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LOVE AND FAITH surround a baby being prayed for at La Salettc Shrine, Attleboro, where hundreds are attending healing services.

'Lord Jesus Is Healer" At Shrine Services "The Lord Jesus is the healer," said Father Paul Rainville, MS, in discussing a series' of healing services that are attracting hundreds to the small chapel of La Salette Shrine in Attleboro.

He said the services, some lasting as long as four hours, .grew from a workshop of the Association of Christian Therapists held in 1976 at La Salette Center for Christian Living, a retreat house on the Attleboro shrine grounds.

"The association is composed of health professionals and paraprofessionals who have come to realize the spiritual dimension involved in healing," he said.

Following the workshop, he related, members began meeting monthly for informal prayer. The first service open to the public was held Jan. 15 in the shrine chapel.

At the second service, scheduled to start at 3 p.m., all seats in the shrine chapel were taken by 2 o'clock and standing room also rapidly vanished. Finally an overflow crowd estimated at more than 500 had to stand outside the chapel doors.

The gatherings begin with Benediction and continue with an informal homily or "teaching" and individualized prayer and laying of hands, conducted by prayer teams.

Each team, said Father Rainville, includes a La Salette priest and members of the Christian Therapists group.

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Place of Catholic Press The following editorial, titled "The Catholic Press," appeared in the Feb. 3 issue of The Catholic Witness, diocesan newspaper in Harrisburg, Pa. It is ~y Father Thomas R. Haney, executive editor:

urn of letters to the editor, a feeling of personal involvement through photographs and illustrations.

What place, what impact, what value does the Catholic press have in the lives of practicing or non- practicing Catholics?

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There are obvious responses to this question: informationthrough news stories, formation through religious instruction material, edification through features highlighting what one person or group can do when they take involvement seriously, insights on or challenges to lived values through the writings of columnists, sharing of ideas and observations through the public for-

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Due to stonn-caused delays in delivery of subscription materials, Anchor Sunday has been postponed until Feb. 26 for Greater Fall River parishes. In other parts of the diocese, where materials were delivered earlier, Anchor Sunday will take place Feb. 19, as originally planned.

The television Mass at 8:45 a.m. Sunday on Channel Six will mark Anchor Sunday and will be celebrated by Msgr. John J. Regan, Anchor financial administrator.

In ceremonies postponed from last week by the storm, the first class of permanent deacons for the diocese of Fall River will be admitted to candidacy at 5 n,""'. Sunday at St. Mary's Cathedral.

Sev"nteen men will be admitted for this diocese and one for the Greek-Melkite diocese of Newton.

The ceremony will take place within the framework of a Mass at which Bishop Daniel A. Cronin will be principal concelebrant. It will follow proclamation of the gospel.

Assisting Bishop Cronin will he Father John F. Moore, director of the permanent diaconate, and Msgr. John Regan, cathedral rector. Msgr. John J. Oliv'eira will be master of ceremonies and Father Horace Travassos minister of music. The Cathedral Choir will be directed by Glen Guittari, cathedral organmaster.

Priests of the diocese are invited to join Bishop Cronin as Mass concelebrants and the faithful are invited to be present for the occasion.

The prospective diocesan candidates and their parishes are: - Francis Joseph Camacho, Our Lady of the Cape, Brewster - Manuel Herminio Camara, St. Anthony of Padua, Fall River - John Walter Cwiekowski, Holy Family, Taunton - Oscar Thomas Drinkwater, Our Lady of Victory, Centerville - Alhprt Louis Gallant, St. Mark, Attleboro Falls - Maurice Lavallee, St. Joseph, New Bedford - John Andrew Malloy, St. Pius X, South Yarmouth - James Joseph Meloni Jr., St. Mark, Attleboro Falls - Paul Guillame Metilly, St. Theresa of the Child Jesus, South Attleboro - Franciszek William Mis, St. Stanislaus, Fall River - - Amedee George Monast, St. Joseph, New Bedford - Benjamin Alvaro Nogueira, Our Lady of Victory, Centerville - Eugene Louis Orosz, St. Dominic, Swansea - Leo Wilfred Racine, St. Joseph, New Bedford

-- Eugene Everett Rauner, St. Patrick, Somerset -- Jo:,n Henry Schondek, St. Palll, Taunton -- Vhcent Patrick Walsh, Holy Trinity, West Harwich.

Andre Petraky Nasser of St. Anthony of the Desert parish, Fall River, will be admitted to candida<:y for the Greek-Melkite diol:ese of Newton.

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Lent 1978 arrived in trUly penitential style for diocesan Catholic:;, most of whom spent Ash Wednesday digging themselves :>ut from last week's record-breaking blizzard.

In common with other New England bishops, Bishop Daniel A. Cronin dispensed from fast and. abstinence on Ash Wednesday, advising pastors to shift distribution of the traditional ashes to last weekend's Masses.

He also took to radio and newspaI=ers to ask Catholic students to check their neighborhoods for elderly or handicapped per:;ons who might need assistanee.

Meanwhile, The Anchor, for the first time in its nearly 21 years of publication, was forced to miss an issue, when employes of Leary Press in Fall River were unable to reach the plant to print or mail the paper.

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NEWARK, N.J. - A federal judge in Newark h£,3 struck down a provision "of the New Jersey income tax law allowing parents to make a $1,000 deduction for each child attending private elementary and secondary schools. U.S. District Court Judge H. Curtis Neanor agreed with plaintiffs that the law aided religion and therefore violated the First Amendment principle of c~urch-state sepal'ation.

ROME-A Canadian-born Jesuit scholar in a new book on miracles has said he is convinced that God has intervened miraculously at Lourdes to cure the sick.

Jesuit Father Leopold Sabourin said it would be "irrational" to say that none of the 62 cures recognized between 1862 and 1965 was truly miraculous. He added, however, that many cases of sudden health recuperation can be attributed to psychological factors.

Want To Be Priests WASHINGTON-A committee of U.S. bishops, the Vatican and what ha!; been termed a "significant" number of Episcopal priests are in a three-way discussion over the priests' request to become Roman Catholic clergymen. Bishop Bernard Law, who has talked with many of these priests, said they want to continue as priests, even though they are married.

"Ultimately, their request would have to be decided by the Holy See," he said.

BISHOP EDWARD O'LEARY of Portland, Me. is chairman of a threeyear parish renewal project just launched by the U.S. Catholic Bishops.

M;ssing Nuns WASHIKGTON-A team of American and French lawyer.s reported at a press' conference in Washington that they have not been able to find out what happened to Sisters AHce Domon and Leon:e Duquet, French nuns missing since their arrest in Argentina in December. The team reported on meetings with three top Argentine officials and with human rights ol'ganizations during a v;sit to Buenos Aires last month. They said they found out about eight of the 16 French citizens who had disappeared in Argentina.

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SISTER EMERAMA WEWERS, St. Joseph, Minn., is 100 and among her birthday gifts was an "I'm the Boss" button. Who would argue?

VATICAN CITY-Reliance on nuclear power or coal as future energy sources would present "tremendous and hazardous problems to man's health and wellbeing,'; said a Vatican delegate to a recent con:erence on solar energy. Msgr.

Francesco de NitHs, Vatican delegate to the International Solar Ehergy Congress in New Delhi, India, urged nations to develop solar energy. He said it "seems to offer the best options for mankind's future."

- Not in Communion NEW YORK The new Anglican Church in North America, made up of Episcopalians who oppose the ordination of women and o:her changes in their church, 'is not in communion with the Episcopal Church, according to Bishop John Allin, presiding Episcopal bishop in the United States.

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LA JOLLA, Calif.-The University of California at San Diego has reversed itself and admitted three students who withheld registration fees used to pay for abortions. The university has allowed the three to enroll even though they still refuse to pay the full $120 registratit?n fee.

15 Years for Murder

FATHER ANDREW GOTTSCHALK, rural life director for the Denver archdiocese, is among priests supporting the national agricultural strike.

JUTICALPA, Honduras-Two soldiers indicted for the murders of a U.S. missionary and several others two-and-a-half years ago haveJeen sentenced to 15 years in prison. Five other soldiers and two landowners who were also indicted were freed on grounds of insufficient evidence. The charges arose from the murders of U.S.-born Franciscan Father Michael J. Cypr.er, Colombian Father Ivan Betancourt, two lay helpers and several farmworkers, as soldiers' and landowners tried to stop a hunger march by poor Honduran campesinos (peasants).

Ralston Purina Probed ST. LOUIS-Representatives of three St. Louis religious orders that own stock in Ralston Purina have been squelched in their attempt to force the company to divulge 'information on its land use in South America. Purina officials agreed, however, to hold informal discussions with the Sisters of Loretto, the Sisters of St. Mary and the Vincentian Fathers, who made the request at the company's annual stockholders' meeting.

Liberation Theology A major controversy over liberation theology may break out when the bishops of Latin America meet 'in Puebla, Mexico, this October. Public indications of a pending dispute arose late last year when a group of prominent German theologians accused Adveniat, the German Catholic aid agency for Latin America, of helping to wage a campaign to get the Latin American bishops to repudiate liberation theology when they meet.

FATHER ROGER LeDUC, associate pastor of St. Joseph Church, New Bedford, has been named diocesan spiritual moderator for l'Union de St. Jean Baptiste.

Boycott Ended LA PAZ, Calif. - The United Farm Workers of America has called off its international boycott of non-union table grapes and lettuce, and the wines of the E. and J. Gallo Co., Modesto, Calif. A spokesman for union President Cesar Chavez said the boycott was no longer needed because California's two-and-ahalf-year-old Agricultural Labor Relations Act enabled farm workers to unionize through secret ballot elections.

Want to Participate PARIS - A movement of mlnried priests, called Pretres en foyer (Priests in their Families), has asked for official permission to participate actively in the Church by being given special ministries that make use of their talents and training. The group made its request in a recently published brochure that it has sent to all the bishops of France.

