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Mary Is Every Christian VATICAN CITY (NC) - Pope Paul VI has issued a major new document to encourage the development of devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary and "the restoration, in a dynamic and more informed manner, of the recitation of the Rosary." . .

To demonstrate the relevance of the Blessed Virgin to modern times, the Pope related various aspects of her life to aspirations of the women's liberation movement.

The 17,OOO-word papal document, an apostolic exhortation entitled 'Marialis Cultus, was dated Feb. 2 and released at the Vatican March 22.

To counter non-Catholic objections to Catholic devotion to Mary, the Pope pointed out ways jn which other Christian churches honor her md stated that true devotion to Mary "is an approach to Christ, the source and center of ecclesiastical communion."

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Noting changing world condi- background in which she lived and tions, particularly the rapid ad- which today scarcely exists anyvances women have made in assert- where," he said.

Rather, Pope Paul continued, ing their full equality and coresponsibility with men in all areas of Mary is considered an example for endeavor, Pope Paul'said such de- the way in which "she fully and velopments have not lessened responsibly accepted the will of God, . because she heard the word of God Mary's exemplary role.

"The Virgin has always been pro- and acted on it and because charity posed to the faithful by the Church and a spirit of service were the drivas an example to be imitated not ing force of her actions." precisely in the type of life she led, Calling the Virgin Mary "the first and much less for the socio-cultural Turn to Page Eleven

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Explain Birthright Program At Wareham Parish Hall The Birthright program will be able from the telephone company explained at an open meeting information service. to be held at 8 p.m. Monday, Mrs. Robert C. Demeo, St. April 15 at St. Patrick's Hall, Rita's parish, Marion, and .Mrs. Wareham. A committee of citi- ·Robert F. Cooney, St. Patrick's, zens of Marion and Wareham has Wareham, are chairmen of their organized the meeting and in- community committees for the vites representatives of area April 15 program. clubs and organizations to be present, as well as individuals concerned with the needs of women faced with problem pregnancies.

-Birthright of New Bedford, rep· resented by Mr. 'and Mrs. Gordon' Islands have been important in Baker, will explain the aims of the service and show a film. An the life of Sister Helen Higgins, M.M. She grew up on Martha's answer period will follow.

Birthright is a non-profit, non- Vineyard and now as a Marysectarian, and non-political agen- knoll Sister' is teaching so'cial cy which offers free emergency studies on the lovely Hawaiian service to pregnant women. It island of Maui, where she is serves every need of the woman chairman of the social studies who elects to continue her preg- department at St. Anthony's High nancy, including emotional, medi- School in Wailuku. It was from cal, legal, financial and social St. Anthony's that word came recently to her parents .and sist~r, assistance. all of Edgartown, that Sister HelThe program seeks to foster en had been awarded a scholaran increased awareness of the ship from Canisius College, Bufdignity of human life, of parentfalo, N.Y. for a graduate seminar hood, and -of the family. It is on Preservation of the Principles active in Hyannis, New Bedford, of Freedom, to be held during the Fall River and Attleboro and its month of June at Freedoms Founnumbers in those ·areas are avail· dation, Valley Forge, Pa. Her sister, Miss Marion Higgins, said the Maryknoller will visit Martha's Vineyard during HOLY YEAR July, following the seminar in Pennsylvania.

New Bedford - Cape Cod Born in Edgartown, where she was a member of St. Elizabeth Pilgrimage parish, Sister Helen graduated from the island public schools, St. Mary's Cathedral then earned a bachelor of arts degree at Regis College, Weston, Sunday, March 31 Mass. She also holds a master's 3 P.M. degree in history from Clark University, Worcester.

A MODEL FOR TODAY: Pope Paul VI in a 17,OOO-word document called Marialis Cultus said that the Blessed Virgin offers "men and women of our time . . . the perfect model of the disciple of the Lord." The pontiff related various aspects of Mary's life to aspirations of the women's liberation movement. NC Photo.

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,Before entering the Maryknoll community in 1952, she taught in Easton public schools for three years and it was while in that area that she came in contact with the missionary Sisters, her sister said.

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ment to Hawaii in 1960. She served on the state's largest island, Oahu, before being transferred in 1970 to Maui, where Maryknoll Sisters have 'been stationed since 1928.

Maryknoll Sisters are a community of religious women dedicated to a life of service in the missionary work of the Church overseas and in the United States. Of the 1,100 Sisters in the community, 725 serve in 22 countries of Africa, Asia and Latin America and in the Central Pacific.

Work of the Sisters in these countries is determined by the needs and desires of the people among whom they live. The majority are engaged in medical or educational work. Once centered in hospitals and clinics, medical work is now expanding into public health programs and preventive medicine.

Educational works are also expanding in directions other than teaching in Maryknoll schools and those run by government and private groups. In Africa, for example, Sister artists teach in a center for arts and crafts where Tum to Page Two

The parishes of the Greater New Bedford and Cape Cod areas will journey to St. Mary's Cathedral on Sunday afternoon to participate in the diocesan observance of the Holy Year.

The ceremony, scheduled for the Cathedral at 3 o'clock, follows similar pilgrimages of parishes from Greater Fall River, Taunton and the Attleboros Rev. William B. Davis, SS.CC., pastor of Holy Trinity Parish, West Harwich, will deliver the homily with Dr. David Costa, Jr. of Immaculate Conception Parish, New Bedford, as lector..

The area-wide pilgrimage will be the last of the first phase of the diocesan celebration of the Holy Year.

The Most Reverend Bishop will now name parishes of each vicariate to be centers of pil· grimage for the parishes of each vicariate. Centers housing the elderly will also serve as pilgrimage sites to facilitate the Holy Year' celebration for senior cit· izens, explained Very Rev. Luiz G. Mendonca, V.G., pastor of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Parish, New Bedford, and Chairman of the Diocesan Central Committee for the Holy Year.

Hits Climate Of Death BOSTON (NC) - The lessening of legal restrictions on abortion has created a climate of acceptance for infanticide and euthanasia, a Harvard University professor of population ethics said here.

Addressing the New England Conference of the Catholic Hospital Association, the professor, Dr. Arthur Dyck, said that the meaning of the concept of terminal illness is being stretched and distorted to include illness that renders the victim incapable of leading a meaningful life.

Discussing a "Death with Dig. nity" bill now 'before the -Florida legislature, Dyck said that the bill's sponsor, Rep. Walter SackeU, a Miami physician, has argued that many people with terminal illnesses want to die but are prevente'd from doing so.

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THE ANCHOR-Diocese of. Fall River-Thurs. Mar. 28,1974.

Bishop Rausch Blasts Jou'rnalists Who Criticize Theologians, Scholars

Two Congresses on Blessed Virgin Planned for Rome in Holy Year VATICAN CITY (NC)-Pope Paul VI has personally chosen Rome as the setting of two international congresses devoted to the Blessed Virgin to be held during the Holy Year in 1975.

The Pope thus returns the international Mal'iological-Marian congress to Rome for the first time in 20 years. It was last held here. during the Marian Year proclaimed by Pope Pius XII in 1954.

The congress is actually two congresses, one scientific and scholarly, the other to promote devotion to Mary.

The Mariological congress, described as :'strictly scientific in nature ," will. be held at the POI)tifkal International Marian Academy, near the Basilica of St. Mary Major in Rome, May 12-17, 1975.

Marian scholars will deliver lectures on the theme of "Marian Devotio.n From the 12th to the beginning of the 113th Centuries."

That will be a logical pursuit of the study of Marian devotion from the two previous congresses.

The congress in Lisbon in 1967 dwelt on the beginnings of Marian devotion, and th.e congress in Zagreb, Yugoslavia, in 1971 studied that devotion from the 6th to the 11 th centuries.

The Mari!!n congress, which promotes devotion to Mary,. will study the theme of "The Holy Spirit and Mary" during its sessions May 18-21 at the Marian Academy.

Vatican Radio commented that Pope Paul had established those dates to "coincide with the Feast of Pentecost."

Speaking of the more) scientific Mariological congress, the president of the Marian Acad- .

DIRECTOR: Msgr. Colin emy, Father Karlo Balic, said A. MacDonald of Manchestover Vatican Radio: "The choice of the site, Rome, er has been named executive was personally made by the director of the Office of Pope, certainly in consideration Priestly Ministry of the Naof the Holy Year and because, tional Conference of Catholic about 25 years ago at the con- Bishops. clusion of the MariologicalMarian, congress, Pope Pius XII proclaimed as a dogma of faith t11e AssumptiM of Mary into Heaven." .

Mgr. MacDonald Named Director

VocationCll1 Recruitment Climbs After Pro,fessionals Consulted

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EPWORTH (NC)-An unusu- York Times, and posters in high ally large number of inquiries schools and colleges. about becoming Divine' Word Howeve~, the copy, art and missionaries has been received technique of the new program during the last six _months due were not universally accepted. to a. professional advertising The most controversial piece was campaign. a poster offering information at Fourteen months ago, a pro- the college level which was capfessional advertising company, tioned, "Do a Wheelie for Jesus."

It pictured a helmeted motorDennis O'Brien and Associates of Chicago, was engaged to work cycle fidel' wheeling his bike up with the vocational recruitment on its rear wheel. program of the Society of the But the acid test, student reDivine Word. sponse, turned out to be positive.

"This has brought us the best The new, professional campaign has included advertising .results of any campaign ever," by direct mail, advertising in declared Father Fred Rudolph, college newspapers and the New national recruitment director for the society.

So far this year the promotional program has generated Prot. No. M-113 Scott vs. Paul 649 inquiries about Divine L1gamen Word College, which is located EDICTAL CITATION Diocesan Tribunal here in Iowa, and 760 inquiries Fall River; Massact;usetts about the SOciety's high, school Insofar as the Whereabouts of Everett Eugene Paul resr,0ndent il1 the case of seminaries located around the Scott vs. paul, Pro. No. M·ll.3, are unknown, we cite the said Everett (;ugene Paul to country. appear before the Tribunal of the Diocese And eve!1 though the adverof Fall River on April 1, 1974, at 10:00 A.M., at 344 Highland Avenue, Fall River. to give tising has clearly' mentioned a testimony on the question: Is the marriage In question commitment to becoming apriest . to be declared null? or Brother, the Divine Word Col-' Pastors and others having knowledge of the Whereabouts of the said Everett Eugene lege has received 215 inquiries Paul are advised to notify him in regard to this edictal citation. from young women.

Henry T. Munrlle Off/cia lis Given at the seat of this Tribunal Fall River, Massachusett, on this the 22nd day of March, 1974.

Roland Bousquet Notary .

Prot. No. M·110 Krol vs. Llplns~1

EDICTAL CITATIOII Insofar as the whereabouts of Sigismund lipinski, party in the case of Krol,vs. Lipln· ski, Protocol Nio. M-llO, rae unknown We s~I. Prot. No. M·llO, are unknown.' We cite the said Siglsmund lipinski to appear before the said Tribunal of the Diocese of Fall River, on April 2, 1974 at 10:00 A.M., at 344 Highland Avenue, Fall River Massachusetts, to give testimony to establish: WHETHER THE MARRIAGE IN QUESTION BE NULL? Pastors and others having knowledge of the Whereabouts of the sa:d Sigismund lipinski are advised to notify him In regard to this Edictal Citation.

Henry T. MunrOE' Officlalis Given from the seat of this Tribunal Fall River, Massachusetts, on this, ' the 22nd day of March, 1974.

Roland Bousquet Notary

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WASHINGTON (NC) - Msgr.

Colin A. MacDonald has been appointed executive director Of the Office of Priestly Life and Ministry (ULM) of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops.

Previous to 'his new appointment, Msgr. MacDonald served as executive director of an NCCB ad hoc committee, the predecessor to the PLM which was established in November, 1973.

Msgr. ,MacDona.ld's appointment to the post came after extensive consultation process initiated by Chicago Auxiliary Bishop Thomas J. Grady, PLM chairman.

In commenting 011 the appointment, Bishop Grady said, "Msgr.

MacDonald is a priest of great talent and capability. But more important, he enjoys the tot'al confidence of both the priests and bishops of this country."

Msgr. MacDonald. a priest of the diocese of Manchester, N. H., was born in Nova Scotia, Canada; in 1920. He was the founding president of the Manchester diocesan Se~ate of Priests and is 'also a former vice president of the National Federation of .

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Irish Study Tours Becoming Popular WASHINGTON (NC) - Irish study tours have !become increasingly popular at U.S. colleges, including some Catholic colleges, an Irish Tourist Board represen~ative said here. .

The representative, Dr. David Cll'bot, cited the tours as evidence that Ireland, formerly a popular vacation spot for middleaged Irish emigrants returning to their native land, is becoming increasingly attractive to younger people.

Aquinas College, a Dominican institution in Grand. Rapids, Mich., runs a two-semester program in Ireland. Jim Schultz, an assistant dean at the college, said that there are 27 students and two faculty members participa,ting in the program this year.

WASHINGTON (NC)-Bishop James Rausch, general secretary of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops (NCCB) and the United States Catholic Conference (USCC), leveled a strong blast here at "third parties," neither bishops nor competent theologians, who "are assuming a role reserved to the official magisterium of the Church's teaching authority" in judging the orthodoxy. of professional theologians and biblical scholars.

"Freedom of speech and freedom of the press should not protect them from public criticism and public rebuke, when necessary, for pretending to possess a compentency for which they are not qUillified either by scho, lastic credentials or by desig-' nated mission," Bishop Rausch said.

Names Offenders He w'as apparently responding in part to a request by the executive' board of the Catholic Biblical Association (CBA) last September, urging American bishops . to repudiate the attacks on biblical scho!ars 'ap.;>earing in certain conservative Catholic publications.

