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Must Social Justice be a Church Affair? sidering the foundations of the Church's social ministry from three points of view: 1) the ecclesiological, or how the faun路 dation of ministry for justice is rooted ill our idea of the Church; 2) the moral framework, or what has the Church taught about the &oaia~ system; 3) the pastoral dmpl1ioavrons of !taking social jusVol: 19, No. 41, Oct. 9, 1975 tice seriously. Under the first of these areas, Price 15c $5.00 per year he pointed out .that beyond any specific issue of justice is the more basic question, "Is social (such ,as l!life, .food, hea'1'tih care). justice the business of the Finally, the Church understands Church?" The answer he said, is that persons need an atmosphere yes, and takes its origin in the in which they can exercise reBiblical insight about the sacred- sponsibility for their own lives and those of others. ness of the human person.. Not only does the Church see '- 'IIf the person is sacred," he the person as sacred, Father said, "if the person is social, if Hehir said, but as "radically so- the person grows into a fully cial," achieving full development human person by the exercise of only in a soci'aI oonte~t. FUl1ther- rights and responsihlities - if more, he said, the Church holds all that seems at least minimally tJhat: human beings have certain clear, then the move to the social rights whicb must be protected ministry is rather easy hecause it becomes clear to the Church ,that tif ,She 'beHeves 18'11 of this then she has to have some way of looking at the social system in which she operates, because it's very clear that the way we organize our life, politically, economically, socially, and cultural-

Is social iustice the business of the Church? That is the question dealt with by Fr. J. Bryan Hehir at a clergy conference in Fall River on October 7. Father Hehir, who is Director of the Division of Justice and Peace of the United States Catholic Conference, conducted a workshop on the theme of "Justice and Peace" for some 150 priests from throughout the Diocese. Sponsored by rtlhe Diocesan Department of Education, the workshop was held at Bishop Connolly High School under the direction of Rev. Michael G. Methot. Father Hehir's talk dealt with foundations of Social Ministry as found in Catholic social teaching and on ihe church's opening BicentennIal observance and its relationship .to the Churoh's social teaching. Father began ihJis talk by com-

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Iy, -the way we do that, either tional) element in the itie of works to the benefit of full hu- the Church." Noting that formerly the "conman development or it retards stitutional elements" of the full human developm~nt." F,ather noted that these have Church were considered to be always been the social implica- the celebration of the Sacra路 tions of the Gospel but in the ments and the preaching of the past 90 years there/has been in- GospeL Father Hehir said, "What creasing concern about the ,the Bishops did in 1971 is to Church's ability to evaluate so- take one strand of the preaching cial systems. It is during this of the Gospel, the strand that time, he said, that the Church's talks about the Gospel of Justice . . . they take that strand and sociaJ teaching ha's devel'QPed. they raise it up for the Church; As to the question as to they give it visibility and they whether specific social issues are say what makes the Church the the work of the Church, he said Church is the preaching of the that the Church has attempted Gospel, the celebration of the to answer that question during Sacramen,ts, and the ministry of the last 10 years. The first re- justice, which is constitutional sponse, he said, grew out of to the life of the Church." Vatican II and is summed up in Reganlin,g 1:ihe second area, the the document The Church in the moral framework of the Modern World. That document Church's social teaching, Father he pointed out, said that a com- traced that teaching through ,plete .....iew of what 'the Ohurclh three periods; the early, period, is, "has to judge the Church in from 1891 to the 1940s; the sec'part by whtll't ~t does for human ond period, from the 1940s to life." the 1960s; and the third, from A second response to the ques- 1971 on. In the first period, he said, tion, he said, is contained in the Bishops' 1971 Synod document heginning with Pope Leo XIII Justice in the Modern World, in and Pope Pius }G, he said there which the Bishops stated that was an internationalization of the ministry for justice "appears Oatihol~c 'SOcia:l teaOhing, with Turn to Page Sixteen to us a constitutive (or constitu-

Police Prepar'e For 10,000 pieces which will be performed by the choir. The entire congregation will conclude' the evening by joining in Berlin's "God Bless America." Msgr. Louis Mendonca, VicarGeneral of the Fall River Diocese and director of the procession and Mass emphasized ilJha't the sick and Iin~irm are especially invited to attend the Mass and receive the special blessing of Our Lady of Fatima. Provisions will be made at Kennedy Park for the sick and specifidally it!hose in wheel chairs and stretchers.

Final preparations are being made this week for the procession on Monday to commemorate the fifty-eighth anniversary of the final apparition of Our Blessed Mother at Fatima. The procession, which is being held to pray for peace in Portugal and for all oppressed peoples, is scheduled to begin at six o'clock in the evening at St. Mary's Cathedral. Led by cross-bearers from Santo Christo Parish, Fall River, and the American and Papal flags, tile procession WiHI travel up South Main Street to Kennedy Park where the outdoor concelebrated Mass will be offered in the -softballl meld opposite St. Louis' Ohuroh. Representatlives are eXlpected from all parishese of the diocese with very large numbers from the Portuguese parishes. Santo Christo Parish in Fall River is prepa'l'ling :a delegatlion of two thousand marchers alone. The Fall River Police Department has assigned Capt. Raymond Conroy and Sgt. James Dean to direct the evening and they are making plans to handle crowds in the number of at least ten thousand. Plans for the Mass call for Bishop Cronin Ito detHver 'the homily as well as being chief concelebrant. The musical selections will'include popular hymns in English, Latin, and Portuguese as well as more intricate

Parishes will march as units in the candlelight procession along with their priests. Many parishes are bringing their own candles but candles wiH be avaJiqable at the assembly area in St. Mary's Schoolyard.

The or&g:inator of the procession idea is Mrs. Beatrice Angelo a member of Espirito Santo Parish and a teacher at the Fall River Adullt Leming Center, Mrs. Angelo mentioned the idea last July to her husband John who thought she was suffering from the summer heat. Not to be easily dissuaded she meritioned the idea to Msgr. John J. Regan and then to her parish priests and Espiritu Sancto. "From there" she exclaimed" the idea oaught on like wildfire. J.t's obvtious the Blessed Motlher wants it."

POPE PAUL VI AND BISHOP CRONIN meet during audience for the American Bishops who attended the recent canonization of St. Elizabeth Seton in Rome.

_---'In This Issue'-----------------------------------. Rose Hawthome Patients Work For St. Pats Page 2

Fifty Years At ( St. Theresa's So. Attleboro Page 3

A New Irish Saint Picture & Story Page 4

Ethnic Groups Are Discussed At Bicentennial Meeting Page 9

Are Professional Sports a Substitute For War? Read Msgr. Higgins . Page 10

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Rose Hawthorne Lathrop Home Patients Aid St. Patrick's School Fund Like most Catholic schools, St. Patrick's in Fall River has a chronically lean treasury. But it received an unexpected boost recently when patients at the Rose Hawthorne Lathrop Home made it a donation of $92, money earned by selling beautifully dressed dolls to visitors and friends. The home for chronically ill patients is in St. Patrick's parish and Sister Alma, D.P.. one of the Dominican Sisters who staffs it, said that "the priests have been very good to us and the patients wanted to do something to help them" She added that, in the past, money realized from selling gift items had been plowed back into buying materials for more projects "But we had enough materials on hand, so the patients wartted to give the extra moneY" to a worthwhile cause. And it's been a real psychological boost for them to be able to help others. There's much more incentive for them to work on their projects." . Rev. James F. Kenney, St. Pat· . rick's pastor, made a special visit to the Rose Hawthorne Home to accept the check from the patients and express the school's gratitude. Sister Alma said that most of the work on the dainty dolls is done by three patients, Miss Sarah Keough, "who's a tireless worker and inspires all of us," Mrs. Francelina Silva and Mrs. Beatrice Ainsworth. Other patients, not well enough for ac· tive participation, "pray for us and cheer us on." The dolls, from six to 12 inches high, are adorned in delicately crocheted or handsewn costumes, with bride dolls special favorites. "We sell them as soon as we make them," said Sister Alma. Many receive the finishing touch of a necklace or bracelet of tiny beads. "People get them as birthday or Christmas gifts for little girls or even' for themselves," said Sister Alma, pointing out two lovely dolls· that had been

bought by one of the patients ter, the diocese's New Bedford for herself and are among her apostolate to the Spanish-speaking. treasured possessions. The dollmakers work three or Ideas for projects suitable for four hours a day, said the nun, patients whose capacities are and it takes about a day to com· impaired by illness are gathplete a costume. There are other . ered· by Sister Dolores of the projects going too, also in aid Home staff, a member of the of others. Southeastern Massachusetts AcPlans are under way, for in- tivity Directors' Assn., which stance, to provide· a Christmas meets monthly to exchange ideas surprise of handknitted scarves for therapeutic activities for conand mittens, as well as a set of valescent and nursing home paextra-special dolls, to 20 Head- tients. start youngsters of whom the paShe said the patients hope tients heard through a regular eventually to set up a small visitor to the Home. showcase at the Home entrance And in the past, crocheted where their products can be dishats, pillows and scarves have played. In the meantime, they been made and donated to penny welcome shoppers looking for sales and bazaars at St. Pat- truly unusual holiday and birthrick's and at Regina Pacis Cen- day gift items.

Scouts Set Weekend 'Man, God' Program

OCT. 19 Rev. Manuel A. 5ihnia, 1928, Pastor, Santo Ohristo, Fa:l1 River

OCT. 22 Rev. John E. Oonnors, 1940, P,astor, St. Peter, Dighton OCT. 23 Rev. Joseph Eid, 1970, Pa'S!tor, St. A11ItJhony of Itlhe Desert, Fall R'iver ._.""IIII1I1IIII..llIllll1l1ll11nll""_......."nlllfl" ...nlllll.,IIIIIR

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Invitations are extended to all choir members, directors, and organists to fOnIn a large ensemble of voices for the MARIAN MASS to be celebrated on Monday, Dc. tober 13th. in Kennedy Park. Over 100 choir members are expected to participate in this special litJurgy' The Diocesan Choir, directed hy Reverend William G. Campbell, will rehearse this evening at 7:30 P.M. at. the Holy Name School Auditorium on Read Street, Fall River, Mass. Music will include the Bell Gloria of C. A. Peloquin; Come Nearer, a hymn written by Dr.

Peloquin and Father Andre Patenaude; and other hymns to Mary which are familiar to everyone. The music has 'been chosen to encourage congregational participation. Interested choir members are asked to attend this one and only important ·,rehearsal. There will be no need to bring music to rehearsal, Slince copies WliH be provided for all who attend this evening. Additional information can be obtained by calling Father Campbell at Holy Name Rectory, Fall River, Mass. 679-6732.

Asserts Catholic Schools Needed CINCINNATI (NC)-The pres- will inculcate an understanding ident of the National Confer- and appreciation of that true ence of Cat.halic Bishops has freedom on which the well-being urged renewed efforts ,to of both our Church and our sostrengthen the Catholic school ciety is based." system, tying the survival of that The archbishop criticized presystem to the well·being of vailing notions of freedom which are in fact endorsements of perAmerican society. Archbishop Joseph L. Bernar- missiveness. Some people underdin of Cincinnati made the reo stand freedom as "the capability marks in a speech delivered here of doing whatever suits their to the convention of the Ohio fancy, whether it he right or Catholic Education Association. wrong. They want the freedom "Perhaps our ,best contribu- to engage in economic or other tion to the bicentennial celebra- injustIces dn order 00 ·bolSiter tion of our country will be to their financial or social standmaintain a strong alternative . ing. . .. They insist on the freeeducational system, one which dom to live a sexually permissive insures freedom of choice for our life in order to avoid the obligaparents and children, one which tions of a stable marriage. They demand the freedom to kill unhorn children ... or the elderly." to improve their own lives. "But instead of freeing people," he went on, "these aberrations make slaves of them."

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OCT. 21 Rev. Msgr. Edward J. Carr, P.R., 1937, Pastor Sacred Heart, FaU River; Ohancellor of D~'O'cese 1907·1921 Rev. 'Fl'anci,s E. Gagne, 1942, PlliSltor, St. Stephen, Dodge,"Hle

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FIRST RELIGIOUS: Sister Mary Ricarda Wobby, RSM, vice-principal of St. Mary-Sacred Heart Consolidated School, North Attleboro, has been named to the town Youth Commission for a two-year term. She is the first religious woman to hold such an appointment in North Attleboro. Her responsibilities include building .youth community through arranging recreational. and speaking programs.

Several announcements !have been made Ito A!tHeboro-Taunton area members of Ithe Cra<thdiIic Scro'uting Oomm:Hee by Rev. Normand J .. Boulet, cl1llipl1a'in f'or the Annawon Boy Scoult Oouncoil. They linclude a "Man and His God Weekend," 00 !bake place at OllimP Noose Oct. 17 !tftt'rough 19 and a Scou::eT Developmenlt progrnm, ~ be presented from 1 00 9 p.m. Sa1turday, Nov. 8 at Sit. Joseph SOOool, Attleboro. lit d,s noted that ScoUlt!S wiho are oandidll!tes fur the Ad AJltare Dei and Pius XII reLigious awaros must osubmut thedr rnatenia:ls Ito Father Boulet by Sa·turd'ay, Nov. 1.

