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The路 ARCHOR Vol. 20, No.6-Fall River, Mass., Thurs., Feb. 5, 1976

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What's

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National Riches Threaten Faith WASHINGTON (NC) - Sen. Mark Hatfield (D-Ore.) told more than 3.000 participants at the National Prayer Breakfast that material abundance threatens America spiritually. President Gerald Ford said at the 24th annual breakfast that America's strength lies not in its might or wealth but in an unshakeable belief in its own faith in God and belief in the future.

Presidential Candidate WASHINGTON (NC) - Ellen McCormack, a Long Island housewife running an anti-abortion presidential campaign, has qualified for federal matching funds, according 'to her campaign manager, Mrs. Frances Watson. Mrs. Watson said the McCormack campaign has raised 'over $135,000 with contributions averaging $20. -

Against Federal Aided Abortions WASHINGTON (NC) - A nationwide antiabortion group has called .on President Ford to issue an executive order prohibiting federal agencies such as the Department of Health, Education and Welfare (HEW) from "allocating funds for abortion. The request was made public a week after delegates of the U. S. Coalition for Life met with representatives of HEW, the President's Domestic Council and the Justice Department Jan. 22.

Improve TV Programming WASHINGTON (NC) - The U. S. Catholic Conference (USCC) and the Catholic Television Network (CTN) are among the 45 nonprofit organizations in the United States with membership in the recently formed Public Service Satellite Consortium (PSSC). The Denver-based PSCC was established to explore new low cost technology available to nonprofit groups through communications satellite systems.

World .More Religion On Tours VATICAN CITY (NC) - Pope Paul VI has told representatives of the American Express Company that people who come to Rome on religious pilgrimage would like to make it more of a religious experience than their packagetours often allow.

Speaking in English, the Pope said: -"During the visit itself, tourists sometimes find that they are unable to fulfill the reason why they came.

Many of these people have recounted for us the disappointment they experienced in having only a fleeting moment in St.' Peter's or in not being able to attend a Wednesday papal audience."

Holy Year Aid "Fantasy" VATHCAN CITY (NC) - A Vatican source has described a claim that the CIA gave $3 million to support the 1950 Holy Year as "fantasy".

The report appeared Feb. 2 in Stampa Sera,

evening edition of the Turin newspaper, La Stampa. It said that details would appear in the next edition of the weekly news magazine Panorama.

Both Panorama and La Stampa have led the Italian press in alleging CIA involvement in Italian and Vatican affairs.

The Vatican spokesman, Father Mounged EIHachem, said, "There is no comment to be made . on the report except to say that it is "fantasy."

Housing For All VATICAN CITY (NC)~The Vatican, in preparation for this spring's international conference on housing, has developed a position paper on what good housing is and is not. The paper, drawn up as a contribution to the United Nations Conference on Human Settlements to be held May 31-June 11 in Vancouver, Canada, does not object to "some inequality of resources and thus of habitat 'status.''' But it defines as "totally intolerable" a housing policy which permits the privileged to take possession of the best parts of town and of the coastline.

Free Access To Holy Places ROME (NC)-The Vatican has "no territorial aspiration" in Jerusalem, Dominican Father Pierre-Marie de Contenson, secretary of the Vatican Commission for Religious Relations with the Jews, has stated. It rather seeks an internationally guaranteed agreement that would give access by Christians, Jews and Moslems to the Holy places of their faiths in Jerusalem without hindrance of any kind.

Catholic Schools Week, February 8.14

CATHOLIC SCHOOLS WEEK: The moods of these Catholic High School students vary from (far left) pensive - while in class - to (left center) delighted - while outside class -, but there is no change in the Church's determination to maintain its educational system in the face of a host of hardships. A bright eyed girl (right center) sits at a classroom

desk and (far right) a group of children surround their teacher in these scenes from Catholic grade schools. There are more than 10,000 Catholic grade and high schools in the United States. Feb. 8-14 is being observed as Catholic Schools Week throughout the country.

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State Knights of Columbus Honor Bishop Cronin With Lantern 'Award ton-Boston Hotel in the Prudential Center, Boston, at 7 p.m.

Monday, April 19.

The Bishop, 20th reci!>ient of .the award, joins a list of hon路 orees which includes Richard Cardinal Cushing, Francis Cardinal Spellman, Humberto Cardinal Medeiros, Hon. HenrY Cabot Lodge, Robert F. Kennedy and George Meany. Last year's' recipient was Hon. John A. Volpe. .

Bishop Cronin was cited for "his vigilant staJnd for those principles which have,guided his priestly life. He has loudly proclaimed his support for the rights of the innocent unborn child 'and his disdain for those in public life who deny the true virtues of Christian principles."

Heading the diocesan comRev. Msgr. Anthony M. Gomes, mittee making arrangements for pastor of Our Lady of the Angels the award dinner is路 District Parish, Fall River, and Director of Catholic Charities for the Fall River Diocese, was the principal concelebrant of a Mass of Christian Burial for his mother, Sunday is Subscription Sunday Mrs. Maria N. Gomes. for The Anchor, the Diocesan The funeral liturgy was cele- Newspaper for the Diocese of brated on Monday, Feb. 2, at Fall River. Complete family covHoly Family Church, East Taun- erage in each parish in the dioton. cese is hoped in this drive.

Msgr. Gomes was assisted by Established in 1957 by Most Rev. Msgr. Maurice SouZa, pas- . Rev. James L. Connolly, D.D., tor of St. Anthony Parish, Taun- Bishop of Fall River, it has ton, and Rev. James F. McCar- sought over the past nineteen .thy, pastor of Holy Family Par- years to make the Church's comish, who also delivered the munications media as real as homily. possible for the 23,300 readers Many priests of the Diocese who receive it weekly. concelebrated the funeral Mass Born in the last years of Pope and Bishop James J. Gerrard Pius XII's pontificate, it sought presided and performed the' to 'bring the Church's teaching to Final Commitment ceremony. all. The famed prelate was an

The Most Reverend Daniel A. Cronin, Bishop of Fall River, will be the recipient of the 1976 Lantern Award, presented annually by the Massachusetts State Council of the Knights of Columbus to an individual outstanding in the service to God and country.

The award, which in this bicentennial year, will take the form of a replica of the. two lanterns hung in the belfry of Boston's Old North Church as a signal to Paul Revere, will be presented to Bishop Cronin at the 76th annual Patriots' Day Dinner of the Knights .of Columbus, to be held in the Shera-

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Deputy Charles J. Cullen. Serving with him are Rep. James A. O'Brien, Jr. legislative chairman representative; and Leo R. Hamel, publicity director.

Also James R. Sawyer, Joseph F. Hipolito, Michael Ferris, Edward G. Lambert Jr., Edward Cabral, John T. Trainor, Norman A. Boulin, Vito Morra, Leo A. Fredette, Joseph D. DaLuz. On the路 state council dinner committee are State Deputy Joseph Arena, general chairman, five Past State Deputie!i, including Wa~ter G. Powers, Taunton, and Former District Deputy William T. Ahearn.

The 22 Knights of Columbus Councils, including Fall River 86, of which Bishop Cronin is a member, and the six Assemblies of the Fall River diocese will be represented in Boston. Representatives of many area parishes

Refugee Aid Afforded Catholic officials, including the director of the U. S. Catholic Conference (USCC) Indochinese refugee resettlement effort, and Rev. Peter N. Graziano, director of the Fall River Diocesan Department of Social Services, have denied that the usec or local resettlement offices have misused government funds provided for resettlement.

They made. comments in response to complaints from refugees in various parts of the nation, although not in this diocese, who said they had not received $500 in cash which they believed they were granted by Congress.

- But, according to John McCarthy, director of the USCC Migration and Refugee Services, the $500 was never intended as an "outright grant" to the refugees, but as payment to voluntary agencies to help cover resettlement costs.

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will also attend. Non-members of the Knights of Columbus are invited and may obtain tickets from any committee member.

Europ'ean

Sunday, Feb. 8, Anchor Day international teacher unparalleled in history. With post war tensions lessened the influence of Rome again began to be felt in every diocese.

Liturgical adaptations in the Mass and in the Sacraments, urging lay participation, were the thrust of the early editions.

With Pope John XXIII, the electrifying presence of the Holy Spirit was felt in a manner unique in the entire history of the Church. Vatican II was the source for all kinds of human stories, serious theological debates, conciliar decisions.

The Anchor kept a close eye

How They Put It Together The publication of The Anchor is an on-going, constant apostolate under the pressure of the human unexpected in news and the unsympathetic and unchanging deadline.

In all the hectic happenings of each day, The Anchor staff attempts to bring meaning and value to the whirlwind of daily

Necrology FEB. 14 Rev. Charles E. Clerk, 1932, Pastor, St. Roch.

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FEB. 15 Joseph G. Lavalle, 1910, St. Matthew, Fall River James C. Conlon, 1957, St. Mary, Norton

FEB. 19 Rev. Andrew J. Brady, 1895, Pastor, St. Joseph, Fall River Rev. Leopold Jeurissen, SS.CC., -""'''".,~'''''''''''''"''-,-"-'''-"''''~''''''_.

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Plans often cover a period of weeks and months with the idea of stressing certain events, truths or crises. that must be known, evaluated, understood and coped with by the normal Christian family in the diocese.

But one week's activity in this important apostolate would be something like this: Thursday Detailed plans are drawn for the next week's issue of The Anchor. A particular feature, interview or story is decided on.

A front page is decided on.

The front page is then assigned to some photographer or artist or a search is launched for a photograph from the morgue, a collection of pictures from the past, or some other source.

Meanwhile NC News in Washington, D. C. is pounding away with all kinds of feature stories and syndicated columns as the

teletype at The Anchor office on Highland Avenue, Fall River is turning out long rolls of printed material. The "Know Your Faith" Series, for instance, comes in on Thursday mornings.

Photos, received in large red, white and blue envelopes from NC News are screened and paired off with the articles.

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on the Ecumenical Council's teachings through NC News stories that were daily mailed to The Anchor and through daily tape recordings of the English and French newscasts of Vatican Radio, received at a monitoring station in New Bedford.

Bishop James L. Connolly, Cardinal (then Monsignor) Humberto S. Medeiros, Msgr. John J. Hackett, from their correspondence and their visits to Rome also contributed to The Anchor's coverage of VatIcan II. Special weekly columns, besides the news stories, kept all abreast of conciliar decisions.

Pope' Paul VI continued the hard work of John XXIII. The Anchor kept all informed .of papal moves, synodal actions, episcopal conference deci'sions as Vatican II took practical forms.

Series of stories and photos explained the new liturgies of Mass, Sacramental rites, paraliturgies.

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It is always a great aid to look back at our Designer and reflect again on why we exist. The glory of God is our fundamental raison d'etre. Each of us do that in a most unique and intimate manner, impossible to repeat, imitate or reproduce. All must be judged according to our r'detre.

So for the diocesan newspaper. Ever mindful of the truth and concern for all it must reflect on its primary raison d'etre. It is a tool of the Church, it is a means for the Church to perform her apostolate of teaching.

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Monday's blessing of candles for the Feast of the Presentation teaches us something of real ,love. The presashin~;ton ~ ence of the candle is not a simple emotional or energy

By JIIM CASTELLI conservation bid. It is a lesson. = NC News Service As the Christ we come together to welcome and worship with expressed His love by giving of Himself; as the candle sheds its light only by sacrificing itself; so should our Christian love.

