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Bis.hop. Cronin Hears Pope Praise American College VATICAN CIlY (NC)-'Most "But it is not academic adRev. Daniel A. ,Cronin, S.T.D., vantages alone that have made Bishop of'Fall River, was among the existence of the North Amer, a group of American bishops re- ican College in Rome so worthceived by Pope Paul VI and to . while. The years spent in the city whom he said that Rome is an of St. Peter's See cannot fail to ideal place to train future priests leave a deep spiritual impresfor the United States. slOn...

The Pope received the Bishops' "Rome is the center to which Committee for the Pontifical members of the Universal North Amer-ican College in Ro~e Church come from all over the in an audience, Monday, April world to meet each other here 17. He stressed that the Eternal and to carry back with them and City offers great spiritual and share with their people the academic advantages to young awareness that is' acquired here Atnerican seminarians. more than anywhere else of the The North American College unity and Catholicity of the committee, under the leadership Church of Christ." of Cardinal Terence Cooke 'of The Fall River Diocese has New York, held its annual aV'ailed itself of the North Amermeeeting ,in Rome to discuss . ican College by having 10 priests problems and future plans for the prepare for the Priesthood there. college, which has housed and Most Rev. Daniel A. Cronin, trained American seminarians present Bishop of Fall River, is . and priests here for more than a graduate of North American 100 years.

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The Pope mentioned the nuAt present, two' seminaria~s, merous institutes of learning Jay T. Maddock of Mansfiield located in Rome whose fame' is and Timothy J. Place of New "worldwide", adding: Bedford are students there. ~

, CHARITY-DEEDS, NOT WORDS ONLY: Nazareth Hall students of Fall River verified the value of the Catholic Charities Appeal in demonstrations of their training. Jeannine Goulet, modeled a dress she made; Sr. Maureen, RSM, Nazareth director; Bishop Cronin, Leilani Anderson, participator in the square dance; Arlene Rego, fashion narrator for the clothes made by the students.

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Inaugurate Special Gifts Phase of CCA on Monday The first phase-Special Gifts phase-of the annual Catholic Charities Appeal of the diocese of Fall River, now' in its 31st year of' service to the community" begins Monday when 775 volunteer special gift solicitors will make over 3250 calls to professional, fraternal, business and industrial people. This phase ends Saturday, May 6.

Women To Convene

Education Convention Rev. Ernest Bartell, CSC, Pres-, ident of Stonehill College, will be the keynote speaker at the Catholic Education Convention on Friday morning, May 5, at 10 at Bishop Feehan' High School, Attleboro. Father Bartell has been a figure prominent on the

national scene in economics. As an Economics consultant, Father Bartell has given imput into the financial needs of non-public education of Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Hawaii, and New York State. Father Bartell will speak oOn Planning for the Future.

This year the Education Convention is sponsored jointly by the Catholic School· Department and the Religious Education Office. All teachers in the Catholic schools and the CCD teachers are invited to attend the program.

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The solicitors have received special invitations from the Most Rev. Daniel A. Cronin, S.T.D., Bishop of Fall River, who is most thankful for the acceptance of the invitation to solicit funds in the first phase of the.Appeal by the large number of solicitors. .Raymond E. Lambert, Sr. of North Attleboro, diocesan lay chairman for this year's Appeal, said today: ','I thank the solici·

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With the theme "The Call of Each Christian," the Diocesan Council of Catholic Women will hold its 19th annual convention on Saturday, April 29 at Bishop Gerrard High School, Fall River.

ator, in charge of Mass arrangements, requests concelebrants to bring with them an alb, cincture and stole.

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Auxiliary Bishop James J. Gerrard, guest of honor, will be principal celebrant of a noonpay Mass, at which diocesat!, district and affiliate moderators are in· vited to concelebrate. Homilist will be Msgr: Gerard J. Chabot, moderator for the' diocese and for Attleboro district 4 of the Diocean Council. Rev. James Lyons, Taunton district moder·

Bishops Meet on Liturgy Matters

ATLANTA (NC) - Catholics they listened to an exchange bewill See more changes in the tween Cardinal John Carberry of Mass in the next three years but St. Louis and Bishop James for a while, at least, reception Malone of Youngstown, Ohio, of Holy Communion ,in the hand chairman of the Bishops' Liturgy will not be one of them.

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At their Spring meeting; the After persistent questioning by U. S. bishops approved by large Cardinal Carberry, Bishop Ma· majorities two proposals that lone agreed to aSK the ,Pastoral would allow both minor adapta- Research and Practices Committions and major changes in the tee to arrange a '''catechesis and liturgy in the next three years. consultation" on Communion in While the bishops took no ac- ~he nand. v, fAT,~~\tv.~A,~~I;~~v.' i ' ' tfq13 9;t, 99JP!"union in"~'~'J~~r,t~, . " ,..~R his, cQmnVJ!~,lil repp~t, ~i~~~ \,'I,U,').". ,\, :·f")'II')~. : ...,...:)'}.~_,:".').'\ ').-.... ~, ..:.:_,,_~.\,_'.-I,~\ ':,'," ""'v,,~,.' '. ')Oll

tors for accepting our Bishop's from the many agencies and ininvitation to solicit funds in this stitutions of the Appeal, I earphase of the Appe~l. I ask all nestly urge the professional, frathe solicitors to make their calls ternal, business and ipdustry early. Please make your returns groups to continue their generto your local area headquarters. osity in an increased measure Special Gift solicitation will set this year. These services are the barometer for phase two of given to all peoples, regardless the Appeal-the Parish house-to- of race, color or creed throughhouse calls beginning on Sunday, out the southeastern area of May 7."

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Rev. Msgr. Anthony M. Gomes, The five area headquarters in diocesan director of the Appeal the diocese will be open all day, said that "in behalf of the many every day, to receive the returns people in need receiving help - of the solicitors.

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WASHINGTON (NC}-An allday meeting of Maryland and Washington, D. C., college and high school students sent a,letter to President Nixon asking' him to reject the pro-ahbrtion recommendations of his Commission on Population ,and Growth and' the American Future.

The youths noted that Nixon had said in April 1971 that he regarded abortion as an unac~ ceptable form of population con· trol. They said in their letter: "We ask that you deliver a telling blow against anti-life fac~ tions throughout this country by further courageous action."

Specifically, they asked him to order the research ~gencies of the U. S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare. not to use public funds for'" abortion ,research. They ,said the Popula~ t,ion Resear~h C~nter of ;the Nlltional Institutes 'of Health' is, re- ' portedly .e~ploringmicrowave~ and ultra~i1n(f.for ,perfotming abortions. , ' , The youth gathering was spon" ' sored }Jy', vlb~' and' SOUL, , (CqLT):' VoJDA·, (Spanish ,:\,ord' for "life") is a name a~opted by the University of Maryr,and Right to Life Committee.

SOUL (COLT) - Save Our Unwanted ,Lif~ '(Chance of a Lifetime)-is .. composed of the Maryland YOllth 'for L'f Coa l't' I e I Ion, W ash'109t on Youth for. Life Coalition, and the W asb'mgt on Area H''Igh Sch 00 "I C rr f L'f ', oa I' Ion or I e. '

, approval of the Liturgy CommitContinued fr6ln Page One tee. ' Cardinal Carberry suggested a '. .

The ,adaptations cover aI d' Wide survey of 'the laity as an alterna. t ' f thO .

Lord, we beg your help for Holy Church, for tive to the survey of bishops. van~ y o . mgs mc u mg: all civil and ecclesiastical authorities and for He compared the idea to earlier Movmg to. an · ' the KISS f M of Peace h . the works of chaIjty. mercy and social service polls on .holy days of obligation ear1ler part 0 ass, t e omission and to a poll in his own diocese of anointing with chrism at Bapof t~e. Gatholic Charities Appeal. in which an overWhelming ma- tism, changes. in the color and Fighting Abortion , ,LECrOR:. 'P;1;it we, are .grat~fu}, to you, 0 otQrd" tor giving jority opposed Communion in types of vestments.

Bishop Malone said 'that, in INDIANAPOLIS (NC)-:-f. 1.8 us Bishop Cronin as our BishQp fOJ he c.arces for the hard.' ' '. , ' three yelJ.rs, the bishops.WOllld.' million member. ~rdtest~nt deBishop Malone insisted that review the adaptations and de-' j: nomination has 'added' its weight I ~ the, ,wq~ks f()~ the agencies of the Catholic any survey must be preceded by cide 'which to keep. Even if they , to the ranks ~f religionists fightCharities Appeal. ' " "adequate catechesis" or expla- retain an adaptation, the original' 'ing abortion. 'The monthly magPEOPLE: Lord, hear our prayer. nation of the issue but agreed to practice would also be allowed, azine of the Christian Ohurch consult with the" pastoral re(Disciples of Christ), whose LECTOR: That this the thirty-first annual call for support search committee. Later he told Bishop Malone said.

The bishops also voted 140-40 headquarters is in Indianapolis, of the agencies' of the Appeal may be the most NC News that he did not be'- to adopt a similar experimental said in an editorial that abortion ~ lieve that this would necessarily procedure for "more profound amounts to "wholesale murder." , rewarding of a~l Appeals. mean a poll of all Catholics . Hturgicaladaptations and for the The Disciples' magazine World PEOPLE: Lord, hear' our prayer.' in the United States. development of a national rituaL" Gall said that all the evidence, The bishops' wEmt on to apIBishop Malone said that since points to life beginning a't concepLECTOR: That the measure of God's goodness to us may prove two proposals presented the second procedure would in-' tion, and that a healthy society be also the measure of our generosity to the by Bish:op Malone on behalf of volve innovations not mentioned should protect its most helpless agencies of. the Appeal. the liturgy Committee. in the liturgical bc;>oks, the U. S. members whether they are "inbishops would be required to firm persons of 80 or incomplete By a vote of 146 to 30 they PEOPLE: Lord, 'hear our' prayer. agr,eed to allow minor adapta- seek Vatican permission for each persons of eight weeks." ,... ' ~ LECTOR: That thos,e who labor and give for the poor,' the ,tions, in the Mass and the sacra- change under this procedure.

Five national hierarchies,Ualy, retarded, ' the' sick and the needy may receive ments over the nex~ three years. their reward 'from the great riches, of God's 'Fhe Vatican-approved liturgical France,. Germany, India and bookS already provide for the Japan....,.hav~ already begun such FUNERAL HOME, INC. , , grace.. .' adaptations, and they will be a process, Bishop Malone said.

R. MarCel Roy - Q, Lom,na ROJ permitted in U. S. dioceses with, ,Exa~tly what kil).ds of ~hanges ' ROI.r "iFlinc.

PEOPLE: . Lord, hear our prayer. would,' be made in the U. S. litFUNERAL DIRECTORS .'1.1rgy ~~rinot 'be predicted, he LECTOR:' That all Cathblics of the 'dioces,e and o~r parish Necrology' 15 Iryington Ct. )~aid, bl.\t. they would be aimed at ' and all 'benefactor~' of the Catllolic Charities New Bedford 'making it ",more appropriate to APRIL 22, , Appeal may answer the Bishop's call to charity , 995-5166 Rev. James L. Smith, 1910, the cultural milieu" of this na,and graciously,cooperate in the support of the Pastor, Sacred Heart, Taunton. ti6n. ", , ;.

Appeal. , , "Bishop Malone toid the' bishRev. Thomas F. Fitzger'ald, ops ~at· the changes 'might be 1954, Pastor, St. Mary, NanPEOPLE: ,Lord, hear ou~ prayer. many' and major or few and relatucket. tively minor. They would bereFuneral Home' LECTOR: That all workers for' our Catholic Charities APRIL 25 viewed by the bishops at the end R,ev.

John J. Wade, 1940, As550 Locust Street Appeal may be welcomed into the homes and of a trial period, he said.

Fall River, Mass. businesses ,of the dioceSe with Christlike sistant, Sacred Heart, Fall River.

The procedure, he' said, would R,ev. Raymond J. Lynch, 1955, warmth and love.'

672-2391 allow\ legitimate experimentation Cha:;>lain, Catholic Memorial by liturgical commissions and Rose E. Sullivan Home, Fall River.

PEOPLE: Lord, he~r our p r a y e r . ' others working for change with, APRIL 27 Jeffrey E. Sulilvan' Rev. Francis J. Bradley, 0 ..0., in the Church.

PRIEST: , 0 ,God, our refuge and stength, hear our prayers 1925, Rector, Cathedral, Fall in the thirty-first annual call for charity and River. mercy for the Catholic Charities Appeal; grant Rev. Romeo D. Archambault,' D. D. Wilfred C. that what we ask for in faith we ~ay obtain in 1949, Pastor, St. Anne, New Funeral Home deed. Through Our Lord Jesus Christ, Who Bedford. $ullivan Driscoll

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Closed Seminary Land, Build.ings Given to Indians ST. MARYS (NC)-The Jesuits have given land worth almost $750,000 ,including a college campus of 12 buildings to the Prairie Band ~ottawatomi Indians here in Kansas to help them in the cause of Indian self-determination.

The property, an unusual gift by a- religious order to a minority group, consists of St. Marys College in this town 20 miles west of Topeka plus almost 1,200 acres of adjoining farm and pasture lands.

The coIlege was originaIly a Jesuit-run mission school for the Pottawatomi. Later it became a college for men, then a Jesuit seminary. The seminary was closed several years ago, and the campus has been idle since. , The 'Prairie Band Pottawatomi, most of whom live on a reservation north of Topeka, had requested the property from the Jesuits' Missouri Province as a 'land .base for developing pro.'grams to advance s$'lf-determination among American Indians.

Model of Brotherhood Transfer of the property wa's announced at a news conference here. A Jesuit spokesman' expressed hope that the gift "will be recognized as an advancement' for the Pottawatomi and for Indians generaIly and will help rectify the injustices which Indians have suffered from the white man since he came to these shores."

Speaking for the Prairie Band Pottawatomi, Lester Jessepe, tripal \chairman, s~id: ' "We"Pllpe this agreement will I serv~, as ·a historical model of brotherhood and social ju~tice to guide pther religious groups and. ,: .all of American society in their future relations' with all Indian people.. 'The Prairie Band believe than an agreement of this mag. nitude desmonstrates the effectiveness of peaceful negotiation in an atmosphere of mutual concern for human values."

A joint statement released by I'epresentatives of the Prairie "Band Pottawatomi and the Missouri Province Jesuits noted: "The Jesuits and the Potta. watomi met two centuries ago on the banks of the Great Lakes; our paths have crossed many times in our respective histories.

We have always found strength in each other and enjoyed each other's respect.

"Now, many years later and many miles distant from our first meeting, here on the Plains of Kansas, we join hands again to recognize and establish the value of sharing and respecting the land." . . l

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VATICAN CITY (NC) - Pope Paul VI has sent a special envoy to Bangladesh to assess the needs of the millions of refugee victims of the India-Pakistan war.

Candian-born Archbishop William A.. Carew, apostolic nuncio in. Rwanda and Burundi, Africa, was sent by the Pope on the special survey mission to Dacca. He was accompanied by Dominican Father Henri De Riedmatten, secretary of the pontifical Cor Unum council which is the Vatican's top relief and charity coordination office.

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Court Denies Aid Motion

CCA LAY CHAlRMA.l\I' JOINS BISHOP AT KICKOFF: Manuel M. Silvia of St. Anthony of Padua, Fall River; Oscar I.e Blanc of 8t. Anthony of Padua, New BeQford; Bishop Cronin, who delivered the principal address; Mrs.. Pauline Ricketts of St. Josepl)'s, Taunton; Raymond K 'Lambert, Sr., of St. Mary's Parish,'No. Attleboro diocesan lay chairman of th~ appeal gather prior to, the opening of the meeting.

Diocesan Women to Convene April 29 Continued from Page One

swer period. Moderator for this ,the Holy Sepulchre, and active in . convention will feature a 'work- session wHl be 'Probate Judge diocesan affairs.

Father Hughes shop on the dignity of human Beatrice H. Mullaney, Lady of life, presented by the Family AfFeatured speaker. for ,the afterfairs Commission of the council; noon convention session will be and a workshop on religiol,1s vo- , • ' '., .' Rev. Joseph Hughes, 'director of cationspresentell by the Church .,vocations . for the Providence , diocese. ' .. ··:'i· Communities Commission. ; ;UOLY NAME,"'" (, 'Panelists for the 'first work- NEW BEDFORD A 9:30 AM. business session shop will .include Rev. 'thomas The Parish· Education Commit- will be directed by Mrs.. James Harrington, diocesan chancellor tee, will sponsor a series of four H. Quirk, council president, who' and ~ember of the diocesan mar· programs for adults dealing with requests that names of delegates riage tribunal; Dr. Frederick J. the new trends in the Church and alternates be forwarded as early as possible to Mrs. James Sullivan, father of seven, physi- today. cian and a Knight of St. GregThe first is scheduled for 7:30 Leith, 672 Coggeshall Street, ory; Atty. Frederic J. Torphy, an on Sunday evening, April 30 iIi New Bedford.

Registration and a coffee hour attorney for the diocese and the parish hall on Studley Street. .member of the diocesan pastoral Miss Janet Barbelle will be will begin at 9 o'clock' on the council; and Mrs. Rod,ney Blythe guest speaker at the opening convention morning, according to announcement. made by Mrs., of South Attleboro, mother of session.

The Adult Organization ..Com- James A. O'Brien Jr., past diocfour, commission chairman, a teacher and active in Christian mittee has announced a meeting esanpresident, who is convenFamily Movement and civic af· for 7:30 on Sunday evening, tion' chairman. fairs in her community.

April 23 for all parishioners who Mrs. Kenneth E. Leger, Fall . Msgr. Anthony M. Gomes, pas- are interested in forming a cou- River district president, is tor of Our Lady of Angels parish, pIes club. luncheon chairman. She requests that luncheon reservations be Fall River, and director of the ST. JOHN OF GOD, made by Sunday, April 23.

Family Life Bureau and· of the SOMERSET annual Catholic' Charities ApThe Women's Guild will hold peal, will moderate the panel. elections at 8 Wednesday night, Religious Vocations April 26 in the parish haIl. Plans Rev. Peter N. Graziano and for ~n ~nstallation banquet will Miss Clorinda Ventura will direct be fmahzed. the presentation of the Church Lives to 107 Communities Commission, which will have as panelists Sister .V:ANCOlNER (NC) - August Teresa Leal of the Sisters of the Ja~k, believed the oldest man in Presentation of Mary, affiliated British Columbia, died here at the' for the past year with S1. Anne's age of 107.. ,He spent his life as a Hospital, FaIl River, will discuss longshoreman and lived in retireher work as a nurse among Mex- ment on an' Indian reservation ican Americans. Sister Barbara near Chemainus. He stopped Ventura, a novice 'of the Holy chopping his own firewood and Union community and a sopho- walking three miles a day when more at Bridgewater State Col· he reached 105. lege, will speak on novitiate life.