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St. Theresa '8 Parish Celebrates 50th The 50th anl1liversary of St. Theresa's pal1ish, South AJttIeboro, WIa.S 'C~lehraJted ,last n1ight at ill concelebra'ted Mass with Hi'SIhop Cron'in as pllinoipal celebrant and homilist. The Eudharistic liturgy was followed by a buffet lunch In 1lhe ohurch hall at wlrich parishioners were the guests of Msgr. Geraro J. Chabot, pastor, Rev: R!ichard Roy, assis.tant pastor, and SiSlter Lucille H'Citte, S'isrer AllIHa Desrosiers and Sister A':dne LaPerole of the OongregwlJion of the Holy Cross, religious who starf parish pr(}grams. Little Flower .o~scussli!l1g ;the hiisltory of the South AJttleboro pariSh, Msgr. Chabot reoaHed lIhlllt 4t was founded an October, 1925, :the year St. Theresa of Jt!he Ohild Jesus, 'the Little Flower, was canonized; hence she was chosen as its paJtroness. St. 'I1heresa Patjsh seemed Ito held little promise in the early years of its foundation," contino ued the pastor. "There were few panishioners, $1'50,000 was Ioaned to the parish to buy part of the land that is now parish property, and tbe house which is now the rectory. For several months Sunday Mass was said in a restaurant then situated at the comer of Washington and Bacon streets. "A temoorary chapel that could seat 300 people was put up hurriedly;it was built on posts and had a flat roof, a secondhand hot-air furnace furnished some heat for the first Winter. Fatber Larue, the first pastor remarked, not without reason, tha:t if ever a ohurch -looked Hke the stable aJt Naz-areth !it was St. Th'eresa Church. "The following year a gable roof was added, cement blocks replaced the wooden posts that held up the edifice, an addition was made for the vestry, and, below it, a partial cellar was dug to accommodate a new hot-air t'umace. An adcHt:ona'l $7.000.00 had to be borrowed for this, purpose. (Our present C.Y.O. Hall gives us a good idea of what St. Theresa Church was for some 30 years. It was ilJhe parish church!) "Then came the depression, soon followed by World War II and rationing; many parishioners lost their homes and finally there remained about 120 families on which the parish could count for support. One wonders how, under such conditions, a parish could have survived. But survive it did! "Today St. Theresa parish is considered one of the nicer parishes of the diocese. With prop路 erties valued at a replacement

in The ANCHOR October 6, 1960 Rev. Robert F. Drinan, S.J., Dean of the Boston College Law School, spoke out against government neutrality in matters of religion at a Red Mass for lawyers in Maine. St. Patrick's Guild of Falmouth gave -a Silver Tea in honor of Sister Helen Marie, M.S.B.T. Led by Bishop Connolly, a

ST. THERESA'S CHURCH, SOUTH ATTLEBORO cost of more than $1 million, there is no debt, and the parish has all the facilities any parish could desire. "It has often been said during the past years: 'tbat unless the Lord build the house, they labor in vain who build it.' We are firmly convinced that God was and is with us; that St. Theresa, our patroness" did not in vain intercede for us! How ~ittingly and well must we give thanks to the Lord on this 50th anniversary!" Important Dates Sigp..ificant dates in the parish history came in 1923 when land and a house were bought by the diocese for vhe future St. Theresa's 'and in October, when Rev. Joseph LaRue, the first pastor, arrived to begin the actual formation of the parish. Father LaRue served at St. Theresa's until 1947 when he was succeeded by Rev. Anatole Desmarais, who remodeled the church and drained the swampy land adjoining it so that a parking lot could be installed. Following Father Desmarais, Rev. Stanislaus Goyette was pastor until 1954. During his pastorate he began a ,building fund for a new church, which project was continue~ and brought to fruition by Msgr. Chabot, who came to St. Theresa's in 1954, and was joined in 1955 by Rev. Roger Gagne as assistant pastor. On April 18, 1956. ground was brol.ten for the presen't church

building and on Easter Sunday of the following year the first Mass was celebrated in the edifice, followed on May 16 by a solemn 'blessing ceremony conducted by Bishop James L. Connolly. In 1964 tbe last note was paid on the church debt and in'1967 land and a house adjoining the parish property were nurchased for a parish center and convent. The latter was occupied by three Holy Cross Sisters in September of 1969 and Bishop Connolly blessed the new parish center the following September. It was en路 JlJi:rely ,paJid fOO' in 1973. Also in 1969 Msgr. Chabot's years of dedicated service were recognized when he was named ..... a prelate. In 1972 Father Gagne was named pastor 'of St. Mathieu's Church, Fall River, and Rev. Roger Levesque replaced him as assistant pastor, serving until until June of this year, when Father Roy became curate as his first assignment after ordination. From 1947 to the present, rioted Msgr. Chabot, La Salette Fathers have aided in celebration of Sunday Masses at St. Theresa's.

To Review Books Professor ~:ul R. OaSibDnguay of S:toneihJill College, Easton, has been named book reV'iew edlitor f'or 1Ihe lJinaore Quall00r-ly, omcira1 journa'l of ,tJhe Na'tJionaI Federaltion of Ca,tJholl;c PhysliClians' Guild.

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large group of diocesan pilgrims sailed on ilfue Leonardo Da Vinci for Rome. Rev. Lester L. Hull, Administrator of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel in Seekonk, was scheduled to be the main preacher at the 15th annual pilgrimage 'at Mt. St. Rita's Donvent lin Cumbel'1and.

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"No more war, war never again" were the words Pope Paul used -as he spoke at The United Nations in New York. Sister Celine Rita, S.U.S.C., of Fall River was elected secretary-treasurer of the New England Conference of the American Catholic Philosophical Association. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Motta

and Mr. and Mrs. Richard Gonsalves were elected 'presidents and vice presidents, respectively, of the Couples Club at St. John Baptist New Bedford. Kathy Duffy, Michelle Hebert, Jeffrey Smith and Joseph Algeo were elected as the new officers of the St. Joan of Are, Orleans CYO.

October 8, 1970 Bob Jorge of St. Joseph's, New Bedford. starting defensive end, was listed as a key player for the American International College foot'hall team. Sister Tabot and Sister Josmary from Ethio.,ia entered Mt. St. Mary's Academy in Fall River to study for one year. Rev. Francis L. Mahoney, Immaculate Conception, Fall

River was scheduled to meet with Bishop Dempsey in New' York concerning dispersement . of Campaign for Human Development funds. Martha Gazaille, Donna Gazaille, and Janice Belisle were listed as hostesses for the October monthly meeting of the Women's Guild at St. Elizabeth, Edgartown.

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The Procession There are many good Catholics who for various reasons have decided not to participate in the procession and Mass which will take place in Fall River next Monday evening. Some feel that these activities are solely for one ethnic group (but if that is true what then does "catholic" mean) while others believe that a religious procession and Mass - as a form of social involvement is quite antiquated and, worse, quite useless. If you have decided not to get involved because of the above reasons, we implore you to reconsider your decision. We realize that a procession may be a somewhat less than usual activity for many people. However for a large segment of'the faithful from all ethnic backgrounds, the events on Monday evening will be not only a fulfilling religious experience but also a genuine response to a terrible danger. The encroachment upon the liberty and freedom of the Portuguese people by a militant minority is an issue which should speak to all of us for indeed as their freedoms decrease we are all the poorer. . Is a religious procession and Mass a valid response to OLIVER PLUNKETT the primate of Ireland was exethe outrageous situation across the Atlantic? Of course it is. As Chrisians it is only proper' that in any crisis we should cuted for the faith in England in 1681· He will be canonized petition the aid of our Heavenly Father. Our action is a this Sunday at Vatican City. Five thousand Irish pilgrims peaceful response to a pressing problem. It is a definite are expected to witness the ceremony. Also attending will answer to those who would challenge our sense of decency, be Rev. James F. Lyons, Rev. John F. Moore, Rev. Barry W. and a fine rebuttal to those who would feel secure because Wall and Rev. Ronald A. Tosti of the Fall River Diocese. See story below in the Mooring. we are supposedly apathetic and indifferent. Can we remain silent as Communist totalitarianism Which was rejected by the Portuguese people in their elections is now placed upon them by force? Do we care or are we so concerned with our own interests that we cannot be bothered? This procession and Mass offer the opportunity to respond to the evil perpetrated against a people with whom we are so closely united. Will we avail ourselves of this opportunity to respond or will we remain silent? Do not forget the old maxim which states that silence implies consent· REY. JOHN F. MOORE St. William's Church There are some to be sure who can agree with the above but doubt if the procession and Mass will have any practical effect. No need for us to discourse on our belief concerning There is a sadness in the land. The wail of the widow the power of prayer but perhaps it would be well for us to still echoes over the barren bog. The cry of the child still recall the example of Selma. We believe that this procession pines for pity. It is hard to be Catholic in the North of and Mass, this gathering in prayer· of so many people with a single intention will not go unnoticed either by our .Ireland. Today is no different from the thousands of days holiness, comfort and strength to Heavenly Father or by those who feel they possess some in the past. The weapons the Catholic people of Ireland. of His power in this world. It will not only stir the heavens are modern but the intent is In time :he was arrested by tlhe but also stir up some thinking in Washington and Lisbon. the same. Persecution and English government and cast It will 'remind many people who have the power to directly pillage, suffering and injus- into a Dublin prison. Fearing tice, 'blood and death mark those popular reaction, the Archbishop influence events in Portugal that there are many Americans loyal to the Church of Rome. was transferred to stand trial to whom the liberty of the Portuguese people is a paramount On Sunday the 12th of October for his faith in London. To indiissue. a man of this land will be de- cate the mood of the Crown, the If you had decided not to participate please reconsider clared a Saint. Even though he Ohief Justice presiding over the your position. Realize the importance of a large turnout was put to death hundreds of trial stated that there could be ago, IMs spirit ISbill Hves as no greater crime against the Monday evening and the necessity for your participation. years a symbol of hope for the peo~le Crown than to endeavour to Decide now, not only to be a participant but, to do your of all Ireland. Oliver Plunkett propagate the Catholic faith. For best to influence as many people as possible to take part. was a priest, professor and this reason and this reason only, . The cause is for liberty and justice in Portugal and for 'bishop. Educated at the Irish Oliver Plunkett, the Archbishop oppressed peoples everywhere. The cause is for peace. College in Rome he became a of Annap.h. lost his head on professor 'at the Pronaganda Col- Tyburn HiH. Shall we be called blessed because we are the peacemakers lege until.he was called upon to Days, years and even centuries or shall we be removed from the sight of the Lord because his native land as the· Archhave passed and ,the Catho1'ic we said "Lord, Lord" but failed to respond to His teachings bishop of AI1lTlagh. Knowing people of the North of Ireland what was before him upon his still have no peace. Each day with our deeds?

A lJiViing Rosary wJqJbe pre· 'sen'ted by Ithe FaH Riiver District Coonoil 'Of CathoHc Women on Tuesday evening, October 9th, at 7:45 p.m. at St. EtiZlllbelJh's Ohurch. MM. Aubrey Aam'StTong, district president, announced ,nhat Mr.s. Robert Bem'ier oha'irman of the affair. Monsi· gnor An1thony M. Gomes, district moderator, :wH1 lead the recdrtailJion of 1lhe rosary, Reverend George de Soum, ho&t pastor, wlill del;iver illhe homJily. Mrs. James Correia is -host president.

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they must face the uncertainties of life and death in the streets of their cities and the byways of their fanns. Neither child nor grandparent is spared the horrors of modern hate Why can't there be peace? Why can't the Catholics in the North of Ireland find in this great moment of the· history of the Irish Church, the incentive of faith and the wellspI1ing of hope ·that !they need to heal the wounds and bind up the injuries of the past? On this Sunday of October 12th may each and every one of us pray through the intercession of Oliver Plunkett thai peace, at Iast, will come to dear old Ireland.

COLUMBUS DAY - A stained glass window in the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C., memorializes the man credited with founding the New World. The window is at the base of the 329 foot bell tower of the Shrine. The tower and its 56 cast bell carillon were gifts of the Knights of Columbus. Columbus Day is observed next Monday October 13th.

Mother Teresa to Get International ·P'rize WILMINGTON (NC}-Mother Teresa, foundress of the Missionaries of Charity of India, is among the recipients of the first Albert Schweitzer International Prizes, to be awarded Oct. 23 at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington. Mother Teresa, known for her work with the sick and poor of India, wm receive the prize in humanities, consisting of $5,000, and a bronze medal.

THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Thurs., Oct. 9, 1975

===1=1=L=e=t=t=er=s=1t=o=t=h=e=·=e=d=it::::::;o=r===:::!.II=== More Defense of Astrology Dear Editor:

Priest Works With Lepers Dear Edi'ror

Approximately two moIliths ago a fiine young pl'liest, Fa'bher WilHam F. Petrie, SS.CC., former director of Regina Pads SpaniSih Center, New Bedfurd, left for Calcutta, India ilJo work with Mother Teresa. He is working pl'limarily with lepers. I believe for a person to work with lepers, the least of our brethren, displays the greatest love for Christ. One time somebody mId Mother Teresa they wouldn't do that type of work for a million dollars, and Mother Teres,a ,rep:lied thaJt Illeiltlher would she-that she wa's doing jot for Ohrist. If anyone WlIshes iVo !help Father Petrie's work, in hils imita'bion of Christ, donations may be sent to him at the following add~ess: Reverend Father William F. Petrie, SS.CC., Missionaries of Charity 54A Ach'ar)'lll J.C. Bose R'oad Calcutta-700016 India Sincerely Genevieve E. Foley New Bedford

Mothers at Home are Lucky Dear Ed1tor:

I am Wl"iting an reference to an ariVicle whiich appeared in your I.Jeillters to :tJhe Editor sootion ... "Thoug!hrts About MallY CaTson". The person who Wl"ote the article 'StaJted fuaJt every'One 'is en1litled to their' own oplindons, and ilJhen oonmnued by writing tJhall: she felt every woman's place (espeC'iaHy a moVher) was lin itlhe home,~jndireotly ref.leoting her own opinlions about WOI'lcing motJh~s, birlllh oontrol, aboiIlllions, etc.) Upon :reading Ith:at par.tlicular wne my ffirst :tJhought WiatS, how 'lucky tlh:is wdfe and mobher is tlhlaJt she doesn't have ;00 work whti'le raoiJsing her fiami:ly. Next I came 100 her opin1ions abourt: reW11iiJting and redirecting the Doctrtines. What ooourred to me fiiTst was a reading frOlIll llli'st Sunday's Mass, wUlere C1hrist sand to 1Jhe Ibig!h pr.iests and elders (ot1his ds not woro fur woro) Ith:at ltIhe tax ooHeotoos and pros:llitutes were entering il:!he Kingdom of Heaven before Ithey were. Lastlly, I would 'l'ike il:o menilJion t1hat, we do not have Ito be Roman to be a CllJllhoHc, or a "GoodOatltQl:ic:~ Af,ter all Chr,ist WlaS ncitfu.er Roman O!l' ltalIDan. Mns. L. J. Mello Swansea, Mass.

llhank )'lou fior recommending "Astrology: Fact or Flicbion" by Fr. Delano. I .am awaTe of his book and il:!he positIon he takes on Astrology, fl10m an ASitronorner's Vliew-,point. Th'ank you too :f:or publishing lin part my ,lelJter; ,t!he parts which you edilted, dronioaUy, were the most vaLid infurma'bion upon wftticih it was based. Are you awaoe itlhlaJt Ithe "186 sOientists wUlo released the dni6a'l dmfitcautionling the publiic aga:illiSlt unquestioning aoceptance of Astrology are p1'laot'icaHy aU members of the AmeroIcan Humaniis11ic Movement, who subscribe publicaLly to the Human~sllic Manifesto: a movement whIch has heen condemned by St. Piius X and every Pope Ithereafter? Would you kindly cite where in ilJhe EnchJiridion Symbolorum, (Den~inger-Schcnmetzer, t1here is any reference w1hidh fiorb:ids O!l' pmhibiits a OaothoJiic from per'Suing serious AstrologioaI sbudy? AddJi1llionaHy, I ask you It,o quote 1irom the New Dutdh Oa:tech'ism with Supplement (pub1~shed lin 1972 !by Herter and Henter), whti'ch caNies an ..timptimatur", pages 444 and 445 W1hioh support and enoour,age the fU1'ltlherance of serious astroiogioaI research as a va,Nd and viiable tool lin Ithe seroh for truth.