TV commercials and soap operas make of love the felt tugging at the heart, the electrifying increase in heartThe second session of the 94th year. This is a quick run-down beat, tension and desire. It soon is translated into a glo- Congress begins with less opti- on the status of several issues of mism than the first, but if Con- cc,ncern to readers of the Cathrious selfishness. gress has not lived up to its high olic press.

The candle shows us that to love is to freely and expectations-partly because the -One of the first issues Conwillfully choose another, another's will, another's well- White House and Congress so gress will deal with is Food being in a willful sacrifice of one's own comfort, will or often seem unable to cooperate Stamps.. The Senate has comeven well-being.

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OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF THE DIOCESE OF FALL RIVER Published weekly by The Catholic Press of the Diocese of Fall River 410 Highland Avenue Fall River Mass. 02722 675-7151 PUBLISHER Most Rev. Daniel A. Cronin, D.O., SJ.D. ACTING EDITOR FINANCIAL ADMINISTRATOR Rev. John R. Foister, SJ.l.

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icant congressional "victories" for church groups and others with religious concerns.

Although some victories, such as defeating Administration efforts to raise the cost of Food Stamps, were really only holding actions, there was cause for optimism in the passage of expanded school lunch and child nutrition programs; extension of the Voting Rights Act and its coverage to include language minorities; passage of a humanitarian-oriented foreign aid bill and passage of a landmark mort· gage disclosure bill designed to end the practice of "redlining"the unwarranted denial of mortgage loans to a particular neighborhood.

Congress, returning from its Christmas recess, will deal with issues which take on a particular significance in a campaign

and is expected to being markup of a reform bill in February.

Much of the attention to Food Stamps was created several months ago by criticisms of abuse, waste and fraud in the program. Most of those charges were unfounded, and a counteroffensive by supporters of the program has been fairly successful in overcoming the negative first impressions.

Church, civic and labor groups are particularly concerned with ke~eping moderate income levels, such as $7,800 a year for a family of four, as a cut-off for eligibility. They also support elimination of the purchases requirements for stamps. This means that instead of paying for stamps and receiving stamps worth the purchase price (determined by family income) plus a "honus," eligible families would

simply receive stamps equal to the value of the "bonus."

These same groups are opposing increases in the price of Food Stamps or the percentage of income paid for stamps; changes in asset requirements for eligibility which would exclude many needy people from participation: the use of past incame, rather than projected future income, to determine eligibility, and the inclusion of mandatory payroll deductions in determining income eligibility.

The House, wh)ch has conducted a major study of Food Stamps, will begin its hearings in February.

-The House subcommittee on civil and constitutional rights will begin hearings on proposed constitutional amendments to restrict abortion in early February.

It is still uncert~in how long hearings will last or what shape they will take.

The subcommittee does not want to duplicate unnecessarily testimony presented in 16 days of Senate hearings before a Senate subcommittee defeated all proposed amendments.

The House subcommittee is considering structuring the hearings fo focus on key legal questions, such as when, if ever, abortion would be legally permissible under each of the proposed amendmends, and what the impact on criminal law, property law, etc., would be.

Several variously worded amendments have been supported by about 75 congressmen.

The "Noonan" amendment, a modified states' rights amendment which came closest to success in the Senate subcommittee with a '4-4 tie, despite the fact it was never formally a subject of hearings, has been introduced in the House and will be ex-· amined by the subcommittee.

-A major abortion "alternative" with wide-backing- support for "life support center" to help pregnant teen-agers - will likely be reported out of the Senate health subcommittee sometime late in January or early February. The bill prohibits the use if funds provided under the act for abortion; some anti-abortion groups are pressing for language which would prohibit life support centers from even making abortion referrals, while some other groups are pressing for inclusion of abortion coverage in the bill.

-Opposition by Catholic and Spanish-speaking groups to a bill which would penalize employers of illegal aliens has de· layed and expected quick passage of the bill. The bill was opposed on the grounds that it would lead to mass firings and possible ex· pulsions from this country and to discrimination against minority groups by employers wanting to avoid legal trouble, and because it did not include an "amnesty" for illegal aliens who were established with jobs and families in this country.

The bill was passed overwhelmingly by the House Judiciary ·Committee and has been pending for some time pefore the House Rules Committee, which determines whether a bill is properly drawn up and whether other committees should have jurisdiction over the bill.

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197 6 March 17 - 7:00 P.M. St. Joseph's, Dighton March 21 - 12:00 P.M. St. Lawrence, New Bedford St. Francis of Assisi (at St. Lawrence) March 21 - 4:00 P.M. St. Mary's, New Bedford March 24 - 7:00 P.M. St. John of God, Somerset March 27 - 7:00 P.M. Holy Trinity, West Harwich March 28 - 3:00 P.M. St. Joan of Are, Orleans 7:00 P.M. St. Pius Tenth, South Yarmouth March 20 - 7:00 P.M. Holy Cross, South Easton April 1 - 7:00 P.M. St. Mary's, North Attleboro April 3 - 10:00 AM. St. Elizabeth, Fall River April 4 - 3:00 P.M. Espirito Santo Fall River 7:00 P.M. Immaculate Conception, Fall River April 6 - 7:00 P.M. Santo Christo, Fall River April 8 - 7:00 P.M. Sacred Heart, Attleboro April 9 - 7:00 P.M. Saint .Anthony, New Bedford St. Theresa, New Bedford (at St. Anthony) April 11 - 3:00 P.M. Holy Family, East Taunton 7:00 P.M. Sacred Heart, Taunton April 22 - 7:00 P.M. St. Mary's, Norton April 24 - 6'00 P.M. St. Patrick's, Wareham April 25 - 3:00 P.M. Our Lady of the Cape, Brewster 7:00 P.M. St. Francis Xavier, Hyannis April 26 - 7'00 P.M. Our Lady of Victory, Centerville April 28 - 6'00 P.M. St. Theresa, Sagamore 7:::0 P.M. Corpus Christi, Sandwich April 20 - 7:00 P.M. Our Lady of Fatima, Swansea May 2 - 11:00 AM. St. Joseph, Fall River May 8 - 6'00 P.M. Our Lady of Health, Fall River May 9 - 12:00 P.M. Notre Dame, Fall River May 10- 7:00 P.M. St. James, New Bedford May 14 - 7:00 P.M. St. John's, New Bedford May 15 - 10:00 AM. St. Patrick's, Somerset 1:20 P.M. St. Patrick's, Somerset May 16 - 3:00 P.M. St. John's, Attleboro 7:00 P.M. St. Mark's, Attleboro Falls May 17 - 7:00 P.M. St. Mary's Cathedral, Fall River 7:00 P.M. St. Mathieu, Fall River (at Cathe~ral) 7:00 P.M. St. Louis, Fall River, (at Cathedral) Blessed Sacrament, Fall River (at Cathedral) May 19 - 7'00 P.M. St. Theresa, South Attleboro May 20 - 7:00 P.M. St. Jacques, Taunton May 21 - 7:00 P.M. St. Joseph's, Fairhaven May 22 - 10:00 AM. St. Patrick, Fall River 1:~0 P.M. St. Jean Baptiste, Fall River May 24 - 7:00 P.M. St. Bernard, Assonet May 25 - 7:00 P.M. Immaculate Conception, New Bedford May 27 - 7:00 P.M. St. Rita's, Marion May 28 - 7:00 P.M. St. Mary's, South Dartmouth May 29 - 7:00 P.M. St. Mary's, Fairhaven May 30 - 3:00 P.M. St. Michael, Fall River 7:00 P.M. Our Lady of Grace, Westport June 4 - 3:00 P.M. St. George, Westport June 5 - 10'00 AM. St. Ann, New Bedford June 5 - 1::::0 P.M. Our Lady of Fatima, New Bedford June 6 - 11'00 AM. Adult Confirmation at Cathedral June 7 - 700 P.M. St. Francis Xavier, Acushnet June 8 - 7-00 P.M. Our Lady of Lourdes, Ta"nton June 9 - 7 00 P.M. Mount Carmel, New Bedford June 11 - 7'00 P.M. St. Ann, Raynham June 12 - 10 00 AM. St. Anthony, Mattapoisett June 13 - 3:00 P.M. St. Patrick, Falmouth 7:00 P.M. St. Anthony, Ea~t Falmouth June 14 - 7:00 P.M. St. Peter's, Provincetown . Our Lady of Lourdes, Wellfleet (at Saint Peter's) June 15 - 7:00 P.M. St. John, Pocasset June 17 - 7:00 P.M. Our Lady of Assumption, New Bedford June 19 - 10'00 AM. Holy Redeemer, Chatham June 20 - 3:00 P.M. Our Lady of Assumption, Osterville

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'it fT"'i;n'2+;i.,···~" AT UNITY SERVICE: Religious leaders from all parts of the commonwealth meet at a statewide ecumenical service held at Holy Cross College Chapel, Worcester, to mark the close of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity. From left, Canon David Crockett, representing the Episcopal Diocese of Western Massachusetts; Rev. Dr. Roscoe Robinson, head of the American Baptist Churches of New England; Bishop Bernard J. Flanagan of the host Diocese; Rev. Landon Lindsay, representing the United Methodist Church; Archbishop Joseph Tawil, Exarch of American Melkite Catholics; Bishop Iakovos head of the Greek Orthodox Diocese of Massachusetts; Bishop Daniel A Cronin; Auxiliary Bishop Lawrence Riley of Boston, representing Cardinal Humberto Medeiros; Rev. Charles Bergstrom, pastor of Trinity Church, Worces'ter, representing the Lutheran Church of America.

The Parish Parade PUblicity chairmen of Darlsh orlanlzatlonl Isked to submit news Items for this colun n to The Anchor. P. O. Box 7. Fall River. 02722. Name of city or town should be (,eluded as well as full dates of all activities. please send news of future rather than past e'lents.

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ST. JULIE BILLIART, NORTH DARlMOUTH A "Happy Days Record Hop" will be sponsored by the Worn· en's Guild from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m.

Saturday, Feb. 14 in the church hall. New Bedford disc jockey Bob Wayne will be master of ceremonies and selections will feature favorites of the 1950's and 1960's. Those attending are asked to wear styles of those decades.

Tickets may be reserved with Mrs. P. Michael Smith, telephone 999-2543, or Mrs. Thomas Patenaude, 999-6590.

OUR LADY OF ANGELS, FALL RIVER Forthcoming parish events include a malasada supper and penny sale Saturday night, Feb. 28 in the parish hall and a Portuguese language mission from Sunday, March 7 through Saturday, March 13.

SACRED HEART, NEW BEDFORD Parvuli Dei awards will be awarded to 10 Webelo Boy Scouts of Cub Pack 5 at 5 p.m.

Mass Sunday, Feb. 8. Refreshments will follow the ceremony.

Rev. Ernest E. Blais, Sacred Heart pastor, is pack chaplain, Joseph Brunette· is chairman and Norman Boulay is cubmaster. Instructor for the religious award was Mrs. Norman Boulay.

ST. PATRICK, WAREHAM A reception honoring Rev. Terence F. Keenan on the occasion of his transfer to St. James Church, New Bedford, will be held in the parish hall from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 8.

ST. CASIMIR, NEW BEDFORD St. Casimir's Circle will hold a whist party at 8 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 14 in the parish hall at 3056 Acushnet Ave.

ST. PIUS, X, SOUTH YARMOUTH Whist and bridge will be played in the parish hall from 11 a.m. tho 3 p.m. Monday, Feb. 9, under sponsorship of the Women's Guild. Players are asked to bring cards and a sandwich. Coffee will be served.

The regular guild meeting is scheduled for 7:30 p.m., Tues., Feb. 10 in the hall "stretch and sew" program will be presented.

