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Right • to • Life Receives Significant Advance BOSTON (NC) - Dr. Kenneth C. Edelin was foun'd guilty of manslaughter here Feb. 15 in the death of a "24-week-old male child" following a legal abortion he performed Oct. 3, 1973, at Boston City Hospital.

TI::z jury of nine men and three women reached its verdict after seven hours of deliberations, following six weeks of testimony in the widely publicized trial.

Dr. Edeli:1, who insisted afterwards he "did nothing that was illegal, immoral, or bad medical practice," said he would appeal the decision.

In his ch:lrgc to the jl1ry ~uf­ folk Superior Court Judge James P. McGuire said: "If you believe beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant, by wanton conduct, caused the death of a person, you may find the defendant guilty of the crime of rr anslaughter."

From the beginning, when

rrospective jurors were excluded from the final panel if they expressed strong objections to legalized abortion, and throughout the trial, the judge, prosecution and defense made it clear that Dr. Edelin could not be tried for performing the abortion itself. .

Nevertheless, because of the close tie to abortion in the case, the verdict was considered a significant advance for the right-tolife movement. It created what one court observer here described as "shock waves" in the medical and legal profession.

Dr. William Lynch of Boston, an official of the Human Life Foundation said the deliberations and the decision in the case could reflect the emergence of a "new respect for the relevancy of life" in modem medicine and society. He said such an ethical concept has its roots in the philosophy of ancient Tum to Page Five

Pope Asks Church Critics Build and Not Destroy VATICAN CIITY (NC)-Pope Paul VI recently received the more than 250 parish priests of bis See of Rome and spoke to them intimately of problems arising out of pluralism and confusion.

The Pope linked himself, as bishop of Rome, to his diocesan assistants and to the papacy by switching from the formal papal "we" to the familiar "1".

He said: "I who am in this position and who hold this immense, burdensome responsibility am the first to beg you: help me, help me to complete' my mission and see that I consider each one of you as indeed cooperators in our mission."

Recalling that he was in this position as Pope "to serve," Pope Paul stressed two qualities

Senate Supports Health Bill At the regularly scheduled meeting of the Fall River Diocese Senate of Priests on Friday, Feb. 14, at the Catholic Memorial Home in Fall River, the Priest Senators unanimously supported two resolutions that will be presented to the National Federation of Priest Councils at their annual convention next month.

The first resolution concerns support of the National Health Insurance Bill before Congress.

Such a bill would win their support provided that Congress would "recognize the fundamen· tal right of free adherence to eternal and/or religious beliefs."

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required for the task: "firmness and kindness."

The Pope spoke of the pluraH· ty of views arising within the Church, and warned: "Only it slight ferment is needed to spread uneasiness, pessimism, dissatisfaction through the entire body. And these groups, who often clamor in the name of communion just to be outside a real communion, have a great responsibility.

"They have good ideas, they

have many reasons to criticize, to ascribe defects of our ecclesiastical organizations to me, to us, but we know that they have the enormous responsibility, which weighs on them, of being the defeatists of the harmony and law led by the Church."

Stating that Christ commanded, "build the Church, do not destroy the Church,", Pope Paul told the parish priests: "We must bring a positive contribution, not only a negative one."

Catholic Charity Appeal Chairman E. F. Kennedy Edward F. Kennedy, wellknown throughout the' diocese for his Society of St. Vincent de Paul work among the poor and a member of St. Joseph's parish, Taunton, was named to head the 1975 Catholic Charities Appeal of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Fall River. This is the thirtyfourth annual Appeal, dating back to 1942. The diocese extends from Provincetown to Attleboro and the campaign will cover the five big areas of the diocese, namely, greater Fall River, New Bedford, Taunton, the Attleboros and Cape Cod and the Islands of Martha's Vineyard ani Nantucket.

The appointment of -Mr. Kennedy was announced today by the Most Rev. Daniel A. Cronin, S.T.D., Bishop of Fall River. It marks the fifth time that Bishop Cronin will serve as honorary chairman of the Appeal.

An educator by profession, Mr. Kennedy graduated from

Providence College with an A.B. degree. He received his master's Turn to Page Two

EDWARD F. KENNEDY

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Christianity Is Incomplete Without Real' Penance' VATICAN CITY (NC) - Deemphasizing penance would be a great mistake for the Church, especially during this materialistic age, Pope Paul VI told about 7,000 people at an Ash Wednesday Mass in St. Peter's Basilica.

Pope Paul celebrated the evening Mass which included the ceremonial distribution of ashes.

For the first time in his 12-year pontificate, however, he did not take part in the penitential procession which preceded the Mass.

In his homily, the Pope mentioned that many people would like the Church to drop "her old penitential way of thinking," and to present the Christian life as easy and pleasant.

"Has not the time come to allow for 'permissiveness,' to use today's terms, in the relationship between the world and the profession of Christianity?" the Pope asked.

Such lines of thinking, according to the Pope, "certainly contain elements of truth, but iso· lated t'rom the oTj~anic and cQm-

plete design and concept of Christianity they are incomplete and misleading, and can lead to serious errors. They can deform and cancel out the Gospel.

"The greatest of the errors of this kind would be to remove the Crosg... from the center of the faith and Christian life."

The Pope said it would be a "fatal mistake" to place trust in "economic and hedonistic well-being, in riches rather than virtue, in ideological and practical materialism which seems to resolve all personal, social and political problems."

Yet rejection of the materialistic view of life does not mean that the Christian's "penitential vision" is one of "hopeless pessimism," the Pope maintained.

On the contrary, the Christian' view is based on an orientation toward a better and higher end for our existence, the final possession . . . of the fullness of immortal life with God." This final goal, the Pope concluded, must govem our temporal goals, "and not only those Tum to Page Two

TRANSATLANTIC JET FUGHT AZ-4625: Most Rev. Daniel A. Cronin, S.T.D. ready to emplane with some of the Fall River Diocesan Pilgrimage party who are spending this week in Rome as participants of the Holy Year celebration. Aniong the 59 on the pilgrimage are: Mrs. IY1argaret Weild and Mrs. Gilbert J. Noonan of Falmouth, Mrs. Blanche Vincent of New Bedford, Judge Beatrice Hancock Mullaney of Fall River, Bishop Cronin and Mrs. and Mr. Philip Hemingway.

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CCA Chairman Continued from Page One degree from 路Boston University and a master's in education 'from Bridgewater State College. Married to the former Helena Mary Hoye, he was a social studies teacher at Taunton High School, l<:iter assistant Headmaster at tne same school, director of guidance for the Taunton PublicSchools, and finally Headmaster at Taunton High School.

Mrs. Kennedy received degrees at Simmons CoHege, B.S. and Boston University, M.A. She has been a president of the Queen's Daughters of Taunton, a secretary of the Bristol County Retired Teachers Association, and treasurer of the Taunton branch, American Association of University Women. She also has been assistant treasurer of the Taunton Visiting Nurses Association.

Mr. Kennedy has been a memo ber of the Society of St. Vincent de P~ul in his parish, particular council president of the society in the Taunton area and diocesan president of the sgciety. He bas spent many years in this work for which he is well-known throughout the southeastern area of Massachusetts. Also he is a director of St. Vincent's Home in Fall River.

His many activities include membership in the Taunton Historical Commisslon, serving as chairman of the Taunton Bicentennial Celebration in October 1974. .

He has served as president of Southeastern Massachusetts Secondary School Princi~als Association, president of Bristol County Teachers Association and vice-president of Old Colony Historical Society of Taunton.

Mr. Kennedy served four years in the United States Army fn World War II, being discharged with the rank of Major.

Following notification of his selection by Bishop Croni,n, Kennedy in a tele"hone conversation with Rev. Msgr. Anthony M. Gome;j, dioce:an director of the Appeal and a former student of this year's chairman at Taunton High School, said: "I wish to thank Bishop Cronin for giving me t:-:is opportunity to work with the Bishop. priests, religious, my fellow Catholics and all tbe friends of the Appeal.

"This is the Bishop's fifth Appeal and the thirty-fourth annual call for assistance in the many apostolates of the diocese.

With God's help and the efforts of everyone in the southeastern area of the state, Bishop Cronin will be able to continue the apostolates of charity, mercy, social service and educational endeavors to all ;:eoples, regardles of race, color and creed."

The Special Gift phase of the Appeal will be from April 21 to May 3. This phase appeals to the profe,:sional, fraternal, business and industrial organi:>:ations for sup;:-ort of the Appeal. The second phase of the Appeal-the rarish phase-will be held on Sunday, May 4, from the hours of 12 noon to 2 p.m. or 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. The Parish Appeal ends officially on Wednesday, May 14.

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Full Participation in Baptismal Rite Witnessed by Mother's Students Friday, Feb. 14 was a special St. Valentine Day for the pupils of St. Anne School, Fall River.

It was the occasion for the third christenin'g celebration they had witnessed in less than a year.

Michael Sean Walde, son of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Walde of 77 Madison St., this city, was baptized in S1. Anne church in the presence of the student body of the parish school.

Michael's mother, Mrs. Rose Walde, is the English teacher in the junior high department of St. Anne School and it was her students in the seventh and eighth grades who were actively involved in the baptism liturgy which took place during the eucharistic celebration.

The entire ceremony was planned by Sister Lucille Gauvin, O.P. and Sister Lorraine Beauchesne, O.P., both religion teachers.

Full Participation Banners, posters, a special slide presentation, appropriate songs, chosen readings, the Prayer of the Faithful and a very meaningful Offertory Procession were all .part of the beautiful event in which studel)ts and fam路 BAPTISM CELEBRATION: Principals at the baptism in ily members participated. maternal St. Anne's Church witnessed by grade school pupils, were: Michael Sean's grand~arents, Mr. and Mrs. AnPaul and Rose Walde, parents of the infant; Paula Metzger tone Anselmo of Fall River, and and Anthony Anselmo, sponsors; Rev. Joseph Oliveira, pashis paternal grand-arents, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Walde of Ithaca, tor of St. Michael Church, Fall River, the officiating minister.

N.Y., took part in the Offertory .Gerrard High School, Suzanne, The students of St. Anne Procession.

Father Joseph Oliveira, pastor an eighth grader at St. Anne. School have undoubtedly been of St. Michael church, Fall Riv- and her brothers David in grade' privileged to witness and take er, christened the baby and gave six and Donald, grade five, part in such moving ceremonies the homily. The celebrant of the joined their parents in the crea- which bring to light the deep Mass was Father Pierre La- tion of a baptismal robe and in significance of becoming a child chance, O.P., director of the choosing the readings for the of God and a member of the Mass. The baby's maternal Christian community. school.

The godparents were Anthony grandmother, Mrs. Frank Chaves Anselmo of this city and Paula of Fall River, and ber paternal Necrology grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. JoMet::ger of Buffalo, N.Y. seph T. Bisson of Ocean Grove, Initial Celebration FEB. The momentous baptism cele- were accompanied by Lisa's Rev. Philip Gillick, 1874, brations were initiated by Father cousins in the Offertory Proces- Founder, St. Mary, North AttleJean D. Pare, O.P., assistant di- sion. Richard Poitras and Bev- boro rector and religion teacher at erly Johnson, both of Fall River, MAR. I the school, on May 24, 1974. were the godparents.

Rev. James F. Masterson, Significant Experience Lisa M. Bisson, daughter of Mr. 1906, Founder, St. Patrick, SomOn Jan.' 10, 1975 another erset and Mrs. Paul Bisson of 408 Ridge St., Fall River, was bap- school and parish celebration Rt. Rev. Peter L. D. Robert, tized during the eucharistic lit- was held under the direction of P.R., 1948, Pastor, Notre Dame, urgy which involved several Fa~er Pare and Sister Lorraine Fall River grades of St. Anne School. Lisa's when Paula Marie Leduc, daughMAR. 2 sister Diane, a student at Bishop ter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert LeRev. James J. Brady, 1941, duc of 163 Cambridge St., Fall Pastor, St. Kilian, New Bedford River, was born again in Christ Rev. Antonio Berube, 1936, Vocation Directors in the presence of her family Pastor, St. Joseph, Attleboro and the faculty and the students Set for September Rev. Tarcisius Dreesen, SS.CC., SAN ANTONIO (NC) - The of St. Anne's.

1952, Monastery of Sacred Heart, The baby's sister and brothers, F'airhaven National Conference of Diocesan Vocation Directors (NCDVD) Rachelle, grade seven, David, Rev. Alphonse Gauthier, 1962, will hold its national convention grade six, Marc, grade four, Pastor, Sacred Heart, New Bedand Robert, kindergarten, took ford here Sept. 28-0ct. 3.