Preparation for the priesthood AnLEBORO'S . will be the topic of Rev. Mr. TimLeading' Garden Center othy Goldrick, who will be ordained for the diocese on May 13, and Mr. Paul Roy, a Jesuit scholastic assigned to Bishop Connolly High School, Fall River.

South Main & Wall Sts. Rev. John Smith, diocesan director of vocations and an advisor for the convention, will 222-0234 participate in a question and an-

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PHILADELPHIA (NC) - A three-judge federal panel here has dealt a preliminary blow to Pennsylvania's educational reo imbursement law benefiting parents of nonpublic school children.

The court denied a mo~on to dismiss a suit challenging the constitutionality of the law, which allows payments to parents of up to $75 per nonpublic elementary students and $150 per high school student.

The parent reimbursement prOgram was the new nonpublic «chool aid route chosen by the Pennsylvania legislature after the U. S. Supreme Court struck down a "purchase of secular services" law 'last June.

In denying the petition to dis.' miss the suit against the new aid law, the three-judge panel also issued a 21-page opinion raising grave doubts about the law's constitutionality.

The lengthy opinion sparked many news reports that the par. ent reimbursement law had been declared unconstitutional. Lawyers arguing the validity of the aid law, however, noted that denying a motion for dismissal does not constitute declaring the law unconstitutional. A final decision on that question, they said, is still ,pending.

New' Editors ST.' COLUMBANS' (NC) - A priest and a layma~ have been appointed edit6r and executive editor of 'Columban Misi>ion, the magaz.jne of the Columban Fathers in the United States.

Father Peter McPartland was 'named editor and James' Feeley was named executive editor, it was 'anounced here by the.

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Sweden's Welfare State Criticized -by Experts

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may have belm too romantic and uncritical in their laudatory judgment of the. so-called "Middle Way." n.ewspapermen. who., interThis is by·. way of reporting viewed Fr. Damel Berrigan on that the Swedish system is cur"Meet the Press" last month.' rently being' severely criticized just a few days after Berrigan's not, only by outsid;!. observers release. from Danbury prison. I but by Swedish experts as well. ~jr&:.miW'tHWW'ml Within recent weeks, for example, a British journalist, Roland Huntford, who has lived in By Stoclcl101m for many years, published an extremely negative MSGR. study of the Swedish system entitled "The New Totalitarians," GEORGE Go ."a terrifying portr.ait of' an 'ideal' society that has destroyed HIGGINS democracy.:' . , ' . . New Totalitarians· .-a.~ng~m Mr. Huntford's book. makes was surprised to find Mr.. Chiids. President Eisenhower's criticism looking so young' and spry, for of Sweden see'm very tame by .he has· been at the top of the comparison. Huntford's thesis'heap in the Washington press. ~s the title' of. his book suggests corps for as long as I cim remem- -is that the Swede!s are "the ber-and that takes us back to first of the new iotalitaria~s."

READY FOR 1972 APPEAL: Among the hundreds hearing Bishop Cronin.. center, 1940..

Harking back to Aldous Hux,It was around that time, or -ley's 1932 novel, "Brave New appeal for the works of charity, mercy and social service in the Diocese in the kick-off at shortly thereafter, that Childs World:' Huntford says (in Hux- Connolly' High School were: Harry 'Onoyan, of St. Mary's, No. Attleboro; Jesse Santos of published a book entitled "Swe- ley's words) that "a real'1y effi- St. John the Baptist, New Bedford; the Bishop, John Petraitis of Our Lady of Mt. Carden: The Middle Way." His the- cient totalitarian state would be mel; Seekonk; and Raymond G. Boyce of St. Mary's, So. Dartmouth. sis was that Sweden, under an the one in which theall-powerful innovative Social Democratic executive of political bpsses and regi~e, had created an economic their army of managers control a system:-a kin~ of J!lodel .wel- : "population of slaves who wpuld fare State-which struck- a hap- . not have to be coerc:ed because py baiancebetween Socialism they love their servitude."

He explained that many <;10 not ral community of her college, 'and 'Capita,!ism or,. P!Jtting it an-.. · . Huntford thEm goes on to say, MLLWAUKEE'(NC)-How is it other way, a system' ,which COIl)- in, his':'own wolds that '''Of all . 'with God:, .on 'cllmpuses' ,them! f~lce,' or ~ven have theoppor-. . she added, "one wonders whether bined :the best features of both. .people,', it is the Swedes who days? Do. students believe il'! tuni'ty -to face, any strict philo- the questioning isn't just an 'in' oLike many another American . have come closest to this state Him, .know Him, experi~nce Him? sophical treatment of God. The thing to do after the pattern of '''liberal'' of that post~Depression of affairs '... Outside Russia, they Do ·they demand proOfs? What subject is ,treated briefly. in a more sophisticated universities." perioQ, I was greatly imp'r.esse~ 'alone h!lve grasped; the necessity can philosophy bring 'to abcept. mandatory co~rs~ on metaphysHer. 'brother, .Father "Ernest ics. "Here, though students Kilzer, is professor emeritus at . . by Mr., Childs" anaJysis ':of ·the· of, adapting politics to technol.. ance of Hun? Catholic philosophy professOrs, might accept the notion of first' St.John 'University, Coll~geville, ."middle way'" and found myself ogy, untroubled by doubts or res- . agreeing with those who argued ervations." interviewed at random here last cliuse, how much practical influ- Minn, He spoke, he said, from that we in the United'States had Psyehiatrie Report week, generali y agreed some.. .ence this has 'on their lives .is "m~ny"years of .being at.i.t,.'! ,another questioi1,~' he said. lIluch to learn'from the Swedish As a complete outsider, i am ':_!hing d1ffer.ent is n0V:'ha~pening . -.The attitude is changing, with . Emphasis of Interest experiment: not qualified to pass judgment· m ~Hst~dent-G;o.d. 51tuatlOn. It _ more intellectual interest in God .

R~lph McInerny, of the Uni. 'Some years later President . on .this statement. I must say, . vane!: ~It~ 1000atlOn .and degree .being shown as well as more inEisenhower. ~hose public state- however that it strikes me as of SOphistIcation. of the college, versity of Notre Dame, apd presi· terest in philosophy. "The realinients tended as a role to be being a' gross exaggeration. On but there s:ems to be .a new in- dent of the Catholic' Philosophi· zation that studying political scirather bland,'. stepped out of the other hand it parallels' in terest that IS encouragmg to the cal AssocI/1tiOll, admitted that it ence only, or sociology, or the was dIfficult'to say college stu- physical sciences d~s not give , character momentarily and se- certain respects: an official psy- ~eachl~rs. 'venily criticized the 'Swedish chiatric report commissioned by In :lome cases, when God waS dents are interested in the aca- all the answers is rekindling' an system on ·the grounds that it Sweden's social welfa:re authori- accepted, students' were disinter- demic question of 'God. However, interest in philosophy." was sapping' the morale of the ties and released to the· public ested in "proofs" or intellectual a course. on philosophy ofrelicommitment.. In others, t1:le situ- gions·. has drawn heavy enrollSwedish people. As I recall it, he within recent weeks. went so' far as to cite the suicide This report, ,which represents ation seemed to have. moVed to ment ·in 'I'ecent years. rate in Sweden as evidence that . the' first systematic attempt to a renewed interest in God as an . The emphasis of interest, he the Welfare Stafe, Swedish styJe, diagnose Sweden's Welfare State academic question, to give intel· said, ·tends to. be either a persemal .resolution of the question was . proving to be a harmful in terms of mental rather than 'lectual support t-o their faith.

Over 35 Years experiment. economic health, paints a gloomy About 300 philosophers gath- of God, and this would fit in with of Satisfied Service picture <if a merciless, unfriend- ered in Milwaukee for the 46th reUgiousconcern about Him, or Terrifying .Portrili~ .

Reg. Master Plumber 7023 ly society. It points to the "vi- . annual meeting of the American· a matter of linguistics, which . JOSEPH RAPOSA, JR. Eisenhower's unusual and quite 'cious circle" in which a high rate Catholic Philo,sophical' Associa· would' involve the student .in an uncommttted w·ay.

806 NO. MAIN· STREET" unexpected blast at the Swedish of economic growth is necessary tion. General theme of the con. "'Live Their Faith" Fall River 675-7497 system was resented in Sweden to pay the cost of looking after vention was' "The Exilltence of Vincent· Punzo, professor of itself, as might have been ex- those who cannot "keep -up," but God." , pected. It also stirred up a bit' . as :their number increases a Father R. W. Schmidt, chair- philosophy at St. Louis Univerof a hullabaloo in the American -higher growth rate is needed, man ·of the philosophy depart- sity, also' noted that students press. If my memory serves me which only results in more peo- ment at Xavier Univerllity, Cin- seem to relate .to God in a less correctly, "Time" magazine, g~- pie being unable to keep up- cinnati, said in his experience formalized and, institutionalized the President one better,. ran a and so on. the problem of God was not an way' now than they did in the . very unGomplimentary article on, . '. ~ental Health acwte intellectual one, as stu- past. "They don't ·talk much The' conclusion to be drawn dents accept God on~ way or about God, but a fair number the Swedish system, suggesting, seems to have commitment to among otPer things, that I tlie from the report' is that a coun- another. social action based on religious Welfare State was undermini;ng try's vyelfare. can no longer ,be. be!liefs. So they seem to live tthe morals as well as the mO'rale . ,.measured simply bOy its stand.ard , their faith more than talk about of the Swedish people. '. of 'living arid that Swedes are not simply a Swedish problem it." ,I re,member thinking, in ·those. increasingly sacrificing their' but is one reflected throughout Sister Philomene Kilzer of Mt. far-off days in ·the 50's tiu~t . mental hea.lth for improvements Western society as a whole.

Marty. College,. Yankton, S.D., Mr. Huntford makes the same said the students question more.

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I' have cited this report and point in a somewhat different "They used to accept Him with"Time," et a1 were probably lettin8their own conservative eco- Mr. H,untford's book not to cast context. He says that "to watch ourt: questioning." But in the ronomic philosophy prejudice their stones at. Sweden - a country present Swedes may be to judgment ahout the Swedish Wel- about which I know nothing at watch our future ·selves." That's Optimist fare State.' At the present time, all from first-hand experience- a frightening thought, indeed, if however, I am not sure. about but rather to suggest, as the re- Huntford and the authors of the He is a man of sense who does that, f-or it would now appear . port itself points out, that the official Swedish report, referred not grieve for what he has not, MEMBER FDIC that Mr. Childs and other ad- . dilemma of reconciling material to abo,ve really know what they 'but rejoices in what he has..

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Support Charges Of 'Imperialism' WASHINGTON (NC)-A meeting in Chile of U. S. and Latin American missionaries will support char:ges that International Telephone and Telegraph and the U. S. Government tried to overthrow the' government' of Chile, a U. S. Cathlic Conference official has predicted.

The charge that lIT has attempted to overthrow the elected government of CpHe has helped reinforce the belief that the U. S. governmel'lt functions as tM protector of "ruthless eco· nomic imperialism," said Father Frederick McGuire.

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BISHOP CRONIN WELCOMES CCA COLLECTORS: Among the hundreds of CCA collectors personally welcomed by the Ordinary of the Dioc~se on the occasion of the kick-off for the 1972 CCA held at Bishop Connolly High School, Fall River, were left to right: Arthur E. Wills of 81. Margaret's, Buzzards Bay; Dominic Catalano of 81. Francis of Assisi, New Bedford; Bishop Cronin, and David Roderick of Immaculate Conception, New Bedford.

Sisters of Mercy Assess Aposto{ic:' Roles To ~eet New Needs ofPeopleof,G~d Signs of both continuity and change ,are evident as the 800 Sisters of Mercy in the Province of Providence look forward to their apostolates for the next academic year. hl;,The ,;si~ters, 'who ,include a majority of the nuns in the Fall River Diocese, have received confirmation of their choices of apostolates from the Mother Pro· vincial, Sister Mary Kieran Flynn RSM, of Mt. St. Rita's in Cum· berland. She has also notified pastors of the teachers who have elect~ to teac~ in parish schools.

She reports that "There are not too many changes; .on the whole schools continue as of last year."

However, while most of, the Sisters of Mercy will continue to teach as before in many of the remaining Catholic' elementary schools in the diocese, there are some changes.

An alternative, school with a freedom of curriculum: is a prcij-' ect in New Bedford witil Srs.of Mercy, and Holy Cross Sisters as faculty members. It. is - located in St. Ann's, School and, ,Sister Marianna Silvestre, RSM, is principal. , In North Attleboro, the Mercy, Nuns arid Sisters of the Holy Union 'of the Sacred Hearts are effecting a merger of St. Mary's and the Sacred Heart elementary schools. Sister Jean Poirier, SUSC, will be principal of the school which will be located in St. Mary's.

A coordinator for religious education has been appointed in a Taunton parish where there has been no elementary school. Sister Catherine Dllfault, RSM, will begin the new work of the Sisters of Mer~y in St. Paul's parish.

Opening of the, 'new St. Vincent's Home is anticipated in Fall River. Long run by the , Mercy nuns, it will feature the most modern type cottage setting for a children's home. Sis-

ter Lourdina, RSM, will be the superior, and Sister Rose de Lima, RSM, a ,member of the order who has. been trained as a social worker, will' be on the . staff.

head of SS. Peter and Paul's, Fall River; and, Sister Alphonsa from St. Mary's, North Dartmouth, to principal, St. James, New Bedford. , , According to the' report of the provincial superior of the order, Charismatic Renewal Bishop Gerrard High School in The most innovative venture .Fall River ",is doing just fine." of the order is in Providence The school opened last Septemwhere St. Patrick's Word of God ber in the former Mount St. School will be opened in Septem· Mary Academy and represented ber with a staff of six Mercy a merger of the Mount and two nuns. An outgrowth of a pray~r other former academies for girls, center, its focus will be on char- Dominican and Jesus Mary. ismatic renewal. Parents of chil- Members of three orders-Mer· dren enrolled will be required to cy, Dominican and Religious of attend an adult education sem· Mary-comprise a faculty:which ina,r to provide them with a is "stabilized," the provincial knowledge of the basic philo· notes. Sister Mary Sylvia, RSM sophical orientation to which is the principal. the youngsters will be exposed.

With the closing of St.,Mary's New prinCipals, ~nnounced by Cathedral School in Fall River, Sis,ter, Kieran, include: Sister the teaching staff will be joining Eme}line, ,a faculty member' at faculties there, and in Attleboro.

Holy Family -High School, New Concern for Aged No substantial increase in the Bedford, to St.. Patrick's, Fall River; Sister Ann Marie Mc- number 9f sisters iisanticipated' TeagUe, from faculty, member t~ , , at Mount St. Rita's Health Care Center in Cumberland. Opened less tha.n a ye,ar ago on the Appointed Oblates' novitiate. . and provincialate grounds, it reflects the order's EasterriProvincial concern with the wellbeing of WILMINGTON (NC) - Father Daniel D. Gambet has been its elderly and infirm sisters.

For most of this century, the named provincial of the Eastern. province of the Oblates, of St. Sisters of, Mercy order has provided many of the teachers for Francis de Sales here. the diocese's par:ish-centered eleFather Gambet, 42 was I;>orn mentary schools. However,' in in Toledo. Ohio. He waS ordained the post Vatican II era, a number an oblate in 1957. of factors have influenced wide· When Allentown College of St. ranging changes within their Francis de Sales was opened in orders and all other religious ,Allentown, Pa., in 1965, Father congregations for women. With Gambet became its firstaca- emphasis on the renewal of demic dean. 'In ,1969 he was Chri1)tian life, the sisters have named vice-president. devoted much time both to selfFather Gambet wiH continue study and toa reappraisal of as dean at the college until June their apostolates to meet the but wHlimmediately assume needs of people in the modern duties as Oblate provincial of world. Changes in some.., of their the Eastern Province. He will apostolates are in keeping with commute between Allentown and their. findings and their search Wilmington during the transition for meaningful' Christian roles period. ' and work.

the usce Division for Latin America, made the statement in his column "My Shared Thoughts," to appear in an issue of Latin America. Calls, the divi· sion's monthly newspapper.

Father McGuire said the charge of imperialism has done more to reinforce that belief "than any inter·American transgression since the U. S. invasion of the Dominican Republic."

Following allegations made by syndicated columnist Jack Anderson, the Chilean government accused ITT of plotting to overthrow the Marxist government of Salvador Allende.

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THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Thur~. Apr. 20, 1972

Vocation Decline Linked' to Crisis' Of' Faith

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A sad statistic coming from the executive director of Los Angeles' Suicide Prevention Center is the fact that .there is.a dramatic increase in suicide rates among the' -young and-particularly among women. "I've nev~r known a generation as interested in death as an experience. something you can pass through," said Sam Helig, as he placed the number of young committing suicide at 25;000 each year with indications being that the actual 'number is probably double t h a t . , . cAnd why are so many young people resorting to· this ... ultimate "cop out" from life? Some believe that young people ~re getting away from. their' families and family support at a younger age. Others point out that young people ate now' being projected into' the sexual revolution and are brought to despair and destruction. by it. Others say that there is a feeling of isolation in young people that makes them uncaring toward their friends anci with the. feeling that others do not care much about them either. , - Here is' just another -indication. that an affluent· society has not brought happiness nor has' it solved the ne'eds of individuals.' Men f:\nd 'women and-as this story. shows-younger people especially need to be madle aware that 'they do count and first of all with God. Their lives have value and the way they .live. their lives· is not simply a game that has no consequences but is a procedure that . has meaning' before God and with other people.

There is so much talk about rights that young people need to know the corresponding responsibilities-not the responsibility to succeed according to the standards of wealth and power and position-·but to succeed as a unique person created by God and liVing a life that means something before God and in· relation to others.

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""ATICAJIl CITY (NC) - The decline in religious vocations ·is linked to the crisis of the priesthood and· the faith in general, sa·id Cardinal Gabriel-Marie Garrone, prefect of the Congregation for Catholic Education.

In an interview on Radio Vatican, the Cardinal. said the crisis of faith underlies the other crises facing the Church today.

Talking about the, forthcoming, World Day of Prayer for Vocations the French-born Cardinal, whose office deals with seminaries said the progressive, decrease in vocations "is in direct relation to the crisis in the priesthood."

