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Diocese's High Schools Graduate Over 1,000 Beginning Monday of this week and ending Sunday, high schools of the diocese will graduate a total of 1021 students, including 482 boys and 539 girls.

Monday, ceremonies were held at Coyle and Cassidy High

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NCCL Traveling Institute At Craigville, June 7-9 A "Traveling Institute," sponsored by the National Council of Catholic Laity (NCCL), will hold a two and a half day program from June 7 to 9 lit CraigVlille Inn Conference Center at CraigVille on Cape Cod. Mrs. Michael J. McMahon of St. Mary's Cathedral Parish is in charge of arrangements.

Participants will come from all parts of NCCL Region I, which includes the six New England states, said Mrs. McMahon. Dioceses represented so far include: 10 from Fall River; 3 from Burlington, Vt.; 2 from Portland, Me.; 2 from Manchester, N. H.; 3 from Springfield; 7 from Bridgeport, Conn.

Two representatives will also attend the institute from Canada.

In addition, members of diocesan councils of Catholic men and women, laity, clergy and Religious involved' in parish and diocesan pastoral councils are inY:ited to attend the program which will emphasize team training techniques.

In announcing the 1974 Traveling Institutes, Miss Margaret Mealey, Executive Director of NCCL, said, "The Series has been planned as both a sign and an instrument for bringing la'ity, clergy and Religious into fuller dialog-with a deeper realization of our ministerial responsibility within the Church."

Representing the NCCL at Cra-igville will be Helen B. Brewer and Thomas J. Tewey of the national headquarters staff.

School, Taunton, where Bishop Daniel A. Cronin presented 'diplomas to 74 boys and 64 girls and Rev. Patrick J. O'Neill, director of the diocesal\. department of educatilon, also spoke. A baccalaureate Mass for the graduates was celebrated last Friday.

Seniors at St. Anthony's High School, New Bedford, feted present and former teachers at a banquet last week and Hishop

Gratitude Shown

By New Bedford Parishioners A statement of gr.atitude to the Catholic Relief Services of the United States Catholic Conference has been released by Rev. Raphael Flammia, SS.CC., pastor of Our Lady of the Assumption Church, New -Bedford.

The text follows: On behalf of the parishioners and the clergy of Our Lady of Assumption Church in New Bedford I would like to publicly thank the Catholic Relief Services of the United States Catholic Conference of New York for their answer to our appeal. We are the only Catholic Cape Verdean Pa-rish in the United States.

Several months ago we asked for aid for our people in the Cape Verde Islands who have been suffering because of the lack of rain for such a long period of time.

We have received a letter from the Catholic Relief Services informing us that they will be sending 25 tons of milk, clothing, vitamins and antibiotics to be distributed equitably to those in need.

We feel that our prayers have been answered and we thank God for the tremendous help that our people will be receiving. We ask God's blessings upon all those who have made this possible so that they may continue to do God's work.

Pope Calls Medical Doctors Ambassadors, Protectors VATICAN CITY (NC)-Medical doctors are ambassadors sent by God to protect all human beings, especiaHy the l)oor and even those who are still in the maternal womb, Pope Paul V.I told a convention of Catholic doctors meeting in Barcelona, Spain.

In a letter written in Spanish and signed by his secretary of state, Cardinal Jean V:iIIot, the Pope told delegates to the WO!ld congress of the International Federation of Catholic Doctors: "If all men participate in the dignity of divine life, it is not less true that the love of God is manifested is a special way to the poor, little ones, invalids ar.d ,babies, even when they are still in the maternal womb.

• "Doctors are the principle protectors of the weak ... They are like ambassadors sent to them to offer all the relief which God has placed at the disposition of His creatures."

Turning to the theme of the convention, "Rapport Between the Doctor and Patient," the Pope first listed some of the prominent ethica'l problems related to this rapport and then commented on the Church's viewpoint on those problems.

The Pope said those problems included the obligations of the doctor to the patient, especially 'in a medical 'world that has· become 'impersonal, as well as the right of the patient to receive "sincere and prudent information."

NAMED: Sister Mary Catherine Toomey will become the new executive director of the National Sisters Vocation Conference (NSVC) Sept. 1. She is a Mercy Sister from Worcester, Mass. NSVC headquarters is in Chicago. NC Photo.

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539 Cronin presided at graduation ceremonies for 44 boys and 51 ~irls held Monday in St. AnGraduates thony's 'Church. Class valedictorian was Doris LaCoste and salutatorian was Louise Braga.

Following an awards night last Thursday, 76 iboys and 85 girls graduated Tuesday from Bishop Feehan High School, Attleboro, quet last Thursday, following a receiving their diplomas from class day program.

Three students who have comBishop Cronin. Patricia McDonpleted their high school educaagh, top-ranking senlior, spoke tion in three years will be among at the graduation, and Lorraine Tanguay, second-ranked student, the 69 graduates of Sacred Hearts Academy, Fall River, at was awards night speaker.

2 P.M. Sunday. Bishop James J. Exercises took place last night Gerrard will preside at the cerat Bishop Stang ijigh School, emony and Atty. General Robert North Dartmouth, with 109 boys H. Quinn will speak. At a preand III girls forming the dio- ceding class night program, Colcese's largest graduating class, leen Mary Brown, valedictorian, and Bishop Cronin presiding. addressed classmates and their Graduates and their families .families. attended a special Mass Sunday Bishop Gerrard will also preat the. school. side at Holy Family High School Karen Russell will be valedic- graduation exercises, slated for torian and Suzanne Gagnon will 7:30 P.M. Sunday at St. Lawgive a welcoming address at the rence Church, New Bedford. graduation of 116 Bishop Ger- Speaker for the occasion will be rard High School seniors. Sched- Rev. John P. Dlliscoll, pastor of uled for 1:30 P.M. Sunday, with St. Lawrence and 27 boys and 'Bishop Cronin presiding, the cer- 40 girls will receive diplomas. emony will be the fiirst of four At a parents' night last night for that day. The Fall River Margaret Fernandes, valedictoschool had an awards night ban- rian, and Atty. Robert Suprenant, an alumnus, were among speakers.

Bishop Cronin will preside and Bishop James L. Connolly will give the invocation at ceremonies for 152 graduates, including one three-year student, GRAYMOOR (NC) - Rising to be held at Bishop Connolly costs, especially postal rates, High School, Fall River, at 7:30 have forced the Atonement P.M. Sunday. Speakers will inFriars to halt publication of The clude Atty. General Quinn, RayLamp, a Christan Unity mag- mond Delisle, valedictorian, and azine which .had been published Dennis Downey, senior class by the Religious community for president.

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An awards dinner for the gradIn announcing that the July is- uates will take place tomorrow sue would be the magazine's night at White's restaurant. last issue, Father Charles Angell criticized the U. S. Postal Service for shal'lply increasing charged nonprofit publications.

"It would seem that the fedWASHINGTON (NC) - The eral government views with unU. S. Supreme Court decision of concern the progressive exclusion of all but the very rich from Jan. 22. 1973, 1nvalidating aleffective media of communica- most all then existing state abortions," said Father Angell, direc- tion la'ws did not create a constitor of publications for the Gray- tutional right to abortion, a lawmoor Ecumenical Institute here. yer told· a national meeting of Dioces~11 Attorneys Association "Low postal rates have tradihere. tionally enabled religious -and In a talk on "Abortion and the other public interest groups to Conscience Clause: Current Stainexpensi,vely air their views. tus," Dennis J. Horan, partner Today the number of people who in a Chicago law firm and incan effectively get their ideas structor in law at the University across to the public is rapidly of Chicago, noted that prodiminishing. What does this spell abortion groups rely on the Sufor the future of our free socipreme Court decision to support ety?" their claim that refusals by state Father Angell said that the or municipal hospitals to provide cost of producing the magazine facilities for abortions violate the was three times greater than its equal protection clause of the income.. For every dollar readers due process clause of the Constipaid to the Lamp subscription, tution. "the Atonement Fathers contrLbQuoting from the Supreme uted two to meet the financial Court decision, Horan pointed obligations of the magazine," he out that the decision stands for said. ",the protection that the 'right The Lamp was begun 1903, of privacy ... is broad enough to as' "a monthly organ devoted to encompass a woman's decision the eternal principles of Church whether or not to terminate her Unity" by Father Paul Wattson, pregnancy' ... and even that founder of the Atonement Friars, 'right is not unqualified.'''

The Supreme Court was saywhile both he and his young community were members of the ing, Horan argued, that "the deAnglican communion.

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1974

Urges Church Agencies Rate Congressmen JAMAICA (NC) - A Brooklyn congressman has challenged religious agencies, including religious publications, to rate government leaders on "what they've done for the poor and wh~t they've done to the poor."

Rep. Hugh L. Carey (D.-N. Y.) made his remarks in an address to a symposium on the Catholic Church and the American Poor nt St. John's University here.

Members of Congress are rated by political groups, unions, businesses, ecologists, Carey said, but no one rates congressmen according to· their votes on issues affecting the poor.

Although the poor do not have the resources to carry out such a 'rating, he continued, "it could be done, it,should be done by the friends of !:he poor, Christian and Jewish sodal agencies, Catholic newspapers and other religious magazines."

Concern for the Poor In addition to congressmen, he added, others who should be rated include officials of government departments, the' president and local officials.

Some day, he continued, "when we are sterner with ourselves and with the government, when' we are more demanding in commitment, we may consider .im. peaching a president if he hasn't done enough for the poor of the country."

Carey said he was referring to the Church, not in terms of worship, but in terms of witness to the conditions which, for example, sometimes make abortion' an attractive alternative, or 'to the problems of drugs, housing and. prisons..

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New President WASHINGTON NC) The board of directors of the National Catholic Educational Association (NCEA) will meet here June 13-14 to elect a new president for the organization.

A search committee headed by Msgr. Jan,es Habiger, superintendent of schools of th~ Winona, Minn., diocese, has been receiv.ing names of possible successors for Father C. Albert Koob, who will leave the NCEA presidency in June,' and the committee will present their recommendations to the board.

PATERSON (NC)-A Patersull priest who was a principal eulogist at the funeral of Duke Ellington ·in the Cathedral of St..

John the Divine in New York said here that the death of the .fame'd musician marks the end of an era and that no one else on the horizon 'Of the jazz field seems likely to take his place.

"He was probably tHe most important. figure in the history of American jazz," said Paulist Father Norman O'Connor, a long time expert in the world of jazz.

"There were great instrumentalists - people like Louis Armstrong or Charlie Parker-but on an overall basis, there was nobody like the Duk·e. As a com, poser, as an arranger, as a leader-even as a spokesman~he was always trying to do new things."

In his eulogy, delivered before MEETING THEIR BOSS: The 28 newly ordained priests of the'Philadelphia archdiocese a packed throng that included greats of the music world in adshare a happy moment with John Cardinal Krol at the Cathedral of 55. Peter and Paul. dition to civic and bus,iness lead.The group includes Father Rayford E. Emmons, first black priest to be ordained for the ers, Father O'Connor repeated archdiocese. the famous Ellington signoff., "Duke, we thank you," he said.

"You loved us madly. We will love you madly today, tomorrow and forever."

Iy want- a clear, concise, simple WASHINGTON (NC) - The to the coordinators' reports the Father O'Connor, who con· presentation of the Message." content of religious education- NCD office here has received ducted "Dial M for Music" on With regard to morality, he conwhat is taught"":"'is the subject more than 17,000 recommendatinued, '~Many think leaders have WCBS-TV for many years, said of greatest inter,est and concern tions from .priests,Religious and done a copout and teach their he first met Ellington 25 years to U. S. CathoNcs participating laity around the country. . own thing.''' ago at a New York party for a in the preparation of the National Sister Mariella Frye, associate Other subjects of great conmutual friend, tenor saxaphonist Catechetical- . Directory (NCD), NCD project director, who is pre- cern, according to the diocesan Paul Gonsalves-a jazz great paring a report on the 17,000 rec.coordinators' reports, Msgr. Para- who died within the month himdiocesan coordinators of the diommendations, said they parallel dis said, are: rectory project have reported. self. They remained good friends the reports of the diocesan co-Sacraments (general, Pen-· over the years, with the priest This finding emerged from an ordinators. ance, Confirmation, Marriage, analysis of- the reports received intrOducing the performer at The concern about content, she Eucharist): 62 dioceses, 55 per . from coordinators in 114 of the said; is "a question of language." . cent of those reporting, 39 per numerous concerts and other 159 Latin-rite dioceses in the A number of CathQlicsexpress cent of U.S. dioceses; programs. country who responded' to a concern that the Christian mes-Parents as educators (includquestionnaire- sent by Msgr. Wil- sage is not being transmitted uning family education, sex educafrid ·Paradis, national NCD pro- less "it is· couched in language tion): 35 dioceses, 30.7 per cent close to that which they learned of those reporting, 22 per cent of ject directoI'.