A Red Cross blood drive will be held in the hall from noon to 5:45 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 11, under guild sponsorship. Donors may make appointments with Mrs. Ruth Traverse, telephone 398·8594 or Mrs. Vivian Coppus, 398-8310.

OUR LADY OF MT. CARMEL, NEW BEDFORD The PTA will sponsor "An Evening with Father Pat and Joshua" at 7 p.m. Sund~y, Feb. 8 in the school auditorium on Rivet Street. Tickets may be reserved with Donald Perry, telephone 996·1591; Donald Aspden, 996-5301; or Joseph Raposa, 9945967.

ST. ANNE, FALL RIVER The 11 :30 a.m. First Friday Mass tomorrow will be preceded by a Holy Hour beginning at 11 o'clock. The devotion in spiritual preparation for the Eucharistic Congress, will include a meditation on the hungers of the human family.

A record hop for students of grade seven and up to be held tomorrow night from 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. in the school recreation room will benefit a youth retreat fund. Tickets will be available at the door.

'Parish Cub Scouts will attend noon Mass Sunday, Feb. 8. A Blue and Gold banquet will follow in the school auditorium.

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THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Thurs. Feb. 5, 1976

SOUPS, St1ews Real Aid To Weath,eri,ng Wint,er

By Joseph and Marilyn Roderick The time to start seeds in the house is fast-approaching as we enter February. For those who will be trying to '~art seeds for the first time or for those who have tried and failed in the past. the following is a bit of guidance.

BICENTENNIAL MEDAL First of all, if seeds are "Preserve me,O God, for in to germinate they need wa- our destination we passed by Thee do I put my trust," a neighbor's house where we reter. They should be started ceived an invitation to stop in prays Washington in this biin soil, vermiculite, mixtures on our return trip. centennial medal distributed 'of both, or other ingredients The thought of a half-way by the Philadelphia Arch.which retain moisture without stop on our snowy walk gave getting soggy or drying exces- me an inspiration to go on and diocesan Religious Educasively between waterings. The I would have been more inspired tion-CCD Office. mixture used makes little difference as long as it is moderately retentive of water. I use a mixture of equal parts of spaghnum moss and vermiculite. This is then soaked and excess water r.queeded out then placed in flats above a heating cable to a thickness of about two inches.

Bottom heat is not absolutely necessary but can be helpful in starting seeds. The seeds are then placed or planted to the depth suggested on the package and watered lightly.

Light Needed Watering should continue twice a day until the seeds sprout. The time required depends on the variety of seed, so there is no standard rule. Easy annuals such as marigolds and zinnias sprout in seven to 10 days but the sprouting time varies considerably.

Once sprouted, the new seedlings need light, but the important thing is to make sure they have sufficient light so they do not grow talI and spindly. Sufficient water should be supplied so that they do not droop in the warm sun. Newly sprouted plants usualIy do weIl in a window where they can get at least six hours of sunlight a day.

As the seeds grow and begin to crowd they should be thinned out or transplanted. Seedlings are ready to transplant when they shqw four leaves. This process consists of moving the tiny plants to a permanent flat containing frial'l\e nutritive soil at a depth of about three to f6ur inches. Transplants should be kept moist and given sufficient sunlight. After growth occurs, they may be placed in a cold frame or kept in a sunny window.

In 'the Kitchen It is unnecessary to telI you that we're in the middle of one of the most difficult winters we have ever faced. If it isn't snowing it's raining, or sometimes a combination of both. Forecasters are having a great time explaining why their predictions did not materialize,or patting themselves on the back because they did and oldtimers a,re describing it as a 'good old-fashioned winter,' What could be better than good old-fashioned soups and the like-hearty fare that warms the innards after a bout of struggling with the rigors of a "real" winter. I truly realized the appeal of these dishes the other day when Joe and I decided to walk to our nearest 1,fUpermarket during a snow day off from school. Fortunately, half-way to

had I known that our hostess was going to give us a large container of homemade soup to carry home. The soup was minestrone and not only absolutely delicious but it also kept my hands warm. And after a long, ~hilling waJ1< through blowing snow, it easily won my vote for the best soup I've ever tasted.

In our hectic world we very often forget how wonderfulIy warming such things as homemade soup can be, and but for the kindness of a neighbor I too might have forgotten.

Mrs. Henry Gomes of St. Anthony of Padua parish in FaIl River was the Good Samaritan who made the soup and with further kindness she has passed on her recipe to us: Minestrone Soup 1 pound hamburg 1 onion 1 stalk celery 2 quarts water pinch ground red pepper or 2h teaspoon ground red pepper salt garlic salt to taste 1 cup orzo, or rice 1 can (medium size) stewed tomatoes 1 small can tomato sauce 1 16 ounce can Veg-AII with liquid 1) Boil the hamburg, onion, celery and water together.

2) Add the ground pepper, salt garlic, orzo, stewed tomatoes, tomato sauce, and Veg-AII. Simmer for % hour or until rice is tender.

3) To make a smaller amount halve the ingredients.

ST. JOSEPH, ATTLEBORO Registration for a table hockey tournament will take place from 7 to 9 tomorrow night at the Junior Drop-In Center in the parish halI. Anyone in sixth grade or above is invited to attend.

The Knights of the Altar 路will depart at 6:45 p.m. tomorrow for a field trip to Fernandes Warehouse, Norton.

Knights of the Altar Apprentices will rehease at 11 a.m.

Saturday, Feb. 7. Also on Saturday, proceeds of a - bean and macaroni supper served from 5 to 8 p.m. by members of the BEE People will benefit the parish. Tickets are avaiable from the members or at the rectory.

Cubs and Boy Scouts will attend 6:30 p.m. Mass Sunday, Feb. 8 in observance of Scout Sunday. The Pope Paul VI National Recognition Award will be presented to each Scout.

Knights of the Altar will meet at 7:30 p.m. Sunday in the school to plan a penny sale and raffle.

The Women's Guild will hold its annual night of recollection at La Salette Shrine at 7:30 p.m.

Tuesday, Feb. 10. Members may bring guests.

A parish bicentennial banner made by Mrs. Rene Soulard wiII be hung in the Old North Church in Boston Sunday night, April 18 during a service commemorating the lighting of the signal lanterns of the Revolution. It wiII also be displayed in the Old North Church museum during the summer.

OUR LADY. OF THE ISLE, NANTUCKET New officers of St. Mary's ST. WILLIAM, Guild are Elizabeth G. Allen, FALL RIVER president; Diane M. Ryder, viceThe Women's Guild will meet president; Janice Davis, secreat 8 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 11 tary; Roberta MacDonald, treain the all-purpose room. A dem- surer. They' were instalIed at a onstration of micro-wave ovens banquet held at the Jared Cof. will folIow a business session, fin House. with Mrs. Mary Batchelder, Mrs. Guild members will begin work Helene McKnight, Mrs. Edna this month on a bicentennial Bolger and Mrs. Louise Viveiros ,banner. in charge of arrangements.

ST. DOMINIC, SWANSEA A Valentine's Day Dance sponsored by the parish Men's Club RESPONSI BLE will be held from 8 p.m. to midnight Saturday, Feb. 14 in the To Help Care For parish center. Music will be by The Occasions and dress will Handicapped Child be informal. Tickets are obtainLive in Accomodations 'able from members or at the Plus Salary rectory and will also be sold at the door.

Tel. 401 943-3304 The Men's Club also plans dances for March, May and June.

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ST. MARY, NEW BEDFORD The Women's Guild will hold a Hawaiian luau and dance Saturday night. Feb. 14. Cocktails will be served from 6:30,to 7:15 p.m., foIlowed by dinner and dancing until 1 a.m. to the music of the Golden Knights. Tickets may be reserved with Brenda Swain, telephone 995-2809 or Virginia Sheehan, 995-7401.

ST. ANTHONY, EAST FALMOUTH A Mass at 4 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 15, foIlowed by a reception in the church basement, will honor Rev. Thomas Rita, assistant pastor for the past year and a half, who has been named assistant director of the Diocesan Office of Social Service.

ST. STANISLAUS, FALL RIVER Parishioners are invited to view exhibits in the annual school science fair fol1owing all Masses this weekend. The program is coordinated by Sister.

Theresa Mary.

New Men's Club officers are .Dennis CunQingham, president; Ernest Edwards, treasurer; Paul Kelly, secretary. .

The Women's Guild will sponsor a dinner and theatre party to the Chateau de Ville Sunday, Feb. 29. Bus transportation will be available and reservations may be made with Miss Eleanor Roberts, telephone 678-6287.

Also under guild sponsorship will be a family buffet and fashion show, to be held at 5 p.m. Sunday, March 21 in the parish center. Jo Ann Polak and Christine Astle are coordinators and Pauline Pensak, Barbara Simcock and Evelyn Whipp are in charge of tickets.路 HOLY NAME, FALL RIVER New altar boys will meet at 3 p.m. today in the school~ Skiing takes place each Wedn.esday evening for adults and young people age 13 and up.

Those interested in participating may call Tim Shea at the rectory between 2:30 and 4:30 p.m. Wednesday.

SSe PETER AND PAUL, FALL RIVER Whist parties sponsored by the Women's Club and open to the' public will be held at 1:30 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 8 and Sunday, Feb. 22 in Father Coady Center.

ST. GEORGE, WESTPORT Mrs. Carolyn Forand is chairman of a Women's Guild whist party to be held at 8 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 7 in the school hall.

Door prizes will be awarded and refreshments will be served.

The unit will also hold a beans, franks and chourico supper from 5 to 7 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 14 in the hall. A penny 'sale will follow.

ST. ANN, RAYNHAM Bob Furtado and his electric organ will proyide music for the annual Women's Guild Valentine party, to take place from 8 p.m. to midnight Saturday, Feb. 14. Dancing will follow a sandwich buffet and a sing-along will also be featured. Door prizes will be awarded. Reservations should be made by Sunday, Feb. 8 and tickets are available from all guild members.

ST. ANTHONY, NEW BEDFORD The Parish Club will present a Bicentennial Dance from 8 p.m. to midnight, Saturday, Feb. 7 in the church hall. Costumes are optional. Music will be by the Silverliners and a continental breakfast will follow the dancing. Tickets may be reserved with Mrs. Doris DeBarros, telephone 992-9472 or Mrs. Nancy Guy, 992-7456.

ST. JOSEPH, TAUNTON The penny sale committee met to make final plans for the sale which will be held Monday and Tuesday, Feb. 16 and 17.

The Parish Council will meet Tuesday, Feb. 10 at 8 p.m. in the rectory on Kilmer Avenue. All parishioners are welcome to attend.

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I guess everybody has a different image of the 'infant Jesus. Black people may think of Him as black, Orientals as yellow, and Indians as a red child. Some people envision Him as the Infant of Prague, robed in satin with one hand raised in benediction and the other holding an orb coffee; before dinner; and coffee after dinner. They are nine times of power and authority. My in a day when I can snatch a own image is different. I few moments to say the imagine Him as a little boy who climbed trees, and played in puddles. And when He came home, I imagine Mary welcomed

prayers.

Many days, the moments before meals are loaded with distractions, coffee-breaks never happen, the day is over and I don't know how many tiines I've said the prayers.

So I have an alternate system.