That crisis in tum is "linked .to the crisis of faith and the crisis of faith 'is' linked to the absolutely Unprecedented .conditions of, the present day life of men and of society," he said, adding: Fundamental Impulse "Our fundamental concern must spring' from the fact that we live in a very complex and. very new environment and that we, therefore, run ·the risk of reo maining passive, either through discouragement or cowardice, or else we lose sight of the most 'fundamental impulse 'of all in the matter of vocations-faith."

Cardinal parrone said that -sooner or later many Catholic young men think about entering the priesthood but 'the world in which they live does not help them to respond to this call, nor can they conceive it clearly. Despite this, he insisted that those' trying to recruit candidates to the priesthood must realize that "there are' no excuses which would authorize us to lose cour· age."

The advocates of abortion on demand' seem to lay , much stress on the fact that a woman should have the right to do· as she wishes with her own body. They look upon the unborn baby as if it were a tooth or an appendix that can be removed at will. .

Rev. John F.. Moore, B.A., M.A., M.EcL To begin with, no reputable dentist or surgeon would 55. Peter' ~ Paul, Fall River remove a tooth or appendix simply because the patien~ d~­ sires it.

But more than that, the idea that a woman can have a baby removed... as a right over her own body just does Study Fertilizers not square with the reality of the facts involved. .

It was most'refreshing to see a television program this VA11ICAN CITY (NC)-...,..-The Ad Dr. C. B. Goodhart of Cambridge University, En-. week that considered the plight of a left handed person . Vatican, has brought together 28 gland, .has written: "Human life is a matter of, biological in a right handed world. For many of us who are naturally soil and plant scientists from fact . . . It is an objective fact that an embryo is alive; left handed 'have . suffered' untold moments of misery in 'both sides of the Iron Curtain, since it cancertain!y die. It is also undeniably hum~n, since a sodety that .caters, to a cu.tl~d minority. Take doors, for including the Third World of it can be referred to no othe~biological species than Homo right handed' majority. To example. Doors are made with underdeveloped nations, to dissapiens.. And, equally. certain, in no biological sense does begin with even. the word the idea that the only people who cuss fertilizers and· their ,effect on food yields. The conference it for 'rt f't th" b d . h 11 d" "left" takes on unpleasant open them· are people who are on .harvest increase wassponmany pa 0 1 S mo er s own~ 0 y,- w .a y epEm- tone. T~e Latin' word' for left is right-handed.. sored by the Pontif,ical Academy dent upon her for 'its life though It may be. Right 'from sinistra ::rom' which w~ derive The left-handed person must of- S~iences as ~me means of the start· a .fertilized 'egg contains its full genetic potential sinister. The left handed. person make . continuous , adjustments combatting hung~r. as a living human organism'; already, completely and un- over H,e centuries has had to just in .thissimpl'e matter ,of alterably determi l1ed in the DNA code of the chromosomes ward off some type of maligned doors. "The car dOOf, the refriger,and biologically as distinct from its mother as it will comlota.tions. This perhaps was atoj~ door, and' the house' door P~rhaps this is due to th~ fact ever be." .' the thinking when I first attend- are are all made for. the right- that left-handed people have deed school. As I first grasped my , . . ~he cells of' a woman's tooth, or appendix carry the pencil with the left hand a cry handed. ' Fortunately there are veloped a unique ability of maksome companies that ,do make ing adjustments to the state of.

IdentI~al, ge~etiC .code' that is p~esent iQ every other cell of outrage came .from. the doors "for-: the left-handed 'by reflex habit. However, the leftof her body and' so are undeniably part of her body. But .. teacher. No child would be' al- spedil!..<>rder only. '. ' handed person still has to make the unborn baby has a genetic code :that is totally diff~rentlowerl ':0 pra~tice such ;an evil 'Ariother_ aspect of the total this e,xtra ',mental move, if he is from the cells' of the.mot.her's body. And so it is a compl,etely art as writing before'other chil- )ac~.:·oft:~mcern for the poor'left- to survive. in a right-handed dren with the left hand. ,. world.' . separate growing organism andean never be considered hanqed person would be in the It is unfortunate that children part of the mother'f~ody any more than t.he American asAfter days and weeks of blood, matter of driving. The floor shift .tronauts ,within their space ,ship, can be called. a part of sweat and tears, I finally adapted is' on the right hand, pilots find today are still instructed as if. to the rather difficult. task of that flight. controls are on 'the they were all right-handed. ,Un- , the space ship even though completely deepndent upon it for using thepencil with';' the' for- right side. t!nfortunately you der no circumstance whatsoever .their tri~ to the moori and home a g a i n . ' eign right hand. Such was'the so just cannot make a left handed should' a child be forced' into ,No matter what can ,be said of a warpan's right QV~r called educational approach to 747:.Ther'e are just so many other right-handed world. We just her own body this other body is not part of her own.. body. the left. handed writer only a items that we take for granted have to' teach the right handed It is another's body, a separate body from hers. few short years ago. We have i'n this right-handed world. With world to tolerate differences. now prolf.'essed even to the stage a left~haJ?ded surgeon, the teamTh~ next 'time you fac~ one of that desks are being made for work in the operating room dif- y~ur left-handed relatives or the left· handed person. '. fers; needle holders are made for fnends, I w~uld ho~e that you right-handed people; 'scissors are" would h~ve Just a bit more unThis :night help'handed; the gen- designed for the persoIi who der~tan~mg and sympathy for , ' erations of left people . . . ..", ..." to avoid the suffering and pain uses his 'right hand; Violins are their plight. .

Maybe the right-handed world of adjusting to the awkward an example of the bias of the , deserves to be poked now and OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF THE DIOCESE OF FALL RIVER position demanded by the right- music world . " then by the elbow of the left.'

Published weekly' by The Catholic Press o{the Diocese of Fall River handed desk. In fact it seems as Admittedly these things might handed dinner guest. This mo.' 410 Highland Avenue ' if all th~ tools of our sQciety are seem to be small and rather in- ment of annoyance might be just . fall River, Mqss. 02722 675-7151 ' made for tqe right-handed. significant. But this is not the the thing he or she needs to .PUBLISHER , When it comes. to disci-imina- caSE: with the left-handed person. realize that there does eldst in Most Rev. Daniel A. Cronh" D.O., S.T.D. ,tion, thl~ left handed person has People just do not consider this this world peop1e who are left~l!lry Prlll-,r,1I River " to rank among the most perse- problem iri our daily iiving. handed. ',I) e:v bd t)j'"1~C:j1:' ~l·11.',lj~J .L<' L-=:::.::-====-==;:,;,.::~"_ : . -}! i~~~~~~~~~ . . e~~~..~,·:)~ .";'1')ft };".',: ::'~~I ·~~~4

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ATLANTA (NC)-The bishops of the U. S. voted overwhelmingly to as~ the Vatican to allow marf.ied men as young as 30five years below the current age limit-to be ordained as permanent deacons..

The 182-44 vote followed a long but low-key debate over an original proposal that wbuld have reduced the age limit to 25.

The vote was the first action taken by. the bishops at theirsemi-annu'al meeting here, t)1e first of their meetings to be open 'to the press and other observers.

The bishops also discussed ecumenical affairs and .received the draft of a statement on "The Dignity of Human' Life.... The statement,' which was to berevised before a final vote, criticized the report of the Presidential Commission on Population Growth and, the Amer-ican Future, particularly its advocacy of nationwide abortion on request laws.

The discussion of the diaconate proposal saw some bishops arguing in favor of a reduction of the age limit to 25 as a way of bringing more young black and Spanish-speaking men into leadership ·roles in the Church.

Other bishops were concerned that the lowering of the age limit might lure students from the seminaries or attract immature candidates.

Archbishop Daniel Sheehan of Omaha, Neb., a member of the bishops' .committee on the diaconate, said the 46 of the men now studying for the permanent diaconate are too young to be ordained at the end of their studies, The bishops have asked the Vatican for individual dispensations to allow ordination before 35, but the longest dispensation .has been only 19 months, Arch-, bishop Sheehan said.

A resolution by the entire hierarchy, he said, might persuade the Vatican to reduce the limit.

Cardinal Lawrence Shehan, .of Baltimore, said he was "strongly in support" of the lower age and said it· was very important for cities with large black populations. He said his diocese now has three applications for dispensations pending with the Vatican.

Auxiliary Bishop Walter Schoenher of Detroit made a similar plea and said that some blacks had pointed out to him that with a 35-year-old age limit . even the Lord Jesus couldn't have become a deacon. . .

IBishop Edward MCcarthy of Phoepix, Ariz., said that the lower age would help some "very excellent young leaders of the Mexican-American community" in his diocese become deacons.

Priests, he pointed out, are often ordained at 25.

Au~Hiary Bishop Thomas J. Welsh of Philadelphia wondered if the 25-year-old limit might induce young men to leave the seminary shortly before ordination and later seek ordination as deacons.

Cardinal John Carberry of St. Louis also saw 25 as too Iowan age limit, and other bishops pointed out that at 25 marr,ied men are usually getting settled in jobs and family life and that it is, difficult to assess their maturity.

THE. ANCHORThurs., April 20, 1972

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Form Federation Of Seminarians

STAFF AND GUESTS 0,1" CATHOLIC MEMORIAL· HOME ATTEND MEETING: Following the most enthusiastic meeting of' all held since the inception of the CCA in 1942, Bishop Cronin, with Mother Anthony, administrator and Rev. Leo M. Curry, chaplain, on the Bishop's left gathered with guests and members of the staff.

Coalition to Press for T ax Credits WASHINGTON (NC) - Nonpublic school leaders from a cross-section of faiths have formed a national organization here to push for federal tax credits benefiting parents of nonpublic school children.

"As a matter of justice and fairness to all," said Rabbi Morris Sherer, "it is time that the government lived up to its responsibility to grant financial assistance to realistiCally allow parents freedom of' choice in education."

Rabbi Sherer, executive president of Agudath Israel of America, will chair the new nonpublic school organization,' dubbed CREDIT-Citizens Relief for Education by Income Tax. The Protestant, Catholic, Jewish and private schools which CREDIT officers represent educate some 5,000,000 American children. ' Catholic school officials on CREDIT's national board include Norbertine Father' C. Albert Koob, president of the National Catl10lic Educational Association here; and Dr. Edward R. D'Alessio, director of the U.S. Catholic Conference elementary' and secondary education division.

Thirteen tax credit bills-ailowing parents to subtract some nonpublic school costs from their final federal income tax assessments-are noV{ pending before the ,U. S. House of Representa- . tives' ways and means committee, where legislation originates.

Rabbi Sherer said CREDIT "will embark on an ,educational campaign to demonstrate that federal income' tax credits are a constitutional means of correcting the inequities suffered by nonpublic school parents,'; Bishops' Statement A U. S. Supreme Court ruling last June struck down two state programs of direct aid to nonpublic schools, largely on grounds of "excessive ,entanglement" between church and state.

This meant many nonpublic aid avenues were blocked, but con· stitutionai experts .have theo-

rized that tax credits for parents would still. be permissible under t)1e high court ruling.

At the annual Fall meeting, the nation's Catholic bishops passed a "Statement on Parental Rights and the Free Exercise of Religion" which said that in order to exercise "constitutional freedoms in education" parents of nonpublic school children "need and are enUtled to ...a

Bishops' M~eting In Montreal BOGOTA (NC)-A site near Montreal has been chosen as the site for the seventh annual InterAmerican Bishops' Meeting, to be held in mid-May. , Religion,poJ.itics and youth will be discussed by 26 bishops from North and' South America, with some 20 priests and lay advisers' and observers from religious congregations. Nine of the participating bishops will be from Latin America, nine from the United States and eight. from Canada.

This will be he first InterBishops' Meeting held in Canada.

Two of the previous meetings have been held in the United States, one in Miami and one in Detroit. Others have been held in Chile, Venezuela and Mexico.

The site of the 1972 meeting will be the Grey Nuns' retreat house at Chateauguay on the St. Lawrence River.

A spokesman for' the .Latin American Bishops' Council which helped to prepare the working papers for the Montreal conference, said "youth might very well be the number one concern of the Church today. The popula.tion is heavily on the younger side, and more than that, youth has taken a position of critical challenge and demand for change' throughout the continent," The Montreal meeting will tackle the question of youth in politics ,and the role' of the Churc\:J. from' several angles, organizers said here.

NEW ORLEANS (NC) - The National Federation of Catholic Seminarians was officially established here by 134 delegates from 43 Catholic seminaries.

Meeting at St. Joseph Seminary, the delegates ratified a constitution and by-laws for the organization, elected officers and approved resolutions to guide the federation's policy during the coming year.

Both the president and the secretary of the federation in its first year will be studEmts from the Catholic Theological Union in Chicago. President is Ray Diesbourg, a' third-year theology student, and secretary is Greg Commella, a second-year theology student. Also elected was a seven-man executive hoard, each member representing a particular region of the United States.

As stated' -in the constitution, the purposes of the organization are to promote unity through communication among semina. rians, "to provide a forum for the sharing of seminary programs," to allow seminarians "to speak with a representative voice . . . to promote and cooperate in programs of pastoral research and action . . . to work for the implementation of norms for the renewal of priestly formation in seminaries . . . to foster our present ministerial role in the Church," and to cooperate with other ~xisting organizations in the Church.

share of the tax dollars they pay."

Seven Catholic bishops - including Cardinal John Krol of Philadelphia and Cardinal Terence Cooke of New York - belong to one of CREDIT'S member organizations, a Committee for Parental R,ights and Public Assistance in Education.

Emphasize Rights Other committee members include Auxiliary Bishop William Of Handicapped E. McManus of Chicago, chairLONDON (NC)-Catholic auman of the USCC education thorities in England and Wales commiUee, and several promi- have emphasized the rights of nent Catholic laymen. Robert N. handicapped children to receive Lynch, executive director of the the sacraments.

CREDIT affiliate, is on leave The National Board of Relifrom an executive post at the gious Inspectors and Advisers, Ohio Catholic Conference. which is responsible for maintaining standards of religious edTwo Bills Lynch said the committee "is ucation, said that some priests completely committed to the do not allow such children to ongoing work of CREDIT, and receive Communion or go to will do everything possible to confession because they cannot marshal suppor.t for the program . be prepared in the normal way.

This, the board said, means within the Catholic community that such children are deprived a~ other nonpublic school groups -religiously affiliated or not- of the spiritual help to which all Catholics are entitled. will be on similar missions," The board said it feels that Nonpublic school aid backers all that is required from a child attach high hope for passage to is a reverential attitude indicattwo of the tax credit bills now . ing some understanding, howbefore ,the House ways and ever limited. means committee - mainly due to the political clout of the bills' . sponsors. $5,000 Or More Rep. John W. Byrnes (R., Wis.), On Equity In Your Home ranking minority member of the . You May Use The Money ways and means committee; and However You, Wish.

Rep. Gerald R. Ford (R., Mich.), AVCO FINANCIAL . House minority' leader,' co~· SERVICES sponsored one of the' bills.. It 71 William St., New Bedford would allow parents to sub994·9636 tract from their final tax bill half the tuition they pay for each of their children attending nonpublic elementary and secondary schools-up to $400 per child.

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NEW ORLEANS (NC)-Arch'bishop Philip M. Hanrian, ing to charges that LOUISiana Catholic schools are "havens" for whites fleeing integrat~d public schools, said that" ~e number of white students In schools of the New Orleans archdiocese has declined steadily since 1968.

"The number of white students in Catholic schools in the archdiocese has dropped from 63,851 in 1968-69 to 59,081 in 1971-72'," Archbishop Hannan: said. '''At the same time the, num~er of .

Negro students has h.~ld fiq~".: actually showing a sbght gam from 10,396 to 10,591 ,over the same period." , "Repeatedly," he added, "we have ordered increased enforcement of the rule against trallsfer of students from public schools . . to parochial schools and ourrecord stands for public scrutiny.

"When Jefferson parish public ' schools were directed to begin' busing during this school year, for example, we repeated publicly and privately o~r directive against transfers from public to parochial schools.

"Parochial school enrollment in Jefferson actually declined from 18;952 last year to 18,544 this year, again belying the. broadside implication that our schools are accepting students· fleeing from public schOols."

The charge of "haven" was leveled against Catholic schools of the Alexandria, La., diocese in a suit filed in federal district court in Shreveport, La.

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The' b;e~thtaking part' of this lunch with Seventh Avenue's Oscar was the showing, of the . By , three evening outfits that he had ,brought with him. One was a MARILYN striking Chinese-inspired shocking pink silk evening pajamas ,RODERICK outfit that he assured us \yould be the perfect, way to look for an evening at home o,r a' private. ~'il!mla, , party at the home of friend~. The : designer Oscar de la' Rent~, ~ho second was an elegant silk 'chifon close inspection (by thl!) time " fon with satin'ribbon woven into . f I was squeezed between two the fabric that wa~ printed in ONCE A HOME: A little child stands among rums 0 cases of liquor and the ,Santo 'bright, shades of greens, golds, her devasted home in South Iran after she lost all ~em­ Domingo-born designer ,so I and pink-reds . " bers of her family jn a major earthqual<e on Apnl 10. couldn't have missed a wrinkle The design of' th,l~ evem~g ,'Unofficial estimates: put. the death toll at between 2,000 if I wanted to; only he didn't look was also claSSical,' w i t h " . , ' have any) proved to be as hand-, flowing dolman sleeves and a and 4;,000 persons.' NC Photo. some as the clothes he designs. .wide belt. Finally, the design t~at i " ' , drew the loudest applause from';, Saw Sampling 'the audience was an exotic look' All of us who attende,d the ing Eastern-type, silk chiffon' I , luncheon had a chance to vie~ a caftan, again with satin striping Fede~al Commissioner Cites Obstacles sampling of these c,lothes (he and Lurex woven into it. Bright ' 'I " . bl" S h I' A;d brought a lovely model and f'Ive shades of ,th'e ral:nbow'I'n'a f,loral ' • To Nonpu Ie I: 00, I outfits with him.) and marvel 'print accented the softly flowing PHILADELPHIA (NC) _ The Marland pointed out th~t the, at his creative artistry. fabric and th~ lovely model Nixon' administration's top edu- Commission on School F'I.nance Five Priests Pledge ' Since most of his high-fashion looked as if she had stepped 'cation official: restateCl "the had reported t~at the closmg of To Withhold Taxes clothes are out of my price range from a Persian garden.

'President's deep concern" for more no.npub,hc s,~hools. wo~ld ST. PAUL (NC) - Seventeen I enjoyed viewing the designs De La Renta assured the fash-nonpublic schopls but admitted greatly mcrease .the fm~,nclal but felt that for me his fashion ion careerist in the 'audience that that "very serious constitutional burden on the pubhc sector ,~nd persons, including five Catholic, advice was more valuable. pant-suit!) were here to stay, ,for obstacles" stan(J in the way of that "the blow would be heaViest priests, signed pledges to refuse.

