06.21.79

diocese of fall river

t eanc 0 VOL. 23, NO. 25

FALL RIVER, MASS., THURSDAY, JUNE 21, 1979

King Signs Pro-Life Statute

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Thousands To Attend Encounter Meeting

BOSTON (NC) - Massachusetts Gov. Edward J. King, bedecked with a red rose, symbol of the pro-life movement, last week signed into law legislatiop "severely restricting use of public funds for abortion.

The law limits state funding to welfare cases where the attending physician' has certified in writing that the abortion is necessary to prevent the death of the mother.

It also prohibits use,' of state funds to subsidize "-abortions through group health insurance programs for all state, county city and town employees, unless the abortion is determined by a panel of physicians acceptable to the Group Insurance Commission to be necessary to save the mother's life.

Des}:ribed as one of the most restrictive anti-abortion measures in the nation, the statute oontains no provisions for cases of rape or incest.

The law further requires the state department of public health to establish programs which would encourage medical assistance, counseling and financial support for pregnant women to enable them to carry their pregnancies to full term and deliv-\ ery.

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Delegates from the Fall River counter movement focuses on diocese will be among 20,000 contemporary marriage, enmarried people and clergy from couraging couples to examine the 50 states expected to attend, themselves and their relationIi Worldwide Marriage Encoun- ship, their identity as married 'ter Conveption to be held the people, their relationship to the weekend of June 29 at Kent world they live in, and the place God has in their marriage. The State University, Kent, O. Speakers will' include the program is based on the belief Hon. Michael Connolly, Secre- that feelings are very important tary of the Commonwealth of in human relationships and must Massachusetts, and his wife be expressed regularly between Lynda. Both are practicing law- husband and wife.

For Catholics the Encounter yers and active in the Marriage Tlieir weekend consists of a series of Encounter movement. topic will be "Won't You Dare presentations given by three Catholic couples and a priest, To Dream Great Dreams?"

Also to speak is Father Joseph who share their personal experiChamplin, a regular contributor encesin understanding and livto the Anchor's Know Your ing out their vocations. The exFaith pages. His topic will be perience is essentially private "Creating an Intimate Bond for each couple attending, although as many as 20 or 30 within the Parish."

Another Know Your Faith other couples may be sharing the columnist, Father Alfred Mc- weekend.

Although Marriage Encounter Bride, will discuss "Couples in Ministry:' A. Response to To- has Catholic roots and has been adapted for use by many other day's Needs."

Other speakers, all active in denominations路 it is not primathe Encounter movement, will rily a religious experience nor is discuss parenting, lay spiritual- it limited to married couples; ity, the needs of young single since priests and religious are persons, ecumenism and the encouraged to make the 44-hour Encounter weekend. .

Hispanic church.

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IJesus 79 Rallies' Unite Charismatics across U.S.

Abp. Quinn Flays Somoza Regime WASHINGTON(NC) - President Carter should tell Nicaraguan President Anastasio Somoza of "the revulsion of the Ameri-' can people" for the l!-ctions of the Somoza regime, according to Archbishop John Quinn of San Francisco, president of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops.

President Carter should convey "the utter disgust and horror of our nation for the ruthless terror being visited upon the people of Nicaragua," added Archbishop Quinn in a statement.

"This is the time for traditional diplomacy to give way to forthright statesmanship and courageous moral leadership," said the archbishop.

He was echoing repeated denunciations . by the bishops of Nicaragua of violations of human ri,hts and atrocities by governI11ent troops.

The JlIost recent statement by路 ,the bis~ops came as fighting raged i~ the Central American ~urn to Page Five

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NEW BEDFORD participants in Diocesan Jubilee Pilgrimage wave farewell as they leave for Italy (top); center, Serra Club leaders Joseph Murphy, Robert Gilmore, Michael Coughlin, Joseph Motta, James O'Rourke meet with Bishop Daniel A: Cronin; bottom, parish leaders Mrs. Ronald Cardin and Mr$. Lionel Paquette present plaque to Father Edmond Levesque, pastor of Our Lady of Grace Church, North Westport, at testimonial banquet.

. By NC News Service In an all-out effort to spark more interest in the charismatic movement and celebrate the feast of Pentecost, rallies were held in stadiums and convention halls. throughout the U.S. and in Qations around the . world on Pentecost eve.

The "Jesus 79" rallies, as they were called, were gatherings of Christians of many denomiOlltions to proclaim that "Jesus is Lord" in cities such as New York, Seattle, Dallas, St. Louis and Oklahoma City. According to Archbishop Peter Gerety of Newark, N.J., 38 rallies were being held simultaneously throughout the United States and in Ireland, England, South Africa and Australia.

Crowds estimated between 5,000 and 35,000 attended the all-day events, which drew young. and old, people of different ethnic backgrounds, and people seeking a renewal of faith.

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gathered in Giants Stadium of the Meadowlands, Rutherford, N.J., to participate in "Jesus 79." That rally was a repeat event of the charismatic rally held there last year, called "Jesus 78," which drew 60,000.

"We're not talking the numbers game," Archbishop Gerety said at Giants Stadium, "we're' talking about the manifest blessing of Got 路on the charismatic Turn to Page Seven

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The Polish Pope Among. His Own The man whose life was saved by the heroic action of Blessed Maximilian Kolbe bowed his head at the applause of a million people as Pope 'John Paul n said, "Father Maximilian voluntarily offered himself for death in a hunger bunker for a brother • • • This brother still lives today in the land of Poland."

The man is Franclszek Gajowniczek, who begged for his life in the Nazi death camp at Auschwitz (Oswiecim) 35 years ago and whose. plea for his wife and family was heard by a follower of St. Francis, Father Maximilian Mary Kolbe, who offered his life for that of his brother.

At a Mass offered by Pope John Paul II on the site of the neighboring death camp, Auschwitz II, Gajowniczek re. lived those moments and shook with emotion as the pope mentioned the act of heroism which had saved his life.

They cheered and cried out, "Y~, y~."

"If you ,do," the pope replied," then I have to keep my health and get plenty of rest.· So why don't you go home and let me get' some sleep."

The crowd laughed, applauded -. then quietly went away so that their pope could. rest.

Several times, during his trip the pope appeared almost overcome with emotion, but nowhere as much as' at Jasna Gora, site of the shrine to Our Lady of Czestochowa, 'patroness of Poland, where he

the pope's arrival at various points, were extremely d,aborate, leading to charges that they were simply attempts to keep the faithful from seeing' the pope.

Despite such tensions, however, the official press eventually gave considerably more space to the papal visit than it would to any other major religious event.

But even here the basic conflict between a communist state and religion was evident. A typical example was a lengthy wire report by.lnterpress 00 the

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~e setting for the liturgy reflected the solemn tone of the day. Cloth the color of prisoners' striped uniforms adorned the front of the altar and was draped from a large cross down to the altar. of sacrifice. A crown of thorns was nailed to the otherwise empty cross symbolizing that those who had suffered and died at Auschwitz had gone to eternal life and that nations crushed in war had risen again.

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An employee of Cracow's leading hotel approached Msgr. Anthony Jaworowski of Philadelphia, who accompanied Cardinal John 'Krol during Pope John Paul's pilgrimage and' asked if he had any more pictures or medals of the pope.

The people of Cracow especially the young ones - didn't want to let Pope John Paul II out of their sight fo! a minute. On one' evening of his visit, crowds of students gathl!red underneath his window and sang a parody of a PoIisb hymn.

The hymn - which roughly translateS "near Lord, let us see a miracle" _ became in parody "Holy Father, let your children see you." After about half an hour of the affectionate invitations, Pope John Paul took the unprecedented step of going to the window in his shirtsleeves.

The crowd went wild and began singing the, traditional Polish salutation, "Sto -La~" "May you live 100 years."

Pope John Paul h~ld up his hands to silence the students and asked: "Do you really want the pope to live for 100 ' years?" .

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During his trip, Pope John Paul II met for more than two hours with some 65,000 university students and other youth groups.

He laughed and joked, almost totally ignoring hi~ prepared text. He called the names of various youth clubs and student organizations' from Cracow's ancient and other Jagiellonian University schools, and asked if they remembered this canoe trip or that skiing trip, this mountain climb or that day of recollection.

He told them that he is "a man of habit" and the way he works !in Rome reflects what he learned from them over the years.

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"How did you remember that I was the priest who had the medals?" he asked.

"That was easy," the woman replied.

"You have a brush haircut like Gierek," referring to the leader of the Polish Communist Party, Edward Gierek.

"Then, how can you tell us apart?," Msgr. Jaworowski. asked.

"That's easy, too," the woman said.

"He's a devil and you're an angel."

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In Cracow, apartment house tenants banded together to tum the whole face of their buildings into integrated' designs - six to 10 stories high and as many as eight windows wide - welcoming the pope.

The favorite designs were huge crosses in yellow or yell~w and white - the papal colors - stretching from roof to ground and made of -long bolts of cloth sewn together. Some buildings had individual balconies draped with large blue or yellow squares forming a cross.

Others turned their building facade into a huge blue "M" for Mary, similar to the design on the papal coat-of-arms.

It was· a day for fonDer prisoners.

Most of the concelebrants of the Mass were survivors of the concentration camps, where almost 5,000 Polish priests had perished. They were old, bent and crippled, some from the sufferings they endured almost four decades ago. ".

Why had they been Imprisoned?

One said: "We were priests and we were Polish. That was enough."

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altar and beckoned the seminarians to . join him as he sang in harmony with them and the crowd.

The following day, the pope quoted the words of a hymn popular with young people,' the crowd began to sing it and the pope joined them.

Then the crowd began singing "Sto Lat....

"You'll have to stop. It's not liturgical," said the pope.

The crowd began to sing a Latin song of congratulations, "Plurimos Annos," (May You Live Many Years).

The pope smiled and said, "At least, you're learning Latin. That's good."

publicly reconsecrated the church to Mary.

During his homily he spoke of being "here again with all of you" and with the "episcopate to which I belonged for more than 20 years as a brother bishop."

He then paused and gazed down the line of concelebrating bishops" many of them close friends. '

pope's day in Gniezno. In more than 1,000 words of reporting, not a single word spoken by the pope was quoted.

The portion of the report on the pope's talk after landing at Gniezno said, "then the pope .made a religious speech to the faithful in which he referred to historic events connected with the town of Gnie-

Several times he returned to the microphone as if to continue, and each time he backed away. Finally, seme voices in the crowd broke the silence by starting to sing "Boze Cos Polske" (God Bless Poland) and the whole outdoor ' congregation picked it up.

iID fact the pope referred to Gniezoo only in a short introductory portion.

The bulk of the speech was devoted to a call for extensive religious education of all Polish children and youtIL

His ~omposure regained, the. pope spontaneously expressed his thanks with. a 20-minute digression from his prepared text, repeatedly interrupted by applause and singing.