On a day when I feel there is an urgent need to say this noBy vena, I jot down a list of nine chores for the day ... preferably MARY chores I don't feel like doing. It doesn't matter what they are: CARSON ,:ould be three loads of laundry, SHE'S A WINNER: Geraldine Hannifin, 9, of St. Joseph's parish, Fall River, is one of ~hree meals of dishes, scrub the 'mm the living room. The less 12 merit award winners in a national Camp Fire Girl art contest. Her entry, a linoleum -with a soapy wash cloth-a bathroom, clean the stove, and print, will be used to illustrate the 1977 Camp Fire Girl calendar. She was first place winlittle fellow with scraped knees, vacuum the living room. The less ner in a local contest preceding the national event, and will receive that award at a cere· a smudged face, and grubby desirable the chore, the more mony Tuesday, Feb. 24. Her national prize was a $25 savings bond. useful on the list. I just try to be hands.

I see a young mother, with a bit reasonable in choosing nine the little fellow in her arms ... chores that. I can hopefully exher head inclined toward Him,· pect to complete in the day.

I say my prayers, take the His forehead snuggled into her There was general agreement DETROIT (N:::) - .six U.S. tives stressed that both lay and cheek. Rather than His hand first chore, do it, and offer it up bishops and six women met here Religious women, single and among the bishops and the worn· raised in benediction, I see His for whatever intention is on my Jan. 16 to discuss the results of married women, have bonded to- en that there must be a con· arm wrapped around Mary's mind that day. When. I cross a national Catholic conference gether to explore nossibilities for tinuing dialogue between bishops neck ... a different kind of bene- that one off the list, I pray on the ordination of women that new styles of ~inistry. They also and theologians on the theologidiction. again, and go at the second was held here nearly two months recommended that the concern cal issues involved.

Instead of the globe of power chore. for the ordination of women be earlier.

Other liaison committee memSo much the better if I can and authority in His other hand, The women, members of the seen in the broader context of bers at the meeting were Bishops I see two different things. Some- do the chores without grumbling; task force that organi""ed the or- justice, ·she said.

John L. May of Mobile, Ala., times I see the whole world. without complaining about kids dination conference. presented a Bishop Rausch asked the wom- Andrew J. McDonald of Little Other times, I see just me. ~hrowing still-clean laundry in report on the conference to the en to respond to the argument Rock, Ark., and Athur J. O'Neill That image of the infant Jesus hampers, or leaving dirty laundry U.S. Bisho-s' Committee for LiaI can pray to infant . . . that in their rooms; without griping ison with Priests, Religious and that even if there are no theolog- of Rockford, Ill. Bishop Michael infant would know and under- about the grease spilled into Laity. chaired by Bishop James ical obstacles to the ordination J. McAuliffe of Jefferson City, the stove; or without muttering W. Malone of Youngstown, Ohio. of women, the community is not Mo., chairman of the bishops' Ad stand my problems. ready to call forth women as Hoc Comm'utee on the Role .of When I have a problem that about the mess and whose fault Bishop James S. Rausch, gen- priests. The task force group Women in Society and the needs Heaven-storming prayer, it is. eral secretary of the National questioned the validity of a con- Church, was also present.

I've devised my own novena to The system is marvelous. It Conference of Catholic Bishops clusion that they said is based In addition to Sister Foley and be said every nine hours, during snatches a few minutes from the (NCCB), said afterwards that he primarly on the experience and Hughes, task force representaa single day. It's my novena to day for prayer. I like my Infant thought it was "very valuable" perceptions of men. They sug- tives at the meeting were Mary the Infant of Mothers. of Mothers. I feel that between to have the report presented to gested that Church leaders Schaefer, Sister of Loretto Joan the two of them, Jesus and His Mother's 'Hours' the NGCB through the liaison should reflect seriously on the Campbell, Benedictine Sister One version is to divide the mother, one of them will undercommittee. experience of women who have Mary Collins, and Immaculate day into a mother's "hours." stand the problem.

"I think we have a better sense already been accepted in a vari- Heart of Mary Sister Karen The first cup of coffee in the And so I pray.

Stepien. morning; before breakfast; cofOne added benefit that comes of the (ordination) conference ety of ministries. fee after breakfast; ten o'clock from this novena ... I have nine .now," he said.

The conference had drawn coffee break; before lunch; cof- crummy chores out of the way fee after lunch; mid-afternoon for the day. more than 1,000 people, most of them nuns, but only two hishops Color Process Year Books had attended.

Dominican Sister Nadine Foley, Booklets Brochures head of the task force, told the WASHINGTON (NC) - The country to protest against the liaison committee that the issue last time 87-year-old John B. high court ruling. of ordaining women is not a Corchran of Oscala, Fla., travelFor those who gathered at the women's issue. "It is a fundaled to Washington was to dem- Ellipse to hear pro-life speakers, mental issue of the Church," she onstrate against the Ku Klux Corchran was more than a face said, "and should be placed OFF SET - PRINTERS - LmERPRESS Klan - in 1927. in the crowd - he was the star squarely within that context." .

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Anchor Personnel Combine Continued from Page Three

NC NEWS: Mrs. Patricia McGowan, full-time reporterwriter, checks a late arriving story on the NC News Service teletype at The Anchor office.

Rea I Apostolate package is ready for delivery to Leary Press, which is situated near the Cathedral in Fall River.

It contains the "Know Your Faith" Series with pictures, syndicated columns, various photos with cutIines, the week's special fE~ature and some news stories.

After deciding, according to their importance, how many columns wide stories should be, headlines are written to empha~ size the main points of each.

Meanwhile the Nt teletype continues to spew forth its daily news, with staff members writFriday ing local stories but keeping one The Anchor office on Higheye on the machine. Periodically, the tape is torn from the elec- land Avenue is again busy. Pat tronic monster and its offerings . must put the finishing touches 01:1 other articles. She dispatches are scrutinized carefully. a photographer to various activFather FoIster, Acting Editor ities for the weekend so that of The Anchor, reads the articles and chooses pictures. He keeps p:ictures will be available by a careful record of each possible Monday afternoon. story in a planning book. Each Miss Rosemary Dussault and story is assigned a place, with Miss Carol Burkett are busy the full realization that one sin- with secretarial work, circulation gle important happening any- and advertising, as. they are where in the world and all care- every day of the week. John ful plans are thrown to the wind. Crowley, a retired high school Mrs. Patricia McGowan, full- teacher of English and Journaltime reporter-writer, is putting ism, and a member of the editofinal touches on some of the rial staff since The Anchor's orisyndicated columns, adjusting gi,n, proofreads articles, scrutiheads, and possibly re-writing ni.zes the secular press for news for the final time an interview that may pertain to the diocese and breaks down long stories or parish news story.

By Thursday evening, a sizable into something more digestible

. Anchor Day, Feb. 8th Continued from Page Three Encounter, Echo, Charismatic Movement, and The Anchor fol· lowed not only their national beginnings but the developments within the diocese as well.

Diocesan Life It was the intent of Bishop Connolly to have The Anchor stimulate and unify Christian life and expression in the dioce'e.

We would all learn and be inspired from each other's efforts and successes in living a Christian life in today's world.

Episcopal ministry was strengthened wth Bishop James J. Gerrard's appointment as Auxiliary Bishop. His consecration brought the rich traditions of pontifical liturgy into every home with stories and pictures of rites and objects used in transmitting the episcopacy.

The Anchor explored the needs of the diocese for Bishop Connolly's diocesan synod and then brought the decisions of many committees, commissions and groups to the grasp of every diocesan.

Regional Masses and features demonstrated the latest changes in the liturgy and explained the Vatican Council decrees to all.

The Anchor made them available to each family.

The CCD' Office and the Educational Department scheduled all kinds of workshops to bring the Church's hopes to all. The Anchor publicized these and described them in detail.

It was with special pride that The Anchor proclaimed the news of the appointment of Msgr. Medeiros as Bishop of Brownsville, Tex. Again The Anchor brought each reader to the ceremonies in Fall River and TexlJ,s. The Anchor continued its joyful coverage to Boston when he was made Arch-

bishop and to Rome when he was created Cardinal.

The appointment, installation, early visits of Bishop Daniel A. Cronin, Fifth Bishop of Fall River, was also closely monitored and shared with diocesans by The Anchor.

Teaching One of the primary objectives of a diocesan newspaper is to make available to all the teaching of the Church as it emanates from the Universal Church, the national episcopal conferences, the diocesan Ordinary, theological schools and noted scholars.

The universally acclaimed "Know Your Faith'/Series has kept everyone informed of rel~­ gious matters of special importance. Recent detailed studies of the Scriptures and their Christian life application were especially welcomed. Father Champlin's liturgical suggestions, detailed reports and studies inspire local adaptations.

Recent efforts to publish interviews and features give valuable background material and knowledge which The Anchor seeks to bring to each family of the diocese.

Youths' activities are stressed in weekly reports from the diocesan high schools, features on various endeavors, Bartek's scrutiny and inside feelings of area sports, The Dameans' insights into the latest song hits, Photomeditation.

Increasing attention to the women's roles in the Church multiply the news stories of the. woman's pages and are sparked along with the aid of Mary Carson and Marilyn Roderick.

Serious sharing of successes and hopes is offered by The Anchor in Parish Parade, feature stories, coverage of parish

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BUSINESS: Miss Rosemary Dussault, left and Miss Carol Burkett, right, Anchor secretaries, maintain the business office and advertising department of The Anchor. and group events and Letters to the Editor.

Serious insights are provided

by The Anchor in day to day church history, social service, theology through the series of Msgr. George G. Higgins, Msgr.

John S. Kennedy, Fr. Andrew M. .Greeley, Fr. John F. Moore.

All this The Anchor brings to the door of each family through twenty years' direction of Msgr.

Daniel F. Shalloo, Fr. John P. Driscoll, Fr. Edward J. Byington, Fr. John R. FoIster, Msgr. John J. Regan and the aid of many dedicated laymen and women on the editorial, business and printing staffs.

Improvements have been made in procedures, printing, photography, coverage and effort. Improvemimts will continue to be a lively sign of a dedicated apostolate.

But The Anchor is only a tool -tool of the Church's educational, and spirit building and unifying'work. A tool is not valuable because it looks valuable

and is carefully preserved in some museum. It is valuable because of the aid it realizes.

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for a tabloid newspaper like The Anchor.

Father FoIster will drop in in the latter part of the afternoon since parish activities must also be tended to.

Another package is ready for Leary Press by evening.

Saturday On Saturday morning, activity usually involves Mrs. McGowan and Fa'ther FoIster digesting NC News from the teletype.

Plans for coverage of weekend events are finalized and the selection of stories and photos continues.

Monday The operations of The Anchor spread to include the- Leary Press on Monday. Father FoIster usually moves his activity to that house which attracted national and international attention with the alleged horror activities of Lizzie Borden.

The Leary Press occupies the offices to the side of and at the rear of the Lizzie Borden residence. There in a back office, Father FoIster pounds out more heads and rewrites articles that must be shortened to fit space available.

The Chancery Office, nerve center of the Fall River diocese, which is in daily communication with The Anchor, often provides stories. concerning diocesan programs, clergy assignments and the Bishops' schedules, Which must now be turned into news stories. ,Pat McGowan now has a supply of Parish Parade items beginnning to flow to Secpnd Street. With a careful eye on the NC teletype, she puts the finishing touches on news stories.

Photos from local photographers are selected and cutlines are composed.

On Second Street, the galleys are put together. Page one is arranged to take the picture and type that will appear there, the syndicated columns gradually fall, each on his/her own page, the "Know Your Faith" Series, editorial cartoon, photomeditation and Dameans each find their box. If needed, the Official Box of appointments or announcements from the Bishop is composed and placed in its spot.

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Continued from Page Eight Leary Press are silenced. Father FoIster throws some material that must still be adapted, written or studied into his briefcase and the doors close with galleys in various stages of development.

