem·inary also serving as rectorof both the minor and majorseminaries of the· Archdiocese.He was also instrumental inbringing the Rose' HawthorneLathrop Dominican Sisters to.St. Paul to found a cancer hos.pital. .

Bishop .Connolly;s consecra··tion took place in St. Paul onMay 24, 1945 with ArchbishopJohn Gregory Murray the presid­ing prelate. His chaplains wereRev. Russell J. McVinney, nowBishop of Providence and Rev.James J. Gerrard, now Fall'River's Auxiliary Bishop.

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HAPPINESS IS . . . . . : When two men of charitymeet, as was the case when the late beloved Pope JohnXXIII received Bishop Connolly in' his Vatican quarters.

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Cardinal Dearden said reformscould be accomplished if "wel­fare myths in the public mindare exploded by hard facts."

Citing statistics, the cardinalnoted that the assistance welfarefamilies receive does not enablethem to climb above the govern­ment's poverty income level;that many recipients are chil­dren, aged and disabled who can­not work; that investigationsshow that recipients are notcheaters; and that whites, not,blacks, make up 70 per cent ofthe state's welfare rolls.

"These facts," Cardinal Dear­den said, "show clearly that notonly are the poor victimized forgeneration after generation byour old-fashioned ideas but so issociety in general, and particu­larly the taxpayer. It would notonly be charitable, but in thelong run, economic to do what isright ,in view of 1970 conditions."

Cardina IDeardenUrges WelfareService Reform

DETROIT (NC)-Cardinal JohnDearden, urging reform of Michi­gan's welfare services, urgedhere that clothing allowances bemade immediately for poor chil­dren facing the winter months,

"Their misery cannot wait,"he said.

The cardinal-archbishop of De­troit said the state's welfaresystem should be modernized be­cause it "is out of joint with thetimes." He said the policiesshould be changed to conformto the realities, not myths, aboutpoverty. .

Cardinal Dearden has beenjoined by bishops of Michigan'sfour other Catholic dioceses ina statewide welfare reform cam­paign being waged by churchand civic groups.

Goal of the effort is to pro­vide a guaranteed income forthe poor, particularly welfare re­cipients.

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Lutherans, he stated flatly,"cannot accept 'a return toRome', theology. Cat\,!olics willhave to come. to face the realitythat other· Christian communi­ties in the world exist and arereal and have the same claim tocatholicity as the CatholicChurch has."

The Catholic Church, preparedby the events of Vatican II, Bish­op, Knutson said, is on the waito this recognition. When it isachieved, he stated, "then theway is made open for a reunion."

ministry and the Eucharist pre­pared by Catholic and Lutheranecumenists, said he believes thateventually reunion, when itcomes, "must be a reunion be­tween peers-between equals."

With CatholicsFavors ReunionDUBUQUE (NC) - Eventual

reunion of Catholics and Luther­ans is the dream of the newlyelected presiding bishop of theAmerican Lutheran Church.

Bishop Kent Sigvard Knutson,46, the youngest candidate nom­inated and elected to that topspot, said "both the CatholicChurch and the LutheranChurch agree that the Christiancommunities in this world oughtto be reconciled and to be in­volved. in such a way as to haveone communuity."

But Bishop Knutson, presidentof Wartburg Theological Semi­nary here, said that he does· notsee such a union as a realisticpossibility in this generation.

The. bishop, a contributor tothe forthcoming volume on the

. IO~EN-DOOR POLICY :The doors to BIShop ConnollY1s

office and home were ever open. The welcome to the lateThomas Cardinal Tien, exiled Archbishop of Peking, andApostolic Administrator of Formosa, was just one of manythat the Bishop extended over his 19 years as Ordinary.

IEAST MElETS WEST: Bishop Connolly receives Most

Rev. Lambert van Kessel, S.M.M., Bishop of Sintanf, Bo~­neo. The Montfort Bishop was one of many prelates frommission countries who received a warm welcome and leftas a beneficiary of Bishop Connolly's boundless charity. I

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FRIENDS MEET ~T PAPAL RECEPTION: Bishop tonnolly, extreme right, with hisfellow-townsman and former seminary superiors, the late Most Rev. William O. Brady,on the HolY Father's left, meet with Pope Pius XII on the occasion of the dedication ofthe new American College in Rome. i

LEADER IN CHRISTIAN UNITY MOVEMENT:Bishop Connolly greets the late Augustin Cardinal ijea,right, head of the Vatican Secretariat 'for Promoting Chris­tian Unity in March, 1963 at Boston College when theVatican official received an honorary degree. Viewing thewelcoming was Rev. John V. O'Connor, S.J., then pro­vincial of the Jesuits in the New England Province.

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.Bishop Connolly's 'ConcernBishop Connolly has never accepted any accomplish":.

ment brought about in the Diocese of Fall River during his. nineteen years as its shepherd as the work of his hands.ora tribute to himself. Rather, he has called all the manyevidences of Catholic vitality during these two decadesan ~xpression 'of the strong faith of the people of the Dio-cese. '

, . The physical signs of this faith. are impressive: churchesand chapels built to serve more people and to serve thembette'r; homes for the aged and the infirm and the excep­tional; schools and catechetical'centers for a deeper growthin the knowledge of God. There has been a mushroomingof programs of social welfare and concern, of educating,for stronger family life. There are more religious com­munities with a wider number of apostolates. There is a'weekly newspaper and television program.

And all these efforts have been introduced and en­couraged and inspired by and under Bishop Com~olly's

leadership over these nineteen years for the sake of people-to enable men and women and boys and girls and theaged and the exceptional and the utlderpIjviledged to· at­tain to' greater dignity as human beings ,and to attain toheaven as children of God. '

It has never been a matter of bricks for the sake ofbricks or programs for the sake of programs. It is a mat­ter. of serving the People of God.

To this work Bishop Connolly has devoted: a priest­ly life of forty-seven years, an episcopal life of more thantwenty-five years, nineteen of these as ordinary of theFall River Diocese. He has blended the unique talents of a .scholar and a man of action in serving God's People. Hehas taken seriously the words of St. Thomas Aquinas:"Better to light up than merely to shine, to deliver to otherscontemplated truths, than merely to contemplate.". The people of, the area - Catholic and non-Catholicalik~ - are the richer for having had Bishop' Connolly tolight up. their lives with a spirit of charity and concern,for having, had Bishop Connolly deliver to them the con­templated truths that all are children of God and brothersand sisters 'fo 'Ol1e a:nother~ charged 'with a concern forall."'·'

Although retired as head of the Diocese, he will as aBishop continue-please God, for many and happy years­.to fulfill this role of showing concern and inspiring concern,all in the interest of God's people

Against Life:,Some Massachusetts physicians attending the present

session of the American Medical Association in Bostonhave hiunched an attack on abortion. Dr. Barbara Rockettof Newton has asked the Association to "prove that itcan protect human life in all its' stages." Arid' ph'ysicianafter physician stood before' the AMA reference commit­tee and reaffirmed the rQle or'. the physician as a protectorof life in all its phases rather· than a' creature of societyand the state to perform "a~ortion on /demand."

Society h~s alw~ys looked upon the physican - ashe has looked upon himself - as the protector of life, fromthe' very first moment of conception to the very last breathof life. The great principle of medicine has always been­non noceat, do no harm.

Any program that seeks to solve society's ills byeliminating people is repugnant. .It brings back too manymemories of "final solutions." But, more than that, it isa campaign against life.

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Lady of Lake Camp for Girls uno, ~ouncil. It ~as the first to intro­til recently when Rev. Paul Mc-: duce evening Masses. and Satur­Carrick was appointed director. day· fulfillment of the Sunday

Special events through the obligation,' and in 1961. the,firstyears have been many. in 1952 evening ordinations in New En­came a four-day observance, of gland took. place in St. Mary's

,the, 100th . anniversary of the Cathedral.start of construction of St. In 1964 ~ Diocesan Commis­Mary's Cathedral.' Among ,six sion for, Christian Unity wasmonsignori created at this time established, 'and in .. 1966 the firstwas,,,M~gr. James J., Gerrard, Diocesan School Board was.whom 'Bishop Connnolly' was to nal:Jled. A Priests' Senate" alsoconsecrate as his Auxiliary in' forD;\ed in 1966 has as it&,respoD,­1959. ' .'~.. si~~!i!y c9.!].si<;leratjon; i,of ;~~t.he.

In' "1954' came the gololhl' ju,- pastoral, duty ok .pries!s, ' t\1ebiiee :observance of the 'founcl.-' priestly, ministry, ' priestly' prep­ing of the Fall River Diocese ,by aration and appropriate renewaLSt. PiusX. By happy coincidence, of, the religious life.,~'

the year also saw the canoniza- On Aug. 15, 1968, the, Bishoption of I;'ius, who had a special promulgated, a revised set ofplace in his heart for Fall River, Pro-Synodal. Statutes or, Diocesanthe first .Diocese he erected dur-' laws, governing Church life.' Hising' his papacy." . purpose was "to update Dioce-

An honor came from the Fran- san statutes as a means of im­ciscan Order of Friars Minor in plementing the cl.ecrees and di­1958, when it' affiliated the rectives, of Vatican II and ofBishop to its community, making providing ,clear 'guidelines forhim, the third prelate· in the na- uniform pastoral practice in min­tion to receive such recognition. istering to th,e 'spiritual needs of

"'This affiliation is given to tlie people of God in the Dio­those who love things 'FranCis- cese."can," said a spokesl:Jlan for the Among important changes in-Friars Mirior, at the time of the troduced by the statutes was the.ceremony. ,"It :gives the Bishop granting of faculties to prieststhe right to use the letters' from other parts of New En­'O.F.M.' 'after his nam~, should gland while' in the Fall Riverhe so desire:" , .Diocese. Other regulations gov-

Other recognition has· come, ern marriage imd funeral servicesfrom the Knig\1ts of <:;Qlumbus, and tJ1e celebration of Mass.~ho named Bishop, ConnollY a' Bringing great happiness toFourth Degree ,Knight'. 'lie was Bishop Connolly was the ap­the fourth member of the Mas· pointment of his former' chan­sachusetts hierarchy to rec,~i.ve cellor, ,Bishop Humberto S.the. honor. In 1954 the Ordinary Medeiros" as Ordinary of thereceived a cash, award and the Brownsville; Texas, Diocese.George Washington 'Honor Medal· Bishop Connolly conseCrated his.from the, Freedoms Foundation, friend in 'St. 'Mary'S Cathedral onfor a sermon on threats' to free-' June 9, 1966, and on June 29dom posed by academic revolu- was among 13 Bishops presenttiona~ies, among other. at Imml!-culate Conception Ca-

He has received honorary do~·· thedral in Brownsville when thetor of laws degrees from Boston new Ordinary was installed byCollege, Stonehill College, Holy" Archbishop Lucey of San An-Cross College, SMU,' and St. tonio. ' .Michael CollE)ge, and an honor- , . . "ary degree of doctor of sacred .Rec.ogn~~tng the unsung con-theology from Providence Col- "tnbutlOns of many to the worklege of ~he Fall River Diocese, Bish?p

. Connolly in 1967 introduced theIn Forefront Marian Medal award, which has

The Fall' ,River Diocese has since been presented to hundredsbeen in the forefront of imple-- of laity and ,religious who hav~

menting changes' in policy and notably served the people of'liturgical obsen'ances b}ought God.

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was erected. Later, when FatherCorry was made pastor of Proy­idence, he still administered, to ,the Fall River Mission. In 1838,Father Corry moved to FallRiver. There were then 450 Cath­olicsin the city.

On August 30, 1840, BishopFenwick of Boston came to FallRiver and dedicated the first St.Mary of the Assumption Church.In 1855, the present church wasdedicated. It had cost $50,000.The Know-Nothing Movementstruck at Fall River on July 12,1856 whim the original woodenchurch was burned to theground.

Soon Catholics multiplied andimmigrated. Other parishes, wereformed throughout the city. ,

In 1872 the territory became apart of the Diocese of Provi­dence, R.I. The parish church ofSt. Mary was cpnsecrated dur­ing a three day celebration onSept. 7, 1901.

On March 12, 1904, Pope St,Pius X created the Diocese ofFall River. St. Mary of the As­sumption became a cathedral.The Rev. William Stang, a priestof Providence, R.I. became the,first bishop and he was formallyinstalled on M,ay 8, ·1904.. ,The second Bishop of Fall'River was a priest of ~oston

from F:,it~hburg, Bishop Daniel F.Feehan. He, was both consecrat­ed a bishop here and during theceremonies was formally instal­led as Bishop of 'Fall ,River.

On WednesdaY,December 1~,

another priest of Boston, MostRev, Daniel A. Cronin, will,enter the cathedral and be ledto the "same cathedra or; epis~o­pal chair. He will' then 'preside''as the fifth Blsh.Op-rij{ Fal,:Ri'v~~.r;Now 297,418 CatholiCs:fibm 114parishes will raIiy, arou1'!d theirnewly sentreligibus leader,

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VATICAN CITY - Yugoslaviabecame, the first European com~

munist country" to have an am­bassador'to the, Holy See. WhenVjekoslav Cvrlje r~cently pre­sented his credentials to popePaul 'VI and said YugoslavianPresident Josip Broz Tito andthe Yugoslavian people highlyappreciated 'th'e '. Pope's effortsfor a just' and lasting peace.

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years as Bishop came in Octo­ber, 1967 when the Ordinarywelcomed the Most Rev. LuigiRaimondi, Apostolic Delegate tothe United States, to the Dioceseupon· the ,occasion of the dedica­tion of Bishop Connolly HighSchool in Fall River.

On Sunday, May 24, 1970 theaccomplishments and m.emoriesof 25 years culminated at a Massat St, Mary's Cathedral, followedby a banquet at which membersof the hierarchy, clergy, anc;l re- ,ligious orders and lay represen­tatives of the 114 parishes in theDiocese gathered. '

Bishop Connolly's apostolicsuccession has been traced fromhis consecrator, Most Rev. JohnGregory Murray, back throughthe centuries to Pope GregoryXII, who died in 1417. Behindthat date, records are hazy, butthe truth remains: here is an·other Christ, a man walking inthe footsteps of the Apostle!',The prayers of his 'people are ,with him that he may enjoymany more "happy days."