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The Polish Communist. Party newspaper devoted only 10 li~ to an announcement of the papal trip three days before his arrival. It noted that those interested could read more' extensive reports in the Catholic papers. These have limited circulations because they have difficulty obtaining paper.

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Not only did crowds line the routes Pope John Paul II traveled and pack the squares where he preached, but many pilgrims walked as much as 50 miles to catch a glimpse of the pontiff or slept out doors to be assured of a good spot for a papal Mass and procession.

The crowds stood for hours without complaint. They prayed aloud. They sang.

And they burst into vigorous 'applause whenever the pope appeared. " In Czestochowa, when he came but to greet a crowd of over 250,000 which had 'just participated in a· Mass celebrated

by Cardinal John Krol, a group of sem· inarians went behind the papal' throne with guitars and began singing hymns for young people. The pope moved to the

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Pope John Paul II, found time for a quiet visit to the graves of his p!lfents and brother.

The family vault in' Cracow's Rakowicki Cemetery holds the remains of the pope's father, Karol Wojtyla (June 18, 1879-Feb. 18, 1941), his mother, Emilia Kaczorowska Wojtyla (March 26, 1884April 13, 1929) his brother, Dr. Edmund Wojtyla (March 27, 1906-Dec. 4, 1932), and other family members on his mother's side.

Pope John Paul was officially received hy Polish authorities not as a spiritual leader or as a distinguished visitor as in Mexico - but as a head of state, the ruler of Vatican City.

Thus, when he arrived in Poland, Pope John Paul - an advocate of peac~ was placed in the paradoxical position of reviewing troops at a military airport.

Since the government controls all supplies and grants all building permits, no outdoor altars could be constructed unless the government approved and provided the supplies, and labor. The government constructed tasteful sanctuaries in Warsaw, Gniezno, Oswiecim (Auschwitz), Czestochowa, Now,y Targ and Cracow. Then they present~ a bill to local church authorities.'

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THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Thur. June 21, 1979

Baroque Recital At Cathedral

.Bishops Mark Jubilee

A recital.of baroque works for harpsichord and voice will be given at 3 p.m. Saturday in the newly renovated Bishop's Chapel of St. Mary's Cathedral, Fall River.

To be heard are Jane Eichkern, soprano, and Bettina Covo, harpsichordist.

Ms. Eichkern, a Taunton native, is a graduate of Tufts University and holds a master of music degree from Juilliard School of Music. Ms. Covo, also a Juilliard graduate, earned a master's degree as a harpsichordist with Albert Fuller. They have recently been heard in recital at Harvard University and Southeastern Massachusetts University.

Sister Ba~bara Marie Hunt, who has taught second grade at SS. Peter and Paul School, Fall River, lor the past 10 years, has accepted a position as teachertutor of special needs students at St. Vincent's Home, also in Fall River.

A city native,' she joined the Sisters of Mercy 1n .1948 and since 1951 has been a grammar school teacher. Her career has included seven years at the former St. Mary's Cathedral school, from which she graduated. . SS. Peter and Paul parish bulletin praised Sister Barbara for "10 good years of teaching our treasures," adding: "We wish Sister an abundance of God's blessings and join all her former students in thanking her for her work, especially as she led so many to the Altar of the Eucharist for the first time."

Medical Center Gets KC Grant ST. LOUIS - The Pope John XXIII Medical-Moral Research and Education Center has received a grant from the Knights of Columbus, the international Catholic fraternity headquartered in New. Haven, Conn.

The grant will' help provide in-depth briefings to U.S. and Canadian bishops on complex medical-moral problems. Topics to be covered include scientific breakthroughs in the reproductive field and related biological areas, which embrace various new forms of contraception, sterilization, genetic engineering, test-tube fertilization, the beginnin~ of human life in the fetus, tile right to life and the exact tirpe of death.

A series of weekend seminars will be set up where bishops can be briefed by physicians, scientists and moral theologians.

Two Maryknoll bishops who was superior of Maryknollers in marked their golden jubilees of' the Philippines, where he was priestly ordination last !anuary consecrated a bishop in 1962.

He is known for his outspoken at their mission stations will celebrate Monday night with the support of human rights issues.

A sister, Sister Rita Marie, is . home folks.

They are 'Bishop Frederick A. also a Maryknoll Missioner. She ponaghy of New Bedford and is stationed in Taiwan.

Bishop Joseph W. ~gan of Fairhaven. IBoth will offer Masses of thanksgiving at 7 p.m. Monday, Rev. John F.' Hogan was Bishop Donaghy at路 St. Mary's Church, South Dartmouth, and principal concelebr!lnt at a Bishop Regan at St. Joseph, Fair- funeral yesterday at Holy Name haven. Receptions will follow in Church, Fall River, for his the parish halls. Friends of the mother, Mrs. Mary Ann Hogan, prelates are invited to be pres- 97, who died Sunday.

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Following ordination, Bishop Mrs. Hogan spent' most of her Donaghy served in China and life in Fall River. Before moving was consecrated bishop of Wu- to Holy Name parish, she bechow in 1939. Mter his expulsion longed to St. Mary's Cathedral in 1955 by the Communist gov- parish and was a charter memernment, at the end of nine ber of its Women's Guild. months of house arrest, he was She had also been active in regional superior of Mary- the Fall River Catholic Woman's knollers in Hong Kong,Taiwan Club and in the Women's Guild and the Philippines until the late and Altar Society of Holy Name 1960s. He is now working with parish. aborigines in the diocese of She is survived by a daugter, Hainchu, Taiwan.

Katherine L. Hogan of Fall River, Bishop Regan, like Bishop as well as by her son, pastor of Donaghy, served in China until St. Julie parish, North Dartthe Communist takeover, then mouth.

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Their program will include two songs of Henry Purcell, four harpsichord preludes by Francois Couperin and two recitatives and arias by J. S. Bach. It will precede the 4 p.m. liturgy at the cathedral and will be open to the public ~t no charge.

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FATHER PEREIRA

Father Pereira Observes Corpus Christi Jubilee

A MUST BOOK FOR ALL LOVERS OF FATIMA

THE 'SECR'ET OF FATIMA

Father Luciano Pereira mark- resources and serving as a ve. ed the silver anniversary of his hicle to smooth their transition' . first solemn Mass last Sunday into American life. at a concelebrated Mass at St. While in Fall River Father John the Baptist Church, New . Pereira was the first priest of Bedford, where he is pastor. the diocese to become e fullThe occasion fell on the feast time public school staff member, of Corpus Christi and coinciden- working as a bilingual program tally was the exact date of both guidance counselor. the jubilarian's first Mass and He was honored for his serthe Corpus Christi feast, then vice to the community by the celebrated on the Thursday fol-' , Fall River chamber of commerce lowing Trinity Sunday. in 1972 and by the Fall River Born on the island of St. Mi- community at large at a 1977 chael, Azores, the son of An- testimonial. tonio and 路Palmira Pereira, Father At Sunday's Mass, designated Pereira came to the United States in 1.955, shortly after his concelebrants with the jubilar(Official R..-ctIIr Into the IOU~ of F.t1ma for tile Bishop of L81rl.) ordination at Angra Terceira, ian were Msgr. Luiz G. Mendonca, vicar general, who was May 30, 1954.

Father Alonso gets right to the heart of He was associate pastor at also homilist, 路Father Joseph the matter with chapters like: THE CONOur 'Lady of Angels parish, Fall Oliveira, Father Manuel Andrade and Father Joao C. Martins.

River, Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, TENT OF THE SECRET, WHAT IT DOES New Bedford and St. Michael, Music was by members of the NOT CONTAIN, WHAT"T DOES, FALSE Fall River, before being named choirs of St. John the' Baptist; administrator of Our Lady of and Our Lady of Mt. Ca1'Il)el TEXTS OF THE SECRET. One of the Health, Fall River, in 1975: parishes. world's foremost ,authorities on Fatima Subsequently the jubilarian Delegations were present from and its message, he separates truth from was appointed pastor of Espirito the 'Portuguese Youth Cultural Sarito parish, Fall River and, in Organization and other organiza- . report and gives his considered judgment February of this year, pastor of tions with which Father Pereira as to what the SECRET really is.

St. John the Baptist, New Bed- has been 1nvolved. ford. . .

A buffet at the Kennedy CenThe ANSWER may surprise you!

Throughout his years in the di- ter followed the Mass. ocese, Father Pereira has been -----~--------------identified with New Bedford and A-A The Raeng8te路Prn8 Paperbound Fall River organizations seekP.O.Box 41 Stili Rlwr. M_. 01487 ing to serve Portuguese immiThe traditional Blessing of the Please send THE SECRET OF FAnMA grants, drawing on his own ex- ,Fleet ceremony will be conduc_ _ _Book(s) Paperbound $4.55 postage Included perience to identify their needs; ted on Sunday in Provincetown, _ _ _Book(s) Clothbound $9.55 postage Included o Payment enclosed (Please add 60 cents for Postaga) Clothbound In 1973 he was a founder of following 11 a.m. Mass at St. N8nl. _ the Portuguese Youth Cultural Peter the Apostle Church.

Organization in Fall River, a The rite, which annually atAddrns _ group seeking primarily to tracts thousands of visitors, is Clty _ 'keep young people from drop- preceded by a procession from An Ideal ping out of school but also act- the church to the Provincetown 5t.tll.' ,JoZlp _ Gift! ing as a referral agency to make docks, with fishermen carrying immigrants aware of community the statue of St. Peter.

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by Fr. Joaquin Alonso C.M.F.

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THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Thur. June 21, 1979

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Facing Parish Problems As the energy ,crisis deepens and places greater burdens on the backs of Americans, it should be more evident that it will truly affect not only our economic way of life but also our patterns of social living, including our personal pattern of church life.

The energy costs that cause the homeowner personal sacrifice are more than magnified in the case of our church buildings and institutions. Even now, before heating oil rises to $1 a gallon, it is not uncommon for parish plants to face monthly energy bills of $5,000, $6,000 or $7,000.'

Wi~h the rapid rate of inflation, the people in the pews, in projection, will have less and less to give as a weekly donation. At best, they perhaps will stay'at the same level of giving.

With this same escalating inflation, there also looms the grave possibility of a substantial recession, meaning , that more and more people will lose their jobs. The most affected areas, of course, will be those of the'trades and factories, a segment making up the bulk of the Catholic population in .our cities. It is those same cities where the grand monuments of faith were erected in an ,age of cheap utilities and inexpensive upkeep.

Now, what does this mean as we look down the road of the foreseeable future? First and foremost, it tells us that many of the grand old parishes will not be able to pay their bills. Bingo, the necessary curse of financial stability, helpful as it is presently, will not solve the problem.

Twenty week clubs, grand as they are for fundraising and building community, will only be another stopgap measure.

