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Assigned To CapeParish The Most Reverend Bishop has approved and confirmed changes made among the Sacred Hearts Fathers in the Diocese of Fall River by the Provincial of the religious congregation, Very Rev. Fintan Sheeran.

Resigning as pastor of St. Anthony Church, Mattapoisett, will be Rev. Columba Moran, SS.CC. who will retain the title of Pastor Emeritus.

Two other religious have been named pastors. Rev. Paul J. Price, SS.CC. will become pastor of St. Anthony Church, Mattapoisett, and Rev. Kieran Rush, SS.CC. will become pastor of Holy Redeemer Church, Chatham.

Father Price, SS.CC., born in Fall River on June 22, 1920, was ordained on June 8, 1948 after preparatory studies in Washington, D. C. The new pastor of St. Anthony has served his community as Director in Mattapoisett, Turn to Page Two

CURATES

Fr. McCarthy to Head Centerville Parish Rev. Raymond W. McCarthy is the parish in Centerville on Cape Cod. The er part of his curacy in the diocesan See tablished St. Mark's parish in Attleboro transferred within the past· fortnight to the pastorate of St. Mary's parish in Taunton. Announcement' of the

new administrator of Our Lady of Victory North Attleboro native, who spent the greatCity before his appointment to the newly esFalls, succeeds Rev. James F. Lyons who was

Bishop Connolly today announced changes affecting five assistant pastors in the Diocese. Transferred are:

And, during the campaign for funds for the construction of Bishop Connolly High School in Fall River-the fourth diocesan appointment of Father McCarthy regional secondary institutionto the Cape position was made Father McCarthy served as astoday by the Most Rev. James sistant director. .

L. Connolly, Bishop of Fall Riv. Upon completion of his early er.

North Attleboro education, Father McCarthy attended ProviThe new Cape parish adminidence College before he entered strator was the first director St. Mary's Seminary in Baltimore of the diocesan Family Life for philosophical and theological Bureau. He served in that castudies. pacity for 15 years, starting 'in 1952. Father McCarthy directed He was ordained to the priestCana and pre-Cana conferences hood on Feb. 24, 1945 by the throughout the entire diocese late Most Rev. James E. Casduring that period. sidy, third Bishop of the Fall River Diocese. For the first 15 In addition, Father McCarthy years, he served as an assistant served as associate director of at the Sacred Heart parish in Fall the Catholic Charities Appeal.

River. For a three-year period, Also, Father McCarthy was di. he directed St. Patrick's parish in ocesan director and coordinator, of the Lay Retreat Movement.

FR. RAYMOND W. McCARTHY Somerset.

Rev. Peter F. Mullen from Sacred Heart Church, Fall River, to St.. Mary Church, Mansfield.

Rev. William J. Hurley, from St. Stanislaus Church, Fall River, to Sacred Heart Church, Fall River.

Rev. Roland Bousquet, from St. Joseph Church, New Bedford, to St. Jacques Church, Taunton.

Rev. John J. Oliveira, from St. John of God Church, Somerset, to Mt. Carmel Church, Seekonk.

Rev. Henry S. Arruda, from Mt. Carmel Church, Seekonk, to St. John of God Church Somerset.

Fr. Mullen was born in Brockton. Jan. 14, 1938. He began his education at North Easton Grammar School and Msgr. Coyle High Sc.hool and continued on to Cardinal O'Connell and St. John Seminaries in Brighton and Turn to Page Three

Initiate Perm,anent Deacon Program COLLEGEVILLE (NC)-The permanent diaconate program just getting underway in this 'country has an unlimited future, according to Bishop Ernest 1. Unterkoefler of Charleston, S.C., chairman of the U.S. Bishops Committee on the permanent .

Diaconate. He met with here are from varied occupational and geographic backgrounds. candidates and advisors to Many of them', have already parthe program in a panel dis- ticipated to some extent in pascussion here, during the first training workshop for the permanent diaconate being held, Aug. 5-14, at St. John's University. Other training centers in Washington, D.C. and Orchard Lake, Mich., will begin similar programs in early September.

"We have hopes of getting people involved in the diaconal work of the Church that has been lost," Bishop Unterkoefler said. "Bishops have lost it; priests have lost it; lay people have lost it. And there is a hope in this that it is concretized in a very broad way,except that we're working within a framework that gives us sufficient impetus. .

"The idea of what· these men are to do is as diversified, as we can imagine. When an order is given in the Church it becomes universal in the ministry of the Church itself."

"We are not going to say that these men are to be teachers, or solely preachers, or that they will be confined to the altar.

They are going to meet the needs of humanity, not just church people," the bishop continued.

"With the nucleus we have, we can not only fire the imagination and the spirit of man; but we can shed, as Christians, some of the things we are hung up on. We're in a fix, a fixation situation. That is, there's a lot of tension in the life of churches today. As one of the priests said at the table today, 'This is a clean field.'

The 10 candidates attending the current training program

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Both will work in the Otis religious education program this Winter.

They are among 31 adults and teenagers registered for the course, which began Aug. 4 and will end, today with a special

Religious Educators of Diocese to Play Important Role at Hartford CQrtgress A number of Fall River Diocesan CCD personnel have been designated to serve as seminar chairman at the three~day Congress of Religious Education, starting Friday, Aug. 22, at the University of Hartford. Fat her Ronald Tosti, newly-named Assistant Diocesan C C D Director, will chair a session on the Catechesis of Scripture featuring the Most Rev. John Cape Cod area ,CeD workers R. Whealon, Archbishop of are expected to turn out in large Hartford. Albert Gallant, a numbers for the Hartford event. member of the diocesan CCD Chartered buses will carry Executive Board and the diocesan Ecumenical Commission, has a similar role in a seminar to be given on Ecumenism by Rev. Msgr. Vincent Yzermans.

Mrs. Charles Fuller, diocesan CCD President, wi1l act as chairwoman for the session on· First Eucharist with Sister Sylvia Comer of the Diocese of Portland. Edward McDonagh, CCD Lay Coordinator will chair a session on Multi-Media given by· Mr. Joseph Connors of Chicago.

Rev. Joseph L. Powers, diocesan CCO Director, indicated that more than 2,000 have registered for th~ Congress. Diocesan CCO workers planning to attend number 207.

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participants from that area to the Congress. Mrs. Jeanne Towers of Pocasset is in charge of the arrangements for the Cape Cod contingent.

As in previous years, Fall River registrants wi1l participate in the popular discussion sessions which follow the Congress activities. In these mighty dialogues, summaries of the day's seminars are given, insuring that all are exposed to the entire content of the more than 40 planned seminars.

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president, the teacher.

She is enthusiastic about having the course daily instead of spread' out through a semester, as is usual for CCD offerings.

"It really builds community when you meet people every day," she said, "and besides we are able to get in two hours more than in 'the Winter sessions."

How do people get to a morning course? "In the Summer, teens can babysit for their moms," explained Mrs. Fuller, "and some Cape parishes have run a babysitting service to enable mothers to attend."

Speaking of teens, an unusual number are taking the course.

"They'll be CCD helpers," said Mrs. Fuller.

Another enthusiastic participant is Mrs. John Phillip, who will be religious education coordinator at Otis on a fulltime basis come September. She'll be working with Catholic Chaplain Joseph Della Valle to provide a full religious program for Otis youngsters and adults.

Mrs. Fuller hopes that the Summer CCO methods course , will .become an annual program for the Cape area. She feels that the closing of area Catholic schools has made the work of CCO more important than ever before.. Pointing up this emphaTurn to Page Six

Closed Holyday The Chancery Office in Fall River will be closed tomorrow, Friday, Aug. 15, the Feast of the Assumption.

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The funds topped last year's totals by $2.1 million, according to Dr. Frederick Rossini, vice president for research and sponsored programs.

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The ·largest single sum, $3,613,271, went to the College of Science, for research.. facili. ties and equipment, and educational programs. .

Rev. Raymond W. McCarthy to· Our Lady of Victory Paiish, Centerville, as administrator.

Rev. Peter F. Mullen, assistant at Sacred Heart Parish, Fall River,' to St. Mary Parish, Mansfield, as assistant.

Rev. William J. Hurley, assistant at ·St. Stanislaus Parish, Fall River, to Sacred Heart, Fall River, as assistant. . Rev. Roland Bousquet, assistant at St. Joseph Parish, New Bedford, to St. Jacques Parish, Taunton, as assistant.

Rev. John J. Oliveira, assistant at St. John of God Parish, Somerset, to Our' Lady of Mount. Carmel Parish, Seekonk, as assistant.

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Rev.. Henry S. Arruda, assistant at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Par.ish, Seekonk, to St. John of God Parish, as assistant.

Sacred' H'ecirts Fathers Chang'es

Assignments effective Wednesday, August ·27, 1969.

APPOINTMENT Rev. Ronald A. Tosti, assistant Diocesan Director of the .Confraternity of Christian Doctrine.

Appointment effective today, August 14, 1969.

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After serv,ing as assistant at Mt. Gilead Church, Ohio" h~ returned to Fall River Diocese where he served as pastor in Wellfleet and Chatham.

Father Moran Born in' Foxwood, Ireland, Oct. 4, 1895, Father Moran was educated at Kaatesheubel, Hoi': land, and' Trumeloo, Belgium, before his ordination in Ghent, Belgium, April 5, 1924 Coming to this country in 1925 he held various pastoral posts in Washington, D. C. and then in the Fall River Diocese in.

Wellfleet, Harwich and Fairhaven.

Named Pro-Provincial in 1938, he then served ,his congr~gation as Provincial from 1947 to 1952.

Since then he has served as pastor of Holy Trinity, Harwich; St. . Boniface, New Bedford; St._ Joseph, Fairhaven and St. Anthony, Mattapoisett.'

Father Rush Born in Swinford, Ireland, on Oct. 9, 1910, Rev. Kieran Rush, SS.CC. came to the United States for his .education at Washington, D. C. and was there ordained a priest on J:une 8, 1948.

Part of his priestly career was. occupied in teaching positions in

BROOKLYN (NC)·-The Brook- Brooklyn diocesan director of Iyn diocesan director of ceme- cemeteries, emphasized the imteries has asked New York May- portance of the burial. rite for or John Lindsay to reject a pro- Catholics and said: "The proposal of the City Planning Com- posal submitted t6 the city planmission to turn Holy Cross Cem- ning commission is an affront etery into a park. to all men of faith who hold The proposal-mude by city the remains of their loved ones . planning consultant Walter Tha- in reverence." bit in ·a report on the Brooklyn "Let us be concerned with area-was included at the close the anguish' of the families. of of the report. those who have lived and died It said: "No park facility is to preserve religious freedom needed more in East Flatbush- that' is denied to so many in or in Brownsville or in East New the world today." .

York-than a real park with Father Mooney also said: "Mr. woodland at I~ast sufficiently Lindsay, knowing of your sense deep to camouflage lovers with of reverence and respect, we are Prelates Pre'sent' no other alternative for privacy confident that you will reject than the cellars Vandeveer that portion'of Mr. Thabit's pro- Land Reform Plan BRAZILIA (NC) - While a Estates. This ne~d can be met posal which would turn Holy by using all or part of the 89 Cross Cemetery into a park. You group of Brazilian bishops have acres of Holy Cross Cemetery." will thereby assure all men of presented an unexciting agrarian The proposal spar'ked consid- faith and reason that the graves reform plan to the government, erable controversy in the Brook- of their loved ones will not be division' exists among the bishops concerning the sincerity' of Iy~ area. desecrated."

The cemetery-whicH is close The Thabit proposal also drew the government's desire to imto 100 years old-is still in use criticism from Brooklyn Borough plement such reforms.

The plan was .presented to and about 2,000 burials a year President Abe Stark. He asked: .take place there. More than 500,- "Does Mr. Thabit have plans to Brazilian President Artur da -. 000 persons-intluding two Ro- exhume the remains of 500,000 Costa E;Silva by the bishops of . - man Catholic bishops - are people and transport them to .the states of Rio' Grande do Sui buried in Holy Cross Cemetery. other 'cemeteries? Or are the and Santa Catarina, headed by' In his letter to Mayor Lind- loversi for whose privacy he so Vicente Cardinal Scherer of say, Father George Mooney, . tenderly cares, expected to.. gam- Porto Alegre. bol on the graves of those. we One feature of tJ:le plan, genin Brooklyn hold in deepest re- erally containing nothing new, spect and reverence?" was the indication that in the state of Rio Grande do Sui, the Day of Prayer area known as Litoral Sui, bordNecrology dering Uruguay, deserves priorAug.17-St. Joseph, Woods ity in the implementation ·of Hole. .

AUG. 23 agrarian reform. The state, the Rev. Thomas Clinton, 1895, southernmost in Brazil, is the Aug. 24-0ur Lady of Grace, Pastor, St. Peter, Sandwich.

North Westport. nation's breadbasket and prime St. John the Baptist, . raiser of cattle.

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The bishops also pointed out Rev. Peter J.B. Bedard, 1884, Founder, Notre Dame, Fall that the 'technical aspects of agrarian reform are not within River.

1H£ ANCHOR their responsibility and that Second Class Postage Paid at Fall River, AUG. 27 they only desire to define the Mass. Published every Thursday at 410 Rt. Rev. Francisco C. Betten- moral standpoint that should Highland Avenue, Fall River, Mass. 02722 by the Catholic Press 01 the Diocese 01 Fall court, 1960, Pastor, Santo direct the implementation of the River. SUbscription price by mail, postpaid Christo, Fall' River. $4.GO per year. reform.

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Wareham, Jaffrey, N. H., Glendora, Calif. He also served his community in administrative posts Winona, Minn. and Washington, D. C. The. new Chatham pastor also served as curate and pastor in Rochester, N. Y., Fairhaven and West Harwich.

Habit Visible Sign Of Consecration IMMACULATA (NC) A pledge to pursue; excellence in the apostolate of Christian education and ::r decision to retain the religious habit as a visible sign of consecration to God were highlights of a month-long session of a chapter of.tp~ Si~t~rs, Servants of the. ,Immaculate Heart of· Mary, .J;1e)d. here in >'Penn'sylvanla:' " . ' . .': t The 2,400 members of the congregation were also informed in a two-part. closing session that a plan of government based on the principles of collegiality, subsidiarity and decentralization will be initiated on an experimental basis during the coming year. Recommendations on liturgical observance in the' 'local houses of the community and on the expansion of mental prayer were included in the report of the commission on spirituality.

Other commrsslOns formed· during the chapter's first session considered the consecrated life, the spirit and purpose of the community, and the congregation's government and apostol·ate.

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SAT U R 0 A Y - St. Joachim, Father of the Blessed Virgin Mary. II Class. White.

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The second highest sum went to tpe Radiation Laboratory, Which ~eceivecf $1,369,000. from the Atomic Energy Commission for research and facilities.

Government grants accounted for 87 per cent of the awards accepted by the university. The funds came from 17 separate agencies, including the Bureau of' .Disease Prevention and Environmental Control, the National Institutes of Health, the Office of Economic Opportunity, and the National Endowment for the Arts.

Remaining funds were gifts of philanthropic foundations, group, businesses and individuals. The largest gift of $200,000 for urban studies came from the International Business Machines Company.

Almost $6.5 million of the total awards will go for research projects at Notre Dame. The rest will support educational and service programs, and improve facilities and equipment at the university.

Loyalty Messages PI~.ase:."Pope Paul . LpNDON .(NC)--;Pope Paul has sent a message of thanks to the many thous:mds of people in Britain who have sent him letters postcards 'and telegrams expressing their loyalty and devotion.

The new' apostolic delegate here, Archbishop Domenico Enrici, in announcing this, added that because of the difficulties of answering all such messages individually, the Pope has asked him through the press to express "the warm thanks and appreciation of His Holiness for each one of the messages' which has been received."

Suggestions that such messages should be sel}d were made recently in the Catholic press in view of the continuing criticism vited Catholics throughout his Thomas Holland of Salford insaid, suffering "because respect diocese to send personal messages to the Pope who was, he of the Pope. In July, Bishop and obedience are faltering."

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Bishop James P. Shannon, who recently tendered his resignation from the post of auxiliary bishop of the Minneapolis-St. Paul archdiocese, has confirmed that he married Ruth Church Wilkinson in Endicott, New York, on Aug. 2 before a minister of the First Christian Church. He is Mrs. Wilkinson's fourth husband. .

The couple will take up residence in Santa Fe, New Mexico, where Bishop Shannon has accepted the post of vice-president at St. John's private non-denominational college.

The Bishop said that he would not leave the Catholic Church.

He also indicated "that I have no intention of trying to function as an underground cleric, that I would gladly serve anywhere in th::l world as a married priest if this could be permitted, and that I have no intention of leading or joining any movement which seeks to hurt the Church."

The Bishop's action is seen as a cause of great embarrassment to those of his supporters who rallied to him at the time of his resignation last November. The whole - incident was clouded in confusion with certain information being released to the press by the Bishop while archdiocesan officials were keeping silent out of respect to him.

Throughout the whole matter the Bishop has been indicating to his supporters that he was an anguished man and has been asking that they not make a cause celebre out of him. He has repeatedly affirmed the friendship of archdiocesan officials for him.

Last September the Bishop wrote to Pope Paul that he could not give internal and ex-ternal assent to the papal encyclical Humanae Vitae.

Announce Timetable For New Liturgy ROME (NC)-The Holy See has notified national episcopal conferences that the new rites for the baptism of children, scheduled to nave gone into effect Sept. 8th, will now become mandatory only as of next Easter, March 29, 1970.

The Congregation of Divine Worship granted the extension at the request of several episcopal conferences to permit preparation of translations.

However it was also specified that as of Sept. 8, both the new and old rites may be used, but as of Easter, only the new rite is to be used. It was also made clear that when the episcopal conferences have prepared the translations in their own languages, they may require use of the new rite even before March 29, 1970. .

Alumni of Louvaili Elect President WASHINGTON (NC) Fr: Michael J. McManus, director of the divisio'n of chaplain services, U.S. Catholic Conference, and executive secretary of the National Association of Catholic Chaplains, has been named president of the American Alumni Association of the Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium.

He automatically assumed the post when this year's reunion concluded in Buffalo, N.Y., after having been electeq vice -president last year. His responsibilities as president will involve planning the group's annual reunion to take place in Washington next year.