SISTER HELEN MIKSCH is one of two nuns serving as an associate pastor in the San Antonio diocese.

Treaties Are Just PITTSBURGH - The Panama Canal treaties represent enlightened U.S. policy, are "moral and just" and deserve passage, Archbishop Marcos McGrath of Panama City has told Pittsburgh priests. While expressing optimism about Senate ratification, he warned that rejection would trigger moral and economic depression in Panama and set back Latin American hopes for improved relations with the United States.

Virgtnia Halts Funding Gov. John Dalton of Virginia has halted state funding of elective abortions for women on welfare, thereby placing the state's pro-abortion forces on the defensive in the battle shaping up over the issue in the Virginia legislature. The governor's action came while a legislative committee in neighboring Maryland debated the issue before a sharply divided audience made up mostly of women who hooted and cheered as points were made.

FATHER WILLIAM FARLAND, pastor of St. Joseph Church, Taunton, is spiritual director for the Taunton Particular Council of the Society of 51. Vincent de Paul.

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Scouting Roots Are Religious In observance of Scouting Anniversary Week held this month, Father Martin Buote, diocesan director of Catholic Scouting, has issued the following statement.

The observance of Scout Sunday, which annually opens this week, emphasizes the religious element which has been part of the Scout movement from its inception. When Lord BadenPowell of Great Britain started the Boy Scout movement in 1907, one of the first things he did was to seek advice from Cardinal Bourne and the English Benedictines.

When the founders of the Boy Scouts of America wrote an oath and law, they too sought the advice of churchmen. The first Scout troop under Catholic auspices was organized in 1912 at St. Patrick's Cathedral parish in New York City. In 1919 a letter of endorsement was secured from the Vatican and hundreds of Catholic parishes began organizing Scout units.

At present there are some 11,600 units under Catholic auspices, including those sponsored

by K of C councils, and there are some 556,000 youth and adults in Scouting under auspices other than Cathoilc.

Our own diocese has some 80 Scouting units under Catholic auspices, serving approximately 2400 young people.

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February 10 Rev. Edward L. O'Brien, 1966, Pastor, St. Mary, Mansfield February 11 Rev. John J. Sullivan, S.T.L., 1961, 'Pastor, Holy Rosary, Fall River Rev. John O'Connell, 1910, Founder, St. John Evangelist, Attleboro February 12 Rev. Stanislaus B. Albert, SS. CC., 1961, Monastery of Sacred Heart, Fairhaven

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OMAHA, Neb. (NC) - Catholic universities exist "to provide leaders with strength of character, high principles and value-filled lives that effect change for the better," according to Archbishop Jean Jadot, aposto: ic delegate in the United States.

Speaking at a Mass marking the 100th anniversary of the Jesuit-run Creighton University in Omaha, Archbishop Jadot outlined the roles proper to Catholic graduates.

"They will change abuse of , cr'~ation to responsible steward~hip, blindness of gigantism 'to vi:iion that the small is beautiful, laws of advantage to laws of justice, power struggles to service of the needy, lifestyles of self-comfort to self-sacrifice ar:d parochialism to world solidarity," 'he said.

The Catholic school must lead the student to Christian wisdom, "the art of looking at reality through the eyes of Christ," Archbishop Jadot emphasized.

tleboro pro-lifers when he visited the city earlier this month.

'How Will They Solve Society's Problems?'

On a visit to Attleboro earlier this month Governor Michael Dukakis was greeted by a small bet determined band of signcarrying pro-lifers who dogged his footsteps on a walking tour of the city. Their activity is described by Shirley De Visscher, a member of Massachusetts Citizens for Life: "Governor Dukakis' parade was rained on today with the

tears of countless unborn babies.

"What with winter illnesses, car trouble, and some having to work, our number was just one dozen. We were at the Attleboro train depot to express our opposition to tax money used to finance abortions. We know that we represented the feelings of many. I'm sure Governor Dukakis knows it too.

"The governor was reluctant to talk about abortion and insisted he would keep the discussion on things relevant to Attleboro.

"Babies are being aborted at Sturdy Memorial Hospital in Attleboro, many paid for by state funds, but he didn't want to talk about abortion.

"Our national resources were mentioned, though human life,

oL.r most valuable national resource, was taboo for the day.

Funds to help children were applauded, but funds to kill unborn babies could not be talked about.

"The Doyle/Flynn bill that would have stopped state funds from paying for abortion was passed, and Governor Dukakis vetoed it.

"We have heard many times that one issue shouldn't decide OL.r vote, but if our elected officials don't have respect for life from beginning to end,' how will they solve society's problems?"

SHARE THE LIGHT OF HI:S WORD THROUGHOUT OUF~ L,ANO

February 14 Rev. Charles E. Clerk, 1932, Pastor, St. Roch, Fall River February 15 Rev. Pastor, Rev. Pastor,

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

Let the Light of Christ shine through you as it does through our Church's missionaries. Please be generous when you make your contribution to this Sunday's special collection for the Home Missions among the Blacks and Native Americans of the U.S.

February 19 Rev. Andrew J. Brady, 1895, Pastor, St. Joseph, Fall River Rev. Leopold Jeurissen, SS. CC., 1953, Pastor, Sacred Heart, Fairhaven February 20 Rev. James H. Fogarty, 1922, Pastor, St. Louis, Fall River February 22

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SUPPORT THE HOME MISSIONS COLLE~c'rION We urge anyone unable to make their contribution tel this collection last weekend because of the snow storm to do liO this weekend on February 18 - 19.

The Commission for Catholic Missions Among the Colored People and the Ildians 2021 H Street, NW., Washington, D.C. 20006

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themoorin~ The Catholic Press Can Make a Difference February, as you note from the reminder on the fron'': page of The Anchor, is Catholic Press month. For all in the diocese it is a time for reflection on the important and essential role which this paper and all Catholic journals play in our daily lives.

It is only too obvious that we live in a world that is on the one hand desperately seeking and on the other deliberately avoiding the truth. Day in and day out, we are bombarded with falsehood.

From advertising to politics, from merchandising to morality, we live in a society that would have us believe that the dosest approach to heaven on earth is Disneyworld. People are constantly being drawn into a state of mind and soul where the lie becomes real and that which is real becomes a lie.

The effect of this life style is only too obvious. Our families are shattered and splintered; our young people are drugged and abused; our babies are aborted and murdered.

Do your own thing means that you do not do God's thing; living the good life means that you avoid the God life; loving means that you search for kicks and deny the beauty God has given the human soul.

SHADOW OF ST. ANNE CHURCH, FALL RIVER, FALLS ACROSS KENNEDY PARK AFTER LAST WEEK'S RECORD SNOWSTORM

In the midst of such deception and falsehood, the Catholic press stands practically alone in its attempts to be honest; a reflection of that which is true and real.

It tells us that life is important; that love must be sincere; that people really do count.

, ... as the birds lighting upon the earth, he scattered snow: and the !heart is astonished at the shower the reof.' Eccu. 43:19,20

It dares to preach the Good News to a phony world that would have us believe that God did not mean the Commandments and Beatitudes to guide man's destiny.

It is not ashamed to report on the teaching Church as it is reflected in the words of -Peter's successors.

Drugs for Spirituality?

It should be more than obvious from these few thoughts that Catholic publications and especially our own diocesan newspaper, The Anchor, should be among the journals that come into our homes. No longer can any of us take for granted the truths of our faith when we consider the forces that oppose Catholics at every turn.

All of us who still say "credo" must realize our continuous obligation to update our belief as it pertains to our daily life.

It is imperative that none of us takes for granted that the knowledge we currently possess will be sufficient to help us solve the many critical moral decisions that will be ours in the future. That future for many is now. If we are in any way to be effective in stemming the playboy mentality of secular journalism, then we must be devoted to the cause of the Catholic Press, not merely in theory but in practice.

The Catholic Press can help all of us who say we are His believing people to grow in the knowledge of our faith, to live the dynamic reality of our faith and to preach to others the "good news" of our faith.

Support the Catholic Press! Read The Anchor!

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OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF THE DIOCESE OF FALL FtIVER : Published weekly by The Catholic Press of the Diocese of Fall River 410 Highland Avenue Fall River Moss. 02722 675-7151 PUBLISHER Most Rev. Daniel A. Cronin, D.O., S.T.D.

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By Father John B. Sheerin, CSP We are hearing a great deal about religion as a healing and curative factor in human life.

For centuries we Catholics tended to play down healing and the work of healers. Yet Jesus was a healer. A large part of His day was given over to curing the sick. Healing the sick became a common practice in early Christianity. Now we find a growing interest in Catholic circles in the therapeutic value of religion, but what about the value of using drugs to help your spiritual life?

Seward Hiltner in "Amazing Help for the Spiritual Life," Christian Century, Dec. 8, 1976, spoofed the idea of using drugs as a means of curing sin and uplifting the s?iritual life. He described an imaginary catalogue of the Christian Pharmacopneumatics Association which declared: "Our products resemble drugs in some respects but we prefer to call them Spugs for they are all addressed to the spiritual life."

The catalogue went on to say that "peace of mind is produced by Fac-Paux in nearly 99 percent of the subjects so far tested." A similar proportion of users became joyful as a result of using Jubi-Laet "and the clear emergence of hope seems to come in 95 percent of the subjects through their ingestion of Venispes."

A little spoofing doesn't hurt anyone, but the above-mentioned article does not really answer the arguments of those who see some value in drugs as aids to spiritual life. Each drug

must be judged on its merits instead of being condemned without a fair trial. Some are good; some are injurious. But there is no substitute for expert medical advice and sound judgment in order to separate quack nostrums from helpful drugs.

When anesthesia was first advocated as a means of soothing pain, many persons unwisely rejected it on the ground that it was a violation of God's designs in creating the human body. On the other hand, when Timothy Leary advocated LSD as an aid to promoting religious experience, the experts wisely turned thumbs down on his proposal.