By this time advertisements have been placed in each assigned spot, the syndicated columns are in and aU know about how much space will be left for news.

In the evening, either at the Highland Avenue offices of The Anchor or at his rectory, Father Foister prepares the popular Letters to the Editor feature and works on editorials reflecting local, national or worldwide concerns of Catholics.

Tuesday This is the cruncher. It knows of no delays, no exceptions but only an unchanging deadline.

The day's activities for the week's paper are practically all situated at Leary Press. By this time the linotype operators have turned all the teletype and typewritten material into long columns of lines of printed lead.

The main stories are reviewed for the last time. The mail is checked for any late Parish Parade or Letter to the Editor.

Yet a writer's work is not yet ended. Lead does not stretch or squeeze and there is just so much space on a page. Some articles must be amplified on, others must be cut somewhat.

The latest NC News Briefs are selected for page two.

Page proofs are then made and corrected. The final version of each page is printed on glossy paper and sent to the photographic section.

There, each page is photographed. The large negatives are taken and printed on lightsensitized aluminum sheets,

four to a sheet. These light metal plates then find themselves on the huge rollers of Leary's offset printing press.

Wednesday Early in the morning, Leary operators prod, adjust and oversee the huge offset press as it prints the entire issue of The Anchor in one act. The final conveyor belt delivers the entire edition, neatly folded ... 23,000 copies.

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The ANCHOR Next week, The Anchor will publish 20 pages. The four page insert will present a Fall River Diocesan Directory mentioning the diocese's departments, offices, parishes and institutions; addresses and phone numbers; names of the clergy assigned to various posts.

Additional copies of the Fall River Diocesan Directory will be available on request for a small fee from The Anchor, Box 7, Fall River, Mass. 02722.

A line of addressograph operators then consign each issue to one of the subscribers. The issues are tied into bundles and bagged for each postoffice. By one-thirty in the afternoon The Anchor is on its way and already plans are being lain for the next issue.

And You? Now, what about you? The Anchor wishes to reflect the life of the Fall River diocese, and that means you. We want to let you know what is happening in your own and other parishes, either through the Parish Parade column or, when appropriate, through feature or news stories.

Suggestions for Parish Parade submissions appear at the head of that column weekly, but if your organization or parish is doing anything unusual we would like to know about it. For example, many parishes are planning bicentennial activities and these might well rate more than a Parish Parade mention, as might original, first-time-in~ this-diocese projects.

For further information on preparing and submitting material to The Anchor, you can contact Pat McGowan at 675-7048 or by mail at P.O. Box 7, Fall River 02722.

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Says Novak Not Spokesman For Students of Ethnicity

THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Thurs. Feb. 5, 1976

Church Must Explore Women's Lib Issues

It is time someone blew the whistle on Michael Novak.

The rest of us who work in the area of research or action on American ethnicity have remained silent on this subject for a long time. We have done so partly out of affection for Michael, partly out of respect for his common set of enemies: lilywhite suburbs, to which the wellimportant contributions and to-do can escape from urban genuine insights, and partly problems, and down-state dom·

' des T'Ime magEvery year for more than I!JOur oeca azine's New Year edition has honorecl the "Man of the Year" with a cover story. This year 7]me broke pren.~rl~nt by selecting 12 "Women of the Year," thus symbolIzmg that "feminism has transcended the feminist move- That is to say, she will run the risk of losing the women's allement" as su~h and that giance just as she lost the allewomen's drive for equality giance of a large segment of the has "penetrated every layer of society, matured beyond ideology to a new status in general-and sometimes unconscious - acceptance."

By MSGR. GEORGE G. HIGGINS

The leading American Catholic theological journal "Theological Studies," published for the Theological Faculties of the Society of Jesus in the U. S., went Time one better by devoting its entire December issue to seven scholarly articles (four by women) aimed at "inserting theology into International Women's Year."

The editor, Dr. Walter J. Burghardt, S.J., notes in his introduction that, however difficult the task, the theological, historical, and cultural issues being raised 'by the Women's liberation Movement "must be explored, broadly and profoundly, in interdisciplinary fashion, with special contributions from woman's own perspective. What we offer is I')ot an end but a beginning."

Father Burghardt's emphasis on the need for a continued theological and cultural dialogue is well taken. Let us hope that the canon law and pastoral pracular the Church in the U. S. will take an equally open-minded approach to the complex issues being· raised by Women's Lib. It would be a serious mistake for the U. S. Church or the Holy See to underestimate the importance of Women's Lib or to try to defuse it with superficial and token changes in the field of canon law and pastoral practice. If history is any guide, I am afraid that the Church at every level may be tempted to do precisely that. There is reason to fear that Church officials, overidentifying with the rigid cultural patterns of another era which is gone forever. may be tempted to think that Wom~n's Lib is a passing fad which doesn't have to be taken too seriously.

If the Church succumbs to this temptation, she may have to pay the same price she paid 100 years ago for un:lerestimaling the demand of the European proletariat for justice and equality.

Mercy "Mercy imitates God, and disappoints Satan."

-St. John Chrysostom

working class, over a period of several generations, in 19th century Europe.

Gibbons' Statem:mt The difficulty that even the most progressive, farsighted churchmen have in accurately reading the signs of the time and cisassociating themselves from outmoded cultural patterns is dramatically illustrated by a long-forgotten statement made by the late Cardinal Gibbons of Baltimore on women's suffrage.

He was one of the most progressive and open-minded bishops in U. S. Church history. Yet, by hindsight, his simplistic opposition to women's suffrage sounds incredibly naive. It reads, in part: "I am unalterably opposed to women's suffra3e, always have been and always will be ... Why should a woman lower herself to sordid politics? ... Why should she long to come into contact with men at the polling places? Why should she long to rub elbows with men. who are her inferiors intellectually and morally? Why should a woman long to go into the streets and leave behind her happy home, her children, a husband and everythin~ that goes to make up an ideal domestic life? ... When a woman enters the political arena, she goes outside the sphere for which she was intended. She gains nothing by that iourney. On the other hand, she loses the exclusiveness, respect and dignity to which she is entitled in her home."

My point in quoting Gibbons' em'1arrassin3 statement is not to make fun of him in retrospect -God forbid - but simply to suggest that if a man of his stature and discernment could be so completely irrelevant about women's suffrage, his successors in the contemporary American Church-few of whom, I take it, would claim to have surpassed or even equalled his record of progressive ecclesiastical leadership-will have to work hard to avoid making a similar mistake.

Second Session CO:1tinued frem Page Four and there has been no action on a similar bill in the Senate.

-Last September a subcommittee of the House Judiciary Committee approved a bill which ,",ould grant amnesty to Vietnam war resisters who signed a sworn statement saying that their legal transgressions stemmed from moral opposition to the war. A vote in the full committee is expected sometime before March. Judiciary Committee chairman, Peter Rodino (D-N.J.) has backed a bill, an:l supporters expect a slim margin of victory in the full committee.

because we did not want to break ranks.

We have, however, remained silent too long. Michael Novak

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"Catholic" Means "Diverse"

By Michael Novak Catholics in the diocese of Miami are thoroughly aware tbat to be Catholic it is not necessary to come from one culture only.

From Hawaii.· too. the cultures of the United States are obviously diverse. The cultures of Polyne,ia, Japan. Chi.pa. and other parts of Asia deeply affect the Catholic people there. Catholic cultural diversity is visible in Providence, and. Buffalo, and Cleveland, and Detroit. It is visible everywhere. Among religious groups in the United States. no group is as culturally diverse as are American Catholics.

The official figure for American Catholics £avs that we number ap-roximately 50 million. But this figure dramatically under· estimates the millions of Chicanos, Puerto Ricans, Cu~ans and other Latinos.

In "Ethnic Diversity and American Catholicism," Harold J. Abramson gives the best estimates we have of the Catholic population. His figures are, admittedly, only rough estimates.

We truly need a more accurate census. Abramson finds that the family of American Catholic~ includes: 10.3 million Poles, LithTurn to Page Sixteen

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is not our spokesman. He does not represent anyone but himself. He is not typical of those who are doing research on ethnicity, and he is even less typical of ethnic activitists. His insights and observations are based on a sample of one-himself. He has done no systematic data collection and has not worked for any sustained period :>f time in ethnic communities.

His Ethnic Millions Political Action Committee (EMPAC) doesn't represent millions at all. In fact, if the truth be told, it represents almost no one but Michael.

Because he is a very perceptive person, Michael's self-analytic comments are frequently ,extremely helpful. His description of the light of the ethnic intellectual under pressure by the <:ultural elites of the country to assimilate is accurate; it is, after all, an experience he knows· very well himself. But much of what he' has said and written is the sheerest romanticism; and a "ood deal of it does far more :harm than good to the cause of Catholic ethnics.

No Primary Research Just in case anyone missed my point, let me be even more ':>lunt. Novak's generalizations about "ethnics" are based on abo solutely no primary research and very little recent personal ex':>erience in ethnic communities.

"Listen to him for rich insights, ·:>ut do not take him seriously as a systematic student of ethnicity.

I am moved to these comments by a recent article of :~ovak's in the "New York Times Magazine." The article <:ontends that in the urban en· vironm(,J1t, blacks and ethnics are natural enemies-thus con::irming exactly what those who see the ethnic revival as essen:ialJy racist have thought all along, and demolishing in the country's "official" newspaper (the Sunday "Liturgy of the \~ord"" in the academic commu::lity, as David Tracy has reo :narked) the work of many or· ganizers who have tried to build coalitions between blacks and ethnics. , In 'fact, the 'burden of 'the emoirical evidence is just the opposite. On most political and social issues blacks and ethnics are natural allies. They have a

inated (or up-state or rural dom· inated) legislatures which rip off taxes from the cities but won't provide them with adequate revenue to respond to their problems. Health, good education, housing, .iobs, crime-on all these issues blacks and ethnics have common rather than opposed interests.

Novak plays into the hands of those whose political interests demand that blacks and ethnics be kept at odds with one another. That is why the liberal press (Catholic and non-Catholic) has chosen to make Novak the official ethnic spokesman; he is saying exactly what the phony liberals want to hear from ethnics.

Unacceptable Components There are two components to Novak's ethnic model which are simply not acceptable to the rest of us. He sees the ethnic as both oppressed and militant the way the blacks are. In fact, the ordinary eastern and southern European Catholic rarely thinks of himself as oppressed in any deep way, and has no intention of engaging in strident militancy.

Discrimination against the ethnics is' at the top of the occupational ladder, and hence it is precisely people like Novak who have felt it and might be inclined to militancy. The ordinary ethnic may not like some of the things that are going on in the United States, but he is not about to join with other millions in EMPAC's move for political power. He has his union and his political organization, so he hardly needs. Michael.

Moreover, though he cadged a lot of data for his "Times" article, Novak does not cite the NORC data showing the tremendous education and financial achievement of the eastern and southern European ethnics in the last' three decades. I would have thought that such data are the most important things to be said about ethnics. Not all ethnics are wealthy, of course, but as communities they have achieved tremendous success in the United States.

But these data do not fit the model of the angry blue-collar ethnic which Michael Novak shares with his liberal foes. So it is time for those of us caught between the sword play of that foolish controvery to proviae the appropriate and time-honored reo sponse: A plague on both your houses!

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KNOW YOUR FAITH Openness to the Nations

Sirach: Sinners Are Fools "Behave at table. Gorge not yourself. If there are many with you at table, be not the first to reach out your hand," (31:16f) Table etiquette in the Bible? Yes indeed, and an abundance of practical advice from Sirach, one time diplomat at large and now a senior member of the center for Wisdom Studies in Jerusalem, 180 B.C.