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New Assignments for Five Assistant Pastors Continued from Page One North American College in Rome on Dec. 18, 1963.

Since his return to the United States, he has served as assistant at Sacred Heart Church, Fall River.

Father Hurley Born Oct. 28, 1941 in Fall River, Father Hurley studied at DeLaSalle High School, Newport; St. Thomas Seminary, Bloomfield, Conn:; Resurrection College, Kitchener, Onto and St. Mary Seminary, Baltimore, before his ordination on May 18, 1968.

Father Hurley's first assignment was as assistant at St. Stanislaus Church, Fall River, which parish he had served 'previously as deacon.

Father Bousquet The new Taunton curate, Rev. Roland Bousquet, was born in Fall River on Nov. 8, 1927. He attended Blessed Sacrament School, Prevost High -School, La Salette Minor Seminary, Seminaire de Philosophie and Grand Semina ire in Montreal.

He was ordained by Bishop Connolly on May 22, 1954.

After serving briefly at Notre Dame Church, Fall River, he was named an assistant at St. Joseph Church, New Bedford.

Father Bousquet has also served as Advocate and Procurator of the Diocesan Tribunal, member of the Pre-Cana Board and member of the Board of Examiners of the Clergy.

Father Oliveira Born in New Bedford, Father Oliveira received his education at Holy Family High School, Our Lady of Providence Seminary and St. Mary Seminary, Baltimore. He was ordained on May 20, 1967. .

An assistant at St. John of God Church, Somerset, since

Campus Consensus Government Model DENVER (NC)-"Campus consensus" must set the norms by which universities will be . governed, Father Patrick. H. Ratterman, S.J., vice president . for student affairs at Xavier University, in Cincinnati, said here.

Speaking at a Jesuit Educational. Association workshop at Regis College, Father Ratterman declared that the consensus form of decision-making was already well under way in large sectors of the academic community.

He denied that this represents "capitulation to student power" but said it was rather the "ideal norm" for the school which seeks to prepare youth to take an active part in a democratic society.

ordination, Father Oliveira is also a Notary of the Diocesan Tribunal and Religion Instructor at Mt. St. Mary Academy, Fall River.

Father Arruda Father Arruda, born in Reme-

.dios , St. Michael, Azores, on Nov. 16, 1942, was educated in the Azores and prepared for the prieshood at St. M,!ry Seminary, Baltimore, before being ordained by Bishop Connolly on May 29, 1967.

Father Arruda has served as assistant at St. Anthony, Taunton; St. Michael, Fall River and Mt. Carmel, Seekonk. He is also a member of the Diocesan Music Commission and an officer of the Priests' Study Group.

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THE ANCHOR...,..Diocese of Fall River-Thurs. Aug. 14, 1969

Commissioner Stresses Nece~sity Of Religion in Child's Education RUTLAND (NC) - Vermont's logues and listings of course ofCommissioner of Education, Dr. ferings." It also stipulates that Harvey Scribner, believes that the offerings must be listed as religion should be a part of the sponsored by the religious group. educational life of the child, and , It prohibits conducting periodfeels that society is poorer for ic released time religious education courses on public school neglect of this experience.

The commissioner expressed property or the carrying on of his views at an informal meeting a periodic released time program with the incorporation of the that would interfere with a "stuVermont Religious Education dent filling requirements for Foundation, an interfaith venture graduation as established from concerned with the establish- time to fime by the State_Department of quality religious educa- ment of Education."

It also states that "no admintion programs around the state.

Scribner said he would give istration or teacher in a public his backing to their proposal,. school cooperating in ~ periodic which was discussed at the meet- released time program shaIl diing, for legislation to provide rect a student to take or not to periodic released time for re- take a periodic released time course." ligious education purposes.

In discussing the possibilities of actuaIly teaching about religion in public schools (for example, comparative religion and history of religion courses), he said that "when we reach our highest point, (in l:ducation) it will be included."

By neglecting religion in eduSAN ANTONIO (NC) cation he' said "we are remiss Archbishop Francis J. Furey, in our' responsibility to youth, and we should move to fiIl this installed as Ordinary of the San Antonio archdiocese, void."

The group polished a proposal told his new flock that the cerwhich it expects to submit to emonies of instaIlation are like the legislature next ,January, a marriage, with the exception calling for "a program whereby of its duration.

Archbishop Furey, 64, noted public school students are released from school to attend re- there are two outward signsligious education courses' at the coat-of-arms and the bishop's ring-which indicate unity least once a week."

It stipulates that "such re- and loyalty-similar to a marligious education courses (will) riage rite.

"Today, on this solemn ocbe sponsored by and given under the authority of a religious casion of my wedding to the great archdiocese of San Antongroup."

In lending his support to the io, I pledge my loyalty to God, proposal, Dr. Scribner said he to Christ, to His vicar on earth, thought the time was right for Pope Paul VI, to the clergy and such legislation. In referring to to the people of God of this his stand against state aid to archdiocese.

"I am sure all of us will keep parochial schools, he said, "This is not consistent with my belief faith with one another in unon what children need. It is rath· broken loyalty, and so live together always in mutual love," er a question of meuns."

Archbishop Furey said.'

Favors ReleasecJl Time "Not knowing (and perhaps' He said he saw no problems with the concepts of religious not caring) what the. future education outside public school , holds in store for us, we have' domain, but with public school taken each other today for bet-cooperation, stich as released ter, for worse, for richer, for time. He emphasized the, need poorer, in sickness and in today for quality religious edu- health," he continued.

"Here there is a slight but cation, and favored released time significant variation from the' as a starting point.

"Any effort you people can marriage ritual. I do not say. make to bring this about," he 'until 'death do us part,' but, I told the VREF members, "will be quote the motu proprio, Ecclegreat." But he warned them they siae ,Sanctae, '(until) not later could expect "lots of problems." than at the completion of my Dr. Scribner helped the group 75th year of age,' Sees Faith Stronger to pare back its proposal to its broadest "acceptable terms." He "Of course, none of us has was particularly influential in any guarantee that he will be defining "periodic" to mean a around to see the completion of period during the day, and estab- his 75th year of age. But, if I lishing frequency of released time am still here, and you are still as "at least once a week." here, that will mark the end of . He warned the group that the what I hope and pray will be proposal could not be written in the most happy and blessed wedsuch a way as to aIlow for no ded life together!" local cooperation. "What we Referring again to the marwant the legislature to do is riage ritual, Archbishop Furey establish that the child has this said the most significant words right. The amount of time and are faith and· love, and, that no when, is up to the towns in- one can live without faith. Yet, volved." there are times when headlines Provide Prime Time indicated that faith is withering, The ultimate aim of the VREF tottering or is in peril, and when proposal is a sophistkated con- faith is nQt all' one might wish cept of released time, patterned it to be, he said. on the Bennington Religious Edu"But the faith of our fathers cation Foundation's experience, is living still, perhaps not in to provide prime time when stu- spite of dungeon, fire and sword, dents can take elective religious but because of these things," education courses, sponsored by the newly-instaIled archbishop religious groups and held out- said. "Our faith is being tested side the school proper. and proved like gold-only it The proposal caIled for "Peri- is more precious than gold. True odic released time religious edu. faith is a stranger to fear. When cation courses incllided, at the the time of testing and trial is initiative of the religious group, over, faith will be stronger than along with public school cata- ever," he declared.

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SANTIAGO (NC)--opposition to the Chilean government's birth control program, an implied defense of an apostolic nuncio's right to live in an expensive house; an appeal for liturgical unity, and a defense of the status quo on priestly celibacy are features of a document issued by the Chilean Bishops' Conference after a meeting here.

The bishops' conference met to study the agenda of the synod of the world's bishops to be held in Rome in October. At the synOd, Bishop Jose Manuel Santos Ascarza of Valdivia, president of the Chilean Bishops' Conference, will present the conference's views on collegiality, the relations between national bishops' conferences and the Vatican, and the responsibilities of the Church in Chile in the face of national problems.

The bishops' conference's statement stressed unity with the POp'e in its remarks on birth control. The bishops stated that they are in complete disagreement with the birth control campaign being conducted by the Chilean Ministry of Health.

"We ratify," the bishops said, "our unconditional agreement with the Supreme Head of the Church who recalled in the en. cyclical Humanae Vitae the Christian meaning of matrimony and. the need to obey the law of nature and who criticized the use of artificial anti-conceptive measures."

After discussing changes in CENTER OF WORSHIP: Chapel' of stone with a thatched roof may look solitary in the desert, as this one does at Oudjila, the society and in the Church, Cameroun, but it is the center of worship for a sizeable number the bishops appealed in their statement for unity irt the of people of the Boukarou tribe. NC Photo.

Church. , Catholics, they said, "should be united to the successor of Peter, and should reject any atattempt to weaken or break the communion between our particMembers of Interriat.~onal Mission ular Churches and the Church of Rome," Radio Association Meet

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MIAMI (NC) Countless dullo, Princeton, N. J., discussed stories are told by members of the as~ociation's project of prothe International Mission Radio viding'radio equipment' to misAssociation (IMRA) but. the sions in t~tin America.

Through '-tl)eir SOS (Supply theme is always the· saine-untiring service. to humanity Overseas Stations) fund, seven throughout the. world. . complete ham stations have Meeting in convention here, . been set up in missions of Peru, some 30 of the Ham operators Honduras, Brazil, Ecuador, Boexchanged experiences and dis- livia, Nicaragua and Panama, cussed ideas for promoting while portions of stations have their association founded in been sent not only to other 1963 by Father Daniel Linehan, areas of South America but to S.J., seismologist at Weston Africa as well.

Observatory in Massachusetts.

Donations of money come Primary goals of the organiza- from various sources as weIl as sustaining memberships, tion, which has 300 paid mem- the bers, are to assist in providing Brother Carmen said.

"The first 15 minutes of to communication facilities members or organizations en- broadcasting daily for from two gaged in 'missionary work or to 11 hours are spent in monivolunteer services; to provide toring . emergency caIls," exradio service and communica- plained Marie Sutter Qf The tion for the community in Grail, Loveland, Ohio, who time of local emergency or dis- serves as the group's secretary. aster; and to further interna- She said there have been instances already this year in tional good will.

"We probably have about which Ham operators gave in1,000 members all over the valuable assistance in emergenworld," Father Linehan said, cies. "but only 300 have actuaIly Pouring Happiness paid dues. OriginaIly we were Happiness is a perfume you known as the Catholic Mission Radio Association 'with only cannot pour on others without priests and Religious as memo getting a few drops on yourself.

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"But we soon realized that such a membership was impractical so now it is open to everyone who has such an internaSHEET METAL tional interest at heart," Stations in Missions J. TESER, Prop.

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Lauds House Action On Education Aid WASHINGTON (NC) - The president of the National Catholic Educational Association has praised the U.S. House of Representatives for boosting 'federal aid-to-education proposals by $1 billion.

"The action of the House in appropriating increased funding for the federal commitment to the education of our nation's youth is indeed gratifying," said Father C. Albert Koob. "NCEA sincerely applauds the House in its wise recognition of a press· ing national need. Its action heartens our educators and parents at a time when encourage· ment is sorely needed,"

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SAN ANTONIO (NC) A sweeping and open-ended position paper addressing the human "injustices and suffering in the counties served by the archdiocese" has been adopted by the San Antonio archdiocesan Commission on Church and Society.

The commission cal1s for "the commitment of sizeable resources" in cooperation "with other denominations and with al1 other groups working for a just and democratic society."

Touching on urgent national, state, and local isues, the commission's document spans concerns ranging from exploitation of home owners by unscrupulous real estate agents to positive, affirmative support of the "La Raza" movement within the Mexican-American community and of the struggle for equality and justice on the part of all minority groups.

Major objectives mapped out in the document include: Promotion of industrial and economic growth.

Training programs in social action for Catholic clergy and laity. .

A federal guaranteed income program.

Intercultural and social action training for teachers and personnel in Catholic schools.

Tuition Grants Greater emphasis on black and Mexican-American studies in schools.

Consolidation of some of the public school districts in the San Antonio area.

Support of legislation for tax tuition grants to parents of nonpubliC' school children. '" Encouragametit of 'innova'tive housing programs for the poor and low-income families as alternatives to existing public housing complexes.

Creation of effective programs aimed at ending problems of hunger and malnutrition.

Creation of a special migrant ministry for farm laborers and protection for migrant workers under federal labor relations legislation.

Mathew Ahmann, commission executive director, emphasized that "most important" among the concerns expressed in the document "is the indication that this archdiocese will definitely be given support and encouragement tb the movement for full equality on the part of the Mexican-Americim community."

He noted that programs already have begun in some of the fields of action listed in the document while others are in the planning stage.

Father Marvin Doerfler, commission chairman, noted that the document "sets the tone" for the involvement of the commission in various major problems and establishes some of the organizational priorities for the 38member archdiocesan agency.

Protesters Occupy Church in Ecuador QUITO (NC) - A group protesting against high living costs in this country occupied 'the Church of Santo Domingo here for several hours and locked the doors as police tried to rout them out with tear gas.

'A spokesman for the Ecuadorian government said the demonstrators had 'deviated from their agreed route and that some militimts among them had stoned parked cars, store windows and commercial signs.

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Last Fall-habits and all- five Sisters of Mercy stepped into public school classrooms in New Bedford to inaugurate an experimental program designed to "find out" and to finance. The "finding out" was one of the order's steps toward renewal, learning by trying whether' nuns can be effective working with youngsters and their parents in the so-called "inner city" areas. The "funding" was equally important. The salaries paid the five nunsall assigned to the federally subsidized non-English speaking program - helped defray expenses of 60 novices attending college.

The first five were "asked" to accept the assignments, a sharp break with the pattern of community life that had prevailed in the order until then.

None knew whether the experiment would prove valuablebut all were willing to try.

Last week, the two survivors of the quintet, Sister Rosellen, coordinator for the five-nun team, and Sister Dosithea, former 5th Grade teacher at Holy Family School, talked about their school year experiences and their hopes for the future.

The other three nuns asked to return to convent life as they had known it. "Two felt they needed more preparation for this type of work. They felt it should be on a volunteer basis," Sister Rosellen explained.

Sister Rosellen and Sister Dosithea volunteered for another year. They will be joined in September by three new recruits, Sister Mary Margaret Smith, coming from the Tyler School in Providence, and Sistel'S Marianne Boumenot of Westerly and Sheila Harrington of New.Bedford, both new graduates of Salve Regina College.

The "year that was" was an experience Sister Rosellen and Sister Dosithea are not likely to forget.

"I like it," Sister Rosellen says enthusiastically, referring both to the youngsters, most of them Portuguese immigrants, and to "living among the people with whom we work."

This year, the five nuns will make their home in a threefamily house at 232 Rivet Street, located between St. Hyacinth Church and Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church and just four short blocks from the Regina Pacis Spanish Speaking Center where they work with Puerto Rican youngsters after school and during the Summer. Their temporary "convent" will be the second and third floor tenements.

"A lovely older couple are moving into the first floor," Sister Rosellen says. "We've already met them."

For Sister Dosithea, the move into a public sct)ool classroom was not a new experience. A member of the order for 25 years, the former Mary Callery ,taught in the New Bedford school system 17 years before entering the convent.

"I was at the Cedar Grovp. and then at the Hannigan for 10 years," she says. "It was like going back home again."

Sister spent last year at the Acushnet Avenue School while Sister Rosellen taught at the DeValles School, to which she . expects to return in September.

Sister Dosithea has requested assignment to the Clifford School.

Neither of the nuns speaks Portuguese ("Nor did my aide," Sister Rosellen injects) and both feel that an advantage rather than a disadvantage.

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SISTER ROSElLEN, R.S.M. - SISTER MARY DOSITHEA, R.S.M. "Since we couldn't speak Portuguese, they had to speak English," they explain.

The first few weeks were rough, they admit. Sister Rosellen's class of 25 plus comprised 6 and 7-year-olds. Sister Dosithea had pupils ranging from 6 to 11.

"We didn't know whether we were teaching them anything," Sister Rosellen says, "or whether we were going to be able to teach them anything."

However, the five nuns found communication is as much a matter of love and interest as it is language and through a concentrated effort, they devised ways to get across their points.

"It was amazing how much they learned," Sister Rosellen says now. "Little Frankie didn't know a word of English - and the other day I met ,him with his little sister. She's only four, but she beamed at me and said, 'Hi, Sister Rose.' I know Frankie has been teaching her."

Be that as it may, Sister Rosellen admits she. "really wanted to go another year, knowing what I do now."

With the continuing influx of Portuguese-speaking youngsters into the city school system, teachers preparing them for regular classes are ~ expected to be in demand for some time to come.

Sister Rosellen and Sister Dosithea feel their work is important both to the children they teach and to their order.

"I feel some of us must develop new styles of living, it seems this is the way community life is tending," Sister Rosellen says.

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"I ·think our community prayer life here and the liturgy-Father Coleman Conley (director of Regina Pacis Center) says Mass here every morning - draw us closer.

"This is where our strength lies. Then we're able to go out into the community and become part of it."

The Sisters of Mercy community .as a whole "feels sisters do their best work in places where they feel they can best .bring the kingdom of God to the people," Sister Rosellen says.

"But this is all experimental.

We just don't know."

Currently, the New Bedford group is one of seven Mercy nun teams living in the areas in which they He teaching and getting "involved" with the people with whom they wor-k.

During the Summer, Sister Rosellen and Sister Dosithea have been "involved," for instance, in the Summer program sponsored by Regina Pacis that made Summer brighter for approximately 250 children, most of Puerto Rican ancestry. ThE' program was financed with a federal grant.

"If we did nothing else," says Sister Rosellen, "we had a great deal of success in helping children complete projects they started. It was the first time some of them had ever finished anything. They saw their work on display and went home with a lot of satisfaction."

Last year's experiment began with qualms. This year's effort is different-Sister Rosellen and Sister Dosithea know what the job involves and are looking forward eagerly to the start of school in September.

Their experience could open a new door for members of their religious community.

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Fund for Africa Lin'ked With Sale Of Property ROME (NC) - Almost lost in the flood of events of the .visit of Pope Paul VI in Africa was his last minute announcement that he would establish a development fund for Africa similar to the one he established after his visit to Latin America.