More Attention to Missionaries Dear EdLtor: Some weeks ago a full page of The Anchor WlaS devo~ to "Do you ever wonder where your money for Special ColleetJions goes 00". Jot showed mis,sionar,ies doing ltIhe!i~ Ithing and 'the ohi:ldren they taught and the hare necessities Ithey pUit up wi'bh. I wiJsh I had kept tlhat pa,rIticular IisSiUe because lit ooncentmted on ONE of ·ltIhe graIlits given by ltIhe Admin'iSlt'l'altors of 'bhe funds. WiH you give space, maybe once a month, to ollher missions which 'l'ElCeiive some 'Smal'l amounts. It would certain- . ly make people more aware and more oonoetned, about Ithese poor ntissionades OUit lin the "hoon-docks". I'm sure you m\lSlt know iIlhaJt the 'lay people are very up ibight about the ,la[ige amounts of money that various OathoJiic administrartJors are "sit!\ling on" w'bJile itlheI"e lis such ~reat need. Sincerely, Mrs. Kenn'eth Baker Taunton

K of C to Hold Diamond Jubilee General Chairman ChaT.les J. CuJilen 'has announced that Bishop WIiHiam Silang General As'sernbly of the Fourth Degree Kn'ighbs of Colum'bus wiU celebrate thek 751lh Anniversa~ at Fall River Ooundl 86, 1492 Columbus Drive in. FaII Riiver on ·Oct. 18 by combining their Insballa!tJion of OfifiiceI1s wi,th an Annlivel'sary BaH.

guests, and optiolllal1 for everyone else. 'Jiickets are ·avaJi:llaJble and may be purchased from any ofiliicer 'Of the Aissembly or nearest Council at $6.00 per peI"SOn and wiH not be iSold at olJhe door. No otlickets wHI be sold aofiter Oot. 11, 1975.

llhe BaH wiH start at 9 p.m. wilth ItJhe music of Art Perry and bis Ordhestra until 1 a.m. The dress ror 'tJhe evening will be furma'l for a'lll offiicers and honored

The soul hardly ever realizes it, but whether he is a believer or not, his loneliness is really a loneliness for God. -Von Zeller

MAKE THEIR DREAIVI COIVIETRUE THE HOLY FATHER'S MISSION AID TO THE ORIENTAL CHURCH

Bishop Sebastian Vayalil of Kerala, India writes: "There are 4,000 homeless families in the Diocese of Palai. They live in squalid shacks, or straw huts - if they're lucky. In open fields or city streets, if they're not! Nowhere in the world is there poverty to equal theirs! To them, a simple 3-room limestone and brick house (without heat, water or electricity) would be an 'impossible dream' come true."

A HOME FOR THE HOMELESS

Pro-Life Forces Slate Dinner October 27

'lIhe P,r.o-Ufe Legal Defense Fund, an OI'gani:z;atJion seeking Ito IirnplemeIlit palSsage of a "Human IJife Amendment" to the OonstiDo you seriously recommend turmon, WliLl 'hold a fund-roajj'sing ilih;a't we go against itlhe antic:1es dinner Monday, Dot. 27 at the of :f:aillh whidh have been wni,t,ten Ma11l'Iiott Hotel, Newton . In announoing itlhe event John by the Ohuroh and Ito accept on . bllind fa,ith, ltIh'e words of a group W. McOormack stated, .. Lt will of known a:tJheists, who publlical~ he ItJhe iUl'st ofWlh'a't lis !hoped Wlnl be a serJes of activities ItIhrough~y subscribe tto promO'tling fuait out the na:llion as a response to theo11Y? the current stlaotus of pro-life legThe ,J,a'be John J. O'NeiU, a sci- Iislaltion and o1 iJlligation at st'ate ' ence ed,i<t~or of ltIhe New YOI'k and feder.a1 Jevels." Heroa'ld T~ibune, aJso a Pul]tj;rer The dinner speaker widl bl;. Pl11ize winner, lhad dnitiaHy Aillty. DaV'iJd lJouij,seH of ltIhe law soomed aostlroJiogy, as Isome soi- fiaoulty ,of rtlhe Un1iversiJty of CalenOislls <today have, branding Ii,t lifurnlia at Berkeley, wlho WlHI disunscientoj'f1ic and oota.1Jly irraJtion- cuss "Life Values and t!he Law aI, unllJil he reconsidered Iris Today." . viiewpoint aiiterserlious 'SItudy of Alsospeakling all: the press the subject and later admitted conference announcing tlhe dinltIh'at his orittlioism of Astrology ner was Mrs. K!aJtlherine P. Healey wjtlhout dnvestigaitJion of it W1aIS, who commeIlited, "If your daugh"... ullter negaJtion of the ~ien ter W1an1Js Ito !have her eaJrS tific attitude ..." (Aistrology-Its p!ieroed, she needs your \Yt.Ltten Role lin Your Life, "Sydney 'consent. If your dau~ter is goOman'''). ling on a meld rtlllip W1ith her cl'ClSiS As lin Ithe ,prev,ious letJter, I 'reat iSdhool, s1he needs your WfIj'trten fer you to 'bhe book Super Na- ocmsenlt. But .if your dJaug!hJter, ture by L)'IlloH Watson, PHD for even a 12-yea,i--old, wdshes to more iinvestligatJon of the subject. have 'an aborllion, she does not need your oonsent. There lis an axjjom: The great"WdH you waiit untia your est fea~ lis fear itself. daughJter starlls reoeiViing dunning letters fur :tJhe unpaJid ,balance of CorchiaHy, her abortJion biiJl.I to become outC. G. Oarvalho reged? I !hope not," FaH River She appealed to parents in 'PaJTllicula~ to S'Upport t1he Pro-Life Ed. Note: We repeat it is defLegal Defiense Rund, "00 aJid initely wrong for a Catholic to those wUlo are 'lJryiing il:o redress seriously believe in Astrology. thiDs cynffoa1 ,legal de<:liJsion." Readers who wish to know F~llher Iinrorma1!ion aboUJt uhe more on this subject may pur- dinner and the fund as available chase Fr. Delano's book. Send firom itlhe offlices of ltIhe Massa$2.00 to the Anchor and we'll chusetts Call1hollic Oonference, 60 send' you a copy. Sdhool St., Boston, 02108.

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can spare just $200 to help build such a house, the Diocese will provide the balance needed to provide shelter for those who, like Christ, have no home of their own. Write us today!

•• •• SPIRITUAL HOMES NEEDED, TOO

The poor in India yearn for their own churches. They'll donate the labor if someone will provide the money. Just $3,500 will build a chapel, $4,000 a school, $10,000 will help build a parish plant with completed church. A wonderful Memorial for a loved onel

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THE ANCHO~-Diocese of Fall River-Thurs., Oct. 9, 1975

If You ·O·on'fHave Child,ren You Wo,n't Beli,ev,e This

The Parish Parade 'ubllclty ch.lrmen of D.rish orl.nlz.tlonl ere liked to submit news items far this colun n to The Anchor, P. O. Box 7, Fill River. 02722. Nlme of city or town .hould be ',cluded, as well as full date. of III activities. Plelse .end news of future flth.f t~en past events.

OUR LADY OF ANGELS, FALL RIVER The Council of Oatholic Women announces a caire sale the weekend of Oct. 19. Al,so planned is a Christmas party Monday; Dec. 1 and a penny sale Sunday, Jan. 18. A pre-Advent supper and penny sale will ,take place Saturday, Nov. 29 in the parish hall, you're ohdld when you're angry. wtith 5upper served from 6 to 8 But lif YJOU mt your child when p.m. and the penny sale followyou're NOT angry, you need ing untJiI 11 p.~. A planning help. meeting for this event will take * If you are unsure of your- place an the hall at 7 p.m. Sun'self, read a 1ot. You can find day, OCt. 26. lSOIIletll'ing lin pl1in't Ito back up Ss. PETER AND PAUL, whililtever you 1!hInk lis right. RIVER * Learn to get along on four· FALL The Women's Guild is sponhours sleep. When you've Hved 1Jhrough nlight feedings and night- sorJng 'a harvest supper at 6:30 mares, you gmduate to mglht p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 14 in the Father Goady Center with Mt'ls. dates. Harrison rand Mrs. Rocco * When Jin doubt about your Noel PostigIione as oo-<:hairmen. Tickkids, get adV'ioce rrom someone wiho never had any. He'll know etsare aV'wilable from Jthem or any club members. M1"S. StaiIlley aB the anSWeI1S. * If you can't find a oounsel- J'an'iok 'is in cllaJrge of a penny or, make believe yours are the sale tofoHow the supper. Both neighbors' klids. Yoo know events are open to tihe publlic. ST. ANNE, whalt's wrong wIth them. * Under no oircums'tances ever NEW BEDFORD ponbil1ioa:te: "MY ohUd would Mrs. George Ohoquette, telNEVER ... " because he'll turn ephone 997-9090, is in charge of \l'iigfht a'round and do something tickets for an Autumn Ft'loLic 00 worse. ,be held from 8 to midnight in .* Keep YJour faJDth. Believe the school hall on SillIturday, \that God knew what He was Oot. 18. Music wiH ,be by Ithe dOling when he helped y,ou create Everett 'I1remblay orchestra and ;the kids, even lif you didn't ref.reshments will be served. know what :you were doing. * Keep your lhope. They will, SACRED HEART, evel1ltuaUy, g·row up to be people. NEW BEDFORD ;:. Keep YJOur Ioove. T1h'at's Four buses will :Ieave the how itJhey learn to 1'ove in retJurn. church at 4:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. ... Keep smilling. 13 to carry representatives of parish organizations to Fo3,!l1 River -for participation in the peaoe procession supporting j'ustice land peaoe 'in PoI'ltJugal. ST. PIUS X Sacred Hear.t and Holy Name SO. YARMOUTH parish senior citizen,s will meet The Guild wtill meet Tuesday, lin the parish oenner at 1. p.m. Oct. 14. A social hour at 7 wliH 11hursday, Oct. 16. precede l1he 8 p.m. meebing lin The parish Blue Ohip Club will rohe church hall. have its final drawing at a bufA ,guest spea~er from the ~et dance from 8 to midnight YaI'1In'ouifJlh F1ire Department wi:ll Saturday, Oct. 18 at GaudetJte's rtJalk on itJhe Rescue Sqiuad. Pavilion. . SANTO CHRISTO, At 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 19 FALL RIVER there will be a fiashion 'show at The Council of Oaltholic Women Saored Heart Home audJtocium. wiN sponsor a dance on Satur- Tickets are avaHable from paday night at itJhe ohurclt ha:I1. rJshioners, including Evelyn PaMusic will be by the Jardina!ires quette, genemI chairman and and tickets wiH be avan'1,able alt J.oseph Soammons, organ fund the door. chrairm'aal. The summer camp fund of t!he ,paTlIsh B!oy Scout troop wtiU benef~t 1irom proceeds of a dance to take iplace ~rom 8 to midnight Sa!turoay, OCt. 25 in Jthe parish center. Over 35 Years Cub. Scouts wlill hold a pack of Satisfied Service meeting lin the center illIt 1:30 Reg. Master Plumber 7023 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 26. JOSEPH RAPOSA, JR.

After 20 years of raising childr~n I've decided to give out some top quality advice to parents. This is going to be the real 'thing ... stuff that Dr. Spock and Sidney Callahan never told you. This is strictly for parents only because if yeu don't have children * Don't set any goals about you won't believe a word being ltihe perfect parent. If of it. I wouldn't have iIi the you're J'ight more than half the years B. C. (Before Children). time, you'ife beaJl1ing the avemge. Before I thad my own kids, I * You'll be void ,never 'tiD ihJH

rt:Jhought a motJher who let a ohild woo,r dirty shoes was negHogen1t. Now I'm grateful d( mine just have shoes on.

By MARY

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I used to have beaUl~ful dreams how I would l'IaIis:e my famliJy. There were "always" things, 'and "never" things. I would always he paot1ieI1lt and undersbanding. I would never allow dil'ity -fingerpr.ints '00 accumulate on Jtnle woodwork. Then I h1ad klids. 11here 'is no pOliI1lt dn ,teHing what ~It"s like 100 parents~tJo-be. THEIR kiids· aren't going to be Hke THAT. All my advJoe can do ris offer a IJiltJHe oonsol1a'tJion to parents who l1ind rellief in knowing itJhey are not alone. No Logie 'J1hese items are in no Jogical order. Since I've had kJids I haven't doneanYJthJing in a logIioal order. ... You will never find the 5cotch Jtape dispenser when you need it. You wHI fiind lit in the middle of 'the nJight when you get up to go to 1lhe haltJhroom, and '<lire ,roo tired to look fur your sHppeI1S. If you cut your foot on tlhe dispenser you wm not be able /f)o tiind bandages. ... 110 get the klids '00 dean ilJhe ~iving room, teI:l them a favOl'll'te relatJive is ooming to v:isit. l1hey WliJl lhiide every,thing illh'at's c1uHening the Hwng room in their bedrooms. The only way to get the whole house clean· ds to dnvite overnight guests. ... To gather children together , lin ra hurry, make a phone caU you don't want them to overheaJr. * To rind oult !if a ohdld bas homework, ask 'bim to help wash rt:Jhe dishes. He'B sudden1y remember a repoot tllat must he done 'immediililtely. ... Paren'ts of several children are frequently expected 'tiD bilocate. When you Me supposed to be in 5eveml pIaoes at tihe same '11ime, don"t go to any of them. Then aU t1he kJids are equaHy mad at you, and you have ithe oolllso1'aJ1Jion of knowing you've shoWln noo faV'cII'Ij,tIIsm. * There won"t be a oalamity every day. But illhere will be other days wIth two or ltihree to make up fur ljit. * The most deVJaSltating paTlt of parenthood lis lseeing yoor ~ids _ make the same mistakes you did. If I cou1dglive adVlice to parents~o-be:

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SACRED HEART, FALL RIVER The Women's Guild will !hoid _a Ham and Bean Supper on Saturday even,ing, Ootober 18th. There wtiU lbe two siitJting,s, one ilit 5 p.m. and itihe s'econd SlDtting at 7:00 .p.m. l1ickets are $2.50 fur adults 'lind $1.25 fur ohiHdren 12 years and under. Oo-cha'irmen are Margaret O'Hearn and Ann statfoco. TIckets wUl be on sale aJt Ithe door.

ST. PIUS x,SOUTH YARMOUTH - A Halloween sandwich bridge and whist party is planned by the Women's Guild for noon Monday, Oct. 20 in the parish han. Tickets 'are available froin Alice Williams telephone 394-4972 or Mary Bandera, 394-4916.

OUR LADY OF THE ISLE, NANTUCKET St. Mary's GUlild wtiH !have tiheir ftir5t meeting of ithe season TuesdayevenJing, Oct. 14 all; 7:45. AU rnembel's are urged to attend.