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FR. AL McBRIDE

As the author of Ecclesiasticus, Sirach wrote a work that was enormously popular in the early Church. Actually his name is Ben Sirach, that is son of Sirach. Were he a Swede, he would probably be called Sirachson. We will settle simply for Sirach.

The Greek control of Palestine at this time brought with it the fashion of Greek philosophy which equated rational wisdom with godliness. Religious teachers, like Sirach, adopted this mode. of thinking and blended it

into their own tradition. In Hebrew thought, wisdom was not just the work of reason, but obedience to the law of God. That law was considered to be a fountain of wisdom. Hence, drink from it and obey it, if you wish to be godly.

Sirach spelled out this approach in 51 chapters of sayings, axioms and proverbs, about topics ranging from use of alcohol, gossip, loaning money, raising children, taking care of your health, laziness, sexual laxity to self control, prayer and praise of tradition. At times his work reads like a sacred form of Ben Franklin's proverbs in Poor Richard's Almanac.

Sirach is always the moral character with one eye on God's law and the other cocked on man's folly. To every gossiper who can't wait to tell the tale for fear it will swell their blood vessels, Sirach gently childes, "bet anything you hear die within you. Be assured it will not make you burst" (19:9).

In our age of loneliness and anxiety, his words about friendship fall like warm balm on the soul. A kind mouth will win friends. Make many acquaintances, but remember that only one in a thousand will be your real friend in whom you can Turn to Page Twelve

A Place of Peace and Joy "Friendly Phoenix says thank you and come back soon," A colorful poster with that pleasant farewell message strikes the departing passenger's eye as you head for the appropriate gate in this Arizona airport.

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FR. JOSEPH M. CHAMPLIN

The city is sunny, beautiful, informal and friendly. Its dry and warm climate. helps create that atmosphere; so does the carryover of an older "wild west" spirit which breathes freedom and informality.

At the Pinnacle Peak ranch overlooking Phoenix, for example, a waitress simply cuts off the tie of any man who ventures into this steak restaurant so formally attired. She then nails the clipped tie to a ceiling or wall where it joins thousands of other cravats which have suffered similar fates on previous occasions.

A comparable spirit of informality exists at the Franciscan Renewal Center in Scottsdale, a suburb of Phoenix. Located under the shadow of Camelback

Mountain is aptly named Paradise Valley, this complex draws over 1,500 people each week who come for a few hours or days of physical and spiritual revitalization.

Dr. A. C. Smuda, retired psychiatrist and Third Order Franciscan, lives at the Center and does various odd jobs to help in the operation. I asked him why so many persons come to this spot for classes, courses, and Masses. He responded: "It is the attitude which prevails here.

They discover a sense of hope, people who care, priests who have time for their problems, individuals interested enough to listen. They find joy, affection, a family spirit of closeness. Too often in parishes the paramount concern seems money, buildings, schools. The clergy appear afraid to try new things. At the center it is different," A look at the adult education brochure for last fall reflects this open 'approach. There are morning and evening classes in such diverse subjects as "Assertive Training for Women," "Youth, Yoga and Relaxation," "Personal Encounter," "Self Awareness," "Charisms: Gifts for the Body of Christ," "Religious Instruction," "Toward a Psychology of Hope," "Your Child," "Growth in Prayer According to St. Teresa of Avila

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BY REV. JOHN J. CASTELOT, S.S.

The story of Jonah is well known, at least the part about his being swallowed by a large fish. It is, however, much more than a big fish story. It is a par'able of God's mercy. In the story Jonah is sent to preach to the inhabitants of pagan Nineveh, capital of Assyria. He tries to run away from the assignment, but God sees to it that he carries it out. The Ninevites repent, much to Jonah's chagrin, and God has to teach him a lesson.

This is just a capsule version of what is a truly wonderful story, and, as told by the biblical author, it is an outstanding bit of narrative writing: terse, animated, descriptive without being wordy, and sprinkled witti chuckle-provoking humor. Jonah himself is portrayed as quite a character, almost a buffoon. But is it a true story? The general consensus is that it is not.

In the days of Jeroboam II of Israel (785-745) there lived a prophet named Jonah; he is given a passing notice in 2 Kgs 14:25, hardly more than a mention. There is not even the slightest hint that he did anything out of the ordinary, and as for any conversion of Assyriawhy, Assyria was Israel's most vicious pagan foe, and there was never any indication that she went straight, even for a little while.

Actually, the Book of Jonah was not written in the eighth century B.C. Its language, vocabulary, style, theological outlook all point to the fifth-fourth century. Some three or four hundred years after the historical Jonah lived his quite obscure life, almost a century-and-a-half afte\' Nineveh had been reduced to ashes. But it fits neatly into the period after the Exile. At this time there were two streams of thought in Judaism: the particularist, which shunned all contact with Gentiles and held out no hope for their salvation, and the universalist, which saw Yahweh as the God of all men, punishing their sinfulness, yes, but also calling them to repentance and eventual salvation.

The author of our book belonged to the latter school of thought, and his work is a biting satire directed against the narrow-mindedness of the particularists, of whom he uses

"THE STORY OF JONAH is well known, at least the part about his being swallowed by a large fish. It is, however, much more than a big fish story. It is a parable of God's mercy." A sculpture of Jonah and the whale.

Jonah as a rather ridiculous example. He could not have chosen a better figure to highlight God's all-embracing mercy than the dissolute city of Nineveh, a byword for wickedness, the implacable enemy which had wiped out the 10 northern tribes. He says quite clearly: "Look, there is no limit to God's mercy. Even a pagan nation like Assyria which He has threatened to destroy can obtain forgiveness if it sincerely repents. No nation, no individual is irrevocably damned.

Rather than sit around bemoaning the fact that God is not crushing pagan nations, you should do penance yourselves and prove yourselves more worthy of His love. Don't imitate the peevishness of Jonah, who sat sulking outside of Nineveh because God has seen fW to reverse His sentence against its inhabitants,"

This beautiful universalism was part of God's preparation of the minds of His people for the coming of Him who would pour out his blood on a cross whose merciflul shadow would fall across the whole earth, unimpeded by boundaries of any kind, beckoning all men without distinction to come to its foot and open their hearts to the graces of salvation.

Another book of this type was written about the same time as Jonah, It is the book of Ruth, and it tells one of the most charming stories in the Bible. In the days of the Judges, a famine hit Palestine. Elimelech of Bethlehem took his wife Naomi and his two sons across the Jordan to Moab, where food was not quite so scarce. The two boys married Moabite girls, Orpah and Ruth. Within, a short time Turn to Page Twelve

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A Place of Peace and Joy Continued from Page Eleven and S1. John of the Cross," and "Theo-Psychology."

Franciscan Father Brunsman says: "We reach people in pain."

Those topics obviously touch a vast number of painful areas, troublesome spots which deprive modern men and women of inner peace and joy.

Descriptive paragraphs about course instructors communicate some of the basic radiance and happiness we connect with St. Francis and found on our visit to the Renewal Center.

"Ginger is a highly qualified instructor and advocate of yoga.

She sparkles her expertise with a beautiful philosophy of life and living."

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Kat is the kind of person who finds the rainbow in each person she meets."

"Father Walsh has many qualifications, the most outstanding being, a person."

The superior and director of the center since 1967, Father Michael Weishaar is described in these terms: "Loved by all as a leader of vision and strength, his foremost credential is that special magic called Charisma."

These positive, diversified, contemporary efforts have borne significant spiritual fruit. I am impressed when a hundred persons come for daily 7:00 a.m.

Mass; when two Sunday night Eucharists for college and high school students attract standing room only congregations; when Father Mike's religious instruction class brings 20 adults into the Church; when so many clearly joyous individuals come and go each day at the Center, embracing fellow members of the community, pouring themselves coffee from ever perkIng urns, sitting around the pool in deep discussion or working voluntarily at various tasks.

The books of Ruth and Jonah reminded Jews that God came to save all persons and uses differways to reach different individuals. It was dangerous for them and is for us to limit or restrict the Lord's manner of touching people.

The free-wheeling Franciscan - operation probably disturbs some in the Phoenix-Scottsdale locale.

But it certainly reaches many and makes God present in the hearts of countless persons otherwise unaffiliated. I would thus count the Center as a real boon, not a threat to the spiritual welfare of the city's Catholic community.

Continued from Page Eleven the father and both sons died, leaving the three women all alone.

Hearing that the situation had eased back in Bethlehem, Naomi decided to return home. She advised the girls to stay in Moab with their families. Orpah reluctantly agreed, but Ruth could not bear to leave her mother-inlaw, whom she loved very dearly. Back in Bethlehem Ruth married a fairly-well-to-do man named Boaz. He and Ruth had a son Obed, who was to be the grandfather of the great King David. .

This, in sum, is the story, but why was it written? What is the message? Everything about it points to the fifth-fourth century as the time of its composition, about the same time as the book of Jonah. It reveals the same preoccupations. It is a reaction against the narrow, rigorist, particularist views adopted by many Jews in the wake of the exile and the subsequent reforms of Ezra and Nehemiah. By Continued from Page Seven insisting over and over again on the fact that Ruth was a Moab- you're going to do anything. ite, it hammers home the idea you've got to go out and do it."

Later in the day, Rep. John that God is concerned not so much with nationality as with Conlan (R-Ariz.) advised the dispositions of heart and soul. crowd at the Ca"itol that theRuth is pictured as a model of best way to "do it" was to supsimple, wholesome virtue. She . port candidates who would spark embraces the religion of the one, a "moral re-awakening" of the true God, and is admirably nation. . faithful to Him. Her touching . So after the final speaker finloyalty to her mother-in-law ished at the west steps of the hundreds paraded makes her an outstanding Capitol, model of filial devotion. God re- through the halls of the nearby wards her, and in spite of the House and Senate office buildfact that she is a foreigner, so ings to test the political climate arranges matters that she ac- on the abortion issue.

The reactions of some of the tually becomes a great-grandmother of David ,and an ances- grassroots lobbyists ranged from "disappointing" to "wonderful," tor of the Messiah!

Here again we have that re- depending largely on whether freshing universalist point of they saw their legislators and view which was a necessary what - if anything - they had . counterbalance to the idea that to say.

Francis Gibson. director of the Jews were not only the instruments but the soul benefi- Massachu~etts Right to Life, ciaries of salvation. There was commented after visiting Sen. some merit to the narrow view; Edward M. Kennedy (D-Mass.l indiscriminate fraternization with and other congressmen that he pagans constituted a grave dan- 10t the feeling they were evasger to the true religion. But this lve, "trying to racify the grassview could be carried too far, roots movement." even so far as to yield the unTrue Prayer warranted conclusion that all "In the visible 'temple you fall non-Jews were by that very fact excluded from the merciful de- down on the knees of your body, signs of Providence. Books like but nothing is accomplished Jonah and Ruth served to tem- thereby if in the temple of the per that view, to keep it within hreast you stand up against God." -Desiderias Erasmus legitimate bounds.

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BOYS TOWN (NC)-First the military service academies and now another male stronghold may be welcoming girls for the first time.

While no one is suggesting a change in Boys Town's famous motto ("there's no such thing as a bad boy,") the all male campus may find girls in classrooms as early as this fall, according to Father Robert Hupp, director.

"It's consistent with our philosophy," said Father Hupp.

"That's what Father Flanagan (Boys Town founder) had in mind in the first place, helping needy kids."

Whether those "kids" are male or female should make no difference, he said.

Girls would not be regular residents but would become day students in a new tuition-free "outside student" program.

