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Msgr. O'Neill Will Head " National Convention Msgr. Patrick J. O'Neill, director of the Diocesan Department of Education, will preside at the annual meeting of the Chief Administrators of Catholic Education (CACE), to be held Oct. 19 through 22 at the Pfister Hotel, Milwaukee. Msgr. O'Neill has headed the department of the National Catholic Educational Association (NCEA) for the past two years.

At the meeting, members will hear views on total Catholic education rre3ented by Bishop Cle· tus O'Donnell of Madison, W,is., chairm&::I of ,the NCEA board of directors, and by school administrators, religious educators, gov· ernment coordinators and school board members.

The four-day meeting will also include short sessions on a variety of topics, among them: "The Voucher Program, Professional Inservice Training, Vaiue Education, and update the reports on the National Catechetical Directory and on Governmental Programs. Elections for CACE president, vice president and regional representatives will be held during the meeting.

For Portugal and all Oppressed Peoples Plans are now underway for a Rev. John Oliveira and many gigantic candh~light procession other -priests 'and laity. to support justice and peace in .

Msgr. Mendonca stressed that Por-tugal. The Fall River Diocese, . all parishes regardless of ethnic with the largest concentration of background are strongly encourPortuguese-Americans in the aged to participate. "Many CathUnited States, is the natural set- olic countries have fallen to the ting for such a procession. Many communists. We don't want Porof the Portuguese people in the tugal to be next. Weare praying diocese have been quite upset not only for Portugal but for all over -the situation -in Portugal the oppressed countries." and on October 13th, the fiftyThe procession will begin at eighth anniversary of the f,inal six o'clock in the evening from apparation of Our Blessed St. Mary's Cathedral in Fall Mother at Fatima, thousands are River and proceed \ up South expected to march 'in sup;:,ort of Main St. to Kennedy Park where the oppressed penples in Portu- a concelebrated Mass will be ofgal. . fered. Bishop Cronin will lead The procession and Mass are the procession and preside at the under the overall direction of concelebrated. Mass in which Msgr. Luiz G. Mendonca, the scores of diocesan and religious Vicar-General of ,the diocese and order priests will join.

Espirito Santo Parish in Fall pastor of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Parish 'in New Bedford. Msgr. River is charged with the conMendonca is being assisted by struction and decoration of the Msgr. John J. Regan, Msgr. Al- altar which will be si-tuated in fred J. Gendreau, Msgr. Anthony the baseball field whichBes opM. Gomes, Rev. Gabriel Blain, posite St. Louis Church. A 100D.P., Rev. Antonio Tavares, Rev. voice choir under the direction Joseph OHveira, Rev. Luis A. of Rev. William Campbell will Cardoso, Rev. Joseph M. Fer- provide the musical setting for reira, Rev. John A. Gomes, and the Mass.

Delegations a're expected from all the Fall River parishes with the largest contingents coming from the Portuguese parishes.

Outside of Fall River plans are being made by m~ny parishes to send delegations. Mt. Carmel in New Bedford has chartered five buses for its participants.

According to the plans, St. Mary's schoolyard will serve as the assembly area -for the procession. Arriving buses will unload at the schoolyard and then proceea to Kennedy Park where the participants will be picked up after the Mass.

Special plans have been formulated to care for the needs of the congregation at the Mass.

Plans now call for the priestsconcelebrants to bring ciboriums filled with unconsecrated hosts.

At the time of communion each priest will be assigned a sector of the congregation and distribute communion in that sector. It is hoped in this manner to eliminate confusion and enhance the dignity required in the Mass.

Further developments will be reported next week.

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Church-State Relations "Perceptions from the Field" will be presented in a round-table discussion moderated by Rev. Alfred McBride, director of the National Forum of Religious Educators/NCEA. Participants will be Msgr. Robert Clark, superintendent of schools, Chicago Archdiocese; Msgr. Paul Cook, secretary of education, Baltimore Archdiocese; Rev. Thomas Kra· mer, religious education representative, US Catholic Conference; and Rev. John Leibrecht, superintendent of schools, St. Louis Archdiocese.

Eugene Krasicky, general counsel for the United States Catholic Conference, will deliver a major poJ.icy address on "Influencing Public Policy: Church-State Re,lations" "Evaluation in Religious Education" is the topic to be presented by Rev. Joseph Tarrillion, SM, coordinator of religious edu" cation for -the Marianists of the St. Louis Province.

Ms. Mary Dalton of the Archdiocese of Chicago School Board will address the meeting on "The' Layperson in the Church: Toward a Fuller Partnership."

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1~ MEMBERS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI FOOTBALL TEAM attended Mass and received Communion in St. Paul's Cathedral, Birmingham, Alabama, prior to thhe opening of the season against the University of Alabama. Coach Cadilac of the Missouri team said that players always attend Mass and receive on the day of a game. The score, oh yes. . . . . . . . . .

Missouri trounced Alabama 20-7. (Photo courtesy of the Birmingham One Voice)

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News on the Bicentennial Program in the Diocese.

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Women in New Bedford Support the Sacred Heart Home Page 3

Astrology Instructor Resents Recent Editorial Read Letters to the Editor.

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Msgr. George Higgins Comments on the Grower - Fann Worker Dispute.

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Seminarians are Given Parish Experience in New Acolyte Program.

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THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Thurs., Oct. 2, 1975

AlI the bishops of the United States have been informed that Pope Paul VI will preside at a A year-long series of articles solemn Holy Year observance for in the nation's Catholic news- the sick in St. Peter's Basilica at papers will recaU the great con- 4:30 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 5. Durtributions of Catholic Americans. ing the ceremony the Holy Special TV programs wi'll be Father will administer the Sacscheduled. A pictorial calendar is rament of the Anointing of the Sick. ready. .

Religious Observances The announcement was made It is in worship that Catholics

by Most Rev. Joseph L. Bernarespecially identify themselves din, president of the National and it is in grateful and hopeful Conference of Catholic Bishops, worship of A!lmighty God that at the request of Bishop Mazza, Catholks will celebrate the Bi- secretary gener·al of the Central centenna1 as Catholics.

Committee for the Holy year.

Special resource materials are The sick of the 'entire world and the establishment of a guide for the social justice apostolate heing prepared by the Bishops are invited to join spiritually in the United States during the for a nationa'l July 4, 1976 litur- with the Holy Father and those gical celebration. A special litur- . assembled ·in Rome on that day five years fdllowing 1976. gical handbook together with in offering their sufferings to celebrations, liturgies, paralitur- -the Lord.

Church History The Bishops' Committee, using gical observances, school chi1some of the most distinguished dren services, etc. lis in prepAffirmative Action scholars in the United States, is aration.

Philadelphia's national Eucha- Plan collecting and designing mateApproved rial which will reflect the con- ·ri'Stic Congress will bring bishST. LOUIS (NC) - Jesuit-run tribution of the Catholic Church . ops and dioceses together in one St. Louis University is one of the great act of worship and thanksto American history over the few institutions of higher educa· giving. the past 200 years. tion -in the country to have its Discussion Subjects affirmative action plan totally It is in the "lJiberty And Jusapproved by the Department of tice For All" Consultation that Health, Education and Welfare.

Faii River Diocesans are ready An affirmative action plan is to embark now, however. All are required of institutions receiving asked to join parish or special di'scussion groups to reflect on federal money. The institutions must analyze their employment Birthright of Cape Cod, a pro- the fdHow-ing: practices perta.ining to women Personhood life organization serving preg· and minorities and submit the How does American society results to HEW. nant women, will hold dts annual fall workshop from 9:30 a.m. to and Church affect the develop3 p.m. this Saturday at Our Lady ment of the person? It is clea·r of Victory parish hall, Center- that all acts of justice/injustice freedom/oppression affect the ville.

Registration and coffee and individual. How? doughnuts will -be followed at 10 with opening remarks by Sheila Doane'Heal-Ames !"COua.AUD Barry, area Birthright director. A Cornwell Memorial FUNERAL film, "Pregnancy and the Miracle of Birth," will then be presented SERVICE Chapel S.rving All Faith.

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The conference will end with a "Wrap-Up Rap Session" kom 2 to 3 p.m.

All !Birthright volunteers and other interested persons are invited to attend. There will be no charge for the day, but participants are asked to bring lunch.

Coffee will be provided.

Further dnformation on the Environmental concern is workshop or the Birthright proPEOPLE HELPING PEOPLE gram is available from the Birthright telephone service, 771·1102, which may be called from noon to 2 p.m., Monday through Friday.

SERVING ALL FAITHS

Bicentennial The National Conference of Catholic Bishops' Committee for the Bicentennial is sponsoring a commemorative program beginning ~n 1975 and running through 1976.

With the theme "Liberty and Justice For AlI" the program will not simply be a celebration of American history but a thoughtful, prayerful self-inquiry as .to our past, our present and out: future as Cathdlic Americans.

Everyone will be asked to participate in this program. In the Diocese of Pall River, The Department of Sooial Services and Special Apostolates will coordinate the program. T·he first step, a meeting of parish coordinators and 'interested diocesans at Stonehill College, yesterday, Oct. 1.

The program seeks to make alI Catholics more aware and more personally involved in the universal quest for justice.

The Bishops seek to ar·r.jve at both Ii Catholic expression of the mean;ing 'of justice and liberty, and to for-mulate a policy of- social justice to be followed by the American Church for years to come.

There are three rnapor· parts to the program: (a) the "Liberty And Justice For All" Consultation; (b) the History of the Catholic Church in the United States; (c) Bicentenniaq Religious Observances.

Consultation The members of the Catholic community are asked to reflect on the concept of "Liberty And JusHce For All." Just what does it mean to Catholics and their way of life?

Parish and group' discussions will be held throughout the Diocese through this Fall to help answer the question. Feedback from these discussions will then be collected by the Department of Sociai Services and Special Apostolates and sent on to Bishop Cronin and the National Bishops' Committee in Washington.

The Bishops themselves have launched a listening process through special hearings held throughout the nation. A na-tional conference will be held -in Detroit on October 20-23, 1976, leading to an official sctatement of the American CathoHc Church

Necrology OCT. 10 Rev. James C. J. Ryan, 1918, Assistant, Immaculate Conception. North Easton OCT. 11 Rev. James A. Downey, 1952, Pastor, Holy Ghost, Attleboro OCT. 14 Rev. Msgr. Edward B. Booth, 1972, Pastor Emeritus, St. Mary, North Attleboro Rev~ Dennis M. Lowney, 1918, Assistant, Sacred Heart, Taunton

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Vincentians to Meet Members of the Fall River Council of the Soc-iety of St. Vincent de Paul wHi meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 7 at Holy Cross Church, Pulaski Street, for Mass and a following business session. Conferences are reminded that assessments and annual reports are due. The next meeting of the unit is set for 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 28 at Rose Hawthorne Lathrop Home, Fall River.

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The Vatican Radio will broadcast the sacred rite in var·ious languages so that everyone ~an hear the words of the Holy Father and unite himself with the Pope in common prayer.

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Columnist Urges Do Something About TV

Moral Theology.

Coulrse Opens Tonight

NEW YORK (NC)-Television channels "ought to be controlled by churches, universities, foundations and non-profit associations of writers, directors and actors," said William V. Shan路 non, New York Times -columnist and member of the paper's editorial board. . After discussing the effect of television in producing juvenile delinquency, diminishing intellectual achievement among the young, and de-emphasizing discussion of issues in the presentation of the news, Shannon said in his syndicated column: "Television can never he substantially reformed as long as it remains in' the hands of businessmen preoccupied with packaging the largest possible audiencese for sale to hard-sell advertisers. This country made a fundamental error when it allowed this enormously powerful medium to become a high~profit, fast-growth industry."

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Describing television as "our most powerful medium of entertainment and of news," Shannon said it "has changed our politics, our view of ourselves as a people and even the way our minds work." He added: "If we are a Last Sunday was a big day for Albert Lamoureux. In the earIy less happy, less confident, less the Dames Patronnesses of years, said Ms. Simonne Paradis, intelligent people than we were Sacred Heart Home, New Bed- publicity chairperson, the mem30 years ago, a generation of ford. In the morning Bishop. bers worked hard to help pay television watching jos largely re- .

James. J. Gerrard, Msgr. Henri off the mortgage on Sacred sponsible."

Hamel and Rev. Ernest E. Blais Heart Horne. "A tag day, card He cited studies finding that concelebrated a Mass for them par,ties, plays, concerts, 'lawn nearly three quarters of the prq- at Sacred Heart Church, fol- parties, all helped, even through grams aired in the 1973-74 sea- lowed by a banquet honoring the depression years, to lower son contained violence and that past presidents of the organ- the debt." by age 14, the ordinary child has ization.

"Then," continued Ms. Paradis, been exposed to 11,000' m-urders The observ,ances honored the "about 1937, the Patronnesses on television.

50th anniversary of the organ- began to help furnish the Home. ization, which exists to render Over the years they bought reFashions in Crime service to Sacred Heart Home frigerators for each floor and Pointing out that specific, per- and its aged guests. From the be- armchairs and a' T.V. for the sonal reasons make the viewer ginning, note 'officials of the men's smoking -room, woolen emotionally disturbed and prone Dames, Rev. Orner Va'1ois, their blankets, bed-tables, mattresses, to violence, Sbannon said: "The founder, wished the society to awnings, sewing machines, and effect of television is to release be open to members of every they furnished a parlor and a his inhibitions,provides a how- ethnic group. ladies' living room. Their gifts to-do-it model and create fashThe first pre:Jident of the total thousands of dollars over ions in certain kinds of crime. Dames was Mrs. Delphine Begin. a thirty year span.

But even these marginal adverse Today the post is filled by Mrs. "More recent gifts have been influences are serious inasmuch as every index of childhood unhappiness is rising - the rate of suicide, of violent crime, of runaways."

