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Name Detroit Parley Delegates .~ Bishop Daniel A. Cronin has appointed seven members of the Fall River diocese to accompany him to a Bicentennial Confer-

ence on the theme "A Call to Action: Liberty and Justice for All," to be held from Oct. 21 to 23 in Detroit. Sponsored by

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the National Conference of Catholic Bishops, the meeting is intended as a practical implementation of the idealS expressed at the Eucharistic Congress held this month in Philadelphia.

Diocesan delegates have been chosen to represent a wide spectrum of ages and commitments within the Church. The Fall River· delegates are Rev. Michel G. Methot, Diocesan Director of' Adult and Clergy Education and assistant pastor of St. Lawrence's parish, New Bedford; Rev. George W. Coleman, Newman Ohaplain to the students of Cape Cod Community College and assistant pastor of Our Lady of Victory parish, Centerville.

Also Sister Elaine Heffernan, a Sister of Mercy· who is presently religious education director at H6ly Ghost parish, Attleboro; -Mrs. Charles Bardelis, Bicentennial coordinator for St. Patrick's parish, Falmouth; Mr. and Mrs. John Ross, representative of married couples with families, from the parish of St. Mark, Attleboro Falls.

Mr. David Costa, representative of youth, a senior at Coyle-· Cassidy High School and a

Bishop Croni~ Lifts 'Lantern Of Warning'

HOST INTRODUCES CARDINAL: Bishop Daniel A. Cronin introduces Cardinal Antonio Ribeiro, Patriarch of Lisbon, to congregation'at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church, New Bedford, where Patriarch celebrated Mass, met members of Portuguese community. At right is Rev. A. Castelo Branco, pastor of Immaculate Conception parish, also New Bedford. .

At a concelebrated Mass prior to the opening of the 94th annual meeting of the Supreme Council of the Knights of Columbus, closing today in Boston, Bishop Daniel A. Cronin raised a "lantern of warning" to sig·nal that "the moral fiber of our nation is weakening," and he called on Catholics to take action against the situation.

Speaking at a site not far distant from the Old North Church where beacons were hung to send Paul Revere on his journey of alarm, the Bishop delivered his caution and challenge during his homily at the Mass in the Turn to Page Sixteen

member of Sacred Heart parish, Tanton; Rev. Peter N. Graziano, Director of the Diocesan Department of Social Services and Special Apostolates and Diocesan Bicentennial Coordinator, Fall River.

Father Graziano said that the conference goal is to arrive at a Catholic expression of the meaning of liberty and justice for .an and a collective commitment to a course of social action over the next 5-10 years by the

Catholic Church of the United States. It is foreseen, he said, that the Conference will lead to ah increased social involvement of the American Catholic community that will help bring about a more just and free society.

The Detroit meeting, continued the Fall River director, will mark the climax of a year of parish, local and national preparations. Parish level consultaTurn to Page Three

Holy Union Meeting Opening Tonight The annual meeting of Immac- gram with an address, followed ulate Heart of Mary Province of by Mass in the convent chapel the Religious of the Holy Union with Msgr. John J. McClafferty of the Sacred Hearts will open of St. Francis de Sales parish, tonight at Sacred Hearts Con- New York City, as celebrant. A vent, Fall River. The four-day Turn to Page Fifteen conclave will have "Time for Remembrance" as its theme and will be triply commemorative, observing the nation's bicentennial, the 150th anniversary of the organization of the Holy QUITO, Ecuador (NC) - The Union community and the 90th 15 foreign bishops from Latin year since the religious made America and the United States their first American foundation arrested by military authorities in Fall River. at Riobamba as "subversives" Some 175 Sisters from all while they discussed ways to parts of the nine-state province help the poor, took a "Christ- will participate in the proceed- like stand" while in jail for 27 ings, which will be attended by hours; said a priest who was arMother Ignatius Loyola, superior rested with them. general of the international They insisted on being recommunity, who is in the United leased together with the rest of States on an official visitation the 57 persons herded by armed to Holy Union houses. sectirity agents into a bus, and Sister Marilyn Spellman pro- were willing to stay in jail as Turn to Page Eleven vincial, will open tonight's pro-

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Jimmy Carter and CathoJics 'Inconsistent'

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'Source of Fear'

Archbishop Bernardin WASHINGTON (NC) - The president of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops said Democratic presidential nominee -Jimmy Carter's position on abortion is still "inconsistent," but he also praised Carter for distancing himself from the Democratic party's platform plank opposing a constitutional amendment to overturn the Supreme Court's abortion decisions.

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Jim Castelli (Excerpts from an interview with Jimmy Carter conducted Aug. 9 by Jim Castelli, National Catholic News Service's federal reporter. The interview was Carter's first with the religious press since he won the Democratic presidential nomination and is copyrighted by NC News.)

Father Greeley Should Catholics be afraid of the Jimmy Carter-Walter Mondale ticket?

You bet your sweet life they shOUld. Carter represents the old tradition of Southern populism, ·which was fundamentally and often viciously anti-Catholic; lVIondale represents the kneejerk "liberal" or "progressive" strain of American political life,which is more subtle and latent Tum to Page Eleven

Q. You've indicated recently that your so-called "religious problem" was about over in Tum to Page Ten

HAPPy 98th: At Our Lady of Lourdes rectory, Taunton, Msgr. Emmanuel Souza de Mello, aided by Rev. Steven R. Furtado, celebrates Mass on his 98th birthday. The retired pastor ended the liturgy with an invitation to all present to return next year "for my 99th." He received congratulations from President and Mrs. Ford, Sen. Edward Kennedy and State Sen. and Mrs. John Parker. (Story on Page 15.)

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Fair Share BOSTON - The Campaign for Human Development of the Boston Archdiocese will continue to fund an organization pushing for changes in utility rate structures and other reforms despite 'opposition from Catholic businessmen. The organ'ization, Massachusetts Fair Share, will receive $85,000 from the CHD to help Fair Share's drive for electricity rate changes which the businessmen say could drive them out of business.

Mary Not Priest PHILADELPHIA - Renowned TV preacher, Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen, told an appreciative audience here that Jesus is against the ordination of women, that Sisters should return to the classrooms and that respect shown to the Eucharist is waning. "Mary was not a priest," the Archbishop told worshippers at a Eucharistic Congress Mass in honor of Mary. "If the Lord wanted women to be priests, He would have made His own mother a priest."

MEMPHIS - General absolution is included in a diocesan campaign here to bring "religiously inactive" Catholics back to the Church.

The campaign was launched by Bishop Caroll T. Dozier of Memphis during' a "Mini-Euchar/ istic Congress."

In a homily to over 1,700 persons gathered for the Congress Bishop Dozier said it was his responsibility to take the first step toward inactive ~tholics by "extending healing and reconciliation to them if they will but accept."

Ultimate Charity ST. PAUL - Donation of one's body upon death for an organ transplant or anatomical

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Threaten Chavez SAN FRANCISCO - Labor leader Cesar Chavez cancelled an appearance at the 41st Inter-national E~charistic Congress in Philadelphia because of threats against his life, sources report. Chavez, president of the United Farm Workers of America, was to have addressed the congress world hunger symposium. It was announced then that he could not come for compelling "personal business" reasons. Law enforcement agencies are investigating the threats.

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study is considered a "final act of charity" by the Church, a canon lawyer has said. Father John F. Kinney, chancellor of the St. Paul- Minneapolis archdiocese, said that "the gift' of the body to help other people is favorably looked upon as an act of neighborly love." Interest in the subject of organ transplants has grown in recent years.

TOKYO - There were 377,687 Catholics among Japan's 112 million people at the end of 1975, according to figures published here by Tosei News, Japan's Catholic news agency.

The agency said Japan had 1,923 priests, of whom 820 were natives and the rest foreigners, and 404 seminarians, of whom 373 w.ere Japanese.

Laymen to Vote ROME - Laymen will have a voice in choosing the successor to the late Cardinal Julius Doepfner of Munich and Freising, Germany, it was reported here.

The names of candidates chosen by laymen

to fill the office will be forwarded to the Vatican together' with those of candidates selected by the local hierarchy. . ,

Trouble in Guatemala GUATEMALA CITY - Six months after the February earthquakes brought havoc to Guatemala, its bishops have denounced the escalation of violence and widespread land speculation.

"Our homeland is undergoing an insufferable blood bath as subversion follows oppression, only to be further repressed by more force in an escalation of violence, "said aletter issued by the Guatemala Bishops' Conference. The letter scored government policies and performance since the earthquake, particularly concerning land reform.

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LA PAZ, BOLIVIA - After 20 months of government repression of labor, student groups and Church activists, men and Women Religious are spearheading a drive for recognition of human rights in this country.

The Conference of Religious Men and Women (CONFER) has asked the government of Gen. Hugo Banzar to lift the 1974 ban on labor unions, student associations and the political opposition.

It has also asked Banzar to free striking miners and to allow wage increases.

CONFER called on private business as well to improve wages and working conditions.

And Santo Domingo SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic Priests and nuns here have been threatened with death for helping farmworkers secure a tract of land under new tenure laws. One hired killer was arrested but then released by army authorities, according to documents filed with the office of President Joaquin Balaguer by five priests from east~rn towns.

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PORTUGUESE PATRIARCH: Left, Bishop Cronin leads Cardinal Antonio Ribeiro of Lisbon from the rectory to Our Lady of Mt. Camel Church, New Bedford, on Sunday, as the Patriarch celebrated Mass there.

Earlier (center) the Bishop presided at the Cardinal's Mass at Santo Christo Church, Fall River, and .(right) exchanged the Sign of Peace with him during the Mass.

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Thanks Philadelphia Dear Editor, I attended the 41st Eucharistic Congress with the theme being the "Hunger of the World."

I'm sure that everyone there went to fill himself with the body of Christ. , Thank you, Philadelphia, for your hospitality, policemen and Philadelphians. God bless you all.

Mrs. F.L. Bouchard North Dartmouth

Daily Rosary Dear Editor, Wllile visiting my parents this summer I ran across something very interesting and wondered how great it would be if it spread all over the country.

A young man who is a memo ber of the Blue Army started leading the rosary every morn· ing before Mass. One by one the people started arriving 15 minutes early each morning for this daily practice.

M~be if this. would spread, Russia would be converted and peace would be· granted to all mankind.

Marie Beshara Fall River

'Inconsistent'

Continued from Page One The NCCB president, Arch. bishop Joseph Bernardin of Cincinnati, made his comments in Edwin F. Spencer of New Bed- response to a copyrighted interford, a member of the Diocesan view with Carter by NC News Catholic Committee on Scouting Service.

In the interview Carter reand _a Bristol County Juvenile . stated his opposition to an court officer" has been appointed chairman of the Moby Dick amendment but said it was "inBoy Scout Council fall member- appropriate" for the platform to ship roundup program. He will "insinuate" that people did not be in charge of a recruitment have the right to seek an amenddrive by some 150 council Scout ment.

Carter also said that "abortion units, beginning Sept. 1 and conis wrong and that government tinuing through Dec. :n. ought not ever to do anything Spencer has been invo:ved in to encourage abortion." the ScoJting program for over Archbishop Bernardin also 40 years, serving as Scoutmaster, a troop committee chairman, confirmed that Carter had been and an Explorer post advisor in contact with NCCB staff.

William Ryan,' director of the and currently on the Moby Dick National Catholic Office of InCouncil executive board. An acformation, confirmed that Car~ tive conservationist, he has served on the faculty of the na- ter has spoken on the telephone tional Boy Scout camping school with the NCCB general secreand was instrumental in the re- tary, Bishop James Rausch.

"The only indirect contact inplacement of thousands of trees. v.olving me personally," Archdestroyed by fire at Camp Cabishop Bernardin said, "was an chalot, the local council's "high inquiry about a meeting between adventure base." myself and Gov. Carter.

The veteran Scouter is a for"While I have stated my openmer beautification chairman for ness to such a meeting through the city of New Bedford and a conference spokesman, I dehas served on the Massachusetts clined this particular request at Conservation Commission. He the-time because I felt that such was the 1967 recipient of the a meeting was premature."

Cape Verdean Recognition Asked what Archbishop BernarAward. din meant by calling a request for such a meeting premature.