It would be sheer folly to place all our hopes on the fundraising tricks of the trade.

A diocese must see itself not as a collection of individWHEELCHAIR PATIENT IS ORDAINED A ual parishes but as a basic commugity. Cities cannot for 'My grace is sufficient for thee: for power all practical purposes continue to support a system of ter'.~' in infirmity.' 2 Cor. 12:9 ritorial and national parishes that openly vie for parishioners and funds. Ordinaries of a diocese must see to it that Mass schedules are not a mere ploy to play to the grandstands for the sake of convenience, and parish treasuries. In other words, some real changes in thinking will have to be made in order that parishes will be able to

By Antoinette Bosco tive reaction which is generated serve their people while at the same time paying their whenever certain newcomers bills.

Recently, in a town about 20 _ try to enter a neighborhood _ , It might be necessary to mandate church services miles from where I live, a two- such as blacks, ex-convicts, 18th-century house was senior citizens needing nursing only in daylight hours, thereby saving on light and heat. story, destroyed ,by fire. Detectives home care" schools or. hostels Perhaps it might be demanded that some parishes merge who investigated ruled that the for the retarded, drug and aland others even close. fire was "definitely arson."1t cohol rehabilitation centers, when troubled youth homes and even What theJuture will bring we truly don't know. How- was one time, how,ever, . they did not have to look for a fringe religious groups. ' ever, we can be sure that the grand old days are gone and motive. we collectively as an organization have' done very little I discussed this phenomenon A few weeks earlier, state of- with a sociologist who had some to come up with concrete and practical solutions to meet ficials had announced that the interesting viewpoints as to why even some of the present needs of inner city parishes. We house would be a hostel for 10 people lose their sense of brothcannot continue to have the little Dutch Boy mentality, rearded adults" diagnosed as erhood by these times. He becannot continue to have the little Dutch boy mentality, , having been in state psychiatric lieves the causes are multiple. way. hospital long enough and func- For Qne, people who are differtioning well enough to live with ent embarrass us; we don't like True, we are a people who must have faith. But this some freedoIit in a community. be reminded of the human podoes not mean that each parish in difficulty should hope They would be placed under the to tential for weakness. Another to win the million dollar game. What' it should mean is light supervision of a mature reason is the classic cause la-' that we as a people and a church should have the confi- couple who would run the hostel belled "Xenophobia," that is, dence that we can with Divine Providence (and it certainly under the direction of the Asso- fear of the stranger. In each of for the Help of Retarded us, he says: there lingers a lawill be needed) face and solve some of the crucial problems ciation Children. tent paranoia that people who of parish survival. /'

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Two days before' the fire, a group of local residents got together and pledged to fight against this hostel in their neighborhood. It would lower property values, .they said; but worse, these retarded adults would "endanger the safety" of their children. The fire solved their problem.

This recent happening is by no means an isolated incident.

On the contrary, it is another example of the hostile and nega-

that we keep so many institutionalized for so long. This projects the sense that :'those people" have to be kept locked up - the same way we confine criminal~ because, they are dangerous to society. Most of us fall into the easy trap of putting all institutionalized persons, from the mentally retarded to the criminally insane, into the same box. What's more, we feel safe and comfortable if we can just label it "danger" and keep the contents sealed' in.

Finally, literature itself contributes to the negative attitudes towards the "different." A new book, "Notes from a Different Drummer" by Barbara Baskin, is a survey of children's fiction which depicts the handicapped.

The author shows that over half of the 300 books reviewed in her study give a distorted piccome from a different place - ' ture of a handicapped person's -geographically, or by character- life. She said those misconcepistics - will do us harm. tions may have contributed to Yet another reason, and one the recent protests against lowhich may be subliminal, and cating hostels for the retarded therefore deep and strong, he in the town mentioned earlier. said, is the reinforcement we get There is an answer and ,a way from the way society deals with to stop all this anger l!-nd fear the mentally and physically dif- that wells up when the "differferent. What helps to convince ent" try to come too close to us. us that the retarded and handi- Trouble "is, it's too difficult to capped are potentially danger- accept. I'm talking, of course, ous and can bring harm to us about love. and our families is the very fact

THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Thur. June 21, 1979

COLORFUL ETHNIC DRESS and music from the massed choirs of New Bedford area churches, directed by Father Henry Arruda, were high" lights in the first area celebration of the Diocesan Jubilee. Left, delegations process to Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church for Mass of thanksgiving, right,

Mary Significant Figure In Charismatic Movement DAYTON, Ohio (NC) - The Pentecostal movement will soon change its "anti-Marian feeling." according to Mariani~t Father Vincent P. Branick, a theologian and Marian scholar on the staff of the Marian Library of. t.h~ University of Dayton.

Father Branick said he sees Mary as more of a help than a hindrance to the charismatic movement. "If any patron saint or model of the oharismatics appears in Scripture," he said, "it is Mary - as Luke portrays her."

A national Marian conference at the University of Dayton could be a milestone marking this "important shift in the charismatic renewal," according to Father Branick. :Us theme is "The Church, Charismatics and Mary."

Father Branick detailed why

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Marian piety has been regarded with suspicion among Pentecostals.

Historically, he said, the modern Pentecostals, mostly Protestants, were suspicious .of veneration of saints. Theologically, he continued, the charismatic focus on the Holy Spirit "seemed to demand cutting through the distracting Marian trappings of Catholic piety."

When Catholics began to appreciate the Protestant Pentecostal prayer style, he said, most preferred to follow it and deemphasized the importance of Mary.

But differences regarding Mary were not only historically and - c~lturally rooted, he noted.

They also arose from the feeling that Mary "in effect had r:eplaced the Holy Spirit in Catholic piety," the priest said.

Father Branick said the title of Mother oft. the Church, attributed to Mary in the Middle Ages, originally was the title describing the Holy Spirit. The shift of this title to Mary would seem again "to leave the Holy Spirit in the shadows," he observed.

It is this background that explains why charismatics have been suspicious of Marian devotion, he said.

But times are changing. At a recent national charismatic conference in .this country, Father Branick said, "a mention of Mary brought the whole stadium to its feet in an extended ovation."

Father 'Branick, probing reasons for this turn of events, cited the position of a French scholar, Father Rene Laurentin, who sees Mary with the apostl~s in Luke's picture of Pentecost.

"If all received the outpouring of the Spirit, if all spoke in tongues and enthusiastically praised God at this time, then Mary did so, too."

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banquet principals meet with Bishop Daniel A. Cronin. From left, Judge Thomas M. Quinn Jr., Bristol County juvenile court justice and banquet toastmaster; Mrs. Thomas Long, banquet chairperson; the bishop; Miss Theresa Lewis, New Bedford Catholic Woman's Club president.

God Cited at SALT II VIENNA, Austria (NC) America's president, a bornagain Baptist, and Russia's president, officially an atheist, agreed at their first summit that "God will not forgive us if we fail" to avoid a nuclear holocaust.

The two presidents' major ac· coinp~ishment at the summit the signing of the previously negotiated SALT II strategic arms limitation treaty -won an endorsement from another world leader who speaks frequently of God, Pope John Paul II. President Jimmy Carter opened his first official session with .Soviet President Leonid Brezhnev by reminding him of are· mark he had made when he first met Carter - "God will not forgive us if we fail."

Carter told Brezhnev he shared that sentiment.

The two countries have been negotiating a SALT II agreement for seven years. The agreement puts a ceiling on the number of long-range missiles and bombers the two countries may deploy until 1985.

Most American churches, including the U.S. Catholic Conference, support the SALT II

, desire to pursue a dialogue without which every hope of working 17ffectively for peace could vanish."

"Believers and men of good will who feel themselves so impelled by conscience to pledge themselves as 'artisans of peace' cannot ignore the importance of anything that favors a climate of alleviating tensions," the pope said.

"This helps to encourage other indispensable progress on the' road to limitation and reduction of armaments," he said.

agreement, Washington sources indicated the administration had hoped for some sign of support from the pope and his statement at his weekly Sunday talk on the eve of the SALT II signing is likely to please the administration.

He said the treaty "is not yet a reduction of weaponry, or, as could be hoped, a provision for disarmament.

"But," he said, "that does not mean that the foreseen measures are not a sign, which we ought to greet with pleasure, of the

Somoza Regime Continued from Page One country. It was read Jrom pulpits and' passed from hand to hand because censorship bars the media from publishing news and comments on the conflict. J The statement was the strong; est yet by the bishops. They regretted the excesses of. armed insurrection, but said there was moral justification for- it because of the' long tyrannical abuse against human rights in Nicaragua.

"We are grieved, and touched by the extremes of revolution-

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They singled out among injustices the hick of citizens participation in the social and political life of the nation, held under the rule of the Somoza ramily since 1934, and the wide econ- • omic gap among the rich.

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try for a five-year period. Then simply irreconcilable with total the commitment might be re~ dedication to a family." _.

II do not cite the letter as an newe,d or the person would be ANDREW M. free to return to the lay status argument for celibacy but mereGREELEY (whatever residual sacramental ly as evidence that John Paul II is not the only one who thinks powers might remain.)

Against that background I the "availa!>ility .for service" This column is about ec- wish to make two general ob- argument has something to com~and it. clesiastical celibacy and I servations: I do not know how mature or It would seem that there is had' better begin by reassert- some shift within the, American sophisticated the argument in ing my own position: church in the direction of re- favor of optional celibacy has a) I am committed to the con- . newed support for celibacy. ever been. Not only is there no tinuation of mandatory celibacy ·For example I received a note discussion among advocates of for priests in the western Church recently from an inactive priest how you prevent optional celiuntil I am persuaded that ·option- in which he said, "I married after bacy from becoming compulsory al celibacy would not lead to I received my dispensation and marriage, there has been 110 atcompulsory marriage for priests. I am adamant in asserting that tention paid to the yery difficult b) I am also committed to the a married Catholic clergy would 'problems facing clergy and famiordination of women. be a disaster . . . I never had an 'lies in other churches. I am not c) I am committed to the con- unhappy'day ,as a priest . . . and suggesting that these problems cept of liqtited service in the I have had an incredibly happy are a definite argument in favor priesthood and the religious life. marriage . . . My experience has of celibacy but it does seem A young person would only com- convinced me that total im- they should be considered. mit himself or herself to minismersion in the priesthood is I must dissent from my friend

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By MARY CARSON

A recent Wall Street Journal story reports that great progress has been achieved .by moving retarded children from institutions into special public school programs. This comes as no surprise to me. My two handicapped children have been in such a program for 11 years.

Going to a regular school school makes them feel part 'of the community, "just like other kids."

While this is good for the handicapped, it also helps the normal students, who learn understanding and compassion.

This was first pointed out to me when my daughter, Ginny, was graduating from elementary school. I stopped at the principal's offfce to thank him for all that had been done for her. ....fIe said, "She helped us far more than we ever helped her."