The Pope disclosed his intention to establish a special fund for Africa at the end of his farewell talk to clergy and faithful in Kampala. He did not specify exactly how much the fund would amount to.. but limited Himself to saying it would be as ample as possible.

The fund he established for Latin America was $1 million.

He al~o announced he was giving $200,000 to· the African bishops for the training of catechists throughout Africa.

While the Pope did not specify the amount he intends to devote to development in Africa it is known that the Vatican is seeking to sell one of its ancient properties in downtown Rome.

Function Eliminated This is the 16th century palace of the Apostolic Datary near the Quirinal Palace, one of the popes' residence and now the official residence of the presidents of Italy.

In past centuries the office of the cardinal datary was very important, dealing as it did with many affairs involving revenues and ecclesiastical benefices. In recent centuries the datary has become increasingly less important, so much so that in the most recent reform of the Roman Curia the datary's function was eliminated completely.

The palace is composed of three floors and contains approximately 370,000 'square feet.

It is estimated that the building, if a buyer is found, would bring a good deal more than $1 million.

While there has been no announcement that there is any relation between the selling of the datary palace - and not even that has been made public -and the African development fund, it is known that Pope Paul has indicated that he wants to divest. the Church of properties not: in actual use by the Church to pay for programs such as the Latin American fund and that for Africa.

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Family' Assistance The full implications and ramifications of President Nixon's family assistance proposals are still to be evaluated by experts in the social welfare field.

There has been so much concern over welfare's spiralling costs and bleak future that the pattern had to be changed and this may well be the beginning of that change.

The immediate reaction to the President's progr.am is that this is a long step forward to recognizing that welfare must not only help individauls in need but it must preserve the family unit and stability.

The President's family assistance plan faces up to the need of a family allowance not only for the poor but for the working poor who simply subsist on what can be earned. It encourages the family to stay together and keeps the father in his proper place as resident head of the family.

In their pastoral letter of last November, Human Life in Our Day, the Catholic Bishops of the nation touched precisely on many of the points that the President mentioned. This indicates that many of those concerned with family assistance had seen the inadequacies' of existing programs and had realized what was needed to do the job better.

The proposal that working persons be assisted if their present incomes prove inadequate is a needed and imaginative step. The encouragement to retrain for better positions can open the door to those who have become discourged by being frozen in the same job- classification simply because there seemed no way to get out without coercion, people are given the means to better their lot and to assume funer responsibility and this contributes to their character as. well as to the betterment of their families.

The whole tone of the President's message is one that is postive-it aims at strengthening family unity and stability. .

This is most praiseworthy and desirable.

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Continued from. Page One chology, Sociology, Anthropology and Theology.

John D. Donovan, Ph.D., a sociologist on the staff of Boston College will conduct a seminar concerning the area of changes in society and in the Church.

Rt. Rev. Russell R. Novello, Ph.D., an Educational Psychol- ogist, will approach the idea of change from the psychological aspect and Rev. Louis Luzbetak, SVD., Ph.D., an anthropologist of Divine Word College in \ Washington will consider change in the light of man's history.

Rev. Carl J. Pfeifer, S.J., Theologian and Assistant Director of the National CCD Office, will discuss the theological aspect of change.

The keynote address, "Celebrate, My People", will be delivered by Rev. Clarence J. Rivers, a leading figure in the field of Liturgical Renewal. Fr. Rivers will also conduct a series of five seminars on Liturgical Preparation, Community Worshfp and Discovery in Song.

The Congress is the 23rd sponsored by the CCD organizations of the New England Dioceses. Further information on the Congress program and registration procedures may be obtained from the Diocesan CCD Center, 446 Highland Avenue, Fall River.

op, and to "choose' from and support the paper and periodicals Continued from Page One which give us the true picture and honest t1'uth about our grams at St. John's. An alternate program here, to begin in SepChurch and our faith."

The document also issued a tember, will consist of two call for some sort of state aid school years, or four academic to non public schools. Referring semesters, of preparation and to the growing financial strains pastoral experience.

The permanent diaconate proplaced on Catholic education, the statement affirmed "our belief in gram, conducted at St. John's by ~e Chief Justice of the United States, Warren E. the rights of children to partici- Father Kieran Nolan, OSB, will Burger, has called 'for reform in the prison system of the pate .in the distribution of train men, married or single, ,30' available school funds,' particu- years, of age or older, with the country. And he pointed out that Christ' in His teaching larly in sharing the use of tax approval of their bishop, to asaimed at the redemption of sinful men. supported transportation facili- sume many of the duties of the Prison has always been considered a place where the priesthood. tres." , Duties guilty are both punished for wrongdoing and rehabilitated It is time, the stat~ment said, . One-Sided Fare These will include the adminto take up again a legitimate place in society. Permanent to state "loud and clear" to legIn its document, entitled islators that non-action effecting istration of. solemn· baptism, incarceration is reserved for those who are so beyond pos- "Manipulation of Public Opin- corrective measures is "down- , custodian and dispenser of the sibility of change. that society must be permanently pro- ion," the CSL said: "To judge right discriminatory." It advised Eucharist, assisting at and blesstected against their ravishing. . from the productions of the that the Citizens for Education ing marriages in the name of the Church, presiding at the The Chief Justice called for exploration of limited present day public communica- Freedom (CEF) organization worship of the faithful, and conmedia, press, newstands, "offers itself as a vehicle carryimprisonment and work release, of teaching methods tions ducting pastoral work in urban radio, television, there arises the ing us to the desired end." and rural ghettos and hospitals. adapted to the abnormal psychology of the habitual of- great .fear that we are being The permanent diaconate may fender, of new incentive programs, of retraining programs manipulated, manhandled, robbed be conferred on married and unBishops Stressed and of common sense judgment," to give a man pride and identity. married' men of mature ·age. Alit is "time we learn to recognize' The proposal is not a call to "go easy" on a criminal. the sources of this nefarious mis- Welfare Reform though ordained deacons perform WASHING.TON (NC) - Pre'si- many of the duties of priests, Rather it is· the call to bring about change in such' a direction:" . dent Nixon's proposals for they cannot hear confessions or The document asserted that person if this be possible. And all those concerned with "present day news media offer sweeping welfare reform fre- celebrate Mass. Unmarried deathe law indicate that the present prison system is not us one-sided, subjective and sen- quently touched' upon issues cons once ordained, may not doing a very good job of this. sational fare" concerning row- singled out by the Catholic marry, nor may married deacons, '.

Wrongdoing is not to be condoned nor overlooked dies, rioters, rebels and hippies." bishops of the United States in if widowed, remarry. their pastoral letter, Human Life It added that "efforts for law But when faced with it the, reaction should be not vin~ and order, true justice and char- in Our Day, issued last Novem~ictiv~ness. but a determination to place the wrongdoer ity, beauty in the arts, wisdom ber.

Continued from Page One' 111 a situation where he will both realize that there is to and steadfastness in morals, are The bishops' recognition of a need for a "family allowance sis will be the opening on Monbe no profit in his wrongdoing and that the proper goal ignored and plliyed down." system," their condemnation of day, Aug. 18 of the first Dioc"It lis a sad fact," it continued, of his life should be a wort~y contributing place in sowelfare's "man in the house" esan CCD branch office, which "that many of our Catholic ciety. weeklies and periodicals (even rule, and general concern for will be located in the Buzzards And he' should be assisted to realize this potential catechisms) are' mightily sup- family stability were discussed Bay parish center and will be porting secularistic and rebel-. by Nixon when h,e addressed the staffed on a full time basis. within himself..

"All supplies and equipment nation.

Iious tendencies." _ The president, calling the pres- .of the Diocesan office in Fall Seek Truth ent welfare system "a colossal River will be available to Cape the new parishes through The statement asked the faith- failure," proposed a new, famful to "openly and publicly" take ily assistance program," ~hich branch," stated Mrs. Fuller. a stand with the Pope and bish- "aims at getting everyone able to work off welfare rolls and onto payrolls." Work incentives .Urges Appointment Japan Dioceses playa key role in Nixon's pro- Of Spanish Bishops OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF THE IDIOCESE OF FALL RIVER ROME (NC) - Pope Paul 'VI posal.

MADRID (NC)--"':Early appointPublished weekly by The Catholic Press of the Diocese of Fall River has elevated the diocese of His proposed welfare reform ments of bishops to six vacant 410 Highla.nd Avenue Osaka, Japan, to a metropolitan will provide direct federal pay- Sees in Spain are urged by the Fall River, Mass. 02722 675-7151 archdiocese and has made the ments to all families with chil- independent Catholic weekly, PUBLISHER dioceses of Hiroshima, Kyoto, dren and with incomes below Vida Nueva.

Most Rev. James L. Connolly, D.O., PhD. Nagoya and Takamatsu suffra- stipulated amounts. The program The paper complains that the Rt. Rev. Daniel F. Shalloo, M.A. Rev. John P. Driscoll gan to it. Pope Paul also named is expected to initially cost $4 delay in filling the vacancies "is GENERAL MANAGER ASST. GENERAL MANAGER ~ishop Paul Yashigoro Taguchi billion, but Nixon expects this a danger to the faith of the MANAGING EDITOR ; . the metropilitan's rfew arch- amount to decrease each year as Spanish people." It intimated Hugh J. Golden, LL.B. bishop. He had been bishop of more jobless persons are added that the reasons for the delay . . . . . leary Press-Fall River ~ Osaka since 1941. to payrolls. were political in character.

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SAN ANGELO (NC) - The public communications media . were criticized for "one-sided" presentation of "sensational fare" in a declaration of principles adopted here by delegates to the 71'st convention of the Catholic State League of Texas.

The' Catholic State League is affiliated with the Catholic Central Union, national fraternal organization.

Theme· of the meeting, hosted

by Bishop Thomas Tschoepe of San Angelo and attended by more than 400 persons,' was "Christian Living in Our Day."

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Says ABM Vote Contrary To U. S. Bishops' Warning WASHINGTON (NC)-The Senate two-vote margin giving the Nixon Administration victory in deploying the Safeguard anti-ballistic missile system has been scored by the director of the Division of World Justice and Peace, United States Catholic Confere'nce. Msgr. Marvin Bor- I think we are beginning to view military expenditures in a delon is disappointed with our much larger context." the vote "because it conMsgr. Bordelon said there are tinues the reliance on armaments 'as the means of securing world peace." ' He expressed optimism, however, because the slim victory seems to indicate that Americans desire to more closely scrutinize military expenditures. Msgr. Bordelon sees this as the beginning of "the decade of decision."

Deployment of ABM'wili be contrary to a warning issued by the Catholic Bishops of the United States in their pastoral letter, Human Life in Our Day. The Bishops, last November" said that "by upsetting the present strategic balance, the socalled balance of terror, there is grave danger that a United States ABM system will incite other nations to increase their offensive nuclear forces with the seeming excuse of a need to restore the balance."

World Affairs Posture Msgr. Bordelon is "simultaneously much encouraged * ". * by the close vote, indicating a a substantial attitude in the Senate that peace through reconciliation between nations is now considered a practical possibility."

"In this area of arms escalation," Msgr. Bordelon said, "ethics and technical power meet in awesome confrontation."

"Ethical judgment and moral sensitivity dictate, that men should live in love and peace with one another-unless there is justifiable reason to conclude that armaments must be used in self-defense against fellow man," he said.

Msgr. Bordelon said only "the barest majority" of senators decided that man's situation requires the United States to spend' huge new sums on armaments.

"But nearly half the senators said otherwise-that it is responsible to opt for a less militaristic posture in world affairs," he asserted.

Attitude Change Msgl,'. Bordelon believes the government must proceed with caution in developing and deploying the ABM system. He said: "We must enter into the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks with Russia in earnest, not with an air or superiority, but with a spirit of openness and conciliation."

He observed this has not been the case over the past several years and he offered a reason for the change.

"It is not simply that the nation and the Congress are becoming overly critical or suspicious of the Administration or of the military," Msgr. Bordelon said.

Unresolved Problems "There are other dynamics in operation. In the pursuit of peace, a new mode is devol ping.

much 'broader issues which command as much attention as the technical judgment whether ABM will work.

These issues, he feels, include the effect the new U.S. scrutiny of military expenditures will have on this country's relationship with other nations, especially Russia, and the pressing question whether the United States can afford to spend large sums of money on armaments while critical domestic and international problems requiring resources remain unresolved.

Decade of Decision "In the crush of this national dilemma," Msgr. Bordelon declared, "the tight Senate vote simply reflects the fact that the nation has not yet really decided its course. The mood of the country and of the Senate demands further debate. And this debate cannot be confined to the bureaus of experts, of executives, of the military."

"Judgment and assessment of the very condition of man are the issue," Msgr. Bordelon emphasized. "The great national debate is still due. The decade of decision has just begun."

Feast of Fatima Now Obligatory In Portugal LISBON (NC)-The commemoration of Our' Lady of Fatima has become an obligatory feast in Portugal,

according to the Portuguese Bishops' Liturgical Commission in notes issued on liturgical revisions for Portugal.

The Fatima feast is observed on May 13.

The commission also noted that although no saints particular to Portugal have been introduced in the revised Liturgical Calendar, five have been added to the Litany of Saints to be used in this country. They are St. John of Brito; St. Anthony of Lisbon (commonly known as St. Anthony of Padua); St. Teotonio; St. John of God and St. Elizabeth of Portugal.

Other items in the liturgical reform cited by the commission are: The Proper of the Mass remains virtually the some as it was revised in 1964.

Transfer Observances Dioceses may continue to observe their local feastdays.

Since the feasts of the Epiphany and the Ascension are not holydays of obligation in this country, their observance is transferred to the nearest Sunday between Jan. 2 and 8 and to the seventh Sunday after Easter, respectively.

The Rogation Days are reduced to one day which should Visit Fatima now fall on the former AscenFATIMA (NC)-The first Bud- sion Day. dhist pilgrimage to the shrine The times of Ember Days of Our Lady of Fatima has just' have been changed slightly and visited the Chapel of the Appar- it is recommended that their obitions here and attended Mass servance revert to the original in the basilica. The 14-member purpose of thanksgiving and group was headed by Masatomo charitable works Nakaya, a monk from the Zen The custom of covering the monastery of Kohkoku-Ji in crucifix and statues during the Japan.

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WINNERS OF SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS: The officers of the Catholic Association of Foresters, one of the country's oldest Catholic fraternal so~ieties, Rt. Rev. Msgr. Harry M. O'Connor, left, High Cou~t Chaplain and Pastor of St. Augustine's, South Boston, and Mrs. Margaret M. Fitzgerald, 2nd 1'., West Somerville, newly elected Chief Ranger of the C.A.O.F., and chairman of the Scholarship Committee congratulate recipients of the Awards: Miss Rita M. Starck, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Starck, 141 West 7th St., South Boston, a student at Emmaunel College; Miss liza E. Kozak, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Milton Kozak, 116 Blockstone St., Fall River, a student at Rhode Island College; and Miss Diana L. Corbin, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Donald Corbin, '131 River Road, Agawam, a student at Fairleigh Dickerson University.

Describes Paul VI as Epiphanic Pope Bishop Sheen Sees Bigotry Inside Church ROCHESTER (NC) - Bigotry against the Pope, once coming from outside the Church, is now often coming' from within, Bishop Fulton J. Sheen of Rochester declared in an article appearing in his diocesan newspaper, the Courier-Journal.

"The cause of Paul-baiting was not Humanae Vita, though it provide~ a good stick for beating," Bishop Sheen wrote in reference to Pope Paul VI and his encyclical prohibiting all forms of artificial contraception.

"The real cause," he said, "was the revival of Romanticism, in which the individual ego becomes the supreme authority.

"Mini-Popes were substituted for the Pope. Mini-skirts are long on exposure, short on concealment. Mini-Popes are long on their own infallibility, short on humility," Bishop Sheen wrote.

'Asked for Trouble' The Pope today is a scapegoat, the prelate said. "No authoritative ego would ever get publicity if he attacked 'the Society for the Development of Neo-Scholasticism in northern Nebraska,' but he would more likely be quoted by the press if he attacked the Pope, or spanked his own Mother the Church," Bishop Sheen observed.

"Pope Paul," he continued, "asked for trouble in upholding

open communication between Love and Life, just as Christ Himself asked for trouble when he announced the Eucharist."

The bishop added that defections today find approval "in the Market Place, as Judas found his in the Temple." , Bishop Sheen declared that Pope Paul "is one of the most important historical figures in the 20 centuries of the Church's ,history.

Second Coming "The burdens, the challenges, and the derision heaped on him derive from the fact that lie marks the last milestone of what might be called the Time oJ the Nations; the clock of history sounds the passing of an hour. Something has come to an end, and it is not the Church." Bishop Sheen wrote.

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He defined "Time of Nations" as being that moment when the Gospel will ha ve been preached to all nations, "a time in some way previous to the conversion of the Jews, the Time of' Troubles preceding the F.inal Judgment."

Bishop Sheen then referred to Pope Paul as the Epiphanic Pope, explaining that Epiphany means appearance; "it was often used to designate a royal visit, or a king's return from a journey in a foreign land. It is this latter usage which is nearest the Christian use of the word, for it refers also to a second coming of the King in Glory.

"Before the final Epiphany, or the manifestation of Christ in Glory as He comes to judge the nations, there will also be a succession of crises."

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Michael L. Delahunty, national president of the Irish-American organization, announced the appointment here.

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What Do Small Children Do When It's Rainy Weather?

LISBON (NC)-With automobiltl 'drivers sometimes reckless and the roads so dangerous in this country. the need for St. Christopher's heavenly protection on the highways is apparently considered in Portugal to be greater than ever.

Despite the "streamlining" of the Church's Calendar of Saints, devotion to, St. Christopher con_tinues to widespread in Portugal.

On the saint's feast day a special Mass wEfs celebrated in St Christopher's church here by Auxiliary Bishop Manuel Franco Falcao. of Lisbon and a new plaque of the saint unveiled in the church.

Preaching at the Mass, Bishop Falcao stressed the need of humility, kindness, prudence, jus· tice and 'charity by Christian automobile drivers. He urged educators to inculcate good highway' manners in the young and said he offered Mass for the souls of those who suffered sudden death on the country's roads. , Several motorists drove their cars' up, to the bishop for a blessing.

