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All Priests to Share Suggestions for CCD Most Rev. Daniel A. Cronin, Bishop of Fal1 River, in congratulaIJing the apostolic efforts of clergy and laity in the area of religious education, has invited each and every priest to share his experience and thoughts on reLigious instruction as performed in the Diocese of Fal1 R!iver.

The progl'ams and problems confronting both clergy and laity in the field of religious instruction has often come up in meetings of priests in the Diocese.

Vaflious hopes and disappointments have been revealed; programs were evaluated and experiences exchanged.

The field of 'religious instruction is not limited to the youths of the Diocese. The needs of adults and tailor-made programs for them are also encouraged.

The Bishop pointed out that

religious instruction "is confronted on every side these days with numerous and vexing obstacles wllich make it ever more difficult to engage successful1y in a religious education program.

"Not the least of these problems is the unfortunate fact that there are fewer parochial schools and therefore more children who have to be accommodated in some other form of catechetical training."

In the spirit of Vatican II collegial activity, the sharing of experiences, ideas and suggestions could do much to rna'ke the diocesan programs in religious educa,tion more effective.

There is also in this Diocese, as in al1 others, a large numiber of Oatholics who are not being presently reached with the parTurn to Page Three

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Urges Vincentians To Consult Youth CHICAGO (NC)-The St. Vincent de ~ul Society, reportedly in trouble because it has not attracted new young members, has been advised to investigate the problem by getting opinions from their own children.

Hend J'llcob of Paris, president-genera,1 of the society, told a special meeting of the board of trustees of the Vincentians' U. S. superior council that the image of the society is not very good.

Jacob was commenting on the problem mentioned most frequently in status reports from the eight Vincentian regions in tJhe U. S. The concern was sharpened by results of two recent surveys of society membership.

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A survey in Milwaukee reported that among 707 of its members only six per cent were younger than 35, and 60 per cent were over 50.

A similar survey in San FranciSco showed that fewer than seven per cent were younger than 36, and 61 per cent were over 50.

One trustee said the statistics· prove out the description by one teen-ager that the society is made up of "a bunch of old men who sel1 papers at church after Mass."

Jacob noted the problem is not universal in - the society, noting that there is a high proportion of young members in Ireland and England.

"We have chi'ldren," he said.

"What is the image of the society for' them? Evaluate their reaction ...

"You are living in this country with the 'Jesus Revolution'we read a great deal about it in Europe. This means something ... that youth are not estranged Turn to Page Three,

Not all teaching is done from a pulpit, a rostrum or a desk.

One learns not only by listening to another but by keeping all senses open by maintaining an eager alertness. by constantly rethinking one's own judgements.

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Bible Study For Lent Many clergy and. laymen in the Attleboro area will observe Lent ecumenically this year by participating in an Ecumenical Bible Study to be held for for five weeks starting Feb. 15.

The series of talks and discussions, . sponsored by the Attleboro Clergy Association, entitled "A Study of First Corinthians" and will- feature Rev. George W. MacRae, S.J., of Weston College, Cambridge, as prIncipal speaker. All five sessions will take place at Al1 Saints Episcopal Church in' Attleboro, each Tuesday from 7:30 to 9:30 P.M. Each evening will begin with a talk by Father MacRae on a particular, preannounced section of the Epistle, and will be followed by "buzz groups" led by Catholic and Protestant members of, the clergy attending the session. First Corinthians was chosen because it is considered ~Ies­ -pecially appropriate because it Turn to Page Six

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Most Rev. Daniel A. Cronin, 'Bishop of Fall River, "serves to promote unity of purpose among the faithful in the various geograpltic regions which make up the entire Diocese." It is the tool of our own Christian and diocesan unity.

News stories bring to the individual the crises lived by many fellow ChrIstians throughout the world. They inspire the efforts of fellow diocesans with the hopeful a:.tempts of dedicated individuals and, groups to live a true Christianity.

The successes of some can be

our successes; the pitfalJs of others can be our warning; the programs of others can be our plans and guidelines.

"When one rejoices, we all rejoice; when one is sorrowful we an share the sorrow," St. Paul could teach about the practical living MY'stlical Body of Christ. The Anchor attempts to bring the realization of such successes and sorrow into the life of each diocesan.

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Euthanasia Buildup Starts in England LONDON (NC) - The cam- emotions of the listeners are paign for Voluntary Euthanasia, ~eminiscent of the pleas made in Britain is now being intensi- . ,before 1967 by or on behalf of fied, its backers using much the girls who had suffered'so-<:alled same tactics the supporters of back-street abortions. abortion employed before the Also on the program Dr. Saul passing of the 1967 Abortion Crown of the Voluntary EuthaAct. nasia Society said: The renewed pleas for so"There are considerable numcalled mercy killing coincide -bers of people suffering from with mounting criticism of the extremely severe illnesses such working of the Abortion Act. as cancer and paralysis, from Recent statistics show that which there is no hope of recov126,774 abortions were carried ery, and they simply go on. suf· out In L971, an inccease of fering like this for years and years.

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Turn to Page Two Many opponents of voluntary euthanasia have said they fear that the legalization of euthanasia would simply be a first step in a campaign to make it obligatory for those suffering PHILADELPHIA (NC)-"Peofrom incurable diseases. pIe who yesterday were objectOne of the latest shots in the ing to the Church entering the euthanasIa campaign was fired ,bed,room are today welcoming in a British Broadcasting. Cor- City Han into the bed." pomtion radio program, "The With these words, the priestWorld This Week End." editor of Friar magazine chalThe program started with re- lenged what he called the inconporter Roger Cook describing 'Sisten,:y of those who criticized euthanasia as "a positive thing." Pope Paul's restatement in his He said that it is "homicide by his encyclical Humanae Vitae of request," and often "the answer the immorality of artificial con· traception as a violation of prito a prayer."

A bed-ridden, 94-year-old vate conscience yet who advocate government action to curb woman interviewed said: "One does not let an, animal population growth.

Speaking at a forum for die slow~y. An animal is quietly put out, and I think human be- priest; and physicians sponsored Ings should be allowed to put by th~ family life bureau of the Philac[elphia archdiocese, Father themselves out."

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A deeper appreciation for and a better understanding of the Sacrament 'of Penance are, ob, jectives' of. a, ISpeCial series of Lenten services which will start on Ash Wednesday at LaSalette, Attleboro. , The seven-week program' wil!,., be ,held' each Wednesday at 7:30 P.M. in .LaSalette's chapel on ,Route 118. , Each service will be conducted by four' priests who will also be available tp hear confessions for those, attending., They will concelebrate Mass, and 'one of them will offer an instruction on one .or. more aspeCt's of the'Sacrament of Penanc.e.

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, THEANCHOR....,Diocese of Fall River-Thurs., ,10," 1972 . .. , -Feb. .

On Saturday morning at 1'0 Following his graduation from o'clock..in Holy Name Church, LaSalle Academy in Providence, Fall'River, a concelebrated Mass . he attended Holy <:;ross College of Christian Burial will be of- in Worcester for two y.ears.: fered for the· ·repose of the solil He m~de his moviti,at'e and of Rev. Peter McKone, S.J. juniorate C\t Shadowbrook in of the Bishop Connolly High Lenox arid his phijosophiCal' and School faculty who died' e'arly theological ,studies at Weston "Wednesday morning at ~he Rose' College: He was ordained to the Hawthorne Lathrop Home fol- priesthood on' June 21, 1936, lowing a len,gthy illness.' ,. F'~ll'owing two ye~rs of asc~tVisiting, hours at the Jesuit ical theology at St. Robert's residence at Bishop Connolly Hall, Pomfret, Conn.' he ,' was High School. will be tonight nanled secretary to, the Amerfrom 7 to 9 and Friday afternoon ican assistant to the Father Genfrom 2 to 4 and again Friday erill of the Jesuits, residing'in .night from 7 to 9.

Rome. Ret~rriing to the United Father McKone was born in' States in, '1940 because of war . Greenwich, R. I. on April 2, 1-904 conditions in Europe, FatJher Mc. the son ¢ the', late Peter and' . Kone studie'q physics at Boston Mary' McK~~r~an McKone, College and also taught the same subject at the. college.

On March 19, 1942, hebe'. calrle 'rector 'of the .Jesuit Novi. tiate at' Shadowbrook and held th~t ,position until 1948. During Ahe next six years, he was di. rector qf ..the Jesuit Seminary Guild. ',In' July" 1954, Father McKo~e was, .named secretary to the Father Provincial of t>he New 'Engl'and P,rovince, and on July 6, 1956· he, beoame socius to , the' Father Provincial and remained in ~hat position 'until June ~7, 1966.' , When .Bishop Connolly High School opened in 1966 he was , n~med ,a 'membe~ of the faculty and served as head of the matJhematics .department until his' illness forced him to retire REV. PETER J. McKONE, S.J. from active academic work.

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'Teain' Effo-:t The instructiops for the series,

according to Rev. J. Normand L. Vaillancourt; M.S., superior and shrine director, C\.re. being prepared, as a ~'team effort" by all four priests. .

Father', Vaillancour~ ,today, urged area Catholics to participate in the series as one way to 'prepare for Easter.

"Of course, it will not be necessary to receive ;the Sac~ament of Penance every 'evening of the I series.· However; we do ,feel that' ORDAINSFALL RIVI~RITE: Rev. Michael R. Nagle, one s,hould attempt to attend left, sdn of Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Nagle of 309 Doherty the entire series in order to ga'in St., Fall River was ordained on Friday eveniing in St. Mary's ,a deeper appreciation fQrand a under,standing of. the !W'Cathe&al, 'Fall River by the Most Rev. Daniel A. Cronin, betterI rament," he ,said. ' OrdinafY of the D~ocese.

Members of the shrin'e', staff who are organizing the program I are Rev.' Henry Brodeur, M.S., !

Rev. Normand Theroux, ,M.S., I Rev. Andre Patenaude, M.S., and, Pqpe Wants Rc.me's Moral, 'Physical Father Vaillancourt.

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Euthanasia Buildup in England

VATIqAN CITY (NC)-Pope never be a question of progress Paul VI,I calling postwar Rome when human dignity is exposed _ Continued from Page One 'to assess the patient's' chances "The time has come, I think, of recovery before allowing "the a "cement jungle that is spread- to the danger of demoralization. ing endl~ssly in concentric circles and debasement, the particular when such people could sign a final lethal injection." around ithe central historical 'physiognomy of Rome, the cenform to say that they have hac;!

Dr. C~own said also that volenough and would like to have untary euthanasia shouid not 'be nucleus,'j l.lrged the city fathers ter of the Catholic Church,' the to protect the Eternal City's custodian of some of the most their existence terminate~.", . i available 'only' to the elderly but physical sacred memories of worship and :and moral health.

Opposition : also to "the parents of severely sanctity, the meeting' point of The Pqpe also received Rome's, A fernale doctor who, op- abnorm'al children." many pilgl'ims who come' to it Mayor Olelilo Darida and other posed euthanasia said that "treAccidents city offidials and read his guests with a definite spiritual intenmendous pressure" would, be extion, cannot per-mit its sacroa lE.."Cture: on city government.

He urged, the inclusion, too, ' erted on some patients and that' sanct rights in, Uiis field to be they would be made to feel that " of anyone, seriously injured in , He mdde a pointed reference suppressed 'and its particular an acCident who at present is to the to\vn's'thousands of hap- duties to be disregarded." they had become "a burden on , 'their families." She also warned ' kept alive in, .specialresuscita~ hazard s~anties In which desl>erthat "tremendous anxieties and tion units thereby, deprivjng ately poc)r- people, mostly immiother patients of facilities. grants frbm southern Italy, live ~ecrology treme.ndous feelings of gailt" Reporter Cook, said that "just in squal~r and' disease. would be engendered.

His m~jor comment, ,however, FEB. 11 "It ~ould cut away the re- 'as society guarantees you the Rev. John' J. Sullivan, S.T.L., spect" which I believe comes right to live, there will always were devoted to t h e nee d to. 1961,' Late Pastor, Holy Rosary, from the Christian respect for -be some ~ho demand the right "careJori the' spiritual welfar,e of Fall River. life and for the indivi~ual per- ,to die."

Rome." I ',' ,', Rev. John O'Connell, 1910, , It.,is .this type of reporting by son," she said'-' .

He said he is particularly in"' Founder,' St. John': Evangelist, radio and television that many 'Dr: Crown admitted that ,vol- ' terested in the '~firm safeguard- Attlebo~o. . untary euthanasia would be dif- believe helped the case for abor~ ing of thb singular character' of FEB. 12 . tion Qverfive years ag<>. ficult to' control. lot could' be' e Rort:J ,. which ~~rtain licent,ious. " :Rev. ,Stanislaus Albert, SS.CC., The euthanasia .campaign,' abused by government on 'the ne~s and\ certam, ,decadent men- '1961; Monastery of Sacred , however, is ,likely to meet with bne han(l' and greedy t:e!ative's a great ,deal, 'of opposition, not tahtyw.0uld lessen, not to say' Heart" Fairhaven. on the other" he said. ' FEB. 14 merely,from such groups as the forget al)9 ann,ul, in the naine of The way around this,' he progress Pd 'cosmopolitanism: " Rev., Charles, E. Clerk, 1932, .Rights Association, , suggested, would be the calling Human ,The P9pe !?aid that, "apart Pastor, St. Roch,Fan River. which is currently campaigning in . of 'i,:dependent medic~1 men ' FEIIJ, 15 against voluntal,"y Euthanasia, from the fact that there can I Rev. Joseph G. Lavalle, 1910, but also' from people who have For Deaf Children become 'alarmed by the way .the T ~ d Ch Id ' Pastor, St. Matthew, Fall Riv-!!r. . 0 I i i ren '. Rev. James C. Conlon, 1957, Southeasterri Massachusetts A:bortion Act. is being abused An ,open meeting of Greater Pastor, St. Mary, Norton. and' regarded by many as merely Parents' Association for the Deaf New Bedford Chapter for Chil~ and Hard of Hearing will hold another form of birth control. dren with Learning Disabilities an open meeting at 7 Monday will be ~eld at 7:30 Thursday O'RC~URKE night, Feb. 14 at Morton Junior Cultural Review night, Feb, 24 at United ,center High School, Fall River. A film, , Funerc.rl Home Students of Our Lady of Fat- Methodise Church at Center and "They Do Not Walk Alone," will 571 Sec()nd Street ima High School, Warren, R. I,,' Walnut Streets, Fairhaven. Dr. be shown. will present a cultural festival at Maurice !laufer, director of EmFall River, Mass.

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Three Services Father Vaillancourt also announced that three s'ervices will. be held each ,Sunday throughout Lent. These include public recitation of the Rosary at 2 P.M.; ,a 3 P.M. prayer service with a brief talk on a Lenten topic; and 'the Way or Stations of the Cross at 4 P.M. All will be. held in. the chapel. The Way of the Cross will include multi-media aids prepared by LaSalette's Mark IV Presentations.

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-N'ew York Nonpublic School Aid' Law .,.Ruled, ,Un.constitutional NEW YORK (NC) - A three- design and enact new legislation judge federal panel has, declared wh,ich will meet the requirements unconstitutional a 1971 state of the courts." law providing financial aid to The suit against the law was nonpublic schools teaching secu- brought last July by the Committe~ 'for Public Education and lar subjects. , The court said in II decision Religious Liberty. issued Jan. II that it found no The one-page decision, was substantive differences between ~ ,written by Paul R. Hays, court the New York law assisting ele- of appeals judge, with the con-, mentary and secondary parochial 'currence of U. S. District Judges schools ;and 'sittlilar laws held ,'Edward C. McLean and Charles previously 'unconsitutionaJ in L. Brieant.

Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and Confident of Support Connecticut.

Their ruling -was referred to Adopted' last May, the law would have provided $33 million '路earlier decisions in the three 'other states and said: to nonpublic schools, with the ," "In view of the authority cited, first payments being made Jan. 15. The court's decision, how- "it is unnecessary for us to engage in any re-examination of the ever, barred the state of New 'basis of which the statute must.

York from providing such funds ,be held unconstitutional." to the schools.

"Davitt declined to speculate,', Expressing disappoIntment .. . . .. , th e deClslon was th e New ' on ' , , the ' specifiC Impact the' decl" ' wI'th York State Council of Catholic" slon, would have when asked ~t , "would cause any Cathohc School SuperIntendents.

