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Fall River, Mass., Thurs., February 3, 1972 PRICE 10¢ Vol. 16, No.5 © 1972 The Anchor $4.00 p.r y.ar
Modern Man's Belief In God Diff'icult VATICAN CITY (NC) -Although he instinctively seeks God, modern man finds religon and faith difficult because God is a mystery, Pope Paul VI told a general audience here recently. Speaking to thousands in the new Vatican audience hall, the Pope said that the possibility of man reaching a knowledge of God either by human reason or divine revelation "is not easy." "Even though religion is profoundly rooted in the human being, even though the aspiration to God is rooted in the mind, in the heart and in the feelings of man," he said, "it is not easy to satisfy this aspiration ... God is at the summit of
Present Generation Seeks Answers in Spirituality WASHNGTON (NCj --Demard Basset, the urbane, wise and witty British Jesuit who is probably the best-known and most sought-afte.r retreat master in the English-speaking world, attributes his reputatbn to magnetic tape. "I must say, I wa" staggered!" he remarked after his arrival here in January on his biennial tour of the United States. "They told me in 1958 in Chicago they must put me on tape -and suddenly what I'd been saying for years in England and nobody paid much attention to, put down on tape. turned out to be sort of a comedy turn."
The comedy turn-on-tape, isissued under the general headir.g of "How To Stop at the Moon," was a crashing success. Requests for a retreat from tha profoundly entertaining JesUIt began to pour in. His Jesui: provincial said "take a tour.' Father Basset is also a bestselling author, a first-class honors graduate in history from Ox" ford University, and a collateral descendaI't of both St. Thomas More and General Robert E. Lee. A man who prays daily on his back, lyir.g flat on the floor (Ir preferably out in a meadow "There's a form of prayer which requires that my body be out
desires, He is at the root of research, He is under a veil of sensed imminence. But God remains a mystery." . The Pope noted also that "reli- . gion, and even still more, faith, is difficult not only in itself but· also tiY"ough our fault."
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He explained that "we do not use our faculties in a satisfactory way" and tend to prefer instrumental and scientific progress rather than "speculative knowledge and the profound moral experience which generally serve as the path toward religious life ... We have neglected the ways of wisdom in order to run along the ways of science."
Sees Pro-Aborton Propaganda In'MCircus Welby, M.D.' Drama "Marcus Welby, MD," consistently rated among the top 10 shows; is one of television's most popular programs. Its recent two-part drama "Basic Movement" undoubtedly garnered millions of viewers. Unfortunately, those millions received with their drama a dose of pro-abortion propaganda. .
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who will take the blame?" Earlier, she had asserted, "I will not bring a defective baby into the world." . Aifter the child was born with a heart defect, there were scenes of "I-told-you-so" and breastTurn to Page Six
MEETING DIOCESANS: Most Rev. Daniel A. Cronin made pastoral visitation to St. Dominie's Church, Swansea, and is shown with pastor, Rev. Daniel E. Carey and Douglas and Daniel Desrosier, sons of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Desrosier of 2 Maple Ave., Swansea.
Court Appoints Fordh~m Law Profes~or Leual Ren.resentative o.·~ . Unborn r 'J
in the' pilot several} years ago only to disappear-arrives home Ifrom the wilds of Peru. Of nel::J . cessity -ifor why else bring her "If a man loses 'his reverence iback?...,...she was pregnant and in for any part of life, he will lose the midst of marital turmoil. his r~~erenc'e for all of life." But even that was not enough. ·This quote fr~ Albert SchweitConvinced that she had cOn- zer, on a '.poster with a picture of tracted rubella and that the c'hild a fetus, hangs on a wall of Robwas deformed;' she asked 'for. an ',ert M. BYil'n's book~lined office abortion. No need to spend time at the· Fordham Law School in here recounting the subplots New York City. (the romance of Dr. Welby's asThe words. of the great Protsistant by a lady tuba. player or estaI:lt' h~manifarian . sum up the recounting of Mrs. Welby~s' ' neatly the reas'ons which led death in miscarria,ge which was to the unusual appointment given witnessed by the daughter.) ' . to Byrn in Oecell}b~r by the New. ,But two remarks made by the York State Supreme Court. Byrn; . good doctor's daughter must be ' In the quaint language of' the repeated and chal'lenged. After court, has' been 'made· the gUa~agreeing to continue with the dian.and 'll~gal representative of' pregnancy, Sandy threatened her "Infant· Roe and all other infan·ts .. husband and the. two doctors Ibetween the fourth' and 24th with: "If the baby is 'defective, weeks of gestation· due to be.
of the way"), he told NC News he is hopefUl about religions current distempers: "Since the early 18th century, religion has seesawed, first up, then down, decade after decade; forever on the way out and on the way in. Our present generation is no exception. In what some like to call the post-Christian era, Jesus Christ Superstar holds the center of the stage. "Prayer may be out at the moment whereas mysticism, yoga, contemplation are the thing. So many of the leading psychiatrists, today seek religious solutions, and from officially atheist Russia comes Alexander' Solzhenitsyn with some of the most profoundly spiritual writing of the century. "Those who recall the traumatic days between Palm Sunday and Good Friday will never be depressed. For myself, after Turn to Page Nineteen
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aborted in municipal hospitals." The appointment indicating a possibility that the courts may find .that unborn children are persons with legal rights, . was an explosive one-so explosive that Byrn gives his home address only as. New York City. He hopes to keep down the number of abusive phone calls. Since the passa'ge of a new law in 1970, New York has become one. of the most permissive stl\tes in' the U. S. for women seeking ,a>bor.tions. According to ',lfigures··.mad~··publicby the state gqvernment, .215,000 legal abortwO's were periformed in New York iIi the year following passa'ge of the new law. . . The best' hope of' .those who
want to change the trend in New York and in the country as a whole is that the COUlI'ts will decid:e that unborn children have a constitutional right to life. Byrn, who has filed a suit claiming that the New York abortion law violates the 14th Amendment of the U. S. Constitution, is a key fjogure in the legal battle to have thiat right to life recognized. Protection of Life President of the Metropolitan Right to Life Committee and a leader ir. the fight against legalized abortion since 1964, Byrn is a tall, solidly built 40-year-old bachelor who lives with his moth~. His interest in abortion, he says, is part of a larger interTurn to Page Eighteen
LaSalette prayer center and shrine, Attleboro, will offer' three courses in its Spring, 1972, adqlt education program. The courses, all six weeks long, are sponsored by LaSalette's Institute of Spirituality. The first, "Journey into a Ne\t" Creation: Introduction to the New Testament," .. wHL start Monday, Feb. 14, and will run through March 20. Intended to be an introduction to the New Testament, this series will be taught by Rev. Normand Theroux, M.S., a member of the institute. Father Theroux will also instruct another course. ~''Ihe Miracles of Christ," starting Friday, Feb. 18, and running through March 24. PrOVIding an ()bjective interpretation of the 'miracles of Jesus, it is designed for students who have had some background in theological studies. The third course, ""alue of PQPular Music," will be offered by Rev. Fernand. Cassista, MS., Turn to Page Nineteen
Invitation Bishop Cronin cordially ~nvites all the clergy, religious and laity in the Diocese to participate in the priestly ordination of Rev. Mr• . Michael R. Nagle in St. Mary's Cathedral, Fall River, on Friday evening, February 4 at 7 o'clock.. All priests present are invited to take part in the laying of hands in the ordination rite.· They are to be vested in cassock and surplice or Mass vestments. . Priests wishing to concelebrate with Bishop Cronin are asked to bring amice, 'alb, cincture and stole. .
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