The convention theme will be an active part in the ceremony. . Rev. J. Orner Lussier, 1970, ". . . Then Come Offer Your The entire family worked to- Pastor, Sacred Heart, North AtGift," a quotation from the Gos- gether to produce a special bap- tleboro pel of S1. Matthew reflecting tismal robe and to choose the MAR. 3 the Holy Year theme of recon- appropriate readings for the ocRt. Rev. Timothy P. Sweeney, ciliation. Among the topics chos- casion.

LhD., 1960, Pastor, Holy Name, Paula Marie's paternal grand- New Bedford en for discussion are the im路 portance of personal spirituality . father is Rene Leduc of Fall RivMAR. 6 in the priesthood and the in- er. Her maternal grllndparents, Rev. John. W. Quirk, 1932, creasing emphasis given to the Mr. and Mrs. Donat Canuel of Founder, St. Joseph, Tanuton the Spanish-speaking, black, and Fall River, with some of their Rev. Bernard P. Connolly, other grandchildren offered the S.S., 1932, St. Charles College, native American communities.

The dates and topics for the gifts during the Offertory Pro- Maryland meeting were announced follow- cession. The child's godparents ing a meeting of the NCDVD were Mr. and Mrs. A. Roger .._.n"''''I'''II '''.III..' ,'''''''I board of directors here. Accord- Lefleur.

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Seemed Tired The Pope spoke in a weak voice and seemed tired during the two-hour service. Vatican sources said he did not participate in the procession because of the cold and chilly weather.

It is also known that Vatican officials have heen trying to cut corners at ceremonies and some public functions to save the Pope's energies during the heavy Holy Year schedule.

The procession and Mass, usually held on Rome's Aventine Hill at the Church of St. Sabina, was moved to St. Peter's to accommodate Holy Year pilgrims.

The penitential procession, in which seven cardinals and many bishops, priests, religious and laity participated, entered the Basilica through the Holy Door.

Following the Gospel of the Mass, the Pope bowed to receive ashes traced on the crown of his head in the sign of a cross

by Cardinal Paolo Marella, archk priest of St. Peter's Basilica. The Pope then placed ashes on the heads of the cardinals, bishops and canons of St. Peter's.

Starting Sunday the Pope began a week of Lenten spiritual exercises which was to include common recitation of parts of the Office, Benediction, the Rosary and a meditation offered by Archbishop Anastasio Ballestrero of Bari, Italy.

Pope Paul Honors Managing Editor LITTLE ROCK (NC)-William W. O'Donnell, managing editor of The Guardian, Little Rock diocesan publication, for the last 20 years, has been appointed a Knight of St. Gregory.

The appointment by Pope Paul VI was announced here by Bishop Andrew J. McDonald of Little Rock.

O'Donnell, 60, a native of East N.J., attended Providence College in Providence, R.I., worked as a free lance reporter for New England metropolitan dailies and was employed by the Providence Journal for 16 years.

The father of six children, he moved to Arkansas in 1954. His wife is the former Eleanor Holland of Providence. The O'Donnells have eight grandchildren.

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Name Ex-Editor of Boston Pilot USCC World Peace Secretary WASHINGTON (NC) - Msgr. Harrold J. Murray, ~ who was Francis J. Lally, former editor named director of planning and of The Pilot, Boston archdioce- development for the Newark san newspaper, has been named archdiocese last November. Fasecretary for social development •ther Robert V. Monticello, assoand world peace of the U.S. ciate general secretary of the Catholic Conference (USCC), USCC, has administered the DeBishop James S. Rausch, USCC partment of Social Development general secretary, announced and World Peace since that time. here.

The Boston priest will coordiMsgr. Lally, 56, now pastor of Sacred Heart parish in Roslin- nate the work of a department dale, Mass., was editor of The whose two major functional elements, since the recently comPilot from 1952 to 1972.

The new appointment is ef- pleted reorganization of the fective March 15, Bishop Rausch usce, are domestic social development and international justice said. and peace.

The bishop called Msgr. Lally "one of the best informed and Stewardship Head most capable priests in the Msgr. Lally was born in Church in the United States today" and said his a;pointment Swampscott, Mass., on June 11, "will strengthen the conference 1918. He attended Swampscott in its efforts to come to grips High School, Boston College and with the many pressing prob- St. John's Seminary in Brighton, lems facing the Church and so- and was ordained to the priesthood in 1944. ciety today."

He subsequently studied at Msgr. Lally succeeds Msgr.

Laval University, Quebec, and earned a degree in social philosophy in 1948.

Long active in civic as well as religious affairs, Msgr. Lally served as chairman of the Boston Redevelopment Authority from 1961 to 1970. He is a member of Boston's Committee for the Permanent Charity ,Fund and of the United States Committee for the United Nation's Children's Fund.

In March, 1971, Cardinal Humberto Medeiros of Boston appointed him director of the Archbishop's Stewardship Appeal, the agency responsible for collecting funds annually to help support various services and agencies in the archdiocese.

He is the author of the book "The Catholic Church in a Changing America," and the editor of the Boston Catholic DirecRev. Msgr. Francis J. Lally tory.

Campus Ministry Convention Set GREEN BAY (NC) The National Ecumenical Campus Ministry Convention is to be held Aug. 10-18 at the University of Colorado, Boulder, Colo., it was announced here.

Father Richard Mauthe, Newman chaplain at the University of Wisconsin's Green Bay extension, was host to representatives of five profe5sional campus ministry associations who planned the convention.

The Catholic Campus Ministry Association was one of the five associations. Its current president, Father Patrick O'Neill, whose term expires in August, is also director of the Campus and Young Adult Ministry Office of the U.S. Catholic Conference.

Four Themes Open to all men, women and families involved in campus ministry as well as others interested in the field, the convention wiU have four principal speakers, focusing on four main themes: .....Dr. Robert Bellah, professor of sociology at the University of California, Berkeley, "The American Revolution Revisited;" -The Rev. Dr. Archie Hargraves, president of Shaw University, Raleigh, N.C., "The Shape and Future of Ministry in Higher Education;" -DQmini<;a,n Fatlwr Ma,tth~w

Fox of Barat College, Chicago, "Toward an Enriched Spiritual Life;" -"Value Implications, World Consciousness and Global Crisis," no speaker yet announced.

Also planned are 32 workshops on subjects ranging from ecumenical ministry models, professionalism, political action and women's issues to cable television.

The five organizations sponsorning the convention are the National Campus Ministry AS30ciation, Catholic Campus Ministry Association, Lutheran Campus Ministry Association, Ministry. to Blacks in Higher Education and Episcopal Society for Ministry to Higher Education.

Also involved with convention planning were two associated women's groups.

French Singer At Stonehill On Friday EASTON - Jacques Yvart, French author, singer and composer, will perform at 8 p.m.

Friday, Feb. 21, in Hemingway Theater on the Stonehill College campus.

His appearance is sponsored by the college's Cultural Committee and the Modern Language '.

Depaitment.

Born in the north of" France, Yvart comes from a family of seamen. An ardent skipper himself, Yvart sings of his love for the· sea. Besides collecting French folksongs, he has written his own songs together with French poet Alain Dewynck.

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FALL RIVER DEPARTURE: Most Rev. Daniel A. Cronin, S.T.D., Bishop of Fall River, Spiritual Leader of the Diocesan Holy Year Pilgrimage to Rome is accompanied

by Rev. Msgr. John J. Regan, left, rector of St. Mary's Cathedral, and Rev. Msgr. Thomas J. Harrington, right, chancellor, as they leave the Cathedral on Friday afternoon for the trip to Logan Airport, Boston.

Cardinal Visiting Latin Lands BOSTON (NC) - Cardinal Humberto Medeiros of Boston is making a two-week visit to priest-members of the Missionary Society of St. James the Apostle, whose South American headquarters is in Lima, Peru.

The cardinal will attend the Feb. 24-28 annual general meeting there of the society, which was founded in 1958 hy the late Cardinal Richard Cushing of Boston to supply priest-volun· teers for five-year stints as missionaries in Latin America.

The cardinal is accompanied

by Father Dennis A. Dever, superior. of the society and director of its Boston headquarters.

The cardinal wiLl also call at mission parishes of the society in Santa Cruz, Bolivia, and in four towns on the northern coast of Peru: Chimbote, Piura, Talara and Negritos.

The society, which maintains missions in Ecuador, Bolivia and Peru, currently has a membet~ ship of 74 priests, many of whom have been members since the society's beginning. Twentythree of the members stationed in South America are priests of the Boston archdiocese.

In addition to his own original compositions, Yvart's repertoire includes French folktunes, the poems set to music of such well· known authors as Baudelaire, Hugo and Genet, and the songs of contemporary poet-singers, like Jacques BreI. In 1968 he received the muchsought after Paul Fort prize in Paris. Yvart has also won three gold medals at the Music Festival in Sofia, Bulgaria.

The Friday evening concert is free and open to the public.

Named Consultor WASHINGTON (NC) - Paulist Father John B. Sheerin, for· mer editor of Catholic World, oldest Catholic magazine in 1he United States, has been appointed general consultor to the U.S. Catholic bishops' Secretariat for Catholic-Jewish Relations.

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'challenges Critics DAYTON (NC) - Critics of the Catholic school system within the Church have never corne up with a better way to instruct young people in their faith, Auxiliary Bishop Daniel E. Pilarczyk of Cincinnati said in a talk to Dayton area priests. The Catholic school remains the best available means to meet the Church's educational challenge, he said.

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Church Critics Pope Paul, speaking in a most cordial and informal manner to the parish priests of Rome, asking their help in firmness and kindness to do the work of God, again pointed out the damage done by those who hurt the harmony of the Church.

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The Pope said that he was not blind to the criticisms that can be quite justly leveled against the organization of the Church and in this he included himself. But he stressed that those who criticize can easily cast a defeatist cloud over the whole Church which Christ commanded should be built up.

It is quite strange to find Catholics who are so harsh speaking about the Church. They seem to forget that as long as the Church is on pilgrim~ge through this life, as long as it is a vehicle of salvation, as long as it is in the process of living and growing and developing, it will always ha've members within it in need of perfecting, in need of renewal, in need of salvation.

The Church's great act of worship, the Mass, begins with a penitential rite, an acknowledgement by all present that all are sinners and all in need of God's mercy. Well, if Catholics believe that God will have compassion and forgiveness for His children, then Catholics should have a more realistic view and a much more compassionate one toward one another.

If there is renewal to be accomplished in members of the Church, if there. is need of constant perfecting, then the one doing the criticizing should reveal the renewal first in his own life and then, in a manner hopeful and loving, encourage and inspire this in other Church members.

No Gag for the Press The State of Hawaii is again flirting with legislation regarding newspapers. The stated purpose is to inquire into the financial aspects of the newspapers. But there is the very real fear that this is an attempt to curb newspapers by placing them in some measure under the control of the Public Utilities Commission, even though many regard such an attempt as unconstitutional.

No one will argue that every newspaper everywhere has always been the epitome of journalistic integrity. But the level of integrity has been a high one. So many persons are involved in a newspaper that it is quite difficult, if not in the long run impossible, to prevent truth from being printed or to slant a matter in such a way as to distort it for any length of time.

In the long run, there are too many good newspaper men and women who are devoted to the truth, who have the will to publish the facts, who will not allow themselves or others to be gagged and prevented from presenting the facts as they are.

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Post Columnist Joins Critics Of Rausch Sermon Coverage WASHINGTON (NC) - The press critic of the Washngton Post has supported Bishop James Rausch's criticism of press coverage of a human rights sermon he delivered.

Bishop Rausch, general secretary of the U. S. Catholic Conference, has written letters to the Post and the Washington Star-News protesting the treatment of his sermon. He cr,iticized the papers':::",for reporting that he had told Rresident Gerald Ford, in attendance at a Red Mass in Washin-gton, that it was his duty to oppose abortion.

In his letter, Bishop Rausch said abortion was only one issue -taking up one sentence-in a 1,500-word sermon on the broader topic of human rights.

Charles Seib, an associate editor at the Post who writes a press column and serves as internal critic of the paper, supported Bishop Rausch's complaint. The stories in the Post and Star.,News were based on a UPI story with this lead:

Newspaper persons are, of course, creatures of their own environment and situations. They can present a story so that their own point of view comes on stronger than that toward which they have no sympathy. They can be "President Ford attended a - selected by their superiors simply because it is known how traditional Red Mass for Justice they feel and how they will present a case. But it is a rare 'at Washington's St. Matthew's Cathedral and heard a Roman instance indeed when a major proposition is presented in CathoIic bishop tell him from such a black and white way that one side has everything going for it and the other is completely ignored or stifled.