D. D. Wilfred C. U.S. dioceses; The 63 dioceses reporting that as 'children," she said. .

Sullivan Driscoll "The concern is that the entire .-Adult education: 34 dioceses, content is the primary concern of Catholics in their area repre- content of the Christian 1llessage 29.8 per 'cent of those reporting, he taught' and not watered 21.4 per cent of U.S. dioceses; sent 55 per cent of those reportMethodologies _ and related down," Sister Mariella said.

20~, WINTER STREET ing and 39.6 per cent of all Latinteaching concerns: 30 dioceses, "Perhaps the reaction of th-ose rite dioceses in the United States FALL RIVER, MASS. suffering frustration and disap- 26.3 per cent of those reporting, and overseas territories, Msgr.

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ALBANY (NC)-The U. S. Air Force has invited a pries!." and a Sister from the Albany diocese to conduct values clarification workshops for personnel at nine Air Force bases in Thailand.

Father John J. Malecki and Sister Suzanne Breckel of the Sisters of Mercy, co-dirE:ctors of the diocese's Consultation Services Center, will give three-day workshops at each base to 75 officers and men. The workshops are designed to help the men examine their feelings, aspirations, attitudes and purposes and, by clarifying them, give real direction and meaning to their lives.

Ecumenical in nature, the workshops will be open to per· sons of all religious faiths. Chap· ~ains at the bases have already written to offer their assistance.

"It is unusual for two Cath· olics and in particular two Reli· gious to be invited," Sister Suo zanne said. She added that the two workshop conductors' religious status will definitely affect the response of participants, but lhat she ,is not sure whether the effect will be positive or negative.

She and Father Malecki have been invited because of their professional capacities, she said.

They both have doct.orates in )lsychology and have conducted s.imilar workshops in the diocese.

Their religious background is a secondary consideration, she said.

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Priest, Sister Plan Workshops For Military

Vigil ~f Prayer In New Bedford A First Friday Mass and five hour prayer vigil will be held Friday night, June 7 at St. George Church, Highland Avenue, Westport, Mass.

The services will be the fifo teenth in a senies of vigils in area parishes, held for pea,ce and honoring the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary.

The program will begin with confessions preceding an 8 P.M. Mass of the Sacred Heart. Included in the evening will be exposition of the Blessed Sacra· ment, Holy Hour and Benediction. The Vigil woi1l end with a midnight Mass in honor of the Immaculate Heart.

Refreshments will be served during the evening, and all are invited 'to attend all or part of the services.

COYLE-CASSIDY GRADUATION: Panoramic view of the crowded auditorium at the Taunton Regional Diocesan High School following the distribution of diplomas by Bishop Cronin to 138 graduates.

Renews Full Diplomatic Ties With Cuba VATICAN CITY (NC)-Pope Paul VI has appointed an apos· tolic nuncio to Cuba, theequiv· al,ent of an ambassador-to rep· resent the Vatican in Havana.

The. Vatican announced May 24 that the charge d'affairs, Bishop Cesare Zacchi, who has filled in as the top papal diplo· mat in the Havana nunciature since 1961, has now been named apostolic nuncio and an arch'bishop. The Vatican withdrew its nuncio in 1961 after the government of communist Premier Fidel Castro expelled foreign missional'ies, including bishops, in the earlier years after Castro became chief of state in 1959.

The Vatican, however, had never broken aff diplomatic relations with Cuba completely.

nor terminate diplomatic relations. The decision, one way or another, depends on the nation involved.

Knights Criticize Drug Manufa,cturer

ATLANTIC CITY (NC)-Protests aimed at the Upjohn Co. for its manufacture of an abortion inducing drug have been encouraged here by the New Jersey State Council of the Knights of Columbus.

The Upjohn drug, Prostin F2 Alpha, is manufactured for use as an abortifacient during the second trimester of pregnancy.

"The New Jersey Knights of Columbus," the resolution stated, "endorses protest activities against Upjohn and urges all Odd Situation hospitals, doctors and pharmaThe Vatican never fully closed cists and consumers to join in down ,its diploma.tic office in these protests until that comHavana, despite the expulsion, at pany withdraws as a participant the hei'ght of the Castro regime's in the abortion process." harrassment of the Church of a , A spokesman for Upjohn said total of 600 priests, 1,000 Broth· that the company takes no posi· ers and 2,500 Sisters, all nontion on abortion.

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BROOKLYN (NC)-Formation of a 59· member DiocE:san CAun· cil .in the Brooklyn diocese was announced here by Bishop Fran· cis J. Mugavero.

The new consultative body, which includes two high school students in its membership, is expected to have its fir'st meeting in September, toackling among its major objeotives the question of "pr.iorities" among ,the myriad concerns of 1.5 mil· Hon Catholics in the New York Oity boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens.

According to Msgr. Charles E. Diviney, a vicar general of the diocese who was chiefly respon· sible for organizing the new body, the council will advise the Cuba also continued to mainbis'hop, collaborate with existing diocesan structures and provide tain its embassy to the Holy See broad-based sharing in decision· with a full ambassador in residence in Rome, although the mak'ing processes.

"The council is a form of apostolic nuncio withdrew from ' shared authority," he said in an Cuba and did not return. At, interview "I would say that it . present, the Cuban ambassador to would take up 'things like the the Holy See, Luis Amadosurv/ival of Oatholic schools, hos- Blanco, is dean of the diplomatic pital administral'ion, failing par· corps at the Vatican by virtue of ishes, problems in ghetto areas." seniority.

The reason such an odd situAmong 25 lay persons, "we've ,included everyone from a truck ation can exist is that the Holy driver and a policeman to school See's policy is to nei,ther initiate teachers and administrators, black, Puento Rican and other Benedictine Oblates minorities."

Oblates of St. Benedict will The proposed council members were selected from 300 names hold a day of recollection Sunsubmitted to a nine·member day at Portsmouth Abbey, Portsscreening committE:e since last mouth, 'R. I. The program' will November by priests, Religious include Mass at 9 A.M. breakand parish organizations. More fast, a conference at 11 :30 A.M., :than 50 persons have assisted dinner and a closing' conference Msgr. Diviney in setting the 'at 2:30 P.M. Relatives and groundwork, studying councils friends of Oblates are invited and in other dioceses and implement- reservations may be made at the ing the mandates of Second abbey or with Mrs. Frank S. Mo· ri,!r,ty, telephone 672·1439.

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Since Caba never terminated diplomatic ties with the Holy See, the Vatican never closed its nunciature. However, it did demonstrate its distress with the Castro po)dcies by removing its top diplomat and leaving in his place a second·ranking papal representative.

Midnight Visit The appointment of Archbishop Zacchi as apostolic nuncio obviously was a result of a recent visit to Cuba by the Vatican's trouble-shooter in diplomatic affairs, Archbishop Agostino Casarali. The archbishop, who is sometimes called the foreign minister of the Holy See, visited Cuba ,in late March on an ostensibly pastoral visit with the bishops and faithful.

However, on the night before 'the Archbishop was due to fly 'Out, Castro came unannounced to the apostolic noociature following a Mass the archbishop ,celebrated at the cathedral. The so-called "midnight visie' of the premier and Archbishop Casaroli lasted for more than an hour.

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Life Saved There have been many advantages to the national 55 mile-an-hour speed limit on the country's highways. The initial purpose of saving on gas has been realized. People have also discovered how hurriedly they used to travel- and have even taken car 'driving as an occasion to unwind between hectic activities. But; above all, the great blessing of the speed limit has been that highway fatalities have been

reducedJ>y twenty-five per cent.

It is always tragic when a person dies, This is, after all, someone who leaves behind family and friends, someone over whom others' will grieve. But when the death comes as a result of an accident there is a particular poignancy because the thought follows-could it have been prevented. In most cases of automobile fatalities, investigation shows that excessive speed and liquor were involved. If the speed angle can be so controlled as to reduce fatalities by twenty-five percent, then this is a wonderful step forward toward preventing the waste of human life that preventable accidents claim.

The national speed limit should be kept and strictly enforced. There may be some inconv~nience coming from this, the need to start out a litt.le sooner, the necessity of controlling impatience, but he price is a small one to pay when the result is a saving in human life.

,Great Step Forward The remarkable achiev~ment brought about by Henry Kissinger in the Middle East. almost defies the路 greatest hopes of mankind. Here was the tinder-box of the world, the site of what was looming up as World War III, and yet the persistence of the Secretary of State and the sincere desires for peace of many people have resulted in a cease-fire in that area, a cease-fire that is tenuous and fragile, but a step that could well be the, first one in the thousand-mile journey toward peace.

The roles played by other persons in the situation cannot be downgraded, either. The bending that was inevitable but without the appearance of compromise; the glossing over of past claims without doing too> obvious violence to committed positions; the pursuit of peace without winning it by total capitulation-these measures were brought about by the statesmanlike involvement of Israeli and Syrian and Egyptian officials.

All are to b~ seen as men and women of responsibility" who understand the awesome weight that is on their shoulders, the frightening power that is in their hands.

Apparenly such awareness edged all parties along the difficult inching road that has resulted in what might be best described as not the beginning of the end of hostilities but the end Of the. beginning and a great step forward to what will be the turning from fighting to reason in an attempt to find just and lasting solutions to difficult and thorny problems.

The Holy Spirit St. Gregory said in his sermon on Pentecost: "The Holy Spint fills the young man David and makes him judge over old men, He fills a fisherman and makes him an apostle, He fills the persecutor Saul and makes him the teacher of the world;He fills the publican and makes him an Evangelist.

At the very moment when He touches our human mind, He transforms it."

The Holy Spirit enters, the soul to transform it, to plake it what it was not but should be. He asks only that a human being open up his soul to the presence of the Spirit, use good will and determination to eradicate what is alien to the Spirit, root out the obstacles of self will or self indulgence that war against the Spirit.

And it is the Holy Spirit living in the Church who must be reflected in the individual Church member. "Thinking with the Church" means thinking with the Holy Spirit Who wills to form men to the image of Jesus Christ, the well beloved Son in Whom the Father is pleased. ' Amid the busy activity of life, people should find time to ask the Holy Spirit to live and work within themselves.

In matters spiritual, nothing should ever be taken for granted.

Sick fheology Abortion Ruling Not New Right , Continued from Page One . cision is one that can be freely made, and does not mean, as -the federal courts are saying, that any hospital, even a public hospital, must take part in an affirmative acNon program to provide abortions.

"I have a constitutional right to decide with my physician that I need a kidney transplant, but I have. no right to the treatment unless I can afford it and can find a' physician and hospital where the treatment can be provided." , Horan pointed out that conscience clauses, making institutions or indiv,iduals immune from liability for refusing to perform abortions, are also "the target of litigation." Pro-abortionists, he said, contend that receipt of federal funds, state licensure and regulation, and the impersonal, corporate status of hospitals exclude them from coverage under conscience clauses. "the ultimate !lIim, of course, is to require all hospitals, public, private or denominational, 'to provide facilities for abortion," Horan said.

Outlining a "road back to san,ity in the abortion debate," Horan caBed for a "massive" educational effort aimed at "the transmission of 'information ' about the nature of unborn life, and the transmission of persuasive argumentation on why, for

Sister Mary Faith, R.S.M., principal of Bishop Feehan High School, Attleboro, has anounced that Patricia McDonagh and Lorraine Tanguay, are the top two students in the cJass of 1974.

Patricia, daughter of Mr. ami Mrs. Edward McDonagh of Hunting Street, North Attleboro, was valedictorian at Tuesday graduation ceremonies. She is a member of St. Mary parish.

North Attleboro, She received honorable mention in the National Merit Scholarship Test, was a second place winner in a Massport Authority essay contest, won this year's Voice of De-mocracy contest and was a recipent of the National Council of Teachers of English award.

Patricia is vice-president of the National Honor Society. and served on' the yearbook staff and debating club. As a member of the Feehan Drama Club she starred in "Fiddler on the Roof." ,The oldest of nine children, Pa路 tricia will attend Brown Univer路 sity where she will study archae-' ology.

Band Color Guard Lorraine, the class salutatorian, is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Tanguay of Lindsey Street, North Attleboro and a member of Sacred Heart parish, North Attleboro.

She 'has been a member of the band color guard for four years and is active in the math club, the chess club, and the National Honor Society. She will attend the University of Connecticut, majoring in physical therapy.

Both ,girls are members of the Society of Outstanding American High School Students.

the sake of mankJind, the life of the unborn should be governed by law."

He urged the creation of "edu-, cational institutions utilizing the available tax exemptions under the tax statutes to disseminate the information and educate the peopl,e." He also urged the creation of 'national and state organizations to support the political efforts to obtain a consti~ tutional amendment protecting ,the right to life of the unborn Continued from Page Two chilid.

Social concerns, the area of Horan pointed out that state social justice and peace, ranked abortion legislation drafted to ninth in the list of 19 subjects comply with the Supreme Court of concerti in Msgr. Paradis' analdecision could contain "a pre-, ysis of the diocesan,coordinators' reports. Ecumenical consideraambl~ which states that the unborn child is a human person tions were among those in 16th from conception, that the stat- place, and religious freedom, the potential of the laity, human suf路 lite is passed of necessity, allow- fering and eschatology (the end ing abortions only because of of the' world, the last judgment. those cases, 'but that in all other heaven and hell) were among areas of the law the unborn subjects ranked last in the list child shall be treated as a per- of concerns.