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Hawaii Has High Abortion RateHONOLULU (NC)-A survey olic, was criticiz~d by some

of hospitals throughout these groups, including the Hawaiiislands disclosed that there has Catholic Herald newspaper, forbeen one abortion for(,every five not vetoing the bill.live births since the state's ne'N Dr. Roy G. Smith, who tooklaw went into effect last March. part in the survey said: "Clear-

The study was made by the Iy there has been no rush to theUn.iversity of Hawaii's public state by non-residents in searchhealth school. of abortions."

At the time the legislation wasbeing considered by the legisl!i­ture, opponents warned that ifenacted, the law would turnHawaii into the "abortion capitalof the world."

Gov. John Burns permitted thelegislation to become law with­out his signature. Burns, a Cath-

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tine's Day, I, married a girlnamed Rosemary Sullivan, if thatgives you the picture," he toldNC News.

"I" .h~ve gone. to a Catholicchurch every Sunday since I wasmarried," Willson said. "I still,enjoy going to the Congregation­alist church, too." He said hismother was superintendent ofthe Sunday School at the Con­gregational Church in MasonCity, Iowa, where he was raised.

Mass of the Bells is writtenfor piano and voice, but can b~

adapted for guitar or 'any otherinstrument, Willson said.

He 'said he did not knowwhere the work would be per­formed for the first time.

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FOUNDER OF SPECIAL CCD TRAINING COURSES:Receiving CCD certificates in St. Mary's Cathedral, FallRiver on the completion o~ their course were three mem­bers of a class of 65, John .Lascha, So. Dartmouth; BishopConnolly, Maria Cabbecids, Attleboro; James Mullane,So. Yarmouth. I '

Mass of i the BellsComposer Meredi~h Wills·on Comp'letes

New Mu~ical WorkI

LOS ANGELES (NC)-It tookcomposer-author Meredith Will.son. just over a year to finish anew musical work: Mass of theBells.

The Mass was completedmuch sooner than two previou~works, Willson said. "Musit:. IMan" took almost seven year~.

"The Unsinkable Mollie Browni'took nearly three. .

"Of course with 'The MusicMan' and 'Mollie Brown' I waswriting the whole thing," Will­son said-lyrics as well as musid.In this case, he said, it was krelief to have the lyrics writte~by someone else. . I

Two thousand years of Iitu~- .gical evolution and modificationhave produced very good lyricsindeed, he added. I

The music in Willson's Mas~sounds like the bells that yohhear on' Sunday morning "frorrtseveral different churches atonce," he said.. .

"There. i~ sometimes a disson·an'ce when' you hear several bellsat once," he said, "but it is abeautiful dissonance." I

Why did Willson-born and'reared a Congregationalist ..j..compose a Mass

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SchoolsUnder Bishop Connolly's di­

rection 14 elementary schoolsand three special schools wereestablished in the diocese. Ele­mentary schools are:

Sacred Heart, Taunton, St.Joseph, Taunton; 51. Anthony,Taunton; Our Lady of Lourdes,Taunton; Espirito Santo, FallRiver.

St. Michael, Fall River; St.Stanislaus, Fall River; St. 'Mary,New Bedford; S1. George, West­port; St. John the Baptist, NewBedford.

St. Peter, Provincetown; St.Mary, Fairhaven; St. John, Attle·boro; Holy Name, Fall River.

The special schools are theNazareth Schools for Excep­tional Children in Fall River,Hyannis and Attleboro.

CentersParish and CCD centers built

under the Bishop's direction,number 15. These are:

St. William, Fall River; St.Mary, Mansfield; ImmaculateConception, No. Easton; St.Mary, No. Seekonk; St. FrancisXavier, Hyannis.

St. Joseph, C>ighton; St. Mary,Norton; St. Mary, So. Dart­mouth; St. Margaret, BuzzardsBay; St. Theresa, So. Attleboro.

M,t. Carmel, Seekonk; Immac­ulate Conception, Fall River; St.Patrick, Falmouth; St. Joan ofArc, Orleans; Our Lady ofFatima, New Bedford.

ParishesBishop Connolly established

15 parishes during his 19 yearsas Ordinary of the Diocese ofFall River. These include:

St. Mary, New Bedford; St.Anthony, Mattapoisett; OurLady of Grace, No. Westport;St. Pius X, So. Yarmouth; HolyRedeemer, Chatham.

St. Augustine, Vineyard Ha­ven; Our Lady of Victory, Cen­terville; Our Lady of Fatima,Swansea; St. Ann, Raynham,Our Lady of the Cape, Brew­ster.

Holy Cross, No. Easton; OurLady of Fatima, New Bedford;St. Elizabeth, Edgartown; St.Julie, No. Dartmouth.

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Ann, Raynham; Espirito Santo,Fall River; St. Anthony of Padua,Fall River; Holy Ghost, Attle­boro.

St. Mark, Attleboro, 51. Mary,Mansfield; St. Casimir, NewBedford; Holy Cross, No. Easton;Mt. Carmel, Seekonk.

Holy Trinity, West Harwich;S1. Hedwig, New Bedford; St.Mary, Fairhaven; Queen of Mar­tyrs, Mashpee, St. Julie, No.Dartmouth.

St. Augustine, Vineyard Ha­ven, St. Thomas More, Somerset.

In addition, he has supervisedadditions to churches in Hyan­nis, Buzzards Bay, East Fal­mouth, Ocean Grove, Chatham,Bass River, Dennisport andEastham.

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Sister Joan Davis, SND w.illspeak on Psychological. Factorsin Religious Experience onThursday, Dec. 3 at 8 p.m. atSacred Hearts Academy,' 466-·Prospect St., Fall River; and onFriday, Dec. 4 at 10 a.m. at theCCD Office, "446 Highland Ave.,Fall River. At that time SisterJoan will discuss the basic needof man to live fully and to cel­ebrate the various aspects of life.She will show how true religiousexperience fulfills these needs.

,Sister Joan, a teacher at BishopStang High School in NorthDartmouth, is vitally involved inthe programs of the' school andof the surrounding community.Decause of this she will sharethe experience of one who dailymeets the challenge of living andwho finds meaning underscoredin religious experience. SisterJoan ·briftgs her scllo:laTly'expert­ise from a background which in­dudes masters degrees in Englishand in ·Psychology. She is' cur­rently . enrolled in advancedstudies at Catholic University,,Washington, D. C.

This is the third in a seriesof enrichment programs spon­sored by the Diocesan CCD Of­fice under the direction of Rev.Ronald A. Tosti for the: benefitof religious coordinators, direc­tors and educ:;ators. For more in­formation, call the Fall RiverCCD Office: 676-3036.

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Malcolm-King students belongto 'the hitherto neglected 21-40age bracket, plus working adultsborn too early' to benefit fromtoday's open enrollment orother inducements that mighthave made college a possibility.Many of them are marking timein dead-end jobs because theylack the college credit to moveup the career ladder.

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NEWCOMERS RECEIVE BENEFACTOR: Bishop Con--nolly enters the Regina Pads Cent~r,NewBedford when thePuerto Ricans gathered to express their .gratitude to theOrdinary for his thoughtful consideration of their plightas newcomers to the area.

NEW YORK (NC)-Malcolm-. King, an' institution pf' higherlearning the hard way, is morethana 'college. It's an unusualcommunity commitment; withoutan ,address.

In central Harlem, one of thenation's better known ghettos,with a population of more than140,000 imd no educational facil ..ities above junior high le\'el,Malcolm-King is an unfundedprogra~ cal1ied on, solelythrough volunteer. services.

Malcolm-King: Harlem Exten­sion College has' no tuition.· Onlyentrance requirement is Ii highschool diploma.

It b~gan with. an idea ·of Mrs.Mattie Cook, David Spencer andBerlin Kelly, vitally interestedand involved in their, Harlemcommunity. In 1968 th~y,askt'd

Marymount College, staffed byReligious of the Sacred Heart ofMary to help transform theirdream of an institution of high­er learning within the Harlemcommunity into reality. ..

The nuns at Marymount-Man­hattan, who had been workingin a, tutorial program for chil­dren in one 'of the local schools,responded with a pilot course' intheatre arts... Then the, College of Mount St.

Vincent and Fordham Universityjoined Marymount-Manhattan inmaking Malcolm-King an accred­ited extension' school. Today it'smore than a dream~come-true.

,The faculty at .Malcolm-Kingnow consists pf qualified profes­sors and instructors from thethree accrediting colleges -andot~er participaling institutions'which :indude: Marymount Col-

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frame was that it was packedaway with all the ,Christmasornaments when the whole sea­son was over. We finally foundit on Christmas eve when wetook out the decorations for thetree. And that's a little late for~n Advent wreath-even for me.

The traditional prayers andcandle lighting c~lll for one lead­er each week - the father, themother, the oldest child and the.youngest child each ,taking a,separate week.,'.' 'In too avera8e Cathoiic ,home,

, It's ,a 'guacant~ed 'failure. Thereare 'generally. more than twochildren. ' What -happens to altthe middle 'ones who never geta tum? U's easy to say it isn'timportant who ,lights the can­dles. ,But try to explain that toa middle child.

If'we were to have any peaceat all, we had to decide it reallywasn't important who lit thecandles, and give each one aturn. We started with the oldest,and worked day by day, childby child. The little ones gotsome help, but each. had thefeeling he was part of it.

But, with eight children andseven days in the week" and theuneven count on the days of

. Advent, some of them got fo.urturns, some only three. Therewas constant counting ahead tosee who was going to get eachday. The big thi~g was to bethe first one to light all fourcandles. And 'heaven forbid thatsomehow it wor){ed out to bethe' same who lit them last year.

'We ran into trouble with, theprayers, too. Our youngest wasgenerally in the Pablum-blowingrather than the' Scripture-,reading stage. And we alwayshad a few that had not yetma'stered' "See Ann run...·

'Let Sister Be Sick'

They were unable to read--orunderstand - the prescribedprayers. But they knew thatprayer was t!ilking to God. So,along with our other departuresfrom custom, we let each childcompose and say his 'own specialprayer for the night.

Generally it worked prettywell. There were pious thoughts,serious thoughts ... even occa-sionally a noble thought. '

Whether or not some of theprayers were appropriate forAdvent was somewhat quest.ion-·

. able.' "Jesus, please let Sister besick tomorrow. Not very sick.Just enough to keep her fromcoming to school. 'Cause she'sgiving a test tomorrow and Iwas sick the day she t!iught itand now I don't know it for thetest and 'if' she's sick' I won'thave to take it."

At least, it 'was honest, simple. and' since~e.

'But .one of the little onesreally" made it aU worthwhile.'"Baby, Jesus, please make this

" Christmas a' happy 'time for:eyery~me ." .,in the .whole ,world.;' .

By

MAltY'

CARSON

As Advent begins, the children always remind me,"You forgot to buy the Advent stuff again!" Maybe if Iwas organized, I'd think to order th~ traditional wreathkit in advance. But I never think of anything in advance.

I did think of it ahead oftime - once, years ago. It waslate Saturday afternoon, theday before Advent. I wasdoing my grocery shopping andhad no time or intention of go­ing any place beyond the super­market.

I asked about Advent wreaths.The stock boy gave me a blank'look; thought for a while then

Advent -Wreat!h Cle~emonyNe'eds Alteratiiotas H'ere "

said, "Lady, I don't know whatyou're talking about."

I explained it was a wireframe that held four candles,three purple and one pink. Hecouldn't understand why I could'possibly want purple candleswhen everyone else wanted redand green ones - which theydidn't have either. So I got whitecandles, and as every otheryear, we tried to make our, own.

Some Sort of Record

We've probably" made moreunsuccessful Advent wreaths

, than any family in the world.Since it is supposed to be some­

what round, we tried using a bigplate as the base. By melting anold candle, we made a puddle'of wax on the plate, and quicklystuck the base of one of the .newcandles into our "holder." As ithardened, it firmly glued thecandle to the' plate.

By the time we got the fourthone stuck to the plate, the sec­ond one had come loose. After a'few "more tries, we got all fourcandles standing at the sametime.

We took cuttings from theshrubbery and tucked' them, all'around the candles. I was con­gratulating myself on my fore­sight when we added the greens.I could see them as they dJ;iedout, very neatly dropping alltheir needles onto the plate in:stead of all over the table. '

I hadn't counted on how muchthey would dry out before theyshowed it. When the candlesburned low, the waJ{' base soft-'ened, the candles fell over andset fire to the greens. At least itwas very neat and all stayed ontile plate instead of all over thetable. -

The kids thought that wasmore exciting than the prayers.

Another year, as the 'boys'carpentry skill inc'reased, they'decided to make a real frame.They cut a,base out of wood'andmade candle holders out of nails.Again we added cut green,sfrom the garden and it was a

'big improvemenLover the' platesystem. The candles just leanedinstead of falling qver. . "

The oQ!Y. dI:aw~a(;k. to '. this

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ElizabethUnity

LONDON (NC)-Queen Eliza­beth 11 called for Christian unityin opening the first session ofthe General Synod of the Churchof England.

"If there is one matter whichshould exercise the thoughts ofall synods it is that we shouldat all times work for closerChristian harmony and unitythroughout the world," the queensaid.

"Many people are looking forChristian guidance in these com­plicated and challenging times.Clear principles are needed toguide us in our public and eco­nomic lives in the making of agreat social pattern.. "Let us not forget that the

Church of' England is but partof the great Anglican community'which itself is but a part of theeven greater Christian commu­nity."

Queen Elizabeth is the firstmonarch in modern history toattenCl an ecclesiastical synod.

-She spoke at Church Housewhere the new governing bodyfor the church met. Its 550 mem­bers bring together its bishops,priests and laity, replacing the50-year-old Church Assemblyand the mueh older convocationsof laity and clergy.

The synod opened with a serv­'ice in nearby Westminster Ab­_ bey, London's principal Anglican

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build or improve their homes,"he. continued.

"Best of all, they are contrib­uting their research to the workof the Pope's fund. There is anongoing survey on the social and

, economic conditions, the dwell­ings, the diet of the Cauca inhab­itants. Our aim is to formulateintermediate technology - nottoo big a step away from theprimitive skills of the people, soas to make practical gains," hesaid.

, To the volunteer efforts of theuniversity students - most ofthem from well to do families­will be added the more substan­tial work of a trained team oftwo priests, two nuns and fourlaymen.