Sometimes a reporter does not get cooperation from one side of a case so that he must either substitute his own concept of the matter or ignore it. Sometimes he is rebuffed I and, human nature being what it is, this can show itself in his write-up.

But, as one literary figure once observed, most good writing does get published. And most truth does get out.

It is the responsibility of the newspaper to present the truth.

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The bishop, the story continued, "said Ford, Burger and the other officials sitting in the cathedral must 'assume a responsibility (to defend the human r,ights) we dare not fail to meet.' ..

Seib said the UPI reporter did not have a text of the homily and misundersto'Od Bishop Rausch: when Bishop Rausch referred to the "awesome responsibility" the U. S. faced as the world's largest producer of food ,in the middle of a world food crisis, the reporter understood him to say "'assume," and applied it to the reference to abortion, which Bishop Rausch said "directly violates" the right to life.

Seib blamed the problem on a tendency among editors to pressure reporters to "make it sing" -to make the first paragraptt or two of a story as exciting as possible. Seib said this approach was too simple for today.

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ROME (NC) - Proposals for new norms on religious poverty within the Jesuits were ordered drafted by the general congrega,tion of the Society of Jesus meeting in Rome.

These proposals were considered in line with the express desire of the superior general, Father .Pedro Arrupe, that the Society of Jesus embrace a povlerty that would bring th'eim closer to the world's have-nots.

Under the proposed norms there would be a drastic separation between the funds of a Jesuit project (schools, developments or missionary work) and the funds of communities in which the Jesuits live. ,Father Arrupe, in a speech delivered at Genoa, Italy, in December of 1973, had outlined his attitude toward poverty.

"What should be our attitude toward the consumer society, its materialism, its mad pursuit of comfort, power, riches?"

He answered his query: "If in a society of economic progress, abundance and consumerism, we (Jesuits) lack the spirit of poverty and the detachment derived from it, we run the risk, more than at any other time in the past, of becoming slaves.

We should, in fact, find it intolerable that there can be in our Society rich communities and poor communities."

However, the general, congregation did authorize the drafting committee to propose a number of measures which would permit remuneration of Jesuits for individual effort.

The draft proposals would allow "salaries for ministries, even those which are spiritual, when in the judgment of the major superior, -they are ministries proper to the society but could not otherwise be undertaken on the basis of the traditional gratuity of the society."

Senate Supports Continued from Page One The second resolution endorses and supports the present Boycott of Gallo Wine 'and those distributors of its products until free and secret elections are held among the farm workers to see which union they wish to belong.

It was announced that Rev. Thomas Lopes, associate pastor of St. John the Baptist Parish in New Bedford, has been elected by all the Priests Senates in New England to be their official representative to the National Federation of Priest Councils.

He will be accompanying Rev. Marcel Bouchard, associate pastor of St. Joseph's Parish, Taunton and Senate Treasurer, Fall River's official delegate to the convention. The theme of the convention will be that of reconciliation and the F'all River delegation will especially be interested in the topic of the alienation of youth.

In other Senate business reports were received from several committees and two new senators were welcomed: Rev. Edward Byington, associ~te pastor of Sacred Heart Parish in Taunton, and Rev. Richard Beaulieu, associate pastor of St. James in Taunton.

The next meeting of the Priests Senate will be held Friday, March 14 at 11 a.m. at the Catholic Memorial Home. All ~riests !11 thl;l dioGese are invited.

,NCCB Official Speaks O'ut On Fetal Experimentation WASHINGTON (NC) - Holding that "no serious perso"n has called for an absolute ban on all fetus research," an official of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops (NCCB) outlined suggested guidelines on such experimentation to a government commission.

Msgr. James T. McHugh, director of the NCCB Committee on Population and Pro-Life Activities. told the National Commission for the Protection' of Human Subjects of Biomedical and Behavioral Research that fetal experimentation must be considered within the context of the Supreme Court decision overturning most state abortion laws.

He criticized that decision as making it easier to think of the aborted fetus as "little more than an experimental anima!."

The commission is scheduled to offer recommended guidelines on fetal experimentation by May 1.

Msgr. McHugh outlined his suggested guidelines for fetal experimentation: -Experimentation on the unborn fetus in the womb should be prohibited unless necessary to insure the survival or health of the fetus.

-Experiments on live aborted fetuses should be prohibited unless designed to save the life of the fetus.

-Experiments on the fetus prior to abortion should be prohibited because the fetus cannot give "informed consent" to the experiment. "Moreover, the consent of the mother, who has already decided to end the life of her yet unborn offs~ring, cannot be accepted as a fair or just decision on behalf of the unborn."

-Experiments on the fetus begun prior to abortion and to be completed after abortion should be prohibited.

Like an Autopsy There should be a "general disposition" against experiments on dead fetuses, Msgr. McHugh said, with the following distinctions: -Experiments on the stillborn or spontaneously aborted fetus may be allowed to determine the cause of death and to insure survival of other infants.

"The norms apply here as would apply to an autopsy of an adult."

-Experiments which are purely speculative or used to show fetal organs' to medical students should -be prohibited.

-Specific experiments directed toward the elimination of a particular disease may be permitted, for example, through the taking of a tissue culture. "In such a case, the intended purpose of the experiment should be carefully spelled out, there should be reasonable hope that specific scientific evidence that is otherwise unavaliable will be obtained, and no other experiments will be carried out. Consent of the parents should be obtained. Once the scientific hypothesis is verified satisfactorily, such experiments should no longer be permitted."

-The physician .who performs the abortion $IWlll~ n.ever

be allowed to perform experiments on the. fetus.

Msgr. McHugh said there is "a tendency to overestimate the projected results of fetal experiments." Research on animals or study of the amniotic fluid may be sufficient, he said. "There do not seem to be any genetic diseases where experimentation on live fetuses is required."

Must Be Tested "The basic research data in the efforts to overcome sickle cell anemia and Tav-Sachs disease (two major genetic diseases) were accumulated prior to the recent use of the live fetus as a research specimen," he said.

"There is a serious question among specialists as to whether any serious gains can be achieved by widespread experimentation on aborted fetuses," Msgr. McHugh said.

Citing a need for more "dispassionate" discussion of fetal experimentation, he said: 'We are told that fetal experimentation is necessary to save children's lives, to gain scientific knowledge, to overcome genetic diseases. These generalities must be 'tested and proven before any effective dialogue can take place.

"Moreover, even when the individual assertion can be proven to some degree, it is often basically a utilitarian argument. If experimentation on the fetus is justified to gain knowledge or overcome genetic disease for others, then the same principle can be applied to experiments on other human beings, sick or well, old or young, dying or growing better, abandoned or rejected by others."

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Mediterranean Peace Might Extend Worldwide VATICAN CITY (NC) - A peace in the Mediterranean might be the prelude to world peace, Pope Paul VI told the new Egyptian ambassador to the Holy See, Mohammed el Fhafei Abdel Hamid, when he presented his credentials Feb. 13.

"We have suffered, we are suffering' from the difficulties which have accumulated in the Middle East over so many years, with troubles and violence in their train.

"Perhaps the way is open today to a reasonable settlement of conflicts?"

Pope Paul added: "Just as the Holy See hopes that Egypt can happily resolve her problems, so it remains anxious to see inculcated into all nations a climate of detente, of dialogue and let us say, of cooperation in the search for true human progress wbich has so many capital matters to settle for its development.

"So long as peace remains precarious in this Mediterranean basin, which 路has been so long the crucible of civilization and of religious vitality, it will remain precarious for the whole world. But if it can be estab-

lished, there will be a chance for al!. Who does not desire this? On our' part, we will neglect no effort to contribute to this."

Before presenting his credentials, the Egyptian ambassador spoke of the Pope's efforts to defend the rights of man and spiritual values.

"In our part of the world we are conscious. of the positions taken by Your Holiness against oppression and injustice. . . .

Certainly peace cannot be lasting if the rights of oppressed peoples are not restored."

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Right-to-Life Continued from Page One Greeks who taught that the purpose of the medical profession is to save lives.

Roy Scarpato, president of the Massachusetts Citizens for Life, said the verdict "puts the pressure" on the U.S. Supreme Court for a better definition of "viability" and the rights of the unborn.

"We don't take pleasure in the conviction of Dr. Edelin," Scarpato said. "He is not the real culprit-the U.S. Supreme Court is."

The pro-life spokesman said the news media "tried Dr. Edelin and found him not guilty prior to the verdict. It was the jurors, however, who were impressed with the evidence brought by the prosecution."

Plan Pilot Programs For Bicentennial DETROIT (NC)--Five parishes and three organizations in the Detroit archdiocese will participate soon in a bicentennial pilot program whose efforts will affect every diocese throughout the country. The archdiocese was chosen by the bicentennial committee of the National Conference of Catbolic Bishops (NCCB), to initiate the pilot program "because it has the largest adult education program in the world," said Mrs. Jane Wol: ford Hughes, director of the archdiocesan Institute for Con~inuin~ Education (ICE).

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As Jesus Fasted 40 Days, How Did Mary Feel?

During Lent I have always concentrated on Christ's fast and passion. This year I decided to meditate on Mary.

What about the Blessed Mother? What did that time mean to her? Surely there were times when she realized that Jesus was God. At first, when the . angel told her of His concep- no, He wouldn't listen to me.

"Mothers don't understand." tion, she must have been He's been gone three weeks aware of His divinity. But now. Why doesn't He send word there seem to have been other times when she was less conscious of His being God and much more concerned about Him as her son.

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MARY CARSON

If she thought of Him a3 God all of the time, she wouldn't have been worried when He was lost in the temple. Sh::! wouldn"t worry that God was lost. If God couldn't take care of Himself, they'd all be in trouble. So she must have searched for Him as a mother looking for a lost son.

So then, if she regarded Him as her son, what were her feelings when He went to fast in the de.:ert? He was thirty years old . . . and unemployed. Did she get a bit annoyed with his "drifting"? That would he a normal reaction for a mother.

I know what my thoughts would have been-if I had been in her place. . . .

Why Can't He? And now, instead of going to work, He's going off to meditate for six weeks. Why can't He settle down, and meditate in the momin~s and evenings as other men do?

Six weeks . . . will He trouble Himself to get to the temple on the Sabbath?

What about His friends? That John, even if he is my cousin's boy . . . he is a strange sort.

He doesn't take care of himself properly . . . dresses most unconventionally . . . and his health diet . . . weird!

Why can't Jesus settle down to a normal life ... with normal friends . . . and a normal job?

Why does He have to go out into the desert to "find Himself"?

I wonder if He's even safe out there. Who can He get if He needs help? I wish He had let me pack some decent fQOd for Him. Fasting. He needs to fast like a bean pole. He's skinny enough as it is. He needs some meat on His bones. But,

Beatified VATICAN CITY (NC) - Pope Paul VI .has beatified Mother Marie-Eugenie Milleret de Brou, who founded a religious order dedicated to the advancement and education of women. Born in Metz, France, in 1817, Blessed Marie-Eugenie founded the Congregation of the Assumption in Paris in 1839. The order now has about 1,800 members working in 30 countrie~.

how He is? Doesn't He think I worry if He's okay?

I wonder if Jl)hn goes out to see Him. MaybE' if I get in touch with him, he'I1 know.

"John, have you seen Jesus?

Is He pkay?"

"Fear not, Mary."

"Never mind That 'fear not' business. I'm His mother. I'm worriedl" "Mary, He's a man . . . He's the Son of God. Don!t trouble yourself."

"That's all right for you to say. You've never been a mother. What do you know? He's my son ... and as long as He lives, I'll worry about Him." . "If I see Him, I'll tell Him to get in touch with you."

"Good ... and while you're at it, why don't you go say 'hello' to your own mother, so she shouldn't be worrying either!"

Can't Stop Mary continues to busy herself ... but can never stop wondering about Him. Thirty-nine days pass. She wonders who He's with . . . if He's safe . . . what hardships have befallen Him . . . what temptations have troubled Him. He returns.

"Son ... it's good to have you back. Come, eat. I'v made soup and bread for you. Tell me about your time in the desert while you get some food inside you.

How was everything? Did you have any problems? Were you safe. . . ."

"Mother . . . everything was fine. Practically no one was out ther~. . . .

"In fact, the only one I saw was talking about the stones, and th::! pinnacle of the temple, and the kingdoms of the world.

