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Fall River, Mass., Thursday, Jan. 17, 1974 PRICE lOf Vol. 18, No.3 © 1974 The Anchor $4.00 per year

Inflation and Shortages Affecting The Anchor Pope Paul VI has said: "Today the Catholic newspaper is not a super,ficial luxury or an optional devotion; it is an instrument necessary for the circulation of those ideas which feed our Faith, and which in turn render a service to the profession of our Faith."

For almost seventeen years The Anchor has been giving a clear presentation of the truths of the Faith and this during a time that has been often marked by confusion and anxiety. It has brought the Diocese together by affording each area the opportunity of knowing what

othe'r diocesans are doing. It has kept its readers informed of the relevance of their Faith in the world scene.

It is an age that stresses the value of the adult apostolate, here is an instrument of vital importance - a nece,ssity, Pope Paul says.

Since 1957, The Anchor has kept the original subscription rate of $4 - the only Catholic newspaper not increasing its rate si~ce inflation and shortages have arisen. However, inflation compels the first increase in subscription rates. The new rates Turn to Page Four

Two Pastoral Assignments Announced by' Chancery Most Rev. Daniel A. Cronin, S.T.D., Bishop of the Diocese of Fall River today announced the retirement of a priest in the Catholic Cem'.lteries Apostolate, the resignation of a pastor due to ill health and the re-assignment of two pastors.

Retiring from the supervisory capacity of St. Patrick's Cemetery, Fall River, is Rev. Msgr. ' William H. Harrington.

Resigning from the pastoral ministry because. of ill health is Rev. Msgr. Robert L. Stanton, pastor of St. Patrick's Parish, Wareham. He will reside in the Priests' Hostel, Fall River.

Two pastors will assume leadership of new parishes. Rev. Msgr. John E. Boyd, pastor of

St. 'Patrick's Parish, Fall River will become pastor of St. Patrick's, Wareham.

Rev. James F. Kenney, pastor of St. Louis Parish, Fall River will assume the pastorate of St. Patrick's Parish, Fall River.

Monsignor Boyd Born in Taunton on Aug. 6, 1907, Father Boyd is the son of the late Michael J. and Louisa (McCormick) Boyd.

The Fall River pastor, graduated from St. Mary's grammar and high schools in Taunton, before he entered Providence College. After two years at the Providence Dominican institution, Father Boyd studied 'philosophy and theology at St. Ber· Turn to Page Two

Decisions on Abortion In a communication to all priests of the Diocese of Fall River, Most Rev. Daniel A. Cronin, S.T.D., has urged them to direct the attention of the faith· ful on the weekend of Jan. 19-20 to the issue of life and its sanctity and inviolability in commemoration of the Jan. 22, 1973 U.S. Supreme Court distressing opinions in the cases involving abortion laws in the states.

The Ordinary has prescribed that General Intercessions, or "Prayer of the Faithful," should 'be suitably adapted on that weekend to reflect our prayerful concern for the protection of innocent life.

In a letter to the nation's bishtops, Most Rev. James S. Rausch, general secretary of the NeCB, relayed suggestions made by the NCCB's Committee on Population and Pro-Life Activities and added several suggestions made by the staff of the U.S. Catholic Conference, which he' also serves as' general secretary. Among the suggestions made by the USCC staff were: -Letters to state and federal lawmakers calling for a pro-life amendment to the U.S. Constitution.

-Appearances on local radio and television by pro-life spokesmen.

-Letters to editors.

-Ecumenical statements concerning .abortion.

Graymoor Priest Scores 'Routine' Unity Week GARRISON (NC) - In many places the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity (Jan. 18-25) has ,become a "Week of Platitudes" that does not help the cause of unity, charged Graymoor Father Edmund Delaney, editor of The Lamp, a national magazine de· voted to Christian unity.

"If the Week of Prayer in your !leighborhood has <been institutionalizedand no longer makes people aware of the real issues that divide them, then it is time for a propheNc voice to arise and smash this man-made idol," Father Delaney editorialized in the January issue of the magazine.

"The Week of Prayer is not a time for safe ideas and sentimen· tal 'fellowship.' It must bea week in which we cease to put words in God's mouth and pause to listen to what He is saying to us."

The Week of Prayer, originally called the Church Unity Octave, was 'begun in 1908 by the Friars Turn to Page Four

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As a consequence of last year's tragic and destructive opinions issued by the Supreme Court on abortion, this nation is unable today to provide any protection for the right to life of unborn human beings during the first six months of pregnancy.

The majority opinions of the court have frequently and justly been criticized. They ignore the scientific evidence that the hUe man fetus is a human being in the earliest stages of development. They deny the self-evident truths enunciated in the Declaration of Independence: that "all men are created equal, and that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these ,are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness." They contradict the religious belief of millions of Americans that human life is sacred and that the kiUing of an inno· cent human being is morally wrong.

Abortion is not a "Catholic" issue; it involves principles which cut across religious lines. The

life of every human being is sacred from conception to death.

This is so because God has created eaQh of us, and because each of us shares in the redemption of Christ our Lord. No court, no legislative body, no individaul can assign 'less value to the life of any individual or class of human beings.

In holding that the unborn child ~s not a human person and deserves no legal protection during the first six months of existence in the mother's womb, the court clearly exceeded its complrtence. It also set the stage for the formulation and enactment of bad laws throughout the land. The National Conference of Catholic Bishops declared in February, 1973, that "laws that conform to the opinion of the court are immoral laws, in opposition to God's plan of creation and to the Divine Law which prohi·bits the destruction of human life at any point of its existence. Whenever a conflict arises between the law of God Tum to Page Two

Msgr. Harrington Retires As Cemetery Supervisor Rev. Msgr. WilHam H. Harrington, known as the "Man of Chal'ity" throughout the Diocese of Fall River and who will be 85 years of age on next Monday, today tendered his resignation as supervisor of St. Patrick's Cemetery in Fall River.

Considered one of the best clerical administrators in the diocese, Monsignor Harl'ington has served for more than 43 years as supervisor of St. Patrick's, St. John's and St. Mary's Cemeteries in Fall River.

Although he retired as pastor of Holy Name Parish, Fall River in April 1967, Monsignor Harrington continued his supervisory activities of the three Fall River cemeteries with a dedication to work and service as an exemplar of what it means "to serve."

A priest for more than a halfcentury, he was instrumental in developing St. Thomas More parish in Somerset into one of the area's fastest-growing Christian communities. Monsignor Harrington, too, is known for his outstanding accomplishments as director of the Fall River Diocesan Welfare Bureau, especially when one recalls that his appointment was made in 1930 when the country was in the throes of its worst economic de.pression.

Monsignor Harrington, son of the late John and the late Bridget Sullivan Harrington, was born in Fall River on Jan. 21, 1889. He graduated from Boston College and was ordained on May 26, 1923, following theological studies at St. Bernard's Seminary, Rochester, N. Y. His first assignment was at Sacred Heart Parish, Oak Bluffs, where he served as assistant

pastor until his transfer to St. Louis Parish, Fall River in December, 1924.

He was then named director of St. Vincent's Home in Fall River and in July, 1930 he was appointed Supervisor of Diocesan Charities, remaining in these positions until Dec. I, 1949 when he became first resident pastor of St. Thomas More Parish, Somerset.

Sj~ years later, on Oct. 2, 1955, he was assigned 'as pastor of Holy Name, Fall River where he remained until his retirement from active parochial work in April of 1967.

DlIring his pastorate at the Fall River ,Parish, Monsignor Harrington founded the Holy Name Parochial School and supervised the erection of the new building which opened in September, 1960.

The late Pope John XXIII raiSEld him to the rank of Domestic Prelate on Oct. 31, 1961.

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The Chancery Office announced assignments of two priests for special functions in the diocese. tod~y

Rev. Bento R. Fraga, assistant at Holy Ghost Parish, Attleboro and administrator of the Taunton Catholic cemeteries has been appointed by Bishop Cronin to serve also as administrator of St. John's Parish Cemetery, Attleboro.

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Rev. Justin J, Quinn, pastor of St. Kilian Parish, New Bed· ford has been named by the Bishop as chairman of Special Gifts for Catholic Charities, New Bedford Area.

RETIREMENT

Rev.. Msgr. William H. Harrington, -Director of Saint Patrick's Cemetery in Fall River, retirement.

ASSIGNMENTS

Rev. Msgr. John E. Boyd, from Pastor of Saint Patrick's Parish in Fall R'iver to Pastor of St. Patrick's Parish 'in Wareham.

Arrangements Now Have Been Made for You to Travel Nearly Two Thousand Years

Rev. James F. Kenney, from Pastor of Saint Louis Parish 'in Fall River, and Secretary of Administration 'and Finance in Chancery, to Pastor of Saint Patrick's Parish ,in Fall River, and Director of Saint Patrick's Cemetery in ,Fall' River.

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RESIGNATION Rev. Msgr. Robert L. Stanton, Pastor of Saint Patrick's

Parish in Wareham, resignation because of ill health, to res,idence at Priests' Hostel in Fall River.

Effective february 6, 1974

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Decisio.ns on Abortion Continued from Page One and any human law, we are held to follow God's law."

Scholars who have studied the Supreme Court's opinions in the past year conclude that the only practical way to provide a constitutional basis fol' legal protection of the right to life of the unborn child is now to amend

Necrology JAN. 27 .

Rev. John T. Grady, 1919, Assistant, Immaculate Conception, Fall River.

Rev. Joseph M. Silvia, 1955, Pastor, St. Michael, Fall River.

JAN. 28 . Rev. Joseph M. Griffin, 1947, Pastor, St. Mary, Nantucket.

Rt. Rev. John J. Shay, 1961, Pastor, St. John Evangelist, Attleboro.

JAN. 29 Rev. Christiano J. Borges, 1944, Pastor, St. John Bapt-is.t, New Bedford.

Rev. Albert J. Masse, 1950, Pastor, St., Joseph, Attleboro.

JAN.3n Rey. Charles J. Burns, 1901, Pastor, St. Mary, North Attle· boro.

Rev. William F. Sumvan, 1930, Pastor, St. Patrick, Somerset.

Rev. Manuel C. Terra, 1930, Pastor, St. Peter, Provincetown'.

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the Constitution of the United States. Amending the Constituion is not a matter to be 'taken lightly. Yet the issue at stake here-human life-is so procious that one can have no doubt that this is the course of action we must take. ' An amendment of the kind which is needed would clearly establish that the unborn child is a person in the eyes of' the law. It would insure that the child would no longer be victimized by a so-called right of privacy which in fac;t permits abortion as a matter of convenience, In any civilized society', the protection of individual human rights is a primary responsibility of law.' It is thus a matter of high civic responsibility that those who affirm the sanctity of unborn human life pray, work and strive to convince their fellow citizens that every human life should be protected by law.

As Catholics we should join with other concerned men and women of good .will in crying out for an end to the killing of unborn children which· is a blot 'on our national life, We must also take practical actions which express our commitment to life and our oposition to death-byabortion.

New Location The Catholic Welfare Bureau, the Particular Council of the St. Vincent de Paul Society and the Priests' Senate have moved their offices ·from 47 Underwood· St., Fall River to 368 No. Main St., Fall River, the former Diocesan School Department Offices.

MOTHER S.ETON HOUSE: This is the house in Baltimore where Blessed Elizabeth Bayley Seton founded a school for girls in 1808 before founding the Sisters of Charity In Emmitsburg, Md., the next year. The bicentennial of her birth opened with the news that her canonization as the first native born American may not be far off, NC Photo.

Pastors Assigned Continued from Page One pointed administrator of Our nard's Seminary in Rochester, Lady of the Assumption Parish, New York.

Osterville and remained there The new prelate was ordained until' he received his assignment to the priesthood by the Most as pastor to St. Mary's Church, Rev. James E. Cassidy, the third No. Attleboro on July 2, 1969.

Bishop of Fall R<iver, on June In addition to parochial duties, 10, 1933. He served as an assist- Father Kenney served six years ant at St, Mary's Church, Nan- as CYO Director' and Boy Scout tucket, ,St, Patr.ick's Church in . Chaplain for the Fall River Area Falmouth and St. Patrick's and from 1951 to 1957 he acted Church, ,in Fall River. as Diocesan CYO Director and Then, he was named to the Diocesan Boy Scout Chaplain.

Catholic WeJfare Bureau and On Dec..4, 1968, Father Kendirector of St. Vincent's Home ney was named a Judge in the in Fall River, a position he held Diocesan Matrimonial Tribunal.

In addition to a B;A. degree from Dec. I, 1949 until he was designated as pastor of St. Pat- from St. Bernard's Seminary, rick's Church in Fall RiveI" on Father Kenney earned an M.Ed. degree from Bridgewater State Nov. 1, 1962.

In addinon, the new· monsi- College in 1964. gnor has served as director of the. Radio 'Activities Bureau, Editor Resigns Bureau of Information and DiocNEW ORLEANS (NC)-Father" esan Legion of Decency.