The Food and Drug Administration in Washington, D.C., investigates psychotropic drugs but is forbidden by law to discuss them. The tendency is for this government body to go very slowly in approving drugs because it may take years to discover the side-effects of a drug, the study of the drug usually being done on animals rather than persons. Recent research shows that certain substances act only on specific parts of the brain. For instance, injections of Enkephaline, the morphine-like substance produced by the brain itself, speed up the learning process in rats.

This presents a frightening possibility. As Dr. Floyd Bloom of the Salk Institute in La Jolla, Calif., says: "To some people there's something mischievous about using a drug to make your brain work better. Yet learning these things makes it suggestive that eventually we will be

able 路to turn off 'and .'on a certain behavior."

Another expert, Dr. Arnold Mendell of the psychiatric department of the University of California, thinks that science will be able some day to induce what we consider to be religiou~ experience, but he is dubious about the prospect of a drug that heightens mental creativity.

Paul Weiss, Heffel' professor of philosophy at the Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C., thinks we could have a higher level of civilization, i. e., a people who would produce greater quantities of fine art, symphonies, drama.

But Mendell says, "How much do we want to unleash creativity?

If 99 percent of the country were creative, who would pick up the garbage?"

Religion is an assent of the mind as well as an effect on the heart, and anyone tampering with the mind is treading in dangerous waters. The Food and Drug Administration is therefore taking a sound approach toward drugs. It would be rash to allow the sale of all pills over the counter of a drugstore as one might buy vitamin tablets.

However, we can be certain of one thing: With the current revival of interest in religion there will tile an increase in interest in healing and aids to religious experience. We tend to think of drugs in terms of the $500 million worth of heroin smuggled over the Mexican border every year, but the prospects are that drugs will soon become a far more colossal problem than we I'ealiz.e at present.

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letters are welcomed, but should be no more than 200 words. The editor reserves the right to condense or edit, If deemed necessary. All letters must be signed and include a home or business address.

~l Think Not' Dear Editor: What about one's next door neighbor in his 70's who has multiple sclerosis and who lives alone? Is one there to do all one can for him without taking away his dignity?

What about the pregnant teenager? Does one take her into one's home, opening oneself to her without condemnation and somehow becoming part of the child born of this girl?

And the young .girl caught in a family situation of divorce and remariage who is not wanted by either parent? Is one's home open to her even though she is bitter and feeling unloved and seemingly not wanting to be loved? Does one reject her kiss goodnight when she finally allow.> some love to touch her?

And - one's own child who is troubled? Does one stand by that child or throw said child out?

Will not this child eventually come to know the patience, forgiveness, understanding and love of Jesus through its parents who stand at the door knocking in the name of Jesus?

Does being tapped by Jesus through Cursillo or Charismatic Renewal leave one comforted? Do does it bring about discomfort and unrest because one suddenly becomes open to the hurt around and begins to feel and see as Jesus does?

Do "Cursillistas," Charismatics" ~if we must use labels) look only to Jesus and each other for comfort - or is it strength and direction and reinforcement when they "end up talking to each other?"

Does one's mission make the headlines - or is our mission known only to God - and after all, are not our treasures stored in heaven?

Have I become a spiritual snob or do I now recognize my own selfishness, pride, apathy, etc. etc? Faith without good works? I think not.

Mrs. Ruth Frost Harwich

Sister Dominica A Mass.,.of Christian Burial was celebrated Feb. 4 for Sister Mary Dominica, RSM, 87, who died at Mt. St. Rita Convent; Cumberland, R.I. She was a teacher in schools of the Fall River and Providence dioceses for over 50 years until she retired in 1967. Her diocesan assignments were at St. Louis School, Fall River; Holy Name and Holy Family, New Bedford; and St. Mary's, North Attleboro.

The religious was born in Somerset, the daughter of the late Patrick and Catherine Harrington. She entered the Sisters of Mercy in 1913, making profession as a religious in 1916.

Interment was in St. Patrick's Cemetery, Fall River.

Christ's Mooring Dear Editor: For one who has enjoyed all the benefits of men's "Elitism," you sure know how to bite the hands that sustain you.

Our whole purpose in life is to be "God's Elite People." He wants and works to this very hour that we should be so. Your mistake is in equating the word "elite" with man's self-corrupted condition.

Your desire should be, as are the Cursillistas' and Charismatics', to promote, testify, exhort, convince and preach the Good News that Jesus Christ is the only answer to yours and the w.orld's problems. Ask, seek and knock in order that you may also be chosen and be His Elite.

It is to be regretted that the Mooring chose to give an evil report and play the role of accuser of the brethren.

The Christians who have been called to spend a weekend meeting with Christ and continue to develop that relationship with Him and the Charismatics, of whom some meet daily as well as weekly, are Christians who are hungry for the spiritual food called the word of God. Reviewing your editorial of Jan. 19, I feel reasonably sure that you have not sought· or discussed the problems and concerns of the Church and world with very many Cursillistas and Charismatics.

In closing, I suggest that the Editor exchange Moore's mooring for Christ's mooring and Anchor into the Rock (Luke 6:42-49).

Joseph I. Ponte Jr. South Dartmouth

New Way of Life Dear Editor: Praise God for Virginia Williams and all who feel as she does.

'I simply must add to her letter of Jan. 26 in The Anchor that we who have been called forth to join the charismatic movement have been called forth by the Lord, to learn to love more openly, to find peace, to learn to accept the fruits and gifts of the Spirit in humility, to learn to be made fools for Christ, if need be, to accept persecution, name calling, etc. . . .

I have been called many names myself, from an idiot to a fool and it taught me patience, humility, kindness and love for those who tried to bring me down, but the Lord is stronger than anyone and He brings us up - if we accept all, for His name's sake.

The joy and the love spills over till it envelops all who are around you and can't help but touch even the hardest of people, in prisons, especially in hospitals, even in grocery' stores; I have experienced it everywhere, it reaches out, touches the hardest of hearts . . .

It's a whole new way of life . . . as we walk forth in the way of our Lord, sharing, praying, fasting, loving, caring, for all God's .people. _ Diana Coelho Plymouth

P.S. I must add that we was elevated to the dignity of THE ANCHORCharismatics are doing more the human person. In a parallel Thurs.. Feb. 16. 1978 good to our parishes than ever. eccentricity, unquestionable huSome parishes have been pulled manity, the progeny of a hum~m volved for the Lord has said: out from under by many Char- father and mother, was declared "You cannot serve God and ismatic groups, and some have mere organic waste by judici;~1 .Mammon. Too many purporting even been written about in . fiat. fealty to God, passively, are newspapers and television, for Berving Mammon. All must stand Actually, gestating humanity instance St. Patrick's in Provihas privileged status by reason and be counted. God is not dedence. of its inherence in the Sovereign eeived.

People far above the licit powers Charles B. Sullivan of all agencies of government, of Assonet governments, and of political Dear Editor: constitutions.

How regrettable It is great to see local news Helps Costa Ricans in The Anchor. Knowledge is that these powers so universally A nutrition education proalways the path to enlightment. understood and exemplified by the people of America in 1787 gram in Costa Rica will help I refer to the news notes on the Cursillo community... God's have been lost to craven people prevent rampant malnutrition, spirit is truly evident these days. in 1978. thanks to Operation Rice Bowl. . .. Christians are doubly inMay he bless them all: charismatics, parish societies, Marriage Encounter, CursiHo, etc. All are vital parts of the Body of Christ - his Church. ... I pray we continue to witness the great renewal among all movements. At the present time I find myself involved in many movements. And why not?

They are all God's gifts and his love so immense I could never be full.

THE HOLY FATHER'S MISSION AIIJ TO THE ORIENTAL CHURCH . . . . We are unique and therefore different. For me, I remain partial to the Cursillo With the s,eason of Lent, comes the question, "How can 1 best keep Lent?" The answer is we method. I believe it has all must make sacrifices on our own and nothing is movements rolled into one.

REAL a sacrifice unless it hurts. What will be your Its tripod which begins with CHARITY sacrifice? .. Just think of the missionaries in Piety is a sure means of growth.

MEANS our 18 emorgin~1 countries who keep Lent all Prayer must be the foundation SACRIFICE year long. Sacrifice something big this year. of any good movement. The When helping others hurts a bit, you know foundation of Cursi\1o is prayer you've made a sacrifice. and a striving toward holiness.

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THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Thurs., Feb. 16, 1978

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REV. ANDREW M. GREELEY

One hears the question asked often: "Can the National Catholic Reporter survive long after the tragic death of its publisher Donald Thorman?" The estimate one normally hears is that the abrasive, arrogant style of its new publisher will lead to the demise of the NCR in anywhere from two to five years.

On the whole, I would not lament its passing. It has done harm to the Church and is

Real Problem Is That NCR Thinks He's Paranoid likely to continue to do so. is one of the best, if not the best, I say this not because the Na- permanent English-language cortional Catholic Reporter is "lib- respondents reporting from eral," for it has virtually no dis- Rome. He was the one, you cernible perspective, or be- may remember, who blew the cause· it criticizes Church lead- whistle on the scandal of the ership. Nor does it do any par- Indian nuns being treated like ticular harm by reporting news slaves in Italy. His columns on of church scandals which would Rome in the :'lCR have consistnot otherwise be reported. The ently been· the best information NCR is barely a newspaper any available in A::nerica on the Vatimore; the news it reports is us- can scene - and also probably the best written prose in the ually badly reported.

My problem with the journal paper. What happens? O'Grady is rather that it is bush league, gets fired.

(2) Colman Barry, sometime unprofessional, sloppy; :t lacks style, class, and elegance; it ap- president of 8t. John's Universipeals to the worst in the clerical ty, sometime dean of theology -at Catholic University of Amand lay elites who read it.

