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FALL RIVER, MASS., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1977.

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Candles for Peace to Shine At Annual'Tribute t~ Mary

MEMBERS OF Priests' Council of diocese concelebrate Mass with Bishop Daniel A. Cronin to mark first meeting of reorganized body.

CHD

Here to Stay, Says Head

About one-third of early

By Pat McGowan Although it has been officially grants, said the priest, were for extended for only one year by . cooperative projects, but the the U.S. bishops, the Campaign current trend is towards social for Human Development (CHD) and rural development programs.

He pointed to aid given to is almost certain to remain on the American Catholic scene, Father North and South Carolina Lawrence J. McNamara, its ex- "brown lung" programs as a ecutive director, told The An- major CHD achievement. The chor in a Fall River interview in the course of a 10-week swing around the nation preceding the annual CHD November collection; The permanent deacon proHe said a survey of projects gram of the Fall River diocese given seed money during the has received full approval from first five years of the seven- the United States Bishops' Comyear-old program showed that mittee on the Permanent Diactwo-thirds of them 'were still in onate. operation and generating their Word of the approbation was own funding. Some no longer in given last week in a'letter from existence, he noted,' were self- Msgr. Ernest J. Fiedler, execulimiting and not intended to tive director of the bishops' comcontinue. mittee, to 'Bishop Daniel A. Cro-

existence of brown lung, an occupational disease affecting cotton mill workers, has frequently been denied by mill owners, preventing afflicted workers from collecting workmen's compensation. National news coverage on the matter sparked by CHD has Turn to Page Five

Deacon Program Approved nin and Father John F. Moore, director of the diocesan program. It means that the local .program has the complete endorsement and encouragement of the national committee.

In his letter, Msgr. Fiedler offered suggestions and recommendations incorporating reflections and evaluations of the Turn to Page Five

"One of the reasons I got a good buy on the shirt I'm wearing is that Hub Spires (a North Carolina cotton mill worker) breathes at less than 25 percent of his lung capacity."

"To say 'I think the church should stay out of economies and social justice' is just as ridiculous as it would be to say 'I think the church should stay out of celebrating the Eucharist.' "

FArnER McNAMARA

"When poor people are in trouble they ought to be able to call on Christians in better neighborhoods and those Christians ought to say, 'Hell no, we

Two Nuns Forced To Quit Rhodesia

Two nuns, an American Maryknoller from Pittsburgh and an Irish member of the Little Company of Mary, have been deported from Rhodesia in recent days, apparently because the government found their presence an embarrassment.

Sister Janice McLaughlin, 35, won't let that happen to you!" was the only American among four members of the Rhodesian * * * "The powerless of poor peo- (Catholic) Justice and Peace ple is why they need the church Commission who were arrested so much."

Sept. 1.

She was deported on Sept.

"It's no fun to live out of a 22 and reached the United States suitcase but if people can do the next day. it for a job, 1 don't see why I Since then, "I feel like I've can't do it for the gospel and been talking nonstop," said the poor people." nun, who believes her problems * I) :) in Rhodesia were "all for the "If change is to occur it'll be best" because they have given . brought about by long-distance her an opportunity to "make runners, not by sprinters."

Americans aware of what's going on" in Rhodesia.

The arrest of an American "I'm impressed by what Christ said at the opening of his pub- nun "brings it home" to Amerilic ministry. He could have chos- cans that there is an oppressive en any number of things to say situation in Rhodesia, Sister Mcabout his mission, but what he . Laughlin said, and she has been did say was 'God has sent me so busy trying to "help keep it to bring gO'od news to the in the minds of people" that she poor....

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A Quotable Man Father McNamara's Fall River talk was studded 路with memorable statements. A sampler:

Thousands' of the diocesan faithful gather each year during the month of the Holy Rosary to publicly demonstrate their faith in a candlelight procession followed by a concelebrated Mass at Kennedy Park in Fall River.

This year will be no exception. On Monday evening, October 10th, this annual event will be repeated. Coinciding as it does with the procession at Fatima, the theme of this year's public devotion will be the prayer of our Lady for world peace.

Led by Bishop Cronin, people from every area of the diocese will gather in prayerful respect to demonstrate their devotion to the Mother of God and their personal dedication to the cause of world peace.

Considering the circumstances of turmoil, persecution and injustice that exist throughout the world, this year's candlelight procession and Mass have added meaning for all who hold that peace is the cherished ideal of peoples everywhere.

Reflecting on the conflicts that exist in South America, the Near East, Northern Ireland and the Iron Curtain countries, it is hoped that even a larger group of people than in the past will

make the' effort to be present for this dramatic evidence of faith.

Every parish and diocesan organization is urged to be a part of this meetihg of faith and renewed dedication to the message of Fatima. .

Under the direction of Msgr.

Luiz Mendonca, Vicar General of the diocese, parish groups are requested to meet in the Cathedral school yard at 5:30 p.m. Oct. 10. Each group may bring parish banners or insignia if desired.

The procession will form at the Cathedral and proceed to Kennedy Park, with each contingent accompanied by a priest or lay person leading recitation of the rosary. Each group will sing and pray independently and in the language it chooses. All will carry lighted candles.

When all have arrived at the park, Mass will be offered by the Bishop and the clergy present. All are encouraged tQ receive Holy Communion and each conceleprating priest is requested to bring a ciborium containing sufficient breads for his own group.

For the sake of good order, each parish is requested to choose 10 men to serve as marshals. These men will meet for a briefing session at St. Mary's School, Fall River, at 7:30 p.m.

WednesdaY, Oct. 5.

Music for the Mass will be provided by the Diocesan Choir.

Those presently in the choir or any persons wishing to be a part of the musical presentation are asked to attend a rehearsal at 7 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 10 in St. Mary's Cathedral.

Those wishing more information concerning the choir may contact Glen Giuttari, Cathedral Director of Music, at telephone 252路4304.

The clergy committee selected

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THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Thurs. Sept. 29, 1977

ill People路 Places路Events-NC News Briefs (b Not Satisfied CHICAGO - A majority of those responding to .a poll by the Chicago Catholic are not satisfied with the way news of the Catholic Church is reported in the general press. Only 11 percent of the priests, 19 percent of 'the Religious and 32 percent of the laity answered "yes" to the question: "Are you satisf.ied that the .news of the Catholic Church . . . is fairly and adequately covered in the daily newspapers and TV news shows?"

Irish Unificafion

MSGR. LUIGI LIGUTTI, a leader in Catholic rural social action for over a half century, has marked his 60th anniversary as a priest.

ROME - Msgr. Thomas O. Fiaich, who will be consecrated Oct. 2 as new archbishop of Armagh, Ireland's primatial See, said he thinks the unification of Ireland "would be the most. satisfying and ftrlfilling soiution" -to the strife that has plagued Northern Ireland.

Hope for Accord

.COLUMBIA, s.c. Catholic and Lutheran representatives at a dialogue session said they expect to formulate . a common statement on papal infallibility by early 1978.

Faded Glory

VATICAN CITY - The ritual for the dedication路 of a church, described by a Vatican official as "the most ostentatious and solemn in the whole liturgy," has been trimmed by the Vatican Congre~ation of Divine Worship and Sacraments. The forn;ter four-hour ceremony was cut in half.

Banned in St. Louis ST. LOUIS - The four bishops of St. Louis have condemned a book on human sexuality by five Catholic authors and have ordered priests to reject it "publicly (and) privately." '1n a letter to the priests of the archdiocese, the bishops said the book, "Human Sexuality: New Directions in American Catholic Thought," directly contradicts the teachings of the Church. .

NEW YQRK Governor Hugh Carey says of capital punishment, "If we really want to do something, :harity is the way."

New Abbot Primate

ROME Archabbot Viktor Dammertz of the Benedictine congregation of St. Ottilia in Bavaria, Germany, has been elected the new abbot primate of the Benedictine Confederation to succeed Abbot Primate Rembert Weakland, who has been named archbishop of Milwaukee.

Still At It ..

HIGHLAND SPRINGS, Va. A Washington, D.C.,. abortionist whose license to practice medicine was revoked after he admitted his negligence caused the death of a 16-year-old girl has begun working in what he calls "Ii general family practice" in Highland Springs, a rural community outside Richmond.

Dr. Robert J. Sherman admitted in September, 1976, that Rita Carmen McDowell died asa result of his negligence following an abortion in his clinic in March, 1975.

Still Important BENEDICTINE FATHER Benet Hanlon, "beans and bread" priest, dishes up a bowl of bean soup at the Beans and Bread kitchen he founded in Baltimore, which serves more than 60 hungry people daily.

"Our only philosophy is to feed the hungry," he says. .

VATICAN CITY - The monastic life, suitably renewed, bas lost nothing of its importance in a time of rapid changes like the present, Pope Paul VI told the abbots and conventual路 priors of the Benedictine Confederation whom he received in audience last week.

Teachers Dem,()nstrate .

NEW YORK -

A group of unionized

lay teachers demonstrated in front of St. Patrick's Cathedral last week to protest a contract offer by the Association of Catholic Schools. The two-hour, late afternoon deJ;Ilonstration was called by the Federation of Catholic .Teachers, a 750-member union representing approximately 3,000 lay teachers in 306 parish elementary and high schools in the archdiocese of New York.

Torture Continues SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador - The San Salvador archdiocese information office has reported that two ,catechists in Aguilares have been tortured and one of them killed by security agents. It said that Filomena Delgado was found dead a few days after her capture by agents at Ciudad Delgado, near Aguilares. The office also reported that another lay helper, Emilio Alvarez, has been missing since mid-August.

Famil'ies First NEW YORK - Actions and policies of government, business, the media and churches should be evaluated in terms of their impact on families, the National . Conference of Catholic Charities (NCCC) has urged in a policy statement on the family. Every serviCe of Catholic Charities agencies should be offered with an eye toward strengthening the family, it said.

CARDINAL PAUL YUPIN, exiled archbishop of Nanking, China, has asked US bishops to aid his efforts to ensure "the US will not abandon Taiwan."

We Care CASTELGANDOLFO, Italy The Church out-performs by far civil and private welfare organizations in satisfying and anticipating human needs, said Pope Paul VI. "The Church has shown an awareness of human needs yet unparalleled by' any other social organization, even though society today has at its disposal' marvelous developments," the Pope told his general audience last week.

Pregnancy Benefits WASHINGTON - The Senate has voted to require employers to include pregnancy benefits in any workers' disability plans they offer. The vote was 75 to 11, and a similar measure is currently awaiting floor action in the House.

Mexican Raid MEXICO CITY ...:.... Mexican security agents have raided a second Catholic institution within two months, this time the rectory of Los Angeles parish. As in the earlier raid, at the Catholic Center for Social Communication in July, the agents took away printing equipment.

SISTER JANICE McLAUGHLIN of Pittsburgh has been deported from Rhodesia as a "grave risk" to the state. See story on page 1.

Dissident Episcopatians ST. LOUIS - Dissenting Episcopalian groups meeting in St. Louis have called on sy.mpathetic bishops to call a constituting convention at the "earliest appropriate time" to form a new traditionalist Anglican denomination. A six-page position paper presented at the conclusion of the Congress of Concerned Churchmen declared the Episcopalians who rejected the Episcopal Church's approval of women priests and changes in the Book of Common Prayer are authentic Anglicans, while others are deviant.

Karen Is Guarded MORR'ISTOWN, N.J. Sheriff's guards are back on duty outside Karen Ann Quinlan's room at Morris View Nursing Home in Morris PlaiDS, N.J., following allegations that a reporter from the National Enquirer tried to bribe two nursing home employes for information on Miss Quinlan's care and condition.

BENEDICTINE ABBOT Rembert Weakland has been named Archbishop of Milwaukee.