That navy blue will be a big ,daytime, hemlines would hover ft deral aid.' to pay the part of their fedetal : where it could be least borne _ color for faHand winter of '72 around the knees (where they e And S. P. Marland, federal in the big cities." income taxes used to support the "The commission pointed to Vietnam War. was one of his predictions, and landed depending on whether or ' commissioner of education, told The 'pledges were included in this color, along with red, may not one had a good-looking pair delegates to th:e Nation~l Cath- 'the cr,itical importance of the very well be the neutral ,of that of knees) and' that bold colorful olie Educational Associaqon con- non public schools in preserving a statement taped to a glass season. In line with this think-prints, as he aptly illustrated. vention that he~has "misgivings" at least a semblance of racial door of the federal building here ing he showed a navy blue gab- were to .be the look for evening. about all of the forms of aid balance in the inner cities by at the conclusion' of an ecumenardine shirtwaist worn over a Alein all a very informative and' suggested by: the Pre~iclent's prOViding educational alterna- ical Holy Week-Passover peace white 'turtle neck sweater for· delightful noon spent with an 'Oom:mi!:sion onl School Fmance. tive:s for' many families who pilgrimage.

The priests were Fathe~s These include "tax credits, would otherWise leave," Marland the layered look.

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Albert Hanzal, Gregory Welch, • This classic look is his statetax deductions I for tuition, tui- said. .

Daniel Moga, Thomas McKenna ment for, his new collection, a ITT Issues Boosts tioo rei:rnburse~ents, scholarship look that he feels is very imporaid based on need, as well as and Richard Podvin. tant and shows a strong ir,tdica- Chilean Marxism greater sharing1in new federally Father McKenna, who had ear~ New Officers tion that elegant clothes will be WASHINGTON, (NC)' _ As support,~c assistance programs," lier announced his intention of with us for a long period of time soon as the' International, Tele- Marland said. : WASHINGTON (NC) A withholding part of his Federal Despite his feelings, ¥arland southern bishop has been elected ' income tax, described the deci- , now that the costumey look has phone and Telegraph Corporahad its day: _ t'ion was charged wilth medqling said he favors. a complete dis- presid,ent, and laymen have sion as "a Christian,alternative" "Women must know' them~ in political" affairs in Chile,. cussion of the proposals and been added to the board, of the to backing the war. selves and find' the look that is Marxists in'the government ,and . hopes for a quick decision On the Center for Applied Research in good for them;" said de la' Renta, the press went into full swing to issue of aid to nonpublic.schools. the Apostolate, a Catholic agen"I can reiterate the President's cy specializing in, research for " who explained this further by 'add ~uel to their anti-imperialist deep concern for the problems of the 'Church. Bishop Ernest, L. referring to hfs wife Francoise, campaign. , PLUMBING & HEATING, INC. Columnist Jack Anderson gave the pr:ivate s~hool," Marland Unterkoefler of Charleston, S. C., Sales and Service ~ Pri'ests, .NUf)s ,Lea"il'!g '::' them from Washington the am- said. "As you ~mow he has di- was elected president, by, the for Domestic _ bOaJl'd.

Filemon B. Vela of and Industrial ~ munition 'they needed on the.. rected:Js to make an earnest Oil Burners Disillusions Youth' eve of the third United Nations search for solutions under law." Brownsville, Tex., a ,lawyer and, 995-1631 "But at the moment national James Roche, retired General TAIPEI' (Nt)'....:. Many' young Conference on Trade, and Devel- ' 2283 ACUSHNET AVENUE people have been disillusione,d opment convening here precisely policy on both p,ublic and private MQtors. Corpp. ,~hairman, were NEW BEDFORD ' about Catholicism because 'of the' to air the grudges of the Third elementary and, secoodary,'edu- ChO!len Jor .the, board. .' number of priests and ,Sisters World against the rich nations cation ill in a transitional 'stage," whobave ,left the priesthood 'pr and their ,economic power tools. he said. ' : Religious life, 'according' to a . Anderson's disclosures accusMarland traced the history of.

WE SELL MONEY, BUT OUR BUSIN'ESS IS PEOPLE university professor here. fng ITT of trying to block the Catholic educatifm-inclu~ing its the best 'thingihat ever happened to Cape Cod "Most of 'them, still admire 1970 election of Marxist" Presi- recent i;harp losses of' schools Christianity, but they' hear of dent Salvador' Allende, along and students - and praised its priests and Sisters. leaving, and with men 'from the Central Intel- ."great dvilizing and enlighteni ' there is not the enthusiasm there ligence Agency, prompted a ing" effect. w~s 10 or 15 .,years?ago," said:~,: new wave of anti-United States, "I can assure you," he sa,id, Prof. Maria Huang 'Mei-cheh of ," anti-big business sentiment. Left- "that neither the President nor A FULL ROUTE 28 HYANNIS ' (ists paper Eke La Nacion, which those wh:> fOmlulate education Catholic Fujep 'University.

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Easi·er to Pr,e'ach T,han to Practic.e If' you' read GINNY, the book about my daughter's acci~ent, you probably think I am a pillar of strength in a .crisis, .the tower of power for controlling nerves and emotions. I've got news for you. Five years ago, Ginny suffered severe brain dam. . age.. During the accident, and band, Dan. ask, "What's the. mat,. . ' . ter. Gin?" the . ear.ly days. .of severe A s I I00 k ed up, h e was rush'mg . trauma;. although she never to her ... trying to catch her behad,.a·.~onvulsion •. she was given an a~tI~convuls~nt. ~edicine.

Three times a day, for two years; .she took that medicine. I

fore she tumbled off the chair.

Her head was pulled to the >slde, her eyes glazed. Her arms and legs were twisted grotesquely. trembling. Soft white foam was .m:~1!ili!i!l!11 easing out the corner of her mouth, as she gasped for air.

"Dan! She's having a convulsion!"

By Neither one of us had ever had any experience with one, and the MARY sight of our special little child. so twisted with a seizure,' froze CARSON . me ·in immobility.

Dan asked me if I knew any emergency treatment. I didn·t.

I stood there. rigid. I felt as if asked the doctor about easing someone had knocked the wind 'her off it. since she had never out-of me.

Suddenly I realized Dan was had an jndication of a convulsion.

He felt it was better to wait a· telling me to call an ambulance so we could get Ginny to the while.

After three and a half years. hospital emergency room. , , I went numbly for the phone. he said that possibly after she .. , to call the police.. . had taken it for five years, she Somehow! I explained t-o the could gradually give it up. sergeant on the desk." Send an .Well. after five years. I started ambulance immediately. 'Our taking : her off it ... down . to daughter is having ~ convulsion," twice a ·day, once a day•. ev~ry Fortunately. he~ was cool. He other day... slowly stretching remembered to ask' where ~ve 'out the weaning process over. lived .... They do need to. know months and months. that, if they're going to help.

Within minutes, a patrolman StiIl there was no problem.

So three weeks ago, I discontin- was at the house. assuring me . . . was on the ued it entirely, and she was do- that the ,ambulance ing beautifully. So beautifully. in way.

The baby and one of the older fact. that I forgot all about it. girls had been in the kitchen at Convulsion Strikes the time. and i must give my Saturday. vie were eating older daughther credit for being lunch, and I wasn't paying much calmer than I. She gathered the attention to her. I heard my hus- baby in her. arms, and took her to the front door, to watch for the ambulance. Possibly she also Communal Absolution thought it was better the baby did not watch Ginny. .

Used on Limited Basis

JUNEAU (NC)-Communal absolution has been introduced as a way of encouraging confessions among Catholics in the sparsely populated Juneau diocese.

The difficulty "for the penitent in a small isolated community to preserve anonymity" was one of the. reasons cited by Bishop Francis· T: Hurley in giving permis.sion for limited use of '. communal absolution. . .

It was one of the first times that a. U. S. bishop has given permission for use of general absolution, according to liturgy authorities. .Bishop' Hurley said that he based his decision on a 1944 Vatican document on general absolution. The document outlined procedures for .use in wartime and said that bishops may allow the practice "if some other altogether grave and urgent necessity arises ... for example if the penitents otherwise without any fault of their own would be deprived for a long time of sacramental grace and Holy Communion."

Endless Ride

As. they were putting GIn in' the ambulance, I asked Dan to ride with her; I'd follow in our car. The patrolman realized how. shaken up I was and instructed me, "Take it easy; nQ rush. Get hold of yourself before you' start to drive," " . . .

Our ambulances 'are equipped with heart monitoring equipment which can be read by the doctor at the hospital. While they were enroute,' Dan could hear a voice coming' over' the radio, "She's doing fine."

But '1 didn't know that. I was alone ~n our car-my mind rac.' ing to .i:he worst possibilities.

As we waited in the emergency room, I started to shake.

I was still shaking when a' doctor came and told us tha~ everything was fine ... she . simply needed the anti-convulsant medicine.

He said we could take her home. let her rest. and he foresaw no problem.

But still I was shaking.

All of a sudden, ·1 started to laugh. Dan wondered if I was cracking up completely.

"I don't ever remember being Egotism so rattled . . . and tomorrow He that falls in love with him- morning I'm speaking at a Communion Breakfast... on self will have no rivals.

-Franklin CONFIDENCEl"

. LAY CHAIRMAN'S WIFE GREETS CCA SOLICITORS: Mrs. Raymond E. Lambert Sr., of No. Attleboro, center, greets parish solicitors at kick-oh meeU11g 1Ul Ul\; ~ ......\Jl1C Chalities Appeal. Left: Charles Santos and Virginia Duarte of Our Lady of the Assumption, New Bedford;. Mrs. Lambert, Agnes Thomas of Our Lady of the Assumption, New Bedford and Louis F. Peltz of St.Casimir's, New Bedford.

PHILADELPHIA (NC)-Catholic education's future depends largely on' the degree to which Catholic educators identify and develop. the uniqueness of their institutions. an official of the National' Catholic Educational Association ,said here.

Speaking at the 69th annual convention, Dr. George Elford. the association's research director, ~aid most Catholics agreethat Catholic scliools "have a unique and desirable quality not found in. public· schools. however hard it is to define."

To help Catholic school officials .start thinking about "what it is that makes a school 'Catholic,' Elford said. the associa· tion's research department sent out a I07-item questionaire early this'year to 415 Catholic elementary· schools around the nation.

What has emerged from an · initial review o.f the 224 questionnaires sent back. Elford disclosed.. is a clear picture of three distinct types of Catholic schools · -lib.eral, conservative-and "typical."He said the third, by far the largest type,. chooses something from each ·of· the other basic types, Typical School

daily Mass is not required, and plete religious garb while at Sadlier, Benziger or Paulist Press school. The study showed that schools responding yes to that textbooks are used. .

The faculty at the typical question were also likely to anCatholic school "eats together swer yes when asked: whether and shares a' common faculty "students in the middle grades are expected to be able to name lounge," Elford added.

Besides tallying up the num- in order the Ten Commandber of identical responses to the ments." whether nuns eat lunch questionnaire, researchers also in a separate area such as the constructed a "correlation ma- convent. whether all or almost all students, "are required to<>attrix." tend the daily school Mass," and Correlation Seen "Every item was correlated whether''''a faculty member "cenwith every other item" to see . sors student publications to which items 'clung together,''' avoid improprieties or undue criticism of the schoo!." explained Elford.

He pointed out that correlation does not mean cause. Rather.

Wisdom the NCEA discovered' that wh"en A wise man sees as much as school officials answered one he ought, not. as much as he can. questionnaire item a certain way -Montaigne they tended to answer other questionnaire items in identical ways.

Elford said one question was whether nuns always wear com·

Priests Try to Solve Problems With Cooks

QUILON (NC)' - A parish" priest near here has started a cook employment service to help fellow. clergy who are harassed .The research. director de- by nagging and overdemanding scribed, this "typical Catholic cooks.

Most priests in this area of school" on the basis of 36 questioimalre items about educational . India hire male cooks who live in practices which more than 75 the rectories.

The rectory cooks are often per' cent of the . elementary schools answered the s.ame way. accused of exploiting the priests' "In the typical school," he inability to keep a constant eye said. "religion class is taught at on them. The worst of them pil'anassigned time, usually by the fer in the marketing, are late home room teacher. Basic with meals and often wander prayers are memorized. formal around the rectory spying on the prayers are offered at stated priests.

Father Christie Daniel of times during the day. and crucifixes and, religious pictures are Chavara started the new employment Service following comdisplayed."

At the same time. he said, "a plaints by many priests who variety of prayer experiences are asked a new organization of parpromoted." students join in plan- ish priests in the area to "deliver ning liturgies. attendance at them from cooks.

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PREPARE FOR FIRST PENANCE: Sister Thomas More, O.P, of the faculty of Fall River Diploma School of Nursing and .Rev. Kevin F. Tripp, Holy Name parish, Fall River, discuss panel on human dimensions of

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penance; right, Rev. James A. Haddad of 51. John's Seminary, Brighton,

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Stress SO.cial Expanse of U7rongdoing In New Preparation for -Penance

BY PATRICIA McGOWANsa,id, "parents simply handed KANSAS OITY (NC)-An indown the faith, Qut today ChrisIt used to be 'that First Con- tians must think for themselves. creased eff ort by th e Ch urch I'n communications media ranging fession was .subsidiary to First It's milch harder to make a child from nationwide television to., Co~munion, a routine to be aware of Christ and his neighbor parish newspapers was .proposed hurried through a few"days be- . than it is to give him a list of here by 'Archbishop Ignatius f?re the great day:of the recep- regulations.:'., Strecker Of Kansas City. ' ", tlOn of the Euchar'lst. .No ,m~re .. , 'Discussing the question of . 'Speaking"at a regional comnm-' Nowadays the sacrament of pen- whether a seven:year-old can nications institute sponsored by -. ance h!ls taken on its own sig- comm:.t sin, the religious pointed the communications department, nificance, and is more often out that at about that age a of the U. S. Catholic Conference, than not received a year or more child will begin to realize the the prelate said that "communi- after First Communion, at' least objective right or wrong of accations between individuals in the United States. Although tions. "Parents should encourage whether .bishops, prie~ts,. Sisters it is stressed that this arrange- this and show the child that they or lay people-have diminished ~ent is experimental and is still too B.re bound hy objective at a time when they are most. being st.u~ied by Roman author- standards of right 'and wrong. needed in ·the Church." . ities, is working well in this They should apologize to the ..it .

"Bishops, priests, Sisters lmd .country. child if they I.lre unjust or wrong the laity are just beginning to " Representative of, the new in their dealings with' him. If understand the need of commu~· approac;h to pena?ce was are- you treat your child with 'revernication," he noted. . cent program at Holy Name ence B.nd dignity,:he will treat He caHed for "wider use- of Church, Fall River, where par: , mass media" by the Church "in ents of third, graders who were others in the same way."

The religious stated that "at an" age when only 42 per cent of to receive the sacrament were our present stage of knowledge the American population attends 'urged .to attend two . h meetings h h' k' to of, the tel'I'gl'ous psychology of church on Sunday but upwards "acquamt them WIt t e t m mg children, we may probably conof 90 per cent of homes have a that lay behind the formation elude that a child' may be guilty television set." their children had received froqI of deliberate sin beginning soineAid Diocesan Paper ceo teachers directed by Sister where between tlie ages of eight As for the print media, he Evelyn, S.U.S.C. and from Holy and 1~:." .. , In a question per,iod following urged: "If, a diocesan editor Name third grade teacher Sister wishes to do pastors a real ser- Irene Marie, S.U.S.C. Sister Thomas More's talk, par,vice, let him assist the pastor in ' Human Dimensions ents expressed confusiqn,~ oyer publishing a parish newspaper."

At the first'session, the human changes in 'instructing children. '. "Such a parish paper will not· dimensions of penance were dis-"It's not the church I was compete. with the diocesan cussed by Rev. Kevin Tripp of ' brought up in ," sighed one press," Archbishop Strecker said, Holy Name parish and Sister mother.

A parent ,who, noted that she :'but it .will happily compl~ment Thomas More, instructor of psyI~. It w.I1l :be the stro?gest mcen- chiatr-icnursing at the F:all River had no difficulty with new conbve wlthm. the parIsh t? read Diploma 'School of Nursing, cepts (If confession because she and apprecIate a good dIOcesan Stressing that religious educa- was a recent convert and had newspaper." .tion is primarily the responsibil- no preconceived ideas to alter The. fo~r-.daY meeti.ng; attend- ity of the parent, Father Tripp w.as to.ld "You understand your ed by 6?' bIshops, prIests, nuns, noted that the science of psy- religion better than we do bebrothers and ,laymen from 20 chology is shedding new light on cause you started two years ago. states -and Canada, included ad- ,the riatureof penance and that We started 20 years ago." , dresses, panel discussions and the Catholic school and the CCD "You were in the love era. We demonstrations of 'communica- instructor had in turn the re- were -in the fear era," added anHons eq~ipment. sponsibility of sharing, this other parent. knowledge with parents. "ConColor Month Father Haddad fession can be a traumatic exApril is the month whel1 the periencefor some Catholics," he,~ 'At a second preparatory sesgreen returns to the lawn , the stated. . sion, parents' heard Rev. James trees and the Internal Revenue The role of parents is' more A. Haddad, theology professor Service. complex than ever, agreed Sister at St. J.Jhn's Seminary, 'Brighton, -Esar Thomas More. "In the past," she and director of continuing edu-

cBltion for clergy of the Boston archdiocese. Briefly sketching the ,historical development, of 'the . ~acrament of penance, he, noted that confession was not thought necessary for small chiidrenuntiI. • the 18th cent1;1ry. '~I cannot stress, ~ enough' that parents. should not deVl~lop guilt feeIings in chil" dren," said the speaker, adding that he had had children confess as serious sins such acts as "dirtying their clothes, or not feeding the cat."

"Confession should be a beautiful thing, a growth expe'rience/' he said. Pen~nce serviCes, emphasize the social dimensions of wrongdoing, he explained, and the priest. is, th~re" to "reconcile 'us to God anqback to man." ''Such ,a penance servl'ce was held at Holy Name 'Church, .climBlxing the preparation of both d parents f or recep- . ch'ld J: ren an tion of the sacrament.

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BUFFALO (NC)-The governnierit must stop spending money

on "stupid things" like space, spend it on vital buman' ne(:)essities, said. a· lea~er ,in urban1ethnicF affairs. . ' Msgr.:Geno .!;laroni, dir.ector of :tbe National ,Cetlten,·for': Utban " ,and Public Affail':s~ 'iWashington, D. C., cited poor.. hQusing;:neglect of the elderly, ,d~teritlrating , ,~ties, strail1ed!l raaiab r.J1~lation. .. ~ips .and:unemployment; as ·the, pr~s/iing problems. , Speaking, at, a workshop I on -Urban Ethnic Amer,ica, Msgr.