Take three recent examples: erica, and now director of the (1) Desmond O'Grady, the Aus- Institute of Spirituality at St. tralian journalist and novelist, John's, recently proposed with

large tongue in cheek that ecclesiastical writing be put back into the Latin language. The NCR solemnly editorialized against this recommendation.

NCR editorial writers obviously didn't know Father Colman.

It seems to me that, if you write editorials about American Catholics, you ought to know them; if you don't, they do have telephone lines into Stearns County, Minnesota. ;(3) A final and personal example of the NCR's mediocrity: Their easily forgettable national correspondent, Rick Casey, recently devoted most of a review of one of my books to a long and elaborate charge that I am paranoid. Now the state of my mental health JPay be a matter of

some debates, but though I will surely not defend my sanity in a debate with such an unimportant writer as Mr. Casey. I identify with Belloc's epitaph: "May it be said/when I am dead/ his sins were scarlet/his books/were read." The point is that professional writers review books - not persons, .and if they have grudges to settle with an author, they do subtly in the course of reviewing the book and not by going after him with a battleaxe throughout the review.

It is not an adequate defense of Mr. Casey to say that the typical NCR book reviewer uses persons and not ideas because he is incapable of coping with ideas. That's my point - bush league!

Praisiing P,e1opl1e Is Praising Go,d: Let's Try It By

MARY CARSON

Last week I said I believed that half the domestic strife in the world is caused by lack of appreciation.

I wonder if it's also the cause of many problems in the Church.

Sometimes the laity thank the

clergy. There are instances where individual priests show appreciation of the laity. There probably are examples of appreciation flowing between bishops and. clergy. 'But is it the rule?

I think that for years the laity has been taken for granted. In. most parishes there are notes in the bulletin thanking the people for the Christmas and Easter collections. What about the other 56 collection days?

How kindly has the Church been toward those struggling with problems over divorce and remarriage, contraception, celi-

bacy, or homosexuality? There is sympathy toward those with the "nice" problems. The widow who just lost her home in a terrible fire is consoled. I personally received enormous support at the time one of my daughters was severely injured in an accident.

But what of the mother wrestling with a child who is on dope?

Is there that same deep compassion for her "injured child" or deep down is there a feeling that somehow her problems are her own fault?

The stroke victim draws em-

pathy. But what about the alcoholic? The crippled child receives compassion. What about the emotionalIIy disturbed?

I wonder where the Church would be now if as much effort had been spent in teaching my generation positive values, the virtues present in all of us, as was spent in teaching about sin.

I think it would have been valuable had we been taught to examine our consciences to see how many virtues we practiced . . . and how many times.

Homes break up over constant criticism, relentless nag-

ging, persistent faultfinding, lack of appreciation. I wonder if part of the break-up of the Church is for the same reason.

I believe religious education today has made a great effort to stress a positive attitude. But what is taught in the classroom has to be reinforced from the pulpit and in the pew.

Maybe more priests could say Mass if they were glad the people had come. I wonder how often a priest is called to the chancery for praise. How many of us have ever written to our bishop to tell him about something good he's done?

Tuition Credits Carter's New Catholic Problem By

JIM CASTELLI

The Carter Adminstration's handling of the Packwood-Moynihan tuition tax .credit bill which would in part, help parents of children in parochial schools, may well result in a new round of speculation about Jimmy Carter's "Catholic problem."

During the 1976 campaign, Carter said in an intf' :-view with NC News and in a telegram to a meeting of Catholic school officials that he would actively

seek "constitutionally acceptable methods of providing aid to the parents of children attending parochial schools."

citing more "urgent and resperate" needs, Califano said "somehow or other those individuals, whose donations to their Church are already tax deductible, have got to find a way, at this point in time, to bear the cost of sending their children to a parochial school :>r any other private schooL"

But Administration officials testified against the· tax credit proposal at hearings in January.

Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan (D-N.Y.) accused the Adminstration of breaking its pro:nise and threatened to urge people to Father Patrick Farrell, the vote Republican in the next U.S. Catholic Conference election. (Carter's political aides (USCe) representative for Cathhave long regarded Moynihan olic schools, said in a statement as a possible challenge: in the 'Jollowing the hearings, "We 1980 Democratic primaries.) urge the Adminstration to reIn an interview with NC News member the promises which have before the Senate hearings, been made."

HEW Secretary Josseph CaliCalifano told NC News that fano was unusually blunt in Carter and Vice President Monwriting off aid to parents of dale have reminded him of the children in parochial schools: promises. Califano said HEW's

lawyers are still looking at constitutional issues and HEW has proposed a large increase in funds for Elementary and Secondary Education Act funds which benefit students in parochial as well as public schools.

The Packwood-Moynihan bill would allow a tax credit for half of tuition paid to virtually any elementary, secondary, vocational or postsecondary school up to a maximum of $500 per student.

The credit would be refundable, which means that if the credit came to more than the amount of tax a family owed, the family would be refunded the difference.

The Administration, however, has, proposed increasing funds available through the student

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It's hard to believe, but very shortly we will be pruning our grape vine in preparation for the Spring. The best time for this is in iate February before the sap begins to flow. If postponed until mid-

March, chances are that the vine offset by spraying regularly with will bleed at each cut, resulting a safe fungicide, but the likeliin a drippy mess attracting ants hood of fungus is greatly diminished by proper pruning. and aphids galore.

We prune with two foot The object of pruning is to cut out as much dead growth as squares in mind. In other words, possible and to space the re- we try to prune so that when the maining branches in such a way job is complete we have tied that grapes and leaves will be down stems coming off the main exposed to the sunlight. If branches so that we end up with leaves are too thick, the grapes a series of two-foot squares grow in relative darkness, in- open in the center when viewed ~reasing the chance of the fungfrom below the vine. This is not us diseases which thriVE! in dar!<, always possible, of course, since damp places. we have to work with leaders Some grape blight can be . available on the vine. Some

loan program and raising the asset limits to allow more middle-class students to get government grants for college tuition.

But those programs wouldn't help parents of children in private and elementary schools.

Father FarreIl acknowledges that the Packwood-Moynihan bill would provide money to people who really don't need it, but he argues that this drawback is outweighed by providing aid for those who do.

There is wide agreement in Washington that this is the year that something will be done to help middle-income parents of coIlege students. The shape of that help and whether it will be ef'tended to parents of children in elementary and secondary schools are still uncertain.

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areas are thicker than others so -.ye have to adapt our pruning to what exists.

With the end result clearly in mind, however, pruning is just a matter of cutting and tying.

First we select an area of the vine to work on and cut out all obviously dead stems. Next we arrange the stems which remain to form our squares and then cut out everything else. As a rule of thumb, we normally cut out twice as much as we keep. Each stem is then tied to the vine with either a small

piece of string of the green ties which have become so popular.

PersonaUy, I prefer the string, which is far more pliable and visible than the ties.

It has been my experience that most gardeners underprune considerably. There is a fear that severe pruning will result in· a paucity of grapes or that it will destroy the vine. ActuaIly, the reverse is true. Underpruning results in too thick and lush growth which leads to underproduction of fruit and increased possibility of disease.

THE ANCHORThurs., Feb. 16. 1978

Healer Continued from Page One stantaneous miracles:' he emphasized. "Healing takes place on many levels, physical, spiritual, emotional. It may be just a beginning of healing that is experienced at a service."

He quoted the writings of" Father Francis MacNutt, OP, a leader in the ,healing ministry, who was at the 1976 La Salette workshop: "We pray for healing· _ and the Lord works at his own pace. The strongest element is _ the faith of, the community... .

At the - services, concluded Father Rainville, "the strength of community prayer and the instrumentality of the Lord" are 'powerfully shown.

He said that a service will be held at 2 p.m. Feb. 26. Later services, probably on' a twicemonthly schedule, will be announced.

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LONDON (NC) - Can housebound Christians join in receiving Holy Communion via their 'television screens? The question has arisen fr..gm the' efforts of those workirig in religious television to respond to the needs of those, who are too old 'and frail or too itI to go to church.

'Englandilll state-run and indepen" • dent· networks are considering tl)e question through their Central Religi~us Advisory Committee, which will discuss the sub'jett in April' at its, next meeting.

AT ECUMENICAL prayer service sponsored by Taunton district of the Diocesan Council of Catholic Women are, from left, Mrs. Clinton Rose, district president; Father Arthur DeMello, associate pastor-of St. Mary's parish, Taunton, and service coordinator; Rev, Wi;}lard Petersen. Unitarian pElstor .who gave homily; Father Paul Connolly, pastor of St. Mary's and' district council moderator; Mrs. Manuel DeCosta, president of Holy -Rosary Women's G1JlId. host unit for ocoasion. Following the .service, a fellowship social was held at St. John's Episcopal Church.

Catholic Press Continued from Page Orie Over and a1)ove all these benefits, however, is one that I consider most important. I have often advocated the use of newspapers as a prayer book. You pick up the evening newspaper, for example, 'and read of tragedies, heroism, problems, hopes, plans" frustrations, diplomacy and blunders.

You can take any: story or feature and use it as a springboard into prayed prayer for those involved: the perpetrators, the victims, the downtrodden, the generous, the leaders, the followers, the famous, thefuil·

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ace February 6 was the SOOth anniversary of the birth of St. Thomas More, scholar, humanist, humorist, man 'of the world, devoted husband and father, Lord ChanceUor of England martyr and canonized sRint. His memory is honored in the names of many parishes, including our own St. Thomas More in Somerset, where Bishop Cronin celebrated 8 Mass in honor of the sRint on his birthday eve.

He is also remembered with love in North Attlebo.ro, where Sister Thomas More, OP, director of Madonna Manor and the saint's lifelong admirer, spoke of him. ''The more you read and leam about him, the more you love him," she·declared.

"If you're looking for integrity, he is your ~int; a man of learning,. wealth and wit, but first and foremost a man of God."