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THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Thurs. Sept. 29, 1977

Sister Jeanne Alice, SUSC, died last Saturday at Sacred Hearts Convent, Fall River. At age 89, she had been a member of the Religious of the Holy Union of the Sacred Hearts for 67 years, serving in schools in the dioceses of Fall River, Boston and Long Island. She had been retired since 1967.

The religious was a Pawtucket native, the daughter of the late Francis J. and Alice T. McKenna.

She had two sisters in the Holy Union comn.unity, the late Sister Johanna Josephine and Sister Joanne Monica, also a resident of Sacred Hearts Convent and her only survivor.

The annual planning meeting 'Ball proceeds, said Msgr. for the ,Bishops' Charity Ball of Gomes, help to promote and exthe Fall River diocese will be pand activities at St. Vincent held at 2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 2 at de Paul Camp and Catholic White's restaurant, North West- Boys' Day Camp for underport. privileged children, Nazareth Day Msgr. Anthony M. Gomes, di- Camp for exceptional ch~ldren ocesan director for the ball, said, and Mashpee Camp for chtldren "The theme, motif, color and of St. Vincent's Home. Also scenario of this 23rd annual ball beneficiaries are 'the three diocewill honor the 25th anniversary san schools for exceptional chilof Bishop Daniel A. Cronin's or- dren: Nazareth Hall and Nazadination to the priesthood." reth Pre-Vocational Training The committee will meet on Center in Fall River and Naza- _~-"'"~ Sunday with representatives of reth Hall, Hyannis.

-'_~.the Society of St. Vincent de ~om~ittee chai~.!lHtYmem­ ll'U;!.l, ~'id.. thP.. Q.;,~e~bers wtit'~-mned on Sunday of Catholic Women, co-sponsors and 'he next meeting of all comof the winter charitable and ',0- mittees will take place Sunday, cial event, to be held on FriJay, Jan. 8 at the Lincoln Park BallJan. 13 at Lincoln Park Ball- room when it will be decorated roo~•. _I'W:'th- Dartmouth. in preparation for the ball.

To Honor Bishop at Annual Ball

Her funeral was held Tuesday at Sacred Heart Church and interment was yesterday in St. Patrick's Cemetery, Fall River.

Priests' Council F'irst Meeting Beginning the first meeting of the recently reorganized Priests' Council of the Fall River diocese, members concelebrated Mass with Bishop Daniel A. Cronin at St. Vincent's Home chapel, Fall River.

Father Robert S. Kaszynski, pastor of St. Stanislaus Church, Fall River, was elected council chairman. Father Pierre E. Lachance, OP, of St. Anne's parish, Fall River, was elected vicechairman; and Father Timothy J. Goldrick, St. Margaret's parish, Buzzards Bay, was elected secretary.

Father Philip A. Davignon and Father Thomas C. Lopes attended the meeting to present information about a forthcoming meeting of the New England Conference of Priests' Senates, to be held in October at the Passionist Retreat l-lGuse in West Springfielrl and to be attended by representatives of the Fall River body.

Preliminary committee appointments were made and discussion was held regarding several matters of pastoral concern.

Phonothon The Sisters of Mercy will sponsor a Phonothon to benefit sick and aged members of the community at Mt. St. Rita Health Center, Cumberland, R.I. It will take place from 6 to 9:30 p.m.

Wednesday, Oct. 5. In the Fall River diocese, further information is available at the following telephones during those hours: Fall River area: 674-9681; 679-9114; 672-6857. New Bedford area: 992-3694; 995-G790.

Cape Cod area: 775-1107. Taunton area: 823-n36. Attleboro area: 222-7950.

AT MASS HONORING 80th birthday of Pope Paul VI Msgr. John J. Oliveira receives document from Bishop Cronin notifying him of his naming as Chaplain of Honor to Supreme Pontiff. Left, Msgr. John J. Regan, right, Msgr., Henry T. ~unroe.

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Teacher Training Program A teacher training program for the Greater Fall River area has been announced by Rev. Michel G. Methot, director of religious education for the diocese. Entitled "Together in Ministry," the six-week program' is intended for beginning teachers of religion in parish CCD programs and diocesan elementary schools. It will be held from 7:30 to 9 p.m. on six consecutive Wednesday evenings beginning Oct. 5, at IBishop Connolly High School, Elsbree St., Fall River.

Registration fee is $5.

With priests, coordinators and principals serving as faculty, each evening will consist of one hour of doctrine and one hour of classroom methods.

The theme and faculty for each session follow: October 5, The Church, Rev. George C. Bellenoit; Introduction to Basic Methodology, Mrs. Ann Meloni.

Oct. 12, Jesus, Rev. Raymond Robillard; Methods in Music, Sr. Barbara Walsh, SUSC. Oct. 19, Morality/Commandments, Rev. Pierre Lachance, OP; Methods in Teaching Morality, Sr. Patricia Combies, RSM. Oct. 26, Sacraments, Rev. Michel G. Methot; Methods: First Eucharist, Mrs. Patricia Benoit; Confirmation, Sr. Theresa Sparrow, RSM. Nov. 2, Scripture, Old Testament, Rev. Marcel H. Bouchard, New Testament, Rev. Richard Gendreau; Methods in Teaching Scripture, Sr. Theresa Croteau, 5SJ. The final session, Wednesday, Nov. 9, will include small group

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Registration forms are available at the Catholic Education Center in Fall River, telephone 678-2828 and will also be accepted on the first evening of the program.

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THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Thurs. Sept. 29, 1977

themoori~ Happy Birthday In his usual fashion of being truly a simple man, Pope Paul this past week celebrated his 80th birthday, devoid of much of this world's panoply. .

The center of this milestone in his life was a Mass in the Basilica of St. Peter. Although it was attended bv thousands, gone were the delegations of the world's powerful and influential; hidden were the pomp and splendor of the -,... past. The only special note Pope Paul took of his birthday .~"~,,""V~,, to bless a new bronze door at the front entrance of S1. ~IW,!1d. permit t~J3lW0.£.. of Brescia, his home diocese, to placeaflora(wreath on the1Oriio of his parents.

The simpliGity of Paul is tp.rtainly a hallmark of his life as leader of today's Church. Tireless in work, devoted in spirit and courageous in speech, he has led the Church with strength and zeal 'in some of the most- diffiel:llt..days in her history. ~'.

Criticized by some and ignored by others, -even within the Church, he has maintained the integrity of the legacy handed on to him with gentle determination and firm decision.

Thus it is that this birthday once more gives the Catholic world a chance to pause and not only appreciate the personal contribution of Pope Paul to the Church but also to reaffirm belief in the permanence of the Church and the Papacy.

In these days when we are subjected to the flights and fancies of modern materialism, it is well for us to remember the genuine simplicity of Paul and the everlasting integrity of Peter.

Difficulties in the Episcopal Community There can be little doubt that the Episcopal Church in th.:; United States is beset by grave internal difficulties. In an age when so many Christians are searching for basic unity, it is indeed sorrowful to see separation openly advocated in this distinguished ~nd influential church body.

Yet, the recent S1. Louis meeting of dissident members of the Episcopal Church was thought by many to have been inevitabfe.

As a church body, t~Eptscopalcommi.Inity-has not bem without its ownlrifernal difficulties in post-refortnati.c::Llti§torr'fh~e -existence of the Methodist Church testifies ~::; ':his.

Up to now, however, separation from the Episcopal Church and its Anglican tradition has been more or less directed towards what might be termed the "left." This time the apparent division within the American Episcopal Church is in the opposite direction. As evidenced by the statements of the St. Louis meeting, the present trend is a return to a greater fidelity to the Anglican tradition.

For many Episcopalians, this is the only course left open. The more liberal forces certainly sowed' the seeds of ultimate discontent by their radical departures in theological form and content. There are many within the Episcopal Church who disagree with this trend to a less orthodox expression of faith.

As a result, the foreseeable is now becoming reality!

If this reality comes to full fruition, then there will exist in this country two uniquely different communities, one Anglican, quite separate from Episcopal.

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Both evoke pride ... in a cherished heritage ...

Both stand for values... by which we struggle to live ... and for which we are willing to die ... Both challenge us ... to go beyond ourselves ... to respect other persons . . . to act justly and honestly . . . to struggle for equal rights ... to share with others ... of the abundance we have received.

Church ... and ... State ... separate but intertwined . . . most often in harmony . . . sometimes in conflict always in creative tension Each stimuchallenging ... 'questioning judging ... lating the other.

We owe allegiance to both . . . to the Cross of Jesus Christ . . . and to the flag of the United States · .. We have responsibilities to Church ... and to State · .. Commitment to one ... normally need not lessen · .. commitment to the other.

But Christ's ... rises above our country's flag . .

Allegiance to the Lord ... needs always to judge our allegiance to our country ... There can be but one Lord . . . one Master . . . one God. As Jesus taught ... "Give to Caesar ... what is Caesar's ... but ... give to God ... what is God's'" (Matthew 22;21).

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Carter and. the Bishops .By Jim Castelli WASHINGTON (NC) - "Toward the end of the meeting, I reminded Mr. Carter that he and I had met a year ago. I noted that there had been serious misperceptions of that meeting, suggesting that it was a confrontation between himself and the bishops."

Archbishop Joseph Bernardin of Cincinnati, president of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops (NCCB), made this comment in a two-page statement following a meeting with

Carter to discuss human rights issues on Sept. 12.

It was a delicate enough way of bringing up an incident Carter staffers regard as a significant campaign setback - reaction to a meeting candidate Carter had with the NCCB executive committee in August 1976.

Briefly, that meeting and a subsequent meeting between the same committee of bishops and President Ford led many people to conclude that the bishops had endorsed Ford because he supported a constitutional amend-

Going National Have you read this month's Catholic Digest? If so, you will see that it includes an article by Pat McGowan of The Anchor staff. What makes this fact more interesting is that the article .is about Father John FoIster, pastor Qf Sacred Heart, Fall River, and former acting editor of this paper.

The story concerns Father FoIster's devotion to the cause of emergency medicine and the wonderful community contribution he has made in this field. It is enhanced with excellent photographs by Hank Pollard of the Fall River Herald News of one of the numerous Braga Bridge rescues made by Father FoIster.

Congratulations to Pat for a very fine story about a devoted priest of the diocese of Fall River.

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ment to restrict abortion (even though it was not the one they preferred) and Carter did not.

The bishops denied this and issued a clarification of their position, which was to address issues, not candidates. An analysis of the bishops' testimony before both party platform committees showed the amendment issue to be just about the only major issue on which Carter and the bishops did not agree at least to a large degree.

When Carter won, some Catholics and political observers wondered whether he would try to freeze the hierarchy out of the White House and whether the bishops would try to embarrass Carter.

The concern was unnecessary.

As the time in between Archbishop Bernardin's two meetings with Carter has shown, high political leaders - especially presidents - and church leaders, in an old American tradition, need each other.

Church leaders must deal with the realities of politics in order to have laws reflect morality and justice. And political leaders need church leaders - just as they need any other civic leaders - to help drum up support for their programs.

So, for example, after Archbishop IBernardin reminded Carter of their last meeting, he said, "I told him that, while the bishops remain convinced of the need for a constitutional amendment to restore protection to the unborn, I wished to take this op· portunity to commend him fo~ his opposition to federal funding or to encouragement of abortion - opposition which he also expressed during our meeting in 1976."

Archbishop ,Bernardin also brought Carter another piece of good news - a reaffirmation of the bishops' commitment to lobby in support of the new Panama Canal treaty, which faces a tough Senate ratification fight.

The treaty issue was one element of the human rights question Archbiship Bernardin wanted to discuss with Carter. To put it simply, Archbishop Bernardin, prompted by questions from Church leaders in other parts of the world, wanted to know if Carter's commitment to human rights in foreign policy was for real; Carter assured him it was and Archbishop Bernardin said he believed him.