Ryan said his "surmise" was 'that the ar~hbishop meant any THE ANCHOII Second Class Postage PaId at Fall River, meeting should wait until after Mass. Published every Thursday at 410 the Republican nominee is Hlahland Avenue, Fall River; Mass. 02722 named. Archbishop Bernardin by the Catholic Press of the Diocese of Fall would be available to meet with River. Subscription price by mall, postpaid $5.00 per year. both candidates, Ryan said.

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The Monogram Club of CoyleCassidy High School, Taunton, will hold its annual steak barbecue Sunday, Aug. 29 at the Italian Social Club on Columbus Boulevard, Taunton. The club grounds will be open at 11 a.m. and dinner will be served at 1 p.m., announced Edward J. Johnson and Antone Almeida, co-chairmen.

Tickets are available from Monogram Club members and at several TilUnton businesses.

Proceeds will support the high school athletic program. .

WON'T INTERPRET: The statement of President Ford, shown speaking at closing Mass of Eucharistic Congress, that he shared "deep apprehension" of Catholics about increased irreverence for life, will not be further interpreted .

by White House, said Press Secretary Ron Nessen. The crowd knew what the President meant, said Nessen.

Necrology AUG. 27 Rev. Msgr. Francisco C. Beltencourt, 1960, Pastor, Santo Christo, Fall River AUG. 29

Name Detroit Delegates Continued from Page One tions took place in 79 dioceses, including Fall River, where 2000 persons participated in discussions and filled in "feedback sheets" giving their opinions on eight major topics.

Similar reports from across the nation will form the basis for a five year pastoral plan to be presented to the American bishops for decision-making at their 1977 Spring Conference.

Important issues emerging from responses, said Father Graziano, are family life, the role of women in the Church, implications of understanding the Church as community, the use of the Church's material resources, Church involvement in social issues of ethnicity andTace, right to life programs, concern for the needs of the elderly and the loss of a sense of value in daily work.

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Keep the Spirit That time of year has come.

The first dread sign comes in the newspaper - advertisements for "going back to school" outfits.

The youngsters start counting off the days and the . hours.

The parents are probably doing the same thing - but for different reasons.

People are asking others, and especially themselves, where the Summer has gone. . Those who took vacations at the beginning of the Summer groan as they realize that they have a whole year to go through .before another vacation.

Those who have waited until now for vacation shudder to think that they will go right from vacation into the Fall.

All in all, a normal end-of-the-Summer experience.

Perhaps one lesson that can be learned from the Summer with its vacation opportunities is that the relaxation of Summer cannot be compressed into just ten weeks nor should it be.

Vacation, relaxation, recreation - all of these can be more states of mind than anything else.

The living of life must be done not in frantic, eagerlysnatched segments but beginning from within one's self.

A good book can be read any time of year. A drive at a leisurely and exploring pace is not confined to just certain months. A picnic can be just as adventuresome in Fall and Winter as in Summer. The opportunities for visiting family and friends are still to be had at all times of the year; indeed, there is greater hope of finding people home and in more receptive moods in off-season times.

So let the Summer slip away as it will. But try to keep the spirit.

A New Stage The recent International Eucharistic Congress in Philadelphia was characterized by a most positive spirit. People felt good about being there,' good about being Catholic, good about standing up and giving witness to the 'faith that is in them.

People felt good about dedicating themselves to a greater measure of holiness, of Christian involvement, of dependence upon God to enable them to do their work and His. Catholics have needed such a revitalization of spirit for a long time.

For the past decade or so a previous spirit of complacency was replaced by one of anxiety. The voices of false prophets sowed all too well their seed of frustration and negativism and shallow humanitarianism. The all too familiar defensive attitude of Catholics took on the added dimension' of panic.

As one saintly Churchman observed, "The devil was not allowing the Church to renew itself without difficulty."

But Catholics seem now to be at a different and more mature stage.

They are standing up with pride and stating what they' hold dear with simplicity and without apology. They are acting more like the significant number that they are and less .like' the ghetto minority that they so long were in another age.

Yes, the attitude is a most positive one and seems to indicate a new stage of growth and development in the Church here in the United States.

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A VISIT A man kneels in silent prayer in a small chapel . . . taking a few momennts from a busy day . . . to visit an unseen Friend ... whose Presence is suggested . . . by altar and tabernacle. .

It may be for him a period of peace . . . or a time of inner turmoil . . . a grappling with fear . . . or a moment of joy ... He may be asking for help . . . or forgiveness ... saying thanks . . . or just being still ... before his God. A cause to wonder! . . . God . . . so far beyond even our most daring dreams ... present with us ... as one of us . . . not just in chapel or church . . . but everywhere.

Sometimes we need to enter a special place . . . sacred with His Presence ... to remember He is with us in every place . . . to spend a conscious moment with. Him ... renewing our faith ... in His Presence with us at every moment.

"Know that I am with you always," ,'. . Jesus assures us ... "until the end of the world." (Matthew 28:20). '

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The. Law and Order Issue For example,' Norman CarlA recent Associated Press poll found that voters rank crime- son, director of the Federal Buboth crime in the streets and reau of Prisons, believes that "crime in the suites," or white "the prevailing public attitude, collar crime-with the economy which calls for a crackdown on as the top issues of the Novem- criminals but at the same time dictates more humane incarcerber presidential election.

In some ways, this concern is lition is a positive step towards misleading because the pres- solving some of the basic probident and the federal govern- lems facing the criminal justice ment are severely limited in system." ,Discussing developments aimed what they can do to fight crime, at treating prisoners more huwhich is most often a local and manely, Carlson said, "these community problem. changes are not designed to But the federal government pamper or coddle offenders, but does become involved in the rather eradicate the problems of fight against crime ina number the past. of ways: It deals with those who "For over 200 years, we have violate the federal criminal laws; locked up society's offenders in it provides financial and techni- cases that only serve to breed cal assistance to local law en- hostility, bitterness and further forcement officials and it offers crime. Depriving inmates of a model for state and local privacy and dignity has not governments to follow in deal- solved the nation's crime probing with crime and punishment. lem-it has only made it more Crime is often discussed in acute." terms of opposites - "cracking In Criminal's Favor down" on criminals versus codAt the same time, law endling them, custody versus re- forcement officials argue that habilitation, imprisonment ver- the certainty of punishment is sus alternatives. But these more important in reducing things are not necessarily con- ,crime than the severity of puntradictory. ishment.

Attorney General Levi uses the image of a lottery to describe punishment for criminals: the criminal, in committing a crime, is making a gamble that he will not be caught and, if caught, that he will not be punished and, right now, the odds are in the criminal's favor.

In addition to emphasis on the certainty of punishment for criminals, some law enforcement officials, are pressing for jail sentences for white collar criminals to help show that justice in America is "collar blind."

"It is hard to justify incarcerating the ghetto youth for theft of a car," notes Assistant Attorney General Richard Thornburgh, "while at the same time putting on probation the corrupt government official or crooked attorney who has abused his position and milked the public for larger sums of money."

All of this emphasis on imprisonment raises two related questions: First, how many criminals should be imprisoned and how many should be placed in half-way houses and other illternatives to imprisonment ~nd what is the purpose of imprisonment?

"Smaller, community-based facilities are beginning to prove that they are more appropriate and effective" than large prisons, the U. S. Catholic bishops said' in a 1974 statement on prison reform.

"Halfway houses, work contracts and other alternatives need to be more fully explored," the bishops said. "A sympathetic consideration of such approaches should precede any extensive remodeling of existing buildings or construction of contemplated new strutures." .The bishops, while acknowledging that prisons also serve to punish offenders and to protect society from the most violent criminals, argue that prison is "pre-eminentiiy ... a place for rehabilitation."

Law enforcement officials are reluctant to consider the primary purpose of prisons to be rehabilitation because of the failure of rehabilitation in the past.

But Carlson and others still see rehabilitation, if it is noncoercive and realistic, as a "laudable" part of prison life.

Amidst all the rhetoric that usually surrounds the "law and order" issue, a middle-ground, realistic consensus seems to be emerging. This consensus - in favor of swift, certain and humane punishment with adequate provisions for rehabilitationwill be much discussed in the 'Coming months.

Notre Dame Names Hall For Crowley NOTRE DAME (NC) - The University of Notre Dame will name the new building for its music department for an alumnus, the late Patrick F. Crowley, a Chicago attorney who with his wife founded the Christian Family Movement (CFM).

Crowley, who died in 1974, and his wife, Patricia Crowley, founded CFM in 1949 as an Apostolic movement of married couples and their families which grew into an international social action organization of more than 100,000 couples in some' 60 countries.

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The Permanent Diaconate .

Papal Diaconate

By REV. JOHN F. MOORE At this juncture of this series, it would be well for us to take a closer look at the statements of Vatican II and the declarations of Pope Paul concerning the permanent diaconate.

The Council's principal statement on the diaconate is contained in the Constitution on the Church (Lumen Gentium, #29).

Because of its importance in providing a basis for all that has followed in the Church, it is worth quoting in full: "At a lower level of hierarchy are deacons, upon whom hands are imposed not unto the priesthood, but unto the ministry of service," For strengthened by sacramental grace, in communion with the bishop and his group of priests, they serve the People of God in the ministry of the liturgy, of the word and of charity.

"It is the duty of the deacon, to the extent that he has been authorized by competent authority, to administer baptism solemnly, to be custodian and dispenser of the Eucharist, to assist at and bless marriages in the name of the Church, to bring Viaticum to the dying, to read the sacred Scripture to the faithful, to instruct and exhort the people, to preside at the worship and prayer of the faithful, to administer sacramentals, and to officiate at funeral and burial services. Dedicated to duties of charity and of administration let deacons be mindful of the admonition of Blessed Polycarp: 'Be merciful, diligent, walking according to the truth of the Lord, who became the servant of all,' "These duties, so very necessary for the life of the Church, can in many areas be fulfilled only with difficulty according to the prevailing discipline of the Latin Church. For this reason, the diaconate can in the future be restored as a proper and permanent rank of the hierarchy. It pertains to the competent territorial bodies of bishops, of one kind or another, to decide, with the approval of the Supreme Pon- tiff, whether and where it is opportune for such deacons to be appointed for the care of souls.

With the consent of the Roman Pontiff, this diaconate will be able to be conferred upon men of more mature age, even upon those living in the married state," On June 28, 1967, Pope Paul outlined 11 specific tasks which a bishop can assign to a deacon: They are as follows: 1. Assisting bishops and priests

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at liturgical functions 2. Administering baptism 3. Reserving the Eucharist, distributing it (to himself and others),' taking it to the dying, giving Benediction 4. Acting as the official witness at weddings where a priest is not present 5. Administering sacramentals and presiding at funerals and burial services . 6. Reading the Scriptures to the people and preaching 7. Presiding at services of worship and prayer in the absence of a priest 8. Conducting services of the Word, especially in the absence of a priest 9. Performing charitable and administrative duties and works of social welfare "in the name of the hierarchy" 10. Administering scattered communities of Christians "in the name of the parish priest and the bishop 11. Encouraging and promoting the lay apostolate.

Most of these activities relate to the liturgical functions of the deacons. His ministry of service is left rather vague on the sound principle that circumstances will determine this according 'to the needs of the local church. For this reason, each diocesan program sets Its own tone within the framework of these guidelines.

F'orm Institute For Deacons COLLEGEVILLE, Minn. (NC) -A new support group for U. S. deacons, the Permanent Diaconate Institute, was formed at the National Conference of Deacons held here and attended ty some 40 permanent deacons and deacon candidates from all over the country.

The new institute will serve as a clearing house for informa· . tion, ideas and common interests for all permanent deacons in the United States through annual meetings.

"Service is the crux of being a deacon," Msgr. Fiedler told deacons in an address opening the meeting. He quoted the second chapter of the Epistle to the Philippians, saying it should be the deacon's basic text. The chapter speaks of Christ "taking the nature of a servant, Msgr.

Fiedler noted.

Bishop Walter Schoenherr, auxiliary of Detroit, a member of the Bishops' Committee on Permanent Diaconate, told· dea-

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Cardinal Offers Cho'risinatic Congress Mass PHILADELPHIA (NC)-About 40,000 Catholics clapped, cheer-

ed and sang in tongues at a three-hour charismatic Mass for pentecostal leaders at the Eucharistic Congress here.

The Mass, celebrated by Car-

cons that the first seven deacons chosen by the Apostles were "men who were full of the Spirit and full of wisdom. You notice they put 'full of the Spirit' first," he said.

The meeting included workshops on spirituality, continuing education, the theological relationship between Holy Orders and Matrimony, clericalism, formation programs and integrating the deacon into the diocese.