Msgr. Paradis called the inter-, son." est in the complimentary topics Horan said' that the Supreme ranking third and fourth, parents Court decision creating a 14th as educators and adult educaAmendment right of privacy pro- tion, "truly .remarkable as the tecting the abortion decision topics would have scarcely "doesn't mean that the statute drawn attention as little as 10 passed in conformity has to 'wipe years ago.

"Interest in both these sub'out the child's existence. Quite the contrary. As long as the stat- jects appears to be spread all ute doesn't interfere with the over, the country with perhaps somewhat greater concern on the mother's rights except as per- East Coast and in the Southwest. mitted, it can create all' and any, Parents and religion teachers are rights you want in the child."" . identifia!>ly more interested in parent education and the Church at large in adult education."

An interesting divergence in concern appeared in the matter of liturgy and homilies and the related matters of continuing education of the clergy.

All six dioceses reporting on homilies, Msgr. Paradis said, OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF THE DIOCESE OF FALL RIVER ':either explicitly or -implicitly Published weekly by The Catholic Press of the Diocese of Fall River consider them to be of poor quality," and the related matter of 410 Highland Avenue continuing education for the clerFall Rjver Mass. 02722 675-7151 gy is mentioned as a priority in 10 dioceses.

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Protestants Say Media Unfair To Cathol ics on Abortion WASHINGTON (NC}-A group of 14 Protestant church leaders meeting here to form a pro-life group have charged the news media and pro-abortion forces with attempting to portray Catholics as the only people opposed to abortion on demand. "lot anybody's been muzzled, it's been the Protestants all down the line," 'said the Rev. Dr. Calvin (Jack) EichJ'lOrst, an American Lutheran Church pastor from St. Cloud, Minn.

Dr. Eichhorst, who heads For Life, Inc., was elected chairman of the newly formed National Protestant Pro-Life Convention (NP,PC).

'J1he Rev. Bob Holbrook, national coordinator of Baptists for Life, sa'id: "The pro-ahorNon camouflage of making abortion a separation of church and state issue must be exposed as a propaganda tactic. One of the major reasons for the convocation of' our group is that abortion has been presented by the media as a Catholic issue, and Protestants have been largely ignored by the media. This only feeds bigotry."

During recent hearings on proposed anN-abortion amendments .to the U. S. ConsH1:ution, Mr. Holhrook said, most of the media reported only on thE: testimony of four Catholic cardinals.

"My testimony and my presence," 'he stated, "were not even mentioned."

This slanted reporting by the news media, claimed the Texas Baptist clergyman, has caused many people to believe that the Catholic Church is attempting to destroy the principle of separation of church and state.

"And that just will not wash here," Mr. Holhrook said, because "the historical Protestant position is anti-abortion."

The abortion controversy should he viewed as a civil and human rights issue, one that the ohurches should feel free to ~n­ volve themselves in, he added.

"And we ask that the issue of ahr-rti"" he examinued in the same light."

Many Protestants try to evade the human life issue by inject,ing the church-state argument, he sa'id. "Charges they make appeal to a baser motive in life, that is, religious prejudice."

These ~ people, he said, maintain that Cathol,ics should not be allowed to enter the public forum to give expression to their opinions.

A leading Baptist minister in Texas, Mr. HoLbrook noted, recently threatened to use the Baptist influence to kill a proposed, new state constitution unless it conta,ins an anti-gambling clause.

Many Baptists, he said, distrust the Catholic Church and refuse to enter into any dialogue but, nevertheiless, stand with the Church on the matter of abortIon.

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Parish Planning Manual For Faithful FORT WAYNE (NC) - Crosier Father Francis K. Scheets, director of the office of fiscal planning for the diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend here in Indiana, has developed a manual for parish planning with materials to assist parishioners at each stage of the planning process.

The manual is entitled "PMI Planning Manual." PMI refers to the Parish Management Information system being gradually developed to aid pastors and parish councils.

The manual includes a complete set of worksheets, for all the parish planning groups, for

each step in the planning process.

The manual divides the planning process into three stages.

In the first, parishioners are invited to a parish planning 'day, to prayerfully discuss the purpose of the parish and its basic needs. In the second, the fiscal, spiritual, educational or social needs of the parish are studied.

In the third, programs arc developed and reports are written.

All parishioners discuss the var· ious plans before they are officially adopted.

The manual seeks to assist

parishioners to reach a 'better understanding of their church. their parish and themselves by understanding the purpose of their parish, by writing up its goals for three years and by helping to strengthen current programs or develop new ones.

The parish activities stressed by the manual are liturgical and prayer programs; the educational programs of the school, religious and adult education; parish finances and the relationship to other parish programs; and parish programs; and parish community life.

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Church Leaders Hope for More Just Society in Portugal LISBON (NC) - Hope that a more just' society will evolve in Portugal was expressed in a statement issued following a meeting of the Lisbon priests' council with Cardinal Antonio Ribeiro, patriarch of liSbon, and his two auxiliary bishops.

Gen. De Spinola has been a critic of Portugal's wars in its African territories.

The bishops and. priests' coun· cil said that they hope also that recent events in Port.ugal-where the military junta that took over the government in April has promised a return of civil rights lost under the previous regimewiN "lead to new liberties for the Portuguese."

The statement said that "true Hberty means love and mutual respect."

The junta takeover was prompted by military leaders who were opposed to the Portugal's continued wars· against black liberation movements in the country's African territories of Mozambique, Angola and Guinea-Bissau.

The Church, the statement said, should be a reconcHer. It asked priests, Religious and laypersons to cooperate in the political formation of people and to hel,p reach a political solution to the overseas wars. Portuguese troops have been accused of brutally represssing black independence movements in the African ternitories.

The best method for the Church to suggest in a,iding reconstruction,. the statement said, "js repentance of past faults."

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Co,lumnist Looks Backward After 20-Year Marriage

Cementing a "real relationship of .friendshdp and teamwork an our NeCW work;" representatives of the Fall River Diocesan Council' of Catholic Women at· tended diocesan convention of councils in Maine and New Hampshire.

Twenty years ago today, my husband and I were filled with optimism as we declared our vows. We ~istened to the priest as he read an exhortation which said we knew "disappointments," "failures," "pains" and "sorrows" are mingled , in every life and were to be' expected in our own. But we last only to the first disappointdidn't know. For, had we really understood all we would face, I don't think either of us would have had the courage to get married.

We envisioned mostly "better,

By MARY CARSON

Attending the 42nd annual convention of the Maine Diocesan Council held .in May at Portland, were Mrs. Rdchard Paulson, Taunton, diocesan president, and Mrs. Michael Me· , Mahon, Fall River, diocesan first vice-president, and also director for the Boston Province, which includes the dioceses of ifall River, Burlington, Vt., Manchester, New Hampshire and Portland, Maine.

ment, how can you experience the revitalized hope of that rlisappointment overcome?

After 20 years of, marriage there are still some things I don't 'understand, The expression "two in one flesh" is sometimes used to descril>e the union of husband ,and wife. Yet even in our most intimate moments we are still two individuals. ·1 see "two in one flesh" in our children, for they are both of us.

And here, too, there are joys ·and sorrows. It ,is ecstasy to see our strengths recreated ... and agony to find the repetition of our faults.

Mrs. G. Sam Zilly, president of the National Council of Cath•- olic Women was the main speaker, and the Most Rev. Peter L. Gerety, D.D., Bishop of ,Portland, was guest of honor. Bishop Gerety, who is leaving Maine to become Archbishop of Newark, was presented with an oil painting of the Maline seacoast.

More Important "richer," and "health," Our "happily ever after" dreams as newlyweds contained little understanding of real life, and no grasp of why "joys" and . 'sorrows," "hopes and disappointments" are linked to each other in that exhortation, All the "good things" could have been grouped; aU the "'bad things" listed together. In our minds as newlyweds, it would have made more sense. When I considered "joys" and "sorrows," they were separate, instances ... unrelated.

By Comparison

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aftet 20 years, that I' begin to grasp the gre~test joys are often the outgrowth of sorrow. Success' is better appreciated when you've known ... and overcome ... failure.

We evaluate by comparison, Today ds a brighter day than yes" terday. But we can know that onlly if we have seen a cloudy yesterday.. Jf every day were equally bright, the splendor would be lost in sameness.

If I could offer one observation to a young couple contemplating marriage today, it would be that only a permanent commitmEmt keeps you trying rail1Y day after ra,iny day. If the' vows

French Priesthood Decline 'Castastrophic' PARIS (NC)-The decline in vocations to the priesthood in France has been catastrophic, according to Bishop Lucien Bardonne of Chalons, a member of the French bishops' commission on the c1etgy and seminaries, The bishop spoke at a press conference here at which statistics on priestly vocations were 'released.

Ord:inations went from 345 in 1969, to 284 in 1970, 237 in 1971, 193 in 1972 and 219 in 1973. The small upturn in 1973 was due to the delay of some ordinations be, cause of a reorganization of the seminary program.

The decline in entries into major seminaries was even more striking: 470 in 1969, 402 in 1970, 265 in 1971,. 243 in 1972 and 151 in 1973; a 68 per cent decrease in four years.

Today, as we look at our mar· riage, it seems that the union of ' our spirits is more important.

This ,is a more enriching, more beautiful, more lasting relationship ....for two minds' work together to conquer failure and' turn it into a mutual success.

Two hearts bear the pain, and achieve a united pleasure. Two spirits know the sorrow of their ' separateness, but, when merged, come closest to perfect love.

When two hearts, working ,together, share a burden; it divides the load. Yet when two spirits, united into one, share a' joy, it multiplies the pleasure. Spiritual arithmetic ... The uncanny way of growth in marriage. Were it not for that union of spirit, the heartaches would multiply ... the joys would wither.

Our wedding took place 20 years ago. But our marriage began subtily, dmperceptibly ... so gradually that I do not know just when ...

Our marria'ge began with that growth, working together, for the enflichment of us .. not till death do us ,part .. ,but for all eternity, I'm glad it did.

Bened ictine Nuns Ponder Renewal

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DISGUISED AS A PRIEST: Holding a ciborium, Detective Lt. George McGarity of the Massachusetts State Police inventories the sacred vessels which he and another officer recovered by posing as priests. Two men from Salem; Mass., were arrested and charged with trying to extort $1,500 for 18 chalices, ciboriums and patens stolen from the' La Salette Shrine, Ipswich, Mass. NC Photo.

H'uman Co:ncept

Later in the month Mrs. Paulson, Mrs. McMahon, Margaret M. Lahey, past diocesan president, and Claire O'Toole, treasurer for the Fall River district, attended the annual convention of the New Hampshire Diocesan Council of Catholic Women at Waterwlle Valley, N. H. Sister Genevieve Quinn, Mt. St. Mary College, Hooksett, N. H. was the guest speaker and the Most Rev~ Ernest J. Primeau, S.T.D., Bishop of Manchester was guest of honor.

Nursing Profession in Contact With Sacred Realities, Pope Says VATICAN CITY (NC)-Pope Paul VI told participants in a Catholic nursing congress that they are continuously in contact w.ith "sacred realities" that in· volve' "a child who is to be born or old people; victims of accidents or the sick or the physically or mentally handicapped."

In those realities, ·the fope said, it is "always man who is involved and whose titles of noobi'J.ity 'are wnitten forever on the first pages of the Bible; God ereat~d man to His image."

The Pope received participants at the 10th congress of the In. ternational Catholic Comqlittee of Nurses and Medical-Social Assistants and stressed that the world nee(js an enthusiasm that is "both Ohristian and real.istic.

ATCHISON (NC)-Benedictine nuns will meet here June 10-18 to examine the role of liberation ,in their order and reexamine changes made ql'! the community in the past six years, The Pope also told his visitors, Eighty Sisters will discuss who came from 59 countries, of these themes at the 1974 general their urgent need for "moral and .chapter of the Benedictines' Conspiritual.convictions." gregation of St. Scholastica at Speaking in French, the Pope Mount St. Scholastica Convent also exhorted his listeners to inhere.

The nuns represent 2,100 mem- sure that this human concept of bers of the congregation who the ill and suffening be kept work throughout the United clearly in mind within the structures and health policies existing States.

T.he community made major in their own countries. changes in its government and "The hospi,tal," he said, "must life styles ,in a "renewal chapter" remain Dr become a human place in 1968·69. The new chapter will par excellence, in which every. "appraise their own tradition person is treated with dignity, from the perspective ·of .Jiber- in which' he experiences, notation" and "evaluate the ap-' withstanding suffering, the close·propriateness of the changes" ness of brothers, sisters and of made since the renewal chapter, friends." according to an official of the The Pope also stressed the order. need for Catholic organizations

such a,s represented by those present in the audience to carry out their apostolic commitment ·in their professional area.