Baroni urged Americans of alI ~hnic backgrounds to force a .new, direction in the priorities of the nation.

"We. have to take money out of some of the stupid things we do," he said, citing as examples ex.penditures on space exploration and the mil,itary. exploration~nd

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., '. The stpry of the Prodigal Son was told by means of a, slide prE!sentation and ...follo'Ying a brief homHy children and their parents went to confessionindividually. The sacrament could be received with priest and penitent face to face, or in the traditional confessional.

Following the individual confessions the children gathered around the altar of Holy Name.

There they expressed love and sorrow to their classmates, then they-returned to their famjlies in the pews and said to them, "I love y~u and I'm sorry."

Communal recitation of prayers of penance followed and a churchful of newly, cleansed Christians was then dismissed.

Consolation I have had a long, 'long life full of troubles, but there is one curious fact about them-ninetenths of them never happened.

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SISTERS LIVING CONCERNED CHRISTIANITY: Chapel time finds patients, residents and volunteers assembling. They include Sister Peter Whitman, 'in wheelchair, and, from left, Sister Frederica Levelle, a vol-

Historian Says Irish-Americans' Losing Identity

unteer; Sister Dolorita Leary, Sister Regis and Sister Louis Brett, volunteers; Sister Francesca Kelly, Sister Philomena Aylward, a volunteer, and Sister Austin Walsh.

Living, Concerned Christianity Manifested • ' At New Mt. St. Rzta Healt h Care Center

NOTRE DAME (NC) - The Irish in American suburbia are losing their ethnic identity, which could be a disaster for the Church, a historian said here.

Dr. Lawrence J. McCaffery, chairman of the history department at Loyola University in .Chicago, said "the loss. of Irish identity might be a disaster not yet fully recognized or appreciated."

In a. speech to a meeting of the American Catholic Historical Association, McCaffery said that "in sub'lrbia the Irish exist as frustrated, confused, displaced persons who seem to have gone from Someplace to Noplace...."

Perhaps, McCaffery speculated, many of the current problems in the Church can be traced to the fact that "for many people when they cease to be ethnic it may no longer be important for them to be Catholic."

Opposes President's Busing Moratorium WASHINGTON (NC)-Father TheOdore Hesburgh, chairman of the U. S. Civil Rights Commission, has charged that President Nixon's proposed busing moratorium would "lead us back along a road that the nation should never see again."

The President's emphasis on the neighborhood school" Father Hesburg said in a 17-page statement issued on behalf of the commission, "can only have the effect of, perpetuating segregation."

The University of Notre Dame president said the commission also "doubts the value" of the Nixon proposal to spend $2.5 billion on "racially isolated schools."

The Nixon proposals, Father Hesburgh said, are "a reversion to the doctrine and practice of 'separate but equal' schools which prevailed before the Supreme Court's landmark 1954 school desegregation ruling.

The median age among the 50 Sisters of Mercy at the Mount St. Rita Health Care Center is 82, but no one is "on the shelf."

The activities among which retired, convalescent and ill sisters can choose include a com-' plete range of occupational and recreational therapies, a variety of . voluriteer serviCes, and a schedule of religious and spiritual 'activities as traditional as rosary and benediction and as modern as charismatic prayer.

The ·center, located on the 300acre site of the provincialate of th'e order in Cumberland, R. I., was once a notiviate. But in the 1970s, there. are fewer entrants into religious congregations, and many more older sisters. To adjust to the needs of the times, the Mercy order spent more than a million dollars to completely renovate the building so that it provides every facility for the care and convenience of those no longer able to do the work at which they labored for many years.

It ,is a multi-level health center offering professional medical nursing and and paramedical services for its residents, who include 12 sisters who had lengthy' careers as teachers and principals in the Fall River dio·cese.

On the professional staff headed by Sister M. Stella Maris, as administrator, are several Fall River natives, including Sister Marietta Walsh, who is director of nursing service and Sister Helene Reddy, assistant director.

The former Mount St; Mary Academy and Salve Regina College are their alma maters and they hold master's degrees in nursing from Boston University.

Run by the Province of Providence, the center is supported in large part by contributions from its 800 sisters and from the province itself.

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tire range of disease, from cancer to crippling arthritis and multiple sclerosis that has confined orie nun to an iron lung.

Sister Stella Maris, the admin,istrator of the center, which was opened'last June, reveals the heritage of her homeland in thelarge copy' of An Iris,h Blessing , Which hangs on her office wall.

The center may be expanded to care for' 86 patients, and there is a limited number of rooms available for lay female patients needing skilled or nursing care for a brief period of time. Future plans cal1 for the establishment of a multiservice center for the ag,ing which will provide opportunities for the sisters to share the services of the Mount with older persons living in Cumber.land.

Sister Stella Maris estimates that the minimal cost for operating the center is $300,000 a year, and that it goes almost without say,ing that funds are needed.

She emphasizes that the success of its operation is due in no smal1 measure to the efforts of volunteers. Some 60 lay people, including teenagers, give much time to the center, the medical director donates his services, and so does the consultant in the dietary department.

But perhaps most unusual of all .is the volunteer project of the sisters themselves with 120 nuns from every house in the province giving at least one day a month of serv,ice. Those from the area prepare and serve meals daily at the center after school.

Others from Fall River, New Bedford and Newport perform a variety of tasks over the weekend.

Sister Stella Maris is particularly enthusiastic about the presence of a number of younger 'Much to Be Done' people at the center. Old people Sister Joseph is recuperating need other oldsters to relate to, from a broken hip, but illnesses she agrees, but' they also need at the center encompass the en- youth to give Hfe.

disabled by age or disease is that each nun, regardless of physical limitations, is a valued and valuable member of the Mercy community.

ForlT.el'!:.r nuns who became handicapped could look forward only to living out their lives in convent infirmaries, but those who have come to the Mount to occupy its attractively decorated single and double rooms with views of roUing hills and a lake, have found a new form of community life. As one comments, "Where could. I be happier?"

Most of the Fall River sisters come from Mount St. Mary'S Convent. The dean among them is S,ister Rose Murray who keeps up her correspondence in the same neat handwriting that her eighth grade' pupils at St ,Patrick's Elementary School. may remember from 30 years ago.

She remembers them, and she does equally well with recollections of Mt. St. Mary Academy girls.

On a spr-ing afternoon, she was busy writing letters in her sunny bedroom as Sisters Peter, Baptist and Laurentia, all of whom had long careers -in the diOCese, played -scrabble, as they often do in the lounge.

Sister Mary Edward, RSM, who served as principal of St., Mary's School in Fall River and St. James', New Bedford, welcomes visitors in the style that has won her the ,title of "official greeter" at the Mount.

Among residents she introduced was Sister Joseph, who spent more than half a century in Belize, British Honduras, and who is now a nonagenarian who can recall boarding at the Dominican Academy on Park S.treet in Fall River before she ever entered- the Sisters of Mercy Order.

Acclaim Britain, Malta Accord VALLETTA (NC)-Archbishop Michael Gonzi of Malta has ordered Maltese Catholics to hold special services in thanksgiving for the agreement between Britain and Malta concerning military bases on the island.

The 86-year-old archbishop has been credited by many with having helped to work out the agreement.

The archbishop himself celebrated a Te Deum service in the Cathedral here and issued a circular urging the faithful to spend an hour in adoration of the Blessed Sacrament.

Last month; Malta and Britain signed a seven-year agreement that gives Malta $37 mililion for the use of bases by Britain and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.

Malta had been asking for more than $45 million a year rent for use of the bases, while Britain had offered about $24 million.

Archbishop Gonzi played a role in the eight-month-Iong dispute by suggesting various steps that were all eventually taken by Maltese Prime Minister Dom Mintoff, British Prime Minister Edward Heath and NATO secre,tary general Joseph Luns at a time when Malta's ties to the western alliance seemed at their breaking point.

Observers here regard the archbishop's trips to Rome and London in January as the major initiative in forestalling a pcecipitous British withdrawal from Ma'lta.

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THE ANCHOR-Diocese ofFall River-Thurs. Apr. 20, 1912 ,

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Frequently, readers ask me how t~.ge(i~ib the column-. writing b~siness. Because there are's6 many niisconcep~,ions about the free-lancer's profession and life, maybe a column on columns will be useful. Here are ,a few o(t~e c9 mmon questions. How do you go ,. about getting a column 0.' f me in order to ·.get- to me,' it's a small miracle any of tl:iem arrive. your.' own? I really don't As it is, only the hardiest': do. kno~. IIi the cases of all my. The best way for 'm~' to get 'mail

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columns, editors.hav~ appproach- . is by sending it'.dJ~ectly to~the.., ed me. I never ,mtended to be a '.NC News. Service (1312 M.assa~ , columnist. Most of my, early chusetts Av~;;·.N.W., Washingwriting iJnvolved feature articles ton, D.C.' 20005). .' , , " " A warning to fllaqers'- Dori:t send any ve,ry ,personal letter 'f9 , the editor. Too many people·have' been embarrassed by seeing their By confidenCes in print Rather" send, a letter to the columnist DOLORES asking him to send you his ad~ dress because you want to send CURRA", a personal letter. , ' Why don't you just publish your addre~s? Not on your life.

You think I want my children to see those words? ' and books. Then, one, day, 'Fr. Is most 'of. you'r mail nasty?'

Daniei Flaherty, one of the many Sort of.' People' tend to write ex-editors; of "The National Reg- when they're angry and, tell you ister," called and asked me if I'd when. they're l)appy:· And, there , be interested in doing a 'woman's, are people who. write letters to JOIN HONOR SOCIETY: Initiated in the National Spanish,Honor ,Society at Sacred column. "I'd like to try a 'col- ev~ryone.' Watch your, daily or Hearts Academy. Fall River, are, from left, Irene Bastos, Jo. Anne Podseky,. Mary Ferumn," i replied; "but not a wom- diocesan paper closely and you'll reira, Philomena Botelho. ' ' an's column." Visions ·of becom- see the same names over and ' ing a Catholic Heloise gave me over. I am on several. profession· shivers of ,guilt" knowing the al letter writers' :lists, especially fraud, I would be' perpetrating on. one lady in Wyoming who reads readers. ' , my column weekly for here:;y Fortunately, Editor Flaherty 'and grammatical errors --' of' ATLANTA (NC) - A 'school ops said, and train students "iI:l I-iculum broad enough to meet" wasn't interested in that kind of· equal' gravity in her eyes. , that is both Catholic and segre- self discipline, respect for au- 'the I challenges I'of' the modern ,a woman's column. He recogWhat's the difference in writ-' gated "is a lie," five Southern thority, and a willingness to ac- world; and textbooks and manized the need for giving Cath~ ing columns and articles? In arti- bishops said in a pastoral letter cept responsibility-:-all vita) ele~ terials of the highest .quality." olic readers a woman's viewpoint des, you must be careful to re- on Cathoiic education' issued ments for man in a society that Church Mus{ Lead. ~". .

-'. is evermore free." ' ,,' , . on the church, parish, family, main obj,ec~ive to keep your here.

The Southern bishops cau- and society. Our papers tend to, viewpoint and opinions out. In "The community at large, but The bishops added,' however, tioned that "to say that we must I be ,very male while the reader- columns, you're expected to give especially the Catholic comrr.u- that "the Cathlic school of today 'provide education of the highest ship is very female. your opinon. If you write both, nity, must know that our schools c'lVlnot be the school it was in 'quality is not to say that our as I do, you have to switch f1l'om are open to all," said bishops of past ages. The children are difHumor Needed schools are to be available only . one style to another and that the Atlanta province, including ferent, the parents are different, When he added 'that he hoped to the intellectual elite." can be difficult. The hardest' the states of Georgia, North the Religious and lay teachers Exclusiveness of any sort can there would be a light touch now columns for me come when I'm Carolina and South Carolina. who 'staff and administer the 'not be tolerated, they said, espeafld ,then, I accepted. I feel writing a new book., In the schools are different." cially financial and racial exclu, stron~ly the. need fo! hum?~ as morning, when I uncover' my . Sigl)ers of the lengthy pastoBut on the matter of quality siveness. ~.ell as gn~ness. In religIOn., _ typewriter, I have to ask myself, ral, with sections on educational Catholic schools in the South Smce then,. I ve wntten four or "WhO am I today a person or an ' finance, philosophies and admin- education, they said, "there can five monthly columns", dropping observer?'" istration, included Archbishop be, rio compromise." ~atholic' "have long served black chil~ ,some' recently because. of book Thomas A. Donnellan of Atlanta; schools must "provide teachers' dren," the bishops noted. "In-, deadlines. ," You Become Persol1 'Bishop Vin:cent S. Waters of of excellent qualifications, a cur- "-deed in many cases, it was the Other columnists usu~jly begin When, people' read articles, Raleigh, N. C.; Bishop Ernest L. Catholic school alone where the the'same.w.aY, by writing for the they pay little notie~ to the au- Unterkoefler of Charleston, S. C.; New Supe'ri,ntend,ent black child could find some hope magazine world and .being,piCked thor but they read a coluI!ln be· Bishop Gerard L. Frey of Savanfor a measure of adequate educaBOSTON (NC)-Brother·'Bar- tion:" up by Ii syndicate. 9riiy rarely cause of an author. You become nah: Ga., and Bishop Michael J. Catholic school officials "must ,tholomew Varden, provincial ,of · does a syndicate ,handle a writer a person to readers arid soon Begley of Charl~tte, N.C. , who is' new. There's a reason for they feel they know you well Also signing the education the northeastern:province of the be vitally concerned ~hat rising ,this-a'paper can handle only so enough ~o antici~a1:e ~your feel-, pas,toral, c<lVering ;10 entire Xaverian Brothers," has .been costs and an increasing white named by Archbishqp Humherto Catholic population do not make ma~y columns and it wants to ings and opinions. The label a, page in the S~>Utl:tern, diocesan f.ind someone who has already columnist" carries is in the mind newspapers which:made, it pub- S. Medeiros .as the ,l3ostonar~h- our schools unavailable to black 'd M' af - diocese's new superintendent of children," the bishops said.

P rov'~d 'he wiil be rea.d' and can' of the reader:, To, some' readers, • 1"lC,' was..' Fa th"er Ed war. , ' Above, all, they added, the meet deadlines. I am now syndi- I'm a liberal underground femi- . frey, a,bbot, nullius of Belmont schools.

Brother Bartholomew,' a native Church "cannot be content' to , catect by the NC News S,ervice. nist while to others I'm'Estab; ,Abbey in Belmont, N. C. Where is your office?' I have alishment- depending on their, of Utica, N. Y., taltes up 'his ap-' follow in the matter of integra", Schools Are Different luxurious office, carpeted,draped views, I:lot'rnine: pointment May I, succeeding ,tion;' it must lead." They 'noted and surro.und,ed by. kitche~, crab 'What' are the aMantages' arid "It is stili' difficult find an Msgr. Albert W. Low, assigned' , that Catholic schools m.ust never' grass and kids. It's called,home: disadvantages' in writing a colto a pastorate after 11 years as . "become havens'" for s~gregaIt will surprise many readers: timn? As I told the fifth graders, apo!itolate m~re far-reaching or superintendent. " 'tionists: ' ' that I'm not sitting in the offices . if you don't' like homework, with longer-range 'effects than 'educ:ation," ,the bishops said, of your diocesan paper, but work, don't· write 'a column. noti~g that' "there can be no rather' -in a quite ordinary, if Deadlines are ghastly, 'once, a' 'doubt that the schools have , dusty, suburban Denver, home. I week regardless of vacations, "serVed u~ welL'" . · do aU my writing at home and flu, and' laziness., Another disCat.'tolic schools form Christian mail off a columneveiy Monday advantage is that 'you put yourmorning to Washington where .self on the Hne cons'tantly arid consciences' "sensitive to the the NC Service passes it on to if you change or grow; people are modern demands for justic@!, the papers who pay for me. quick to say,' "Aha, but you peac.e and service ..." the bishWhy didn't you publish the" per.. wrote. ".." All you can say is, sonal letter I sent ,you? I never "I know. I've changed." There • BANQUETS • WEDDINGS • PARTIES .' saw it. Any mail sent to a col- are a few columns I wish I had sayiJlg that it's legal to hate kids . umnist in care of a paper can get never written~ , every now and then, because • COMMUNION BREAKFASTS opened and used by the editor The advantage ~is that it's' we've been so artificial with V'(ithout the columnist's reading great fun to write for and to parents in the past.

1343 PLEASANT STREET FALL RIVER it. I've lost a lot of fans that real people, to hear from them, And they're honest~ack. As way but when a letter has to go to meet them, and to exchange one reader sa-id to m'e, , "Where 673-7780 from a fan to a diocesan editor ideas with them. I particularly else would you get paid. for your to the News Service an~ back to like being honestw,ith parents, . ideal;?"

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Predicts Federal Nonpublic School Assistance Soon

fHE ANCHORThurs., April 20, 1972

ATLANTA (NC)-Help for the financially strapped parents of nonpublic school children is on the way soon in the form of federal legislation, the National Conference of Catholic Bishops was told here.

Auxiliary' Bishop William E. McManus of Chicago, chairman of the conference education committee, said that the U. S. Congress will give "serious attention" to legislation that would provide assistance in the form of income tax abatment for parents who pay for their children to attend parochial or other private schools.

Details of the legislation will be spelled out in the report of President Nixon's Panel on Nonpublic Education, to be made public soon, Bishop McManus said.

While declaring that he could not divulge the contents of the report of the panel, of which he is a member, Bishop McManus indicated that the proposal will probably call for legislation that .would permit parents to deduct from their income tax payments 60 per cent of private school tuition costs up to $400 per child.

The Boston Conservatory of Music Chorus and Orchestra un· der the direction of Rouben Gregorian are preparing to give two performances of the rarely heard Berlioz Te Deum.

Also on the program will be a newly commissioned work by Boston composer James Forte, Sinfonia for Strings, subtitled "For those who must journey into Eternity."

The two performances will be given: April 30th at St. Joseph's Church, Acushnet Avenue, New Bedford, 8 P.M. ($3.00 donation); . and May 7th at St. Patrick's Church, 400 Dudley Street, Roxbury, 3 P.M. (admission free).

The May 7th pr9gram will be part of the service commemorating the hundredth' anniversary of St. Patrick's Church, Archbishop Medeiros, Celebrant.

The Boston Conservatory and Orchestra will be assisted by New Bedford's St. Joseph's Diocesan School Choir, (Denis. Tetrault, Director); Panfilp Cafarelli, tenor soloist; Michel Labans, organist (St. Anthony's Church, New Bedford); and Kenneth Starr, organist (St. Patrick's Church).