Ta,bles"TurnsPrelate Stresses Students' Responsibility

Toward Colombia Poor'

',SICK ALWAYS CLOSE TO HIS HEART: BishopConnolly confir~s the late Frank Silvia in his Somersethome when the youth was seriously ill. Former Fire ChiefLussieroof Somerset acted as sponsor. '

,Rescue Mission i,

I,C,O l'Cu I,ot:~d' RiskiWASHINGTON' (NC)-Mixed

reaction to renewed U. S. bombting of North Vietnam and to th~

thwarted attempt to rescue U. S,prisoners of war came fromU. S. Catholic clergymen con~

tacted after the news broke. j WASHINGTON (NC)-The $1The actions were "unwise,y million given by Popc Paul VI

f to make .farmers aware of theirsaid Bishop 'Victor J. Reed 0 own re's·oi.lrces·' in' Colombia mayOklahoma City and Tulsa. "Thb,only excuse I could see i,s. that . be also helping the rich there tothe North Vietnamese are not' become social-minded, saidobserving the Geneva 'Co"n~en:' Msgr.. Luig~ Ligutti, Vatican ob­tions (on treatment of POWs).~' server to the United Nations

. i Food and. Agriculture Organiza-The, actions "hardly seem tion (FAO).

justified by' the possible conse:- "I was talking to some 150quences," BJshop Reed said, i"i- students at the' University ofdicating that he thought th~ Popayan in southern Colombia,raids would "jeopardize the who were protesting the injus­peace negotiations'! in Paris. tices of the establishment,"

Archbishop Francis J. Furey of Msgr. Ligutti said, "and I turnedSan Antonio, on the other hand, tables on them."said: "It is unfortunate that the~ He told the youths:(U. S. troops) did not succeed. "Here you are, writing poetry,It is a wonderful thing that they .. and 15 miles from here hundredstried. I'm sorry that it failed: !.' are illiterate. You are medical

"My main fear is that ther~ students, yet you are surroundedmay be retaliation against the by dying infants in the poorerprisoners," held in North Vie~- neighborhoods. ,Your schools ofnam camps. I a~chitectur~' and engineering. are

"It was a calculated risk.j' filled, but you have done httleArchbishop F~rey said. "I'm sur1e for ~ ~he . hun~reds of ~omelessthe President and his council had famlhes In thiS valley,~n9- thosethe peace talks in mind." ! who have a roof have ,no drink-

ing watcr nor sewers. ,"You are responsible for these'

people-you, the future doctors"nurses, bUilders: educators. Getout and help them."

The monsignor said he pur-'posely set out to anger the stu­dents because he needed theircooperation.

"And I got it," he said."You see," he told the ~C

News in a stop-off here duringhis return trip to Rome, "thePope's Populorum ProgressioFund is beginning to be app,1iedin the Cauca Valley to educatesmall farmc::.rs-Indians, whites,

,blacks - into better agriculturalmetho'ds and better living.

"The students themselves haveformed teams to visit the out­laying areas on weekends,bringing medical assistance,teaching, helping these people

Play Hookey to Raise ,$42,000 for School 'I

RACINE (NC) - The enti~e

1,000-member student bO,dy ofSt. Catherine's High' School he~e

. played hookey for a day. Schoolofficials not only lauded, butrewarded the action. ,

The students, with some fac-• I

ulty members and parents,staged a march through the Wi~­consin city and raised $42,300for the financially hard pressJdschool. '

After the march, the Domini­can Sisters who staff the sChoQl,parents and friends served ham­burgers, cakes, soft drinks to t~e

fatigued marchers. Thescho~1

has immediate need for $100,0<;10to meet current costs.

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Catholic Mother Heads'Theological Union

BERKELEY (NC)-A Catholicmother of four has been chosenhead of Berkley's ecumenicalGraduate Theological Union.

Mrs. A. Crawford Greene, Jr.,an attorney's wife, is, the newboard chairman of the theolog­ical complex including Catholic,Protestant and Jewish participa­tion. She succeeds the Rev. PaulYingcr, of Piedmont, who re­mains on the board.

women (with the waistlinefinally returning ,after so manyyears in hiding. But for what­ever reason you want to cite, allsigns indicate a trend to wavesand curls.

Layer(!d, ShopedSome call it the Ape,others

the shag, but whatever the de­scription the "in" haircut islayered and shaped so that' theback is longer than the front.This type of hairdo is perfect ifyour hair is thick and has agreat deal of body, but if fine,wispy hair is your problem thenthe only way you can wear thishaircut is with the addition ofbody via a permanent,

Chignons are still very popu­lar, even though they sleek thehair back; but in order to makethem more feminine wispy ten­drils 'are allowed to escape in theback and over the ears. Sort ofa more controlled washer­woman hairdo.

The younger generation, whocan afford longer, more fly-awaycoiffures will be able to let theifnaturally curly locks fall freeand shoulder length. Those over30 will want more control andless of a "carefree, casual" look.

If you would like to try one ofthe new curly haircuts, yet hesi­tate to chop off your long manethat has taken you a couple ofyears to grow, then by all meansinvest in a wig, However, if youdo buy one don't do it for rea­sons of saving money, do it forreasons of fashion.

I have never yet met anyonewho saved money by buying ahairpiece, unless she had theability to do her' own hair. Ifyou are not handy with y~urhair, you will find that you will

It seems only yesterday that young girls were turning:to the ironing board and the flatiron to straighten their:curly locks, hairdressers were besieged with requests forihair straighteners, and curly locks were taboo., women'sllfashions Hre like New En- "gland weather, if you don't be equ~lIy ."all: th.u,mbs" with

l'k .. . . t your wig and hairpieces. Never-I1 e It, Just walt a mmu e, th"eless, they are fun to own and:

thE:refore curly locks are give you a chance to change youragain rising in popularity. hairdo as quickly as you can

While the teased look has fast change your dress.disappeare~, a more feminine, : Isoft look is replacing it, com- Hair Accessoriesplete with tendrils and curls. ; Along with the accent onPerhaps it was the dropping of softer hairdos, this season willthe hemline, and the emphasis find more emphasis on hair ac~on more female-like fashions for cessories. Chignons are tied backt: ~;;:;:;#d;..&:::J in lovely crocheted or knitted

bun wraps, sporty plain ,ones fordaytime or sparkiy, jewellcovered cages' ~or evening. , I

Barrettes are getting largerand brighter and are becomingalmost as much of an acce.ssorymust as a good handbag, so 'oneneeds a variety of them. ;

IIn short, one of the most

sparkling decorations on thi~year's Christmas scene will beyou and your holiday coiffure. I

You, Your H,oliday Coiffure:Will Adorn Yule Scene !

He is grate-

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As he expresses his thankfulness, the Holy Father

assures his prayers for your beloved people and imparts

.most cordially to the entire Diocese of Fall River his

Apostolic Blessing.

With sentiments of cordial and fraternal regard"

I remain

The Most Reverend James L. ConnollyBishop of Fall River39'+ Highland AvenueFALL RIVER, 'Massachusetts

SPIRITUAL DEVELOPMENT: LaSalette Center for Christian Living, Attleboro con­structed in 1964.

, Sincerely yours in Christ,.

ful ,for the sentiments that prompted your people to

contribute to the· :works of the Apostolic See. He

realizes~hat the donations were made with effort

and involved faith and love; he is appreciative of

all of this.

worldling, visits him, notthrough "kindness but out of 'in­quisitiveness. Is Dawson mad?No. Broken perhaps; possiblysick. Whatever, his trouble allgoes back to that terrible school.

Mr. Read is - an ingeniousma~ipulator who arbitrarily putshis creature Dawson through aseries of hQops. It is a slickperformance without profound­ity and with very little rel;:ttion-ship to reality. '

THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Thurs. Dec. 3, 1970

RT. REV.

MSGR..

JOHN S.

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"Non-Co'nformist' PriestWrites Autobio,graphy

- Anyone who' has rea~ a book by Marc Oraison, theFrench priest who ,is also a,"physi<;>ian and surgeon knowsthat Oraison is distinctly unconventional. One would verylikely want to know more about·him';, F:ather ~raison nowsatisfies such curiosity in '

busy address'ing seminariansStrange Voyage (Double- and priests, testing candidatesday, 501 Franklin Ave., Gar- for the priesthood, counseling,den City, N.Y. 11531. $5.95), priests ,'on their problems'. Hewhich he calls "the autobiogra- was soon in trouble with thephy ofa non-conformist." Ye,; pre-Vatican II Holy Office, andindeed. ' attempts were made to stop him

from publishing: But he hadstaunch defenders ,in the Frenchhierarchy.

Christ CentralIn ,the midst of his difficulties,

it never occurred ,to him.to leavethe priesthood, 'much less theChurch. He repeatedly assertshis faith in' Christ and in theChurch.

He is critical of much out·moded structuring which he seesas at odds with inescapablepresent reality, but he respectsauthority and regards as, neces­sary obedience.properly under­stood.

Interwoven with Father Orai­son's account of his life is' thedevelopment" of the, ideas andprinciples which govern hismature'! thought, with particu­

,Iar emphasis, on love and recon·cilation, and with Christ centraland all enlightening.

'Monk Dawson'To read Piers .'Paul Read's

novel Monk Dawson (Lippin­cott, E. Washington Sq. Phila­delphia, Pa'. 19105. $5.95) atabout the same time that oneis reading the Oraison book, isto think con!!,iderably less ofthe former than one might other­wise do. Mr. Read's novel ismarked by cleverness and glib­ness, but it does not reallyplumb the mystery it purportsto solve.

The mystery is that of thelife of Edwa'rd Dawson, whomthe narrator, Robert Winter­man, first meets at an Englishpreparatory school run by Bene­dictines.

When at the ,end of schooldays, ,Winterman goes off tothe university, Dawson remainswith the Bened.ictines, con­vinced that in the religious lifehe will be able to fulfill hisstrong, if" inchoate, desire tohelp people.

Leaves ChurchHe is ordained, serves in the

school as a teacher, becomesdissatisfied with that, shifts tothe parish attached to the mon­astery, is more zealous thanprudent, and departs to join theparish clergy in London.

He begins writing articles forthe daily press, and his extremeviews get him in trouble. Healso discovers that helping peo­ple raises considerable problemsfor the would-be helper. Heleaves the prieshood and th::!Church, saying that his f~lith

has gone. '. Slick PerformanceHe gets work as a newspaper

feature writer, goes to liv~with

a wealthy widow, is discardedby her, marries another woman

. whom he soon grows to loathe,is ,overwhelmed by Marxist ar­gument, contemplates suicid~

only to have his wife commitit ' ~

At the end, he is a Trappist'monk. Winterman, now a jaded

In 1931, Oraison entered the'university at 17, already in-,tending to become a doctor.There he encountered the im­pact of scientific fact; andsensed the conflict between thisand a simplistic, naive conceptof religion" "I already felt theneed to articulate a fU!1damentalact of faith both in Christ and

,in the things I was just dis­covering."

His social life during univer­sity days was active and joyous;he was something of a cham­'pion waltzer, as well as theproducer of' plays and musicalrecital,>. And all the' while he·was doing hospital work .inpreparation for'a medical career.'

It was during the occupation'of France that he was drawn

to the priesthood. "The inabilityof medicine to resolve the, prob­lem of death led me to the de­sire to' 'say Mass' - that is,to make the Resurrection, pres­ent in our daily lives."

Discovers FreudHe went to the seminary at '

'the Institut Catholique inParis. At the time he was 29years old, and he found the sem'­inary regulations irksome andin large measure unreasonable.'

When, for example, Paris wasbeing bombed in 1944, the rec­tor's supreme concern was thatthe order of the seminary not bedisrupted and that its isolationfrom the surrounding world bestriCtly maintained.

In the marriage course, theprofessor asked Oraison, as adoctor, to give two lectures on'sexual physiology.. In his prep­aration, he became dissatisfiedwith the ,idea of sexuality asmerely organic, and it was thenthat he made hi!!, .ct"iscovery ofFreud and psychoanalysis, bywhich his thinking wouldthenceforth be influenced.;

Counsels PriestsHe was' ordained ,in 1948,

and became a student-curate atLa Trinite in Parish. He con­tinued' to work on a thesis forthe doctorate in theology, andtook as his subject the, prob­lems of sexuality. in the lightof psychoanalysis.

This was later published' asChristian Life and Problems ofSexuality. He was awarded hisdegree with the highest distinc-tion. '

It vyoas not long before he was

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Welfare Bureau, New Bedford;St. Anne's Hospital, Fall River;Catholic Memorial Home, FallRiver; Fa'mily Life Bureau; Sa­cred Heart Home, New Bedford.

Rose Hawthorne Lathrop Can­cer Home; Cathedral Camp,Lakeville; Catholic Youth Organ­ization, Fall River; St. Vincentde Paul Health Camp; HomeNursing, White Sisters, Fall Riv­er.

Catholic Youth Organization,New Bedford; St. John's DayNursery, Fall River; BishopStang Day Nursery, Fal1 River;Catholic Community Center, Fal1River; Catholic Youth Organiza­tion, Taunton.

St. Francis Residence, Fall Riv­er; Nazareth Hal1, Fall River; Di­ocesan Guilds for the Blind andthe Deaf; Our Lady of the LakeGirls Camp; Nazareth on theCape.

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T~ Pakistan Appea~. OTTAWA (NC) - Protestant,

Anglican and Catholic churchJsin Canada pledged, more than$72,000 within 36 hours for re­lief of victims of, the cyclorleand tidal wave in East Pakistah.The pledges bega'n to mou~tshortly after news of the disasterreached this country. r

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olics would concede that suchweird innovations are cause forconcern.

So while the reader winces atthe inept continuation of the sec­ond class liturgical status ofwomen, he must agree that"liturgical reform is no.t all syn­onymous with so-called desacral­ization and is not intended as anoccasion for what is called secu­larization."

And those who have growntired of quirky eccentricities ofsome clerics can only say"amen". (or perhaps, "so be it")to the comment, "The priestshould keep in mind that, byimposing his own personal res­toration of sacred rites, he isoffending the rights of the faith­ful and introducing individualismand idiosyncrasy into the "cele­brations which belong to thewhole Church."