Shannon cited the indication of scholastic aptitude tests of it "small but steady drop in the 'knowledge mastered by college freshmen" and the decline over the past decade of reading scores among elementary school children.

"It could hardly be otherwise when the majority of children watch television three to four hours a day throughout their growing year,s, and one-quarter of all children watch television more than five hours a day," he said.

He continued: "The combined effect of passivity, ofa shortenedattention span and of so much time devoted to entertainment is naturally to 'subvert edu- cation and malnourish the mind."

The coverage of news on television is also deeply flIawed, Shannon said, because television .. I TRAt7!:[7 MY'PULPIT WITH A METHOI7I5T MINI5fE1<' "is pictorial and puts a premium AN[7 HE NEVER GAVE IT ~K.'" on vivid action."

An eight-week lecture series on current changes in moral theology will begin at 7:30 tonight in the lower church of Our Lady's Chapel, 600 Pleasant St., New Bedford.

Conducting the series will be Father Raymond Hirt, pastor and superior at Our Lady's Chapel, who is a doctoral candida.te in ,mora'l theology at Catholic Uni~ . versity, Washngton, D. C.; and Father Joseph Keely, also on the Chapel staff, who holds a licentiate in moral theology from Catholic University and whiJi recently completed nine months of study and research in Sweden.

The focus of the 'lectures will be changes in moral theology -over the past 10 years and how Ohristians can better their ability to apply unchanging princiSept. 28, 1975 Anniversary ples to modern and complex problems.

Sister Educators To Meet Oct.路 9

Dames Patronnesses' of Sacred Heart Complete 50 Years of Service to Aged wheel chairs, geriatric chairs,hydraulic !<itts for baths, and a complete beauty parlor. They 'have also furnished the chapel with an organ, a Way of the Cross, and armchairs.

"In the late fifties, the Patronnesses' work 'took on a new dimension, this one aimed at adding to the comfort of those living in the Home as well as giving them a few luxuries. Special desserts on holy days and holidays, mOVlies-during the winter months, parties at St. Vallentine's, St. Patrick's, and speciaNy at Christmas, aU day bus trips to nearby shrines and historic landmarks are now paid for annuaUy by the society. Besides every person living at the Home receives a gift and a visit from the Patronnesses for his birthday.

"Every spring for 50 years the Patronnesses have held a large bridge pa1'lty in order to supplement their dues and continue their work," concluded Ms Par路 adis.

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The New England Association of Directors of Education of Women Religious (NEADE-WR) will. consider th~ role of religious as' change agents in Catholic education at its fall meeUng, to be held Thursday, Oct. 9 at Mt. St. Joseph Academy, Hartfor,d..

Sister Eil~ep fl~n~g!ln, C.N.D., chairperson of the Committee on Teacher Education and 'Licensing for the Albany, N.Y. di'ocese;will speak on the religious and pastoral min,istry in terms of Old and New Testament attitudes: Lunch and a discusSion period will follow and a business meeting will close the program.

NEADE-WR represents some 30 New England religious communities and its members are iIlvOlved in various aspects of education.

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THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Thurs., Oct. 2, 1975

ON THE LEFT

Portugal The Portuguese people demonstrated quite convincingly in elections held earlier this year that while desiring a change from the former totalitarian form of government they are not willing to embrace the Communist party. Yet the Communists, in a classic maneuver following the ex,ample set by Lenin over fifty years ago, persist in acting as if they were the majority. During the years of the rightwing dictatorship the Communists, operating undergrou.nd, became a highly organized and efficient force. It was no surprise that with the coming of the revolution - they were able to play a role far greater than their number would indicate.

Despite their overwhelming rejection by the majority of the people, however, the Communists have deeply ingratiated themselves into the government by identifying all opposition to their party as emanating from the right-wing 'dictatorship. .

In truth, it is the Communists who have kept Portugal in turmoil since the revolution as they struggle to obtain control of the government. Rejected at the polls, the Communist Party in Portugal now maneuvers to obtain that power which will, in effect, in their words "complete the revolution" Le. turn a right-wing dictatorship into a leftwing dictatorship.

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Dominicans Here Join Rejoicing At New Saint Dominican Sisters of the Congregation of St. Catherine of Siena, with its motherhouse in .

Fall River, joined members of their Order throughout the world in celebrating the canonization Sunday of a 16th century Dominican lay brother, John Macias.

The local community conducted a triduum of prayer in honor of the canonization, which was one of several carried out by Pope Paul VI as part of Holy Year observances and followed by two weeks the raising to the altar of Mother Seton, first native-born North American to . be named a saint.

The new Dominican saint was born in Spain in 1585 of noble but poverty-stricken parents, who died when he was a child.

Brought up by his godparents, he was a shepherd from the age of seven. Always illiterate, he had great devotion to the rosary, which he recited many times daily.

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Respect Life Observance ,To' Begin This Week

At age 29 the future saint emigrated to Latin America where he again became a shepherd on a hacienda outside Lima, Peru.

After a few years, however, he decided to enter the Dominican Order and in 1622 received the religious habit, and became the doorkeeper for his community.

"His love and care for the poor equalled that of St. Martin de Porres, his special friend, who lived in a nearby Dominican priory," notes his official biography. St. John Macias lived six years after St. Martin's death.

In 1837 the two lay 'brothers were beatified by Pope Gregory XVI. St. Martin was canonized some years ago and this week his friend followed him to the altar.

room for varying shades of grey. If the government is not Communist it must be Fascist. To those who thought that Franco in his twilight had lost his spots, the events of the past week nuist be enlightening. Faced with increasing disWASHINGTON-The 1975 Re- as a guide for prepari~g homilies, , content" the Falangists react with brutal finality. Despite , spect Life Program will begin on lectures, and conducting special pleas from all over Europe including the Holy Father himself, Sunday, October 5, in 160 Cath路 projects.

On Sunday, October 5, the prothe Spanish government executed five revolutionaries and olic dioceses and more than 18,000 paraishes in the United gram will focus on tbe dignity announced that two more would be tried and executed!

States. Sponsored by the Na- and humanity of the unborn InCidentally there was no protest from our own govern- tional Conference of Catholic child, and the child's right to life. ment. We are currently engaged in negotiating a new Bisho;>s' Committee for Pro-Life This emphasis is seen as espemilitary deal and therefore such considerations take prece- Activ:ities, headed by Terence cially important because we live Cardinal Cooke of New York, the in a society that consistently dedence over any humane matter. program will focus attention on nies the value of unborn children, The defenders of the Spanish government point to the tbe enduring need for .justice and as most recently evidenced by Asks More Just fact that the men who were executed were convicted mur- for structures that will protect the failure of the Senate Subcomderers. The folly of this action by the Franco regime the dignity of man and insure mittee on Constitutional Amend- F'ood Pol icy human rights. however, is indicated on two levels. ments to recommend any'type of WASHINGTON (NC) - The First observed in 1972 as a amendment that would restore to U. S. Catholic Conference adminFirstly, we must consider the morality of the act. There is something repugnant about a modern state which must "week of prayer and study," the unborn children the full protec- istrative board has called for "a 1975 program has broadened its tion of law guaranteed to all m'ore just food policy" on the resort to the "final solution" in order to quell its discordant scope and time frame, and will other citizens. The Respect Life part of the United States, both members. . have as its main theme "Family Program will reaffirm the in路 nationally and internationally.

Secondly, the Spanish officials should consider the prac- Life." herent dignity of the unborn Although the threat of starvatic.ality of their action. There is no surer way to increase A handbook and other mate- child, and will also em~hasize tion has been reduced in the past the spark of revolution than by making martyrs out of rials, prepared at the direction of the commitment of the American year, it said, "the right to eat" bishops to continue ef- is still denied to many in our 'revohitionists. By executing five men today the government the Bishops' Committee have Catholic forts to educate people and to own country and to many' more 'been distributed to parishes, .of Spain has probably increased its opposition by five thou- s.choolsand diocesan personnel, secure full legal protection for throughout the globe." ' ,sand 'more zealots and paved a future which will be increasunborn American children.

The USCC administrative board . 'ingly marked by violence and misery.

In subsequent weeks and is composed of 29 bishops from

'Named President Of Administrators

NOTRE DAME (NC) - Father John T. Catoir, personnel director for the Paterson, N.J., diocese, has been elected president of the National Association of OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF THE DIOCESE OF FALL RIVER Church Personnel Administrators Published weekly by The Catholic Press of the Diocese of Fall River (NAOPA) at its annual convention at the Notre Dame Univer410 Highland Avenue sity Center for Continuing EduFall River Mass. 02722 675-7151 cation.

He succeeds Father Daniel E. PUBLISHER . Johnson of the Hartford, Conn., archdiocese, the first president.

Most Rev. Daniel A. Cronin, D.O., SJ.D. NACPA represents priests, SisFINANCIAL ADMINISTRATOR ters, Brothers and lay persons EDITOR who serve as full time personnel Rev. Msgr. John 1. Regan Rev. Edward 1. Byington directors or board members in dioceses and Religious communities throughout the country. ,~leary Press-路F.II Rive~

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months, parishes will highlight the other aspects of the program, and some parishes will use the other topics during Lent. Schools and religious education programs will adopt a schedule suitable for their own specific needs.

The 1975 Respect Life handbook provides essays, bibliographies, and suggestions for programs on the unborn, the family, the social conditions affecting family life, the aging, and death and dying. There is a section on children which' emphasizes that ,the child is a unique person w,ith special claims on the entire human family, and a format which highlights the contrihutions of women and the obstacles to their full enjoyment of basic human righ~.

around the country. The USCC is the national action agency of the Catholic Church.

The statement, entitled "Food Policy and the Church: Specific Proposals," was adopted at a meeting of the administrative board Sept. 11. It deals with specifics of emerging national food policy as a followup to the U. S. bishops' "Pastoral Plan of Action on the Food Crisis" adopted the past November and since then put into operation in Catholic dioceses and parishes throughout the country.

The board's statement cited the programs in dioceses, parishes . and schools as well as practices adopted by priests' senates and Religious communities ,'~Q )1fllp, ~l'leviate hqnger.

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Letters to the editor

Thoughts About Mary Carson

Astrology Fan Strikes Back Dear Editor: In reference to the recently published artjcle on Astrology, I take exception to its biased presentation and the subtle im-' plication that it is wrong for a Catholic to study astrology.

As a Christian, Catholic, fomer CCD teacher, a 10-year student of Astrology, and current Astrology Instructor, I ask you to sincerely review your arti<:le in the light of the information I am sending· you, and additional'ly, to seriously question the motivation of the al1ticle's intent.

You stated that close to 200 scientis,ts dis<:losed a notice, "... warning the public that there is no scientific basis for the beliefs of Astrology."

Do you know how many of the "186" have ever seriously studied Astrology? How can they make an intelligent decision; based upon what?

While it is true that there are in the field "astrological charlatans", following the "logic" of your article then one could logically conclude alI types of generalizations. Couldn't it then be said: all politicians are crooks alI psychiatrists are crazy, ali lawyers are professional thiefs and aU priests religiously practice their solemn vows of celibacy? The list could go on ad infinitum. .

Astrology in the hands of a charlatan is certainly as poisonous to an individual 'as is a "bad" priest to a lost sout I ask you if you have the courage to research your claim and be honest with yourself regarding your ignorance of the subject.

A knife in the hands of a murderer can kill and maim, yet a scalpel in the hands of a surgeon can heal. So, Astrology like anything else can be used destructively or constructively based on the motivation of its practitioner. Perhaps the Church might employ Astrology as a tool to help so many mortals who are floundering in our world of changing values. If the churches do not pick the~ up, as has been the case over the previous years, who will? Astrology embraces al1 creeds, all religions, aU races,rich and poor alike.

Although Astrology is curre~t­ scorned openly by people who have no knowledge of it I take hope in the words of Luke: Chapter 16 Verse 1, "... You cannot serve God and Mammon".

I feel that Astrology has helped to bring me closer to God. Sincerely, C. G. Carvalho Fal:l River Ed. Note: No subtle implication was intended. It is definitely wrong for a Catholic to seriously believe in Astrology. Readers who wish to know more on this subject may purchase "Astrology: Fact or Fiction" by Rev. Kenneth Delano. Send $2.00 to The Anchor and' we'll send you neap)'.

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Dear Editor, I have a'1ways enjoyed reading Mary Carson's articles as she was down to earth and paralleled many of the problems and situations which we face in rearing a family ... but it's too bad she has drifted away from the fireside and is now expounding on Church Doctrine.

I still feel a woman's place (especially a mother) is in the home to solve the initial probDear Editor: lems of the future generation.

May I he perm~tted to add a Everyone is en'titled to their own postcript to your editorial on opinions but if these opinions the timely subject of teachers are contrary to our beliefs then a shadow of doubt is cast on stfi,kes. our beliefs. Birth Control, AborIn a timely letter, written in tion and Canonization are just 1950 the Bishops of the Province three issues which have recently of Quebec said that-workers who been expressed in her artic:es. were forbidden to strike by law Although she does not always should be given "some compenhave the same convictions as the sating methods which are ad- people involved She has empathy equate to obtain justice. The for them, We cannot rewrite law should, for example, provide and redirect Doctrine. to fit our for compulsory arbitration, admode of living because if everyequately safeguarded in regard one were' to do exactly as they to impartiality, effectiveness, pleased we would have a new and promptness of decision." cuIt. Commenting on the same subWe have guidelines given to ject Fa'ther John F. Cronin, S.S., us from Rome which we as long a national authority in the Roman Catholics are expected field of Catholic Social Action, .to obey. If one does not wish has written, making a distinction to abide by these regulations among public employees, "Many how can they caB themselves public servants are not perform- Roman Catholic? ing emergency duties. Often a Perhaps we should take a strike is the only means for pub- good long look at ourselves and licizing the conditions of under- dnstead of trying to change Docpaid 'and mistreated government trine we' should try to modify workers. Federal and state laws our own lives to fit in with the to prohibit such strikes by pub- Doctrine of the Church. lic workers are unjust if they One of the reasons we subdo not provide effective alterna- scribe to The Anchor is to have tive means for meeting rights a better understanding of our and equitable claims." reHgion and to have literature iii our home which is influential Sincerely, and benerocial to our children. I Rev. Barry W. Wall do hope to see more relevant articles in your newspaper in the 'Fall River future.