Safe, Feasible "'Tax credit legislation is not ideal," Bishop McManus said, "but it is the only way that is both constitutionally safe and legislatively f~asible."

At the recent National Catholic Educational Association convention in Philadelphia, President Nixon had said he would soon recommend to Congress "specific measures designed to preserve the nonpublic school system in the United States."

Nixon also said that he would give "full and serious consideration" to the reports of both the Panel on NonpubHc Education and the panel's School Finance Commission. " ,In recent nonpublic aid developments around the country, federal courts have dealt pre,, liminary blows against state aid laws in Pennsylvania and New York.

Racial Integration A three-judge panel in Philadelphia has refused to dismiss a suit against Pennsylvania's educational reimbursement law, providing payments to parents of up to $75 per nonpublic elementary school, child and $150 per high school child: A three-judge ,court in New York held up state aid payments under a 1970 Mandated Services Act until a ruling on the law's constitutionality is made. The law paid $28 million last year to New York nonpublic schools for, testing, record maintenance and other, administrative data required by the state.

In response to a question from Archbishop Thomas A. DonnelIan of Atlanta, Bishop McManus gave assurance fIlat proposed federal legislatIon that tax credo its could be given "only when schools meet the civil rights requirements of the government."

Archbishop Donnellan stressed that any such aid must contain "safeguards against efforts to evade or avoid racial integratiori,'~ ~ '

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Berlioz Te Deum Church Offering

DISCUSS NOMINATIONS: To "Who's Who in High School Dramatics" are CoyleCassidy students Marlene Braga, Peter Stoddard. Charles Cardoza, Susan Castonguay, Paul Castro, Marcia Wrigley, Henry Dion, Pauline Bilodeau, Kevin Bolger, and James Rusconi.

• 'Who's Who Coyle-Cass;idy Players In Thirteen students at CoyleCassidy 'High School were informed this week of their appointment to the nationally circulated "Who's Who in High School Dramatics." The group was selected from the more than 100 students who presented the

musical "Oliver!" at the school in March. ' Named were Paul Castro, '75; Edward Priest, '72; Susan Castonguay. '74; Charles Cardoza, '72; Peter Stoddard, '72; Kevin Bolger, '72; Rebecca Turner, '72.

Also; Marcia Wrigley, '72;

Rabbi Commen.ts on America's New Religion •• Pro Football NEW YORK (NC) - Professional football has become America's new religion, said a guest editor for a special sports issue of the Christian Century, and, with tongue firmly in cheek, proceeded to prove his point.

"The players, both rookies (novices) and veterans (ordained clergy), often train in secluded areas like Redskin Park, Va,. (monasteries)," wrote Rabbi A. James Rudin, assistant director of the interreligious affairs department of the American Jewish Committee here. ' "The coaches (the hierarchy) demand total commitment from their charges, including .. abstinence from alcoholic beverages.

Pro football has its distinctive uniform (religious garb) and its weekly ritual of emotional and violent confrontation with the opposing team (sin)."

Zeal of Martyrs He pointed out that it has hordes of "devout followers who witness a1'l;d par,ticipate in these rituals' by,:invoking. tniditional and halloWed' chants. It is not umi~ual for,' these' pilgrims to travel hundreds of miles to wit" ness a game, sometimes braving . the bitter cold with the zeal and ardor of ancient martyrs."

The rabbi also noted that in the performance of their appointed acts,. the players "intone mysterious incantations and employ a specialized nomenclature that few laymen can compre-, hend.

"Commentators give explana. Hens· that sometimes 'obscure"

and distor;t simple truths - a problem, alas, common to all religious systems," . Moreover, the new religion of pro football has evolved its own "theology," according to the rabbi. "Instead of salvation and redemption, the goal is now collective victory; for Vince Lombardi has taught us all that "winning isn't everything, it's the only thing," Nixon 'Quarterback' Whereas once religion supplied governments with "the language of statecraft"-how: many 'crusades for good government' have there been in American life"pro football now supplies the metaphors," the rabbi observed, citing President Nixon's "economic game plan," ' The, President's own dedication, to the new religion, said Rabbi Rudin, is reflected in his "visiting the practice session' of his. favor,ite team, by watching two games at onc~ on TV, by making telephone calls to locker rooms offering presidential praise and/o~ cons,olatiori; arid by suggesting special plays to a coach," And' if ,this isn't convincing . enough evidence, the rabbi offers the clincher: President Nixon's code name within Secret Service is "Quarterback."

The special sports issue of the usually sedate ecclesiastical journal wa!i timed to appear the week Big League baseball season opened-or would have opened, if it had not been for the strike ·of major league players.

Harry Dion, '73; Marlene Braga, '72; Kerry Sullivan, '74, and James Rusconi, '75.

Details of the background of the students and their families, portraits and a listing of dramatic experience are alphabetically arranged in· the volume, whi'ch 'may be found in' many libraries.

The student theatre at CoyleCassidy is directed by Brother Gerald Robbins, C.S.C. The group has begun work 0Ilt a May presentation of. Robert Ander· son's "I Never Sang for My Father," This play, presented without scenery or elaborate sets, will have a student director and student producer, Paul Cas-. tro and Kevin Bolger. It is slated for the weekend of May 18, 19 and 20 in the school cafeteria.

Suggests Force DETROIT (NC)-At the 10th annual meeting of the American Association of Planned Parenthood Physicians' held here, the president of the asSociation said governments may have to use force to control the world's population growth if voluntary use of birth control fails. Dr. Donald Minkler said mandatory sterilization ora tax system to reward small families and penalize large families may have to be the future route for governments.

Priest Criticizes Casual Catholics GREEN BAY (NC)-A pastor here has an idea that he thinks will help the f'inancial difficulties of parishes by forcing Catholics to be active parish supporers. ·Father John Feeney, a pastor in De Pere, Wisc., suggests that "non-observant" Catholicsthose who decline to register in their parish, or support it, or meet with a parish committee to go over that problem - be declared non-parishioners with no parochial rights.

Such persons would, however, . have the right to appeal their case to the diocesan pastoral council, priests' senate ,or personnel committee.

The pastor said he has in mind the casual Catholic who "walks in off the. street" to' request a baptism, marriage, buriaI or school enrollment wi1thout ever relating to his parish in any other way.'

It is spiritually and psychologically destruotive to permit in· dividuals to use the church-for baptisms, weddings, respectability, Confirmation - for basically selfish motives without getting involved or being committed, said Father Feeney.

A committee of the Green Bay diocese's vicariate wiH study the priest's idea.

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By Jo~eph and Marilyn, Roderick' , Of "all the ways to buy roses, px:obably the' ,most convenient is' the potted rose. These come in containers, prepotted so that they are growing when you get them and, merely need transferring from the 'pot to the garden for : quick growth. Thi~ method of buying' is naturally more The aforementioned blonde was , lovely and feminine, with a face expensive, than buying dry framing' hair-do ,and wearing a root rose's, but it dO,es ensure striking, black, ~md, red high a quick and healthy', start for your, pla,nts. ' Ordinar,ily I buy Il1Y roses diredly.' from Qne 'of.,the large «aJal?g )~ouses, 'but this year on " the spur of tiJ.,e'moment I picked up five new j>lantsto replace some of those lost, over tlie past few years when we added an ex,tension to the house. These are about tei get planted and have ,good buds ,ontIjem now. -Planting is' a simple procedure and takes no more tlian' 10 or 15 minutes.

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fashion outfit. On my left was an equally attractive brounette dressed 'in the height of fashion, and on, her left, a slender and stunning, fashion m~del from Spain. ,The. other women were equally"fe,minine and attractive; but all concluded that these re~ marks' were the best wrap-up of a cas~ for women's rights that they h~4 heard. Girls should. be a,ilowed the .same opportunities' and freedom of choice that boys ' 'enjoy. ,; ," _

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One of the other. women addJust as with any pre-grown or ed that if marriage is' a' girl's potted plant, precautions have decision, combined with a 'career, ' to be tl,lken not' to, 'disturb the or as a; career in itself~ then this ball of soil in which the plant is is just· great hut 'tilat girls' grown. 'There is obviously no shouldn't be forced by society sense, in, buying a . pre-planted to feel ;that marriage is the only rose and then u'nnecessarily dis- way for a woman to' spend her turbing the soil in which it has adult years. been rooted.

- T h e subject: continued' with , I u~uallycut away the pot, equally interesting comments which is either tar paper or some ,andconduded with the feeling form- of piastic, and then lift 'that while such changes in. attithe whole baH into the hole tudes will be a long time coming, which I have dug for the purpose. there 'is a 'good, possibility that One way to help the ball of soil our daughters will enjoy this, keep solid is to water the pack- freedom and that those who do age lightly but thoroughly, choose to remain in 'the, ~itchen prior :to moving it, so that it is will d~ so because :they find it relatively firm in the container. the mo~t fascinating place to be.

Whatever way you decide to Still on the lockout for tasty buy your roses, there are few 'meals that take more planning plants which add more to a gar- than cooking I came across this den in the hot summer months. haIt hour main' dish that can be With proper care, they are one· r partially prepared" the night beof the most rewarding flowers . fore and then finished, up in a to grow al)d they are worth the mere half hour after your work- , effort and work involved. ing day: This brought raves from .~ , the better half (I hope' the wo· In the Kitchen men .libbers forgive me for that ' "I'd like to see little girls last remark!).

SpeedYPllella ' ; brought up with the same opportunities that we offer boys," 2 Tablespoons .vegeta,ble oil stated ,the attractive' blonde woman sitting on my left at the 'is cu'p chopped onion ' luncheon table. She went on to 1 package ,chicken flavored mix (not prE:cooked) ask why it is that when little girls ask, what' they're going to 4 chicken breasts (baked the be when they grow up that they' previouseve~ing until al~ are invariably told f.irst of all most done) wives and mothers,' yet little can steamed clams in the shell boys have all sorts, of careers 2 cups frozen peas dangled ,before them from the moment they decide' that they 2 whole, pimentos, sliced 1) Heat oil in skillet and saute want to be an astronaut or a fireman. onions until almost soft. Add . "Why is it that we don't offer chicken breasts (these are aiour little girls the same choice ready cooked) , 2) Add, rice miX with seasonwe offer boys? My idea of wom-, en's lib is to have both sexes ing to skillet. ' 3) Measure liquid from clams grow, up with freedom of choice as to how they want to live their into a 2 cup measure; add water lives," she concluded:' if. necessary, to equal' the 2% By this time the other eight cup of liquid called for on the or so women at the table were packaged rice-mix laber. Reserve leaning closer to hear her state- dams. ments and nodding the'ir heads ' 4) " Add clam liquid "to rice: in mute agreement. Women lib- stir, ge~tJy to mix;, add peas, bers all, at least on the above- bring to boiling; 'lower heat and mentioned points. However, any-, " cover, Simm,er 20 minutes. ' 5) Add cla~s and pimentos; one who has a preconceived 'pic-" ture of what those inagree-;, simmer 5 minutes Longer. Serve • ment with some form of wom- directly from the skillet., en's lib should look like would Served with a tossed green have to ~hink twic~. salad.

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ST. MARY, SOUTH DARDlOUTH Mrs., Kevin :Jugan is ticket chairman for the annual Women's Guild Communion breakfast to ,be held Sunda.y" May 21 in the parish center, following 9· o~clock 'Mass. ' A <:ont~st is being held to "design an emblem for the cover of a, guild yearbook. The winner receive a life membership to . the organization. , .A "Spring Fling" dance wiil take, place. Saturday night, May 27. Tickets 'are available from Mrs. George O'Brien and members of her ticket committee. . 'nte' May guild, meeting' 'has been 'can~elled ani! the next reg· ular 'm~eiing is slated for Tuesday, June 13. ' " ST. MICHAEL, OCEAN GROVE A day of recollection for parishioners and friends wHl be sponsored by the parish beginning at 1:30 Sunday afternoon, ST. ANNE, April 30. Discusssions, reports FALL RIVER The annual parish bazaar ,will and talks wHr be on the program and the day will close at take place this weekend, with 6 P.M. with a concelebrated hours from 7 to ,10 tomorrow Mass, followed by a free buffet night, from 1 to 10 on Saturday supper for those attending the and from 2 to 10 on Sunday. entire day. The meal will' be Chowder and clamcakes will be served in the church hall by served on Friday, franks and me~bers of the Catholic Wom- 'beans on Saturday and oldan's Club. fashioned meat pie on Sunday. , Admission to the event is free The Riverside Club will spon~ sor a dance at 6:30 Friday night, and features will include games, , April 21 at K of C Hall,Swan. prizes and !1llirge white elephant . " , . booth. ' sea. . ," , , ' A fashion show will be preBingo is played in ,the school sented Thursday, April 27 by the recreation hall every Wednesday parish P-TA. At this time a nom- night from 7 to 10. i~~ting committee will present The parish CYO meets at 7:30 a slate' of officers for the next every Thursday night,_il,lso in the club year. hall. .

In observance of the parish's A bus to'ur to benefit the par· 50th anniversary, school chilren ish school will begin at 6 P.M. will wear decorative pins im~ Friday, May 5 and will carry pr'nted with a slog51n suggested passengers to a Boston Red Soxby seyenth grader Dianne Rous- Minnesota Twins game at Fensel. ' way Park. For tickets and ,furHOLY NAME, ther information, Maurice Fran-·' FALL RIVER coeur may be contacted at teleli'all River, District of, the ,phone 674-2411.

Diocesan Council of Catholic St. Anne's Fraternity memo Women will meet at 7:45 tonight 'bers will attend a Communion in the church for Mass. A meet- breakfast at the Fraternity Hall ing will follow in the school. following 8 o'clock Mass Sunday.

ST. GEORGE, morning, May 14. Judge Milton WESTPORT ,Silva will speak: Tickets are The Holy Name Society will available from E. Chouinard. ' , sponsor weekly bingo' games at Appointments to commissions 7:30 each Wednesday night in set up by the parish boad of edthe school 'hall on Route 188. An', ucation include Bernard G. Theearly bird session will start at 7 roux, chairman of the school o'clock. Tickets will be available commission; H. Leon Gauthier, at the door and free coffee will COD; Normand H. Boule, adult be served. . education. '.

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ENDORSED: 'Overjoyed with the good word from Democratic ;"'headquarters that the party 'had endorsed him to run for state senator, Rev. Joseph 'D. Dorsey is believed to be the first Roman Catholic clergyman, to run for the New YOt:'klegislature.

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()perating 'Deficit NEW YORK (N'C)";"The archdi oeese of New York had an operating deficit of, $1.6 million "11 the f.iscal year ending Aug, 31, !!l7l, according to a report issued here. ' The deficit amounts to slightly less than $1 for each of the 1.8 mili-Ion Catholics' in the arch,diocese. , The report, the second issued in the history of the archdiocese, is more detailed than the previous f.inancial report released in June, 1969. Unlike the earlier r€port, it includes figures on parish assets, income and expenditures as well as those of the central archdiocesan administration.

Still omitted from the ,report, which conforms to the format recommended by Church authorW,es for a "consolidated" diocesan report" are the hospitals, schOols, colleges and other institutions which belong to religious orders and are not' properly a part of the diocesan structure.

The report was modeled on recom'mendations in, the manual of "Diocesan Accounting and Finimcial Reporting" prepared by Ii committee / of the NatJonal Conference of Catholic Bishops which was chaired' by Cardinal Terence Cooke of New York.

Of the 408 parishes covered in the report, 170 operated at Ii d€,ficit. TQtal expenditures by the pmishes during the year amounted. to $95.8 million:-4l.1 million more thanparishdncome. . The' 1969.. 'report, 'limited to archdiocesan central offices reported a deficit of $1.2 million for 1968. '

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Missions A,ided 69, N,ations

'NEW' YORK (NC)~The CathoLe Medical Mission Board repc-rted,at itsan~ual~eeting here that it sent $8,080,312 worth of m,~dicines to 2,590 missions in 69 foreign nations during'1971.

It accomplished this, said the board, despite a sharp reduction in pha'rmaceutical, company donations caused by revised federal tu laws on corporate gift-giving.

OUR LADY, OF ANGELS, ._FALL RIVER -' ' The Council of Catholic Women will hold a- dance at 7:30 Saturday night, April 29 in the parish hall, with music by Al Jardin.

'Fhe annual blessing of cars is 'scheduled for 1 Suriday afternoon,May 14, in the church parking lot. , ,The Summer· 'schedule of Masses will go into effect Sunday, ' May, 21, with Saturday Masses at 4 P.M. and 5:15 P.M. and Sunday Maseses at 7 A.M. (Portuguese) and 8 through 12 rioon in E~glish.

ST.'JOSEPH, ATILEBORO Members of the parish ,scouting troop' ,will participat~ in the Anawan Council Scout-A-Rama s'chedule4 'for this, weekend at th~ Rehoboth Fair 9rounds.

The affair will be open to the public on Friday evening, April 21 and all day Saturday, ,April 22.

The Young Couples Club will meet on Saturday evening, April , 22.

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At the same time, the mystesystems which came into rious phrase of St. Paul that being-with the single ex- "Christ, being lifted up, will draw all things to him" suggests the direction of our planetary development. The human nature God chose to share and the earthly arena of his pilgrimage are not shadows or mirages.

They are the place where man's dignity and unity are to be realized in time as well as eternity.

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BuDding the ~ingdom It is not nonsense to abolish slavery as an institution. Samuel ception of the Moslem faith-between about 5000 B.C. and the Wilberforce and his supporters birth of Christ tended to give two centuries ago were also man the same counsel about the building the kingdom. It is not way in which he ought to live. juggling with shadows to abolish Invariably he is told to be loving, colonialism. It is laying the and truthful, and to try to root foundation for a more human' out the greed and rapacities and Godlike world.

It .is not playing with politics which cloud and clog his soul and make human beings worse to try to build up the United than beasts in the inability to Nations, to secure a worldwide tolerate and support' each other. system of sharing for aid' and But the problem about this development, to equalize the baruniversal ethical witness is two- rier between rich and poor, to fold. One is that it can be prac- fight for principles of justice tised by' simply abandoning and generosity between rich men planet earth to greedy and vio- and nations. All these acts of reform and equity are part of lent men anel practising virtue with one's back turned to daily God's will for the liberation of a planet which can come to be needs and realities. This makes called his Kingdom. They are, as nonsense of the idea that any'the Synodal document plit it, esthing significant is going on at se'1tial parts of "the preaching of this time on t:'lis planet. It is perthe Gospel" and of our role as fectly compatible .with inaction sharers in the witness of the in the face of gross injustice, Easter miracle. Those who are violence and misery.. peacemakers in this deepest sense are in deed and spirit the PlaygroWld of Sh~dows children of God. This globe is simply .an illuIt is useless to pretend that sion. As such, its evils can be we can understand the mystery disregarded. Virtue i~ sought, as of so large a purpose attached it were, privately. The public to so small a planet. life of the ea::th is' a dream or a But at least we can grasp our nightmare. It offers no "ascending path." It offers nothing but a 'obligation not to turn away from the task of building the planplayground of shadows..