Father Hupp said it would be the first time in Boys Town's 58-year history that girls would be official participants in a regular program at the home.

His book is like a Life magazf.ne collage of snapshots into da:ily life in Palestine just before the coming of Christ. He even litops to comment on prima-donnas: "With a singing girl be not familiar, lest you be caught in her wiles." (9:4) His tea.ching is that wisdom is religic1n. Obedience to the law of God is the ultimate wisdom. He makes his point with a wit and sagacity that still cheers and inspires us today.

MADRID (NC)-Mundo Negro, a magazine about missionary work among blacks, said the de-cision to put black Catholics in charge of the Church in Angola . proved right as that African territory approached independence from Portugal. In 1975 black bishops were appointed to head three of the four newly created dioceses," the magazine said.

"IN OUR AGE of loneliness and anxiety, his words about friendship fall like warm balm on the soul. A kind mouth will win friends. Make many acquaintances, but remember that only one in a thousand will be your real friend in whom you can confide." Young friends enjoy each others company as they share a beanbag chair while reading.

Sirach: Sinners Are Fools Continued from Page Eleven confide. Some friends are only with you in fair weather, or for partying, but will desert you in sorrow. Old friends are always the best, "Discard not an old friend, for the new one cannot equal him. A new friend is like new wine which you drink with pleasure only when it has aged" (9:10).

For those whose carrying charges on their credit cards are enough to make angels mourn, Sirach's shrewd caution would have saved the day. "Become not a glutton and a winebibber with nothing in your purse" (18:33).

In recent times it has become a badge of candor and frankness to pepper conversations with four letter words, -swearing and vulgarities. And in case we miss them there, someone obligingly will spray paint them on pubIc walls for us. However, our sensitivities are not so far gone as to be relieved by Sirach's common sense note, "The oath filled talk makes the hair stand on end" (27:14).

Sirach knows the relaxation that comes from a glass of wine, but he also comments on its misuse. "Headache, bitterness and disgrace is wine drunk amid anger and strife. More and more wine is a snare for the fool" (31':29). . .

He writes 15 verses about doctors and the procedure for consulting them. He locates the search for health and the power to cure within prayer and God given wisdom. We should pray for health, but see doctors too.

And doctors should pray "that their diagnosis be correct and their treatment bring about a cure (Read 38: 1-15).

Sirach teaches that sin is not only a moral matter, it is just plain foolishness. Sinners are fools. Saints are wise. Fools lack self control, are close minded in face of truth, have heads like broken jars in which knowledge pours away and reject learnmg as though it were a chain for their restless feet. Fools bray their thoughts off the top of their minds, roar with laughter when only a smile is called for and listen at keyholes when a

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R'efugee Aid Afforded Continued from Page Three "Recognizing that the costs of resettlement would go beyond the fiscal means of some of the agencies," McCarthy said, "the U. S. government agreed to reimburse all voluntary agencies in the sum of $500 for each refugee resettled."

Brother Pierre-Yves Emery is a member of the famous French monastic community of Taize. There he was involved in discussions with young couples trying to live a Christian life in today's world. One of their problems was that of prayer. Out of the give-and-take on that mensions and the worth of such prayer. Our petitions must be subject has come his book shot through with strong faith, Prayer at the Heart of Life, a faith which is "a way of entertranslated by William J. Nottingham (Orbis Books, Maryknoll, N. Y. 10545. 168 pages. $4.95).

Iy RT. REV. MSGR. JOHN S. KENNEDY

Almost everyone has trouble with prayer. And some have come to wonder whether prayer has any meaning in a scientific age. God does not now occupy the primary place traditionally recognized as his. Hence 'the book begins with a consideration of the meiming that we give to the world and to our life in it.

The author shows that in order to find ourselves, we have to seek God. He quotes the words of St. Irenaeus: "the glory of God is man fully alive." And he appends to it, another proposition: "the glory of man is the vision of God." Prayer is primarily an attitude, "a conscious attitude of presence and attention before God." And Jesus Christ is not only the image of God for man, but also the image of man before God. Man, as St. Paul says, is "predestined (by God) to be conformed to the image of his Son." All our prayer and all our action. therefore, must be "a quest for the face of Christ, in order to resemble him."

Looking for and contemplating the face of Christ, we are to look within ourselves and. to look at visible reality in "its depth and spiritual meaning, in its tie to God." Brother Pierre-Yves says that human action is the body of prayer. "By this I mean that it endows prayer with a weight, a reality, and a human density without which prayer would not be authentic." Conversely, prayer is the spirit of action. Without prayer to inform and impel it, action would falter or go amiss.

And this is true action which, externally viewed, may appear to be Christian.

The author insists that prayer takes time. It cannot be considered a mere aside or a parenthesis. It has to be given its due, and that means some period empty of all else and surrounded with silence. Before God, we must be still and we must wait.

For this some preparation is required, such as the reading of a Gospel passage, which we let soak in.

There is a chapter on the prayer of petition, which gives the di-

ing into the purposes of God instead of trying to get God to enter into ours."

Brother Pierre-Yves' book will repay careful scrutiny. It is not to be gobbled up, but to be taken reflectively, page by page, with long pauses for absorption of what each page offers.

Concepts of Salvation In The Drama of Salvation, (Seabury Press, 815 Second Ave., New York, N. Y. 10017. 148 pages. $6.95». Rosemary Haughton considers two concepts of salvation. In one, "to be saved means to die in a state of v:irtue." The other means "the events of salvatfon as we experience them." It is to the second that her book is devoted, showing how it works.

She speaks of St. Paul as one of Christianity's "great dramatists." She says that "he combined the Jewish notion of salvation, as the result of long-term faithfulness and obedience to the Covenant, and the new Christian experience of total rebirth ...

Paul conceived of salvation as the coming into being of what God intended man to be, the glorious completeness of creation'."

Here and there one encounters questionable statements. One is this: "It is tempting for the Christian to distinguish different manifestations of this force, and to say that the energy of the Bacchic revel must be of a totally different kind from the power that swept into the apostles in the upper room."

Others have to do with the origins of the Eucharist and the priesthood. A description of a marriage liturgy in which "half Christians, or nonbelievers" received the Eucharist, thereby conveying "the oneness of a transformed pesople," is dubious indeed as to propriety and claimed effect.

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TIP FOR AN ANGEL: Father John P. Egan of St. Theresa's parish, Summit, N. J. gives some advice to an angel portrayed by Arthur Maroney Jr. The halo being worn here at a rakish angle is only a prop for a liturgical celebration at the parish. NC Photo.

Various agencies handled the funds in different ways, according to McCarthy. "The USCC," he said, "suggested to all resettlement directors throughout the nation that they could spend up $300 per refugee as need to reimburse sponsors or pay bills incurred in the resettlement process."

Amounts Vary In some cases, he said, "the expenses for some refugees would exceed the $300 level, while less than $300 would be needed for resettling other refugees who were better off financially or were better able to obtain jobs.

dollar in money and contributed services.

Forty Aided In the Fall River diocese, said Father Graziano, services have bim provided to date for 40 refugees.

"There is a good deal of movement among the refugees," he said.' "Some were in the diocese for a short period and then left, many disliking the climate, finding jobs elsewhere or wishing to be near other friends or relatives. At present we are dealing with four family groups, involving 12 people in Attleboro, New Bedford, Swansea and Falmouth."

The director said that as ref'ugees incurred food, clothing and shelter expenses, they were asked to bring receipted bills to the diocesan office and reimbursement checks were issued.

"Usually the refugee sponsors pay the original bills and are reimbursed by us," he explained, noting that most refugees left resetttlement camps with little more than a $10 cash grant from the federal government.

Father Graziano said that all diocesan sponsorship of Vietnamese refugees has been through individuals:, but that parishes have been helpful in many cases. He also praised Bishop Connolly High School, Fall River and Stonehill College, Easton for assistance offered to students.

"In round figures," he said, "either through the contributions of individuals or the services of diocesan offices, Fall River has contributed $16,000 to the refugee resettlement program."

McCarthy said that the average $200 per refugee difference between the federal reimbursement and local resettlement expenses were devoted to administrative costs, running resettlement offices in the refugee camps and transportation. He said those funds were also being . used in "Phase II" of the refugee resettlement, which involves language training, nursWASHINGTON (NC) - Sister ery schools and job training proMaria Rieckelman, a Maryknoll grams. nun who is both a physician and McCarthy added that the a psychiatrist, has been named Catholic Church was matching coordinator for health affairs in the office of Domestic Social De- federal funds almost dollar for velopment at the United States Catholic Conference (USCC).

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By The Dameans Fifty Ways to Leave Your Lover The problem is all inside your head She said to me The answer is easy if you Take it logically I'd like to help you in your struggle To be free There must be fifty ways To leave your lover She said it's not really my habit To intrude Furthermore, I hope my meaning Won't be !ost or misconstrued But I'll repeat myself At the risk of being crude There must be fifty ways To leave your lover Fifty ways to leave. your lover

A chapter of Bread for the World, an ecumenical organization dedicated to a Gospel-oriented concern for the poor and hungry, has been formed on .Cape Cod. Officers are Mrs. Jessie duMont, Our Lady of Victory parish, Centerville, president; Rev. Norman Jimerson, First Baptist Church, Hvannis. vice-president; Mrs. Helen Whiting, East Sandwich, secretary; Kenneth Greene, West Barnstable, treasurer.

Bread for the World has a three-pronged thrust: worship, study and action, said Rev. George Coleman of Our Lady of Victory parish, a founding member. "FOllowing study and discussion," he ex')lained, "members contact government leaders about particular legislation af· fecting hungry and povertystricken peoples."

The next meeting· of the new chapter will be held at 8 p.m.

Monday, Feb. 23 at Our Lady of Victory Church.

People Must Speak Further explaining aims of the movement, Father Coleman said, "BI'ead for the World solicits individual memberships and issues monthly newsletters which give essential information on major issues relating to world hunger.

The group operates in the belief that unless we convey our con-

cern to Congress and to the Administration, and do so on specific issues, our country will turn inward while millions of people starve. And by our silence we will erase, countless times over, any contributions we might give to alleviate hunger."

A filmstrip giving further information is available for showing to groups and arrangements , for its use may be made with Mrs. Melva Jimerson of Hyannis, telephone 7754231.

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CHORUS: You just slip out the back, Jack Make a new plan, Stan You don't need to be coy, Roy Just get yourself free Hop on the bus, Gus You don't need to discuss much Just drop off the key, Lee And get yourself free She said It grieves me so To see you in such pain I wish there was something I could do To make you smile again I said I appreciate that And would you plea!le explain About the fifty ways She sRld. Whv "on't we both Just sleep on it tonight And I believe in the morning You'll begin to see the light And then she kissed me And I realized she "robably was right There must be fifty ways To leave your lover Fifty ways to leave your lover CHORUS: . «c) Paul Simon, 1975, BMI) With the cost of living constantly on the rise. one thing seems to be unaffected -bv higher prices. Advice is still cheap.

Some people are asked by a country to advise its rulers. Some people simply take on the res"onsihilitv of advising others whether they are asked or not. Inevitably all of us are asked to play the role at one time or another ahd it might be good to know what is involved.

In his latest hit, Paul Simon receives advice in abundance and it, too, appears uninvited since the advisor admits "it's really not my habit to intrude." Usually, advice is precisely that, !in· intrusion. For some reason it's easier to deal with someone else's problems than face our own. The result is that we are keenly aware of what another should do and so we don't mind telling them. . In actual fact, few people are really looking for advice.