Elmo L.. Romagosa has resigned Father Kenney as executive editor of the New The son of the late James Orleans archdiocesan newspaper, Kenney and the late: Harriet A. The .Clarion Herald, 'to become Korzeneski, was born in Fall pastor of St. Rose of Lima parRiver on Jan. 19, 1918. ,A gradish here. He served with the uate of Durfee High School Fall paper for nearly 13 years. Father River, Father Kenney received Andrew C. l1aornnina was named his training ,in the classics at executive editor to succeed Providence College and then Father Romagosa. 'attended St. Bernard's Seminary, Rochester, N. Y. and St. Mary's Seminary, Baltimore, Ordained on June 5, 1943 by Bishop Cassidy in St. Mary's FUNERAL HOME, INC. Cathedral, Fall River, Father R. Marcel Roy - G. lorraine Roy Kenney served as an assistant Roger LaFrance - James E. Barton at St. Mary's Cathedral, Fall FUNERAL DIRIECTORS River; St. Louis Parish, Fall 15 Irvington Ct. River; and Holy Family Parish, New Bedford Taunton.

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Over: the course of the years, I have found it necessary to take issue in this column on numerous occasions with Father Daniel Lyons, S.J., who writes for "Twin ,Circle" and other conservative Catholic publications. More often than not, it was the farm labor problem that divided bargaining, I am confident it prosper wonderfully." us. I thought and I am still would Subsequently a retired Presbypersuaded that Lyons' po- terian minister from EI Paso,

lemical approach to this problem and, more specifically, his repeated attacks on the good name of Cesar Chavez, were

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so outrageously misleading as to require a stiff rejoinder from this end of the line.

Some time ago, however, I decided to calI it quits for fear that people might get the impression that I was deliberately baiting Lyons or that I held a personal grudge against him. I made a promise to myself that I would never again take up the cudgels against him in this column, no matter what he might happen to say about the farm labor problem or any other current social problem in his own weekly outlet.

Unfortunately, however, upon my return from Rome, I found a column by Father Lyons on my desk - this time on the Farah strike and boycott-which simply can't be alIowed to go unanswered. For better or for worse, then, I am going back on the promise.

Lyons' recent column on the Farah controversy, "Bishop Metzger vs. Dr. Poling," was calIed 10 my attention by a midwestern bishop who described it in a covering note as a "vicious article." [t mayor may not fit that particular description but, in any even't, it's a shoddy piece of reporting and, worse than that, a very patronizing attack on Bishop Metzger of EI Paso, the headquarters of the Farah Manufacturing Co., the nation's largest producer of men's slacks.

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Bishop Metzger, who has been the Ordinary of EI Paso for some 30 years, is a staunch supporter of the Farah strike and boycott. In March of last year, he wrote a very detailed statement on the issues involved in the Farah controversy. This statement was later reprinted as a full-page advertisement in all of the leading dailies in the United States.

In summary, he said, "As mat'ters stand in Farah, without a written negotiated personal policy the worker has insufficient assurance of job security, insufficient assurance of reasonable and negotiated production quotas, and insufficient assurance of a fair-wage scale. Without these three basic requirements there is no social justice ... If the company were to meet the demands of social justice by collective

Dr. Paul N. Poling, wrote a lengthly reply to Bishop Metzger, which was reprinted in an attractive and expensive pamphlet by the Farah Manufacturing Co. Copies of this pamphlet were distributed to alI of the Catholic bishops and priests in the United States-presumably at the expense of the company.

Poling's pamphlet, "For the Defense of Farah Workers," is a blistering attack on Bishop Metzger and alI of the other bishops, priests and ministers who' are supporting the Farah strike and boycott. Needless to add, Poling enthusiasticalIy endorses the company's position hook, line and sinker and completely repudiates the union's position' in every single detail.

Replies to Pamphlet In July of last year, Father Donald. Bauer, a priest of the Diocese of Syracuse, New York . who has been working full time during the past year year in support of the Farah boycott, drafted a detailed reply .to Poling's pamphlet. Citing chapter and verse, he demonstrated that Poling is woefully misinformed on almost every major issue involved in the Farah controversy.

It goes without saying that Father Lyons is perfectly free to disagree with Father Bauer's detailed critique of the Poling pamphlet. On the other hand, since Lyons claims to know so much more than Bishop Metzger about the ins and outs of the Farah controversy, one would have expected him to take some notice. of Father Bauer's paper in his recent column.

Instead of that, he elaborately ignored Father Bauer's statement and simply proceeded to paraphrase Dr. Pooling's pamphlet, and on the basis of Poling's one路 sided presentation tried to make a monkey out of Bishop Metzger. So far as he is concerned, J;>oling is absolutely right and Metzger is absolutely wrong. To add that his references to Bishop Metzger are rather insulting would be putting it very mildly.

Bad Taste I won't say, as my friend the midwestern bishop put it, that Lyons' supercilious attack on Bishop Metzger was "vicious," but I will say that it's in horribly bad taste. Lyons made a great to-do about the fact that he himself spent a few days in EI Paso making a first-hand study of the Farah controversy. By this he clearly means to imply that he knows much more about this controversy than Bishop Metzger does. If he is capable of beliving this, he is capable of believing almost anything.

The fact is that Bishop Metzger, who has been the Ordinary of EI Paso for more years than Father Lyons has been a priest, knows more about the Farah controversy than Lyons will ever know. ( @1973 NC Features)

FORMAL OPENING OF 19TH ANNUAL BISHOP'S CHARITY BALL: Most Rev. Daniel A. Cronin, S.T.D., is escorted to the Bishop's Box by Most Rev. James J. Gerrard, Auxiliary Bishop of the Diocese and the two honorary chairmen, Robert M. McGuirk of No. Dighton, president of the Particular Council of the St., Vincent de Paul Society, Taunton and Mrs. Richard Paulsen of Taunton, president of the Diocesan Council of Catholic Women.

World Technology One, Bishop Told tween the doer and his action." tive director, Chicago ArchdiocHe cited the examples of B-52 e$an Multimedia Communication pilots who had testified that they Center and Network; Philip Murwere unaware of the specific ray, staff director, WBDM-TV identity of the targets they were (CBS), Chicago; Edward J. Roth, sent out to bomb, as well as communication consultant, Washmodern clinical abortion tech- ipgton, D. C.; and Father James niques.

P Roache, secretary for commuFather Hehir reminded the n:ications, archdiocese of Chibishops that the world popula- cago. tion issue involves such matters as. the availability and distribution of resources and their con- Maryland Church sumption.

Tabernacle Stolen "The consumption habits of SALISBURY (NC)-The pastor Americans are at least as im- ~nd the parishioners of St. Franportant to this issue a's the repro- cis de Sales Catholic Church duction habits of persons in other ' neld a three-day prayer vigil in lands," he said. hopes of having their stolen tabIn addition to Archbishop Jo- ~rnacle restored to them. seph L. Bernal'din of Cincinnati, The" tahernacle housing four , chairman of the USCC Communi- Sacred vessels containing the Wounded Knee cations Committee, 12 bishops l,ioly Eucharist was stolen by are participating in the five-day thieves who kicked in a tranMinister Defended institute here, the fourth such ST. LOUIS (NC) - The U.S. event sponsored by the USCC ~cept door to gain entrance. The tabernacle itse.f weighs beCatholic Conference has joined Communication Department tween 70 and 80 pounds.

10 other church hodies in defense since 1970.

The robbery was discovered by of a Lutheran minister conv,icted On the first day of the insti- Father Alex Gorski, pastor of of civil contempt of court for refusing to answer questions tute, bishops worked with three- the church, when he arrived at asked of him by a federal grand quarter inch video tape cameras the ('!lurch to say Mass. Nothing jury investigating the occupation in .Iearining to make their own else in the church was disturbed of Wounded Knee, S.D., by mili- TV programs, and practiced sim- or missing. ulated news interviews and critant American Indians.

"I would like to know why The Rev. Paul A. Boe, who was tiques at television stations the tabernacle was stolen," said ,in Wounded Knee during the oc- WSBT, the CBS affiliate in South Father Gorski. "I suppose the cupation last spring, said that an- Bend, Ind., and WNDU, the NBC thieves had been to the church, swering some of the questions , affiliated station on the Notre Saw these shining objects, and asked of him by the grand jury Dame University campus here. rhought they were made of gold."

Guest lectmcrs and faculty at in Sioux Fal,ls, S.D., would violate the confidential relationship be- the Communication Institute intween a clergyman and his clude: Sid Darion, manager of public affairs; ABC-TV News, client.

'In convkting him of the charge New York; Doris Ann, manager of civil contempt, the federal of religious programs, NBC-TV, judge sa-id that Mr. Boe, who is New York; Pamela lIott, dlirec~or Cleansers the director of social services of of cultural and religious prothe American Lutheran Church, grams, CBS-TV, New York; Jes94 TREMONT STREET does not serve as pastor; there- uit Father Richard A. Blake, asTAUNTON, MASS. fore he cannot claim the rights sociate editor of America magTel. 822-0621 azine; Charles E. Hinds, execuof privileged communication.

NOTRE DAME (NC) - The communications revolution has created "a world society," an official of the U. S. Catholic Conference (USCC) told bishops attending a Communications Institute here.

The official, Father J. Bryan Hehir,director of the USCC Division of Justice and Peace, said: "Technologically, we have one world, and the Church has long believed that the world constitutes, not a competing crowd, but a community."

Technology, Father Hehir continued, "can penetrate our lives and bind us together, but it can also isolate us from one another by placing a shield be-

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Graymoor Priest· Continued from Page One of the Atonement (Graymoor priests and Brothers) here. Now celebrated worldwide, the week's emphasis 'in recent years has increasingly focused on interfaith worship and prayer for unity at the local level.

'A New Mood The mood in America is a complex one.

There is concern over the energy crisis but people are beginning to realize that there is much they can do. And they also are beginning to have confidence in themselves, . that they can endure sacrifice if this is called for.

There is the feeling that a new year has begun and that it can be a new era for America. In this particular area statistics on serious crime have indicated a decrease and so there is optimism that good can triumph over evil here on earth as well as in the hereafter.

Another striking fact· is the involvement of people with one another. , On both the high school and college levels, yqung are volunteering, are donating time and services and energies in the interest of others. Students are beginning to be aware of what they have, of the talents they possess, and rather than run riot and bring about destruction and vacuums they are volunteering to help cht,mge Ame·ricain a positive way:-teaching others to read and write, coaching slow learners, serving as school and club aides, involving themselves with the handicapped. This will not get the same newspaper and media coverage ·as student protests and riots of a few years ago, but it contributes to the mood of America in a positive and vital way. p~ople

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The acceptance of sacrifice and the willingness to help others-this is a two-fold thrust that augurs well for this year in America's life.

A Fixed Position The Massachusetts Department of Public Health estimates that 40,000 women will get 'abortions in the State during this year.

According to the Supreme Court, such action will be legal, but nothing can make it moral.

There must be constant reflection up<m the sacredness of human life at every stage of its development and despite the circumstances of its beginning and the inconvenience. it may bring to another.

Only such continual insistence on the sacredness of life will help to counteract the insidious attitude that already is quite noticeable--the more often an immoral act is per. formed, the less reprehen!!ible it seems and the less of an impact it begins to make even on the sensibilities of moral people.

Here is also am area where Catholics must continue to be insistent and in which there is and can be no compromise. Catholics surely want to be good neighbors and friends with all people and certainly wish to cooperate in a wide range of social and community endeavors. But in this matter' of abortion Catholics are clear in where they stand and from this position ean not and will not deviate. And Catholics will use all lawful means to work for the repeal of laws and opinions that attac~ innocent life at every stage of its development.

Religion Newswriters Association Names TOIP 10 Stories for 1973 WILMINGTON (NC) - The continuing story of conservatives . versus moderates in the Missouri Synod Lutheran Church was' voted the top news story for the s.econd year in a row by the Religion Newswriters Association, an organization for religion writers on daily newspapers.

The Lutheran struggle has revolved around the Rev. Dr. J.A.O..

Preus and his conservative colleagues in the Missouri Synod lJutherans and the more liberal group led by the Rev. Dr. John H. Tietjen.

Three stories concerning Catholics were listed in the top 10.

Highest ranked was the Vatican's reaffirmation of the infallibility of the Pope, which came in number seven.

Continuing violence between Protestants and Catholics in Northern Ireland was ranked numher eight.

Number nine was the National Conference of Catholic Bishops' endorsement of the United Farm Workers boyc{)tt of grape and lettuce and Catholic support of the Farah strike in EI Paso, Tex. The second most important story, according to the religion writers, was the continuing trend from social activism toward a mC?re personal religion.

Official Discusses Sanctity-of Life

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NEW YORK (NC)--The director of the U.S. Catholic Conference's Division of Health Affairs will discuss on the CBS television network the Church's role in protecting the rights of the unborn, the mentally retarded and the aged.

"Choose Life, Celebrate Life" is the title of the production to be shown on the weekly Sunday reHgious program "Look up and Live." The date and time of the program varies in different parts of the country.