He concluded by recalling the "legitimate pride" that the Church has in the marvelous char.ity shown 'by the f.ounders of Religious orders dedicated to hospital work and in those who have continued ,this dedication to the world of suffering to the present day.

The day following the papal audience, the congress concluded witht'he election of a new president of the international committee. She is Mrs. Eugenie Bahintchie from the Ivory Coast.

Mrs. Bahintchie heads a maternity service at Abidjan and is president of the African For the Servlice of Life movement and a member of the Vatican's Committee for the Family.

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Holy Union Yard Sale Saturday

In no time at all beach weather (we hope) will be upon us and the ca'sual clothes of summer will take their place in our closets. Denim is still a very important fabric and you'llsee it in various guises both on the sand and on the steamy streets of. the city. If plain denim is just too plain for quite nice to see girls look tike you, look a bit further and gir<1s again! advertises these romanyou'll find it braided and ticVogue designs as the dresses for the sequined for even the most exotic taste.

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Orient .in many resort clothes, especially the long and lovely heach cover-ups that come complete with a head-covering hood.

Neater Fashions For the younger set fashions nre as kookie and as wild as pOJ;sible, but a lot neater than they were before. Many of them are so reminiscent of the forties that you expect to see Dorothy Lamour or Carmen Miranda walking down the street.

Pop art has hit the shirt and T shirt market and you're as (lpt to be wearing a picture of jello as to be eating it. While my fashion taste doesn't lie in this area, anything that the youthful market路 wears has a certain "fun" look t.o it and of course they are young enough to get .by with almost anything.

Teenagers are still enjoying t.he longer skirts and you'll fiind that the really fashion-conscious ones will love the costume look they'll find in the midi styles that are appearing here and t.here.

Moonlight, Roses Romantic young dresses are just that and they remind us of the middle generation of our. first prom and our very first long dress. Many of these "moonlight and roses" dresses have camisole tops, done in the frosty, old world look that comes with the use of eyelet fabric. It's really

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Health of City Affects Individuals MILWAUKEE (NC)-In order to aid individuals, it is sometimes necessary to help the economic, political and civiC organizations of a city, according to Father Lawrence Murtaugh, a priest who is active in community organizing and development.

Father Murtaugh, who is now engaged in civic development in Sioux Falls, S. D., was here to discuss a regional meeting of persons 1nvolved in clinical pastoral education.

The development of a "neighborliness" on a corporate level is his aim, he said. "To be my brother's keeper doesn't mean only helping my next door neighbor or the ma.n who lives down the road. ''I'm trying to reach the point where I can get the city as a wrporate person to worry about their neighbor, the rural person."

A yard aM cake sale scheduled for last Saturday at Holy Union Primary School, 527 Rock St., Fall Ri路ver, and cancelled due to rarin, Wiill be held this Saturday from 10 A.M. to 4 P.M. Available will he jewelry, toys, dishes, small appliances, books, furniture and items for infants.

Scarlett O'Hara- lin you, and breathes there a woman alive who has vJiewed that film classiC who wouldn't give her eye teeth for one of those dresses worn

by Scarlett as she stood before the elegant background of Tara.

There's something for everyone this summer from denim doll to Southern beNe, and your image can change with what you wear.

Refreshments will be served throughout the day and children's attractions will include games, pony rides and balloons.

Convent Gets Copyright To Hummel Artwork

RECIPE CORRECTION The amount of whiskey to be used in the Whiskey Cake recipe appearing in the May 30 column should be 1/3 cup. One-half of this amount is used in the first part of step 4, and the remaining is mixed with margarine and sugar as instructed hi the last part of step 4.

Prime Minister's Wife Joins Abortion Fight DUNEDIN (NC) - Mrs. Ruth Kirk, wife of New Zealand Prime Minister Norman Kirk, has become national patron for the anti-abortion Society for the Protection of the Unborn Child.

The anti-abortion movement has been steadily gaining gr.ound in New Zealand, especially because of the publicity about the soaring. abortion rates in the' United States and Britain.

Mrs. Kirk announced her decision in a blunt statement in which she sa.id she felt strongly about abortion.

"Every child is entitled to a place in the world, and every child should be .given the opportunity to be wanted and loved," she said. "There is not need for abortion in a country like New Zealand, where most people are well off. Facilities should be available for all mothers to keep their children."

School Drop Smallest Since 1967-1968 WASHINGTON (NC)-The declines in the number of Catholic elementary and secondary schools and in enrollment in those schools In the past year were the smallest in seven years, according to the annual data summary puhlished here by the National Catholic Educational Association (NCEA).

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Summer Will S:e路e Denim, Oriental, POIP Art Styles

FREEDOM NUN: Sister Maria Vernica, Freedom Foundation archivist, stands in front of a statue in Valley Forge, Pa. Sister Vernica has the job of calaloguing the more than 3,500 Medal of Honor recipients since the medal was approved by President Abraham Lincoln. "There is a saying that a country without heroes is dead," the nun said, "and [ feel that more people should know about America's authentic (Medal of Honor) heroes." NC Photo.

Urges Support For IDA Loan

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WASHINGTON (NC) - As a Senate vote neared, Bishop James Rausch, general secretary of the U. S. Catholic Conference here, renewed his appeal for approval of a $1.5 billion U. S. loan to some of the world's poorest countries.

In a letter sent to all senators May 10, shortly before a Senate vote was expected, Bishop Rausch reemphasized the "moral interdependence" between rich and poor countries as a prime reason for approval of the loan to the International Development Association (IDA), the so-called "soft~loan" window of the World Bank. .

Senate consideration of the 'Ioan follows rejection of the bill

Biblical Association

Total enrollment in 1973-74 was 3,614,000 compared to To Meet in Chicago 3,790,000 in 1972-73, a drop of WASHINGTON (NC) - The 176,000 pupils (4.6 per cent). Ele- Catholic BiJblical Association mentary enrollment decreased (CBA) will hold its 37th annual 160,000 (5.6 per cent) and sec- \ meeting at Loyola University, ondary enrollment 16,000 (1.7 Chicago, August 19-22, 1974. per cent).

A theme for this year's conThe number of Catholic el- vention will be "Reconciliation," ementary and secondary schools which is part of the theme of in 1973-74 was 10,269 compared "Reconciliation and Renewal" of to 10,534 in 1972~ 73, a decl ine of the 1975 Holy Year proclaimed.

265 schools (2.5 per cent). Ele- by Pope Paul VI. mentary schools decreased by Over 750 Catholic Scripture 211 (2.4 per cent) and second- scholars are members of the asary schools by 54 (3 per cent). sociation.

by the House in January. At that time Bishop Rausch termed the House action "humanly appalling" and "potentially dev~stating."

KARLSBUHE (NC)-The supreme court of West Germany has ruled that the Franciscan Sisters of Siessen are the sole legitimate owners of all copyrights to the artwork of Sister Mary Innocentia Hummel.

The nun's art became worldfamous through the so~called Hummel figurines.

The nun's mother and brother had issued licenses, particularly in the United States, for the reproduction of her artwork. Those licenses are no longer valid and must revert to the Siessen convent, according to the court. The nun was a member of the Siessen community.

Born in 1909 in Bavaria, Berta Hummel entered the Munich Art Academy at the age of 18 and was graduated two years later with high honors.

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Warns Ireland Faces Decline In Faith DUBLIN (NC)-Ireland is facing a serious decline in religiou:; faith and practice, a Jesuit has warned.

Writing on "Atheism-,Irish Style" in The Furrow magazine, Father Michael B. Gallagher said that the "slow death of Irish Catholicism" may have begun.

Already, he said, many parents, priests and teachers of religion are aware of increasing numbers of young people for whom traditional religion make 1itt1~ sense.

Significant numbers of young people are losing any living con.. tact with both Christ and the Church, the Jesuit warned.

Within the "youth culture," he said, there is a sense of very real resentment against the Church for' apparently not responding to the stress on personal liberation of the young and their sense of intensified feeling.

"But the real crisis," the priest said, "stems from ignoring this fact. from assuming that we can have the same continuity of Catholic practice as in the past."

Father 'Gallagher said that atheism Irish style usually takes the form of alienation from the Church, a disenchantment with the externals of Chu'rch life and practice.

There is a recognition, he went on, that religion in .reland is often divorced from social realities-"a pietism that literally makes no earthly difference."

Must Face Facts Father Gallagher said he feels that the whole problem can generally be traced to faults in the teaching of religion in schools, failings in the pastoral ministry of the Church, and weakness in the quality of Christian living in families and in Irish society in general.

The Church, he said. must face the facts. ' "Recognition of the growing crisis," he said, "would almost automatically change our wave· length of thinking and communication and planning for the future. But the ostrich posture is tempting-:-to evade the writing on the wall, keeping the head down in safe unshifting sand."

Father Gallagher, a lecturer in the English department of University College Dublin, has conducted surveys on the religious attitudes of students.

Jesuit University Has New President NEW ORLEANS (NC)-Jesuit Father J,ames C. Carter has b~n named the new president of Loyola University of the South. He had served as provost of Loy, ola for the past four years, and acting president since January.

Father Carter succeeds Father Michael F. Kennelly, who resignfll as president of Loyola last January to assume a pastorate in Florida.

Father Carter joined the LoyoIa faoulty in 1960 and was an associate profe~sor of physics before his appointment as vice president for academic affairs in 1970.

A native of New York City, he entered the Jesuits in 1945 and was ordained a priest in 1958.

VATICAN CITY (NC)---,Pope Paul VI has condemned the May 17 bombings in Dublin that took at least 30 lives and renewed his "urgent plea to end blind violence everywhere."

The Pope emphasized also thal human life "is sacred and inviolable."

Those sentiments were can· veyed in a telegram sent on his behalf to ArchbishOp Dermot Ryan of Dublin expressing "deep sympathy to all affected by this tragedy."

The Pope also m&ntioned the Dublin bombings in addressing crowds in St, Peter's Square on May 19. He also referred to the killing May 15 of young Israeli hostages ,by Arab guerrillas in the Israel town of Maalot and the retaliatory attacks on ref· ugee camps in Lebanon by the Israelis.

"It was' called a week of hlood," the Pope said, recallfng a headline in the Vatican daily . newspaper, L'Osservatore Ro· mano.

"Unhappily it is true. The news columns speak of v,iolence, revenge, terrorism. The world scene is troubled by demoraliz· ing episodes. " "Even causes entitled to jus· tice stain themselves by vile . AT BANQUET: Senior class officers at Bishop Gerrard High School, Fall River, m~et heroics."

The Pope summed up his feelat banquet preceding graduation. From left, Elizabeth Ozug, secretary; Paulette Caron, ings by saying: "Crime is becom· vice-president'; Suzanne Gagnon, ,president; Lori DeNardo, treasurer. ing' a monstrous collective art."

'Respect For Life Federation Founded ·NOORDWIJKERHOUT (NC)Representatives o'f organiza,tions of anti-abortion physicians from n~ne countries ,have founded a World Federation for Respect for Life.

The physicians at the founding meeting here in the Netherlands were said to represent about 60,000 physicians in Austria, Belgium, Canada, West Germany, Great Britain. the Netherlands, the United States. Spain and Switzerland.

In a statement issued after the meeting, the new federation said it supports the right to life of each individual, "an unconditional and fundamental right, in· dependent of the stage of growth (therefore existing from the time of conception), of mental, physical or ma'temal conditions or of the evolution of society."

Members of the federation, the statement said, "forbid themselves to kill their 'patients or to harm them. They cannot, therefore, participate in a coHee,tJive massacre under the pretext of. resolving a, psycho-social or demographic problem.;'

The experience of a number of countl'lies, .. the federat'ion said, shows that the removal of restrictions on ,abortion does not reduce the occurrence of clandestine abortions,although the number of legal abortions increases considerably.

Deluge of Letters To Hit Washington GLENDALE (NC)-An effort to "bury Congress under an av'alanche of 10 million anti-abortion letters" has begun here by , the Committee of Ten Million here.

A broohure has been sent by the committee to'18,OOO Catholic pastors and 14,000 pro-life activists who are asked to set up a nationwide chain of 20,000 neighborhood groups. The s e gJ;oups will be responsible for writing the letters backing an anti-a'bortion amendment to the Constitution according to Gilbert Durand, chail'man of the committee. Durand said he hopes that 10 million letters will be mailed on July 4.

It is a medically well founded

opinion, the federation 'said, that a relaxed policy on abortion leads young women to resort to ,it as a method of birth control.

The federation sa,id that it adheres to the United, Nations declaration on the rights' of the child, whic1). affiirms that the child needs special care and legal protection both before and after birth. , In this regard, it said, "there is no medical proof that handicapped children would prefer never to have been born" and ",it cannot be demonstrated that mistreated and unhappy children are that way because they were conceived against the will of their mothers."

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Prison Inmates Have Problems Of Handicapped

orrAWA (NC) - There arc great similarities between the prison inmate ~d the physically handicapped, according to Jean Vanier, who has gained worldwide recognition as an apostle for the handicapped.