One' suspects, however, thateven though much of what theInstruction says is pertinent, itis not going to be very effective.Not only the liturgical craziesare going to ignore it but manymoderates, turned off by pressreports that the document is anattempt to "turn' back theclock," are not even likely toread it.

Deplores Curb onDecision-Making

Like most Roman documents, the recent Instruction.on the Sacred Liturgy reads much better in its entiretyIthan in the garbled accuonts of the newspapers. It is un-Ifortunate that the Vatican is still unable to cope with itshorrendous press relations I

problem. The Instruction is ~hority. to engage. in liturgical;especially-and quite cor- innovatIOn on theIr ?wn..~hey

. must apply to Rome "In WrIting·"rect1y-~oncerned w~th some and must not anticipate permis-!of the blzarr~ aberratlOn~ that sion before it is given.have. crept Into the hturgy. The national hierachies, in'Cookies and Coca Cola for com- other words cannot be trustedmunion, I~opard skins on the to make their own decisions but!altar, erot!c dances at the offer- like little children must demon-'tory, re~dl~gs from Franz ~anon strate that their understandingor ChaIrman Mao, marIjuana of the situation in their ownibefore the homily-most Cath- countries validates their request

for new experiments.Second Class Citizens i

Feminists should not be upsetthat the Instruction treats themlike second, class citizens; bish­ops are treated like' second clasJcitizens, too. I

The .Instruction, however modierate and gentle its language;leaves no doubt about its basicassumption that the nationaihierarchies work for the Con­gregation and operate within aframework circumscribed by it~authority. Paradoxically, it isthis very assumption that makesit difficult if not impossible fotthe bishops to deal with th~crazies.

For if you lack all real powerto make decisions, then you lackpower to restrain those whowander off the reservation~much less creating a situationon the reservation where thos~who wander off are small innumber and not taken very seri-ously. ' I

Fluid Circumstances '

The whole point, It seems tome, of the teaching of Vatican IIabout collegiality is that in cir'.cumstances as fluid and dynamj~

as is to be found at the presen~,

you have to rely on the goo~ .sense, intelligence, orthodoxyand faith of those close to th::lsituation. The extent to whichthere has been chaos in the post­Vatican Church is a measure cifthe failure of this principle tobecome operational. I

I would not deny the needfor some sort of central coordi­nating body in the Church. In­deed, I think that' somethinglike the Congregation for DivineWorship is absolutely essential;but if the principle of subsidiar­ity means anything, it ought t~mean that this Congregatiohshould maximize the freedomand the decision-making powJrat the grass roots. !

In other words, if the SacredCongregation trusted the localbishops, there'd be fewer prob­lems with the crazies.

Credibility Problem

The tone of the document indi­cates that the Congregation ofthe Liturgy is not really awareof its credibility problem, muchless of the fact that the instruc­tion may make the problemworse. The only explanation forthe deviance from officialnorms of which the Instructionseems aware is a kind ,of rest­less search for novelty.

That there are some innova-. tors who lack good historical,theological and artistic insight-to say nothing of good taste- is all too obvious. But themore basic question would bewhy did a situation arise inwhich the crazies could run wildand the moderates are stronglytempted to act as though' theCongregation for Divine Wor­ship does not exist.

I think that part of the expla­nation can be found at the endof the document. The bishopsare rather stern'jy admonishedthat they do not have the au-

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way to keep o'ptions open soparents will have an alternativ~

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Total'Education ."We are aiming toward aca~

demic excellence and total edu­cation," she explained. "HEPprovides a means to do this:' It.wfll' assist in'are!as 'that schoois'hard-pressed by loss of facult;and finances, have seen .neces-sary to cut back on." ', At St. Monica's school here, aHEP beginning sports program'has been launched by Joe Chris­topher of the New York Mets'major league baseball team.Other programs .led by HEP Vol­unteers are in areas of art,music, cooking and sewing.

Academic and vocational areaswill be included, Mrs. Roomesaid, as soon as trained person­nel capable of meetiJlg state re­quirem'ilnts for certification areavailable. "It will be the enthu­siasm 'of the volunteers that willmake or break HEP/ she added.

When HEP is fully operative,Mrs. Roome expects it to assistin high schools as well as theelementary schools which aremost in need and where HEPworks now.

Mrs. Roome said she '''justcouldn't say 'no' " t9 worki~g onthe HEP project because of herconviction that parochial ,schoolsneed to be saved. "I can onlyhope," she said, "others will feelthe same."

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the challen'ges of today's worldand to prepare students to facethem." ,

It is Mrs. Roome's hope that11)0st of HEP's strength "willcome from within the parishesinvolved. While we recruit vokunteers fr~m outside; a parish­ioner or parent who is qualifiedwill have 'a vested interest andbe !llore concerned that the pro­grams succeeds."

To attract volunteers to whatMrs. Roome described as the"first massive move toward 'vol­unte,er education in the -city,HEP staff members will visitcolleges, meet with volunteer­oriented groups in tne archdio­cese and appeal at parish andparent meetings. In addition,HEP will offer an as yet unde­termined stipend which, accord­ing to Mrs. Roome, will be suf­ficient to cover babysitting feesfor any mothers who wanted to'volunteer.

Mrs. Roome sees HEP as a

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religious freedom law now beforePortugal's parliament has beengreeted with reserve by Lisbon'sCatholic 'daily. The paper, Novi­dades, sa'id that the absence ofany major interreligious conflictshere is evidence that Portugalalready practices religious tolera­tion and does not' urgently neednew laws in this field.

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Plans' to Observe19th Centenary

COCHIN (NC)-Year'long cel­ebrations will be held in 1972in India to mark the 19th cen·tenary of the martyrdom ot St.Thomas the Apostle.

The centenary celebration willstart with national celebrationsat the start of the year at Mad­ras, where the Apostle is said to.have 'been lanced to death byHindu enemies in the first cen­tury.

They' will be continued dur~!Jgthe year with diocesan celebra­tions throughout Kerala Stateclimaxing in state-wide festivi­ties.

CAMPERS MEET THEIR BENEFACTOR: Boys' of 'the St. Vincent de Paul Over­night Camp,Westport share their camping joys with their frequent visitor, BishopConnolly. , '

NEW YORK (NC)-A volun­teer teacher corps is underwayhere to fight problems of finan­cial strain and employe drainin the hard-pressed New Yorkarchdiocesan school system., The corps, called Help Edu­cate People, will' be headed byJudith Roome, >announced Msgr.

.Joseph T. O'Keefe, archdiocesansecretary for education.

The' corps is the result of aproposal made in June 1969 bythe Committee on Catholic Edu­cation. It 'seeks volunteer talentfrom among recent college grad­uates, parents, retired publicschool teachers and members ofthe art and sports worlds to aidand enrich the curriculum ofarchdiocesan schools.

Mrs. Roome,. 32-year-oldmother of, three, and 'a candi­d.ate for t. ~octor.ate in educa­tIOnal admmlstratlOn, said thatHEP will in no way replace orinterfere with the current educa­tional structure. Sne' said 'it isdesigned to assist schools thearchdiocese has evalu~ted' ascritical because of loss' or reli-'gious teachers and financial dif­'ficulties.

Within ParishesMrs. Roome said, "it is essen­

tial that parochial schools donot die. It is necessary to havea strong system ready -to meet

of ecology and anti-pollutionthan at any previous time. AUnited Nations Confererice willtake up the issuse in 1972., Mean­while citizen groups are redou­bling their Energies in many ofthe highly industrialized nationswhile governments set up envi­ronmental conferences, and coun­cils and units to signal to a con­cerned public that something isbeing done.

'Nonetheless we have everyreason to SllI)pOse that the con­version of, the main poIlutin"

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agents -' the business, firmswhose waste is, 'a determiningfactor in poIlution-is still fairly'noncommittal. And in Americain ,recent ~eeks some disturbingevidence ,has emerged· whichshould make the citizen '<;on­cerned about the 'seriousness of .government intentions. Take theextraordinary action 'of the In­ternal Revenue Service in threat­ening to investigate and evenreverse the tax-exempt status ofprivate cO,nservation associationsand foundations if they bringsuit against a business enterprisepolluting the local community'sair or water.

Government Uncooperative

The supposed-. logic is, pre-,sumably; that business is' nottax-exempt arid "equality" be­tween victim and aggressormust be preserved. In fact; ofcourse, any enterprise writes offits legal costs as business ex­penses and is virtually as tax­exempt in this field as the pri­vate plaintiff. SQ the only con­clusion is that the IRS,' as an im- .pqrtant 'branch' of government,has no convictions about anti­pollution. Does this attitude re­flect that of government itself?

Or take again the absolute re­fusal to. aIlow conservationgroups to attend - or even re­ceive a transcript of-the recentmeetings in Washington of theGovernment's National BusinessAdvisory 'council on PoIlut'ion.What was there to hide? It istrue that cleaning up the na­tion's air ,and water will costmoney. But what 'interest hasgovernment in covering up thecost? The price can be meteither by inclu"ding it in the costof the product -- paper 'prices'should cover the cleaning up ofrivers - or it can be part of atax system which is now paidpartly by corporations and part­ly by private people. There needbe no mystery or camouflage,'unless, indeed, there is sometendency, both in business andgovernment, to talk in new waysabout poIlution .but to act in theold, unconcerned and irrespon­sible manner.

But Christian citizens whomust be expected to' demon­strate a special sensitiveness tothe .disfigurement and destruc­tion of God's creation, have sure­Iy" a corresponding duty ·to seethat their elected governmentdoes not offer them, instead ofpolicy, platitudes, evasions andthe mixtur.e as bdore..

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One of the recurrent themes in the Bible is the beautyand ,mystery of ,God's creation. God looked at the workof His hands and "found it good." He asked the questioningJob to consider the great constellations of Heaven and themajesty 'of nature's greatbeasts. Through His proph­ets he told mankind to cher­ish and nourish the materialorder "for the beasts of the fieldare Mine and Mine are th~ cattleupon a thousand hills."

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For~unately, an awareness ofthese contemptible and sacrile­gious prOCC/ises is beginning tospread. There is more talk now

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will rescue the world for, cen­'turies to 'come.

-Cardinal Newman.

Our ,Lord delighted ,in thelilies in the field whose beauty

. was greater than that of "Solo­mon in alJ. his 'glory" and drewHis parables from things' assmall :- and precious - as spar­rows and grains of mustard. Thefig tree putting forth its greenleaves, the cloud no bigger thana man's hand -lhese were theLot-d's analogIes for the comingof 'grace or the foreshowing ofHis Kingdom. It would be hard,indeed, to read the Old and NewTestaments without. feeling,through their pages, God's de­light, in nature's freshness, van­ity and unbelievable beauty, Hisjoy in the pageant of splendourand strangeness 'with which Hehas endowed our plf;lnet.

Plundered Planet

So what have we done with it,we the post-Christian peopleswith our pride in our heritage

, and our claim to ha've a civiliza­tion, superior to any other in ourown...:-and perhaps any other­epoch? We have covered the fairearth with 12-lane highways. We'have torn up the soil to extractcoal and gravel. We have cutdown the forests. We have filledthe rivers with raw sewage andchemical poisons. We are cov­ering the oceans with oil slicksand indestructible waste. Ourcity air is such that we look likefollowing Tokyo in the habitualuse of gas masks.

The cumulative effect of somuch filth and garbage is tobegin to encroach on man's es­sential life-giving circuits of airand water; a few more decadesof using the natural planet-thelife-giving' "biosphere" - as atrash can for our technologicalproduction processes could seemankind crossing the fatalthreshold of oxygen-exhaustion,the oceans following the murderof Lake Erie and leading ourwhole species to planetary ex­tinction,

151970

Seek to ChangeWar Memorials

ARLINGTON (NC)-Studentsat Bishop Denis J. O'ConnellHigh School in this northernVirginia suburb of the nation'scapital have called on the Ar­lington County board to changelocal war memorials that honorthe country's dead soldiers butidentify them by race.

Eight members of a "selectedissues" course at the high school,n'amed after the turn-of-the­century bishop of Richmond,pointed out that war memorialsin the county are unrepresenta­tive of today's thinking andshould be changed.. Craig Hartman, a spokesmanfor the group, observed that onememorial in the courthouse iden­tifies some fallen veterans as"colored" while another omitsthe names of black men entirely.

Both of the memorials aremonuments to World War I dead.One was erected by the Amer­ican Legion and the other by alocal women's club. Similarmemorials for World War II andKorean War casualties are notsegregated.

Board members praised thestudents' effort to correct themonument situation and prom­ised to alter or replace the of­fending memorials. Legion offi­cials may change the plaqueswhen they update the memorialsto include Vietnam dead.

THE ANCHOR­.Thurs., Dec. 3,

NEW PAPER: Bishop Connolly, right, shows firstcopy of The Anchor, Fall River Diocesan newspaper estab­lished by him in 1957, to Most Rev. Thomas K·. 'Gorman,now former Bishop of Dallas-Fort Worth and, at thattime, head of the United States Bishops Press Department.

tor by the Bishop and servedwith distinction in that post un-til his death in May, 1970. ;

Encouraged by the number Msubscriptions and the support titadvertisers, and inspired by themany words of commendationboth within and from outsidethe Diocese following publica­tion of the first few iS$ues, thepriests and laity who producethe weekly have striven to attainfor The Anchor the high placein Catholic journalism desiredby the Most Reverend Bishop.

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For the first six months tilepaper was printed by the Tim~sPublishing Co. in Webster, Mas~.Beginning Oct. 24, 1957, compti­sition, page make-up and mailin~were done at Leary Press, FailRiver, and printing at the NorthAttleboro Chronicle plant. Ttieentire production of the papet,from type-setting through th1emailing process, has been carriedon at the Leary Press since Det.6, 1968 when the change w~smade from conventional lettet­press to the more modern offs~tpress. I

iAt least 50 per cent of The

Anchor space has been used toinform readers of Catholic actionwithin the Diocese of Fall Rivet,where the Faith has long beenmaintained under God by loyaland devoted bishops, priests, Re-ligious and laity. I

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The Anchor NowIn Southeastern

About two months before thefirst issue appeared, Bishop Con­nolly had appointed Rev. DanielF. Shalloo, then assistant at St.Joseph's, Fall River, and nowpastor of Holy Name, Fall River,as general manager; and Rev.John P. Driscoll, assistant at SS.Peter and Paul's, Fall River,presently administrator of OurLady of Fatima, Swansea, as as­sistant general manager.