Sister Virgina Schwager, S.P., director of the USCC health af·fairs division, will be interviewed

by CBS correspondent Charles Osgood. The production includes photographic essays on the sanctity of life.

Voted the numbl~r three story, according to the religion ~riter~. was the refusal of the Episcopal Church's General Convention to approve the ordination of women.

The popularity of the Charismatic movement was considered the fourth most important story.

Number five was Key '73, the year-long Christian evangelistic crusade, though Home of the writers said its importance, was as a "non-story" rather than as one which came off successfully.

Sixth on the list :"vas the movement among parents to "rescue" their children from some of the fundamentalist religious communities such as the Children of God. This made the headline.s., especially in the trial in New York of Ted Patrick who acknowledged his part in helping parents in such actions.

The number' 10 story was the.

United Presbyterian USA's return to the Consultation on Church Union as symbolic that ecumenism is not yet dead. '

Stresses Church's Zaire Contribution

VATICAN CITY (NC)-Zaire's new ambassador to the Vatican, presenting .his credentials to Pope Paul VI Jan. .7, said that there is "no fundamental problem capable of farnishing the ,very old relations between my country and the Holy See." Ambassador Lobume Mujwam Kallymazzi also spoke of "the positive . contribution of the Catholic Church not only to the evangelization of our people but equally to the spiritual development and the flowering of our . national community."

The work of Catholic missionaries, he said, "has been and is still vigorous and beneficial" in the vast African. country of Zaire, the former Belgian Congo.

The ambassador emphasized that Zaire's President Mobutu Sese Seko "remains personally and profoundly a convinced Christian, a complete son of the Roman Catholic Church."

Week of Platitudes "It is no exaggeration to say that the grassroots support expressed for ,the theological discussions now going on between the churches can be traced largely ,to the grace and information received at Week of Prayer services," ,father Delaney observed.

But he added: "Because ,it has been observed for many years by great num· bers of people there is great danger that the Week of Prayer m'ay hecome a routine devotion."

Too often, he said, from Jan. 18 to 25 Christians "share churches with other denominations, express sorrow for the past and hope for the future, and warmly greet ,their brothers in Christ. On the morning of the 26th, however, and for the other 51 weeks of ,the year, they are back to their provincial denominational interests." . "In many cities,' he charged, "the Week of Prayer has been fashioned into a Week of Platitudes by those who fear any change in the ecclesiastical status quo. Where the Holy Spirit has brought the Week of Prayer into 'being, selfish people try to reo place it with an image made by human hands." .

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:Protest Treatment Of Christians LONDON (NC) - About 200 people marched for 'about a mile and a half recently through central London to the Soviet embassy to protest the treatment of Christians in t~e Soviet Union.

An official at the embassy refused to accept three petitions the group tried to present to him, so the documents, containing about 11,000 signatures, were mailed to the embassy instead.

One protested injustices sufferred by Christians of all denom'inations in the Soviet Union and was signed by 8,273 persons. A second, on the pl,ight of Soviet Baptists, bore the signatures of 2,400 British Baptists. A third, signed by 200, protested the suppression of those fighting for human rights in the Sov,iet Union.

Barnumls Story Skillfully Told in Neil Harrisl Book

Religion Classes 'in Public Schools BERLIN (NC)'- The principle of neutrality in religious matters as set forth in the West German constitution does not mean that the government must refrain from promoting ,religious instruction in the public schools, according to a ruling of the Federal Administrative Court (Bundesverwaltungsgericht) here in West Berlin. .

When the great P. T. Barnum brought Jenny Lind, "The Swedish Nightingale," to the United States for a concert tour in 1850, he demonstrated his genius in showmanship. One of his tricks was to auction tickets to the opening concert. Even to He was charged with bun· attend the auct.ion cost 25 combe, hoaxing, humbug. Indeed,. cents. Thousands attended. he planted objections to, and de: The very first ticket went nials of the authenticity of his to one John Genin, who bid $225 for it.

Genin himself was no slouch in the uses of publicity. The no-

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toriety he received for his wildly excessive payment brought a huge increase in his business.

He was a hatter and pill manufacturer, evidently a versatile, as well as a canny man.

This episode is recounted in Neil Harris' booK Humbug: The· Art of P. T. Barnum (Little, Brown, 34 Beacon St." Boston, Mass. 02106. $10. Illustrated).

Mr. Harris is giving us a biography of Barnum and an examinat.ion of the relationship between his career and American society in the 19th century.

161·Year·Old Slave Barnum was born in Bethel, Connecticut, in 1810. He was· a shrewd Yankee, good at calculation but hating the farm work which seemed to be his lot in life. Getting away from the farm, he became a grocery c1(~rk, sharp in his dealings with customers who were comparably sharp.

He was only 16 when he left for Brooklyn. Two years later he was back in Bethel running a store, acting as agent for one of the lotteries then common, starting a newspaper. He became a crusader for public causes, realizing that such activity was good for business.

At the age of 24 he moved to New York, where he opened a boarding house and bought an interest in a grocery store. His first venture into show business came a year later, when, for $1,000, he acquired Joice Heth, a slave who. was repre~ented to be 161 years old and to have been George Washington's nurse: Novelties, Curiosities Barnum proved himself a master of publicity then 'and there. He stirred up avid popular interest in this questionable creature, put her on exhibition, and made money.

In a few years he was the proprietor of two museums, to which the public flocked to view wonders both natural and faked.

His first major attraction was Tom Thumb, a midget, whom Barnum exploited spectacularly both in this country and, later, in Europe.

Other novelties and curiosities followed: a buffalo hunt, a mermaid, etc. The people responded with such alacrity that Barnum was a rich man fairly early in life.

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exhibits. Controversy called attention to his wares. Also, he realized that people like to think themselves capable of detecting fraud, and will pay to let their judgment be tested It gives them BISHOP MAGUIRE an opportunity for problemsolving.

Jenny Lind Mr. rIarris says, "Contemporaries sensed that he was a representive American not simply His Excellency Most Rev. because of his enterprise and Joseph Maguire, D.D., Auxiliary energy, but because of a special outlook on reality, a peculiar and Bishop of Boston (South Region) masterly way of manuipuJoating will speak at a l.:Jnity Octave Service to be held at St. Joseph's other people and somehow makChurch, Attleboro on Wednesding them feel grateful for being day, Jan. 23 at 7:30 p.m. The the subjects of his manipulation." service, held yearly to pray for Jenny Lind was a genuine, Christian unity, is sponsored by even distinguished , musical artthe Attleboro Clergy Association. ist. She scored a tremendous Bishop Maguire was ordained success' in the United States. It in 1945 by the late Richard Carsurpassed that of other Euro· dinal Cushing after finishing his pean singers and musicians who studies at Boston College and St. were at least of her caliber. And John's Seminary in BrigMon, the reason lay largely in BarMass. After ordination, he served num's ballyhoo. in various parishes of the ArchAs Mr. Harris puts it, "Jenny diocese of Boston until he beLind ... was part of a Protestant came the late Cardinal Cushing's Reformation in music." She was secretary. In 1970 he became from Sweden, and not from a Secretary to Humberto Cardinal Mediterranean country, as many Medeiros until his ordination as other touring artists were. She a bishop on Feb. 2, ·1972 by did not, as the Latin performers Cardinal Medeiros. did, awaken "fears of sensuality Music Program among Anglo-Saxons."

The music for the evening will White Elephant be provided by the A Cappella Barnum emphasized her moral Choir of Attleboro High School, under 'the direction of Joseph rectitude, her sweetness of character, the purity of her art. After Bono; the Attleboro High School String Ensemble. under the direchearing her sing, a "man could tion of Louis Ruggiero and the hardly commit a disreputable St. Joseph's Adult Choir, under action," he proclaimed. Press and the direction' of Miss Jo-Anne public responded to this lead.

Valente.

Thus, it was said that she "looked The Unity Octave Service is as if sin or guile were an utter impossibility of her nature." Or being prepared by the fOllowing members of the Attleboro Clergy again, "One would imagine she Association: Rev. Raymond Marhad come with one bound from tending her flock on the hillside shall, First Baptist Church, chairman; Rev. Goroon Larson, Imto warble behind the footlights." manuel Lutheran Church; Rev. Alas, in a few months, Jenny Lind, who was not uninterested David Dahlberg, Evangelical Covin money, quit Barnum's manage- enant Church; and Rev. Normand Boulet, Assistant Pastor, St. Joment and went out under another's. But Barnum had other seph's Church. prodigies to present.

One was a loudly heralded Aid Communications white elephant, to be imported The Knights of Columbus have from Siam. The white elephant made a gran1t of $30,000 to the proved, on arrival, to be dismally Catholic Communications Foungrey. Thereupon Barnum prodation of New York, adding to nounced it to be a sacred eleprevious grants totaling nearly phant, and surrounded it with a quarter million dollars. The Buddhist trappings stitched up in foundation, established by New York City.

Catholic fra·ternal benefit sociMerger With Bailey eties of the U. S. seeks to aid the Barnum is best remembered, of American hierar.chy in its radio course, for his circus. He got into and. television apostolate. It has that business fairly late. And his granted numerous scholarships circus became really impressive in the communications field to only after a merger with James priests, religious and laity.

A. Bailey, "the greatest circus man of his generation." The Barnum and Bailey circus gained the main chance ... aloof from world renown, and deservedly, subtle moral distinctions." for in magnitude and variety it Barnum's story is flamboyant, far surpassed the traditional and Mr. Harris tells it skillfully.

European circus.

How well his analysis of Barnum He was considered, and con- as a representative American of sidered himself, to be the typical his time accords with historical Yankee: "clever, energetic, and fact, is beyond my capacity to flexible, always eager for a hard determine. But it is a provocative bargain, with his eye fixed "on notion.

The ruling was prompted by the suit of an Aachen citizen who wanted to have school prayers outlawed and had obtained a favorable decision from both the lower Aachen administrative

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court and the Muenster appellate court.

The Berlin federal court noted thar pupils could absent themselves while the prayers are being'said, and expressed the opinion that all students, even those not adhering to any rel'igious faith, might be induced ,to practice tolerance if they were present in the classrooms during such prayers..

The court said that the Germart states have the 'privilege under the federal constitution to make religion classes ava'ilable in public schools.

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S,he 'Offelrs Pick,er.Upper For Dr,eary, Slushy Days' If you're like me, your New Year's resolutions are down the drain by the middle of January. I not only haven't kept mine, but having broken them makes me feel worse than if I never made thE!m at all. Part of my problem is that I made resolutions during the emoHave You Smiled? tion-filled Christmas week.

Have you smiled?

At that time, I was conscious Have you helped anyone? of the Infant's message, overHave you accepted help ... beflowing with love of my family, and objective ahout the confusion in my home.

cause it made someone else feel good to be able to help you?

Have you seen God's work ... and admired it ... in a sunset, a snowfall. .. the intricate beauty of a little child's eyes?

Have you settled an argument?

Wiped a tear? Or a tiny nose?

By Have you discussed anything, especililly .with your. children, MARY that has caused them to think more clearly, given them food for CARSON their minds?

Not only can you probably answer "yes" to everyone of these questions, you can also By mid-January, things are as write long lists of all the other they always were. '.. except things you ARE DOING! By building your own confithat I get annoyed with myself because I am more conscious of dence, you are taking the first what I haven't done, All my de- step toward fulfilling the. twotermination to be more patient fo~d law Jesus gave. To love and understanding, to keep my. your neighbor better, you must home in better order, to answer love yourself more! Your capacmail promptly ... all get lost in ity to love will grow and sincere love of God will flourish in you. tihe hec.fic daily confusion.

Smile ... you love God! While it's good to examine our consciences and find areas to improve, self-condemnation- Commemorate Unborn par,ticularly on a dreary, slushy, miserable January day - instead Killed in Britain of sparking self-improvement, LONDON (NC)-A tablet was just causes a full scale depres- unveiled in the courtyard of St. Matthew's Anglican Church here sion.

I would guess that many peo- ,on the Feast of the Holy Innople, particularly mothers, have cents "in memory of 170,000 unthe same trouble. So, I propose born children killied in Britain an examination of conscience in this year." reverse ... to build your confiSeventeen wreaths were laid dence. It doesn't matter when beneath the tabiet and an ecuyou make it. You may want to menical service held in the do it two or three times a year. chur-ch under the auspices of the In January, you could want to interdenominational Society' for make one every other day. the Protection of Unborn ChilSo, mothers, sit down for a dren, which campaigns again~t few minutes ... and forget every- legalized abortion in this country. thing that you've done poorly, igThe wreaths, made of holly nore what you didn't accomplish, and white flowers, each symboldisregard your faults. ized 10,000 children. ,NOW ... WHAT DID YOU Despite persistent -campaigning DO RIGHT?'

by Catholics and other antiWithin the last month, have abortionists, Britain's 1967 Aboryou thought one kind thought tion Act remains unchanged, alabout each of your children? lowing abortion virtually on Some of them? One of them? demand.