It soh t Iose. He sal' dI ' twas ' ' .

00isoc 'be recognized ... that the '".,~ 'I" t t h th must , ed' t . I' . , ~ LVO, ear y 0 sugges ow e llmn 'blla e Imp IcatlOn IS !,urther Iegis . Ia ture ' couId' . . amen d the ' Iaw POSSI, Ie aggravation of the flt k't t路t ..: I' bl f .

0 rna e I ,cons I uwona . nalllCla pro ems 0 nonpubhc ,,' " . schools" said Alan D'tt _ We are confident In the supaVI ,e~~ port of government leaders,spe" utlve. secretary of the , counCil In Cl'f'Ica II y of th e governore (N Ison . I' a t ors a statement released In Albany. RockefeII) ,er 'an d thOe Iegis Hope to Amend Law of both parties," he said.

Citing statements by New "Over the past few years they York government and legislative have all manifested a 'real conleaders to support nonpublic cern for the children attending school children, Davitt said the nonpublic schools," he said, council hopes that "with coop- "They responded to those neelis em,tion from all parties, imme- by passage of the mandated serdiate steps may be taken to vices law of 1970 and the secuamend this law and make it con- lar education services law of stitutionally satisfactory, or to 1971."

Anchor Subscription Sunday Continued from Page One and/or failures of fellow Christians. Editorials apply and inspire readers to greater Chris-' tian involvement.

The very successful "Know Your Faith" series open to all the studies and experiences of teachers in the ChuN:h and per路 mit the individual to delve ever more deeply into the rich doctrines of our fatth and apply them to the day-by-day living of the Christian faith of individuals, groups, parishes and diocese.

The un~versal" faith of the CathoJic Church can be the more intensely lived in such an area as the Fall River diocese. ,The family aspect of the diocese can be the more real where communication can be so much better practiced.

But for, all this, there must be a realization of the faith and of the problems confronting the faith. The Anchor helps to make this realization real.

Come Sunday then, each parish should do aLI possible to make this apostolic tool readily ava1ilable to elu:h of its families.

Parishes could well see to -it that The Anchor also finds itsel~ into places where Christians gather: bar-ber shops, beauty parlors, transportation stations,shops, offices. The priest and the dedicated layman cannot

Open door The Open Door Society of Massachusetts will meet at LaSalette Center, Attleboro, at 7 Sunday night, Feb. 13. Anyone interested in interracial or hardto-place adoption or foster care is invited to attend, Reservations may be made with Mrs. Shirley Papineau at 617-761-5632.

aI,ways be present to explain and promote the Church;~ The Anchor can and ~ould be there weekly.

The question for Sunday is clear: "Do we dare to care enough about the experiences of others and our own ever rededicatJion?"-enough to seek better ways and ever reflect on the eftiveness of our own? Let The Anchor help - if you dare enough.

Pope John XXIII 'put it very clearly: "Today the Catholic Press exists, ahove all, to exert an active presence' and' testimony. Its presence must be intelligent and alert '.. , It must let nothing escape, so that it may ~nform the reader ,and assist him 6n forming 路an enlightened conscience in' the face of ,the questions and bewilderments that today's worJd sets before him ...

It must orientate, clarify and restore all things in the light of t,roth."

This The Anchor tries to do and with the help of each, parish and fami~yit will. ' '

CCD 'Survey Continued from Page One' dsh aJ\d regional programs of the present CCD. The priests of the Diocese have been invited by the Most Reverend' Bishop to indicate their impressions of their parish and ddocesan program of religous education. Suggestions for future development have been solicited..

The cooperative effort launched by the Most Reverend, Bishop has been hailed, by many as an important s'tep forward in a more effective teaching apostolate in the Diocese of Fall River.

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Vince'ntians to Consult Youth Continued from Page One to the spiritual.' Maybe th.is is the time to explain how charity relates to the spirtual side of our vocations."

Jacob suggested the key, not only to youth membership but to all aspects of -the soC'iety's work, is "openness." He cited examples of two groups of youths in the NetJherlands and in

France, whIch were helped rnaterially in specific chll1'itable work!1 by Vincentians and later formed inlto conferences of the society.

"This is the way," he said.

"We showd be extremely open ... structure comes later-first be open, be generous, We must put ourselves at ,the disposal of peopl~ who are young."

ST. PAUL (NC)-Almost half of Catholic school age children in the St. Paul-Minneapolis 'archdiocese. are not receiving any formal religous educationeither in Catholic schools or Confraternity of Christian Doctrine classes, according to an archdiocesan report on religious education.

The report, prepared by the aN:hdiocesan board of educatdO:l'S religious education committee, recommends a near doubling of the staff of the board and a general upgrading of religion program!! and pl'anning.

The report covers religious education at elementary, junior and senior high school levels as well as pre-school, adult and special education and calls for an additional staff person in ea{:h department.

Nearly half of grade-school age' children and slightly more tht.n half of ,junior and senior high-school age students are receiving no formal religious educat.ion, the report said.

- While noting that some' 45,000 'elementary age students are en:~olled in religion programs in schools or parishes, the religious education committee said "an estimated 47 per cent of the school age popl,llation are not receiving religious instruction anywhere at this point."

Some ,20,000 junior high and about 25,000 senior high school students are also being -missed, while 43,000 are enrolled in school or parish programs, the report said.

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Stresses iLivi .1g': Rea Iity' Of the State of fsrae'l There is' an' old adage which says, in effect, that' a traveler brings back from India what ,he takes with him to India. I thought of this ancient sayi'ng more than once during a recent visit to Israel. I had gone to 'Israel with an open and sympathetic mind, determined to try to under- one, of these essays in particustand, as well as any Chris- lar as being of special interest,to. tian can, what the new State Catholic ,readers. I refer to Msgr.

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'Msgr. Oesterreicher takes note of the fact that there is "a MSGR. weighty difference" between the Jewish and Christian approaches GEORGE G. to the promised' l'and;To the Christian, he says" no country is.

HIGGINS holier than the other'S; hence, "no land plays a similar role in th~ religious ekperience ,of the means theologi~ally to the' Jeyt-' Christian as does 'the . land of' 'ish people, but since-I had taken' -Israel in the experience ,of the with me only. a meager knowl- 'Jews. Though' this lack of expeedge of Judaism as a living real- rience' maKes i,t difficult for the ity, I was less than adequately Christian to grasp: the Jewish atprepared to grapple with that tachment to "the land,' it' cercentral question. ' tainly does not forbid him to respect this attachment.

Unfortunately, I· brought back from, Israel what I had taken There is; in my opinion, no with me to Israel-a superficial r~liJgious tenet that imposes on understanding of the jewish at· him a detached or neutral stance tachment to the' "land" which toward the r.eality that' Jews God had sworn to Abraham, have reg;iil1ed their, ancient land Isaac and Jacob that he, would land now live under their own fla~'" , give to their descendants.

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My visit to Israel was highly instructive, even in this regard, for it brought home to me in a very personal way my obligatiotl as a Christian to try, to make up for lost time in my study of the' theology of "the people and the land." To this end, I have turned to a recent book entitled ".Brothers in Hope," edited by Msgr. John M. OJ!sterreicher, director of the Institute of Judaeo· Christian Studies at Seton Hall University (Herder .and Herder, New york, $7.50).

The fifth volume in Msgr.

Oesrreicher's continuing series of Judaeo-Christian studies, The Bridge, this new collection of learned ,essays by a representative cross section 'of Jewish and' Christian scholars probes the implications of the Second Vatican Council's Statement on the Jews.

It searches for "an answer to the problem, of how the two communities (Jewish and Christian) that call Abraham their father, are related to one another' un'der the one God of Israel.': It's one of the most important books of its kind published since the end of the Council.

'Sign of God's Concern' Taking the argument a step -further, Msgr. Oesterreicher points out that the living reality of the State of Israel should, for the most part, 'evoke the respect and admiration of the Christian theologian.

"For the theologian," he says, "Israel's future cannot be a mere political problem. Heaven forbid that; he allow the cry 'Politics!' to prevent him from taking. a stand. Certainly, what the exact boundaries of the State should be, who would best succeed the present Prime Minister, and many simHar questions are the 'kind of political problems 'that are fully outstide his special ' c~mpetence. '

FREE-WHEELING PRIEST: The Rev. i~eo Fa~ragher"of 'S1; Joseph's Church lrtWiImington! Del., zips through city traffic on his' daiiyrounos' ,to hospitals and members of his pari$h. Better known simply as "Father Leo",he ,uses the bicycle not only' f~r its convenience but because "more peop,le see me and are aware of the Church." He uses the bikel in warm and, cold weather and says. only deep ,snow stops him. NC Photo. ' I

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,WASHJiNGTON(NC)-If dio- "In some dioceses, the diocesan cesan p~sioral councils fail, pa.storal council becomes a sop "we're in irora terribly difficult thrown to the laity.. It feeds on time 'in the Church," said Father trivia and, becomes trivial."

Robert G.;Howes, coord-inator of Father Howes said the diocethe departlnentfor diocesan ser- san' pastoral council is a means vices, at ,~e Center' for Applied of realizing the concept of colResearch in the Apostolate. legiality set fOlrth in the dacu';If thd councils failed, it 'ments of the .Second, Vatican would me~n that the laity had Council. "If there is to be coltried to t~ke a responsible role legiality, there has to be a strucin theChdrch a~d had been fnls- ture for it." he said. trated," Father Howe said: "If The collegial Church, he said, the diocelsan pastoral council goes undet, the alternatives are is "the' Church of the deciding a return I to an 'authoritarian amateurs." ,The, amateiJrs, the Church 'o~ separate councils of members of the diocesan pastoral priests, Religious and laity. A council, have to be supplied with, rollback to an authoritarian information, about 'alternative,' 'Church co~ld have serious can- courses of action and their adsequences.1 a schism in which a vantages and disadvantages, Fasaid. ' ther Howes , responsible role is' possible."

I , The most logical source of' Father fJ:owes is the editor of "Diocesan i Pastoral Council," a such 'information, he said, is a compilation of papers delivered diocesan pastoral planning office. at a CARA symposium last May, Among such an office's func~ and co-author' with Father Ber- tions, he said, are the' digestion nard Quinrt of "Diocesan Pastor- of 'goVernment documents on • I . ' al Planmng," both ,recently pub- various matters and the' mainlished by' CARA. ; I' :.

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Church as Partner Father Ho~es said he' views "the whole civil area .'. . housing, employment,l!rban development, poverty, mental health and so on" as the field in which diocesan pastoral councils should be 'active. He envisions the Church acting as a partner with other churches and various levels of government.

"Pastoral 'councils are being neglected," Father Howes said.

"No one is communjcating with them' or helping them. There has .been no communication between them. Each diocese is constant· 'ly rediscovering the Mediterranean, fretting: over experiences other dioceses have already gone through."

Again stressing the vital role of' diocesan pastoral' councils, Father Howes said: "If they do important things, more and more of the laity will care."

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In dosing, let" me add a. word , Unfor.tunately, "however, it She is Miss ,Joan "Paul, who hasn't 'yet received in. Catholic of per~onal thanks to Msgr. Oes- has a dive~sified background in', circles anything like the, atten- terreicher ~nd his long-time' Chutch communications. ". , I' , tion it so richly deserves. It is associate, Bather Edward FlanAs . hroa;deasting :'productioll my hope;~ then, that this '.little nery·.. executive ~ecre4try :of the : manager", spe will s~rve as the "plug'; will serve to compensate, U. S. Bishops 'Committee . on USOC's chief liaison to broadin some small measure, for the Oatholic~Jewish Relations, for' all . ,casting net~orks during the pro-: unaccountahle failure of so that they have done to help their duct~on ~f qatholiNellited-public . many of our leading Catholic fellow Catholics come to a better servIce, programs., , periodicals, to review the book understanding' of Judaism as a' , For ,the past two years, Mis:, in depth or at leas't to call it to living religous reality and of the Paul was ~ Writer-producer for relationship: between Judaism the U. S. bishops' anti·poverty the attention of their readers.

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Prepared to Aid OLYMPIA (NC)-Washington Gov. Daniel Evans said in a letter to a Catholic school official that :1e is "prepared to endorse a limited program of financial aid for needy and disadvantaged elem€'ntary and secondary private school children."

The governor told Father Michael O'Neill, Spokane dioc· esan education superintendent, that a study should be under. taken to determine privatp. school financial needs.

A similar study was done for private higher education three years ago.

Needy Students "I am of the opinion." Evans wrote, "that there is now required a similar joint effort concerning primary and 'secondary education financial nee~s, and would hope' that such a study could be authorized and carried out prior to the 1973 legislative session."

Father O'Neill, who is also pr,esident of the Washington Fed· erat~on of Independent Schools, induded the letter in testimony he gave before a state legislative committee hearing on a bill pro· posing aid for needy private students.

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The Anchor is in its' fifteenth y~ar j of pUbli~ation. ' Much has happened during thisdec~cle and,a halt.,: .: " The Anchor still remaiIis' the largest weekly news-, , p~per in Southeastern Massachusetts:, 'It still brings people of the" Diocese' of Fall Riv~r closer together by letting one area :I,{now what another is doing. : _':', .'

And it has fulfilled a critical role as, a means of Catholic education. This era of Vatican Council II has been and is an important one. Catholics have been called upon to . update their thinking, to' revitalize their faith. A Church Council does not and cannot change the basic truths of the faith. But it 'does cut through custdms and traditions that have perhaps outlived their usefulness. It does ask for changes in approach and techniques, to suit better the mentality and style of the present age.' Without 'compromise of.. creed or commandment it does try to present the case of Christ and Christianity so that ~Oth Century man ' will know that these are what he has, been looking, for, these are what his nature has sensed is lacking from his lifu. ' " It is understandable in this age,' then, that people have been looking for guidance, for instruction, and-above all -for the means of deepening their faith~o that they might ,, draw· closer to God. The Anchor has tried to fulfill this role. ' But it does little good for a newspaper to' be published if it js not read. That is why the coming newspaper subscription drive is such an important one. It is to be hoped that alert Catholics will recognize The Anchor's contribution to their religious development and' growth, will renew their, subscription, and, above. all, will J'~a~ i~~hen 'it, ,ani.ves ' '! each week in their homes.

deals with the problems of creating Christian community in a complex urban setting."

Each person registering for. the Lenten series at the va,rious chuches in Attleboro is given a suggested list of readings on St. Paul and lesson plans for the five talks. Topics to b~ discussed include: ' Lecture I: Factions in the Community (I Corinthians, chapters 1-4), including a brief introduction to the course and a study of factionalism.

Lecture .II: Sexuality and Community (I Corinthians, chapters 5 c 7), discussion of private and community morality.

Lecture III: Eating Idol Foods (I Corinthians, chapters 8-10), induding the example of St.· Paul..

Lecture IV: Christian Worshjp (I' Corinthians. chapter 11), including the role of women hi church and worship 'and the community. ' Lecture V: The Body of Christ (I Corinthians, chapters 12-14). including the nature of Christian community and of Christian love.

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Rudolf Harvey, O.F.M., asked: "Since conscience and the natural law are of the same origin, how can they be antithetical?"

He noted thaJI: Christ did not say to the 'woman who was living' with a man not her husb,and.-;..; "Follow your conscience." Rath~ , There is not much point in' speculating about the curer, Father Harvey said, Ghrist inRev..John F. Moore, B.A.,. M.A~, M.Ede rent Howard Hughes autobiography' furor. A ,couple of formed her 'conscience.

55. P~ter''; Pau( I:all ,Riv~r', ' grand juries plus investigators of two' countries are tryAsserting,~ that , the,'p~ot~'st ing to untangle, the puzile right· this mitmte. against Humanae Vitae 'is' led by an organized minority, Father , But what is surprising is 'thatsophis~icated publishing I ' , , " , Harvey said that such an action' executives wer~ somehow convinced of the undisputed The turmoil in Ireland seems never ending. For over would, time; have authenticity of the manuscript and this to, the extent, of BOO yearS the Irish people have sought,to be free and to promplted atthe on,e accusation of herhanding over, more than half a million <;lollars. ' rule theit own destiny. Their battle still goes on.' With esy. "Heresy is an unpopular It shows that at the heart 'of all business dealings and the mod~ril proximity of the news media, this battle is term," Father Harvey' stated. "'but it is no less pos'sible today."