The latter is a problem, according to on«r workshop chairman who said: "Primarily when we are ordained, we are integrated into the diocese. Actually and functionally we are not," One participant said integration can be effected by estab· Iishing credibility.

We have to prove ourselves, then we will be used," he said.

"Once priests realize we're not there to replace them but to help them, then they won't feel threatened and put us to good use," Wives of deacons, in their own workshops, evaluated their roles in their husbands' ministry ar,d saw it primarily as one of support.

dinal Leo Suenens of MalinesBrussels, Belgium and about 60 bishops, was one of the bestattended of the solemn liturgies at the 41st International Eucharistic Congress. Although American and Canadian bishops generally expressed satisfaction with the Mass; three Polish bishops called it "madness" and said they were scandalized by it.

The charismatic Mass at Veterans' Stadium - dubbed "the giant prayerroom of the Lord" by homilist Bishop Joseph Mc- ' Kinney, auxiliary of Grand Rapids-was an important step in the charismatics' quest for respectability within and acceptance by the Church.

The liturgy's moderator, Father James Bartolucci from upstate New York, told Mass participants in an emotional talk during Communion to "expect miracles" at the Mass.

The priest said "If anyone here has never surrendered his life to the Lord Jesus Christ, tonight he calls you to do it," Belgian primate Cardinal Suenens ad-libbed occasionally during the Mass prayers, closing one prayer, "We ask this through Christ - and, Father, cannot say no, because we are asking in Christ's name," Wonderful Day When the Canon speaks of joining Christ "in the light of your presence," the Cardinal added, "0 Lord, what a won~erful day that will be'"

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To the sound of flutes and charismatic hymns, people clapped and skipped around the infield and the stadium aisles after Mass.

Bishop McKinney, who said that he needs to attend weekly prayer meetings, told participants: "I' experienced a whole new way of life when I learned to let the word of God go through me instead of me going through the scriptures," Responding to criticism that charismatics are not socialminded, the youthful, athleticlooking prelate said, "The great new thing that the Lord is doing in our day is to lead us to the great value Of covenant and prayer communities.

Members in covenant communities make a variety of pledges about living in households and sharing goods.

The liturgy began quietly. The first show of charismatic gifts took place only at the Consecration when the crowd began singing in tongues. "Prophecies" and alleged healings were announced. Many non-charismatics attended the Mass.

An elderly lady turned to two peers who were impatient to leave and told them, "Stick around; you'll never see anything like this again,"

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NJew Life Styles Esc,h.ew

NCCW Receives National Citation WASHINGTON (NC) - The National Council of Catholic Women (NCCW) has received national recognization for its efforts in assisting the elderly and the handicapped.

A citation was presented to Mrs. Arthur Horsell, president of NCCW for the organization's participation in "Operation Independence," a project dealing exclusively with aging. . The award is given by the National Voluntary Organizations for Independent'Living for the Aging,' a program of the National Council on the Aging of the Department of Health, Education and Welfare (HEW).

The project involves programs in 18 dioceses, supplying such services as visiting the elderly, transportation, meals, Social Security assistance, Medicare and Medicaid assistance, help in obtaining discount prescriptions and a wide variety of advocacy programs.

The NCCW was among six national voluntary organizations and 22 local communities receiving the citation.

Irresistible Invasion "As our humanity assimilates the material world, and as the Host assimiliates our humanity, the eucharistic transformation goes beyond and ... irresistibly invades the universe."-Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

Picture B,o,ok Fas,hi·o·ns I just come home from a minor league baseball game where one of the most enjoyable sights was a tiny ten-yearolder named Mimi who was playing outfield. The slant of the hat on her blonde' curls, the yell to her fellow players and the very, very profesthere will be women sional baseball stance let in While the world who will bUy these everyone know she was def- styles, members of the jet set, initely a member of that Texas cattlemen's wives and the team. However, I couldn't help but think gals like Mimi who are growing up in a world where equality is hopefully going to be

By MARILYN RODERICK

NEW DOMINICAN: Sister Deborah Blow, a.p. of Ellenburgh, N.Y. makes her first profession as a Dominican Sister of St. Catherine of Siena in ceremonies at the" community's motherhouse in Fall River. Rev. Richard Fleet, a.p., of St. Stephen'S Priory, Dover, witnesses reception of promises by Sister Anita Pauline, a.p., right, superior general. Rev. Thomas Lopes, St. John Baptist parish, New Bedford, concelebrated'liturgy and music was directed by Sister Lucille Gauvin. Sister Deborah will continue studies in religious education at Providence College, while living at the Dominican novitiate in North Dartmouth.

Riding a Bik,e, Sailing a Bloat Blot-h. Easy, If You Know H·ow Last week I wrote about my re-learning to sail a boat.

Convinced I had done everything wrong the first day, there was nothing left to do wrong the second day. It was going to be a breeze.

It was. ~ stiff breeze.

The same book of instructions I took off like a shot. that doesn't warn about mothers I was sorry I hadn't trying to sail also says a kid brought one of the kids with can right a capsized boat in 15 me. It was so thrilling it should have been shared. But my intention was to take the boat out for a while, get the feel of it f {'

By MARY CARSON

with heavier wind, and then come back and take the kids one by one.

The Holy Spirit was with me -or more precisely, with the kids-when I went ·'alone.

I had a big triangular course pianned that - would .finish up back on our beach.

Everything Wrong As I made my turn into the second leg of the triangle, I guess I did everything that could be done wrong . . . all at the same time.

Within a' split second, I capsized the boat.

seconds.

I had studied what to do if you capsize. And I played the game by all the rules, in the book. Except in the book, the kid was in waist -deep water ... and I was in about 16 feet of water. And in the book, it was a dead calm.

In more like 15 minutes than 15 seconds, I managed to check everything they said, swam around to the bottom of the boat, reached up, took hold of the keel, braced my foot against the bottom of the boat ... and lost my grip (That part wasn't in the book.)

Several more tries, and I finally had the sail coming up.

The wind caught it and turned it right over again. Except this this time, instead of lying on its side, it was now completely upside down.

Long Vacation Fortunately, as it came over, instead of clobbering me, it just pushed me under the water.

Unfortunately, my husband and the kids didn't know that.

They were watching from the house, completely helpless . . . and couldn't see that I was safe,

on the other side of the 'boat.

Those few minutes made it a very long' vacation for them. .

Towed Home Just then-out of nowherea father and daughter in il small outboard sailed l,lP and asked if I needed help. , The young girl got in the water with me, and in 15 seconds; righted the boat. I dropped the sail, and they towed me home.

As a grand finSlle, as we were alongside our beach, I climbed out on the deck to untie the tow line ... and fell overboard.

We were all most grateful to the rescue team. My husband and kids were relieved. I was bruised, exhausted, and content to give up sailing... for that vacation, anyway.

That evening I wanted to go for a ride on a bike. They didn't want to let me out. They were afraid I'd capsize the bike. , I went for a walk.

more than a word in the dictionary are going to demand a life style that is slightly different, and the clothes to go with it.

Even the life style of those 'of us who grew up in a world where we weren't allowed on the little league field have discovered or demanded clothes made for the life we lead. Feminine, yes, comfortable, of course, but most of all geared to a life of activity and change.

That· life we lead may start with breakfast in our own kitchen progress to a luncheon meeting at a club and finish with a hot dog on a park bench watching our son or· daughter on first base. Clothes for such an 'existence have a very busy and active life and while we want them to make us -look our very best they can't be fussy.

That is why St. Laurent's new winter collection' belongs in an animated fairy tale, a dream sequence in a movie or the final chorus of a beautiful musical but never, never in the closet of the average American woman.

IEven the 'writers and critics who viewed the showing and admitted that the clothes were beautiful and had to add that they are "impractical, fantastic, and egotistical:' They are. the most beautiful colors imaginable but the yards of material, the ethnic influences, and the lushness of the fabrics caused the comment that you could never' get through a subway turnstile in one.

:women of the oil countries to whom fashion is just another place to spend monsy, the overage American woman will not.

There hasn't been such a radical change in fashion since St. Laurent's former idol Dior' came forth with the New Look in 1947. At that time women had been through so many sacrifices due to World War II that they were looking for something out of the ordinary. Today our life styles can't cope with this type of frivolity.

These new designs are like beautiful paintings but they really are going to look out of place at the P-TA.

Sflang Faculty

At Workshop Five faculty members at Bishop Five faculty members at Bishop Stang High School, North Dartmouth, participated in a recent three-day workshop for Sisters of Notre Dame engaged in the education apostolate.

Held at Elnmanuel. College, Boston, the program was attended by Sister Kristen Hokanson, Sister Eleanor Keane, Sister Loretta Sexton, Sister Julie Denise Sullivan and Sister Margaret Welch. Sessions emphasized justice education, centering on themes of "dreaming, ministering and creating" and conferees represented Notre Dame de Namur high schools in 17 states.

Topics discussed included basic education philosophy, interrelations of communities and educators and interdisciplinary approaches to cultures and -lan- , guages.

In her keynote address, Sister Martha Julie Keehan, professor of economics at Trinity College, Washington, D. C., emphasized the importance of teachers in the education process. "Formerly," she said, "we were judged by the questions we we asked our students; now we may be judged by the questions we allow our students to ask us."

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'Created for Wholeness'

By GERARD E. SHERRY

PHILADELPHIA (NC) - "Suffering for suffering's sake is of no value," said the homilist, and the man in the wheelchair said "Amen. Only through the Lord I do I survive."

The scene was the John F. Kennedy Stadium here and the event, a Mass for the physically handicappped during the 41st International Eucharist Congress.

Several thousand were wheeled or carried on to the verdant turf to sit before an altar for the Mass concelebrated by Cardinal George Flahiff of Winnipeg, Canada.

Thousands more were in the stands and most wept as the homilist, Archbishop Samuel Car-

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ter of Kingston, Jamaica, reminded them that "We have been created for life, not death . . . we have been created for wholeness, not brokenness."

"This is our aspiration, this is our destiny: to be whole, to be healed," Archbishop Carter said.

"None of us feels at ease with suffering; with pain none of us is comfortable. Man is made for happiness and yet in this life man suffers.

"And the paradox of life is that oftentimes the pathway to happiness and joy is strewn with sorrow, pain, and suffering," he said.

"We are like Job who experiences plenty and want, happiness and suffering. Yes, my dear brothers and sisters, deep in his

heart man has hunger for wholeness and happiness - just as he has hunger for bread. Man hungers for bread, for happiness, but above all man hungers for God. "Experience tells us that no one escapes suffering. Faith tells me that there is more to suffering than meets the eye," the archbishop continued. "Just as we see mere bread before our eyes, so too do we see the mangled, arthritic joints, the poliostricken limbs, the sightless, the muted lips and the limp legs.

"But is that all there' is? The bread, the ill-formed limbs. Is that all there is? We gaze through the lens of faith and we see more than mere broken bodies and malformed limbs. No, that is not 'all there is," Archbishop Carter said.

"The same faith in Jesus which makes us experience His presence in the Eucharist, is the same faith that allows us to see through our sufferings, to see through the visible things so as to 'share in his glory.' That is, life in abundance, wholeness, and life eternal.'

People wept also when Cardinal James Knox, papal legate, went among the wheelchairs and the stretchers to anoint the handicapped and pray over each of them asking God's blessing and deliverance from suffering.

The only dry eyes in the stadium at that point were those of the sufferers themselves whose smiles seemed to verify the words of Archbishop Carter, "Faith tells us and experiences confirm that suffering can be beneficial for the transformation of others."

As Cardinal Knox finished annointing., her, a little girl in leg braces turned to her mother and said, "He looks sad, Mummy, but he's cute."

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ST. STANISLAUS, FALL RIVER

Plans have been announced for a visitation pilgrimage of the parish icon of Our Lady of Czestochowa, which will begin a six-year period during which the Polish Madonna will be especially venerated in preparation for the 60th anniversary of the arrival of original icon in Poland. Parish families will be invite4 to have the icon in their homes for a one-week period, during which it will be possible to arrange a home service with one. of the parish priests.

ST. ANNE, NEW BEDFORD

The second annual parish bazaar is scheduled for 6 to 11 p.m. tomorrow and from 1 to 11 p.m. Saturday and Sunday on the church grounds. Included in the program will be a flea market, game booths and live entertainment. Refreshments will be available, and a raffle for $1000 cash, a 17-inch color television and an AM/FM radio, tape and record player will be held.