Carter has used the "bully pulpit" of the presidency, to use Teddy Roosevelt's phrase, to do what no church could do alone - make human rights a household word. In fact, it is now almost impossible to find anyone advancing any social cause who does not speak of his cause in terms of "human rights."

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October 7 Rev. Caesar Phares, 1951, Pastor, St. Anthony of Desert, Fall River Rev. Msgr. Arthur G. Dupuis, 1975, Pastor, Emeritus, St. 'Louis de France, Swansea October 10 Rev. James C. J. Ryan, 1918, Assistant, Immaculate Conception, North Easton October 11 Rev. James A. Downey, 1952, Pastor, Holy Ghost, Attleboro

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CHD Continued from Page One aided in bringing the situation to public attention, said Father McNamara.

Asked about CHD's feeling on Carter administration accomplishments, the director said "we're hopeful and waiting to see what happens" on such matters as welfare reform and jobs programs.

Although temporarily sidetracked in New Bedford by a dental problem, he arrived in Fall River last week full of enthusiasm for his assignment of talking to educators and other diocesan personnel about the necessity of forming children and adults in Christian attitudes towards problems of social justice.

As head of the remarkable CHD anti-poverty program which this year is distributing over $7 million to 135 self-help projects across the country, he is probably the hest qualified priest in the nation for such a task.

In the Fall River diocese the Southeastern Massachusetts Advocacy Center (SEMAC) in New Bedford is receiving a grant from the CHD national office.

Additionally, many other grants are made locally from CHD collection moneys retained by m~ diocese.

Father McNamara 'met with SEMAC personnel while in the diocese and said. he was' impressed with their enthusiasm and efforts to bring community groups together for training and joint action programs.

To his audience at Bishop Connolly High School in Fall River he pointed out that until very recently the competitive or "frontier ethic" p,revailed in the United States and that the notion that rights are vested in the dignity of the human person was unheard of.

"We used to think that giving things to people was charity on our part, not an obligation," he said.

The pril'!st explained that the CHD philosophy is to proceed from situations as they are and see how gospel principles can apply to them, rather than to proceed from principles to action.

Parenthetically he noted that social encylicals such as "Progress of Peoples" are in reality more controversial than such a pronouncement as "Humane Vitae" but that statements on our personal morality "hit us much more c1Qsely."

He recounted the story of Hun Spires, a cotton mill worker in North Carolina, able to breathe at less than 25 percent of normal lung capacity due to years in mills laden with cotton

Stang Assembly Officers of Bishop William Stang General Assembly of the Fourth Degree Knights of Columbus will be seated beginning at 5:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 9 at Stevenson's restaurant, North Dartmouth.

Those to be installed include Father Joseph A. Martineau, faithful friar; Adrien J. Pelletier, faithful navigator; Anthony G. Barreto, faithful captain; James O. Silva, faithful pilot; Dominick J. Maxwell Jr.,' faithful comptroller.

Dancing will follow dinner and the installation.

dust. Near death with cancer, inoperable because his lungs could not handle anesthesia, he said only that he hoped knowledge of his death "might help clear up the air in the mills."

The CHD director discussed "right-to-work" laws, pointing out that for Texas farmworkers, they amount merely to "the right to work for less Jhan a living wage," What should the church do about these things, he queried.

"We've internalized the relatively small part of the gospel dealing with prayer and the Eucharist but not the large part about social justice. What did Christ say about seeing him when we deal with others?"

Lively Session At a lively question session, participants called for organization of a group to deal with diocesan social justice issues and Father Peter N. Graziano, diocesan director of social services met with those wishing to form its nucleus.

Feeling was summed up by Father James E. Murphy, in charge of the Spanish apostolate in Attleboro and Taunton, who declared, "It's nice to listen to problems somewhere else, but we have them here. We have to get out and pound the streets ourselves. We have to free the downtrodden, the alcoholics, the drug addicts. We don't have to read hooks, we can read faces," Father McNamara, 49, has headed CHD for five years. Previously he was associated with the department of s.ocial services in his home diocese of Kansas City, Mo. and was a pastor.

He said his strong involvement with social justice causes came about when as a young priest he "had the personal privilege of involvement with people who suffered injustice. It made me re-examine what I meant by being a minister of the Lord and a servant of his people,"

Deacons Continued from Pa~e One bishops on the Permanent Diaconate committee. In addition, he promised the continued services of his office in relation to the Fall River program.

Father Moore noted that the Fall River diaconate program was "developed with great care and diligence, keeping in mind the very special needs of our own diocese. It may be said that our program is tailor-made for the challenges the Church faces in this particular diocese.

"In this way," the director added, "candidates for the Permanent Diaconate will be better prepared to serve the people, which is what the diaconate is all about.

"With this approval, our candidates formally join their brother deacons and candidates on a national level. As such, they join a confraternity of men that has dedicated itself to the service of the Church in the United States and will be able to participate with members of other approved programs on a national level.

"With national confirmation," concluded Father Moore, "our program assumes a new dimension of importance for the Fall River diocese."

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had appeared in a report on tortures in Rhodesia. She was caring for a man alleged' to have had boiling heer poured over his head by members of the Rhodesian security forces.

But she said in Rome that she was never actually told why she was declared a prohibited immigrant.

"I didn't like to say too much because my friends are still there," said the 36-year-old Sister, a medical doctor.

Since 1974 she had worked in Wadza, "a compi"etely African area," she said. "The freedom fighters - the Rhodesian government calls them terrorists have been present there for over a year," "I have worked there solely , as a Catholic missionary and have not been involved in polio tics," She said she had not shown support for the guerrillas, who are seeking to overthrow the white minority government of Prime Minister Ian Smith.

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BIRTHDAY DOOR: The fourth bronze door of St. Peter's Basilica is set in place in preparation for its dedication last Monday in honor of 80th birthday of Pope Paul VI. It weighs 1200 pounds, is the work of Italian sculptor Luciano Minguzzi. (NC Photo)

Two Nuns Continued from Page One has not yet even seen her parents in Pittsburgh.

Sister McLaughlin said she believes her release came about because the Rhodesian government was " surprised and embarrassed" by the worldwide "uproar" at her arrest. She was informed of the deportation decision at 10 a.m. Sept. 22, and she was on a plane for Johannesburg, South Africa, by 2:45 p.m. that day.

She admitted to "mixed feelings" about her deportation because "I wanted to go to trial, because I believed we could win." In addition, 'she said she "felt bad leaving the others behil}d," but she believes that a German Jesuit, Father Dieter Scholz, may also soon be deported and then "the case may fizzle out,"

Sister McLaughlin, the commission's press secretary since May, and Father Scholz, its vice chairman, were arrested along with John Deary, a white layman and native of Rhodesia who chairs the commission, and Canadian Christian Brother Arthur Dupuis, organizing secretary.

During a bail hearing Sept. 13, the nun told a Rhodesian court that she supported the black nationalist cause against the white minority regime and added, "I support liberation. I support the need for a change of society. I believe in the redistribution of wealth," She was denied bail on the grounds that she was "clearly a grave security risk," Expelled two days before Sister Janice was Sister Teresa Corby of Ireland, whose picture

Her only comment on the prospects for the future in Rhodesia was, "I hope there will be peace because the local people are suffering so much," Asked about another assignment, she said, "I hope to return to Zimbabwe (the black African nationalist name for Rhodesia) in the near future."

Candles Continued from Page One candlelight procession are Fathers William G. Campbell.

Luciano J. 'Pereira, Joseph Ferreira, Paul Rotondi, OFM, John R. FoIster, John A. Gomes, Richard R. Gendreau, Stephen Furtado, Daniel L. Freitas, Ronald A. Tosti. R. Gabriel Blain, OP, and John F. Moore.

It should be emphasized that this procession and Mass is not just a Fall River event but is held for the benefit of the entire diocese. Thus it is hoped that each area will be represented at this evening of prayer. Additionally, the theme of the evening, World Peace, should offer additional incentive for large numbers to attend this year's public testimony of faith.

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PORTUGUESE PILGRIMAGE AT LA SALETTE SHRINE ATTLEBORO, 'ROSARY AND PROCESSION LED BY REV. ARISTIDES ARRUDA ST. MICHAEL ISLAND, AZORES CHOIR OF IMMACULATE CONCEPTION PARISH - NEW BEDFORD DI~ECTED BY REV. HENRY ARRUDA WILL PROVIDE MUSIC FOR THE DAY

MASS. MASS 3:00 P.M. Celebrant Msgr. Luiz G. Mendonca Vicar General of Fall River Diocese And Pastor - O"r Lady of Mt. Carmel New Bedford

HomiJist - Rev. Joao B. Lourenco St. Anthony's Church, Cambridge, Mass.

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Should Unbeliever Teach Freshman Religion?

Crossan uses the techniques of strewn throughout its pages. It "structural analysis" to ap- is difficult to see that Crossan proach the Scripture from the thinks that Jesus is anything By point of view of literary criti- more than the teller of paracism. He compares tlte work of doxical tales. It would appear the modem Argentinian writer, that he does not accept the REV. Jorge Luis Borges~ with the para- special presence of the divinity ANDREW M. , bles of Jesus and concludes that in Jesus, the resurrection, or huthey were both engaged in tell- man survival after death.

GREELEY ing "comic" stories embodying a paradoxical view of reality.

My problem has to do with There is much to be learn~d the role of such an unbeliever A very clever and original from the book, though often its on the faculty of a Catholic uninew book, John Dominic flippant cleverness gets in the versity (such as DePaul in ChicCrossan's "Raid on the Arti~ way. ago, where Crossan teaches.)

The issue is not one of acadculate," raises some difficut My problem, however, is with emic freedom. But I wonder questions, it 'seems to me, about the theological "orbiter dicta" whether DePaul might not be Catholic. universities.

guilty of something like consumer fraud when it accepts more than $2,000 a year from students on the pretext that it is a Catholic university when a person who rejects basic Catholic doctrine teaches freshmen religious courses.

In graduate level seminars or even in courses for junior and senior religious studies majors, the ideas contained in "Raid on the Articulate" would surely be appropriate. But for 17-year-old freshmen?

The argument might be made

that it is a mark of a broadminded and sophisticated Catholic university to have freshmen instructors who reject the basic premises of the Catholic tradition. Well, maybe. All I'm suggesting is that DePaul has an obligation to make that sophistication absolutely clear to those whose money it is taking. Let them tell the parents of freshmen that their children may well encounter a theology teacher who does not accept the divinity of Jesus, the resurrection, and the life after death. Then see if tpey will sacrifice $2,000 for "Catholic" education.

Thr,eat of D,ea,th Helps Us To Appreciat,e Life plain about inconsequentials.

We don't appreciate what we have until there is a danger of death.

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MARY CARSON

Why do we appreciate what we have only when we . risk losing it? We take everything for granted. We find fault. We want more . . . until we face the possibility that what we have may be taken from us.

A lot of wives - me included - are that way with their hus,路 bands. We go along from day to day picking on the things that don't get done. We take all the good things for granted and com-

A few weeks ago my husband had severe chest pains, diagnosed as - pneumonia. When we first learned about it I was concerned only that Dan get good care and recover. After two weeks of that care, he seemed no better than when we first visited the doctor.

The doctor said he was "a little worried" because the pain persisted so long. He didn't want to alarm us, but there was a possibility of a blood clot or a malignancy. We had t\\'o dear friends die recently. One had a blood clot in his lung, the other a malignancy.

We each tried unsuccessfully to encOllrage the other not to worry. Maybe the doctor was mistaken. Maybe it was just taking longer to heal. Wait till the latest X-rays were done.

It was several days before we had the results of those tests.

They were long days. It no longer mattered that the paint job on the house was no futher along than it had been a month earlier. ,Picking up laundry wasn't a chore anymore. 'I began to appreciate all the things he used to do and now couldn't.