The greatest handicap of all is rejection hy the community. In the past there was practically

no understanding of the reo tarded.

But most' rejection came from fear and ignorance. .Nothing wipes out irrational fear like knowledge. Growing up, with daily contact with 'the handicapped will provide even greater benefits in the future.

What' good is all the training and help for the handicapped if they ultimately cannot hold a job because of rejection by coworkers? It does no good for the handicapped to achieve independence if the community will not allow them to use it..

The experience of normal children with the handicapped

Hans Kung,. who argues that the pope is violating human rights in the church when he refuses to remove the celibacy obligation. Obviously everyone has a right to marry, hut, as the pope properly noted, celibacy is a freely taken commitment that renounces that right. Unlike the pope, however, I would be inclined to permit men to withdraw such a commitment, even if "infidelity" to a promise is involved in such a withdrawal. . My second observation is that you can make a persuasive case for celibacy from the social and humanistic disciples and that it is a misfortune that the pope did not attempt to make such a case in his Holy Week exhortation.

I'm convinced that such an argument can be made, though it is simultaneously very subtle and very obvious. I will assert

the thesis of the argument in this colemn, but I will not develop it. While I have, I think, a fairly high tolerance for nasty nuns and carping clerics, I do not propose to make myself vulnerable to them on this particular subject.

In any event, my assertion is as follows: The mature celibate is capable of a special kind of tenderness and sensitivity, not better than that of the mature married person, but different, and, at certain times in life, more powerful and more effective. If this special style of tenderness and- sensitivity were lost in the Western world, it would be a major tragedy. i don't normally appeal to the judgment of history, but I am willing to bet that in 100 years people will say that [ was right and Hans Kung was wrong.

should eventually mean neighborhoods that will welcome hostels for the retarded instead of burning them down. Should such children have a handicapped child of their own, it will be easier for them to accept and help him or her.

Along about the 40th or 50th award, applause was growing thin. Finally, an announcement in beautiful, flowery terms ..... for doing the best she could with what she had to work with . . . Ginny Carson."

The surge of applause was ~l­ most alarming. Her normal classThe effect of daily association mates knew this wasn't a kid with the handicapped' became who just fell into honors. They very clear just the other night. knew, she had worked like crazy Ginny has been in her special to achieve what she has. They class for 11 years. There was an were proud, delighted, 'heartenawards ceremony in preparation ed! for graduation.

A far cry from taunts of As with all such ceremonies, "village idiot." And it was bethere were many honors going cause they went to school to·gether. to the brilliant students.

New Look at Alternatives to Tuition Tax By JIM CASTELLI

There are signs that a May Supreme Court decision striking down a New, -Jersey tuition tax deduction law may lead some l'.i,_~.:; school supporters to adopt a

By MARILYN RODERICK

The summer - of '79' will probably go down in history as the beginning of the return tq the idea of shopping downtown. One has to look for somethipg good in even the bleakest of moments and if we are to find a bright spot In the -manmade gas shortage that is

ents' tax bracket.

The Supreme Court upheld lower court rulings which said the law was unconstitutional be· cause - with 715 or 753 private schools in New Jersey' churchrelated - it amounted to unacceptable church aid to religion. .Msgr. Wilfrid Paradis, secretary for education for the U.S. Catholic Conference, s~id the usec will review its strategy on tuition tax credits in light of the New Jersey decision and 'mayor may not change its ap-

proach. Congressional supporters are conducting a similar review. " Robert Lamborn of the Counefl on American Private Education points out that a Supr~me Court decision on a state law is not binding on a federal law.

U.S, Catholic Conference officials have lon a ar~me" that there ·is a greater presumption of constitutionality for a law passed by the Congress - which represents the whole country. - than for a law passed by a state

which may not be so representative.

At the same time tuition tax credit supporters believe they can pass a constitutional law if it includes credits for elementary, secondary and college students, broadening the class of beneficiaries.

Private school supporters also back a new Rhode Island law, patterned after Minnesota law, which allows a tax deduction for private _school tuition, textbooks 'and transportation.

plaguing our lives at this mo- cases a young woman who chose ment it is to note that it will retailing as a convenient partcertainly change our way of . time job went into it 'as her fulltime career. shopping.

From the day I turned 16 and began working in the legendary Such thoughts frequently five and dime, my parttime jobs crossed my mind as I worked in in both high school and college the grande dame of all the revolved around Main Street stores on our Main Stre~t, the and the Friday night and Satur: R. A. McWhirr Company, during day shopping habits of my fel- my last year in college. Many of my daydreams featured me in low citizens.

As one gained experience, one the role of an elegantly dressed moved up the ladder of retailing buyer bringing the height of success, graduating from the style to my home town. Well, chain store to the specialized de- fate had another role for, me to play but even in my early years partme~t store; and in many

of teaching Friday evening would find my friends and me strolling down Main Street, windowshopping before meeting the other young people of- our group for a soda.

turn to the city is on its way.

Areas such as the Quincy Market Place and their immediate success have shown that urban renewal can be done and done well, and the seriousness of the gas shortage may be the final impetus needed. .

Gone are the McWhirrs and many dime stores' but in their place, hopefully, stores with the same personal flavor will retul'J} and, who knows, perhaps a summer .Friday evening will ,once more find us window-sqopping, an inexpensive and fascinating , hobby that could well return.

new political strategy.

They are considering shifting support to a' broad-based tax credit for all educational expen'ses for parents of both public and private school elern"nt'1ry and secondary school segments.

The Supreme Court case mvolved a ,New Jersey law pro'Tiding a state til?' deduction of $1000 for each student in private, elementary or secondary school.

This deduction translated into a tax savings of $20 to $25 per child depending upon their par-

Progress changed all this. Renewal, reconstruction and supposedly changes for the better destroyed not only my downtown but others throughout the country. Malls became the in thing and "downtown" became obsolete.

There has been a strong sense in the past few years that a re-

THE- ANCHORThurs. June 21, 1979

Encounter Continued from Page One briel Calvo developed a series of conferences ending in questions designed to encourage couples to be open and honest with each other. The first formal Encounter was held in 1962.

Growing within the structure of the Christian Family Movement, the Encounter program spread through Latin America and began in the United States in 1967 at the close of a Christian Family Movement convention at Notre Dame University.

The first U.S. Encounter reached seven couples and a few priests and nuns. Since then it has grown to include over 2,000,000 people worldwide, with an annual growth rate of 400,000 in the U.S. alone.

Expanded Encounter programs are a new development, including sessions for engaged couples, parents, parishes and families.

Personnel to present Encounter weekends are recruited from those participating in the program.

"While the modern world stresses individualism," say Encounter organizers, "Marriage Encounter emphasizes the beauty of belonging to one another.

While society seems to glamorize temporary relationships, Marriage Encounter teaches that marriage is a joyous celebration of God's plan for men and women, shared with the person chosen to be loved."

In th. Fall River diocese, many Encounter weekends' take 'place at La Salette Center of Christian Living, Attleboro. Further information is available from Chuck and Cindy Silvia, Fall River, 679-5068; Roger and Marian Boissonneau, New Bedford, 996-6661; or Father John FoIster, Fall River, 673-0852.

Loveless Death "Not many men may be willing to die for love these days.

But you can't escape the fact that millions are dying daily for lack of it." - John E. Large

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Pro-Life

MRS. JESSIE DUMAS, 100 this month, is congratulated by Father Joseph M. Costa, associate pastor at Our Lady of Health Church, Fall River, just before he celebrated a Mass of thanksgiving for her at the Clifton Nursing Home, also in Fall River. The centenarian recites the rosary daily. An artist and ceramist, who frequently used the kiln at Jesus Mary Convent, she was also noted for her embroidery and other needlework, much of which she donated to the missions: (Torchia Photo)

'Jesus 79' Rallies

Cardinal Suenens told a crowd of 5,000 at the Myriad Convention Center in Oklahoma City, Okla., "I am here t<:> give you a three-fold mesage: Let us close the past, open ourselves to the present, and face the future together."

Love and sharing were present in a crowd of 35,000 people attending the Jesus rally at Shea Stadium in New York. Spontaneous singing and dancing in

"birthday party for the church."

It drew 5,000.

Among Seattle speakers was four-star, retired General Ralph Haynes, former commanding general of the continental ~rm­ ies of the U.S. and vice-chief of staff for the Army, who said he sees no inconsistencies in his duties as a soldier and his faith as a Christian.

Also at the Seattle rally was Pat Boone's wife, Shirley, and their daughter Laurie, who spoke and sang.

the aisles eventually spread to the stage, where speakers and hosts jumped from their seats, raised their arms and gave praise to Jesus. ,Because Shea Stadium is near LaGuardia Airport there were pauses and songs to wait for the roar of jets to subside.

Eventually though, the crowd made such moments an opportunity to shout the, praises of the Lord.

Continued from Page One movement and I'm happy to be part of it."

Another happy participant of a "Jesus 79" rally was Cardinal Leon-Joseph Suenens of MalinesBrussels, Belgium, who has been a leading figure in the charismatic' movement.

At the New York and New Jersey rallies there were sections of Hispanics gathered to listen to the speeches being translated into Spanish. In both stadiums sections were designated to the deaf, where speeches and songs were signed.

Seattle's rally at the Seattle . Center Coliseum was billed as a

A controversi~ speaker at Giants Stadium was Ralph Martin, who has worked with Cardinal Suenens and in international charismatic movements.

"The Christian church is illequipped to respond to its greatest opportunity (charismatic re-

Continued from Page One group of pro-life advocates and a large press corps. He thanked the legislators and citizens who worked on the measure on behalf of "the yet to be born who will live because of their effort."

Among those witnessing the signing were Mrs. Katherine P. Healy, president of the Massachusetts Citizens for Life; City Councilman Raymond Flynn and State Rep. Charles Doyle, cosponsors of -the original draft of the measure; Rev. Mark Bodholdt, pastor of the Waltham Evangelical Free Church; Msgr.

Paul V. Harrington, pastor of Our Lady of Mercy Church, Belmont, Mass.; Dr. Samuel Fox, rabbi of Temple Chevra Tehillim, Lynn, Mass.; and Dr. Mildred Jefferson, director of the Right to Life Crusade.

The new law can become effective in 90 days unless the governor, by executjve order, directs earlier implementation.

The Massachusetts Civil Liberties Union and Hill Baird of Parents Aid, Inc., operator of abortion clinics, have indicated that the law would be challenged in federal court.

The Definition "Christian love is growing interest in, appreciation of, and responsibility for every person as a member of one family of God." - Paul E. Johnson

newal). The body of Christ is weak, is divided, is confused. A large section doesn't have confidence in who they are, who God is," he said.