HOLY NAME, FALL RIVER

Students in need of uniforms may come to the school to be measured between 9:30 and 11 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 7. When school opens,.a magazine drive will be conducted by 'students and parishioners are asked to make subscription renewals with them. It is also requested that' Campbell's Soup labels. Post cereal box tops and Almac register receipts be ,saved for the school in order that various items of equipment may be ob:tained.

New parish choir members are needed and may call Rev. William G. Campbell for further information.

BLESSED SACRAMENT, FALL RIVER·

The Women's Guild will sponsor bus trips to Chateau de Ville Sunday, Sept. 12 for a performance of "South Pacific"; to the Danbury Fair Sunday, Oct. 3; to Chateau de Ville Sunday, Nov. 7 for "Oklahoma!"; and to New York City for a theatre and shopping trip Saturday, Nov. 20.

Reservations may be made with Helen Ouellette, telephone 6744050.

The 1923 Club will begin a 20-week cycle Sunday, Sept. 5.

Those wishing to join may noti. ST. PATRICK, fy the rectory.

CCD teachers are needed for WAREHAM 7th and 8th grade classes. VolThe parish will sponsor a unteers may contact Rev. Bruce Summerfest Dance from 8 p.m.

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SACRED HEART, NEW BEDFORD

A Bicentennial mini-bazaar will be held from 5 to 11 p.m.

Friday, Sept. 17 and from 1 to 11 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 18 in the new parish center and on the church grounds. A $1000 cash raffle will take place and many small cash and gift awards will also be made.

ST. JOSEPH, FAIRHAVEN

A color film, "For Pete's Sake," will be shown at 8 p.m.

Saturday, Aug. 28 in the school hall at Spring and Delano Streets. Admission will be free and families and friends are invited to this) depiction of the "turbulent world of leather and daredevil r~ces in which one man discovers the greatest adventure of all."

Gold "Nothing is to be h~d for gold but .mediocrity."-:-Schopenhauer

ST. JOHN EVANGELIST ATTLEBORO

The CYO will coordinate a folk Mass to mark the opening of school at 5 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 12. All high school students are welcome to attend the liturgy and participate in the.activities t~ follow in the school gymnasium.

Seton Club To Mark Birthday of Saint HARRISBURG (NC)-The Seton Club here will hold the first birthday observance for St. Elizabeth Ann Seton since her canonization in Rome last fall with a celebration at Our Lady's Grotto at Mount St. Mary's Emmitsburg, Md., August 28.

The day-long event will include an outdoor Mass at the Grotto and a Benediction Service at St. Joseph's Chapel. Students in the Harrisburg area and members of various religious orders named "Elizabeth Ann" wi1'l be honored as· special guests.

Flea Market Regina Pacis Center, New Bedford, will hold a Giant Flea Market at St. Hyacinth Church Hall, 171 Rivet Street, also New Bedford, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

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FALMOUTH

OUR LADY OF THE CAPE Schedule effective June 27· Oct. 10 Masses: Sunday-8:30, 10:00, 11:30 AM. Saturday Eve.-5:00 and 6:30 P.M. Daily-8:00 AM. except Wed. 7:30 P.M. Confessions: Saturday-4:00-5:00 P.M. and 6:006:30 P.M.' First Friday-7:00-7:30 P.M.

ST. PATRICK Schedule effective weekend of June 26-27 Masses: Sunday-7:00, 9:00, 10:00, 11:15 and 5:30 P.M. Saturday Eve-5:30 and 7:00 P.M. Daily-7:00 A.M. - Saturdays 8:00 A.M.

FALMOUTH HEIGHTS EAST BREWSTER

AFfER CONGRESS: Holy Cross Fathers and Brothers of St. Joseph's Hall, North Dartmouth, were hosts to Cardinal Maurice Otunga, Archbishop of Nairobi, Kenya, following Eucharistic Congress. Holy Cross Congregation is active in Cardinal Otunga's archdiocese and Rev. Philip Kelly, C.S~C" director of St. Joseph's Hall, met prelate last year while in Mrican nation. In picture the Cardinal greets area wellwishers.

Barbecue to Aid Migrant Workers Friends of the Novitiate of the Dominican Sisters of the Presentation will hold a country fair and chicken barbecue at 3012 Elm St., Dighton, on Sunday, Aug. 22.

The fair will be held from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. and the barbecue will be served from noon to 3 p.m. Tickets "for the' latter may be obtained from any member of the Friends or from any Sister at St. Anne's Hospital, Fall River, Marian Manor, Taunton or Madonna Manor, Attleboro. They are also available at the community's novitiate in

IMMACULATE CONCEPTION Schedule effective June 27 - Labor Day Masses: Sunday-8:00, 9:30, 11:00 AM. -- Saturday Eve.-4:30 and 6:00 P.M. BUZZARDS BAY

ST. MARGARET'S Masses: Sunday-8:00, -9:00,10:00, 11:00, 12 Noon and.,.7:30 P.M. Saturday Eve.-5:00 and 6:30 P.M. Daily-8:00 AM. Confessions: Saturday-4:00-5:00 and 7:00-8:00 P.M.

Dighton and St. Mary's .rectory, South Dartmouth. .

A feature of the country fair will be a huge flea market "with articles people have been lookONSET ing for for years," say organST. MARY-STAROF THE SEA izers. There will also be 'games I.1asses: Sunday-8:30, 9:3Q, 10:30, 11:30 AM: for all ages.

Saturday-6:30 p;rvr.

Daily 9:00 AM. Proceeds of the Bicentennial event will help support the Confessions: Saturday-3:30-4:30 P.M. and after opening of a second health clinic 6:30 P.M. Mass for migrant workers in the di- . ocese of Brownsville, Tex., " CENTERVILLE where the Dominican Sisters of OUR L<\DY OF VICTORY St. Anne's Hospital have for many years staffed Qne such Masses: Sunday-7:00, 8:15; 9:30, 10:45,' 12 noon Saturday Eve.-5:00 and 7:30 P.M. clinic. " Daily-7:00 and 9:00 AM. First Fridays-Ultreya-8:00 P.M. First Friday Masses at 7:00 and 9:00 A.M.

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ST. THOMAS CHAPEL Schedule effective weekend of June 26-27 Masses: Sunday-8:00, 9:00, 10:00, 11:l5 A.M. Saturday-4:30 P.M: Daily-8:00 AM.

HYANNIS

ST. FRANCIS XAVIER Masses: Sunday-7:00, 8:00, 9:00, 10:00, 11:00, 12:00 A-'M, and 5:00 P.M. Saturday Eve.-5:00 and 7:30 P.M. Daily-7:00 A.M. and 12:10 P.M.

YARMOUTHPORT

SACRED HEART Masses: Sunday-9:00 AM.' Saturday Eve.-5:00 P.M.

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ST. RITA Schedule effective July 3 - Sept. 5 Masses: Sunday-8:30, 10:00, 11:15 A.M. Saturday-5:00 P.M. Daily-8:30 AM. .

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ST. ANTHONY Masses: Sunday-7:00, 8:30, 10:00, 11:30 AM. Saturday-8 AM.-4:30 and 7:00 P.M. Daily-8:00 A.M.

NANTUCKET

OUR LADY OF THE ISLE Schedule starts weekend May 29 Masses: Sunday-7:30. 9:30, 11:30 A.M. and 7:00 P.M. Saturday Eve.-5:00 and 7:00 P.M. Daily-7:30 AM. (Saturdays 9:00 A.M.) Rosary before 7:30 A.M. Mass daily

SIASCONSET

UNION CHAPEL Masses: Sunday-8:45 AM. July and August

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SACRED HEART Masses: Sunday-8:00, 9:15, 10:30 AM. Saturday Eve.-5:15 & 7:00 P.M. Daily-7:00 AM.

ORLEANS

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Schedule effective June 19-20 - Labor Day Mas;es: Sunday-8:00, 9:00, 10:00, 11:00 AM. Saturday Eve.-5:00 and 7:00 P.M. Daily-8:00 AM. Our Lady of Perpetual Help Novena-Wednesday Morning Mass at 8:00 A.M.

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of Churches and Masses Mass Schedule for Summer Season NORTH EASTHAM

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Schedule effective June 19·20 - Labor Day Masses: Sunday-8:30, 9:30, 10:30, 11:30 A.M. Saturday Eve.--5:00 and 7:00 P.M.

Masses: Sunday-7:00 P.M.

WAREHAM ST. PATRICK

OSTERVILLE OUR LADY OF THE ASSUMPTION

Masses: Sunday-7:00, 8:30, 10:00, 11:30 A.M. Saturday Eve.-5:00 and 7:30 P.M. Daily-7:00 A.M. Confessions: Saturday-4:15· 5:00 P.M.

SANTUIT ST. JUDE'S CHAPEL

Masses: Sunday-9:00 and 10:30 A.M. .

Saturday-5:00 P.M. Confessions: Saturday-4:15· 5:00 P.M.

MASHPEE QUEEN OF -:UL SAINTS Masses: Sunday-8:30, 10:00, 11:30 A.M. Saturday Eve.-5:00 and 7:30 P.M. . Confessions: Saturday...:....4:15· 5:00 P.M.

POCASSET ST. JOHN THE EVANGELIST

Schedule begins June 20 - Aug 29 .

Masses: Sunday-7:30, 8:30, 9:30, 10:30, 11:30 A.M. Saturday Eve'-5:00 and 7:00 P.M. Daily-7:30 A.M. Confessions: Saturday - 4:00·4:45 P.M. and following 7:00 P.M. Mass for half·hour

PROVINCETOWN ST. PETER THE APOSTLE

Masses: Sunday-7:00, 9:00, 10:00, 11:00 A.M., 7:00 P.M. Saturday Eve.-7:00· P.M. Daily-7:00 A.M. and 5:30 P.M. (except Saturday) Confessions: Saturday-4:00 - 5:00 P.M. and 6:45 P.M.

SANDWICH

Schedule for July and August Masses: Sunday-7:00, 8:00, 9:00, 10:00, 11:30 A.M. and 5:00 P.M. Saturday Eve.-4:00 and 6:00 P.M. Daily-7:00 A.M. and 9:00 A.M. Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament follows the 7:00 A.M. Mass and continues until 5:00 P.M. on 1st Fridays - Confessions: Y2 hour before Masses & Sat. 3:00 P.M.

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WEST WAREHAM ST. ANTHONY

Schedule July and August Masses: Sunday-9:00, 10:30 A.M. Saturday Eve.-7:00 P.M. Confessions: Y2 hour before Mass

WELLFLEET OUR LADY OF LOURDES

Schedule effective June 12 Masses: Sunday-8:00, P:OO. 10:00. 11 :00 A.M Saturday Eve.-5:00, 6:00 and 7:30 P.M. Daily-9:00 A.M. Confessions: Sat: 4:30·5:00 P.M.

TRURO SACRED HEART

Schedule effective June 12 Masses: Sunday-9:30 A.M. Saturday-7:00 P.M.

NORTH TRURO OUR LADY OF PERPETUAL HELP

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THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Thurs. Aug. 19, 1976

Jimmy Carter and Catholics: An Explanation Continued from Page One point I'd make, is that our pub- Democratic platform talks about Q. Would it be fair to say that in the public schools. Do you terms of people being concerned lic opinion polls have shown, seeking constitutionally accept- you're rejecting the platform have a position? ~bout your religious beliefs, and since the convention, on a na- able ways to do that. Do you plank?

A. Yes, I d.,on't think that any so on. Can you explain why you tionwide basis, that I have, favor that?

A. I just don't agree with the person should be forced to pray feel that way? strong support among all reliA. Yes I would have no ob- wording of the plank. The insin- at a certain time or pray in a A. Well, in the first place, I . gious groups and that there is 'jection to that. Obviously, I uation of the plank's opposition certain fashion in the public Ibelieve that the co-called preju- no prejudice against me because would have taken an oath before to citizen effort or, to legislative schools. I think private prayer dice against me because I'm a of my religion.

God, to honor the laws of my effort to amend the Constitution ought to be permitted but to Southerner and because I'm a country and I certainly would as inappropriate is what I object require prayer, I don't approve.

Parochial Schools Baptist was overestimated to do it. But the indication of' my to.