I spoke to him, but then he went on his way.

"Mother you worry too much!"

Portuguese School Is 'Nationalized' VATICAN CITY (NC) - Bish>op Agostino Lopez de Moura of Portaglegre-Castelo Branco, Portugal, has denounced an army enforced "nationalizing" of the diocesan school for foreign students in Proenca-a-Nova, according to a Vatican Radio broadcast.

Vatican Radio quoted news agency reports stating that elements of the armed forces "under the pretext of carrying out the will of the people," occupied the school and decreed its "na· tionalization." The bishop was reported as saying that "the diocesan authority was never consulted."

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He Urges They Contribute to 1975 American Catholic Aid Fund VATICAN CITY (NC) - Pope Paul VI, in an English-language broadcast to U.S. Catholic school children for the. 1975 American Catholic Overseas Aid Fund, urged them "to share and to sacrifice in order to help once again your needy brothers and sisters in the lands across the seas."

He spoke on Ash Wednesday as part of the annual ap,eal in Catholic schools and parishes on behalf of Catholic Relief Services (CRS), overseas relief and development agency of U.S. Catholics.

The appeal provides basic funding for the global activities of CRS. It also helps finance the Refugee and Migration Section of the United States Catholic Conference, the Catholic' Apostleship of the Sea and a special grant for Pope Paul's own charities.

Last year, CRS gave assistance to about 20 million poor and hungry people in 75 countries. The value of. this program, which took in the famine areas of the Sahelian zone of Africa, refugee camps in Cambodia and aid to victims of hurricane Fifi in Honduras, stood .at more than $154 million.

A partial text of the Pope's address follows: "Dear Children, "This is the Pope speaking to you from the, Vatican. Once again, at the beginning of Lent, we want to share with you our

thoughts. We want you to know how you can help,. in a special way, the many children in other parts of the worLd who are homeless and hungry.

"The mothers and fathers of these children love them very much, just as your parents love you. But they are very poor.

Many boys and girls are so hungry that they cry themselves to sleep each night. Then, too, there are poor children who have no one to care for them. Millions of other boys and girls have only a damp, cold shelter to call a home. They have very 'little clothing to keep them warm and not enough food to keep them strong.

"In America, you have been greatly blessed. God has given you many good things. And so, in this Holy Year, we are asking you to share and to sacrifice in order to help once again your needy brothers and sisters in the lands across the seas."

PARIS (NC) - Miss Jeanne Zurcher, 57, has been ordained the first woman pastor in the Lutheran Church of France in a ceremony at Courbevoie in the Paris suburbs.

Miss Zurcher had been an assistant pastor since 1947.

Although the French Reformed Church has been ordaining women pastors since 1968, the Lutheran Church of France has avoided taking the same step, particularly for ecumenical reasons. Its leaders feared that ordaining women would make more difficult the search for unity with the Catholic and Orthod'ox Churches.

Last year, however, the synod of Lutheran Church of France decided to admit women to ordination.

Published Catholic reaction has been favorable. Bishop Andre Rousset of Pontoise sent a message in which he expressed regret at not being able to at· tend at the ordination. Many Catholics, among them several priests, participated in the ceremony.

Stresses Reconciliation, Human Relations VATICAN CITY (NC)-Pope Paul VI, at a private audience for NATO officers attending NATO's Defense College courses here and their families, stressed human relations and reconciliation, a theme of the 1975 Holy Year.

Speaking in French to the 200 people present, Pope Paul said: "While developing the tech· niques and experiences of your professional duty, we hope that your work has strengthened links of culture, friendship' and mutual mission among all of you.

"It is thus that you can con· 'tribute to advance peace and collaboration which will overcome psychological, economic and social difficulties."

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Bible The Iliad is only great because all life is a battle, the Odyssey because all life is a journey, the Book of Job because all Ufe is a riddle.

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By Joseph and Marilyn Roderick The snow that now covers the ground reminds me that I should try sowing seed on the late snow to replenish the grass on my front lawn. For years I have ~een reading that as the snow melts it will moisten and germmate. the seed 8:s it falls to the wet grass below. This is, however, one of a full day at work, I do find afternoon cooking fun during those things I have always weekends. had my doubts about. For Not only does weekend cook· one thing, I feel that most of the seed will be eaten by the birds as it sits on tb;! glistening white snow. For another, I wonder where the seed will end up after the snow melts if it can be assumed that melting will be uneven. I suppose I should try this method if only to satisfy my curiosity, but I hate to waste the seed.

One wonders who discovers what should be done in the gar· den and who researches suggested techniques. Knowing our society, one h3.s to wonder what research is conducted other than that leading to economic gain for the researchers. For instance, I have been told for years to lime my lawn, which I never do, but I have never read a scientific jU3tification for the practice.

Tea Bags?

My wife read recently that one should use tea water in the feeding of house plants, so now I have ugly teabags sitting in my plant, pots, but I h3.ve not seen a justification for this practice either. Why plants should require whatever is in tea, I really don't know, but I suppo:e my wife feels that she is doing her part for the flora of the world.

Many of the things we do i'n the garden iome from experience or reasonable research and these are practices which prove thmselves over the year, but one has to be careful that a great deal of effort is not expended in following practices that have no justification. Sometimes we are surprised at some of the research findings. ' For instance, I always went to a great deal of trouble to ensure that my azaleas were given a good mulch for the winter and then I read in a Department of Agriculture handbook that extensive experimentation with azaleas showed that winter mulching was actually harmful rather than helpful. Someone actually field-tested mulching and found' it disadvantageous. Maybe someone will field-test a few house plants and find that tea bags do nothing for them and I will be able to look at one of my plants without having a tea bag look back at me.

In the Kitchen While it's a search to find anything good to say about this part of winter, I did come across one very good article titled "Cooking To Brighten A Cloudy Afternoon." Most of the foods featured in the .article had a homey country kitcben feel. Included were long-cooking stews and soups, spicy 'aroma-filled baked goods and even main dish pies.

One very warming sport espe· cially on a cold wintry afternoon, is trying out your culinary talents. While I don't recommend that you try to enjoy an afternoon in the kitchen after

ing fill your freezer, and your cookie jar (that is, if you can keep the children away from the cooking goodies long enough to stock the jar), it also fills your kitchen with the most delicious and delightfUl aromas imaginable.

Not even Chanel has learned b::lw to bottle the fantastic smell of baking gingerbread, fresh bread rising or an applie pie bubbling in the oven. While all this cooking and baking may put a dent in yom: grocery bill (not as much as huying prepared foods, though) and raise your level of cholesterol it will do wonders for your morale on a snowy afternoon!

If you like garlic you'll love this spaghetti sauce, and while you may need an antacid afterwards the delight will be well worth the discomfort.

PESTO GENOVESE 1 cup olive oil or vegetable oil 2 cloves of garlic .

3 Tablespoons pine nuts (I must confess I made the sauce on' a very snowy day when I couldn't go for the pine nuts and it was still great) 2 teaspoons dried leaf basil (or two cups firmly packed fresh basil leaves) 1 teaspoon salt ~ teacpoon pepper 1 cup freshly grated Parmes· an cheese 1 pound linguini 1) Place the oil and garlic in an electric blender, cover and blend at high speed until smoothWith blade still spinning remove inner cap of cover and gradually add pine nuts, blending until smooth. Add basil leaves and continue until these are well blended also.

2) Add salt and pepper and then gradually add Parmesan cheese, stopping blender to stir down mixture with a thin rubber scraper.

3) Cook linguini as directed on package. Drain and place on heated platter. Pour pesto sauce over linguini and toss with two forks until evenly blended.

MORE THAN A FRIEND: Lorraine Swindler walks hand in hand with 83-year-old William Schinke at the Lafon Nursing Home of the Holy Family in New Orleans. Schinke, a recent arrival at the home where Mrs. Swindler has lived for four years, turned out to be more than a friendly newcomer. He is her father whom she had not seen in 40 years because of family complications. NC Photo.

C'otholic Women Of MiJomi Area Oppose ERA MIAMI (NC) Tbe Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), to be proposed again during the 1975 session of the Florida legislature which convenes in April, is being opposed by the Miami Archdiocesan Council of Catholic Women (ACCW).

Recalling that the National Council of Catholic Women (NCCW) has opposed ratificatLon of the proposed amendment, Mrs. Anita Rogero, ACCW legislative Chairman asked: "Why would the NCCW, an organization actively supporting good legislation for women over the past 52 years, be against the ERA if tbey did not see more harm than good in it?"

Meanwhile at the state capital of Tallahassee, the. Select, House Committee on Human Rights unanimously approved a resolution ratifying the ERA and the measure went to the House Rules Committee for scheduling on the full House agenda.

House Speaker Donald Tucker predicted that the resolution, which has failed to pass the legislature during the past five ses· sions, will pass the House this year. He announced that he plans to take it up in the first week of the session.

Thirty-three states have already voted in favor of the ERA, but 38 are needed for ratification.

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Cardinal Asserts Sentiment Rising Aga'inst Abortion ST. LOUIS (NC) - Cardinal John Carberry of St. Louis has asserted that indignation against abortion, far from dying out, is livelier than ever.

Writing to mark the second anniversary Jan. 22 of the Supreme Court's decision overturning most state anti-abortion laws, C,ardinal Carberry branded that decision a "decision for death."

His statement, which was read in part at a pro-life Mass held Jan. 22 in St. Louis Cathedral, observed: "The pro-abortionists thought that the fury of the people would. calm down with the passing of time. To the contrary, indignation is rising."

He asserted that the "specious arguments and double-talk of the pro-abortionists have availed little." And he appealed for renewed efforts for a constitutional amendment to protect the lift of the unborn child.

Picket Clinic Cardinal Carberry also hailed the efforts of persons of all faiths to protect unborn children. Taking not of the daily vigil kept outside an abortion clinic operated by Reproductive Health Services, the cardinal said. "We thank those of various'religious denominations who, abhorring the deaths which were legalized by the Supreme Court decision, walk in quiet and faithful demonstration before a building in our city where abortions are daily performed."

Many of the more than 1,500 participants in the pro-life Mass joined in the picketing at the abortion clinic, to mark the second anniversary of the Supreme Court decision.

TO MARKET, TO MARKET: Children at St. John's Child Care Center, Fall River, learn the fine points of grocery shopping with the aid of Ellen Thran and Anne 1VIoniz (rear). Youngsters are, from left, Sean O'Keefe, Tony Smith, Andrew Motta, John Paiva.

St. John's Youngsters Find Supermarket Teaches Many Skills, Is Fun Too

What's a supermarket to you?

A place to hurry through as quickly as possible on a onceweekly shopping foray? It may be that for most people, but for the bright-eyed tots of St. John's Child Care and Development Center in St. Patrick's parish, Fall River, a supermarket is a shiny. brightly-colored learning experience, full of good smells, sounds and tastes.

The idea was expressed more formally by St. John's teachers, who asked themselves, "What Orders Work Halted better place than a 'supermarket to teach children the cognitive On Holy Year Tents and social skills they need to ROME (NC) - Work on a function in society?" tent village for Holy Year meetSo-off they went to a nearby ings on the Appian Way outside market with their, small charges.

Rome has been halted by a The youngsters were in it for Rome magistrate. fun but their teachers had a One large circus big top and sharp eye out for reinforcement five smaller tents were being of such skills as "left, right proerected in the sealed-off archaeo- gression, visual discrimination logical area over the St. Calixtus and letter recognition." catecombs on the Via Appia AnThere was also a, chance "to tica to seat upwards of 10 000 widen vocabulary when we as pilgrims attending special Holy a group wrote an experience Year festivals, youth. gatherings chart story on our trip. Math and other celebrations. readiness, of course, was seen One Vatican source said that in number recognition, but the tents were to be used for mostly in the classification skills the international meeting of needed to hunt down and idencharismatic Catholics scheduled tify various items." for Pentecost weekend.

Preparation, Procedure Magistrate Gianfranco AmenGetHng ready for their expedola said he had ordered the site sei;:ed by police Feb. 12. He gave dition, the youngsters discussed two grounds: violation of the' "what supermarkets are and archaeological zoning laws and what mommies do in them." running a sewerage system un- They talked about how goods der the catacombs. He said that are classified on shelves and also about how the store manno permit had been issued.

A member of tb::l Vatican's ager is a "community helper," Holy Year Committee confirmed and what the ground rules of that the committee had request- shopping are (for instance, shoped building permission for this ping carts aren't a' new kind of Big Wheel). tent village.