From this attitude" flows the etary' !{ingdom, either out of second problem. If nothingmat~ , frivolity or out. of despair'. This ters, why has anything happened is the Christian and human task in . the first place? If we are that comforts us. Our guarantee shadows, of what are we the re~ of its relevance is, precisely, the flection? If we are nothing, why Easter victory over death, not do we have the illusion'of life? .simply physical death but the If nothing awaits uS,are even. .death of love, the death of comgoodness and truth anything passion, the death of our hunger more than nothing? If the.billenia and thirst for justice, the death of evolution· and the cosmic 'in- of commitment and courage, finity of the galaxies have no above all, the death of hope. . meaning,' neither have ·we. ·...Let us eat, drink, be merry, for to, Approve Released '. morrow we die."

The central Christian affirma, . Time Amendment tion is that man's ascending MILWAUKEE (NC)-Wisc~n­ .path is no illusion. From chem- sin voters have approved by a ical to organic life, from organic . margin of less than' one per cent to sensitive, from sensitive to' a state constitutional amendment self<onsciousness and rational allowing public school, chiidren life, man's capacities evolve to use school hours for outside towards a higher stage and the religious instruction.

Th" I d 'f" d creativity stage reached in the e re ease Ime. amen last millenia of life is the life that goes beyond nature and . ment squeaked. ~y. WIth 50.3 shares in the freedom and creat- .per cent approvmg an~ 49.6 per tivity of God. Himself. .cent opposed. The fmal vote Christ as the Son of Man and count was 562,462 to 554,369.. the first-born of a new humanity' Of three other a'mendments is the sole guarantor that this voters were asked to decide on, possibility of Godliness is open another was also .,' a Churchto man in the next stage 'Of his related matter: To allow civil, ,ascent. The Resurrection is the charitable and church groups the earthly symbol of a .life that use of pilblic school buildings for transcends rational life as .com- a' fee after schopl hours. It pletely as rational life transcends passed easily 822,861 to 278,482.

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ATLANTA (NC)-A disagree- he wanted "to avoid conf.Iict ment over a theological study with the synod's teachings on the of the priesthood unexpectedly . priesthood." took center stage at a session .of Cardinal Carberry did not dethe National Conference of Cath- scribe the conflict,· but' later olic Bishops here.

Archbishop Leo Byrne of St. At 'the same session, the bish- Paul-Minneapolis said that the ops agreed to a reorganization study differed from the synod's of the U. S. Catholic Conference, reaffirmation of celibacy. their action agency, designed to Archbishop Philip Hannan of end deficit spending and save New Orleans, chairman of a comabout $1 million in annual oper- mittee dealing with the overall ating costs. The plan would study, said that his committee phase out some agencies, merge wanted the theological study others, and make a series of published so that it would be other structural changes. avaHable to persons who wish to give "input" to his committee.

Earlier~ Cardinal John CarBishop James Malone of berry of St. Louis. complained that Jesuit Father Carl J. Arm- Youngstown, Ohio, agreed and bruster's theological study-part said that the document could of an overall study of the priest- be published as "a" study of the hood commissioned by the bish- , priesthood, but not "the" study. ops-"differs with" the world Cardinal Carberry said that if Synod of Bishops held in Rome the document was published by last Fall. Cardinal Carberry said the bishops in any form "it

would be hard to disassociate ourselves from it."

After extended discussion,Cardinal John Krol of Philadelphia, NCCB president, said that the administrative committee would decide whether to publish the study. It has already decided to publish the psychological and sociological studies.

Archbishop Hannan told the bishops that his committee would consult priests and "all elements of the People of God" before making a final report.

Because of this, the archbishop said, he did not know if the report would be finished by November as planned.

The Bishops agreed to rename the committee the Ad Hoc Committee on the Priestly Life and Ministry. It had been called the Ad Hoc Committe on .the Implementation of the Bishops' Study on the Priesthood.

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CHRIST IS LIKE THE SUN: He is the center of , Spirituality. Thus, the Christian is faced with the perennial search for the answer to Jesus' direct question:. "Who. do you say that I am?"

In every age, the Christian is with simple answers. We Hke offered a significant clue to his things settled; we are happiest values, his beliefs" and his per- when not caught off· guard; Thus sonal identity. The due is reveal- the question of 'esus, asking us ed by his response to the peren- to proDe for a difficult answer, nialand itchiQg question first is really not our kind of quesput by Jesus to Peter. It is 'an tion. It is radical. H is unsettling. abrl1pt ,and jarring question for It is complex. An21~when,we,.ten­ some. For others it is unwanted. tatively begin to Jrespon~ with N~vertheless, for all those who , the depth' ,and 'integrity the would call themselves Christians, questiori demands, we are forced it 'isthe primary", questipn. to ,the admission: '!You ..are nQt. "V'ho," a~ks the Lord" "~o YOU what we expected. You are not 'safe. You are not' comfortable." ~~!llHa _ _ ,'" For .when, we read the gospels; when' we' search to 'discover' him' By in others; and perhaps, most' obviously when we 'look int~ our, own hearts, .we fin.d that h,e'is inSR. MARJE deed, as St.,Paulsaid,-a' stumbling block, a scancliil, ,8 sign ,of" HARRIS, CSJ 'contradiction: ' When he speak;; 'of himself, in answer to John the Baptist, for example, his response is puzzling. say that I am?"

He does not answer,John',s "Are Notice the you. No opp'ortu. ,you the one who is to come?" nity to cite the books, the au- by saying "yes" or "no."Jnstead, thorities, the theologians. No op: he does to John "{h,at. he does portunity to be right, to be safe. to us. He gives 'Us back the quesUltimately, each man and woman tion with the mysterious comis put in Peter's highly personal ment, "It is you :who must,deposition. After the 'generalized cide. But notice: the lame walk, and secure posture of quoting the deaf hear ,the poor have the what others say (Remember: the gospel:'preac~ed t9 them." prior question Jesus put in the ,In no sense doe,s he go about eighth chapter, of Mark's gospel distributing answers to the probwas "Who do men say that I lems, settling controversies, :mak~ am?") we find that the question , ing things neat and pat and all ' remains and Jesus,' patiently of a piece. Instead!, he lives a looking us straight in the eye. human life. He dies' a human "Who do you say that I am?" death. And then;' he shatters ,all , Complex 'Question' categories: by rising fro.m, the Most of us prefer questions -:rum to Page Nin~tee~ , ,

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After his first day of successful preaching, "very early the next morning, long before daylight, Jesus got up and left the house. He well't out of town to a lonely place, where he prayed" (Mark 1,35). "Crowds of people came to hear him and he healed them' from their diseases. But he WoUld go away to lonely places, wh¢re he prClyecr', (Luke· 5,16). , Before' the great sermon and the choice of his disciples, "Jesus went up a hill to pray, and spent , the whole night there praying to 'God" (Luke 5.1). .

Before the great sermon and d:,e choice of his disciples, "Jesus went up a hill to pray, and spent tt:,e whole nlight there praying to God" (Luke 6,12). And the night before he died, he prayed alone in the garden for strength.

His praying was 'not done with much show. That is why he could· so devastatingly crHicize those "who take advantage of widows and rob them of their homes, while making' a show of sa.ying long prayers~' (Luke 20,47). Or why he could criticize those who "love to pray in the meeting houses and on the street corners so 'that' everybody will see them" (Matthew 6.5). Or those who "think God will hear th em because ,of ,the length of their prayers" (Matthew 6,7).'

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perience the fact that Christ is with' us. He is here. Our life of· prayer is a life in him. ,"The secret is this: Christ is in you': Colossians 1,27). "Since' you

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The mail brings a letter, like first he resisted these, pleas, this every now and then., These ,judging for several soupdpasrequests do \not come frequently toral reasons that it would be but the intensity of ,f~ling ex- unwise, ,p~rn~ps', h~rm~ul to the p~essed within them; makes it , liturgical reneyval 10 hiS church. that some ,people" out in the Recently, however, he yielded to clear I' those petitions and now, onc~ ,a lltf&:mlmnwtwm~'mum'3 .month at' tne '11 o'clock Ma~s"Qn Sunday, cel~brates ll: ~atinMass.

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John's nevertheless, is ' neither FR. JOSEPH M. the "old fashioned Mass~' nor a CHAMPLIN purely Latin one. He 'follows the reformed order of Mass approved

by Pope Paul VI in April. 1969. ~_~l'%m:i) 'Moreover, the monthly liturgy pews find the !lew,vernacular more' property could be termed liturgy unsatisfactory and yea~n ' a mini-Latin Mass since substanfor the way things used to be 10 tial parts of it are in English.

The choir sings in Latin' the the past.

Monsignor Charles 'Koster, Kyrie; Gloria, Credo, Agnus Dei ' , pastor of St. John's parish in ' plus other hymns and cei'tain re- ' center city Indianapolis and chief sponses. Msgr. Koster, using officer of the archdiocesan mar· Latin 'chants the orations, Pater to Page Eighteen riage court, se,nsed this pressure

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So even his enemies could wonder whether he and his disciples really believed in prayer: "The disciples of John fast frequently and offer up prayers, but your disciples eat and drink'" (LUke 5,33).

But his, own disciples knew his inner life' and were impressed with it: "(j)ne time, when he was praying in a cel'taih place, when he finish~d one of, hiS disc:iples s~.id to him: 'Lord, teach us to pray, just as~ohn taught his disciples",' (Luke H,l).

As we' try to, live ' Christian lives, we ,too pray: And the secret of successful:prayer for us is to keep, C,hrIst at the center of our prayer. First of all, our life of prayer will, l'est on our faith' in him. Tijat is, we pray beeause we believe that God',s love has come to us, in ,Christ, and has touched tis in him. We Qelieve God listens to us and cares for us, because we have seen how Christ listened to people ~nd cared fqr them. We know the kind of answer God will give us, be-cause we' know the kind of answer Jesus gave those who came to him.

We believe, moreover, that God's ,call to us to come to himself h~s reached us in Chl"ist.

We believ¢ that 'God wants us to be like Christ: ''Those whom God' has already chosen,' he can also set apart to share, the image of hi:; Son" (Rom. 8,29). And so we can pray, "our Father," as Jesus ta'Jght ,us, because he has shown us that God truly is Father. We know this because we believe th at Christ is one of us and is' God's Son. I

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Keep your roots' deep in him, build your lives on, him" (Col. 2,6). . , . "I have been put to death with Christ on his cross, so that it is no longer I who live,' but it is Christ who lives in me. This life that I now live, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave his life for me" '(Gal. 2,19f.). "I ask God ... that Christ will make his home in your hearts, through faith" (Ephesians' 3,16f.).' . , "For what -is life? To me it' is Christ" (Phil. 1,21). "Christ is all! " .Turn to Page Nineteen

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sacramentaHty (,f daily life that the' question' about Chr~st's rol.e ,becom'es very real. 'Many a rebgion ,tea~her, parent, and priest has anguished over this question when pressed by hi~ students or by the inner logic of the new recognition of human values. If, as one hears so often, "The glory of God ,is man fully alive," then what does Christ's life or teaching or Church' have to offer to " what, can be learned from life experienced more fully in all its By human dimensions?

The sentiments of the Jesus FR. CARL J. Freak are shared by a growing number of young people who PFEIFER, S.J. have gone the route of living life to the ftill, who have explored every available avenue of h!Jman experience, and found neitht:!r the Recent developments in the glory of God nor of man. DisilluChurch' have so highlighted the' sioned after a search for meanvalue of human experience, the 'ing 'in . e~periments with love, dignity and potential of man, the . " Turn to Page Seventeen ' ' "What, difference' does 'Christ make anyway?"

"He's where it's at, man! Turn on to Jesus!"

Curious isn't it? The first question reflects a widely shared concern of, religious educators, both Catholic and' Protestant, while the answer is that of a "Jesus Freak." .

Comments on Survey of Prjesthood Andrew M. Greeley's cessors" - a perfectly natural Priests in the United States state of affairs.

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95) is his <:ommentary on the study of the American Catholic priesthood which the National Conference of Catholic Bishops commissioned the National Opinion Research Center to do.

Each chapter in the book has three sections. The first presents, in capsule form, the study's findings on a particular silbject (e.g., the morale of the clergy).

The second consists of Father Greeley's own ideas as to "the causes, implications, and likely future effects" of the findings.

The third comprises his recommendations of action to be taken.

"If there is any fundamental theme to hold together the reflections of ~his book," he says, "it is that the Catholic priesthood in the United States has many strong, positive assets but also some critical problems .. which, if they are not resolved, make the long-run prospects for the priesthood look rather bleak."

Experience 'in Family Much of what the survey established by its scientific sampling contradicts prevalent impressions. For example, widespread credence has ·been given to the view that pries~s are likely to have passive-dependent personalities. The study showed .that there is no evidence to support this assertion.

Again, it has been popular to' blame the seminaries for prob.lems in ~hE: priesthood.' B.ut the study discovered that they are not principally responsible. The root is to be found in the family background much more than in the seminary.

Indeed, one of the niost significant featw'es of the study is what it. indicates concerning the relationship of experience in the family to a priest's religious ex- . perience, his job satisfaction, his self-rating, and the possibility of his resigning.

Generation Slope The seminary, then, has been made the scapegoat, unrealistically and. unjustly. And, according to Father Greeley, the radical change wrought in seminaries has been helter-skelter and amounts to disaster. Reform of the seminary as he knew it (some 20 years ago, was necessary. But he is scathing on the "frenzy of activity with ever increasing confusion."

The study also made clear that "there are no appreciable differences between priests and people .of their own age category on measures 01' self-actualization."

This rebuts the contention that priests are less mature or emotionally less developed than their contemporaries among the laity.

They are not self-belittling and self-pitying, but have a wholesome recognition of self-worth.

Greatest Satisfactions There is among priests little of that "loss of faith" so loosely alleged. Nor is there in the clergy a generation gap, but, rather, what Father Greeley calls a generation slope "with each successively younger age cohort being more 'modern' than its prede-

they had it to do. all over again.

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used even a great deal. Although there are loud cries for freedom, the real need is for a stiffer challenge.

Authority is often said to be a principal problem in the priesthood. But the actual pr,hlem centers in the way in which authority is ued: Only tiny minorities of priests in parish work find their relationships with their colleagues poor. But consultation and consensus are seen as essential not only to morale but also to the proper working of legitimate authority in the Church.

It is the rare exception.

The greatest satisfactions for priests, it was learned, are,. in order, administration of sacraments and liturgy, working with people, and· being part of a community of Christians. Priests who have resigned said "they found less reward in precisely those things which most active priests find rewarding."

Celibacy Valued Loneliness is frequently cited as common in the priesthood. It came third on the list of problems cited by the, priests' surveyed, and it is the strongest" predictor of resignation from 'the priesthood. But the survey shows that most priests are not lonely.

Loneliness does relate to celibacy. Priests who have resigned mentioned their loneliness, and four out of five of them have married. They make a good initial adjustment to marriage.

"However, with each added year since resignation, the marital adjustment balance score goes down."

Among active priests, celibacy is highly' valued. "The overwhelming majority, even among the younger ones, see it as an advantage to them in their work." However, 37 per cent of diocesan priests strongly agree that celibacy should be a matter of personal choice. Two-thirds of the priests expect a change in the law in this respect. Only 22 per cent say that they would marry if free to do so.

Vocational Recruitment Frequently in the book, Father Greeley. remarks on the change from obligatory religion in an immigrant culture, to personal responsibility, in a post-immigrant culture, the toll which this change takes, and the needs which it poses. If a person is not ready for the change, a whole series of crises is precipitated, and he sees this happening in the priesthood (for example, in the matter of prayer).

As to the future, Father Greeley believes the chief difficulty is not going to be that of resig-

nation from the priesthood (which will continue), but in the failure of recruitment. Vocational recruitment has all but collapsed, and this because priests are no longer pursuing it as they did only recently. The reason is not their disillusionment in' the priesthood, but their uncertainty as to what the priesthood will be like a few years from now.

Factual Data "In the final analysis," he says, "the only solution to the vocation. problem is dedicated, joyous, enthusiastic priests who know what they believe and who are not afraid to speak their faith with clarity and conviction.

They are' also not afraid to lead lives of hop'e, generosity, and trust."

The value of this book is pri-' marily in its presentation of fac. tual data on the American priesthood. There has been so much sloppy surmise, so much irresponsibleand even sensational guesswork, so much wild generalizing from a few cases, that a very pessimistic picture strongly publicized, has enjoyed all too much credence. But here we have the yield of scientific inquiry, and it offers a strikingly different picture.

Father Greeley's interpretations and recommendations deserve respect, if they will not command uniyersal agreement.

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VOCATIONS' CAMPAIGN: ln keeping with Pope Paul VI's designation of April 23 as World Day of Prayer for Vocations, Father Bede Ferrara, O.F.M. Vocation Director from Mt. Vernon, N.Y., shows Father John Bavaro, O.F.M. , his former altar boy and now Assistant Vocation Director, ~he modern posters and displays for the World Day of Prayer for vocations. NC Photo.

Turning. ,to Christ Continued from' Page Sixteen fixed on heavenly things, Chris- demanded more than just human drugs, 33X, 'community living, tians tend today ~o direct their -encounter. So from turning on travel, and protest they find new attention to God's presence in with drugs, many a youth has meaning in life through Jesus. A ' human experience and the phe- turned on to Jesus because experience has led him to realize that poster pasted to a store window nomena of the physical world. it takes more than just human in Washington' sums up their Overreaction experience and wisdom to beconviction: "Turn on to Jesus," while a note scrawled on a torn Often the question suggests a come fully human, fully alive. biIlbqard in New York gives the naive optimism about man and They know from painful experireason: "Jesus saves." . . his world: an overreaction to the ence that "Jesus saves."