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By Father John J. Castelot Sir Thomas More was born in Landon on Feb. 6, 1478. His father was a 'respected lawyer and judge who thought enough of his profession to steer his 'son in the same direction. After his elementary - education, Thomas pursued· further studies and worked as a page in the household of the archbishop of Can-

terbury John Cardinal Morton, who was Lord Chancellor during the reign of Henry VII. The cardinal recognized the exceptional talent in the man who would hold' his post under Henry VIII, and sent him to Oxford. Sir John More, however, was anxious for hIs son to start his law studies and transferred him to Lincoln's Inn, where he was admitted to the bar in 1501. Three years later he became a member of Parliament.

For about four years he lived with the Carthusian monks in London and developed a deep spirituality. He seems-to have thought serious:ly about joining their ranks or perhaps becomiQg a Franciscan friar, but he decided jnstead to marry. Still he maintained some of the ascetical practices he had learned from the Carthusians; among other things, he wore a scratchy hairshirt for the rest, of his life, a relic still treasure!1. .In 1504 he married Jane Colt.

It is an indication of his regard

for the feelings of others that he married Jane in spite of the fact that, he actually preferred her younger sister, but, as his son· in-law put it" "he considered that it would be both great grief and some shame also to the eldest sister to see her younger sister preferred before her in 'marriage." Be that as it may, the marriage was a happy one and they had four ehildren, three girls and a boy.

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ment of his. execution. He saw to it, too, that all his child,ren received a good education. Their guests were for the most part, the poor of the neighborhood. If he had distinguished visitors, they were distinguished for tlleir goodness and-or learning, usually for both. Perhaps his most frequent and congenial guest was hi~ fellow-humanist, Erasmus, who dedicated to him his "In Praise of Folly," Thomas himself was a human-' ist, not only in the sense oJ being a man of letters, engaged in the 'pursuif of what we call the humanities, but also in the deeper sense of being sincerely concerned with humanity at large. His best known work is "Utopia," a brilliant yet gently satirical critique of the state of affairs in the Europe of 1516. In it he expresses an amazing sympathy for the unfortunate vi'Ctims of the social system, people without property, 'flithout Tights.

In his ideal state there' are no class distinctions. no slaves; all ".' men are free, workers,-students.

"These times are so extraordi-nary .that a prince can win heaven more' easily by bloodShed than by prayer. You cannot meet a rebel by reason.

Your best answer is to punch him in the face until he has a blOO<ly- nose,"

Passionate conviction wants immediate results. Because th~ passion may ebb, the advocates require fulftllmen.t right away before the fire goes out. This is short-sighted advocacy. Perhaps we' will never learn there could be a longer range way of improv. ing life. Thomas More tried to Luther advocated the ruthless suppression of fanatical social do this and died for his effort. re'formers in the mime of religion Could ,it be that we might hear and.. thus encouraged one of the, him now? He would be well darker pages of the Reformation. worth hearing, his example well Thomas More died for a princi- worth following. ple. Some reformers supported the'killing of others for preserv· ing the principle of their own particular unity.

No reasonable man will think Thus one of the unhappy results of the Reformation was the more highly of himself because surge and countersurge of r.eli- ,he has office or power in this' gious and political persecution. world; he is no more than a Think' of the Catholic Bloody prisoner whom the chief gaoler Mary of England and the even has set over his fellow-prisoners more bloody career of Oliver until the executioner's cart Cromwell, whose ravaging of comes for him, too.

Catholic Ireland sowed seeds of hatred as alive today as 'four In our fear let us remember centuries ago.

Christ's painful agony that himThese depressing a,nnals are . self would for our comfort suffer relieved by the exalting spirit- before his passion to the intent ual insights that came from the ,that no fear should make us Reformation and the Catholic . despair.

Counter Reformation. But we 0:< * 0:< would be less than honest should Pride thinks its own happiwe refuse to look without blink- ness shines the brighter, by co~ ing at the horrors that occurred ' paring it with the misfortunes of as well. Why do this? There is other persons. ... This is that a lesson to be learned from pb- infernal serpent that creeps hi· serving the unremitting history to the breasts of mortals. of" human cruelty whether performed in the name of God, Earth has no sorrow that reason or ,plain, senseless rage.

Heaven eannot heal.

The lesson is this. Let all people enraptured by a cause, however noble, pause to count the cost Let us fence us in with faith in human suffering that may reo and comfort us with hope and suit from the pursuit of that smite the devil in the face with cause. the firebrand of charity.

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At the same tfme, he had a family to support, and when THE STORY of King Henry VIII and St. Thomas More is told in the film, "A Man for All Seasons," starring Robert Shaw as Henry VIII becarrie king, his for(NC Photo) ~, , tunes rose. The new monarch the king and Paul Scofield as Thomas More.

I recognized the lawyer's brilliance and made him undersheriff of London. H'is success life. Henry insisted on haVing was darkened, however. by the his services at the court and 're"(the Utopians) marvel tlum"lIny men be so foolish, as to have death of his wife,.. 'who!11 he luctantly he accepted. In 1529 delight and pleasure in the glisNriag of a little trifling stone, which loved dearly. A short time later he was made Lord Chancellor,

By Father Alfred McBri~e he married a widow seven years highest post in the realm. But may behold any of the stars,or-elsethe sun itself.

Reformations and revolt-s are his senior. His young children he did not really trust Henry.

"Or that any man is 80 mad, as ·to count himself the ,nobler Theirs. was, a _joyous home.' needed a mother, ,and she ful- There came a day when the for the smaller or firter thread of ~ool, which selfsame wool (be it bound to create martyrs on both sides of the spectrUm. No marThey prayed tog~ther a,Pd they filled that role very well in spite king declared himself supreme now in never so fine a spun thread)' did once a sheep wear: and yet tyr emerged with greater visiplayed together; Thomas had a of the fact that she was a bit of head of the Church of England, was she all that time no other tIJi*g than a sheep. They marvel also bility and power to inspire than and Thomas tendered his resigwonderful sense of humor and a shrew. that gold, which of the ownRGtUre ,is a thing so unprofitable, is Thomas More. A brilliant hunation.

It was not accepted, as he kept' it right up to the mo· He continued to rise in public manist, a tough, judge, a wily the king wanted his advice and now among all people in so hip estimation, that man himself, by help in the' matter of his divorce whom, yea and for the use of ' whom it is so much set by, is in\ lawyer and a man 01 unquenchable,' personal conviction, More from Catherine' of Aragon. much less estimation than the ,gold itself.

Again More' expressed his oppo"Insomuch that a lumpish'lblockheaded chu~l, which hath no understood better than anyone sition but was allowed to hold more wit than an ass, yea and as full of worthlessness and foolish- .in England the breakup of the unity of Christendom. his own opinion in the matter. ness, shall have ne\lertheless mall)' wise- and good men in subjection His fight with Henry VIII was Things could' not goon like and bondage, only for this, becczuse he hath a great heap of gold. more than a quarrel about this forever and More's resigna"Which if it should be tak_ from by any fortune, or by some divorce. More saw the deeper tion was accepted.· A series of issue at stake; namely, the disevents led to his arrest and im- subt(e wile of the law (which no less' than fortune doth raise up solution and contentious division prisonment on the charge -of the low and pluck down the high), and be given to the most vile of Christians.

So wedded was he treason and after a long and slave and abject drudge of all'his household, then shortly after he to the principle of Christian bitter ." imprisonment he' was shall go into the service of his' serVant, as an augmentation or an un!ty, that he was eventually executeq on June 22, 1535. He overplus beside his money. ' willing to die for that principle. joked with the headsman, who "But they much more marvel at and detest the madness of them To say that one dies for a rewarded him by doing an effiin WlWse debt and danger they be not, which to those rich men, 'principle may seem too cold, too cient job. Thqrnas' head was intellectual.

What must be redo give almost divine honours," for none other consideration, but impaled on London Bridge. membered is that, in More's because the~ be rich." ' , . .' . mind, the stand on -principle . The story is that when it· was -From "Utopia" would have human conseremoved and tossed into the quences. If you break a principle Thames River below, his favorsuch as the unity of Christians, ite daughter, Margaret, was waiting in a boat to retrieve it. yq~ ~~m~et'ately unleash a chaos"St. Thomas'More 'never 'beLieved in' being carried to heaven It has .been preserved in the 'i:'tp::.~~s in untold suffering , NEW MEMdERS.of diocesan Marriage Tribunal, meet under Holbein portrait of St. Roper chapel vault at. St. Dun- on a featherbed. fie will not,1rIach us an easy way or point out short cuts to salvation; but he,Mll snow us where we can find the ". For him this was no academic Thomas More, patron saint of lawyers, with Msgr.. Henry T. Munroe, officiali-s, far left. stan's Ch\Jrch in CanterbUry. . debate. Ideas have consequences. Others, f~m left, Fathers Richard Roy, Marc Bergeron, Bruce NeyTon, George Bellenoit•.

St. Thomas More_ was canon- comfort' to accept our burdens ~ sorrows."

Should you destroy the principle " Joseph Viveiros. .

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of unity, y()u set in motion the rationale for brutally lnurdering the opposition, plundering the possessions of rich and ·poor aHke and creating a state of possible anarchy.

This very thing h~ppened ~n the cue of the Peasants' Revolt in Reformation Germany. Luther had rightly calIedAor a reform ' of the Church. But secular society and the social order needed just as much reform. Once Luther had successfully attacked religious authority, other people felt that .an attack on secular, authority was just as valid and needed. Thus the peasants rebelled against the unjust social order.

What Thomas More had feared came to pass with a vengeance. Luther saw in the revolution of the peasants a positive threat to the .goals of the Reformation. His vision of Christian freedom ,was being taken over by ·hordes, of peasants who wanted economic justice right away.

Fueled' by the same kind of passion that fired the religiol.ls reformers, the 'leaders of the poor broke out of their mute servitude and flared across central Europe. Just as the religious reformers were too impatient with slow and orderly renewal of the Church, so also the social reformers refused' to wait for a lawful and orderly answer to their grievances.