We made a trip to a specialist, late at night. It was outside his regular hours, but if he didn't see Dan that- night it would be another week before he could see him. He felt it unsafe to

wait a week. Our anxiety heightened.

While waiting in the specialist's office mixed thoughts kept criss-crossing. Many things in life are so unimportant. All that mattered was that Dan get well.

The possibility of having to raise my family on my own was terrifying. The possibility of losing Dan was real and remote all at the same time.

We finally saw the doctor and most of our fears were relieved.

There was no sign of a clot. It was a viral pneumonia and would not respond to penicillin. It would simply take a long time for it to heal.

I siept that night with peace of mind rather than from physical and emotional exhaustion. It

was blessed relief.

Dan is finally starting to recover. But it's been over a month since he's been unable to do anything. I used to resent ball games on TV. Now they are something to take his mind off the pain.

We don't appreciate what we have till we risk losing it. And it's true of so many relationships in life - friendships, our jobs, even situations in the Church.

When there is a real threat, we begin to see all the good and become determined to avoid pettiness in the future.

But time heals, and fears fade.

I wonder if he'll be well enough next week to run a few errands instead of watching the ball game?

Is the National Reclamati on Act Obsolete, He Asks

By MSGR. GEORGE G. HIGGINS

Ever since 1902, when the Congress passed the National Reclamation Act, it has been the official policy of the U.S. government that federally subsidized irrigation waters be made available only to farmers owning 160 acres or less. Under terms of the act, the owner must also be an actual

resident of the land being irrigated or must reside in the neighborhood.

Most of the time during the past 75 years these provisions of the act, designed to strengthen the family farm, have been completely ignored. As a result, absentee corporate land owners, generously subsidized by the government, have gobbled up large tracts of land - some times for purely speculative purposes - notably in California.

Finally, however, there is reason to hope the government may put an end to this scandal.

Within recent weeks, Secretary of the Interior Cecil Andrus, res-

ponding to a court order, announced that his department is going to begin enforcing the 160acre limitation and the residency requirements. Under the Andrus proposals, in the future, owners will have to live within 50 'miles of the property to be served with federal water. This, together with the 160-acre limitation, should cut down on the number of absentee owners.

The Fresno ,Bee, the leading newspaper in the Central Valley of California, where absentee ownership of land is very common, wholeheartedly supports the Andrus proposals. Surpris-

ingly, though, the Washington Post has taken at least partial exception to them. The Post thinks that the National Reclamation Act may be obsolete and also seems to suggest that the old-style family farm may be on the way out. The newspaper suggests this would be a good time to experiment with a modest increase in acreage limits coupled with higher rates for delivering water to larger farms.

"That combination of greater farming space and smaller subsidies," it says, "might be politically marketable, as well as more in tune with today's marketplace."

The point is well taken, but it seems to me that the Post may be making too much of it.

According to Barrons, it appears that each member of a farm family would be entitled to own 160 acres and lease another 160 acres. This would mean that a farm family of four could own 640 acres and lease another 640, all of which would be eligible for federally subsidized water.

This being the case, it may not be necessary to go the experimental route that the Post has recommended, for 640 acres would seem to be a viable holding and "in tune with today's market-place."

Most Ills Can Be Cured by Hom,emad,e Food, She Says By MARILYN RODERICK

With age they comes wisdom and I feel that from my perch of years I have

claim truly lofty come

up with a great discovery. There are few ills that can't be cured by a beautiful, delicious piece of lemon meringue pie, or a bowl of homemade chicken soup.

I'm certain that a fast food diet can cause many problems.

Day after day and week after

week of such lunches, and no wonder everyone is at everyone else's throat.

If you have ever .indulged yourself by making your own bread from scratch or browsing through a cookbook for pleasure you realize that your aggressions and frustrations can be worked out beautifully while you kneed some marvelously pliable bread dough or whip up a batch of cookies.

Many studies have been done on realtionship between hyperactive youngsters and food additives and while absolute proof is lacking the correlation seems strong between hyperactivity and junk food.

While none of us really wants

to return to the "good old days," I have begun to feel strongly that 路we are what we eat and that a return to good home cooking would do a lot for our outlook, disposition and even our relationship with our neighbors whther next door or across the sea. In this column I speak very often of the ethnic variety of people and foods in my neighborhood and it is really difficult to pretend that we don't understand people when we are breaking bread with them.

If we could only return to the hour-long dinners of the past when all the family gathered in the kitchen or dining room and discussed the happenings of the day, a lot of our problems would

put themselves in the right perspective!

Here's the Roderick theory: ills not cured by chicken soup or lemon meringue pie wil lbe vanquished by a good chocolate cake. Here's a recipe not only great to eat but easy to make.

Upside Down Chocolate Cake % cup sugar 2 Tablespoons butter Y2 cup milk 1 cup flour 2 teaspoons baking powder ~ teaspoon salt 2 Tablespoons cocoa Y2 cup chopped walnuts Y2 cup granulated sugar Y2 cup brown sugar 1f.J cup cocoa 1 y:! cups boiling water

1) Cream the butter and sugar and stir in the milk. Sift together the next four ingredients and and add to creamed mixture.

Mix until smooth.

2) Stir in the nuts and spread in a buttered 9 .inch square pan.

3) In a small bowl, mix granulated and brown sugars and the 1f.J cup cocoa and sprinkle over batter.

Pour the ,boiling water over the top and bake in a 350路 oven for 35 to 40 minutes.

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TOP TO BOTTOM, LEFT TO RIGHT, Father Robert S. Kaszynski speaks on spirituality to permanent deacon candidates and their' wives; Raymond Poisson, committee member, Father Adrien E. Bernier, pastor, and Paul Lapointe, trustee, at 90th anniversary celebration for St. Mathieu parish, Fall River; Sister Angela Francis, OP and Administrator James F. Lyons receive $5000 check from Mrs. James E. Sullivan of Friends of St. Anne's Hospital. Money, gift shop proceeds,路 will be used to renovate orthopedics ward; Father Lawrence McNamara explains work of Campaign for Human Development to diocesan educators, social services

personnel; Bishop Cronin rejOiCeS with Msgr. John J. Oliveira and his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John J. Oliveira of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel parish..

New Bedford, after ceremony at which new monsignor received official notification of his rank; part of crowd at last year's Portuguese Pilgrimage at La Salette Shrine, Attleboro. This year's pilgrimage will begin at 1:30 p.m. Sunday, will include rosary procession and outdoor solemn Mass and will conclude with an ethnic festival featuring Portuguese folkloric entertainment and a full Portuguese menu in the shrine cafeteria.

Msgr. Luiz Mendonca, vicar general, will preside at the Mass.

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only for children and husband but a raft of relatives as well.

"Nor is a mismatched couple any longer bound to live out their lives imprisoned in a loveless marriage that should not have happened in the first place.

What is more, a woman is now free to get a baby without having to put up with a husband in the bargain. Are not these new, and more honest, family reforms?

"Perhaps so," he answered, "but one cannot help wondering why honesty and innovation should be so heavily concentrated among the poor."

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The American family "has been falling apart" and is "becoming disconnected from the rest of society" because America does not care about children .or about people who do care about children.

That is the assessment of Urie Bronfenbrenner, professor of human' development and family studies at Cornell University.

"At this point in our history, we are not a caring society." he said. "We want" to do our own thing. We are unwilling to make irrational commitments to children, to families - grandpat:,ents, relatives, even to our wives and husbands."

An "irrational commitment" to a child, he said, means that "somebody has got to be crazy about that kid" to provide the care necessary for his development.

America's lack of caring makes it unique in several "destructive" ways, Bronfenbrenner said.

"The United States is the only modern industrialized nation the only one - that does not ensure health care for every family with young children . . . that does' not guarantee a minimum incorrie level for every family with young childen" and "has not yet established a nationwide program of child-care services for children of working parents."

"When families are as important to America as football or firearms, he said, "the divorce rate will take a deep plunge, nonreaders will cease to be a national problem, juvenile delinquency will experience dropouts and neighborhoods will once again become a place for people of all ages to live together."

Bonfenbrenner made his comments in an "audio-visual presentation" at the 63rd annual meeting of the National Confer-

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In order to meet children's needs, Bronfenbrenner said, all the major institutions of society - including government, the media, legal and transportation ser. vices and "the world of work" must provide "opportunity,

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Bronfenbrenner urged Catholic Charities agencies to conduct "a community audit of what is happening to the children in your town and to all other persons who need carethe old, the sick, the handicapped, people living alone." "·Equally important," he said, "is an audit of what happens to their caretakers - parents, teachers, friends, neighbors and all others who care for us when we need it or might care if other arrangements were made." ,Bronfenbrenner predicted that such an audit would turn up a number of problems. Some of these problems would be solved by a minimum family income and access to basic health care, he said.

He outlined action in three other areas. In the area of "fam-

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Campaigns that began last spring with adminstrative approval to organize Catholic school teachers in Springfield, Mass., and Louisville, Ky., are continuing this fall, with leaders saying their efforts are progressing well and predicting that teachers will be more receptive to the idea this year than last. ,In Springfield, Father Brian Boland said he intends to meet with teachers in early October . to promote the state chapter of the American Federation of Teachers, which seeks to represent 350,lay teachers in 42 elementary and three high schools in the diocese. The priest, guidance director at Springfield's Cathedral High School, began the campaign at the request of iay teachers familiar with his efforts on behalf of California farm worj{ers.

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In the "wOl:ld of work," he called for sensible job schedules, sick leave for working parents whose' children are ill and "part-time employment without penalty.~'

Family disintegration is not limited to the urban poor, Bronfenbrenner said. "Specifically," he said, "in terms of such characteristics as the proportion of working mothers, number of adults in the home, single-parent families, or children born out of wedlock, the middle-class family of today increasingly reo sembles the low-income family of the early 1960s."

"Maybe it is all for the best?" he asked rhetorically. At least now, a woman is no longer excluded from the job market and limited for a lifetime to the role of wife and mother, caring for, feeding and cleaning house not

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Teachers in Louisville have followed a different route than their Springfield colleagues. A group has formed an independent professional association rather than a union, and is stressing better communications with school officials more than collective bargaining rights.

Although Father Boland was unable to meet a fall deadline for union elections, he reported that organizing campaign in .Springfield is still in progress and "doing well."

The priest estimates that nearly 30 percent of the 350 lay teachers in the Springfield school system have signed cards authorizing the Massachusetts Federation of Teachers as their bargaining agent. The state -Labor Relations Commission will conduct an election if 30 percent or more employes sign the cards, but Father Boland said he will not seek an election unless 50 percent indicate support.

Style Show Sponsored

By Ne~ Bedford Club Mrs. Daniel F. Dwyer and Mrs. Lawrence A. Weaver are chairpersons for "Fall Prediction," a fashion show to be sponsored by tpe Catholic Woman's Club of New Bedford at 7:30 p.m.

Wednesday, Oct. 19 at White's restaurant, North Westport.

The Gene Demers Trio will provide music. .

Proceeds will benefit the club's charitable projects and reservations may be made with Mrs. L. LaForest or Miss Helen E. McGrath.

Bishop Homilist for Serrans Bishop Daniel A. Cronin .will be homilist for a Mass climaxing the 14th annual New England regional conference of Serra International, to be held at the Marriott Inn in Providence on Friday and Saturday, Oct. 14 and 15.

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n'$',~ WlLUAM .R. TIETJEN, ACSW, director of social work serviCes for St. Anne's Hospital, Fall River, will be among participants in a panel on family life to be presented at the fall plenary meeting of the Diocesan Council of Catholic Nurses.

The meeting will be held at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 6 at Holy Family parish hall, East Taunton.