Life Means Christ c.enturies of stress on the dangers of the world and depravity Christ's Role Today Balancing the two tendencies of human nature. Yet it points in of naive optimism about man The anxious, academic, prob- the necessary direction: unless and his powers of self fulfillment ing question of the religious edu- Christ is found in life, in human and an equally native optimism cators about the role of Christ in experience, he wiII not be found of a simplistic faith in Jesus, we today's world is anwered by the by many in today's culture. Un- find an approach to Jesus that firm, -emotional, unqestioning af- less his' presence affects the looks for his presence in human firmation of the Jesus freaks quality of human life, knowing experience while recognizing that Christ in fact makes all the him will rightly be judged irrele- that he alone holds the key to difference in the world.' Juxta- vant. what it means to be fully human. posing ,the question and answer To discover Christ the Christian The Jesus freak's answer in this way-while. risking the must genuinely try to live life possibility of caricaturing both arises out of the context of a creatively and sensitively to exyou!1g person's exploration of the religious educator and the perience the goodness and beauty Jesus freak-ean' focus attention what life seemed to promise. The of human nature and the created search for fulfillment ended often on a viahle approach to faith in in frustration.

Instead of world, to love life and explore Christ. "peace," "love," "joy," there was experience. Yet to be open to the The intellectual questioning of loneliness, hunger, bad trips. To full potential that life holds, to Christ and his significance in to- be fully alive required more than discover what it really means to day's world is needed to balance just living, to be fully human be human, to be fully alive, he needs to experience Jesus Christ the unqualified experiential affirand the power of his Spirit. St. mation of his saving presence, which in turn is a healthy bal- Alessandrini Named' Paul suggested an insight born of human experience and trust ance to an overly academicapin Christ. "For me," he wrote, proach to both life and Christ. Press Spokesman "life means Christ."

Faith in Christ demands both : VATICAN CITY (NC)~Fred­ You might find several pas, trust rooted iii .experience and ,erico Alessandrini, the Vatican's reasoned discernment of the temporary . press spokesman sages in the Second Vatican meaning and validity of the ex- since July 1970, has been named Council illuminating in terms of faith in Christ tOday. For experience in the light of tradition.' permanently in that post.

It must be lived faith constantly At the same time he is giving ample Church in Modern World, seeking deeper understanding. up the vice-editors.hip of the 10, 22, 38. , ' Further direction is found in Vatican daily newspaper L'Osthe focal point of both the cate-' servatore Romano. Succeeding chist's question and the Jesus him is Father Virgilio Levi, 44freak's answer: namely life, hu- year-old ltaJian priest. Father man experience, man. The very Levi has been administrative question "What difference does chief of the newspaper's editorial ... Cleansers ••• Christ make anyway?" arises staff since 1967. from the newly discovered richAlessandrini, 66, was also 94 TREMONT STREET ness of the human. Instead of chief political commentator of TAUNTON, MASS. fleeing the world, inflicting pain L'Osservatore, which calls itself Tel. 822-0621 on the body, keeping one's eyes a "political-religious daily."

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Situation 1'5 Hopeless:~ ,So Let Us Be Hopef,.I'

f was one of those who was 'asked to sign the recent "message of encouragement" put together by a /group of Catholic scholars from Europe. I declined to. sign the'docu-' ment but said I would write a column when ie'appeared.

There were four reasons . . the man who even in the midst for not signing: of the worst possible situation 1. It was a document of does not cease his efforts. He can theologians. I am not a the- not permit himself the, 'luxury ologian.

2. I have grave reservations about signing such statements both because I am dubious about

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their impact and because when I speak on a subject I prefer my own Jormulations to the formulations of others-if only because I know wl;1at I think better than anyone else does. Hence, I' long ago adopted a policy of not signing such documents.

3. I did not agree with the phraseology of some of the comments on celibacy. .

4. I did not think that the theologians went deeply enough into the roots of our hope, the sources of our encouragement, '. ". and the reasons for our effort.

Lack Effective Leadership Any of- these I think would be good r~ascins for not signing such a statement but none of them indicate fundamental disagreement with the purpose of the document. There are no g~ounds for losing hope and there is no reason tojustify ceasin'g our effort-though there are lots of reasons for thinking that our efforts are not going to be successful.

What distinguishes Christians from others, as G. K. Chesterton , observed so long ago,. is that the more hopeless tile situation the more hopeful is the Christian. , Hope is a virtue only when the situation is hopeless. If the situation' is 'hopeful-as it was at the end of the Vatican Councilthen hope is not an' e~ericse in virtu~; it is .rathe'r an act .of 'simple logic. The- Christian is'

~ardinal· Cicognani

New Callege Dean VATICAN CI1Y (NC)-Pope Paul VI appointed Cardinal Amleto Cicognani, once apostolic delegate in the United States, as dean of the College of Cardinals.

Cardinal Cicognani, 85, sue,ceeds Frenoh Cardinal Eugene Tisserant, who died Feb. 21.

The office of ca,rdinal dean is, today largely ceremonial, al{hough he ranks first among all the cardinal members of the college and on special occasions speaks ~in their name. When a Pope dies, the cardinal dean and . the cardinal chamberlain-presently Cardinal Jean Villot, papal secretary. of state-are the two major administrative officers until the election of a new Pope.

of quitting simply,. because the' situation looks hopeless: When. one looks. at the' candition of the ecclesilistical structure today-the situation' about which the theologians' were mostly concerned--there is no other conclusion than that it is hopeless. We are--desperately' short on effective,' visionary leadership 'and there is. absolutely no reason to think that the situation is going to change.

Black Horhon Only the most naive and simpleminded can see spots of gray on ~he otherwise thoroughly black horizon. It is' not that we have no good lear.lers; we have some, but they are' powerless to halt the blind drift that is going on - now by majority vote - in the church structure. .

What makes matters even worse is that there is little reason to think that the rank and file laity and clergy are capable of the maturity and self-dis~i­ pline to demand that the drift come to a halt. Indeed, I am not sllre how many of them are even able .to respond to the fairly' 'simple and basic djirections for action that the theologians urge.

Hence, there is no end to drift in ' sight.

This means that many of. us are forced to conclude that we will have to spen'd the rest of our lives in an ecclesiastical structure that is almost. totally, without direction and vision. We 'will be "following",-if. that is the word-leaders most of whom we can respect only with ardu- , ous effort. At that point our faith and hope is rl~ally put to the test.

CAMPUS MEETIN(i: Ca.tholic philosophy professors interviewed at random, agreed that there is a growing interest in God by college students. This was a topic of interest to about 300 philosophers gathered in Milwaukee for the ,46th annual meeting of the America.n Catholic Philosophical Association. NC Photo. !• . r: . ';' .... q, •• . ..~

.,'Occasiional Mini-Latin Masses'

Continued from Page Sixteen Milter and preface; he recites (in an audible proclaiming tone) the Ro:nan Canon or Eucharistic PrElyer t' On the other hand, scriptural. readings and the responsorial psalm are done in the 'Vernacular. I The Indiana priest would give a positive~nd negative evaluation to this experiment. Attendance at the 11 A.M. service rises Severe Cri:sis noticeably on the Sundays they 'celebrate' the mixed Does our faith rest on. the wisdom, competence,' and intelli- English-Latin Mass. He hears, gence of· our leaders'? Or does it Coo, on occasion, complimentary rest on the Word of God as re- words from supporters of. thevealed in· Our Lord Jesus Christ? "traditional movement." Such Ooes ,our hope arise from the statistical facts and verbal enpossibility that the E~clesiastical dorsements tend to confirm for structure will be modified, or . him ,the wisdom Of his innovaI does it arise from our conviction tion.

Hut he also has serious reserthat life triumphs over death, good over evil, comedy over 'vations about the step. Active participation of the laity through tragedy?

I have the impression that song and word at this Mass ,is many priests and lay people are minimal. It becomes for the congoing through a sev,ere crisis as gregation a "silent" service of they try to answer those ques- watching and listening, standing, tions. But at least they are the sitting and kneeling. right questions. They put the isDanger sue where' it belongs":""on the. question of God,· not the ques-:, These ~re surely valuable and tion of organizational wisdom.. needed, granted non-vocal, forms If one gives up' and· quits, at C)f community participation. least let the reason. ,~e the right Nevertheless, Msgr. Koster wonone. Let it be that one does not ders if the whole approach may believe the revelation of God in not represent a reg!"ession conJesus. That's a good reason to trary to the teaching of the Holy quit-though'in m:-r judgment a Fathers in this century and to misreading of the Ultimate Situ- the Vatican II liturgy decree. ation. But to quit because many Moreover, he sometimes quesorganizational leaders are not tions the. effectiveness of utterterribly impressive is foolishness. ing words and singing phrases They' never have been. which cannot be understood by

all or at least by most .of the worshipers.

The monthly mini-Latin Mass practice at St. John's can find good support in current official ChuflCh documents. An In"struction on Music fram Rome in 1967, to illustrate~' remarks: "There is nothing to prevent different ·parts in one and the same celebration being sung (or recited we might add) in different languages."

It .also enjoys authoritative approval from.' the American hierarchy through a statement, "Latin in the, Liturgy," issued by the Bishops' Committee on the Liturgy.. The decree, concerned about the majority of Catholics (who, according to reliable surveys; prefer the vernacular), still urges the provision of special worship services tailored to the desires of the smallest number.

It recommends as a compromise solution, consequently, ~hat Latin celebrations be "limited to a few occasions or to one or other Mass in a large church or parish, where the needs of the larger community are otherwise cared for."

Lest the suggestion be interinterpreted as sanction for "quiet" liturgies, the Bishops' Committee immediately adds: "When Mass is celebrated in Latin, it is of the greatest importance that there be no diminution of liturgical participation through responses by the people, . common recitation of prayers and congregational singing. The

use of Latin in the liturgical celebration should never be con· strued as the occasion to employ a. form of Mass contrary to the principles of the Constitution on the ,Liturgy, especiaHy Chapter 1."

At the heart of these di~cus· sions about the externals of our' liturgy-Latin or English, guitar or organ, standing or kneelingis something called faith, a belief that Christ.is present in the Mass. I will discuss this cr,itical issue next week.

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Continued from Page Sixteen Christ is -in all!" (Col. 3,11). "You have died, and your life is hidden with' Christ in God. Your real life is Christ" (Col. 3,3f.).

"For his sake, I have thrown everything away; I consider it all as mere garbage, so that I might gain Christ, and. be completely united with him ... All I want is to know Christ and feel the power. of ,his resurrection; to share in his sufferings, and become like him in his death, in the hope that I myself will be raised from death to life" (Phil. 3,8-10).

Thirdly, our life of prayer goes to God through Christ. "I am the way and the truth and the life.

No one goes to the Father except through me (John 14,6). "If you ask the Father anything in my name, he will give it to you" (John 15,16). "To God be the glory in the Church and in Christ Jesus for all time, forever a~d ever. Amen." (Eph. 3,21).· .

If we let Christ be the center of our lives in these three ways, we can grow in prayer as Chris-

IN THE DIOCESE

By PETER 1. BARTEK Norton Hiih Coach

Schoolboy Nines Commence Season's Title .Campaign . The interscholastic schoolboy. baseball campaign is underway. All clubs within the confines of diocesan territorial limits commence league play this week. For the next eight weeks the teams will battle for league championships and the right to represent their circuit in the One of the biggest upsets recorded during the non-league annual state baseball cham- season was Holy Family's defeat pionship tournament. First of crosstown power New Bedand second place finishers quali- ford. fy for the tourney.

The Blue Wave, generally not During the exhibition season, one of the Narragansett League's including both scrimmages and stronger clubs, shocked Coach non-league encounters, most John Pacheco's New Bedford coaches have been juggling their nine in a high scoring affair 9-8. lineups trying to settle on their The Parochials who got to pitcher starting lineup. Some stunning John Seed often, proved they are upsets have taken place over the capable of scoring runs. If their past few weeks. Whether they pitching comes' through, the can be attributed to experimen- ' . Wave should be in the thick of tation on the part of the coaches the Narry race along, with 80mor changes in team strengths ers~t, Seekonk, and Case High of will be determined shortly.

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HONG KONG (NC) - A 69year-old Italian nun has been made an honorary sergeant by the British army here.

Mother Adollfa, who is celebrating her golden jubilee as a Canossian Daughter of Charity, has been teaching religion classes at the Gun Club Hill Army School tor 22 of her 47 years in Hong Kong. ' Commented one officer: "She should have been promoted to colonel,but sergeant is better. It denotes a more familiar and unconventional relationship as well as hard work and constant service."

While Holy Famliy has shown and Bishop' Connolly High rewell in preseason contests, de- . spectively. fending Narry titlist Seekonk has Barnstable' has dominated the been having its problems. Coach Capeway Conference this schoGeorge Bowers' club has been lastic year with championship BENEFACTOR OF CATHOUC EDUCATION: Ron both up and down during the teams in football, basketball and Stander, heavyweight challenger who faces champion Joe early going. The Warriors will hockey. The Red Raiders enter have to get more consistent the baseball season as solid fa- Frazier in Omaha on May 25 for the world title, a regular pitching in order to retain their vorites to procure another trophy Sunday Mass usher in his parish in Council Bluffs, has championship. emblematic of Conference su- donated his purse from two recent professional bouts to The key to Seekonk's fortune premacy. help struggling Catholic high schools and also gave more apparently is pitcher Ray VenThree Conference games are than $5,000.here and in Elgin, Neb. NC Photo. tura. The hard-throwing senior scheduled for today. Barnstable who has been bothered by a is at Bourne, Dartmouth hosts sore arm most of the Spring has Fairhaven and Dennis-Yarmouth C'e~ter had little work. According to will entertain l;awrence High of Narry observers, Seekonk needs Falmouth. life--the inescapable mystery of Continued from, Page Sixteen ONE STOP a healthy Ventura to repeat.

New Bedford will attempt to dead and flooding'the world with suffering.

SHOPPING CENTER The Narry loop which opened prove that its loss to Holy Fam- 'a hope that refuses to be e~tinThirdly, he is a man who re- ' Tuesday will resume play tomor- ily was. a fluke when Bristol guished. . fuses . to destroy our freedom.

• Television • Grocery row with a full slate of games. County League competition conWhile he will never abandon • Appliances • Furniture God Reveals Himself Holy Family will play at West- tinues tomorrow. The Whalers, us, he will leave us the final de104 Allen St., New' Bedford port, Case will be in Mattapoi- who along with Durfee High of What kind of man is this? cision concerning him. Even 997·9354 sett to take on Old Rochester, Fall River rate as the team to And what is life. ~f lived in union when we wish to refuse, he re.

Somerset and Seekonk will beat in the senior circuit, host with him? If there are not def- minds us that we are responsible travel to Fall River ,for games . crosstown rival New Bedford inite answers, there are at least for ourselves, for our world, and with Diman Regional Vocational Vocational in a 12 noon game. possible directions in which to for one another. He stands in our midst, gently inviting us to search for understanding.

Mansfield Off to Good Start·., in Hockomock come forward, and promising us ..

'In the first place, it is in his 'Joe Lewis' Hilltoppers have , In the' northern sector of the own person that an answer must his own life, death, and resurrecbeen impressive in preseason diocese . Mail~field which had a be found. This is what is meant tion as fideHty. He asks us to play and are expected to '~con­ rriedJocr¢' pr.e~eason has gotten bY,the statement that' God does trust that ultimately all the rules tinue their winning way tornor- oft, to a' flying start in the Hock- not reveal truths: God reveal,S will be fair and that there will row when they ta!1gle.' wi~ omock l:eague. The Green Hor- himself. Christ is somehow the be wonderful surprises: Only in Msgr. Coyle-Bishop Cassidy High' nets under the direction of first revelation, the iluminatiori of the deep and personal encounter in Taunton. ' , year ~oach Paul Dumphy have God; but like any person, he is with the question that takes a The Falmouth National Bank Bishop Stang of Dartmouth won their first two league con- much more than can be said. lifetime to answer can such trust fALMOUTH. MASS. will also be in the Silver City for tests, including a triumph over Thtis the answer to "Who do you become part of us. When, then, By the VlliaRe Green Since 1821 its game with Taunton, while Foxboro, one of the loop favor- say that' I am?" is beyond state- do we say that he is? croSStoWIl rivals Attleboro and ites... ment, beyond discourse, beyond ............ ....

Bishop Feehan meet on the latCoach Dumphy was quoted as the verbal. It lies 1n the realm of ter's field to round out Friday's saying that "On any given day mystery and prayer. docket. :Jackie Auld could beat any team Secondly, he is a man found in in this league. . .. He's got tlle failure, loss and suffering. A INC. Insights Into Faith potential to be one of the best Christ who wins, who triumphs, in the league."

Auld, a junior who is right, would be so much NEW YORK (NC)-"New Insights Into Faith" will be dis- startig his third season of var- more manageable . He could be cussed by Sulpician Father Mel- sity competition, proved that recognized. He could be fitted in.

But he would not be the Christ of vin Farrell on Guideline, an NBC against Foxboro.

Mansfield will take on North the gospels. The Jesus that radio program, in April.

Father Farrell, rector· of St. Attleboro in its next loop outing Christians proclaim as Lord was Patrick's Seminary, Menlo Park, Friday. The surprising Hornets arrested, condemned, and exe· Calif., wi:l discuss "New Insights are scheduled to meet league cuted outside the walls of his Into Our Ancient Faith" April favorite Franklin for the first own 'city. To believe in a Jesus 23,and ",Faith in Action:' the time on May 1, the final game who was not crucified is to re~ 363 SECON D ST. FALL RIVER, MASS. fuse to come to grips with the Meaning of the Church," April in the first half of the schedule. mystery at the heart of human ~~w • • • ww.w • • ww • • • • ¥ww¥ www.ww ww • • ~~.

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Theologian .' BRUSSELS (NC) - Father Jo- him from the country, Brazilian· . seph Camblin, a Belgian theolo- ,police . took all his. notes and . gian who lived in Brazil for 14 . books, questioned him for two years; was arrested when he re- hours . about revolutionary turned to Rlecife, Brazil, 'froln' a groups, and then· forced him to vacation in Europe. . return to Lisbon with the plane .

Armed with a decree banning on which he had arrived.

Father Comblinwas teaching at tl:,e Theological Institute of .Redfe and was a close associate of Archbishop Helder Camara of Olinda and Recife, a leading progressive Brazilian churchman and the frequent target of at-

tiicks by right-wing factions.

In an·interview with the Brussels daily De Standaard after the incident, Father Comblin said that the only.grounds the police gave for his expulsion was a letter he had writ.ten in. Decem-

ber to another. 'progressive Brazilian, Bishop A~tonino Frag9so .

Although t!)e letter contained nothing subversive, the very fact that the two were on friendly terms seemed enough reason for tpe police to act, the priest said.

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88" Sofa with Matching Chair • Two 66" Love Seats 88" Sofa and Three Tables· (Cocktail and 2 End)

~$499 Yes, you car do your own "thing" with this Mediterranean grouping of timeless elegance. Luxurious wrapped arm sofas. ch'airs and lo,c seats in poly-dacron foam master. fully tailored in glove soft Italian vinyl in either black or avocado. The complete grouping is from the famous

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