The late Atty. Hugh J. Goldan,who had been associated withthe Fall River Herald News for15 years in the editorial depart­ment, was named managing edi-

"I am sure The Anchor willfind an honored place, like thecrucifix, in every home through­out the Diocese . . . May Godbless my personal representative,the Diocesan paper ..." BishopConnolly wrote as he present<.>dthe first issue of the official Di·ocesan publication to the faith­ful on April 11, 1957 and com­mended it to their interest amisupport.

His Excellency's dedicatorywords stated the purpose ofThe Ancho r- to serve as theBishop's personal representative-and set .a goal for those towhom he had entrusted the taskof producing the publication-anhonored place for the newspaperin every home in the Diocese..

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Instead, Father Alkine wasdriven to a private home in ad­other section of the city andheld until his kidnappers r~­ceived a document from Cardi­nal Raul Silva Henriquez cifSantiago and· a telegram frorttCarmelite prcivincial Fathe~Machey Smith stating th~tFather Alkine would not bletransferred. I

Father Alkine said that herecognized his kidnappers a~parish leaders but he refused tilidentify them. They treated hirttwell, he said. I

Police Sgt. Miguel Ahumadaadded that the police did not irt­tend to ta~e any action again~tthe kidnappers. '

"Padre Juan is much 10ve(Jand his people did not want himto go," he said simply.

Father Alkine had been work­ing with his low-income parisl1­ioners on self-help projects andon increasing the spirit of cOol-munity in the parish. '

He attended the meeting 'inLima, but then returned to Sari­tiago-skipping the trip .1.6Chicago. i

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SANTIAGO (NC)-The parish­ioners of Father John Alkine,O.Carm., like him so much thatthey kidnappeo him to preventhis being sent back to the UnitedStates.

Father Alkine, a native of Chi­cago, was. held four days andreleased only after his kidnap­pers received assurances that hewould not be transferred fromthe parish of Santo Cura de Ars,in a low-income section of thecity.

But according to Father KevinShanley, communications direc­tor for the Chicago province ofCarmelites, Father Alkine wasnot being transferred in the firstplace.

The 34-year-Old priest hadplanned to attend a conferenceof Carmelites in Lima, Peru,and then take a six-month leaveto visit his parents in Chicago,Father Shanley said.

But his parishioners thoughtFather Alkine was being trans­ferred and would never return,so they kidnapped him.

Someone summoned him for asick call, and he set out on hisbicycle to respond. On the way,he was stopped by· several pa­rishioners in a taxi who said thepatient had been transferred .to

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1 _APOSTOLIC DELEGATE: Among the principals attending the dedication of Bishop

Connolly High School, Fall River in oct. 1967, was Ar<:hbishop Luigi Raimoridi making. his Jirst visit to the Diocese. He is shown chatting with Bishop Connolly, Most-Rev. Eg­

gerton Clark, Bishop of Monteg<? Bay, JamaiCa, center; Rev. Charl~s J. Dunn, S.J., left,rector of the FallRiver Boys' High.

FIRST: Nazareth Hall on Highland Ave., Fall Rive~

was established in 1957 and was the first school for ex-ceptional children in the Diocese. '. , ,

ATTLEBORO: The third Nazareth in the DiocesewiJl shortly' move from its present temporary location toa new facility on the spot where Bishop Connolly is shownbreaking the ground in July, 1969.

STONEHILL: The enrollment of Stonehill College, No. Easton, dur­ing Bishop Connolly's episcopacy grew from 250 to 1475 andis-evidenced

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. ~URSERY: In 1962, St..Savior's Day Nursery, w~s

opened for children, aged one to five, and has developed'into a bustling center' for tots and indescribable ~enefit

for parents in the New Bedford area. .

CASSIDY HIGH: The late Francis Cardinal' Spellman came fom New York at theinvitation of Bishop <Connolly to bless th e new high school for girls in Taunton namedfor· the' Cardinal's close personal friend and third Ordinary of the Diocese, Most Rev.Janies E. Cassidy..

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Sees FinancialCrisis at CU

WASHINGTON (NC)-Catho­lic University president ClarenceC. Walton has described the uni­versity's financial plight asreaching "crisis proportions"and called on the nation's Cath­olics to help overcome the

'school's growing deficit.Walton reported that the uni­

versity's annual operating ex·penses increased $7 million duroing the last fou: years. At thesame time, income increased byonly $4 million.

The university has an endow·ment of $7.4 million, whichranks it 7lst among the nation'scolleges and universities.

A large part of Catholic Uni­versity's financial problems_ stemsfrom the fact that many of itsgraduates go into fields wherefinancial rewarGs are limited.Walton pointed out that theol­ogy, canon taw,' philosophy andnursing schools seldom producegraduates who can afford to en·dow chairs or donate buildings.

In some areas of the country,a solid majority of the school'salumni are priests and Religiousunable to make donations to theuniversity.

As a result, the school is de·prived of the donations, bequestsand endowments that frequentlyassure other educational institu­tions financial security.

Priory

The Rev. Monsignor Raymond T. ConsidineDiocesan Director368 North Main StreetFall River, Massachusetts 02720

mark. A.H. Robertson, societypresident, said: "We don't knowwhich avenue to take, but verydefinitely will do something."

Mrs. E.O. Kelly, member ofthe Kentucky Heritage Commis­sion, who resides here, said thedecision to raze the buildings"has caused a traumatic experi­ence" 'in this community. Shesaid efforts to preserve the build·ings will be discussed at a meet·ing of the cpmmission in Frank­fort this month.

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way, O~P..pastor of, St.Raseparish, who announced the deci­sion here, said no date had beenset to begin wrecking the build­ings.

He emphasized the .work willnot affect the present existenceof the other parish buildings.He said a smaller rectory isplanned for the parish ground.

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AIR FORClE DUTY: Bishop Connolly is shown with group of young people whomhe confirmed in Spangdahl~m, Germany, one of his tours for the U.S. Air Force. TheBishop administered the Sdcraments of Confirmation at Air Force Bases in Europe andthe Near East.

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"The primary thrust of ourdirective," said Defense Depart­ment spokesman Frank Bartimo,"is to rehabilitate drug usersand abusers in order that theymay complete their military ser­vice - and hopefully dischargethem into the civilian commu­nity better citizens."

Among those hailin'g the new di­rective was Father Daniel Egan,a Graymoor Franciscan knownas the "junkie priest" for his re­habilitation work among femaleaddicts in New York City.

Father Egan has publiclyurgetl the military to expandand improve its treatment facil­ities tor ,drug addicts. "I'm tre·mendously .pleased about -'this,"the priest told NC News. '!Ifs a 'terrible thing when addicts aredumped back on the commu·nity."

Medical EvaluationDefense Department officials

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itary service range from 20 to70 per cent.

The new directive says it isDefense Department policy "toprevent and eliminate drug abusewithin the armed forces and toattempt to restore members soinvolved to useful service."

Before any disciplinary actionis taken on a service man for il­licit drug use, the directive says,"consideration will be given tothe referral of such individualfor medical evaluation."

The directive authorizes am.nesty 'programs on a trial basis.This means court action underthe Uniform Code of MilitaryJustice could be suspended if adrug abuser voluntarily turnshimself in and is "sincere inseeking help to eliminate hisdrug dependence."

Amnesty, D§sclpllneInitiating an amnesty program,

however, is left up to the discre·tion of the local commander.And a grant of amnesty "shallstipulate the member's full coop­eration in his own rehabilita­tion," the directive says.

Bartimo, 'assistant generalcounsel for manpower, reserveoffices, health and environment,said this section of the DefenseDepartment, directive was in.cluded because of the necessityfor discipline in" the armedforces.

"Without discipline," he said.."a military force is no militaryforce at all."

"There has to be a balance be·tween amnesty and discipline,"Bartimo said. "In my judgment,the two can go together."

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bishops accepted without dissenta Pastoral Research and Prac·tices Committee report whichnoted bishops should generally"discourage" priests from run·ning for office.

Some committee members 're­portedly fel't bishops' "shouldnot make an issue of it." Butseveral indicated their displea·sure with the idea of 'priestpoliticians in official letters andstatements to the press. .i'·

Father Francis J. Bonnike,president of the National Feder­ation of Priests' Councils, toldthose attending the New En­gland conference a recent NFPC,statement said "politics is lifeor politics is nothing, and apriest should be concerned withall facets of life."

Preface, Pater Noster, etc.Gregorian Chant PropersCasali. Mass in GSchubert. Ave MariaF~anck, Panis Angelicus

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congressional bids..Although he did not mention

Father Drinan by name, Arch­bishop Medeiros said any priest­politician should "never forgethis priestly character, whetherh~ ,is serving in Congress or ina parish."

The .Boston prelate said 'hehad no fixed opinion on the sub­ject of priests running for office, .adding that each situation mustbe judged for itself. But, hesaid, "there is precedent for apriest bringing the dimensions ofChristiari principles to politicallife."

Archbishop Medeiros stressedhe was speaking only for him­self and not for the NationalConference of Catholic Bishops.At their April meeting, the U. S.

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NEW LIFE FOR I!IEFUGEES: Bishop Connolly, center, is shown with Rev. JohnP. Cronin, right, as he welcomes group of refugees fr.om Cuba. Under the Bishop's di­rection the Diocese took in more than two score Cuban children, cared for and educatedthem, and saw them reunited with their parents. Refugee Love of God Sisters from Cubawere also received by the Bishop into the Fall River .I?ioce~e.

SHREWSBURY (NC)-Encour­agement for a variety of priest~

ly ministries, including politics,came here during the annualmeeting of the Conference ofPriests' Senates.

Archbishop Humberto S. Me­deirs, archbishop of Boston, saideven politics -is a valid ministryduring a press interview. He saidhe personally accepts the ideaof "a qualified priest, here andthere," seeking elective office.

Father Robert Drinan, S.J., on.leave as dean of the BostonCollege law'school was electedto Congress from- Massachusetts'third congressional district Nov.

.3. He will be the first priest inthe nation's history to serve inCongress. Two other priestswere defeated this. year in their

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18 . 'THE ANCHOR-Dioces~ of Fall· River-Thurs. Dec. 3, 1970

Now Is Time to CommenceSerious' Christmas Cooking

By Marilyn and Joseph Roderick

With the ban on. outdoor burning now in effect inMassachusetts, those of us who relished burning leaves inthe Fall are left with only memories, and a problem ofhow to dispose of our leaves. We have several good-si~ed

trees on our property, onetall oak and. a huge maple thing fancy. Almost everyone

you talk to remembers' some'in particular,' which cover particular food that meanteverything in sight with fall- Christmas to him or her asalen leaves: child. \

There are few choices open for Christmas MemoriesdisP9sal; rake them together and My Aunt Romaine alwaysplace them in plastic bag (eco" baked fancy Christmas cookieslogically a horror show), and and while they were probablyhave them transported to the no different from the ,cookies we

, city dump where they will end bake today, to my youthful eyesup being burned anyway, or rake (and even in my memory) theythem together into a pile and were quite special. They were ause them to enrich the soil. Per- part of what makes Chrismas asonally I prefer the latter alter· child's day.native. . To my own children, I would

How to Use Leaves imagine it will, be Grandma'sl Of ,course you 'cann?t allow sweetbread and chocolate fudge

leaves to remain where they fall and Nana's date nut bread·. and'in tbe garden because they' rot homema~e applesauce.very slowly and, therefore mat I hope that some of my holi­together on the surface of plants day cooking remains in theand the soil. To get some organ· minds of my cjlildren but that isic use out of them it is worth· something that one can't be surewhile to rake 'them into a pile, of. You never know exactlythrow a few handfuls of ferti· what will appeal to a child orlizer over them and then a few stay in his memory. .shovelfuls .of dirt. By layering While no one advocates livingin this way you can set up a \ in the past, everyone does enjoycrude compost heap and use tht! .having happy memories to lookleaf mold which results in pot-' back on and Cllristmas memo·ting plants in the Spring or in ,ries are made of Yule cookingenriching the soil in other parts and its customs.of the garden. Here's a delightful coffee cake

The main ,idea, of course, is recipe that could well be the be­to get rid of the leaves which ginning of your holiday cooking.are a nuisance to the gardener.Trucking them out 'is easy .and Mincemeat Coffee Cake-practical, but· using them in 2 cups presifted flour

,some worthwhile manner is far % cup granulated sugarmore beneficial to the gardener. 2Y2 teaspoons baking powder

I find myself in late Novem- % teaspoon saltber still raking leaves and dis- 1f.I cup shorteningposing of them so it is quite ob. 1 egg, lightly beaten.vious that I do not attack the Y2 cup cold milkproblem with much relish. I am . % cup moist mincemeatjust. lazy enough to hope that 2 Tablespoons butterthey will blow away and that 1 3 Tablespoons hot milkwon't have to rake. Unfortunate: 1 cup confectioners' sugar',ly this rarely happens and I 1) In a mixing bowl sift to-find myself raking like everyone· gether the flour, granulatedelse, but in my case; because of sugar, baking powder, salt.procrastination, into the middle 2) cut in shortening until mix.

,of. December. ture resembles fine crumbs.In the Kitchen 3) Add eggs" cold milk and

Now that the Thanksgiving mincemeat and stir until blendedseason is over' we can settle well.down to serious Christmas cook- 4) Grease' a 9 inch tube paning. Candies,' fruit cakes, plum (the ty,pe with removable bot­puddings, special breads emerge tom is best) and spoon the mix·

. from the kitchens of the dio- ture into the pan.ceses as pre-Christmas prepara- 5) Bake in II 375 0 oven fortions begin. 30 to 35 minutes. Cool for 5

In' my kitchen real fancy minutes and turn onto a wirecooking begins on the first Sun· rack. - ,day of Advent-Stir-up Sunday. 6) Prepare butter frosting. InLast year. on that day I made a small bowl blend the butter,an Irish fruitcake but not too hot milk and confectioners'many members of my family .cared for' this delicacy, there- sugar, stIrring until smooth.