Other panel participants will be Father Thomas Rita, associate diocesan director of social services; and Sister Mary Sardina, a: counselor in the diocesan school system; and Mr. and Mrs. John Meehan of West Yarmouth, parents of three. Mrs. Meehan is President of the Cape Cod Catholic Nurses Guild.

NECOPS Subject Is Leadership Representatives of priests' senates and councils throughout New England as well as many New England bishops will attend the fall meeting of the New England Conference of Priests' Senates (NECOPS), to be held Monday through Wednesday, Oct. 24 to 26, at Our Lady of Sorrows retreat house, West Springfield.

With the theme of Senate Leadership, workshop sessions will consider the role and goals of senates, uses of influence and power, means of communicating with constituents and structures and strategies to be employed in working for causes of justice and peace.

The team presenting the program comprises Father James Ratigan, president of the Na,tional -Federation of Priests' Councils '(NFPC); Father Thomas Peyton, MM, director of the NFPC Justice and Peace Ministry; and Sister Marjorie Tuite, OP, of the faculty of the Bellarmine School of Theology, Chicago.

Wanted Babies WASHINGTON (NC) -Catholic and Jewish mothers interviewed in 1973 were more likely than other mothers to describe their pregnancies resulting in live births as "wanted" at the time they found out about them, according to a new government study.

Consistent with the purpose of the Serra organization, promotion of religious vocations, the theme of the meeting will be "Let the Priestly Spirit Flourish:" Speakers will include Father Edward F. Abbott, spiritual director of Our Lady of Providence Seminary, who will discuss spiritual growth; and Hon. Anthony Gianinni, associate justice in the Rhode Island Supreme Court, whose topic will be morality and the American judicial system. A panel discussion will deal with new ministries in the church.

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The application pertains to 3 existing discharges, consisting of sanitary wastewater (SIC 4952) to Hope Pon.d and Three Mile River, Class iB watercourse, at Dighton, Massachusetts. The proposed pennit requires the applicant to achieve best practicable control technology (secondary treatment) or any more stringent limits necessary to meet applicable water quality standards. This pennit will expire September 30, 1982.

The pennit proposed for issuance by the Massachusetts Division of Water Pollution Control (the "Division") and the Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA") requires the permittee to meet final effluent limitations by effective date of the pennit. Section 301 (b) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act ("FWPCA"), and decisions of the Federal Courts preclude issuance of an NPDES pennit containing an implementation schedule to achieve such limitations later than this date.

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·Prelates to be heard during the two-day meeting in addition to Bishop Cronin are Cardinal Humberto Medeiros, who willalso preside at the closing lit· urgy, Bishop Louis E. Gelineau and Bishop Kenneth A. Angell.

Governor J. Joseph Garrahy of Rhode Island will bring greetings of the state to the delegates at the convention banquet.

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The proposed Enforcement Compliance Schedule Letter .requires the Applicant to plan and construct an intercepter to tie .in to Taunton sewer system or to plan and construct a secondary sewage treatment plant.

The Division is of the opinion that the statutory deadline for achievements of final effluent limitations may appropriately be extended beyond that date for the purposes of the Massachusetts Clean Waters Act only by the courts of the Commonwealth. For this reason, the Division will not participate in the issuance of the Enforcement Compliance Schedule Letter.

TENTATIVE DETERMINA· TlONS Tentative detenninations reo garding effluent limitations and other conditions to be imposed in the pending NPDES pennit and Federal Enforcement Compliance .Schedule Letter have been made by the Division and! or EPA. The limitations imposed in the pennit will assure that Massachusetts Water Quality Standards and applicable provisions of the FWPCA will be met.

FUTHER INFORMATION The complete application, proposed pennit and Enforcement Compliance Schedule Letter, and other infonnation are on file and may be inspected at the Division or EPA, Boston offices. Copies, obtained by calling (617) 223-5061, will be made at a cost of 20e per page from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday.

PUBLIC COMMENTSjPUBLIC HEARINGS .

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Letters to· the Editor Letters are welcomed, but should be no illore than 200 words. The editor reserves lIIe right to condense or edit, If deemed necessary. All letters must be signed and Include a home or business address.

About Father Drinan Dear Editor: In response to Catherine Mac~'s query as to whether or not Cong; Robert F. Drinan hac; voted pro-abortion, the following should be noted: Since 1973 Father Drinan has had the opportunity in" the U.S. Congress of voting on the abortion issue 11 times. He" has voted with the pro-abortion side 10 times.

Assignments Set For Seminarians - Eleven diocesan seminarians are beginning or resuming their studies this September, seven at St. John's Seminary College, three at St. John's School of Theology and one at St. Thomas Seminary. Four have been transferred from seminary colleges to schools of theology.

At St. John's Seminary College: Gary J. Belliveau, St. Casimir parish, New Bedford; Dirk ,Belt, St. Mark, Attleboro Falls; Keith Caldwell, Our Lady of Victory, Centerville; David Costa, Sacred Heart, Taunton; Daniel Curtis, St. Mary, North Attleboro; Michael Dufault, Holy· Rosary, Fall River; Jose Souza, St. Michael, Fall River.

At St. John's School of Theology: Richard negagne and Marc Tremblay, St. Anne, Fall His voting record has been . River; Peter Fitzgibbons, St. researched from the Congress- Rose of Lima, Warwick, R.I. ional Record by Patrick J. McAt St. Thomas Seminary: . Cormick, legislative assistant for James M. Hill, St. Margaret, the National Ri&ht to Life Com- Buzzards Bay. mittee.

Transferred from Our Lady of Mrs. Janet DesChenes of Mass- Providence Seminary to the achusetts, a member of the State North American College, Rome: Right to Life Committee, has Stephen Avila. pointed out that Massachusetts Transferred from St. John's Cathblics are confused on abortion precisely because the most Seminary College to St. John's prominent Catholic priest in the School of Theology: Philip Hamstate did not support legal pro- el; Gerard Hebert; William Roctection for the unborn. kett.

While Congressman Drinan does not support such protection, guarding the unborn 'from horrible deaths by suction machines, saline burns and being placed in hospital refuse buckets to die, he did sponsor a House resolution condemning the killing of whales and co-sponsored a bill amending the Federal Meat Inspection Act to ensure that livestock are humanely slaughtered.

Father Drinan has never sponsored, co-sponsored or supported a Human Life Amendment.

Pamela Smith Greater Fall River Chapter Mass. Citizens for Life

Legion Moderator Msgr. Henri Hamel has been named spiritual director for the New Bedford Curia of the Legion of Mary, replacing the late Father Alexander Zichello.

Divorce and Catholics A Light at the End of the Tunnel

By Father Cornelius van der Poel, C.S. Sp. Director, . Family Life Office Archiocese of Detroit (The fifth of an eight-part series originally appearing in The Michigan Catholic and reprinted by permission.)

The days, the weeks, the months following divorce are filled with so much pain, anger, bitterness and frustration that the· greatest blessing in the world would seem to be to wipe out every memory of it. Divorced persons would like to consider the period of their marriage or at least a part of it as a time that never existed. But that is impossible.

Being married, even a short while, makes a deep imprint upon the lives of the partners. The time and the experiences together mean a deep investment; not just a financial investment, but an investment of deep personal concerns. This is never wiped out. A well-known marriage counselor once said: "If a couple needed about two years of courtship to know that they should be married and that they belong together as husband and wife, they need at least half that time to de-court and to know why they do not belong together as husband and wife."

I think that his point is well taken. If a couple leaves each

Affirmation Program Theme Is Intimacy Intimacy will be the theme of the third annual Boston Psychotheological Symposium, to be held Saturday, Oct. 1 at Aquinas Junior College, Newton.

The program will offer talks by four psychotherapists, all members of the House of Affirmation, an international therapeutic facility for clergy and religious with centers in Boston and Whitinsville, Mass., Montara, Calif. and Birmingham, England. To be discussed are Matured Love and Sexuality; Fascination, Surrender and Personal IIdentity; Intimacy with Self vs. Self-Alienation; and "I Have Called You by Name," an exploration of the challenges of friendship. Staff members will also be available for conversation throughout the day.

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Many people try to suppress t~e feelings of anger, pain and frustration which accompany divorce. However, suppression is not cure. The anger remains deep within . . . as pus at the bottom of a wound. The wound may be covered and may look healing on the outside but it remains a very tender spot.

When you touch it, it is painful.

Once in a while, the infection seems to flare up and spreads itself over the whole person as a dee~ sense of personal frustration and as a lack of personal value. If these feelings are ignored they become obstacles to future relationships and even for happiness in one's solitary moments. Taking an objective look at what really has been going on and what caused the marriage to break is very important.

One of the most important discoveries that divorced people make is that the partner was not the only one who was guilty.

They shared in the marital breakdown. Yet, admitting their share in the failure of the marriage, they also discover that though the marriage failed, they themselves are not failures.

They must learn to say honestly: "The marriage failed, but I am not a failure," This process takes time, and usually it demands an intelligent friend or a good counselor to assist in this development.

The friend who sits down with the divorced person and criticizes the former partner, underlining all the evilness of the other and the terrible injustice that the partner caused, does not really help. A true friend will hEllp to look objectively and to help each one see the share he/she had in the marriage and its failure. Sometimes another divorced person may be very understanding and helpful, sometime this fellow divorce(e) only adds to the anger and to the feelings of rejection. A good friend is not the person who

highlights complaints but who has the courage to point out our own weaknesses as well as our stfengths.

For many people religion is very important. Since the Church does not accept divorce, divorced people feel rejected by the Church. They would like to talk with the priest but they are afraid to do so. Often also, the priest may feel uncomfortable.

Many priests feel deeply with divorced people, but knowing that marriage cannot be dissolved they think that there is nothing or little they can do. It is a frustrating feeling to be deeply concerned and to have no way to help. This frustration makes some of them impatient with the persons in need.

Sometimes divorced persons demand to be accepted as' they are in defiance of the Church's teaching but the priest cannot accept such demands. Such misunderstandings cause friction and deepen the anger. Sometimes (hopefully more often) there is an open ear and a sensitive heart, a pastoral concern com-bined with deep human understanding. It is as a faint light at a long distance.

Next week: "In Search for Oneself." (In the Fall River di~ cese, information on support groups for divorced or separa~' ted Catholics, active in several areas, is available from Father Michel G. Methot of the diocesan office of adult education, 423 Highland Avenue, Fall River, . telephone 678-2828. Advice in specific eases of divorce or separation is available at the diocesan Marriage Court, 344 Highland . Avenue, telephone 6751311, or from any parish priest.)

Attleboro Volleyball The Attleboro Area CYO is organizing a girl's volleyball league which will play from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. Sunday afternoons from Oct. 16 through Dec. 11 at St. Theresa's Youth Center. Interested high school girls may contact their parish priests for further information.

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Q. If a young Catholic woman with three childr4;m, who has unsuccessfully used the rhythm method, had her tubes tied, has she committed a mortal sin? Has her husband sinned, especially if he wanted no more children the same as she did?

Can she go to Mass and the sacraments? Do you think the Lord tries to understand the reasons why we do what we do?

I pray to the Lord for answers, but they don't come very easy.

I know many Catholic people hard pressed for answers and we desperately need help on where to tum. The answers aren't in a Sunday sermon like they might have been years ago.

I'm sorry my questions got so long, but' many young couples need these answers and I'm number one on the list. I'm 28 years old.

A. Let's take your questions one at a time. First, and maybe the hardest to respond to: Did you commit a sin?

The Catholic Church teaches that any kind of direct sterilization (such as tubal ligation or vasectomy) is objectively seriously sinful. This means that such an action in itself, considered in isolation (if that were possible) from the circumstances of the individuals involved, is a serious offense against God our Creator, since it· deliberately destroys one of the major functions of our body.