Vanier called a meeting of Canadian prison directors, inmates, chaplains, judges and parole officers recently to help reverse what he considers is a growing mistrust and fear of inrnates in Canada's penal system.

He said prison inmates, like the handicapped, arc callously rejected by society at large.

Vanier, the son of a former governor-general of Canada, is the founder of L'Arche (The Ark) Association, an international movement that he has established in France, India and Canuda for the mentally rl~tarded.

"The world fears and rejects the inmat!'," Vanier said, "but h(' is first of ull u man who has suffered."

The tall, soft-spoken Vanier said ther(: are 21,000 men in Canada's prisons and that about 80 per cent of those who leave Canadian prisons will T('turn for other crimes.

In the Netherlands, Vanier said. only 15 per cent of the inmates return to prison because prison officials and the Dutch public "have created a healthy, dialectical situation and grown together in a therapeutic community."

Canada's prisons :lre far from therapeutic and allow for little rehabilitation, Vanier said.. He urged those working within the penal system to "break down the barriers of mistrust" and thereby change the structure.

Vanier said the meeting was an attempt to bring people together from a cross-section of discipline within the correctional field to discuss openly prison reform problems.

"Society undertakes to crush the prisoner," Vanier said. "This is the whole orientation of the jail. The inmate is the evil one, and is made to feel no good. He is the scapegoat for aB the sins of society and for our own culpa· bility."

He said that in a society which is oriented to success and the pursuit of wealth, the prisoner is seen as someone who endangers this system.

Speaking on the plight of the prison guard, Vanier said it is difficult to become a keeper of men without there being a conflict in his role. "It is very difficult to ally in the same person the task of keeper and punisher, helper and healer. This is the suffering of the guard."

Vanier said that the letters he has received from inmates have "changed me more than all the books I have read or all the influential people I have met."

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Promotes Prison Reform Program NEWARK (NC)-A program to improve the effectiveness of the correctional system in New Jersey is being promoted by the Institute of Social Relations, an agency of the Newark Archdiocese.

Through its focus on Justice Committee, the Institute has recommend five action programs: -Locating jobs for ex-convicts.

-Petitioning for new laws affecting the criminal justice system.

-Developing alternatives to jails for those not helped by incarceration, such as alcoholics.

-Helping mothers keep contact with their children.

HOLY FAMILY: High school reminiscences are exchanged by Ann Vasconcellos, class treasurer, and Paul J. Costa, graduates of Holy Family High School, New Bedford.

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-Personal inspection of local police departments, jails and courts to observe the criminal justice system at work first hand.

The program is being promoted in conjunction with a Focus on Justice Week proclaimed by Gov. Brendan T. Byrne. The recommendations stemmed from interviews by committee members with court, probation and prison officials throughout the state.

In addition to this program the institute announced that it is launching a "Social Action Line" to provide tape-recorded announcements of messages and events related to social concerns.

Rev. John L. Paprocki, institute director, said the message will be changed twice a week to offer callers the most current in- . formation on a I-hour basis Topics will range from prison reform to youth education to ethnic affairs.

Other major donor agencies VATICAN CITY (NC)-Caritas organizations working with CariInternationalis, worldwide feder- tas Internationalis were particu- for emergency programs in the ation of national Catholic chari- larly active in trying to 'lesson last six months include: Gerties organizations, has provided the suffering and privation many, $4.6 million; Spain, $2.5 more than $25 million of emer- brought on by the African million; Austria. $1.7 million; gency assistance in the last six drought. According to· Caritas Switzerland, $1.6 million, .and months, with almost half of it Internationalis, programs in this France, $1 million. coming from U.S. Catholics. area included development projAt the annual meeting of the ects, importation of cattle and ,111111".lfl.IIII'.IIIII"".,IIIIIIIIIIIIIOIII'I"''''''""'llllllllllllllllllllllf~ executive committee of Caritas goats to replenish diminished ::1111111111111111111111 Internationalis held in Rome re- herds, well digging and the buildcently it was reported that the ing of new irrigation systems. total of emergency funds and goods provided. by Caritas Internationalis member organizations Pastoral on Aging from November, 1973 to April, Issued by Cardinal 1974, was $25,385,141.69. Of CHICAGO (NC) - Growing that total, Catholic Relief Ser- Complete Optical Service vices, tbe U.S. Catholic over- with the Years: A Pastoral Letter seas aid organization, provided on Aging has been issued here by $12,866,968.

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450 High Street Fall River The emergency assistance It is the first pastoral letter went to programs to relieve the ever issued on the subject in the For Appointments Call 678-0412 disastrous effects of floods in archdiocese.

Brazil, Bolivia, Argentina and The pastoral was issued at this Peru; housing construction in Nicaragua; aid to Africa's sub- time, the cardi·nal said in his letS~hara populations· suffering ter, because "in this Holy Year from drought, as well as to re- of healing, we should turn our lief and assistance for war refu- attention in a particular way to gees in Southeast Asia and the the concerns of the againg. We Middle East. . ought not consider aging as a North American and European problem or a burden .but rather as an integral part of life."

Parish School Tops Cardinal Cody points out There'~ a lot to like about Fernandes Super Markets in his letter some of the strengths National Norms CHICAGO (NC) - Students in of the aging and the various Serviced Fish and Deli, Serviced In - store Bake Shops, the "largest black Catholic contributions they make to the Luncheonettes, Convenient Customer Rest Rooms. Try us .•. school in the U. S." are function- .Church and to society out of ing on an academic level above their experience, their capacity You'll like us, too! the national average. for independence of judgment, Holy Angels elementary school and "their precious gift of time" students were recentJy given the in a hurrying world.

Iowa Basic Skills Test and reOrdination Mass SAN DIEGO (NC)--Msgr. Gil- sults showed none of the Cathbert Chavez is to be ordained olic students behind the national auxiliary bishop of the San Diego norm and many students were PLUMBING & HEATING, INC. diocese in June in a celebration two or three grades above their present grade.

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\ Valuable Criticism De:pends On First-Hand Knowledge I

. Some years ago the late Cardinal Spellman who was so piqued by something that Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt had written on federal aid to education that he harshly criticized the First Lady in a public statement which became the talk of the town for sevand unsubstantiated antieral weeks. To say the least, mor, UFW propaganda. On at least that was a tactical error on three crucial issues-the posWon the Cardinal's part, but I can of the UFW on secret ballot hardly criticize him, even by elections, the position of the inh~ndsight, for 1 am about to make the same mistake myself by entering into a public contro-

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dustry with regard to farm labor legislat'ion,and the operation of UFW's hiring haH-her information is woefully linadequate.

Sister's problem, if she will forgive me for 'saying so as pointedly as she is in the habit By of speaking;is that apparently she has never studied the California MSGR. farm Ilabor problem firsthand.

She says that the members of GEORGE G. the Bishops Committee 'on Farm Labor are "metropolitan-minded" HIGGINS and therefore ,incapahle of understanding the intricacies of the versy with another lady who is farm labor problem. In reply to every bit as formidable in her that rather patronizing indictown way as Mrs. F.D.R. Like the ment and in defense of the BishCardinal, 1 will undoubtedly have ops Committee, 1 must say that to pay a price for my lack of we have spent many months during the past first years conchivalry.

The lady is Sister Thomas sulting on the spot with aU par·.

More Bertels, Professor of His- ties involved in the farm labor tory at Silver Lake College, Man- dispute, including dozens of itowoc, W~sconsin, and some- growers. As a consuH~nt to the thing of an expert on' agricul- Committee, 1 have made more tural organ'izations in the United than 100 trips to the Coast durStates. She 'has recently pub- ing that period, and' have also lished a series of four extremely studied the farm labor problem 'belligerent (I afrflQs..t said sassy) on several different occasions in articles on t~e CalffOJ:llia farm Arizona, Texas and Florida. I labor problem. They appeared have also spent additional weeks in successive issues of The and months studying this probPacker, the national weekly lem at the national level in newspaper of the fruit. and vege- Washington, J? C. Unreliable Sources table industry.

The articles are abrasively To the best of my knowledge, critical of the writer of tMs col- Sister Thomas More, during all umn, the United Farm Workers that time, has never personally Union, the national AFL-CIO, investigated the farm labor sitBishops Committee on Farm La'- uation in California and has bor, the National Catholic hier- never talked to a single CaHforarchy which the good Sister de- nia grower or a single represenscrvbes as "an Iflish preserve"- tative of the UFW or the Teamand, believe me, she doesn't' sters. Insofar as I am able to mean that to be a compl,iment. judge, all of her information, such Church Position as it is, comes fl10m second and Sister Thomas More was obvi- third-hand sources and much of ously sparring for an eye-goug1ing it-if the truth must be told fight when she wrote the articles . -from sources which are thorand would undoubtedly be disap- oughly' unreliable. pointed if they were to be igIn the final analysis, Sister nored. Since I happen to be one Thomas More's real grievance of the principal targets of her seems to be not with the UFW flighteous indignation against the or the Bishops Committee on . entire Amer.ican ecclesiastical Farm Labor, but. with the Establishment, 1 suppose 1 might American hierarchy in general as well be the one to knock the and, more specifically, with the chip off Iher shoulder, even at the National Catholic Rural Life risk of appearing to be an in- Conference, an organ,lzation with sensitive male chauvinist cad. which she used to be closely asSister says, for openers, that sociated. I don't know how she the position of the Church on fell out with the NCRLC or why the lettuce and grape boycott is she is so angry with its leaders "intellectually dishonest" and and with the American bishops, that its' chief sources of infor- but she obviously hO'lds them in mation-reports coming' from my low esteem and seems to take office in Washington and from delight ,in saying so quite ramthe National Catholic Rural Ufe bunctiouslyin her recent series Conference in Des Moines- of articles in The Packer. . "must be regarded as biased and It will be up to' the leaders of therefore fundamentally inappro- the NCRLC and to the American pl1iate to the task at hand. They bishops to answer her extravcannot prov1ide the bishops with a'gant charges if they think it's an holistic (wow!) view of the worth ,the effort. In my opinion, problem. No way." she has done a great disservice Inadequate Information to the United Farm Workers, and Maybe not, ,but heaven help to the growers whom she purthe bishops if they had to rely ports to he defending, by letting on Sister's slipshod reports herself be used (and, whether which, it must be stated bluntly, wittingly or not, she is being are a mishmash of hearsay, ru- used to a fare-the-well) as a

AT BISHOP STANG: Preparing for graduation at Bishop Stang High School, North Dartmouth, are, from left, Lawrence Novo, William McMillan, Jane Fitzgerald, all of Fall River, and Anne Carballo, New Bedford.

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Religion Helpful in Finding Identity 'WILMINGTON (NC) - Put· ting Catholic students in touch with their religious tradition may "help them find out who they are and where they are going," a Jesuit author of religion textbooks said here.

The priest, Father James DiGiacomo, chairman of religious studies at Fordham Prep in New York City and author of the "Conscience and Concern" high school religion series, spoke at a recent workshop for religious educators at St. Mark's, High School here. .

"Kids of the 60s didn't want 'God talk,''' he said, "but today teenagers have a deep hunger for knowledge and really want to find out who they are. This calls for deep sensitivity and theologica'l expertise on the part of religious educators."

He pointed out that there is a marked tendency today on the part of young people and many adults to begin, not with God, but .with man in their interpretation of the religious' expertise. This tendencv.re said, holds tremendous implications for religious education.

"Today. before asking what God is like, young people ..ask themselves how they can .find . God," he said Father DiGiacomo went on to say that there has been a "discernible . shift" in attitudes toward the Church since the early 1960s. "At that time we looked at the Church laws as given to us to tell ,us what to do-to solve our problems. Today we see the laws more. as guidelines. We listen to authority. but we insist unon self determination. We see religion as a set of relationships 1t1l1""""",,,,,,wun"'lUullllilllj,'IIIUlllllllUlltl"'llU"'''hj''Um'f\""""""wlO",imt

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and oilr idea of sin is much more fluid.

"Kids today who are trying to establish their religious identity need room to grow and need help with other' problems which

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OUR LADY OF THE ISLE, NANTUCKET St. Mary's Women's Guild will hold a Communion hreakfast at the Overlook restaurant following 7:30 A.M. Mass Sunday.

ST. GEORGE, WESTPORT New officers of the Women's Guild will be ,installed at a banquet Saturday night at the Skipper restaurant, Fairhaven. Rev. Rene Levesque ,will install Jeanne Forest, president; Louise Buckley, vice-president; Sandra Chaves and Jacqueline Langlois, secretaries; Gladys Balestracci, treasurer.

At the last guild meeting a mixer was presented to Carolyn Forand as a gesture of appreciation for her many donations of food to guild-sponsored events.

ST. MARY, SOUTH DARTMOUTH The annual Women's Guild guest night is slated for 7 P.M. Wednesday, June 12 at the parish center. Colleen Costa, hostess, will 'be in charge of arrangements for a chicken barbecue dinner, .for which reservations should be made by. tomorrow with Carolyn Anuszczyk, telephone 996-0628 or Nancy Pye, 993-2428. .