As a way of discovering who God is, Cardinal Suenens suggested that Christians gather together to experience the Holy Spirit's creative action. He told the Oklahoma City crowd that he is a man of hope, because he believes in the Holy Spirit at work in the church.

Polish Pope Among His Own Continued from Page Two of making possible the gathering of the largest crowds in the history of Poland.

Further economic burdens mig'ht be placed on an already heavily taxed ' church.

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Pope John Paul II returned to Poland, and everybody'wanted something to commemorate the trip.

The hottest items by far were postcard-size and holy-card-size, full-color pictures of the pope, selling for about three to five zlotys (10 to 15 cents) each.

Almost every customer scooped up at least three or four of these, and some bought as many as a dozen.

Next in popularity were small yellow_and-white flags (the papal colors), either plain or with the papal coat-of-arms printed on them. Depending on size and quality, these ranged from' about 30 cents to $2. * * * * * Flowers were big business during the papal trip. From the motorcade entering Warsaw June 2 to the f.inal motorcade June 10 to the Cracow airport, every

, papal land trip went along a route decorated with flowers.

In many places a long solid line of freshly cut carnations and roses covered the painted center strip of the roadway.

Almost everywhere on both sides of the road, the edge of the crowd was marked by unbroken rows of bright carnations, pansies, long-stemmed roses and whiteand-pink giant peonies.

Before the pope would arrive along a mute, dozens of people could be seen waiting with flowers, looking for a stillempty spot to be filled.

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In connection with the showers that· fell during some of the pope's appearances, some Poles joked that very few people would walk in rain to see Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev or even Polish Communist Party leader Edward Gierek.

As one observer commented: It must have given the officially atheistic Polish government some discomfort to realize that - despite obstacles - millions of Poles voted with their feet for God/

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Poland, Pope John Paul said that he and Cardinal John Krol of Philadelphia, who accompanied him, were both mountaineers, in that their families had come from the mountainous region of southern Poland.

Lamenting the fact that the mountains were not clearly visible on the overcast day, the pope said that he felt that the prayers of two such mountaineers would cause the mountains to uncover their faces.

"If the mountains won't uncover their faces to see these two mountaineers," the pope said, "then it's their loss."

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Pope John Paul's 20-mile trip from Cracow to the airport from which he returned to Rome was an almost unbelievable tribute to his popularity and to Polish faith.

The white line in the middle of the road was covered with flowers for the entire 20 miles.

Crowds were five and six rows deep, windows overlooking the motorcade route were jammed, hillsides were packed with people, bridges were thronged

to the point of apparent danger.

Many persons dropped to their knees for their holy father's parting blessing so that the crowds sometimes resembled a field of wheat suddenly bent in the wind.

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When Pope John Paul returned to Rome, about 100,000 people crowded St. Peter's Square. He appeared in his apartment window about 9 p.m. and 'italian Catholic activists sang "Sto Lat" by way of welcome.

"I thought I had ; <.lvrned to Rome, but now I'm not sure, because I hear a Polish song," the pope joked.

Thanking the crowd for coming "to check whether the pope came back," he added: "One result of the trip is that the pope has lost his voice.· Another is that his Italian friends got some sun in Poland."

The pope recited the Angelus, blessed the crowd and said good night. Before retiring, he had one last comment: "Poor me. 1 was looking for a 'lower temperature in Poland and 1 found a higher one."

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LOS ANGELES (NC) - Jo"~n Wayne, 72, one of the motion picture industry's biggest boxoffice attractions, who died June 11 at the UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles was received i'nto the Catholic Church on Sunday afternoon, June 10.

According to a statement made by the Paulist Father Robert Curtis, chaplain at the UCLA Medical Center, Wayne was conscious at the time and his whole family was present.

Wayne's daughter, Mrs. Toni La Cava of St. Cyril's parish in Encino, Calif., told Msgr. Timothy O'Connell that Wayne greatly respected the Catholic church, particularly its traditions and strong values.

Mrs. La Cava, a member of the steering committee for the Family Life Bureau in the archdiocese of Los Angeles of which Msgr. O'Connell is director, also said that Wayne had -insisted that his children be raised Catholic. His sons, Patrick and Michael are alumni of Loyola High School, Los Angeles, a Jesuit~run school. A daughter from his first marriage, Mrs. Melinda Munoz, is also active in the church, according to Msgr. O'Connell.

Msgr. O'Connell said that Mrs. La Cava stressed that her father respected and admired the priests and nuns because they were symbols of that something beyond life, of a being greater than man.

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TWO DANIELS: Lime Daniel Mack, who'd like to be a priest, discussed the matter with Bishop Daniel A. Cronin at confirmation services at Our Lady of the Isle Church, Nantucket, where three of Daniel's five brothers were confirmed. Daniel's_ godfather is Father Jude Morgan, 55.CC., pastor of Our Lady of Lourdes parish, Wellfleet.

(NC) - Pope John Paul II, the youngest and most physically vigorous pope in modern times, -is going to have a swimming pool. Initial work has been completed on a 40-foot by 82-foot pool at the papal summer residence in Castelgan· dolfo, south of Rome.

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in awakening new hope in the promises of the Gospel, and in communicating a living awareness of Christ present among us.

The project at hand here is MICHAEL J. McMAHON The Anchor prints his report the organization of all the small Registered Embalmer in connection with the annual producers in the area into a Licensed Funeral Director Latin America collection, to be' Growers' Association with a taken up this weekend in dio- view to improving the quality cesan parishes. It graphically and quantity of their products .portrays the work accomplished as well as securing better markby missioners such as Father eting opportunities then at SHAWOMET Bowen with the aid of eontrlbu'" prices that are more just.

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The effort is concentrated on 102 Shawomet Avenue onions at the m'oment, now the Part One Somerset, Mass. principal product, but it enTribunil, urea, solar greenvisions ciiversifying shortly into Tel. 674-4881 houses, folidol, soil analysis and other products that can be profitonions hardly seem to constitute 3V2 room Apartment ably grown here, thus reducing a theological lexicon that might 4V2 room Apartment' dependence on the fate of one be used in talking about a missproduct.

In.cludes heat, hot water, stove, reo ionary effort here in the Andes fngerator and maintenance .service.

The project began over two of Bolivia. Yet they speak of a truth integrating salvation his- years ago and suffered through tory with the social, political, the early difficult phases of winand economic processes that de- ning the people's confidence, fine people's lives in this part overcoming a long tradition of TANES ON 44 of the world; another way of disunity and individualism and RESTAURANT stressing that between God and even surviving many suspicions Home of Good Food man we find a single history and criticisms directed at the "Prices To Suit Anyone" unfolding and not two, the one first efforts.

Eventually, as a result of reconsidered divjne or supernat. ~ ~. ural imposed upon the other peated meetings and courses, ,""':;: V. considered to be only human or with technical help from the !i .

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In this light, then, the unusual with an experimental hot-bed for terms at the beginning of this onion seedlings. This led to a article might well be seen in decision for the construction of 'their, own way as sacraments three large solar green houses .... or signs ... that are very with financial help from. AID, a instrumental in generating a program of the American gov-. sense of Christian coIhmunity, .ernment.

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Initial efforts have also been made at collective farming as a way of reducing often duplicated costs of work. The aim is to show the possibilities and advantages of a socialized community life that can avoid the drawbacks of a purely capitalistic model.

With December the harvest was approaching and another seminar concentrated on aspects of marketing the onions. By now the Association was beginning to jell. An original enrollment of seven communities with about 80 members had swelled to over 15 communities with nearly 400 member-producers. The farmers realizing that the Association gave them the collective force necessary to begin changing some of the economic and political structures that had for so long militated against ther receiving a fair price for their labor and products.

In this respect their main opposition has been and continues to be the vast network of professional merchants and truckers who have exploited the producers and often pitted them against one another. The Association hopes gradually to take over the entire process of gathering and marketing the product by means of a central warehouse under its own collective administration. This structure will permit members to deal directly with wholesalers and consumers.

Some small gains were made this year in securing better markets in Ouro and attempts were made to coordinate sales in other parts of the country.

But the biggest plus seemed to be the knowledge gaineil of marketing mechanisms and of the need for improvement in classification, weighing, and packaging of the onion as essential steps to standardizing and stabilizing its commercialization.

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By Dr. James and Mary Kenny Dear Dr. Kenny: .. am a 16-year~ld girl. Last Saturday night I got in at 1 a.m., an hour late for my curfew~ I was late for the second week in a row. My dad groundedme indefinitely, or, as he put it, "until my attitude improves."

I know I did wrong but I think the punishment is unreasonable.

He said to write you. What do you think?

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you did wrong, but the punishment is unreasonable. The punishment is not unreasonable because it is too harsh, but because there are better ways to enforce curfew.

Sometimes we parents get so involved in exacting retribution that we forget what we started out to control. Punishment is only one part_ of discipline. Discipline means all the things we do to obtain desirable behavior from our children.

Your dad wants you home on time. It is important to keep a focus on this fact. "How do I get my daughter home on time?" is a different question from "How do I punish her for what she has done?"

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does not work. The teen stays out late again. And is grounded again. And so it goes. ' Why? Grounding lasts too long. Getting out of an indefinite sentence· appears hopeless.

The condition "until your attitude improves;" depends as much ·on dad's mood as it does on daughter's behavior. In such a situation breaking the rules again appears the only route to freedom; Grounding also carries a: peculiar kind of reward. Parent and teen talk endlessly about the curfew, the grounding, bad attitudes, and being freed. Dad pays far more attention to the "bad" daughter who is grounded than he would to a "good" daughter who followed the rues. Attention is rewarding even when it eoncerns bad behavior. Thus long, vague punishments actually re- ward bad behavior through attention.

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Another important factor in discipline is to .pay attention when things go well. Does your dad notice when you get home on time? Perhaps he could give you a symbolic star every time you are home before curfew.

Each "star" might be worth 15 minutes of extra "late" time.

By getting home on time you could earn extra time to stay out late once in a while.

You will have learned to come home on time. When you fail, you can work it off to your parent's satisfaction. See what your dad thinks. I would welcome a letter from him.

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St. Bridget

The Disciples Misunderstand

Many parents would envy the parents of Bridget of Sweden.

Their child started to talk like an adult at the age of 3. Thereafter she never stopped, sometimes to tell about her dreams and visions, sometimes to scold morally. Using her good head and facile tongue, she reserved her strongest language for those pretending to be moral by it lot of religious or political ostentation.

If Bridget were alive in 'the 1970s, she would be the same , feisty, stubborn, self-willed, colorful gadfly she was in the 14th century. She was a feminist through and through in terms of the times in which she lived.

When very young, Bridget married Ulf Gudmarsson and had a 'family of children, most of whom did not follow in her religious footsteps but revolted against her. She was financially well-off and had the sophistication necessary for a feudal woman.