Most Sincerely, Mrs. Jeanne McCarthy Taunton, Mass.

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Dear' Editor rm retired four years and subscribed years before that to The Anchor.

Love reading The Anchor, especially Mary Carson's column.

It is the first thing I look for.

Sincerely, Helen Fielding Taunton

'GIVE UP THE RELIGIOUS ElOOK cLUB, RALPH.'"

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Only Yesterday in The ANCHOR Sept. 29, 1960 Participating in the installation of officers of the Bishop Stang Council, New Bedford K of C were Joseph Souza Jr. and David Rpderick, and Arthur J. Shaw of Taunton.

Nancy L. McLane, a member of the CYO Discussion . Group, and Choir of Sacred Heart Parish, Oak Bluffs, won a scholarship to Cardinal Cushing College.

Richard Comeau, Henry Gillette, Lynne Basinger, and Ar-

line Dupont, all members of Immaculate Conception CYO, Fall River, formed a scholarship committee to honor Paul Nogueira a member of their dub who died.

Msgr. Humberto Medeiros became pastor of St. Michaels, F'all River. Rev. Arthur C. dosReis became pastor of Santo Christo, Fall River, and Rev. John Hackett became Vice Chancellor of the Diocese.

Sept. 30, 1965 Constance Ma'rtel of New Bedford, Jeanne Peterson of West Medford, and Viviane Parent of Westport were elected class officers at St. Anne's Hosrital School of Nursin'g.

Ron Gentile of St. Mary's, Mansfield, was 'playing corner back for the Boston College football team.

Great preparations were being made for the visit to the United States by Pope Paul VI..

Mrs, Christopher Brady, an 85-year-old parishioner at Corpus Christi, Sandwich, talked about her activities: swimming, hiking, teaching CCD, and serving as a parish sacristan.

Oct. I, 1970 St. Theresa of Avila and St. Catherine of Siena were enrolled as Doctors of the Church.

Mrs. Louis Magoni, Mrs. Carroll P. Gettings, and Mrs. John F. Dunn, committee members of the Friends of St. Anne's Hospital, were preparing for a candlelight ball.

A testimonial dinner was given to Sister Eleanor McNally, S.U.S.C., by the class of 1946 Sacred Heart School,· Fall River. Sister Eleanor was preparing to l~ave for the missions in A f r i c a . ' - , Sister Mary Faith, R.S.M., librarian at Bishop' Feehan, announced plans at that. school for a media center.

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THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Thurs., Oct. 2, 1975

The Parish Parade PUblicity chairmen of Darlsh orranlZltlons 8re Isked to submit news Items for this colun:n to The Anchor, P. O. Box 7, Fill River. 02722. Name of city or town should b' ItCluded, IS well as full dates of III Ictlvlties. Please send news of future rath,r than past e'/tntL

HOLY ROSARY. FALL RIVER

Officers of the Women's Guild for the coming year are Mrs. Frank Mazzoni, president; Mrs. ST. MARY'S CATHEDRAL. Gerald di Chiara, vice-president; FALL RIVER Mrs. John Conforti, treasurer; Mrs. Roger Vezina and Mrs. Mrs. Michael Sici'Iia, secretary; Edward Myles are cochairper- Mrs. Fred De Gata and Mrs. sons of a harvest supper to be Thomas Marcucci, registrars. held by the Women's Guild at Plans for. the year include a 6:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 6 in the coffee social Monday, Oct. 6, with Mrs. Raymond McGuire and parish hall.

ST. ANTHONY OF PADUA. Mrs. Florence Dearden in charge FALL RIVER of arrangements. A buffet dance The Council of Catholic Women will be held Saturday, Nov. 1 has announced its calendar for in the church hall and a Christthe year, including a foliage mas party is slated for Decemtour along the Mohawk Trail ber.

Sunday, Oct. 12. Tickets are Scheduled in January is a binavailable from Mrs. Mary Silvia, go party, a Valentine celebration council president, or from Mrs. in February, a cabaret in March, a "Brides of Yesteryear" style Georgie Dessert.

Members will participate in a show in April and a communion day of recollection at St. Louis supper in May. de France parish, Swansea, on ST. DOMINIC. Saturday, Oct. 18, and a meeting SWANSEA and coffee hour for new memThe Women's Guild wi'll sponbers is planned for 7:30 p.m. sor a day of recollection SaturTuesday, Oct. 21. Mrs. Aubrey day, Oct. 18, and will hold a Armstrong, district president of rummage sale Sunday, Oct. 26 the Diocesan Council of Catholic w.ith Judy Cabral as chairperson.

Women, will speak.

New officers of the group are A Mass for deceased members Elaine Bento, president; Audrey will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Sat- Fields, vice-president; Elaine urday, Nov. 15 and a potluck Costa, secretary; Alice Castro, supper to which all are asked to trea&urer. contrihute is slated for 6:30 p.m. SS. PETER AND PAUL, Tuesday, Nov. 18.

FALL RIVER A dinner and theatre .party Participants in a foliage tour are scheduled for Sunday, Dec. to New Hampshire sponsored by 14 at Chateau de Ville, Warwick, the Women's Club will depart where "Man from La Mancha" from the A & P parking lot on will 'be seen. Tickets for this oc- Stafford Road at 6:45 a.m. Suncasion are al~o available from day, Oct. 5. Mrs. Willdam O'Neil Mrs. Silvia or Mrs. Dessert. is chairman.

ST. JOSEPH. FALL RIVER

The Women's Guild plans a membership tea for Thursday night, Oct. 9 in the parish hall, preceded by a Mass celebrated

by Rev. Paul McCarrick, moderator. A meat pie supper is slated from 5:15 to 7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 25, and tickets for it will be available in October.

Mrs. Stella Medeiros is president of the unit..

ST. JOSEPH. NEW BEFORD

The traditional Living Rosary ceremony will be held at 3 p.m.

Sunday, Oct. 5 in Brooklawn Park. The public is invited and those participating are asked to be at the park by 2:30 p.m., ;tccording to an announcement made by Msgr. Henri Hamel, pastor, and spiritual director of the parish unit of the Legion of Mary.

ST. FRANCIS XAVIER. HYANNIS

The Pilgrim 'Virgin will be at at the church from Saturday, Oct. 4 through Saturday, Oct. 11.

The statue will be welcomed by Msgr. WiHiam D. Thomson, pas.tor, at 3:30 p.m. Saturday with recitation of the rosary. He .will also officiate at a Living Rosary and BenedicNon ceremony set for 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 7, feast of the Holy Rosary. Members of parish' organizations will form the decades for the Living Rosary observance. Mrs. Doro.thy Coyne is chairperson for the Pilgrim Virgin stay in the parish.

Throughout October the ros'ary wiH be recited three times daily in the chure-h, following • 7 a.m. Mass, preceding 12:10 p.m. Mass and at 4 p.m.

SACRED HEART. FALL RIVER

The Women's Guild wiilJ open its 28th season at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 6 with rosary and Benediction in the church, followed at 8 o'clock bya coffee hour in· the sohool hall. Hostesses wiU be Catherine Fay and Margaret Toulan..

OUR LADY OF FATIMA. NEW BEDFORD

The Council of Catholic Women wiU meet at 8 p.m. Monday, Oct. 6 in the parish halt A demonstration on arrangement of dried f.lowers will be given.

ST. FRANCIS XAVIER, ACUSHNET

A demonstration of jewelry items suitable for gift giving will highlight the Women's Guild meeting slated for 7:30 p.m.

Wednesday, Oct. 8 in the school halt Members may bring guests and refreshments will be ssrved.

ST. MARY, FAIRHAVEN

ST. JOSEPH. NORm DIGHTON

ST. WILLIAM. FALL RIVER

ST. MARY. STAR OF THE 'SEA. ONSET

Women's Guild members will sponsor .a Bicentennial Supper tomorrow night and on Trusday and Friday, Oct. 23 and 24 wiII participate ·in a prayer vigi'l to be sponsored by the Diocesan Council of Catholic Women at Holy Family Church, Taunton.

Ail,so planned for October is a Halloween costume par.ty with Mrs. Alex Ferreira as chairperson Mrs. Theresa Bianchi will plan a flower arranging demonstra.tion in November and Mrs. Julie Brazil is ·in charge of a December Christmas party. ,Plans for the new year include a January "Crazy Auction," Mrs. WilHam McCarthy in charge; February, a variety show for Marian Manor residents, Mrs. Leo Plouffe; March, a pot luck supper, Mrs. John Evangelo; April, a, bingo party, Mrs. Gloria Westgate; and May, installation of new off-icers, Mrs. Ralph Moschella.

The calendar was announced

by Mrs. Thomas McEvoy, gU1'Id president.

A copper demonstration is announced for the Women's Guild meeting to take place at 8 p.m.

Wednesday, Oct. 15 in the parish all-purpose room. Hostesses wiil be Mrs. Ma'ry WiUiams and Mrs. Robert Reid.

A dinner dance will be held Saturday night, Oct. 18 in St. WilHam's Center with m.usic by the Jardinieres. Mrs. Raymond Gagnon is chairperson.

New officers of the Madonna Club are Ms. Katherine Fernandes,general cha'irman; Ms. Mary Paulette, secretary; Ms. Dolores Agee, treasurer. Rev. John G. Carroll .is moderator.

Activities for the year will include a service in honor of the Pilgrim Virgin this month, with Ms. Paulette in charge of ar· rangements. Ms. Rita Lopes wiU be chairperson for a November Mass for deceased members, fallowed by a buffet supper at the Onset CCD Center. A December, Christmas party will be planned

by Ms. Doris Cruz and Ms. Mae Gonsalves.

After a mid-winter recess during January and February a slide program and question session on the Eucharistic liturgy wi'" be presented by Ms. Fernandes during March. In April members will participate in a pilgrimage to Immaculate Conception Church, FaJ!! River and Rev. Francis Mahoney will be guest of honor at a dinner for which Ms. Mary Matthews will be chairperson.

The elderly of Sunny Court Rest Home will be honored in May at a dinner at the CCD Center, wiJth Ms. Agee and Ms. Gloria Sherman as chairpersons.

A June cookout for families and friends and a "bag auction" will climax the calendar. Ms. Laura Camello will make plans for this event.

The next regular meeting wHl take place at 7:30 p.m. TueSday, Oct. 7, at the home of Ms. Paulette.

ST. JOSEPH. TAUNTON

Ms. Pauline J. Orsi wi'" speak at a meeting of the Women's Guild set for Tuesday, Oct. 7 in t.he church hall. A graduate of Taunton High School and Framingham State College, she was deputy superintendent of Framingham Correctional Institution untJol her retirement in 1971. She will discuss her 38 years of service with the institution and the work she now does with the Friends of Framingham.

Guild members wi'll also complete plans for a Christmas fair Saturday, Dec. 6.

OUR' LADY OF MT.. CARMEL. SEEKONK An arts and crafts workshop

directed by Mrs. Patricia McWhinnie will highlight the Women's Guild meeting to be held at 8 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 8 in the church center on Route 44, Seekonk.

ST. MARY'S. FALL RIVER

F·a11 River Santa, a program to benefit needy ctlildren during the Yule season, is being organizedby Saint Mary's Cathedral parish CYO. Youngster's up to 12 years of age will be helped, providing a letter, explaining why toys and ·food are needed is received by November 5. Letters should be sent to Fa"" River Santa, 467 Spring St., Fall River, 02721.

All letters will be reviewed by Manuel Frazer and toys and food ·are expected to be ·delivered by December 15.

Persons willing to donate items should call St. Mary's School.

.The parish will hold its tbird annual antique sale and flea market from 10 a.m" to 6 p.m.

Saturday, Oct. 11 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 12. On sale will be collectibles, china, .brass, pottery items from Occupied Japan, glassware and furni- . OUR LADY OF GRACE, ture. There will be no admission WESTPORT charge and refreshments will be The October meeting of the ava,Hable. Proceeds of the event of Ca·tholic Women will Council wi'll benefit the parish. be held in the church basement Tuesday, Oct. 7, beginning at IMMACULATE CONCEPTION. NEW BEDFORD 6:30 p.m.. with a pot luck supper A five-hour v·igil honoring the arranged by Mrs. Andre Latessa Sacred Heart of Jesus and the and followed at 8 p.m. with a Immaculate Heat:!: of Mary wi'll business meeting and entertainbegin at 8 p.m. tomorrow in the ment by "Clancy and His Magic chureh.

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HOLY NAME. FALL RIVER

Parishioners who have not been visited for the census are asked to caH th~ rectory.

The rosary will be recited each day of October prior to the 5:15 p.m. Mass.

SeveO'th and eighth grade teachers are needed for the parish COD program. Volunteers may con'tact Rev. Bruce Neylon at the rectory. A meeting for CCD teachers of grades one through 6 wiJil be held at 7 p.m.

Monday, Oct. 6 at the school.

Pal"ishioners are requested to save labels from CampbelI's Soups and Franco-American products to be redeemed for items of equipment for Holy Name ·School.

A Living Rosary Service combining the themes of Marian devotion and Bicentennial celebration win take place at 7:30 p.m.

Tuesday, Oct. 7.

SANTO CHRISTO. FALL RIVER

A cake sale wiU take place after all Ma&ses the weekend of Oct. 11 and 12. Donations are requested and may be .brought to the church before any Mass.