Following the meal, dancing instructions will be given by Monte. of the New Bedford BaHroom.

ST. PATRICK, SOMERSET The Women's Guild will hold a paper drive to benefit the parish building fund from 5 to 8 P.M. tomorrow night and from 8 to 10 A.M. Saturday morning.

Papers may 'be hrougtlt to the church parking lot or telephones 74-8220 or 673-6413 may be called for pickup service.

Volunteers are needed as CCD teachers for sixth, seventh and eighth grade students.

A day of recollection for men of the parish will take place from 1 to 8:30 P.M. Sunday at Case House. An evening meal wJII be served and there will be no charge for the event.

SACRED HEmtT, TAUNTON Newly elected of.ficE~rs .of the Women's Club are President Miss Corline L. Cronan; VicePresident Mrs. ,Jean Nunes; Secretary Mrs. Jane Ross; Treasurer Mrs. Beatrice Pagu€ci.

Board members are Mrs. Mary Martin, Rose Clark, Rita Machado, Erma McCarthy, Anne Gallagher, Linda Brady, Patricia Maynard.

The instaHation of officers will Ibe held at Tony Parkers on Monday, June 10 with a buffet.

Reservations are to be made through Mrs. M. Josephine Cronan or Mrs. Dorothy Custer.

The Club will present its first $200 scholarship this year.

Committee Members are President Miss Cronan representing the business and professional women of the parish, Miss Elizabeth Brady, Educatol', and Mrs. Peggy Reams, a mother.

The scholarship is limited to children of parish members with preference to children whose mothers belong to the Club. Eligibility will be to Seniors who will be seeking higher education in technical, nursing or college fields.

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COLLECTING SIGNATURES: Yearbook signatures which will be treasured in years to come are collected by Ernest St. Gelais, student council president at St. Anthony High School, New Bedford, from classmates Doris Lacoste, senior president, and Gerald Poineau, vice-president.

• Pope Asks Peace, Brotherhood In Chile VATICAN CITY (NC) - The suffering inflicted on the people of Chile should be replaced with peace and brotherhood, Pope Paul VI told Chile's new ambassador to the Vatican.

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HOLY NAME, NEW BEDFORD The Third Annual Sports Night Banquet honoring "The Shamrocks" winners of NCIW Bedford Senior eyO Basketball Championship, will be held tonight at 6:30 in Gaudette's Pavilion.

Also to be honored will be the Junior Boys' and Girls' teams together with the Senior-Junlior Cheerleaders.

HOLY NAME, FALL RIVER The 1923 Club will hold ·its concluding party at 7 P.M. Saturday, June 22 in the school. All padd-up members are invited.

The club will resume in September. Information is available from Bill Sullivan, Helen Bednarz or Joe Benevides.

The second annual parish family picnic will take place from noon until 6 P.M. Sunday, June 30 at St. Vincent de Paul Camp, Adamsville. Tickets for adults will be available follow1ing all Masses until that time and also at the rectory. Children .will be admitted free.

All parishioners are invited to attend the ceremony of Baptism, to be administered at 2 P.M. Sunay.

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vent and paterna;l solicitude the problems and difficulties still existing in Chile," the Pope said.

Pope Paul said he desires a brotherhood .for Chile that, "overcoming 3'nimosity and resentments, excluding reprisals and vendettas, strives to establish a genuine and reciprocal understanding and an effective and sincere reconciliation," The peace he wishes for Chile, t'he Pope added, should be constructed on the "preservation of life, moral and materIal benefits and the fundamental rights of every person," To accomplish this, the Pope pledged the .imparNal service of the Church in Chile.

The military junta that over-

threw the government of the late Marxist President Salvador Allende last September has been accused of torturing Chileans and denying many their rights unjustly.

"This nation has recently suffered a crisis, the most dramatic in its history, with sufferings which have stirred up world public opinion,"

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Criticizes Today's Church Music ,LONDON (NC)-Much of the music used in churches today to worship God "would be laughed off the concert platform," according to Colin Mawby, master of music at London's Westminster CatholJic cathedral.

The Catlholic Church, he wrote in the T,imes of London, must insist on musical quality as an essential feature of worship, and important element of this must be the patronage of contemporary composers so that new religious music can have considerable cultural importance.

Its performance "must be of sufff.icient stature to be worthy in human terms of the worship of Almighty God. The unfortunate dichotomy between musical beauty and belief must be overcome so that music may once again be fertilized by real religious conviction."

TORONTO (NC) - The film, book, and periodical library of material on the Sacred Heart proposed by the International Institute of Lhe Heart of Jesus (IlHJ) would contain anything from sheet music to tape recorrlings and record:-, according to Father F. J. Power, director for Canada of the Apostleship of Prayer.

Father Power is also editor of the Canadian Messenger of the Sacred Heart and a member of of the I1H.T advisory council, which met in Rome recently and sclected Milwaukee, Wis., as a po:-sible site for the library.

The IIHJ. formed last year, is a co-ordinating service for all Sacred Heart activities of Religiolls anrl lay groups.

"Therc has been a tremendous amount written on devotion to the Sacred Heart in dozens of languages during the past 300 years," Father Power said. "We have recommended that the I1H.i purchase texts on the Sacred Heart from libraries of Religious orders which are closing down."

He said that the possibility of creating a satellite library on the Sacred Heart is being considered for Toronto. ·Father Power maintained that there has been a "fantastic upswing in devotion to the Sacred Heart in the past two years.

"The laity really wants it and it's hard to explain why the priests aren't preaching about the Sacred Heart," he said.

The ILHJ advisory council bas also recommended that an updated book on the Sacred Heart be produced by Catholic scholars for the 1975 Holy Year.

In addition, the group is urging the production of a 4o-page brochure based on the writings of Pope Pius XII to help explain the importance of the Sacred Heart.

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Publicity chairmen of parish organ1zat'oos are asked to submit news items for th!s column to The Anchor, P. O. Box 7, Fall River, 02722. Name of city or town should be InclUded, as well as full dates of all activities. Please send news of future rather than past events.

Personal Reality of Hitler One of the most significant figures of the 20th century is Adolf Hitler, who died 29 years' ago. He changed the world. But he remains a mystery; even to one who makes his way through Joachim C. Fest's gigantic biography, Hitler (Harcourt Brace JovanoAt the 'head of what ~was now vich, 757 Third Ave., New a 'mass party attracting al1 sorts York, N.Y. 10017.844 pages. of people, he maneuvered $15). Mr. Fest has done a lot shrewdly during the decade of of digging to try to unearth the personal reality of Hitler, Born in Austria ,in 1899, Hitler was a choirboy and an acolyte in the

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KENNEDY local Catholic church. q'here is no indication of any Catholic influence on his life and career; no indication, either, of why he broke so 'completely with the Church.

While still in his teens. he went Lo live in Vienna. His hopes of acceptance as a pupil at the arts academy were dashed. He lived in a flophouse, but managed to attend countless performances of Wag'ners operas and became interested ~n 'Wagner's political writings.

He was ex'posed to the virulent anti-Semitism prevalent at the time, and to movements promoting Aryan superiority, panGermanism, and an early form of national socialism. In his daydreams he formulated grandiose plans of social and political change, Chaos in Germany After moving to Munich in 1913, he was drafted into, the German army and served . throughout World War I, win· ning a decoration. Perhaps for the ·first time, he felt at home in the military and under wartime conditions. He was im· pressed :by the propaganda of the Al1ies, which he found far superior to Germany's.

Following the war, there was chaos in Germany. Revolution broke out. The Communists took power in some places. The terms of the Versailles peate treaty were considered oppressive and roused bitter resentment. Infla. tion brought ruin and suffering.

It was from these conditions that Hitler emerged as a political figure. The situation was ready for ·him. He discovered his phenomena'l oratorical powers and began to use them. He joined with others in organiz·ing the prototype of the Nazi party, and soon succeeded in seizing complete control.

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unrest and upheaval lasting from 1923 to 1933, and at the end of it, he became chancellor of Ger· many.

Political Figure This position he achieved le-· gaily, but once it was in his grasp., he set systematically about the crushing of democratic institutions and the transformation of Germany in his image.

How he did this, and how easily he did this, is the subject of one of the most fascinating parts of the book.

He proceeded to astonish the world by his organizing of the country, his rearming it, his bold, successful strokes of foreign pol· icy, and then his absorption of Austria and Czechoslovakia. His eyes were set on Poland, the objective being a common border with the Soviet Union, this to facilitate his long-held determi· nation to attack and subjugate the Soviet Union.

After his lightning conquest' of Poland, he expected the West to accept this accomplished fact.

But Brita'in and France 'refused to make peace. He then went on to military' mastery of Europe, yet Britain still held out.

He launched his' assault on the Soviet-Union in 1941, and at the end of the same year was at war with the United States. His fate, says Mr. Fest, was now sealed, although it took more than three years for his defeat to be achieved.

Enormous Terror With his ,death, Nazism collapsed utterly. The organization, so formidable , which he ha'd put together, fell cOl1;lpletely apart. Nothing of his thought, says Mr. Fest, survived him. "He had always used ideas merely as instruments; when at death he abandoned them, they were compromised and used up."

Mr. Fest says further, "Hitler , had no secret that ex'tended beyond his immediate presence.

The people whose 10ya'1ty and admiration he had won never followed a vision, but' only a force. In retrospect his life seems like a steady unfolding of' tre- ' mendous energy. Its effects were vast; the terror it spread enormous; but when it was over there was little left for memory to hold."

Does this mean that there can never be a recurrence of Nazism in ,some form or' under some label? "The 'world-wide unrest of the late sixties," says the author, "once again brought to the fore many of the elements which have repeatedly recurred in de'scriptions of pre-Fascist conditions: the cultural pessimism, the craving for spontaneity, intoxication, and a d'ramatic quality of life, the vehemence of youth and the aestheticizing of force."

But a towering leader is required to light the fire of fanaticism. May none such appear.

IS OUTSTANDING: Dennis R. Poyant, a teacher at St. Joseph School, New Bedford, has been named an Outstanding Elementary Teacher of America for 1974 in a program honoryng men and women for leadership in elementary education. He is eligible to receive a trophy and his school is eligible for one .of Jive' $500 grants.

Poyant" a 1971 graduate of Southeastern Massachusetts University, received a master's degree in history from Providence College last month and is also-' taking courses at Bridgewater State College. He resides in New Bedford with his wife and daughter.

ST. JOSEPH, ATTLEBORO "The Great Western Melodrama" and "Sweet AdelJine" will be presented at 8 P.M. Saturday rTld Sunday in the parish hall. A cast party will follow ,Sunday;s performance.

"B.E.E. People" will have a trip to Rocky Point from 10:30 A.M. to 5:30 P.M. Saturday.

Knights of the altar will meet tonight and members and their families will hold a picnic from 1 to 4 P.M. Sunday at Finberg Field,

HOLY FAMILY, TAUNTON William Araujo, aided' by Manuel Correia, Russell Cham.berland and Joseph Silva, is in charge of'the annual Holy Name Society mystery ride, scheduled this year for Saturday, Aug. 24, with cars leaving the church parking lot at 7 P.M. Reaching the destination point, members will enjoy a' smorgasbord supper, followed by dancing to the' music of Hebe's Musical Tops. Door prizes will be a·warded.

Tickets for the event, available from all Holy Name Society members, are limited and reservations will close Wednesday, Aug. 21.

ST. ANN, RAYNHAM New Ladies' Guild officers are Mrs. Janise Murphy, president; Mrs. Diane Correia, vice-president; Mrs. Nancy Willette, secretary; Miss Bernice Fountain, treasurer. The unit will sponsor a whist party tomorow night at 8 in the church hall. Mrs. Ellen Alden and Mrs. Anne Ke~ugh are co-chairmen..

ST. ELIZABETH, FALL RIVER . The feast of St. Elizabeth and the Holy Ghost Feast wlill be celebrated tomorrow through Sunday at the new parish center and on the church grounds.

Opening event will be a penny sale at 7:30 tomorrow night in the parish center. A band con· cert is scheduled for 6 Saturday night, followed by an auction.

Sunday's activities will begin at 10:45 A.M. with a concelebrated Mass at which Rev. Manuel Andrade of Our Lady of Health Church will ,be homilist.

An outdoor procession in which all are invited to participate will begin at 3 P.M. dn front of the church and a ,band concert and auction will follow.

A kitchen featuring Portu~ ·guese and American foods will' be open at 4:30 P.M. Friday, and at noon on Saturday and Sunday.

John Massa, Holy Name Society president, is chairman of the celebration, aided by Emmanuel Souza, co-chairman. Mrs. Alice Correira, Ladies' Guild president, is in charge of the kitchen, assisted by 'guild members. Rev. JOJ:ge DeJ. Souza, pastor, is chairman ex-offioio and treasurer.