Among the offenders, according to the DBA's executive secretary, Father Joseph Jensen, were columnists Paul Hallett and Father 'William Most of the National Catholic Register, and numerous articles and editorials in The Wanderer, a cbnservlltive Catholic weekly published in St. Paul, Minn. . . Five months earlier Father Raymond 'E. Brown, the only American member' of the Pon·tifical Biblical Commission, had marked the beginning of open battle between scholars and archconserva~ives when, in h,is keynote speech at the 1973 National Catholic Educational Association convention, he assailed "the arch-conservative section of the Catholic press" ,for having "usurped the .authority of the Church's magisterium to judge what is orthodoxy in theology." ,Bishop Rausch told the Catholic University faculty members at the dinner here that "if there is any single issue, which requires attention in our time," it is "the relationship, between bishops and, scholars in the Church."

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"It holds particular importance," he said, "because, as all of us ,know, third parties exist Continued from Page One in our country who are taking it unemployed school leavers can upon themselves to exegete (indevelop their talents and earn a terpret Scripture) and theologize livelihood. Sisters are also in- and engage in analysis without volved in social work, commun- possessing the required tools of ications, religious education, com- scholarship. In addition, these munity de'(elopment, translation, same third parties are assuming library work and secretarilll jobs.' a role reserved to the official Maryknoll Sisters also have' a magisterium . by passing judgcontemplative branch with mem- ' 'ments on tile onthod<>xyof" scholbel'S drawn from the main' body ars or granting something inc the nature of a 'nihil obstat' or an of the community. 'imprimatur' in their editorials or God's Kingdom their question and answer colMaryknoll Sisters see the vo- . umns." cation of a missionary as helping The "nihil obstat" (let nothing . to build the Kingdom of God by working for brotherhood wherev- stand in the way) and the "imprier men are divided. They strive matur" (let it be printed) are offor a deep understanding of other ficial ecclesiastical' approbations cultures, increasing sensitivity to certifying that a book or article the people who receive them and is free from doctrinal error. Some a readiness to' share me and the of tpe scholariy works attacked Gospel proclamations with these as heretical by The Wanderer people. In going to' "teach all have carried both the "nihil obnations," they need to be alert stat" and the "imprimatur." to what nations would teach them in order to better understand the Gospel message.

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Cardinal Links Abortion Fight, Gun Control CHICAGO (NC) - Cardinal John Cody of Chicago has called for strong gun control in a letter that links his stand on firearms with his fight against abortion.

'In a letter sent to the '455 pas- , tors of the archdiocese, Cardinal Cody referred to the recent shooting deaths of two Chicago policemen and "equally senseless shootings and deaths."

He called on Catholics to "speak out for life," and asked them to write-their Congressmen "urging that stringent firearm controls become a federal priority."

As chairman of the U. S. bishops Pro-Life Committee, Cardinal Cody said that he is concerned "not only for defenseless unborn" but also for "human life wherever it is under attack or threatened."

Asks Public SUPl)Ort Cardinal Cody also cited statistics on murders in Chicago864 last year and 71 per cent of those involved firearms. Last November and December, 3,291 crimes of violence were committed in the city and 91 per cent of them involved guns, he said. In February, Cardinal Cody himself was the victim of such a crime when he was robbed at gunpoint.

"Vigorous public support is needed to establish realistic gun controls," the cardinal said. "To the tearful questions asked after each tragic murder: 'Are they ever going .to outlaw guns?' .we , . need', to ·.answer 'Yes,' and·' we neel:l·to do"it-now;"':' ,.

The cardinal said t:hatthe Interests of the f·irearms industry and of sportsmen "must give way to the natural rights of all people to safety and public protection from thos'e who misuse such weapons."

Paulist Marks Golden Jubilee ROME (NC) - Paulist Father Edward H. Peters returned to Rome where he had been ordained a priest 50 years ago to celebrate his gplden jubilee at the American Catholic parish of Santa Susanna's on St. Patrick's Day. ·Father Peters was ordained in Rome March 15, 1924, and returned to Rome in 1938 to take up graduate studies in Scripture.

He then returned to the U.S. and was professor of. Scripture at the Paulist Seminary of St. Paul's College in Washington, D. C., for many years.

In 1946, he was sent back to Rome as procurator general of the Paulists and pastor of Santa Susanna's where he remained until 1952.

Father Peter is currently stationed at the Ohio State University Newman Center at Columbus, Ohio

Vincentians to Meet The Fall River Particular Council of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul will meet at 7 p,m, Tuesday, April 2 at St. Louis de France Church. Swansea. Following Mass a ham and bean supper will be served and a business session will follow.

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, DEPORTATION HEARING: Maryknoll Father Edward Gerlock, 37, right, confers with his attorney, Lorenzo Tanada, and Bishop Joseph Regan, M.M. of Fairhaven, at the priest's deportation trial in Manila, Philippines. Father Gerlock, from Binghampton, N.Y., has been charged by the government with aiding suspected communist subversives. Three priests have been deported since the imposition of martial law in the ~hilippines. They have been critical of what they have called social injustice. NC Photo.

Catholic Schools. Beneficial, Needed SIOUX CITY (NC)-Catholic pastors and elementary school principals in the Sioux City diocese are convinced of the superiority imd necessity of Catholic schools, a dio~esan survey indicates. , During the survey' carried out last June, 105 priests, including pastors and assistant priests in parishes with schools and fulltime priest-teachers, and 47 Sisters, including principals and head-teachers of 50 elementary centers, were interviewed. The priests interviewed comprise 90 per cent of all priests in the diocese in those categorie~, and the Sisters interviewed comprise 94 per cent of all Sisters in the diocese ih those categories.

Of those interviewed, 90 of the priests, or 85 per cent, said Catholic education is better, fUller, more human, and thus more Christian than any other kind of education, and 34 of the Sis-

,ters or 72 per cent agreed with this view.

Eighty-n'ine of the priests and 37 of the Sisters considered parental instruction an inadequat,e alternative to Catholic schools. , A , large ,majority of both priests and SiS'~ers rejected the views that Catholic schools fos-

ter the' idea that Catholic students need to be segregated from tho,se of other faiths and that s'tudents in Catholic schools are inclined to grow up thinking of themselves. as a special and privileged group.

On questions dealing with support for Catholic schools, 79 of the priests and 29 of the Sisters said' wealthier parishes in the diocese should assist less affluent parishes in supporting 'their Catholic schools through a permanent diocesan fund, and 80 of the priests and 34 of the Sisters said that all Catholics in the diocese, regardl'ess of age, childbearing status, or income, should be required to support Catholic schools.

Postal Rates Up WASHINGTON (NC) - Postal rate increases, postponed for two months by the Cost of Living Council, went into effect March 2 and will raise the rates charged on second class mail. This category is used by nonprofit organizations such as Catholic newspapers and magazines.

The Brothers of Holy Cross and relatives and friends recently celebrated the 25th anniversary of religious profession of Brother James F. Derrig, C.S.C., Col1egelVocational Guidance Director at Holy Cross High School, Waterbury, Conn. ·Brother James is a native of Fall ,River and is the son of the late ·Francis P. and Margaret Fitz· gerald De~ig. He was graduated from Msgr. Coyle High School, Taunton, in 1948 and entered the Congregation of Holy Cross in that year. He professed his first vows in 1949 and began his studies at the University of Notre Dame. He holds a degree in French from St. Edward's University, Austin, Texas and a Master's degree in guidance from Fairfield University. ,Brother James has taught at Reitz Memorial High School, Evansville, Indiana; Msgr. Coyle High School, Taunton, and the Vincentian Institute, Albany, New York.

The religious has one brother, David P. Derrig,' a resident of North Dighton.

World Conference Plans Meeting LOUVAIN (NC)-The second meeting of the interfaith World Conference of Religion for Peace will be held at the Catholic University of Louvain Aug. 28 to Sept. 6.

The conference's second meet· ,ing will develop ,the three -themes of the first meetingheld in 1970 at Kyoto, Japandisarmament, development and human rights, and will add a fourth topic, the "quality of life" Archbishop Angelo Fernandes of New Delhi, India, is president of the conference, which has its headquarters in New York, near the United Nations.

Dr. Homer Jack, a New York Unitarian minister, has said that the conference's primary intention .is to establish a religious presence at the United Nations.

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E~~ample Pope Paul in his apostolic exhortation on Mary points out that Mary is a "new woman" whose example supports the "liberating energies" now in motioJ,1 in the world. '!She was a woman who did not hesitate to proclaim that God vindicates the humble and oppressed, and removed the powerful people of this world from their privileged positions."

Too often have people seen Mary as the passive mother cradling a child in her arms. They forget that she was chosen by God for a unique role, one to which she gave consent, and one in which she gives example to the presentday world.

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A sad aberration is showing up these days in some of the large cities of the land. Vandals are invading the animal zoos and, not content with damaging property, are scaling the fences and' attacking the helpless animals themselves.

Particularly vicious attacks have been made upon deer and other animals which, in their helplessness, are housed in zoos for th~ enjoyment of people. That very arrangement, of course, obligates people to insilre the animals more protection.. / It is an especially perverted type of individual who would do damage upon animals. It indicates a lack of basic humanity, a lack of responsibility, a distortion in attitude toward the things and creatures of the earth. God has given man dominion over the earth but not for senseless indulgences of unworthy energies and hostile emotions.

The only thing that can be said upon these latest examples of man's cruelty is that zoos are planning better and more humane housing for animals., and are giving them a greater measure of protection from the predators on two feet who would visit them.

It seems that it is not the visitor who needs protection from ·the animal but the other way around.

Not Too Late At this point lin Lent it would not be out of place to pause and ask what one has made out of Lent so far.

Has it been just another stretch in time with the only noticeable difference the purple vestments that the priest wears for Mass? Has Lent meant merely the approach of . better weather with a welcomed lowering of the thermostat in an attempt to eseape the high price of fuel?

Has Lent made itself felt-in a greater concern for one's soul, in a deeper cooperation with the grace of Ood, in a taking away from one's self so that others may have more?

Lent is the. Churchis great retreat and is meant to bring about that death to self that will give rise to n greater life in Christ.. .

It would be sad for a Christian to come to the great Feast of Easter and to attempt to celebrate a Resurrection toward which ·he had not worked and in which he could participate only in 8l ritualistic way.

Christianity asks that one be a realist ~ making a realistic evaluation of oneself and the need for improvement, taking realistic steps to bring about a death of what is unworthy so that there might be a greater measure of life in the image of Christ. It also asks that one be realistic and admit that little or nothing is being done if such be the case. But it is not too late-even at this late stage in Lent-to do something realistic in preparation for Easter.

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VATICAN CITY (NC)-Pope Paul VI told a group of parents of IsraeH soldiers who are still Syrian prisoners of war that he hopes an exchange' of prisoners will soon take place as a peace gesture in the troubled Middle East. ' . Pope Paul visited with two representatives of parents of Israeli prisoners of war privately March 20, immediately after having concluded his general audience.

To Barouch Tor and Perez Mazouz, accompanied by Meir Menders of the Israeli embassy to Italy, the Pope spoke in French from a prepared text. The Pqpe said: "We welcome you with emotion and we. are- profoundly aware of the gesture of confidence which you have desired to display. toward us both in your name and the name of other parents and families of soldiers in your country who still are prisoners after the war' of last October."

The Pope assured his visitors that he shares with them their sorrow as well as the pain felt by the parents of those who were killed in the war.

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On the Move What is happening to our society? So often you hear this exclamation· offered in reply to a new event or crisis . that emerges in-the constant pattern of change that affects man daily in today's world. From the market place to the parish church, from the city hall to the factory; people social instability one must consider the added factors of family and events seem .to be in fragmentation, the creation of continuous turmoil. Few retirement villages. exclusively people realize that a· great many of today's. problems are stemming from the rootlessness of our society. As Vance Packard has stated, Americans are becomiRg a nation of strangers, a people with no roots, continuously on the move from place to lace.

This uprooting of our national 'life is primarily due to the fact that about forty million peopue in the land move each year. This movement and flow of people from one locale to another has· many causes. Urban renewal, the migration of industry, the mobility of society, the flight· to the suburbs and the competition for ·urban living space especially by ethnic groups are but a few factors that have contributed to the ,incessant uprooting of our soCiety.

Along with these causes of

for the senior citizen, the flight o·f young people from their homes and' the millions of Americans who are provided unwanted tours by the Pentagon.

As a result, people have become isolated into a tragic lone·liness that is fast become ana.tional syndrome. Even that man and· woman who does not move and remains in one place is af. fected by this flow of people on the move; they stay on but the turnover of people around them is so great that they too lose a sense of place.

In all this disruption of familiar patterns of life styles, the American people are swiftly losing several critical qualities necessary for personal stability and collective civilization. There is a sharp increose of people feeling adrift, estranged and withdrawn.

Americans: A Nation of Rootless Nomads People are losing a sense of community and continuity which is contributing to a rapid deteriorating sense of national well being. People are passing each other in isolation and loneliness.

A nation of nomads, without roots, divides, shatters and destroys. People begin to treat people as things and objeets de-

void of personality.

Most social scientists predict still greater rootlessness for the future. However there are some considerations that can be undertaken to reduce the fragmentation of our society.

Prime on this list would be the recovery of our' sense of continuity. This can be done only

Continued from Page One the education services of the Veterans Administration..Foye had said that in dealing with hundreds of incurable cancer· patients over a period of nine years he had never encountered anyone who refused treatment or requested to die. .,.

Sackett has' said thatPass'~8e of a "Death with'-'I~igAity'" bili might help "to save the state of Florida $5 billion over 50 years ·that would have to be spent to keep alive severely retarded per· sons, Dyck rn:>ted.

Dyck contended that the greatest good for the greatest number is not an aoceptable criterion for deciding life-and-death issues unless the greatest good of the least advantaged is also taken into consideration.· ' if we make a real effort to restore family life.

If we wish to have a nation that is emotionally stable and psychologically sound then some sincere effort must be made on every "level of society to help revive and renew the concept of the family as the basic unit of society. .

This includes strong ties to spouse, children; one's parents, brothers, sisters and relatives.

The family should become the one strong link of meaningful continuity in this pattern of continuous change.