Mrs. Mary Affonso, chairman, wiJ.I be aided by Mrs. Bella Sippen.

ST. JOSEPH. ATTLEBORO

Junior Corps members will depart at 6:45 p.m. tonight from the pal"ish yard to attend a hockey game at Providence Civ,ic Center.

Mothers and daughters will attend a B.E.E. People dinner following 6:30 p.m. Mass Saturday, Oct. 4. A fundraising project will be demonstrated at this time.

Cars will be blessed following all Masses this weekend.

ST. JOSEPH. NEW BEDFORD

;Catechetical Sunday was observed in the pa,rish with a commissioning ceremony held at 9 a.m. Mass, during which each catechist was presented with a lighted candle, symlxJlic of the teaching ministry.

ST. STANISLAUS. FALL RIVER

The board of directors of the Women's Guild will meet in the ·Iower church after 7 o'clock Mass tonight.

The Men's Club wiill meet in the schoal ·haH at 7 p.m. Sunday, - Oct. 5. A c1amhoil will be served.

Holy Rosary SodaJ.i&ts will meet in the school hall at 9:10 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 5 to wa'lk in procession to 9:30 Mass. A breakfast wrII follow in the school haH. Rosary devotions will take place at 4 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 5, followed by Benediction.

A Bible class open to adult parishioners and non-parishioners will take place from 8 to 9:30 p..ni. every Thul"sday from Oct. 9 through Nov. 20 in the pa'rish h~lI. All aspects of marriage and family life, including abort.ion, sterilization, and divorce will be studied in the Hght of Scripture. Rev. Robert Kaszynski wiU conduct the meetings.

A lectors' training course wHI take place from 7:30 to 9 p.m. each Monday of November.

Those interested may call the rectory to register.

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Ar,e Parents More Hu,ng-Up On Slex Th,an Are Kids?

By Joseph and Marilyn Roderick .The cool weather is on the yvay a,nd now we think of puttmg the garden away for the winter. There are only a !ew things worth doing and on the top of the list is mulchmg. A mulch is any kind of ground cover that will not decompose on the soil (thus robbing it of nitrogen). and comes to the forefront and one that will maintain its thick- evening I had the best turkey ness, that is, that will not be dinner I'~~ ever had this side of

The Betty. Ford TV i':lterview may finish up having more. words wntten about It than Watergate. (Incidentally, I beheve I'm the only columnist in the United States who never wrote on Watergate. The reason was'I couldn't think of anything to say that hadn't, already been said at Res~rrectio~ but they'll comment least twice.) But why do we on It any time. find Betty Ford's . t ' . In fact, now that I tbink ab,out '. .? m ervlew It, not one of them has raised

blown away during the w,inter ThanksgIvmg. Every menu ofso mteres~mg. . any teen-age kids, hut will gladly months. fers fresh home-baked bread, If her m~~ervlewer. had asked tell me how to do it."

Our favorite mulch is pine apple, pies and of course the :vtrs. Ford: What would you do . The irrational preoccupation ~eedles, which we begin gather- beautiful chees~s and maple If your daughter ~ame home and tha;t we adults have with sex mg now and which will be spread syrup of t~e r,eglOn. r real(y came home to me a few over the strawberries first and Meanwhile, m every nook and As Fall and Winter wardrobes months ago when my sushand then around the azaleas and over c~anny of the countryside, road- begin to replace the fast dwinand I visited one of our sons in as much of the rest of ,the gar- Side stands offer beautiful evi- dling light Summer's fashions, his dorm at college. The dorm is den as quantity allows. Pine ?ence of the earth's barvest and mothers have been asked to set cooed. (It's a Catholic college.) needles become acidic wh~'1 in- Just a glance at the piles of aside that clothing that may well There were copies of the camcorporated into the soil, so they squash, glistening jars of honey not see itself into next Summer.

By newspaper around and it pus are almost perfect for our soil and baskets of apples makes anycontained art:icles about sex right The Department of Social Serwhich is largely clay and which one who loves to cook long to MARY ne~t to the football results. Both tends to be too alkaline for many return to his or her ~itchen and vices and Special Apostolates of of our acid-loving plants. use so~e of t~e autumn abun- the Diocese of Fall River has anseemed to get about equal billing.

CARSON We gather the pine needles by dance m preparing family dishes. nounced that there wil'l again be Only Dad! the burlap bag full an make a ' I always enj~y getting away a clothing drive, to be held There were copies of "Playweekend project of this with the for a ~hort p~~lOd of time but throughout the parishes of the children, who enjoy going out to every hme II VISit up north I also Diocese during the month of told you she had leukemia'?" she boy" and also ,"Sports Illustratcould have answered with the ed" and "Scientific American." the woods to collect them. A feel a deep pride in being a New November. trunkload a weekend is sufficient ~ngl~nde.r a.nd a deep satisfac'fhere are increasing appeals m,ost profound wisdom of the "Sports Illustrated" seemed to be to take care of cost of our needs ~lOn m vlewmg the work of God for garments of summer weight. ages and it wouldn't have gotten most read.

As we walked down the hallThe ~reate~t need.s that the anybody's attention. if we can tie together six or m nature. seven weekends before the had I came hack from my short Catholic Relief Services face are It wasn't Mrs. Ford's answers way to our son's room, there weatber comes in and makes col- northern jaunt wdth a yen to from th~ poorer countries of the that made her interview so inter- were about a dozen male stuba~e a. real pumpkin pie. This • developl?g world and these are est:ing. It was the subject ... sex. dents in the hall. Some were lecting too cold a nexperience. recipe IS one that I have used located In warmer climates Just the very mention of sex passing a football back and forth, .

P ~~~ f b As a mulch, pine needles do a suc~ess:ully. . ~ervicea~le clothing - light- seems to drive some people right some drinking beer, and others discussing the merits ofa rock perfect job for us. They maintain Pilgrim Pumpkm or Squash weight - IS our greatest need, up the wall.

I learned how irratJional the hand that had appeared the night ' 1 unbaked 9 inch pie shell stated the CR'S. The agency is their position well, do not pack down and are largely dried out 1 cup cugar a~so hardpressed, explained offi- subject ,can make some' peol'le before on campus.

Y2 teaspoon salt clals, .to meet increasing needs when I wrote a colmn defending when we collect them. They are . Just then a door opened and a for ml'll end,S, bol~ goods, rem- Mrs. Ford. I had been scheduled girl who had obviously just taken porous enough to let rainwater 1 112 teaspoons cinnamon into the soil and yet are not so Y2 teaspoon ground ginger nants, etc., particularly from to speak at a Rosary Society a shower and was wrapped only tho.se areas of the world in Communion dinner and when in a robe, walked the length of matted that they cannot act as Y2 teaspoon nutmeg Y2 teaspoon allspice ' which the adults do not wear that column appeared the pastor the hall. an insulator aga'inst drastic ~ teaspoon ground cloves ~estern style dothing. changes in temperature. ~e football game kept going, ordered the Society to cancel . Blank~ts, whether heavy or me.

The purpose' of a mulch, of 1 V2 cups canned o~ thawed so did the heer drinking, and the lI~ht, Will be very acceptable as course, is to keep the soil under frozen pumpkm or squash I don't know if the pastor's ob- rock discussion. The only male' it within a narrow range of tern- 1% cups evaporated milk thiS it.e~ has perhaps the high- jection had to do with the sixth who followed the girl's progress perature, especially during dras2 eggs well beaten. est pnonty of the entire appeal. commandment or if he's a Demo- down the hall was my hushand' ' So, as the family clothing is crat tic changes of freeze and thaw. Heat oven to 425' . ' I w asn' t ~~mg to d'ISCUSS I have to admire today's kids.

If tbe mulch is loose and porous 1) Combine the sugar. salt and being sorted and plans are be-' elth~r sex. or politics at the Com· who accept sex as just one as· it acts just as insulation does on spices; add the pumpkin, milk ing made for winter's needs. the mUn'lo~.dmn:r. I pl~nned to talk . pect of their lives. I have the a house, that ,is, it traps air and egp,s and beat until smooth. Department of Social Services ~?out CO;fldence In God," so feeling they would like to see us 2) Pour linto shell and 'bake at and Special Apostolates bids all . 'IS cance mg ~y engagement adults get as upset ahout povwhich ,in turn keeps the temperature benep,th. it more ~"'''''le 425' 15 minutes; 'reduce heat and to think of the less fortunate hardly seems Ioglcal. erty, hunger, prejudice, and in· and not as likely to undergo co.ntinue baking at 350' for 35 who have no opportunity to sort Flood of MaO justice as we do a'bout sex. large fluctuations. This in turn mmutes or until custard is set. clothing. If you have doubts as My defense of Mrs. Ford has prevents heaving and root dam- Top with ice cream, whipped to whether some summer clothbrought a flood of mail. Parents cream or honey. ing ever again be used or fit age to all plants in the garden DAN C E properly, put it aside now so of teen-age children generally especially those with a shallo~ LINCOLN PARK • OLD TIMER'S NITE Room for Eucharist that, come November, your fam- agree with me. Most of the letroot system.

Every Friday Nite 8:30 • 1:00 In the Kitchen ily wil'l be able to make a mean- , ters from priests have disagreed.

WHISPERING ART P'ERRY A couple of the priests who TRUMPET OF We have just returned from a At Bishops' Meetings ingful contribution to the Diocby telling disagreed started off P:aying Pretty For The People few days in New Hampshire and WASHINGTON (NC)Beginning esan Clothing Collection. me that since I had not seen the Best Music of thl!

Roaring 20's 'I must confess that while home with their national meeting this The setting will be the week Rock 80's always looks good, that state is fall, the U. S. bishops will have of Thanksgiving. Your sharing interview on 1V I had no busiWaltz • Rumbas • Tangos one of the loveliest and most re- a special room reserved at their of clothing will be an expression ne.ss commenting on it. Funny Polkas • Latin laxed I have ever visited. Just a meeting site for the Blessed of thanks to God for that cloth- thmg. None of them saw the couple of days without the phone Sacrament. ing that has been of some use to The request for a special eu- you and also for the oportunity and the daily routine, and life takes on new meaning. A break charistic room came from mem- to aid your needy brothers and from, routine is good medicine bers of the National Conference sisters in other areas of our befor anyone and when the break of. Catholic Bishops (NCCB), ac- sieged world.

AND ~ includes a chance to gaze on cording to the Bishops' CommitMagazine Names God's handiwork, then the spirit tee for the Liturgy, which announced the innovation in its Editor Emeritus is refreshed as w'ell. ,One of the nicest things about newsletter.

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ST. PAUL (NC)-Father Kentraveling is- the variety of reIn past meetings the bishops neth Ryan has been named edigional food that you can enjoy. have always had rooms set aside tor emeritus of Catholic Digest In the hills of New Hampshire for Mass, hut none in which the magazine, publisher Robert Fen· good basic New England coo~ing Eucharist was reserved throughton announced here. out the meeting.

Fanher Ryan was assistant ediAccording to the liturgy comDCCW Meeting mittee, various firms around the tor of the magazine from 1938 District Four of the Diocesan country that specialize in sanc- through 1956 and editor from FOR INFORMAliON Counoil of Cathlic Women tuary and chapel interiors will 1956 to the present.

(DCCW) will hold an open meet- be invited to set up the room in Henry Lexau, managing editor CALL TOLL FREE ing at 8 p.m. Monday, Oct. 6 at order to provide "a setting that will succeed Father Ryan. H~ 1-800-642-7580 St. Theresa's church hall, Route is aesthetically and liturgically joined the Catholic Digest as an proper."

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THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Thurs., Oct. 2, 1975

DCCW Active On The Cape

District 5 Diocesan Council of Catholic Women, which represents women from 17 parishes on the Cape and Islands will hold its first meeting of the '75-'76 year on Sunday, October 5, at St. Augustine's Church on Martha's Vineyard. , The Diocesan Council consists of five districts representing thousands of women from Fall River, New Bedford, Taunton, Attleboro and the Cape and Islands. They are all part of the National Counoil of Catholic Women which consists of milST. MARY'S ALUMNI gather in New Bedford. Over lions of women working together through national program com- twenty-five priests of the Fall River Diocese, all alumni of missions whkh reflect current St. Mary's Seminary in Baltimore, met recently. Toastmasissues in the Church and in so- ter for the evening was Rev. John F. Hogan (left). Guests at ciety. the meeting were Rev. William Lee, S.S., president of St. The Church Communities i Mary's, and Rev. John Canfield, S.S., Director of Alumni Commission promotes programs SISTER Joms Chaplain team. Sister Jeanne Lavallee, of study and action 'in the areas (center). Rev. Raymond Monty (right), coordinator for the C.O.S.,confers with Rev. Kevin Tripp, Catholic Chaplain at of SQI1ipture, Liturgy and Ecu: meeting, is shown above presenting Father Lee with a gift The Family Affairs check from the assembled priests.

St. Luke Hospital in New Bedford, as she begins her duties menism.

Commission deals with all' asas a member of the chaplaincy team. pects of family life from the unborn to the aged and assists members to achieve truly Christian family living. The aim of the . ~ At a meeting held Sunday bers for' each committee from International Affairs Commission plans' were made for tbe 21st those attending the planning ,is to awaken in all Christians a conviction of their responsibility annual Bishop's Charity Ball of committee meeting.