By Joseph and Marilyn' Roderick The past three weeks have been nothing short of a parent's nightmare. What do children do in r~iny weather?

Well, for dne thing, they get whiny. And beheve me, there is nothing worse than a whiny child. Everything that happens in the house affords him an opportunity to ex- conglomeration called chow mein' or that other Americanized dish press his dissatisfaction --chop suey. with a "Waaaaahhhh."

Anyone who has tasted real Then there are the little helpers. These begin cleaning the hall closet (which means strewing things all over the hail) only to leave it at its worst when the phone rings. Or they spend the whole day haunting their parents asking for helpfut things to do. At this point I am tempted to answer trut!tfully with "Leave Daddy alone." , Nothing to DIl) Some people are blessed with readers, television watchers or even puzzle makers. These are the children who go to their rooms and are not heard from except at meal time. Marilyn and I are blessed with none of, these. Jason is a whiner, Melissa a helper, and Meryl a "I haven't anything to do" rainy day type.

My conversation with Meryl gues something like this," Why don't you watch TV?" "There's nothing on." "WeIl, why don't you read a book?" "['ve read all my library books." We go on this way until I am rea,dy to throw in the towel amIdst sighs of boredom and fatigue. . I am convinced there is no way out of the plight. Sunshine holds the only solution. I am neither a Captain Kangaroo nor a Misterogers so I must resort to my only solutions: sunshine or a barrage of anger that cows the children into keeping out of daddy's way. ' [. have to admit that [ did receive my comeuppance a few rainy days ago 'when I was complaining to my mother about the children and she proceeded to tell me how she hated rainy days when I was a boy because she didn't get a moment's peace.

I couldn't believe this because of course I remember long peaceful rainy days when I was immersed in a book or Was busy with one of many constructive things that I would want to do.

I was brought up short,' however, by, my mother's parting statement, "But worst of all was the way you teased your sister from morning till night."

Which brings me ,t.o another type: the teaser, but of him or her the less said the better.

In The Kitchen I've always found it amazing that despite the vast majority of poeple in this area who enjoy oriental food, .very few· of us do much cooking of authentic Chinese or Japanese dishes..

We're content to run out to the nearest "pseudo" .Chinese restaurant and return, wIth that

New Quarters in DC For laymen's Unit WASHINGTON(NC) - National Association of Laymen has moved its headquarters from Houston to Washington.

Don Nicodemus. fulItime executive vice-president. has established the permanent national office here. Nicodemus ,is also responsible for editing the organization ,Newsletter, whose current issue emphasi7.es the need for funds for th(~ threeyear-old lay organization.

Chinese or Japanese food can attest to the fact that any relation between the.aforementioned two dishes and the delights of the Orient that can be found in a true Chinese restaurant is purely coincidentat and no fault of the cooks.

Sad to say, there was a true Chinese restaurant in this area for a year or two and it went out of business for lack of customers. Evidently once you get used to Americanized Oriental dishes, you don't try the originals.

Recently I came across a very good cook. book for those' who. want a little more authenticity in their Chinese foods. It is by Jim Lee, an artist and teacher, and is called simply Jim Lee's Chinese Cook Book. Published by Harper and Row, it sells for $7.50. .

Mr. Lee not only gives recipes mallY delicious-sounding for Chinese dishes, but he also tells his readers the why of such and such a step in a certain recipe.

He explains a bit of the culture of his ancient country and comments on how food has related 'to that culture.

Many ingredients used in the' native dishes sound a bit unusual but Mr. Lee explains that they can' be found in shops in the Chinatown section of large cities . and he also gives a list of stores that will fill mail orders.

In this area of New England we can always journey to the Chinatown section of Boston if we want a particular ingredient for a' special dish-or if you're friendly with a nearby Chinese restaurant, the owner might seIl you a small amount of the item you want. ' If you do want to enter the realm of Chinese cooking, give this book a glance.

Here's just a palate·tickling peek at the delights to be found within the covers of Mr. Lee's book.

Shrimp With Hoi Sin Sauce 2 pounds of medium shrimp, sheIled and deveined 6 scallions, cut into 11;2' inch lengths 2 slices ginger, shredded 1 clove garlic minced 2 teaspoons cornstarch in 1;2 cup w;ater ' 1/3 cup sweet bean sauce (optiona I) , . .

2 Tablespoons light soy sauce Y4 cup vegetable oil Ys teaspoon salt Y4 cup whiskey or ·gin I) Mix together the cornstarch, bean sauce and soy sauce.

2) Wash the shrimp and dry with paper towels. Heat a pan, . add the oil, then t.he salt. Lower heat to medium and then add . thegin'ger and the garlic.

3) When the garlic and ginger have turned light· brown add the shrimp all at once and stir gently until they turn pink, Put in the scallions and stir well.

4) Add the cornstarch mixture and mix' with the shrimp, cooking two minutes longer.. Stir in whiskey or gin just before serving,

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FOR EVERYONE: Missionary work takes many forms, Pope Paul pointed out at a general audience at Castelgandolfo. He called missionary work .the "first duty" of the Christian, commenting that "Christianity is for everyone. It does not limit itself geographically, ethnically or culturally." Here a Missionary Sister of Mary feeds an orphan at Fez, Morocco, the ancient cultural and religious capital, founded in 808, A.D. NC Photo.

Pars,on to Person Pope Paul Says Christian Faith Knows No Geogr~phical Boundaries

QUILON (NC) - Widespread student-police clashes marked the reopening of a Catholic college here in India after a monthlong recesss. _ The clashes occurred as agitating students tried. to invad~ the diocesan Fatima College which had remained closed· since July 8 following a sit-in protest launched by four discharged teachers.

At least 10 student leaders were injured after police opened a baton-charge on a group of students who tried to force their way into the campus.

The incident touched off a wave of police action in other · parts of the city as students pouring out of other schools and colleges in sympathy, attempted to set fire to a government vehicle and stoned the Fatima women's hostel and a Catholic high school.

CASTELGANDOLFO (NC) does not know or recognize Inspired by his histor:ic visit to Jesus Christ as savior and Africa, Pope Paul VI ha~ teacher."

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What T,h,ey Think Maxi Dress,es

Mrs. O'Hlair Sues Space Agency

By Marilyn Roderick

AUSTIN (NC) Madalyn Murray O'Haire, widely known atheist, has filed suit against the space agency to prevent American astronauts on duty from practicing religion on earth, in space, or "around and about the moon." .

Mrs. O'Hair, whose lawsuit resulted in the U.S. Supreme Court ban on prayers in public schools, filed her latest suit in Austin U.S. District Court. She then promptly asked that it be moved to a special three-judge court on the grounds that U.S. District Judge Jack Robers has "a Christian, sectarian bias."

Mrs. O'Hair sought an injunction "specifically enjoining NASA and its administration and personnel from further directing 01' permitting religious activities, 01' ceremonies, and especially reading of the sectarian Christian religion's Bible, and from prayer recitation in space, and in relation to all future space flight activity."

She criticized moonbound astronauts of Apollo 8 and II for engaging in "religious ceremonies and in an attempt to establish the Christian religion of the United States Government before the world while on a scientificmilit.ary expedition to, around and about the moon."

When St. Laurent's number 19 strode into the showroom, the gasp she caused was echoed around the worldat least the world of fashion. For those of you who haven't been told by one or the other of the many media of communication, number 19 was be wearing them to places like the first of this designer's church."

Mrs. Henry France Jr. of St. models to be wearing the Anne's parish, in Cranston, R.I. maxi dress; that hemline (charming young mother of four

that just grazes midcalf. That, of course, was only the beginning, for St. Laurent had more than one m a x i in his show; he had a whole parcel of them and so did every Parisian designer who s howe d his wares to the press and public last week. Reading the rumbles from Paris, the forecast is that skirts are going down, and really down with a bang.

Because I was curious as to how the American woman feels about this drastic shift from the mini to the maxi, I decided to ask some typical New England females. Instead of asking the man in the street though, I must admit that I conducted these interviews on the beach and during a class in furniture decorating, therefore they certainly should have a relaxed quality about them!

The question I asked was: "How do you feel about the new longer skirt length that Paris is predicting?"

Not to Church Mrs. Arthur Messier of Holy Name parish in Fall River: "I suppose that a change had to come about to keep people buying new things and I certainly feel that the skirts could come down a little. Minis are fine for the young and on the beach but I don't feel that people should

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active boys): "I like.them where they 'are now. I feci that women are much smarter and up-todate in this fast-paced world and that they will adapt the styles to suit their age, figure, and pace of life, rather than wear what the designers want them to wear."

Mrs. John Long, of Immaculate Conception parish in Fall River is the wife of one of our state representatives who leads a very active life both socially and with her family. She stated: "I just don't like this longer look. I think most women will find it too warm and too constricting for today's living. Personally, I have found that just above the knee is a good length for me, both appearance-wise and comfort-wise. It seems to me the designers and manufactures are just looking for a change."

Joan Bronhard of St. Stanis~ laus parish, in Fall River is a November bride to be and a 'june graduate of Vernon Court Junior College where she was a fashion major: "I think short skirts should stay," said Joanie.

"The maxis are just a fad that will only stay for a short timethey'll probably go over big in New York but I doubt if they'll catch on here. My opinion is that the mini is here to stay."

Praises Bishops

AEROSPACE COURSIE: Sister Margaret Richard, S.S.J., of . Cathedral parish, Philadelphia, is one of 26 student~ at t.he College of Notre Dame of Maryland, Baltimore, taking a cram When in Rome Mrs. Daniel Sullivan, a fellow course that will help them go back to class next month prepared parishioner of Joan, also agreed to teach math and sciense in terms of what interests their stuthat it would take a while bedents. lloyd Aronson, one of the instructors from Goddard Space fore this new style arr.ived here.

Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md., says, "What we are doing is to "I can't say I like it," said Mrs. direct space technology into the classroom." NC Photo.

Sullivan, "but I suppose we will eventually be wearing them here too. You know what they say, when in Rome do as the Romans Aids in Construction do, so I suppose all of us will .

Of Low-Cost Housing end up letting our hems down, Baltimore Nuns Learn Aerodynamics if everyone else does it."

MIAMI (NC) Archbishop Mrs. Leo Paiva of Immaculate At Summer Workshop Coleman F. Carroll of Miami, president of the South Florida Conception parish in Fall River BALTIMORE (NC)-Fumbling about aerodynamics. They were Housing Foundation, presented said that she had tried on some also learning plenty about a check to the pastor of Memo- maxi coats and liked them very with the small balsa wood-andplastic "skeeter" planes in their space dynamics at the College much: "I think these coats are rial Temple Missionary Baptist Church here for the construction just darling with mini dresses left hands, the laughing Sisters of Notre Dame of Maryland. of low-cost housing in Florida's and high boots but I can't say wound the plastic propellers with Twenty-one nuns and five laytheir right hands. men took part in a workshop that I like the maxi dresses." northwest Dade County.

"This is really neat," one min for Aerospace Science Education.

Mrs. Manuel Nogueira of St. The Rev. Isaac C. Mickins acThe workshop was one of sevcepted the advance of funds John of God parish in Somerset said gleefully, sounding like one eral sponsored by the Baltimore of her students. which will be used to obtain was quite firm in her opinion Another Sister let go her tight- archdiocese in cpoperation with options on land. Contingent on of this longer length: "I just Federal Housing Administration detest those maxi dresses. I ly wound rubber-band plane the National' Aeronautics and loans, some 100 housing units hated them when they were in' sending it into the crowd of Space Administration NASA).

Participants in the workshops laughing nuns on the parking lot. providing garden-type apart- style in the forties. and fifties "Watch out! I'm' sorry," she were all teachers in archdiocesan and I still think they're unatments will be constructed. schools taking a craf\1 course The South Florida Housing tractive. I suppose I'll wear it, laughed.

"Look at that one," marveled which would allow them to go but I won't be happy.".

Foundation, a nonprofit corporback to class next month and a nun as she glanced skyward at ation chartered by the state, Only the Hippies a gracefully gliding plane." That t.each math and science in terms was organized a year ago, folPamela Cordeiro of St. Elizaof what is going on today lowing a suggestion from Arch- beth's parish in Fall .River, a stayed up a long time. How did things that are exciting students bishop Carroll. Participating are member of the younger genera- you get that flight?" the nun now, like landing men on the financial institutions and South tion, said decidely: "I'd rather quizzed the other new pilot. moon, and flying supersonic Florida businesses which have have them up than down. They aircraft.

"By pushing the wing from pledged fundI> to provide hous- look so old-fashioned I would forward to backward," replied ing loans at under-market inter- hate to wear them. the second nun. est rates.

Carol Shaker of St. Anthony It looked like pure fun but the Seed money necessary to en- of the Desert parish in Fall Riv- nuns were - learning something able nonprofit corporations to er was as adament as her friend make the first s(eps in establish- Pam in her dislike of the maxi: Aluminum or Steel Athletic Director ing housing projects is available "I don't like them, girls just 944 County Street from the foundation to obtain won't wear them that long. The WASHINGTON (NC) - Brian NEW BEDFORD, MASS. land either through purchase or only ones that will wear them McCall, who has been a coach 992-6618 option, to draw up plans and to are the hippies." and administrative assistant in pay FHA fees needed to qualify Just glancing briefly at some athletics at the University of for loans. of the answers, this columnist Maine during the last 10 years, has to admit that it's going to . has been appointed director of Living Twice take a lot of persuasion to get athletics at the Catholic UniverTo be able to look back upon all of us gals in those maxis sity of America here. He sucone's past life with satisfaction but as Mrs. Sullivan said, "When ceeds Eddie LaFond, who retired in Rome . . . . after 46 years in the post. tS to live twice.-Martiat

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Pope John Aide Optimistic Mankind Moving to Peace ROCKVILLE CENTRE (NC)-In spite of the problems of Vietnam, the Middle East, Nigeria-Biafra" and world, armaments, a former aide to the late Pope John holds tenaciously to the belief that mankind, is moving toward global peace. Msgr. Pietro Pavan, professor at: the be solved. As a result, it may appear that we are not progesAcademia Alfonsiana in sing.

My impression is that the Rome 'and world,-renowned Church, as the people of God, expert' in the area of socio- is becoming more and more economics, made known his be- 'aware of its role in the 'attempts lief during the annual study to solve these problems and that week for the editorial staff of its involvement will increase."

The Long Island Catholic, diocesan newspaper.

The Italian prelate developed the theme of the growing awareness throughout the world of the dignity of the human person. To slipport this belief, Msgr. Pavan pointed to four developments that have been taking place" "N'EW YORK (NC) - Esthroughout' the world: " tablishment of congressional The.路rise of the working class.' fiscal priorities to provide, Entrance of women into political life. incre'ased funds, to develop Disappearance of colonial em- housing for families of low and pires and the increasing de- moderate income in the nation's mands" for political independ- ,cities ',has been urged by ,an ence. , ' 'interfaith group of New York Confrontation of the people religious leaders. with "establishments," The group" representing three More Interdependence " major 'faiths, hailed the Apollo Discussing 'the four points, 11 moon landing as evid,ence of Msgr. Pavan, who reportedly how ,the nation's tremendous played a major role in the writ- resources and capabilities can ing of Pope John's encyclicals, be successfully harnessed to particularly Pacem in Terris and achieve a specified goal.

In a statement, the group speMater et Magistra, emphasized that "as human beings discover' cifically calls for full funding ,themselves more and more as of the 1968 Housing Bill in the persons and not instruments, amounts authorized of $100 they become increasingly aware million eac" for the Sect'ion 236 that they are members of the Moderate Income Rental Houshuman family." , ing, the Section 235 Home OwnAs a result, he said, there is a ership program,and the Rent reduction of nationalism, ac- Supplement program.

The statement was signed by companied by, the move toward negotiation and colla,boration Msgr. Harry J. Byrne, Chancelamong peoples. lor of the archdiocese of New "Today, as human beings as~ York; the Rev. Dr. Dan M. pire toward peace more than in Potter, , executive director, the past," Msgr. Pavan declared, Council of Churches of the, City "there is a growing intetdepend- of New York; and Rabbi Balfour ence of countries on a world- Brickner, director, Commission wide scale. Relations a~ong on Interfaith Activities for, Repeoples are increasing. There is form Judaism. more dependence, one on the, Has Resources other." , "We have watched with heavy Citing the concept of human hearts the deterioration of New dignity,' Msgr. Pavan empha- York City and all the other sized that peace is not just the great cities of our land," the absence of war; it iH not the statement _says. "Our housing "tranquility founded by force stock has declined; the cost of nor the tranquility founded by housing has escalated beyond a balance of armaments." the ability to pay of the vast - World Community bulk of our cities' population."

He pointed to a seeming' con"We are profoundly contradiction: the growing desire vinced,'" the statement contin-_ among the people of the world ues, "that our nation does have for peace as opposed to the the creative spirit- and the rewidespread attempts by govern~ sources to meet its problems ments to increase ar路maments. and to provide a humane climate If governments derive their in our cities. ,Congress has power fronl the people, he passed helpful legislation and asked, how is this possible? we prayerfully hope it will conAdmitting that this, as well tinue to develop such legislation as the social, economic, and even more proportioned to the political struggles going on overwhelming need." throughout the world, are threats to global peace, Msgr.

Pavan is convinced that man- Maryknoll to Sell kind is moving toward a universal recognition of human dig- Topsfield Novitiate nity. ' TOPSFIELD (NC)-The Mary"Scientific and technological knoll novitiate here will be sold progress leaas to collaboration," for use as a public regional he said. "This growing economic school if plans develop as, ex- , ' interdependence is leading to a pected. world economy. The increase of The Masconnomet School Disrelations among people of dif- trict has taken a $10,000 option ferent political communities is on the Catholic institution which leading to a world community." , consissts of several buildings and 35 acres of land.

Increasing InvolveMent The school district has until , Referring to the growing consciousness of the dignity of the Oct. 15 to decide whether to buy human p'erson, Msgr. Pavan the novitiate for $1.2 million, said: An architect has been engaged "Because this consciousness is by Masconnomet officials to deincreasing, it brings with it a termine if the buildings will lend variety of problems that must themselves to public school use.

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INDIA WELCOME: Loreto Convent school outside New Delhi, India, was the scene of a welcome for President Richard M.' Nixon 'recently as the p'resident halted his motorcade from the airport to visit the school's 2,000 students. Here he greets one of the teachers. NC Pho~o.