Efforts must be made by the state to reduce the ever growing divorce rate. Let it be said that the churches of this' land should truly expend themselves in this effort. Of course this presupposes that both state and church themselves have achieved a sense of stability in their own ranks. .

If future generations are to have any sense of stability, continuity and community then the present generation must begin to find a hometown.· An airline stewardess once said, "People ask me where I come from and I say no-where." It's about time that Americans come from somewhere.

THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Thurs. Mar. 28, 1974

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STANG HIGH SCHOOL

Foreign Students Share Heritages With Classmates What started out as a beckoning challenge has evolved into a realized dream for four determined young students. The challenge they accepted: that of leaving their native countries and setting out on a journey which would introduce them to a new society and culture and in many respects open doors to new op· portunities. Their goal was attained: destination, U.S.A. How did it all begin, what factors influenced their final decisions, what are their impressions of the U.S.? Any of these questions evoke a shy smile from Winnie Chow, Elaine Tam. Susana de la Garza or Andrew Lai' -all new members of the Bishop Stang High School community in North Dartmouth.

Of the group, Andrew, a Stang senior, has been in the U.S. the longest-four months. A native of Hong Kong, he is staying with Mr. and Mrs. Octave Pimental of North Dartmouth. He is 21. and graduated from high school two years ago in Hong Kong.

Asked to comment on his reasons for coming to the United States, Andrew explained: "It all began 3 years· ago-when I accompanied my father on a business trip here and met Mr. Pimentel." He went on, "'In Hong Kong, there are just too many students and the schools are overcrowded. There are not enough 'universities and about 10 per cent of the high school graduates come to the U.S. to further their edu2ation:~' "

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Upon concluding his visit here, Andrew began to consider the possibility of returning to study. and was encouraged by his father. Arrangements were made for him to stay with the Pimentels and attend Stang for the remainder of the schoOl year. The youth intends to pursue a career in civil engineering and will be attending Southeastern Massachusetts University. His time at Stang, he feels, will aid him in mastering English before going to college.

What about the general differences between the high school system in Hong Kong and that in America? There is definitely a freer atmosphere here, Andrew asserts.

"High schools in Hong Kong have no unscheduled time and two 15 minute recesses a day.

The students stay in one classroom. while the teachers move, and the average class consists of about 45 students." Other differences he's noted: "Family structures are freer. and so is the entire society. There is much more public transportation in Hong Kong-here there are more cars."

Grinning, he added, "We also have our rush hours and traffic jams."

After completing his studies at S.M.U. will he' return home? Andrew is still undecided on this point. As he put it, "I'm the pioneer in this country, the first one of my family to make my residence here," Also from Hong Kong Sixteen year old junior Elaine Tam is also from Hong Kong.

Vivacious has to 'be the description which fits her best as she can usually be. found darting

chance to make your own new friends."

How about differences in customs and tradi~ions? According to Elaine•. "the people here are more friendly, open and frank."

Winnie mentioned traditional Chinese feasts and New Year celebrations as examples of cultural differences. As for American food-the girls find it no real problem and as Winnie pointed out, "We have hamburgers, hot dogs and even Kentucky Fried Chicken in Hong Kong also."

From Mexico Stang's fourth foreign student is 21 year old Susana de la Garza of Mexico City. Staying at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Roland Roy of 238 Milford St.• New Bedford. she is also a senior at Stang. Her main purpose in coming to the' United States "was to learn to speak English." which she has studied through grammar school and two years of high school. She is currently studying English, chemistry. religion. photography and mathematics at Stang. Unlike the others. Susana does not plan a long term stay in this country. She arrived in the middle of January and will return to Mexico this August. There sh.e intends to enroll in a university and study dentistry.

FOREIGN STUDENTS: Stang High students from foreign lands include, left to right, Andrew Iai, Elaine Tam and Winnie Chow, all from Hong Kong, and Susana DelaGar:z:a from Mexico. through Stang's corridors armed with books or hopping off the school bus to a tennis match, only to find that she's left her racquet behind in her seat.

Elaine, who's been in New Bedford for 3 months, offers insights as to why she came to the U.S. "I have been thinking of coming since the age of 6 or 7promising myself I would come when I was older. I have relatives who studied here and their comments were very favorable."

She, like Andrew, emphasized the lack of educational opportunities in Hong Kong. Elaine also offered additional information concerning the high school system there. "In some schools, you may have your choice of Chinese sessions or English sessions. In the first, all courses are taught in Chinese, in the latter English is spoken throughout. Each student is required to carry a total of 7-8 courses a year. Classes are grouped according to ability. The school day runs from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. with a 45 minute lunch period and one or two recesses depending upon the school.

Elaine's eleventh year courses in Hong Kong included English, biology, literature, statistics, European history, geography, home economics, and religion-all in English sessions.

Noting a major difference between the U.S. and Hong Kong secondary school systems. Elaine said, "Everyone takes an exam after grade 11 in Hong Kong and high school itself actually goes up to this grade. Students ranking in the upper half of the group which takes the exam then go on to a college preparatory school for grades 12 and 13.

Grade 13 is like the first year of college here. so there are really only 3 years of college instead of 4.'

Elaine intends to graduate from Bishop Stang, and stay in the U.S. to attend college where she'd like to take up studies centering'around her intended career as a dietitian. She then plans to return to Hong Kong and her family.

A third new Stang student also from overseas is 18 year old Winnie Chow. She too, is a native of Hong Kong, and shares a New Bedford apartment with Elaine. Seeing the two together, one gets the impression that they've known each other for years-but the girls' met for the first time in Hong Kong one .week before Elaine 'left for the U.S. Their apartment is owned by relatives- of Elaine, Mr. and Mrs. Chuck Woo of Fairhaven, who arranged for the girls' trip to the States and have helped them get settled since their arrival.

Better System Winnie echoes the sentiments of Andrew and Elaine: "the educational system h.ere is better; schools are very crowded in Hong Kong." Unlike Elaine, Winnie attended Chinese school sessions 'but even so. she is in corpmand of quite a considerable English vocabulary. Her junior year courses in Hong Kong were English, biology. physics. Chinese, Chinese history, geometry and trigonometry, geography, Chinese literature and religion.

Winnie has been hoping to come to the United States since the age of 16, but her father felt she was too young then. and it

took some persuasion on her part before he consented to her plans this year. The petite junior plans to continue her studies in this country after high school.

On Their Own An obvious question asked of the girls concerned their shared apartment, and how they enjoy being on their own. Elaine in reference to the new experience commented. "You become more self-<1etermined. and you're able to make your own judgements."

Winnie added. "I think I need this experience. Living with your parents. you can't. always express all your ideas and make your own decisions. Here you have these opportunities. and the

Said Susana, "Meal times here are different. In Mexico our meals are much later. The people here also seem very friendly."

Susana's favorite pastimes include bowling, reading, writing and making new friends.

The. making of new friendsthis is perhaps the phrase which best describes what America has meant so far for Susana. Winnie.

Elaine and Andrew.

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Stang to Produce 'Nro No Nanette'

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"No· No Nanette," a musical comedy, will be presented by students of Bishop Stang High' School, North Dartmouth, Wednesday through Friday, April 3 through 5, and Sunday, April 7, at the school.

A buffet dinner at 6 p.m. will precede the opening night performance and curtain time for the other performances will be 7:30 p.m. Reservations for all performances may be made with any cast member or by calling the Bishop Stang office.

In charge of the production are Gera'ld Morrissey, director; Sister Marie Gurrey, music director; and Terri Cabral, choreographer. They note that the musical was initially presented on Broadway in 1925 and was revived in 1970 with Ruby Keeler in the title role.

Recently I wrote that I favored the introduction of sex education' programs in Catholic schools. I received strong reader reaction, both pro and con, so I want to expand a bit on the subject. Sex education in the classroom is difficult to discuss objectively. It is a having any contact with highly emotional issue. Cer- their sex information: I can wish that tainly those who are able to there was less exposure to sex, instruct their children at but it is unrealistic to expect their home But, for use all the it difficult

should do so. myself, I feel I can help I can get. I find to discuss the moral

By MARY CARSON

aspects of sex with my children.

I know its spirituality and how it fits into our relationship with God. I know the beauty of this relationship of husband and wife.

But these things are hard to put into words.

And when it comes to the more clinical aspects, I have even greater difficulty. Part of the reason for this may stem from the fact that children generally find it inconceivable that their own parents share ... or enjoy .,. sex.

If I discuss the c1inkal aspects, it would force my child to consider that possibility, and cause awkwardness or embarrassment, and stifle any discussion.

Ask Teacher A teacher in the impartial atmosphere of the classroom canteach the more clinical aspects without the child having to spe-. cifically relate it to his own parents. If there is something the child doesn't understand, I believe he' would much more readily ask a tetacher.

If he doesn't have a teacher to ask, he may ask a friend ... who probably didn't quite understand it either.' Together, they would combine two half-truths, and probably come up with an answer far from accurate.

As much as I try to supervise my children, I know that I can not monitor every moment of their time. They go to the library to do homework ... and they can browse through all kinds of books. They go to the stationery store to buy school' supplies ... and magazines are there. They talk to friends.

It is impossible to' prevent

Says Nonpublic Aid Proposals Encoura!~ing NEW YORK (NC)-The secretary of education for the New York archdiocese called the proposals by Howard J. Samuels, a candidate for the Democratic nomination for governor, to aid nonpublic schools and other nonprofit voluntary institutions "very encouraging."

The education official, Msgr.

Joseph T. O'Keefe, said the proposals "show that leaders are still concerned about voJ:Jntary institutions in America."

the world will suddenly change in this regard, and I do have to prepare my children to live in the real world.

I would rather they at least have a chance of gettng factual information in a classroom than misinterpreting what they learn on their own.

1 believe that if they get. solid moral concepts at home'- .. the example of loving parents ... solidarity, security ... an awareness of joy in their home ... in the long-Tun, these values will hold more. appeal than any misconceptions of sex.

The textbook used in our Catholic high school is excellent, for along with the clinical aspects it does reinforc'e the moral principles I hold, cautioning the students about the problems with pre-marital sex, warning them not to take their sexual drives lightly, and constantly reminding them to' face reality. . They Deserve Better If it causes my child to ask some questions on my opinions, at least we can start the discussion with his already havi.ng the clinical knowledge, and, explore, its moral implications.

It 'might be difficult. I might find myself. stlJmbling around for. the right words to express the thoughts which I, as a parent, should offer.

I might even get angry at the school-even though their presentation was good-because it put me in a difficult position ... the posiJion of a parent forced to carry out my duty in educating my children about God and morality in relation to sex.

But it would be a terrible t~ing for parents to condemn sex education in schools on the grounds that it lacked relationship to God and morality, if we actually wa.nt it eliminated- because it forces us to carry out our difficult 'obligation of explaining its relationship to our children.

Our children deserve better..

_Catholics, Anglicans To Recognize Baptisms

BYZANTINE RUTHENIAN CHAPEL: Artist Christine Dochwat examines the mosaic which she designed for the Byzantine Ruthenian Chapel being built at the National Shrine or'the Immaculate Conception in Washington D.C. The mosaic shows symbols which blend Eastern and Western influences.· A Ukrainian, Miss Dochwat came to the United States in 1!~47 and has done art work for 45 churches in six dioceses. The Byzantine Ruthenian chapel will be dedicated Oct. 5. NC Photo.

Began by Accident Passionist Apostolate to Celebrate 20th Anniversary

WEST SPRINGFIELD (NC) Its beginnings were "by accident." Us premier production was a "disaster."

Nevertheless, the Passionist Radio-TV apostolate has survived to celebrate its 20~h anniversary.

The Passionists produce the "Crossroads" ,radio program, a weekly televised Mass, and spot announcements for Catholic 01'ganizations and dioceses throughout the nation.

"It is amazirig to remember that our work here evolved from an accident," said Fa!:her. Cyril Schweinberg, the director. "In February' 1954, . Father Fidelis then in charge of the education of young Passionists in preaching and writing, was asked to pro<!uce a program of lent.en meditations for a local radio station.

"His first piece of equipment Expelled for Alleged was a tape recorder which no Political A~tivities one even knew how to operate.

After an initial disaster the series GUATEMALA CITY (NC) got better, other radio stations Three U. S. Maryknoll mission- requested it, and so on until aries and eight other foreign today."

Motivate People priests have been ordered out of Guatemala by the militaryThe Passionists, Fr. Schweindominated government of Gen. berg added, try to do more than Carlos Arana Osorio. r(ist present facts. They must The move, which affects also help motivate people.

Maryknoll Fathers Joseph Towle To achieve this, the "Crossof E'ast Weymouth,' Mass., and roads" program blends music, Thomas Fox of New York City, sermons, prayers and interviews. triggered a strong protest from "I view the role of producer of the president of the Guatemalan programs as analagous to that of BiShops' Conference, Bishop a symphony orchestra conducJuan Gerardi Conedera .of Vera tor who must accent what is Paz. necessary while producing a well The government has accused rounded program," Fr. Schweinthe priests of interfering in Gua- berg said. The public is chosen temalan politics, especially in the to try to meet the needs of the recent presidential elections. .- listeners.

"Our music, which is becoming an increasingly popular part of the show," he pointed out, "covers 'every type of music from folk to Gregorian and is recorded by singing groups and' choirs from all over the country," The master tape of each "Crossroads" is duplicated on high-speed machines on returnable' magnetic tape, packaged and mailed from West Springfield three weeks before its scheduled airing date.

The production of two special radio programs which have since been adapted for records and television, repre,sent special accomplishments' of recent years.

"Hundreds upon hundreds of hours 'went into putting together 'The Madonna at Bethlehem' and 'For This Was I Born' - music and narrative programs about Christ's birth' and passion," Father Schweinberg recalled.

Both have' become seasonal favorites.

HONG KONG (NC) - The Roman Catholic and Anglican dioceses here signed an agreetnent recognizing the validity of each other's Baptism at a joint service at the Anglican bishop's house.

The agreement was reached after more than a year of delib-· erations by a joint ecumenical . commission that conferred with all Anglican and Catholic clergymen here for opinions and amendments.