1J"edetaI /7atJe'~ and ~ .A4~ooia~'on for the international Society the Fall River diocese. In atBall tickets and subscriber through programs concerned 1029 Route 28 (Box 280) • South Yarmouth, Mass,. Phone398-6088 tendance were over 100 members cards for a -hall booklet were Orleans Shopping Plaza.• Rte6A,<lrleans, Mass, • Phone 2~~-~211 of the ball committee and repre- given to those present. Rev. with ,peace, international relief INSURED SAVINGS . senttives of the Diocesan Council Bento R. Fraga, Holy Ghost par- and development, hospitality to AT HIGHEST RATES ALLOWED BY LAW of Catholic Women and the So- ish, Attleboro, is the ball director foreign students and especially at • ciety of St. Vincent de Paul, co- for the Attleboro area. Rev. John present, involvement in programs - - - - - FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE WE ARE OPEN - - - - to aid the world food crises. The' sponsorin~ or~ani~at;('l'1~ 9 to": 30 MoncIaJ thru Th..._ • 9 to,: :00 FridaJ • 9 to Noan ~ F. Andrews, St. Francis Xavier The gala winter sociaI event, paroish, Hyannis, is director for Community Affairs Commission -REMEMBER: WHERE YOU SAVE DOES MAKE A DIFFERENCE - - slated for Friday, Jan. 9 at Lin- the Cape and Islands area. Rev. aims to involve the members and Your ...in.. ~nsured b, FSllC, en ...ne, olllle lederellovornment coln Park Ballroom, NOith' Dart- Manuel P. Ferreira, St. John the all people 'in working to answer mouth, honors, Bishop Cronin Baptist, New Bed,(oro, is in the needs in their individual comand will have as its theme and charge of the New Bedford area. munities in such areas as housing, urban development, rural color scheme the Bicentennial Rev. Walter A. Sullivan, life, safety, health and welfare observance.

Ball proceeds traditionally ben- Sacred Heart parish, Taunton,' is and government.

The October 5th meeting of efit needy children of Southeast- , the Taunton area director. Msgr. ern Massachusetts, being used to Gomes, Our Lady of the Angels District 5 will :begin with a boat 27 park Street, Att:eboro, Mass. support four schools for excep- parish, Fall River, directs ball ride to the Vineyard on the tional children and four summer activities in the Fall R'iver area Island Queen. A luncheon will 278 Union Street, New Bedford, Ma~s. be served followed by a business camps for the exceptional and also.

Announcement was made that meeting. A program sponsored FIRST FEDERAL. SAVINGS underproivileged.

ANI:J LOAN ASSOCIATION persons or organizations Wishing by the Community Affairs ComCommittee Heads Msgr. Anthony M. Gome~. dio- to have their names in the ball mission will focus on the needs REGULAR SAVI~S 5l,4% cesan director of the ball named booklet may contact committee of the handicapped in today's 90 Day Notice Account 5%, % the following committee -chair- memher~ or call or write to Bish- sO,ciety. Guest speaker will be l' yr. Certificates minimum $1,000 6%% persons: Decorations: Mrs. Stan- op's Charity Ball Headquarters, Mrs. Beverly Chapman, president 2V2 yr. Certificates minimum $5,000 6%, % ley Janick, Fall River, to be as- 410 Highland Ave., P. O. Box. of MAP. The day will conclude 4 yr. Certificates minimum $5,000 7l,4 % sisted by Robert Cogges;lall, Fall 1470. Fall River, Mass. 02722, with a Mass. Tickets including We compute interest continuously-day of deposit River; Hospitality: Mrs. Richard tel. 676-8943. There are six cate- ,boat ride and luncheon are only to day of withdrawal PauIton of Taunton; Presentees: gories in the booklet: Memorials, $6 and may be obtained by callMrs. James A. O'BrIen, Fall Riv- Very Special Friends, Guaran- ing Mrs. John J. Houst, presi- 1:.• 111I11I11I111I11I1' "' "'''' '''..,,''''''''''''''''"111I"""''""11I11I"""11IollllllllmllllllllllllllB; er; Hall: Norman Hathaway, Fall tors, Benefactors, Sponsors and dent 398-6758; Mrs. Gilbert Noonon, Upper Cape Coordinator, River, and Lester Reed T'iverton. Patrons.

The theme and color scheme It was also noted that ball 548-1527; Miss Esther Turnbull, committee wil be headed by Miss tickets are available at all rec- Mld-eape Coordinator, 775-1972; Margaret M. Lahey, Fall River. tories as as from those Mrs. Grace Filiman, Lower Cape Dispensing Optician Each chairperson selected mem- who attended meeting. Coordiator, 349-3410.

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K of C To Hold Columbus Day Dance For Charity Final plans for the Columbus Day Charity BaH sponsored' by the Knights of Columbus of the Fall River Diocese, has been announced by Chairman Norman A. Bowlin.

Committee leaders include Former District Deputy Edward Cabral, as Honorary Cha'irman from Taunton Council No. 82, John T. Trainor, F.D.D., Program Director, District Deputy Charles J. Cullen, Publicity Director, District Warden Leo R. Hamel, Treasurer, Raymond R. Cousineau, P.G.K., Hall Chairman, A. Roger Lafleur, P.G.K. Decorating Chairman, Rev. Maurice R. Jeffrey, Chaplain of Faa River Council No. 86 a'S Spiritual Ad-

Luso-America n Pilgrimage Set The first Luso-American pilgrimage to be held at La Salette Shrine, Attleboro, will take place at 1:30 p.m. this Sunday, when Portuguese-AmerIcans fr9m both the Providence and Fall R'iver dioceses wi;'! journey, to the shrine with colorful banners to share an afternoon of prayer.

Beginning the program, Rev. Jose A:F. dos Santos, C.M. of St. John the Baptist parish, New Bedford, will conduct a rosary pilgrimage, to the shrine's outdoor ohapel. Confessions in Portuguese will then be available and the afternoon wHl conNnue with a Euciharistic liturgy celebrated by Msgr. Luiz G. Mendonca, vicar general of the FaH River diocese and pastor of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church, New Bedford.

Music for the Mass will be provided by the combined choirs of St. John the Baptist parish, New Bedford, and Espirito Santo parish, Fall River, directed by Rev. Henry Arruda of Immaculate Conception parish, New Bedford. ' .

The program will conclude with entertainment by members of the Portuguese Yontll Cultural Organization of Fa'll River, directed by Rev. Luciano J. Pereira, administrator of Our Lady of Health parir.h, Fall River.

visor and General Committemen include: District Deputy Joseph F. Hipolito, Vito Morra, F.D.D., Leo A. Fredette, F.D.D., Ronald A. Roy, G.K., Robert A. Berube, G.K., Paul Given, G.K., Manuel Moniz, Joseph Bourassa Jr., Robert Curran, Rene Gingras, P.G.K., Anthony Vieira, G.K., Michael J. Margaletta, D.G.K., Adrien J. Pelletier, P.G.K. with a delegation of Honor Guards under the dinectJion of Fait'hftil Cap:~Ii,n Joseph M. Souza of Bishop WHliam Stang General Assembly.

The State Board of Directors headed by State Deputy Joseph . Arena will lead a delegation of State, Church and area dignitaries. The Grand Knights of each Council and Faithful Navigators of each Assembly will serve on the Hospitality Committee. Vin Russo and "The One Niters" will provide music for this event Which will be .held October 4, 1971) at Fall River Co'uncil No. 86, 1492 Columbus Drive (off Meridian Street) in Fall River. Dancing from 8:00 p,m. to midnight, tickets will be sold at the door at $2.50 per person or may be purchased from your nearest Council. All proceeds will go to Retarded, EX'Ceptional and Handicapped chHdren. Dress will be optional for those who do not wish to come formal.

The 13 Councils and 4 Assemblies sponsoring this event include: Fr. F. D. Callahan Council No. 4139, Wareham, Fr. Damien Council No. 4190, Mattapoisett, Bishop Stang Council No. 4532, New Bedford, McMahon Council No. 151, New Bedford, Fall River Council No. 86, Pall River, South End Council No. 295, Fall River, Mr.gr.

Coyle Council No. 82, Tauntoo, Bishop Cassidy Council No. 3669, Swansea, Seekonk CQuncil No. 5198, Seekonk, T. P. McDonough Council No. 330, No. Attleboro, St. John's Council No. 404, Attleboro, So. Attleboro Council No. 5876, So. Attleboro' and the Assemblies are Edward Douglas White Assembly, Taunton area, Bishop William Stang General Assembly, Fall River area, Bishop Cassidy Assembly, Westport area anol McMalhon. Ar.sembly, New Bedford and Cape area.

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Plan to Observe Navy Sabbath

By NC News Service The Naval Reserve has designated Oct. 10-12 as Navy Sabbath, and asks all churches to make it "a period of prayers of thanks for past service and intercession for the future."

Citing 200 years of service provided by the armed forces, Cardinal Terence Cooke of New York, Ordinary of Catholics in the U. S. armed forces, said: "I trust that all the churches in our country will offer many prayers for God's assistance to the members of our armed services, as our debt to them for 200 years is great indeed."

The Naval Reserve suggests inclusion of the prayer for Navy Sabbath ,in liturgies during the two-day observance. Following is the text of the prayer: Grant, 0 God, Your blessing and protection to the men and women of our Navy and Marine Corps. Preserve them from the MRS. ALICE PEARSON dangers of the sea, the air, and' the fury of our enemies. Give them for-titude, courage and steadfastness in keeping Your Word, and bring them safely to "I had asked the Sisters if port.

A member of Holy Name parish, "Fall River, for 55 of her they thought he would come and Most merciful Father, we humhundred years, Mrs. Alice Pear- give her a blessing," recounted bly entreat You to accept our son celebrated her centennial Mrs. Robertson. "I never ex- praises and prayers this Navy birthday with a five-generation pected· a Mass!"

Sabbath. We beg You to remem- party at the Catholic Memorial She recalJed that her mother ber es;ecially, 0 God, those who Home, Fall River. Guests ranged was strict in bringing up her wait at home. Ex,rend to those from her 81-year-old daughter, brood of seven children, of fathers and mothers, wives, sons Mrs. Eva Robertson, to her two- whom four are liVing in addition and daughters, the strength to month-old great great grand- to herself. They are William and bear the trials, the sacrifices, daughter, little Kelly Cadieux.

Walter Pearson of Fall River, and the loneliness demanded of George Pearson of Florida and them by long separations.

The new altar at Holy Name Give them Your graces and Church, instaUed when Hturgi- Mrs. Alice Gagno,n of Ply~outh. that they may bear hlessings "She was very strict, but we cal changes required that Mass be said facing the people, was a all turned out well," said Mrs. their many problems with pride gift to the parish from Mrs. Pear- Robertson. She also noted that' and dignity, and that peace of son. It memorializes a deceased her mother was an excellent mind and soul which only you cook." She baked pastry every can give. Grant that we all may daughter, Mrs. Mabel Skypek. day for my father, although she recognize their contributions to Speaking f'or her mother, Mrs. never ate any herself." the security of our nation, and Robertson said that she was that the United States may conAnother thing the centenaflian "surprised and delighted" when tinue to exist in freedom and in never did was to eat canned Msgr. Daniel Shalloo, pastor of service to Your cause. Amen.

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California Growers Blindly Protest Farm Labor Law

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The California Farm Labor Law, enacted in June with the full backing of the United Farm Workers and (so we were led to believe) the majority of the leading growers in the State, went into effect on August 29. Right off the bat it ran into serious trouble.

As one of its first offici~l pending further appeal. Presum· 'ably this matter will have to go acts, the Agricultural Labor all the way to the Sut'reme Relations Board appointed Court of the United States for

by Gov. Jerry Brown to administer the new law, ruled, after a series of public hearings, that the growers must allow union or·

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final adjudication. Meanwhile the access ruling remains in effect and is legally binding.

Unfol"tunately, however, some growers, still ,blindly kicking against the goad, are using every means at their disposal (includ,ing, in a number of cases, the 8y use of physical force) to get around the Board's ruling and DR. EUGENE BALTHAMSGR. the latest court decision. This is ZAR, 73, of Aurora, 111., will an extremely irresponsible move GEORGE G. on their part and one tbat they receive the Stritch Medal of HIGGINS will live to regret for a long time Loyola University, Chicago for his work on behalf of the to come. , Theird do-or-die opposition to underprivileged. ganizers to come on their prop- the Agricultural Labor Board's erty during three designated access ruling can only mean that hours each day to talk to the they are not yet ready to settle workers a'bout the issues in- the farm labor dispute which has volved in the farm labor contro- kept their industry in constant versy and to brief them on the turmoil for more than a decade. procedures to be followed in the They have every reason to knowthat the price of their intransipending secret-ballot elections, gence on the access issue is Use Physical Force The growers immediately chal- bound to run very high. lenged the Board's access ruling Open Warfare in ,the courts, At their insistence, By fighting the Board in the a federal judge issued a tempocourts (and, in some cases, rary festraining order blocking enforcement of the ruling, pend· openly resorting ,to violence to ing further hearings on its consti- prevent UFW from gaining actutionality. On September 18 the cess to the workers) they are Supreme Court of California nul- knowingly declaring or re-declar,lified this restraHng order. It ing open warfare against the ruled that the growers must union and are recklesslv'baiting abide by the access ruling, again . it to respond In kind. In short, they are asking for serious trouble and, unless they have a sudden change of heart. are predictably going to get ,jot with 'a FATHER DANIEL LYvengeance in tbe form -of con- ONS, S.J. 55, a conservative MONTREAL (NC)-Two dozen tinuing strikes and boycotts. priests from Italian parishes have The fact that so many of the columnist, is seeking a leave publicly protested against Que- growers are willing to pay such of absence from the Jesuits, bec proVlincial legislation on edu- a heavy price for the purpose of but denies rumors that he cation in English and Frenoh' on undermining the UFW and has decided to marry. grounds that it would send Cath- thwarting the orderly adminisolic children .to Protestant tra,tion of the new California schools.