Forget all the times you've been ready to murder them, Was there Anglican Archbishop a moment you really loved them?

During the last week, hav.e Chides Western World you served your family' any LONDON (NC)-"Our Western food they enjoyed? Sorile new world has not been faithful to exotic recipe? Hamburgers and its Christian inheritance," said 'Potato chips? Peanut butter Anglican Archbishop Michael sandwiches? It isn't important ~amsey of Canterbury, writing that they acknowledged' it. Did in his January Diocesan Notes. you give anyone of them some"The values of the Western thing they like eaUng? world," he said, "have too often During the last six months, been those of materialism, pleahave you offered compassion, sure and luxury. It has lost路 the ' understanding, sympathy to any- virtues of the simplicity of life. one with a problem?

"Its morals have fallen far Have you read a book, or a short of the righteousness of magazine' or newspaper article of Christ. It has been complacent that caused you to think? Have a~out the existence of terrible you improved your mind a bit? poverty and hunger in many Has anything, even a cartoon, parts of the world. Is it surpriscaused you to consider more ing if the judgment of God falls deeply your relationship to God up09 us?" and others?

If what matters most "is that Have you done anything that we should turn to God, sure, of has made the world ... even a His loving kindness as well as tiny bit of it .. more beautiful? His judgment, and eager to learn Grown a plant? Painted a room? what He would show us, need we Swept your front steps? ' be afraid?" the archbishop asked.

"LITTLE SUMMIT MEETING": This was the scene in the papal library as Pope Paul VI and four m'ajor African political leaders met in what many European papers called a "little summit meeting." Facing the pope from left are Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia and President Gaa(ar Al Nimeiry of Sudan. At opposite ends of the table are Foreign Minister Vernon Mwanga of Zambia (foreground) and Vice President James Green of Liberia.

The African leaders discussed peace prospects in the Middle East and voiced concern over the future of the holy city of Jesusalem. NC Photo.

BRIDGEPORT (NC) - Bishop Wa'lter Curbis of Bridgeport has anounced here that he is opening a new diocesa.n Office for PastqraI Care of the Separated, Divorced and Remarried.

The office-believed to be the first in the country-will be an agency of the diocesan marriage tribuna1, the bishop said. It w:ill serve as a resource center for priests in the areas of Church marriage law and pastoral practice in meeting the special problems of divorced persons.

Presenting his plans for the new agen-cy at a meeting of .the diocesan priests' councH, Bishop Curtis said the purpose of the

Thanksgiving Clothing Drive Successful NEW YORK (NC)-Qver six million pounds of clothes and bedding reached the Catholic Relief Services (CRS) processing center by Dec. 20 from the'annual Thanksgiving clothing collection in Catholic churches across the country.

CR5, U. S. Catholics' overseas aid agency, repof.ted that as many ,fls 50 vans a day were making deliveries to the Glendale (New York City) processing center, and another processing depot was opened in Milwaukee to accommodate contributions from the upper Midwest area.

CRS eliminated 35 dioceses in 11 Western' states from this year's collection because of increased handling and processing costs, But a CRS spokesman said that this year's returns are still on a par with last year's and may eventually surpass them.

Last year's final total reached 7,125 tons - over 14 million pounds.

As of Dec. 17, CRS said, the Glendale center had received 6,246,443 pounds of clothing, blankets and bedding materia!.

It set a new one-day record of 361,000. pounds on DI~C. 3.

office is to meet the growing need for the Chur-ch to serve separated 'and, divorced Catholics.

According to 'Father Thomas DriscoH, diocesan vice chancellor, "the awareness of the increasing number of people who are divorced and remarried was brought to the bishop's attention primarily through the marriage tribuna!."

The tribunail has had a steady increase in marriage cases in recent years, Father Driscol,1 said.

He noted that the need to provide better pastoral care for divorced and separated Catholdcs had als,o been discussed among priests and at priests' council meetings. But the plan for a separate office "was initiated by Bishop Curtis," he said, "He deserves full credit f(lr it," , Bishop Curtis named Msgr.

Patrick F. DonneHy, a member of the diocesan marriage tribunal for 17 years and pastor of Assumption Parish in Westport, to become full-time director of the office, which was scheduled to open Jan. 15.

The new agency wtll be reresponsible for alerting priests to changes. in the Church's marriage Joaw, offering legal assistance in examining new cases

and re-examining older cases that might require new action in the light of legal changes.

It will also encpurage more concern in parishes for people who are separated, divorced, and remarried, it wiil give priests information and assistance to help them decide on questions of pastoral care, approach to the Sacraments and other issues facing Catholics whose marriage has broken up.'

The Church's position on the indissolubility of marriage has not changed, but in recent years the norms and procedures for declaring a first marriage null have been relaxed. The result has been a significant increase in the number of marriage cases brought to diocesan tribunals and resolved.

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South Ya'rmouth Aids Blue Army

The first snowstorm of the year (at this writing we are experiencing our second one) always catches me unprepared and the search begins. Where are those boots?

What has happened to that other glove? Can you find that windshield scraper? Joe was helping me with the from head ,to toe and this year is even a new style of boot search for the winter essen- there that has a nylon top that Nes or tials and he finally called out tightens around ,the leg, keeping that he was convinced that the sock monster (that's the unknown mysterious guest in the house who steals one sock) had sud-

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rlenly taking a liking to boots and only one of each boot could be found.

That wasn't really true for there were a few sets of boots around if anyone still wore a toddler 'size 9 or 11 'Iz. I think 路~hose are the same ones that were missing when my children did wear those sizes now that they have outgrown them the sock-and,boot monster has decided to return Ithem.

Means to Check With the best of intentions, , always vow at the beginning of the win'~er that I will check everyone's snow gear and have them ready for the first flakes and of course I never do. For som'e reason I never seem to believe that the winter white is coming until I raise 路the shades and there it is.

One-Piece Snowsuits While I must admit that I do enjoy the latest' snow gear for not only is i路t good looking but it is also practical, I wish I didn't always' wait until the very last minute, to shop for most of it!

The one piece snowsuits that are being worn by many of the children this year protect them

Catechetical Directory Pastoral in Approach MARRIOTTSVILLE (NC)-The first meeting of the National Catechetical Directory Committee decided that the directory will be biblical and pastoral in approach and will avoid any particular philosophical base or theological stance.

The directory will contain norms and guidelines for the teaching of religion on all levels and in all areas of the United S'tates.

During a three-day meeting here in Maryland, the committee also decided that the directory should strive to deal effectively with social sin as well as personal sin. Many American Catholics, the committee said, do not have Catholic outlooks on social justice but have American outlooks. .

The directory, the committee decided, will be written for those Catholics who have responsibility for Christian education in the United States, particularly parents, catechists, Religious, deacons, priests, writers and publishers of catechetical texts.

Members of St. P,ius X parish, South Yarmouth, are participating in observance of January as a month of prayer for peace in Vietnam. The international project is sponsored by the Blue Army of Our Lady of Fatima and was originated by members in Vietnam. It will culminate on Feb. I, the Tet holiday, and Vietnamese New Year, when an International Pilgrim Virgin statue will be taken to Vietnam in connection with ecumenical religious services.

In South Yarmouth, according to announcement made hy Mrs. Joseph D. Evers, a rosary for peace will be recited daily in January following 7 and 9 a.m.

Masses, and a rosary group meeting on Thursday nights under the leadership of Marguerite Hefferman and Evelyn Boulton will also offer special prayers for the cessation of Vietnam hostilities.

out all that snow that our youngsters manage to tramp through.

Even mi,ttens are made of this waterproof nylon material, which is a boon for those mothers who remember an entry full of soggy, wet, snowball-stock mittens.

This latter )tem, mittens, also holds a fatal attraction for our retriever,Missy, who always manages to definger, or dethumb, at least a couple of pairs before Ithe season is over. This alarming habit irritates us all no end and leads to many a frozen hand all because our retriever is just that.

Next Year Between the sock-and-boot monster, and Misy, the task of keeping the younger set in winter gear becomes a bit of a problem and at the end of each season I vow that this year I'll be very organized (I'm a Virgo and my horoscope keeps telling me that I should be an organized person), pack everything carefuHy away, safe from that monster, label it, make sure there's a pair of everything that should have a pair and in short be prepared. Who knows, some year I may make it-at least I can keep that hope!

P.aper Hos New Circulotion Plan LOUISVILLE (NC)-The number of Catholic famnies in the Louisville ar.chdiocese who receive The Record will more than double under a new plan for distributing and funding the archdiocesan newspaper.

The new system calls for the newspaper to be distributed by mail each week to all Catholic families in the 31-county archdiocese.

Costs of the new distribution p:'an will be divided three ways: -Revenue from advertising.

-An annual subsidy from the archdiocese. .

-Contribut!ions from all parishes.

However, individual families will still be encouraged to reimburse their parishes for the subscription. Previously, subscript'ions were on an individual, voluntary basis. .

Parish contributions are based on the financial status of parishes rather than on the number of copies of the newspaper mailed to parishioners. A formula for determiing each parish's contribut'ions has been worked out by a 10-member Board of Pastor-Consultants, which. consists o( one parish from each of the 10 regions in the archdiocese.

Father William H. Zahner, managing editor of The Record, cited two reasons for the new plan: previous methods of financing the newspaper are no longer adequate in view of the current publication costs; and an effort by the archdiocese to make the newspaper a more effective ins:rument of communication.

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Dawn to Dawn Mrs. Evers said John Malloy, custodian of a Cape Cod Pilgrim Virgin statue, arranged for First Friday holy hours, extending from dawn to dawn, to be offered this month for the peace intention.

"We pray this plea for peace will be answered throughout our diocese," she added. "Jot could be the tiny spark to light the way for t.he coming Holy Year, the year of renewal and reconciliation for all mankind."

PRO-LIFE DECLARATION: Sister Catherine, superior at St. Vincent's Hospital in Los Angeles, shows the antiabortion declaration which she posted in the hospital lobby.

Posting of such a statement is required by a state "conscience clause" law which went into effect Jan. 1. The California Catholic Conference of Catholic Health Facilities has adopted the working of the declaration for use in Catholic hospitals. NC Photo.

In Lea,d,e:rship Role Sister Named to State of Washington Education Post SPOKANE (NC)-Sister Monica Schmidt, president of Fort Wiright College here, has been named an assistant superintendent in Washington state's Office of Public Instruction.

Sister Schmidt is to take the post on a full-time l:fasis 'on July I.. after the end of the academic year at Fort Wright.

As head of the Professional Services Department she will be responsible for the office on non-public schools, the office on professional negotiations and the o~fice on professional certification and education.

The office on non-public schools is a new office set up to coordinate state services for nonpublic schools, to promote cooperation between public and nonpublic schools and to serve as a liaison with nonpublic schools for federal funding channelled through the state.

The office on professional negotiations provides technical assistance to public schools in management-labor relations. The office on professional certification and education recommends qualifying standards for teachers.

Sister Schmidt will head a staff

of about two dozen persons.

"F,acilitating the establishment of -the Office of Non-Public Schools," she told NC News, "will take some immediate time."

This, she said, would take priority in her activities, because the other offices have already been in operation and have programs formulated.

Dr. Frank B. Brouillet, state superintendent of public instruction, said, "There's no question that Dr. Schmidt is one of 路the most highly-qualified women in education in the state of Washington."

Sister Schmidt said: "I'm delighted for myself personally because it will allow me to continue my involvement in education in a leadership role, and I'm delighted also because I'm a woman and interested in fUll'thering opportunities for wornen."

Sister Schmidt was appointed president of Fort Wright College, run by the Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary, in June 1970. She holds a doc-~orate in psychology from the University of Illinois and a master's degree in edooational psychology from Seattle University.

Rights Group Elects Three Members WASHINGTON (NC)-A bishop, a lay woman and a superior cpf a Religous congregation of men have been elected members cpf the Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights, the league has announced.

The new members are Bishop Edward McCar.thy of Phoenix, Ariz.; Mrs. Magaly Llagano, a dvic and Church leader from Miami; and Father Joseph Francis of Bay St. Louis, Miss., superior of the Southern Province of the Society of the Divine Word.

Bishop McCarthy has served on the Administrative Board of the U. S. Catholic Conference (USCC) and on the USCC committees on Communications, National Advisory Council and Human Development.

Mrs. Llagano, a Cuban refugee, is a board member-at-large of the National Right to Life Committee; and president of Comite Pro Derech 0 a la Vida, a pro-life group of Spanish-speaking Americans. Father Francis is a leading .member of the Black Priests' Caucus. ,

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The prefect of the congregation; Cardinal Luigi Raimondi, said it is not certain, however, whether all the necessary investigations and documentation would be completed by then.

Holy Year in Rome runs from Christmas of 1974 to Christmas of 1975.

"U is our .hope that Cardinal Newman will be beatified during the Holy Year," the cardinal told NC News.