In the agreement both dioceses "reaffirm their mutual recognition of the validity of Baptism as. it is performed ac<;ording to the ,rites. of. th~ respective churches'! and commit them· selves "to a faithful observance of the baptismal rite as prescribed by our respective churches,"

Diocesan Board The Diocesan Board of the Council of Catholic Women will hold its annual dinner meeting at Eugene's in Middleboro on Tuesday, 'April 2, with cocktails at 6:30 p.m. and dinner at 7 p.m.

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Cautions Vegetabl,e Pla,nters Fro,st Is Still a D,anger

Thurs., Mar. 28, 197.4

Prays for Unity In EUl'1ope

By Joseph and Marilyn Roderick As much as we have been yearning to get out into the garden, the weather has not yet been conducive. The ground is still wet and the winds have been blowing, which makes cleaning up and movement in the garden a chore. There are a number of things that need doing shortly however, it reassures you that you are part and regardless of the weath- of the "in" crowd. The only bright spot ina day that has er we will have to get to been marked by rising degrees work. First on the agenda is general cleanup. Leaves are everywhere and they must now be raked up and bagged fol' disposal, Fertilizing is a necessity and this can be done along with cleanup. The earlier fertilizer gets put down the better, as far as ,I am concerned, and now is as good a time as any to get it on the lawn and under the fruit trees. Pruning for winter kill is also in order and this can be done at any time to the trees and bushes, with dead branches and stems taken off and disposed of.

on thermometers and a steady stream of liquids to be brought to one convalescent or another is a vase of forced.forsythia that I had the foresight to cut and bring in -last week.

Despite the dreary, dirty landscape and the even more depressing house filled with illness, ·the graceful branches filled with tiny yellow flowers appear to have brought sunshine indoors, and show that Easter and spring are coming.

Paschal Meal

Wait on Vegetabl,es Transplanting, of course, should be postponed for quite a while as yet, but bare-rooted trees and shrubs can be planted even at this early date if the ground is workable.

At this juncture the gardener can hardly wait to get started ,and I like to take advantage of my early enthusiasm to get rid of the more noxious jobs such as cleaning and pruning before other work begins to pile up. A few days of this kind of wor,k gives the garden a fresh look and gives the gardener the feeling of having 'dOne something of importance, long before anything of significance is in bloom.

A word of caution: many of my younger friends are' quite anxious to get their vegetable gardens started. Remember that too early a beginning can be disastrous. May 15 is usually the last frost date in this area and anything planted before that stands a good chance of 'being killed in a frost.

In the Kitchen March has certainly been acting like the lion it has been reported to be and with its changeable weather it has brought a wave of flu and virus. Today all of the children are in one stage or another of some ,mysterious virus that my doctor's office assuresme "everyone has." This of course helps' no end because

Catholic Women Plan World Assembly DAR-ES-SALAAM (NC)-The general assembly of the World Union of Catholic Women Organizations (WUCWO) will be held Sept. 14 to 24 on the campus ~f Dar-es-Salaarn University.

About 200 delegates from 70 countries are expected to attend the assembly. The assembly's theme is "WUCWO as an Agent of Change for a More Just Society."

WUCWO, founded in 1910, has its headqarters in Paris. Its main aim is to promote the development of women in order to enable them to fulfill their duty in the Church and society. It has consultative status with the United Nations. .:.,.

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Jason's class had a Paschal meal which he missed because he was sick. Hopefully we'll have one at home the evening of Maundy Thursday. We serve as traditional a 'Paschal meal as we can conjure up in a Catholic home: matzoh, for the unleav~ ened bread, haroses (a combination of apples, raisins and cinnamon meant t'oremind Jews of their slave labor in the brick· yards of the Egyptians), bitter herbs (this is a salad of lettuce and other greens at our house) and pf course wine.

Because wine was so much a part of the Last Supper, we let the children drink a little bit that evening and join in the blessing. Lamb, of course, is the main event of the meal, and since I really don't think I could bring myself to serve a whole lamb roasted on a spit, chops generally do.

Some day I would like to sit down with a Jewish family for a Passover supper but until that time we keep the custom with our own celebration and thus far the children seem to enjoy it.

We're alwaxs looking for easy but delicious desserts. This one I made in between running back and forth to Melissa's school to watch her girls' basketball team play its first game anc;l it still came out well.

Chocolate Delight

Y2 angel food cake (I made a package cake and the family ate the other half plain) 1 12-oz. package chocolate pieces 2 eggs, separated 2 cups heavy cream, whipped Chopped nuts (optional) . 1) Hake cake into walnut-size pieces; place in a 9 inch square pan.

2) In top of double boiler, melt chocolate chips. Remove from heat and add egg yolks very quickly. Fold in stiffly beaten egg whites and cool.'

3) Add half the whipped cream and stir gently. Pour over cake and refrigerate 2 to 3 hours. (I was in a rush- so I threw this in the freezer and it was perfect in an hour.)

4) Cut into squares and serve topped with whipped cream.

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ROSARY OF BREAD: An' airtight, humidity controlled display case holds a rosary made of bread by a Navy pilot held prisoner by the North Vietnamese. Blair M. Brown, director of material at the Air Force Museum, Dayton, Ohio, shows the rosary which has been donated to the museum by Air Force Brig. Gen. John P. Flynn on behalf of Navy Cmdr.

Paul Schultz. Brown designed the protective case for the beads which had to be smuggled out of North Vietnam.

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Boys' Town Net Worth Rises to More Than $226 Million BOYS TOWN (NC)-The net worth of Father Flanagan's Boys Town increased during the past year by almost nine million dollars to raise the total net worth to more than $226 million.

An unaudited financial report showed that the home for boys operated at a loss of $3.79 million with an annual depreciation of the buildings amounting to $707,365.91.

Accounting for most of the increase in net worth were contributions to the home's endowment fund totaling $13.66 million.

The home's current net worth of $226,622,709.77 is composed of the endowment fund, investments and real estate.

Archbishop Daniel E. Sheehan of Omaha, president of the board of directors, said, "With Boys Town on the threshold of the most momentous expansion in .its 57-year history, it is reassuring to note that our endowment fund is growing to meet the great costs we will be encountering."

The buildings on the campus

are currently being remodeled and refurbished. Recent construction has included a middle school ,and an addition to the Vocational Career Center.

Construction will begin this summer on the Boys Town Institute which will be built in conjunction with and adjacent to Creighton University's Criss Institute for Health in nearby Omaha.

Arts, Crafts Center For Indian School KOMATKE (NC) - Groundbreaking ceremonies for a new $120,000 arts and crafts center for an Indian school were held here with Bishop Edward A. McCarthy of Phoenix presiding.

The new structure, which is an addition to the St. John's Indian Mission and school on the Gila River Indian Reservation, is being constructed with funds provided by the DeRance Foundation of St. Louis, a foundation which provides financial assistance for Catholic theology and education.

VATICAN CITY Pope Paul VI prays that Europe be defended from inner rivalries that threaten its unity.

The Pope, appearing at his window overlooking St. Peter's Square, said that his topic of the day, "Let Us Pray for Europe," was suggested by the annual feastday of St. Benedict, March 21, whom the Pope proclaimed "Protector of Europe" in 1964.

Later on March 17, Pope Paul went to the Rome parish Church of Santa Maria Auxiliatrix to celebrate Mass. The Pope appeared to be fully recovered from his • recent influenza attack, and distributed Communion to more than 100 persons of the parish.

Pope Paul said that St. Benedict, the seventh-century founder of Western monasticism and the Benedictine order, gave Europe the "title and knowledge of Christianity and civilization."

Europe today again has need of this "ideal vision," the Pope said, because,although there is emerging from various projects a brotherly pledge of union and cooperation," there is also "the persistent danger of the inner motives of discord, of prestige and rivalry."

Without overstepping the bounds of our spiritual competence," the Pope concluded, "we ask today for your prayers for the harmony, prosperity and peace of Europe and the world."

Shantytown Residents Seek Refuge in Church ROME (NC)--'About 50 men, women and children, refugees from a Rome shantytown,camped inside a church for more than three days with the blessings of diocesan authorities.

The parish Church of St. Polycarp, in working-class Tuscolano district on Rome's outskirts, became a temporary home for a dozen more families at the begining of March because no adequate housing was available to them.

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Nuns"National Assembly Planned for August 1 WASHINGTON (NC) - The 1974 annual assembly of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCWR) will be held in Houston, Texas, Aug. 25 to 29 on the theme "The Gospel: Vision and Mandate," it was announced here.

The 640 major superiors of congregations of Sisters who comprise the LCWR membership are invited to participate.

Sister Margaret Barry of the Sisters of St. Joseph is the national assembly chairperson.

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Thurs., Mar. 28, 1974

Seminar IPlans Spring Meetings Of BishoJts KANSAS CITY (NC) - A planning seminar to prepare for the spring region,al meetings of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops was held here with bishops and media specialists in attendance.

Sponsored .by the Communication Committee and Depart· ment of the U. S. ' Catholic Conference (USCC), the seminar explored the topic of the regional meeting - "The Use of Modem Means of Communication as Instruments for Evangel• ization." Participants analyzed aspects of the topk suc.h as audience, message and media.

In his keynote address, Franciscan Father AgnElllus Andrew, director of the Catholic Radio and TV Center in England and presisient of UNDA, the International Catholic Association for Radio and Television, told the meeting that communication is essential to the life of the Church.

Communication, Father And.rew said, "is a main aspect of (the Church's) mission, and if she fails here, she fails elsewhere as well."

The Church, he pointed out, : has made progress lately in using modem m~ans of communication in carrying out its mission and has exhibited a growing determination to take communications seriously.

Major Obstacle If the Church plans to continue utilizing the mass media, it must do a first class job, he added.

"Something third-rate remains third-rate even when it is sprInkled with Holy Water."

Asked whether the major obstacle to good Church communications is the "skeptical bishop" who is uncertain about the priority he should give to communication, 'Father Andrew noted that it was the bishops themselves who elected to deal with this topic in the spring meetings. ' "I have every confidence," he said, "that their leadership will measure up to everything we can hope for."

Other speakers included Louis D. Boccardi, executive editor of Associated Press; Msgr. George G. Higgins, secretary for research of the USCC; and Dr. Martin E. Marty, associate dean of theology at the University of Chicago..

CARRIAGE TRADE: Horsedrawn carriages line up in Rome's St. Peter's Square and carriage drivers have had plenty of business'since the government banned much motor travel as an austerity matter. NC Photo.

• Show Great Interest In VATICAN CITY (NC)-NonCatholic Christian churches have shown great 'interest in the 1975 Holy Year and the Vatican issued a directive in February to 9ishops' conferences worldwide to help further that interest.

According to Msgr. Giafrancesco Arrighi, undersecretary of the Vatican's Secretariat for Promoting Christian Unity, the ideas generated by the Holy Year appeal quite naturally to' ecumenists, both Catholic and nonCatholic.

Msgr. Arrighi, in an interview over Vatican Radio March 21, said: From the very beginning, th,e Holy Year has been viewed with much interest by all the nonRoman Christian churches.

The monsignor singled out the For this reason, our secretariat of Christian unity sent out meetings of Pope Paul VI with last February a directive to ecu- Anglican, Lutheran and Orthomenical commissions of all , dox leaders -during and !!ince the bishops' conferences in which we council as testimony of this ecillustrated how in the various umenical spirit within Christianparts of the world the Holy Year ity.

Although those events are outcould be an occasion of encounters and prayers among other standing, the monsignor continued, also of great importance Christian brothers. . are the "pilgrimages of fellow Three Times Christians, especially - Anglican Indeed, the Holy Year shares and Lutheran, who come every three fundamental ,t:hemes close year to pray at. the tomb of the to the heart of ecumenists: con- Apostles and to pay their reversion of heart, Church renewal spects to the head of the Catholic Church." and reconciliation."

The Vatican ecumenist said that, prompted by the Second Vatican Council, all Christian churches have been moving in an ecumenical direction.

Canada Starts Million Signatlure Campaign Against Abortion

OTTAWA (NC)-The Alliance for Life has officially I~unched its campaign to collect one milBoys Town Narnes lion signatures on a petition asking the Canadian Parliament to New Executive BOYS TOWN (NC(--William protect the lives of the unborn.

E. Ramsey, president of the The campaign was kicked-off Oma'ha Press Club and past March 8, the 66th anniversary of president of the Serra Club of International Woinen's Day, Omaha, has been appointed di- which makes women's struggle rector for development at Boys' for just working conditions.

Town, it was announced by Dr. Heather Morris, president Father Robert P. Hupp, executive of Alliance for Life said that director. easy abortion offers justice for In his new position, Ramsey none. "If the life of every human will have charge of public infor- being is not protected by law, mation programs, cOl'respon-, the life of no human being is dence, alumni activities and fund safe," she said. raising.

She said that acmss the counPrior to accepting his new try, thousands of men and position, Ramsey was an officer women associated with the Comin an Omaha public relations mittee of One Million will be firm. He has also served as pub- collecting signatures on an onlic relations director at Creigh- going petition sponsored by the ton University in- Omaha.

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ated pro-life groups in Canada "urging justice for all members of our human family." :Last December, Canada's prolife groups banded together under the alliance and established working committee guidelines for the one-million-signature petition demand.ing the federal government to tighten existing abortion laws and protect the lives of the unborn.

A key to success of the campaign is the strong backing received from the Quebec-based 400,000 member United Front Against Abortion (UFAA).

Dr. Jean Marc Brunet a (UFAA) spokesman said at least 90 per cent of French-speaking Canadians in Quebec are against the liberal interpretation of present abortion laws and are militant in demanding protection for the unborn.

Meetings Held Asked what results the directive had produced, Msgr. Arrighi said it is too early to tell yet, but that many bishops' conferences hac! already intiated meetings with separated Christians as part of their Holy Year activities.

Some national pilgrimages coming to Rome for the 1975 Holy Year intend to bring nonCatholics as part of their delegation, the monsignor said.