-the business ,that one person ,has :With a~o.ther is, the, basic now befdre the world. The ' rage and 'violence ofcentu'serves to, confirm this atti.tude. , "Heresy,;" h~ sa'id, '''comes ~', ' element of trust.

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And' when trust does not stand fihn,' then there' is nes IS a ~ere tum of, English out of Malta py,eagerly not only disappointment, in. people but disaster ,in business. the teleVISIon dIaL The free- 'offering aid to the British mili· Lt means picking and choosing what you want t!> believe, selec" .' "~ ).'. ,,:,,' : / ;;:,' - ~~ .' , dom lovin~ people of :the world tary"machine'ltdoes this with tivity in. the faith. Heresy relates Another~~:'" stand in horror and shame in 'the full kriowledg~ 'tMt England can, '. "", ;,"'1-, to orthodoxy as cancer relaJI:es darkness of Bloody Sunday anef. not' afford added Maltese ex- to the human body.," As another Lent approaches" thecohcern of Catholics , unconcern 1 of British military perises because it is supporting Catholic is normally loy- ' must be that they mea~ure up to.:'the" ma~urity expeCted of force, Yet lin ,this day and 'age an aggresive military adv£m- al., "The to papal teaching," Father them. In former years the Church·' spelled out many of this shouldlnot be the case. The ture in the northern counties of Harvey declared, "and, where Irish question still haunts men's Ireland. One' wonders' wIly the' the Lenten practices, especially regarding sacrifice. Now 'minds bec~use the Irish stiU Am~riCan government' d«:>es' not there 'is disagreement, the burthe Church asks men and women ,and boys ~nd' girls to want to be Ifree. offer to. underwrite this expense den of proof lies on the dissenters. What Pope Paul says today be mature Christians, to choose for th~mselves their L,ent. One would think' that this de- of Her Majesty's government. remains the doctrine of Christ en approach to God: An<;l if it is lacking :in prayer ,orself~ 'sire for f~eedom ~nd national No one iS,asking 'AmeriCan 'inand the will of God." denial or deeper'concern to please,God,and to serv~ neigh- identity would ring a responding tervelltion in England's'-Vietnam. can send ,a mecinote in the! hearts of the Ameri- However if bor" then it fails '~efore: it begins. " can government, who in the his- iator to Cyp~us to help seeK a Lent is the time "when Catholics try to look at the torie destiny of their own, free- peacefui, solution, to that nations , ide~l expected of'them by God, look ,at themselves as they, dom, had to fa'ce the same Eng-. internal conflict, why can't we affairs of the State of Israel.

Why this inconsistancy on the' are, and try to bridge the gap between the two with God's lish mentality. The' contrary un- indicat~ some support in ~e~king part ,of Washington? Why do we fortunately Is.eems tcU>e th~ case a peaceful solutil)D ,to. the ques- support ''With military"aid one ' , help ,and wi~h their own serious efforts.: with the' p~esent administration. tion of Northern Ireland? Are we nation in its pursuit of' freedom Time, and time again, ~he official still going to ignoreth~ pleas of and deny a word of' consolation 1 attitude ofjwashi~gt:on is indif- people who seek the ,'basic rights to another persecuted people? , ference to s~y the, very least: This of human freedom as we, have , If peace is ever .to be ,restored position of ('no ,comment", seem- done in the case of Biafra ,and ingly has been adopted to please Bangladesh? It seems to be r;1- to Ireland it will no't' be forced the present.lgoveinment of West- ther false and hypocritical for a ~y the guns o~ English" troops. minister.' The recent meeting of nation ,so involved in the inter- History' should have ~aught the world this lesson years'ago. The, Mr. 'Heath land Mr. f'{ixo.n only nal de~tiny of Vi,etnam. ' Irish question will haVe to be OF,FIClAL NEWSPAPER OF THE, DIOCESE ~OF FALL, RIVER ~ncOlnstanci~s of Wlashing~on/s Policy settled by the, Irish themselves.

Published weekly. by The CqthoJic Press of the Diocese of Fall River Yet in the case of Ulster, wehy the rather positive remarks of Irishmen must determine the fu, ' ,410:; Highland A~~~ue " ?ave gone ieven a' step further Senator Edward Kennedy. J:lis ture 'of Ireland. This should be - Fall River'; M~ss. 02722 '675-7151"" m our appeasement of· our Eng. ;support: of the suffering people tlt e attitude of' all men and all lish allies. Sbemingly any support of 'Ulster was consid~reda direct governments who seek to be free PUBLISHER of the civill rights of the, Catho.. :interference in the' affairs of and who before the world com,Most Rev. Daniel A. Cronin~' 0.0;, S.T.D: lic population of Northern Ire.. . Britain. With all due respect, munity profess to iove fre'edom GENERAl MANAGER , ASST. GENERAL MANAGER- land has b~en scorned and ridi-, there seems to be little criticism and its rights. This should be ' I , culed. An e~ample of this official of Senator Javit!; when he, in- the attitude of the American· peoRev. Msgr.Daniel F. Shalloo, M.A. ,Rev. ~ohn P. Driscoll the \1P,roar created "'(lIves this .nation in ,the inteinai 1*, ~4)~~"gQYf:~~mt. attitude wa~1.-j··rJr,J. ~leary P!e~~~f}, ~!v.r II i ). "I i t ' 1- ~l ~""! ". ';.\. -:,U~.\ .. _..

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Bishop Cronin' Homilist at Episcopal Ordinations

HOMILIST: Bishop Cronin delivers the homily in Holy Cross Cathedral, Boston, at the ordination to the Episcopacy of Most Rev. Lawrence J. Riley and Most Rev. Joseph F. Maguire as Auxiliary Bishops to Archbishop Medeiros.

Pilot Photo by Stack. .and sensitivity to the social problems of a metropolitan area such as Boston are well known indeed.

Mo~ern Problems Pope Paul VI, of recent date, has quite rightly pointed out that "man is e~periencing a new loneliness; it is not in the face'· of a hostile nature which it has taken him centuries to subdue but in an anonymous crowd which surrounds him and in which he feels himself a stranger." (Octogesima Adveniens, 10.) Think of the moral problems which the social conditions of modern urbanized society create: delinquency among the youth, discrimination of multiple sorts, break down in family life, attacks on the very sacredness of human life' and of marriage, and breakdown in civil :'1 l1ne1' moral autho·rity.

Likewise, these conditions find echoes in the disturbing situation in \church society and religious practice. Confusion about,· if not utter disavowal of most sacred to the provident and all loving care of the Almighty. We see the extraordinary phenomenon of the scornful attitude of men doctrines is a ohallenging fact.

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(L.G. 19) Triple Role It is to this position so fraught with responsibility before' God and men that the two bishops succeed today. They are being sent forth, even as Christ sent the apostles, to teach, govern and sanctify men. They are to spread. His Churoh, minister to it, shepherd it and by the power of the Holy Spirit to bear witriess to Christ and everywhere to preach His gospel.

But, while the apostolic tradition connects them with the pleasant scene in' Galilee, these new ,bishops are being sent by Christ into the world of the present day not far removed at all from the year two thousand.

Likewise, they are being sent into the world as it in fact exists here and now, precisely so that. through their ministry men today, as they find themselves in their human condition, will come to know Christ. How could it be otherwise when· the very founder of the Church Himself, Jesus, the Eternal Word made flesh, willed to share the very lot of ilmman kind. Furthermore, for His apostles He prayed; "I am not asking you to remove them from the world, but to protect them from the evil one.

They do no belong to the world any more than I belong to the world. Consecrate them in truth; your word is truth. As you sent me into the world, I have sent. them into the world and fo.r their sake I consecrate myself so that they tao may be consecrated in truth." (In. 17, 15-19) World of Contrasts Bishop Riley and Bishop Maguire are being sent into a world full of contrasts: Educational ad.vantages, purely to be dreamed of only in the very recent past, exist side by side with appalling ignorance. lack of fundamental training and, downright illiteracy.

Afifluence, a surplus, of goods, ease and comfort are t'he lot of some who then view apathetically poverty and the very lack of the basic necessities of life of which so many of ou~ brothers throughout the world are suffering. Dreams of interstellar travel, sophisticated media of social communication, increased access to valuable and broadening information seem not to have at the same time eradicated a narrow, prejudiced, introverted vision of' life which places men in selfish isolation from the cares and needs of their fellow men. The most marvelous advances of science and medicine still are not shared by the millions who suffer from sickness, disease and .the many weaknesses of their human situalion.

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of his world has given rise to a philosophical outlook which finds it quite difficult to submit toward the complete dedication of one's total life and energies to the work of God. Religious values are under suspicion, objective ethical and moral principles find themselves in competition to the relative convenience of the individual. All of this leads to doubt and anxiety. Thus, the situation becomes doubly c~m­ plicated, because the freedom sought has not freed at all. Instead the converse is true, men at times seem imprisoned by tr..eir self-searching and confusion.

Good News Yet, the Church has much to teach and armed with the truth of the gospels she must speak and must speak courageously.

"The joys and hopes, the griefs and the anxieties of the men of this age." (Gaudium et Spes, 1.) . are the burden of those who would lead the People of God. "The Church, in.. fact, travels forward with humanity and shares its lot in. the setting of ih:.story. At the same time that she announces to men the Good News of God's love and of salvation in Christ, she clarifies their activity in the light of the Gospel and in this way helps them to correspond to God's plan of love ·and to realize the fullness of 'their aspirations."

(OA No.1) This then is the position of leadership to which Bishop Riley and Bishop Maguire have been called: to announce to the world the Good News of Cod's love and to clarify man's activty in the light of the Gospel.

That they realize how awesome their responsiblity is and that they nonetheless have confidence and trust is suggested by their episcopal mottos, "Remain with us, 0 Lord; Nothing is impossible with God." Certainly they had the virtues of courage and confidence strengthened by their faithful service as Priest Secretaries to the late, beloved Cardinal Cushing, of whom these qualities were so characteristic..

Reflections But, if I may dare to suggest points for reflection to these good bishops today, I would make two. Since, however, the priesthood of Jesus Christ is a single priesthood, and since the bishops who possess that priestI:.ood fully have the indispensable a.nd invaluable help of their coworkers, the faithful priests of Turn to Page Thirteen

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WASHINGTON (NC) - The head of the National Catholic Educational Association here has termed "vital to the sur· vival of, Catholic schools" a decision by the Cost of Living Council to exempt nonpublic 'schools from, certain pr~ce con· troIs. : ' The council ruled that tuition and room-and-bbard charges at, private," nonprofit schools, colleges and' universities will not be subject to the federal price restriction levied against some institutions to comply with President .Richard Nixon's antiinflationary economic policies.

One of my favorite magazines has a column called "Pats and Pans," that features: reader's comments,: and this is surely a good way for a' writer or colurnnJst to: remain tuned in' to the feelings of his or qer rea,ders~ ~hile our material in the Anchor Rose Kennedy has received doesn't encourage reams of worldwide acclaim for her courletters, we do get a few and age, faith and concern for most' of them I find quite others, yet iear after year she enjoyable and inf<?rmative.

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appears on some form of a best dressed li~t. Sackcloth and ashes maybe outward manifestations of f~ith; but it does appear that Christianity in our modern world demands more than such trappings.-

Wages paid by nonpublic schools are still subject to price controls, however.

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However, once in a while, we do get one that we can't !lelp feeling is justa little bit unfair 'and biased, despite the fact that , everyone's entitled to his own opinion.

J,ust such a letter a week or so .ago' set' off, an informal suryey of, some of the area women who subscribe to The Anchor.

The writer of the hitter felt (and quite strongly) 'that a fashion column did not belong in' a Catholic family newspaper; many of my kind readers reacted by 'voicing, also quite strongly, their feelings that there wasn't anything moraIlyor ethicaIly wrorig with discussing clothing in any' newspaper, Catholic, or otherwise.

In fact, many openly statej th'at they felt Thursday would not be Thursday ,without a glimpse at the area fashion picture.

Father C. Albert Koob, NCEA president, noted that "until state and federal legislators develop legislation for nonpublic school aid that will withstand all constitutional tests, these schools must face, the eternally rising costs through increases in tuition," "The important question now," the priest .added, "is how much more financial burden can be assumed by parents of nonpublic ,schools students,"

In my weekly, columns I attempt to comment on 'what is being worn by area women or on , some of the problems clothing causes in the average home with' growing children: Because many . , women don't have the, opportunity or feel that they want to spen~ the cash to. buy:' pne . of: . the high-priced ,fashion ,maga-. zines, itdQesn't appear' to 'be too, sacrilegious, to "keep these women informed' as to: what's' going on in the'world, even the' world of fa'shion.

Winter Will you help to make today more pleasant for someone, or more miserable? If the former, your day too will be morepleas~ ant; 'if the latter, it, too will be -Vogel miserable. '

Urges Ca'tholic Press Deal Wit,h Controversy'

"OINCINNA.Tl (NC}~Catholic publ,ication'S should deal honestly' with issues ..that deeply affect, peop!e's, live~: 'the ~itor of. one of them ,said here.

Father Jeremy Harrington, O,F.M., editor of the St. Anthony Messenger, spoke at the annual meeting of Ithe Salesian Guild which includes workers in communications \media, advertising and public relations agencies. ' Want. to Know ,Father Harrington' said the Women are women, and from . Church has not made the most of 6 to 600 they normaIly care its opportunrities to work with what they look like and what the' communication:; media,. detype of clothing their feIlow fe~ spite the fac~ tjlaL',·th~·image Qf males wear, Out of natural'fe- the Church, for most people demale curiosity they want to know pends on what the secular media wl;iat hair~tyles are in vogue, present,": ..'.. whether skirts are going to faIl The Fra'nciscan editor also acbelow or ab'ove the knees and knowledged that even h<;mest rewhether pantsuits are here to porting with adequate back; stay. This love of and interest ground won't please everybody." in finery doesn't make them more unchristian or unfeeling than their sisters who 'find Sees Ad~ption Solutipn clothes a necessary covering and To Abortion P~oble~ nothin'g more.

WASHINGTON (NC) -:- If women oppos~q to abortion took Archbishop Criticizes in unwanted infants for three yeal'ls until foster homes could Unrestricted Abortions be found for, them, there would ,STOCKHOLM (NC}-Lutheran. be fewer abqrtions in the counArchbishop Ruben Josefson of try, Mrs. Eunice Kennedy Shriver Uppsafa has attacked a govern- said here. ment cOmmission's recomm~nda~ "Believe rite, these hundreds tion -that there be no restriction and thousands' of abortive lives on abortions. are not unwanted. They are Arch1bishop Josefson' said the 'commission's report "has passed loved and desired," she told a over such important aspects of meeting of' rthe Washington the abortion problem that it can Birthright chapter, an organizanot be used as a basis for legis- tion that offers women alternatives to aJbottlion. . lation."

"Abortion is robbing adoptive The arch~ishop said he issued his statement after consulting parents and aJ.l of us 9f lives with other Lutheran bishops and that can strengthen families and with other Christian denomina- strengthen our nation," said M~s. Shriver. tions in Sweden.

The report, he said, holds that !Mrs. Ethel Kennedy, sister-in- , man's dominant position is na- law of Mrs. Shriver, .was in the ture should "be maintained at audience. Calling herself "the the' cost of. life, even human, friend of the~'fetus," she backed life," . ' . Birthright's aims. ?

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STA11UES'GET' BLAC1K ]~ACES: Religious statues at St. Pius Churdh'irl BaltiinoJre,'Md.-all once Caucasian in appearance-were given dark faces with the aid of a mahogan~-cOlored stain. Some parishioners cheered while others, bemoaned the transfomlation. NC Photo.

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Last Match, Milwaukee-born ,Marianhill . ~ather Casmire Paulsen, who h~d been outspoken in his opposition to the South Afri'can policy cif strict racial segregation, was ordered to leave the country.

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Far' Too Far Belhind

t\llewGroup Scores Fem Lib Le10ders

People who know me say I can find something good of me, I can't think of anyin everything. But for the thing good about February. Except perhaps that someone with great foresight, in preparing the schedule for calendars, made it the shortest month, They stand out there having a knowing that it is miserable snowball fight by the shovelful. and the -quicker it's over, Thank God, the shovels aren't the better! For most of the included.