Most people already know what they should do to solve their problem. , When they ask, "What should I do?" they are usually saying: "I feel paralyzed; I need some of your strength to act."

In other words, people rarely need solutions to their problems as much as they need someone to understand their pressures and conflicts and who is willing to let them share that. Their inability to act comes, not from lack of solutions, but from the feeling of inadequacy to carry them out -because of fear, hurt, anger and the like.

The advisor in this song misses the whole point by approaching the others' problem as though it were a mechanical failure: "The answer is easy if you take it logically." The point is that logic is not the problem, feelings are. If a person can sort out the feelings then he can deal with the problem.

What he needs is someone who can hear how he feels.

A true friend listens for the feelings and helps the other air those out and says that they are O.K. Then, once the feelings are expressed they can be dealt with and the person with the problem can go on to the business of making a

SENIOR CITIZENS Elderly men and women ... sitting in a park ... enjoying the sun's warmth on a mild, late winter afternoon . . . They seem lost in their own thoughts . • . worried, lonely, weary ... hoping the bright sunlight will banish for a time . . . the lengthening shadows of their waning lives.

JESUS BREAKING BREAD: This is the model for a life size Christ figure commissioned for the 41st International Eucharistic Congress in Philadelphia next August. The statue, by sculptor Walter Erlebacher, shows Jesus flanked by grapes and wheat, offering broken bread - symbol of the spiritual food of the Eucharist. NC Photo. .--"""""""""'"

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Each seems preoccupied ... with something fleeting that catches the eye ... or with something deep in:side that won't so easily go away ... One finds escape in sleep ... None seem aware of those beside them . . . sharing the same park bench ... sharing the same 'sapping experience of growing old.

Old age and loneliness ... seem common companilons ... in Our country ... where we speak euphemistically of "senior citizens" ... but show the elderly so :little respect . . . so little honest concern.

If Jesus were speaking to us today ... he might add to his great parable of judgment (Matthew 25:31·16) . . . "I was old, ,and feeling useless . . . and you iignored me" ... Surprised we would ask ... "Lord, when did we do anything like that? . . . When did we ignore you? . . . His response could be . . . "Look around you . . . in your parks . . . in your apartment complexes . . . and nursing homes ... perhaps in your own home ... What you do to these elderly people ... you do to me!"

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decision and ,acting on it. When we become advisors and start telling the other what he or she should do then we shortcut the process and leave the other strangled in his feelings and helpless to act on them.

Most of us want to help. "It grieves me to see you in such pain. I wish there was something I ,could do." The thing to do is to listen. And the Ustening is directed to hearing what the person feels rather than trying to find solutions. Once you have listened well, the personsbould be strong enough to find his or her own solution.

(All correspondence should be directed to: The Dameans, P.O. Box 2108, Baton Rouge, La. 70821) (Copyright (c) 1976 by NC News Service)

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SCHOOLBOY SPORTS IN THE DIOCESE

By PETER 1. BARTEK Norton High Coach

All Quiet in Hockomock Loop And S.E. Conference Division I There are only three weeks remaining in the 1975-76 scholastic schoolboy basketball season. Traditionally, this is when the contenders square off in head-to-head confrontations for championship laurels. Tension should be IJ:lounting.

But, not a murmur can be State championship tournaheard from either the Hocko- the ment, with an unblemished recmock League or Division I of ord. the Southeastern MassachuOliver Ames will enter the

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post-season festival as one of the The reason is simple. Both top seeded clubs in Division III. races, even at this early stage, Many observers feel OA will be are all but mathematically over. rated number one and prove itOliver Ames High of Easton is self worthy of advanced billing virtually assured of the ten-team by winning the divisional chamHockomock loop crown and Dur- pionshio.

Durfee holds a commanding fee High of Fall River is destined three game lead in the S.E. Mass. to retain its Conference title.

Conference race and predictably The Tigers under the tutelage will finish the campaign with a of Coach Bill Nickerson are un-. perfect 16-0 league mark. The defeated to date and have not Hilltoppers who are 13-1 overall, been seriously threatened by a entering play this week, are alleague rival. Barring any un- ready assured of making their foreseen misfortune Oliver Ames 30th appearance in the past 32 should enter the second season, years in the state tourney.

Ramaining Games Determine Tourney Fate Coach Tom Karam's DU,rfee teams have qualified for the tourne~' 15 times. Only one team guided by the veteran mentor failed to make the select field.

The present club has to rank among the best Karam-coached Durfee teams and may present its coach with a le!l'!Ue title, a state crown and his 300th career victory.

Oliver Ames and Durfee are now allowed the luxur~' to "'Iay out the remainder of the campaign with only their un'leaten marks on the line. But, for many other local contingents the final games of season will determine their tourney fate. Only those schools that win leagne championshi~s or 59% of their games qualify.

Conceding the Conference Division I title to Durfee, four other schools by virtue of wonloss record are still in contention for tourney berths. They are New Bedford, Barnsta':Jle, Bishop Connolly High of Fall River and

Dartmouth.

In keeping with tradition Division U and Division III in the S.E. Mass. Conference are preparing for their stretclt runs.

Both races are close and promise climatic finishes.

Old Rochester Regional of Mattapoisett helped set the stage in Division II bv upenrlin~ fr0'1tr11nner Bishop Feehan High of Attleboro to narrow the Shamrocks' lead to one game over Fairhaven and Somerset. Seekonk is only two games back.

Tomorrow evening's games will match the contenders with the non-contenders. Feehan will host upset-minded Wareham, Fairhaven is in Taunton to play Msgr. Coyle-Bishop Casc;idy High, Somerset entertains Dennis-Yarmouth and Falmouth is at Seekonk.

The top four clubs in Division II are all potential tourney qualifiers. Covle has an outside chance and Old Rochester a :-rayer.

Showdown Appears Likely in Division III The latter's case rests with the Mac;sachusetts Principals Association. Old Rochester lost its "eligibility case" and was forced to forfeit six victories, and any chance of post-season play.

However, Old Rochester officials have appealed the opinion and are hopeful of a reversal. . If the decision is reversed the Bulldogs would qualify for the tourney.

The Conference's Division III race appears to be headed for a showdown between DightonRehoboth and Norton during the final week of the campaign. The Regionals hold a one game advantage at this point.

New Bedford Vocational and

Diman Regional of Fall River are two games 'back but time is running out. If everything holds true to form, the top four clubs will continue to dominate the other four divisional teams and set up the cham'lionship game between Dighton and Norton.

Dightort has come on strong throughout the season and appears to be improving with each game. Norton has been steady and particularly tough on its home court. Many observers feel that the homecourt advantage is worth between 5-10 points. If that be the case the up-coming contest has the potential of being a classic.

DIOCESAN CHAMPS: Baseball players from Holy Name parish, New Bedford, were recognized as diocesan champions at the fourth annual Sports Awards Night at Kennedy Center, New Bedford, honoring all CYO basketball and baseball teams for the past playing seasons. Guest speaker for the event was Joe Andrews. From left, Mary Murray, girls' junior basketball; Jerry Arruda boys' junior basketball; Mark Reedy, senior boys' baseball; Jim Catelli, senior boys' basketball.

CPA to Study Newspaper Disputes James A. Doyle, executive secretary for the Catholic Press Association, has confirmed that the CPA Board of Directors will discuss and may adopt guidelines defining the relationship between editors and publishers in the Catholic Press.

The announcement of the inclusion of such discussions in the agenda of the Feb. 18-20 meeting of the CPA in New Orleans was made in the Catholic Star Herald, Camden, N. J. diocesan newspaper which had earlier published its version of The Anchor controversy, which in turn had been copied nationally in the National Catholic Reporter.

Publisher-editor difficulties are not new to the Catholic press.

Three such incidents have occurred within the past two months.

Rev. Jeremy Harrington, editor of the St. Anthony Messenger, stated that publisher-editor disputes are usually handled privately. "Anomalies like Fall River are'cropping up with more frequency," the priest stated, and the time has come "for the CPA to define for its members what good journalism standards should be followed..

"In terms of CPA involvement," he went on, "and in relationship to including bishoppublishers in a fair practices code, the case is unprecedented and, perhaps long overdue."

Though he did not have a copy of the Fall River Priests' Senate resolution, Doyle stated that since most of the published verisons of the disputes center on priests' comments, the CPA

Faithful "Never esteem anything as of advantage to thee that shall make thee break thy word or lose thy self-respect."

had asked for, and received, Bishop Cronin's appraisal of the matter in a written report.

The CPA official reported that after considering both sides, the board will make its findings public.

In a letter to Rev. John R. FoIster, Acting Editor of The Anchor, the CPA executive secretary welcomed the Fall River Sacred Heart pastor to his new post in the newspaper and stated, "The Anchor has long been a valued member of our Association and we look forward to serving you in your new responsibility as editor."

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Continued from Page Ten uanians and other Eastern Europeans; 10 million Italians; 8.3 million Irish; 7.6 million Germans: 5 million French; 1.5 million English; and l.7 million Blacks, Asians, Scandinavians and others. The publicly accepted figure for Latinos, larger than Abramson's, is almost 16 million, making them by far the largest group of Catholics. (The United States is one of the largest Spanish-speaking nations of the world.)

Thus, the U.S. Catholic people are a more diverse 'family than any other in the land. We provide the whole nation with a model of how many can live as one.

We have not, of course, done a perfect job. Since English is the native language of our land, the English and the Irish Catholics have had enormous cultural advantages. It is no surprise that they dominate the positions of leadershh, both in the clergy and in publications, universities, and other institutions of the Catholic people. More than language has worked in their favor. The "olitical procedures of the Englishspeaking world were better kQown to them. Both in dealing with the world outside the Catholic parishes, and in the political processes both of urban and of ecclesiastical life, they had managerial and public relations skills the others had to learn slowly and painfully.

Reading the Catholic press, one notes easily how many of !he Catholic people' are relatively excluded. One does not find as many Spanish, Italian, French or Eastern-European names-either among the subjects ar among the authors-as demographic factors would predict. In the present generation, this is at last beginning to change.

But this is not all. Various Catholic cultures settled, by and large, in different regions of the nation. The majority of Italians settled in an arc from Providence to Philadel..,hia. Most of the Ger- . mans settled in the midwest. The French are highly over-represented in New England. The Latinos are strongest in Sun Belt, from Miami, through San Antonio to Los Angeles. The Poles preferred the great urban centers like Buffalo, Detroit, and Chicago. The other Eastern Europeans preferred smaller industrial cities and rural areas from Massachusetts to Texas. Sixty percent of the Irish live in New England and the Middle Atlantic States, but the rest are spread over every region - including 12 percent in the South.

To ·be Catholic means to be united, 'but diverse. It does not mean uniformity. The springs of religion lie deep in the reservoirs of imagination, sensibility, intuitive intelligence, and pre-conscious patterns of tradition and instinct. These springs in their particularity, are precious. If we lose them, attachment to church and peo,le withers. Dry soil supports no life.

Not all Catholic cultures have the same sense of God, the same approach to morality, the same

love for contemplation or for ac- on the side of the people, against tivism, the same attitude toward , the ruling powers. In others. the politics, the same image of mas- Church was part of the establishculinity or femininity. Not all ment. The fre1uencv'of vocations have the same Catholic history. to religious life differs.

In some, the Church was usually A theology of diversity sug-

gests that no one culture has the whole truth about God, or Christianity, or human society. Together, the many each mirror back a part (Jf the whole. Together, each enriches the other.

No- other group has so many internal riches, or so much to teach the nation about diversity, as the American Catholic people.

(Copyright (c) 1976 by NC News Service)

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