Whether an act of sterilization is subjectively sinful - that is, did the person involved actually commit a grave sin? is a far more difficult question.

Involved here are such considerations as these: Did this person realize fully that the action was seriously sinful for him or her when the action was done?

Were there alternatives that the individual was emotionally, intellectually and spiritually capable of choosing and carrying out?

Worded more theologically, was the person morally freewilled when he acted as he did?

Were there other circumstances present that might diminish full responsibility for any possible sinfulness in what was done?

While these are routine questions in determining moral responsibility for our actions, it is usually hopeless, fruitless and sometimes even harmful to attempt to untangle them after the fact, even for the person directly concerned.

Usually the individual has a pretty good idea of how his action fit in with what his conscience told him was right and wrong. Once the thing is done, the right thing is to put the matter in the hands of Our Lord, ask His forgiveness for any sinfulness, of which one may be guilty, and then move on.

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Can you go to Mass and receive the sacraments? By all means! Not only can you, you should ,do so. With your enormous responsibilities as a mother and wife, and with your concern over your actions you need the healing and forgiving love of Jesus which we experience so powerfully in the sacraments of Penance and the Eucharist.

Don't put it off any longer. Go to a priest you feel will be compassionate and honest with you, and talk with him.

(Questions for this column should be sent to Father Dietzen c/o The Anchor, P.O. Box 7, Fall River, Mass. 02722.)

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JOAN MARIE MOYNAGH, lyric soprano, will sing with the choir of St. Francis Xavier Church, Hyannis, at a concert in the church at 7 p.m. this Sunday. A silver tea will follow in the parish center. The event is part of the 75th anniversary celebration of the parish and the program will feature "The Mass of St. Francis" by Philip Green.

Ms. Moynagh, a Worcester native, has appeared in opera and concert in the United States and Europe. She is on the faculty of Miami University, Oxford, O. where she is also a member of the Musica Sacra Quartet.

" ST. ANN, RAYNJlAM Officer Robert Hinton of the Taunton police department will speak on cardiopulmonary resuscitation to members of the WomTaunton DCCW en's Guild and their husbands The Taunton District Council at a meeting at 7:30 p.m. Wedof Catholic Women will hold a nesday, Oct. 5. Also to 'be finalBishop's Night program Tuesized are plans for the annual at St. Mary's day, Oct. 18.

Mass church fair, to be held Thursday Church, Taunton, will be folthrough Saturday, Oct. 20 lowed by a dinner at Taunton through 22.

High School, for which tickets SS. PETER AND PAUL, are available from any council FALL RIVER officer. ' Parents of children to receive first communion Sunday, Oct. 9 are asked to meet in the school Vincentians To Meet following 9:30 a.m. Mass this Greater Fall River Council of Sunday. the Society of St. Vincent de Junior division CYO members Paul will meet for 7 p.m. Mass will elect officers in October. " Tuesday, Oct. 4 at St. Patrick's Their first meeting of the year Church, Fall River. A buffet and featured .a mini-dance. High meeting will follow at Bella and school students are invited to a Tony's restaurant, 1632 S. Main CYO senior division meeting to St. be held at 7 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 9 and to be followed by dancing and refreshments. dinner dance will be held in the SIGN group members are parish hall, where all older 'meeting monthly for prayer and members will be honored, especistudy. SIGN is a post-confirmaally Mary Canuel, who has been tion program for 11th and 12th sodality president for 35 years. grade students, moderated by Pulaski Day will be marked Father Stephen A. Fernandes.

The next Parish Club will be- Sunday, Oct. 9 as children of gin Sunday, Nov. 6 with Joseph the parish attired in Polish cosStankiewicz as chairman. Regis- tumes lay a wreath at the Pultrations will be accepted Satur- askiPark monument following day, Oct. 1 at a dinner at the 10:30 a.m. Mass.

The annual parish social is Condesa for the preceding club. scheduled for 2 p.m. Sunday, IMMACULATE CONCEPTION, Oct. 16 in the parish hall.

FALL RIVER 'Ouring October rosary devoThe Women's Guild will spontions will be held at 3 p.m. every sor an international potluck Sunday and at 5:15 p.m. Wednessupper for members at 6:30 p.m. day and Friday.

Monday, Oct. 3. A meeting will follow. New members are invited ST. JOHN BAPTIST, to join the guild at this time.

NEW BEDFORD A Harvest Dance with music HOLY CROSS,

by Bob St. Amour will be held FALL RIVER Rosary Sodality will celebrate from 8 p.m. to midnight Saturits 60th anniversary this Sun- day, Oct. 8 in the church hall.

Refreshments will be served day, beginning at 8:15 a.m. by a Mass of thanksgiving, followed and tickets are available at the by a breakfast. At 4:15 p.m. a rectory.

JERUSALEM (NC) The remains of what could be the most famous and largest church built by the early Byzantine emperors have been found in Jerusalem.

an earthquake in the eighth century.

Professor Nahman Avigad of Jerusalem's Hebrew University announced that a Greek Inscription dedicated to Emperor Justinian has been unearthed.

VATICAN OITY (NC) - Cardinal Sergio Pignedoli, president of the Vatican Secretariat for Non-ehristians, has asked the world's Moslems to join with Catholics in fighting oppressive technocracy and totalitarian governments.

He believes that the inscription, attached to a vast subterranean structure, is 'part of the "Nea," a church built by the emperor in 543 and considered one of the wonders of the world for its size and magnifiance.

The church was destroyed by

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Music Touches Youth

By Father Paul Ceasar PerhapsI'll Never Show This World All I Could Be I just can't sing to any Man the song he wants to hear.

And I know that some won't like me, Others try to be my friend But I'm all of me, and that's All that I am.. . .

By Jim and Ingrid Croce From "I Am Who 1 Am" To be ourselves, "all of me," is awesome. It requires a knowledge of self which combines honesty with freedom to be who I am.

Jim Croce seemed involved in expressing the "all of me" quality throughout a life that lasted only 30 years.

Jim was an Italian-American from Philadelphia. He attended Villanova University and majored in psychology. As a student, he played the 12-string guitar with a folk group. He soon realized that he wanted a career in music.

Jim liked being with the people and enjoyed performing.

An unsual sensitivity about feelings and life situations was evident. It was this sensitivity that helped him relate and later express those feelings and situations in song.

Tommy West. Croce's good friend and musical associate, said that on .Saturdays, he and Jim would go to the open air markets in South Philadelphia.

"We'd just talk to a lot of people

and he remembers funny things that people said and rtucked them away in his head . . ."

These experiences came out later in his song~ and stage routines.

After college graduation in 1965, Jim toured for the _State Department in the Middle East and Africa, joined the National Guard, taught history to emotionally disturbed children in a hospital, sang in clubs. Finally, he went to New York hoping to Tum to Page Tnirteen

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When Mike and Paula knocked on the Murrays' door at 8 0' clock, they felt nervous and resentful. .

Engaged to be married, they were nervous because neither met the Murrays before. They stood waiting on the porch with some resentment, even hostility in their hearts, because the priest had insisted on this session. It was part of what he termed the parish's one-to-one marriage preparation program.

After some conventional greetings and introductions, the Murrays began: "We wonder if you feel as nervous as we do. This is only our second meeting with a couple like yourselves."

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By Michael Warren

"What's the matter with our young people?" queried our new pastor as he surveyed the meager attendance at a program of reflection and discussion on spiritual growth aimed at parish youth.

As I drove home, I reflected on this man's concern about awakening the young to Christian faith, but he didn't seem to know where to begin. Then I asked myself what my own convictions were about the process by which youths move toward conversion to the person of Jesus.

I believe the process of awakening faith is basically the same today as it was when the Church began. Those early Christians believe Jesus路 was present in their midst. They determined to pattern their lives after Jesus'

ered at the apparent closeness of this couple, married a dozen years, as the husband sat in a chair and his wife found a place on the floor leaning against her spouse's legs. Paula and MiJ,te, on the other hand, picked separate spots a dozen feet apart.

The Murrays started off: "We really care about you two as a couple. We have a stake in your relationship, a concern about your future. If your marriage is good, sound, happy, and loving, then our world will be a better place in which to live."

As the conversation continued, the engaged pair found their nervousness began to dissipate and their resentment to dissolve.

About 30 minutes later, Mike got up from his chair, walked over and sat down on the floor, then leaned back against Paula's legs.

The priest had asked that they spend a couple of hours with the Murrays and together discuss about 10 topics critical to a marital relationship. These in-. c1uded such issues as sex, parents communication, love, forgiveness, finances, children and religion. .By 10 o'clock their obligation had been fulfilled, but Paula and Mike were hungry for more.

They stayed until well past midnight ~ finally leaving the Murrays after a warm embrace at the door.

Sunday Mass and reception of the Eucharist had not been a regular part of their lives prior to their evening with the Murrays. But in their words, "We felt the presence of God in that house, in the loving closeness we saw between a husband and a wife. We want that for ourselves and are going to make some changes in our religious habits."

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life: They sought out the outcasts, the weak and powerless, the bruised and maimed. Their faith in Jesus, joy, and service to the poorest were major signs' giving credibility to their claims.

So to any community wishing to hand Christian faith on to the young, I would say: Take your own faith seriously. Allow yourselves to undergo the continual conversion that is needed in following Jesus' way. Ask yourselves: How much astonishing joy is present in our worship? What sort of commitment to the powerless does our community have? Before asking when young people will wake up to Christian faith, ask: Are we as a community awake, or are we half asleep?

In my search for adults to minister to youth, I have found numberless persons willing to share material in some religion text. However I have met far too few willing or even able to let the Christian mystery come to personal word. They. had little ability to share their own experience of the Gospel, their own journey to faith. Such sharing was either too difficut or too threatening. It would have involved much more than "looking over the next lesson." It

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I wanted to tell our new pastor that young people are asking the same question Jesus' followers asked Him at the start of John's gospel: "Master, where do you live?" Many young people have been awakened to a desire to know Jesus better.

The sad part is that far too few adult Christians are willing to respond with the answer of Jesus Himself: "Come, I will show you. Come, I will show you where I live and even live there with you. Come, I invite you to share something of my life."

There is no simple way of leading young people to conversion; there are no neat formulas, no simplistic catechism answers. And yet the basic way of sharing one's experience is not all that complicated once an adult community has truly awakened to the Gospel. Such a community seems to be the key and thus where our attention should be.

With those reflections in mind, I began preparing the following week's program on adult spirtuality.

Hi$ Love Knew No Limits

By Father John J. Castelot

Saul the Pharisee, Christian persecutor, who became the individual most responsible for the initial spread of Christianity, was born about the beginning of the first centry in Tarsus of Cilicia, modem Turkey. ,By birth and circumstances, Saul was subjected to various influences which were to form a highly complex personality.

As a devout and intelligent Jew, he spoke Aramaic and developed a deeply biblical mind-set. As a native of Tarsus, he was a Roman citizen by birth, spoke and wrote Greek with ease and eloquence, and was no stranger to Greco-Roman culture.

While still a young man, he went to Jersusalem to pursue higher studies as a rabbi. His intellectual genius and accomplishments were more than matched by his zeal for the religion of his forefathers.

This zeal led him to persecute the infant Church. When he first meet Saul, he is assisting in the martyrdom of Stephen (Acts 7, 58), and then directly harassing the local church (Acts 8, 1-3).

Many Christians, however, had fled the persecution and Saul, undaunted, set out to track them down, even as far as Damascus in Syria.

Suddenly, on the road to Damascus, he had an experience which changed the whole course of his life. The risen Christ ap-

peared to him in a blinding vision. With this vision came the realization that the people he was' persecuting were not blasphemers but were actually worshipping the Lord in glory.