Farm Labor Law ,is almost This might bring about "disas- enough to make ·a man despair trous consequences" to religious of human nature. Gov. Brown and family life of Ca.tholics, the handed them - on a silver platpriests asserted. ter - what looked like a sureThe Italian 'p:dests entered fire method of seWing or at Quebec's language, biU dispute least beginning to settle their with the publication of a state- long-standing dispute with the ment denouncing the legislation UFW - a dispute which has alas "ambiguous, provocatory, un- ready cost them very dearly. All just and discriminatory." they had to do was get out of The law seeks to make French the way and maintain a policy of the principal language of Quebec strict neutrality while the AgI1iand encourages the integration cultural Labor Relat·ions Board of immigrants into the main- went about its business of limplestream of Frenoh-Canadian life. menin~, without let or hindrance, Educational problems arose in ,both the spirit and the letter of KAREN ANN QUINLAN Montreal because the majority of the farm labor law. That's what of Arlington, N. J. has been ltaHan parents want their chil- the Board was trying to do when in a coma since April. Her dren to be educated in English. it handed down its access ruling.

Some of these children cannot If the Board had ruled the other parents are seeking to end get into English Catholic schools, way - if it had denied access to the extraordinary means but they still want the educa- the contending un,ions - it most which have kept her alive. tional language to he English. certainly would have been run."Parents will be forced to ning counter to the spirit of the choose a Protestant school to new law.

Security safeguard their 'fight of choice in Unfortunately, however, the A recognition of truth and the the language of .instruction," the growers didn't see it that way. practice of virtue is the title of priest said.

As indicated above, they imme"Confusion and moral ind/ifier· diately contested tbe access rul- security for both the individual, ence will be fostered in the inner ing and that's when the and the whole of mankind. family circle." " trouble started.

--John of Salisbury

Priests Protest

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The Church Needs Hard Work and Self-discipline What would it take to make me hopeful about the future of American Catholicism? Well, a few discreet deaths would be a big help. Even more import~nt would be indications of two virtues, which I would almost be inclined to call "Protestant," except they don't seem to be much encounter to pentecostal without in evidence currently among ever counting the costs or meathe results. Now the whole our separated brothers suring idea of a small-group church-

either. Their names are "hard "self-discipJine." work" and There is almost nothing wrong with the American Church that

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REV. ANDREW M. GREELEY diligent appHcation of these two virtues would not exorcise.

Let us take three examplesreligious education (which dncludes homiletics and catechetics), experimental communi·ties, and sooial comment·ary.

Jot was clear after the Vatican Council that a major change would be necessary in both the content and style of religious' education. It should also have ~ clear that new homiletic and catechetical techniques could not be developed overnight. Careful l'istening to the religious questions of our time, patient research on our own theological resources, and intensive study of the implications of the conciliar documents were the order of the day. Commissions and study groups should have been set up to develop long-range programs of gradual and organic change.

And everyone should have realized that it would take at least a decade to accomplish the transformation.

Instead, we got instant reform -every year. We moved from salvation history to kerygmatics to self-fulfillfent to relevance to charismatics. A ;lot of halftI1ained (not to use more vulgar language) characters with summer pastoral institute experience or a half-year in Europe or an M.A. in pedagogy produced documents which were supposed to supplant .the Council of Trent and the "Summa Theologica" as the new "answer" to reHgious eduoation.

They aU fell flat on their faces, and most of the so-called "religious educators" ended up marrying each other. Finally, when a serious, careful, and scholarly new beginning was made by theologians like Da\llid Tmcy, everyone was too tired to listen.

It was also obvious a decade ago that in the new open-ended situation in which the Church found itSEjlf, there would be many more fluid and freefloating ecclesiastical structures.

It should have been clear that such innovations were fmught with social and psychological un· certainty. Instead of embarking on careful and systematic experimentation, we rushed into one lunatic fad after another, moving from c::\Jrsillot~, sensitivity to

which is surely essentia'1 to religious progress in our time-is discredited. And yet it never has been seriously ttied by mature people who knew what they were doing and Who were willing to commit themselves to the patience and persistence that any new communitarian venture would require.

Another opportunity blown through mindless and impatient enthusiasm.

Finally, it ought to have been possible to put together a program for the Bicentennial which would have seriously assessed the strengths and weaknesses, the accomplishments and imperfections of the American palH· kal and social system from the perspective of 'Catholic social theory. But such a program would have required years of careful effort from a group of skiHed scholars and practition· ers. The bishops didn't have time.

Instead they served up a halfwitted and slapdash mixture of New Left cliche and hateAmerica-Tbird-Worldism put together by a group of inexperienced and undisciplined young enthusiasts. And of course no one bothered to listen.

There is no time, I am told, for hard work or self-discipline.

The crisis is too serious. We don't want it good, we want lit now.

Funny, but I kind of think the Holy Sp'irit would take care of "now if we worried about "good."

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KNOW YOUR FAITH Wandering in the Heart One 'of my favorite "Peanuts" cartoons shows Lucy and ChaJ'll,ie Brown chatting beside a wooden fence. On the fence Lucy has drawn a heart. One side of the heart is black, the other i!'> white.

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FR. CARL J. PFEIFER, S.J.

Lucy begins lecturing Charlie.

She points out that one side of the human heart is filled with hate and the other side is full of love. She goes on to say that these two 'forces are constantly at war with each other.

CharHe beg-ins 'to look pale, His tongue hang!'> out as he holds his stomach. He groans, "I think I know just what you mean ... I can feel them fighting."

All of us know the fee>ling Charlie is experiencing. We all feel the inner tug of war between good and evil. Sometimes the tension actually gives rise to physical pain or emotional anxiety.

That experience is what the biblical stories about the Hebrews' 40 year!'>' wandering in

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the desert is all about. We move through the desert of :life much as the Israelites wandered through the desert wilderness.

Their story of the desert expeflience is our story as well. Only the location has changed. In each heart the desert wandering is repeated.

In the desert the ancient Israelites met their God. They also met the powers of evil. They looked back on the desert experience as their honeymoon with Jahweh, the'ir God. But they never forgot that the desert was also where they repeatedly grumbled against their God, at times turning from Him to worship idl!'>. Their pilgrimage through the desert was a fluctuation between faith and doubt, between trusting God and trying to. save themselves by themselves.

That is everyone's pilgrimage through life, seen at its depths.

We are at every step pulled between faith and doubt, between trusting in God or trying to make our way by ourselves. Life i!'> filled with ambiguity. Everything we experience contains within it the seeds of life and the 'germs of destruction. Even the most beautiful experiences'love, patriotoism, religion - can imperceptibly harden one's hear:t.

Selfishness can sour and poison what could be a great good.

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Wandering

God chose the rugged reaches of the Sinai Peninsula as the final forge by which the child·ren of Israel would be fashioned into a nation.

By STEVE LANDREGAN

Plunging upward from the gentle beaches of the Mediter'ranean, in the n'Orth to the steep and bare red granite peaks in the south, this triangular bridge that connects Asia to Africa must have seemed stark and awesome to the Israelites who had grown used to the fertile Nile delta in Egypt.

The prophets hark back to the days in desert wildernes!'> as a time of "honeymoon" between Yahweh and His people. "I remember the devoti-on of your youth, how you loved me as a bride, following me in the desert in a land unsown," (Jer 2:2).

And Hosea will reflect a longing for the "good did days"... I will ai-lure her (Israel), I will lead her into the desert and speak to her hear,t) (Has 2:16).

In spite of the prophets' nos-

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talgia for the wilderness days, the record of Scripture shows a people disenchanted with their lot and their leadership who cried out, "Would that we had died in the land of Egypt, or that here in the desert we were dead" (Num 14:2) and "let us appoint a leader and go back to Egypt" (Num 14:3).

Time and again Moses mediates for his restle!'>s and discontented people asking God to "Pardon, then, the wickedness of this people in keeping with your great kindness, even as you have forgiven them from Egypt unti1 now" (Num 14:19).• And time and again God manifests his "hesed," his faithfu1-, ness to his covenant promise to care for, assist and deliver his chosen people. He feeds them in the wilderness with manna and quail (Ex 16-18, Num 11) but like petulant children they continue to grumble and complain.

Then the Israelites reach a point where they are able to send scouts into the land of Canaan. After reconnoitering the land the party returns and reveals that "it does indeed flow with milk and honey" (Num 13:27).

Their -hearts however are still the hearts of slaves, filled with fear and lacking confidence in themselves and the promises of Turn to Page Twelve

By REV. JOSEPH JENSEN In an earlier article we suggested that certain prophetic circles probably formulated some of the traditions that went into "V~~~~ the Pentateuch. In addition, such prophetic communities were -'-_-!, ,<-{/f·""': I , probably responsible for preserv-ing for us the stories about Elijah and Elisha found in 1-2 ~ings.

But there were other prophets~men !'>uch as Amos, Hosea, Micah, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel-who contributed much to the Old Testament. Such men were pr-imarily preachers; the Word of ,the Lord was made known to them and they made r,yX' it known to the people. Their ~ words came to be preserved, HEROD'S TEMPLE is depicted in a detailed carefully written down, and finally incorporated into the books that bear researched replica on a hill outside Jerusalem. "The Psalter their names. . .. represents the prayers of Israel's Temple liturgy; even a How this came to pass is un- slight acquaintance shows how rich and varied this was. derstood only in part. Of JereMany of the psalms may well date from the time before miah we are told that on one occasion he dictated to his sec- Solomon's Temple." reta'ry, Baruch, all the oracles he .had proclaimed during the along with lsrael's traditional has an unbroken history from previous 20 years (Jeremiah 36), law, con.tributed to Israel's de- . early in the period of the monand of Isaiah it is said that he manding ethical standards. Some- archy.

A special word needs to be said -committed teachings to his dis- -times til-i!'>' teaching was embodied ciples (I,saiah 8:16). No such ex- in short, pithy sayings (proverbs), about the Psan.ter. It is very obpJiicit information is available for ' such as those that make up the vIously the result of collection the other prophets, but in each bulk of some of the wisdom and compilation. In general it represents the prayers of Israel's case'there must have been !'>ome books (Proverbs, Sirach).

In addition there was the Temple liturgy; even a slight acamong their hearers' who remembered their words and committed "instruction," a longer compo- qua'intance with it shows how them to writing before they were sition addresse<! as though from rich and va-ried this was. Many a father to hi!'> son (though prob- of the-psalms may well da·te from lost.

In the first stage individual abily actually from teacher to the Hme before Solomon's Temoracles were written down; these pupil), .containing advice about ple, back to the day!'> of Israel's were usually short, averaging avoiding evil and pursuing good. tribal ~eague and to the days of perhaps a half-dozen verses ·in Both of ,these forms have paral- David. Here, too, we can see the our numbered Bibles. Later, lels in Egypt and Mesopotamia linfluence of particular circles; when it was recognized that the from an early date. Sometimes, while most of the psalms fit the man was truly a prophet of the as in the cases of Job and Eccle- general needs of praise, thanksLord and hi!'> words priceless, siastes, the sages concerned giving, and petition, some of alII the oracles of his that had themselves with problems such them reveal special priestly conbeen . preserved were collected as suffering and the meaning of cerns, others prophetic, and still together. Finally someone under- life. The wisdom books, as we other!'> can be dubbed wisdom took to put together into an or- now have them, date from the compositions, beng meditations ganized whole the prophetic exile and later, but .the sort of on themes that are frequent in words so gathered. An attempt material that is in them, some- the wisdom I'iterature (psalms 1; was usually made to put them times the actual formulations, 37; 73; etc.). together in some logical fashion, such as chronologically or by ELECTRICAL ISUbject m[f~ter,and a shcr~ notice .~ Contractors. was prefixed to the collection to name the prophet and to tell a little of his background and 102 Shawomet Avenue when he prophesied (See Amos Somerset, Mau. 1:1; Isaiah 1:1; Jeremiah 1:1-3; etc.).- The indications are that Tel. 674-4881 much of tHis editoria'l activity 3Vz room Apartment was carried out during the exile.

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Wandering in the Heart Lucy pedantically described Continued from Page Eleven Jesus experienced this same everyone's temptation in the tension. Like His forefathers He desert of their heart. Charlie too wandered in the desert-for Brown, like the rest of us, expe40 days rather than 40 years. His rienced the painful reality of the temptation in the desert symbdl- inner tensIon. Jesus, like His anizes the lifelong temptation cestors wandering in the desert everyone faces. For Him the pulI before Him, gives us the clue to toward selfishness or toward . coming to grips with this root trust in God centered in His calI temptation. Neither Jesus nor to be His people's Messiah. He the Israelites could see where struggled in the desert with the the way might ultimately lead. temptation between trusting His Our life, too, is full of ambilife to God's way-which pointed guity. But they went ahead with to suffering anj frustration-or faith and trust in God, finally responding to the popular calI choosing openness and faith over for a revolutionary Messiah who closing their hearts in hardcould liberate Palestine from the hearted selfiishness.

Romans. . In Jesus' heart the struggle was the same as that of the Israelites' in the desert centuries before. It is our struggle today.

UlNmately it ·is a grappling with selfishness-wanting one's own ST. LOUIS (NC) - The Latin way. The opposite pulI at the center of the heart is to place one- Gregorian chant weekly high self in God's hands, with trust Mass has returned to the St. and faith, opening one's heart to Louis arc·hdiocese.

Fatber Eugene R. Sinz, pastor him and to other people. The temptation Is bet'tteen selfishness of St. Engelbert parish, told the and openness, between faith and St. Louis Review, archdiocesan newspaper, ,that he reinstiutted infideHty, between love and hate. the Latin high Mass on a weekly :bas'is because many of his parishioners have never participated in a Latin high Mass. He and they agreed that it was something they would like to have, be said. The Mass is to be each Saturday at 5 p.m.

"This Mass is being conducted according to the latest liturgical decree from Rome," Father Sinz ·said. "It :is consistent with these decrees and with our archdiocesan liturgical commission. There is no objection. whatever from Rome or from the chancery to what we are doing."