Nixon's Visit Thrilled School Children 2,000 Pupils Greet President in New Delhi NEW DELHI (NC)-The children and Sisters of Loreto Convent School on th'e road leading to the residence of India's president are enjoying the memory of U. S. President Richard M. Nixon's short visit to the institution during his recent visit to this country.

The- president's motorcade halted for a while .enroute to Rashtrapati -B.havan, the Indian president's home, to visit the school. Nearly 2,000 pupils of the school cheered him and Mrs. Nixon.

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Priest 75 Years ANAMOSA (NC)-Archbish6p James J. Byrne of Dubuque, Iowa concelebrated Mass with Msgr., Joseph Gregor, 98, a pastor em, eritus of the archdiocese, at his home here on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the monsignor's 'ordination as a priest.

Born in Ruzena, Moravia, Feb. 14, 1871, Msgr. Gregor, was or: dained July 29, 1&94 and came to the United States in 1907 at the invitation of the then bishop of Superior"Wis., Bishop Joseph M. Koudelka, who 'was seeking priests from Moravia and Bohemia for immigrants scattered ' across the country.

Msgr. Gregor' served first at St. Wenceslas church, Tabor, S.D., and then at St. John Nepomucene, Winona, Minn. In 1909, he was assigned to Clutier, Iowa, in the Dubuque archdiocese.

In 1912, he was named pastor of St. Joseph's church, Chelsea, Iowa, and in 1924, was named pastor of Assumption church, Little Turkey, Iowa. He was transferred to Sacred Heart Church, Oxford Junction, Iowa, in 1931, remaining there 29 years until he retired at 89 in 1960 to live here.' -

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The President thanked the children 'and spoke appreciatively of the warm welcome to Sister Francis Claire' O'Donnell of Ireland, the superior of the communi'ty arid principal of' the the school.

Two boys, from St. Mary's school and the Loreto convent garlanded the President while

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LIVERPOOL (NC)-The Young Christian Workers of. Britain (YCW) have added their voice ,to other groups of YCW throughout Europe, in protest against persecution and terrorism in Brazil.

In an open letter to President Artur da Costo e Silva of Brazil, the YCW accused the government of organizing "death commandoes" to assassinate anyone regarded as a danger to it. It also accused the military regime of "almost perfect censorship" which kept the world .in ignorance of the terrorism.

A letter from a member of the Brazilian YCW was read to , British YCW members by their national chaplain, Father Eugene Hopkins. The occasion was a Mass here marking the second anniversary of the ,death of the founder of YCW, Joseph Cardinal Cardijn.

other children presented floral bouquets to Mrs. Nixon and India Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.

Mrs'. NixQn presented pens to Sister Francis Claire for' the Sisters of the community. The pens were inscribed with the names of the President, First .

Lady and their daughter, Tricia.

The school children formed a guard of honor as the Nixons were drawn about the school compound.

Mark Anniversary LONDON (NC)-A memorial service was held in Westminster cathedral here to mark the 24th anniversary of th,e dropping of the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima. It was arranged by Christian Non-Violent Action, which arranged similar services at two principal London Anglican churches.

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European for Free and Open Communications in Church

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DAYTON (NC)-A European editor has called for a free and open exchange of information in the Church, from the Vatican dO,wn to parish level. The lack of good communications is a major problem in the Church, according to Father Ludwig Kaufmann, S.J., editor of Orient- the public has heard about them communications media. ierung, a German-language through Father Kaufmann said CathoCatholic magazine published lic newspapers should open their I

in Zurich, Switzerland.

News blackouts often result in the lack of perspective in the press, Father Kaufmann suggested, citing the recent symposium of some 100 European Bishops in Chur, Switzerland.

Protesters Capture Headlines A "shadow assembly" of about 100 priests met in Chur at the same time. The priests demanded in vain to be admitted as participants in the Bishops' discussions.

The press gave major attention to the priests, or as Father Kaufmann put it, they "picked up something from the border and put it in the middle." But that was the fault of the Bishops rather than the press, the priest believes.

Father Kaufmann conceded the demands and protests by their very nature tend to capture the headlines but he said press representatives at Chur "simply couldn't get any good information on what was taking place in the bishops' symposium."

Tardy Directives They had to turn out stories, so they wrote much copy on the assembly of priests, which was completely open to the press and was cooperative, Father Kaufmann observed.

Bishops sometimes find it dif" ficult to obtain information througll' Church' "channels, according to Father Kaufmann indicating the Church needs new structures for communication.

Speaking at Bergamo Center here in Ohio, Father Kaufmann said Bishops som.etimes "are not even informed about decisions of Rome."

Dialogue Expansion They would perhaps like to have more to say before decisions are made, he commented, adding that sometimes Bishops are not even told about decisions officially until documents come from Rome months after

Bishop Denounces Any Form of War CAMALDOLI (NC)-A meeting of 300 Catholic, Protestant, Orthodov, Jewish and Moslem scholars heard a Catholic bishop denounce any war as "inhuman, anti-evangelical and inadequate as a means for solving differences."

The meeting, unusual in Italy, was partly sponsored by the Italian Bishops' Conference's secretariat for ecumenical activities. The weeklong meeting is being held at the Camaldoli mona~tery here near Naples and its goal is to work out a program of common action in favor of peace.

Bishop Giuseppe. Marafini of Veroli-Frosinone, president of the Italian bishops' ecumenical secretariat, . opened the meeting with a strong denunciation of any form of war. .

He said that the teachings contained in Pope John XXIlI's "Pacem in Terris," and in the Second Vatican Council's documents and Pope Paul VI's "Pop'ulorum Progressio" demonstrate an evolution in the Church's attitude toward war.

editorial pages. to all shades of' opinion on issues being discussed in the Church.

Enlarging on the concept of openness in the Church, the Swiss editor advocated the expansion of dialogue on all levels and collegial discussions among Church authorities.

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Msgr. (Col.) Gerard J. Gefell, who served for a year as staff chaplain of the United States Army Vietnam, was cited for "outstanding devotion to duty, superior knowledge and keen insight in supervising the religious programs of United States Army Vietnam.

"In directing the activities of more than 400 chaplains throughout the country, Chaplain Gefell administered a program that effectively provided religious and chaplain ministrations to all personnel assigned to USARV ..."

Msgr. (Col.) Joseph G. Gefeli, who served for 14 months as staff chaplain at Headquarters Second Field Forces, was cited for "his keen personal interest and deep religious conviction while supervising the entire religious program throughout the II Field Force Vietnam area of operations .. , 'Inspiring Leadership' "He instilled in the officers and men at all levels a sense of loyalty and confidence W themselves which made eadi one a better soldier and a greater asset to his unit. His inspiring leadership, personal guidance and astute counseling. enabled all with whom he came into contact to perform their mission with an ever increasing efficiency . . . " Both priests are returning to the United States. Msgr. Gerard Gefell will be post chaplain for the 18th Airborne Corps at Fort Bragg, N.C. and Msgr. Joseph Gefell will be headquarters chaplain for Military District Washington, D.C. '

Catholics Protest Removal of Editor AUCKLAND (NC)-Some 200 Catholics demonstrated peacefully here in New Zealand in front of' the archbishop's residence both for and against Auckland Archbishop James M. Liston's decision to remove Father P. F. Murray from the editorship of the Catholic newspaper Lealaniia.

There was an even distribution of banners reading "Support Our Archbishop" and "Communicate -Don't Obliterate." . The 88-year-old archbishop, owner of Zealandia, said there .had been no response to several complaints he made concerning a sales decline due to depressing news and comment.

The new editor is Father Denzyl Meuli, an air force veteran.

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'Permanent Deacon Plan Under Study Committee to Advise on Usefulness CHICAGO (NC)-The Chicago archdiocese is taking steps toward forming a committee to advise on the usefulness of establishing a permanent diaconate here. .

Auxiliary Bishop Thomas J. Grady, archdiocesan director of seminaries and continuing education, said his office hopes to form an active committee by September which will make recommendations to John Cardinal Cody.

Bishop Grady .said results of a questionnaire on the feasibility of the permanent diaconate, which has been sent out to all archdiocesan and religious order priests, are now being tabulated.

To date, some 80 replies have been received.

The permanent diaconate may be conferred on married and unmarried men of mature age. Ordained deacons perform many of the duties of priests, though they cannot hear confessions or celebrate Mass. Unmarried deacons, once ordained, may not marry, nor may married deacons, if widowed, re-marry.

Needs Clarification Though not new in the Church the permanent diaconate has been in disuse in the Latin rite for centuries. Pope Paul restored it as a permanent rank in church hierarchy in 1967.

Last October, authorization

was'· given' tC' the U.S. National Conference of Catholic Bishops to establish a permanent diaconate in those dioce~es where the local bishops wanted it.

A committee for the permanent diaconate was formed, under the chairmanship of Bishop Ernest L. Unterkoefler of Charleston, S. C., with Father William W. Philbin of Chicago as exectuive secretary. ' Bishop Grady said much clarification is needed on the role of the deacon, his training' and financing of the training program and of the deacon himself, especially married deacons.

Variety of Ideas In a sampling of the response to t~e questionnaire sent to Chicago priests, Bishop Grady said sentiment in favor of the permanent diaconate is running high, but there is a great variety of ideas on what the role of the permanent deacon should be.

One line of thought, the bishop said, sees the deacon defined along traditional sacramental and catechetical lines, as conceived by the Secbnd Vatican Council and the motu proprio 9f Pope Paul VI re-establishing the perll)anent diaconate, whereas another conception sees the deacon more as a mature, established community leader with a

status in the community along 'the lines of his professional competencies.

Training for each of these roles would be vastly different, Bishop Grady pointed out.

Originally, when the permanent diaconate was discussed for the United States, only missionary areas like Puerto Rico and Alaska, where the shortage of priests is critical, were considered. The bishops of the south and southwest said that large sections of the United States were just as mission-oriented.

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Protestant Theologians Criticizes White House. S:unday Services

THE ANCHOR-Diocese-of Fall River-Thurs. Aug. 14, 1969

.Monk..for.a~Month ~xperiment", ,Produces First Tangibl'e Results ELGIN (NC)-The "be-a-monkexperiment at the 13th::Century Benedictine priory in Morayshire, Scotland, has produced its first tangible reo suits as two of the first participants in the proje~t have decided to enter the monastic life permanently. " One is a Scottish steelworker and the other' is an Irishman who was in charge of a hostel for discharged prisoners. Both are 35 years old and decided to become monks for the rest of their lives after undergoing the monastic experience for a month here. ' Under the plan selected persons can live the full .life' of the community for periods of. about a" month. Announcement of the plan earlier this Summer at~ tracted over 200 inquiries from all over the world.

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Expla,ining the idea, Father Alfred Spencer, O.S.B., the 'prior, said "we feel there are many who are uncertain about 'their vocation and who, do not wish for-~-month"

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to interrupt their studies or give up a job." Such persons, he said, "would welcome this short period of full community life to help them decide whether God is calling them to the monastic life."

Of the others so far selected to join the community for one month, one has dropped out, two asked that their admittance be postponed and two have entered upon the experiment.

The steelworker served five years ih the Royal Air, Force.

Change Formerly men were admitted to the priory as postulants only for six months. If a newcomer" wished to continue after that he entered the novitiate for a year. If, after that, he stiH wished to continue he made temporary vows for three years.

The community has 17 Benedictine priests and lay Brothers.

The two who asked that their entry be postponed are 17-yearold ,students who found that family plans interfered with their original' intentions.

Ask More Freedom For Spanish Youth

St. Louis ·:.Church First White .Sun'day D'emonstration' ST. ,LOUIS (NC) - A dozen AC.TION members received per· mission to speak at two churches heJ:'ein 'the eighth consecutive ,"Black' Sunday.': At the same time a third church was visited by members of t~e White Citizen's Couricil, in what 'they called a "White Sunday" demonstration. . ' Th,e ACTION' group, led by Dr'. Luther Mitchell, appeared at the beginning of the 10 A.M, Mass at St. Monica church in suburban Creve Coeur, where the pastor is Msgr. Clarence D., White, who served as assistllnt neneral secretary of the National Catholic Welfare Conference from 1960 to 1963.

Msgr. White declined to allow Mitchell to speak during the ser-' vice but invited him to return afterward. About an hour later Mitchell spoke to some- 75 persons in the St. Monica basement meeting room where _he read ACTION's list of demands on slum property ownership and aid to blacks.

CELAM: Father Vincent T. Mallon, M.M., has been named director o,f SIDEAT (Servic~ of Information, Documentation, Statistics, Technical Assistance) of the latin American Episcopal Conference (CHAM). The Maryknoll priest, 47, a 'native of Brooklyn, N.Y., has served in Venezuela and Peru. NC Photo.

MADRID (NC) - A Spanish archbishop has advocated greatMitchell and the', others re- er freedom for young Spaniards mained while Msgr: White read, to establish. their own associa· the archdiocesan's denial of slum tions. ownership issued some weeks Archbishop Gabino Diaz Merago. The group left after brief chan of Oviedo, new national discussion. .

ACTION members also visited religious adviser to the Falan· St. Timothy Episcopal church gista Youth, the junior organizawhere they were allowed to tion of the Falange, Spain's only speak ,for about 15 minutes. In' legal political party, 'said: "It is his remarks, Mitchell called on necessary for the young to take Episcopal Bishop George Cadigan full responsibility in the operaof Eastern Missouri to set up tion of their own organizations." a human rights "watchdog committee" to insure that Episcopal clergymen were actively working for the rights of minority groups.

Meanwhile, at St. Pius V church, in the south part of the city, a half dozen persons identified with the St, Louis White Citizens' Council distributed literature to worshippers leaving Mass. ' The groups called it a "White Sunday" demonstration and encouraged the arrest, imprisonment, and "sentencing at hard labor" of those who disrupt worship services at churches.

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NEW YOR~, (NC)-Reinhold Niebuhr, 77-year-old Protestant theologian and social philosopher, has charged that President Nixon's practice of holding Sun· day morning worship services in the White House, with religious l'eaders as guest preachers, may have emasculated the churches", ability to provide sound moral criticism of government prac-' tices.

Writing in Christianity and' Crisis, a bi-weekly journal of religious and social comment which he helped found years ago, Dr. Niebuhr said a conflict has always existed between those who regard religion as an ally of ruling powers and those who see it as a' potential critic.

But religious leaders may have been' so awed by Mr. Nixe on's invitation to conduct services in the White House as to' dull their critical faculties, he claimed.

Without mentioning him by name, Dr. Niebuhr cited a comment by Rabbi Louis Finkelstein, chancellor of Jewish Theological Seminary, after he preached at the White House on June 29.

The Rabbi expressed the hope that future historians "may say that in a period of great trial and tribulations, the 'finger of ,God' pointed to Richard Milhous Nixon, giving him the vision and wisdom to save the world and civilization, and opening the way for our country to realize the good that' ,the century offered mankind."

"It is wonderful what a simple White House' invitation will do," Dr. Niebuhr said, "to dl,lll the .critical faculties, thereby confirming the fears of the Founding Fathers.

"By a curious combination of innocence and guile, he (Nixon) has circumvented the Bill of Rights' first article. Thus he has established - a conforming reli· gion by semi-officially inviting representatives of all the disestablished religions, of whose moral criticism we were naturally so proud."

'Precludes Criticism' Dr. Niebuhr also accused the President' of giving semi-official support to the religious attitudes of Billy Graham, the evangelist, who is a personal friend of Mr. Nixon and who preached at the first service last January.

The "Nixon-Graham doctrine of the relation of religion to public morality and policy precludes criticism on religious grounds * '~'!'" Dr. Niebuhr said.

Presidents Eisenhower and Kennedy held occasional' religious services in the White House but Mr. Nixon was the first to make them a regular affair. ' Religious leaders who have preached during the services, have included Terence Cardinal Cooke of New York and the Rev. Norman Vincent Peale, pastor of the Marble Collegiate Church here.

Health Center PORT CHARLOTTE (NC)Construction of a 100-bed nursi,ng h6me and rehabilitation center at St. Joseph's Hospital here in Florida is now underway.

Bishop Charles B. McLaugh,lin of ~he St. Petersburg Diocese has broken ground for the nursing center which will be operated by the Felicians, Sisters of St. Felix.

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The segregation is not racial, keep coming down, more and more individuals will be living a says Father John O'Connell of life of leisure, he said. "In 10 Marquette, University, It' is the years, about i 0 per cent of our tendency of the aged, persons 65 and over, to form a subculture population, will be experiencing leisure as a way of life. We, have -such as is found in retirement no prototype 'for this in history;" comm'unities-imd to segregate he added, I themselves, at least ,physically, Father O'Connell said soCiety from the rest of society. , The tendency to form a sub- mus~ "create a structure in culture is largely due to society's which this increasing number of failure to overcome the genera- retired people can functiori, protion gap and also to an "attitude, vide them with some activity based on ignorance, that defines that is different from licking the aged as sick," Father stamps.".

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Senator ~Fulbright Meets Match in George Meany

Milwaukee K of C' Oppose Laity Participation in Bishop Selection

Director, Division of Urban Life, U.S.C.C.

By Msgr. George G. Higgins George Meany, president of the AFL-CIO, has the reputation-I almost said "enjoys" the reputation-of being a blunt, plain-spoken man who, right or wrong, always says exactly what he thinks. He does so even, or especi"ally, to Presidents, Cabinet mem,bers, Senators and other po- more doctrinainre in its own sophisticated (some would say litical bigwigs who, willy supercilious) way. nilly, have a way of intimiSlapped !Down dating lesser mortals and in the presence of whom the average citizen, no matter how prominent he may happen to be in his own bailiwick, is instinctively inclined to be unusually deferential, not to say obsequious. In fact, Mr. Meany is one of the few men I know who is generally more deferential to ordinary folk' than he is to the great and the mighty. As Time magazine might have put it, not so many years ago, when it was still specializing in this sort of inverted journalese: "No sycophant, he."

Heated Colloquy Whether Mr. Meaney's aggressive outspokenness is an asset or a liability, a virtue or a vice, is an arguable point, I suppose. For my own part, I tend to admire it even when I happen to be in disagreement with what President Meany is saying on a particular controversial issue.