Cardinal Newman, whose life spanned almost nine decades of the· 19th century, was England's most celebrated convert to the Catholic faith. As a clergyman and teacher at Oxford University, he was perhaps the foremost theologian in the Anglican Church. His conversion in 1845 at the age of 44 created a sensaHon in En~land, and its effects are felt to this day.

He became a CatJhoHc priest in 1847 and founded the Congrega,tion of the Oratory in England.

At the request of the Irish bishops, . he attempted to begin a new Catholic university in Ireland, and, though he did not succeed, his earlier lectures on education have become classics

under the title of "The Idea of a Unuversi-ty."

Under a Cloud His essay "on consulting the faithful in matters of dootrine" was related to the Vatican, and Falther Newman remained under a cloud for the best part of a decade Ull/tH his exoneration in 1867. During that period he pub· lished his celebrated "Apologia pro Vita Sua," a book-length vindication of his religious beliefs wriltten in the space of two months. His "Grammar of Assent," dealing with the way men arrive at religious conviction, was published in 1870.

Pope Pius IX invited Father Newman to attend the First Vatican Council, but the celebrated convert asked to be excused. He defended that council's definition of papal infaHibility in a public "Letter to the Duke of Norfolk," which was warmly received by Anglicans and Catholics alike. A fa,ulty translation into Italian, however, got him into difficulties once again with Vatican authorities. This time an old antagonist, Cardinal Henry Manning of Westminster, sprang to his defense.

Father Newman was made a cardinal in 1879, but continued to J,ive the frugal life of an Oratarian priest at Birmingham until his death in 1890 at the age of 89.

Planned Parenthood Associatiolrl Retracts Statement on Catholics KALAMAZOO (NC) - The Planned Parenthood Associat,ion here in Michigan has apologized to Catholic citizens in this :area for stating that their organization had once been put out of business due to "criticism fro~ the Catholic community."

The apology was made in a letter to Stuart Hubbell, executive director of the Ca,tholic League for Civil and Religious Rights, a group formed last May to fight discriminatory practices against Catholics and other minol'ity groups. The league' had challenged the Planned Parenthood statement on behalf of area Catholics.

Meade Birchette, director of Kalamazoo Planned Parenthood, said that the statement was included in a flyer giving the history of the association. He said \

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CAPE COD PRESENTEES: Among the young ladies from Cape Cod Area presented to

Bishop Cronin at the 19th annual Bishop's Charity Ball were, top: Gail Marie Bennett of St. Francis Xavier.Parish, Hyannis is presented to the Bishop by her father, Edward J. Bennett, Center: Mary Elizabeth Colgan, daughter of the late Mrs. Joseph Colgan and the late Joseph Colgan, prest~nted by Vincent Fowler to the Ordinary of the Diocese. Bottom: Jacqueline White and her father, Donald P. White of Centerville chat with Bishop Cronin following her presentation. -

WASHINGTON (NC-The National Conference of Catholic Bishops has urged its members to commemor?te the first anni. versary of the U. S. Supreme Count's Jan, 22 ruling legalizing abor.tion by issuing pastoral letters, l1inging church bells, and encouraging rallies and marches.

In a letter to the nation's bishops, Bishop· James S. Rausch, general secretary of the NCCB; relayed suggestions made by the NCCB's Committee on Population and Pro-Life Activities and added several suggestions made by the staff of the U. S. CllJtholic Conference, which he also serves as general secretary. A model pastoral letter was also sent with Bishop Rausch's letter. Individual bishops may use the pastoral or write their own.

that while some people ,in the ar~a ,still feel that the association's closing, in 1945 was due to Catholic criticism, "there was no point in bringing up an old issue which could cause problems for some segments of the community."

The director said that all materials containing the statement had been destroyed and that new flyers state that the office was closed from 1945-1967 "due to lack of support."

The Catholic league's original letter to Planned Parenhood objected that "literally thousands of recipients of this (Planned Parenthood) flyer have gained the 'impression fr.om it that persons of the Catholic faith somehow were suppressing your agency.

"It is important that all of us do our share to live together in peace and harmony while respecting each other's beliefs," the Catholic league letter continued.

"Matters like this have- a habit of -gett,ing out of hand and creating even greater divisions and deepening enmities."

In response, -attorneys for Planned Parenthood assured the Catholic league of the association's "good intentions in this matter" and hoped that the retraction of the statement would help "minimize discord." The attorneys' letter expressed regret that the statement had 'been included in the flyers.

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Call for Reconciliation Major Superiors Urge Me" Religious To Avoid Splitting Orders WASHINGTON (NC) - The Conference of Major Superiors cf Men (CMSM) has urged ReBgious to heal the divisions that threaten to .split their orders into separate communities base::l on "opposing mentalit:ies."

The appeal came in "A Call for Reconciliation" issued on behalf of the conference, an organization of the superiors of orders of Men in this country, by its president, Father Paul Boyle.

The statement called on religious orders to enter into a "process of reconciliation" as the Church prepares for the 1975 Holy Year.

Some divisions in religious communities "go beyond the proper and due diversity so necessary for community living," the statement said. While saying that some "claim that the discord is often. beyond repair" and "con-' clude that the answer is to divide the communities according to opposing mentalities," the statement rejected such a solution.

"Our world and our Church need the example of brethren working through their differences, not separating because of them," the CMSM sai::l.

A CMSM spokesman said that the statement may be controversial because the Vatican has in the recent past given permission to groups within some Religious communities of women to separate legally and groups within some men's communities are seeking similar permission.

"Vatican Council 11 has given us all a new vision of the Church and of her mission among men," the statement continued," it has given also new insights and new directions for ReHgious life. But the acceptance of new ideas, the initiatioon and testing of new practices 路take time and willingness to change. Religious everywhere must open their minds and hearts to assimilate what is new and to blend it with what is old."

The statement warned that to

Passionists Urged To Conserve Fuel

HIGHLIGHT IN YOUNG LADIES' LIVES: Terrence Beehan of Holy Name Parish, New Bedford is greeted by the Most Rev. Daniel A. Cronin, S.T.D., at the Bishop's Ball following the presEmtation of his daughter, Patricia. Center: St. Peter's Parish, Provincetown was represented among the presentees by Karen Ann Silva, who was presented by her father , Robert F. Silva. Bottom: Pauline G. Ducharme of Sacred . Heart Parish, No. Attleboro is presented by her father, Robert Ducharme to the Ordinary of the Diocese.

UNION CITY (NC)-A move to save fuel as "a matter of con路science and a moral imperative" has been urged for all Passionist Fathers' monasteries in the order's Eastern Province by the provincial.

In a letter to all Passionist residences and personnel, Father Flavian Dougherty said the energy crisis "obliges every Passionist to give Christian and Religious example to the local community where he serves and to the nation as a whole."

Passionist personnel, he added, should "do some think,ing on these critical issues and come up with some practical ideas on what we are to do in our monasteries in the exercise of ministry I and in our personal lives."

Each Passionist community, Father Dougherty urged, should take steps that are immediately' possible and make suggestions for further cutbacks in fuel and automobile use should the situation worsen.

"finalize internal discord into legal struct~res would be to build on shifting sand, weaken the communities and in the long run, hurt the Church. Our present need and pressing duty is to work for reconciliation. We believe that God can heal what man has broken. We believe also that He is ready to grant us His healing grace, but that He wants and awaits our cooperation."

The CMCM told Religious that "unity cannot be found through arguments in which one side wins and the other side loses. That way leads only to the stalemate of separation. The unity of minds and hearts we search for, can and must take into account different visions and desires. Experience reveals that those communities find such unity who are able to intensify a common experience of their particular vocation: common experience in prayer, in thanksgiving, praise ano petition; common experience of the radical discipleship of hearing and announcing the Good News to all, in serving the poor, in healing the sick, and attending the deepest needs of thair fellow men."

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Mother Seton Canc)nization Near EMMITSBURG (NC)-The bicentennial year of the birth of Blessed Elizabeth Bayley Seton, foundress of the Sisters of Charity in the U. S., opened here in Maryland with the news that her canonization as the first native barn American saint may not be far off.

According to Father Lucio Lapalorcia, postulator general of Mother Seton's cause for canonization in Rome, a panel of nine doc~ors recently declared that a cure, reportedly brought about through Mother Seton's intercession, was a miracle. If the cure is declared miraculous by Pope Paul, it will be the first of two miracles needed for Mother Seton's canonization.

"Our hopes should be high," said the postulator general at a bicentennal Mass, "that Blessed Mother Seton's canonization will not be delayed for any great length of time."

The Mass at St. Joseph's Provincial House of the Daughters of Charity was attended by 14 bishops, including Archbishop J垄an Jadot, the apostolic delegate in the United States; Cardinal Patrick O'Boyle, retired archbishop of Washdngton; and more than 1,300 priests, Sisters of Charity and laity interested in Mother Seton's canonization.

Cardinal Lawrence Shehan of Baltimore was prinr::ipal concelebrant.

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Britain's New Population路 Minister Is Father' of Four Children LONDON (NC) - Britain has appointed as its first minister of population James Prior, 46-yearold leader of the House of Commons and the father of four.

In his new post he is to provide the government with expert advice and infonnation to guide any future decisions on population issues.

His task is to coordinate research work being carried out throughout the country on popuIation problems and trends and .to examine the effectiveness of existing control methods such as family planning.

The appointment foHows ,one of the main recommendations made earlier this year by a government population panel There exists in this country what some Catholics and others describe' as a 'hysteria about population, a belief that this already crowded island will become unbearable if the number of people living in it goes on rising.

Though it is still not clear what the new minister's actual program will cover, it is obvious that the country's leaders, . whether in government or out-路 side, want not only to contain the population but to reduce it.

'Contraceptives are now available freely in the National Health Service, abortion has been legalized and, family planning is

boosted at every opportunity.

There is also a move by some groups to legalize euthanasia and to pen~lize large families in various ways.

Prediction, Rejected This country has, since World War II, had a series of waves of immigration, legal and illegal, from Europe-including Ireland -and particularly from the British Commonwealth countries though that has to some extent been counterbalanced by,emigration from Britain to some whitedominated countries overseas.

The official prediction a few years ago that the population of England and Wales would rise to some 70 million by the end of the century is now rejected. It will probably be nearer 58 million.

According to statistics. the birth rate is actually falling. The population\ is living longer and growing older. It is argued that with increasing automation there will be less employment.

It is argued also-falsely, according to, some ecollomiststhat with a smaller population people would have higher living standards, there would be more and better houses and schools and hospitals, better provision for the aged and an end of poverty.

Predicts Catholic Membership In 路National Council of Churches NEW YORK (NC) - The general secretary of the National Council of Churches (NCC) for the past 10 years, Dr. R. H. Edw.in Espy, is oonvinced that "in due time the Roman Catholic Church will be led by the Holy Spirit" to fuH membership and participation in the agency which. he has directed since 1963.

But, he said in an interview before his Dec. 31 retirement, he would rather see such a step undertaken with "understanding, knowledge and commitment by Catholics nationally - even though this takes several years -than as a hasty top-level bluep~int plan that local church people do not comprehend.

Sitting in his office at the Interchurch Center here, the Baptist layman with a doctorate from Yale spoke quietly or developments in Catholic-Protestant relations, the dearth of active laymen i.p the field, alienation of churchgoers and the mushrooming of "small group" gatiherings of reIigious people turned off by the institutional Church.

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SCENES FROM THJ;: ANNUAL BISHOP'S BALL: Top: Following the presentation 'ceremony, daughters dance the first waltz with their fathers. Center: Among the many box~lioldefs enjoying the scene at Lincoln Park Ballroo:,n were Mr. and Mrs. Edward Machado of St. John of God Parish and Mr. and Mrs. Peter Paskowski of St. Thomas More Parish, aU of Somerset. Bottom: Arthur Caetano of Mt. Carmel Parish, New Bedford with his daughter, Jane Frances in the presentation line. .

A short, f.riendly man with a rboyish smile and a vigorous h'andshake, Dr. Espy proved to be a popular, if non-controversional, executive dUl"ing the stormy 1960s, when the NBC wrestled ,with restructur.ing, minonity confrontations, economic troubles and losses of confidence among its 32 member Protestant and Eastern Orthodox communions.

Council Biggest Event Through the stonns,路 the diplomatic Baptist. lay deacon has seen some of his own ecumenical dreams come true. These have come in developments unheard

of in 1.936, when he was the f,iTst full-time Amer.ican on the Geneva staff of the Ecumehica!

Youth Commission, a predecessor agency of the World Council of Churches.

He regards the Second Vatican Coundl as the biggest ecumenical event of his career and he had been instrumental in its follow-up in the United States.

Through the years, one thing has never caught up with Dr. Espy - ordinabion. It probably won't. After turning over his office on Dec. 31 to Miss Claire RandaH, first woman NCC general secretary, Dr. Espy will work at the Interohurch Center in a new job as chairman of a $500,000 project headed by an interfaith committee to stress the nation's relig,ious herJtage during the 1976 bicentennial.