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country, February brings icy roads. I find it just a little unnerving to think I'm driving forward, and find that the car is not rolling ahead. It is sliding very slowly, deliberately and out-and-out defiantly into someone else's car parl~ed by the side of the road.

Before the ice melts, we get a lovely fresh snow on top of it. I feel flaunted by nature when I take a walk in the crisp air, listening to the dry crunch under my feet, absorbing the stillness of the evening ... then suddenly find myself sprawled head-long because I didn't see the ice under the snow.

How Endearing!

But the most endearing thing about February is that it brings out the worst in the children.

After a big storm, my sons go out to shovel the sidewalks in a true family spirit of cooperation. But the boys next door are also out shoveling their sidewalks.

I should have no reason to .d oubt the truth of my son's claim that the first shovelful of snow that he threw from our sidewalk was aimed at the lawn.

He didn't really intend to throw it on top of the kid next door.

It just slipped.

Now, of course, the kid next door ... that's a different story.

He wasn't even aiming at the lawn.' He deliberately threw it at my son!

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YOUNGSTOWN (NC) - The Youngstown diocesan board of education has adopted a policy which guarantees parents an opportunity to present their views before final decisions on school closing or consolidations are made.

The guidelines require that once the board makes a preliminary recommendation concerning a particular school, a committee is to be established' to study the school, hold open meetdngs for parents and parishioners, and report its findings to the board, whkh only then will make a final decision.

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By the time they get done, all the snow from both lawns is piled on the sidewalks.

After "working" so hard, they come in-the neighbors' boys as well-and rest over three gallons of cocoa. They need energy so they can go out to play," But the gloves are all. soaked, the coat pockets are full of slush, and small streams are trickling out of the boots. No matter. when they're sufficiently recovered from all that hard work, they go out in their sneakers, '''cause it's really not cold outside." .

Now the Girls The boys aren't out the door two minutes before my daughters and several of the neighborhood girls run screaming to my ba~k door. "Mrs. Carson, did you see what they did to us?"

"Mom, the :boys are picking on us!"

"We weren't doing anything ... they started it am" "Mrs. Carson, I have to get home to my house because my mother will ,be' worried and it's just not safe to walk down' that block. They're throwing snowballs as big a bushel baskets at us!"

So I call a truce till the girls get well past the battle. And what do the girls do ... they , sneak back, tip-toe up, behind the boys, and dump snoVV. on them. .

Maybe February is beautiful if you are a skier.

Maybe February is beautiful if you are reading a book by the d'ireplace, occasionally nooking out at its quiet loveliness.

Maybe February is beautiful on paintings.

But, I'm sure God sent me February as a penance so I will appreciate SPRING!

A NICKEL FOR ADVICE: In spite of the rising costs of .living, students at Loyola University have a chance to receive spiritual advice for a nickel. Father, Tom Higgins, assistant chaplain, has set up ·a booth, similar to Lucy's in the "Peanuts" comic strip, and business is booming.

Fath~r Higgins says he also gives trading stamps. NC Photo.

BETHPAGE (NC)-A group of women who think fern lib has too much warp has decided to Pl.~t some WOOF into the status to women. WOOF-not a dog's bark-stands for Women Oppc-sed to Omnivorous Feminists.

WOOF, organized recently, in::ludes some 250 members; plans to picket Ms., the women's liberation magazine edited l;ly Gloria Steinem, and wishes to ccunter-attack the family life views of such feminist leaders as Steinem and Betty Friedan.

According to Mrs. Mary McG~lire of Merrick, N.Y., WOOF W:lS organized because "the feminists do not speak for the women of America," She scored fern lib leaders for. "their contempt for the traditional role of wife ane! mother "and their "CO!'h centration on petty problems of self-identity to the exclusion of the real problems within our society," "I think they've forgotten that we chose to get married and have children," Mrs. McGuire' c(immented in the article. "We didn't flop "into this position. We all had the option to stay single," A member of the crusading group, Mrs. Irene Finnegan, said the "omnivorous nature" of wo. men's lib was illustrated by the description by Gloria Steinem, of P:~esident Nixon as the "most sexually insecure political leader since Napoleon.~' Fern lib· . leaders, Mrs. Finnegan observed, have set themselves up "as analysts and psychologists,. judging even the man who leads our country,"

Priest Will Use Salem Lutheran Church BROOKLYN (NC) - By an overwhelming vote of the congregation, Salem Lutheran c::J.urch here will be used for weekend Masses, by two Catholic priests recently named to serve .

I • • III a team mInistry. !They're a delightful group of people," said Father Edward J. Kiernan, discussing the 138-2 decision of the Lutheran congregation to invite the priests Ito use the church for Saturday evening and Sunday Masses. Father Kiernan and Father Edward V. VVetterer were named co-pastors of the new St. Andrew the Apost:e Catholic parish, which has no church, by Bishop Francis J. Mugavero.

The church-sharing idea was initiated by the acting pastor of Salem ,the Rev. Robert F. Obey, and another Lutheran pastor, the Rev. Darrell. D. Helmers.

Epileptic Priest Finds I\Iness Key To Helping Others DIEGO (NC) - An A~The 32-year-old priest

SAN degustinian priest who has had scribed the half-minute I seizures more than 1,000 epileptic seizures which still afflict him occasionin the past 12 years thinks his ally as "station breaks," ' illness has turned out to be a "After all, "he joked. "I work blessing. . hard enough to deserve 30 sec"When I first found out I had onds off every couple of weeks," epilepsy," said Father William Father Ryan is quick to point Ryan, a geometry teacher at St. out that the Epileptic Aid SoAugustine 'High school here, "I ciety he helped establish is not cursed my luck, in a sense. But only for Catholics. "There is no Rules Catholic School now I feel that ,isth,e key un- such thing as Catholic, Jewish or Can Refuse Students locking the door 'to many people Protestant epilepsy," he noted.

MONTGOMERY (NC) - The I could not otherwise reach," "It is nondenominational. So is Alabama Supreme Court has .In July, 1971, Father Ryan and our: organization," ruled that a Catholic grade' Qther'San, Diego epileptics, their The priest, ordained six years school can refuse, to accept, 15 . families and .friends organized ago in Washington, D.C., said white students who, school' of- the Epileptic Aid' Society to as- the society tries to educate peoficials claimed, were trying to sist the 30,000 epi)eptics iIi this pIe about epilepsy and provide avoid attending a predominantly county. .., tutorial counseling services for black public ~chool. , The society was incorporated epileptics themselves. , 'J;Jishop Joseph G. Vath of Bir-, as· a' non-profit organization' in mingham hailed the court's rul- October and now has an office 1.'.'.1.'. ing in favor of St. Joseph's at the local Catholic Community School in Huntsville.

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Writer Asserts Parish Councils Missing Mark

Marguerite Silva. ~amedNurseol Year At 'St. Luke's Hospital,' Mew Belllford

BY MARY ISABEL

It's very hard to say how my Catholic education has helped me UNION CITY (NC) - Thousands of American Catholks in nursing, because every phase have' take'n their turns in 'parish of my life has been affected. in council . work during the last some way by my religion and to five years, but an expert in the pick out one asp,ect is. rather field thinks their accomplish- difficult.

"Maybe it would be in the ments are less than they should realization that everybody has a be.

In fact, said Charles A. Fecher role in' life, 'a purpose, that God alone knows, and-if I've. been of Baltimore in the -January issue of Sign' magazine, most par- lucky enough to learn some of ish councils have slipped into a the 'skills needed to prolong that life, thp.n tl1at patient deserves rut.. . He added, however, that the the best of my knowledge and councils have 'made "a very not- efforts, no matter how crabby .able contribution" to the Church. or demanding he or she may ap.

Fecher, who is executive sec- pear,", ,That was the forward and honretary of the Baltimore Council of Catholic Men and author of est appraisal of her ability as of "Parish Council Committee the/moment, of the St. Luke's Guide," said in' the magazine' Hospital 'Student Nurse of the published here in New Jersey Year, 21-year-old Marguerite Silo that "the typical council thinks va of 14 Transit· Street, New Bed- of the parish as a business to be ford. managed and of itself constiMiss Silva, the daughter of tuting th"e management.

Henry and· Mary "Terry" Silva of St. James Parish, received the Ease Pastor's Burden award at the White House living "Of the parish ~s People of room of St. Luke's Hospital with ·God, of the parish as a Christian the· student body cheering as the community witnessing both by announcement of tpe Seniors' word and deed to Christ's pres- award was made. ence among it and amid the_ Mr. and Mrs. Silva were the 'larger community of which it is proud parents witnessing the an.a par.t, there would appear ~o nouncement 'and sharing the mobe only a-faint glimmering or, m ment with their daughter. Filled many cases, none at all." witp emotion, Mrs. Silva said: He praised parish councils for Grateful to God easing the burden of administration, finance and education faced "I'm grateful to God for many by pastors. things, but above all, for the "They have brought to parish daughter thai, He loaned us. I life many .. different kinds of . pray that He is pleased with us specialized knowledge and ex- in the way we have tried' to rear pertise, without which, in these her," complex times, it simply would The award winner, Marguerite, not be aple to function," he said. was selected over three other "For perhaps the first time in candidates, Cynthia Jennings, history," he observed "most par- Sharon Macedo and Geraldine ishes are operated on budgets Vaughn who received runnerup prepared by men well versed in trophies. To, qualify as a candithe field of finance. date, a student ·has to maintain an 85 per cent or better. scholOverlook Vital Concerns astic average and is also judged "They are able to project very on personality, excellence in peraccurately the amount of annual formance and attitude. . income, they can make a realisEntertaining is one of Miss tic estimate of probable expenses Silva's main: activities as it has . and they can plan ahead ac- been most of her life. Presently' cording," he wrote. she is a member of the popular Similarly, he said, mainten- "Frolic Acid" musical group who ance committees have looked' brought honors .to St. Luke's carefully at physical facilities, SchocH of Nursing by winning. and education committees have a talent show in 1970. In her been "of immense practical freshman year Marguerite was a help" in parochial school prob- member of the student council lems. and she is presently President Fecher said, however, that of the council in addition to "this sort of thing, however in- serving on other committee.s. escapable, is hardly what the As a member of the group, Council Fathers had in mind Marguerite sang at folk Masses when . they envisaged such at Our Lady of Assumption bodies 'making the gospel known Church on several occasions and and men holy,''' at many other local functions. '~Any parish council that gets She also plays the guitar. itself so bogged down in such . The Nurse of the Year is· a d-etail that it neglects or over1969 graduate of Holy Family looks more vital concerns is failHigh School and was class treas./ ing miserably to achieve its true urer, a member of the school purpose," he said. glee club and active in the folk singing group. This - group sang Study Aborigines at the ordination Mass of Rev. SYDNEY (NC)-A convention John Gomes ,at the Immaculate - to eJiscuss every aspect of the Conception Ghurch. She gradulife of Australia's aborigines will ated from S1. John the Baptist be an integral part of the Inter- Grammar School and w'as a Junnational Eucharistic Congress, ior Achievement Staff Reporter scheduled for Melbourne Feb. while at Holy Family.

She is a 12-year student of 18-25, 1973. At their meeting in Sydney the Australian bishops dancing and has entertained urged that intensive studies of yearly at Christmas parties for the aborigines' situation be made the aged at Our Lady's Haven in preparation for the convention. in Fairhaven. Miss Silva also per-

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Church Cen..t er Helps, Former -Menta lIy III., SAN JOSE (NC)-PQpe John XXIII Senior Center here in California is doing its part to help former patients ~eadJust to life outside a mental hospital..

One night a week, the center hosts 80-100 adults and young people who were once patients at Agnews State Hospital, a facility for the mentally ill.

The number of ex-patients taking advantage of the program is likely to grow in the near future, since the State Department 9f Mental Hygiene decided to close the hospital to mental patients .by June 30. Seriously mentally ill patients will be' transferred to other institutioos. . Many fOfllller Agnews patients now live in "board and care ,homes" - residences of private citizens who live in the area.

But as Mrs. Rose Dent, director of the Pope John Center noted, "just a place to sleep and eat is lIlot enough. They need some supervised activities.~' Social Program

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rea:Ily had planned to be a teacher, then' I was hospitalized. While sick I discovered how helpless and 'lonely it was to be stuck in bed without friends and relatives. I think nursing satisfies a need to be needed and to give support and physical care to the p,iitient.

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Games, singing, dancing, bingo, cards, pool; socializing and movies are some of the center's offerings. One week everyone made pizza.

The Center, sponsored by the Catholic Social Service, began as a place where senior citizens could gather for activities and companionship. . Some of the "regulars" help the former patients plan things to do.·

CHAS. F. "After graduation in June, I hope to go into the field of psychiatric nursing. I enjoy this phase of nursing more than any I other" ........,.

Marguerite recently attended' OIL CO., INC. an "Encountering Christ Head 254 ROCKDALE AVENUE S. On" retreat at Stonehill College.

After making the retreat, particNEW BEDFORD, MASS. WASHINGTON (NC) - The . ipants formed a follow-up U.S. Catholic Conference's top group which holds periodic meetcommunications official said' he ings. believes thel Catholic news media .An interesting sidelight to Marwould welcome a survey, sug· guerite's award was that one HEATING OILS gested at !the Catholic Inter·· :among congratulatory messages COMPLETE American Gooperation Program was one from Sister Mary Danannual meeting here, of its -cov.. ~ :iel, a retired religious who taught HEATING SYSTEMS, erage of t..h~ Spanish-speaking. both Marguerite and her mother INSTALLED · t or 0 f:at Holy Family High.

Ro bert B.I Beusse, d lrec 24 HOUR OIL BURNER hte USCC Icommunic'ations de.. partment, a~tended ~he three-day Today's Church .. SEIlVICE CICOP meeting as an observer . DETROIT (NC)-The Detroit BUDGET PLANS for both hi~ own office and for archdiocese has announced an the Pontifidl Commission on So- ll-month program to help the The Vargas· Oil Co. protects cial CommJnications.

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The suggli!stion was put forth grasp the view of the Church's. all year round. that CICOPI or the Latin Amer- nature and mission developed in ica Bureau 'of USCC conduct a the last decade and to motivate TRY US FIRST . survey of jail Catholics news them to put it to work in their media to see what percentage Jives. of Spanis~-speaking concerns they cover ~nd how well they do it. . I "I think ~uch a study should Rt. 6 at The Narrows in North We~tport be enlarg'ed ibeyond the Catholic press and include the general I • press as well," said Busse m a Where The comment after the meeting endEntire Family I ed.

I Can Dine' He described the CICOP meetEconomically ing whose theme this year was co~munications, as "a kind of FOR giant sugg~stion box where everyone w~o participated exerRESERVATIONS cised the ,right to express his PHONE own ideas, ih his own language, 675·7185 with respect: to the media. It was a free-flow :convention." !

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AT FAITH COMMITMENT WEEKEND: Students meet with Bishop Maurice J. Dingman of Des Moines, la., national episcopal moderator of Christian Life Communities. From left, Gerard Dufault, UMass; Greg Demetrius, Connolly High, Fall River; Debbie Field, Holy Family High, New Bedford; Cheryl Romanowicz, Bishop Gerrard High, Fall River; Dan Bouch-

Increased Family Assistance Urged WASHINGTON (NC) Strengthening welfare proposals now under consideration in a U.S. Senate committee would "hasten the day when all Americans will receive a share of this nation's wealth adequate to guarantee their dignity and selfrespect," a U.S. Catholic Conference official said here.

John E. Cosgrove, director of USCC's social development department, testifying at a Senate finance committee hearing, praised the basic principles embodied in the welfare reform legislation, which has already passed the U.S. House of Representatives.

But Cosgrove said payment levels and job opportunities in the sweeping legislation should be increased.

Also testifying at the finance committee hearing was Msgr.

Lawrence J. Corcoran, secretary of the National Conference of Catholic Charities.

Archbishop Urges Make Faith Evident DAYTON (NC) - Catholics should not be ashamed to hang crucifixes or holy pictures on walls in their homes, Archbishop Nicholas T. Elko said here, pointing out that the late Pope John XXIII "had one in every room," "Today you must make your faith evident," said the auxiliary bishop of Cincinnati. "How can we do 路that if we hide from the original rituals that identify a Christian?'~ ..

He spoke at an annual Cursillo movement reunion at the University of Dayton, after concelebrating Mass in the university chapel.

er, UMass; Pauline Levesque, Bishop Gerrard; Bishop Dingman; Jim Ford, ,SMU. At right, participants meet for one of many small-group discussions.