ST. MARY'S, NEW BEDFORD The Women's Guild lis SIpOI1ISOrling a Dance "Color My Woold" SACRED HEART, 'by the "As 4". NEW BEDFORD The date lis October 18, 1975 Mrs. Evelyn Paquette is chairfrom 8 p.m. 'tiD 12 m:idIlJight at person of "A Style Show for Everyone," to be presented in St. Mary's School Hall on IHithe auditorium of Sacred Heart nods St. 'J1he tickets are $2.50 per perHome Sunday afternoon, Oct. 19. Tickets are available at the rec- son and also wiH be sold ait t1he tory or from imy member of door. Fo!r ii~ketJs please caU Mrs. Sacred Heart choir. MaifY PeHevier, 995-0614 or Mrs. Planned fur 10 a..m. to 9 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 1 in the parish Pat Loveridge, 995·9883. center is Sacred Heart's first an- HOLY NAME, nual Ohristmas hamar, which FALL RIVER wil'l feature handmade items, Twen~-one new member5' were jams and. jellies, a white ele- weloomed to the Women's Gulild phant table and games for all aJt 'a membeI1Sbip tea held in ·the ages. Ghairperson .is ,Mrs. Jo- school baH. OUioers of the seph Williams, aided by Mrs. un:iJt for Jtnle coming year are James Jenkins and Mrs. Edward Mrs. Thomas Burke, preSiident; Metivier Jr. Mrs. Edwtard Niooletti, VlieeST. JOHN THE EVANGELIST, presideIllt; Mrs. Joseph FeliteI'berg, 'SOOretaifY; Mrs. Joyce Desmamis, ATTLEBORO The second meening of tlhe itJreasurer; Mrs. Roaymond Medei· Ladies Guild will 'be held on ros, finanoi'a'i secretJaifY. Ml's. Joseph Feitelberg :is cl1adrWednesday, Oct. 15 lin 1fJhe school cafeteria and will ~ncl ude a pot man of the dinneT .and fashion 'luck supper and fundraiiSiing gi1it- show ItO ,be sponsored by the Oot. 14 at ware demonsWation. A slillite of Women's GUild 6:30 p.m. at itJhe Ooaohmen Resofficers Ito serve for itJhe ooming year wU:I'I be presented to illhe taurant Male models from :tIhe memberslhiip. All women of 1lhe pa.riSh wtiH 'include: Mr. Joseph parIsh are ~nv1ted to a!tJtend and BeneV'ides, Mr. M Berube, Mayor W,ilfired DrisOO'l1, State Rep. jodn tihe organJizatiion. l1homas Norton, Mr. Everett Beginning this month, t!h.e 8:45 Mass on Sunday wiH be a Ohio!- Smvtih, Mr. Jean Beaupre, Mr. dren'ls Mass fur grades 1 and 2. Amland DesrnrlUllliis, and Mr. C.Y.O. members will prowde' James Rezendes. Commen1la'tors wtiU be Shil"ley n'UiI'lsery care, enabIiing pa.ren'ts MarVin and Donald Audette. Fe00 illItJtend ilJh:is Mass with itJheir first rand second graders. Follow- male models wJiH be graduates ing :tIhe Mass, cl1Hdren will pro- and current students of Mr5'. ceed to the ,sclhool for C.C.D. Ma:rtin's ohamland modeling school. classes from 10:00 to 11:00. TicketJs are available by caHStJudents of St. John's Scl100J have begun t1haIr drlive for Oamp- ling 8-6634 or 3-4318 and wi1:l. be'll's Soup and Fl'anco-Amenioan be sold after all Ma'sses. TIckets lilllbeis whJich are used 00 procure wiU not be sold 'lit the door. sOOool eqUlipment. PaflioShiioners ST. GEORGE, are ua:-ged 'tiD lend it!heir sUppoI'lt WESTPORT by sawng these labels and deThe Couples' Club WIiIl sponposi!tiing them in itJhe receptaoles sor a danoe at 8 p.m. Saiturday, at ,t!he ohuroh entrances. Oct. 18 ,in 'tihe school haH. The publlic irs dnVliJted. The evel1lt wiH SS. PETER AND PAUL, ffilaTk the fiftlh anniversaifY of t1he FALL RIVER Mrs. Milton Kozak and Mrs. club and MT. rand Mrs. Manny Clam Ber.nard are c1hai'l"persons Fernandes and Mr. and Mrs. fur a whiist party to be held fl't Adrien Dumnd. are 'in charge of 1:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 13 in armngementsand tliclrets. Music w,Hlbe by itJhe J~mmy FatJher Coady Center. Brock group an9 refreshments ST. STANISLAUS, W:iUbe available. FALL RIVER A Bible and it!heology class for HOLY ROSARY, ooullts begin5 at 8 tonight' in the FALL RIVER MIlS. Mary Mazzoni, presUdent, 'Sohool haI:! and Pol!ish classes resume tomorrow niogh:t an the presided at tlhe iiiTst meetJing of school wiJtih ·beginners meeting the Guild, a. Coffee Sooia1 whJioh was held in the church ha1:l. {'rom 6 to 6:45 and advanced Rev. Vlinoent Di'liferio, pastor students f.ram 8 it'<> 9. Persons J}loollling Ito paI'ltlic- and Monsignor Joseph R. Panapate ~n ra ipaiI'l~sh~ponsored tr:ip non'i, pastor emer~tus spoke briefly. 00. Egypt and Poland wIH meet at 8 p.m. Saturday, Oot. 11 an ST. LOUIS DE FRANCE, the school haIl. SWANSEA Tickets are avalilable from The Ladies of St. Anne's SodalHelene BoYilro ..and Jean Drzal dty Win hold 'tihElir monthly meetfor a perfiorm,ance rat 8 p.m. ling on October 15 alt 8:00 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 23 a.t-Bisihop Con- in !the ohurch haU on Buffington noHy High ~hool 'by Fa'tJher St. I,t wtill ,be an open meeting. Hana'gan's Boys' Town Ohoir. l1he program for the meeting IMMACULATE CONCEPTION, :is "The TrevelJing GTeenihouse." FALL RIVER The speaker will be ~t Durfee. The Women',s Guild wiU hold progmm oha~mlan 'is Colette a cake sale October 11 and 12 lin Golden. Jthe ohurch haiL Mrs. Geo«'ge P,lants wHI be on di6play and Cbaflbonn~u ~s cl1a'irman. 'available f'Or puI'idhase.

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buying lis out. Most of us have neither time nor money to buy something that is only going to take up space in our closets or drawers. Even an item bought on sale should, be something you can use with a niece you already have, or an outfit you know will give you a great deal of mileage. At this moment I'm on the lookout for a handsome, well-cut camel skirt. The reasoning behind this is that I have a short camel coat and also a wraparound coat of the same color and fabric. With a camel skirt to match I can have a' total look. One of the coats is a year old and the other two years, but with the addition of a new piece, they too will get a lift. With age comes wisdom (there has to be something good about

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A good cleaner is another must at this time when we want our clothes to have the besit of care in order to survive for a ~ong. ,long, iHme. Footunately, I've had an excellent one for years. When I put an item in his plant I know it's going to get the best attention possible and that his trained and capable people are aware of and use the latest techniques. A good cleaner is as important as a good hairdresser! Another important aspect of getting the most fashion for your money is to study what is being worn, not just around your city, but ;in the high fasMon circles. Read the style magazines and study what is being shown as really high fashion. Naturally, most of us will never own a real Halston, or a Bill Blass original. but that doesn't mean that we can't duplicate the look that is being stressed. Study the way a scarf is wrapped, what type of accessories ·are worn, and the initial investments in these magazines will payoff. It's not easy to dress well today, especially when your clothes budget has to be shared with growing teenagers, but at least we can try. It takes work, a ,bi,tHe eXitra <time, but more Illhan 'anything else it takes ·a concerned effort to get every bit of value for each dollar you spend.

n~LLAS (NC) - Father WHHam Keane, a' former pastor in the Orlando, Fla. diocese, has been named national priest advisor to the Cursil10 Movement in the United States headquar· tered in Dallas. The Cursillo Movement stresses doctrine and spiritual formation of lay groups through short, closed retrl'lats, and community participation through lay programs. The movement originated ,in Spain in 1949 'and was introduced to the United States in 1957.

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Asked to explain the job of national priest advisor, Father Keane told The Florida Catholic, Orlando and St. Petersburg diocesan newspaper: "The priest advisor's role is' primarily a priestly role as a builder of community and the spir,itual leader of that community; he is a reconciler, a sanctifier and a theologian. Within the movelJ1ent his service is primarily on the level of service to the priests involved ,in the Cursillo Movement and meeting their needs in such are;lS as spiritual growth, support and theological growth."

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CothoHc Nurses flo Me,et The New England Di'ocesan Coundils of Catholic Nurses a~e plann1ing il:he SiXiteenth Annua'l Conference Ito be held at tlhe Sheraton Lincoln Motor Inn in Worcester, Mass. Oot. 24-26, 1975. Hostessing the conference WIill be the Worcester Dio'Ces.an Counoil of Oal~hoHc NUTlses. The Theme: "Fm God and Country" will be developed by <the folloWling speakel'ls: Rev. Francis E. Dowd, Ml'IS. Oa:ther<jne Tower, and Laurenoe G. O'Connor. A ,panel on Alcoholism en,tJitled: "What's Being Done?" will ,be moderated by Francis E. Deignan, General Manager CaI~hoHc Char>ib:es Center. . On Saturday morn-ing a Mass wi';'l be concelebrated at the

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Lutheran-Catholic Committee To Work on Infallibility Statement

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WASHINGTON (NC) - After four sessions of study of papal infallibility, Lutheran and Catholic theologians have named a committee to seek to draft a common statement on the doc· trine, the most controversial issue separating the two COIll/o munions. . A four-day meeting at St. Paul's College here Sept. 18-21 was the 21st held by the scholars in the 11 years since the talks were initiated under the joint auspices of the U. S. Catholic bishops' Committee for Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs and the USA National Committee of the Lutheran World Federation (UWF).

New Bedford, Mass., McMahon Council No. 151, Third Degree members are shown at a recent gathering: I to r, front row, Richard Jodlowic, inner guard; Joseph F. Hipolito, district deputy; Frederick E. Murray, grand knight; Rev. Msgr. Hugh A. Gallagher; Severo G. Alfama, deputy grand knight; Frederic Duby, assistant district deputy; Stephen Collins, recorder. Back row: Raymond Borges, warden; Manuel A. Gomes, lecturer; Antonio Gomes, financial secretary; Alfred Martins, past grand knight; Ronald O'Berry, advocate; Joseph J. Correia, inside guard; Samuel Barboza, trustee; Thomas Sloane, trustee; Joseph Oliveira, chancellor. KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS -

Hunger Panel' Held on Cape Mid-Cape pa,l'IisIhes coopa-ated wjlJh P.roteslJailit and Greek Ortlhodox ohua-ohes of rbhe a·rea dn iSponsorung 18 works'hop, "'J1he HU1Iig'l1' of tJhe World," held Iast Sunday ait Sit. FranOis XaVliaparish center, Hyannis.

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Registration 'began I8It noon and a progmm dncluded exhiibtts, IS diHm 'and two speakers began 'alt 1 p.m. Discus~ng world hunger was Sister Mary Evelyn Jegan, a member of rbhe nlaJtionaI ·board of "Bread frQ!!" rbhe World" and an educllItJion'al consultant to Cathollic Re1Jief SeI"V'ices, an arm of the U. S. CllIthoHc Conference.

Among members of a central pl1anning oommibtee representing the 20 chuoches paTltJicipa.tIlng in :the progrnm were Rev. John Andrews, St. Francis ~aViier and Rev. GeOt1ge F. Coleman, Our A'lso heard was Dr. Scott ~r Lady of Viotory parish, Centeradise of the BOSiton Industrial Vii-lIe. Fa'bher Andrews made ar· Mission, whose topic WI8'S the rnngements for use of rtnle Hyan· nis center and FalJher Ooleman moml involvement and ooncern planned a pmyer service whiClh . flor human needs of large cor· concluded rbhe day. OVher ooop- pQ!!"ations. emting pa1'1islhes were St. Pius IndiViidual diiscuSSlion peruods

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'Considered 'topics such as poventy on Cape 000, ibhe ebhicaI and .tJheol'Ogrical 'Ls'Sues of WOT'ld hunger, praotJicaI problems of nU'trti'tion, and tt!he need for individual involveInoot and appropriate legIslllltion dn the area of famine .prevention.

vo dl'amwtlize ibhe plight of two-'bhdrds of human1iJty, a third wor.ld mea'l of mce and raJis:ins was shared by !those attending the workshop. The progmm was attended :by 75 area adullts and )"oung people, and wIaJs designed to emphasize lbhat "probably iI:lhe most crucial 'issue of iI:lhe next 50 yeans is how to ensure itlhat every pa"Sion can have enouglh ro

Five papers discussed at the meeting dealt with historical studies of papal authority in the area nf doctrine during the early centuries of the Christian era, the authority and infallibility of ecumenical councils as understood by Catholics, psycho-social dimensions of Lutheran opposition to infallibility, the First Vatican Council's definition of papal infallibility and the modern deftnitinns of doctrines on the Virgin Mary as applications of papal infallibility. Presenting ·the papers were Dr. Joseph A. Burgess of Gettysburg . (Pa.) Seminary, Dr. Fred Kramer of Concordia Seminary in Springfield, Ill., and Dr. Karlfried Froehlich of Princeton (N.J.) Seminary, all regular partici· pants in the dialogue, and two guest lecturers, Carmelite Father Eamon Carroll and Father Robert B. Eno, both of the Catholic University of America here. Nineteen papers on the subject have thus far been presented and discussed and four more win be given at the next meeting of the

theologians at the Franciscan Retreat Center in Scottsdale, Ariz., next Feb. 19-22. The 1976 fall session will be held Sept. 16\.19 at a \place'-tOl be determined.

Appointed to the committee· that will attempt to draft a joint report under the tentative title "Teaching Authnrity in the Church with Special· Reference to Papal Ministry" were: Lutherans - Dr. George A. Lindbeck of Yale University Divinity School in New Haven, Conn., and Dr. Warren A. Quan· beck of Luther Seminary in St. Paul, Minn. Catholics - Father Maurice C. Duchaine of St. Pat· rick's Seminary in Menlo Park, Calif., and Father George H. Tavard of Methodist Theological School in Delaware, Ohio. The meeting here was devoted largely to separate sessions of the two groups at which they framed questions to be answered by the respective participants. In plenary session, the answers of both sides were discusseed and it was agreed that these should he further refined and circulated among the scholars for their comments in advance of the next meeting.

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150 Bicentennial- Coordinators Meet

MRS. ARISTIDES ANDRADE, President of the Taunton District Council of Catholic Women, is shown presenting Msgr. Anthony M. Gomes a check representing the first contribution to the 21st annual Bishop's Charity Ball.