Luther- responded with precisely the kind of! viciousness that More instinctively feared.

In his dread pamphlet, "Against the Murdering, Thieving Hordes of Peasants,l' Luther advised the secular rulers to' smite, slay and stab the rebels.

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Diocesan parishes responded to the situation in' many wa)l:s.

At St. Theresa"'s, South Attleboro, Msgr. Gerard Chabot and Father Richard Roy hosted 56 stonn-stranded travelers in 'the CCD center for two days, with food and cots supplied by Red Cross, National Guard and civil

defense personnel. Among vol- Caught in drifts more than a unteer cooks, said Father Roy~' mile from the convent, she was was, -parishioner Mrs. Gerald rescued by Mr.,and Mrs. Harvey Keane, wife of Attleboro's Bergeron, who ex~nded her mayor: overnight hospitality. , Father John R. Foister, Fall t St. Louis parish hall, Fall River, sheltered 'some 30 over- River fire departmentehaplain night guests, many, of them and hero of uncounted life and ' teenagers from a stalled school death situations, was b~ bus. Franciscan Fathers Paul throughout the storm and the, Rotondi and Ciro Iodice super-following days of strietly limited vised the giant "sleep-ov~r," travel, transporting. str~lDded­ toppil)g it with a b~conand, ~ tra~~leJ~; ..a~ if!. ~yer!! . c;:"!l(¥b:l-., eggs breltkf.a~ ,~e4 with,. • '. taking p'aqel)ts to. ip..-oYJ.dri.Ce.;,. aid, of parishioners and Sisters' for kidney di8JySjs: " of Mercy. . Wi~ all its - inconvenienct!~, At St. Patrk:k's parish. Som-, howe~~r,. the storm. ~ed forth erset, Father Joseph Maguire a spmt of commumty. In the and Leonard Souza manned the sunny days that followed the / parish cemetery truck to trans- blizzard, street.s were ali~ with port residents to their homes p~ple breath~ng pollutIon-free after passenger cars could no a~r as they ~Imultaneously re4~O ROBES,ON longer navigate. discovered their legs .and th~ 01ci• j'- STREET And it took Sister Gertrude fashioned art of neighborlIness. , FALL RIVER, Gaudette of BishoP Stan~ High MASS. School, North Dartmouth, two AWGNness Needed days to make the normally 30MEXICO CITY (NCr-In a reTel. minute trip from the school- to view of a "year's violence against Member F.T.D.A. her home at Dominican Acad- activists for social justice," the emy on Park Street, Fall River, Me10ican Social Secretariat called for an effort by civic and reli~ I ~. . . .er:t:~ gious groups to provide legal protection for activists. The main tool is' the awareness of the public, the Catholic organization said.

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"The Christian finds joy in sharing, in enjoying together a heritage that God has generously placed at the disposal of everyone," said Pope Paul. "TJ:1e Christian finds joy in many ways of showing love for one's neighbor from almsgiving and serving individuals, to collective contributions for the advancement of peoples who are at a material disadvantage."

Although some say "there is an art in giving and an art in receiving," the Pope added, "Christians, however, have only one expression for both of these and this expression is. 'fraternal sharing.'

"May Lent make us practice this sharing as a sign of fellowship with everyone, for everyone is called to share in the mystery of the cross and Resurrection of Christ," Pope Paul said.

"At the beginning of this special season," declared the Pontiff, "we repeat the words of St. Paul to the first Christ· ians: we invite every member of the great fellowship of the Catholic Church to put something aside and store it up (l Cor. 16: ~), in a spirit of penance and eharity, so as to be able to offer it to a common fund.

"And to all those who are thus ready to share their goods with their needy brothers and sisters we send our blessing; in the name of the Father, of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.

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Permit Divorce In Brazil BRASILIA, Brazil (NC) Despite strong Church opposition, divorce is now permitted in Brazil, where the population is more than 90 percent Catholic. To make the permissive legislation possible, a constitutional amendment was passed last June to abrogate a clause declaring marriage indissoluble.

'Bishop Ivo Lorscheiter of Santa Maria said Catholics will receive Church directives on the subject when the Brazilian Bishops' Conference meets in April.

The bishop, who is general secretary. of the conference, called the government move "regrettable."

Each attempt in the past to introduce divorce in Brazil's legislation was answered by a strong campaign by Church authorities who argued that legalized divorce would further weaken family life and Brazilian society.

The new law, allows persons to divorce and remarry only once, aneJ, then after proving that they have been legally separated for at least three years or have li~ apart at least five. Although lJraz;ilians could obtain legal sepa~ations before, remarriage was not allowed.

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At the awards ceremony Father James Clark, pastor of St. John's, gave the closing prayer.

ST. STANISLAUS, FALL RIVER Parents and godparents of children to be baptized at East· ter are asked to meet at 4 p.m.

Sunday Feb. 26 in the Kolbe Room of the rectory. Adults seeking baptism are asked to make arrangements at the rectory this week.

The annual Lenten community renewal services will be held from 7 to 8 p.m. each Sunday of Lent.

The only places remaining in the parish school for the 197879 school year are in pre-primary. Waiting lists are being established for other grades and information is available from the principal.

Those interested in working on the new Easter tapestry for the church are asked to contact the convent this week. No experience is needed, say organizers: "Men, women, boys, girls - Father K. and Father Ogorek also will have their pieces to sew! When this Resurrection News is hung, we want you to see your work as forming part of the Sign-Servant Good News that Jesus Lives!"

HOLY NAME, FALL RIVER The intercessory Prayer Group will meet at 3 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 19. A box for petitions to be prayed for by the group will be at the main entrance of the church throughout that weekend.

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A parish renewal week will be conducted from Monday, Feb. 27 through Friday, March 3 by Father William McGavin of the Franciscan mission band.

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By Father John J. Castelot

. Most often it is the kings, saints, generals, popes and bishops who are credited with making history. But for 50 years, roughly from 1350 to 1400, it was a germ that made history.

It was the plague, nature's neutron bomb, that left buildings intact but killed weIl over two million people, at least one-third of Europe's population.

The bacillus was no respecter of social rank. It struck down two archbishops of Canterbury.

Princess Joan, daughter of Edward III, died on the way to her own wedding. The plague ravaged businessmen, farmers, monks, peasants, bishops, administrators of all kinds, whether in palaces or hovels.

No war, persecution or massacre ever had depleted the·population of Europe so extensively, and none had ever been so instantly devastating to the social order.

The sudden loss of food supplies, farm workers, managers, teachers, bankers, clergy, politicians and soldiers generated predictable and untold havoc across the continent. Doctors tried everything, but to no avail.

The Church urged fasting, penance and prayer. Nothing worked. The economy suffered the equivalent of ·a worldwide depression. SpirituaIly, seeing nothing of the dawn and triumph of Easter, grew morose with thoughts of the end of the world and the Last Judgment.

Film maker, Ingmar Bergman, has dramatized their ominous mood and feeling in his "Seventh Seal." "When the Lamb broke open the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven for about half an hour" (Rev. 8,11).

Religious devotion responded with penance processions that included self flagellators, monks preaching fire and brimestone sermons and musicians pounding out the terrifying strains of the Dies Irae (Day of Wrath), a hymn that became the common staple of funeral liturgies until the recent reform. It would take centuries to shed the impact of this emphasis on penance, sin and judgment, without the bal-ancing force of virtue, grace and divine love.

Neither Church nor State could hope to bounce back quickly from so huge a depletion of talent. Nature's "stock market crash" would set back social and economic growth for almost a century.

But at last the germ warfare abated. People picked themselves up and put the continent together again. Out of the holocaust was born the Renaissance.

Never underestimate the power of a woman. This is illustrated in an extraordinary way in the life of St. Catherine of Siena.

She was born in March, 1347, the youngest of 24 or 25 children (a twin sister died shortly after birth). Her father, Giacopo Benincasa, a comfortably fixed dyer, had a roomy house and a big heart, the latter enabling him eventually to understand his unusual child.

At the age of six Catherine had a religious experience which determined the future course of her life. It was a vision of the glorious Christ, who smiled at her and raised his hand in blessing. Thereafter she gave herself to the Lord in prayer and solitUde. But when she was 12, both parents became concerned about her lack of attention to her physical appearance. Yielding to pressure, she had her beautiful hair done and began to dress fashionably. However, she questioned where this was leading and resolved never to marry.

When4lJhe pressure increased she cut her hair, a gesture which brought down upon her the indignation of her family. They harassed her constantly, giving her all the worst household chores and denying her the privacy even of her bedroom.

Finally her father called a half to the petty persecution. Catherine was allowed to have her little room and here she led a life of prayer and mortification.

Eventually she enrolled as a Dominican Tertiary and took the severe rule of that lay organization as her way of life.

Not all her hardships were self-imposed. Almost overpowering temptations assailed her vivid imagination and she lived through depressing periods of seeming abandonment by God. Still she persevered, and the Lord rewarded her. He appeared to her in company with his Mother, who took the girl's hand and presented it to her Son, who placed a ring on her finger, espousing her to himself forever.

Now she was bidden to go. out and minister to people. She began with rather thankless sere vice to some wretched patients in the hospital, but gradually her extraordinary holiness attracted a following of friends and disciples.

At first the people of Siena reacted to her in various ways.

Many labeled her a fanatic, so much that she was sumoned before a general chapter of Dominicans to explain herself. She was vindicated and given a wise, learned spiritual director, R'a.ymond of Capua, who later wrote her biography.

Upon returning to Siena ~;he found a plague raging and she Turn to Page Thirteen

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By William Ryan On an October day in 1969 Cardinal Paul Emile Leger returned to Montreal from his African mission post to accept a $50,000 award for his life of humanitarianism and to take part in a banquet featuring squab and vintage wine.