Controversies have occurred in the United States and abroad A YOUNG MAN AND over unauthorized celebrations of HIS DOG wander along a the Mass of Pope Pius V, or Tribeach in Milwaukee, their dentine Mass, decreed in 1570, slow and hesitant pace sym- and used from then until the probolic of a journey through mulgation of the Mass of Pope VI in 1971. life. "That is everyone's pil- Paul Father Sinz said the parish had grimage through life, seen at planned to introduce the Latin its depths. We are at every Gregorian chant high Mass on step pulled between faith Christmas Eve. "But we found _and doubt, between trusting that we were ready quicker than had expected and we decided in God or trying to make our we to go ahead with it now," he way ourselves." added.

Archdiocese Plan Gregorian Chant Mass Weekly

Mayor Proclaims Pro-Life Week BRISTOL (NC)-Mayor Frank J. Longo Sr. urged citizens of this small Connecticut city to "protect the life of the unborn" in· a proclamation designating the week of Oct. 5 Pro-Life Week.

The father of nine children and a strong supporter of the pro-life movement, Longo said in his proclamation that "permissive abortion laws deny ... the most basic of consUtutional guarantees -the right to life-to the unborn human child."

"J1he aborting of human life is without foundation ,in human reason and is opposed to nature and the destruction of human life for selfish motives is contrary to all the laws of God and man," he said.

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GRANITE MOUNTAINS 100m in the background as a rocky road leads into the Sinai desert. "God chose the rugged reaches of the Sinai Peninsula as the final forge by which the children of Israel would be fashioned into a nation."

Wandering Continued from Page Eleven Yahweh. Only two of the party, Caleb and Joshua, urge that the Israelites claim the land promised to them and their ancestors saying, "The country which we went through and explored is a fine, rich land. If the Lord is pleased with us, he will bring us in and give us that land ..."

(Num 14:7-8).

But the others were fearfu1 and told the Israelites, "We cannot attack these people; they are too strong for us ... The land that 'We explored is a country that consumes its inhabitan.ts.

And all the people that we saw there were huge men, veritable giants ..." (Num 13:31-33). The people listened and were afraid.

Seeing their lack of faith, God asked Moses "How long will these people spurn me? How long willi they 'refuse to believe in me, despite aU the signs I have performed among them?"

Moses again mediated on behalf of his people and the Lord forgave them their faithlessness.

But sin that is forgiven still has its consequences, and for the weak and fearful generation the consequences were that they would never themselves enter the promised land, except for Caleb and Joshua.

A new generation born and reared in the wilderness and ·hardened by their nomadic existence, a generation that longed not for a return to Egypt and the security of slavery, was raised up to become the heirs to the promise.

I tell you now that you will certainly perish; you will not have a long Ufe on the land which you are crossing the Jordan to enter and occupy. I call heaven and earth today to witness aga'inst you: I have set before you' me and death, the blessing and the curse. Choose life, then that you and your descendents may live, by loving the Lord, your God, heeding his voice and holding fast to him. For that will mean life for you, a long life for you to live on the land which the Lord swore he would give to your fathers Abraham: Isaac and Jacob (Deut 30:15-20).

Then Moses climbed to the top of Mt. Nebo from whence he could view the land he could not enter. He had blessed the tribes of I,srael. Then he laid hands on Joshua whom God had commissioned to be his successor.

Moses died and was buried in Moab and for 30 days the lsraelites mourned his death as they camped in view of the promised land.

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ST. GEORGE, WESTPORT The St. George Senior Choir under the direction of Paul DePaola organist will present its 2nd Annual Musical (Lightshine).

In addition to the Musical the choir will sing several other numbers including two of Alexander Peloquin's pieces. It will be held at Westport High School on Friday, October 3rd and Saturday, October 4th at 8:00 p.m.

Tickets may be purohased at the door.

The Women's Guild opened its fall season with a Pot Luck supper held at the school hall. ·Elected officers for the new year are President Carolyn Forand, Vice President Vivian Lizotte, Treasurer Gladys Ba:lestracci, ReSecretary Sandra cording Charves, Corresponding Secretary Jacqueline Langlois.

On Monday, October 20, at Venus de Milo a fashion ~how, "Color Your World with Fashions, from Mr. A", will be held.

A hor buffet will be served at 6 p.m. Door prizes and raffles will be offered. The public is invited. Tickets are avaIlable from Guild members.

ST. JOSEPH, NEW BEDFORD Tohe "L'iving Rosary" will be held October 5th at 3 P.M. About 60 participants of the Rosary will proceed from Brooklawn Park to the church at about 2:45 P.M. They will be holding a Rosary made from "floats" and rope donated by Mr. and Mrs. Reginald Chandler. This will extend ·about 50 feet.

There will also be a Junior Legion of Mary member who will present flowers to Our Lady.

This is sponsored by the Legion of Mary of the parish.

IMMACULATE CONCEPTION, FALL RIVER The first meeting of the Women"s Guild will be held Monday, October 6, 1975 at 8:00 P.M. in the church hall.

Monsignor Robert Stanton will be the speaker.

Mrs. Manuel Pontes. and Mrs. John Albernaz are in charge of refreshments.

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The congregation attending Moses, himself barred from the ,first Latin higb Mass on Sept. entering the promised land, 1ed 6 was estimated at 350, a far 245 MAIN STREET 2360 Cranberry Hilhway (Route 281 larger crowd than usualIy at- the Israelites 'to the plains of Moab, across the Jordan River West Wareham, Mass. 02576 tends the Saturday afternoon FALMOUTH - 548-1918 Mass, he said, and telephone re- from Canaan. There in a final (6171 295·8111 ARMAND ORTINS, Prop. action since then has indicated appearance before the people he great interest in the parish and had brought out of Egypt and ~ ......through the forge of SinaJi he thtroughout the archdiocese.

Father Sinz stressed that the sets before them the choice they initiative ,for the Mass came from must make.

"Here, then, I have today set parishioners and from those in the parish who are in charge of before you life and prosperity, music for the litur,gy. death and doom. If you obey the At the St. Engelbert high Mass commandments of the Lord, your' ROUTE 6--between Fall River and New Bedford the lessons and Prayer of the God, which I enjoin on you toFaithful will be in English and day, loving him, and walking in One of Southern New England's Finest Facilities his ways, and keeping his, comthe rest of the Mass in Latin.

The choir for the Mass is the mandments, statutes and decrees, regular parisb choir of 15 or 20 you will live and grow· numer; for members and a 10-member choir ous, and the Lord, your God, will organized by the parish's assist- bless you in the land you are BANQUETS, FASHION SHOWS, ETC. and choir director, Joseph O'Con- entering to occupy. If, however, nor, which is calIed the "Univer- you turn away your hearts and FOR DETAILS CALL MANAGER"-636-2744 or 999-6984 -saliter" choir, from the Latin wiU not listen, but are led astray .. t .,; ..5 and adore and serve other gods, word meaning "all together."

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Seminarians Participate In New Acolyte Program

By JOE MURPHY A program that gave .eight seminarians an oppor.tunity to become involved in parish life for a summer and to become familiar with varied ministries in the F-all River Diocese has been caUed an unqualified success by the diocesan director of vocations.

Rev. John J. Smith said the acolyte ministry received an excellent response not only from the seminarians involved but also from the parishes that took part, The seminarians, all from the diocese, have returned to their studies in preparation for ordination to the deaconate next year.

The seminarians, and the ministries in which they served, are as foHows: WilHam Baker, St. Pius X, South Yarmouth; Raymond Cambra, St. Vincent Oamp and St. John the Baptist, Westport; Joseph Costa, St. Vincent Camp and Our Lady of Grace, North Westport; John' Oliveira, Santo Christo, Fall River; Robert Oliveira, Mount Carmel, New Bedford; John Ozug, St. James, New Bedford; Edward Parr, Cathedra'! Camp; and John Raposo, St. John of God, Somerset.

In addition to actively participating in par-ish activities, the seminarians also were involved in summer camps for young people, and hospital ministries.

The acolyte program conducted in the diocese this year had its origin with the i\postolic Letter of Pope Paul in August 1972, Ministeria Quaedam. In the letter, our Holy Father said "The acolyte is appointed in order to a,id the deacon and to minister to the priest. It is, therefore, his duty to attend to the service of the altar and to assist the deacon and the priest

Translations Avoid Ignoring Women WASHINGTON (NC)-Future translations and reVlisions of liturgical texts are to avoid words that ignore the place of women to a secondary role, the advisory committee of the International Commission on English in the Liturgy (ICEL) has said.

The advisory committee to ICEL, a joint commission of Catho\lic bishops' conferences, stated at a recent meeting in London that it recognized' th~ need to avoid such words in all tliturgical translations, a statement by the JOEiL secretariat here said.

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.in liturgical celebrations, especialIy in the celebration of the Mass; he is also to distribute Holy Communion as an extraordinary tpinister."

Designed as he is in a special way for the service of the altar, the acolyte should learn all matters concerning public divine worship and strive to grasp their inner spiritual meaning; in that way he will be able each day to offer himself entirely to God, be an example to all by his seriousness and reverence in the sacred building and have a sincere love for the Mystical Body of Christ, the people of God, especially the weak and sick."

Father -Smith explained that the eight seminarians taking part in the program performed various serVlices for the parishes to which they were assigne<:!.

They serVled as lectors, trained Iectors for liturgical celebrations, were leaders of song, conducted tion programs, visited hospitals and nursing homes, counseled parishioners, provided rectory coverage in the absence of parish priests and served in several specialized ministries.

These special ministries, noted Father Smith, included Puerto R!ican apostolate, immigrant apostolate, Catholic Youth Organization activities, hospitals and in various offices of Catholic. Cha~ities.

Quoting a letter from one seminarian - who worked in a hospital along with other activities, Father Smith said the individual wrote: "Hospital experience had cha'lIenged me and forced me to give more of myself to people," Another seminarian, Father Smith said, wrote: "HospItal expel'ience confronts the seminar-ian with many situations which will ohallenge him and draw upon his resources."

Citing the success of the program, Father Smith said ",it gives the -seminarians the opportunIty to live and work within the parish milieu, which gives them on-the-scene experience of the life and work to which they will be committed when they are orda,ined," The acolyte program, Father Smith, said, also gives the priests of the diocese an opportunity to become involved in the preparation of- seminarians as they supervise the young men.

Furthermore, this program "serves as a vocation medium since the presence of the young future priest should be a source of positive encouragement to the l'aity, espeoia'11y the young."

Father Smith, who also is administrator of St. John the Evangelist Pal'ish in Attleboro and Episcopal Vioar of the Attleboro-Taunton V.icariate, said there is no question that the seminarians in the acolyte program provide a serVlice to parishioners.

"They are very much accepted as the letters we have received clearly indicate," Father Smith sa'id. "It is a wonderful opportunity to permit these men to exercise their ministries in the diocese to Which they are being --called to s{!rve," ;, A'i"';:'~ ·",~~·-J:'·i';~_';;.;,&,,;Jt·T; ,-.::.,"".J...',,"''''('..-,:''....'~-~j-''.;;;.;,,<-, ;;:~\:~-::_, ·',n;-.;.'

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Katherine Drexel: Woman of Action downcast, gave away her fortune of $21,000,000 to victims of poverty and hate, offered herself to The story of Katharine Drexel, God as a liVling gift of love, and 1858-1955, daughter of the milled hundreds of other women lionwire banker, Francis Anthony to follow her in a new congregaDrexel, is unique in American , tion in the Church, the Sisters of history. She was an American the Blessed Sacrament for Inwoman whose maternal ancesdians and Colored People. Betors came to Pennsy!lvania four hind her \life was an understandyears after William Penn founding of human dignity and a ed the colony. She dedicated her strong sense of justice. life and her fortune of $21,000,She loved America deeply, but 000, to right a great wrong done her love of God and the Church to blacks and Indians. She knew was a consuming fire in her life. their story; she learned from perTo it she gave her life's service sonal contact the agony of their and her entire fortune. Her situation. whole contribution to the cause Katharine Drexel was thrust of the Church and to America into an awareness of Indian has not been fu'lly recorded yet. problems after the sudden death On Feb. 27, 1964, Cardinal of her father in 1885.The publicaJohn Krol of Philadelphia antion of his will of $15,500,000 MOTHER KATHERINE nounced the beginning of the touched off a long line of apordinary process toward the peals. Two missionaries to Ind'i- DREXEL, foundress of a cause of the beatification of ans, Bishop Martin Marty, apos- missionary order serving Mother Katharine Drexel. The - tolic vicar of Northern Minne- Blacks and Indians is shown cause is in progress. Knowledge sota, and Msgr. Joseph Stephan, in an enthusiastic mood, of the remarkable life of Kathdirector of the Bureau of CatMIic arine Drexel is spreading Indian Missions, crossed the clapping her hands. throughout the country. Hope country to present to the three rises high among many that some Drexel daughters the dire needs adelphia, as well as the words of day soon she may be listed of the Indians. They were more Leo XIlI, she founded a new among the saints of the Church. than interested, and Katharine congregation in the Church.

Along with her efforts to fund began consulting contractors and calculating costs. Soon boarding education for Indians arose an Bath Tub Ruined schools were being erected on eventua~ly widespread assistance for blacks, NORTH and South. the reservation. The cost would Father Jean Girault, a priest in spiral into millions. ~ ,0 In the fall of 1887 and again the back areas of the lower Mis() in 1888, the Drexel Slisters ac- sissippi, caned her attenNon to cepted the invitation of Bishop the lack of educational opportuWe Can RESURFACE JT! James O'Connor of Omaha, Neb., nities for the black child there.

Like New - llual'llntltd - NI RIIlIIYIII WHITE OR COLOR and Msgr. Stephan to visit the As she traveled with him by Call Collect LECTROGLAZ1·385-9319 reservations and see for them- boat through bayous and along selves. They saw many of the the Mississippi, she learned of raw realities of reservation life. the miserable situation firsthand.