Q. One of your aides said you I think the court rulings on that begin with. Most people in this met with Sen. Thomas Eagleton own, not just acceptance,but Q. Under what circumstances, subject are proper. country, I think, have a remark(D-Mo.). Were you attempting to active pursuit of aid to students if any, would you approve of the Q. Can you give me one exable absence' of prejudice belearn about life in St. Louis, for who go to private colleges use of Medicaid funds, for ex- ample in which your religious cause of one's own religion. would be an indication of. my ample,. to pay for abortion? example, from Sen. Eagleton? convictions have shaped your We have seen this demonwiIlingness-as long as the pubA. Yes, that was one of the A.. I would not approve of it political actions and an example strated very vividly in the lic money is not used for reliSouth. Georgia, for instance, things we discussed. As you gious instruction, then I see no at all. If the court should rule in' which you set aside your own that it must be done, obviously personal religious convictions? .voted for Al Smith in 1928 and probably \know, there was a incompatability ther,e.

I would have to comply, and A. Well, my own religious in 1960 there was a great deal referendum in Missouri about Q. You would approve of sec- carry out the laws of our coun- convictions on the abortion issupport for parochial schools. of prediction that John Kennedy ular funding for secular subjects? try, but I don't favor the use of sue are in conflict with the laws could not carry Georgia, but we This is a matter that I've had A. Yes, obviously, if the laws 'federal money for abortions. that our nation must observe and gave him a bigger margin of to address as governor of GeorQ. And you oppose payment I favored the very strict aborvictory in our state than he got gia. We've had a lot.of parochial and the interpretation of the for abortion in programs like tion law that Georgia had origeven in Massachusetts. There £chools in our ow.n state; the Constitution would permit.

Abortion national health insurance? inally. But after the Supreme were a lot of similar pre- most heavy concentration is in A. That's correct.

Court ruled, as governor of the Q. Since we're talking about dictions that I couldn't carry the Savannah region.

I visited there often. As a the Supreme Court and the ConHierarchy state, it was mandatory that I states outside the South. I had Q. One of the groups con- comply with the ruling. That's problems, but remarkable suc- matter of fact, all four years stitution, one of the concerns that I was governor, I went of a number of people, Catholics cerned about the abortion issue one instance where my own becess there.

So that's one reason, that the over and spent all day at a St. and otherwise, about the abor- has been the Catholic hierarchy. Iiefs were in violation of, rather innate prejudice of peopl~ Patrick's Day celebration. I al- tion. plank ·in the Democratic Have you had any contacts with in conflict with the laws of our against me because of my reli- ways went to Mass every morn- platform opposing an amend- the hierarchy or any plans for country. gion' was overestimated to begin ing and so forth. 'ment to overturn the court's de- meetings?

I ·try to utilize my own reliI'm familiar witli the tremen- cisions is that many people feel with Secondly, because of my A. Yes, I've had contacts, gious beliefs as a constant guide success in the primaries, people dous contribution that has been that it is an effort to deny them with them, both directly and in- in making my decisions as a pribegan to study the beliefs of made in the educational pro- their constitutional right to seek directly. I hope to continue vate or public citizen. We've had Southern Baptists and they de- cesses of our country by people, redress, to attempt to amend the those discussions, not only on court reform, ,better equity in tected a very strong inclination particularly Catholics, who send Constit~tion. abortion, but other issues as the court; we've initiated comto separate church and state on their kids to private schools bewell. It's part of the campaign plete prison reform to give.

A. Well, the wording of the my part, as was expressed very cause they want to combine re- Democratic party plank was, I effort itself and it's certainly more compassionate attention to clearly by John Kenn~dy when ligious education with secular think, inappropriate and was not part of the instruction, or learn- the needs of the Georgia people; he met with Protestant ministers education. ing process, that's an important we've instituted treatment proWe have faced this question in accordance with my own de- prerequisite to being a good grams for alcoholics and drug in Houston in 1960. I think as, what the sires.

I didn't know they've learned what our reli- as a state in Georgia. We wording was. My statement on president. addicts, for our mentally retardgious beliefs were, their con- passed a constitutional amend- the abortion issue has been exQ. Can you be specific about ed children. cerns were alleviated. The ment and a law, which was pressed often... any of those contacts?

All those I consider to be " awareness that President Tru- passed during my own teJ,'IIl of A. I think it would be better compatible with my own reliI do not favor a constitutional man was a Baptist also tends to office, allotting financial sup- amendment which would pro- for the leaders within the gious beliefs that those who are give people a sense' that there's port for the first time to indi- hibit all abortions or which Church to reveal those conver- poor or who are unfortunate or no conflict between our own vidual students who go to pri- would give states local option. sations. I don't think it's up to illiterate or afflicted or belong beliefs and a proper performance vate colleges in Georgia. This But I think abortion is wrong me to do it. to a group against which there was readily acceptable. So this as a possible president.

Q. In general, what is your is discrimination ought to be that government ought not and The third thing, and the last is the kind of issue that I've had ever do anything to e!lcourage attitude toward churches ll;)bby- the prime responsibility' of me to face as a governor and, of ing on issues like abortion, hun- 'as a powerful or influential •course, as a candirdate and now abortion. ger and civil rights, and would . public servant or a gov~rnor.

I think that the government- you as president look to as a nominee. Sen. Eagleton was If I try to ascribe that comvery helpful in explaining to and it wiIl under my adminis- churches' to support your polpletely to religious conviction, tration should do everything me the attitudes of his own icies? that would probably be inappropossible to minimize abortions , people in St. Louis.

A. The Baptist Church is very .J. TESER, Prop. ~ Q. One of the concerns is that under whatever ruling the court vocal in its stand on matters priate. But my life has been ~ RESIDENTIAL _ the Supreme Court has several might have in effect at that par- thaJ we think involve a moral shaped in the church. My deep ~ INDUSTRIAL ~ times backed state aid to stu- ticular time. We need a compre- question. I know that the Cath- commitment as a Christian and ~ COMMERCIAL ~ my knowle!ige of the example hensive, nationwide program for _ 253 Cedar St., New Bedford _ dents in private, colleges but not sex education and family plan- olic Church has been, as well, and the life of Christ and the to students in private elemeninsistent on 'Preserving its right ~ 993-3222 ~ tary and secondary schools. The ning. This is something that I to express its: views publicly on observations' of my own reli.,"'-""-,-,-,---""~ have pledged myself, ever since matters of importance that in- gious learning, the attitude of becoming a candidate, to pursue. involve morality or that involve Christ toward other human beAs you undoubtedly under- questions that are considered to ings is obviously an example stand, the president has no role be important to the members that I followed.

Q. One last 'question. There's to play in the constitutional of the Church. a poster which you mayor may amendment process. If an This is something that I think amendment is proposed in the is a legitimate part of our elec- . not have seen, it's a likeness of House and Senate and passed, it toral process and I would ex- yourself, a sort of "Jimmy Cargoes 'directly to the state legis- pect to pay very close attention ter as Jesus" and the slogan at latures for ratification. So my to views expressed by religious the bottom says, "J.C..Can Save *NORTON, West Main St., *NO. EASTON, Main St., own position on abortion is denominations in this country. America." How do you react to something like that? *EAST BRIDGEWATER, Bedford St., *NEW BEDmuch more conservative than Prayers A. With abhorrence. I was the opinion expressed in the FORD, Jet. Routes 140 & 18, *ATTLEBORO, 217 So. Q. One church-state issue in embarrassed-the first time I platform. some people's minds .is prayer Main St., *SOMERSET, Route 6, *RAYNHAM. Route saw the, thing was in Time or 44,' *FAlRHAVEN,Route 6, *BRIDGEWATER, Route IDIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIl!!: Newsweek magazine and I de18, *MANSFIELD, Route 140, *FALL RIVER, Southplored it very much. I think it way Plaza, R. I. Ave., *FALL RIVER, Griffin St., botders on the sacrilegious. ,-,-"""",,-,,-,~,--,

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THE ANCHO.R-Diocese of Fall River-Thurs. Aug. 19, 1976

Illegal Alien Controversy Time of Hard Decisions

Carter: "Source of Fear"

A Mexican-American activist from San' Diego, Calif., has charged .u.S. a~thorit.ies with waging a racially motivated campaIgn agamst HIspanic people under cover of enforcing immigrations laws along the country's southern borders. Alberto R. Garcia , president of the United Cali- they are. A few weeks ago, fornia Mexican-American while driving from San Diego to Association and chairman of L~s Angeles, I was ~topped very h' t. e San DI~go County Im~ig~atlon Council, spoke to thIS ISsue at a r~cent press briefing on U. S. pohcy on illegal aliens

brIefly at a checkpomt near San Clemente by INS agents who wer~ looking for ille 1 r All cars occupied by :e~Pl: :~~ looked like so-called Anglos were automatically waived PROFESSION: Sister Jothrough the checkpoint, but anne Elizabeth Quirk, daughthose accompanied by people, ter of Mr. and Mrs. James in~luding U. S. citizens, who By looked like Mexicans, were au- H. Quirk, St. Pius X parish, tomatically ordered to stop for South Yarmouth, has made MSGR. inspection.

Profession of Promises as a This practice, whether racialGEORGE G. ly motivated or not, is a humil- Missionary Servant of the HIGGINS iating insult to Hispanic-Amer- Most Blessed Trinity. The icans. No wonder they resent it. ceremopy took place Sunday They see it not as an isolated at a concelebrated Mass at held at the National Press Club practice, but as part of an over- the community's motherall campaign of harassment in Washington, D. C. house in Philadelphia.

"No more breaking into cit- against Mexican-Americans. this Their resentment against izens' homes in the middle of the night," he remanded. "No kind of treatment at the hands more raids at Sunday Mass; no of INS also helps to explain why Continued from Page Orte more stopping people for iden- 'many, if not most Mexicanlong as it took to negotiate the American organizations in the tification just because they hapSouthwest, are opposed to' pend- return to freedom .of several pen to look like Mexicans." ing federal legislation which 1!:cuadoreans, including Bishop Stopped for Inspection would impose sanctions or pen- Leonidas Proano of Riobamba, the priest said.

I am not certain that these alties on those employers who According to the priest' knowingly hire illegal aliens. objectionable practices on the U. S. Columban Father Edgar feel-anCl with good reaThey part of the Immigration and Naturalization Service are al- son, in my opinion - that em- Beltran - ~he bishops refused food except for a cup of coffee ways racially motivated" and ployers, rather than take a and slept on the bare floor in "obvertly anti-Hispanic," but chance on breaking the law, their cell at the San Gregoria would make no distinction to on the basis of a recent personal . police headquarters. hire brown-skinned workers experience I can readily underThe arrests and detention on Yo~ regardless of their status. stand why Garcia and many charges of subversion have been other Mexican-Americans think and I may think that spokesmen for the Mexican-American com- denounced by a 'number of munity are .exaggerating the Catholic agencies and bishops possibility that this might hap- at the meeting, who denied that pen, but given their uneasy ex- anything subversive was going . perience with INS and other bn.

The four U. S. Bishops ingovernment agencies over a long NEW BEDFORD, Mass. (NC) period of years; they deserve to volved were Archbishop Robert -The Gerald Ellard Award, rec- be given the benefit of the doubt. Sanchez of Santa Fe, N. M., and ognizing singular contributions Bishops Patrick Flores, auxilia!楼 Harsh Policy to. American liturgical prayer, of Sail Antonio, Tex.; Juan ArA recent case study, "The 11will be given to Father Frederzuba, .auxiliary of Los Angeles, ick McManus, vice provost and . legal Alien," published by but and Gilbert Chavez, auxiliary of dean of graduate studies at the not necessarily representing the San Diego, Calif. Also in the Catholic University of America . position of the U. S. Department U. S. group were Father, Beltran of State, admits that "the con- and Paul Sedillo, both of the in Washington, D. C. cerns of legal aliens of Hispanic The award, conferred annual- origin are not without founda- U. S. Catholic Conference.

Among the detainees were 31 ly by the New England Liturgi- tion." Unfortunately, however cal Committee with headquarters that's about as far as the autho; other foreigners and 20 Ecuahere, will be presented to Father of this study, John E. Karkash- doreans. Originally the governMcManus at a five-day meeting ian, is prepared to go in pre- ment announced the intention to begin Sunday at Salve Regina senting the Hispanic side of the of holding the Ecuadoreans "unCollege, Newport. The liturgi- illegal alien controversy. In the til an opportunity for dialogue cal conclave, which will probe e.nd, he takes an extremely hard would come." The united stand various aspects of conscience hne. While admitting that "a by all the bishops resulted in formation, will be under the harsh policy of enforcement is their joint release.