The Diocese of Fal,! R!iver is Frencl1-Cafi'adian-~ernard TheI1"OUX of Fall RJiver basdcal:ly a Diocese of Immig11aq'ts. PracticaHy aJl diocesans Spantish-DorotJhy KaHevik of New Bedford are the 'Sons 'and daughters of people who came to Massa-ohu- _Portuguese-Joao L. DeCoS'ta O'f FaN RJiver setts in search of the great PolliSlh-Wanda Wrobel of FaN AmerJcan Dream. Riiver CllIpe Verdeans-Leofi'ard Rocha of New..Bedford Lithuanians~Dr. 'Edwardas Jan'sonas O'f Cape God Vietnamese-Thinh ,oinh Dong of Easton J.t was retliigious oppressdon at !home or an economic or pd1~tJicaI crilSiis that fureed most of om ~mmigrant famHiies to seek a l~v ling elsewhere. Their hopes to be more fully human brou~ht ilihem to ex,perience illhe American Dream. All the dmmigrants round fue time ofadapta'mon :in Ithlis caunItry to be a most difficu1t one. Most ibad a Ilanguagebamer to overcome . ,AiM tlad to begin at It!he bottom of rthe sociall 1adder. Exploi1Jalt1ion was a reality for most dmmigrarl'ts'. Some were W1ilUing to suffer tMs abuse alS ,tJhey managed to ama'SiS a sub'stantia1 amount of money and LEONARD ROCHA, a -then return to 'their native :land teacher at Bishop Stang for a more comfortable llife. Moot of 'tJhe dmmigrenlts, however, High, represented the Cape made America their home - a Verdeans. pllace wihere 'llhey .could dive in baSiic fr~edom and wihere ilihey Tlhe Diocesan BicentenniaI found muClh kindness despite the Commiif:tee dn oooperaVion witih many hardshiJps t'hey !had to enthe Diocesan Department of Ed- dure. uca1Jion sponsored a Wor~hop Reblgion was itlhe paramount on "Ethndo~ty and Race" at !Strength and oon'S01aillion of the StonehJiU CoMege on Wednesday, October 1. Over 150 parish and Benedictine Oblates sohool Bicenroenni:aJ1 Coordinators reflected on tlhe past and presOb1fllltes of St. Benediot will ent hopes of ewrly and new1y bold a chapj)er meebing at 2:30 all'l'j~ immi'gIl'lants. p.m. Saturday, Oct. 11 '<lit POl1~S A panel of recent dmmigrants mouth Abbey, P011tsmoubh, R. L., togetiher w~ some flirst and sec- be~nnj.ng with Mass, followed ond generation ty;pes spoke of -by a conference, recited vespers the pJiiglht, tlhe hopes and joY's and dUnner. Reservations may of limrnigmm peoples. be made at ltihe ,abbey or wtith Irish-J<lIlm McAvoy of Fall Mrs. Fmnk S. MOl'iar.ty, teleRiver phone 672-1439.

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emy, FaH River, wiJIl speak at an Alumnae Association Communion breakfas't to foHow 11 a.m. Mass Sunday, Oct. 19 ~n t'he former high school chapell. She is Susan Gosota, a graduate of ilihe Massachusetts Institute of Tecihnolcgy, wiho ds now in ill Ma'ster . of Divinity program at the BosIton Theo'logioal Institute, a consortium of the Weston School of Theology, Harvard Divinity SohooI and ltihe Episcopal Divinity Sohool. Miss Costa"s topic w.i'll be "Contempornry Re:Jilg,ious Life from a Wom'an's Perspective." Her breakfast address wtill fol'low a ijiilturgy celebrated by Rev. Thomas Lopes of St. John the Baptist parlish, New Bedford, a former reldg'ion teacher a.t Dominican Academy. A-Iumnae ip1annling to attend the reunion are asked to contact Mrs. Cecile Michno, 574 S. AJ.mond St., FaH R'iver 02724.

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dmmigrant. From ibhe parish priest who received ilJhe ijrnmigrent nnto rthe Ohurch's family and wiho a'iso arranged employment and lodging for those lin need, The ~mmigrant found support andsdlace. The Ohurch was and $tliU remain's a key factor lin' iIlhe building of a wholesome oommuni,ty of various eth· nic stm~ns.

FAITH AND.BEGORRAH its John McAvoy, himself, for the Irish. Some of ilihe opinions stressed attihe workshop were tbat: ~e rich he11itage of ilihe past should not 'be qost in a melting pot mentaHty - eil:lhnic parishes slhould preserve and .use their languages and customs in regU'1a·r Hbul'gies --ll:emi,toniaI ,parishes ShoUlld offer an opportundty to their parish:ionel's Ito eJCPress and share rtheir etihnioity illhrou~ special meals, 'litmgies, pageants etc. A major address by Dr. David J. O'Brien from ilie ColIege of The Holy Gross, on itlhe revolutionary principles and pol'icies of our Foundin'g Fathers, capped the day.

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Sometimes I think they (whoever "they" currently may be) ought to close down all the summer pastoral institutes and study weeks. A lot of money goes down the drain continuing the half education of the half-educated, but for all the time, energy and resources that go into and SchHlebeeckx who were be·ing quoted by the eager rel~gious such efforts, nothing much (since, for .the most part, marcomes out. Better that the ried) who need quick and easy

Prof. Robert Nisbet of Columbia University, one of the nation's leading scholars. in the history and philosophy of social and political thought, argues in his latest book. "Twilight of Authority" (Oxford University Press, New York, $10.95), that we live Ij)he oourt, or your faV'OI1"ilte at a dangerous turning point of hi:t!t'er steal'imgseoond base? For in history, that we are /that maltter, whaJt's so a,ggrescaught up in a political and Isive or warllike about basketball cultural crisis not diss'imHar to thwt preceding the ,full of Rome. I round the book a bit too pessimistic for any own taste, but

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or :soccer? Hockey WJaJS - but . a'side fir.om hocl~ey, boX'ing and fiootbaH, the Oibher spOll"ting events Tha't hold the Aimericam people enlbhNlBed fur weeks on end ,are ,no mqre aggressive or warNke thana geiliteel game of shuffleboard, cricket or croquet. And When you come right down 1\)0 ut, whwt's aLl this stuff about ~o'Otball 1JakLng a great de:a'i of rthe Idoa off wa'r and ser· V'ing as a proViidential source of release fior a bored, increasingly tension-rt1dden popul'a:tLon? To mOSlt Amerkans it's only a game. Why, then, OOS;O many intellectuals feel con:Sltrn'ined tbo desc-ribe it as a surrogate 1\011" war? In short, why do they take the game and themselves so serious-

nevertheLess well worth lI"eadiing. 'In fuet, I would agree with those oritics who haV'e already haHed it as one of the most amPCI1~amt books of the year. Despite its Jy? doomsday tone, ~t turns oult ,to A!boV'e all, why do they ·so irebe, an the end, .a very hopeful quently unsullt the Amerioan peotreatise on ways ofal1"resting, .ple by refenring to them (and even reV'eTsing, "the decline of Prof. Nilsbet is not UJinque among the West." in'tJeJ.leotuaI'S lin thios regGl1"d) as On one minor pOlint, however, a bored, tension-ridden populaI'think ·Prof. Nisbet, Ukie a num- iI:J;'OO1? I wLth apologi'es to the Prober of other academicians, is f'essor~who strikes this reader somewhat out of touch wilth mid- 'aJS heing a V'eTy dec-eilit type hudle Amenioa and is also inclined man beinlg-I think it must be to It:ake 'life a bilt '000 seriously. .said that 1Jhere us somrethiing I am referrimg I1Jo his bl"i'ef and rather Isnobbish about this kiind ever 00 'Solemn reference to pro- of infla'ted dV'ory 'tower flheOOir'ic. fess'ional sports in the Uni,ted Rl1Of. Nisbet dJoes haV'e a point, Sbwtes. He 'says he as incLined howeV'er. when the saY'S <that tto think thaJt "professional sports "Whether spoots can survive the take a g,reat deal of 'tihe load off present head-long ruslh tloowaTd war as ililie source of r1eleJ.1Jse Itb huge profi'ts, enlO!l'mous dndiv.ida :bored, increasingly tension- ual oontraots carefully negol.'i:aJt.ed ridden popul:ation. Teams are by ba'~teries of lawyers for incombat unliJts, and there is much divlidual Sitars, iMlJd the groWling 'in oommon psychologicaLly be- iimage 6f each of these same tween ililie team 'in ltihe f'ield and 'sbars as busi,nessmen--ownei"s of the aotual fighting un:t, t'h:e hambui"ger or bowHng alley squad or pllatoon or company in ohadns, W'iilili names promunently wal1time ... Anyone who haltes diJspl'ayed-is still un<:enbain." Lt seemed very "unceI'tain," inwar," he concludes, "must dread the day when athletics, amaJt'eur deed, a coupJoe of weeks ago and pI'ofess'ional, loses i'ts prels- when a number of NFL reams ent oapadty for mobHlzing ag- went on sil:t1ike TO p11o~est ag~insJt greSSJive forces on the flield and the so-oaUed Rozelle rule. Our th'11Hiling large audiences." own house was divided ontlhe I w<mder what the hoys would ,pros and 'COns of 'bhlis monumenmake of ·that alt a KC 011" Amer- tal dJi'spute, but, fur my own ioan Legion smoker? I suspect paJl"t,I wals on the players' &ide It:hey would fiind it ralth'er amus- aH the way. l1he Rozelle rule--lif ing-bUit more about that in a I, too, may ,indulge ,in a hilt of dnflaJted rhebOI'ic---.;is' a tiorm of moment. Prof. NIsbet, In anlo.ther sec- (admillted'ly well paid) indenJtured tion IO'f has book, laments 'bhe fact servitude, and the owners, in my tha't AmeI"ioans have become iJn- opimi,on, would be well advtised to giV'e it up volunbaJrilybefull"e erea'Sin~ly oall1eless in thei,r USle of the EiIlglish language. Yelt in they are oompelled ,to do so by ~is own apocalY'tic reference the counts'. In any event, my good mend to SpOl'ts, he himself is guility of .this very MuLt. He equates William Ussery, Director of the "'Sporbs" 'in general with am ag- Federal MediiJation and Conailgressive type of warLike ltJeam i'altion Service and tthe ~slt play on 'bhe football field, but, Hving expert in 'Vhe field of ,labor medJi,aJtion, deserves the ~or alt ,least ha'lf thre year, the spOO:llng events thatt. glue the CongressiOIlJai Medal of Honor American .people 00 their tele- for Ihaving resolV'ed :the NFL Vlilsion sets don',t fit That descrip- 'strike in IHme to get the players tion at 3111. WhaJt'·s so aggressive hack into uniform tiO!l' the openor warNke about Jack Nicklaus ing games of 'Vhe <SeaJSOn, thus chipping to the pan wLth a nine :resJtoring their' "oapaci,ty for ~l1on, or Chrris Evert Witching her mobilliz'img aggressive forees on the field and thriUing luge audiop~neIlit off halWlce with a ences." P,rof. Nisbet doubts that ~cld1and shot Ito the far comer

money be spent for educalting fewer people who will know a 'libtle more or, even bettet, a very few who know what they are il:aI~ing about.

FORMER EPISCOPAL BISHOP ROBERT L. De WITT of Pennsylvania is one· of three prelates censured by the House of Bishops meeting in Portland, Me.

Iy REV: ANDREW M. GREELEY

In the years after the Council, such "updating" sessions may have made sense. Now they serve ~merely as entel"t!::l'inment and recTeaJ:J.ion and provid~ng a meebing place for pl1iesns and reHglLous on the way out. Very little in ,the way of ideas gets oommunicated whiic!h couldn'll be learned in one day's honest reading. Of course, honest reading is work .and being entertained by the current CJ'lOP of "great men" is fun. Sinre depth and discipHne are not 000 1mpoJ'ltJant Just now 'in the Church, who wants to work when they can·have fun?

ACTRESS-SINGER VICKI I recently en'COuntered a group CARR will receive the "For of religious who had spent time God -and Youth" award at at the fuet of one of the younger .the national CYO federation generation of "great men," (Since he lis lin ·f'act a V'ery ~rtited convention in San Antonio, theologian I'll keep hils name Tex. a ,secret.) 'Phis new prophet had

CARDINAL MAURICE FELTIN, known for antiNazi activities during World War II and for permitting his priests to wear business suits instead of cassocks, died in Paris at 92.

proVided my _ f~iends with a whole new set of cliches, sloIgans, and magic worns to Ilast tlhem 'tihrough ililie ~ong ham winter ahead. In add~tion, he had become the new tiolk hero whom ,they could quote in arguments and on whose future they could hang 'their hopes. I don'lt think he is the sort of person who would like a cult of personality and he probably doesn't even know one has grown up around him. But he has nevertheless :Iet himself be reduced into tolemtling a ,per:sonaHty cul!t which is for bis young admir~s a satisfying substitute for thought. It was all very "deja vu," A decade or so ago it was RaJhner

answers to all the hard questions. Prophets come and prophets go, but adolescent rel'igious go on forever. In those dayS' I will confess to ,being very bad. I would comment, "Oh, Karl would never say a'llY'thing like tlhtalt; why jUSJt last summer when we were dl1inlcing beer in Zurioh he said to me ..." or. "My, I'm sure you misunders~and Edwrd; when we had lunch in Nijmegan he took exa'ctly the opposLtion position," In truth, I did call Edvard "EdvaJrd," but I have never heard anyone in my yea'rs on "Concil·· lil:m" ever oo:Q Rahner anyil1hing but '.'Riahner," And he doesn't speak English and we don't drink beer together. . I do call Gutierrez "Gusbavo," Ijj}rough (but Since I oan't speak F'rench or Spanish and he ca'n't speak English, we don't talk much). Siome people are place-droppers. Take Ted Heshurgh (norte the nickname, please). He asked me once <at the Morris Inn) if I knew a certain Belgian scholar. Seeing a chance to gain points, I responded that I had seen h~m last 'Summer in Barcelona. Ted, however, had last seen him in the a·irpor.t at Warsaw coming bome from Moscow. Now you see what hit poor Bear Bryant. Okay, 1t's a cMZy game (especia'1ly when, unlike "Father Ted," you 'haV'en'tbeen to Antarcbica and don't serve on the board of the Chase Manhattan). But it's fun even ~f it's mean 00 youthful pe1"sonaJI'iJty cuNlists. It bas just exactly the Slame amount of depth and seriousness as do the slogans and the hero worship whioh comes out of the summer study weeks-and probably appeals tto the same human frailties. Only tlhe Ij:rouble with summer institutes is that people ilJhJink thaJt a few wee~ of lectures is a substitute for educwbion and learning - thin~ which 'a,re in very short supply in the United States just now. Well, you say there will never 'be an Andrew Greeley person'ality cuIot. A:b isto malo, libera nos domine!

LINCOLN PARK BALLROOM ROUTE 6--between Fall River and New Bedford

mamy of tlohem w.il1 emerge a,g nation'al heroes. 'In faest, he says that the age of Spoots heroes may soon be gone fiorever. We shall see. Meanwhile it's time to go----tIhe RedJskins are abouJt to kiCk off 00 :the New OrleanlS Saiints (1aJIl unLikely name, by the way, for a platoon of a,g~ssive wamoos).