Spread the frosting on the ringfore half of- it still remains in my while still warm.refrigerator. This year I thinkI'm going to make a l'ight fruit-cake (and hope· everyone likesit) and a plum pudding. Myschool principal let me borrowa .handsome pudding m<?ld thatwas handmade for her mother,so I can't resist doing somethingspecial with it.. Holiday seasons and foodautomatically go together andit's a wonderful opportunity 'todo a little creative cooking, es­pecially if you find yourself toorushed for time' during the restof the year to bother with any·

The ·Parish Parade THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall iiver-Thurs. Dec. 3, 1970 19

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A Christmas bazaar and sale ~

are scheduled for today, tomor· :row and Sunday, with today's ihours from 1:30 to 10 P.M., to- !,

morrow's from 1:30 to 5:30 and7 to 10 P.M., and Saturday's,from .7 to 10 P.M. A snack bar;will be in operation all three 'days and a grand award of aportable color television set will 'be made Saturday night. The,winner need not be present, said 'bazaar organizers. A special ba­zaar feature will be a holiday ;booth, offering unusual wreathsand Yule decorations.

The Women's Council will I

hold its annual Christmas party IMonday night, Dec. 14 at Stone- ;E-Lea Club House, County iStreet. Mrs. Theresa Teixeira, I

chairman, requests that reserva- itions, be made before Sunday,Dec. 6. Her telephone numberis 761-7753.

ST. JOSEPH,FALL RIVER

The parish council will meetat 7:30 tonight in the school hall.

CYO members will enjoy g

ski weekend Friday through. Sunday, Dec. 18 through 20.Reservations will close Monday,Dec. 7 and organizers announcethat a fee of $30 will covertransportation, room and board,ski lessons and equipment.

Clothing for the Bishops'. Drive may he left in the school, haIl through Sunday. The hall

will be open until 8· each riight.

HOLY NAME, .FALL RIVER

Donations for the Bishops'clothing drive may be· left at I

the schoo!. through .tomorrow.'Packaging will begin Saturday:

Choir members are needed es­pecially for Christmas singing.Rehearsals are held at 7 eachTuesday night.

Children will receive FirstCommunion at 9 o'clock MassSaturday morning, Dec. 5.

SACRED HEART,FALL RIVER'

The Women"s Guild Christmasparty is slated for Mondaynight, Dec. 7 in the school hall.Choristers from Durfee HighSchool, directed by Miss FraricesShaughnessy, will provide enter­tainment. Christmas gifts willbe exchanged and members areasked to bring $1 presents, ap­priately wrapped. Hostesses willbe all past presidents, led byMrs..Raymond Nestor.

A cake sale sponsored by theguild will take place followingthe evening Mass Saturday, Dec.5 and after all Masses Sunday,Dec. 6.

ST. PATRICK,FALL RIVER

Mr. and Mrs. Walter Woods,co·chairmen ·for a New Year'sEve part~ planned by the paro·chial school board,annolincethat tickets will be limited andare obtainable from all· boardmembers. On the program willbe a buffet supper and dancing.

Publicity chairmen of parish or·ganizations are asked to submitnews items for this column to TheAnchor, P. O. Box 7, fall River02722.

ST. JO~EPH,

ATTLEBOROKnights of the Altar will meet

at 7 Sunday night, Dec. 6 inthe parish hall. This meeting hasbeeJ1' postponed from Dec. 1.

SACRED HEART,NEW BEDFORD

The Home and School Asso­ciation will sponsor a Christmasdance Saturday night, Dec. 5 inthe parish haIl. Music will beby the Goldtones. Reservationsmay be made with Mrs. RobertDupre, 993-0650.

OUR LADY OF THE CAPE,BREWSTER

The Women's Guild will meetat 8 Tuesday night, Dec. 8 inthe church hall, following 7:15evening Mass.

The program, open to the pub­lic, will feature Miss Carol Lane,who will give a display andspeak on "Mini-Trips-Maxi­Vacations."

ST. JOHN,POCASSET

The Women's Guild will spon­sor a Christmas boutique salefrom 10 to 2 Saturday, Dec. 5at the Pocasset Community Club.

50 000 Ab ' Featured will be handmade, ortlons crafts, gifts, jewelry, a sleigh ,

In New York City with children's grabs, "seren-·NEW YORK (NC) -An esti- dipity\" homemade food· and a

mated 50,000 abortions have snack bar. General chairman isbeen performed in this city in JYIrs. Raymond Rourke.the first four months under New ,/ ST. STAMSLAUS,York's highly liberalized law. FALL RIVER

HeaHh Services Administra.tor The Women's Guild combined<Jordon Chase, in releasing the its December meeting with afigures, also reported that there Christmas party last night in thewere 11 abortion-rel~ted deaths parish hall, following the eve­in the period from July 1 to Oct. ning Mass. Gifts were exchanged?l. " . and im entertainment program

The .maJorIty of the abortlO~s, was offered. Mrs. Joh,! Grygielaccordmg to the ~ealth officIal was hospitality chairman.were performed in hospitals in 'the city. Of the total of 32,~86 ST. MARY,in this category, 9652 were done SOUTH DARTMOUTH .in municipal hospitals, 11,570 A "Festive Dessert" Christmasin voluntary institutions, and party will be sponsored Tues-11,564 in privately-owned hos" day, Dec. 8, foIlowing the 7:30pitals. evening Mass, by the Ladies

Chase estimated that there Guild. Entertainment will includehave been 11,600 terminations a singing group headed by Mrs.of pregnancies in the several Francis Travers and conductedabortion clinics which 'have by Mrs. Leo Grande.' Guitarsopened in the "city since the law will accompany the choristers.went into effect July I.. He fig- An informal carol sing will beured that another 4,800 abor- participated in by all.tions have been performed with- The desserts will be contrib­in institutions in the past four uted by members, who will alsomonths but have not yet been distribute recipes for their prep- ,reported. aration.

'20 THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Thur.s.-Dec. 3, 1976. .. ~ .

BOOKS FOR CHRISTMAS

Quintessential Merton i,n Book of Memories

Tracin'~~ ~i-f'e ,from Childhood. to Tragic En.d·

PETER BARLOWPassamaquoddy Indian Chief

Christ, IndiansBook Toprncs

"In the Footsteps of Jesus" byWolfgang E. Pax (Putnam's,$15) must be the next best thingto making a pilgrimage to theHoly Lanq. Unbel,ievably goodphotographs, 83 in color, 48 inblack and white, carry the view­er from place to place madeforever holy by the Master.When one' can tear himself fromthe photos, he finds that thetext combines history, geographyand factual material on the HolyLand with quotations from scrip­ture.

An interesting commentary onthe nativity of Christ points outthat even today among theBedouin tribes, "when a womanhas given birth to a child, herfemale relatives will address herhusband waiting outside thetent: 'We bring you good newsof great joy, for to you is bornthis day .. .' The account in theBible, therefore, describes theancient habits and customs sur­rounding a birth in this coun­try, and in its choice of wordsemphasizes the incarnation in aninimitable manner." '

The'PeopleAlso a book marked by out­

standing photography is "Landof the FourDirections" by Fr~d­erick Pratson (Viking, $7.95). Itdocuments the hard life' of thePasamaquoddy, Maliseet andMicmac Indian tribes of Maine

'arid,'New BninswiCk, Camid'a: "Irefer to them as 'the 'People:explains the author, "a loosetranslation of their own termand one they prefer to 'Indian.'These People and som~thiryg'Oftheir way of life ::Ire shownthrough photographs and'· textbased on my own experiences,'research, conversations and in­sights. 'it has been my' goal to

'portray both their problems .andthe richness of their humanspirit."

Much has been written, spok­en ·and, televised lately about theplight of the Ameri~an Indian,and concurrently about· hiscenturies-old appreciation o'f theneed of living in harmony withnature - a need being forced

,upon the consciousnpss of lessperceptive Americans by thecurrent ecological crisis., "LaM of the Four Directions"makes a' worthy contribution to

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Here are books for all themothers and grandmothers .onyour list. In "Love and Laugh­ter" (Doubleday, $4.95), Mar­jorie Holmes accurately and ten­derly captures the thousandfacets of a mother's day, from.that hopeless feeling ("Some­times you think you can's stand'the chaos any longer"), to thelovely moments ("You see yourfamily below you, silhouettedagainst the water-your quar­reling, laughing, laboring family.And you think - that is whatcounts. This is what lasts whenthe rest of it is all over. Yourfamily-your cornerstone.").

Penny Candy ,More of the same' with a bit

more acerbity is to be found in"Penny Candy" by Jean Kerr(Doubleday, $4.95),' a cheerfulcommeJ:ltary on family life a laKerr. Sample: "The problem ofthe large or medium large fam-

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Mama Gro'ndmot1:lWi II Love These

Eastern philosophies. Finally hemade a pilgrimage to the Eastand while in Bangkok was acci­dentally electrocuted by a faultylamp wire. ,

This remarkable life is toldby Edward Rice by 'means ofpersonai recollections, memoriesof others and excerpts from Mer­t<;m's own published and unpnb­lished writings.' But most illu­minating are the many, manyphotographs' of Merton from: his'c~llege, ,<jays at Columbia Uni­. versity until sI,ortly before hisdeath'in 1968.

More 'than most, Merton hadthe gift"of ,communicating him"self in' hi~ 'writings. 'Those whofelt they kn~w him ftrst through'"The. Seven Storey Mountain,"then through the y.eais by meansof his, other autopiographicalbooks, will want this ouintessen-tial v'olume. . -;~

Povertwls Lic®"Our Poverty is not,' a stark

and dreary poverty, because wehave the security which livingtogether brings., But it' 'is thatliving together that \is' oftenhard. Beds crowded together,much coming and going, peoplesleeping on the floor, no bathingfacilities, only cold water.These are the hardships.

"Poverty means lack of paint,it means bedbugs, cockroachesand rats' 'and the constant waragainst these. Poverty meansbody lice. A man fainted on thecoffee line some months ago andjust holding' his 'head to poursome' coffee between his. drawnlips meant picking up a' fewbugs. Poverty means' lack ofsoap ',an\:i .Lysol and cleansingpowders.""

~rom "Meditations" by Dor­9thy 'Day' of the CatholicWorker, selectt;d: and arrangedby Stanley Vishn~}Vski (New:man Press, $1.75)

dishes, a month's dirty sheets,'rotten food spread all over thekitc~eQ., and the dining room,garb~ge' 'lying on' the floor, thesink thick and, stopped up withgrease,' torn newspapers strewnabout the house. ... Merton~ak~s the same two te!;l bagslast all .Summer. On ,some coldnights everyone drinks tea madefrom those two tea' hags."

At Gethsemimi' ,. Once ~ Trappist monk, thereis a honeymoon period, thenMerton the restless surfacesagain. For, years he yearned for,eremetical life, but achieved itonly in the .most ,.comfortlesscircumstimces and under a yeryreluctant abbot. All ,the whilehe poured 9ut bOQks and articles,tending in the last years of hislife to a tremendous concernwith peace, nonviolence and

C@okbo@!ks GoodYuletide Choice

What better Christmas giftthan a cookbook? It's not an en­tirely disinterested choice" ofcO,urse, because how can the ,re­cipient do other than invite' youto sample a few of its choicerrecipes? But what's wrong withthat? Nothing, think a lot ofpeople, hence, possibly, the pe­rennial popularity of the genreas a gifUtem. '

Three new cookbooks, all fromMacmillan, are for those who'repast the fun~amentals of thekitchen art apd are ready toventure a bit 'afield. "The' Bestof Shaker Cpoking" by AmyBess Miller imdPersis Fuller($10) combines at fascinating his­tory of the remarkable religiousgroup known liS the' Shakerswith hundreds of their bestrecipes. 'The authors note thatthese 19th century men and,women were far' in .advance oftheir, time in application of the

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"The Man in the. SycamoreTree" (Doubleday, $7.95) is sub­titled The Good Times and HardLife of Thomas Merto~ and istermed "an entertainment'.' byits author' Edward Ricc, one, ofMerton's, 'closest friends.· What-

, ever .it'may }:>e, it is. n9t aI;l~,en;­tertaitlment:'~It succeeds in fill­ing one. with an immense sad­ness for Merton" the little' boywho alone in his back yard atage six puzzled ciut a note fromhis cancer-stticl{en mother tell­ing him that he would never, seeher again: :"1 took the note outunder the maple tree in the back

,yard and worked it over until I"'had made it all out, and gatheredwhat it really:meant. And a tre­mendous .weight: ' of -sadness anddepression settled on ,me."

The little boy, grown to col­lege age, spends a Summer withfriends "an:tid a week's 'dirty

ROBERT LECKIE

tion. But he is' realistic aboutthe problems of 1970, concludinghis book with the guarded state­ment: "No matter what happensto Catholic education at thispoint-whether it goes' under 'assome predi.ct or whether it is ap­

.preciated by. ,all the Citizenry tothe extent of greater support­certain it is that we will neveragain see the like of its past."

'American and Catholic'Choosing an even wider can­

vas than Father Buetow, RobertLeckie offers "American andCatholic " (Doubleday, $7.95),a history of Catholic~ in Amer­ica' from the days of the Spanishconquistadors to· the presentwhen Catholicism is the coun­try's largest single denomina­tion. He gives as thorough a I

survey of his subject as is pos­sible in 377 pages, but seemsto end on a note of pess'imismas he decries most of thechanges in the post-ConciliarChurch, saying: "It is nowthoroughly American, apparentlyriding the crest of the religiouswave of the future, but whetheror not it will still be Catholicremains to be seen."

,.'Authors Di$cuss'American Church

It will be surprising if at leasthalf a dozen people don't seizeon "Of Singular Benefit: TheStory of V.,S. Catholic Educa- >

tion " by Harold A. Buetow(Macmillan, $12.50) as the idealChristmas gift .for Rev. PatrickO'Neill, the beleaguered super­intendent of schools for the FallRiver diocese. But he can dis­tribute extra copies to the highschQol libraries of the diocese:this. is .a long-needed referencebook by an ,associate 'professorof education at Catholic Univer­sity. It aims to 'examine the en­tire span of Catholic involve­ment in the American educat­tional process and "to provide,possible bases for cooperationbetween public and private edu­cation."

Father Buetow provides aglimpse of a simpler day whenfor instance he describes St.