Some 150 students from 27 New England high schools and colleges attended weekend.

Christian Life Communities Recommit Th,emselves to Service of Christ

BY PATRICIA McGOWAN Joy was the keynote at the Faith Commitment weekend held last Saturday and Sunday at Bishop Connolly High School, Fall River, as 150 "cream of the crop" students from 27 New England high schools and colleges met to deepen their understanding of Christian Life Coptmunities.

The Communities, explained Bishop Maurice J. Dingman of Des Moines, la., national episcopal moderator, are an outgrowth of the traditional Sodalities of Our Lady, formerly found in every Cathol'ic high school and college.

"Everyone was a Sodalist and . it didn't mean too much," said Sister Mary Ann Foy, in charge of public relations for the Communities. "Today fewer people ,belong but it's a real commitment."

The term "communities" is not 'Used casually, she said. In Boston, for instance, there is a "live- ' in" community of Boston College students and faculty members.

It is hoped that some such project might be undertaken in the Fall River area, said Brother Theodore Letendre, F.I.C., Connolly High School faculty member and national chairman for the CLC Council of ModerAtors and Promoters.

Area CLC members will meet' tonight at Bishop Gerrard High School in Fall River to make definite plans for activities growing out of last weekend's meeting. Nearly every local member, including students from Gerrard and Connolly Highs and Holy Family High School in New Bedford, hosted out-of-town students during the weekend.

Although the Sodality used to exist in every diocesan high school, eLC has reached only three. The reason" said Br,other Theodore, is that potential moderators don't as yet understand the new direction' the organization has taken. He hopes to remedy the situation by a vigorous information campaign.

Hope to Grow Only four students from each partidpating school attended the Faith Commitment weekend. Attendance was' deliberately held down i n order to provide a "depth experience" for participants. Evidence was that aU returned to their schools eager to share their renewed vision of what CLC can mean in a community.

The organization, pointed out Sister Mary Ann, is unique in that it provides membership from high school through college into adult life. There are many professional CLC groups active in other parts of the country she said.

Members seek, as stated in the CLC "General Principles," "to be open and disposed to whatever God wi!,hes in each concrete situation of our daily existence.

We recognize especially the necessity of personal prayer and spiritual direction as indispensable for seeking and finding God in alii things."

This expresses itself in "a common commitment, a com~on way of life, a deep concern for our fellow man, and a filial love for Mary."

That these ideals had taken路 hold in the lives of the young people at Bishop Connolly was evident at the Mass which highlighted the weekend. In song and

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spontaneous and rhythmic gesture they entered into the liturgy celebrated by Bishop Dingman.

At its close he "re-confirmed" aU- present, laying his hands on each ,one's head and praying that the Holy Spirit would work in his or her life. He also thanked the youth for their reverent participation in the Mass. "This will be a beautiful memory in my life and I'm so grateful to you."

'Jesus Freaks' After the Mass the Bishop commented, "Youth is asking for its owIl"litJurgy and I look for the Bishops ,of the United States to approve more specialized ministries, not only for youth, but for the handicapped, for children and ::or religious communities."

Speaking of "Jesus freaks," he said he felt that "CLC members ought to bring the historical and scriptural Christ to the Jesus freaks. In that way they could do a lot of good."

"Jesus freaks have a 'Jesus and ::' piety," commented Sister Mary Ann. "They forget it should ,be 'Jesus, my neighbor and 1.'"

GLASGOW (NC)-The number of Catholics in Scotland rose by 4,300 to 822,800 last year, according to the 1972 Scdttish Catholic Directory.

The total number of priests in Scotland fell by 10 to 1,254.

Diocesan clergy rose by six, to 1009, but priests in Religious orders fell by 16, to 245.

The Catholic Press Office in Glasgow said that the drop in the number of priests in Religious orders was caused by a redistribution of manpower in Britain and abroad and by the St. Francis Xavier Foreign Mission Society's closing its house at Darleith and moving to London.

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Innovations Make Mother Uncomfortable as Bishop We do a lot of celebrating in our .home, the family paraliturgy kind of thing. We'vebeen doing .it so long that it's' pretty natural to us and we don't w:ai~ for the big days anymore: Advent, Ash Wednesday, and the baptismal celebrations. Lately, since , our.three-year-old has learn- up to then has been in seeing how far he could blow the wax 'ed to articulate and defend from the candles ,across the dinhis place in the family, we've ing room table when it was over. been celebrating all sorts of things, a new sandbox; an old teddy bear, a crumpled fender (never mind who did it), and so on.

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He had a reverent if unusual ceremony.

Then Steve said, "My turn tomorrow." The Bishops' Liturgy Commission would never ,a'pprove it but it will remain in our ' family memory treasure book forever. Ste~e started out by having us light all the candles.

"No, Steve," we said. "It's only the second week. We can't light all the candles."

"Yep, we can," he replied.

"God needs to see better." We lit the candles.

Need to Run Then we sang Gloria-just the' I'm getti~gV~ little uncomfort- word for abOut three full mina!ble lIIbout our parental role in utes. It's. the . only Christmas ,all this. Should' we stifle Steve song Steve knew and he t{)ok when he says, "Let:s pave At!- 'advantage of it. Then, he had vent for the lost football." In us all hold hands while he told February? a story about the three kings r (should explain that he J.lses' coming to visit Jesus 'in a dune the word "Advent" in place of buggy. family prayers. It started during, "A dune :b\lggy?" exclaimed' the last Advent season when Mike.', We started to laugh but each night one of us said, "Time one iook at Steve's ,face told us 'for Advent." He picked up the he was hurt. We listened to the word and now we have advents rest of his incredible tale with for the-stray kitty (they praying serious' expressions, not daring it 'will stay and I praying that it to look at each other. . will move on-Poor God can't The final portion of' Steve's Win), for the trash inen, for safe Advent· ceremony was his hand~ trips, and for: the, Cookie, Mon- ing each of us a crib, piece and ster. I asked Steve the other having us take 'it for a walk night ,what advent means and he around the house. I drew a donreplied, "It means candles and key. "They been in the manger singing and God stories and hold- all day," he explained. "They, ing hands and things like that." need, to get out and run a little."

We walked them and then blew , Blowing Wax It wasn't a bad definition so out the candles' (More wax and I let it pass, particularly because ,more scolding.)

Lent isn't too far off and I these family paraliturgies mean a lot to a three-year old. Steve don;t know if. I'm up to it. Now understands that they are special that the kids have diSCovered events in which each of us par- creativity in famiiy prayer, I'm ticipates as fully as his older getting a little nervous.' They're praying more and enjoying it brother and sister. , 'We have always varied the more. I didn't coul\t on that. I'm format during Advent and Lent beginning to feel as uncomfortto 'keep it from becoming a for- alble as a bishop. mula and wheJ:} 10-year-old Beth asked to direct it one night for a change, we happily, agreed. ' Manc~'ester .Starts She did a great job and the' fol- Monthly Newspaper lowing night six-year-old Mi'ke MANCHESTER (NC) - Conasked to do it. This from,the son cern, a monthly tabloid publish-" whose primary, Advent interest ed by the Manchest~r diocese, has made its debut here.

F,r.', Gree'ley' Gu,st "I welcome Concern of the Manchester as . a' longOn TV 'Directions' ' needed vehicle'diocese by which we may NEW YORK (NC) ....:.... Father communicate on 'a regular basis Andrew Greeley, priest'sociolowith the Catholic community of gist at the' National Opinion ReNew ,Hampshire," said Bishop search Center in ,Chica'go, will Ernest J. ,Primeau, head of the bel featured guest on the "Directions" television show Feb. 13. statewide diocese.

Father ,Philip Bruni,direct9r ABC news commentator Frank Rey,nolds will interview Father of the diocesan Communications Greeley during the religious Office and editor of the' new pub,broadcast, titled "A Priest- lication, said Concern would atSociologist Looks aHhe Church." tempt to cover, "all. bases," preFather Greeley, an author and senting local and' national resyndicated columnist, 'directed ligion-oriented news, views and through NORC the sociological features while discussing a va· phase, of the U. S. bishops' riety of events and issues rele$300,000 three-part-study on the vant to Catholics in 'the state.

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"This group is very important hilated," the priest told NC News, "the I Church has not un· to the Church because it 'is dertaken any systematic theo- through them that the Church : 245 MAIN STREET :, . logical refltktion on ways and can show its interest in China, , , FALMOUTH - 548-1918 , methods ofl evangelization suit· its culture and problems," he : ARMAND ORTINS, Prop. , . able to Chinese culture and to , eJq>lained.· her ever· thanging conditions.

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â&#x20AC;˘. ORDINAUON TO THE EPISCOPACY IN BOSTON: Most Rev. Hum- . - day as Bishop Lawrence J. Riley, left and Bishop Joseph F. Maguire, right, berto S. Medeiros, Archbishop of Boston, center, was the ordaining prelate became Auxiliary Bishops of the Archdiocese of Boston. Pilot Photo in'ceremonies conduct'ed in Holy Cross Cathedral, Boston on Last Wednesby Stack.

Churchmen Plan Joint Programs NEW YORK (NC)-Episcopal and Catholic leaders i~ the met. ropolitan New York area are planning to practice what Archbishop Michael Ramsey of Cantel1bury preadhed during his' re- . cent visit here.

According to Suffragan Epis-' copal Bishop J. Stuart Wetmore, one of the leaders of a. six-man Anglican-Roman Catholic committee from the New York Catholic archdiocese and the Episcopal New York diocese, two joint locall level programs are already in the work.

"We're not just doing oneshot things," Bishop Wetmore told NC News, discussing Archbishop Ramsey's visit, during which he a'ppeared and drew applause from a congregation that packed St. Patrick's Cathedral and later was cited as an ecu-' menist by the Graymoor Ecu- . menical Institute.

Key words in Dr. Ramsey's sermon, in which he spoke glowingly of the recent agreement on eucharistic doctrine by the Anglican-Roman Catholic .International Commission, were "renewal," "ifulfiUment" and love of nei.glhbor.

Episcopall and Catholic leaders of the two dioceses, which cover approximately the same territory in a lO-county metropolitan area, are translating this . kind of message of rapprochment between Rome and Canter.bury 'into. local happenings and "more action" than ever before, Bishop Wetmore .said.

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Continued from Page Seven ourselves that we are preaching you forget the' essential aspects this great archdiocese. I would but Christ Jesus as the Lord and of the faith and of revealed diI:ect this message not just to ourselves as your servants for truth.

You are to be men of yourthe bishops, but also to the. de- Jesus' sake." (2 Cor. 4, 1-2, 5) This authenticity then brings times, men gifted with qualities voted priests, many of whom today on this .Feast of the. Presen- -about a total harmony of faith of intellect and vision which will tation of Our Lord, commemO- and' action. There is no discrep- allow you to. see clearly the spirrate the anniversary of their ancy between. faith and life- itual and maJterial needs of the style; there is no, contrast be- people you serve. Likewise, howpriestly ordination. tween preaching and conduct. ever, you are to have those Men of Faith' The bishop, the priest is called qualities of leadership and courFirst: be authentic men of by God to lead his people and he age which will enable you to faith. Your faith, based on re- exercises. this leadership above help your people satisfy their vealed truth, must be firm, solid all by a personal life of exem- legitimate needs. And, in this and unshaken. It is a gift of God, plary priestly .holiness so that most difficult ~postolate may it must' therefore' be constantly the people whom he has been God give you all the' strength and uninterruptedly protected. mandated to lead will see in him of grace and natture that you reT.his faith must be so real that a reflection of the Master Him- quire. But remember this, St. Paul has said "It is al1 God's in turn your life-style should be self. work."

Employees of the Lord authentic and reflect that faith.

Visionaries we are. Servants of Jesus Christ.

In a word, the gospel must be Secondly: have vision. You so much a part of yourselves Day of Joy that your whole lives are con- must ascend, as it were, the Our hearts are glad today that sumed in preaching the good heights. so that your vision will news and bringing men to the allow you to see far into the the Church has two new bishops. knowledge of the truth. Make future and yet will also permit Our hearts rejoice today that yours the boast of the Master you, by turning a bit, to view this historic See of Boston and himself "I have made your name with equal ease the scene behind its devoted shepherd Archbishop known." (In. 17, 6.) you. You cannot, in a .word, ex- Medeiros now have the added This is not accomplished with- ercise effective ministry in the episcopal services of Bishop out difficulty. But the words of world today ulliless you are pre- Lawrence Ril~y and Bishop the' Apostle Paul come quickly to pared to appreciate with what Joseph Maguire. But above all mind: "Since we have by an act rapidity the conditions of mod- our hearts scarcely contain their of mercy been entrusted with ern life are changing and pro- pride that this glorious Church .this work of administration, gressing. of Jesus Christ continues to rethere is no weakening on our But, at the same time, you can new itself by providing further part. On the contrary, we will never take your eyes from the succe-ssors to the Apostles themhave none of the reticence of scene when the Lord chose Peter selves whom Christ sent out those who are ashamed, no de- and the other Apostles, kept two !~y two.

This will take place now in ceitfu'lness or watering down the them for a while as companions, word of God; but the way we and then sent them out to preach' the rite of ordination about to commend ourselves to every hUe. the good news. Your ministry is commence and it will continue man' being with a conscience is to preach true doctrine and to to take place in the Church by stating the truth openly in carr;-y on the saving mission of even to the consummation of the the sight of God ... For it is not Christ. This you cannot do if worud.

Says, Lindsay Seeks Catholic Backing NEW YO~K (NC) - Mayor John Lindsay of New York has accused Gov. Nelson Rockefeller of proposing a plan that would make it harder to get a' college educiltion..here.

The New York Times said Lindsay's remarks were a polit-' ical move to curry favor with Catholic voters. Lindsay was speaking to the Cathedral Club of Brooklyn, one of the largest Catholic. laymen's organizations in metropolitan New York, He criticized Gov. Rockefeller's proposal that the City University be incorporated' into the State University sy.tem and thereby end free college tuition in New York City.

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ST. MARY'S, NORTON : The Catholic Women's Club will sponsor a ~t. ,Patrick's Whist 02722.~ . at 8 Friday night, March 17 in St. Mary's parish center, Route SACRED HEART,

By Joseph and Marilyn Roderick 123. Cochairmen ·are Mrs. Ruth NEW BEDFORD Eleven boys of Cub Pack 5 Yelle and, Mrs: ,Louise LynCh. Of .all the h~lidays that are .advertised, commercialwill receive Parvuli Dei awards ST. 'STANISLAUS, ized and corrupted, none compares with Valentine's Day. at ceremonies, to be' held at FALL RIVER At the present time the sweet sentiments that are brought 11:30 Sunday morning, Feb. 13 A Lenten series of adult eduforth on this day by thousands of wooing lovers are \ in conjunction with Mass. Re- cation courses will begin at 8 freshments Will be served in the Wednesday night, Feb. 23 in the " mass produced in cards with· parish hall foHo:wing Mass. sticky poems and crass despite. Joe's tongue-in-cheek school hall. Topics will include looking boxes of chocolates comments above. January' flew The boys were instructed for "How About a New Life?" and by with a new job to explore 12 weeks by Mrs. Norman Bou- "New Look 'at an Old Book." displayed in every commer- and the excit~ment of. an' inaulay, attending Ma'ss at a differ- Non1'arishioners are invited to gi.lral balI to round ou(, the cial enterprise. erit church each Sunday and en· attend and all prospective paFor my part I am too much of month but February, although I joying 'a breakfast each week. rishioners are asked to register a coWard to buck the tide, even short, day wise has Iittie to recARCHBISHOP LEIBOLD They also' collected 10 crates of by calling the rectory. though I stop short of a 'sickly ommend it (although my League I clothing for the Thanksgiving '1' The Men's Club will meet folsweet verse on a cupid bedecked of Women ,Voters bulletin just drive and made a pilgrimage to lowing 7 o'clock Mass Sunday' 'card. I do buy a gift and a card arrived and' its does list some St. Joseph's Shri.ne, South Dart- evening, Feb. 13. for my wife (life would be un- exciting events for the month)" mouth. bearable without the card, esrpeA Polish food sale will begin 'cially) 'because women have For those women wbo don't I '.