Properly briefed, it was off "This is a great setback," he told NC News Service. to market, where each child was "We had hoped to get our given a bag and allowed to go gatherings started very soon. up and down the aisles looking Now we may have to postpone for specific products,' only getthem. I do not know what we'll ting assistance when having do if we can't put up tents for trouble. these large numbel'&," The children were told that.

maybe they wouldn't' find everything they were looking for and they were allowed to help each other in discovering elusive items.

Along the way they learned to classify items into such cate-

gories as edible and non-edible, fruit and vegetable, canned and fresh; and also learned new words such as "aisle," "produce," and "manager."

Words they didn't need to learn: "Mommie, buy me thatl"

Vatican Document Meant to Help Struggle Against Abortion Evil VATICAN CITY (NC) - The Vatican's long document condemning not only abortion itself but the relaxation of laws restricting abortion was designed to encourage all persons who are struggling against the spread of abortion.

This was affirmed to NC News Service by officials of the Vatican's Doctrinal Congregation, which published its 5,OOO-word Declaration on Induced Abortion at the end of November. The officials also confirmed that initiative for the document came from tbeir congregation.

"It was high time to come out' with a document supporting all those who have been fighting the spread of legalized abortion," one official of the Doctrinal Congregation said.

At the same time the congregation hoped to lend extra weight from the Vatican to condemnations of abortion by individual bishops and national episcopal conferences, one official added.

Archbishop Jerome Hamer, the Belgian Dominican who is secretary of the Doctrinal Congregation, expressly rejected the charge that publication of the declaration had been held back until the eve of the French parliament's debate on abortion laws in late November, in order to have a special affect on the debate. (The French parliament voted to liberalize abortion.)

List of Changes The Vatican's document was published Nov. 25 although it

had been approved by Pope Paul VI in June. Archbishop Hamer pointed out in a Vatican Radio interview that other countries had already begun debate on abortion laws before the publication of the declaration, and that still others were scheduled to review existing laws in the field after the publication date.

"This indicates how difficult it would have been to select a date if that had been our intention," he commented.

He further revealed that when the Pope approved the document on June 28, he added a "precise list of ohanges to be made." As a result it was impossible to publish the declaration immediately, Archbishop Hamer said, since it "was impossible to complete the document during the summer holidays when our collaborators-Romans and foreigners, and almost all of the uni路 versity professors - were scat路 tered more or less around the world."

The archbishop summed up: "The declaration, in fact, was published when' it was ready.

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CALEXICO (NC)-The public hospital owned by this city says that it is the only one of its kind in California which does hot allow abortions to be performed.

Dr. Francisco Alvarez, chief of staff, told Southern Cross, San Diego diocesan newspaper, that no abortion would be countenanced by the nurses and doctors who staff the hospital in this heavily Catholic community.

"We constantly fight to maintain our position," he said. "But the nurses and most of the doctors agree with the rule.

"The nurses have all signed a document stating that they will walk off the job if anyone forces us to perform abortions," he added.

The 40-bed hospital serves 16,000 residents of Calexico, on the border with Mexico. But, as Dr. Alvarez pointed out, the surrounding community could bring the total closer to 60,000 people. ",For our population, our birthrate is high and we deal with a lot of unwed mothers, and still we are the only city hospital in California which does not allow abortion," he said.

"This stand is the result of the deeply seated Catholic culture of the community, which is shown in the employes, particularly the nurses who will have nothing to do with abortion,"

Regrets Hurt PROVIDENCE (NC) - Bishop Louis E. Gelineau of Providence J:.3S expressed regret. for "the hurt caused" by remarks made by a priest concerning the mmtary rites of taps and rifle volleys at burial of veterans. Press reports said that the priest, Father Richard Desaulniers, 31, assistant pastor of St. Joseph's Church in Woonsocket, told family and friends at the graveside service for the late Ernest P. Picard that "whatever follows after I make the sign of the cross has nothing to do with the Christian rite."

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Bishop-: Attempt To Stop Spread Of Abortion PANAMA CITY (NC)-Branding a government press campaign "scaffoldilng for the legislation of abortion," the bishops of Panama have vigorously objected to legislation that would permit induced abortion.

"To permit abortion by law is tantamount to teaching people that this is no longer a heinous crime, that it can be an option for birth control when everything else fails," the Panamanian Bishops' Conference declared.

The Panama City archdiocesan publication Senda saw in an attempt by goyernmentcontrolled newspapers to relaunch a 1971 campaign to legalize abortion, "another trial balloon of public opinion." The National Committee on Legislation just completed a revision of the penal code regarding mercy killing and abortion.

The legislation committee is part of the People's National Assembly convoked in 1972 by Gen. Omar Torrijos, commander of the National Guard and Panamanian strongman to replace the elected congress. Represen· tatives delegated by local communitiel? comprise the new body.

Sendas reminded assembly delegates that according to Panama'!s 1972 constitution "the Catholic religion is professed by the majority of the citizens."

Therefore "it is only logical to expect the Church to speak on such vital point of Christian morals," Sendas asserted.

"Now, the Church has given clear and definite reasons fOr condemning induced abortion," the publication added.

The bishops statement was carried in the press and over television ·and radio, besides being published in Sendas.

"The draft of the abortion law is a preview of increased abor· tion, both legal and illegal,as it condones the crime of homicide aga:nst unborn children," the bishops said. It added that legalized abortion poses a threat to the life of the eiderly and the sick.

Government agencies dealing with education and health carry out strong family planning programs, using contraceptives.

Cardinal Condemns Abortion Law PAR,IS (NC)-Cardinal Francois Marty of Paris, president of the French Bishops' Conference, restated the Church's condemnation of abortion in a televised appearance the day after the promulgation of France's new abortion law.

On a Sunday religion program, the cardinal ·also said he regretted the absence of a government policy on the family, and he appealed to Catholic doctors and hospital personnel to respect life.

The new law, the cardinal said, is "inspired by the state of society's morals." He added that the law "did not promote any real family policy, nor fulfill the conditions that could leave reason to hope that the scourge of dandestine abortions wi~l be fouaht effectively."

w: Brewster La Salette Brother's Talents: Tailoring, Cooking, Singing, Printing

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THE ANCHORThurs., Feb. 20, 1975

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Parish Donates To Township

WEEHAWKEN (NC) - St. Brother Roger Clement is a Lawrence parish here has contributed $1,500 to the township tall, muscular man who can lift his sewing machine with two of Weehawken and will contribute another $1,500 in July. fingers.

He did just that the other day The money was turned over for a visitor who called on him to -the tax-poor town by Father in the rectory of Our Lady of John Kelly, pastor, in lieu of the Cape Church in Brewster. the taxes from which the parish "You wouldn't think you could is exempt. get so much work out of such a In making the first contribusmall contraption," said the La tion at the Jarwary meeting of Salette Brother, taking the mathe township committee, Father chine out of the closet and holdKelly noted that it was intended ing it up for the visitor to see. to offset the cost of some of the services provided .by the town"'I've been using it for almost 10 years now, turning out vestship.

He explained that while most ments and stoles for priests in this diocese and in Worcester.

Catholic parishes support Last year I used it to make 55 schools which result in substanConfirmation gowns and 37 tial savings to the communities First Communion' gowns here." where they are located, this is not the case with St. Lawrence From the looks of him you -one of the smallest parishes wouldn't expect Brother Roger in the Newark archdiocese. to be a tailor. He -is 36, and his The parish property consists straight, black hair and William Powell mustache give him the of only a church,. rectory and appearance of urbanity, despite a garage. Located in a township his sports shirt and tennis shoes. where a good portion of the land is tax-exempt-a maze of apBut a tailor he certainly isproaches to the Lincoln Tunnel as well as cook, singer, gu-itarist, under the Hudson River are sitprinter and first sergeant of the BROTHER ROGER CLEMENT, M.S. uated there and operated by the altar boy platoon - and, needPort Authority of New York and less to say, he is the envy of cause he leads the singing and New Jersey-the parish serves many a parish mother whose pened in Attleboro and in Cenassists at Communion. He also a community consisting mostly bones ache from bending over ter Harbor, Canada, where he assists with Communion at the of transients. learned to cook. those patterns on the kitchen 10.,0' clock and 11 :30 Masses on But his first major tailoring It has a long tradition of confloor.

Sunday morning. job was in Worcester, where the tributing to special causes. A Brother Roger has been at it "Father Bedard has plans for 'so long that he doesn't need La Salette community operates a folk Mass for children at 8:30 couple of years ago it donated $5,500 to enable the Weehawken paper patterns. When a gown or Assumption College. "·Father Bedard was provincial on Sunday morning," he said, Rescue Squad to purchase a new vestment is needed, he just pulls "and we are all hopeful that", it ambluance. More recently it has two big conference tables to- in those days," Brother Roger will work out well." said.

"He asked me to make 40 aided families who have been gether, places the material on One of Brother Roger's major left homeless by fire, assisted a the tables and goes right to sets of vestments for a cancelebrated Mass. rewards is his work with the neighboring Protestant congrework with the hand shears.

"Well, 1 had never done any children of the parish. ga·tion -whose church burned • "I used to have an electric thing as elaborate as that before, "I find that chi.ldren are more down, and donated funds to ascutter," he said, "but I found but with the help of a student, that I could work faster with I worked at it night after night. comfortable in church now than sit the victims of the earthquake when 1 was growing up," he in Nicaragua. plain scissors."

It worked out well enough." said. "There seems to be more Speed is important to Brother So well, in fact, that Brother of a sense of friendship. And I Roger because there is always ELECTRICAL plenty to do at Our Lady of the Roger's skill was recognized and think the parents find that, too.

Contractors he was sent back to Canada to When they come to the church Cape, especially in the summer, when nearby beaches attract tailoring school. When he re- or to the rectory, the buildings thousands of tourists. The par- tur:ned to Worcester, he found are always open,' there is always someone here, and they are alish has been growing ever since his skills much in demand. ways welcome."

"There are no commercial the church and the rectory were Then Brother Roger turned to built 14 years ago in a stand of vestment houses in New Enpines off Stonybrook Road, near gland", he said, "so I was asked a bolt of plaid material and the famous Grist Mill. Rev. Ro- on many occas-ions to make placed it on the conference table. land R. Bedard is the pastor and vestments and stoles for priests "This -is for a priest whose Rev. George A. Dube is aSs>istant. in the diocese. 1 had time for mother is in our parish," he said. it then because the students "I think it will make a handOne Hour Each would be out of the building some stole."

"When 1 made the Confirma- most of the day.

"Whenever 1 would get an tion and First Communion gowns, I measured each young- order, 1 would go into Worcesster, then bought white acetate ter, buy the raw silk or whatfor the gowns and red acetate ever material was required and for the stoles," Brother Roger then work up the vestment.

"The priest would pay for said. "I figure it took one hour the material and 1 would charge for each of the 93 growns."

When Brother Roger entered him for my labor. All the money There's a lot to like about Fernandes Super Markets . . • the. La Salette community 17 for labor went to the commuyears ago, he had no idea that nity, of course, since we Brot~­ Serviced Fish. and Deli, S.erviced In· store Bake Shops, his experience in a clothing fac- ers cannot accept money for our services."

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The son of Omer and Beatrice Brother Roger still accepts reClement, who now live at 2000 Bay Street, Fall River, he at- quests for vestments occasiontended Blessed Sacrament School ally, but he finds that he does and the public schools of Fall not have time to make as many River, and then worked for three as he would like.

"This is an active 'parish," he years as a presser at a Fall said. "There is so much to be River apparel shop.

When he arrived at the La done that our days and nights 32 Stores in Southeastern Massachusetts Salette Seminary in Enfield, are nearly always filled."

N. H., the word spread that he One of the most popular OPEN DAILY 8 a.m. - 9 p.m. was pretty good with needle and Masses at Our Lady of the Cape thread, and he soon found him- is the 5 o'clock Mass on SaturMONDAY thru SATURDAY self repairing a lot of clothing day afternoon. It's also one of bf;Sidf;S nis Qwn. That also hap- Brother Roger~s favorites be-

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THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Thurs. Feb. 2~: 1975

Aldous Huxley Biography Exhaustive, Exhausting Who died Nov. 22, 1963? President John F. Kennedy, of course. His assassination blanketed the news that day.

Hence the death of Aldous Huxley, at almost the same hour, did not get the notice that it would otherwise have had. But Huxley has probably had a greater influence ing at one point, for example, "that God is different for differthan Kennedy. His biogra- ent men, and for the same man phy, "Aldous Hurley" by on different occasions."