"This official asked: 'And why should we not make a Holy Year together?'"

Msgr. Arrighi did not identify the WCC official.

VATICAN CITY (NC)-Pope Paul VI will preside over all major ceremonies of Holy Week in Rome from Palm Sunday, April 7, to Easter Sunday, April 14 The Vatican announced that the 76-year-old Pope will open Holy Week at S1. Peter's Basilica on Palm Sunday. During the morning ceremonies he will bless palm and olive branches at the main door of the basilica and then take part in the procession into the great church where he will preside at the Mass.

On Holy Thursday, April 11, the Pope will go to his cathedral church of S1. John Lateran to celebrate the day's Mass.

On Good Friday, April 12, he will attend the liturgy commemorating the Passion of Christ in St. Peter's Basilica in the afternoon. Later that same evening he will take part in the ceremony of the outdoor Stations of the Cross to be held at the Colosseum.

On Saturday, beginning at 10 P.M., Pope Paul will preside .over the liturgy of the Easter vigil at S1. Peter's.

On ,Easter Sunday, the Pope will celebrate Mass at an outdoor altar on the steps -of St. Peter's at 11 A.M. He will conclude the Holy Week observances by going to the central balcony of St. Peter's immediately after that ,Mass to deliver his Easter blessing and message "Urbi et Orbi," that is, , to the city of Rome and to the world.

Catholic Observers To Attend Synod DUBLIN (NC)-The Catholic bishops of Ireland have decided to send four official observers to the, general synod of the Church of Ireland (Anglican) to be held some time in May. It will be the first time for the Catholic Church to be offi· cially represented at the synOd, although an invitation was issued last year.

Meanwhile, Bishop Cathal Daly of Ardagh announced that the Catholic bishops will hold a special meeting in Mulrany to reo view broad questions of Church policy in the coming year.

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Catholics Oppose Abortion Law In Hong Kon!J

Named Honorary Episcopal Canon

HONG KONG (NC) - Recog· nizing that Hong Kong could easily become the "abortion cap' ital of Asia," Catholic commu· nity leaders here have launched a campaign to stimulat.e civic opposition to 1972 legislation that allows abortion if two doctors agree that a woman's life is endangered or the pregnancy involves possible injury to her physical or mental health.

The legislation is due for reo view by the Legislative Council at the end of March.

The campaign was launched with the distribution of 100,000 question-and-answer leaflets and the holding of a seminar jointly sponsored by {he Catholic Doctors' Guild, the Nurses' Guild, the Society for the Protection of Birthright, the Catholic Marriage Advisory Council and the Central Council for the Apostolate of the Laity, under the patronage of Bishop Peter Lei of Hong Kong.

Campaign Purpose Because the Legislative Council is not an elective body (its members are appointed by the governor) and the people do not have a direct voice in their government, "it is through the pressure of publicly voiced opinion that the enactment of laws and amendments can be influenced.

In stating the purpose of its campaign, the Catholic: commitlee pointed out that there are widely different opinions in a pluralistic society like Hong Kong's as to what constitutes due respect for human life; "The lack of consensus which exists here stem partly from the diversity of moral and religious beliefs in our midst, and partly from ignorance and misinformation among large sections of the community as to the facts of the problem. With pluralism, diversity of religious and moral convictions will remain, but every effort should be made by concerned citizens to make the real nature of the problem known."

Cable Television Spec'ialist on Staff WASHINGTON (NC) - The U. S. Catholic Conference (USCC) has added a cable television and public broadcasting specialist to the staff of its Division for Film and Broadcasting.

The appointment of Father George Byrne, a priest from the diocese of San Diego, Calif., as assistant director of the division was announced here by Bishop James S. Rausch, USCC general secretary. , Father Byrne, 38, is a former engineering writer for General Dynamics in the At.1as/Mercury and Centaur space programs. Ordained in 1969, he has produced weekly programs faT cable television in the San Bernardino, Calif., area for the past two and one half years.

One of the functions of his new job, he said, will be to advise dioceses on cable television franchising, showing them how to represent community interests in the establishment of new franchises, which are developing rapidly around the country.

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NEW AMERICAN HOME: Mr. and Mrs. John Roccoforte of Emerson, N.J., welcome 11 month-old Vietnamese child whom they have adopted through the efforts of Catholic Relief Services and the Migration and Refugee Services of the United States Catholic Conference. NC Photo.

Avalanche- of Pro-Life Mail Urged TORONTO (NC)-Mary Matthews, a member of the Canadian government's Advisory Council on the Status of Women, has called for an avalanche of mail to inform the council that there is a strong pro-life movement in Canada.

The advisory council recently recommended to the government that the laws against abortion be removed from the Criminal Code.

"If we don'.t receive any more mail than we have up to the present (about 35 letters per council member), then no one is going to be encouraged to. reopen- these talks," said Mrs. Matthews, who is first vicepresident of the Catholic Women's'Lea'gue of Canada.

"If this issue is taken up again by the ad~is6ry council, I want 100,000 letters from women who are supporting the vote I will cast for the lives of the unborn."

The 30-member council has not yet slated the abortion topic for continued discussion.

Mrs. Matthews said she believed that Catholics have not reached to the council's proposals because of apathy and a

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By Catholic Press . NEW HAVEN (NC)-The activity of the Catholic laity is largely overlooked by the Catholic press, according to two editors of the Brooklyn diocesan newspaper.

Don Zirkel, editor of The Tablet in Brooklyn, said that a reader looking at diocesan newspapers might conclude that "50 per cent of the Church consists of Popes and bishops, 40 per cent of priests and Religious, and only 10 per cent of lay people, most of whom are cute, young children.','

fear of being identified with Women's Liberation and are forgetting that as Christians we should be more concerned than anyone else with the problems of the entire people of God. "While the advisory council

'does not speak for all the women of Canada, it does advise the government on important subjects like abor.tion," she said.

She added that abortion, while not on the agenda at the moment, is not a closed question.

Catholic • Lutheran Agreement On Papacy Called 'Landmark' WASHINGTON (NC) - The new statement of agreement on papal primacy by the National Lutheran-Catholic Dialogue was hailed as a "landmark report in the ecumenical movement" by Father John F. Hotchkin, director of the secretariat here for the U. S. Bishops' Committee for Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs (BCEIA).

In another statement issued here, Auxiliary Bishop T. Austin Murphy of Baltimore, co-chairman of the dialogue group, called the results "promising" and said he hoped the group's conclusions will help other ecumenical dialogues.

Protestant dialogue initiated at a national level, and now is the first ecumenical group to issue a statement on the ministry of the pope in the Church."

"The scholarly research which underlies this statement puts a new foundation under future dialogue between Catholics and others on the papacy." he said.

Bishop Murphy promised the dialogue group "will not slacken its own efforts to continue to contribute to Christian unity."

He thanked the Catholic and Lutheran scholars for their extensive work on the issue, and the Episcopal and United Church of Christ theologians who conAfter three years of meetings tributed a speCial New Testathe theologians on the dialogue ment study in the course of the issued a 5,000-word common , dialogue. statement saying that the papacy, renewed under the Gospel, need Psychiatrist not be an obstacle to reconciliaIt is doubtless true that relition between th.e Catholic and gion has been the world's psyLutheran Churches. chiatrist throughout the cen"What is most striking," said turies: -K.M. Menninger Father Hotchkin, "is the marked change of attitude the statement conveys. Far from holding back, the Lutheran participants reveal a real Christian concern for the emergence of a renewed papacy, and Catholics show an equal concern that in the future the papacy may come to be a source of 7 Perry support or service to the Lutheran Churches without infringing Avenue on their heritage and proper selfdirection."

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James F. Rigney, rector of St. Patrick's Cathedral here, was one of three non-Episcopal clergy named honorary <:anons of the Episcopal Cathedral of St. John the Divine by New York Episcopal Bishop Paul Moore Jr. Msgr. - Rigney heads the Ecumenical Commission of the archdiocese of New York and has been instrumental in the increasing collaboration of the Episcopal diocese and the Catholic archdiocese in local projects.

Named with him were a Russion Orthodox theologian, Dean Alexander Schemann of SI.. Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary and Academy, Crestwood, N.Y., and a black Baptist scholar, Dr. Howard Thurman of Boston University, author and former Dean of Chapel at Howard Uni· versity.

The appointments approved by the Cathedral trustees broke the precedent ,that canons of the edifice should be limited to members of the Episcopal priesthood.

The naming of churchmen outside the Episcopal Church, said Cathedral Dean James P. Morton, "will clearly enlarge the spiritual scope and vision of -the cathedral as well as underline the major ecumenkal role it has consistently played in the New York-and national-community."

Cardinal Praises Archbishop Ramsey LONDON (NC)-eardinal John Heenan of Westminster paid a warm tribute to Anglican Archbishop Michael Ramsey of Canterbury when he announced he is retiring on his 70th birthday.

The cardinal and the archbishop, the two principal churchmen -in his country, have long been close friends.

Cardinal Heenan said: "Dr. Ramsey's retirement will be a loss not only to the Anglicans but to his many friends in other churches. He and I have enjoyed a close personal friendship since his days in York and mine in Liverpool.

"In his quite different way he has done more for Christian unity than his predecessor, Dr. Geoffrey ,Fisher, who took the first great step of paying a visit to the Pope,"

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ST. JOHN BAPTIST, NEW BEDFORD A ham and bean supper will be held from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.

Saturday, April 20 in' the parish hall. An added attraction will be the raffling' of a color television set. Supper tickets and raffle books will 'be obtained at the rectory through Wednesday, April 17.

UNITED NATIONS (NC)-The Vatican's point of view on fam,i1y planning was stated at the final meeting of the prepartory commission for the World Population Conference to be held in Bucharest, Ruma1\ia. in' August.

Mrs. Carmen Giroux, speaking , ST. JOSEPH, for the office of the permanent ATILEBORO observer for the Holy See, preKnights of the Altar will tape sented the Vatican's first intera TV Mass Saturday for airing vention ata session of the UN at 8:45 a.m. Sunday, March 31 Population Commission. on Channel 6; New Bedford.

She quoted from Pope Paul VI's encyclical Populorum Pro, Parents whose children are gressio regarding the options preparing to make their first conopen to parents on how many fession will meet in the school children to have and at what building 'at 7:30' p.m. Sunday, intervals. Her intervention came March 31. Rev. Mr. WiUiam Cos· folIowing a debate on a doctello,deacon at St. Mary's ument on population and human Church, Mansfield, will speak. rights to be submitted to the conference in Bucharest.

SACRED HEART, The question at hlsue was the FALL RIVER implication of the phrase "Par· The Women's, Guild will spon· ents have the right freely and sor a meat pie supper Saturday, responsibly" to determine the March 30, with sittings at 5:30 size of their families. and 7:30 p.m. Dancing will 'fol· Delegates found themselves at low with music by the Jardineers. loggerheads 'over parents' finanTickets are available from Mrs. cial ability to 'support children Edward McGrady and Mrs. Wiland of a child's right to life. lard ,Piper, co-chairmen, and also Moral Aspl~et from all other guild members.

Some delegates brl)ught up the question of what 'should be done ST. MARY, in the event a government adopts SOUTH DARTMOUTH a national policy setting up a The Women's Guild will hold population target. They reasoned a "Shortcake Bridge" at 1 p.m. that this might put pressure on Wednesday, April 3 in the parish paJ:ents to have either more or hall. Old-fashioned strawberry fewer children, dependent on the ",,,,,,,.,... .. shortcake will be· ,served at 1 economic situation of the coun·o'clock,. ang _,a •v~r;i.~ty.(>f. c\lrc;l.; try.

LIVIN(i STATIONS:; Christ meets the women of Jerusalem in this Living 'Stations games wil! foll~w: 'Many: ~o6r' Quoting from Populorum Pro· gressio, Mrs. Giroux read: "In re- of the' Cross portrayal by;. seventh graders at Our Lady of Ransom School in Philadelphia. prizes will be' awarded. The pro-' lation to the tendencies of in· Joseph Carelli plays Jesu~ in the ,traditional Lenten observance at'the Church. NC Photo. gram is open to the public and . ticketS. are available from all stinct or passion, responsible , guild members or may be reparenthood means that necesserved by calling Mrs. Frederick sary dominion which reason and T. Preece, 636-8377 or Mrs. John will must exercise over them."

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"In other words," she said in CINCINNATI (NC)-A considFive per cent of the high about becoming priests. Father her own statement, "responsierable number of high'school abd school students and 17 per cent Pilarczyk estimated that this per- ST. ANNE, ble parenthood must always take ' colIege students think "often" lor of the college students' said they centage amounted to nearly FALL RIVER into account the moral law." "very often" about becomirtg think "often" or "very often" 3,000 young men in the Cincin· She later said that several'delBingo every Wednesday 7:00 priests, but many of them s~y nati archdiocese. egates expressed their satisfacP.M. that the priesthood is seldom 'or "If only one out pf five of tion that she Jntroduced the Sunday'evening, M!lrch 31 a. never presented as a vocatiorlal. Boston and Newton these decided to come to the moral aspect into the discussion.

Folk Mass under the direction choice, a survey made h~re Colleges to Merge that numseminary and half of She said they complained that of Sr. Lucille Gauvin, O.P. will indicated. ' BOSTON (NC)-Newton Col- ber decided on the diocesan be sung at 6:30. the discussion had been almost priesthood, we would more than totally' eclipsed by the economic Father . Daniel E. Pilarczyk, lege of the Sacred Heart will be Meeting for all parents and double the number of Cincinnati ,taken over by the Boston Col· side of social problems. rector of St. Gregory's Seminary, sponsors of this year's Confirmaseminarians in our semimiries," the college-level seminary of the leg~ on June 30, 1975, it was an- Father Pilorczyk said. tion Class will be on Sunday Cincinnati a.rchdiocese, made nounced here.

He contended that one of the evening, March 31 at 7:30.