Ash Wednesday afternoon, Feb. OUR LADY OF LOURDES, come to expeCt a token of love have the' babysitter service to 16 and will continue through Bi~hops TAUNTON on Valentine's Day, enable them to attend some the 17th and 18th in the school 'and The annual parish ham OINCINNATI '(NC) - Vatican interesting meetings this month hall. Mrs. Roland Charron is bean supper and penny sale Will II I reshaped the role of Council No Way, joe! or th'e many others who' have a chairman of the event, sponsored 'houseful of coldy, croupy young- bishops, ~aking them admini~l­ be held Saturdas', Feb. 12 in the One of the great h0p,es that I sters tying them down, diversion trators who share. responsibility school hait, with supper served by the Holy Rosary Sodality. , have for Women's Lib is that must come in other ways, morale with their people rather than ex- from 5:30 to. 7 and the sale folJoseph Amaral is in ,charge of my w1f& will reach the point must be kept elevated and a lit- clusive policy-makers, Archbish- lowing, Supper tickets are avail· arrangements for the ;mnual where she refuses a card as' tle time must be shared with op Paul F. :Le1bold of Cincinnwti able at the rectory and admis- parish-sponsored Lenten Potluck "tokenism" or "male 'chauvins10n to the penny sal~ will be Supper, slated for 5 P.M. Sunday that extra special person we said here. , ism'!" and finally reli~v~s me of married Ii~ht years, ago. ' night, March 19 in the school free.

"The Setond Vatican Council the necessity of playing Valen-' hall. did .notchange the organization ST. JOSEPH, _ tine roulette. The day, in fact, At-Horne Dinners of the Church, as we ·believe ATILEBORO ST. THERESE, may come when women will be One way that Joe and I used Christ initiated' it, from a"hierScouts and Cubs of the parish SOUTH ATILEBORO giving their husbanljs mushy to manage to spend an extra' archical in~tiI~!ltion. with author-, will mark Scou.t Sunday Feb. The Confraternity of Christian cards instead of vice versa. special evening together in the ity vested in those enjoying ap- 13, by' attendanc:e at a special Mothers will sponsor a card I think the ultimate logic of days when dining out was almost ostolic succession to a democra- 6:30 P.M. Mass. Twelve Webelos party and fashion show, titled Women's Uti should be to pass prohibitive was to plan an es- cy," he sai~:l.

Scouts Wlill receive Parvuli Dei "Spring Thing," at 7:30 Friday up aU of the supposed amenities pecially elegant at-home dinner _ "But it surely encouraged use that have been established for for two, candles, white linert anti' of democratic, processes in arriv- medals and coffe'e will folloW in night, March lOin the church hall.. Tickets will be available at ·the parish hall. women over the years to comall (this of course after the .ing at. the ~ecisions of the hier..

The Iitur.gical committee of the door. pElnSate for their inferior posimembers'of the h()usE!- ,al'chy." ,1 ' the parish council will meet at Monday nighrs confrate"!ity tion. When they have truly es-, younger hold were put to bed).'

Speaking, at a faculty-luncheon 7:30 tonight at the rectory. ',' meeting featured a potluck suptablished themselves· as equals series of the University of CinThe Home·School Association per and entertainment by a barthey will no longer ,need tokens.

This would a good way to dnnati YMCA branch, Archbishwtill meet at 7:30 Friday night, hershop singing group, following I am sure that it wHI come to celebrate St. Valentine's Day op Leib5'ld 1said that as a result: pass that Valentine's Day will 1972-no spilled milk, no "Sister of post-Vatican II changes "our F~b. 18 in the SGhool. SRA test attendance by members and guests at Mass and reception of ' fade into oblivion but I for one said," just -a .nice quiet evenirig role has be~n changed from that: results will be explained.

'Boy Scouts will camp out on. corporate Communion. will not outwardly push it over with someon'e you chose to spend of a, policy-ma,ker and director the brin~. As of this moment I your life With only to fiIlCL out of its implementation to that of the parish grounds this weekend, ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISI, will go to the drugstore, search that you spend more time with a comrilissi'on meeting-going ad- weather permitting, giving pa- 1'ffiw, BEDFORD ' rishioners an opportunity'to obfor a card, and then selec:t a gift the rest of the familY than you ,ministratorj" A 'whist party will ,be spon· for my wife. do with him! Let Valentine's Day Now the Ibishop. "does'· not pro-- serve camping skills in action. sored Friday night, Feb. 25 by , The Women's Guild announces the Ladies League, with ,Mrs. be the time you pay a· little more c,eed until he has discussed the In the Kitchen attention. 'tQ: your "better, half" 'ma~erat ~and with a group of a whist party for 8 P.M. Satur- Ber.tha Bessett as chairman.

In one of my' first, columns for (this last rep}ark shouid bring a clergy, religious 'and laity and day, Feb. 19. Prizes should be ,at

by Wednesday: Feb. ST. ANN, The' "Anchor I wrote 'something ,comment from women's lib!)"arriV~? atl~a'"c~risensus with the'rectory 16. . . , RAYNHAM to the effect that Valentine's This cake goes by a variety of them, he sa1d. . .'

CCDteachers of grades one Parishioners have scheduled ' I' , . . . .Day was the one bright 'spot on names - Red Velvet, Waldorf,' through six will meet at3 to- their annual Valentine dance for the dreary canvas of February. etc., but, whichever name you Rrle Of Laity Friday night, Feb. 11 at Tony Seven years and many, many choose, it's still a delightful ValArcbbishtJp Leibold said that morrow afternoon.

Parker's Supper Club. A buffet words later I still feel the same, entine cake. And the color, of "this does rtot mean that matters HOLY NAME, will be served. In charge of arcourse, is the most beautifully of faith add morals are subject FALL 'RIVER rangements are Mrs. Ronald ' to a popular vote. But it does rich red imagiDa'ble.

An adult· education program Pike arid Mr~. Larry Barnes.

E·ffective Planning ,I· .' mean ,that Ithe bishop does not will open at 7:30 Sunday night, Waldorf Astoria Cake Vital for Schools 1, act in any administrative capac· Feb. 13 with registration in the SACRED HE~T, 1 Y2 cups sugar . dty without! consultation:" ,WASHINGTON (NC) - With·, schoo!. Brochures descdbing the FALL RIVER Y2 oup shortening out effective planning, the The archbishop explained tha t program are availa·ble at the rec- The Ja'Ck d'John Orchestra will 2 eggs Church might "end up with the Vatican II Igave "every encour- tory. ,play. for a benefit dance for 2 cups plai,n flour wrong kinds of schools in the agement possible to a new emA service program for teen- Sacred Heart School; to be held' 1 Tablespoon cocoa wrong kinds of places doing the phasis on tlie role of the laity" agers will be initiated ata plan- from 8:30 to 1 tomorrow night at .1 teaspoon salt . wrong kinds, of things," aNaand that it "pointed out very ning meeting at 3 Sunday after- . Venus de Milo restaurant, Swan1 cup but~ermilk ,tional Catholic Educational Asclearly thatl the laity snare in the noon in the schocl!. Services will sea. Refreshments will be served 2 oz. red food coloring sociation official said here. teaching, simctifyirig and kingly !be offered to sicl{, confined and and tickets will ,be available at 1 teaspoo~ vanilla Father George Elford, director inission of the Church." other needy people in the. area. the door.

1 Tablespoon vinegar of research at NCEA, hopes to ' 1 teaspoon soda help remedy that potential sit-· , uation through a series of "train1) Cream the sugar and shorting institutes", designed to help ening, add the eggs and beat , school officials pinpoint specific w e l l . ' 2) Sift. the' fIoour, cocoa and, ' educational needs in their area and meet them. '. . salt and add 'to' the creamed mix-' :rh~' week:long ·tralninginsti- ture' alterna~ly with th~, buttE!r-' . i , tutes - planned tentatively for milk. ~ March ,or, April in at least two 3) Add the food coloring and ' (OI~PLElrE HEATING SYSTEMS cities-will build on the data dis- van'illla. Beat well.

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unmarked graves of miners who lost their lives during that vio· lent era. This movement might have made a truly significant contdbut'ion to Uberating propertyless workingmen.

In fact, however, the state, not unlike many of the nations of Asia, Africa and Latin America, is an occupied colony; anli its citizens are propertyless and marginal. Its mountains, rich in natural .resources are scraped bare by strip mining. The valleys are dotted by highly automat.ed petrochemical plants, making profits for non-resililent owners.

In that earlier 'period, the' Church in America supported the labor movement in its pur. suit of justice by providing labor schools and labor priests. In the early decades of this century, the social teachings of the Church were enriched by Uie insights of Leo XIII who called. for what, at that time, was "revolutionary" for many: .the right of the laboring class to form unions.

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But there is another dimension in these social teachings which, although repeatedly receiving attention in the encyclicals, has virtually gone unsupported by the American Catholic Church.

That other dimension is the issue of w.idening the opportunity for the private ownership of prop-' erty.

Seventy years ago, Leo XIII cited the "immense gulf lying between ... a faction exceedingly powerful and rich ... and the hel-pless masses" deprived of the hope of acquiring "some property in -land." Pius XI, in "On Reconstructing the Social Order," pointed out that the Church must vigorously promote the possibility of increased property ownership for propertyless workers. He said that it was not enough that laborers' working conditions, wages and hours be improved; unless efforts were' made to permit wider ownersllip of propt;!rty, the prospects. of violent revolution could be forseen. . . \ The right to own property wa~ reasserted by Pope John in his. encyclical "Mater et Magistra."

But, in addition to supporting property rights, he said it was equally necessary to continue

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It is to be noted that, in using the term property, the Pope was not referring to non-durable, oonsumer items like the car with its built-in, early obsolescence, or TV sets and washing machines. PrbpertyasPope John used the term, specifically referred to the ownership of the meallS of producing wealth.

Major Thrust It is apparent that a major thrust of the American labor movement-supported by Catholic social actionists over the past 50 years-was toward the important task of organizing the working class into labor unions in order to consolidate their power for the purpose of collective bargaining. Regrettably, this effort has evolved into an annual harangue for higher wages in order to enjoy a so-caned higher standard of consumption.

One of the consequences _of this maneuvering is that workers remain essentially propertyless, while they tend to be dominated by the pressure to purchase consumable goods. Rather than becoming owners of the productive properties of the industrial system, the working classes are merely consumers of its products.

Striking workers close mines and 'plants over a range of issues, but they apparently do not consider that the right to private property is a va:lid issue for collective bargaining. And in their situation, ·the .right to private property means the right to a share in the wealth-producing property in their region.

By failing to stake' a claim on a share of .this. property the.

American labor .mov.ement makes . little contribution to the d'ay,as Leo XIII envisioned it, when the difference between owners and laborers will be removed.

The tragic consequences of his propertyless consumerism is a glut of superfluities in the midst of impoverishment: slums· with television~, .ghettoes with private cars, housing. with refrigerators but without plumbing; 'illiteracy with transistor .radios - Third World impoverishment in the midst of·First World opulence.

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by Premier Fidel Castro, is being delayed because of paper shortages in Chile.

Auxiliary Bishop Carlos Ovied'o Cavada of Conception, secretary general of the conference, reported that consultations are going on with the Cuban bishops to see whether an edition of the Bible from Spain could be supplied instead.

Castro's offer to accept the Bibles was made to Cardinal Raul Silva of Santiago when the two met here recently.

Bishop Oviedo said there are not 10,000 copies of the Bible available' in Chile, and printing

more 'could be delayed for lack nominations at the rate of one of paper supplies. for every 10 members.

"It is a firm offer, and in conBefore Castro came here, the versations with Castro it was Chilean bishops had' already even mentioned that we could tried to send Bibles to Cuba. use Cuban ships calling at But at the time only 200 copies Chilean ports," he added. were authorized for entry and Possible Turning Point the conference decided to drop Financial arrangements are the attempt. being made with the help of Adveniat, the German Catholic Cardinal Excluded overseas aid organization. The goal is to have the first copies KAMPALA (NC)-The politiin Cuba by April. cal committee of the Popular A mass distribution of Bibles Movement of the Revolution, the in Cuba, observers said here, only political party in Zaire could be a turning point in Cas- . (formerly the Democratic Retro's policy toward Christians. public of the Congo), has exIn IH69 the Protestant' Biblical cluded Cardinal Joseph Malula Society was able to send a num- from a national honorary order ber of copies from Canada, which and told him to leave his resiwere alloted among several de- dence.

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Ramsey, N.J., had just become the eighth player in Catholic University's basketball history to reach the career mark of 1,000 points. He scored 22 to lead ,CU to its first victory in five years' Send your gift to: over arch-rival Mt. St. Mary's of Emmitsburg, Md., 83-65.'

CU coach Dick Myers told AdThe Rev. Monsignor Raymond T. Considi~ The Rev. Monsignor Edward T. O'Meara Liberty . rion, "I would have given you Diocesan Director National Director OR 368 North Main Street Liberty means responsibility. the game ball, but Franny MurDept. C, 366 Fifth A venue That is why ·most men dread it. ray (equipment manager) said we Fall River, Massachusetts 02720 New York, New York 10001 .. ~ _, .~"".. "':'" ' ..:...... ~l).~'!, ,'A ~g,u..I~~fLa.fford it.': . ; ."'.~ ~ ~'..'.. .,..'..'..'. - ,

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People dften ask in what way the sacrarhents make a difference in lifJ. To answer that they . confer grabe is not very helpful unless we ,know What we mean 'by grace. Clearly, grace is not a sort of !invisible fluid ~hat is poured out according to measure, nor ~ sort of electric current that is weaker or stronger .

I . according Ito, how much power is 'transmitted. Such images are useful an~logies to a' certain, point but iheycan also be badly , misleading!

A better: anaJlogy is that grace is a reiat~onship of friendship with God, lopenness to God's influence on! one's life. Of course; a friendship cannot be switched on nor poured into somebody. I dm not b~stow on you a friendship withl1le if you do not agree to be my friend. God cannot bestow grace on anyone who does not re<:eive it,' and because grace is ftiendship with God it usually implied certain renunciations and; certain commitments that havo he mad.·in otd" to

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By , It will be easier for the penitent to believe and accept the reconcirIiation or forgiveness if MONIKA his experience of the congregaBELLWIG tion which he knows. as ,Church is really that of a community of tr<:lWJWWW;.W<$'p'illlm~ forgiveness. they will accept the freedom Jesus Christ liberates, that is, with its implications, the sacra- redeems, through ,the Church. mental ceiebration expresses the . We are the Church, and the sacguarantee that that freedom is raments are the actions in which possihleand is theirs to, possess we most clearly and precisely and to pass on as a foundation express what we are-:-for one of freedom for others.. another and for the world Reconcilation when we live and act as followThe ,sacrament of reconcilia- ers of Jesus.

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is a celebration in wnich I we encounter God, b Last· year I asked a group of ped. Christian identity was a. Ie through the community whkh makes Ch~ist present, offering fifth graders what their religion to be perceived by observmg his friendship. In one sense the was. They all answered that they Christians at worship. Christian sacrament 'is efficacious by itself, were Catholic. Pursuing this fur- identity was .deepened'.in the because v;.henever' it' is' cele- ther; I won(Iered aloud' how you Christian' community ,through brated, noI matter how inade· could ten a Catholic from some· particpation in the Church's quately, GOd's friendship is held one of a different faith. Many liturgy.

Traditon out ' - beCause Uie celebration of the youngsters stated that Jlinks this ;action to that of the Catholics went on Sunday to. the The Second Vatican Council ,universal «hurch and to that of local parish that they and their reiterates this traditional insight Jesus himself who is the living, 'parents attended, Asked' how., ,into the role of the sacraments , personal irtvitation of God. ' ,they could be distinguished froin, in expressing and deepening say, Methodists, they said that, Christian identity. In· one place To say 1that the, sacraments , Methodist~ went to the Method- the Council teaches that "the liturgy. : . is the outs~anding confer grace, then, is equivalent. 'isst Church three. !llocks' away: to saying ,that' they are redeem- , , means whereby the faithful may , ing ,or li~erating acts, setting men free from wh'at seems like express in their lives and maniNURSE IN .ASIA COMFORTS PATIENT: The shape fate and ftom the consequences By , fest to others the mystery of of the cross hangs over ~very act of kindness done' during , of eVil.de~ds in the 'world. This Christ and the real nature of the '" . the, L,enten. seaso,n, .b.e,'"nning w,ith Ash, W,ednesd.a,y'a,nd'.. , . b b'11 b ' .