At Immaculate Conception MIs- She went into immed'iate action sion in Stephan, S. D., they noted and wrote Bishop Jules Jeana lone wooden cross marking the mard of Lafayette, La., asking grave of a Benedictine mm, $lis- his direction. He a-rranged a ter Wi~helmina, who had been' visit there and accompanied her. caught in a ,violent blizzard be- She built 24 rural schools immefor she could reach a building. diate'1y. Her zeal 'intensified daily.

The Sisters had found her pinned She went on with the erection aga'inst a wire fence, frozen to of schools North, South, East death. Katharine realized the and West and crowned her edhigh price some people paid to ucaNonaI efforts with the buildserve the Church in early Amer- ing and maintenance of Xavier LEARY PRESS University in New Orleans, the ica. first Catholic college for blacks With the measured keenness of a banker's daughter Katharine on the continent.

At her death in 1955, her conspanned the great West with donations to Indians from Wy- gregation was active in 20 states. oming to Wisconsin, from South In the midst Qf this expansive Dakota to New Mexico, from activity she was a woman of Al'izona to California. She deep prayer. Every time she grasped the challenge to the contributed to or built a chul'Ch Sandwich Hardware, Church in extensive churchless she rejoiced that this was a place -areas. Checks, recommendations where Mass had never been ofCo. flowed from her home. In addi- fered before.

She was a very wealthy wom' tion she was deeply concerned SANDWICH, MASS. Tel. 888-0292 about another matter-the re- an, heir to millions, but she alHgious vocation. The desire to lied herse'lf to the poor and the be a Sister inten&ified with her father's death. At first her direc- Parish Sponsors tor, Bishop O'Connor, former rector of St. Dominic Church, Refugee Families Ho!Jmesburg, Fa., opposed the SANTA ANA (NC)-St. Bar,idea. But finally he real'ized it bara's parish here has resettled was from God. When Katharine 30 Vietnamese refugee families and her sisters were going on a from' Camp Pendleton, Calif.

Parishioners have purchased European tour. he asked Kathal'ine to see if she could find an apartment house so that the YOU'LL priests wining to come to the families can live together.

I. aid of the Indians. This she did Father Joseph Nguyen Van TICKLlDI' in a private interview with Pope Tinh, Vietnamese refugee chapLeo XIlI, Jan. 27, 1887. He sim- lain at Pendleton, has appealed fre•••liv.ry.Call ply answered: "My child, why for Vietnamese families to be renot become a missionary your- settled in clusters and hamlets if self?" She was stunned. Not only possible for mutual support.

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FATHER BRIAN HARRINGTON, Chaplain at Bishop Feehan, leads priests of the Attleboro area in Concelebrated Mass as school year begins. Photo by Thomas Blythe

Feehan Has Highest Enrollment Ever

By Carol Moore Please allow me to introdudce Bishop Feehan High School. Feehan is located on Holcott Drive dn Attleboro (it can be seen from Rte. 95 if you are heading north to o8oston). The school was named after Bishop Feehan, the

second bishop of· the Fall River Diocese. The cornerstone dates back to 1961 and this year's senior class will he the twelfth class to graduate.

Feehan is staffed and run mainly by the Sisters of Mercy, (although out of a faculty of 45,

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Report ~ed Pressures Building On Church in South Vietnam ROME (NC)-MoUllting pressure in a variety of forms is being placed C)ri the Catholic, Church in South Vietnam by the new communist government <there, according to Jesuit missionaries recently expelled from . that country.

The Jesuits said that the communists have: ----Placed under heavy restrictions the coadjutor of Saigon, Bishop Francis Xavier NguyenVan Thuan.

-Frequently attacked religion in direct and indirect ways in the nationwide political formation classes which Vietnamese must attend.

----Demanded in two dioceses that lists of seminarians to be ordained priests be submitted for prior government approval.

-Placed surveillance on Catholics attending daily Mass, and

blocked some Catholic meetings and Masses scheduled for days other than Sunday.

-Made travel for priests and Religious almost impossible.

Discriminated in employment against Catholics.

Fa'ther Diego, until his expulsion Sept. 3 from South Vietnam, was rector of the Pontifical Seminary of St. Pius X at Dalat. He said it is one of only four such theological facilities in the Far East.

He, Father Champoux, and 12 other Jesuit professors from the seminary were expelled along with four Salesian missionaries who ran a Sa'lesian seminary in Dalat, one French Franciscan priest and one priest of the Paris Foreign Mission Society.

The ony reason the government gave for the action was, that they were foreigners, the priest said,

there are 20 lay teachers). The present principal of the school is Sister Mary Faith Harding. The total enrollment at F'eehan is the highest that ,it has ever been, with a total of 761 students.

This year's freshman class is the largest in Feehan's history, with a record number of 230.

School has been open for a little over three weeks now, and everything is running smoothly. The freshmen who at first were baffled by Feehan's size and all of its bells, are now a working part of Feeban. They move along with the corridor traffic between classes, find the short cuts and the by-passes like everyone else and arrive to class on time.

Tuesday, the first Mass was held in celebration of the opening of school. Priests from the area parishes were invited and celebrated Mass along with Father Brian Harrington. The Junior Class rings were brought up during the offertory. After Mass the Junior Class remained and a ring ceremony was held.

Tbe symbolism of the rings was discussed and the, rings were passed out.

Wednesday, the Student CouncH put on the fourth annual Freshmen Seminar. The Freshmen Seminar lasts for one day. During this ,time, the freshmen do not attend classes, but rather follow a schedule which rotates them from room to room, visiting different organizations. Feehan's organizations had prepared a presentation 'of what their group was and did. The purpose of the day was to familiar,ize the Freshmen with all of-the (lifferent extracurricular opportunities avaHable to them, and to coax the freshmen to become involved and make the best of the opportunities open to them.

Everything at Feehan seems to be going fine, and moving _ahead.

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. PONDERING She sits silent and alone ... chilled by the winter wind brushing her dark hair . . . as she looks straight ahead ... into the future ... wondering ... pondering.

Tangled shadows of barren branches . . . suggest life's criss-crossing chaotic pattern... In the midst of the mysterious mass of interweaving dark shadows ... she seems to possess a somber sense of inner peace.

Huddled against the chilling breezes of life ... she ... like all of us at times seems to ponder in her heart .- .. what it all means wh~t the future will bring . . . how to find one's way.

The brightness of her coat ... reveals the presence of the sun ... whose light reaches even into the tangled shadows . . . and whose warmth creates a sense of . wholeness ... and courage.

Like Mary ... who pondered life's mysteries (Luke 2:52) ... we all need silent times ... quiet moments ... to sense the warmth of God's presence ... iIi the midst of life's cold winds ... and to see the light ... that is Jesus ... reaching into life's tangled, shadowed paths ... "there is a time to 'be silent" (Eccles. 3:7).

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Feelings, nothing more than feeling Trying to forget my feelings of love Tem-drops rolling down on my face Trying to forget my feelings of love.

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Feelings, feelings like I've never lost you And feelings like I'll never have you Again in my heart Feelings, for all my life I'll feel it.

I wish I've never met you girl You'll never come again

We have physical feelings. We feel cold so we put on a sweater. We feel thirsty so we d~ink water. We feel pai~ so we take the rock out of our shoe. These feelings are vital to health because they generally indicate what our bodies need and what they should avoid.

We have feelings 'at a deeper level. We feel happy when our team wins, fr'ightened when we see "Jaws," guilty when we hurt a friend. These feelings are 'important because they tell us that we respond to more than those things which affect our 'bodies. We are sensitive to life around us. One of the saddest put-downs for a selfish person :is that he has no feelings.

Feelings are important but feelings are funny. They can come and go so quickly. We can be so blue until a friend calls us, and somehow we feel betteF. Sometimes we can't explain feelings - they just haJ);'en - }ike sudden annoyance at heing interrupted while watching a favorite TV show.

The imponant thing about feelings lis that they are not the whole show - they are only apart of us. There is more to us than the way we feel. Feelings have a way of telldng us about the now of ourselves without necessarily referring to the future or what is good for us. The person who has it together lives according to the thi,ngs he values in life, bis convictions, and not just the way he feels at a particular ,time.

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Sometimes we do things contrary-to our feelings. We do not feel like getting shots or taking bad-tasting medicine, but it is good for our h~alth. We do not feel like getting up to go to school or church, 'but it is good for us.

Some would have us helieve that we should do only those things we feel like doing because only then are we really free..

This person becomes a slave to the uncertainty of his own feelings and is easily led by others - like the child who keeps changing his mind a'bout what he wants for Christmas because he is influenced by so many toy commercials.

• ROSE HAWTHORNE Patients Support School in Unique Manner.

This family waits at Indiantown Gap Military Reservation in Pennsylvania, Sixty percent of the families have chosen the usee's Migration and Refugee Services as the voluntary agency to. help them locate sponsors who will assist them in finding a place to live and a job to live by.

Parishes, organizations and individuals who are able to help us help these people in need, are asked to contact: Rev. Peter N. Graziano, Director of the Diocesan Office for Refugees and Migrants, 368 No. Main St., Fall River, MA 02720, tel. 676-8481, 676-8905.

Gerrard Parents' Night To Be Held This Friday A "Parents' Night" will be held at 7:30 in the evenjng, Octoher 2, at Bishop Gerrard High School. The event will serve as a chance for parents, students, and faculty to get 'acquainted with each other.

The evening will open with a Mass in the school 'auditorium celebrated by Fr. Maurice Jeffrey, school chaplain. ,Following the Mass, Sr. Elizabeth McAuliffe, R.S.M., the new prinoipal,

will address the parents. Fr. Jeffrey is to speak about fund raising activities, particularly the up-coming annual candy drtive.

Mrs. Nicholas Tyrel, president of the Mothers' Guild, will address the audience on the purpose of the Guild 'and make an appeal for new members.

A social hour is planned .jn order that the parents will be able to meet with ,the teachers and department heads.

The person with strong convictions and high ideals makes choices in life in view of the long-range good and not just what appears pleasing here and now. He, like the person of faith, realizes that he will not escape feelings of loneliness and sadness, but he does know that even they will pass away because he has hope that life is more than just today. The person who can't see past the present is doomed to be trapped lin his own feelings.

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Shakespeare at

SMU

Southeastern Massachusetts University will present the Royal Shakespeare Company's production of "The Hollow Crown" tomorrow evening, Friday, Oct. 3.

The single performance will take place at 8:00 p.m. in the SMU auditorium.

"The Hallow Crown" is an anthology devised and directed

by John Barton with designs by Anna Steiner, produced by Paul Elliott. It is a unique entertainment composed of letters, speeches, poems, songs and music featuring the Kings and Queens of Ensland set against a background of the simplest design.

These are not the majestic Kings and Queens of England as represented from the dusty annals of the past. 'Dhey are' the :histrionics of the living, breathing, men and women who have played out their lives on the stage of England's court, by domina'ting the tragi-<:omedy that is life."

In the cast are Bill Homewood, Olive Swift, David Suohet, and Lynette Davies-aU veterans with Royal Shakespeare productions.

Tickets are $3.00 for the general public, $1.50 for senior citizens, and free for SMU students with ID cards. They may be obtained at the door.

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Feelings for all my life I'll feel it.

I wish I've never met you girl You'll never come again Feeling, feel it, feeling Again in my arms•

Morris Albert sings about somethting common to all of us.

Everybody's got feelings and it's a good thing we do. There are different kinds of feelings but in general feelings are signals that something is going on within us.

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TWO BISHOP CONNOLLY HIGH SCHOOL seniors have been named Semifinalists in the National Merit Scholarship Program. Stephen Goncalo (left) and Paul Vianna (right) are among 15,000 students throughout the country who will continue in the competition for about 3,800 Merit Scholarships to be awarded in the spring. They are shown above with principal Fr. Richard Wolf, S.J. Over one million students from more than 17,000 high schools entered this year's Merit Program. The Semifinalists represent the top half of one per cent of the nation's most academically talented young people.

The Bishop Stang Booster Club will hold an auction and spaghetti supper Sunday, Oct. 5 at the school on Slocum Road, North Dartmouth. The supper will be served from 4:30 to 6:30 p.rn.and the auction will follow.

Proceeds will purchase new athletic equipment for the school.

Closed Retreat

Rev. Willabrod Willemen, SS.CC., will preach a closed retreat, open to men and women of all ages, on the weekend of Oct. 24 through 26 at Sacred Hearts Academy, Fa,irhaven.

Reservations may be made ,by telephoning 995-2354.

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Live Holy Year, Pope Advises VATICAN CITY (NC)-Pope Paul VI, addressing one of the largest general audience crowds in liv,ing memory, urged Catholics to take full advantage of the current Holy Year as an "hour of God's grace."

To the approximately 200,000 pilgrims and tourists 1n St. Peter's Square Sept. 24 the Pope said: "This is a precious hour for

each of you---'it is the ~our of God's grace. God is passing by right next to you, so do not let such a mysterious passage be in va,in."

The general audience was swelled to what some say was '3, record number by two Jarge groups-12,OOO members of the Franciscan Third Order and about 20,000 followers of the late

Italian priest, Padre Pio, who bore the stigmata, that is marks like those suffered by Christ at His crucifixion. .

The Pope's ride through St. Peter's Square on his way to the platform at the foot of the basilica's steps was lez:tgthened so that more people could see him closer up.

The Pope, who turned 78 two

days after the audience, told 'the throngs that their salvation depended on their will to Bve the Christian life.

"It is not status that saves us.

That is a gift we receive, arespons-ibility," the Pope said..

"The person who is litHe 1s nearer to salvation than the one who is great.

"Not even knowledge is nec~ essary as· a condition for salvation. Think about the simple knOWledge of the' truths of the faith.

"It is certa'inly not what one has that saves him. A person can have riches and goods of all types, but what good are they for salvation?"

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