Saul also gained an insight into reality which would become fundamental in his teaching the oneness of Christ and the Christian. For in answer to his question, "Who are you, sir" the voice answered, "I am Jesus, the one you are persecuting. Get up and go into the city, where it will be told you want to do" (Acts 9, 5-6). So important a turning point was this in his life and the life of the Church that it is recorded three times in Acts.

Saul the Pharisees was now Paul the Apostle, an indefatigable preacher of the Good News.

However, his stature as an apostle could easily blind us to his stature as a man, and we would -be all the poorer for that. ~aul was an authentic human being, an intense person, a man capable of the deepest emotions, from consuming hatred all the way to consuming love. Only a man filled with hate, no matter how self-righteous, could have hunted down men and women as he did the first followers of Christ. Only a man on fire with love for the Lord and for people could have sacrificed everything and endured so much for their sake.

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These were the years that Tommy West calls Jim's "dues paying years" - years spent working hard, hoping to find success, knowing there was no guarantee that the struggle would be worth it.

During this period, Jim married. Combining marriage and performing wasn't easy. And confidence in his own abiltiy wavered.

At the end of 1969, discouraged and disillusioned, Jim went back to Pennsylvania. He worked at odd jobs construction, truck driving, "working with a machine that breaks up the street." Physical work helped ease the pain inside.

Gradually, he began composing again. In 1971, he sent a tape to Tommy West. On the cassette were songs like "Time in a Bottle" and "Operator" which became big hits.

Jim said that "Operator" came out of experience. West believes Jim's songs were finally effective because Jim "came to terms with himself, and, for the first time, creatively started telling the truth."

Writing and recording songs is one thing, but getting a company to back them is another.

It wasn't until March 1972, a whole year after the tape was sent in and six months after it was recorded, that ABC Dunhill agreed 'to go with Croce.

Things snowballed with personal appearance and Croce's "Leroy Brown" was number one nationally.

Success was sweet. And Jim Croce found it by being himself.

Then, after a concert in November 1973, his small chartered plane hit some trees on takeoff.

Jim's voice was stilled forever.

,People have always loved music and listened to lyrics. Today, modern media spreads music far and wide - music that assuredly has an affect on those who listen.

Will Jim Croce's music live on? Only time has the answer.

But while he lived and certainly for some time to come, his music touches many, especially the young.

Music is Jim Croce's legacy, his reflections on life.

Perhaps I'll never know this world All I could be . . . but 'I'm all of me, and that's All that I am . . .

We Care Continued from Page Twelve first time in at least several years. Both participate regularly today in our Sunday liturgies and come often for nourishment at the Eucharistic table.

The Murrays were right. A deep love relationship between two spouses means a strong family at home. That leads to a united parish family, to a healthy diocesan family, to a vibrant universal Church of Christ, to a better world.

These are all God's families, interconnected with each other and with the Lord. My columns this year will touch on those different families.

Local Prayer Groups As a Jollowup to a television program on charismatic prayer groups seen last weekend on Providence Channel 10, members of diocesan prayer groups have manned a special telephone line this week in order to give callers information about area charismatic activities. It will remain in operation until 9 tonight at Sacred Hearts Academy, Fairhaven. The number is 993-2637.

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A Verdade E A Vida Dirigida pelo Rev. Edmond Rego a Preceito

Victor D'Aguiar Jr.

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Se a Iqreja, ainda hoje, nos convida a celebrar, em Iqreja, cada dominqo, 0 memorial do Senhor, fa-lo por fidelidade ao Mestre e por desejo de continuar uma tradi~ao de ora~ao, vital para a sua propria sobrevivencia comunitaria e para a sua projec)ao no mundo.

Tal convite tomou, atrav~s dos seculos, a forma dum preceito qrave, pois a Igreja sabe como semelhante encontro fraternal com o Senhor e fonte de vida. Seria desconhecer a sua intenc~o profunda ver aqui urn preceito leqalista, arbitrariamente imposto de fora: este preceito nao faz mais do que traduzir e concretizar 0 convite do Senhor aos Seus disC1Pulos de comer a Pascoa com Ele ate ao Seu reqresso em gloria.

Na verdade n~o se trata, em primeiro lugar, de "dever" assistir a Missa, mas sim de "poder" nela participar. Nao se trata tanto daquilo que nos af possamos sentir, mas daquilo aue 0 Senhor a{ realiza. So a fe capaz de nos abrir a este mist~rio de fe e conduzir-nos a medir-lhe ou antever 0 preso.

A quem se sente tentado a afirmar que a celebra~ao liturgica que se the oferece e demasiaao estranha a vida, aos problemas dos homens, demasiado artificial e anonima para se 'chamar uma verdadeira comunidade e urn liturgia viva, diremos: "Nao tendes direito de criticar a celebra~ao na vossa paroquia senao depois qqe experimentastes todos os meios para la levar alguma coisa de vos " mesmos."

A Sagrada Escritura compara os crist~os a pedras vivas que devem edificar, em conjunto, 0 corpo de Cristo. A Igreja nao se constr6i com pre-fabricado, mas cimentado as pedras uma a uma. E a n6s todos que pertence contruir 0 templo vivo no qual Deus habita.

Formulando este nreceito, a Iqreja permanece na linha e na tradisao das comunidades primitivas cujos pastores "aconselham o povo, por preceitos e exortasoes, a frequentar a assembleia, e a nunca faltar":. os convidam "a estar sempre presentes aflm de que nao diminuam a Iqreja pela sua aus~ncia e n~o privam 0 corpo de Cristo dum dos seus membros."

Renovando com insistencia este mesmo apelo a todos os cristaos, especialmente aos jovens, 0 bispo sente-se 0 interprete autorizado da Igreja, em continuidade com as gera~oes que nos precederam, fiel ainda as tradl~oes que nos hao legado nossos pais e nossos antepassados, em comunhao com todos aqueles que tern si~o para nos, atrayeS dos tempos, nossos pais na fe.

Sao Paulo na sua carta aos Efesios escreve: "Dobro os joelhos diante do Pai, de quem recebe 0 nome toda a paternidade . quer nos ceus, quer na terra, para qu~ ~e digne, sequndos os tesouros da Sua glorla, amar-vos poderosamente pelo Seu Espfrito, para que se fortifique em v6s 0 hom)m interior, e que Cristo habite, pela fe, em vossos cora~oes, sejais arreiqados e alicersados na caridade."

Possam as nossas assembleias dominicais proclamar no mundo de hoje 0 primado de Deus, Pai dos homens e 0 mais sequro garante da fraternidade humana: Possam os crist~os encontrar de novo a aleqria pascal que se encontra no corarao de toda a liturgia e de toda a vida que se deixa moldar por ela:

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By Cecilia Belanger This weekend two teen-agers invited me to spend some time talking with them. They told me they didn't care to sit in on disthat they cussion groups never got the chance to talk or really finish what they had to say. That they preferred' one on one or three or four at the most I found myself in agreement.

Albert Scheweitzer wrote: "But civilization can only survive when there shall come into being in a number of individuals a new tone of mind independent of the one prevalent among the crowd and in opposition to it, a tone of mind which will gradually win influence over the collective one, and in the end determine its character."

More and more I find that young people who like to think things out for themselves, belong to this group. They don't care to -follow what is popular, whether it be in church, school or society. They want to follow what is r..jght.

These two young people were not afraid to talk about God. Or of the gods men and women erect today. We talked about the gods of the ancient world and compared them with the ones we have today. Like the Egyptians of old, people today make gods of TV stars, singers, athletes, racers, skaters, dancers, automobiles, yachts, some politicians. The list is endless. I'm

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not saying, nor are they, that people can't enjoy listening to a song, watching a sport or backing a politician, but the point is, people carry it too far.

They worship people who are really far removed from them, gods who live on Mount Olympus, separated from the cares of the world. The Greek god of philosophy was perceived as not caring for the world and not doing anything in or for it.

Devotees of these gods worshipped, propitiated, placated and pacified them in order to wrench favors from them.

One sees a parallel today as club owners placate athletes with gigantic salaries in order for them to bestir themselves to trot out on a ball diamond, (or whatever) amidst deafening roars from the- crowd, take a piece of wood and maybe hit a round, white spheroid. I like baseball and follow it. But I don't like what it's become. The fans have made gods out of the players.

We returned to the one true God in our discussion. We talked about a God who dwells among us and cares.

Joyce said, "The God I want to talk about works in our lives.

When I read the Bible I can see where the way was slowly being prepared from the Old Testament to the New." And Helena, "Since I've become interested in the Bible

my life has changed. I feel like those people who were led out of Egypt. I was brought out of a world where II now realize there was no sun."

Again I thought of Albert Schweitzer. He said, "A new public opinion must be created privately and unobtrusively. The existing one is maintained by the press, by propaganda, by organization, and by other influences which are at its disposal.

This unnatural way of spreading ideas must be opposed by the natural one, which goes from man to man and relies solely on the truth of the thoughts and the bearer's receptiveness for new truth." ,Perhaps this is an idea whose time has come, just as the time had come for John, over 1300 years after the deliverance from Egypt, to write, "In the beginning was the word and the word was with God and the word was God . . . and the word of God became flesh and dwelt among us," This God is not far reo moved on some Mount Olympus.

He is here with us. Let's turn our adoration to Him and not to the false gods who worship Mammon.

These two young people were just beautiful with their poetic minds. As I listened to them and watched their faces, I thought, "Thank God, they are seeing 'burning bushes' in every flower they look into,"

.............. in our diocesan schools Bishop Stang An Autumn Frolic dance will be sponsored by the Parents' Club of Bishop Stang High School, North Dartmouth from 8 p.m. to midnight Saturday, Oct. 1 in the school hall. Music will be by the Knighters and a continental breakfast will be served at midnight. Tickets are available - from Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Almeida, general chairmen, and from members of their committee.

Coyle and Cassidy The Coyle and Cassidy High School Folk Group made its season debut at the Sheraton Boston last week, as it performed for the opening of the National Association of Home

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Economists Convention. Sing- total of 11 alumni now teaching the invocations and provid- ing at their alma mater. Reliing a brief program, the Taun- gious communities represented ton group attended at the invi- are 23 Sisters of Mercy, four tation of Barbara O'Brien, Na- Sisters of the Holy Cross, two tional Arrangements Chairman. Sisters of Ste. Chretienne and Over 1500 delegates from across one Sister of Ste. Anne.

Among students, senior Jane the nation were in attendance.

This year's Folk Group is un- Bolinger has been named a der the leadership of Lisa Kelly, semifinalist in the National Mera member of the Junior Class it Scholarship Program. The at OCHS, with Sister Eugenia daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Marie Arsenault assisting as Bolinger of Attleboro: she is a moderator. The singers have . member of the color guard.. performed for many Taunton track team, National Honor Soarea groups in the past and al- ciety and the spirit committee. so provide music for school lit- . A College Board Review class urgies. Last year, they provided has been organized for juniors liturgical music for the annual and seniors interested in extra teacher's convention at Bishop drill before taking the all-important college board exams.

Feehan High School.

This year, they have prepared Extracurricular clubs are also a 30 to 45 minute program underway, including the Eduwhich they will present to area cators of Tomorrow and the nursing homes and senior citi- Science Research and Careers . zens groups. They are also look- Club. ing forward to other opportuni· Bishop Connolly ties to serve groups with their musical talents.

Matthew Thomas, son of Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Thomas, New Bedford, has been named a ComBishop Feehan mended Student in the National Bishop Feehan High has its Merit Scholarship Program as a largest enrollment ever, with result of outstanding performa total of 869 students, including ance on the Preliminary Scholone from Honduras and one astic Aptitude Test administered from Germany. Geographically, to high school juniors last Octthe students are spread from ober. He received an official Warren, R. I. to Walpole, Mass., letter of commendation at a making for a lot of morning and school assembly this week. afternoon traffic at the Attleboro St. Ignatius Guild of Connolly campus. mothers will hold a flea market Twelve new faculty members and auction at the school from are on hand, nine laypersons 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. this Saturday. and three religious, including The unit will hold its next meet· four Feehan alumni, making a ing at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 17.