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C' IS pra a,~ est seen 111' re a lon, FR. CARL i. \' few pages further on we read extel).ding beyond Easter. NC Photo.' to marriage and tl1e sacrament of reconciliation or penance. that the sacramental worship of I ' , PFEIFER, S.J. : the Church is the "primary and There are a few, Catholic crowded eucharisti¢ services, Commitment 'indispensable source from 'which Christians who prpudly wear there can be frantic pushing and Paul th~ apostle wrote that the faithful are to derive the ashes on their foreheads at the shoving as individuals rush to marriage~mong Christians is a wm~tirnrmll%faE true Christian spirit" (Liturgy, begin~ing of Li!llt, but never reach the celebrant and then (' I ) b In a sense these are'superficial 14). make it to the altar for Com- dash quickly bac,kto wO,rk. Per- mystery~. sacrament ' ecause I' ted So I't would seem that' the apit expresses the great mystery answers to a very comp Ica munion on' Easter Sunday. In haps this is the really revealing of the 'unibn of Christ with his and subtle question. But the parently superficial responses of fa~t, Ash Wednesday may be the incident (and not an infrequent Church. NI~ot that it is simply youngsters' response~, p'oint to these fifth graders suggest the one day cif each .rear these peo- one either): an earnest person'. an 'Image or likeness 0 f t h at somethl'ng muc1l.H deeper than trad,itional Christian insights into comes before the priest in the great, mystery buL, that it, ex-' they were perhaps conscious of., the important role of the liturgy ,sanet:uary' and t,hen, recognizing I 0 f'f h d .I . tl " f " . d"d Is a d com ne.1 t gra e glr, m' ana ler m, ormmg m IVI ua n t'he error, mutters in p'anic, "Oh, presses it-Imakes it actual and present in' the world. school wrote a bit more thought- munities in the true Christian I wanted ashes, not Communion....· Marriage is a commitment, It fully:' 1 am 'not a Gatholic. But spirit. Worship both expresses By The Church certainly has ,not is notsiin~ly a contract'in which tome, a Catholic is a fQllower of ,identity and deepens it. The IitgivenasI1es: any magica:l power the tenus' tan be. speiled out be- 'Christ, who worships him in. a Ul'gy is the "sign and source" of FR. JOSEPH . who Christians really are. to save mel1 or.make tl?-em holy. forehand, Ibut what the Bible special way."

CHAMPLIN Neither,. presumably; 'has God. calls a cov~nant, that i~,a pledge, Her, description of a ,Catholic From a religious education They are signs only, external re- of total loyalty. and sharing of is thought.provoking. Clearly it . standpoint this traditional awareminders of Ii certain, truth (life!s destiny in changing, and 'unpre- is nota complete, comprehensive , ,'ness' might well give us pause. mTI!WN:i'lilllilllt'illli'0'10"~" temporary nature arid our ulti- dictable circumstances. description. Yet i.t is not only ac~ :In re'centyears in the Ul,lited : pIe visit a church. Better once mate dea.th) and marks. on one's., When vJe look around us to~ curate, but suggestive, of the ex- States the bulk, of, serious relithan never, I: suppose,: .yet m,ost b~y ~hl~h sp~ak o~ a conver- day at thJ number of divorces, treme,' importamce of thegious' education efforts have , ' . priests find this nearly fanatical ,Slon ~I~hm i~n.e s heart. " ,. separaqons and unhappy mar. Church's liturgy in expressing ,been centered on the parochial devotion to a good, but relativ.eRe~lslOns:, m .the ,Ash \\:"ednes- ria, ges an,djat th,e rapidly chang- and fostering a' person's' reli- .,school or CCD classroom,' new 'Iy insignifieant sacramental dis- ,day htur~ :seei{ to p~~se~e the. :ing socia1' scene, we might he gious identity. In fact, she unwit- textbooks, teacher~raining and concerting to, say the least. 'valu~~I?as,pect of thIs. rtteand tempted to' cOIiclude that a tingly. echoes a very' ancient adult education, pr~grams.· In large city parishes the door- " to. ehrpmate.some~f thqse false pledge of lifetime loyalty is un- Christian saying, '. ' , ,< Identity In the early centuries of Chris- . By .way of contrast, ,a few bell rings constantly throughout atlt~des ~~l1ch have ,com~ to ',realistic and foolish: But the .'

Christian ~iew is tl?-at .when two tianity it was' a common saying, moments' reflection on the typthe evening as a,nxious, Ca~holics " surround I~., . ' , L~n~~onversion ,followers lof Jesus .make this that "The norm of worship is the ,ical Sunday, Mass, the' usual who missed the regular .cere-' ,'Ail :alternative formula re'cited commitmerlt within the, commu- norm of belief." In other words, "ll)annerof administering, the monies seek·to have black ashen crosses traced on' their brows. during .the:'·imp'osition~of',ashes ,nity; ,insetting. their lives· and a person's beliefs were'recogniz- sacrament oLPenanceor Bap, During the day itself. and at Turn to Page Eighteen .commitmel:lt within the mystery 0 able from the way he worshipTurn to Page Eighteen

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One of the dominant families in the history of Europe is that of the Habsburgs. They played a prominent, sometimes a decisive, role in its' affairs for about 500 years.

When the ,dynasty came to an end in 1918, it was 642 years since the first of the name, Rudolph I, had set up binations of convenience which his standard in Vienna. They were directed at the Habsburgs at one time or another. In the are the subject of Edward seventeent~ century, for examBy RT. REV. MSGR.

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Like Neville Williams' Henry VIII and His Court, lately reviewed here, this volume features a wealth of illustrations, some in rich color. But they are not so good or so aptly captioned, in the main, as those in the Williams book.

The Ha'bsburgs were German in origin, although they were to rule Spain for generations, as well as Austria. For almost 400 years continuously, one or another of titem was to be the Holy Roman Emperor, with direct or, 'indirect 'sovereignty over much of Europe. They were to be engaged in some of the most crucial 'conflicts in the history of . the Western world.

Perhaps the most famous of the Habsburgs was Charles V, whose father was a Habsburg, and his mother Joanna, called the Mad, daughter of Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain. He was only 19, when in 1519, he succeeded to the crown of Spain.

Three years later, when he was 22, he was elected Holy Roman Emperor.

He had two ohief threat's to contend with. One was that of the Turks, who were assaulting Europe from the East, and were to continue as a menace to Christendom for another century and a half. The other was the impending end of religious unity because of Luther"~ challenge.

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If the Turks were held off, the advent of Protestantism was not.

Charles pledged hims~lf to maintain Christian unity, but this was quite beyond him. He had, finally to concede that the religion of each prince's choice was to prevail in that prince's realm.

One of the anomalies of Charles" reign is the fact that, while he was committed to' the' preservation of the old Church intact, his troops invaded Rome and laid, the Pope's city waste in 1527. This was not by direct order of the emperor,but resulted from political policy which found him at' odds ~ in the temporal order with the Pope, a temporal as weB as spiritual ruler, whom he revered and, championed in the spirtual order.

Such mix-ups, ludicrous and tragic, are all too frequent in the history of the Habsburgs, as ,well as that of the Church.

Quite a,s paradoxical and shameful are some' of the com-

ple, Cardinal Richelieu, a prince of the Church, brought the Swedish king and 'military genius Gustavus Adolphus into a war against the Catholic Habsburgs.

Power of France' Gustavus Adolphus W!!S' a Protestant monarch, ruling a Protestant country, and his, victories in Europe could only foster the Protestant cause. But this did not matter to the Cardinal, whose only thought was the power of France, to be enhanced by any setback dealt to the Habsburgs.

Again, Louis XIV of France, in his determination to have no riva'i in Europe, encouraged the Turks to stri'ke at the Ha'bsburgs.

This they did with tremendous effect, and in 1638 they were laying siege to' Vienna itself.

They, were repulsed and driven back' to the East, thanks principally to the intervention of John Sobieski, king of Poland, who, as so often happens got measly thanks for his timely rescue operation.

Maria Theresa ,Another outstanding figure in the gallery of Habsburgs is Maria Theresa, who, in the 18th century, came 1'0 the throne at the age of 23, entirely unprepared for her vast responsi'bil'ities: But she learned and she grew; in the end, she proved to be an outstanding ruler.

It was under her that Austria itself reached major status' among European powers, and what was to endure until 1918, took shape.

Also under' her, the nobles were taxed for the first time, that onus having previously been reserved fur the peasants. She saw the need for international order and for a well-ordered domestic society, and did something about each.

Some of us are old enough to remember, if dimly, the last of the Habsburgs who mattered, Franz Joseph, who had an amazingly long reign __ 68 years. He succeeded to the throne in 185.<!, at the age of 18, and there he stayed until his death in 1916.

He had foolishly allowed Austria to be drawn into 'war in 1914, and did not live 00 see the end of the war, and the end of Habsburg rule in 1918.

Kings are ill, regarded 'nowadays and, with abundant rea'son. Yet one cannot help wondering Whether the various peoples (Czechs, for example, and .Hungarians) who chafed under the rule of the' Habsburgs, are faring' as Well under the,present imperial masters, the Communists.

'Catholic Bigotry' The Habsburgs had their faults, ,some of them grievous, ,but they also had a sense of accountability under God. Mr. Crankshaw says, "There is 'a great deal to be said for the monarchial system. Blood, tradition" andtrairiing applied to the single end of producing rulers do in, fact tell.' Habsburg was

CICOP DIALOGUE: Father Frederick McGuire, head of the Division for Latin America of the usec confers with Paul Sedillo, director of the usce Division for the Spanish Speaking, center, 'and Father Manuel Edwards, secretary of the Latin American Confederation of Religious, on the subject of communications and the Church at the recent conference of the Catholic Inter-American Cooperation Program in Washington. NC Photo.

Help Chicanos Learn About Themselves DENVER (NC) - Mexican- ancestors of many Mexican- eliminating dropouts-even at Amerkans are getting a better Americans. the htgh school level.

In this positive environment, understanding of their identity, "There are parts of Denver history and culture at Escuela Tlatclolco's' staff believes that where the Chicano dropout rate Tlatelolco, an innovative school Mexican-Americans are moti- is as high as 80 per cent," Rolaunched here to raise Chicanos' vated to learn more than they mero says. "We've only lost one education levels., would in the public' school' sys- student in two years."

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Day Care Center "Academically I'll put my stuMexican-Americans, is being "We could also say that we funded in part by the U. S. bish- dents against any, in this counare directly responsible for the ops' anti-poverty Campaign for try," boasts Richard Romero, a reduction of juvenile del:inquenTlatclolco high school teacher Human Development. cy in Colorado," Romero added, Tlatelolco's 390 students range and administrator. noting that during the present from preschoolers to college un- ' Dropout Rate Low school year "not one of our kids dergraduates, and they study Romero insists that -nearly aU has been to juvenile hall."

Mexican-American history and of the' problems that Chicanos R!omero added that Tlatelolco culture as well, as traditional face in this country are linked is also concerned ab()ut Chicanos academic subjects. to their laok of a high quality who have already dropped out of Even these traditional subjects, education. school and has set up a special however, are taught from a Chi"Half of us are descendants of adult education program to meet cano perspective. For example, the Aztecs, who had the great- their needs. 'in mathematics, it is stressed est culture in all of North He mentioned that TIatelolco that the concept of zero was dis- America. Today in Mexico are also has a qay care center so oovered by the Mayan Indians- some of the world's finest sur- that parents of preschool chilgeons, artists, and architects. It dren can continue their educadoesn't make sense that the tion.

TIatelolco professors are dea specialized professional, more same people living north of an veloping their own curriculum likely to sustain the responsibil- artificial border are failures."

He claims that in its two and writing their own textbooks, ities of power over a long lifetime than most other men, even years of existence Tlatelolco has Romero said, adding that they proven this point by substan- pent two years of research on those of far greater ability."

The principal shortcoming of tially raising the academic level this pIlior to the opening of the 'the Ha!bsburgs, as Mr. Crank- of its students and by virtually , school. shaw squintingly sees it, is their Catholicism. "Catholic bigotry" and "Catholic bigot" are favorite , .terms of his, to be applied free. ly, almost indiscriminately. He "THE DIFFERENT 90 DAY ACCOUNT'" also likes "unthinkingly devout." _ And the Jesuits are, one and ' ~., per annum ""in. $500. all, villains in, his book. But we.

No Notice required after 90 can indulge him' in these hackdays' on withdrawals made ,with路 neyed prejudices, since he does in 10 days of each interest manage a swift surv~y of the period. , long sweep of eventful Habsburg Interest earned from day of deposit to day of withdawal history., Reverting to the hazardous days when' Louis XIV posed a peril to Austria and' England both, we find in the Crankshaw 149 GAR Hwy, Rte 6 1 North Main St. hook mention of John Churchill, Fall River Somerset . first Duke of Marlborough, who, at Blenheim in BavarIa, inComing SOON! new South End Office at the c;orner of Plymouth flicted a major defeat on Louis' Ave. and Sla~e St., Fall River ' forces in 1705.

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"lntel'lectuals' See Trials····· Of Radi.cals as 'Political' Sidney Callahan has informed us .that the trial of Angela Davis, whom. she compares to Joan of. Arc,' ,is a trial not. only' of the American judicial. system but of the "soul 'of' our co·untry.", One wonders when such dreary · 'cliches will' come to 'an end.

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Huey N~wton has be'en ac. quited. . Brian Foley was acquitted. aobby Seale was. acquited. The conviction of Dr. Spock .and the Rev. Mr. Coffin was reversed. The New York Panthers were acquitted. The Chicago Seven are free on appeal. Indeed, just llIbout the only radicals that are behind bars are the Catholic radicals, and they seem to want to ·go to jaH. The State of California alleges 'that Miss Davis purchased the guns witli which a judge, was murdered in cold blood. It further alleges that Miss Davis was part of the conspiracy which led to the judge's death. " \The State will have to prove, its case. On the basis of the success of California prosecutors in getting convictions of radicals, that will not be easy. It is possible that community feeing on the subject wiN be 'So high that the trial will not be properly conducted - possible, but not likely, given the performance of American courts and juries in recent years with similar cases.

Verdict Without Evidence . There is an elaborate, appeal · mechanism ... which 'Miss·,~Davis' , cfeve~ 'attorneys will' 'm~ke every " 'possible use of if there is a convic:tiori:' What reason does Mrs. Ca:llahan have for' suggesting that the frial won't be fair? . ' No matter what happ~ns, the ,American judiCial' ,system will lose. If'· Miss Davis is coilVicted, it, wili i?e aileged that she' is a political prisoner. If she is acquitted; the judicial' system will . ~et no "credit, and· wHl go on . trial in the liherals" court the · next time 'a fashionable'radical is : arrested.

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Angela Davfs is. not a political pri~oner. There are many other people who hold the' same political opinions as she does who are free to walk the streets.

The difference beiweenMiss Davis and those free ones is that they are not alleged to have purchased guns. used in· a murder.

The charge 'against her is not that she is k Communist; it is murder.

Apparently Mrs. Callahan thinks that radicals should be immune from murder charges.

Certainly, if the country adopted a policy of not bringing charges against radieals, no matter what evidence of, crime might be available, then Mrs. Calahan and friends would not be able to put the judicial system in the dock.

The only way for American law 'to escape her suspicion is not to prosecute radic~ls.

Let us suppose. that a member "'d the' Ku . Kfux . Kli:m 'was accused of shooting a black judge 'and was being tried by a predominantly black jury. Can one imagine. Mrs. Callahan worry-ing about a fair trial. or casting doubt on the validity of. the American,judicial process?: ..

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There are many things wrong .with the American courts. Most I • seriously, those who are poor are not able to afford the competent legal counsel that ~iilion!lites, large corpbratio!ls, Mafia dons and politiCal tadicals' (if they are fashionable) :are able to command. But this' is not so much the fault of the courts' as it is of the larger "society's inability to figure out, what to do about urban pov'erty, and urban crime.