Be that as it may, Meany was running true to form when he appeared, a couple of weeks ago, before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and aggressively took on the redoubtable chairman of that prestigious body, Senator William Fulbright, during a heated colloquy which lasted for approximately three and a half hours.

The good Senator, who is recent years has mercilessly and, more than once, sarcastically badgered many a Cabinet member over the issue of Viet Nam and, because of his privileged status, has generally managed to get away with it, finally met his match in Mr. Meany.

Inflexible Policy Unlike Mary McGrory, a good friend of mine and one of my favorite Washington columnists, I admire President Meany for bearding the Arkansas lion in his own privileged den and refusing to be intimidated by his tendentious line of questioning.

Miss McGrory is strongly persuaded that Meany's support of the war· in Viet Nam and his over-all approach to foreign policy are outdated and irrelevant and that, contrariwise, Fulbright's foreign policy is basically sound.

This being the case, it isn't too surprising that she decided the Meany - Fulbright debate overwhelmingly in the Senator's favor and, perhaps unwittingly made Mr. Meany look like the proverbial dumb plumber.

For present purposes at least, [ am not disposed to argue the foreign policy issue as such.

Suffice it to say that, while I find Mr. Meany's foreign policy too inflexible in certain respects and while I would be inclined to support almost any move to end the war in Viet Nam short of outright surrender, I find Senator Fulbright's policy equally inflexible and perhaps even

This, however, is not the point I was driving at when I noted above that I admire Mr. Meany for locking horns with the Senator during their recent colloquy before the Senate's Foreign Relations Committee.

I was referring, not to the substance of their debate on foreign policy, but rather to the way they carried on the argument. In my opinion, the Sena-· tor argued his case very tendentiously and, for this reason, I am glad that Meany slapped him down in a way that no Cabinet member or other government spokesman, for obvious political reasons, would have dared .to do under similar circumstances.

The Senator had a perfect right to disagree with Meany's approach to foreign policy, but, in my judgment, he had no right whatsoever to say that heavy government subsidy of the AFLCIO's foreign policy activities through the American Institute for Free Labor Development was a reward or a payoff for Meany's· "ardent, ardent" endorsement of Lyndon Johnson's war policies.

Insulting Suggestion This accusation strikes me as being a rather cheap way of suggesting that Meany is a groveling sycophant. If Fulbright actually believes this, I am afraid he doesn't understand George Meany very well and hasn't the slightest notion of what makes him tick.

Mr. Meany'S foreign policy may be good, bad, or indifferent but, for better or for worse, it's his own policy, and it's not for sale to any Administration, as Senator Fulbriglit would have discovered if he had ever become Secretary of State and had foolishly tried to bargain with Meany on the issue.

He would have discovered that Meany, rightly or wrongly, was and is prepared to stick to his guns on the issue of foreign policy regardless of what anyone else, including the President, the Secretary of State, or even the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relati9ns Committee may happen to think about the matter.

What I am saying, in effect, is that , regardless of what Senator Fulbright may happen to think about Meany's foreign the policy, he overstepped bounds of Congressional propriety and Congressional immunity and took on the role of the haughty schoolmaster in suggesting, rather insultingly, that Meany was a Johnson lackey and that Johnson himself was a deliberate bribester in the field of foreign policy.

Something to Learn Moreover, if the Senator thought that Meany, out of deference for the Senate Committee and its august chairman, would take all this lying down, he has something to learn about the American political process.

Senators may be able to bulldoze hapless government officials when they have them on the witness stand, but, thanks be to God, they can't intimidate private citizens of Meany's cal-

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Fa,1I River Nuns Alerted Youth

MILWAUKEE (NC)-A vote of about 5,000 members of 11 Knights of Columbus councils in the Milwaukee metropolitan area indicated they will not become involved in the selection of a successor .to the late Auxiliary Bishop Roman R. Atielski, and urged that no Catholics participate in a poll designated to name possible successors.

The poll was called for by t·he Milwaukee Archdioce~an Laymen's League (ALL), which has urged priests of the 264 archdiocesan parishes to publisize the poll and asked laymen to send to the league nominations of candidates to succeed the bishop.

John S. Kennedy, president of the K.C. metropolitan Milwaukee chapter, said the vote t6 take exception to the poll was taken after he brought the matter up at a meeting.

He said the reason for the decision which was made in the form of a vote of confidence in Archbishop William E. Cousins and the Priests' Senate, was that "Most Catholics don't have the competence to make the selection."

He sent the vote of confidence to the arChbishop who wrote him: 'Serious Responsibility'

following the dl~ath of Bishop Atkielski June 30. On July 9 the group publicized a survey which indicated priests in the area wen' favorable to lay participation in the selection of a bishop.

This followed ALL's letter to Archbishop COlJsins requesting a lay election of a new bishop, to whieh he replied he was willing to accept names they considered eligible candidates.

'Moral Obligation' Officers of the league said at that time they felt nominations could come thl'ough the Priests' Senate with the help of the laity and that they believe a lay voice in the matter is more_ important than making nominations.

In their latest action, ALL said it has been "emphasizing that lay participation is a moral obligation in our universal church," according to the letter which they wanted read at all Masses. "A means of re-establishing this value is in the se[ection of a local bishop," the letter continued.

"We wish to stress that this is not a popularity contest. The candidate you submit should be of proven spiritual and priestly character. He must be loyal and devoted to the people of God and be concerned with their spiritual and temporal welfare.

"He should be possessed of good judgement and prudent in his attitudes and conduct. We urge you to submit three or fewer names that fulfill these requirements."

Bro. Andre Patenaude, son of Mrs. Jannette Patenaude of 395 Chicago Street, Fall River has brought the era of the Catholic Folk Mass to the DartmouthLake Sunapee region of New Hampshire.

The Center of Light Chapel at LaSalette in Enfield serves as a fitting background as he sings and plays liturgical folk music . "AI.low?1 e to express my sa~on his Balilla folk guitar.

IsfactlOn 111 the vote of ~onflScheduled to be ordained on Oct. 11 in Pawtucket, Bro. dence that leaves the chOice of Andre was educated at St. Jean th~ .successor to Bishop A~kielBaptiste School in Fall River, ski 111 the hands of our pnests.

I have no objection to. a partidwhere the Sisters of St. Joseph pation in presenting the names recognized his musical talents . of those who in their opinion and his musical career began.

Reaffirms Control would make good bishops.

"My misgivings lie in the fact iber-men who, right or wrong, that one who proposes the name Ov·er Education ST. PAUL (NC)-The St. Paul have the courage of their con- of a potential bishop accepts a victions and are not respecters serious responsibility which pre- and Minneapolis archdiocesan of persons. supposes on the part of the boaI'd of education moved to One final point. Miss McGrory proposer a personal and long as- settle a long-standing contronoted, in the column referred to sociation with the priest in- versy at St. John's parish in Little Canada, at least for the above, that "nobody asked him volved.

(Meany) about bringing the "Must lay associations with time being, by reaffirming the ways of freedom and democracy their priest are on. a social or pastor's control of the religious to American trade unionism, or parochial basis, which would education programs at the parabout progress in introducing lead to a tremendous number ish until the time of a progress 'fraternal solidarity' to the dis- of names being presented with- report due Sept. 15.

The archdiocesan board accriminatory building trades un- out a sufficient concentration to ions, for instance. make the vote of a few hundred cepted the report and recom· mendations of Father John Gil"Fulbright, no champion of thousand people definite."

ALL has a membership of bert, superintendent of schools, Civil Rights, was not the man to do it. The other -members, about 300 persons who organized concerning St. John's and approved a resolutio~, which "commindful of Meany's 14 million mends" the parish for the esmembership, did not bait the tablishment of a school board Brother to Direct line. Meany, although 74, can and directs the school superinstill roar."

Graduate Studies tendent to keep the board inMeany'S Record WINONA o(NC) Brother formed of the progress of reliIt strikes me that Miss Mc- Leonard Courtney, F.S.C., chair- gious education programs and of Grory was being a little too man of the education depart- regional planning efforts at the considerate of the Senator and, ment of St. Mary's College here parish. conversely, excessively critical in Minl)esota, has also been of President Meany. named .associate dean of gradSay what you will about the uate studies at the school. record of some of the building Brother Leonard, a graduate trades in the field of race rela- of the college, will be in charge tions, the fact is that Meany's of all graduate programs includpersonal record on this issue is ing long range planning of gradso far superior to that of Sen- uate studies and student recruitator Fulbright that I, for one, ment for the graduate program.

Hyannis find it almost grotesque that the He obtained his master's degree 279 Barnstable Road two men should even be men- from St. Louis University, and tioned, in this context, on the his doctorate from the Univer775-0079 same page of a daily newspaper, sity of Chicago. ___ • • • • • • • • • • • • • • ..!t=!:: let alone in the same paragraph of the same column.

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THE ANCHOR-Diocese' of Fall River-Thurs. Aug. 14, 1969

Belief i" Race Importance Amounts to Gospel Denial

By Barbara Ward The world is full of angry separations. Ibo and Hausa fight each other in Nigeria' just as Teuton and Gaul f~ught each other in Europe-in 1870 and 1914 a~d 1939. Chmese and Malays 'are hostile citizens in the same community.

Perhaps half a million Chinese were massacred in In- of which the Catholics are observer-members, issued its mesdonesia, chiefly because they sage to the people of South were aliens. No race, no na- Afrka. In this message, the funtion, no tribe has the monopoly of division and violenc;e. But for the Christian community the m 0 s t widespread and di-:; visive split is between citizens of European descent and citizens' who are Africans or of A f ric a n descent. This is simply because Europeans of . of the once Christian man lme regions of Western Europe British, Dutch, Belgians, French, Portuguese and Spanish-radically altered the world's demographic map between the 16th and the 20th centul'y, taking millions upon million:> of Africans to America in the slave ships and themselves conquering and occupying, as a small minority, large parts of Southern Africa.'

For Christian people, the result is' that the racial issue confronts them chiefly in terms of black and white.

Before we look at the complexities and agonies of. this issue, the best starting point is to state the principle and the ideal. Were it not for Christian principle there would be no problem of ethics or morals, only issues of power and selfinterest. ' Survival of Fittest Throughout millenia of human history, . it was felt normal to enslave or exterminate conquered groups. That nature ,operated according to "the survival of the fittest" was,' proven simply by the ability of the strongest to impose their own interests and exploit weaker being-until they in turn were conquered by an even stronger group.

All history is a record of' the' rise and fall of imperial systems of the rich and powerful exploiting the helpless ~nd the poor. " One reason why in Buddhism, life is depicted as a "melancholy wheel," is that it is driven upwards by power and appetite and then down again by weakness and defeat. Just now, in the swing of history, the Whites are uppermost in the exploitative power-with 80 per cent of everything both at the world level and in particulal' communities such as South Africa.

But another swing can pull them down. Meanwhile, it is natural, in any but religious terms, for them 'to defend their privileges with any. means in their power.

But the law of nature, of power and privilege defending themselves with every means of viol~nce, is not the law of Christ. This is the' profound dilemma of conscience placed before the White citizens of the West.

One of the most striking restatements of this dilemma was made in South Africa at the end of last year when the South African Council of Churches,

damental inconJPatibility of racism and Christian belief is trenchantly expressed: "The Christian Gospel requires us to assert the truth proclaimed by the first Christians, who discovered that God was creating a new community in which differences of race, language, nation, culture, and tradition no longer had power to separate man from man. The most important features of a man are not the details of his ,racial group, but the nature which he has in common with all men and also the gifts and abilities which are given to him as a unique individual _by the grace of God; to insist that racial characteristics are more important than these is to reject what is most significant about HAPPY RIEU'NION,: Chancellor Kurt Kiesinger of West Gerour own humanity as well as the humanity of others. many reaches for his granddaughter, 4-year.old Cecilia Went"But in South Africa, every- zel, whom he found in her playhouse, Villa Cecilia" as the one is expected to believe that German Chancellor arrived in Washington. His other granda man's racial identity is 'the daughter, Christine louise, watches from her swing. The Chanmost important thing about him: cellor's daughter is married to Volkmar Wentzel, Notional Geoonly when it is clearly settled can any significant decisions be graphic Magazine foreign stoff editor. NC Photo. made about him. Those whose l racial classification is in doubt are tragically insecure and helpless. Without racial identity, it seems, we can do nothing; he Uganda Waragi . Goes Down Like ,Water, who has it, has life; he who has not racial identity has not 'life. , Has 70 Proof Wallop Denial of Gospel .

KAMPALA (NC)-If accounts discourage the purchase of home"This belief in the supreme importance of racial identity of Pope Paul VI's visit to Uganda made spirits, which can be danamounts to a denial of the cen- abounded in color and imagina- gerous to health.

Before Uganda Waragi came tral statements of the Christian tion, the principal reason was Gospel. In practice, it severely that the Pope's visit itself was on the market, the consumption of a corrosive drink called Enrestricts the ability of Christian ,colorful and imaginative.

On the 'other hand, Uganda guli often caused damage to cenbrothers to serve and know each other, and even to give Waragi may have had something tral nervous system, or brought blindness or even death. each other simple hospitality; to do with it.

Uganda Waragi is a colorless" What is Uganda \V'aragi made it limits the ability of a person to obey Christ's command to odorless and almost tasteless of? It is usually referred to as liquid, that can be obtained banana gin, but that's somewhat , love his neighbour as himself.

"For, 'according to the Chris- everywhere here for, the asking, misleading. Not even the distilltian Gospel" our brothers are plus a bit more. It goes down ers know exactly. not merely the members of our like water but turns into a tiger An official account of the own race group. Our brother is in your tank, churning up a 70 manufacture of Uganda Waragi the person whem God gives to proof wallop. says the raw stuff brought into In fact, it represents a care- the factory's receiving bay by us. To disassociate from our brother on the grounds of nat- fully-planned and long-pondered back路bush distillers is concocted ural distinction is to despise effort by the Uganda government of "bananas, sugar, maize or God's gift and to reject Christ. to wipe out the twin evils of several other sources." Just what "Where different groups of the sale and consumption of those "several other sources" people are hostile to each' other, backwoods moonshine. . might be is the mystery.

The idea behind the governthis is due to human sin not to the plan of the Creator. The ment's project was not to stamp Name Dean Scriptures do not require such out crime by making everything groups to be kept separate from legal, but to lower the crime rate DETROIT (NC) - Dr. John each other; on the contrary, the and the death rate by abolishing Mahoney, chairman of the EnGospel requires us to believe in unenforceable laws and by giving glish fac:uIty at the University and to act on the reconciliation the age-old custom of home dis- of Detroit, has been appointed ~ tilling a legal outlet. made for us in Christ. chairman of the College of Arts 'Other Sources' "A policy of separation is a . and Sciences~ He replaces Father Part of the idea is to pay Paul Conen, S.J., who ,assumed demonstration of unbelief in the power' of the Gospel; any dem- enough to the home distiller to the rectorship of the Jesuit onstration of the reality of recon- discourage illegal sales for direct community at the university. ciliation would endanger this consumption. Another part of the policy. Therefore, the advocates, idea is to produce a high-quality of, this policy inevitably find drink at prices low en~ugh to themselves opposed to the Church if it seeks to live accordDirector Resigns ing to the Gospel and, to show WASHINGTON (NC)-Father that God's grace has overcome our hostilities.

Raymond A. Kevane has re"A thorough policy of racial signed, as national director of s~paration must ultimately re~ the Papal Voluneeers of Latin quire that the Church should America. He will return to his home Diocese of Sioux City.' cease to be the Church."

This, then, is the principle. Pending the appointment of a A Christian cannot be a racist. successor, the Division of Latin But what, in practice, does this American of the United States principle imply for concrete Catholic Conference will carry Christian action? on PAVLA activities.

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Massasoit Council, Boy Scouts of America, and the ship's company of the Battleship Massachusetts will co-sponsor an observance of VJ day at 11 this morning aboard the ship, harbored at Fall River. All Scouts of the Diocese are invited to attend.

Those in uniform will be admitted free.

The patriotic program will end with a corporate pledge of allegiance to the flag led by Capt.

James F. Gavin, USNR Ret., executive director of the Massachusetts, and Wilson Curtis, president of Massasoit Council.

Protests Prejudice Against Christians SIMLA (NC)-A Jesuit priest has opposed a demand for "reclassification" under which converts to Christianity from India's aboriginal communities would be denied certain concessions available to their Hindu brethren.

Father Philip Ekka, rector of St. Albert's College who is a member of such a (Ranch i) community, opposed a motion by S.P. Sinha, deputy director of the Bihar Tribal Research Institute, which wanted aboriginals to be reclassified according to the economic condition in their own region, rather than in rela'tion to national levels.

The resolution was moved at a two-week seminar here in the "Tribal Situation" co-sponsored by the Indian Institute of Advanced Studies and the Department of Sociology of Delhi university.

Father Ekka said the effect \ of the motion would be denial of concessions to tribal Christians who have improved their economic status, although not to the level of others who receive benefits from the government.

Publishes Religious Education Magazine NEW ORLEANS (NC) - The New Orleans archdiocesan office of religious education has announced publication of a quarterly magazine, Catechetical Digest, aimed at bringing parish leaders into contact with new insights and ideas from around the world in the area of religious education.

The publication, to be issued for the first time in September, . will carry reprints and condensationsof articles pertaining to religious education; interviews with catechetical experts, and discussions of innovative religious programs.

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Cardinal Plans To Issue Letter.

On Manifesto DETROIT (NC) - John Cardinal Dearden of Detroit will issue a pastoral letter during August telling priests and parishioners how to deal with persons presenting Black Manifesto demands in churches.

The cardinal strongly recommends that police not be called.

He asks instead that manifesto spokesmen be treated with utmost courtesy.

Cardinal Dearden also points out that should manifesto members bring their demands to church while Mass is being celebrated, that parishioners are to be told that they may leave if the wish and that they are freed from their obligation to participate at Mass for that particiular Sunday.

The Black Manifesto demands $3 bi1lion in reparations from the nation's 'white churches and synagogues. Churches throughout the nati9n, particularly in metropolitan areas, have been the scenes of confrontation when blacks have disrupted services to present their demands.

Arrange Meeting The archdiocese of St. Louis, where several consecutive "Black Sundays" have taken place, asked for and received a court injunction barring black militants from even entering churches, let alone presenting ~emands and disrupting services.