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Joshua REV. JOHN J. CASTELOT, S.S. When Moses died, the command passed 'in~o It/he hands of his Itrusted and capable Ueu,~en ant, Joshua, whose exp)ol;,ts are recorded i.n the book whioh bears h~~s lIl·ame. Bef'ore we fol·low him and 'lris people a'cros'S the Jc~dan, however, l't Wiould be well to size up 'tJ.'le 'S'~~U'w~ion' they face. T'o ithe east, E'abyl.:mia was on Ithe decline and Assyria had 1Il0t yet a'bbatlned full S'Jar~UTe. Tohe once f)oourlishing New Empire of Egypt was begJ;nndng to crumble and 'irts hold ern Syria 'and Oa,nalan was slipping ylbibly. The native Oanaan}~es could have put up stiff 'resi.SJtan~e if they had been able to f,erm a slJr'ong enough cc,ali~ion, but !t:hey were nC't. The populaKa,n was d.isl~rib uted amo'ng lSeveml Utttle "c(,tys~ates" about !the ,size of modern Y;ilIages IQ~ sma'll 'towns. SC.:TI,e of them were stoUtly fm'tifl:ed, but the mb~rust of eaoh for the c'~'~er l110bbed them of the strength WIhlich union would have given them. They were docmed to eventual defeat. ActuaHy Ithey were caughit in a ,sort of pincers movement, fc,r about the same 'time ,the Is-melHes were coming in from the east, the formidable Ph:);'s':J;nes were esb3tblishing beache3ds on the Mediterranean ooaSJt, to the west. COmlingfrom ,the 'isla'nd of Crete, Ithey formed a well-

lorgan1ired federation of to,wns a':oog ItJhe coast and worked toge,ther well. A!s wane'o'rs ltihey had :the unestimable advall'Jage of possessing iron we3pons, wherea's rtJhe ll'on Age had not yet dawned lin Oan'aan. In a sho!'t Itime :the ItwO daws of tMs J:(ncer;s, the LSIl'ael';,tes and the philistine, were to come to grips, W!ith fTigbtful results. Thli-s was iDhe genera:! sJtuwtion on the ev.e of th~ Lsrae:i;:::e inva'sjocm. More pMbi-eularly, just laCX:vl~S 'bhe J,o~dJan, ,in def'iance of J,cd1ura 'and hJ~s men, were several fOI1t:ifli'ed lJowns, and the key 1'0 Ithedr capture I'ay In the defeat of vhe one nearest the rlVEl!I': Jerkho. 1'h'1s was Joshua's f~mt objective. W,ith Itlhe I~imely help of Yahweh, he led I}r;,s forces ,across :the J,orjan and :Sbood, at-long :I,a'st, on the 'SJ3cred iSloJil W1hich J,a'oob. land ihLis f'am'iIy had '1efit for Egypt 'almo:st 500 yearn beforle. The Pl10mised Land Ilay bef'ore hlim, bUit I~t was not Iyinlg .s'::.iH, and lits ccnques1t was Ito be no easy anair. Hirs campalign lis deSC'flibed in the Book of J'oShua, which can be divtidec;l qu'ite newtly anto two almcst equal pa'l1bs. ChapteI's 1-2 tell of the 'inv'a,s;'on and C'onques1t 'of Oanaran, rand 13-24 record the dr:ltJ1iihUl~ion of rthe J.and among ,the 12 tnibes of ISl1ael. This diivJsian us :almost roo lIleat. It gJves Ithe surface !impression thalt the Turn to Page Twelve

Victory and the Christian By Rev. Peter J. Henriot, S.J.

What is true victory? Tbat's a question I've asked mvself many times and in many different situa.tions. Sometimes whe~ I've "won" a point in an argument with a friend, I have to ask, "Was it worth it?" Was this really 'a victory for me - and, more importantly, was it a victory for the truth? Other times, in recent years when our country has been struggling for "victory" in military efforts in Southeast Asia, I have felt that we were trying to be "Number One" without really understanding what - this means. Tbzre is an ancient story about King Pyrrhus, the King of Epirus. In 279 B.C., he defeated the Romans at Asculum - and won a stunning victory. But after surveying the consequences of this victory - his own army almost totally destroyed - he remarked that it was a success gained at too great a cost. Today we still speak of a "Pyrrhic victory" to refer to something gained for a price which turns out to be not worth the effort. A more contemporary story also comes to mind. During the height of tbe Vietnam War, a United States military officer ordered the destruction of a village in the midst of a combat area. He later explained, "We had to

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destroy the village in order to save it." What does victory mean in that kind of situation, especially when it is accomplished with all the sophisticated terror of modern warfare? The really paradoxical thing is that sometimes a loss can be a victory. Ask any athletic coach of a winning team to name the most important games he or she has participated in during the past year. Unles1 the team is exceptional - and never is on the short end of a score! - one of those very important games will probably be a significant loss. The 'loss oaused 'l:l1e '~eam to reasse.!;'s ~ts 'St1'eng~hs, to note its weaknesses, to redesign its strategies. If the game is heing played for something more than vain glory, a loss can be as instructive as a win for the team. For we ChI1is~ians !bo accomplish true and lasting victories, both in our personal affairs and in the affairs of our society, we need some ugdielines for a'otion. First, we must he sure of our priorities. What is the most important goal we want to accOmplish? What the lesser goals and how are they interrelated? What are we willing to forego if necessary in order to accomplish limited goals? Unless we set some clear priorities, we may find ourTurn to Page. Thirteen

BY REV. JOSEPH JENSEN

The oomposiJt1on of the New Testament presents fewer prob.IeffilS ItJhalll thwt of the Old Testamerut; I~here rwre fewer books :and Ithey were p110duced over a much shorter perliod. The ea~li eslt oompleted wlr'iJNngs were the lebters of St. Paul. Paul's convension oame circa 36 AD. and aboult 10 yea~s 'l'aJbeT he began a sert}es of miss~on:ary journeytS. Many of h l1s lebters :were wriltten rtJo Chifu:'.~tian oommuniJties he had fiounded; !the 11iJnst of !these wnitJings were 1-2 Thassalon'iJans, w,ri'btttm in 51 AD., aIIld Ithe i()'tfuers were produced at IiJruterva~s ull'billhis death ciroa 67 AD. A typioal letter oonltains both doctrinal teaohing tand ta mora.) eX!hor:taJti'on and deals w~th concrete problems preseJ1It i.n tl:he communiJty it was direated IbO; 1n ,some cases Paul expec'ted it Ito he read an other chll'I"Ches as well. 'Paul o~ten dictated hils lett'ers Ito a scribe. The compOiffiUon of the Gospels lis more compHCWbed. The 1964 "lmJsitruoti-cn on I~he Hilsrorlieal T'ruIth of Ithe Gospel," :refeI1red 100 an aJn ea!rllier <l:!'tide, dt1sbinguis!hes three SltJageS lin Ibhe fioTmattion of the Gospels. . 'J1he first was the sbage an which Our Lord was explatining His lreaohing :and iioJrll1'ing HIs disciples. ~hen there was the apcr:I~'CIJic prea,ching. The "InrSilJrua:ion" refers '00 the va~,iety of HooMry forms employed ro su(,t the purpose of ;the preacher and the mental':,ty of Ithe het:ll:'ers. A SKETCH OF ST. PAUL. "The composition of the Thiis stage coincided l/1Oughly w1zjh l:!he period of St. Paul's New Testatment presents fewer problems than that of the ,leJ~ers, and scmeJ~;mes he Old Testament; there are fewer books and .they were prorefens i~O ~wdmons <suoh as those duced over a much shorter 'period. The earliest completed that Tound -their way tinto the GospeJ:s, fio,r e~ample, those 00'11- writings were the letters of St. Paul." ceming tthe resU11l"ection (1 CoThe otlher New Testament rinth1ans 15:1-7), the EuchlaJIliSit revealed 'as SCIIl of God tin His (1 Oor.irY..hJi'aon:s 11:23-25), tand suffering and obedience. BIOth 'books OOll1Tllot be discussed in Jesus' ,teaching :on dtivorce (1 St. MaJj;tlhew and St. Luke supply deoail. 'f.he Aobs of the Apostles more of Hils Iteach'ing than M:aa-k; was conceived by St. Luke as a OOI1inthians 7:10-11). Liturgy wa's also an impcll1tanit but Mralbbhew super.umposes ltJhe oomp:alllion volume Ito his Gospel; inf.luence here. When the early myiSbery of ilie devel10ping ilt ltells of tthe gl'lOwth of :the Ohris1Jians met ilJo c'elebrta'be the Church on the minJiIsitry of early Churoh tand illhe spread of EuohlWist, nClt having ·alS yet ,the J,esus, whi:!e Luke pClil1trays Itlregood new'S. The "OaItohol:ic Jesus taS tthe bearer of salvation, epistles" (Jt1hose a:olJIiihuted to wril~ten Gospels. ithey would have reoounted lSome~hing fif'om our resolutely bIl'in~ing Hils work 1)0 James, Peter, J'oihn, an{\ Jude) Lord's mlinistry, eilther something an end ,in Jerusalem, whence the are so ,named because they are they 'had exper:ienoed ftir.st hand message of SIa:1v,w:101Il wenlt f,onj) general an :t'hei'r address, ndt beor had received fmm olthers-a ,to the lIleighboI1i11lg re~i:ons and ing directed to a paif'ticulrwr compMable or cl~her 'l:e3lch1ng of Our then to ''!the ends of illhe earlth" mUll'i'ty of peIIlSon. Dail1ing these lJol1d, an ta'COOtUntt of one of Hii'S Acts 1:8). The profundioty of St. oomposi:tiolliSpreseniDs special mxades, a :n:arra'tive ():f HilS lI'es- Jdm'ls presenlta~ion of J~us Ife- problem'S, Ibut some of .1Jhem may . unreoJilQn, etc. Evenltu:a:lly such . veals ItJhe influence of a long I'ife be as early :as ,the 'I~bter part recitals became ~aiif'ly 'Hxed :in of pondooing and lUViing /the mys- of Paul's milll,istry, w:iJtJh others tery of Christ. coming oon'siderably later. ~orm, ofiten wi,bh co;uiderable VJar::aI:1ioo iIIl indJiv1idual oommunities. These anldtividual Gospel Wadi.lti'ons prov1ided 'a substan'biaI paIrt of Jt1he ma'berial for rtJhe It'bird £Itage, Jt1hrat offi;terary c,omposivi'on; acoordling tl:o hlis OWlIl purposes and the needs of the 'church for which he wrote, each evangeHst ool'eated, synthesized, and expHoaited the Gospel ilJrndirtiol1ls. ' St. Mark :showed JesU!S :as a tif'anscendenlt tigure, milSunder'Stood even hy Hiis disciples, allld

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Continued from Page Eleven whOle process was out 'and Med, with the campaign clicking off smoothly as clockwork. But a 'carreful reading of ibhe book reveals lthJaJt lit wa's nOlt qUlite 50 6imple or so completely iSUOCesful as the ~wst dmpression Wlould lead one to beDieve. Onoe aJOIIOS1S the J,oroan, Joshua set up meld ihJeadquarlteI1s at G'ilgal, I8Jbout !three mIles from Jericho, illnd hetween Iiit ood the niver. Jet1icl1Jo was the key :to the cha!in of foot1ifiied towns oonlJrolling iflhe mouIlitJaJinous center of OanJaan. Thanks ag,a1in to the tJimely dnterven1llon of YMweih • ~an opportune ea,ntbquake would have brougtht the ma:s:sive walls tumbl~ng down), IthIs imp'oll"tant obj.eotJive fell roo :the ISiraelwtes. The oapiture of otiher stJrategic towns in ilJhe 'Sec'tor fuHowed. The defeaJt of a coalition of flive Ammor,j1tekJinfjS gave them a . measure of oOilitroI lin Ithe south, and ltih:e vlioOOry over Jilloon al1d his aHies broughit the n'OIl",tih fuill"ly well under theill" power. Thus the Hebrews, under Joshua's able ieadell"shdp, got a flirm. gTlip on Ithe Irand whJ.icih Yahweh had prom~sed ,tJO deliver into their hands. But it was only a gnip, not aswanglehold. Wj't!h Josftlua ail; their head, and with GiLga:l as ill miHltary and religious cenJter, they were able ibo malintwin ItJhat un6ty lin whiich alone Hes ill nra'tioo'lS 'Sitrengrth. But wjlt'h the partlj,tion of rthe only Pal11tlywon lterni1lo1]Y among ;the '12 .tmibes ood 'Wlith ltJhe death of Joshua, ltJhat ulllity was perilously weakened. They lhiad ooptured on'ly enough iSllJraltegic pOSIts to give them token oontll"dl of the counl:Jry. Many towns rand much w'}uable fall"mlrandsrtJiH lay lin Canaanlite hrands' and, as foil" rthe ,l'Iiah coastal pl'aIins along the MedJiJllermnean-welI, tile I'sraeites 'had hardly made a move in ltJhail direotion. Oonsequently ,thelitr mmbaJry poSiitIon was still precarious, and ItJhe p110xcimiJty to the pagan Canaanli,tes ItJhroug:hout the :Iand .p11esented illn even more sertious dangell". The tempt!IJbion to ahandon Y'a:hweh lin faVioc of the more "pmc1liool" il"eligiion of 'their he!IJthen neigihb011S was eVeil" present I8Jnd always Mrong, and many succumbed to· ibhat temp~llIt!ion. And Yiahw€ih had :to obJaSiti'se ms chJ.ildren to make tlhem reallize that 'they oould oount 00 his being tiaJiltMul IDO his promJ.ises only IIf tlhey, on their pra1"t, rema'ined tiaJi't1hful Ito HJim, tihe one, the only true God, according ro the terms o!f1lhe pact they ~ sealed wIiith Him at S>inad. In tire eaxly Church ltJhe term "Sa1ipture" was used to desdgnalte the Old Testament, but evenltuaUy some of the authord'bart:ive ChIl"ist!ian wrti'bings came 1IJ0 be called by that iterm woo -(2 Peter 3:16). Just what compositions were to be considered "Scripture" '1md therefore inspired WIllS is'omewh'aJt vague for the f.imt few Chr.istiran cenJtU!l1ies. The excistence of a number of apocryphal (WiI'i:t1ings not found lin rthe Blible) WiOIl"kis WlhJich closely imitlated OUII' Gospel's and epistles hwt o~ten proposed herebioaI ddeas made it impenalbive thlllt the Ohureh de1iine those bookis 6Ih.e ooniSidered au!tJhentic

Bill 'Moyers, a top White House aide under President Lyndon Johnson, has been writing a column for Newswe~k during the past year. His contract ended September 22. His last column was to have been a cheerful farewell, stressing the Bicentennial theme, "Out sign of hope, "hope of ManY,One," and ending couraging in a better world and a will to on a buoyant optimstic note. change whatever has become inInstead, having been ex- tolerable." The more recent 1974

JOSHUA BEARING A SWORD AND TRUMPET (to down the walls of Jericho) is portrayed in this bas relief by Joseph Feri at the main entrance to the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, Washington, D.C. "When Moses died, the command passed into the hands of his trusted and capable lieutenant, Joshua, whose exploits are recorded in the book which bears his name."

Death Sa"Jpture. A- serJes of regIonal ooundHrs of bishops settled rthe questIon for, aU prnoilloal purposes hy 1'8Jte in rthe fourth century, t1hough the fornlal bindiing decree for iflhe univensa:l Ca:t!bJoHc Church came only wi1th the Council of Trelllt lin 1546.