Philip's Colleg~ in Detroit of1837, which charged a mere

,$100 yearly for board and tui-

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KNOW YOUR FAITHTaking 'Sin Seriously II Baptism, and the Home II

these following or some compar­able words. (I will name thebaptized person Mary for sakeof simplicity.)

"Some time ago we presentedMary for bapti!im. By water andthe Holy Spirit she received thegift of new life 'from God, who islove. On our part .we have madeit our constant care to bringMary up in the practice of thefaith. We have tried to see thatthe divine life which God gavebe kept from the poison of sinand might grow always strongerin Mary's heart. We sl1are acommon faith, the faith of theChurch, and it was in this faithMary was baptized.

"At that time we rejected sinand professed our faith in ChristJesus. Now that you, Mary, areolder and your faith makes you

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emony through his Word. Thisleaflet lists the twenty-one Oldand New Testament passages in­cluded in our official ritual forbaptism. After some commentsand a period of silent reflection,the father or someone from thefamily (termed reader) beginsthe repetition of vows with

'By

. FR. JOSEPH M.

CHAMPlUIN

SYMBOLISM OF CANDLES: Prevalent in modernworship is the symbolism of lighted candles.

the later and gradual Christian'education of children. The six­page ,publication outlines paren­tal responsibility, sketches themeaning of initiation, the pas­chal mystery and the baptismalcandle, and suggests. an annieversary service for renewal ofthose vows made in a baby'sname by the parents.

Like other similar businesses,Will and Baumer manufactures aspecial candle for baptism and acompanion box with space forthe names of those involved inthe ceremony and the date of thesacrament's administration. A"Light of Christ" leaflet natural­ly goes along with each set, butthe Company would be happy tomail free single copies on re­quest and will supply quantityamounts at the cost of printingto priests and others who mightfind them useful. '

The baptismal· anniversaryservice takes place in a home,presumably at the main mealand with the special candlelighted either for the entire din­ner or only during the actualceremony. An aimual invitationto godparents, when possible,obviously would heighten the oc­casion. It could be a way to tellgodparents silently but ratherpowerfuliy, how important theyare in the (')lfs of the family andthe child.

Anniversary of BaptismA reading of one, two or more

pertinent selections from theBible starts the rite, sets themood, speaks to those presentabout the sacrament and high­lights God's presence at the cer-

Parental Aid"The Will alld Baumer Candle

Company (Syracuse, New York132201) has printed a leaflet,"The Light of Christ," to accom­pany their baptismal candle. Itcould orove helpful to parents in

In swimming pools or at thebeach these days, one sees few­er men with Catholic religiousmedals hanging about theirnecks. Our churches' have takenon a simpler style,almost starkand barren for some, with onlyone or ,two statues, few paint­ings or mosaics, and only theplain beauty of straight colorsor unpainted surfaces to' deco­rate an interior. We make a signof the cross less often in public.Holy water fonts for home orschool have practically disap­peared.

, I am not arguing here for oragainst thir. trend to discard tra­ditional signs and, ritualisticgestures associated with Catholi­cism. I only note these quite ob­vious facts. It is interesting,however, to observe that in the"secular" world around us, es:pecially among the young, sym­bols and "sacred rites" abound.The Woodstock festival hadthem. Volkswagens bear themon their bodies, contemporarymovies are filled with them.

Baptismal CandleOne Roman Catholic sign or

symbol not in decline is thebaptismal candle presented toparents at a child's initiationinto the Church. Officials forfirms producing these itemstell me sales have increasedover recent months and parishpriests frequently comment onhow pleased people are with thispersonal candle given to themduring the ceremony.

The clergy, of course, hope thegift not only will teach 'thechild lind ,parents .about thesacrament's meaning~ but alsomay help father' and mother inthe Christian formation of a son

I or daughter. The revised rite ex-plicitly mentions this and placesa serious educational responsi.bility upon those who bring in­fants 'to the saving waters forbaptism.

"To fulfill the true meaningof the sacrament, children mustlater ,be formed in the faith inwhich they have been baptized.The foundation of this formationwill be the sacrament itself,which they have already receiv­ed. Christian formation, which istheir due, seeks to lead themgradually to learn God's plan inChrist, so that they may ulti­mately accept for themselves thefaith in which they have beenbaptized" (no. 3).

"After baptism it is the re­sponsibility of the parents, intheir gratitude to God and infidelity to the duty they haveundertaken. to enable othe childto know God, whose adopted.child it has become,. to receiveconfirmation, and to participatein the holy eucharist. I In thisduty they are to be helped bythe parish priest by suitablemeans" (no. 5, section 5).

Persona.I Relatio.nship

As we sa'id in an earlier col-;umn, grace is understood in theScriptures, many of the Fathers:of the Church, and the great:theologians of the Miqdle Ages iin terms of personal relationship Iwith God, begun and made pos-Isible wholly through His love.God's love enables man to enterinto intimate relationship withHim. That love is constant.

Rupture of Relationship

Man is able to close Himselfoff from God's love, reject it, and:seriously rupture the graced re-'lationship. Man can lock him­self in on himself, clutching hisG9d-given gifts to himself, for­getfUl of others, forgetful evenof His God. Scripture and tra­ditional theology consider mortal i

sin as the free, deliberate break-,ing off af friendship with God.A moving description of serioussins is found in Ezechiel Chapter r

16. INow this is no light matter,

but something to be taken farmore seriously than we havedone in the recent past. It means,immediately that mortal sin is Isomething only a person with a'certain maturity and freedom'can be guilty of. Certainly theaverage child before teen-age is'hardly mature enough to freelyand fully rupture his relationshipwith God or, for that matter,with anyone.

Parents and educators with alittle experience and commonsense know this when it is put:in these terms. What parent iwould consider the tantrum ofa second ~rader. the sulking si­lence or angry hostility of the,adolescent as.a definitive, free,'mature rejection? How many iparents would throw such i

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there is no reason in the world,why each day one could not ex.!change one for the other, lose',grace through sin and remove:the sin by regaining gracelthrough confession. ,

Since my experiences in the!school chapel in 1955, the whole;theology of grace and sin hasbeen undergoing rethinking andthe Church ha's gradually devel­oped a more meaningful under-,standing of grace and sin. .

More recent approaches. to re.!ligious instruction reflect this de-Ivelopment in the Church's in-Isight into the myster-y of God'sgrace and the mystery of man'slsinfulness. :

Instead of thinking of grace:and sin as things that affect'one's soul, religious educators:understand both grace and sinlin terms of the personal relations Ibetween God' and man. Thischange of context from therealm of things and quantity tothe world of persons and rela­tionships has serious practical '. 'consequences.

Like most of the recent de­velopments in the Church, this:understanding of mortal ,sin as:the rupture of' a relationship isllreally a rediscovery of the richbiblical and theological traditionof earlier centuries.

FR. CARL J.

PFEIFER, S.J.

By

several priests each morning be­fore Mass to hear confessions sothat the boys could (reely go tocommunion.

It was obvious to all that someboys went to confession almostevery, morning, not out of de­votion, but because they thoughtthey were guilty. of mortal sin.Some confided to me their an­xiety and guilt and how theyappreciated the fact that con­fession was so readily availablebefore Mass.

At the time, fifteen years ago,I was puzzled by what I observ­ed in the chapel and heard fromthe boys. Presumably some ofthese boys were guilty of .mortalsin almost every day, were sorryfor their sin, and were restoredto the state of grace through thesacrament of penance eachmorning. But I asked myself, di<!this make sense? Is it possibleto jiJmp in and out of mortalsin and the state of grace everyday or two?

DilemmaIt appeared to me that some­

thing was wrong. Either we werenot taking mortal sin seriouslyor we were too lightly consider­ing the sacrament of penance.

But I had no way to resolvethe dilemma fifteen years ago.I head learned in school andheard periodically in sermonsthat a mortal sin was a violationof God's law in a serious matter,with sufficient reflection and fullconsent of the will. I knew thatsuch a serious sin was punish­able by eternal separation fromGod in the fire sof Hell.This, too, 1 had learned alreadyas a child from the catechism.

Confession was a sacramentthat restored the sinner to thestate of grace if he had at leastimperfect contrition. That wasthe theology upon which thepractice in our school chapel­and in chapels all over the world-was built. I had no way toresolve my common sense ob­servation that something waswrong with the practice. ,

Rediscovery in TheologyCatholics at that time still

tended to consider grace as athing that one possessed. Mortalsin, the loss of grace, tended al­so to be considered like a thing.If grace is one thing, and mortalsin is an opposite thing, then

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Fifteen years ago I was teach­ing in a boys'. high school. Oneof my non-teaching duties wasto take care of the school chapeland religious services. Eachschool day began with compul­sory attendance at Mass.

Because of the general under­standing of mortal sin at thetime we were careful to provide

•Marian Awards

Continued from Page ThreeAtty.. Harold K Hudner, 1205

Gardner's Neck Road, SwanseaMiss Ruth E. H~rley, 73 Cot­

tage Street, Fall RiverJohn Joaquim, 954 Eastern

Avenue, Fall River- Mrs. Mary Kearney, 268 Ne­

masket Street, New Bedford­Alty. James W. Killoran, 68

.Washington Avenue, SomersetMrs. Yvette Landry, 17 Hill­

crest Avenue, SeekonkRobert Lavoie, 332 Lincoln

Lane, HyannisJoseph, R. LePage, 63 Cook

Street, Fall River. Miss Adrienne Lemieux,' 277

Whittenton Street Taunton - ,Mrs. Marion M. Leonard, 11

Smith Street, TauntonMrs. Alice Loew, 69' Holden

Street, AttleboroAnthony Lopes, 116 Temi

Road, ~aynham

Richard H. Lown,' 5075 NorthMain Street, Fall River

Edward J. Lowney, 274Church Street, New Bedford

Dr. Bernard J. Mangione, 410Foley Avenue, Somerset

Frank M. Martin, 166 RockO'Dundee Road, So. Dartmouth

Miss Angela Medeiros, 168Lincoln Street, Seekonk

Albert J. Moquin, 27 Ever­green Street, Fairhaven

Joseph C. Motta, 40 MandellStreet, New Bedford, Joseph C. Murray, ChaceStreet Extension, North Dighton

Mrs. Isabelle MacDonald, 165Briggs Road, Westport

Edward P. McDonagh, 5 Hunt­ing Street, No. Attleboro

Michael J. McMahon, 571 Sec­ond Street, Fall River

Mrs. Rose Nagle, 73 ParkStreet, North Easton

Miss Katherine G. Nash, 323Montgomery Street, Fall River- Matthew J. O'Malley, 70Pleasant Street, Fairhaven

Mrs. Gisela O'Neil, Mt. VernonAvenue, Hyannis'port

Mrs. Virginia Paquette, 34,Worcester Street, Taunton

Frank S. Plichta, 99 MooreStreet, Fall River'

Mrs. 'Doris C.' Poisson, 46McDonald Street, Fall River

Mrs. Joanne Quirk, Knob HillShores; South Yarmouth,

Mrs. Christine Robidou,Cre.ighton Park, 'Falmouth

Thomas J. Roderick, River, Road; Marstons Mills

. Edward P. Rosa, '43 DukeStreet, New Bedford'

Wilfred B. Rousseau, 277Maple 'Street, 'New' Bedford" ,: Jo:seph-P. Rya.~, Syivan Drive,

Hyannis' " ,. Edintino' Santos,'!4' Tower

Street, Fall River:. ',.:'" Francis. Sant9s, , 27' DonnellyStreet, Fall River '

John if' Schondek, 7 Maxwell­Street, Taunton·'" ,

Manuel Sears,1600 Bay Street,Fall River'Henry V~ Seneca, 35 Chaven­

son Street,. Fall, RiverDr. 'Alvin Simmons, 175 Rock­

land Street, South DartmouthJoseph M. Souza, 243 Lindsey

Street, Fall River ' ,Simon S. Sullivan Jr., 871

Robeson Street, Fall RiverMrs. Anne Thomas, 422 Co­

hannet Street, TauntonJoseph E. Tomlinson, 23 Pat­

ton Street, North DarmouthMiss Clorinda Ventura, 1354

Read Street, SomersetDr. Paul F. Walsh, 233 Arnold

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principles of good nutrition andthat, probably as a result, " thelargest part of them walkedupon the earth .for nearly acentury before they said theirlast forewell."

"The Viennese Pastry Cook­book" by Lilly Joss Reich ($10)is purely for fun, offering over200 recipes for "classic pastriesand warm desserts." Calories,needless to say, are not countedhere, and the ,author's instruc­tions are often delightful. Con­sider her thoughts on bakingwith yeast: "I know that many

• people don't mind baking butrefuse to tackle anything madewith yeast. Just try to put a lit­tle more love into it and youwill be surprised with your suc­cess."

"Adventures in French Cook-, ing" by Miriam Guidroz ($9.95)emphasizes that contrary to pop­ular opinion, French recipes needbe neither expensive nor time­consuming to prepare. The au­thor proves it, but for good mea­sure also includes many of theclassic "French specialties," to­gether with suggestions as tomenu planning and wine choos­ing.

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youngsters out of their homesfor good?

Even with adults, betweenfriends, between husband andwife, how often is it possible tomaturely reject fully the bondthat exists? Is it possible to rad­ically break the bond of loveone day, radically reaffirm it thenext day, radically break it aday later, etc.?, Surely it is pos­sible ·to repeatedly fail, repeat­edly hurt one another, and just

_ as often make up, only to failagain. But neither the failurenor the making up touches thedeep bond that makes the repe­tition of forgiveness possible.That bond can indeed be broken,but not so lightly that it can berestored and rebroken' everyother day.

When mortal, sin 'is seen asthe free, serious rupture of one'srelationship ~ith' God, a fullbr.eaking off of the' friendship,then it. is truly serious. We par­ents and religious e'ducators haveno r,ight to allow our. young

,children to, think they ~re insuth a serious state. ,We needto ta'ke mortal sin more'seriouslythan i~ the recent, past. . ,'. .

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training of a child nor aSSure_!heinfant's acceptance of Christ' atadulthood; But' it should facili:tate efforts and'certainly will fixthe date of baptism firmly ineVE;ryone's 'mind.' "

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child of God" for so you are. Inconfirmation you w,i11 receive thefullness of ,God's spirit., In holyCommunion you will share thebanquet of Christ's sacrifiCecalling God your, Father in themidst of the Church., In yourname" all ot ..us, sharing.,a com­mon sonship, now pray together::in the words our Lord gaveus.: .." - ) !