A spokesman in Cardinal Dearden's office said the Detroit pastoral letter does not mention court injunctions. "It is not even being considered," he said. But emphasis is made on the point that police not be called. The pastoral letter also. will.~sk that no attempts be made to ph'ysicalIy force anyone out of church.

The pastoral letter's guidelines are expected to include the following: If manifesto members contact a parish by letter or telephone, pastors should attempt to arrange a meeting for a certain date, time, and place. . .

Dialogue Recommended Manifesto backers are to be asked if they wish to meet only with the parish council or the entire parish, Enough time is to be allowed so parish members can receive this information.

If Manifesto people enter church during Mass, they are to be asked to wait until the service is completed. If they do not wait, it is preferable that they meet elsewhere than in the church, but this wi1l not be pressed.

If the militants wait for services to end, they are to be introduced to the parishioners, who are to be reminded that they do not have to stay to listen to the presentation. After the presentation, dialogue in the parish hall is recommended.

If manifesto people refuse to wait until services are over, the services are to be stopped and militants given the opportunity to talk. Again, after the presentation, all parties concerned are to be invited to the parish hall for discussion of the matter.

Workshop Course MILWAUKEE (NC)-Veteran radio personality Don McNeill will teach a broadcasting workshop course this Fall at Marquette University's college of journalism, from which he graduated in 1929. McNeill, 61, was master of ceremonies of the "Breakfast Club" radio program for 35 years until his retirement from the show last December.

Bedford Oblate Missionary Hails . Effort to Help So. American Poor

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The church is making "tremendous efforts" to help the poor in South America, says the Rev. Ovilia A. .Meunier ,a Missionary Oblate of Mary Immaculate, "but priests who work in social justice often are threatened." Father Meunier, a member of the missionary order for 43 years, is home on what·he expects to be his "last visit" to his large family in the New Bedford area - eight brothers and sisters, 30 nieces and "and many grandnephews

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Cardinal Praises Brazil Prelate UTRECHT (NC) - Bernard Cardinal Alfrink of Utrecht has hailed Archbishop Helder Pessoa Camara of Olinda and Recife, Brazil, as a "fighter for social justice and human rights."

The 69-year-old Dutch cardinal said Archbishop Camara is a man "who protests against the distress in the world as one inspired by the Gospel."

Cardinal Alfrink voiced his praise for the Brazilian prelate during the annual memorial service for the famous Dutch priest and social worker, Father AIphons Ariens. "Father Ariens was a revolutionary in the best sense of the word as Archbishop Helder Camara now is," Cardinal Alfrink said.

The Brazilian archbishop, whose See is in the poverty-stricken northeast section of that country, has been an outspoken foe of social and economic injustices and has launched a nonviolent social reform movement called Action, Justice and Peace.

and nieces."

He feels that it is wrong for him to spend money to fly "home" when so much is needed in his new inner-city parish in Lima, Peru. This visit was occasioned by the serious illness of a brother and a sister.

"But, we are in debt," he admits.

"We spent $80,000 for a 'new school and now we hope to build a parish hall and clinic, with , two clubs-for youth and old people-and a parish house."

Price tag is $83,000.

"We have no church. We have eight Masses every Sunday in what used to be a garage-and everyone is packed. Peru will never again build a big church.

We put up brick ones, with corVVherever governments are in rugated tin roofs." the hands of, or controlled by, The parish school-in a narich landowners and big capital, tion crying for education and says Father Meunier, that posnow getting it-was built two years ago and now· has an enNEW BEDFORD VISITOR: Father Meunier visits Msgr. Prevost sibility is always present.

He feels, however, that in rollment of 400 pupils in the during his leave from So. America.

Peru "where the ruling governfirst four grades. Other grades will be added, one each year, he comes from the United States, "But they expect to have a fair ment is 'pro people' and movthrough high school. or any other country. deal, too. They are against any ing fast in the direction of so"Sisters of Charity of St. Vin"The South Americans will ac- capitalism that goes there just cial readjustment," the danger is not imminent. cent de Paul staff the school," cept missionaries-if they be- to exploit them."

Meanwhile, he says, "the fuAnd pqverty "still is the curse Father says, "but we only have come part of the national famthree nuns. The rest are lay ily." In Peru, for instance,' he of Peru and of all Latin Amer- ture of religion in South America is bright. Resurrection comes teachers." explains, those consecrated bish- ica," Father Meunier says.

However, although sharing the ops "must be 'dtizens of the He blames this on the "ridicu- from the mobs. The poor are problems of less-religious-and- country." , lously low salaries and the ap- re-estimating their spiritual valmore-lay-teachers in parochial During his years in South propriation by big land owners ues, They arc discovering the schools, Father Meunier feels he "America, Father Meunier recalls of most of the nation's land. true church, because that church has an advantage over his the many changes he has seen. Landlords form, with bankers, is going to them." . In Peru, he says, "the probcounterparts in the United "Thirty years ago, few men the backbone of Latin economy States. were seen in churches and less and politics and will not give lem is not in finding young "We built our school for less received Holy Communion. Re- up their monopoly easily. Inter- priests to go to the slums. It's than a quart'er of what it would ligion seemed to be a woman's est runs easily to 20 per cent finding pastors for city parishes."

Much of the credit for the recost here," he says. affair. and although labor is cheap, livvitalized church and its labors The money? "We borrowed it "But the frequent appeals of ing expenses are high." in behalf of the poor should go without interest. We're supposed the last Popes have had an efThe church in Peru is helpto start paying it off in Decem- feet. Our churches are crowded ing to combat this situation Fa- to Cardinal Landazuri, Father feels. ber 1970," he says. on Sundays. Men accompany ther says.

"His preference is for the slum All of which explains his grati- their families to the Communion The laity, for example, "has tude to the Most Rev. James L. rail. Men are well in the lead in the majority on the Lima Arch- parishes. He strides around shaking hands with everybody, chatConnolly, D.O., who granted such Catholic activities as Curdiocesan Finance Committee. permission for Father Meunier sillos de' Cristiandad. The Chris- This committee is assessing ting with old people and young, to speak at four area churches tian Family Movement is ever church properties with the idea sitting down with the crowd for this Summer, asking for financial growing. Retreat houses are of turning over for the benefit a parish dinner. He's as much at home there ashe is conducting help for his struggling parish. kept bUSy and the Catholic Sitting in the comfortable Youth Movement is strong, par-' of the poor whatever is not divine services for a singing conneeded. Downtown properties living room of the Steven Weav- ticularly among university stu- will be sold for commercial pur- gregation. He knows the problems of his people and his priests er home at 149 Sylvia St., the dents." poses and reinvested in poorer sister with whom he is staying 'Education is spreading, he suburbs,' where decent housing -and he directs all his activities until he returns to Peru next says, with 20 universities in the will be erected and turned over toward solving them."· month, Father Meunier explains country, 10 of them in Lima. to poor families for low'monthly the Oblates "have to support "Within 10 years, I venture to rents. After a few years, the themselves. This will be. a great say less than 10 per cent of the people themselves will hold title D~RMODY help."

Peruvians will be illiterate." to the property."

The New Bedford priest, who With changes in' education are Father Meunier also cites pasprepared for the priesthood at coming changes in the entire toral de'crees of the Latin AmerDRY CLEANING Assumption College, Plattsburgh, social structure.

N.Y., Ottawa University and "There was no middle class ican hierarchy calling for such and Catholic University, was ordain- until 20 years ago, now it is a things as agrarian reforms, huFUR STORAGE man rights, labor unions, edued June 20, 1922 in Ottawa. .strengthening force. Now there 34-44 Cohannet Street First appointed to the order's are new men· with new ideas cation and freedom of the press.

Is there danger of a serious mission band, he soon volun- who will never tolerate the ecoTaunton 1 822-6161 teered for the Oblate Missions in nomic conditions their fathers clash between church and state?

South America. and was assigned endured. They are men with to Chile, where he founded St. pride, in themselves and their ~1II11111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111ll1ll1ll1l1ll11l1ll1ll1ll1ll1ll1ll1ll1ll1l1ll1ll1ll1ll1ll1l1ll1111liE Joseph's College in Antofagasta nation." and served for many years as its As a resulf, he says "Big Narector. tions are going to have to get When the Peruvian hierarchy used to considering all nations, asked for religious, Father Meu- even small ones, as equals, not nier was sent to that nation and as schoolboys. These people see became the first Oblate to work what is going on in other counin the slum areas of Cincha Alta tries and they want to see the (125 miles south of Lima), where same kind of progress in their the Oblates now administer four own country." , "barriada" or inner-city parishes Is there a strong anti-Ameri-with a population of 200,000 can feeling among the Peruvains souls. he knows?

With the rise of the nationalFather Meunier shakes his istic spirit _in most undeveloped head. countries of the world, including "Peruvians are very friendly South America, Father feels that to· and very sympathetic with a missionary today "must forget everything American." he says.

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Carmelites Choose Sister to Begin Mission Work in South America

Christians Back Overseas Aid

NEW ORLEANS (J':oIC) - The Sisters of the Congrgation of Our Lady of Mount Carmel with headquarters here will expand their mission work into South America beginning in 1970.

The order has assigned Sister Josepha Maria MacNeil, O. Carm., to, the South American apostolate. She will spend the , next seven months in' Lima, Peru, studying language' and culture.

Upon completion of studies at the Colegio Villa Maria in Lima, Sister Josepha Maria will take up residence at an intercommunity center for religious in the diocese of Chiclayo, Peru, and be assigned to some, type of work in

LONDON (NC) ~ About 300 Catholics and other Christians went to the House of Commons here to ask their members of Parliament to oppose any further cuts in British overseas aid.

The Catholic Institute of International Relations was one of the lobby's organizers.

After about 80 individual members of Parliament had been seen, one party went off to nearby 10 Downing Street, Prime Minister Harold Wilson's London home, to hand in a petition calling for such aid to be increased-by 25 per cent.

Meantime, a massive "sJgn in" involving every church congregation in the count.(y is being planned for next Chri:<;tmas to petition the government to increase aid to developing countries . to offset forecasts of world-wide famine in the next decade and offer improved conditions of trade.

Sponsors of this national effort are the British Council of Churches and the Catholic Commission for International Justice and Peace.

Already Catholics, Congregationalists and Presbyterians here have themselves adopted and are urging other churches to adopt the principle that all Christians should give at least one per cent of their annual income voluntarily to overseas aid.

The Methodists are urging their members to give one day's pay annually.

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GUILD OF THE VISITATION, NORTH EASTHAM The Guild of the Visitation will hold a penny sale at 8 o'clock on Wednesday evening, Aug. 20 in the church hall on Massasoit Rd., No. Eastham.

Doors will open at 7:;10. .0.

OUR LADY OF ANGELS, FALL RIVER Holy Day Masses tomorrow will be at 7 A.M., 9 A.M., 12:15 P.M., 5 P.M. and 7 P.M. Holy Na,me members will attend a Communion breakfast following 8 o'clock. Mass Sunday morning, Sept. 7. ' The annual procession honoring Our Lady of Fatitr'" will be held at 7 Saturdr 'vening, Sept. 14, followed, Sunday by a special Mass at 8 o'clock.

ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST, CENTRAL VILLAGE The Ladies Guild will serve a lobster supper fro'm 5:30 to 7:30 on Saturday night, Aug. 1'6' in the church hall.

Tickets may be obtained from Mrs, Arthur Denault, chairman of the affair, or Mrs. ClarencE' , Kirby.

ST. LOUIS DE FRANCE, SWANSEA The parish CYO is sponsoring a clothing drive for the benefit of the needy children of Vietnam. Donations of clothing may be brought to the parish hall on Buffington Street or you may contact Roger' Levesque, 3-4633; Diane Haslam, 3·1305; or the rectory, 7·9503.

Events scheduled by the CYO for the near future are: a car wash, a mystery ride, a. fashion show, a trip to Marathon House, and a visit to Boston City Hospital.

The congregation also announced they will expand their work in the Philippines into the city of Manila. Up to the present, their work· has primarily been in the diocese of Dumaguete City.

An affiliate program _for girls interested in the- community will be started this year in Dumaguete City, with an eye to the eventual establishment of a novitiate in Manila. In the past, all prospective community members came to New Orleans to serve their novitiate.

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PAPAL VISIT COMMIEMORATED: A Uganda man wears a commemorative gown depicting scenes of Pope Paul's visit to Uganda last month. The material is on sale in the form of gowns, shirts and dresses and contains pictures of Pope Paul, Uganda's President Milton Obote, the Uganda and papal coats of arms, the planned Uganda Martyrs Shrine at Namugongo, and major houses of worship. NC Photo.

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Survey Shows People Say Fewer Formal· Prayers, But Pray More TORONTO (NC) -.:... In these times of increasing noise, speed, distraction and emphasis on material things, can modern man pray? Is it possibfefor him to "pray without ceasing" as recommended by th'e bishops at Vatican Council II? In a recent series of interviews, The Canadian Register, Kingston, Ont., diocesan newspaper, found that, although peopie, are not saying as many formal prayers as before, they are praying more.

Prayer, described by St. John Damascene as "an elevation of the soul to God," has been the favorite topic of Christian writers from the earliest centuries.

5t. John Chrysostom maintained "it is simply impossible to lead a virtuous life without the aid of prayer!"

Regarding people who don't pray, the biggest reason, says ,Father Ed Bushheit C.P. of Toronto, is that "they aren't sensitive enough to the beauty and sheer mystery that surrounds us. They aren't plugged in.

"When a sense of mystery comes, then there is a sense of reverence. The next step is simply to start speaking to the Transcendent Being who is be-

hind the mystery of life. This is prayer." , How to get this· sense of reverence? Says Father Buchheit: "Grasp a blade of grass and just hold it in ypur hand. Go for a walk, looking at this grass, until you are just suddenly grabbed by the mystery as to why it grows and exists at all. You then find yourself e'1thralled by the mystery of all creation, and simply dialoguing with the One responsible for it all."

There's a big difference between prayers and praying, continues Father Buchheit. "Modern ,man is saying fewer and fewer prayers (formulas as known) but today he is more than ever before speaking from his heart to God. Someone once said that you really start praying when you finish your prayers."

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Firm Discipline, Group Therapy Aid Alcohol ics

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BAY CITY (NG) - The director of Friendship House, a home for men sick from alcoholism, told Serra Club members here in Michigan that firm discipline and group therapy can be valuable in securing the cure of alcoholics.

Father James Kedziorski noted that the "cure" of an alcoholic is a time·consuming process, often lasting several years. He said it is necessary to overcome a chain of events, including tiredness and lack of concentration, which let a person do what he really wishes he wouldn't.

The priest told the Serrans that of the 90 million Americans who drink, some 12 to 13 mil· lion are alcoholics. He 'said that the people of Bay City area alone spend $3.5 million annu· ally on "booze," and he esti· mated that there are' 5,000 alcoholics in the general area. (Bay City has a population of 55,000, with number of smaller towns clustered nearby.)

Half-Way Haven Earlier this year Father Kedz· iorski converted an older Bay City home into Friendship House. It provides a sort of half-way haven for men who want to overcome alcoholism, including those who have been released from direct hospital treatment but who are not yet ready to face unaided the stresses of their normal home lives. The home also welcomes drug addicts who want to be cured.

Father Kedziorski was released from parish duties in order to devote full time efforts to Friendship House.

Guests in the home are gradually returned to their normal life pattern.

Men willing to try to help themselves are fed, given a clean bed and provided with donated clothing by people who know and understand the problem of the alcoholic.

They are given· counsel and introduced to the daily group sessions and the program .of Alcoholics Anonymous-though there is no connection between AA and Friendship House.

Physical, Mental Problem The alcoholic is also expected to help keep the house clean and do some chores. He is also expected to look for a job as soon as he is capable of working. A wage-earner is expected to pay $20 per week for room and board as a part of his therapy.

A person is expected to remain at Friendship House for at least two weeks-though the length of the stay is up to the staff. Maximum stay has been set at two vears.

The home has a capacity to handle 14 alcoholic patients.

At Friendship House Father Kedziorski and other staff members discuss the drinking problem with each patient-guest. He is told that his problem is not merely moral, but a physical and mental problem combinedand that Friendship House provides him a haven where he will find freedom from alcohol so that he can have a rebirth as a human being.

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APPOINTEES: Two Southern-Born priest~ have ben named pastor and assistant pastor of a Chicago parish by John Cardinal Cody. Father Dominic Carmon, S.V.D., 38, left, has been named pastor of St Elizabeth's Church, and Father James laChapelle, S.V.D., has been named assistant. Father Carmon is the oldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Aristile Carmon of Opelousas, . la., and Father laChapelle's parents, Mr. and Mrs. louis la.Chapetle, live in Raywood, Tex. NC Photo.

DETROIT (NC) - U. S. Sen. Philip Hart of Michigan, an advocate of federal consumer legislation, will speak on. "Consumer Rights and the Poor" at the 13th annual National Catholic Social Action Conference meeting here at Marygrove College Aug. 21 to 24.

Sen. Hart is one of the featured speakers at the conference.

The others and their topics will be George Wiley, executive director, National Welfare Rights Movement, "Welfare Unions and the Future of Welfare," Aug. 23; James C. Vadakin, economics professor, University of Miami (Fla.); "Family Allowances and the Working Poor," Aug. 23;

Also Norman C. Francis, presi· dent, Xavier University, New Orleans, "The University: Serving the Status Quo or Changing It," Aug. 23; Pietro Pavan, con· suitor for the Pontifical Commission on Justice and Peace, Vatican City, "The Fl:Iture of Christian Social Thought," Aug. 21, and Rabbi Arthur Hertzberg, Englewood, )\". J., "Is Religious Social 'Action Movement Still a Movement?", Aug. 24.

In addition to the major talks -each accompanied by reaction by a panel of experts - the NCSAC conference will feature workshops on farm labor, housing, legal aid, health services for the poor, and other subjects.

Plan Discussions Christian Family Movement Schedules National Meeting Jo1'll1 Maiolo, assistant professor of sociology at Notre Dame; Dr. Neal E. Krupp, consultant in psychiatry at the Rochester, Minn., Mayo Clinic; and Michael beginning Thursday; Aug. 21 on Cullen, one of the "Milwaukee the University of Notre Dame -4" who burned draft records in campus. Some 600 married a Vietnam war protest.