The morning of the day they direction of Rev. Kevin F. Tripp, not in the U. S. image and chaplain at St. Luke's Hospital, would be abhorrent to most were arrested, said Father Beltran, the group had read at New Bedford.

Americans," he concludes, nev- prayers the passage of the Acts ertheless, that "unfortunately, of the Apostles on the arrest of the economic and population St. Peter: "As the Sadduccees conditions which. enabled us to came upon them, being grieved PEOSTA (NC) - A monastery pursue, in fact necessitated an because they were teaching the chapel whose construction began open i~migration policy' no people and began proclaiming in 1870 has finally been complet- longer exists, and we are- facing in the case of Jesus the resured and consecrated by Archbis- a time of hard decisions." rection from the dead, they set True enough. But some of the itands ~pon them and placed hop James J. Bryne of Dubuque.

The chapel, used by Trappist decisions Karkashian is advo- them in custody until the next monks, had been clo~ed for two cating are, in my opinion, not day." years and was only opened on only hard, but heartless. For "This was a forceful preview Easter this year after renovation reasons to be spelled out in a and completion. The Trappists subsequent column, they will be of what was to come," the priest came to Iowa in 1849 at the in- strongly opposed by the Hispan- said.

He and others described the vitation of Iowa's first bishop ic-American community and by events that followed.

Mathias Loras. The community the U. S. Catholic Conference now numbers 52 members, of among other religious and civi~ "We had discussed the vision whom 24 are priests. of faith in Christ as applied to organizations.

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said that Jimmy Carter is stupid.

My guess is that his lead will waste away, and by the last week in October, both the Gallup and Harris organizations will say that the election is too close to call. By that time, Mr. Carter will regret that he couldn't pronounce the word "Italian" correctly. But by then it will be too late.

Catholics have only themselves to blame for' being thrown out of the Democratic coalition. We have no articulate spokesmen. Catholic politicians are not interested, by and large, 8y in specifically Catholic issues; our religious leaders can think REV. of nothing but abortion; and we ANDREW M. have no effective and articulate lay intelligentsia.

GREELEY So one of Carter's staff can ridicule Archbishop Bernardin and insist that the Catholic laity Mondale undoubtedly is not don't follow their bishops on the personally anti-Catholic, but he abortion issue. You have to be is on the ticket as a concession real dumb to misunderstand so to the McGovern liberal wing badly: Catholics may not be willof the party, which is probably ing to impose their religious one-fifth of the size of the Cath- convictions on others, but they olic partner in the coalition and find abortion abhorrent. While the wing which has always been they may not bestow much credmotivated by a latent shame ibility on their hierarchy just over having to depend on Cath- now, they are infuriated when olic votes to win an election. that leadership is made fun of' Carter is much more problem- by a representative of a man atic. There are (at this writing) whose路 state voted overwhelmno Catholics on his staff. He ingly against John Kennedy beyielded to every other pressure cause of his religion. at the convention-blacks, womI have been a Democrat all en, liberals, Jews, labor-but he my life and would not vote for ignored the pleas of many of his a Republican for president. But advisers to do something, any- I stayed home in 1972 and will thing, to overcome Catholic find no trouble doing it again in fears. His resolute refusal to say 1976 unless Carter and his new a single good word about CathDemocratic coalition purge ?lic schools, for example-again, themselves of their anti-Catholic 10 the face of strong pressure prejudices. from various advisers - has My guess is that a lot of other about it the smell of hardCatholics will do the same thing backed bigotry.

-or cast a protest vote for It is obvious that Carter Eugene McCarthy. thinks he does not need the A country' presided over by usual Catholic Democratic votes Jimmy Carter and Walter Monto win the election. A decision so dumb would mean that either dale-at the present readinghe is a stupid politician or would be a very difficult country blinded by prejudice. No one has for the Catholic church路 and the Catholic people.

(A,ndrew Greeley, priest and sociologist, is Program Director conditions in Latin America, the of the National Opinion Reneed of His Church to tend to search Center of the University the poor. Then there was this of Chicago.) rumble and the door opened.

Some 40 men in civilian clothes 漏 1976, Universal Press Syd'c'te heavily armed ordered us into the bus, some 57 persons. No explanation, no reason. The ride to Quito took five hours.

"We co~ld not quite coniplete 936 South Main St. the agenda of the meeting, Fall River scheduled to end two days later.

But since these were exchanges (Corner Osborn St.) of pastoral experiences, we had BRIDE'S BIBLE accomplished a good deal.

And Religious Articles "Discussions were accompaTel. 673-4262 nied by prayer and liturgical celebrations. This was continued in jail. All the bishops concelebrated at San Gregorio after midnight, and in the early morning we all said prayers in common.

Continued from Page One in its anti-Catholic animus. Both represent a 'new "unity" in the D~mocratic party from which Catholics are excluded. A victory for such a ticket would ratIfy a political solution in which one-quarter of the country and two-fifths of the Democratic party are written off as politically unimportant pariahs.

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THE ANCHOR-Diocese ofFell River-Thurs. ~ug. 19, 1976

KNOW YOUR FAITH Growth in Holiness Amid Persecution

. Lay priests OHer Sacrifices By

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Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn paid amazing tribute to Christians who suffered in Soviet slave labor camps: "Clumsy, semiliterate, unable to deliver speeches from' the rostrum or compose an underground proclamation (which their faith made unnecessary anyway), they went off to camp to face tortures and death only so as not to renounce their faith! They knew very well for what they were serving time, and they were unwavering in their convictions!"

The recent visit to Poland of Archbishop Joseph L. Bernardin, president of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops (NCCB), and Bishop James S. Rausch, general secretary of NCCB, uncovered signs of less dramatic sacrifices in the face of Communist repression. On one occasion, 100,000 persons gathered for a religious celebration despite the shutdown 'Of public transportation and the absence of announcements in the media.

In 1975 more new priests were ordained in Poland than in all 11 countries of South America combined. The Polish people cling tenaciously to their faith despite subtle persecution such as the limiting of the enrollment of their only Catholic university and the efforts to prevent their

founding new parishes in newly developed suburban areas.

Thus conditions in Poland indi. cate that Christian faith becomes more intense when it involves hardship and sacrifice. The early Church grew strong despite persecutions which rolled out across the Roman empire in successive shock waves from Nero's first persecution in 64 A.D. until Constantine's edict of toleration in 313.

Both of the New Testament books presented in this week's study, the First Epistle of St. Peter and the Epistle to the Hebrews, offer strong encouragement to Christians faced with persecution. The letter to the Hebrews congratulates its readers, for, "You even joined in the sufferings of those who were in prison and joyfully assented to . the confiscation of your goods, knowing that you had better and more permanent possessions."

(10:34).

The reference to the confiscation of goods and "better and more permanent possessions" speaks of a kind of liberation theology. Christians can be made poor and stripped of worldly pride and security but they are thereby freed from the power. of the devil or self-love. By His death Jesus robbed the devil, prince of death, of his power and Turn to Page Thirteen

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MSGR. JOSEPH M. CHAMPLIN Last nigpt was one of the best "kick off" sessions we have conducted for a parental preparation program since. I came to Holy Family five years ago.

We were kicking off a yearlong period during which 70 girls and boys, all at least in the seventh grade, will prepare for the saerament of Confirmation. ,Both parents and candidates came to this evening meeting.

They heard a brief explanation of the revised approach to Confirmation, received an overview of for t h com i n g activities, watched a' five-minute film, listened to two recently confirmed people describe their service projects, worked with them designing a cover for these journals and joined in a concluding candle celebration.

That last event was a simple ceremony of prayer song and Scripture. In addition the candidates accepted the, charge to serve persons in a special way for one year as well at to complete the other requirements.

Each one came forward with a taper lighted it from the Easter candle and returned to the pew.

They promised finally to love God with their whole hearts and their neighbors as themselves.

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Throughout the coming year the candidates will assemble for two large group meetings, a special community Mass, an evening of recollection, one rehearsal and three small group sessions in homes of trained parishioners.

The parents will have two other instructional gatherings, this time by themselves, which will seek to deepen their understanding of Christian initiation and the sacrament of Penance or Reconciliation.

This type of program which actively involves parents in preparing their children for first reception of Eucharist and Penance together with Confirmation has become fairly standard procedure throughout the United States over the past 10 years.

Best Adult Education These are prime teachaBle moments, opportunities not only to instruct the youngsters about to receive these sacraments buth also to educate the adults involved. In fact, this may prove'to be the best parish adult education we have.

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FATHER ..JOHN J. CASTELOT The young Christian communities had to put up with harassment and persecution from their earliest days. Accounts are contained in the Acts of the Apostles and in the letters of Paul. At first these were local disturbances, but as the first century wore on and Christianity became more widespread and attracted more attention, persecutions became more general, official, governmental.

We run across a few references in the letter known as 1 Peter, probably written by a disciple of the' great apostle toward the end of the century the same sort of phenomenon we encountered last week with regard to the Pastoral Epistles.

After having reminded his readers of their rebirth to a new "hope which draws its life from the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead" (1,3), he goes on to say: There is cause for rejoicing here. You may for a time have to suffer the distress of many trials; but this is so that your faith, which is more precious than the passing splendor of 'firetried gold, may by its genuineness lead to praise, glory, and honor when Jesus Christ appears (1, 6-7).

And, more pointedly: Do not be surprised, beloved, that a trial by fire is occurring in your midst.

It is a test for you, but it should not catch you off guard. Rejoice instead, in the measure that you share Christ's sufferings. When his glory is revealed, you will rejoice exultantly , Happy are you when you are insulted for the sake of Christ, ... (4, 12-14) A hint that the persecutions in question are more than local is contained in 5:13, where the author sends greetings from "the church that is in Babylon."

Babylon was a code name for Rome. In the Old Testament the real Babylon had been the implacable enemy of the people of God, destroying their City and temple and dragging them off into exile. So when the author refers to Rome as Babylon, the implication is quite clear.

However, rather than dwell morbidly on the difficulties of Christian life, the author presents a beautifully positive picture of that life. The letter is an exhortation to the readers to live lives which will reflect their convictions, their beliefs. But while the accent is on exhortation and encouragement, the doctrinal basis of the new way of life is not neglected. Far from it! Especially strong is the baptismal theme; in fact, the letter. seems in many ways like a baptismal catechesis, an instruction which

LOCAL INSTANCES of persecution grew into "more general, official, governmental" practices as the Christian community grew, writes Father John Castelot. This triRtych depicts the martyrdom of St. Stephen. (NC Photo) would have been delivered to the newly baptized in the liturgy of 'the day.

There are other themes, too, and this letter has been called the best introduction to the

writings of the New Testament.

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Isaac: No Laughing Matter

By FATHER ALFRED McBRIDE

A popular legend says that Isaac's name means laughter. His mother was so long beyond the possibility of childbearing, that she laughed at the thought she could still have a baby. Still the surprising conception and birth occurred and "little laughterIsaac" was born: As the son of Abraham, Isaac would inherit the deep faith of his father and he spoke of religious experiences similar to those of his parent, especially the consciousness of God's loving fidelity to the family and the covenant promise of a multitude of descendants.

Isaac married Rebekah who bore him twin sons, Esau and 路Jacob. Esau, the red-haired lover of hunting and the outdoors, was his father's favorite. Jacob, the smooth-skinned and retiring personality, was the mother's pet.

Though Jacob was the second born of the twins, therefore ineligible to inherit the major portion of Isaac's property, he managed through personal schemes

to wrest the inheritance from his unsuspecting brother.

The biblical text narrates some business dealings which Isaac engaged in, several religious experiences and the skill with which he farmed. But the major story retained is that whereby he mistakenly gives the bulk of the inheritance to Jacob instead of the rightful heir, Esau. It must be noted that the life of Isaac seems wedged in between his saintly Father Abraham and his wily son Jacob. Isaac's character remains positively shadowy compared to the religious dynamism of his father and the chronicle of craftiness displayed by his son.

He is basically a set piece against which we see heights of holiness and a tapestry of human weakness.

It is like leaving the mountain top where spiritual giants converse with God to plunge into the dust of a shopping bazaar where the buyer must beware.

Religious history enshrines Abraham in the ideals of sainthood.