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Interscholastic Sports

IN THE DIOCESE

By BILL MORRISSETTE

Holy Family, Connolly Meet in Soccer Holy Family is, host tomorJ;ow, at Fort Rodman, New Bedford, to Bishop Connolly High in a Division II Southeastern Mass.

Conference soccer game. In other division games tomorrow Bishop Stang High is at Attie· boro, Somerset at New Bedford Voke and Dartmouth at Old Rochester. Next Wednesday's Division II schedule lists New Bedford Voke at Holy Family, Old Rochester at Attleboro, Dartmouth at Stang and Connolly

at Somerset.

In Division I action tomorrow Falmouth is at Taunton, Diman Voke at New Bedford, Westport at Dennis-Yarmouth and Durfee at Barnstable while Wednesday's games have New Bedford at Barnstable, Dennis-Yarmouth at Taunton, Westport at Falmouth and Durfee at Diman. All games are set for 3:15 p.m., except tomorrow's Connolly-Holy ~amily contest which is at 7 p.m.

Canton, No. Attleboro in Early Crucial Canton and North Attleboro Highs, winners last Saturday in Hockomock Football League season openers, are scheduled to meet on the North Attleboro gridiron Saturday in what could be considered an early season "crucial" contest. Canton routed King Philip, 38-0, and North Attleboro romped, 21-7, over Sharon.

Mansfield, a 14-7 winner over Oliver Ames, is home to Stough. ton, Franklin is host to Oliver Ames, and, King Philip entertains Foxboro in other Hockomock games Saturday. King Philip will be making its league debut. Last weekend Foxboro defeated Stoughton 34-6. Sharon is home to Medway in nonleague action Saturday.

Stang Wins Conference Opener Bishop Stang High which opened its quest for the Division II Southeastern Mass. Conference football crown with a 13-0 victory over Barnstable last Saturday goes to New Bedford Voke Saturday as Barnstable is host to Somerset in divisional games.

In Division I action Saturday, Taunton is at Dartmouth and New Bedford at Falmouth. New Bedford ni~ped Dartmouth, 13-6,

in that division's opener last weekend.

Division III opens its schedule with Wareham at Dennis-Yarmouth, Dighton-Rehoboth at Old Rochester and Bourne at Seekonk.

In non-league. or inter-divisional games this weekend Durfee is at Coyle-Cassidy, Case at Fairhaven.

Field Hockey Active Several games are scheduled in Southeastern Mass. Conference hockey: Dennis-Yarmouth at Barnstable, Wareham at Bourne, Falmouth at Old Rochester in Division I, Somerset at Fairhaven, Dartmouth at Westport, New Bedford at Stang in, Division II today.

Division HI games Monday have Seekonk at Taunton and Case at Dighton-Rehoboth with Taunton at Attleboro and Seekonk at Case Wednesday. Other games Wednesday are Wareham at Dennis-Yarmouth, Barnstable at Falmouth, Bourne at Old Rochester in Division I, Taunton

at Attleboro, Seekonk at Case in Division HI. The Hockomock League has four-game cards scheduled for tomorrow, Monday and Wednesday. Tomorrow it will be Stoughton at Franklin, North Attleboro at Sharon, King Philip at Mansfield, Canton at Oliver Ames . while Monday's games are Sharon at Foxboro, Mansfield at Franklin, Canton at North Attleboro, Oliver Ames at King Philip. Wednesday's schedule lists Stoughton at Mansfield, Foxboro at Canton, Franklin 3t Oliver Ames, North Attleboro at King Philip.

First Vocations Awareness Week WASHINGTON (NC) Handbooks for teachers and a list of suggested activities for families are being distributed by the National Catholic Vocation Council (NCVC) as guides for observances of the first national Church Vocations Awareness Week, scheduled this year for Oct. 9-15.

Material available from the NCVC, a coalition of four organizations aimed at promoting vocations to the priesthood and religious life, also includes posters, a pamphlet on Church vocations, suggested liturgies, and a prayer for vocations.

The Week, whose theme is "Come and See," will be the first national "conciousness raising effort" for vocations to the priesthood, religious life and the permanent <iiaconate.

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SALUTE TO DAD: Children of Steve Biko, SouthAfrican leader who died in prison under suspicious conditions, give a black power salute as they sit with Biko's sister. Protests from religious leaders throughout the world have been heard in Johannesburg over the death of the 30-year-old Biko, allegedly from a hunger strike. (NC Photo)

Family Is Focus of NCCC Meeting NEW YORKCNC) - When the National Conference of Catholic Charities (NCCC) held its 63rd annual meeting here, all roads seemed to lead to the family.

The conference issued a policy statement on the family, a major speech focused on it and it came up again and again in discussions on tax reform and the urban crisis and in workshops and resolutions.

A good deal of action at the conference involved recommendations for public policy changes - including support for the Equal Rights Amendment but the NCCC also committed itself to charges in dealing with the family and the neighborhood.

Some of the resolutions such as those calling for the admission of women to the permanent diaconate and for greater support for divorced and re-

Good, Bad, Good EDINBURGH, Scotland (NC) - Good news: In August Father Edward McGhee of St. Mary's parish, SaItcoats, raised nearly $600 for Oxfam, an aid organization fighting world hunger, by swimming across Lake Windermere.

Bad news: Thieves broke into his rectory and stole the money.

Good news: Press coverage of the theft brought Father McGhee a flood of letters with donations, and the after-theft total has gone up to nearly $1,000.

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The event, preceding the Boston College-Pittsburgh game, will honor outstanding athletes who remained active in alumni affairs after gl'Aduation.

married Catholics - addressed internal Church issues.

Others supported a national boycott of J.P. Stevens textiles and improved service to illegal aliens, unmarried parents and "street people."

The NCC is the largest private social service network in the United States. It has 550 agencies in 147 dioceses and 340 institutions which provided $336 million in services in 1976.

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OUR LADY OF WURDES, TAUNTON The Holy Ghost Society will sponsor a dance in the school hall from 8 p.m. to midnight Saturday, Oct. 1. Portuguese and American music will be played

by Bebe's Orchestra and foods of both nations will be available. Proceeds will benefit the parish.

ST. mERESA, ATTLEBORO Father Bertin Roll, OFM, of the Archconfraternity of Christian Mothers, will celebrate Mass and speak at the Confraternitly of Christian Mothers meeting scheduled for Monday, Oct. 3..

ST. JOSEPH, TAUNTON The Women's Guild will sponsor a Snowflake Sale Saturday, Nov. 5 in the church hall. Features will include a cake sale, refreshments, a ham and bean supper and booths offering plants, Christmas novelties, white elephant items and fancy work. Preparatory workshops will be held each Monday evening until the sale.

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ST. MARY'S CATHEDRAL FALL RIVER Father Horacb Travassos, assistant diocesan vice-chancellor, will show slides and speak on the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception at a meeting of the Women's Guild to follow a harvest supper to be served at 6:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 3 in the parish hall. Miss Eleanor R. Shea and Mrs. Michael Arruda are chairpersons for the· evening. .

OUR LADY OF ANGELS, FALL RIVER A pre-Advent malasada supper and penny sale are planned for Saturday, .Nov. 26 in the parish hall. A planning meeting fpr the event will be held at 7 p.m. Monday, Oct. 24, also in the hall.

Altar boys will hold a cake sale the weekend of Oct. 15 and 16.

OUR LADY OF GRACE, NORm WESTPORT • The Couples' Club will sponsor an autumn festival dance from 8 p.m. to midnight Saturday, Oct. 8 in the parish center on Sanford Road. Music will be by the New Sounds and refreshments will be available. Reservations may be made at the rectory or with Lou and Florence Fernandes, telephone 678·5463.

ST. JOSEPH, ATTLEBORO 'Webelo Scouts will meet tonight and cub packs tomorrow afternoon. Boy Scouts will attend a religious camporee this weekend and ,BEE !People will spend a weekend in Onset.

The beano staff will hold a party and dance at 8 p.m. Saturday.

ST. JOSEPH, ATILEBORO The parish recreation committee will sponsor a harvest dance from 8 p.m. to midnight Saturday, Oct. 15 in the parish hall, with music by the Highlighters and a hot and cold buffet served at 10 p.m.

ST. mOMAS MORE, SOMERSET The Women's Guild will open its season Thursday, Oct. 13 with attendance at Benediction, followed by a coffee hour. Guests are welcome. New officers are Mrs. Marilyn Rodrigues, president; Mrs. Mary Falvey, vicepresident; Mrs. Kathy Pietraszek, treasurer.

Helpers are needed for teaching and transportation in the CCO program.

Volunteers may contact Father Ralph Tetrault.

A First Friday novena will begin in' October and end in June, with Eucharistic devotions held at 7 p.m. each First Friday.

Adult education classes will take place from 7 to 9 p.m. each Tuesday from November through April.

OUR LADY OF MT. CARMEL, NEW BEDFORD The Women's Club will present a "Showcase of Fashions" at 7 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 16 in the church hall. Refreshments will be served.

SACRED HEART, FALL RIVER TACT youth group will meet at 7 tonight in the parish center.

Plans will be made for a youth retreat in October.

A reception honoring Father Gerald 'Barnwell, former associate pastor, will be sponsored by the Women's Guild following 11:30 a.m. Mass Sunday, Oct. 2.

Rosary and Benediction at 7:30 p.m. in the church will open the 29th season of the Women's Guild Monday, Oct. 3: A coffee hour will follow in the school hall for members an~ guests, with entertainment by the Narraganstt Bay Barber Shop Chorus.

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ST. MARK, ATTLEBORO FALLS A three-part series on understanding children from birth through age 14 ~ill hegin Sunday, Oct._ 2 in the church hall and will continue on successive Sundays from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m.

It will be conducted by Father Robert J. McIntyre, administrator of St. Aloysius Home, Greenville, R.I. and also active in city and state children's welfare programs. His topics will include understanding behavior, how to correct misbehavior and how to handle common behavior problems.

ST. JOSEPH, NEW BEDFORD The Legion of Mary will hold a living rosary service at 3 p.m.

Sunday, Oct. 9. Participants will meet in the schoolyard at 2:45.

They will include Men of the Sacred Hearts and a Knights of Columbus honor guard. Refreshments will follow the ceremony.

SACRED HEART, NEW BEDFORD On October 7 the parish will sponsor a ·First Friday vigil of reparation to which all are invited, beginning at 8 p.m. with a Mass of the Sacred Heart and concluding at 8 Saturday morning with a Mass of the Immaculate Heart of Mary. Services will also include a Eucharistic procession and recitation of the rosary. Priests are invited to concelebrate the liturgies and are asked to bring an alb and stole.

ST. STANISLAUS, FALL RIVER .

An Education Commission has been established as an advisory group for policy in the parish school and CCO program, with Sam Williamson as chairman.

The scriptural rosary will be prayed daily in Our Lady's Icon Chapel during October.

Holy Rosary Sodalists will attend 9 a.m. Mass Sunday, Oct. 2. A breakfast meeting will follow.

Adult education' classes conducted by Father Robert Kaszynski begin at 7:45 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 5, continuing through Nov. 2, with the theme - of "Rediscovering Our Faith."

ST. LOUIS, FALL RIVER A "treasure house and gift party" will be held in the church hall at 2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 2 with proceeds to benefit the Third Order of St. Francis.

ST. JOHN OF GOD, SOMERSET Present and new CGO teachers are asked to attend a meeting at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 4, immediately following Mass.

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Don't delay ... Home Insulation can save dollars on your heating bill..

For complete details and a Free Estimate Financing Available Call 675-7811 - Extension 265

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