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Reuben's Hearty Sandwich Everyone Will Like

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By Joseph and Marilyn Roderick

OUR LADY OF ANGELS, FALL RIVER Candles will be blessed Saturday, Feb. 2 for home use. The ceremony of the blessing of throats will take place Sunday, Feb. 3.

A pre-Lenten Malasada supper and dance is schec路.Iled for Saturday night. Feb. 23.

ST. JOSEPH, ATTLEBORO The Junior Drop-In Center for 7th, 8th and 9th graders is held every Friday night from 7 to 9.

Cub Pack 37 will hold its "Pinewood Derby" at 1:30 on Sunday afternoon. Jan. 20 in the parish hall.

ST. WILLIAM, FALL RIVER' Mrs. Thomas Smith, Mrs. Oscar Granito, Mrs. Thomas Callahan and Mrs. Ina Lizotte will serve as hostesses for the whist party planned for 1:30 on Sunday afternoon, Jan. 20.

My culinary adventures have a way of ending in disaster, but occasionally I come across something that works well, and so I pass this recipe along to those women who enjoy a hearty sandwich. This is a Reuben sandwich, a combination of sauerkraut, corned . beef and Swiss living costs in the United States have risen to such an extent that cheese. I understand it orig- Paris looks pretty cheap. inated in Kansas City and The $93 I just paid for about

on a visit there about five years a week and a half's supply of ago I was introduced to it. I food would almost take one on have been addicted to it ever a trip to Florida, or buy 1/10 of since but only recently came a mink jacket. When I pay that across a recipe for it which sat- amount for a good woolen dress isfied my craving completely. that I wear for about five seaThe Reuben is a grilled sand- sons I feel guilty, but to feed our wich. Start with some dark rye stomachs I,pay it and laugh (bitbrea<l, the bigger the better, and terly). Rumors have it that soon butter one side for grilling. the aforementioned $93 will buy, Spread a mixture of one part may:be 93 loaves of bread. . mayonnaise and one part chili In order to further point up sauce on the other side of the the cost of路 preparing meal's I'm bread (the recipe I use calls for going to try and put some form three parts mayonnaise to one of a price tag on the recipes part chili sauce but because I we print in this column. My math am not a lover of mayonnaise I is pretty fuzzy but I will attempt changed the proportions so that to estimate. For example this they are more to my liking). week's recipe took one large With Beer $1.27 can of tuna, cheese costing At this point I ""ould suggest about 50c, shortening for perthat you place the buttered side haps 13c and a box of biscuit of the sandwich on the grill .to mix that went for 89c for a total melt the butter into the bread. cost of $2.79 for the most essenNow layer the bread with a slice tial items. This is not a bad dish of swiss cheese, a laYE:r of kosh- because it did serve five nicely er corned beef thinly sliced, and with even a couple of pieces left a goodly amount of well-drained over.

With all of us watching prices sauerkraut, another layer of corned beef and swiss cheese with as careful an eye as possible, topped by the slice of bread. GriH recip.es that are not costly are slowly over low heat until the going to become golden treasandwich is well browned. (I sures. This tuna recipe was greetplace a dinner plate on the sand- ed at my house with questions wich while it is grilling to help of "What's that?" but when they tried it even the most critical the process aIong.)

This is obviously a hearty ones agreed that it really wasn't sandwich which can be used as all that bad, in fact it was really a meal in itself. I am not a beer rather good. drinker, but its perfect accom- . Tuna Ring With Cheese Sauce paniment is a bottle of cold 1 egg beer. I would suggest to all you 2 cans (7 ounces each) tuna, women out there struggling in drained your kitchens for somethig dif% cup chopped onion ferent that your hpsbands will % cup shredded sharp Chedlove this sandwich and will sing dar cheese your praises once thE:y try it! % cup snipped parsley In the Kitchen 1 teaspoon celery salt % teaspoon pepper I'm si.tting at the typewriter in a state of shock, having just 2 cups biscu'it mix returned from the market with % cup cold water an order that cost me $93.00.

Cheese Sauce 1) Beat the egg slightly and There was some change to the right of the ninety-three but I'm set aside 2 Tablespoons of it.

2) Stir tuna, onion, cheese, too tilustered even to remember how much. Both Joe and I just parsley, celery salt and pepper laughed as I handed ,the cashier into remaindng egg.

3) Stir baking mix and water tiive twenties ( thank God I had just cashed my paycheck). I mean to a soft dough and knead until really if I _hadn't laughed, I smooth. Roll into rectangle about would have cried. It may just 15xl0 and spread with tuna mix.

4) Roll up, beginning at the come to that shor-tly and they'll have to hand out crying towels long side. With sealed edge with the green stamps. down, shape into ring and place Of course one error that I on greased baking sheet; pinch made when I went shopping to- ends together. With scissors, day was that I was ravenous, make cuts % of the way through the second error was that in our ring about 1 inch apart. Brush house there are five people and top with the saved 2 Tahlespoons one overfed dog and the third of egg and bake in a 375路 oven and final error is that I bothered about 25 minutes or until brown. shopping at all. We could all Serve with Oheese sauce. stop eating, and starve to death, Cheese Sauce .and just think how that story 1,4 cup bu.tter or margarine would shake up the Western % cup biscuit mix White House. % teaspoon each saJIt and pepSinful Prices per 2 cups milk All kidding aside, the price of 1 cup shredded Cheddar food is absolutely sinful. Last year around this time Joe and I cheese went to Paris. We came home 1) Melt shortening over low speechless over the high cost heat, blend in baking mix, salt of living. Eleven months later, and pepper. Cook over low heat,

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HOLY ROSARY, FALL RIVER The Women's Guild will sponsor a cake sale in the church hall tomorrow and SatuQ:lay\ Donations may be left at the rectory or will be picked up. Arrangements may be made by calling Mrs. Julie Barresi or Mrs. Ginger Fournier, co-chairmen.

Additionally, cofifee and doughnuts will be served following all Masses. Members wishing to assist in this project may call Mrs. Rita Dearden, president.

ST. FRANCIS XAVIER, HYANNIS The monthly Women's Guild meeting will open tonight with a Mass at 7:30 in the church and will be followed by the meeting at 8 in the parish center.

Mrs. Dorothy McCann, home economist for the Cape Cod Extension Service will lecture on Nutrition.

Mrs. Violette Thomas, chairman, has announced that the parish guild will serve as host for a Day of Recollection for the Council of Catholic Women scheduled for Saturday March 2 in the parish center.

HOLY NAME, FALL RIVER The 1923 Club will sponsor a members' party at 7 o'clock on Saturday night, Jan. 26 in the school hall.

The new club will begin on Feb. 3. Anyone desiring more information may call co-chairmen Bill Sullivan or Helen Bednarz or treasurer Joe Benevides.

ST. MARY, NANTUCKET New Women's Guild officers are Gladys Saverino, president; Irene Medeiros, vice-president; Jean Duarte, treasurer; Ruth Starr, secretary. They were installed Monday night at a banquet held at the Jared Coffin House.

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IMMACULATE CONCEPTION, FALL RIVER A meat pie supper and square dance will be sponsored at 6 Saturday night, Jan. 19 by the Women's Guild, in the parish center.

PIIllllclly chairmen of parish organizations are asked to submit news Items for this column to The Anchor, P. O. Box 7, Fall River 02722. Name of city or town should be路 Included, as well as full dates of all activities. Please send news of future rather than past events.

ST. ANNE, NEW BEDFORD The Ladies of the St. Anne Sodality will sponsor a French meat pie supper from 5 to 8 on Saturday night, Jan. 19 in the school hall.

Tickets are $1.75 and children under 12 will be admitted for one dollar provided they are purchased in advance. Tickets at the door will be $2.00 and children under 12, $1.25.

Reservations may be made with Mrs. George Choquette at 997-9090.

NOVARA (NC) - Officials of the northern Italian diocese of Novara are studying a religious rite that may be used by laymen on Sundays and holy days in parishes where there are no priests to celebrate Mass.

The diocese, Italy's largest in terms of territory, has 422 pari$hes, many of which are without the regular services of a priest because of a lack of vocations.

An estimated one-third of the ohurches in the dioceses are closed because of the ,priest shortage.

To insure religious observances for the greater part of the diocese's more than half-a-million Catholics, Bishop Aldo de Monte of Novara is considering authoriZing an experimental Sunday rite that can he presided over by a layman in cases of need.

Msgr. Eugenio Lupo, one of the four episcopal vicars appointed by Bishop del Monte, referred to the experiment as a "lay rite" and said that because of the priest shortage "the laity now -Is facing new responsibilities for the continuation of religious life."

Msgr. Lupo told a reporter of Home's daily II Messaggero that 54 "extraordinary lay ministers" and three women are now working in priestless parishes. He said that, if approved, "these r-ites will include practically all the first part of the Mass, that is, the Liturgy of the Word and the. concluding prayers. The only part missing will be the Consecration, 'but the layman presiding over the rite will have the faculty of distributing Communion."

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Cardinal Wright Award to Marian Library Dilrector ST. PETERSBURG BEACH . (NC)- The Cardinal. Wright award was presented to Marianist Father Theodore Koehler at the 25th annual meeting of the Mariological Society of America here.

For five years Father Koehler ·has been director of the Marian Library at the University of Dayton (Ohio), the largest library of its kind in the world.

The Cardinal Wright awardnamed after Cardinal John Wright, prefect of the Vatican's Clergy Congregation, who is noted for his devotion to Mary.

-is given for outstanding contributions to Mariology, the theological study of the Blessed Virgin Mary.'

Oblate Father George Kirwin of the Oblate College, Washington, D. C., was elected 1974 president of the society at tJ1e silver jubilee convention, .which drew 70 Marian scholars from nround tbe country.

'Very Real Role' In a keynote speech opening the two-day meeting, Father Kirwin emphasized that Mary played a very 'real, not 'just symbolic role in the redemption of mankind, and that she still plays a mediating role in man's salva-, tion today.

"Mary intercedes with Christ," said Father Kirwin, "not by in· forming Him of something of which He is ignorant nor even less by moving Him to grant our requests. Her intel1cessory role, I believe, is similar t.o her role at .Nazareth and on Calvary, a communion of mind and heart and will with her son before the Father. Her intercession is a per· sonal act and it is supremely efficacious because it is in commu· nion with that of Christ. We may call her a mediator in Christ."

Catholic Colleges Join Organizal'ion ALBUQUERQUE (NC)-RepresentatIves of 56 CathoHc colleges and universities meeting here agreed to participate more formally in the Institute of Catholic Higher Education, institute director Dr. S. Thomas Greenburg said.

The dnstitute, founded by Greenburg, is headquartered at St. John's Universit:y, Jamaica, N. Y. Its purpose is a continuing study of the nature of a Catholic university. , The meeting here, cosponsored , by the institute and the University of Albuquerque, which is operated by the Sisters of St. Francis, was held to discuss the document entitled "The Catholic University ,in the Modern World," approved in Rome in November 1972 by the Second International Congress of Delegates of Catholic Universities, and Ii covering letter issued with it last April by the Vatican Congregation for Catholic Education, The document discusses the nature of a Catholic univers-ity, its governance and activities and its relationships with other uni· versities and with the Catholic university's independence from local bishops in the evaluation of theological teaching and reo seareh.

CHAPLAIN'S AIDES GIVE SERVICE: Newly organized Chaplain's Aides of Annawon Boy Scout Council gave behind scenes assistance at Scouter Development Program meeting at St. Joseph School, Attleboro. Left, Rev. Roger Leduc, assistant pastor at St. Joseph's Church, New Bedford, addresses Scouters at gathering sponsored by AttleboroTaunton Catholic Scouting Committee.

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Something new has appeared on the Boy Scout horizon in the Annawon Council, covering Taunton and the Attleboro area.

It's a Chaplain's Aide program with an initial enrollment of four boys, representing troops in Nor· ton, Mansfield and Attleboro.

They are Joseph ,Fernandes, St. Mary's Troop 61, Norton; Alan Fournier, St. Mary's Troop '14, Mansfield; and Michael Hebert,.

St. John's 'Troop 4 and David Dion, St. Joseph's Troop 37, both Attleboro.

A chaplain's a'ide, explained Rev. 'Nol1mand Boulet of St. Joseph's, Attleboro, "is 'a Scout chosen by the troop to help its chaplain with spiritual' activities.

He encourages recitation of prayers at meetings and at appropriate times on camping trips and helps in preparations for liturgi- . cal services.

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ties," said the Scout chaplain, are the building of troop morale and encouragement of Scouts to qualify for religious awards."

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The new group wm form a core of advisors to area Catholic Committee on Scouting members an<! will participate in Council

activities. sponsored by Catholic organiza'tions, such as Scouter Development progr'ams, Sisters' Night, a planned Day of Renewal and Reconciliation to be held 'in conjunction with Holy Year preparations, and staffing of a booth at the an!1ual Catholic Education Convention of the diocese.

New Postal Rates in Effect March 2 WASHINGTON (NC)- The u.s. Postal Service. has announced, that postal increases originally scheduled for Jan. 5 will not go into effect until March 2.