ST. MARGARET, BUZZARDS BAY Mrs. Lea Allen, area director of a diet workshop project, spoke at last night's meeting of SS. Margaret-Mary Guild. The unit . will hold a luncheon meeting Thursday, June 13 at Dolphin Inn, preceded by a noon Mass.

Edward Geary will provide piano entertainment for the event.

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The Women's Club will sponsor a whist, party, open to the public at 8 P.M. Monday, June lOin the school hall, 240 Dover St. Mrs. Norman Hathaway chairman, will be aided by Mrs. Everett C. Cowell, co-chairman.

'ST. JAMES, ST. WILLIAM, , NEW BEDFORD FALL RIVER The Women's Guild .will hold The Ladies' Guild will sponsor dts installation banquet at 6:30 an all-day flea market Saturday, tonight at Eileen Darling's res- June 15 on the County Street taurant, Seekonk. A bus will parking lot opposite the church. leave the church parking lot at Items available will include 6 o'clock. . glassware, old jewelry, pietures, Officers to be installed are rugs, books and children's artiMrs. Louis Castango, president; cles. A snack bar will serve reMrs. John Synnott, vice-pres- freshments. Anyone interested in ,ident; Mrs. Thomas Callahan, renting a table may contact Mrs. treasurer; and Mrs. Thomas Daniel Dwyer, chair.woman, at Smith, secretary. The guest telephone 996-2618 or Mrs. Rich· speaker will be Attorney Edward ard Manning, co-chair-woman, Harrington. telephone 997-$542.

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KNOW YOUR FAITH .

What Being a Father Means

The Good Husband

It's vcry easy to define thc role of ,parenthood-just shower your children with love and affection and all will be well.

Sounds easy, but how to go about implementing this noble lifestyle ,is another question.

In polygamus societies a good husband was measlired in terms of the number of children he fathered, a good wife in terms of the number of children she bore him. Even among the monogamus Romans the word for marriage, "mat.rimoney," was derived from the service the woman rendered the husband as mothcr of his children.

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By REV. PAUL F.

We are always appall'cd at the slightest hint that there are some parents who do not love Iheir children, but the cruel truth stares us in the face: Child ncglect and child abuse are alarmingly on the increase. The stress of cultural forces and the. fastmoving changes in society arc largely responsible. The abandonment of old style morality has left us with a kind of desperation ,in handling very sticky situations. Conditions, furthermore, are not always what they seem. When we look beneath the surface, as the TV camera did recently at the Loud family, there are some surprising sights.

It's trite to say it, but real love, as in so many other life situations, is the missing ingredient.

The ideal father should pattern his life after God, the Father; the time-honored image which is the best designation that mankind has yet devised to symbolize love and mercy and understanding.

There is also a connotation of firmness when necessary, and a helping hand reaching out to all His children. Christ, who came from the Father, always spoke tenderly of the father Ison relationship. Human fatherhood is a sublime parallel.

Good Listener A father's chief responsibility is to show his children how to live a happy I,ife by living the right kind of life himself. A goo,1 place to begin is to demonstrate a warm loving relationship with his wife, the mother of his chil- dren. Children are alert creatures. Like father, like son, platitude though it is, contains the whole story. If the father is a bounder, then the children are going to have that much more difficulty in trying to oyercome the setbacks of life.

Being a father means going fishing with your son, playing ball with the family, listening to your little girl fret over her Barbie doll, sitting calmly through piano recitals and ballet presentations. It does not mean that every father has to turn into "Superdad" day and n:ght, acting like a child and playing constant pal, but it does call for reasonable attention, even if the moment is not always opportune.

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Copartnership The emphasis today is fortunately shifting from the father as the authority figure, whose only aim is to put bread on the table, to full copartnership with the mother. For much too long in many families, the mother has exercised the full authority with the father lingering quietly in the background. Toc,iay, at the very beginning of life, many hospitals now allow the father in the delivery room to participate as fully as possible in the new birth. Fathers should also be close at hand in the cuddling and feeding process. Children need two full-time parents working together at all times. Nothing cements a closer family relationship than kind words, tender hugs and soft kisses from both mother and dad.

Parents now realize that the formative years in a child's 'life end at about the 14th year. After that, the child, depending naturally on its individual background and heritage, is nearly an adult, capable of making his own decision. Parents are often puzzled that the good example they tried so hard to give does not invariably produce results they expected. Children, in the words of "The Prophet," "Are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of life's longing for itself." They have to live their own lives and the Sturm and Dran years call for almost superhuman parental patience. The only reasonable answer during these years is to let our chilren

know that we will never abandon them, come what may. The, accent always has to be on devotion, affection and ready forgive'ness whenever it is necessary.

Middle of Road Reams of parental psychOlogy have been written on the family rel!ltionship. We are aU familiar with the bible of Dr. Spock, who has been regarded as the preacher, par excellence, of permissiveness. Parents need to keep abreast ·of developments and the latest psychological findings but new pronouncements, just because they ar~ new, are not necessarily the best. Ironclad' <liscipline, by the same token, "just because it worked in my day" is hot al~ays the ideal means for rearing children.

The best approach lies somewhere in between-firmness with gentleness but always with love.

Diaconate Program Formed in Brooklyn NEW. YORK (NC)-Formation' of a permanent diaconate program for married and single men has been announced by the Brooklyn diocese. .

Father James L. Tahaney, associate pastor of St: Patrick's Church of Brooklyn, heads the program and has announced that he will be accepting applications until July 1.

Along with bishops and the priesthood, the diaconate is one of three levels in the Catholic Church's hierarchy. Deacons once played a prominent role as ministers in the early Church but their role declined in later centur·ies. Pope Paul VI restored the office in 1967.

Fertility or fecundity was so overr,iding a concern in the lives of the Patriarchs that a wife felt constrained to share her husband with her handm8'id, with other wives and concubines.

Even the best of the patriarchs were more practiced in the art of husbandry than in the art of being a loving husband.

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By JAMES D. COONEY

We need to shelve a couple of real and imagined stereotypes of the father in this changing time ... father as the one who brings home the bread, lays down the law, and presides over the family fortunes, unless as in "Glass Menagerie" he is "a telephone man who fell in' love with long distances." One of the most redeeming elements of a yet unredeemed medium-television-is bhe gradual disappearance of the dull buffoon Who 'was the unwitting .butt of family jokes, and the portrayal of father through such sensitive treatments asserved up by "The Waltons," as a person who can be warm, human and compassionate, one who reaolly cares. In fact, one of the refreshing spinoUs from the women's movement today is that fathers quite often find themselves coerced into deeper domestic involvement, and have found that it can be rewarding.

In earlier and less complex times, perhaps what father said was "law." Today what father says may not be etched in' bronze, but what he does can be eloquent indeed. As Father Hesburgh suggests, the fathermother relationship can be a beautiful example to the young that mutual respect, admiration

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particularly in the Wisdom literature, the qualities of thc woman as wife are stressed. "A good wife who can find? She is far more precious than jewels.

The heart of her husband confides in her and he have no lack of gain. She does him good, and not harm, all the days of her life" (Prov. 31:10-12).

"A wife's charms delights her husband and her skill puts fat on his bones ... Like the sun rising in the heights of the Lord, so is the beauty of a good wife in her well ordered horne. Like the shining lampstand, so is a beautiful face on a stately figure" (Sir. 26:13, 17).

Fertility was still prized in the woman and fecundity was regarded as a blessing from God. "Children' and the building of a city establish a man's name, but a Iblameless wife is accounted bctter than both" (Sir. 40:19).

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and sharing, the selflessness that is a good marriage, are goals to be achieved in life. A father's reaction to his work can teach his children that there is fulfillment to be gained beyond the household waHs. In fact, father is more often than not the link with the outside world. His reaction to that world teaches the young that it can either be an enriching, challenging arena to enter" or something to be feared, and ,perhaps even aVOided.

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Says Rep. Carey Faces Savage Outbreak of Anti-Catholicism BROOKLYN (NC)-"A savage outbreak in old-fashioned anNCatholicism" in recent months may decide' the political fate of U. S. Rep. Hugh L. Carey in New York's Democratic gubernatorial nomina'tion .. according to a writer for a Catholic ne,wspaper here.

Carey, a Brooklyn Democrat and outspoken Catholic, faces three opponents seeking party endorsement for the September Democratic primary, and political experts .are watching his prospects closely.

With II endorsements from county chairmen, the Brooklynite is running for governor against Howard J. Samuels, who has a lead of 24 county chairmen supporting him, Rep. Ogden R. Reid, with 9 on his list an9 Donald R. Manes, who has one.

Ina long article about the Democrats' numbers game in this Watergate year, and the jockeying for the more than 2 million Catholic votes of six million 'state residents who voted for governor in 1970, Jim Miller, a writer in The Tablet, Brooklyn diocesan paper, said Carey's prospects ,hinge on a tug of war within the party.

"Over the past 'few months," he wrote, "there has been a savage outbreak of old-fashioned' anti-Catholicism which has hurt Carey as well as other Catholic candidates.

"The Reformer's (the main Porce 'behind the New Demcratic Coalition, an ultra-liberal faction in New York's Democratic party) have made it plain that no Catholic who supports aid to parochial schools and is o.pposed to abortion should he permitted on the statewide ticket.

"It was plain at the New Democratic Coalition's convention that 'Catholics need not apply.' ... Hugh Carey represents maybe the last chance to bring back AI Smith's people. It may be difficult to accept, :but if Carey doesn't become: his party's choice, it will 'be because he's, an Irish Catholic with· 12 children who still goes to church, not because he wasn't the best man," I( Gov. Malcolm Wilson, also a Catholic, runs on' the Repub· lican and Conserva.tive parties' tickets, Miller speculated, CaUlolics would still h;ve in him a "real alternative if Carey fails in his party's intra-mural fight.

Miller predicted that with an incumbent Republican governor and Republican Sen. James Buckley running for office, the "real loser" in the long run would be the 1976 Democratic presidential candidate, . who would then face a New York Catholic' vote more ·hostile to a Democratic candidate than they are now.

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Continued from Page Thirteen zons of children in Innumerable ways. No matter how far the feminist movement may have penetrated the family unit, it is still likely that most mothers today are chief cooks and bottle washers. But what great opportunities there are for fathers 'to expand their children's v,istas ... by baking bread, or otherwise puttering in the kitchen, activities which say: "Look, cooking can be a· wonderfuNy creative and educational thing. It is not just the thing girls or mothers do. It is a basic human function ... the nourishment of others, such as Jesus did at his ow,n last supper, an act which has become the central act of our faith." Or his actions can say: "Look this is our house. Not Mom's, or mine.

It's our. We all have a stake in it . . . keeping it clean and orderly, making it a pleasant place to live. I'm willing to shoulder my part of the burden."

Long-Term Actions I ,have' a friend' who once vowed thaChe'd spend .his whole summer,. every available hour, with his IG-vear·old son, whom he admitted he \;:',ew very little.

At the end of the summer, I asked how the pian had gone.

He smiled: "I spent every waking hour with my boy for the past three months. We did t,hings together I never imagined myself doing. 1 rea).]y got to know him, and do you know what, J.im? 1 don't like the darned kid!" Educators are generally agreed that a person's values today are pretty well formed by the age of 14, religious and otherwise.

My friend's problem is that he didn't start "getting to know my son" early enough ... like from the beginning. If there is any· thing that came out ioud and

MASS OF THANKSGIVING ON FORTIETH ANNIVERSARY: Rev. John J. Feeney, retired priest of the Diocese of Manchester and now residing in Centerville, commemorated his 40 years in the priesthood with a Mass of Thanksgiving at Our Lady of Victory Church, Centerville. Principals present were: Rev. Thomas B. Feeney, 5J, of Boston, Abbot Gerald McCarthy of 5t. Anselm's College, Manchester; Archbishop William A. Carew, recently appointed by Pope Paul as Papal Delegate to Jerusalem and Palestine; Father Feeney, the jubilarian; Most Rev. James J. Gerrard, Auxiliary Bishop of Fall River; Most Rev. Thomas J. Riley and Most Rev. Joseph F. Maguire, Auxiliary Bishops in the Archdiocese of Boston.

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mine, and thine. "Say 'Even 1 Continued from Page Thirteen clear from I.'he difficult days of college revolt in the late 60s, it's man will' leave . father and am thine, my dearest; this advice the fact that young people mother and cleave to his wife Paul gives me when he says: The husbanCi has no authority over hadn't been communicating with until the two become one flesh" his own 'body, but the wife. If their parents, nor were they get- (Mk. 10:7). ting much satisfaction from their Continuing the theme, Paul I have no rights over my own elders on campuses.. There's tells the Christian husband that body, but if it is you who have, much more to it thll>n that, of he must love his wife as his own much more have you rights over course. But so many of the stu- body, that in loving his wife he my possessions. ' dents 'of the early days of that loves himse:f, "s'ince no one ever "Thus by your language, teach period were really saying: "No- hates his own flesh, but nour- her never to speak of mine and body cares about me." ishes and cherishes it, as Christ thine. Again, never address her Like my friend with the es- does ,the Church" (Eph. 5:28, 29). simply by name, but add some tranged 16-year-old, a father Jesus' introduces the revolu- term of endearment, with honor must try. But, his 'long-term ac- tionary idea, that the husband and much love ... prefer her. beHans will tell the tale, not some belongs to his wife, just as much fore all others on every count, summertime intent. From the as she belongs to him, that both for her beauty and her disbeginning, by a life which "Whoever' divorces his wife and ·cernment, and praise her" (On teaches ,a father must say to his marries another commits adul- Ephesians. Hom. 20).