Ohio Aid to, College public the findings of a profe~­ In announcing the move, James reasons that they do not enter Also scheduled for March 31 sional survey made last spr,irtg Whalen, president of Newton Students Unfalir the seminary is that many of will be an organ recital preand'Jesuit Father DonColIege, for the seminary.

Answers were CINCINNATI (NC) - Ohio's ald Monan, president of Boston them know nothing about it. sEmted in the upper church by program of aid to college stu- received from 168 parish priests Eighty·four per cent of the high Mr. Pierre Whalon, B.M. from 31~ boys in Catholic high College, said that the merger school dents is unfair and unrealistic students and 87 per cent Boston University at 4:00 P.M. Jesuit Father Robert W. MUlli~ schools, 132 par.ents of boys in was caused by financial and en· .of the college students said The public is invited. , Debts incurrollment problems. gan, president of Xavier Univer- Catholic high schools, 43 gUidthey knew little or nothing about There will be an Easter Dinner they said, red during the 1960s, ance counselors in Catholic hig'h sitY' here, said. Speaking to mem8t. Gregory's. Moreover 71' per Dance organized by the Parish bers of the Woman's City Club schools and 93 Catholic male became unmanageable in the cent of the parents, 66 per cent Committee on Saturday. April 1970s. students at Xavier Universit~, here, Father Mulligan criticized of the guidance counselors and 20 in the school auditorium. and the Univ.ersity of CincinnatI. at Newton FacuIty members the Ohio Instructional Grants , 35 per cent of the priests also College will be given, terminal said they new little or nothing Tickets are available at the rec(01(;) program, which provides tory. contracts for the 1974-75' ac-' about St. Gregory's. aid to students at four·year colAsserts California . Turn' to Page Twelve ademic year. Boston College has leges or universities whose par· agreed to establish channels to ents have a total adjusted in- Strike to Continue insure that recommended Newcome not above $14,000.

SAN FRANCISCO (NC)-Cesar PRINTING The Xavier president pointed Chavez called on the National ton College facuIty members will .

SINCE 1898 fllll consideration where 'receive out that the OIG guidelines ap- Federation of Priests Councils' ply even to a student whose (NFPC) to support his United faculty employment opportunities SEE US ABOUT MAILING family has five children. If the Farm Workers of Amerid and mutual interest exist.

SINCE 1941 family income is above the limit, (UFWA) and said that unio~ . Current Newton seniors and WEB OFFSET such a student will receive no would continue picketing in Cali·' juniors will receive degrees from grant, even if he chooses a non- fornia fields this summer.

SINCE 1967 ' Newton College. Students who state·sponsored school, Father are currently sophomores have Mulligan said, whereas "the state The UFWA president made his' the option of choosing either will pay most of the tuition cost appeal for help in the ope~ing' Newton or Boston College deof a son of the $50,000 execu· talk March 18 to 400 delegates' grees. Newton students who are Wareham Falmouth Plymouth tive" if he chooses a state uni- and guests at the annual NFPC'. currently freshmen will receive 679-5262 295·3800 548-3000 746·3300 versity. convention here.

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Says Farm Workers Back Clean Free Election Bill

Pope Asserts Sin Can Kill

The bitter struggle between 'the Teamsters and the United Farm Workers in connection with the California farm labor dispute is going from bad to worse.. A couple of weeks ago the Michigan Teamsters Joint Council 43 in Detroit jumped into the fray ~ • 11 cpmmunities, the .farm workers and proceeded, rhetonca y have agreed that free and fair speaking, to beat the living elections are impossible, e.g., is daylights out of the UFW. intimidating' the workers or The Council ran a full-page advertisement in the Sunday, Feb. 24 issue of the Detroit News purporting to prove that UFW's

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boycott of lettuce and grapes is really an anti-union tactic that cannot possibly succeed.

"Let not the public be deceived," the advertisement read.

"The boycott cause is not just and it will not prevail ... It has been practically a total failureand it will be a 100 per cent failure if the food shopping public realizes what a phony it is."

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where a. grower has fired his original work force and replaced them with Anglo high-school students. .

UFW has admittedly fought against collective bargaining 'legislation that includes the right of secret ballot elections. On the basis of these legislative struggles in Washington, Oregon, California and elsewhere, the growers argue that UFW is opposed to elections for workers.

But, in every case, UFW has opposed the legislation for other reasons; The legislation outlawed the boycott or strikes at .harvest; it' provided for elections but not for good faith collective bargaining; it eliminated migrant and season workers from the right to vote; or it turned over the election process to groups hostile to UFW.

VATICAN CITY (NC)-Sin is real and can kill, despite the modern world's attempt to erase the "name and reality of sin" from everyday discussion, Pope Paul VI told thousands at' his weekiy general audience March 20.

Sin is not the only option left to man, the Pope said, because the "mercy of God rescues man from the misery of sin."

After the audience the Pope addressed words of encouragement to 2,000 young students from Canadl:l, .telling them to adhere to thdr ideals of building a better tomorrow.

-In his main address during. the audience, Pope Paul quote,l St. Paul as observing: "The consequence of sin is death," The Pope then said: "This is the truth, this is the lot of man who knowingly and willingly detaches himself from the highest and only source of life which is God. "But there is another truth which follows. Another lot is reserved for man ... the mercy of God. The mercy of God rescues man from the misery of sin,"

Jesuit Magazine Criticizes Junta

To complete the record, I will call attention to two additional facts:

Maybe so-but I find it rather strange that Joint Council 43 (a) In 1970 when the Tea~ should feel compelled to spend ' sters settled behind closed docits so much money beating what it with the lettuce growers in the pretends to believe is a dead or Salinas Valley, there were no dying horse. If the boycott has secret ballot elections to deterbeen "practically a tota1.failure," mine .which union representatkm why worry? Why not let it' die the workers wanted. They signed a natural death and get on with without even consulting the more important Teamster busi- workers involved. The same ness? thing happened when they The answer, I think, is obvious. barged in last spring and took The Teamsters are deathly afraid over all but two of UFW's table the boycott might su<:ceed. grape contracts. Again there were no elections, not even a Misrepresents Position supervised card check.

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"A GOSPEL PRAYER": In the new Marian document, Marialis Cultus, Pope Paul encourages development of devotion to the Blessed Mother and "the restoration, in a dynamic and more informed manner, of the recitation of the Rosary."

He called it "a Gospel prayer," saying it "reflects the very way in whic~ the word of God, mercifully entering into human affairs, brought about the redemption." NC Photo.

SANTIAGO (NC)-The Jesuit monthly Mensaje, heavily censored since the Sept. 11 coup here, managed to criticize the military junta at least indirectly in its first issue of 197:4.

The magazine, which was always identified with the most progressive elements in the Church, also defended socialism. while criticizing the policies of the late President Salvador Allende.

Mensaje was banned by the military after the coup that toppled Allende, but was later allowed .to publish under heavy censorship. Many issues have been published with blank pages, a sign that the censor had objected to the original contents of the ·page. The latest issue has 10 large pages, with a biblical quotation prominently displayed on each. The editorial critical of the junta's methods was also cut at various places.

The Teamsters' advertisement No Sleeper Clauses also seriouslY, m:isrepresents UFW's position with regard to (b) The California State Fedthe need for secret ballot elec- eration of Labor, in cooperation tions to determine which union with UFW, has drafted a free the farm workers want to repre- election bill which will be insent them. It says that Cesar troduced in the California AsChavez has always opposed sembly within the near future, granting workers this freedom. if it hasn't already been put in That's a complete distortion of the hopper. Unlike the free elecContinued from Page One Mary also appeals to "the the UFW's position with regard tion bill which the Teamsters and the most perfect of Christ's modern woman," the Pope said, to secret ballot elections. The tried unsuccessfully to have endisciples," Pope Paul added: "All because she was not "a timidly acted in the Assembly earlier record is very clear on this issue. of this has a permanent and submissive woman or one whose It shows that prior to strikes and this year, this new bill is comuniversal exemplary value." piety was repellent to others" boycotts the uni'on 'has consis- pletely "clean" ,in the sense that Relating "the figure of the Vir- but WaS "a woman who did not it contains no anti-PFW sleeper Over 35 Years tently called for elections. But gin Mary as presented by the hesitate to pr.oclaim that God of Satisfied Service in the face of grower refusal clauses. It calls for supervised Gospel" to "the expectations of . vindicates the humble and the Reg. Master Plumber 7023 even to talk about elections, free elections-period. the men and women of our oppressed, and removes the powJOSEPH RAPOSA. JR. UFW has said publicly that if a I seriously doubt that the time," the Pope singled out as- erful people of this world from 806 NO. MAIN STREET grower by his intransigence pects of Mary's life for the atten- their privileged positions."

Fall River 675-7497 forces the workers into a strike, Teamsters will support this bill. tion of "the modern woman." p, .• , . . • • • . • then the strike will be the In fact, I would expect them to Women "anxious to participate election (Le., the expression of . oppose it or, at best, to refrain with decision-making power in ~.""N'''''',*''''.' __#.N_#.N_#.N__''''_''''_#.N_#.N_#.N_#.N_#.N'1 the will of the workers). Despite from taking any position. the of the community," he this formal position, UFW consaid,affairs will note that Mary "taken sented to elections in industry Why the Teamsters would into dialogue with God, gives her where there have been long hesitate to throw the full weight active and re'sponsible consent, INC. strikes and boycotts. The differ- of their support behind the only not to the solution of a continennt kinds of elections used clean free election bill that has gent problem, but that 'event of (card check" secret ballot and ever been' introduced in any world importance,' as the Incarratification) are all approved by State legislature i!; beyond my nation of the Word' has been the NLRA as valid expressions understanding. In any event, un- rightly called." of the will of the workers (under less they are willing to support Modern woman will also apmany circumstances strikes are it, it seems to me that, out of preciate, the Pope said, that also recognized by the - NLRB a sense of public honesty and Mary's choice of virginity "was as valid expressions of the will simple decency, they ought to 'not a rejection of any of the of the workers). stop saying they are in favor values of the ma-rried status but of free elections and that Chavez a courageous choice which she Explains Opposition is not. If anything, the opposite made in order to consecrate her· self totally to the love of God." _" , '_~_~_#.N_#.N _ On some farms and in some is closer to the truth.

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In late 1691, Salem VilJage in Massachusetts was 'disturbed by the behavior of some young girls :in' the community. The girls were trying to divine what their ,' I future was to be: whether they would be married, for,exampIe, and to whom. They deReadable Book I vised a crystal ball, began to They contend that th'e legal cast spells, ,and practised authorities did their best to "conjuration with sieves and handle the explQsive matter rea-

ST. MARY'S CATHEDRAL, FALL RIVER The Rev. Francis J. McCarthy Scholarship Fund will benefit from 'a penny sale to take place at 7:30 p.m. Monday, April 1 in the school hall. The public is in· vited to attend, and the event is sponsored by the Women's Guild.

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Their odd conduct caused concern. A doctor examined them

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__ and pronounced them victims of witchcraft. The girls accused three women of the village as their tormentors, branding the women as wi'tches. Witchcraft was a crime under the law of the colony. .

Thus began a kind of hysteria which continued for several, months. S~me 1,50 persons w:re charged With witchcraft and 1m- , prisoned, and 19' ~)f th~m were executed. H~w ,diU thl~ come about? That IS the questiOn put

by Paul Boyer and Stephen Niss· enbaumi n their book Salem Possessed: The Social Origins of Witchcraft (Harvard Uni~er· sity Press, 79 Garuen St., Cambridge, Mass. 02138. $10).

They point out that Salem Village was a part of, yet somehow distinct from Salem Town.

The town was a flourishing port; the village, to the west, was mostly a farming community.

Mercantile capitalism was beginning to enrich the town; no such prosperity was enjoyed by the village.

Peculiar Individuals But the villagers were not at one. Some of them, especially those living on the border of the town, had connections in the town and were more sympatheNc to the interests of the town. This made for division and factionalism within the unhappy, apprehensive village, as did contention over whether there, should be a church in the village and who should be the minister.

The clerical incumbent in 1691 preached sermons which dwelt on the menaces to the village and attributed these "to actual, conscious collaboration between individual human beings arid the powers of Satan ... the wrongdoings of King Saul, he noted, were rooted in the fact that he had become 'haunted with an evil spirit,' and had gone for advice 'to the Devil, to a witch.' " The first few people .accused of being witches were rather· peculiar individuals. But, more and more the finger was pointed at men and women who were somehow "identified with the interests of Salem Town. The authors see the phenomenon, in its development, as a venting of long gathering ill feeling against the town and those representing it.

sonably, and that, altho1Jgh 19 were put to death, the great majority of the accused 'were cleared and the troubles brought to a close in a fairly short time. . Messrs. Boyer and Nissenbaum have ransacked whatever records survive, in an effort to establish the social situation as it was in 1691, the temper, of the community, the prevailing beliefs, the seeds of the strange and sinister phenomenon lwhich burst out in the accusatibns of witchcraft and the conseqLences thereof. They make a con~incing case for the explanation a~ Iwhich they arrive.

I Despite much that is dismaying in the recital, they cortclude that eventually society de~lt responsibly with a prpbll:im touched off by a few girlsl from families suffering social ,dislo,cation and resultant anxieties.

This is a scholarly but always readable treatment of an episode in American history whi6h is . often referred to dramJtized more than once, but never before thoroughly examined. ' ' A Look at Spain Honor Tracy has long Ibeen familiar with Spain. She, has lived ihere in the past, and returned for visits. She has written about the country, as, for eXam· pie, in Silk Hats and No Bteakfast. She is writing aboJt it again in her new book Winter in Castille (Random House,l 4~7 Madison Ave., New York, N. Y. 10022. $5.95).

This is one of the best travel books I have read in years, 'and also. the best of Miss Tdcy~s books in years. Her eye and~ her pen are as sharp as ever but,she here shows a sympathy and a tolerance which have not always characterized her work.

It is plain that she loves Spllin.

But- her love is not uncritital, and the chastisement she dJals is more in sorrow than in anger.