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Growth in Holiness Amid Persecution Continued from Page Twelve demptive work leading to eternal salvation, of which Baptism is the beginning for the faithful Christian, the place of the Church in God's plan of salvation. Leaning heavily on the teaching of- the Master, especially the Sermon on the Mount, the author exhorts his readers, and all Christians of all times, to live truly Chrisian lives.

From this same period (late first century) we have the magnificent composition known as the Letter to the Hebrews. It presents many problems: It is more like a majestic sermon than a letter; no one knows who wrote it, and no one knows to whom it was actually addressed.

At any rate, the addressees are apparently in need of exhortation, encouragement to persevere in the faith in spite of difficulties. As one author puts it: They are in possession of the Bible (the Old Testament) and a creed, and they hold services of worship. But the preaching of the word has lost its excitement and they have become dull of hearing (5:11). They are threatened with hardness of heart (3-4), carelessness (12:12fO, boredom (10:25), even with apostasy (3:12; 4:1), and are in danger of drifting like a boat which has lost its rudder.

Eyes Fixed on Jesus However, just· as in I Peter, references to unsettling persecutions are imprecise. A fairly clear one is the following: Recall the days gone by when, after you had been enlightened, you endured a great contest of suffering.

At times you were publicly exposed to insult and trial; at other times you associated yourselves with those who were being so dealt with. You even joined in the sufferings of those who were in prison and joyfully assented to the confiscation of your goods, knowing that you had better and more permanent possessions. Do not, then, surrender your confidence; it will have great reward". (10, 32-35) One other example comes from chapter 12: Let us keep our eyes fixed on Jesus, who inspires and perfects oUr faith. For the sake of the joy which lay before him he endured the cross, heedless of its shame. . . Remember how he endured the opposition of sinners; do not grow despondent or abandon the struggle. (2, 3) But again, just as in 1 Peter, the author accentuates the posi-

K of C Officers Officers of Fall River Council 86 of. the Knights of Columbus will be installed Saturday night, Aug. 28. The program will begin with Mass at St. Mathieu's Church and continue with dinner, the installation ceremony and dancing at the Council Home on Columbus Drive. To be installed are Lucien Roy, grand knight; Gerald DiChiara, deputy grand knight; Armand T. Cousineau, chancellor; Henry Berube, warden.

itve and has produced a glorious piece of Christian literature, one with which Catholics unfortunately seem quite unfamiliar. Its remarkable theology forms the basis of the exhortation with the author addresses over and over again to his unseen audience. Jesus Himself is the reason they must remain steadfast in the midst of .the temptations and difficulties which beset them.

In fact, the most striking of the many beautiful themes of the discourse is that of the eternal priesthood of Jesus Christ,. Recalling who He is, what He has done and continues to do for them, they should' be supremely courageous and staunchly faithful "since he foever lives to make intercession for them" (7:25).

Moments Continued from Page Twelve due to feelings of inadequacy about their teaching abilities.

We struggled through those obstacles for several years. Nevertheless, time, improved presentations, more efficient organization of meetings, quiet, de J termined leadership, realization by parents of the positive benefits-all of these factors seemed to have finally altered the climate from one of resistance or passive acceptance to general approval, even enthusitstic support of the process.

Baptism is another of those teachable moments.

Our parents of newborn infants receive a home visit from one of the staff and come to a Friday night iJl&truction prior to the Sunday afternoon celebra1.10n of the sacrament..

Once again, not all rejoic~ over this new requirement ("W~ didn't have to come for our other babies"), but it does seem to have a beneficial effect, even for those who arrive somewhat reluctantly.

As one who performed hundreds of pre-Vatican II Baptisms which were brief, private and arranged on the spot for those who appeared without previous contact, I do know how vast a liturgical, community improvement the present practice is.

Young lovers, too, ar~ normally well disposed for some form of instruction on Christian marriage and some type of involvement in the wedding ceremony.

Priests and instructors sensitive to this can utilize these moments to lead the man and woman to a higher level of awareness concerning love and marriage.

The tf:achable moments programs should not exhaust the parish's adult religion education tifforts, but they ought to hold. fJrst place among such activitIes.

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Continued from Page Twelve freed those "who through fear of tians Solzhenitsyn found in slave n" J became good and great bedeath had been slaves their labor camps and the hardships cause He chose them. endured by Polish Catholics may whole life long" (Heb. 2:15).

This is the backdrop for underEver since St. Paul's heroic well suggest to U.S. Catholics standing the trick that Jacob sacrifices, Christians have found that true discipleship costs in the used to deceive his blind old they are liberated when impris- coin of sacrifice and nonconform- father and gain the birthright. oned for their faith, enriched ity. As the U.S. culture pressures Isaac senses his death is immiwhen weakened in body. Per- Catholic Christians to accept its nent. He wants to have a supper haps the Polish 'Communi~ gov- standards about divorce and of lamb before his demise. Like ernment today has learned this abortion, its preoccupation with any great patriach he intends to lesson since they do not employ U.S. prosperity despite world preside over his death and not crude and violent forms of perse- hunger, and the phony happiness stumble toward it as some '10of the affluent two-child family cution. willing slave to the ineviL ,Ie. in the suburbs portrayed in TV St. Peter described the early dramas, the real challenges of I The story of the deceit is well Christians as a "chosen race, a Peter and Hebrews emerge again. known. How the mother plotted with her favorite son Jacob to royal priesthood, a holy nation" St. Peter, the first Vicar of fool the old man into giving his (I Pt. 2:9). He meant that all Christians are lay priests who Christ, asked a potent rhetoriCal blessing to him instead of Esau.

While the blessing had the exercise their priesthood in of- question, "Who indeed can harm fering the sacrifices and suffer- you if you are committed deeply legal significance of passing on to doing what is right?" (I Pt. the property to Jacob, it had the ings they endure.

3:13). He answered it in the next added spiritual meaning of comChapters 3 to 10 of the Epistle breath with prophetic words that municating wisdom and holiness. to the Hebrews paint a dramatic speak to authentic Christianity The Hebrews believed that life picture of Christ the High Priest emerging as a counter-culture in came when God breathed into whom all suffering Christians America: "Even if you should clay. Hence life is the very . imitate as they offer their own have to suffer for justice's sake, breath of the Lord. As that sacrifices in a priestly way. In happy will you be." (I Pt. 3:14). breath mingles with the fidelity a final exhortation this epistle and spiritual growth of the reincludes prayer and good works ceiver, it becomes a spiritual No Less under the sacrifices Christians "property" to be handed on to must offer in their priesthood: "Th sun does not look less upon the next generation. This is the "Through Jesus let us continu- one. Jse in the midst of a thouspecial significance of "blessing" ally offer God a sacrifice of sand millions of other flowers in that the accumulated life of praise, that is, the fruit of lips than if he looked down upon it God would pass from generation which acknowledge his name. alone. And God does not shed to generation through this solDo not neglect good needs and His love· less upon one soul emn ceremony. generosity; God is pleased by while He loves an infinity of In the end, the seriousness of sacrifices of that kind." (Heb. others than if He loved it alone." the blessing is such that it can13:15-16) -St. Francis de Sales not be withdrawn. Its legal and spiritual impact is final. The subSacrifice Out of Place sequent history of Jacob will Our United States' culture reshow that he will do plenty of "ACT NOW - Turn spare time Into coils from pain, privation, and penance for his wayward beha$$$!

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"IT'S UP_TO YOU, sons and daughters of this historic generation, to continue to acclaim Jesus as Christ, Saviour and Lord," Pope Paul VI tells Catholic youth.

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VATICAiN CITY (NC)-Pope Paul VI has reminded Catholic youths of their duty to acclaim Jesus to a world which fiercely opposes Him. "It's up to you" sons and daughters of this historic generation, to continue to acclaim Jesus as Christ, Savior and Lord," he said.

"By a fortunate and secret ripening of the times, it is the young people today, privileged groups of young people, who perceive and understand that the same Jesus of the Gospel is the one who rightly establishes and opens up the kingdom of salvation."

The Pope warned, however, that Jesus-the "sign of contradiction" - draws trust from some people and opposition from others. .

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"Round about Him there will be a struggle," the Pope said.

"This is one of the most difficult and most sorrowful mysteries of human history. Unity alongside Christ will be neither spontaneous nor easy."

While for some Jesus becomes the "gatherjng point of the greatest fidelity," for others "He will be the target of fierce and strong opposition," the Pope declared.

He called on Catholic youth to he "on the side of Jesus Christ." His followers, the Pope asserted, seek "peace and universal brotherhood" .and work against "the stream of violence, division, conflict and war."

The Pope attacked "those who are selfish and seen an earthly kingdom, trusting in time alone."

Then, in a veiled reference to the Marxist doctrine of class struggle, he opposed "the current that makes force and aggressive and oppressive revolution the blind reason for the destinies of peoples."

"On the one side is the current of the thousand-and-one unrestrained opinions which violate the rights of conscience and impose themselves from without.

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I met and talked with youth from just about every background. There was good communication with all. In some 'cases I thought, "Their parents should be _proud of them." But in several instances young people had not seen their parents in years.

We Fall There was one young man who hadn't spoken to his parents in four years. He said he'd been trying to "psych" himself up to see them but wasn't ready yet.

He said, "We have become proficient in the .English language and in other languages, in the arts of psychology and philosophy, but "we fail miserably in the art of deep concern for one another - a lasting concern."

A young girl, "Love is man'yfaceted and the possession of it motivates you to do things you would not normally do. I doubt seriously the love of a friend or member of my family or church who, when I'm in need, gives to me and then brags about the giving.. That is not love."

A girl who characterized herself as "coming from the other side of the tracks said, "My preference is a police love that mixes well with all classes of people.

The love I prefer hates sin and is always sad when others do wrong, yet tries to help them and stand by them, and a love that is glad when others get good news and nice things happen to them.

"This is the kind of love we young people are singing about today. Poets are reflecting on it, even some preachers and teachers are expounding on it, yet none of it means anything unless you and I take it, hold on to it, let it envelop us and then let it use us."

A young man, almost 30, said he had gone through all the happenings at Berkeley in the 60s, had taken part in demonstrations and that whole SCene, had returned east to finish his education, had dropped out of the political scene which had at one time meant so much to him, and was now "on a religion trip."

Struggling People He had tried everything and was now "checking out" Jesus Christ. He said, "Time is running out - that is, for me and I've got to find out a few things now. Not later. Not after the anthropologists have had the chance to okay it, not after the psychologists have tested it, but right now."

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Another rainy day in New York City Softly, sweet, so silently it falls As crosstown traffic crawls.

Memories in my way in New York City Tender, tough, too tragic to be true And nothing J can do City workers cheer The taxis disappear, Another rainy day in New York City Another spacey stay in New York City High up in an over-priced hotel The view is really swell Windy, wet and gray in New York City No one here I really want to see Old friends and family So suddenly serene The air is fresh and clean Another rainy day in New York City Copyright (c) R. Lamm 1976 Laminations Music ASCAP If one simply looks at the words to a song, sometimes it is difficult to capture the mood. The advantage of adding music is that greater insight can be gained through the rhythm and general tone. With "Another Rainy Day in New York City." I found this espectally true, except in the opposite sequence.

After listening to the record a couple hours trying to pick out_ the words, I gave up and went to the album for the complete text.

One thing I picked out from listening was that "Another Rainy Day" had some good points. I felt from the music.

The words confirmed this feeling, along with the pleasure of their poetry, alliteration, and changing moods.

Memories that were "tender, tough, too tragic to be true" changed to "City workers cheer" in knowing that their work is delayed by the rain. "Another spacey stay" changed to having a view of the city that is "really swelL" The "windy, wet, and gray" day that was isolation changes to the inner feeling that is "suddenly serene" and the air is "fresh and clean," a real transformation for New York City.

The song could be approached from the viewpoint that rain can mean struggle, and often through struggle we deepen and experience positive results. The authQ.r constantly intermingles negatives and positives.

Literally. though, Robert Lamm is speaking as an observer and participant. What seems to be most significant is the way he is present to his immediate experience. He watches the rain falling "softly, sweet and silently," the traffic crawling, city workers cheering, taxis disappearing. At the time he feels memories that are "tender, tough, too tragic to be true" as well as "no one here I really want to see."

In all these expressions, there is an awareness of what the senses experience, what he feels emotionally, what his relationships have meant, and a reflection on the total interaction. What is going on is the basic process of learning, of knowledge. He picks from this happening mucb more than a surface observation of rain, wet, and the inconvenience it might cauS"e. He immerses himself in it, thus changing the level of impact on his life.