When we come to realize that death that crushes is but the tender clasp of God that loves, it loses all its terrors. -Vincent McNabb

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posed during the previous week to a nasty l'aoial conflict in a Long Island suburb, Moyers ended on this rather somber note of caution about the future of the Republic: "Perhaps on the eve of the Bicentennial, this last word should have been more resolute, the farewell less muted, but while there are reasons to celebrate, there are also promises still to keep. It seems imperative ,to consider not only where we Americans have been but' where we have to go. And to wish for good luck." Moyers 'in my opinion has struck the proper note for a Bicentennial column: one of realistic optimism or, if you will, restrained pessimism. We do, indeed, have many things to celebrate as we approaah our Bicen,tennial, but we have many prom'ises still to keep and many problems to resolve. Churches' Role There is always the danger, however, that too much emphasison the probilems still facing the U. S. on the eve of its 200th birthday might result in a mood of hopelessness about the future. Perhaps that's where the churches come in. It seems to me that, without being pollyannish about ·the future, they have a special role to play in motivating people to keep working at their problems in a s'piI1it of hope and realist'ic optimism. That's what Pope Paul VI tried to, for example in bis last major document on social justiee---his Apostolic Letter, "Octagesima Adveniens," of May 14, 1971, commemorating the 80th anniversary of Pope Leo's el1cyclical, "On the ConditJion of Labor." Very pointed!ly striking ·an optim'istic note, he said ,that two aspirations make themselves known in today's world: "the a,spiration to equality and the aspiration to participation." He looks upon this two-pronged development as a clear sign of hope for mankJind in these amcious and troubled times. The third Synod of Bishops, meeting ,in Rome in November 1971, made reference to this same phenomenon in the introduction to its final document on Justice in the World. While noting that there are "serious injustices which are building around the world of man a network of domination, oppression and abuses which stifle freedom and which keep the greater pa,rt of humanity from sharing in the building up and enjoyment of a more just and fraternal world," the Synod document pointed out and there is a new stiroing of justice "moving the world in its depths." L'ike Pope PaU!l, the 1971 Synod delegates saw thiS' new social awareness, this new movement towards the complete liberation of the human person, as an en-

Synod of EvangeHzation also spoke to this point forcefuUy. Timely Emphasis The Holy Father's emphasis on the virtue of hope, echoed by the ' 1971 and ,1974 Synods, is very timely. The problems facing not on!ly the so-called developing nations but the U. S. as well, are so widespread and of such a complex nature that there ,is a very real danger that people will despair of ever being able to solve them. On the other hand, as Pope Paul has pointed. out, we can take hope from the fact that "f.rom all sides there rises a yearning for more justice and a desire for a . . . guaranteed peace in mutual respect among indi~iduals and peopl.es." He sees in th'is development the working of .the Holy Spirit. "It is with confidence," he says, "that we see the SpiIiit of the Lord pursuing His work in the hearts of men and in every place gathering together Christian commun'ities conscious of their responsibilities. On all continents, amon·g all races, nations and cultures, and' under all condit!ions the Lord continues to raise up authentic apostles of the Gospels." The ChuI'ch, as a structured religous institution, does not (or. should not pretend to have dir!'!ct competence in solving the sodal and economic probdems facing the U. S. or any other nation. It does not have the political authority, the economic means, or the ~peoific expertise necessary for governing the temporal order. Nevertheless, as a religious institution, the Church must promote the cause of justice by the constant proclamation of the Gospel, by denouncing vioIaHons of justice, by civic and social education, by epcouragdng the. faithful to take part ~n political 'action aimed at achieving justice, and by organiziing programs or projects aimed at helping the poor and the oppressed.

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American Traveler Visits Belgian City of Bruges

Where was the first stock exchange in the world established? The honor, if such it is, probably belongs to the Belgian city of Bruges, in Flanders. We think of a stock exchange as a distinctively modem phenomenon. And the last place with which we would connect it shining windows are Cl"isp cotton or Hnen curtaiI1JS, wi,th a would be Bruges, which is narrow bamding of oolor. Everykind of· open-air medieval thing is spankingly clean.

museum. But in the 14th century, and for SIOme time thereafter, Bruges was one of the chief market-

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places of Europe, with all sorts of goods and all sorts of merchanJts piling in, from as far away as Egypt and Russia. Banking and foreign exchange were needed for the conduct of this business, hence the founding of the :stock exchange, or bourse, which took lits name from a prominent local family, the VaI11 der Buerze. Bruges is a city of waterways, of oanals and the Reie river WliJth its slJately 'Swans. Reflected in these many streams are buildings of a beauty and 'a charm which time has enhanced ra<ther than dimmed. At one willow-canopi'ed turn of ·1Jhe -mver Ibhere ds a small stone bridge which is well worth crossing. It leads directly to Ithe FTincely Beguinage. Oasis of Peace The begu'ines were originally young women who worlred together, washing and preparing wool for the weavers. That was in the 12th and 13th centuries, when cloth-making was a famous specialty of Bruges. Grndurally these groupdngs of young women took on something of tihe characber of rehigious communilties, although no vows were required of them. The P.rincely Beguinage dates back to the 13th centUJrY. lit has . been continuously occupied ever since. Those now living 'in n't are Bened'ictine nuns. The Beguines' occupations changed with the changes an successive eras, and slowly hut ineviJtably the composimon of the commUiIl'i'ty changed. But this beguinage has been preserved -intact and ,in use. It is oompletely Isurrounded by a h1igh s~~llber:ing wall. You O11OiSS the bridge, go vlwough a gateway, and find yourself in an oasis of peace. Central to it is what what mightt>e called a green, a wJde expanse of gl1a9S out of which rise !tall, old elms. On ran sides of this green are houses of va-ri'oUis sizes. They are made of whitewa:shed brick, with neat rand glistening black trim and generally some sacred figure or symbol ·above vhe ma'in door. Each house has its own wall, and beyond a gate which has been lefit open you ,see a small, weH-lrept gamen. At the

, Spires and Towers At the time of the O11iginal foundabion, there was trouble in Christendom, and every century of its exlis'tence has brought clamor land strife, often within ea-rshot of ifihe beguJinage. But at -the stallt, and in the ensuing centuries, th'rs place offered an opportunilty and an incentive to home in on what is hasic and final, and vo live ,in the light of ulmmate reality. }it still does. Bruges is a oonsteUatioo of spires 'and towers, but outranking all others is the tower of the Church of Our lJady. Begun in the thillteenth century and completed in the fourteenth, this ,structure combines soHdity and grace, the paired thrusts both of a brawny abhlete and a nimble dancer. The church 'itself -seemed 1:10 be 'overrun wrth Spanish tourists, whose manner was fc~ard and whose manners were backwail'd. They made leisurely consideration of many of the ohurch's treasures all but ampoSisible. But even they could not cloud the pleasure affOll1ded by Mia.'1:aelangel'o's sculpture of Madonna and Ch'ild which is set, snowy-white, in a black marble niche above one of the side attail's. Ardennes Region

FOR US CHRISTIANS to accomplish true and lasting victories, both in our personal affairs and in the affairs of society, we need some guidelines for action." From article by Father Peter Henriot. Although sometimes a defeat can be valuable in sports competition, a victory is a joyous occasion. In Williamsport, Pa., Little League Girls' Softball champions from Medford, Ore., jump for joy after taking first place.

Victory and the Christian Continued from Page Twelve selves -achieving a series of little "Pyrrhic victories."

Second, what means are we wi'liHng to vake to accompliish The mllJSverpiece has a quaNty our goals, to win our victories? of rema'rkable ,repose. The fig- Have we clearly thought through ures, though 1l10undly human, the ethical issues involved in the seem w['apPed ,in mystery. The use of certain means? I'm not Child stands relaxedly against talking only about huge ethical the Madonnla's knee, one of hlis questions, for example, of nubands in one of hers, in unt'On clear weapons, but also about and communion. He is unmistak- the issues of honesty, of fairably a child, hut precoc'iously ness, of human rights, of justice. reflective, and her mce, with We don't want to dstroy villages eye!; closed, ih'as a look not of or people - "in order to save diJsdain, as '$lome allege, but of themt" concentration. While one marThird, what is motivating our vels at tlhe perfection of ;the figures, one wondel1s at the inferi- pursuit of victory? Wha,t really drives _us to accomplish a parority suggested by cold sbone. ticular goal and call that accomAnother day, we drove down plishment a "victory?" We can to the wooded A:rdennes region, easily deceive ourselves - espethe scene of the Nazi counter of· cially once we've invested a con· fensive in the Christma's season siderable amount of time, of 1944. We did nQlt get al$ far a:s money, and-or prestige in purBastogne, Where Genernl McAusUling ,tlha'! goal. A soce test of liffe made his terse reply to the motives is to ask ourselves if a Nazi demand for surrender. But· loss would accomplish as much at ,the town of Celles, we saw a as a victory, would we settle German tank permanently mounlt- for tha,t? ed on a Cloncrebe Mock, markting Life ~s more than conquests. the spot where Von Runstedt's It lis aloo ;lliVling w,ith real, ordiadvance was stJopped on Christna,ry ,situa,tions, a-II of wlhich may mas Eve. We went thl10ugh ,the tidy, moalted, 13th century era,stle at Spontin, its thick waUs pierced by slitJs for shooting arrows at atJbaclrers, and by I'arger opendngs for pouTing boHing oi:l on any Who ma'U'aged to cmss the mOllit. Here the ofi1iending wurists were some Ainericans whose ignornnt chatter drowned out the gu~de''S disoouTse, and whocra'Ssly inlS~sted IOn handling irrep\laceaMe furnrshings. Possibly, &rows md boiling oil should be ' on <hand again.

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not be according to our design. This is no encouragement simr.>ly to sit hack and take it easy, rather fatalistically accepting whatever comes our way. The Christian must always be engaged in struggle. But we grow

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Holy Family S'enior Wins Commendation

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Reporter: We're here on the beach where a giant shark has just eaten a girl swimmer. 'Well, Mr. Jaws, 'how was it? "Dynomite" (Bazuka) Reporter: And what did she say when you grabbed her? "Please Mr•.Please" (Olivia Newton-John) Reporter: I know sharks are stupid, but what did you think when you took that first bite? "How Sweet it is •••" (James Taylor) Reporter: Mr. Jaws, ,before you swim out to sea, have you anything else to say? "Why can't we be friends, why can't we be friends" (War) Reporter: With me now is the local sheriff. Sheriff Brody, the shark will be back for lunch. What do you intend to do? "Do a little dance, make a little love, get down tonight." (KS fI Sunshine Band) Reporter: Just arriving is oceanographer, Matt Hooper. 'Sir, if someone is attacked by a shark, what should they do? "Do the hustle" (Van McCoy) Reporter: We're going aboard the fishing boat of Captain Quint. Ca~tain, will you be able to catch this giant shark? "I will, I wiD, I will, I will • • ." (Captain and Tennille) Reporter: Thank you, Captain, Captain, Captain, Captain. When you catch one of these sharks, what do you feel like? "Like a rhinestone cowboy" (Glenn Campbell) Reporter: We've just sighted the shark again. He's coming straight for us. Captain Quint is shouting something at him. "Get you baby one of these nights" (Eagles) Reporter: Hey, Jaws, the Ctptain says he's going to catch you. What do you think of that? "Jive talking" (Bee Gees) . Reporter: Vh ho, here he comes again. (Bang, Bang) Mr. Jaws, why doesn't anything seem to hurt you? "Big boys don't cry, big boys don't cry" (10 cc) Reporter: He's coming right onto the boat. Mr. Jaws, why are you grabbing my hand? "Wouldn't you give your hand to a friend"? (Melissa Manchester) Reporter: No, wait, Mr. Jaws. That's not the w~y this record is supposed to end. Help, help. Gurgle, gurgle. by B. Ramal - D. Goodman «c) 1975 Cash Records BMI) "Jaws" has become the number one best selling movie of all time; it was a cover story for Time Magazine; it is presently the subject of T-shirts, table conversation and party humor. Recently even the Peanuts cartoon had an item with Wood· stock swimming in his bird bath while Snoopy sneaked up with open mOl,lth to whisper "Shark!" What is going on? Why the sudden national obsession? It is my firm belief that "Jaws" is more than a good story., It is more than the plot of a book or a movie, and it is certainly more than the content of this song. I believe that "Jaws" says S<Jmething about the mood of our country at this time. More profound that the story line, "Jaws" is a ·comment on the disposition of people who are talking about the book. Two major insights strike the observer of the shark phenomenon. First of all, the shark-craze seems to be rooted in a general desire for a distraction from real life. "Jaws" provides gripping vicarious excitement for lives that are boring, meaningless, or taxing. The story of the fish is a sens·ational means of pure escape. . Secondly, it would appear that the desire for escape has arisen in a nation that is tired of serious subjects. The sharkplot is far from serious; and it is an appealing change for a people exhausted by judging a president and a war, economic woes and the complexities of oil companies. Many citizens have grown weary of discussions that lose friends and sap their personal optimism. The shark swam onto the scene at a time when our people needed a healing toy.. To this observer, that is what the fish is saying. "Jaws" is a pleasant bathtub or swimming pool toy while a nation is resting. It is safe but fun. It gives the individual a chance to talk while not investing too much. A girl can laugh at her supposedly brave brother who did not dare open his eyes during the gory scenes. The secret is that they talk and laugh together. How good tha,t feels. Healing is taking place in a people who choose to be superficial for the time. . (Copyright (c) 1975 by NC News Service)

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Jane L. Gonsa1lves, a senior at Holy Fammy High School and ,nhe daugnter of Mr. and Mrs. RJichard Gonsalves of 166 Ryan Street lin New Bedford, has been iIl,amed a Commended student ,by the NaJtJionao} Me11lt Soholarshiip CorporaJtion. She is among otJhe 35,000 Commended students named n<l!tIionwdde on the basis of I1Jheir National Merit Sohol· at'lship Qua'llify'.ing Test. Commended studen<ts representt less tban two per cent of those who are expected !OO gnadUiaite from h~gh school in 1976. Although 'Commended ,students renked higih on the PSATjNMSQT, they do not ool1ltlinue an the Mel'liit SoholaI'sihdp competJition because Illheilr scores were jwst below Ijjhose of the 15,000 semlifinal!is<ts announced lin september.

Is Reflection of Church· 11he melodic Cihimes flU otJhe $166,000 was paiid. Also in this day wIN! hamlOny. L~sten close- year ,they inaugu,raJted the grand ly and you wdU hear. 11hey rung, $20,000 organ. a'cqU'aintiing many with eohoes The French Gothic design of frCllD the past. unique linwaoacy is ded!iooted 11:0 In pursuit of the belLs', you .. Ithe arohJ~tecture of Joseph Venne may give ear to the story. In the bom lin Montreat Upon eJlitrance year 1895, rt!he ~mergeNc and en- to this catJhJedml...l<ike strooture, itJhuSiiaSl~ic ReVeI1Emd Hormisdias you are ea'si'ly pla'ced lin awe. A DesIlauI1ier founded Saint An- student said that he never ceases thony of Padua Ohuroh. Perthaps to see new angeJ,s each time he the grea'teSlt memor;'al ibo the enters. The ConintiMan style dntJrepid French CanadIan pasoor domes SUppOl1t Ithe 251 foot high !is fiound lin tihe LaNn Inscr-ip'tiJOn steeple. On ithe cei:lling one 'enabove rt!he OhurC!hentrance. "]t ds countel'S the Holy SpiI'it enLight1Jhe working people of Saint An- ening ·tJhe heaflts ~ many. ,tJhony Church who have ere'oted _ Direotly above itJhe a·LtJar Ohl'Ii'st th!is temple Ito 'tlhe LoI'd." descends firom :a white cross as The f'mst Mass was held in the a smaU child, much Ilike the viNOI'l!:Jh Unlion Hal1:I, today known sion of Sainlt An:tlhony. On speas the PoLisih Bakery. Our cur- dal oocaSiions Ithe church as iUurent 'school yard marks itJhe loca- ininated with thousands of. tiny vion of it/he former 'iLtJtle wooden lights. It 'is'impossible to mis'S chUl'Clh. Because of rt!he growing rthe sens8!lIion of peace and' joy famillies lin Ithe sU1'I'ounding wood- !lIadiated. P,reseilibly, Reverend BeI1trand 'land, necess'~ty erected one of the most beaut-HuI edQfices in Chabot serves as past'or, DirecitJhlis dty. tor of Ithe High School is Rev.' DUrling oonstruction, in Ooto- Clement Dut-oue. Father Marc ber of 1.904, ih8llf of ,the ohurctl Bergeron lis direotor of 1lhe grnm. coUap&ed due TO defeotive ce- mar SClhooI. ment. Four men were injured and one was k:iHed. Contemplation FlinalIy, lin 1912, the church In the higher part of contemwas dedicated. At this time plative life, a man is above himthere were 200 f.ami::lies in the self and under his Gud. parish. The Ohuroh debt of -14th Century

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JANE L GONSALVES Edward C. Smi,th, president of ,1lhe Naillional Medt SchO'l:arshdp Co.rporation, sa'id: "11he h~gh st,anding of Oommended smdents in the Merlit Progmm shows the1r great pJlomise, and rtheir l1IJDbaJinment in rthi~s naltJionwdde competinion deserves public rec· ogn1iiUon. HootJh these student'S ,and 0lM" Dlalbion will benefit from iI11eir f·ootfuer educational and per:soDial development." To !increase itJheir oppoItunlnies Tor college, NMSC reports tlhe Commended students' names ibo the regularly aocredited U. S. coHeges tlhey named as t-hedr ·first and second dhOlices when they rook the PSAT/NMQST in October, 1974. .