When still young she became a lady-in-wating to Queen Blanche, whose behavior she tried unsuccessfully to reform.

She told anyone in the court who would listen 'a,bout her dreams and visions. (This is interesting in view of the renewed emphasis on Jung's teaching that it is very important to study, one's dreams).

In 1344 she went to the Cistercian Order to become a nun.

By this time her children were grown. (There is little evidence about what happened to Ulf).

Even in the convent she warned others. She took on the king of Sweden as well as most, reigning bishops and nobles.

Soon she decided to found an " order of her own.

But even the quiet of contemplation did not keep her from Turn to Page Thirteen

For Children

By Janaan Manternach One day Jesus said something his closest friends could not understand at all. In fact th~y refused to believe it.

It was soon after the day they walked along the Jordan River to Caesarea Philippi. The disciples were still talking about Peter's words to Jesus at Caesarea Philippi, Peter had called Jesus the messiah - the leader people had been waiting for to free God's people.

Jesus did not say that he was the messiah. But he didn't deny it either. He just told the disciples not to tell anyone else that he was the messiah.'

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ing excitedly: "You've got to be kidding! Who ever heard of a Throughout the first half of messiah like that? You didn't the Gospel of Mark Jesus is por- deny it when said you were the trliyed as the masterful inaugu- messiah just now, did you?" rator of God's reign, victorious Jesus reacted in a way Luke over evil, even death. Yet as a found too painful to mention. He constant dark counterpoint to reprimanded Peter: "Get out of this triumphant score, there is my sight, you satan! You are repeated misunderstanding, innot judging by God's standards, comprehension, rejection, even but by man's!" '~Mark 8,33; see from those closest to him. Both Luke 9,22-23). themes clash jarringly in the' As far as Jesus was conclimax to this development cerned, this was not a little dis(8,27-33). agreement, but a way he "had The darkness seems finaily to to" (8:31) carry it out. The be dispelled by Peter's bright world's way must have seemed acclamation: "You are the Mesmore attractive. The account siah!" (8,29), but the clouds roll of his temptation in the desert back almost immediately with indicates that Jesus struggled Jesus' perplexing command that with this chQice. they tell no one about him He had learned that God's (8,30). The atmosphere grows standards were not man's, and ominous as the narrative continhe had accepted God's, howues with the first prediction of ever mysterious they may have the passion (8,31). This section -seemed. marks both the climax to the Now here was Peter trying to first part of the Gospel and the trip him 'up again ("satan" transition to the second, which means literally "stumblingwill be punctuated by three such block"). Poor Peter. He meant predictions (8,31; 9,30; 10,32-34). well, but he had so much to Each prediction is followed by learn, both about Jesus and hima clear indication that the disself. ciples could not accept what he, Peter must have'been puzzled was trying to tell them. and disappointed, not to mention embarrassed. It is easy to They were men of their times. identify with him. So often we Their ideas about the messiah fall into the trap of deciding were as confused as everyone what God should do and how else's. 'But whichever view they he should do it. We, too, have may have favored, it did not inmuch to learn. clude any suggestion of a tortured, murdered messiah. It contradicted everything they expected. One can appreciate their correctness of Peter's insight, "began to teach them that the Son of Man had to suffer much, By Father Joseph M. Champlin be rejected by the elders, the chief priests, and the scribes, be Most feminine liberation adput to, death, and rise three days vqcates point an accusing finger later" (8,31). at the Roman Catholic Church It is gradually recognized that for its sexist positions on many this predictic;m and the two fol- matters. After all women are lowing were reworded in the currently excluded from ordina- . light of the actual passion, tion to the priesthood and girls death, and resurrection. The may not become full-fledged althird one especially (10,34) is tar servers.

The fact is however, that in amazingly detailed and specific. ways the Catholic And that Jesus foretold his res- some urrection in particular would liturgical emphasizes feminine make subsequent events in the dignity and importance more Gospel story unintelligible. How- strongly than does the worship ever, given the direction in "approach in certain Protestant which things were going, especi- traditions which have recently ally the mounting hostility of ordained women to the ministry. his enemies, it would not be 路For example, Mary, the surprising if Jesus foretold his mother of Jesus, receives relaultimate, violent rejection. The tively little attention in Protesfinal outcome seemed so cer- tant worship. Feasts involving tain that "he said these things Our Lady and Her Son, like the quite openly" (8,32).

Presentation, Annunciation and This openess is in sharp con- Visitation, nonnally are not retrast with his injunction to si- garded as significant events or lence about his messanic identi- celebrations by Protestants.

This observation is not mine, ty,' and also with Peter's ullsuccessful attempt to state his but the assertion of the Rev. James F. White, professor of protestations on the sly.

"Peter then took him aside and Christian worship at Southern began to remonstrate with him." Methodist University. In the One can hear the impetuous, not Dec. 13, 1978 issue of The Chrisunambitious, fisherman whisperTurn to Page Thirte~n

By Father John J. Castelot

By Mary C. Maher

"THE LORD WANTS our lives to be a radiation of his love in the midst of humanity." (NC Photo)

ALoving Christian

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A closer relationship with God makes us closer to one another.

Many human commandments are impositions. They dry up life and love. Jesus' new command- , ment, however, that we love one another, is a source of togetherness and healing. His love widens the heart; it opens us to people.

The Lord wants our lives to be a radiation of his love in the midst of humanity. Many today are stricken with the terror of isolation. They feel lost and forlorn in a loveless world. Eagerly they seek for remedies. Techniques of encounter are invented almost daily but are in vain if they do not lead us to the ground of our oneness: the love of God. _. Often that love remains hidden in our broken -lives. 'But at times 'it comes to light. In a moment of generosity we are clothed in his love. He invites us to believe in that love hidden in the weak, the temperamental, the sick, the suffering and the poor. He wants us to meet in

love each, suffering person, 'those who seem fools and failures, those who cross us, who hold different values, who threaten us by alien attitudes.

Loving words are Jooted in the silence of listening to the other. This silence may be the only way to speak when the' qther is estranged from himself, not knowing who he is, initiating the crowd.

Love often forms others by not forming; it 'leads by not leading and advises by not advising.

Divine love adds to an ecumenism of the heart; it enables us to respect the good will of ,the other.

The heart of the Christian expands itself in this loving encounter with a variety of people, thoughts, feelings and attitudes.

This ecumenism is a must for the Christian engaged in apostolic endeavors. For love is the bridge to the heart of the other.

The loving Christian is experi, enced as a fellow human being genuinely interested in the world of the other.

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Sexist Language

• For ChUdren Continued from Page Twelve Now Jesus said something very puzzling. "Won't be long," he began, ·"before everyone turns against me. :1 will have much to suffer in. the next months."

The disciples looked at each other. Why would anyone make Jesus suffer? Didn't he go around helping people who were suffering? Why would people turn against him? Jesus went on. "The religious leaders of our people are going to reject me. They will condemn me because of what I say and do. In fact, they will see that I am put to death. But I know that God will bring me through it alL" • This was too much. The disciples knew that the crowds had been smaller the last few weeks.

And some of the religious -leaders had disagreed publicly with Jesus. But even if they were against some of Jesus' teachings, they wouldn't turn completely against him. Surely they would not have Jesus killed.

Peter was so upset that he felt he had to say something.

He asked Jesus if he could talk with him a moment in private.

Jesus and Peter walked a short distance from the group of disciples.

"Lord," Peter began, "that

St. Bridget Continued from Page Twelve using her prophetic voice. She told Pope Clement VI to abandon his court at Avignon, France, and to rule more wisely.

For this (and undoubtedly other reasons) she did not receive approval for her order when she petitioned the Holy See for it.

Unwilling to be defeated, she rode to the papal residence on a white mule to get that approval. She got it.

Most people know 'Bridget of Sweden best for her famous "Book of Revelations," an almost complete account of her visions and dreams. Some of its contents sound far-fetched today. Yet in it she reminds us again and again that religion concerns itself very much with the subconscious element in human experience.

It is the story of Bridget of Sweden's life that is' so charming. Many of us learned as children about some of the odd things saints were said to have done - sitting on poles eating grasshoppers, etc. 'Bridget of Sweden did eccentric things too. All the evidence about her life raises an interesting question: Does doing what is unfamiliar necessarily mean one will be termed odd? If so, as the English psychologist, R. D. Laing, has pointed out it may be in eccentricity that true sanity is to· be found. For true sanity is not. necessarily bland and quietly passive. It is not accurate universally to equate wholeness and holiness.

Bridget of Sweden is simply lovely ~s she reminds us that she refuses to have grace make her less natural, less· given to genuinely being herself.

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young under her wings" (Mat-· Continued from Page Twelve just can't happen. Nobody wants thew 23:37).

From a positive approach, the you dead. You're just discourtian Century, Dr. White contriBiblical references likewise Methodist liturgist urges that aged because the crowds are not buted an article, "The Words of form the basis for those feasts "we develop inclusive terms for as large as they used to be.

Worship: Beyond· Liturgical which involve a woman as the our understanding of God and ·PeoplE:. may not be as enthusiSexism." Among other points key figure and are celebrated for our speech about humanity." astic as they were a few months he stressed that Scripture refers with special solemnity in the ago. But they admire you and God· can be addressed as Creto God in feminine images and Catholic Church. love you. You must be mistaken. ator, King, Lord, Almighty One, notes how the Bible presents We're not going to turn against Still, Christian churches do as well as Father. frequent illustrations of a womyou."

Alert leaders of worship pos,an's critical importance in tIle need to make adjustments in Jesus listened impatiently. He their language of worship. sess even now many open occaprocess of salvation. was angry with Peter. Peter I From a negative aspect, Dr. sions within Catholic liturgies to should have' known. better. It Jesus, for example, said he White recommends that we elim- reflect this wider vision. was clear that opposition was wished to gather people ,/to- inate sexually exclusive phrases "My sisters and brothers, this growing. Jesus felt Peter at gether as a protective hen does as they apply to God or people. is the word of the Lord" sugleast would understand what her brood. "0 Jerusalem, JerusaWords like "he," "his," "him- gests a fuller meaning and its was happening. Did even Peter lem . . . How often have I self," limit our understanding reversal of a traditional order think that the messiah was go- yearned to gather your children, of God, who is neither mascu- .may help raise a congregation's ing to lead a revolution against as a mother bird gathers her line nor feminine. consciousness. the Roman armies? Didn't he realize that the 'Bible painted a much different picture of the plessiah? He was to free people, not ;by leading a· revolution against, but by sharing their suffering, taking on himself their pain.

"Get out of my sight," Jesus said to Peter. "You are talking like everyone else. Not only don't you understand God's plan, but you are actually a stumbling block in God's path!" _ The disciples were startled.

Peter was hurt. So was Jesus.

Apparently nobody understood him, not even his best friends.

He felt very much alone.