The new postal rates include an increase of one~tenth of a cent per pound for second class non-profit mail.

Second class non-orofit nonadvertising mail will be raised from 2.7 to 2.8 cents per pound.

Non-profit advertising~~il, which had a range of 4.8 to 10.4 cents per pound according to mailing zones, will be raised to 4.9-10.5 cents per pound.

The minimum non-profit perpiece rate, however, will show an overall decrease of one-tenth of a cent. The old rate was twotenths of a cent per piece plus three-tenths of a cent surcharge for a total minimum rate of fivetenths of a cent.

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VATICAN CITY (NC) - A French bishop who sees Pope Paul VI daily in the Vatican has testified to' the Pope's warmth and senseo! humor in talking to his visitors.

Bishop Jacques Martin, as prefect of the ponNfical household, presides over the stream of individual and group audiences granted by the Pope, and assists at most of them in person.

Interviewed by. Vatican Radio, the bishop labelled as "a legend" the belief that the Pope is always severe and mysterious in countE-nance and comportment.

That view, the bishop declared, "is truly a legend, because if there is one person wbo is cordial in his intimacy and rich with humor, as the English say, it is precisely him."

The bishop gave several examples of the Pope's off-the-cuff humorous remarks during various audiences.

Bishop Martin recalled, for example, the time Pope Paul was saying farewell toa bishop who had been assigned to a cold country in the north. To the bishop, leav-ing sunny Italv. Pope Paul said: "Cover yourself with glory, but also with wooL" On another occasion, when an important Vatican official was missing from an audience, just before leaving his library to go to the audience, the Pope hesitated and said: "Ob, Oh, Msgr.

So-and-So is missing.. Ho~ can we go through with it? Will the audience be valid?"

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"India ,is particularly l'ich -in holy men, and Christianity has produced many saints, both from the sons and daughters of the soil and persons of foreign extraction who made the country their own," the weekly said.

Featured in the -article are 11 Indian men and women and 10 foreigners consi(lered holy. Of the latter, St. Francis Xavier was considered outstanding for men and Mother Teresa of Calcutta the best known among the women.

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AIDES PREPARE FOR SOCIAL HOUR: Joseph Fernandes, St. Mary's parish, Norton; Michael Hebert, St. John's, Attleboro; Alan Fournier, St. Mary's, Mansfield; David Dion, St. Joseph's, Attleboro prepare coffee for after-meeting social hour.

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KNOW YOUR FAITH wor,ld, using minds and hands to shape n~ltural resources for man's gopd, scientists and technicians share in God's creation. ·A parent recently wrote me O\Y"~., some practical ways parents might help foster the type of awareness of God's 'ongoing creatiCm through human creativity descr~bed by the Council and Chardin. '~.Pa,rents help their youngsters when the lead them to an attiIn a world mled with the hu- tude of openness to new ideas, man creations of science and when they encourage imagination technology, it is possible to have and confidence so the youngsters a simiJIar experience of wonder . are equipped to carryon their at the works of man-a wonder share in an ongoing creation. that recognizes in man's cre- Parents need an awareness of ations of the creative power of the necessity of forming attitudes God. Walls of steel and glass in their children which will suprising hundreds of feet above a port scientific research into the concrete street can inspire awe problems of suffering, pollution, as can a mountain-the marvels and nutrition. This involves atof electric lighting can suggest titudes of respect for the develdivine creativity as can a star- opment of the technology needed a soaring jet is hardly less awe- to alleviate some of these probsome than a sailing seagu'll. ~ems."

It would seem in our world of Parents can do much. So too compu1oors, cosmonauts, and ~n catechists. Photographers communica~ions media that and writers can assist as well. I Christians need to learn how to guess I would have been happier PROGRESS OF HUMANITY:' Others conclude that appreciate God's creation in hu- if Ernst Haas had found a place science and technology are unquestionably beneficial. For man creativity as well as in in "Creation" for computers, nature. The fact that man's scithem the steady march of technological progress certifies entific technology can be used bridges, and operating rooms.

Sauro's fuller Christian the forward progress of humanity. In East Germany, work- -as can natural resources-for J6an view of creation happily em· men prepare a two-million volt transformer for delivery to destructive as well as creative braced the works of God in city purposes only heightens the need streets as well as woods and the Soviet Union. NC. Photo. for Christians to appreciate and meadows. ciety's approach to science and awesome scientific achievements respect man's creative technotechnology today. The alternative of our times, as if matters had logical potential as a channel Fr. Mayo to Seek -one seen far too often already now gotten beyond control and of God's creative power. Perhaps no one has brought this home -is for these marvelous achieve- science and technology were in Fun NFPC Term to modern man more clearly than ments of human genius to be the driver's seat.

CHICAGO (NC) - Father Reid On the contrary, what is need- the priest-scientist, Teilhard de C. Mayo, president ,of the Naabused by being put to evrIuses. ed now is a reassertion of man's Chardin.

Science as Servant tional Federation of Priests' Ongoing Creation Ba,sicaHy, the chal'lenge now control over science and technolCouncils (NFPC), has announced facing Christians is to make cer- ogy. Not control directed toward Chardin saw his own scientific that he will run for a full term tain that science and technology choking off continued scientific research as closely related to as pl'esident at the NFPC House function as man's servants rather and technologicaoJ progress, but God's creative action, as sharing Of Delegates meeting in March. than as his masters-that these aimed instead at insuring that in divine creativity. His insights Father Mayo is now filling the instruments of human intelli- the fruit,s of human genius con- are reflected in some of the doc- unexpired term of Father Frank gence foster human dignity in- tribute to man's greater human- uments of Vatican Council II, Bonnike, who resigned from the stead of degrading it. It is tempt- ization rather than his rehuman- particularly the Constitution on office last February. ing to respond passively to the ization. the Church in the Modern World.

A priest of the Burlington, Vt., There it is taught Clearly that the dio.::ese, Father Mayo was forcreative Spirit of God works merly president of the Burlington through human creativity, includ- priests' senate. He is currently ing modern science and technol- 'the only candidate for the twoogy. In trying to build a better year term.

RecenNy I stopped in a book photos with br.ief poetic insights The NFPC represents al)out store and paged through a beau- into life's more profound dimen130 priests' senates and assvciatiful (and expensive) book of sions. She explores the creative Begins Preparation tions in' 115 American dioceses. photographs by a famous photog- presence of the infinite within For Holy Year rapher, Ernst Haas, entitled "The the my,riad shapes and forms of CINCINNATI (NC) - ArchCreation." Haas takes his inspi- the world. Unlike Haas' book, bishop Joseph L. Bernardin inAnLEBORO'$ ration from the biblical account Joan Sauro's is filled-in addi- augurated preparations for the Leading Garden Center of creation in the book of Gen- tion to images of natural things 1975 Holy Year with a sevenesis. His photos are stroiking- like trees and clouds-with rock- minute taped sermon used at all ,images of desert sand and dunes, ing chairs, mail boxes, barns, Sunday Masses Jan. 13 in the mountains, flowers, fields,-all telephone poles, and homes.

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As I left the store, I could not Participants at these Masses help ref'Jecting upon the similar- heard Archbishop Bernardin call ity and difference between the for the "fullest possible" use of 222-0234 two books. Both set out to ex- the Holy Year as an' opportunity By plore "creation" with a vision for "renewing our dedication to of reality that includes the cre- Christ Jesus." ative presence of a Power greatFR. CARL J. The tapes, recorded at a' proer than the world' of sight and fessional studio, were distribPFEIFER, S.J. touch. Haas' image of creation uted by the archdiocesan comembraced only nature. Sauro's munications office to almost all much richer view included of the archdiocese's 260 parman's creativity as well. She ishes. "About 20 or 25 pastors found signs of God's ~reative' request written texts," said I put Haas' book down and picked up another lovely (and power in the works of man as Father Theodore Kosse, archdi-. ·far less expensive) book by a less well as in the wonders of nature. ocesan director for radio and Perhaps for most of us, Haas' television, "but most consider known photographer, Joan The Falmouth National Bank Sauro. In her "Things Lost in view of creation is more familiar. using tapes a better form o·f ~ALMOUTH. MasS Need of Finding," Sauro comple· It reflects the biblica!l story of communication than reading a Bv 'hp ~ill8Re Gree~ Since 1821 ments sensitive black and white God creating the sun and moon,' printed sermon' from the pulpit."

The Uses of Science and Technology Science and technology-curse or blessing?

The question is a real one for many people. Some, viewing such offshoots of science and technol· ogy as the hydrogen bomb, take a Dr. Frenkenstein view of the matter and conclude that science and technology are threats to human dignity and, human life.

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Others conclude that science and technology are unquestionably beneficial. For them the steady march of technological progress certifies the forward progress of humanity.

Neither viewpoint is Christian.

Both stand in the way of clear understanding. There is no moral imperative to view science and technology with fear and suspicion. But neither is there any reason to believe that. whatever is techno'logically poss'i.ble is therefore also good and desirable.

By definition, science is knowledge, and technology is the prac· tical application of that knowledge. Knowledge - any knowlcdge--can be put to good uses and bad ones. This is dramatically apparent in an age which has seen the creation of new weapons of mass destruction on the one hand and life-saving wonder drugs on the other.

Modern sc·ience and technology have in startling ways expanded man's capacity for acting.

Because of science and technology, men today can do things which were beyond the powers of men in former times.

Moral Responsibility We can communicate instantaneously with people on the other side of the globe. We can travel to the moon. We can kill hun-. dreds of thousands of human beings in a matter of minutes We can cure diseases which, 25 years ago, were invariably fatal.

To say that man can do more, however, is not at all the same as saying he will do more good. He may just as well do more evil. Thanks to science and technology, the moral responsibility for the right use of human freedom is greater in our ..day than in the past.

The fact that we can do more good creates for us an increased obligation to do it. But the fact that we can do more evil also creates a greater obligation to avoid it. Scientific and technological progress do not, unfortunately, carry with them any guarantee that we wiH make better choices - only that· the choices will have greater consequences.

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New Anglican Bishop of Milwaukee Addresses Catholic ·Seminarians

Hits Rule-Making Tendency Of Some Priests' Senates .If there is anything worse than the-\ tyranny of the minority (including a minority of one) it is' the tyranny of the majority. In the former case, one at least has the support of the majority of one's colleagues. But in the latter,' one is oppressed in the name of the "people." never mind if the laity are totaland completely satisfied with James Madison and his col- ly him; never mind that the bond leagues who created the between priest and people is go-

American republic were almost obsessed by their fears of tyranny of the majority; and they built into the structure of our

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government as many safeguards as they could against such oppression.

Unfortunately, there is reason to think that Ametican Catholicism, astonishingly unaware 'of Madison and the Federalist papers, is entering a period when minority tyranny will be converted, into majority tyranny. In the old days when a problem rose, the Chancery Office solved things by ma'king a rule. And whether you liked it or not, you did what the rule told you. Today Chancery Office rules (and National Conference rules have a way of being ignored. But now there is a new rule-making mentality growing ,up in the various elected senates around the country; and the senates are making rules that no Chancery would have dreamed of risking.

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Is it really true that the pnly way you can get priests to work with blacks is to force them to. do so? The senate apparently thinks so - and without the slightest awareness that such a rule is profoundly racist. Still, the approach of many of tpe "ur-ban apostolate" clergy has long been paternalistic (they were even parternalistic when were doing the militant act). Paternalists have no objection to' compulsory virtue. In fact, it's the only kind they know.

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I have lived in- such "urban" parishes for ten years. While my Thus, in a diocese that I know own responsihilities have been there have been two major per- elsewhere I still have felt great sonnel problems: the reluctance' compassion for the priests who -of priests to accept assignments do .such work. The problem is in certain "difficult" parishes not that their parishioners are and a decline of those interested black; !the problem is' that the in the "urban apostolate." Both work is organized into isolated, these .~ords are euphemisms. frequently one-man, parishes "Difficult" means a parish with which must strive against vast a crazy pastor. "Urban apostol- odds even to keep the boiler going in sub-zero weather. ate" means: black.

A handful of intelligent strucNow the obvious solution to both problems would have been tural reforms would change comto carefully study the issue and pletely the life a priest must live see what could be done about in the inner city-and, incidenremoving "difficult" pastors and tally, free him for much more reducing or eliminating the hard- direct pastoral ministry and ships and frustrations of work and much less agony over every in slum parishes. But such rea- penny of expense. Under such soned, intelligent solutions to circumstances there would be complex problems seems to have I am convinc:d, more volunteer~ been beyond the capabilities of for the urban apostolate than \ this particular, senate. Instead there are p.1aces (though you they made rules. You could only might have to get rid of some stay at a parish for five years of the hoary, aliena~ed paternaland everyone had to ",expect" a ists who are neither white nor certain term in the inner city. black). But it is much easier to Problem solved; next? make the rules than to reform Of course, such rules reduce structur.es. the priest to a bureaucratic I wonder how long the opfunctionary, ignore the rights of pressed minority is going to conthe laity involved and are socio- cede the right of senates to make logically and theologica.lly mon- such rules. It took a couple of strous. They attempt to solve centuries for the Chancery to problems not by getting at root lose its power to command. My causes but by foroing people to guess is that the senatorial cred~ do what they don't want to do. ibility will collapse in a couple Never mind ~f a priest is happy of years. and doing fine work in a parish; © Inter/Syndicate 1974 'Urban Apostolate'

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And never mind the loneliness, the frustration, the discouragement of mucl1 inner city work in the present obsolete .framework in which it must be done.