She loathes the modernization which strikes 'her as Cheap and degrading. Spain, to her, conveys the feeling of a long' and noble past and is rich in delectable places as no other country is. see so much witless spoiling t~k­ ing place, pains her.

Collector of Absurdities , Most books about Spain deal with its warm seasons. Miss Tracy deliberately chose the cold months for the stay which she reports in this book. She tells tis of winter in Madrid, Christmas in Avila, of New Year's i~ GU~­ dalupe, of Epiphany in Valla· dolid.

The great feasts all have the'ir local customs, and these she describes. She does this so vividiy ,that one experiences the sigh~s and sounds and revels in them.

She is an expert in depicting ~ 'landscape, the distinctive style of a village, the beauty of a church or a monastery, a jour'· ney through countryside under

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REV. WM. F. PETRIE, SC.CC.

Life in Calcutta Lecture Topic ~ Rev. William Petrie, SS.CC. will be guest speaker at the New Bedford Catholic Woman's Chib meeting on Sunday, March 31, in the clubhouse on 1 County Street at 3 p.m.

Father Petrie will speak on life in Calcutta where he recently spent time working with Mother Teresa's Missionary Sisters of Charity in their work of helping the destitute and the dying.

Father Petrie has been working with the Spanish-speaking apostolate at Regina Pacis Center in New Bedford. He is also involved in ecumenical matters and in various social justice apostolates ill that city.

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snow, arrival in' an area' where spring ihas already come.

She is a collector ·of absurdities. 111 a crowded bus, for exam, pie, there is a sign which sternly decrees that there must be no singing by the passengers. But the screeching and howling of transistor radios in the confines of the bus' is not interfered with.

Or again, there is the handsome new railroad station which stands unused because as yet there is no railroad in ,that place.

She says, despairingly, "Fantastic, farcical things come about in this land through sheer inattention to detail." !Jut in another place she observes, "In Spain there is a kind of persistent luck, which balances and atones for her organization, so that no one need ever despair." " , DeiightfUl Book Human contacts, she observes, are remarkably easy in' Spain, and she amusingly illustrates the 'point. But there are types of Spaniards that she does not like: and she is unsparing in imalyzing their pretenses.

A Dutchman tells her" "The faults that visitors find (with Spain) don't worry me at aiL 'Those things they find',lacking, I can have at home, and better.

Do you know what strikes me here the most? The freedom.

At home in my free country, in theory you can do everything, in practice, nothing.•Here, it is precisely the otiJer way round."

She agrees.

Reading this delightful, rueful book, one desires to get quickly to Spain to savor its special. excellences before they disappear (e.g., before unique Avila is engulfed by urbanization). But if one is unable to go, the next, best thing .is a trip through pages' such as these, which are touched with magic.

HOLY NAME FALL RIVER The Women's Guild will sponsor a public penny sale at 8 p.m.

Tuesday, April 2 in the school haiL Many "prizes and surprises" will be featured. In charge of arrangements is Mrs. 'Selma Brown.

ST. KILIAN, NEW BEDFORD The parish will benefit 'from a whist to be snonsored by the Ladies' Guild at 8 p.m. Saturday, March 30 in the school basement at the corner of Earle Street and Ashley 'Boulevard. Refreshments will be served. Arrangements are in charge of Mrs, Yvonne Blais and Mrs. Marcella Landry.

OUR LADY OF ANGELS, FALL RIVER The Holy Name Society will hold a breakfast meeting following 8 a.m. Mass Sunday morning, April 7.

A mother-daughter Mass and' communion breakfast will take place at 8 a.m. Sunday, May 5; and' the Council of Catholic Women will hold installation,ceremonies for new officers Sunday, May 26.

ST. GEORGE; WESTPORT , The Women's Guild will sponsor a "Sew into Spring" fashion show tomorrow night in the school hall. Refreshments will be served and door prizes awarded.

A whist party will take place at 8 p.m. Saturday, April 6, also at the haIL Ticke'ts will be available beginning Monday, April 1 for the annual parish varietv show. to be held at Westport Hi,~h School auditorium Saturday night. May 4 and Sunday afternoon, May 5.

Joseph Mendez' is ticket chairman.

ST. ANN, RAYNHAM The Ladies' Guild will hold a whist party at' 8 p.m. Friday" Apri 5 in the church hall on North Main Street. Co-chairmen are Mrs. Anne Keough and Mrs. EiIe~n Alden.

ST. PATRICK, FALL RIVER. Women's Guild members will sew pads for the Rose Hawthorne Lathrop Home at a meeting scheduled for 8 p.m. Monday, April 1 in the parish school. Needles, white thread and scissors should be brought to the meeting , and donations of white cloth are urgently needed. They may be brought to the school at 'any time before the meeting.

A rummage sale will be held at the school from 9 a,m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, April 20. Dona. tions of usable clothing and household' articles may be brought to the school after 6 p.m. Friday, April 19.

OUR LADY OF MT. CARMEL, NEW BEDFORD Boy Scouts of Troop 11 will sponsor a ham and be.an supper from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., Saturday, April 6 in the school basement.

Tickets are available from troop members, leaders or planning committee members. The latter include Mrs. Natalie Dias and Mrs. Elsie Silva.

ST. MARY, NEW BEDFORD In a series of Lenten Masses and homilies held at 7:30 p.m. each Friday, Rev. Marcel Bouchard, curate at St. Joseph's Church, Taunton will speak to· morrow night on "Isn't Everything True in the Bible?" Mass will be followed by a social hour and question period in the school hall.

ST. PETER AND PAUL, FALL RIVER The Women's Club will span· sor a whist party at 1:30 p.m.

Sunday, March 31 in the school basement. Mrs. Arthur L. Duffy is chairman.

ST. ROCH, FALL RIVER The Council of Catholic Women will hold elections at 7:30 p.m.

Monday, April 1. Following the business session a "Hidden Talent" program will take place.

HOLY REDEEMER, CHATHAM Vivid colors and handloomed fabrics in authentic Greek designs by American couturiers Theoni A. Aldredge and Athena Johns will dramatize ','tl1e look elf '74" iil Greek Island Originals to be interpreted by Mrs. John Hynes. fashion coordinator and commentator, at E spring lunch· eon and fashion show to be sponsored by the Women's Guild at 12:30 p.m. Thursday, April 4 at Wayside Inn. The designers whose clothes will be shown have done cos· tumes for "The Great Gatsby" and for current Mike Nichols productions. 'For the Chatham show guild members will model unique homespun and hand-embroidered dresses, shirts, tops and evening gowns made in Greece.

Chairman for the event is Mrs. Andrew Mikita, guild chairman.

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KNOW YOUR FAITH Site of the High Priest's Palace

I ILaw By FR. PETER HENRIOT

Pilgrims to the Holy Land are often disappointed when they learn that in ·mnny cases the holy places and sites are little more than educated guesses as to where a particular event occurred.

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There are several factors responsible for this situation, among them the destruction of Jerusalem by the Romans in 66 A·.D., and a determined effort by the Romans to obliterate Christian shrines in Palestine during the early persecutions.

Because the gospels themselves are, in the words of Father Avery Dulles, S.J.• "confessional document.s," they understandably do not provide the minute historical or geograph-

ical detail that modern scholars would so much like to have.

Even where the gospels are specific about the location of a certain event, the tides of time have often made it impossible to locate the site with any degree of exactness.

A gop<.! example of such a dilemma is the location of the House of the High Priest, Caiaphas mentioned in all four gospels (Mt. 26:57-58, Mk. 14:53,54, Lk. 22:54-55, Jn, 18:15-18) as the place to which Jesus was taken after his arrest in the Garden of Olives.

Third Site One group of scholars and archeologists believes that the house or palace of Caiaphas stood on the site of the present Armenian Church of St. Savior, near the Cenacle and the Church of the Dormition.

Another group claims that the site is beneath the present .church of St. Peter in Gallicantu which stands at the top of the ancient steps leading up "from the Tyropoeon Valley or Valley of the Cheesemakers, to the top of Mount Zion.

father Raymond Brown, in his commentary on John 18:15 (Anchor Bible Vol. 29A) suggests a third site, the Hasmonean Palace, located further up the Tyropoeon Valley.

Thus, the experts are in honest disagreement as they try to piece together the various clues provided by scripture and tradition.

The question is not likely to be settled definitely and it is not really that important to the average tourist or student of the Bible. The significance of the Holy Land is that it is exactly that-a holy land. l'he fact that a particular spot might or might not be historically exact does not detract one iota from the fact that the holy land is the' land of Yahweh, the land of Jesus, the land of the prophets and the land of the apostles.

Palace Courtyard All this is leading up to a discussion of one of the possible sites of- the High Priest's Palace, St. Peter's in Gallicantu, or St. Peter's of the Cockcrow.

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"I'm not so sure I believe 'n "law and order." Each time I hear that phrase, I have a strange feeling that something is being implied--or left out.

OLDEST STRE.ET: Ancient steps lead to Mount Zion from the Tyropoeon Valley in Jerusalem..Scholars agree that they are a remnant of the oldest street in the Holy City and probably were use? by Jesus on the night before His death. NC Photo.

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Stand, then, as free men ... You were called to be free," In the Epistle to the Romans, Paul emphasizes the power of the Law (the Old Covenant between Yahweh and Israel) and the tension with the freedom of the Spirit granted by Jesus to his followers. True freedom is basic to a Christian understanding of humanity and of society.

What does freedom under law mean politically at this time?

In recent years Americans have had to ask themselves some hard questions about our commitment to freedom under law. Equal rights-the respect of the law for all citizens regardless of race or sex or religion or ethnic background-are the means of guarTurn to Page Fourteen

Many peop:e seem to speak of law and order and imply primarily cracking down on minority groups or building up a police force. Many others seem to completely leave out of law and order discussions -any emphasis on rights of citizens and basic Religious Brothers justice. Personally, I prefer to Schedule Meeting speak of the good old American WHEATON (NC) - The Naprinciple of "law and freedom." tional Assembly of Religious "Law and freedom" is what Brothers (NARB) will hold its the Bill of Rights of the United second annual meeting at St. States Constitution is all about, Louis University, St. Louis, from Freedom of religion, of speech June 20 to 23 on the theme and press, of assembly: these are "Spirituality," NARB headquarsome of the freedoms which the ters here announced, law of our land offers to all Benedictine Brother David citizens. Any kind of "order" Rast, who has worked with Reliwhich doesn't actively promote gious groups on various aspects these freedoms certainly cannot of spirituality, will be the feabe supported by "law" in this tured speaker. The announcecountry. ment of the meeting included a request to NARB members to let Free Men "Law and freedom" is also a the national headquarters know message of our Christian faith. whether they think that, because St. Paul oontinually discusses of the fuel crisis, an effort should this theme in his letters to the - be made to c'hange the site of the first Christian communities. As meeting. !he says in the Epistle to the Founded in April, 1972, the Galations: "Freedom is what we NARB is an organization of have-Christ has set us free! members of all-Brother orders as well as of Brothers who are members of orders that ·include Religious Education ptiests. The organization's goal is to strengthen the internal deWorkshop in June WASHINGTON (NC) - "Reli- velopment of the lay celibate Region and Public Education" is ligious life.

There are about 9,500 Brothers the theme of the 15th annual religious education workshop to involved in education, social be held at the Catholi~ Univer- work, parish ministry, clerical sity of America here June 16-21 and administrative work and service-oriented tasks under the sponsorship of the uni- other throughout the United States. versity and the National Center of Religious Education-Confraternity of Christian Doctrine The purpose of the w-orkshop is to update the theory and practice of the academic study of religion and public education in the context of the recent Supreme Court decisions.

Topics to be discussed include There's 11 convenient "Problems Confronting Religious locations in Attleboro Studies in a Pluralistic Society," Falls. Mansfield. North "Religion and the Humanities," Attlebo'ro, North Dighton.

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, There is, I am told; a possibility that the cuJIected papers of Archbishop <;John Irel~nd. may appear in ~ new edition. I hope such publication does occur. Despite our· present mood of distrusting history and ideas, John Ireland is too important a man to D I be forgotten. Who knows?

I have alwaye been baffled by the fact that American Catholics, Some people might even dis- who are patriotic if not I supercover that he is a man very patriotic in their loyalty. 'to the I

much for our own season.

Ireland may have been the greatest churchman in the history of American Catholicism (aI-

republic, have not taken tile lead in pushing American id~as of freedom and democracy as principles for ecclesiast~cal organization both "in their own bailiwicks .~ and in the Ch~rch Univer~al. In all the agitation about refqrm 'of Church structure, one hears nary By a wont about James Mkdison' and Thomas Jefferson (think, for example, of Father McBrien's reREV. cent fine book or of the P4blic.aANDREW M. tions of the Canon Law SoCiety): .

I It is almost as though w,e are GREELEY afraid of American politica'l theory. And the various priests' senates around the country ar~ .singularly innocent of any familiarthough Carroll and England would give him a run for his ity with the Federalist Papers money). He was a brilliant, cho- and the experience that. :went leric, stubborn, ambitious, fair, into them. (No officer bf a generous man. His faults were priests' senate should be e~empt ·kingsize and so were his virtues. from reading Gordon Woods' He became a bishop in his mid- monumental The Creation of the ; dle thirties, presiding in St. Paul American Repu1>lic.) for decades. Even now his memOr take the recent controversy ory is very much alive in the over Father Koser's letter t~ the Twin Cities, where he is remem- Franciscans. . While American bered with admiration and re- Franciscans fell alf over them·spect. As one elqerly cleric selves denouncing me for Wonthere told me, "He was aJmost .dering' whether the turni.ng of always fair, and' when he wasn't human rights over to a sup~rior he was a big enough. man to was appropriate, a group of Italapologize. " ian Franciscans signed a letter which observed (according to: the Creative Thinker National Catholic Reporter),: "It Intellectually, Ireland was a would seem to be a document giant. He was not a scholar so' issued by. Pope Boniface VIII,. much as a creative thinker and only that it contains dictatol'ial .a master of language-an Irish- and Nazi accents whichas~ure man to his fingertips. He was us it has been produced in this totally committed to the Amer- century."