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Huxley was the offspring of two prominent English families: the Huxleys, of whom Aldous' grandfather, T. H. Huxley, the biologist, was the most famous; and the Arnolds, who numbered among th'em Thomas Arnold, the educational reformer, and Matthew Arnold, the poet.

Thus the child born on July 26, 1894, had a double intellectual heritage, and grew up in 'an intellectual atmosphere. As a boy, he was an industrious student, not a brilliant one. He was endlessly curious about all sorts of things and acquired a great store of variegated knowledge.

Eye Impairment When he was 17, serious eye trouble developed, and it appeared that Aldous might go blind. He learned Braille in order to be able to go on reading, and hl;1 also used a magnifying glass to assist the eye which had some vision.

Huxley first came to public notice with the publication of his novel "Crome Yellow" in 1921. In it he both reflected and satirized the social set of which he was a part. Other novels in much the same vein, "Antic Hay" and "Point Counter Point," followed, and established Huxley as a successful writer, able to live by his .pen.

He was a frequent traveler, and before his death had visited almost all parts of the world.

His observations along the way he put into a series of books.

He also did a considerable amount of journalism.

With World War II imminent, he left Europe, and much of the rest of his life was spent in the United Sta'tes, particularly California. He did some writing for the movies.

Tbe range of Huxley's interests is reflected in his books.

Although his fiction brought him the most money, he wrote on many other subjects.

Aldous Huxley was throughout life an agnostic. Yet an agnostic with a difference. He spoke and wrote about God, say-

When asked whether he prayed, he replied, "I always say my prayers-in the simplest possible words, I always begin, 'Now I lay me down to sleep,' and my prayers are nearly always answered." He frequently and approvingly quoted from the Gospels. But he made it clear that he was not a Christian.

He came finally to a distinction between the physical and the spiritual. And he was convinced of the reality of mystical experience. Of this he wrote a good deal.

Drug Use Huxley achieved some notoriety, as distinct from fame, because of his use of drugs. The fact is that he took mescaHn and LSD only some 10 times in all, and this by way of experimentation. ¥e tried them for their sup,osed consciousnessexpanding properties..

• What he experienced was "a change in ever~day reality. Unlike other mescalin takers before him, .he had no stupendous visions, saw no landscapes. geometrical structures, or enormous spaces." He said. "Suddenly I had an inkling of what it must feel like to be mad."

On the few occasons when he took drugs, it was always under medical supervision, and he warned that this should always be the case. But Miss Bedford confesses that she cannot answer the question whether Huxley's experiments, well publicized, had anything to do with the drug-taking explosion which subsequently occurred.

Huxley was keen in perceiving' ahead of time some of the worst aspects of the present age. He saw tbat science and technology, presumably all-beneficial, could work to man's harm. He kept hammering away at the theme that there would be a worldwide shortage of food. He deplored the mechanical manipulation of children to condition them to the manipulators' control.

Mirror of Age In the late 1940s he foresaw inevitable trouble because of the oil in the Middle East. He characterized the space program as the waste of "incalculable billions of dollars, poured forth in the service of vast' collective paranoias-and meanwhile our three billion hungry people are to become six billions in less 'than 40 years."

In many ways Huxley was a paradox: both an agnostic and a mystic, for example. both happily married and having a few affairs, both a rationalist and a quite credulous accepter of practices bordering on the superstitious.

He is worth knowing, as a mirror of his age and as a critic of it. Miss Bedford's biography is all but exhaustive, and at times it can be exhausting.

FALMOUTH KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS: More than 500 members of the K of C from St. Joseph's Parish, Woods Hole; St. Anthony's, East Falmouth and St. Patrick's, Falmouth attended a tri-parish Communion breakfast in the newly;;.enlarged K of C Hall on Brick Kiln Rd. Rev. Jean Louis Bouchard, D.P. of St. Anne's Shrine, Fall River at the mike, was principal speaker. Seated at the head table: Donald Rebello, PKG; Bro. Irenee Richards, D.P.; Rev. Msgr. James E. Gleason, pastor of St. Patrick's, Falmouth and Edward Chicoine, master of ceremonies.

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The Parish Parade

Advocate Raises News Price to $8

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

NEWARK (NC)-The Advocate, newspaper of the Newark archdiocese, has raised its subscription price from $6 to $8 and its single-copy price from 15 cents to 25 cents.

Announcement of the increase was made by 'the publisher, Archbishop Peter L. Gerety, in a letter to priests in which he asked them to support the newspaper and aim for a 20 per cent increase in circulation this yeaF. He also revealed that The Advocate would change to a tabloid format. No date for the change has been announced.

In his letter the archbishop said that increasing costs made the increase necessary. He revealed that the newspaper has lost money for several years and the most recent deficit was $38,000.

The price increase and format change had been recommended

by The Advocate's clergy advisory board.

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The Women's Club will attend a dinner-theatre performance in Randolph in April.. Reservations may be made with Prudence Smith, Jean Nunes or Corline L. Cronan. Preference will be given to club members, but friends may also attend.

The parish council will hold its first penny sale Tuesday, April 1 at the church, with Raymond Harrison as chairman.

HOLY ROSARY, FALL RIVER.

A mid-winter dance will be sponsored at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 22 in the church hall by the Women's Guild. A buffet will be served and entertainment will be by the Al Rainone band. Tickets are available at the church or from guild members and will also be on sale at the door.

BLESSED SACRAMENT, FALL RIVER

A chicken supper and dance are planned for Saturday, Feb. 22 by the Men's Club. Music will be by Al Jardin of the Jardinaires. In charge of arrangements is Normafid Berube.

Scheduled for Saturday, April 12 is a Crazy Hat Party, under the chairmanship of Edward Brault, Men's Club president. A roast beef supper will precede dancing to the music of the Casino Royal, and pri;:es will be awarded for best, funniest and most horrible hats. Door prizes will be awarded, but guests must wear hats to be eligible for drawings. Reservations are now open for this event.

NOTRE DAME, FALL RIVER

A bingo for members of the Council of Catbolic Women will be held at 7:45 on Monday night, Feb. 24 in Jesus Mary Auditorium.

Mrs. Normand Morrissette, chairman requests that those attending to donate prizes.

ST. JOSEPH, ATTLEBORO

The Junior Drop-in-Center will be opened tomorrow night from路 7 to 9 for any student in the seventh grade and older.

Troop 37 will hold its winter overnight camping trip at Camp Villard on Saturday. Scouts will depart at 9 in the morning and return Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock.

Protest Arrest PAMPLO~A

(NC) - Protesting the arrest and fining of brother priests, 266 clergy of this diocese said that "to denounce the sin of injustice and the need for conversion is a duty the Gospel demands from the priestly ministry." The convicted priests had expressed sympathy for striking potassium miners.

Strikes are illegal in Spain.

Amid this unrest, Arcb~ishop Jose Mendez Asensio of Pamplona warned that without social justice, "our society runs the very serious risk of being destroyed by ill wilt a,nd ha~~d\"

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CATHOLIC NETWORK OPENS: Chicago's new Catholic Television Network which begins operations this month is a $4 million package which has been developing for the past four years. Its first signals will be beamed to 250 grammar schools and parishes in the archdiocese but by summer, all the 400-plus institutions there will receive its programs.

Sister Mary Eric, educational program director, does some testing in the above photo.

Catholic Historians Name Prizewinners

Catholic Television Network Dedicated CHICAGO (NC) - Cardinal John Cody of Chicago finally welcomed the "new kid in town" here with a formal ceremony attended by dignitaries from both Church and state. The newcomer was the Catholic 'Television Network of Chic-ago, the largest diocesan network in the U. S. The ceremonies, held at the studios at 1 N. Wacker Drive, marked the beginning of a full broadcast schedule for the network, which begins at 9 A.M. and continues until about 9:30 P.M. with educational and adult programming.

Joining Cardinal Cody was Bishop Andre-Marie Deskur, president of the Pontifical Commission for Social Communications, who called the network opening "thrilling and exciting."

Also with the cardinal was Bishop Joseph R. Crowley, chairman of the Communications Committee of the United States Catholic Conference.

More than 200 persOns attended the dedication in Studio A, the largest in the complex. Numerous Chicago dignitaries were in the crowd including W. Clement Stone, insurance executive and noted philanthropist; Neil Hartigan, lieutenant governor of Illinois; Robert Quinn, Chicago fire commissioner; George Dunne, Cook County board president; Lee Phillip, television talk show hostess and many commercial station executives.

Father James Moriarty, director of the network, opened the dedication by welcoming the guests. Referring to the network as "the new kid in town," Father Moriarty signalled for the screening of the n!:t,work's documentary, shown pre\"iously over Channel 11 over the weekend.

Guests watched the program roll on six television sets placed throughout the studio. It was

Poverty No one should commend poverty but the poor.

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CHICAGO (NC) - Jesuit Fa-, ther Robert Ignatius Burns, professor of medieval history at the University of San Francisco, became the president of the American Catholic Historical Association at its 55th annual meeting. held here recently.

The first winner of the association's Howard R. Marraro Prize was 路Prof. Eric Cochrane of the University of Chicago.

The prize, $500, was awarded for his book, "Florence in the Forgotten Centuries," which was published last year by the University of Chicago Press.

The prize is named in memory of Howard R. Marraro (1897-'1972), who was a professor in Columbia University and the author of more than a dozen books on Italian literature, history, and culture.

Xaveiran Brother Thomas W. Spalding, C.F.X., of Spalding College, Louisville, Kentucky, received the American Catholic Historical Association's John Gilmary Shea Prize for his book "Martin John Spalding: Americaif' Churchman."

STAFF CONSULTATION: Rev. James F. Moriarty, network director, discusses the opening program with staff members in Studio B. NC Photo. the first time Cardinal Cody had seen the program in its entirety.

Following the documentary,

Cardinal Cody told the group the opening of the network was a "historic occasion."

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THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Thurs. Feb. 20, 1975

Farm Labor Resolu'tions Of AFBF Disappointing Last November, on the eve of the annual fall meeting of the National Conference'of Catholic Bishops, (NCCB) the American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF) sent a personally addressed form letter to each American bishop urging the Conference to withdraw its Proposals Unacceptable support of the United Farm The AFBF, in its New Orleans Workers' lettuce and grape resolution, opposes legislation boycott. The letter also that would 'put the burden of

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By the time the Farm Bureau's letter reached the bishops, the agenda for the NCCB meeting had been finalized. Consequently it could not be brought before the bishops' assembly for consideration. Shortly after tho:'! meeting. however, Bishop James Rausch, General Secretary of the NCCB, two members of the Bbhops' Committee on Farm Labor, the President of the AFBD and two of his top associates discussed the letter in detail and talked about related matters in connection with the California farm labor dispute. Monsignor (now Bishop-elect) Roger Mahony, Secretary of the Bishops' Committee on Farm Labor and I also sat in on the meeting in a staff capacity.

It was amicable and constructive and was so characterized by the AFBF in a subsequent press release. While the parties were poles apart on a number of crucial issues and never succeeded in resolving major differences, they manged at least to clear the air and left the meeting with the understanding that they would continue to keep in touch with one another on future developments.

Since the meeting ended on that happy note, I am reluctant 'to take issue with the AFBF on some of its subsequent policy decisions, but honesty compels me to do so. Frankly, the farm labor resolutions adopted by the Federation at its recent convention in New Orleans were disappointing. In a later column, I will explain what I mean by that.

Meanwhile, let me skip over the Federation's farm labor resolutions and refer briefly to a separate but related resolution on Alien Workers.

The number of illegal alients in this country is estimated to be at least four million and possibly twice that number. There are honest differences of opinion in and out of the Congress and the Administration on how to resolve this problem in terms of legislation. While I certainly do not claim to have a magic formula for breaking this legislative deadlock, I completely disagree with the Farm Bureau's approach to the problem,

proof on employers as to whether a person is an illegal alien.

"We feel," the resolution reads; "that the enforcement of such a law would place an unwarranted burden for law enforcement on employers, would lead to discriminatory practices against minority groups, and would prove to be unworkable and ineffective in solving the problem of illegal aliens entering this country."

That's arguable. But the Farm Bureau's alternative proposals are unacceptable. Its resolution says that "instead of shifting the burden of enforcement to em"loyers, we favor legislation that would make it illegal for any public agency or public official to approve or provide special services to illegal aliens.

Tightening u, the procedures involved in the issuance of Social Security cards and requiring that those who apply for welfare, food stamps, and other such social services show proof of their legal status as citizens or legal aliens would be more effective in locating such aliens and in discouraging their entry than otber plans that have been advanced."