At the dinner, the Cardinal told the guests that more than 150,000,000 people "have worms in their intestines."

To leave these people "in a state of frustration during the next 30 years is sure to provoke a catastrophe on a global scale," Cardinal Leger warned.

He added that he was happy to accept the $50,000 award for development efforts in the Third World, and to keep the medal which went with it for himself.

Cardinal Leger is an extraordinary man. Two years earlier he had given up leading one of the most important dioceses in the world to become, as he put it, "a simple priest, ministering in the leper colonies of Cameroon in West Central Africa."

Why did he undertake this African journey? "Because," he said "having reached the limit of my existence and having exercised my priesthood in almost all pa'rts of the world, I have had the opportunity to meet misery close at hand. I believe that it is a proof of sincerity to put oneself at the service of unfortunates, of whom the lepers are perhaps among the least favored," Paul Emile Leger was born in VaIleyfield, Quebec province, on April 26, 1904, he was brought up in the predominantly French village of St. Alicet on Lake St. Francis, where his father operated a general store.

In 1916, when he was 12, he entered the preparatory seminary at St. Therese, Quebec. Ordained in 1929, he was sent to

France to continue his studies and to teach. He joined the Suipician Fathers in 1930 and subsequently taught near Paris.

Sent to Fukucka, Japan, in 1933 to found a Sulpician seminary, Father Leger learned to speak Japanese in six months and was able to give spiritual retreats in that language.

He returned to Canada in 1939 to teach at the Montreal philosophical seminary. The next year he was named Vicar General of the Diocese of Valleyfield and rector of St. Cecilia's Cathedral there. In 1947 he was appointed rector of the Pontifical Canadian College in Rome.

On March 25, 1950, he was named Archbishop of Montreal, a post he held for 17 years as one of the most beloved p.relates in Canadian history. In

December, 1952, Pope Pius XII named him a Cardinal - Montreal's first, and the second youngest cardinal in the Church.

"It was at the (1967) synod of bishops during the discussions of faith and atheism that my future became a question of conscience for me," he explained. "It became clear to me that Our Lord was asking me for deeds as well as words . . .

He left for Africa December II. For eight years, he initiated projects - building of schools, equipping hospitals and dispensaries, all for his beloved lepers.

Finally his strength was spent.

Two years ago, past 70, physically drained but at peace, he returned to Montreal and now conducts international campaigns to raise funds for mission work.

How Do We Treat People?

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ened 16-year-old went to a social services agency to inquire whether she could get financial help to have her baby. Instead of getting an affirmative answer, her right by law, or being told that a home for unwed mothers run by Catholic Charities was located nearby, the worker gave her an abortion pitch. Before she finally got help, the young woman nearly had a nervous breakdown.

Maria and her husband subsist on the meager income provided

by Supplemental Security Income (SSI). Recently, the computer went awry and they received no checks.

They went to the Social Welfare agency administering SSI, but found their lot to be exc.essive waiting. When they eventuaIl saw a real live person, the worker was cold, and some what A 48-year-old father of six berudely berated them for not hav- came unemployed when the coming filled out the forms proper- pany he had worked for for 20 ly. years folded. Employment had Maria and her husband were . become an infertile field for first generation children of im- someone his age. Life and work migrants, had little education, experience didn't matter. The and both now have poor eye- man developed an ulcer from sight. When they told me about stress of seeing his family sufthis inQident, Maria made a fer and from feeling personally comment I'I1 never forget. She cast on the ash heap. said, "At the end of that day, I If we define social structures wished I were dead," In another incident, a frightTum to Page Thirteen

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St. Catherine Continued from Page Twelve and her followers cared for the striken with remarkable results.

By now her reputation in Siena was established, and people flocked to her for counsel.

She lent her support to Pope Gregory Xl's call for a Crusade.

This endeavor led to prolonged correspondence with him.

Later she was able to restrain Pisa and Siena from joining Florence and other cities in a league against the Holy See. When the Pope put Florence under interdict, Florentines asked Catherine to meditate their dispute with him.

She went to Avignon to see Gregory, but the Florentine doublecrossed her and her trip was a failure from this point of view, although from another angle eminently successful.

The popes had been living at Avignon, in southern France, for 74 years, and their absence from Rome caused chaos and violence in Italy.

Catherine had written Gregory several uncompromising letters ordering him to return. And now that 'she was in his preseence, she reminded him of a secret vow he had made to leave Avignon. This convinced him, and he returned to the Holy City.

After his death and the election of Urban VI, a rival pope chosen in Avignon, and the Church was split. Catherine worked tirelessly to heal the schism but the effort proved too much. In 1380 she had a stroke from which she never recovered, and on April 29, at the age of 33, went to meet her Spouse.

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erica, our social structures are threatening our well being. Certainly those three true cases, each the result of social structures, were destructive to those involved.

We've become a society where all is well so long as you have a good supply of money and health. Thus, the quest to maintain them becomes the prime value, with predictable results.

Psychoanalysists are still saying that the major problem they encounter is alienation.

'Physicians are even more con· cerned with how the way we live threatens health. They see an escalation in stress-related illness, such as heart attacks, strokes, ulcers and certain cancers.

As one physician-pathologist told me, "Modem disease is characterized by a hyphen. I see more illness brought on by dis· ease than any other cause. Vi· ruses are not the biggest threat today. It's life styles. People today are pressured, unhappy and full of discord." , We need social structures which start from a whole new value base - where people, not money and power, are primary; where the elderly and weak are recognized and given assistance without stigma; where family life become the nation's priority; "In God We Trust" is not just a curious saying stamped on our currency, but is an act of faith rooted securely in the hearts of people, I suppose I'm asking again for Utopia. But maybe there's hope so long as some of us continue to ask that our world become such a place.

LATEST BOOK of Anchor columnist Father Andew Greeley is "An Ugly Little Secret: Anti-Catholicism in North America."

Carter Explains P'ersonal Faith WASHINGTON (NC) President Carter told more than 3,000 people at the National Prayer Breakfast that it is not "being overly optimistic" to believe that prayer and a sense of a shared faith can help reduce world ensions.

Speaking of his own faith, Carter said "To me, God is real.

"To me, the relationship with God is a very personal thing.

God is ever present in my life.

He sustains me when I'm weak, gives me guidance when I turn to Him." Christ, he said, is the "perfect example for me to emulate in my experiences with other human beings."

Carter said he prays with his wife each night and "I turn to God in a quiet and personal way" often during the day.

Carter, who has described himself as a "born-again" Christian, said there has been a great deal of public discussion about what it means to be "born again," "For those of us who share the Christian faith, " he said, "the words have a very simple meaning ... Through a personal experience, we recommit our lives as humble children of God." Carter said America's founding fathers wrote the separation of church and state into the Constitution because they had seen kings and other leaders try to "cloak" wrongdoing in the guise of the church.

But that separation does not mean that Americans are not called upon to pray, he said. He said the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence were written by believers.

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By Cecilia Belanger More and more youth abstain from drugs and alcohol. Abstainers frequently describe themselves as having strong religious values and finding religion helpful in solving .their problems. They tend to participate more in school extracurricular activitiels than do "users," and to enjoy music hobbies and club programs.

By a 3 to 2 margin in one survey, abstainers reported that their families often helped them with problems, respected them and listened to them.

Dr. William Harvey, a member of the National Advisory Council on Drug abuse, described the above study "as a very important contribution in the field of drug prevention." He said it "seems to be saying that we should strengthen those institutions and family ties so that young people who want to carve out their own identity can do so without the exhilaration they think they might get from taking drugs."

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Calvert E. Mills Jr., Director of Guidance, says that the NEDT Program is being used because it will give the school the type of information it needs to help the students make realistic decisions. It will be administered on Wednesday, Feb. 15, to all freshmean and sophomores.

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At the weekly meeting of the HF Drama Club, auditions were held for the play, "Lizzie Borden of Fall River," to be presented- in the spring.

eluded that Connolly parents "best understood the purpose of this sort of school."

He said he had encountered ~uch cynicism by parents at other schools and comments such as "it's the least expensive education you can get apart from public schools," when they were asked why they had chosen Catholic schools for their children.

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However, he noted, Catholic education only succeeds when it is "begun, supported and completed" by parents. That, he said, was understood by the parents of Connolly students.

An "unlimited guarantee" was extended to students and parents of 'Bishop Connolly High School, 'Fall River, at a parents' night held during Catholic Schools Week.

"Ask anything at any time of "The program will reveal how anyone of us anywhere in the well students can apply the world and you'll get a response," skills they have acquired since declared Father William Russell, entering school. It will help us SJ, president of Cheverus High recognize strengths and weak- School, 'Portland, Me. nesses in eac:h student's educaHe told the parents that Jestional development. This infor- uit priests, Brothers of Christian mation will enable us to help a Instruction and lay faculty memstudent while in school, and will bers were at Connolly "to inguide us in improving our edutroduce your sons to the percational program," declared son of Jesus Christ. If we don't Mills. do that, we fail our students and their parents.

"We give our lives to give Jesus Christ to your boys and Among projects of the junior' we want to make sure he makes an incredible difference in their religion class at Holy Family High, ~ew Bedford, is apostoHc lives," said the speaker. service. Juniors help at the West' His comments followed a day End Day Nursery and at area of reflection during which Conhomes for the sick and elderly. nolly students "deepened their They also assist the Holy Famconsiciousness of what this ily-Holy Name Grammar School school is all about." in various undertakings, including an upcoming fun day. The Also addressing the parents, students also plan to assist Father James C. O'Brien, SJ the elderly at the Savoy Nurs- acting principal, said that after ing Home who will be rocking a tour of Jesuit-staffed high in their rocking chairs and rollschools in New England, he con-

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non-students take their own lives.

Girls account for 90 percent of suicide attempts; boys for 70 percent of actual suicides. Suicide attempts outnumber completed suicides by as much as 50 to l. According to a recent study, 71 percent of young sui· cide attempters came from broken homes.