The "liberated woman" of toyoung: "I believe in you. 1 trust tery against her" (Mk. 10:11). It you. Sometimes we may not 'is precisely here that we have day may well detect a note of agree. But, I'm willing not only Christ's "l1beration of woman," male .condescension in the pasto hear you ... 1 will' listen too." a point so often overlooked by . sage just cited. But most women wHl a'gree with Dr. Theodore Fr. Hesburgh women's Hb; "The best thing a father can Paul does not miss the point. Rubin's pen picture of The Lovdo for his children is love their He spells it out: "A man has no able Man: "He takes nothing for mother." Father Theodore M. authority over his own body, but granted and knows that tender Hesiburgh, boss of the estab-. the wife" (I Cor. 7:4). A Chris- words and gestures are keenly 'lishment for which I work, made tian woman can echo the exul- appreciated. He ,is not afra'idof that statement many years ago. tant cry of the bride of the "Can- words like 'I love you,' nor is he He has made' a great many ticle": "My beloved is mine and afraid to show what ,he feels. He does not ,think feelings and others, and veryjmportant ones I am his" (2:15).

Time and again the "golden· -tenderness are antimasculine ... since, but that's one of my favorites. He spoke from long ex- tongued" Chrysostom, the most He is not a flirt. He may appre. perience, first as chaplain of eloquent spokesman for Chris· ciate other women, but he saves Notre Dame's Vetville (otherwise tian marriage in the early his tenderest moments and known as "Fertile Valley" during Church, wiN return to .the text words exclusively for his mate" the past WW H days), enhanc- , of Paul. "When, th~refore, you (excerpted by Quikbook from "Can You Make Me Happy?," ing the moral values of the the husband see a harlot temptyoung. Maybe the statement ing you, say: 'My. body' is not 1974).

Personally I· prefer the hom· sounds a bit simplistic, but it mine, but my wife's.' For the makes eminent sense when you husband has' no authority over probe ,it a bit further, because his own body, but the wife" (On /. it says that a' fat,her's relation- 1 Cor. Hom. 19). ship with the mother of the St. John· Chrysostom house cill'l teach their youngsters marvelous things about human Marriage .is a "c,ovenant of Complete Line . interrelationships. The father as love and fidelity/, a sharing in teacher is a ·concept which .I rights both human and 'divine."

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Jesuit Asserts Unity Possible With Lutherans NEW YORK (NC)-If the pa· pacy is renewed, "it seems en· tirely possibly that Lutherans and other Christians might find in the papacy an appropriat~ visible expression of ... the ministry that serves the unity and order of the entire Churcli of Christ."

Jesuit Father Avery Dulles asserted this view in a major ad· dress, "The Papacy as an Ecumenical Problem," at Fordham University here. His lecture was the seventh John Courtney Mur· ray Forum lecture, a series that began in 1969.

"It is ironic," the theologian said, "that the very office that was allegedly established to se· cure unity should have became, in the course of time, the most formidable source of dissension."

But he said the new style of Church leadership since Pope John XXlII and the Second Vat· ican Council, along with today's developments in global cpmmu· nidltion and transportation, has given non·Catholic Chl'istia~s a new impetus to look at the Pope as a possible focus of Christian unity.

He cited numerous theologicai advances, especially 'in the vari· ous ecumenical dialogues around the world, that are tearing down some of the barriers to unity. ,But it is up to officials of the various churches to take concrete steps toward achiev'ing unity, he said, and even more important is the understanding and acceptance of the dialogue work by "the clergy and laity of the several churches."

Focusing particularly on the recent agreement on papal primacy 'by the (U. S.) Natil;mal Lutheran-Catholic Dialogue of which he is a member,' Father Dulles admitted that there were still numerous difficulties which the theologians have not been· able to resolve. They have just barely begun, for example, to treat the question of papal infallibility.

But he pointed to significant advances in other ar.~as such as the question of the biblical foundation .for the papacy or the question of the Pope's jurisdic· tion over all members of the Church.

Both Catholic and Lutheran theologians in the dialogue, he said, have come to' see the ministry ascribed to the apostle Peter in the New Testament "as providing a biblical paradigm for the role subsequently played, with with varying degrees of success, by the papacy. On the other hand, neither side affirms that the New Testament gives any direct evidence: for the es· tablishment of the papacy as a continuing office ,in t.he Church.

Nuns Workshops CHICAGO (NC)--A series of regional workshops designed to train nuns for community leadership in local and national prob· lems was announced here by the National Assembly of Women Religious (NAWR). Ministries of nuns in the NAWR include schools, health care facilities, administmtive offices, and social agencies. They work to bring about changes in racial tension, housing, family problems, drug addiction and economic oppres· sion.

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Paulists Allocate Funds for Relief OAK RIDGE (NC)-The Paulist Fathers have voted to give $5,000 to aid the starving in sub· Sahara Africa and another $1,000 to aid the United Farm Workers of America (UFWA).

A resolution passed by the PauHst general assembly here in New Jersey said that in Africa the famine situation has reached catastrophic proportions.

In another resolution the assembly voted $1,000 "to aid the United Farm Workers in this crucial point in their history."

The Paulists said they support UFWA demands for a free, secret ballot election to determine whether the farm workers want union representation and whkh union they want to represent them. The assembly also en· dorsed the UFWA's consumer boycott of non·UFWA table grapes, head lettuce, and Cal· ifornia wines.

It urged local Paulist communities to support the boycotts.

The Paulist general assembly meets every four years and includes representatives of all age groups in the 245·member com· munity of priests.

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COACHING IS .HIS GOAL: Despite being confined to a wheelchair because of muscular dystrophy, Bill Leitsch wants to become a basketball coach when he finishes colle~e. He is shown talking with classmate at Louisville's St. Xavier High School from WhICh he graduated this month. Bill will attend the University of Kentucky in fall and hopes to learn from coach Joe Hall. NC Photo. .

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HONOLULU (NC)-The president of the Boy Scouts of America reaffirmed the religious prin· ciple of scouting during the organization's 64th annual meeting here.

Robert W. Reneker made his remarks following opening day, early morning breakfasts conducted by the major religious denominations.

"We have the right to be indi,viduals, to believe what we want to believe just as long as that ,right does not infringe on the rights of others," Reneker stated. "We have a right, as an' organization, to say that one must have a belief in a Supreme Being. We do not say that any-

one who does not, must belong to the Boy Scouts of America.

"Let those who choose not to believe form their own organizationand exclude us, because we do bel:ieve in a Supreme Being.

To make that requirement par· amount for those who would join us is our right. We will oppose with all our might, any change in that policy."

The success of the scouts, Reneker said, is based on the relationships with religious, civ· ic, service, fraternal, and educational groups. All of these groups, he added, express a belief in a Supreme Being.

But the Boy Scouts do not at-

Scores Honorary Degree Award GRAND RAPIDS (NC)-The bishop of Grand Rapids has re'· signed .his position as honorary chairman' of the board of trust· ees of Aquinas College here to protest' the college's granting of an honorary degree to Rep. Shirley Chisholm (D·N. Y.).

Bishop Joseph M. Breitenbeck said that he could not acquiesce "in the granting by a Catholic college of an honorary degree to a person who has taken so dear and so emphatic a public pro· abortion position" as Rep. Chrisholm. ' Rep. Chisholm was one of 10 persons' nominated by students to receive an honorary degree.

The final decision was voted by the academic assembly, a body composed of faculty, students, and administr.ators, ,and supported by Vhe board of trustees.

tempt to make their ideology conform to those of sponsoring organizations, he added. "We don't have to ... To do so would be co,wardly."

Father Kenneth O'ConneH, na· tional Catholic scout chaplain and scout chaplain for the arch· diocese of New York, gave the principle address to the Cath· olic scout leaders during their breakfast.

'Basing his remarks on a recent editorial on the lack of heroes for today's youth, he urged the assembled scout leaders to recall their importance ojn setting good example in the lives of the youth they serve. Through scouting under Catholic auspices, Father O'Connell noted, we can provide a hero, Christ Himself, as well as the saints.

Also addressing the Catholic scout leaders was Bishop John Scanlon of Honolulu, who spoke of the scout movement as an important force in the Church's youth movement.

"1 am not questioning the good faith of the board in reaching its deoision," Bishop Breiten· beck said in his letter of resignation, "hut I am sure you will appreciate -the reasons why I cannot be associated with it."

The honol1ary degree was of· fered to Rep: Chisholm last Sep. tember. Her office in Washington said she would have no comment on Bishop Breitenback's 'action.

The

U. S. Catholic bishops' Commit-

tee on Priestly' Formation has be· gun a consultation of ,the nation's bishops, seminary faculties and vocation directors as part of the revision of the three·year·old training program for future priests.

The current "Program of Priestly Formation," approved by the Vatican Congregation for Catholk Education on Jan. 18, 1971, has'served as the one basic training program for all future priests, diocesan and Religious, in this country since then.

At the time of its approval, it was determined that the program should be resubmitted to the Vatican for review and evaluation at the end of five years. The nationwide consultation now underway is one part of the revision process before the review date of January, 1976.

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Pope Stresses Need for Christians To Remain in State o.f Grace VATICAN CITY (NC~Pope of the importance of Catholics, Paul VI told general audiences living in the grace of God and that a Christian must actively actively seeking to stay in the try to stay in the,state of grace state of grace. in order to become a hero and The Pope, defining the slate of grace, said: a "true follower of Christ."

He also deplored 'the terrorist "It is the friendship of God, hombing May 28 at an anti· ,the thought of God, but it is even fascist rally in Brescia, his home more. It is the presence of God, town, that killed six persons an.d a new, living, joyous presence; left almost a hundred injured. the presence of the Holy Spirit, As he has done for the past who is lOve, who is joy, ,who is several weeks, Pope Paul ,held consolation, who is help, who is two audiences in order to accom- light, who is strength and courmodate the crowds. age and life. It is the living God To the more than 7,000 per· who comes to dwell within us." sons present in t~ Papal audi- " ence hall, the Pope spoke in English, French, German and Spanish. Then -he crossed over to St. Peter's Basilica to speak in Italian to thousands of other CLEVELAND (NC)-A discusvisitors, including a group from sion of moral development by " Brescia. one of the principal speakers at The Pope had a special mes- the National Catholic Educationsage for that group and the other al Association's annual convenItalians present who were vivid- tion here offered support for the ly conscious of the outbreak of view that religious schools PI:0' violence at Brescia the previous vide needed motivation for living day. a just, or morally good life.

In ringing tones_ he spoke of The speaker was Dr. Lawrence "our most lively l5itterness and Kohlberg, professor of education our deep deploring of the vile and social psychology at Har-, and criminal act committed yes- vardUniversity, whose theories terday in Brescia, our dearest of moral development Were also city of ,birth and of spiritual and discussed by several other con· civic training." vention speakers. , At both audiences he spoke Kohlberg contended that mo~-' all values must be taught in school. "If the school is to have Iowa School Bus Bill regard for the principles of justice," he said, "it must also take ,I Signed

by Governor ' some responsibility for seeing i DES MOINES (NC) - Gov. , Robert Ray has signed, into law that a sense of justice develops a bill providing $4.4 milHon for in children. To respect the rights bus transportation for students of children is to be involved in developing their recognition of attending nonpublic schools. the rights of others."

The state legislature has Kohlberg thus expressed agreepassed and, sent to the governor a bill appropriating $1.35 million ment with what Catholic educato provide breakfast and lunch tors have alyays proposed as one programs for public and non- of th~ principal goals of their public school students. It is esti· schools. mated that $110,000 would be The Harvard professor, howused for nonpuhlic school stu~ ever, also stated that "the pubdents. The state program is a lic school should engage in moral supplement to the federal hot- education and that the basis of lunch program and about half such education is principles of of Iowa's nonpublic s,chool stu- justice, not just broader religious dents will ):>enefit from it. and personal values."

Stress Religious Schools Needed

MATHEMATICIANS: Members of the Bishop Connolly High School Math Team display the trophy they won for finishing in first place in the 19 member Southeastern ,Mass. Mathematics League. Seated (left to right) 'are: Stephen -Goncalo, Paul Sicard, Paul Vianna, Daniel Lachance. Standing are: Robert Rak, Ronald Leblanc, John Polak, Gerard Gabriel, Richard Caron, Paul Rezendes. Paul Sicard won the, Highest Scoring Junior and Overall High Scorer Award; Paul Vianna was the Highest Scoring Sophomore.

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