Off to the inner city with you,' father; you've got to do your ltime here like everyone else.

And wilf someone do good' work after he's been forced out of a parish in which he was happy and fulfilled? Will he do good wor,k when he is forced into a. kind of apostolate for which. he does not feel qualified and in -which he does not want to engage? Such questions were' apparently much top subtle for the senatorial rule mak~rs.

M 0 URN E 1): Auxiliary Bishop Michael Dempsey, 55, of Chicago, died of a heart attack. A native Chicagoan, he was concerned with problems of~he inner city poor for most of his ]Iife at;ld was known as the "ghetto bishop." NC Photo.

Offers Formula For Preser~ring Christmas Spirit VATICAN CITY (NC) - Pope Paul VI has propsed a formula for preserv'ing tHe Christmas spirit. It is to do as Christ's Mother. did after His birth: "Mary kept in mind all these things, pondering them in her . heart." . The Pope, who was quoting from St. Luke's narrative of the , birth of Christ, was speaking at a general audience.

He observed that although Christmas was past 'it "cannot be wholly past."

Rather, he said, it "tends to stretch itself out, and not orily liturgically but spirituaUy, morally and even sociaUy." The Pope continued: "Christmas wants to rema-in.

It demands a post-Christmas period. But what kind? And how? .

Gospel Story "Let's turn back a moment to the Gospel story and look at a fragment of it which merits being a rule of life."

He then quoted from the second chapter of St. Luke's Gospel, . which recounts the shepherds' visit to the b.aby in the manger 'in Bethlehem, and Mary'sreaction: "But Mary kept -in mind all these things, pondering them in her heart."

-Pope Paul commented: "First' memory, then awareness, follo'wecl by understanding, wonder, and, finally, contemplation; are they not perhaps the phases of Our Lady's spiritual life?"

MILWAUKEE (NC)-Qnly, five Episcopal priests generally choose months beyond being a priest to marry are extremely loving, himself, recently consecrated An- kind and understanding. "In any glican Bishop Charles Gaskell case I still have to put priestly of Milwaukee told seminarians matters first in my life," he said. at St. Francis de Sales college Bishop Gaskell noted that dealhere that he expects his newly ing with today's laity requires a ,ordained priests to be men with great amount of honesty and theological certainty and pastoral openness. "Our'laity give us such sensitivity whose lives are rooted tremendous support," he said. in~ spiritual activity and the "We should yield to them on depth of devotion. matters because in some areas The Episcopal bishop shared they have knowledge we don't," .his vision of church and 'minisThe same rEllationship must try with some 75 students and exist between priests and their faculty members at a recent for- bishops, he acknowledged, but mation program at the Cathohc added "in certain matters, for seminary. the mutual well being of all in "We live in distressing times, the institution certain decisions but I don't know of a better time must be made which must be to live in the church," he said. respected by everyone."

"We are in a time of constant "I'm very much a traditionalrenewal, a time so consonant ist at heart," he reflected. "I still with the entire spirit of Advent, believe the priest is the special a spirit of expectancy preparing conduit of God and shares " and hope." uniquely in the diaconal ministry Fresh Growth of Christ in a way laymen can The new spirit of growth and not." renewal sprouted from the great turmoil of the '50s and '60s.

Changes in both Anglican 'and Criticizes Paper Roman Churches have resulted For Farah Ad in loss of laity and Religious: PEORIA (NC) - An official of the bishop admitted, adding that the National Association of Laity "it is God's way of pruning' the (NAL) has criticized The Catholic Church so there may be fresh Post here for runn'ing an: adver. growth," The seminarins of to- tisement mentioning Farah prodday are the firstshoots of that ucts. new growth he told them.

Leo J. Jordan, attorney for the . Men coming out of the sem· small CathoNc independent inary must have theological cer- group, called the acceptance of tainty because of the recent years the ad a "blatant disregard for of theological questioning. There the determ'ined efforts of so needs to be a repossession and many Catholics," including many restatement of faith, a whole' bishops, on behalf of the striking 'wol'kers at the Farah clothing new era of theology, he said.

Priestly lives must be rooted plant in El Paso, Tex. The charge was made in a in 'spirituality because "in both Anglican and Roman traditions letter to Bishop Edward W. spirituality begins at the altar, O'Rourke of Peoria, who is presand is fulfilled in personal prayer ident of the diocesan newspaper. and devotion.

Jordan said he expected that acOriginally from Minnesota, ceptance of the ad was "a moBishop Gaskel1 served in par- mentary indiscretion or perhaps ishes in Milwaukee, Illinois and even an error" of the paper's, Fiorida, before. his consecration, management. But he also won· which took place in Mater Chris- dered if The Post was being ti chapel at St. Francis seminary used by "those who find it in at the invitation of Archbishop their interests to purchase the Cousins. good will of dio'cesan officials "I still feel priesthood is the and newspapers," greatest profession known to Msgr. R.G. Peters, editor of men of God," he said. "It is The Post, told NC News that where the action is. If I had it "no such Farah plot exists," The to do all over again I would still editorial department, he said, choose priesthood ... it is where "does not have time to inspect the life of Ohrist should be lived," the advertising, and our advertisAclmits COl1lflict ing manager simply never heard The bishop admitted that as a of Farah," Msgr. Peters added married priest he often experi- that Farah was mentioned only ences a conflict of priorities, but twice in small print as part of a added that the type of of women larger clothing store ad.

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Conference Hoop Races Close In All Divisions at Mid-Season All 26 teams in the Southeastern Massachusetts Basketball Conference will return to league competition tomorrow evening following a break in the schedule last Tuesday. With approximately half the season completed no team is clearly • in command in any of the four divisional championship will keep p'ace with New Bedford races. Each contest thus barring an Attleboro upset of the Whalers. Taunton is at gains significance as the Barnstable while New Bedford number of league games remaining begins to dwindle.

New Bedford upset previously unbeaten Taunton in a key Division I game last week to· move into a first place tie with the Silver City five. Barnstable, likewise, on the strength of New Bedford's victory is among the division leaders. The three should fight it out down to the final week of action.

Tomorrow night Taunton will meet Barnstable in the feature Division I game. The contest has to be considered a pivotal game for both clubs. The winner

hosts Attleboro.

Bishop Stang High of Dartmouth, defending champion in the large school bracket will be in Fall River to meet Durfee.

Both schools, well known throughout the Commonwealth, for their basltetball success, have struggled through the first haLf of the campaign. If neither is able to turn' things around over the second half of the season both will miss their annual trip to Boston to participate in the State hoop championship tournament.

Undefeated Leaders Clash in Division IV Dartmouth continues to roll along in Division II with an unblemished record at this writing. 'However, the eight team division race is nowhere near over. At least, four clubs are still within easy striking distance of the leaders waiting for them to falter. The Indians, eyeing their second Conference title of the scholastic year, will have to approach each clash cautiously.

All Division II schools will now be out to upset the big Green which will place more pressure on them to win. The task wiU not be easy.

Somerset will tangle with the Indians on the Dartmouth home court Friday in one of four Division'II games slated for the evening. Bishop Feehan, defending titlist, will meet a rapidly improving Holy Family five in New Bedford, Case High will host Falmouth in Swansea and Bishop Connolly High of Fall River will entertain Fairhaven.

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SECURITY CHECKS FOR EVERYBODY: Everybody, and they mean everybody, is searched before entering the Lorton Reformatory: A gate guard checks Archbishop William Baum of Washington, D.C., who visited prisoners, guards and administrators. After being patted down, the archbishop also had to pass through a security checking tunn,el, right ' photo. NC Photo.

Observers Say Key 73 Results Positive "Calling Our Continent to Christ" was its slogan.

But Key 73~ the massive evangelization campaign did not come near its stated goal of bringing every North American in touch with the Gospel.

Nevertheless leading' observers and participants credited the year-long campaign with a series of solid results, ranging from in~reased Church attendance to significant in~erfaith progress.

in the bracket are still in the race mathematically. Realistically, Dighton·Rehoboth, Bourne and Seekonk are the most likely teams to challenge the Bull Dogs' lofty position.

Seekonk is at Dennis-Yarmouth, Bourne plays at DightonRehoboth and Msgr. COye-Bishop Cassidy High of Taunton is at Old Rochester tom,orrow.

The most suprising praise Division IV will spotlight the big game of the wee~end tomor- came from one of Key 73's earrow evening when Diman Re- liest critics Rabbi Marc Tannengional of Fall River plays host baum, director of Christian· to Wareham. Both clubs enter Jewish relations for the Amerthe fray with unbeaten Confer- ican Jewish Committee (AJC), ence record. Neither has been who called Key 73 the catalyst seriously challenged in divisional for. a new level. of Christianplay. In all probability the victor Jew~sh understandmg and coopin this confrontation will emerge.. er~lo~h' . as Division IV champion, unless . . ' ... no er ,maJor advance was the same pattern is followed over cited. by the Rev.. Norman Macthe second half; and then, the KenZie of the Umted Church of title will be decided when the Canada, secret&.r~ of Key 73 Cantwo clubs meet in the final game a.da, ~he campaign marked the of the campaign. f~rst time that "more conservaSI:, Anthony's of New Bed- tJ~e churches were. able to ,work ford' will meet Norton on the With Roman Catholics and liberal In Division III, Old Rochester latter's home court and New Protestants," said Mr. MacKenzie. of Mattapoisett holds a slim Bedford Vocational hosts West· . Among other values attributed lead, but like Dartmouth is not , port in the remaining two divi- to the 1973 campaign were: ,-A significant increase in home free. All five other teams sional games. interfaith BIble studies among laymen in many parts of the Rules of Sportsmanship Apply to Hockey United States and Canada.

A record distribution of It has been noted in the past uation that must be resolved that schoolboy hockey is begin· quickly. That is fighting both Scripture readings throughout the continent in 1973. ning to steal sonie of the thun- on and off the ice. , .

-Interfaith house visitations, der from king basketball Hockey is a contact sport and throughout the confines of dioc- lends itself to flaring tempers. esan territorial limits. More and However when reactions flow these unhealthy inciden ts. Fans more articles are appearing late· over into the crowd and near and players alike must be made ly relating how hockey 'is draw- riots take place as happened in "aware of the seriousness of the ing larger audiences than bas- one of the greater Attleboro , problem. ketball. Such has been the case leagues last week positive action Schoolboy hockey in southfrom Cape Cod to Attleboro. must be taken. eastern Massachusetts has grown Although scholastic schoolboy by leaps and bounds. The quality Perhaps one of the reasons for the switch is the obvious hockey is still club hockey, for of play is steadily improving. increase in the number of games the most part, it does fall under Fans are attracted to the sport. being played along with all the the jurisdiction of the scheols. But, let us not forget that it is other reasons stated in earlier Strict guidelines must be drawn a sport and the rules of good articles. However, there is a sit- up and rigidly adhered to to curb sportsmanship must be followed. "

with blanket coverage in some areas, encouraging the unchurched or nominal Christians to attend the church of their choice.

-One thousand' showings around the country of the halfhour television special, "Faith in Action." Acording to CBS-TV estimates, over 100 million people saw the Key 73-produced pro· gram.

Key 73 started with several strikes against it. "It was the creature of evangelical groups," said Father John Keating, national director of' the Canadian Catholic Conference's Office for Ecumenism. "O~her (Catholics and liberal or mainstream Protes~ant denominations) felt a compulsion to buy in, but not much enthusiasm."

Hesitancy at First Although planning began five years in advance, there was a noticeable hesitancy about en-

couraging Catholic participation at first.

Dr. Theodore A. Raedeke, executive director of Key 73, said that when his office did write to the bishops asking their participation, "we never got any response." They discovered afterwards, he said, that they should have written to the diocesan ecumenical directors instead of directly to the bishops.

Another early setback came when several national Jewish organizations vigorously protested the proselytizing (convert-making) overtones of the campaign.

But the controversy itself apparently benefited both Key 73 and the Jews. It gave Key 73 national attention in the news media, and at the same time it forced many Catholic and Protestant leaders to state publicly that their participation in the campaign was aimed at reaching inactive church members, not at converting those of another faith.

Seek Deafblind Names 'of deafblind persons in the United States and Canada are sought by the Xavier Society for the Blind, 154, E. 23 St., New York, N. Y. 10010. The Catholic organization seeks to acquaint such individuals with its free Braille services, including a weekly newsletter, the only such periodical available.

Names of the deafulind should be sent to the society at the above address.

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