His friends talked late into 'the night about what,had happened. Jesus' anger with Peter, whom he loved so much, made it clear that Peter's mistake about Jesus was very serious. But what was it that Peter - and the rest These days our neighborhoods are teeming of them - were failing to see?

Why did Jesus think he was gowith kids on the go. They're running, jumping, ing to be killed? Was he the messiah or wasn't he? Who is he, playing - ha~ing the time of their lives. really, this Jesus?

Christian Continued from Page Twelve Divine love is like a gentle readiness for respectful dialogue.

For the loving Christian, it is easy to commune with others.

He gives himself to them generously, but he is also ready to receive. Sometimes his greatest gift to the other is his receptivity to what the other can give him.

Divine love makes us adept in the gentle play of giving and receiving. This alone makes it· a rich experience to meet a loving Christian, whose life is like a liturgy, a constant consecration. He or she evokes in the other that which the other is called to by God. Met by a loving Christian, a person feels less compelled to assume a front.

He can be what God allows him to be. The coat of social hyp<?crisy drops off. This .openness makes encounter with a loving Christian a rich and vital experience.

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Christ is our real mooring. We There will be no pl~ce to flee. have no other. We need to keep We say we, as a nation, beourselves tied to Him, to His lieve in God, yet we do many suffering. His rejection and His things that only a godless nation betrayal. It is good to say, "I would do, We need leadership! have this in common with We must face up to the. dreadful Christ. I have suffered, been possibility that some of the asbetrayed, been rejected." This is sumptions of the prophet Isaiah good for youth to remember. could apply to us today. Nations How do we 10'se our moorings? that forget their God, who use And when? It is when we be- His name only to secure their come too preoccupied with our- ends, must one day face the selves and the world. Our trag- wrath and judgment of God. We edy often lies in our misconcep- ~ have our roots in Christ, our tion of God. We are constanly' moorings in Christ. This is where pounding ourselves on the back Paul got his. From the discovery and calling ourselves a "good that a new kind of love had and just people." Where do w~ broken in upon him through . come off saying that we are Christ, rooted in the beginning of the good guys all the time and life, and. from the realization the others are the bad guys? that Jesus loves, not as man We have enough bad guys in loves, but as God loves; and the America to take us down the tube!

We sing "America the Beautiful" whilst we are taking a\yay CAMPUS SHOCK, by Lansing the very beauty we are singing Lamont.

Dutton (New York, about. We, it is WE who are N.Y., 1979). 144 pp.... $8.95. burying her!

Reviewed by Richard Philbrick, We ignore the prophets of old. NC News Service.

Jesus never ignored them. When If there were not corroboratthe' prophets called for humane ing evidence for nearly all of treatment of everywhere, did Jesus ignore their words? Evangel- what is said in this book, the temptation would be strong to ism and prophecy cannot be seppass over it as an example of arated. The parable of the Last sensational journalism. UnforJudgment is sufficient answer. tunately for the nation's colleges That parable is a radical reli- and universities Lamont's degious statement which says that scriptions of cheating, grade inour obedience to God is meas- flation, vandalism \ and weak ured by our feeding of the hung- morals on their campuses 'are ary, visiting the imprisoned, wel- paralleled by similar ones in a coming the estranged, the reject- report of the Carnegie Commised, the betrayed. The list is end- sion on Policy Studies in Higher less. How many of us are ready Education, "Fair Practices in for judgment? Time is running Higher Education" (Jossey-Bass, out.

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As a veteran newsman Lamont To whom will we flee for help when that day comes? To the . used journalistic methods to things of this world? To the gather his material. Limiting

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incredible fact that while the body of Christ 'could be crucified and buried, that the love of God in Christ cannot be killed.

This was a discovery so pervasive that ;Paul was moved 'from bitterness and hostility toward Christians to a passionate advocacy of Christ. He turned himself over as an investment of sacrificial leadership in an explosive growth of faith in the world. Cut of the laboratory of faith,. time and time again, in different contexts and with findings reported by persons and groups of wide and variegated experiences and knowledge, we proclaim that in the center of life, within the children. of the earth, there is a force that broods over man and earth with terrible love and wonderful judgment.

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CELEBRATING CHILDREN the world around, youngsters of Sacred Heart parish, Fall River, observe the International Year of the .Child with an afternoon of games, balloons, movies, arts, crafts and music. Melissa Cote is in the center of the action, surrounded by Billy Gaudreau, Keith Waring, Julie Lothrop, Suzanne De Benedetto, Joe Dupra and Sean- Murphy. (Torchia Photo)

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his survey to 12 universities the so-called Ivy League institutions (with Dartmouth classed as a university) plus the University of Chicago, the University of Michigan, Stanford University and the University of California - he interviewed scores of students, teachers and administrators. What he discovered is appalling.

The honor codes that were for many years venerated and stoutly obeyed at places like Princeton are now gone or virtually objects of ridicule. Thefts by students from their peel's are now common. The books of university libraries are stolen at least as often as those in public libraries, and they are subjected to just as much vandalism. . , Cheating in classrooms is almost taken for granted. Using purchased or borrowed papers to fulfill course requirements is not unusual. And students often sabotage their classmates' laboratory experiments as a means of eliminating competition for high grades.

The chaplains at the 12 universities he studied blamed their institutions, says Lamont, "for failing to rekindle a sense of moral purpose among students."

He himself assigns no blame, but reading between the lines it seems that it is the constituencies of the universities that are at fault.

Catholic and other church-related colleges and universities know where the support they need for their stands is. Lamont almost inadvertently creates doubts that the Ivy League and other universities could count on the necessary support if their administrators chose to set high standards.

For example, would parents who misrepresent their incomes when they seek scholarship help for their children, and many of them do, back a faculty in a drive against classroom cheating? Where are the trustees in all this?

By Charlie Mar1in

BLOW AWAY Day turned black, sky ripped apart Waiting for you, too damp in my heart Cracks and leaves, the floor boards go by About to go down, I'd almost forgot All I got to do is to - to love you All I got to be - is be happy AU'it's got to take - is some more to make it BI~w away, blow away, blow away Sky cleared up, day turned to bright Closing both eyes, my head filled with light Hard to remember the state I was in Instant amnesia, he had to the end Wind blew in, cloud was dispersed Rainbows appeared, I was past the worst Breezes were singing, and I'm feeling good AU of it passed, .like I know ~hat it should Written and sung by George Harrison; (c) 1979

by Ganga Distributors Observers of rock music know that ex-Beatle George Harrison had "gone into retirement" from recording music. He was finding little satisfaction in making new records, and consequently opted for a quieter personal me. But a near fatal accident to Ii friend changed his perspective. At this friend's request, he made some new recordings.

His new album, "George Harrison," includes the Top Forty hit, "Blow Away:' This song has the Harrison sound framed in a pure rock rhythm. It could well reflect Harrison's feelings about his friend's near death.

How we manage depressing feelings is important. It is often easier to attempt escaping them than facing them directly. But we caimot escape ourselves. We eventually come back to the feelings we wanted to escape. And usually, they become even more painful.

Acceptance of down feelings is the first step in understanding the meaning behind the way we feel. Through taking time to accept our feelings, we can often locate their source. Dialogue with another can also help, for such reflection provides a deeper level of understanding. Undoubtedly we will not always discover all the "whys" behind our feelings. But by owning -them we also own the possibilities of growth that eventually will flow from them.

MR. AND MRS. HAROLD A. BAYNES present a gift to Father Bartley MacPhaidin, CSC, president of Stonehill College, North Easton, to be used in establishing th~ Livia and Harold A. Baynes Scholarship, to be awarded annually to an academically qualified student in financial need.

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Somerset High with a 1-0 vica pair of singles. Defensively, Some violence and the unretory over Bridgewater-Raynham the Blue Raiders turned in four solved nature of the relationlast Saturday won the Eastern double plays and narrowly ship between the two principals Mass. Division Two baseball missed a triple play. make this mature fare. PG, A3 The Apponequet-Case game championship. Both advanced to On Television the state finals, which got under- besides being a title contest had "Hollow Image," 9-11 p.m. way yesterday, at Holy Cross the added interest of pitting two Sunday, June 24, ABC: After New Films College's Fitton Field in Wor- of the state's foremost pitchers becoming a department store ex"The Apple Dumpling Gang ecutive, cester, against Central and West- against each other. A more ideal Harriet (Saundra ern Mass. titlists. matchup would be difficult to Rides Again" (Disney-B.U.): Tim Sharp) finds she is no longer Another school from within find. Apponequet's Joannie Alli- Conway and Don Knotts are welcome in her old Harlem the diocese, Apponequet Region- son entered the game with a 19-0 .back again as two inept out- neighborhood. She has to choose al of Lakeville, won the Eastern record while Case's Siobhan Kel- laws. This time they try to go black uptown I or white .downMassachusetts South Sectional ly had a 19-2 slate. straight with predictable and dis- town, a cultural crisis both parts The victory gave Miss Allison astrous results. There are some· of which are reflected by her Division Two girls softball crown, defeating Case High of a perfect 20-0 season showing funny moments, many coming fiance, who feels no guilt at Swansea, 4-3, Saturday. and a four-year career record of from a manic performance by having left the ghetto to beBoth games were thrillers. 55 victories against three losses. Kenneth Mars as a frenzied mar- come a corporation lawyer, .and Somerset scored its one run in Miss Kelly ends her high school shal out to get Conway and by a high school boyfriend dedithe first inning on a walk and career with a 44-9 slate.

Knotts. G, Al cated to helping Harlem youth. ......"Down and Dirty" (New Resolution of this situation Line): This aptly titled Italian and of Harriet's ambivalent feelDiocesans On Stellar Teams comedy, starring Nino Manfredi, ings about her success and her Mike McGuiH of Bishop Con- Perry, New Bedford; Roger. is set In a shanty town on the roots makes for a perceptive and nolly High, and Noel Ciminello, Ames, :Dartmouth; John Bar- outskirts of Rome where pov- drama, the winner of the annual of Bishop Stang High, have been cellos, New Bedford; Dennis D' erty; unlike the real thing, be- ABC Theater Award. named to the Southeastern Mass. Andrade, Holy Family. comes the context of comedy.

Conference Central Division AllTwo Stang Spartanettes have Manfredi plays the drunken, le-' ......"Crow Dog," PBS, June 26, lOStar tennis team. been named to the New Bed- cherous patriarch of an unwel- II p.m.: In the 1973 seige of Others selected by the coaches ford Standard-Times girls all- come extended family crowded Wounded Knee, the plight of the are Terry Hague, Somerset; Ed star track team. They are Ellen into his corrugated metal shack American Indian briefly touched Massoud and <;:arroll Lown, Dur- Vera in the long jump, and Den- who eventually conspire to do the American conscience. Documenting the moral issues Infee; Paul Grace, Steve Cardoza, ise Higgins in the high jump. him in with rat poison. They are volved, as well as the political It is only natural that Siob- after money he was a.warded in New Bedford Voke-Tech; Peter Shuman, Dartmouth; Steve han Kelly would be selected as an accident claim. The humor is and social record of injustice, is Kates, New Bedford. Lown, Car- the girl athlete of. the year at vulgar and sexual but what fin- "Crow Dog." Leonard Crow doza and Shuman are the only Case High School, where Ron ally renders "Down and Dirty" Dog is religious leader of 89 juniors on the team.