I ican political experiment (and, \ Split Personality God forgive him for it, also a I committed Republican, perhaps Now that's pretty strong lanas a result of his service as a guage ..:.- and from people', v.fho chaplain in the Civil War). come from St. Francis's o~n He believed that the American country. I shall leave to. the experience had immense releFranciscans' their own internal vance for the entire Church. If but I must raise the quarrel, there. were any "Americanists" question of why the defense'lof at all (in the meaning of that dehuman freedom and dignity mast structive encyclical which con" come from a country where politdemned the phantom heresy and deal democracy is recent and Indelivered a blow to the self-constable while a defense of authorf.idence of the American Church itarianism comes from a countty from which it has never recovwhich has the oldest and most ered), Ireland surely was their successful political democracy in leader. human history. (I wonder, inci'Nazi Accents' dentally, -if the Franciscan public He believed that American relations type who wrote a narpolitical democracy was indeed cissistic press release describing a New Order under heaven and his attack on me as "hard-hitting" that the Church should! not only will now launch. an equal(y tolerate it but imitate its princi- . "hard-hitting" . attack on his ples in reorganizing ecclesiasti- Milanese colleagues. I suspect , eal struCtures. It took the rest of not. Different rules.) the Church until Vatiean II to Since the fateful and VICIOU~ catch up with ·Ireland's thinking, attack of Testum Benevlentiae (The similarity between much of (the encyclical which condemned what he has said and the Coun- the alleged Americanist heresy)!, cil's debates is striking. I won- American Catholics have had a der how many of the American peculiar ,split personality about delegates to the Council realized political freedom. It was ·fine iri they were voting with John Ire- the civil society, but it didn't be~ land.) long in the Church. : John Ireland would have swept Loaves such doublethink asicfe with a: Many, as has been weIl said, wave of,'his mighty hand. But, roan after Christ, not for the where are our John Irelands' today? , miracles but for the loaves. © 1974, Inter/Syndicate -John Lubbock

LAW AND ORDER: Someone apparently bothered by youngsters once,too often decided to take the law into his own ,hands and scrawled this threat on the side· of a freight car. NC Photo.

Law' ·and'.Fre·edom. Belong Together Continued from Page Thirteen are treated justly and equally, anteeing freedom in our country, then freedom for any individual . But it has been and continues to person is not possible.

'0 be a great. struggle to assure Emphasizes Church equal rights effectively.

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Christians must be careful··not . ,KANSAS CITY (Nt) - "1;he to think that. law is sufficient in . Church is communications itself," . our society to guarantee free- a British radio and television exdom. Nor is it adequate. to pro- pert told a group of bishops and mote the true relationships of religious commentators here. justice and equality, Paul VI re"The Church is communicaminded us in his Call to Action tion, aimed at communion," (1971) that the Gospel message Father Angellus Andrew said. of charity teaches us to give a "Communication is not an oppreferential respect for the poor t'ional extra for the Church, nor and unfortunate. something peripheral to her esThat is why the more fortu- sential life. It is the main aspect nate in our society are called of her mission and if she fails to go so far as to "renounce here, she fails elsewhere as 'some of their rights so as to well." place their goods generously at Father Andrew, director of .the the service of other~1-" Without Catholic Radio and TV Center in this Chistian solidarity which England, spoke at a workshop promotes' the common good, here designed to prepare bishops freedom can be a farce, and in and communicators for the bishreality very dangerous. ops' spring meetings which be held in each of 12 church re~reedom can't mea9- individualism, which was ·sharplycrit- gions. The topic of .the meetings icized by. the Second Vatican will be "'f.he Use of Modern Council (The.Church Today, No. Means of Communication as In30). Freedom. simply does not strumtlnts for Evangelization."

The 50 participants in the operate in a vacuum, My freedom is conditioned by your free- meetings-some 1,000 in all:-indom. Unless a political and so- ' c1uded regional chairman' of the cial situation is promoted in National Conference of Catholic which all members of a society Bishops, their media representatives, and national Church communJcations Ieaqers in the press, Pciper in Danger film and broadcast fields. "':

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Continued from Page Thirteen . the fact that it was in the courtyard of the Palace of the High Priest where Peter, after having vehemently denied knowing Jesus, heard the cock crow and recalled the words of Jesus: "Before the cock crows today you will deny me three times." And St. Luke tells us (Lk. 23:63) "He went out and wept bitterly."

For more than 1,600 years the spot has been a place of pilgrimage. In 333 A.D. the Pilgrim of Bordeaux wrote about it. In the fifth century the courtyard where Peter wept became a sta-· tion of the Holy Thursday procession and a basilica was erected in memory of St. Peter's tears. The crusader Saewulf from Worcester, gave the spot the name "Gallicantus" which means .the cockcrow.

During the period· after the crusades the shrine was. destroyed. The exact location has been disputed ever since.

Those who deny that St. Peter's in Gallicantu is built over the palace acknowledge that the grottoes beneath tlhe church were probably where Peter came to 'weep after the realization of his denials struck him.

Small Altar The Augustinian Fathers who administer the church claim the grotto is the dungeon and scourging place where Jesus was abused and kept the night of his arrrest. In the top of the dungeon is a hole- through which the prisoners were lowered by means of a rope slung beneath th~ir arms.

There are crosses.,painted .•. " :- -: ' .. t' ,in red and bl~Ck bQI1' the ,'Yalls :~nd af6i:ind .lihe''ilht IQf"thJ"hole.

They are'b~iieved t6 date back to the early Ohristians who v'enerated the spot. A small altar has been erected in the dungeon where Mass is said regularly for the conversion of sinners.

Adjacent to the dungeon is the ·scourging place or common prison where the prisoners were spread-eagled for ,their punishment. The dungeon is connected to the scourging place by a high window through whic;h ,8 guard could keep an eye on the dungeon prisoner. .J...

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Outside the church, leading down to the Tyropoeon Valley and the Pool of Siloam, are the ancient steps acknowledged by all scholars as the oldest street in Jerusalem. Regardless of which location it .might have been, the steps are almost surely those used by Jesus and his captors when he was brought to the palace of Caiaphas.

Suffering Those who accept what they suffer have no suffering of the will, and thus they are in peace.

-Fenelon

Of Being Closed KAMPALA, (NC)-The Catholic daily newspaper Munno, whose priest-editor was found dead in the burned wreckage of his car over a year ago, appears to be in danger of being closed down by the government.

The government's official news organ, the Uganda News Agency, reported that "the public has submitted a request asking the government to ban the Munno newspaper .with immediate effect."

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Pope Deplores Growing Atheism In World

IN THE DIOCESE

By PETER J. BARTEK

VATICAN CITY (NC) - The Church must develop a "pastoral strategy" to preach the Gospel successfully in a world characterized "by the absence of God," Pope Paul VI told members of the Vatican Secretariat for NonBelievers.

The Pope received the 30 members and consultors of the secretariat March 15. He established the secretariat in 1965 to study atheism and open up ways for discussions with non-believers.

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Scholastic Schoolboy ·Track Thrives in Southeastern Mass.

Although outdoor track receives little publicity throughout the confines of diocesan territorial limits, it is one of the most popular sports among schoolboys. While most followers of interscholastic athletics are well aware of the numerous state champions Attleboro rates as the produced by Southeastern juncture strongest' club in the circuit, but Massachusetts teams in bas- there is not a team in the loop ketball and baseball, relative- that cannot challenge the Confer-

ly few can recall the last area ence's defending champions. track champion. In recent years, Before the formation of the however, local schools have had nwre success on the state level multi-team Southeastern Mass. in track than in any other scho- Attleboro and New Bedford dom· inated the old Bristol County lastic sport.

The Southeastern Massachu- League, Falmouth, Dartmouth, setts Conference, according to Barnstable and Dennis-Y·armouth one track mentor, has to be rated. fought it out for the Capeway among the best track leagues in Conference crown and Somerset the Commonwealth. He is quick and Seekonk battled for the Narto point out that the competition ragansett League title. Each not in Division I is as good as can only won league championships, be found. but all have state class chamThe bracket includes last year pionships to their credit. It can State runner-up Attleboro, New truly be said that the SoutheastBedford, Barnstable, Somerset, ern Massachusetts Conference . Falmouth, Seekonk, Dennis-Yar- Division I· is a division of chammouth, and Dartmouth. At this pions..

Conference Competition Begins April 3 Members of the Conference have been aligned into three divisions. All league meets will ·in'tlude 'stlUtC!ard" outdoor" track events. The athletes will compete in the discus, shot put, javelin, highjump, long jump, pole vault, triple jump, 100 yard dash, the 220, 440, 880, mile, 2 mile, hurdles and relay.

The campaign will commence on April 3, when Division 1II opponents. sqiJare off. Defending champion Diman Regional of Fall River is scheduled to meet Case High of Swansea in the hill city in its first outing. The Artisans are favored to retain the title, but should expect strong competition from Norton, Old Rochester, New Bedford Vocational and possibly Case.

Elsewhere on the third Bishop Connolly High of Fall- River is at Wareham, Bourne is at New Bedford and Norton will meet

Old Rochester in Matt·apoisett.

Bishop Connolly is a newcomer to the track scene and therefore is Iightl:9'regarded.-· Bourne, a powerhouse in football this past season, has not' had comparable success in track over the years and is not expected to be a serious challenger.

Divi9ion II consists of teams that have had success in track over the years but have been weaker the past few years. The seven 9Chool bracket includes Durfee High of Fall River, Fairhaven, T'aunton, Bishop Feehan High of Attleboro, Msgr. CoyleBishop Cassidy High of Taunton, Bishop Stang High of Dartmouth, and Dighton-Rehoboth.

Division II competition begins April 10. Fairhaven will host Durfee, Taunton entertains Feehan and Coyle is at DightonRehoboth. Stang draws 'a bye opening day.

McCracken, Sprinkle Rate Super Star Tag Like any other team sport the key to a strong track club is depth. It is important to win, but it is often the second and third places that determine the outcome of the meet. Depth is the major difference between Division I and II teams. Stang and Coyle are the teams that bear watching in the II cham· pionship race.

Track, unlike most other major sports, is an individual sport as well as a team sport. An athlete performs on two levels. He attempts to earn points to aid his team in their quest for victory and, at the same time, he strives to prQve he is the best in his event. There are many outstanding performers in the Conference who will thrill fans with their achievements. But, the classic team match-Ups more than -likely' will come about in Division I. Barnstable will be at Attleboro

on April 15 when Division I begins its season. Dennis-Yarmouth hosts Somerset, Falmouth is at Dartmouth, and Seekonk is at New Bedford to round out the docket.

The season is bound to produce new stars, but there are some returnees who have their sights set on new records. Watch Shan McCracken of Attleboro who rates as one of the premiere two milers in the state attack the 9:20 mark. Brad Sprinkle of Dennis-Yarmouth, the state tripie jump record holder, could set new marks in both the triple and low hurdles in this his sophomore year. Joe Prada of New Bedford definitely could break the 10 second barrier in the 100 and teammate Pete Rock is a threat in the high hurdles. Twin brothers Dan and Don Guillette of Attleboro· may soar to' new heights in the pole valult.

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The Pope told the participants in the recent plenary meeting, including Bishop Mark Hurley of Santa Rosa, Calif., that their work "merits on our part the liveliest encouragement because it opens up new fields that up to now have been almost unexplored" by the Church in trying to make contact "with those areas of today's world that are most distant and resistant to the Church."

PRIDE SWALLOWED: Although he sported a super shiner, Tom Sheil swallowed his pride and appeared as a monk in the children's pageant at San Juan Capistrano Mission in California. The 8 year old was among those who greeted swallows returning to the mission church as they doeach year. NC Ph~to.

The problem of widespread atheism and secularization today demands that the Church work out a "pastoral strategy," Pope Paul said. "How can the values of the message of the Gospel be made real for a world dominated by an atmosphere characterizE..'<I by the absence of God?" he asked.

Urges Recruitment Archbishop Asserts Catholic Schools No. Integration Haven LOUISVILLE (NC) - Archbishop Thomas J. McDonough of Louisville has warned that archdiocesan Catholic 9Chools "must not become havens for ·those trying to escape integrated public schools."

The archbishop urged Catholic schools "actively" to recruit teachers and enroll students "to achieve racial integration" and said that schools should "emphasize the enriching educational opportunities afforded in culturally and racially mixed school situations."

The archbishop's policy statement for the 31-county archdiocese contained recommendations regarding admission practices for Catholic 9Chools made by the Catholic School Board and outlined principles for the operation of Catholic schools with regard to racial integration.

The statement was issued be· cause of a recent U.S. Court of Appeals decision ordering devel·

"How can the world be made to understand that religion constitutes a positive factOf' for man and not a by-passing of the effort to establish truly human dimensions in the construction of the earthly city? How can we reawaken those spiritual stimuli, that nostalgia for the faith and those seeds of religiousness that are certainly latent even among thOse who have no religious faith."

opment of a desegregation' plan for three public school districtsLouisville, Jefferson County and Anchorage--'by the fall. Busing has been suggested as one way of implementing the court order and, to avoid this, a number of parents have sought to transfer their children from public to Catholic 9Chools.

The archbishop's statement said that no staff of program expansion nor addition of classrooms will be permitted in Catholic 9Chools without explicit permission of the Catholic School Board. Without expansion, Catholic schools will 'not be able to accept many transfer students, Catholic school officials said.

The Pope said he feels very deeply his responsibilities in that area, "which is still full of unresolved difficulties but in which it is necessary to intervene."

Through the efforts of the Secretariat of Non-Believers, Pope Paul concluded, to talk "with the exponents of the world of nonbelievers, it is not only possible to listen to their problems but also have them listen to the voice of the Church and its meso sage of hope and life."

There will probably be fewer than 100 openings in Catholic high schools and fewer than 200 in elementary schools, Father Joseph M. McGee, associate superintendent of Catholic schools, said.

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