, 'the 'Lord's Prayer a~d 'a multi­plE~ bl~ssing by ~he leader withan Amen by all present con~

cludes this service.Such a $imple ceremony will

not"necessarily solve for parentsevery difficulty in the religious

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the situation and in an odd 'wayit illumines the ,preceding bobk,dealing as it does with thehomeless, Savior who could say"The foxes have their holes, thebirds have their nests, the Sonof man has nowhere ~q lay hisIleacf." Too manr Indians canthis Christnias echo those haunt­ing words.' This book tells theirstory.

of . Baptismaf AnriliversClIry' _i~,~ Ho~eCelebration

HOSlPlTAL COMPLlEX: The bed capacity of St: Anne's Hospital, ,Fall River increasedfrom 132.'to' '200 dl,lring the episcopacy of Bishop Connolly. The J:!laternity wing waserected in 1955, top photo; the chapel in 1957 and the final addition in 1966: Bottom, lobby.

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ready to accept hisresponsibil­ity, we ask you, to renew, thevows of yo'ur own baptism."

Sponsors Present,If the 'chi'd is not old ,enough

to profess, these promises, theparents and. godparents do, so inhis or' her': name. ' The renewalformula in~volved that same re­jectiQn of evil and acceptance 'ofJesus which .took place sometime earlier at a church ',baptistrybefore the sacramental washingwith water. "

Next, the leader says: "Maryyou ha~'e renewed the vows ofyour baptism. You' are called, aMomuGrandmom

Contin,uedfrom Page Twenty, ily is that the parents keepgrowing older and changing,while the children. stay the same.One after the other they get thesame knots in ,their shoelaces,the same ink on the sheets, the'same pennies' in their ears. Theylose the same book-bag, they getholes in the· same sweaters(sometimes they are the samesweaters), and one and all theykeep <linner from beiilga gra­cious occasion."

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(Williams) and Joan (Silvia) aremarried while his· brother Man­uel is a member of the UnitedStates Air Force: The Barbozasare communicants of SacredHeart Parish.

In addition to all sports,' Bar­boza is a dance fan and collectsprofessional sports literature asa hobby.

Other Southeastern Massachu- 'setts youngsters on this -year'sSpringfield roster were seniorPaul Ingram and junior Ed Win­slow, both of Falmouth. Ingramwas a, part-time quarterback,while Winslow was a startin~

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has the size, speed and determi­nation to become a real star.He's a consistent ball playerwho can really hit."

Bernie also had the respect ofhis teammates and was reward­ed by being named co-captaip ofthis year:s equad.

During his high school careerat Middleboro, Bernie was athree-sport letterman earning out­standing labels in football, base­ball and track. He's also on theSpringfield track team where hecompetes in the field events.

A' physical education major,Barboza hopes to enter the

, teaching-coaching profession up­on his graduation in May. Untilthat time, however, he will turnhis attention to making theChiefs a threat on the varioustracks throughout New England.

Bernie entered Spripgfield ona scholarship after rejecting of­fers from 'countless institutionsacross the nation. Among hismost cherished possessions' arethe Kennedy Memorial andFrank A. Roukas Scholarships.

Barboza is the son of Mr. andMrs. Manuel Barboza of Ware­ham Street and is one of foul'children. His two sisters Elvira

THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Thurs. Dec, 3, 1970 23

Linebacker Had- Excellent SeasonSpringfield College Co-Captain 'Can Really Hit'

BY LUKE SIMS

Bernie Barboza of Middleboro

The 1970 outlook in the:Springfield College Fact Bookread as follows: "With nine of11 defensive starters returning,a wealth of hard running backsand the talents of wide receiverJohn Curtis, Springfield Collegefootball coach Ted Dunn shouldhave 'many pleasant momentsduring the Fall of 1970."

The first six weeks were fullof pleasantries as the Chiefsrode the unbeaten path: But thefinal three weeks were a disasteras Springfield dropped a trioin succession to close the sea­son with a 6-3 mark.

Oddly enough the record wasa duplication of last year's slatein which the Chiefs, after a slowstart, ·rallied to enjoy a winningcampaign.

Although the season failed to. fulfill the expectations of CoachDunn, several individuals livedup to their pre-season billing.One who feU in that categorywas senior Bernie Barboza ofMiddleboro.

A defensive end for the pasttwo seasons, Bernie madethe switch to linebacker at thestart of the '70 season and en­joyed an excellent year. Gameafter game, Barboza would comeup with that big effort.

IStanding six-feet tall and

, weighing a solid 200 pounds, th~21-year-old graduate of Middle­boro High was regarded as one

.of the team's quickest and mostagile players on the roster. Lastyear C.oach Dunn was i,mpressedwith Barboza's work as early aspre-season camp. At that timehe was quoted as saying: "Bernie

Durfee's reputation is well es­tablished and undoubtedly it will.be in the thick of the race I·

throughout the Winter. But, ,onpaper, the team to watch is NewlBedford.

Brian Baptiste and Ed ROd-IIriques are two of the finestguards in the area and should Igive the Whalers plenty of fire;power from outside. Larry Liv-;ramento and Lee Harriman havelproven their prowess on thegridiron and baseball diamond'respectively. Both are talentedall-around athletes whose:achievements also extend to the I'

basketball court. They should,give Coach ,Sal Lombardo two·strong forwards to complementhis guards.

slots and quarterback the attack.,It's too early in the season tol

predict who will start for thelRed and Black, but as one Coun.!ty coach stated, "Durfee alwayscomes up with one or two kidsyou've never heard of and then,they proceed to beat you." I

By PETER 1. BARTEKNorton High Coach

IN THE DIOCESE

SCHOOLBOY SPORTS

Taunton leams Not to be Taken Lightly.

Experts Predict Tight RaceIn County Basketball' Loop

Gary Carlson. Gary Livesey, Phil .Norton, Bill Childs, Ed .Fonsecaand Bruce Snyder all contributedto the championship junior var­sity effort and are ready forvarsity action. If the young Jew- I

elers adjust to each other earlyenough they will be in the titlerace.

In Taunton Coach Bob Ready Sends Condolenceswill field a strong starting team To Mrs. de Gaullebut may be a little weak on the .bench. Sharpshooter Calvin Mc- VATICAN CITY (NC) - TheCone who will lead the Tigers' day after the' death at age 79 ofoffensive attack is considered Gen. Charles de Gaulle, Popeone of the premiere scorers in Paul VI telegrammed Mrs. Dethe league. Coach Ready could I: Gaulle that he hlid learned of her

husband's death "with sharpstart a su.pporting cast that aver- emotion and great pain."ages approximately 6' 2", in-,c1uding Alan Peabody, Richard I To De Gaulle's successor,Brown, Les Mitchell 'and 6' 5"! Frerich President Georges Pom­Dave Williams. l pidou, the Pope, sent a telegram

Across t~wn ~ival Msgr: Coyle 'saying:"At the moment when Gen.

should be an improved ball club I de' Gaulle' has' just been calledthat may surprise quite a fewpeople.' Last 'Winter Coach' to his,eternity, we pray for thatStev.e 'Winslow went with a pre- great man of state in the recol­dominately underclassman unit lection of the .meetings it was

. and may reap the rewards -this given us to have with him, and'time 'around. ' ' ' we address to Your Excellency,

I' as well as to, all those affected

New Bedford Yoke Potential. Challenger I by the sudden disappearance ofa great witness of our contem-

Ed Mulvey, Mike Bezner and counted on heavjly to thrust'the' porary history, the expression ofSteven Winter, all starters a 'Warriors into the title race. If our sad condolenceS."year ago as sophomores, have Bradshaw does report Coyle will "'''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''the needed experience and are be a club ,not to be taken lightly. I the loop's stronger teams.ready to give their all to improve Coach Ed Lowney's New Bed- , Coach John O'Brien has beenupon last year's reco'rd. West ford Vocational club was hit I able to develop strong BishopP.aluga, seniol' backcourt ace, is hard by graduation losing its Stang representatives over thealso among the fold. Center entire front line including Tom i past years, but may be hardMike Roy, who started in the and Mike Gomes and Rico Ra- I pressed this year. With only twopivot 'the second half of last mos. However, the Artisans still veterans returning Stang ap-'year, has been impressive in have the potential to develop pears to be out of the running.early season drills and may be into a top-flight club.' '. Likewise, Coach Gerry Cun­the big man the Warriors need. The Vocationals have two ex- . niff of BisHop Feehan in Attie-

Coach Winslow received a cellent shooters· in Gary' pope·1 boro has only one starter return­blow when senior Tom Brad- and Ed Gomes. Ed Delgardo and ' i~g from last Winter's winlessshaw did not report for pre- Bob Desrosiers are also 'good club. The Shamrocks are ex­season practice. The versatile scorers, but as a unit the club pected to go with many sopho­senior who lettered as a soph- appears to lack the height and mores who played on lastomore and junior was being depth to cont~nd with some of I year's excellent freshman club.

But, the New Bedford picturewould not be as bright withoutbig Dave Mello. The 6' 8" seniorpivot man wiil be difficult tocontrol inside and may proveto be the key to the Whalerssuccess.

Championships are not wonon paper and the Whalers willhave to prove themselves on thecourt. With the league as wellbalanced as most of the expertsbelieve it is, New Bedford willhave to go all out to win itssecond championship of thescholastic year.

Attleboro, which shared thefootball title with New Bedford,is expected to field anotherstrong contingent, but lack ofexperience may hinder the JimCassidy-coached Jewelers.

Ray Boudreau is the lone start­er returning, however lastyear's junior varsity unit at At­tleboro had an abundance oftalent for Coach Cassidy todraw upon. Among those com­peting for starting positions a~e6' 5" Vic Vaughan and 6' 2"

"Heavily favored Durfee Highof Fall River, New Bedford, At­tleboro, New Bedford Vocationaland Taunton appear to havegreat strength and it will be aninteresting battle for the title,"opined one veteran Bristol Coun­ty League basketball mentor ayear ago. Add Msgr. Coyle Highof Taunton to the list and thisWinter's picture comes intofocus. With six of ~he eightteams in the circuit being con­sidered as possible title contend­ers the area's showcase of tal­ent should be in for a bannercampaign.

Defending champion Durfeewill be led by seniors MikeFleming and ,Dave Hooker,Fleming is expected to beamong the best cornermen inthe league and along with 6' 5"Hooker gives the Hilltoppersplenty of board strength. CoachTom Karam is a master at de­veloping a deliberate offensecontrolled by two steady guards.Norm Aubin will probably oper­ate out of one of the backcourt

Former BrahminOrdained Priest

CAMPOSAMPIERO (NC) - A:former Indian Brahmin, a highcaste of Hindu priests, was or~dained a priest here in Italy.'Father John Eugene Subram"'

ania, the first indian to study at'the Pontifical Foreign MissionInstitute in Milan, was ordainedhere because it is the hometownof Father Florindo Antonello, ~missionary priest of the Milaninstitute, who baptized the,newlyordained in 1959.

Father Subramania was bornin Madras' state in 1929, the firstson in a family of five daughtersand two sons. As the eldest son!Father Subramania was for a:time the religious head of his'family. '

After attending PrQtestan~

schools, Father" Subramaniaworked as a journalist for a coal­mining trade publication in ce,n.,tral India.

In 1948, out of - curiosity, hevisited the chapel of some Italiannuns who used to give religiou~instructions to miners. He recallsthat during his c1}apel visit hJhad an irresistible urge to genu~

fleet. Later he enrolled in cate~

chism courses and studied for 11years before he was baptized.

In 1962, he entered the sem­inary, of Fatimanager to study'Latin. Two years later, after. his

'insistent requests, he was ac~cepted to the Pontifical ForeignMissions Institute, where )le,studied theology. After ordina~

tion Father Subramania was as~signed in his home diocese ofWarangal-Fatimanager.

24 THE ANCHOR-Thurs., Dec. 3, 197(j

CAT~OLlC 'MEMORIAL HOME, HIQHLAND AVE., FALL RIVER

Diocese LeCld's in Care of ,AgedThe Fall Riv~r Diocese, u'nder the urging, of Bishop Connolly, has not only exhibited special

care for the elderly but leads the New England Dioceses in the amount of care extended to the agedby more than doubling the efforts Of any other diocese.

Diocese Total Pop; Beds Ratio

Fall River 498,723 879 1 for 567Portland, Me. 976,000 435 1 for 2243

Manchester, N. H. 698,000 365 1 for 1912

Burlington, Vt. 430,000 131 'I for 3282 '

Boston 3,335,000 1296 1 for 2574

Springfield , 775,000 127 1 for 6102

Worcester ,631,698' 89 1 for 7097

Providence 89,2,698. 450 1 for 1983'

Hartford . 1,698,40p 330 1 for 5146

Bridgeport 797:7()Q 345 1 for 2311

Norwich '4i4,919 103 1 for 4028

Chronically SickBishop's Care

"We take up the work ofcharity where Bishop Cassidyset it down. We carryon as hewould have us do. We will seekto expand it and extend it un·til its fruits are visible in everycorner of the diocese."

,These were the propheticword~ spoken by a sorrowing'Bishop Connolly as he openedthe 1951 Catholic Charities Ap­peal just four days after thedeath of Bishop Cassidy.

At the Catholic MemorialHome,Fall River, Bishop Con­nolly blessed the Bishop CassidyWing for the chronically ill, in1958 and this year, a final ad­dition, which includes accommo-

,dations for retired pri~sts.

Thus words uttered in 1951 be­came realities over the following19 years and Bishop Connollytruly "took up the work of char­ity."

CU Trustees ElectNew Members

WASHINGTON (NC) - Theboard of trustees at CatholicUniversity of America here haselected two new members.

Cardinal John Carberry of St.Louis will succeed Cardinal JohnCody of Chicago. Coadjutor

, Arcjlbishop Leo C. Byrne of St.Paul-Minneapolis will take overthe trustee post for ArchbishopJoseph T. ryIcGucken of SanFrancisco.

Both Cardinal Cody ana Arch­bishop McGucken resigned fromthe 30-member board due towork pressures in their respec­tive dioceses.

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