'On balance, the', American cour tsystein: is still' one bf the best in the ,world. At least it does not permit people' to. be held indefinitely without charge, as 'has happel)ed recently in the United ,Kingdom, Canada,' and ....,,: ~..: ~ ~'. "" France.' 'i' ,On the other han'd, in' such Pope Sees Discord . countries "intellectuals" ' . like Obstacle to Unity Mrs. Callahill~ would not' insist VATICAN 'CITY (NC)-A b'ig that whenever:' a radical' is obstacle to Christian unity is brought' to' trial-whethe~ it be Catholic disunity, Pope Paul VI for allegedly destroying property told crowds in St. Peter's Square. or allegedly plotting to kidnap "it is vain to hope that the government qfficials or for. alseparated brothers will' unite legedly committing murder-that themselves to. us if we are in what we' are witnessing is,.' a discord," the Pope said. "political trial. ".

"Christian unity is a vain From Mrs. Callahan's point of hope," he continued, "if. we our- view, . the ~merican Repu1:>lic selves do not have esteem and is incapable 'of bring'ing before loyalty for the unity which we the bar of justice a radical for have the' good fortune to possess anything else but a political and"the duty to live and to bear trial. How convenient for the witness ·to." radicals. "

., . Continued from Page Sixteen 'tlsrn, leads one . :'"question , whether our practical priorities reflect our teaching that the liturgy is the "primary and indispensable source" of the true Christian spirit.

New texts, trained teachers, ;better eqjlipped parocl1ial schools and schools of religion, more efficient management,' attractiye . adult·- education programs -'- all ./ :. ,these reU~olls.·~d~caiiQP: efforts ...... '. " .. 'are highly' desirable: It would be ." .1""':')" unfo~tun,ate, ~.oy.rever, if ~qually (.'Vl ~ serious~e.rforts:were not devoted ·to -the celebration of.. the liturgy. \Vh~t can' we:do-notjust the priests, but ali of us-'-in our' own par.ishes;to improve' the' quality !i of the Sunday sermons? .To make ..the celebration of. the Eucharist 'rylore meaningful. to .0Uf~el~es and our children? What can we do to help discover instructive, ,\ /'/ moving ways of celebrating the \ /;' 1'1 I I I sacrament of 'Penance,in our \ I ( parish? How much time and energy are, we as a 'group willing II ONE oF: TH,E5£ DA"IS ~ GOING To WRrfE: A to invest in preparing the parish 8001< ~ND r,.rLE IT" THE DE:.CLINE: AND celebrations of the liturgy? Do , FAL-L..OF AMERICAN MANHOOD.! /1 we really believe what' our I ' . youngsters already sense super· ficially 'and what the Council. more spiritual power ·or value teaches, 'that the sacraments are Continued from Page Sixteen links therithal with Lent's over.. than the Church intends them to the "outstanding means" of expressing and discovering our all purpose-tan inner conversion possess. identity as' Catholic Christians?

Acompanying Homily and a personal preparation fol' On ,the other hand, 'careful the renewal: of baptismal promises a t Easter. Based on Mark proclamation of the biblical Support Opponents 1:15 it simply states:. '''Repent, texts, some appropriate music, and believe the Good News." and a brief homHy by the cele- Of Settlement The key w6rd here is "repent" brant, even apart from the EuDALLAS (NC)-A' stro'1g res" . and include~ the notion of start charist, can help dispose those olution of moral' and financial over, be cOhverted, do penance, present and deepen the ashes' ·sUPPort for opponents of ·the I take stock,; change your heart, impact upon theT!l. pending settlement of Rhodesia's The lectionary contains three six-year-oad rebellion against try harder. ' The more traditional, "Re- readings perfectly suited for the Great Britain was unanimously I member ma~, that you are dust, day. First'- the prophet Joel 'voted by the United Methodist Israel. _.'and, us with this .Board of Missions at its meeting and unto d1.1st yOl! shall return" " warns .. ' '. \." ..'.'; ''', -"(Genesis 3:19) 'still maybe used. message frorI). the Lqrd. "Return 'here. . '. ~ . _.... '" ~ '.' ,. ", In either dase, priests might, to me with your whole neart, Expressing "all support" for . where possible, personalize the with fasting, and weeping, and "aH in Rhodesia who ar~ strug-" imposition formula through add- mourning; rend your 'hearts, not ging to develop a just society , ing the indivdua-I's name before your garments and return to the with majority rule," the mission it. That pra~tice has proven ex- Lord your God," St. Paul's re: agency thereby aligned itself .tremely· effective' with Holy marks to the Corinithians are against the .present whitemost apt 'for. Ash dominated Rhodesian govarnC.ommuniqnj and. should work also Wednesday: "Now is the accept- ment. equally weill with ashes.

More important in the reform , able time! Now is the day of salThe board voted an unspeciof Ash Wednesday's liturgy vation!" fied amount of financial support than a new,' optional form, how- . Finally, ·Jesus,i.n the Gospel, ,"for the African, National Counever, is the obvious assumption warns his followers: "Be on cil, .f~un·ded last year by Rhodeof the rubtics ,that ashes· will guard against. performing ,re'li,.sian Methodist Bishop Abel T. normally bell blessed, and distrib- :gious acts' for .people to see. Muzorewa to 'oppose by non'uted either within Mass (the ,Otherwise .expect no recompense violent :means .the aqoption of ideal) or' at lIeast"in the context from your ·hea·venly Father," the proposed settlement of the Christ's, ',admonition' 'could cut of a scripturkl serVice. The swift, British-Rhodesian dispute. 'in an out ptactice I described at deeply in the case of a person the beginning ·of this column who feels' that' a 'black cross hardly give~ the Lord through above the eyes without a converELECTRICAL his inspired Word much of an op- sion· of attitude or a cqrrection Contractors of habits will sati.sfy his or her portunity to!touch and move the human heart. It does smack of Lenten obligatio.ns. magic andg!ves to blessed ashes . Sigri of Re))en'~ce i .' .

In ~ nearby parish last year, : 1 • '. ',' ashes were distribl;lted o~ly in Offer. Rehef ··Funds the evening 'a,t a special Mass.

For Bar.:gladesh The, church was jammed, and at OTTAWA i (NC)-Bishop Wil- ,the. door each worshipper reliam E. Ppwer of' Antigonish, ceived a small, square piece of cross sewn into president of Ithe Canadian Cath- burlap with 944 County St. ,.plic Conferellce, sai;d,that $490,- the fabric.' Later they were New Bedford 000 is available for relief and asked to take th,ese home and rehabilitatiOl~ in. Bangladesh. l;eep them during Lent as a more ., Since the; beginning of the permanent reminder' of the trouble iil Pakistan, the Catholic rather fleeting ashen sign they Church in !Canada has raised received at that Eucharist. $800,000 for refugees. About On Holy Saturday these peo-. $300,000 ha~ already been sent. l=:le strengthened and renewed The gener~l secretariat of the by forty days of prayer .and Canadian bishcps said that as penance, returned their "sack soon as the l Bangladesh mone- cloths" to the altar. This simple 273 CENTRAL AVE. tary situatidn is clarified, the method made it clear that the $490,000 Wi'li be sent to the imposition of ashes is not a to992-6216 Christian Otganization for Re- day only experience, but a symlief and Rehabilifation,which bol of the Christian's entrance j NEW BEDFORD has been lal1nched by the Cath- into a period of serious converolic bishops :of Bangkladesh. sion and repentan<:e.

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Durfee-New Bedford Contest To Determine County Titlist Durfee High of Fall River and New Bedford High enter the final stage of the Bristol County League, basketball title race with a commanding three game lead ,ov¢r third place Attleboro. The loop leaders, tied with 9-1 records entering play this week, are ' to lead the charge, d The goaI there tournam~nt b oun.

Neither team has what could of each before embarking on be, considered a super-star, althat journey, however, is to though there are quite a few talwin the final County hoop championship. Barring a late season upset, tomorrow night's contest between the leaders will determine the circuit's number one team.

Whenever these two County powers meet you can discount past performances, Coach Sal Lombardo's Crimson and White defeated the Hilltoppers in the first meeting this Winter 'convincingly, 72-53. But, with the league title at stake, tomorrow's contest is rated a toss-up; Both clubs have escaped defeat by narrow margins and then roared back to win easily against stronger opposition.

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ented ballplayers on both clubs.

Balance has been the key for the Lombardo .coached Whalers and the Kaiameil. Game, after game the leaders have improved.

Now both are ready for '~the game."

The showdown battle, if· it holds true to form, will be a study in contrast. 'New Bedford is capable of generating a high scoring offense, rating as one of the best scoring teams in the circuit. Durfee, on ,the other hand, true to its tradition, is a defensive minded outfit. Karam has always stressed defensive play and with that approach has led Durfee to one of the best won-loss records in the Commomvealth for the past decade.

Barnstable Best in Capeway Conference Attleboro will attempt to retain third place when it meets Taunton on the Tigers homecourt Bishop Stang of Dartmouth will travel to Attleboro for its game with Bishop Feehan and Taunton's H ;gr. Coyle-Bishop Cassidy will play New Bedford Vocational in the Whaling City to complete Friday's schedule.

Barnstable can assure itself of, at least a tie for the Capeway Conference championship with a win over Dartmouth tomorrow. The once beaten Red Raiders hold a two game lead in the league's standings over runner-up La·wrence High of Falmouth. With only three games remaining to be played, the defending titlists should have no trouble retaining the crown."

A three team' race is shaping

up for second place honors. Falmouth has a one game margin in the loss column over Fairhaven and Dartmouth entering action this' week. Falmouth and Fairhaven are sdil among the local contenders for post-season action. However, another Fairhaven loss will eliminate the Blue Devils.

In Capeway competition slated for tomorrow Barnstable is at Dartmouth. Fairhaven travels to Falmouth for a must game and Dennis-Yarmouth will be awarded a forfeit victory over Wareham. Following an incident a few ,weeks ago, the administration of' Wareham cancelled 'all remainjng basketball games. Thus, Dennis-Yat:mouth and all other teams 'scheduled to play Wareha,m, wiU record automatic victories.

Diocese's "Little Two" Big ,in, Basketball Elsewhere on the Cape, Mar- four to go in t'lie Narragansett tha's Vinyeard continues to hang League.' The Jack Nobrega on to its one game lead', over . coached.BlueWave will have the Sandwich in the Cape and opportunity to win the title this Islands League. The Islan<:!ers" 'week. The Parochials will be the will tangle with their chief oppo- guest of Bishop Connolly tomorsition tomorrow in the, loop's row. One more victory and the key game. Sandwich must win loop title will again be the if it hopes to earn even a share Blue's' prize. of the title. If the Vineyard cart 'In other Narry contests Friduplicate its early season win day, Somerset' will host Old over, Sandwich, the race will be Rochester of Mattapoisett, Westover barring a major upset. port is in Swansea to play Case Chatham still in contention and Diman Regional of Fall and only t~o games behind the River is at Westport. leader, must defeat visiting NanWhile most teams in the area tucket tomorrow to keep its title are completing their schedules, hopes alive.

St. Anthony's can rest on its New Bedford's two small laurels for a while. The ParoParochial schools continue to chials have already w~n t~e loom biog on the basketball Mayflow~r. league champIOnshIp scene. Little Holy Family High, and qualIfIed, for the new verwith its 95 boys, leads Somerset sion of the Tech tournament. and Bishop Connolly High of St. Anthony's will compete in Fall River by two games with Division ,HI' of the Southern

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ST. STEPHEN, OUR LADY OF MT. CARMEL, ATTLEBORO NEW BEDFORD The Council of Catholic Women The PTA will conduct a cake will meet at 8 Monday night, sale Saturday, Feb. 12 at Stop I Feb. 14 in the church hall. Mrs.. &, Shop, D~rtmouth and RockLillian Laferriere, program chair- ,dale Avenues, fr,om 10 A.M. until man, announces that the Valen. closing time. The unit will hold tine-themed agenda will feature ~o meeting this month. a card party, open to all women OUR LADY OF PURGATORY, of the parish.

The unit plans a trip to New NEW BEDFORD The feast of St. Maron, patron York on Saturday, May 6. Women wishing to aHend should reg- saint of Lebanon, will be celeister at Monday's meeting or call brated at a social to be held from Mrs. Rejeanne Marquis, chair- '2 to 10 P.M. Sunday, Feb. 13 at the State Armory, Pleasant arid man, for reservations.

Sycamore Streets; Music will be A nomin~ting committee is preparing for elections in April; by Eddie Kockak and his group and exotic Lebanese foods, preand the March meeting will be pared by parishioners will be open to aU women of the Attle- available for "the very young boro district as St. Stephen's crowd." hosts the District Council of ,Catholic Women.

ST. JOHN OF GOD, SOMERSET NOTRE DAME, Women's Guild members will FALL RIVER meet at 7:30 Thursday night, A Night of Recollection, spon- Feb. 17 at Somerset High School sored by the Notre Dame Coun- to attend a lecture-demonstration cil of Catholic Women, will be in the school's planetarium. Conheld on Sunday,' Feb. '13, not stellations and planets of the only for members of the council ' Winter sky will be pointed out but for all members of the par- 'and discussed. Members are ish including unmarried ladies. asked ,to enter t~e school by way The ceremony will be held .in of the Grandview Avenue extenthe lower' Notre Dame chucch sion. at 8 o'clock in the evening. , A feature of the recollection OUR LADY OF ANGELS, will be the Renewal of Marriage FALL RIvER Vows, at which ail married Masses will be celebrated at couples will be able to renew 7 A.M., 4 P.M. and 7 P.M. on ,their marriage ,vows in a group. Ash Wednesday, Feb. 16. ,The ceremony will be terminated The CYO will hold a fashion with Benediction of the Blessed show at 7:30 Sunday night, Feb. Sacrament.

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Free refeshments and a SingSaturday night, Feb. 12 a prea-long will .follow in Jesus Marie Lenten Mardi Gras social is Auditorium. Prizes will, be slated for the parish hall. A 'awarded. Married Couples atmalasada supper will be followtending are asked to bring a ed by dancing. wedding picture that can be The Holy Name Society andisplayed. nounces a giant penny sale for 2 Sunday afternoon, Feb. 27 in the parish hall. , Vincentians Study The Council of Catholic Women New Commitment will sponsor a Valentine whist OHICAGO (NC)-National di- at 7:30 Saturday night, Feb. 19 ,rectors of the Society of St. Vin- in the parish hall. cent de Paul have met to decide on how far to commit themselves on new demands for a war on poverty that goes far beyond personal acts of charity.

Members of the board of Over 35 Years trustees of the society's U. S. of Satisfied Service superior, council met in a speReg. Master Plumber 7023 cial session dominated by the JOSEPH RAPOSA, JR. question by how Vincentians 806 NO. MAIN STREET should respond 'to directives of Fall River 675·7497 Pope ,Paul VI and the recent world 'Synod of Bishops that Catholics must put pressure on political and economic institutions to eradicate injustice at all levels: PLUMBING & HEATING, INC. .

For Vincentians, the issue is Sales and Service ~ engagement as an organization for Domestic' --and Industrial ,'~: in political activism-a new diOil Burners mension for their ·Iong tradition 995-1631 of person-to-person service to 2283 ACUSHNET AVENUE the poor which causes deep misNEW BEDFORD givings for many of them.

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Setting to work· with the effi-' ciency that made him baseball's fabled "mechanical man". arid later a leader in 'automotive busi~ ness cir~ies, Gehringer looks on his ADF job with 'the same confidence he had in scooping 'up sizzling grounders around sec· ond base. • "It's going to be easy," he said."AIl our committee has to do is'to organize to get out the word - let Catholics know of past ADF accomplishments and this year's target. People appreciate a good thing when they see it."

Sports ,fans here recall that home run king Babe Ruth himself was a Gehringer fan. "He could do everything' right," th.e legendary Babe, used to say about the Detroit second baseman.

Gehringer, caLled the "mechanIcal man," posted a .320 lifetime batting average, hit .500 in six i\ll-Star games, was charged with' only 309 errors in 2,322 major league games, was 1937's most valuable player in the A<merican League, a'nd in 1949 became the 56th player voted, into ,baseball's Hall of Fame.

Prominent, Catholic Lawyer Eulogized , NEW ORLEANS (NC)-Alexander ,Pierre Tureaud Sr., prominent ,black Catholic'layman and civjl right lawyer who died here a,t the age pf 72, was praised by Catholic leaders and federal court offioials for a lifetime devoted to seeking justice.

Archbishop Philp M.' Hannan and Auxiliary Bishops' Harold R. Perry and'L. Abel Caillouet of New Orleans concelebrated Tureaud's funeral Mass, with Associate U. S. Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall offering a tribute to his long-time friend.

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