Sex education, lay theology, couples and 150 priests are ex· marriage encounters, new social pect~d to. attend.

Contemporary family life, so- movements among the poor, and cial problems and the increas· interracial adoptions are ~mong ingly ecumenical nature of CFM the 23 workshop topics schedare some of the topics to· be dis· uled during the meeting. cussed by the 27-year-old organ· Sex education' will be disization, which has a membership cussed by Father James T. Mcof about 100,000 couples in the Hugh, director of the Family United States and several for- Life Bureau, United States Catheign countries. olic Conference.

Father Walter Imbiorski, di· Other workshop groups will rector of the Cana Conference, be discussing such areas as rewill keynote the convention ligious education for pre-schoolwith the topic, "The American ers, international understanding, Family and the Revolution to "new white consciousness," ecuCome." men ism and family life, and The generation gap in values "games people play about will be discussed by Dr. Sey- values." mour L. Halleck, professor of The Movimiento Familiar psychiatry at the University of Wisconsin. Dr. Joseph' Sittler, Cristiano (MFC), a Spanishprofessor in the University of speaking version of the CFM, Chicago Divinity School, will will hold its first national meetspeak on "The Whole Family ing in conjunction with the CFM .gathering. in a Broken World."

NOTRE DAME (NC) The Christian Family Move~ ment (CFM) will hold its four-day national convention

Workshop Topics Also on the speaking program are Bishop E. Edward Crowther, executive director of Operation Connection in Santa Barbara, Calif., and former Episcopal . bishop in South Africa until his exile for opposing partheid; Dr..

Missionaries to the Moon They were men of science sent on a sctentiflc journey, yet the crew of Apollo XI can, in a very real sense, be called missionaries.

Like all missionaries, the astronauts were sent on a specific mission, with.a definite task in mind. Journeying into the unknown, the Apollo crew sought to discover the secrets of another world by applying the knowledge and ideas of their own culture. Their purpose was not to destroy, but to seek out the good that was already on the moon. Just as missionaries today try to utilize the customs and beliefs of a native culture in adapting them to Christianity.

Each member of the crew. also possessed the qualities necessary in a good missionary. First of all, they had a willingness to face danger. Although their mathematics were perfect, the awful shadow of doubt and uncertainty hung over the entire mission. Secondly, they were patient and generous. They were willing to undergo the long period of training beforehand, and arduous quarantine afterward. Thirdly, the astro.nauts made a perseverin2 effort until success was achieved.

And f1naIly, they had a real spirit of sacrifice, leaving behind home anll family as they represented all mankind.

But most important of all, the astronauts came with a message. "On~ small step for a man; one giant leap for mankind" symbolized the hopes and dreams of all mankind. They are words that will not sooll be forgutten.

Perhaps the real point to be gleaned 'from this ama:ting journey is not the apostolic zeal of the Apollo XI crew. Rather, it Is to realize that on account of their mission, for one brief moment, the entire world was one. Our goal now is to make that moment eternal.

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Permanent Diacon(1ji'~ Ap~~o~af(c@ll1s BALTIMORE (NC)-Lawrence " "Deacons may perform the Cardinal Shehan has announced sacramental functions of bapthat applications from candi- tizing or distributing the Euchadates for the permanent diacon- rist or preaching," Cardinal ate are now being accepted in Shehan said. "They may direct religious education, parish socithe Baltimore archdiocese.

The permanent diaeonate may eties, or the work of the poor be conferred on married and un- . in the parish. ,Some deacons married men of mature age. Or- would 'serve both the local pardained deacons perform many of ish arid the archdiocese."

"M~n already serving in 'civic the duties of priests, though they cannot hear confessions or work, community programs, the celebrate Mass. Unmarried dea- professions, trades and other: cons· once ordained, may not ways," the cardinal added, "will marry, nor may married dea- continue their special forms of service, developing an ~nviron­ cons, if widowed, remarry.

Though not new in the ment favorable to healthy reli- / .

Chllrch, the permanent diacon- gious life."

Bring Inspiration ate has been in disuse in the Cardinal Shehan noted that Latin rite for centuries. Pope Paul VI restored it as a perma- deacons "will also work "":n nent rank in the Church hier- areas outside the parish. Deacons with area-wide or city-wide archy in 1967.

Last October, authorization responsibilities as educators, diwas given to the U. S. National rectors of social agencies, youth Conference of Catholic Bishops programs, or poverty programs to establish a permanent dioc- could bring new inspiration to onate in those dioceses where their work."

"Black deacons would provide the local bishop wanted it. A committee for the permanent black leadership in the parish diaconate was formed, under the and the archdiocese in worshi.p chairmanship of Bis!lop Ernest and . in decision making." the cardinal said. "The cooperation L. UnterkoefIer of Charleston, S. C. . of black and white deacons In his announcement, Cardinal would be a powerful force Shehan said "-the variety of against olack or white racism ways in which deacons can which exists in our 'country," he serve (the Church) today are as added.

The cardinal also noted that many as the ways in which modern men serve one another. deacons in hospital-connected Whenever possible and desir- professions "could at times serve able" the candidates will be as auxiliary chaplains in those trained to work in their own institutions." "Those who are parishes, since they already policemen or firemen could be know that community and its auxiliary chaplains to their associates," he said. , needs.

Government' ,Interracial JJustice CHICAGO (NC)-,.Two top federal government officials will join prominent national civil rights and social action leaders at a major conference on the social use of religious economic power at the biennial eonvention of the National Catholic Conference of Interracial Justice (NCCIJ), to be held at Loyola College in Los Angeles, Aug 21-24.

Arthur A. Fletcher, Assistant Secretary of Labor for wages and labor standards, will speak on "The Church-Constituency for Social Justice."

William H. Brown, chairman of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, will be on a panel debating "Cun minorities realize economic poWer under capitalism?"

Other speakers will be Rev. Jesse Jackson, national director

of Operation Breadbasket; grapeboycott leader, Ceasar ..Chavez; and the Rev. Lucius Walker, head of the Interreligious Foundation for Community Organization and a leader in the movement for social reparations.

Georgia legislator Julian 'Bond, announced earlier as a speaker, had to cancel because of a conflict in schedule.

The conference theme, according the NCCIJ executive director James T.. Harris, is "The stewardship of power in the Church: A piece of the action."

The four-day meeting will deal extensively with the question of reparations and the role of the Church in .social change.

First Major Event Background arid position papers on the key conference theme oJ religious wealth al,ld power will be issued before the conPrelate to Ex.pand vention, Harris said. More than a dozen workshops will take up Liturgy Commission vari'ous aspects of the theme.

JOLIET (NC)-Bishop Romeo Keynoting the event will be Blanchette of Joliet is seeking Sister Helen Kelley, president of candidates for membership on Immaculate Heart of Mary Colthe Diocesan Liturgical Com- lege, Los Angeles. mission, whose present' memCo-hosts with Loyola .College bership of 17 is to be expanded. are Marymount College, the The commission Will assist Catholic Human Relations Counthe diocese in implementing cil of Los Angeles and the Los present le~islation and adapting Angeles Association· of Laymen. itself to future liturgical develDelegates are expected from opments, according to Father aobut 30 states, Harris said. This Joseph Adam, pastor or St. Ste- is the first major event sponphen's Church, Joliet, and com- sored by the NCCIJ since he took mission chairman. its helm early this year.

Priests, Religious and laity inThe Chicago-based NCCIJ, terested in serving on the com- founded in 1960, coordina tes the mission have been asked by work of 150 local Roman CathBishop Blanchette to make their.. olic Interracial Councils and huqualification's known to him, man relations groups across the Those who wish to nominate nation. In addition, it operates its others may also do so by send- own programs in the areas of eding in their names and qualifi- ucation, health-care, housing, cations to the bishop or the and employment through the commission chairman. ecumenical Project Equality.

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. AR.CHIVIST: Sister Mary Claude, O.P., archivist of the Texas Catholic Archives, an extensive collection of source materials in the Catholic history of Texas, displays a photostat -copy of the dairy of the first bishop to work in Texas, Bishop J. M. Odin, eM., who was consecrated to be Vicar Apostolic of Texas in 1842.

Suggests Use· Priest A~serts 'Prayer. of the Patriot' Legal in Public Schools SIOUX CITY (NC) - Father James K. Lafferty, superintendeent of 'parochial schools of the Sioux City diocese, said he has developed a prayer which may be recited in Iowa's public schools without violating state law.

He presented what he calls the "Prayer of the Patriot" to local members of the Veterans of Foreign .Wars in an address here.

The prayer is composed of the second and final sentences of the Declaration of Independence, which reads:.

"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. , "And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on'the protection of divine Prov-

idence, we mutually pledge, our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor."

According to Father 'Lafferty, all porachial schools of northwest Iowa will 'be asked to make use of this prayer during the coming school year at the beginning of all classes in the field of social. studies. He also suggested that local citizens' groups request . their school boards to 'make use of it' in public schools.

Father Lafferty stated the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag, currently used in Iowa's public and private schools, is. not enough. "I think' that the Prayer of the Patriot gets more directly to the prejudice and bigotry of our day. Furthermore, it is more descriptive in the whole matter of human rights and our theistic heritage," Fahter Lafferty said.'

particularly to restrict the activities of the Students for a Democratic Society have been placed on th.e agenda of the 87th meeting of the Supreme Council of the Knights of Columbus, to be held here Aug. 19-21.

The resolution will be debated and voted on by the 387 official delegates to the Supreme Council, the topmost legislative body of the l,200,OOO-member society of Catholic men, when it meets here in executive session, The Knights are active in 5,600 councils in the United States, Canada, Mexico, the Philippines, Puerto Rico, Cuba, Guam and Guatemala. In addition to the official delegates from around the world, several thousand other visitors are expected to gather here for the convention.

A new skyscraper headquarters will be dedicated during the sessions.

Unlawful Acts F 0 u r different resolutions dealing with student violence have been sent by state jurisdictions to the supreme office of the fraternal society for placement on the agenda.

One states that whereas "a minority organiz!!tion known as the Students for a Democratic Society ~, * <:< does by sit-ins, rioting and violence disrupt and bring to a h~lt the academic ac-, tivities of our schools, re~olved that the Knights of Columbus, while respecting the rights and liberties of all people, denounces the unlawful acts of the Students for a Democratic Society."

Another resolution states that "we respect the students' right to dissent - within the framework of the democratic processes laid down by the colleges and civil law," but because "it is apparent that some authorities of certain institutions of higher learning are incapable of containing or handling these irresponsible demonstrations," the Knights "strongly support all legislation .necessary to prevent disorders on our college and university campuses."

Other resolutions being p'laced before the Supreme Council deal with the questions of public prayer, abortion, birth control, pornography and the crisis', of authority and allegiance in tile Catholic Church.

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By lRt. Rev. Msgr. John S. Kennedy In 1937 I preached a series of sermons at the Church of St. Paul the Apostle in New York City. What I remember in connection with that ancient experience is twofold. In the first place, in one talk there was an adverse reference to fascist totalarianism. This brought a threat on my life Henry Irving's company in the Shakespeare repertoire, and from a person who thought May nad made a modest sucwell of Hitler, and thereafter, cess.

while on the Church premises, I was guarded by two detectives..

In the second place, each time I went to New York, I attended a performance of Shakespeare's Richard II, with Maurice Evans in the title role.

Evans was not entirely new to Broadway. He had scored a personal triumph 10 St. Helena, in which he impersonated Napoleon.

But stunningly new was the staging of Richard II, a play which had not been acted in New York for three generations.

The verse was spoken marvelously, in the accepted, stodgy way of doing Shakespeare. Responsible for the production was Margaret Webster, then a novice director.

Miss Webster has now written a book, The Same Only Different (Knopf, 501 Madison Ave., New York, N. Y. 10022, $7.95), which concludes with her recollections of that historic success. Historic, I say, because prac~i_ca!ly all su~se9.uen~ pr~, ductlOns of Shakespeare 10 thiS country owe something to it.

Strolling Player Before she 'finally gets around to her directorial debut, Miss Webster reviews the history of five generations of Websters in the theatre. Her parents were both actors, Ben Webster and Dame May Whitty and a sister of hers were the first of their family to go on the stage but the Websters have been at it for almost 200 years.

Their original celebrity was Benjamin Webster (1798-1882), also known as Old Ben, Margaret Webster's great-grandfather. A strolling player in the days when actors were sniffed at as beyond the social pale, he eventually established himself as a London actor manager.

He sought to assemble the best acting companies possible, paid authors liberally, and put on elaborate productions.

Colorful Story His story is colorful and engrossing, starred as it is not only with great theatrical names but also with those of giants like Charles Dickens. During his time, the theatre began to attain respectability, chiefly as the result of royal patronage from, .surprisingly, Queen' Victoria.

Only one of his children was associated with the theatre. His son William, a lawyer, was the father of Miss Webster's father, known as Ben the Third, born in 1864. At an early age, this Ben was taken to a play about the Hunchback of Notre Dame, which so terrified him that for years it gave hi!11 nightmares.

May Whitty was already struggling to make her way as an actress when she first met Ben, who had not yet decided on a theatrical career. They were married in 1892, after Ben had been appearing with Sir

Eventual Recognition Miss Webster gives a full account' of her parents' years in the theatre, including the early . ones which they spent touring in Britain and in the United States.. 'I:'he legitimate stage was then in its heyday, without competition, from movies, talkies, or television: Troops abounded, and long tours were standard. The latter involved travel under most trying circumstances, playing in ancient, uncomfortable theatres, and staying in flea bag hotels of wretched lodging houses.

Each company offered a whole series of plays during a single. engagement. Thus, in her first appearance in leading roles, May Whitty had to learn 11 parts in 12 plays which would be given within a two-week interval. Each play was rehearsed only once.

Eventually there came recognition, regular work in London, and a home neal' Convent Garden where the couple lived for 47 years. There was association with Irving, Ellen Terry, Bernard Shaw, Mrs. Patrick Campbell, Granville Barker, and other luminaries of the theatre. May Whitty's greatest fame came when she was already 70; she made her first movie when 73.

Relief From Boredom Miss Webster, born in 1905, had the advantage of introduction, through her parents, to the top level of the theatrical world.

But she was undecided about becoming an actress. She might have gone to Oxford, was strongly inclined to do so, at last opted for the stage.

She acted with John Barrymore when he did Hamlet in London, with Sybil Thorndike in Saint Joan at the Old Vic, and on a hilariously described tour with the Ben Greet players in Shakespeare.

It was during acting assignments in long-running plays that she was, as she puts it, driven to directing. It began more as a relief from the boredom of doing the same part week after week, month after month. But it ended as being very much the lady's specialty. 'Presumably, we shall be told more of her direc'torial work in another volume.

Unfinished' Woman Another lady of the theatre is' Lillian Hellman, the American playwright. But there is very little of the theatre in her memoir, An Unfinished Woman (Little, Brown, 34 Beacon St., Boston, Mass. 02106. $7.50).

Miss Hellman is writing about herself: her ill-matched parents, her childhood spent between New Orleans an.d New York, her education, the men and women in her life, her experiences in Spain during the Spanish Civil War, and in Russia during and after World War II. She is frank and she is blunt.

She is also wisely selective and concise. She knows her faults and her mistakes, and she states them plainly and without apology. Many people have found her curt and abrasive; she has often been hard on others, but

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Await Federal, State Court Decisions 41 Cases Involve Church-State Relationship NEW YORK (NC) - Fortyone cases affecting religious freedom or separation of church and state-a record high-currently await decision in Federal and State, courts, ac,cording to a national survey' by the American Jewish Congress.

The findings were published in the ninth issue of a "Docket of Pending -Legislation" on church-state issues published hy the Commission on Law and Social Action of the American Jewish Congress.

Many of these cases are expected to reach the U.S. Supreme Court, -which faces a heavy agenda of lawsuits affecting the "establishment of religion" and "free exercise" clauses of the First Amendment, it was noted.

Joseph B. Robison, director of scarcely more so than on herself. , Raw Truthfulness Her views and her values one may not endorse in whole or in part, but one has to discern and admire in her an integrity which will not tolerate sham or bluff. The charm and glamor of Miss Webster's book are missing here, but Miss HeIlman's raw truthfulness exerts a fascination of its own.

One meets in these pages Hemingway, Fitzgerald, Dorothy Parker, Dashiell Hammett, and other people of renown. But it is Miss Hellman herself and some of the' obscure folk closely linked to her life who stand out.

The book concludes, "I left too much of me unfinished because I wasted too much time. However." However indeed, Miss Hellman certainly does not emerge from her autobiography as an unfinished personality.

the AJC Commission, said in the report: Broad Range "The court has made it clear that its activism extends to the area of religious freedom and separation of church and state . . . . It has done this by taking jurisdiction of, and deciding, a broad range of cases.

"Equally important, it has facilitated judicial disposition of constitutional issues affecting religion by its landmark decision of June 10, 1968, in Flast V. Cohen, upholding the right. of Federal taxpayers to test whether public funds are being spent in violation of the separation principle."

Among the cases expected to come before the high court during the next term, the survey noted, are lawsuits dealing with the tax exemption of churches; the right of conscientious objection on non-religious ground; church property and the use of public funds for religiously-affiliated schools. .

According to the survey, the largest number of pending Federal and state cases-14-involves the issue of public aid to sectarian schools. Of these, six are Federal cases arising under the Federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965. One suit chall,enges application of the Federal Higher Education Facilities Act of 1963 to religiously-affiliated colleges.

Challenge Tax Exemption The other seven active cases deal with free busing of pupils to church-operated schools (one case); the provision of auxiliary public services and equipment to sectarian schools (three cases) the assignment of public school teachers to parochial high schools (one case); direct finan-

dal sectarian school aid through the "purChase" of public educational services (one case), and financial assistance in the construction of facilities at colleges and universities (one case).

In addition to the 14 cases involving public aid to sectarian schools, the survey lists 15 cases which challenge other forms of government aid to religious eight involving religious practices in public schools and other public facilities; four challenging state and Federal tax exemption for church or commercial enterprises operated by churches; and three concerning issuance of a religious Christmas stamp, excessive compensation for condemnation of church proQerty and the funneling of income from private lands into church treasuries.

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