Hedge is the boy athlete of the grossly offensive is its perverse Indian tribes. He was brought up McGuill, who captained the year. Cardinal athletes chosen exploitation of frustration, ig- ·in the ancient ways of his people Cougars to the division crown as most valuable players. are norance and degradation as Ii and is the .last . living link to their almost vanished culture. was undefeated in all division Miss Kelly, softball; John Pob- subject for comedy.

For seven years, filmmaker Davmatches. His only loss was in zeznik, baseball; Marc Gagnon, "Goldengirl" (Aveo Embassy): id Baxter lived with the Sioux, the team tournament. Lown lost basketball; Sue Levesque, gymA group of mercenary business- recording their ceremonies and only two matches in second nastics; Ronna Ryalls, basketmen underwrite the training of Crow Dog's attempt to inspire singles. ball; Tom Malone, hockey; John an Olympic sprinter (Susan An- other tribes to revive their own Coaches who participated in Hargraves and Dave Plourde, ton), who is "programmed" by languages and cultures. His film the selections are Ted Pettine, track; Morris Merrithew, tennis; her scientist father (Curt Jur- is a sensitive and moving porConnolly; Dennis' Harpell, Stang; and Kathy Murphy, track. Hedge gens) to be unbeatable. James trait of a leader and his cause.

Hillard 'Forman, Durfee; Doug was outstanding in baseball and Coburn is the superagent whom "Farm Song," PBS, June 24, Chauman, Somerset; Ralph football. the group tr-ies to recruit to mer- 10-11 p.rn.: This documentary chandise its product. Coburn, deals with the four generations Canton ·Hockomock All-Sports Winner though romantically involved of the Kato family of northern with Miss Anton, is suspicious Japan, who cultivate rice and Canton High School is the win- athletic director,' is chairman. of the whole project. A thor- raise horses in the same way as ner of the 1979 Hockomock Mary Cinelli, Mansfield, is the oughly muddled film that seems their ancestors. The climate is League All Sports Trophy with executive .secretary-treasurer. uncertain of where it's going, it hard, the land not very fertile an aver-age of 6.781. Next, in Commissioners of officials for alphabetical order, were Foxboro 1979-80 are: football Gerry Cody settles by trying to get by on and most work is done by hand.

5.200; Franklin 5.769; King Phil- (Canton, King Philip, Oliver the charm of Miss Anton and Each family member is closely sheer spectacle, ,but neither is observed in the seasonal rhyip 4.844; Mansfield 3.843; North Ames), Milt Kelley (Foxboro, to save it. There are, thm of activities, from planting enough Attleboro 6.081; Oliver Ames Franklin, Mansfield, No. Attlefurthermore, a number of rather to harvesting, universal to far5.679; Sharon 4.367; Stoughton boro, Sharon, Stoughton); field 4.833. Canton won the league's hockey, Ms. ,Loraine Sumner; crude sexual references that mers.

Films on TV football, ice hockey, gymnastics boys basketball, Milt Kelley, make the film objectionable.

Friday, June 22, 9 p.rn. (ABC) and softball crowns. North At- girls basketball, Mrs. Mary Jen- PG,B "The Kids Are Alright" (New "Kotch" (1971) - Walter tleboro, the runnerup, holds the nings (Foxboro, Mansfield, No. boys tennis and girls track titles. Attleboro), Ms. Loraine Sumner World): A performance and in- Matthau stars as an eccentric Franklin, the 1978 winner, fin- (Canton, Franklin, King Philip, terview film featuring The Who, but lovable grandfather who, ished third with 5.769.

Oliver Ames, Sharon, Stough- the British rock group, on and after being set out to pasture in Joseph Joyce, principal of ton), ice hockey, James Cerbo; off stage. Some intriguing mo- a rest home, "adopts" a pregCanton High, has been elected gymnastics, Mrs. Mary Wood- ments, thanks to the talent in- nant teen-agel'. Full of warmth president of the league for 1979- ruff; baseball, Will Cingolani; volved, but the film is strictly and fun, this Is good entertainfor rock fans. Some vulgar lang- ment for adults and mature teen80, and Stan Masalski, Canton's softball, Robert Ringuette. uage and sexual references make agers. A3 it mature fare. PG, A3 Tuesday, June 26, 8 p.m. (CBS) . Bristol County CYO Baseball ......"Sunnyside" (AlP): This gang - "Submarine X-I" (1968) At the end of the first week of and Somerset 1-2, Maplewood film, starring Joey Travolta A routine but entertaining war play S01.1th End, 3-0, was setting 1-3.

(John's older brother), is dismal drama in which James Caan is the pac~ in the Bristol County Tonight's twin bill at Chew even by the low standards of the put in charge of a top-secret proCYO Baseball League. Kennedy Field, Fall River, lists Kennedy genre, and is to be avoided on ject involving midget subwas 2-1, North End 1-1, Central vs. Somerset at six o'clock, all grounds. Much brutality. marines. Al Central vs. South End at 8:15.

R,B Wednesday, June 27, 9 p.m.

Symbols following film reviews indicate both general and Catholic Film Office ratings, which do not always coincide.

General ratings: G-suitable for gen· eral viewing; PG-parental guidance sug· gested; R-restricted, unsuitable for children or younger teens.

Catholic ratings: Al-approved for children and adults; A2-approved for adults and adolescents; A3-approved for adults only; B-objectionable in part for everyone; A4-separate classification (given to films not morally offensive which, however, require some analysis and explanation); C-condemned.

THE ANCHORThurs. June 21, 1979

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(CBS) - "Report to the Commissioner" (1975) - A violent urban melodrama about a young detective's baptism of fire as a member of the narcotics squad.

Adult entertainment in every respect, its sordid backgrounds and incidents ruling it out for younger viewers. A3 Saturday, June 30, 9 p.m.

(CBS) - "The Three Musketeers" (1974) - Richard 'Lester's satiric film of the Dumas classic. Ente,rtaining even .if the frenetic humor sometimes wears a bit thin. A2 Religious Programs Sunday, June 24 (CBS-TV) "For Our Times" "After Puebla: The Catholic Church in Latin America." A conversation with representatives from the major faith groups on the implications of the Latin American Bishops' Assembly held in Puebla, Mexico.

Sunday, June 24 - "Guideline" (NBC Radio) continues a series on the impact of Hispanics on American society, and the challenges they present the U.S. Catholic Church.

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SACRED HEARTS, FAIRHAVEN The International Pilgrim Virgin statue will arrive at the church at 8 tonight. Services will consist of a procession, Mass, rosary and a talk by Louis Kaczmarek, statue escort.

The statue will be at the church aU day tomorrow and an all-night .vigil will begin Itt 8 p.m., concluding with a Mass at 8:30 a.m. Saturday. A holy hour will be held in conjunction with the vigil by Adorers' League of the church's Lourdes chapel. .

The statue will also be at the church for 4 and 6 p.m. Masses on Saturday at which time Mr. Kaczmarek will again speak. A special service will be held at 8 p.~. Saturday.

The parish will be consecra~ ter to the Immaculate Heart of Mary at 10:15 a.m. Mass Sunday and at 1:30 p.m. there will be a procession from the church to St. Mary's Church Fairhaven, where a Mass and program for the handicapped will take place.

gr. STANISLAUS, FALL RIVER The Blessed Sacrament will be exposed from 7:30 to 8:30 a.m. tomorrow, the Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, for the intentions of new vocations and the sanctification of those already in holy orders.

ST. ANNE, FALL RIVER The youth committee of the parish board of education will sponsor a summer program Wednesday through Friday, Aug. 15 through 17. Activities will include films, first aid and fire safety demonstrations, arts and crafts and a trip to th~ -Boston Museum of Science. The first 35 parish children in 1st through 8th grades to apply for the program will be accepted.

In observance of the feast of the Sacred Heart, the Blessed Sacrament will be exposed after 11 :30 a.m. Mass tomorrow and an hour of reparation will be held from 2 to 3 p.m.

Also tomorrow, a' "rookie night" for Marriage Encounter will be held at the school at 7:30' p.m.

ST. WILLIAM, FALL RIVER Seventeen members of Cub Pack 25 received Parvuli Dei awards at 8 a.m. Mass last Sunday. .

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ST. JOSEPH, NORTH 'DIGHTON

SS. PETER AND PAUL, FALL RIVER New schedules for altar boys, lectors and Eucharistic ministers are available in the sacristy.

Parish altar boys will leave the rectory 'parking lot by bus at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday for Cathdral Camp, East Freetown, to participate in an altar boys' day. Permission slips must be signed and returned to the rectory by tomorrow.

LA SALETIE, ATTLEBORO

A blood bank will be in operation from noon to 6 p.m. Sunday' at the shrine to help meet summer blood shortages. In conjunction with the blood program, a free folk music 'festival will be held during the same hours, with performances by groups from Rhode Island and southeastern Massachusetts.

The parish prayer group will sponsor a Jubilee 75 celebration at 8 p.m. Monday at the parish center on Spring Street. The program will feature Abraham Bascon, director of the House of Friendship in 'Brockton, and the House of Friendship ,Singers.

FAIRHAVEN·

In observance of the feast of the Sacred Heart, a holy hour will take place from 7 to 8 p.m; tomorrow, with Mass following.

A 7 p.m. Mass Saturday will be a service of gratitude for outgoing church council members and of installation for newcomers.

The Sacrament of the Sick will be celebrated at 3 p.m.

Sunday in the school hall for the elderly, shut"in and chronically ill. . .

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ST. JOSEPH, NEW BEDFORD A holy hour in observance of the feast of the Sacred Heart will be held from 3 to 4 p.m. tomorrow under direction of Father Joseph Richard.

SACRED HEART, FALL RIVER A "Ruggles Park Reunion" for former Sacred Heart players and fans will be held Sunday, Sept.

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Further information is available from Ken Fitzgerald, 679-3307.

Camp Fire Girls will hold ari awards banquet in the school at 7 p.m. Saturday.

A Marriage Encounter information night will take place at 7:30 p.m. Sunday at St. Theresa parish center, Route I, South Attleboro.

Encounter programs are scheduled for the weekends of July 13, July 27, Aug. 10 and Sept. 7. Information is available from Steve and Sheila Silvia, Fall River, 678-0937, or Ed and Jan Mathews, Brockton, 5841996.

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