In other words, the Federation would completely exonerate the employer who knowingly breaks the 'law and would punish the poor illegals by-in effectstarving them out of the country. This is an inhuman approach to an admittedly difficult and complicated problem.

MYSTERY PLAY: The Munich Mystery Players, directed by Ernst Jurina, will present a dramatization of the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass viewed against the background of salvation history at 8 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 22 at St. Joseph's Church, 208 S. Main St., Attleboro. Tickets are available at the rectory. Depicted is a scene from the 17th century drama, which has been presented in churches throughout Europe and the United States.

• Auxiliary Bishops Ordained In Boston (BOSTON (NC) - Cardinal Humberto Medeiros of Boston urged four new auxiliary bishops of bis archdiocese to foster the spirit of the Second Vatican Council by carrying out their episcopal duties "standing in the midst of people as one who serves . . . in the communion of love."

Cardinal Medeiros was the principal consecrator in episcopal ordination rites for the four auxiliaries-the largest number ever consecrated in the century-

old Holy Cross Cathedral. Coconsecrators included Archbishop Jean Jadot, apostolic delegate in the United States. A congre'gaation of nearly 2,000 gave the new bishops a standing ovation at the beginning of the threebour rite.

The new auxiliaries are Bishops Thomas V. Daily, 47, a chancellor of the Boston archdiocese; Joseph J. Ruocco, 52, a Norwood, Mass., pastor; John J. Mulcahy, 52, a former rector of Pope John XXIII National Sem-

inary for, Delayed Vocations and a Lynn, Mass., pastor; and John M. D'Arcy, 42, spiritual director of St. John's Seminary.

They will serve with three other Boston auxiliaries: Bishops Thomas J. Riley, Lawrence J. Riley and Joseph F. Maguire. ,Participants in the ceremontes included nearly all of the New England bishops.

An ecumenical delegation of clergymen included Episcopal BiS'hop John M. Burgess of the Massachusetts diocese.

Accuse UNICEF TORONTO (NC) - The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) in Canada has been asked to answer charges that funds collected each Halloween ,by children from Catholic schools are being used for materials for abortion and family planning.

The accusations, first raised by two members of the Catholic Women's League from Burlington, Ontario, are under study by the Ontario Separate School Trustees Association. (Catholic schools, c a I led "separate schools," are fully financed by the government until the 10th grade.)

Support from Chavez Because of this mounting pressure from both. sides of the border,California's six Mexican· American legislators recently introduced a resolution urging the U.S. Congress to oppose renewal of the Bracero program. Assemblyman Richard Alatorre said that the Chicano-sponsored resolution is needed to inform the Congress and the White House of the "dire consequences" a Bracero plan would have on American workers. "Hundreds of thousands of Americans are out of work," he said.' "A reimposed Bracero plan would take jobs from U.S. citizens and legal residentaliens and replace them aliens in this country legally. with imported Braceros."

With unemployment figures in The California resolution drew ' California what they are, now is immediate support from Cesar not the time to be importing Chavez, president of the United labor that will put more people Farm Workers of America. In out of work." a 'letter to the legislators, ChaI thoroughly agree with Mr. vez said that "The very thought Montova and plan to do everyof a reborn Bracero program is thing I possibly can to support frightenmg." the resolution which he and his AssembLvman Montova, one Chicano associates h,ave introof the sponsors of the anti-Bra- duced in the California Assemcero resolution, told the press , hly. This will involve us in anthat while he recognize!p that other public controversy with the restoration of the -Bracero the Farm Bureau Federation. I program would help our rela- am sorry about that, but untions with Mexico, "our first fortunately the Federation has oblisation is to U.S. citizens and left us no alternative.

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KNOW YOUR FAITH Healing Is, Communal

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By MARY MAHER One of the most meaningful events that I have taken part in recently was a communal sacrament of healing which was celebrated in a home for the aged. There was a tone of shared joy among those who received it. The spirit was one of gaity, not morbidity. Those who had received the sacrament were not in any immediate danger of death. They were sick and in need of the Gospel call to bind themselves to all others, sick or well, who are the Lord's body in time. I was reminded, as I stood there, of the hauntingly lovely words of a song done by Don McLean: "Can you find my pain, can you heal it?

Then lay your hands upon me now And cast this darkness from my soul.

You alone can light my way You alone can make me whole."

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"Who are those urging us to , accept death? They are individuals programmed by the Puritan old world of guilt and punishment to regard suffering and death as necessities. In desperation they hold onto fantasies of life after death."

By FR. JOSEPH M.

The sacrament of healing is neither a magical guarantee of physical well-being nor a ticket to a happy death. It is rather what its name says: a sign that bealing is possible when one comes to the Lord. But "healing" is a very relative term. We all long, whether sick or well, for some kind of healing. Life is the long process of hecoming whole.

We here in America have found healing an interesting theme for television. The Welby's and Gannon's are high on our viewing lists. Physical healing seems to remind many of us that there are levels within us which need to' be cared forlevels of reconciliation with self and others. Sickness calls us to accept 路the stark fact that this life is both contained in time and yet is one of process and passage to fuller life beyond time.

Acceptance Dr. Elizabeth, Kubler Ross has shown in her work, "On Death and Dying," how important it is Turn to Page Fourteen

Stages of Dying

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"But a new consciousness is emerging, relatively free of Puritan guilt, vigorous and lifeoriented. To this liberated consciousness death is an end.

There is no paradise, no heaven, hell or reincarnated life. Death therefore, is a greater tragedy now than ever before."

So wrote F.M. Esfandiary in "Sorry, We're Here for Eternity," an essay apgearing in the September 24, 1974 issue of The New York Times.

The author, apparently, takes a dim view of Dr. Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, the medical director of the Family Service and Mental Health Center of South Cook county, Ill. Physician-psychiatrist Mrs. Kubler-Ross has become famous through her book "On Death and Dying" (Collier Books, 866 Third Avenue, New York, 10022, $1.95).

Five Stages That enormously popular and helpful paperback details her work with terminally sick patients in Chicago and summarizes "what the dying have to

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teach doctors, nurses, clergy and their own families." In it she develops the now familiar five stages deathly ill persons generally pass through in' their last days and hours. The final one is acceptance, an attitude Esfandiary finds objectionable.

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The Sacrament of Healing The Council of Trent referred to "extreme unction" as the "complement" to penance. This was interpreted until recent years to mean that the "last anointing" prepared .the dying Christian for death and burial; that it removed the "remnants" of sin and the debt of punishment due to sin; that it prepared the soul for immediate entrance

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into heaven; that it was the sacramental means of bypassing purgatory. According to this view the soul of the departing Christian was "anointed for glory." ' The opinion, and it was only an opinion, was in a sense consoling, but strangely enough our Catholic people were not impressed, nor were they anxious to receive this sacrament which promised so much.

They looked upon the priest who called to anoint them as the harbinger of death, soon to be followed by another man dressed in hlack to arrange their funer~ al. They were not ready to die, and by every artifice they pleaded with their dear ones not to call the priest, at least, not yet.

And so many died without' the

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By mE DAMEANS

LONELY PEOPLE This is for all the lonely' people, Thinking that life has passed them by, Don't give up, Until you drink from the silver cup, And ride that highway in the sky.

This is for all the single people, Thinking that love ha's left them dry, Don't give up, Until you drink from the silver cup, And never know until you try.

Well, I'm on my way, Guess I'm back' to stay, Guess I'm on my way back home.

This is for all the lonely people, Thinking that life has passed them by, Don't give up, Until you drink from the silver cup, And never take you down, Never give you up, Never know until you try.

Sung by: America (c W.B. r.1Iusic Corp., ASCAP, 1974) Tb~re once was a man who found hims,elf lost and alone in what seemed to be an endless desert. All his concentation had been devoted to_getting out and getting back to civilization.

WI1~n he had fallen from fa-

tigue, he cried; not because he was lost, but because he was so alone. More than anything 'he wanted to be with someone, if only to share his sorrow at being lost. He continued to cry through Turn to Page Fourteen

COMMUNAL CELEBRATION: Today, ,the anointing of the sick has become more of a community celebration.

A woman in a Denver church shows her happiness at involvement i.n a communal celebration of the new rite of Anointing of the Sick. NC Photo. sacrament, and many others were anointed after they had lapsed into their final -coma.

Speaks of Health Today we no longer speak of "extreme unction" or the sacrament of the dying. There is but one sacrament of the dying, Viaticum, the Church's partial gift for the journey into the next life, the life-giving body of Christ. The anointing is now the sacrament of the sick, of those who "are dangerously ill due to sickness or old age."

Strangely enough the new rite of anointing the sick, modeled on the ancient rites which go back to the rite described by the Apostle James, has nothing to say about dying. But it has much to say about health: "health of soul, of body and of spirit, perfect well-being."

And so often, 路the liturgy of the Church, the way the Church prays, is a better witness to the teaching of the Church than the speculations, .profitable as these can be at times, of her theologians.

The liturgy recalls the words of James: "Is there anyone sick among you? Let him call in the presbyters of the Church. They in turn are to pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord. This prayer made in faith will heal the sick person, and the Lord will comfort him; and if he has commit-

ted sins, they will be forgiven him" (James 5:14-17).

New Anointings The forgiveness of sins is not the principle purpose of the sacrament-the sacrament of Penance is still the ordinary means of reconciling serious sinners.

For this reason, the priest no longer anoints the five senses as the organs or avenues of sinning. Instead of this late medieval practice which mentioned only the forgiveness of sins,' the priest anoints the forehead and the hands of the sick person, saying "through this holy anointing may the 'Lord in His love and mercy help you with the grace of the Holy Spirit. May the Lord who frees you from sin save yoU and raise you up."

Faith The sick person may not always be restored to "even better Turn to Page Fourteen

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Healing Is Communal Continued from Page Thirteen to accept our own inner aware· ness about illness and dying.

Simply learning to accept them can heal us.

In this sacrament we bring the fact o~ our illness and join our feelings of anguish with the strength of the church. The church present in the sign of pledges and gives understanding, and hope to the sick person.

Man learns here to accept illness as a vital chapter in the healing of his whole person. Often it is only illness which calls us to notice how deeply our bodies are one with our souls. In the . midst of health we are often not aware of inner states of our being. In sickness we may lose the physical control over ,our lives but learn to accept and grow in other' ·inner ways through faith. The sacrament of healing binds together the many drives and forces, positive and negative, that make us so glod. ous as men.

Tender Sacrament Tbis sacrament is especially tender for it comes to man when he feels very poor and depend-

ent, in great need of God and his brothers in the Lord. It calls man to "tasks of courage, of honesty with himself, of pa· tience, the task of turning the experience to good account <in the religious sense, finally the task of integrating this interven· tion from without (which we call sickness) into the single overall meaning which a man has to find in his own existence."

(Karl Rahner) The communal aspect of this sacrement is important to emphasize. Administered in the presence of the sick person's loved ones, it is a call to them to give of their strength, their hope to their. loved one. As the priest anoints the sick person and touches his body, each person present is invited to become aware of how he is called also to touch and to comfort the sick person. In all the sacraments we learn the power' that goes forth to us as men when we are one with Christ. We sense this power in a new way going out from ourselves as we become aware that we are indeed Christ's body in time-others need us to give them healing!

CONTEMPLATION: Death so frightens and overwhelms most of us that in the beginning we either deny its reality tacked need great patience in' and possibility or withdraw temporarily from others to sort these moments and tbz wisdom not to take personally that mis· out the matter in our minds. An old man alone walks the streets of New York City withdrawn from others and sorting placed anger. out the events of his life. NC Photo.

Bargaining

Stages of Dying Continued from Page Thirteen Since we all must face our own personal deaths sooner or later and will also in the course ofa lifetime suffer those final moments with at least several individuals dear to us, the advantage of everyone having a familiarity with these stages should be obvious. Incidentally, people close to the dying tend likewise to experience some or all of the inner feelings involved with those five steps.

Denial First stage: denial and isola. tion. Death so frightens and overwhelms most of us that in the beginning we either deny its reality and possibility or with, draw temporarily from others to sort the matter out in our minds.

We look to doctors nurses clergy, relatives and f;iends t~ support the denial. ",I feel better today." "The doctor says I should be home soon." "Don't you think I am improving?" Dur. ing this period we are consciously and unconsciously trying to build up the courage required to cope with our dreaded future.