Child psychiatrists note a rapidly increasing rate of suicide among grammar school children, aged 6 to II. Among col· lege students a survey of 293 showed that 15 percent had tried suicide and 65 percent had considered it at least once.

Causes of suicide are confusing. Several factors converge on young people to make them more suicide-prone. One is depression, brought on during teen years by biological changes, intense introspection, new levels of sexuality and cutting of ties with parents.

'Perhaps not so obvious, but important, is the problem youths have in trying to reconcile conflicting values. The difference between what they believe and what they see around them creates turmoil, hostility and disappointment.

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from drug use "is simply inescapable. I think it is one of the most significant findings in reo cent drug behavior research."

Increased Profanity Youth and little children are cursing more. They begin early and they are open about it. It is more evident with boys in the beginning, but equalizes with girls when they reach 12 or 13.

Reasons given are: - general loosening of moral standards - children like to use words that distress or upset others - anger. To many it is more satisfying to say something profane to release it, winning peer approval, attention, recognition - - parents exemplify a double standard. They may say, "I can say that, but you can't," or "You can say that around me, but not around your grandmother or Aunt Whoever."

Youth Suicides In recent years, suicide among the general population has increased 20 percent; among adolescents, 200 percent. At high school age, 30 percent of suicides occur among dropouts; at college age, more students than

Middl'e School John F. Brady and Donna J. Brezinski, eighth graders at Taunton Catholic Middle School, were the highest ranking students' in placement tests for Coyle and Cassidy High. School, Taunton. As such, each was awarded a $250 grant from Knights of Columbus, Council 82, applicable to their high school tuition costs.

Bishops Decry Law SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (NC)-Three of El Salvador's ,seven bishops have called a new security law aimed at terrorism "a threat to basic human rights."

While the law covers some clearly punishable crimes, it also infringes upon constitutional guarantees, the bishops said in a joint statement. The tqree are Archbishop Oscar Romero of Sal Salvador; his auxiliary, Bishop Marcos Rene Ravelo; and Bishop Arturo Rivera Damas of Santiago de Maria, who is chairman of the Bishops' Commission on Social Action.

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Interscholastic

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By BILL MORRISSETTE

Stang's Gonet Is Lombardi Winner John Gonet of the Bishop Stang High school football team is the winner of the 1977 Vince Lombardi Block of Granite Award.

He received the trophy at the annual Lombardi Award dinner in the Venus deMilo Restaurant, Swansea.

Co-sponsored by the Greater Fall River Chapter of the American Cancer Society and the Greater Fall River Chamber of

Commerce, the award is made to the player selected by a special committee as the dutstanding lineman in the Greater Fall River area.

Gonet was one of eight finalists who were guests of honor at the dinner and received plaques emblematic of their selection as finalists. The Block of Granite trophy is donated by the famed football coach's widow.

Marcellus, Whiting Set New Records Ron Marcellus, Somerset High's superb iceman, is the state's new hockey scoring king.

He has now boosted his career points more than 230, surpassing the previous high of 228 established by Randy Millen, of Oliver Ames, in 1975.

On the basketball front, Kevin Whiting is the newall-time leading scorer at Durfee High.Before last Tuesday's game against Bishop Connolly High, Whiting

had 1,116 career points to his credit, wiping out the previous Durfee all-time mark of 1,103 set by Ken Fiola, now at Boston University, last season.

Mike Borden, of Somerset. is the second Blue Raider hoopster to score more than 1,000 career points. Mike and Kevin are bat· tling it out for top scoring honors this season in the Southeastern Mass. Conference.

·Coyle-Cassidy Looks Like Titlist When last week's snowstorm interrupted the basketball schedules - among other things the Coyle-Cassidy Warriors appeared well on the way to the Division Three conference championship. They were undefeated in nine division outings and held a 1Y2-game lead over Falmouth.

Tomorrow night, which would normally have been the division finale for this season, CoyleCassidy will entertain Bourne, Dighton-Rehoboth is at St. Anthony, Falmouth at Case, and, Westport at Diman Voke.

Entering this week, New Bedford and Durfee were tied, each 10-1, for the Division One lead as a result of the Crimson's 57-56 win over Durfee on Feb. 3, the last time the conference was in action. With that victory New Bedford snapped the Hilltoppers' conference win streak at 43 games.

Tomorrow, Taunton is at New Bedford, Connolly at Attleboro, Durfee at Fairhaven, Barnstable at Dartmouth.

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All three divisions were to conclude their schedules with tomorrow's games but games "snowed out" last week were being re-scheduled and it is possible that some will be played next week or were reset for earlier this week.

Fall River South is the Bristol County Catholic Hockey League champion. The Southies clinched the title with a win over Somerset on Feb. 5, the last date the league functioned.

Runnerup New Bedford defeated Taunton. and, Westport-Dartmouth upended Fall River North on that card.

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Until now the "James at 15" series has done extremely well in establishing a realistic context for stories about the trials of adolescence.

But now James has turned 16 and in keeping with the premise that teenage romance is a lot more physical than it was in the days of "Gidget," he must forego his virginity.

Most of the show is devoted to James trying to be alone with Christina, the attractive exchange student.

Then there is a fast cut 1:0 them in school worried that she may be pregnant. Moments lat,~r - in screen time - she phones to say "It's all right," she's not pregnant. Next scene, she's ready to depart, they hug and promise to write each other.

Not only is this ending dram itically flat but it adds no moral dimension to what they hEld done (their worry about pre.gnancy has been momentary and unrealistic in the context of the story's events).

forth in an incredible sequence in which an uncle gives James for his birthday a hotel room furnished with a professional roommate. It seems that the uncle's birthday present was intended to make a man of James at 16. It gives James the opportunity to say that this is something "special and important and has to be done with someone you really love." Profound, huh?

Since the appearance of "All in the Family," situation comedies have dealt with controversial social and moral questions, sometimes quite effectively and occasionally with as bad judgment as this episode of "James at 16."

What this means for parents is that they must exercise greater diligence than ever in selecting programs for family viewing.

They must also be prepared, when necessary, to discuss with their children the immoral premises and solutions of a program like "James at 16." ,Film Reviews "The Best Way" (Specialty) is a drab and pale little film devoted to the theme of sexual ambivalence.

The setting is a boys' camp in 1960, the scene of a conflict between two counselors.

The director fails to invest either character with any qualities other than those pertaining to the uncertainty of their sexual identities. Thus there is nothing in the film to sustain the viewer's -interest and it is further marred by the occasional use of nudity. Objectionable in part for all.

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We are happy to carry notices of spiritual programs, club meatinRs, youth projects and similar nonprofit activities.

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Holy Name Society officers are making plans for a June trip to a Red Sox-Yankees game. Reservations may be made at this time.

Senior citizens meet at 1 p.m. each Wednesday and parishioners are invited to join..

Contributions of white cloth for the making of pads for the Rose Hawthorne Hoine are requested. Donations may be left at the rectory.

The parish council will meet at 7 p.m. Monday, March 13 in the church hall.

ST. ANNE'S FALL RIVER Stations of the Cross will be held at 4 p.m. every Friday of Lent in the lower church.

Registration for the parish nursery, pre-primary and grammar school will be held from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. every weekday during February.

ST. JOSEPH, NEW BEDFORD Special prayers for the diocesan permanent diaconate program will be offered every Monday night during Februrary for one half hour preceeding Mass at 6:30 p.m.

A Lenten retreat progr3.ll1 will be continued throughout Lent with flyers enclosed in weekly bulletins giving the theme, symbols and readings for each week.

Parish Masses will also emphasize weekly themes and evenings of shared prayer, faith and ritual are planned for each Wednesday of the penitential season.

Legion of Mary devotions are held at 1:30 p.m. each Sunday.

SACRED HEART, FALL RIVER A testimonial for Father John FoIster, former pastor, originally planned for Feb. 12, will be held this Sunday. Father Foister will celebrate 10 a.m. Mass and the testimonial will follow in the school cafeteria. . TACT youth group will meet at 7 tonight in the parish center.

A filmstrip presentation on the Holy Shroud of Turin will follow stations of the cross at 3:30 p.m. tomorrow.

Camp Fire Girls and sign language class members will meet at 1 p.m. Saturday in the parish center.

SS. PETER AND PAUL, FALL RIVER A retreat for young adults will be held this weekend with registration at 5:3.0 p.m. tomorrow.

The program will close at 3 p.m.

Sunday with a. prayer service for all parishioners.

New parochial school pupils may register this month during school hours.

CYO will sponsor a bowling tourney, Feb. 21.

Special Lenten services will be held at 7 Thursday nights, starting tonight.

A visiting priest, who is especially knowl-

edgeable of the topic, will celebrate the Mass, give the homily and be available after the service for informal discussion and coffee in the church center. Music will be provided by the choir and the two folk groups.

Speakers and their topics will be: - Feb. 16, "Family Life," Father Thomas L. Rita, associate director, diocesan department of social services - Feb. 23, "CCD," Msgr.

Patrick J. O'Neill. Parish children in CCO classes will be involved in planning the evening's liturgy - March 2, "Vocations," Father John C. Ozug, associate pastor, St. Anthony Church, Falmouth

- March 9, "Ministering to the Handicapped," Father Joseph Viveiros, director, diocesan apostolate to the deaf - March 16, "Parents without Partners," Father John Gomes, chaplain, Union-Truesdale Hospital, Fall River The series will conclude at 3 p.m. Sunday, March 19, with a Mass at which the Sacrament of the Sick will be received by the elderly and infirm of the parish, for whom transportation will be provided to the church.

Daily Masses during Lent will be at 8 a.m. and 5:20 p.m., except on Thursday nights.

At its annual meeting the parish council elected Helen Ozug president; Robert Latinville vice president; and Alice Marum secretary.

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