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Motto At Bishop Stang Is People Are Our Strength There ~s much talk abO'Ult the apaJthy !that hJigh whool students eX!hdblLt wlhen .the time oomes to get 'iIllvolved. Well, at Stang, thWs feeling 'i's not as much in eVlJdence. We have lin eXlistence a Student Involvement Commi,tJtee, whose purpose lies in the pLanning of school ood sohool-<:ommunity aotiviltJies. We held our fJrst meeting on September 9. Over 100 students came out in SUppOl't of th'is wortJhwhHe effiol"t, and alt this time we selected our theme flor the 'school year: "People Are Our Strength". We returned a week later w.i:th ideas for projects which were related to one of three tJopic areaiS, religious, school, and school-'COmmunilty lB.ctiVlIt'ies. With dlhe estabHshmem of suboommrttees and dlhe seleo~ion of thl"ee projects as Ithelir goals, we were on our way. The 11eligiiOus activities oommittee ooncluded dJhat l,aSlt yea,r's Monthly Ma'S/ses should he continued. The school aC'tiv-

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ities commilttee decided to cooduct a survey oonceming SIl:udeIllt membership in niOn-aoademic clubs. The school-community aci1ivities comm~ttee resolved 00 look into the facts about the recreation day ro be held art: the Paul A. Dever School. AH of !these projects deal su.perbly wi!th OUll" theme, and we hope 1lhat many 'Students WIilI get inV'Olved in these and others which will be selected thmughout !the year. An 'addJed note of interest conoems ithe naming of Siteven Capella, a Stang seJllior, 'as a Nat~onal Merit Schol'lU1ship semi,finalist. Also four .student'S haye ,received letters of commendatti<;m from 'the NaHon'a'l Merit ScholaJrshJip :Board. They are Lynne Bouoher, Liauren Cook, Joanne Dykas, and Oharles za,!eWlSki. We are very proud of .these students. We are also proud of our f.ootball team wlhich dJefe:lted our aroh-'TiVialls DartmolJltll High ror tthe f1lmt time :in several yeans.

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• An authoritY speaks on the Importance of CCD Teachers

• Picture Story on the Procession and Mass

"Let my people go," ... echoes Moses' challenge to Egypt's Pharoah . •• 32 centuries ago " . . Like Pharoah the police stand firm . . . their steel truck symbolizing strength... David's star calls to mind over 3,000 years of tradition ... among a people born in a march toward freedom .. : under the guidance of God ... who loves freedom.

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The police, too, stand for freedom ... for people's rights to use city streets ... to move about where they wish... The police badges symbolize a government ... born in a revolu~ionary battIe for freedom ... a nation proud of 200 years of freedom under law . . . the "land of the free."

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The confrontation su~sts very real questions ... Who is really free? . . . What is true freedom? . . . How do people become free? ... What is the legitimate use of force in seeking freedom? . . . How preserve freedom? . . . Questions worth pondering . . . in the light of our centuries old Judaeo-Christian tradition . . . and our more recent 200 years experience as a nation . • . in the light of Jesus Christ . . . who came to set us all free.

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Fr. Hehir Speaks on Social Justice

Jesuit Apostle to Oregon By Father William N. Biscshoff, 8.J.

Jesuit FatJher Peter John DeSmet, renowned apostUe among the Oregon Country natJive tr.ibes ,in 'the 1840s, nevt:r wals a re>lident mis~ionary iVhere. This freqUeIlltly oonsulted awthoNty on f,rollltJier survival was a p111,estly tbookk'eeper, fundrais'er, and pious pwbliic relallj,ons man who if!iHed varJous offiice jobs during his mature years, 1848-1873, while livling lin St. Louis. Father DeSmet spent lasls than four years ,in 'the P'aoifJc NOl'lthwest, where he never leam'oo an Indian ftangwage. He moved about ceaselessly v.is'1:Jing Itriibes and ilJra:JIlsactJing mk9sion bU£IIness along ithe OolumbJira RJiver and aJ3 flar as Ft. AugustJa (now Edmonillcn, Canladta). .Miter hJj,s return to St. LouJis in December 1846, !his supet'ioI's nev,er agwin as'sign'ed hiim Ito 'the Rocky MountJaiin miss6ons. AJ,tui.ou~i. in h:os re:>oI1~e:l vi~I;~'s withi. ItJhe nwllives F1aJther DeSmet did S(lt ~ound many a campf.ire, ib~;fo;'CIj,a:lly :!'vis ,post was treasurer of 'th'le M:J:sso'uri PI1ovi!nce of the Soo:ety 'Of Jesus f,or ,the Joa.st 25 yewrs of Ms :Life. During P'~t of this l1J:me, lin a 10-ye:rr pen:'od ending .in 1862, he served also as ass1s'tant 100 Ithe supeI1}cr of the ,prov'lnoe. RJightly famed 18.'S f~jend c.f t!he Indian, Faotfrter DeSmet was lin fact, a patient, pa1inls'bakiing l8!ooounbaIllt, a skillful flina.~eti'al manager, depend'lb'le ,seoca~ary, promoter, money getter and press agent. Seve;"al close assodia:tes a,greed wllt!h his self-an:alysiJs iVhat he was "fi.tted rather ficr makling excursionis 'by which Ihe openiS the way for I\:!he m.iJSIs~onarues and prepa~ the fJeld '!Jhan for slJaytingpennanent,Iy lin some one or obher stwbion." The Iname DeSmet slJands to-day ~OO' miSSionary zea,1 and work on beha,lf of Amenican Indtans ,because !he mooe the Indian cause mown Jn Europe and AmeJ1ioa ItIhrough ihJiJs enormous cor.respondenoe and oountless pUbbic Jectmes. Beslides Itlhe priest's 'immensely successful beggJing trips lin iVheir behaIf, .probably !hJis most nlQltewo\l"thy role was ItIhJwt of peacemaiker ~o tlle 1II1tbas. Donald MtroheH, supe11i.nJtenident of Indian affaJirs alt St. LouilS, ,invlited Fa·ther_DeSmet tOpMItlldipate lin the mammofu council of 10;000 Pla'iru; Indian'S oonvened near Fit. lJamm1ie, Sept. 12-23, 1851. His persuaslive tanks wfHili illh:e naltJives oOIllwibuted subs'ta:n1J:'al:ly 'to Ibhe meetings marked suooess. Father DeSmet's unusual ablillity to JnstiJ:! confiidence lin 'and ellicit agreement from the Indians WaIS revealed ag:a1n an 1'858-1859 when !he aroompanded Gen. WIiIliam Harney to t!he Paoifiic NOllthWest and persuaded Ithe dn'tenior trJbes Ito transform >the uneasy calm preVaJil'ing between Indians 'and whites anto a fJirnl peace. One of Fa11her DeSmet's major acoomplJ1:!hmenlJs wa's his peace mlisS'ion to SlttJ1ng Bull and ol!her . warning Hunkpapa Sioux on June 1861. Resentment, bittern'ess, fury long festering over the i11l'i~ illatlion of manlifest whlite encroaohmen'ts, fiinaL1y erupting in retaJ,ia:,t'ory attacks on wlhiLte setleI'S, peaked Aug. 17, 1862, dn the

Continued from Page One focus on the responsibility of rich countries for poor countries. masslacre of 700 MLnne$ot,ans. In the third period, he said, herThe yealls 1iollow:ing this savage alded by Pope Paul VI's Quadonslaught were stalined by ~nnu regisimo Anno (on .the 80th annimera:ble ambushes, kiUlings, and versary of Pope Leo's Rerum nobUrnlings, whJich were repaid lin varum) the focus has become on !<lind by relel1ltl'ess pun'Wive ill.. twhat happens within highly in,tacks by U. S. ltI1oops. The pl,ains dustrialized societies. over which Father DeSmet Pastoral Im,lications ·searched fio~ Si,tting Bull'iS oamp Regarding the area of pastoral on '!!he YeHowstJonte River had implications of the teachings on been bl'c'ocEed and dharred by six social justice, Father Hehir said years of WaJr. that two factors influence the Moog wlibh 80 fri!endly Sioux, Church's potential in this area: Charles Galpin as interpreter, 1) the structure of the Church's and Galpin's Hunkpapa wife, presence. and 2) the substance Fa·ther DeSmet left Fit. Riice, of the Church's message. near present day Bismarck, N.D., Regarding the first f.actor, he on June 3, 1868. Through rndn, said, the society we live in is mud, heat, fog and tovturung mosquIl:Jos, they pUshed itJo ,the shaped by the major institutions within it. Since Catholics reprewest and iSoU!t'h ifior 16 days. Finally, Fvid:ay mcrnling, Joo,e 19, sent 25% of the population of this country, he suggested that 'a 500-man esoo~t f'mm Ithe madn the poten'bial of ·t'he Ohuroh is ltJo camp on the YeHtow,stone met form "communities with coniVhe group. Fl8.lther DeSmet'ls spirits were science." Noting that the Church ·mfitJed, even before the cound·I, has more access to the lives of by Sitting Bull's V'Olunoteered people than most inslli'tutJ:ons, !he avowa1 ith:a,t "I rose tomahlawk indicated tb'lt it is in the con'in hland, !and I h'ave done all ~he . crete situations of peoples' lives that values can be taught and thUl'lt itJo /the wh,i<te fuat I could. practiced. 'I1oday 'bh'OiU artamong:>t 'Us, and He added, however, "It's not ,in Ithy presenoe my arms $J~~c:h that we're there, but that we're 'to the ground as if dead. I wiHI II]sten ,to Ithy good woros, and 'aIS there with the substance of the bad <lIS I ,have been Ibo '!Jhe wh6tes, message." The message, he said, just so good am I ready to be- is two-fold: 1) to provide a framework of meaning into ooone toward t!hem." which a person can fit in all his 'J1he neXit afternoon Fa<ther other questions, and 2) to motiDeSmet made his appea:l to ilJhe vate people to consider "how far l()ounetiI: "Bury 18.11 your anl;mosdo ,we go for the otber?" The po,ities lagaiil1'~t iI1he w!h:i,res ... forget tential of the Church he said, is 'Ilhe past ... and accept the offer- "to address that question again ing of peace wilili'ch is ,now kindly and again and again ·as its people sent you." The 400 bz,aves present svolJid:ly recounted -their grievances, but bef.ore /the meatling ended, they OonCWTOO with BI'ack Moon'lS hope '~tbat these th1ings pwst will be furgotten :from tthts day." To Father De:Smet ithe fi01"thvigthil: SiI1Jtling Bull declared, "I will bnk you on I\:!he heaving of Ithe ch·ief (Four Horns) 'and bl\llves for )'lOW" kindness and wil!lJingly accept ,1lhe Itobacoo as fa Itoken of peace ... 'and Whatever ~s' done by otlhers. I wJll submit to, and for all time to I()ome be ·a fl'liend of the wh:ites." . Bight Hunkpapa deputies, 30 fiamHies, ms escort, ood t!he 1'a:JJbhful Ga'lpins returned with F'llJther DeSmet ibo Fit. Rice, w!here Ithey signed a trea'ty wfibh t!he U. S. Peace OommiJssiloneriS on July 2, 1868. F1aJ1Jher DeSmet's h!a~ardous mission had paid off· h:andoomely. Three mnlciog generals who served as commiissioners; WrUiam Harney, John San:born, and Alfired TeITy !acknowledged the pl'liest's domin'8.IlIt role, assuning thdm ,"but fur your long land pailnfuI journey into the !heaI1t of hos~ile conutry, and <but for ithe influence over even the most 'hostJile of the tribes which your labor among them have ~ven I1Jo )'Iou, the results which we have reaohed here could not have been alccomp!'ished."

a heed for bread of life." This translates, he said, into people's concern with such issues as what as a country do we do w~bh our food. Referring to what he called the "scandal of particularity" (that Jesus, who was omnipotent, chOSe to live in a particular time and place), he said that Catbolics must incarnate the Church's social teaching in their own time llod place. One 1iacet of !the dialogue has been the hearings held in six sites around the country at which the Bishops have heard people discuss their lives. The Dialogue, Father Hehir said, has provided the Bisho!,s with an opportunity to experience "the reality of peoples' lives." Moreover, he said, "They are raising up that reality for examination." A second facet of the Dialogue, he said, is tha.t which will be held at the parish level, when people will have the opportunity to speak out on issues of concern to them. This program, he said, is extremely important, adding "If it doesn't work at the parish level, the whole concept will fail." The focus, he said, will be how does .the Church's social teaching touch the various communities in which we all live. "It will consist in Iooking at one's own needs and lIJhose of o1lhers." The ~esu!'bs of a lll1lhe consultations throughout the country will be compiled for discussion at a Conference to be held in Detroit in the fall of 1976 and out of which will emerge a national pastoral plan for the subsequent five years.

REV. J. BRYAN HEHIR

take their place within the wider society."\ . Liberty and Justice Father Hehir described the current Liberty and Justice portion of the Bicentennial progmm as "An American Catholic dialogue." American Catholics are being asked he said, to look at both their traditions, to measure one aga,inst otJhe obher, and to 'be faithful to both. Reiterating his earlier point that the Bishops have called the quest for justice a "constitutive element" of the Gospel, he called Ithe d'ralogue "an opportun'iotl' to work through what it means to live responsibly as a Christian today." The process of dialogue, he said, is as important as the message. Noting tbat each country must take the principles of justice and concretize them, he said there is

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Suggested \l"oodiing: "Ufe, LetItel'lS and TrnveLs of ~erre-Jean DeSmet, S.J. 1801-1873," edited by H. M. OhiUenden and A. T. R1ichrardson (New York, Harper, 1905). (F1aJtJher Bisdhoff is professor of ibJisOOry oat Seattle Untlversity, Seattle, Wash.)

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