Obviously we cannot have this type of presence with everything we do, but its value is undeniable. Sometimes we comment that someone is "out of it" or "out in left field."

What we are saying is that a person is not locked in on what is happening in his or her life. There is no reflective thinking, little awareness of feelings, no attempt to delve deeper into personal attitudes. Thus there is an experience of self, others and life at the mere surface level.

To be fully present in situations, or more importantly, with people, takes more time and psychic energy. But the results can be unlimited. There may come a deeper knowledge of life accompanied possibly by the feeling of- "serenity" in the midst of "another rainy day."

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Holy Union Sisters Meet Continued from Page One social hour and sing-along at Sacred Heart parish convent will conclude the evening.

Tomorrow's program will begin at 9 a.m. at Sacred Heart parish school, with province reports and a presentation by the community's government committee scheduled for the morning session.

At a noon Mass in Sacred Heart Church, Sister Kathleen Clark will make final profession of vows. Celebrating the Mass and receiving her commitment will be Rev. Joseph O'Meara of St. Edward's parish, Baltimore.

Sister Kathleen is the daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Joseph P. Clark of St. Joseph's parish, Fall River, and a 1967 graduate of the former Sacred Hearts Academy, also in Fall River, and of Trinity College, Washington, D. C. She is a member of the faculty of St. James and St. John School, Baltimore.

A dinner for Sisters, relatives and friends will follow the ceremony.

Keynote Address Tomorrow afternoon's session will begin at 2 o'clock and will be highlighted by a keynote address by Sister Carol Regan, a Fall River native and general councillor for the Holy Union community. Stationed in Rome, she has served one year of a six-ye,ar councillor's term.

The program will also include a slide show and a historical pageant depicting events in provincial history.

With the first two days of the meeting commemorating past events in the life of the commu-

nity, the third day will tum to celebrating the present. An 11 a.m. liturgy celebrated by Rev, Robert J. Carter of St. Patrick's parish, Wareham, will begin Saturday's program at St. James Convent, the Holy Union summer retreat in Tiverton, R. I. A picnic will follow.

Sunday's program will emphasize the future and Mother Ignatius Loyola will speak- Jo the Sisters at 10:30 a.m. at Sacred Hearts Convent. The closing liturgy will follow, celebrated by Rev. Maurice T. Lebel, S.J., former rector of the Jesuit community of Bishop Connolly High School, Fall River. During the ceremony he will receive Mary Jane Silvia, a 1972 graduate of Sacred Hearts Academy, as a novice in the Holy Union con-gregation.

Miss Silvia, also a May graduate of St. Mary's College, Notre Dame, Ind., is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Silvia of Our Lady of Angels parish, Fall River.

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Bishop ;McGuinness said the immigrants had come to England "to seek freedom to work and live a decent life." The bishop, who was born in Londonderry, Northern Ireland, reminded his people that many of them, like himself, could also be called immigrants.

Continued from Page Fourteen church is struggling. For too many people the Christian Church must answer as to how it relates to the liberation of people in the world. I met too many Christians of all ages who .said they did not really' know what the Christian message was or where its priorities lie. To be sure, we all know something about Jesus Christ, but the question remains for many, Who is Jesus Christ?

Some theologians and preachers forget the essential truth of the Christian message, getting bogged down in professional and pastoral duties often only remotely related to the central message of the Gospel. It's not enough to be good at reading books or even writing them. .If the Church is to be the Church, it cannot be left completely in the hands of professionals, whoever they may be.

Not Living Doll A Jewish youth said to me, "Christians have a strange view . of God. I've never heard anyone who was seriously committed to the Hebrew faith refer to God as "a living doll," or anyone's "copilot."

My father gets angry when he hears these things. He starts quoting from the Psalms, "Moses, take off the shoes from your feet, for the ground on which you stand is holy ground."

I told the youth that I felt as his father did, that I too disliked those views and I reassured him that there are Chrisians who don't perceive God in that way.

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Recipe For Longevity: Live in Taunton One of the oldest priests ever to serve the Fall River diocese celebrated the 68th anniversary of his ordination on Sunday, the Feast .of the Assumption. The next day Msgr. Emmanuel Sousa de Mello, retired pastor of Our Lady of Lourdes Church, Taunton, marked his 98th birthday by celebrating Mass at his table altar, with special guests including the Sisters of Oor Lady of. Lourdes School.

98 years and nine days, has thus far surpassed Msgr. de Mello in longevity.

Only Msgr. Antonio P. Vieira, late pastor of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel parish, New Bedford, who died in 1964 at the age of

Msgr. James Dolan was pastor of St. Mary's parish on retirement; Msgr. William Dolan of Holy Family; and Msgr. McKeon of Sacred Heart.

In .general, however, Taunton priests have a record of long lives. Three longtime retired pastors in the city, also native sons.. are Msgr. James Dolan, 96 on Aug. 9; Msgr. William Dolan, his brother, 94 on Jan. 2; and Msgr. Francis E. McKeon, 94 on Feb. 26. .

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Recent demonstrations with strong racial overtones have highlighted the oposition among many English to the influx of Pakistani, Indian, West Indian and African immigrants here in recent years.,

"We must, with true Christianity in our hearts, receive these people with kindness and sympathy," said the bishop.

"They bring with them many ancient traditions and cults, and in varying ways have much to of~ fer this country of their adoption."

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Sessions ("'Listening Posts") Mrs. Michael J. McMahon of Executive Committee meeting in St. Mary's Cathedral parish, Fall Philadelphia during the week of running concurrently provided River, national chairman of the the 41st International Eucharis- opportunity for exploring proOrganization Services Commis- tic Congress, were most grateful grams of the N.C.C.W. Commission of the National Council of for this opportunity of experi- sions - Church Communities, Catholic Woin.en (NCCW), and encing the universality of the Family Affairs, Organization SerMrs. Richard Paulson of Immac- Church in a way never available vices, International Affairs and ulate Conception parish, Taun- at local parish or diocesan lev- , Legislative Information. ton, Director of the Boston Prov- els. Assembled were Presidents Suppo~ Flu Program ince of the National Council of from dioceses across the counAn immediate task illustrating Catholic Women attended the try, and under the leadership a concrete opportunity for helpexecutive committee meeting of . of Officers, Commission Chair- jqg our part of the human famNCCW at Chestnut Hill College, men and Province Directors, we, ily-our American neighborsChestnut Hill, Pa. on August together with our Moderators, is the National Influenza Immu3rd and the General Assembly rejoiced in being able to unite nization Program of 1976. To of NCCW Aug. 4th through 7th. with Catholics from all over the the extent that this program is Mrs. James W. Leith, first world to celebrate Christ's con- adopted, N.C.C.W. joining with vice-president of the Fall River tinuing gift of Himself in the professional, voluntary and 'civic organizations nationwide, pledges Diocesan ,Council of Catholic Eucharist ...

Attending some 01 the Gen- participation to keep members Women (DCCW) was a voting delegate at the General Assem- eral Assembly sessions were informed and to take part in bly. Mrs. McMahon conducted the President and Treasurer of community immunization activthree workshops. during the the World Union of Catholic ities.

Continuing its commitment to assembly. Mrs. Paulson was \yomen's Organizations; a memelected to the nominating com- ber of the Pontifical Commis- the world "family," N.C.C.W. sion on the Laity and the Pon- will present a United Nations mittee. tifical Commission of Women in Seminar in New York in 1977 Mother Teresa of Calcutta adChurch and Society and the to explore the many concerns dressed the General Assembly Minister of State of The Hague in the area of glob.al justice..

• at the college on Aug. 5.

To implement a major prowho is also a' member of the The members of the assembly Pontifical Commission on Jus- gram goal-that is, making alive attended Eucharistic Congress tice and Peace. These interna- in each member and in our orprograms on Friday, the day of tional women guests gave a glo- ganization the Word of GodWomen and the Eucharist, a bal perspective to the unity, sol- Bible Sharing Institutes will be Marian liturgy and also the idarity and strength' of women held in four areas of the United closing liturgy. and their organizations-under- States.

A statement was approved by scoring especially their concern Deeply concerned that recent all members and released by the for greater participation in the Supreme Court decisions on General Assembly. It follows in study, planning and implementa- abortion and the Democratic part: tion of the work of the Church. National Convention Platform The women who attended the The women represented the plank also on abortion will proNational Council of Catholic countries of Holland, Tanzania, mote a social policy destructive Women's General Assembly and Ireland and Vatican City. to the God given rights and dig.1

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nity of each human life, the National Council of Catholic Women in Assembly reaffirmed its commitment to the recognition of the dignity due all human life. from the moment of conception to th.e moment of return to God..

The N.C.C.W. at this time of national and local elections calls upon all candidates to offer .their respect for those rights and their determination to uphold those rights in the exercise of the offices to which-they may be elected.

The distinctive and sacramental feature of the Christian family requires understanding by people. Recognizing the need for support and encouragement to couples who are experiencing so many problems, N.C.C.W. will give Natural Family Planning a high priority in its programming ...

The National Women's Conference will be held sometime late in 1977. N.C.C.W. is involved at the national level in planning for this conference.

Participation by Catholic women in State/Regional Conferences

preparatory to the National Women's Conference is encouraged. It should be noted that the N.C.C.W.'s participation in the National Women's Conference (which is under the direction of the National Commission on the Observance of International Women's Year) does not constitute an endorsement of all the issues proposed for the Conference.

The General Assembly met to assess its federation of Catholic organizations of women, to assess its strength,. programs and to design its future thrust. A new feature is involvement of Diocesan Presidents in development and planning by way of special discussion groups ("Share Shops"). "Future Thrust of NCCW" -. considering long-term goals as well as-short-term goals and issues of particular concern to Catholic women were discussed. From experience with these groups in this Assembly, we think that this innovation promises to be a fruitful, experiment.

Bishop Cronin Lifts Lantern Continued from Page One Grand ·Ballroom of the Statler Hilton Hotel.

Ordinary since 1970 of the Rail River diocese, Bishop Cronin served in the Vatican diplomatic corps in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, for four years after earning his doctorate in theology at the Gregorian University in Rome in 1952. He later was assigned to the Secretariat of State in Vatican City, serving \lntH 1968 when he was chosen as an auxiliary bishop for the Boston archdiocese.

The prelate cited three specific dangers whose alarming increase he sees as threatening the nation and the world: abortion, divorce and euthanasia.

Noting that the right to life is guaranteed as inalienable in the United States, the prelate termed it "a confusing situation, then, not' to mention totally unacceptable ethically, to see the highest court of the land, in decisions, alleged to' interpret the Constitution, sanction. direct abortion - the direct taking of the lives of those who cannot defend themselves."

He also singled out for attention the "increasing practice of divorce." "What appears to be a facile solution to a troubled marital situation," he remarked, "becomes a traumatic experience for those concerned, threatening as it does their mental and spiritual health. Furthermore it erodes the strengthgiving bonds of family life and further weakens the moral tissue of the nation."

Euthanasia, the third problem mentioned by the Bishop, follows logically .from easy acceptance of abortion, he stated. "I need not stress how easy it is to advocate abortion and euthanasia once respect for life is gone-once many forg~t that the Lord God Almighty has dominion over human life and He alone," he declared.

Bishop Cronin recalled the "lofty ... motives and spiritual aspirations of those who settled this country and founded the nation. The noble principles of respect for life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness were theirs.

They recognized the desire of men for legitimate freedom and participation in government.

They wanted no injustice of any kind and they wanted every man given the opportunity to work and pray in liberty with justice for all.

"This is what has attracted so many immigrants to our country. These very aspirations are totally consonant with the Gospel message of the Lord Jesus.

In fact, Christians following their Lord closely have made and can still make an invaluable contribution to the life and moral character of our nation."

Finally he urged all Christians and especially members of the fraternal society "to respond to this . urgent -challenge and to meet this responsibility. Among Christians, what better shock troops to resist the onslaught and attack against morality, what better healers to cure the sores of moral decay, what better teachers to proclaim the truth against moral blindness than the Knights of Columbus."

Last April the Massachusetts State Council of the 1.2 millionmember Catholic fraternal society honored Bishop Cronin witli its Lantern Award, presented annually to an individual outstanding in service to God and country.' in other happenings during the three-day meeting, Supreme Council members received the apostolic blessing of Pope Paul VI and heard congratulatory message~ from President Ford, Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau of Canada, President Ferdinand Marcos of the Philippines and other Church and civil leaders.