Third stage: bargaining. The patient (or person near to the dying individual) occasionally be done with loneliness is to will make a bargain, 'normally Continued from Page Thirteen kept secret, for an extension of the night until even crying took recognize that it is there. That life usually for a specified peri· too much energy. As the morn- seems sort of funny to say but od. "I will do such and such, ing sun rose, he was silent for many never stop long enough if I can be spared until my the first time. Now in the silence to let themselves feel where they daughter's wedding." he could hear and he suddenly are hurting. Loneliness can only recognized the very faint but really be dealt with if it is faced Depression persistent sound of someone's and felt. This can even be helpFourth stage: dep~ession. A weeping voice. Somewhere not ful to you as a way of seeing sadness floods the dymg person too far 'away, someone else was your weakness and at ,the same over the loss of past valued ob· alone in the desert. time knowing your depth as a jects-family, job, finances, poperson. If you can hurt that Our world is more crowded sions, etc.-and the impendi':lg deeply you can also love that than it ever has been in the past. separation which comes with Yet to watch faces as they shuf· deeply. But you won't know that death. fle by on any given day you depth in yourself until you stop "Don't be sad" is a natural, can see the depth of loneliness long enough to feel it. but not, wise way of tryin~ to despite the crowd. Everyone beCan Be Overcome comfort the depressed patient. lieves that they are the only Once you recognize and feel Instead, those close to the indio ones who are lonely and so they the pang of loneliness then you vidual would do well to let him feel trapped into their isolation. have a choice. 'fohe choices are or her expre~s that sorrow. It is to them that "America" to "give up" and brood over Later, the dymg person may offers its latest song "for all your situation or you can stop s~eak less a~out .the losses and long enough to hear someone the lonely people."

Simply remam Silently sad.. In else's cry. There are others who Loneliness those hours the gentle stroking need to know and share your There is a difference between inner self and they will always of hand or forehead is often the Anger best method of offering comfort being lonely and being alone. be there "until you drink from When you are alone you simply the silver cup." But for someone Second stage: anger. "Why is and support. have no other warm body _to visit your inner space they Acceptance this hapr-ening to me?" "How could God do such a thing? I Stage five: acceptance. Tired around. Sometimes that can must be invited and that means have always been a good per· and weak requiring much sleep eve~ be a blessing. But being you must take the first step. son. ""Why no t h'1m or. 1._ ,":,r.,,, and rest, 'at peace, not bothered lonely is being without some· Perhaps it's no wonder that one to visit your inner spaces, loneliness is common ,because it Tha~ envy, resentment, blt~er by the outside world or inter. feehng, rage stems from our m· ested in visitors communicating the part of you deep inside that does take some effort and some ab~li;Yl t~ ha?dle or change a normally in n~n-verbal ways, - longs to see the sunlight. This risk on your own part to over· pam u situation. thz dying person has not given means that just being with come it. And maybe that's why, someone may not take away the The frustration strikes out at up, but rather senses the pain loneliness at all since nothing is from time to time, you need .to innocent victims, once again the- is over, the struggle finished and shared. It only covers it up so be reminded that it can be overcome and that you'll "never physician, nursing staff, priest, waits with resignation and ac- that it's not noticeable. relaJtives, friends. "Why don't ceptance for the final long , Many people seem to think know until you try." you do something about this?" journey. that loneliness is something that "How come you haven't been' Those nearest the dying indi- happens to them without their here more often?" Those at· vidual often need more assist. doing anything. They are simance now than does the termi- ply "thinking that life has >' nally ill person.

Fatalism passed them by." Some alone~ Over 35 Years ~ ness does just happen when peoIt should be evident to read· Fatalism is the refuge of a ~ of Satisfied Service conscience-stricken mind, mad- ers how a strong faith in the ple move away or circumstances Reg. Master Plumber 7023 dened at the sight of evils which Christian message, promising life cut you off. But much loneliness JOSEPH RAPOSA. JR. it has- brought upon itself, and forever can make the passage may simply come from not 432 JEFFERSON STREET from stage one to stage five trying. cannot remove.

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Continued from Page Thirteen he.alth," as the ritual prays, but if the faith of the priest and of the community is strong, the "prayer of faith" will at times ease the suffering of the sick person and the Lord will comfort and support the one who trusts in the grace of the sacrament. "The sick man will be saved by his faith and the faith of the Church which looks back to the death and re'.:urrection of Christ, the source of the sacraments' power (see James 5:15), and looks ahead to the future kingdom which is pledged in the sacraments." (Rite of Anointing, No.7) The anointing of the sick ,is not an elixir of life, nor an ever· flowing fountain of youth. For in some cases the sickness will be long and burdensome, but in the words of Trent, "the grace of the Holy Spirit wlil comfort arid strengthen the soul of the sick person, by arousing in him great confidence in the divine mercy; encouraged thereby, the sick person will bear more easily the difficulties and trials of his illness." In this way, the anoint· ing of the sick person could well be "an anointing for glory."

Community Celebration A few years back the dying Christian was anointed either at home with the immediate members of the family in attendance, or in a hospital room or ward with only the priest and a nurse.

Today, .the anointing of the sick has become more of a communi· ty celebration. The new rite of anointing provides for a -public liturgy in the parish Church where the sick and the infirm are brought by relations to reo ceive both the oil of anointing and the body of Christ.

More effective than any sermon or catechetical lecture on the sacrament of anointing will be the active participation of our people in what is coming to be called the "communal" rite of anointing the sick.

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IN THE DIOCESE

By PETER 1. BARTEK Norton High Coach

Conference Hockey Season Cause for Joy and Concern The first season of the Southeastern Massachusetts Conference hockey loop is history. All but the tournament qualifiers have put their gloves and sticks away for the season. Now is the time to reflect. There are memories that will linger for years. Some good, some not so good. Fans ful. There are many positive points to dwell upon. But, Conthroughout the confines of ference officials must also view diocesan territorial limits the negative. showed their appreciation of tbe caliber of play by crowding the rinks for each contest. The players responded by staging well played competitive games. There is no question that area schools will soon rank among the best in the Commonwealth.

There are youth hockey leagues in every corner of the diocese which will feed the bigh school programs. With more and more experiencej boys playing high school hockey each year, Conference competition will continue to improve.

The season has been success-

An alarming number of fights have taken place both on and off the ice. Hockey is a fast, competitive sport. Body contact is part of the game. Good clean checking is acceptable. But, when games turn into boxing matches the situation is serious.

Those who have followed Conference play this winter are aware of the fact that too many games have turned into grudge matches. Coaches have had to take their teams off the ice to prevent further incidences and lack of sportsmansbip has surfaced too often. .

Durfee Hoopsters Back in Winners Circle Conference officials attempted to prevent such incidents from occurring by issuing guidelines to all coaches and officials prior to the season. The recommendations were valid and should have been effective.

Unfortunately, the official directives were not adhered to by all. As one area coach summar· ized, "The responsibility rests u!'on the coach to' control his team and on the game officials to control what happens on the ice. Coaches and officials must act togetber to control the game."

Hopefully the problems encountered this winter will be- resolved by the proper authorities between now and next season.

Schoolboy hockey offers too much to the fans and participants to he spoiled by a few who do choose not to abide by the rules of good Sportsmanship.

On the basketball scene, the 18 schools in Divisions I, III and IV have completed their league

The Conference Division II race has -been tight all season.

It will be decided tomorrow night. Fittingly it may end in a tie.

Bishop Connolly High of Fall River and Holy Family High of New Bedford began play this week with identical 10-2 loop recQrds. Since they dq pot :play

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12-Year-Olds Will Start College Under New Jesuit Study Plan

season. Tbz eight team Division II race will be decided tomorrow evening.

In the Division I championship SEATTLE (NC) - Under a game played last week, Durfee High of Fall River proved be- new coordinated study plan deyond a doubt that it deserved vised by two Jesuit schools here, the title by trouncing Bishop 150 twelve-year-olds will start Stang High of Dartmouth 69-46. college studies next fall, Jesuit The victory was especially mean- Father Louis Gaffney, president ingful for Durfee Coach Tom of Seattle University announced.

Karam as it marked the HilltopThe coeducational program pers first Conference champion- will be started with this year's ship and was his 275th career freshman class at Seattle Prep, win. which will eventually hecome With tbe loop crown now . Matteo Ricci Col-lege, said Jessafely in hand, the Red and uit Father Thomas F. Healy, Black, can set its, sight on the president of Seattle Prep. (Fastate championship. Durfee, no ther Matteo Ricci was an Italstranger to ·post season title com- ian Jesuit missionary to China petition, will carry the area's and India in the late 16th and hope in the larger school division early 17th centuries.)

I bracket. This will be Durfee's Father Gaffney said the plan 29th appearance in the tourney will allow students to receive in the past 30 years.

Joining the Fall Riverites in a college degree in' six years but the state tournament will be cutting out two years of "fragSeekonk, Division III titlist and mented and haphazard arrangeWareham Division IV champion. ment of courses."

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Justice May Be Served by Division II Tie Wareham wa's the only school to complete Conference action with an unbeaten record. Overall Coach Jim Brogioli's Vikings are 17-2 entering play this week.

The losses came at the hands of Old Rochester Regional of Mattapoisett and Bishop Stang.

Wareham will have its chance for revenge as it meets both again before embarking on the tournament trail.

each other, each will determine its own fate.

Both clubs have played well all season long battling to retain their share of first place. Justice may be served if they finish the campaign in the same position.

Coach Stan Kupiec and his Connolly Cougars would gain two firsts. The first Conference basketball title for Connolly and a title in Coach Kupiec's first season at the reign.

For the master, Coach Jack Nobrega of Holy Family, the title would mark the comeback for the small school with the large basketball reputation.

In tomorrow's finale Connolly is at Fairhaven and Holy Fam· ily is in Attleboro to play Bishop Feehan High. Neither will be easy victQri~s.

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would then transfer to the Seattle University campus to complete the other three years, Father Healy said, adding: "The curriculum is not designed for the academically elite, but for any student who shows potential for standard college work."

There is much overlapping of classes in the traditional fouryear high school and four-year college, Father Gaffney said, adding: "Most educators in the United States h~ve been asking for a program like this for years.

I don't think most students will come out specialist at the end of the program, but as generalists."

"If a student isn't happy with the program, then we'll make arrangements for the student to complete his high school credits," Father Healy said, adding that there should also he no problem in transferring credits to other colleges.

VATICAN CITY (NC) - Man must set up a "scale of goals" which includes new economic and social programs for improving society but which has as its first priority establishment of the kingdom of God, Pope Paul VI said recently.

Pope Paul told his weekly general audience: "We need to establish a scale of goals to which man can and should turn.

At the tOp of this scale is 'the kingdom of God and His justice.' " If this goal is neglected or denied, he said, the scale fails. "It is then no "onger known for whom and for what reason man lives," he added.

Other goals and values are sometimes substituted at the top of the scale, the Pope said. These goals "can animate human activity and give it ,great power and operating capability, but the result lacks what counts even more: true order, wisdom, happiness, peace, and that inestimable gift of compensation for all present deficiencies, the gift of security. of joy in work and in life. Tbat gift is eschatological hope, or the certaintly of future life."

Poverty of Spirit The Pope said that the man who makes the search for the kingdom of God his life's priority feels "a detachment and a liberation from temporal goods and a relative devaluation of the worth of riches and of insatiable desires which make men egoists, often greedy and cruel, enemies, exploiters and antisocial beings."

Such a man also feels a poverty of spirit which "makes us rich and attentive to our needy and suffering brothers, and also predisposes us to those economic and social innovations undertak· en to bring better justice and greater brotherhood on earth," the Pope noted.

Despite great progress in many fields, the Pope continued, mankind's need for food, education and fundamental rights has been imperfectly satisfied. "The so-called order resulting from our age's economic and social progress documents an unjust disorder," the Pope said.

Passion A man in a passion rides a wild horse.

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NOW $479.50 469.50

PERSONALIZED BUDGET PAYMENTS

38" x 55" Oval Table that Extends to 86 Inches with Four Fiddle Back Duxbury Side Chairs fwo Duxbury Arm Chairs 48" Buffet with distincfive Hutch Top

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No Banks. or Finance Companies To Pay

Where You Get All The Extras At NO EXTRA COST The Price On The Tag Is The Only Price You Pay • Sf't UP

• Inspection

• Finishing

• Delivery

Reg.

• Expert Decorator Service

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$459.50 145.00 377.00

"New England's Largest Furniture Showroom"

PLYMOUTH

AVE.

AT

RODMAN

ST.

FALL

RIVER

NOW $379.50 119.00 :'J19.50

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