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VATICAN CITY (NC) ..:;;; One of the final steps leading to canonization of the first U.S. male saint was solemnly completed here Nov. 13 as Pope Paul VI and Vatican officials formally certified a miracle attributed to the intercession of Blessed John Nepomucene Neumann.

The formal reading of the decree certifying the miraclethe scientifically unexplainable cure from cancer of Michael Flannigan, a teenager from Wildwood Villas, N.J. - closes over half a century of paperwork on Blessed Jo!tn's canonization process within the Congregation for Saints' Causes.

All that remains before the canonization can take place is the official announcement by Pope Paul to the college of cardinals in consistory. That announcement is expected in December.

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BISHOPS CONCELEBRATE: U.S. bishops concelebrate Mass at fall meeting of National Conference of Catholic

Bishops and U.S. Catholic Conference. The prelates issued a major pastoral on moral values. (NC Photo)

Bishops Emphasize Moral Standards WASHINGTON (NC) - The U. S. Catholic bishops have voted 175-25 to approve a joint pastoral letter which reaffirms the Church's traditional teaching on moral values.

Approval came after an effort was made to delay action on the document on grounds it did did not express enough compassion for those who find it difficult to follow the teaching. The

vote on that issue was 162-65.

The 10,OOO-word pastoral letter, which took three years to prepare and .of which highlights appear on pages 8 and 9 of this issue of The Anchor:

Schedule CHD Collection The annual Campaign for Human Development (CHD) collection will be taken up in all churches . of the diocese this weekend. Proceeds support a wide range of diocesan and national anti-poverty programs through self-help grants designed to foster self-determination, self-sufficiency and long-range institutional change.

One-fourth of moneys collected in the diocese will remain here for local projects, said Rev. Peter N. Graziano, Director of Social Services, who noted that 95

In Memoriam

THANKSGIVING CLOTHING COLLECTION FOR THE NEEDY OVERSEAS WEEK OF NOV. 21 - 27

Most Rev. Daniel A. Cronin, S.T.D., Bishop of Fall River, will be the principal celebrant of a concelebrated Mass offered for the deceased bishops and priests of the Diocese of Fall River.

The Mass will be offered at the Cathedral on Monday, Nov. 22 at 12:05 p.m.

Priests of the diocese are invited to concelebrate; parishioners, families and friends of deceased priests are also invited to participate in this Mass.

cents of every dollar donated to CHD goes directly to self-help grants.

Decisions as to local funding are made by Bishop Cronin after receiving advice from the Diocesan CHD Committee which reviews grant applications. Committee members are Rev. Normand Boulet, Attleboro; Rev. Timothy J. Goldrick, Buzzards Turn to Page Eleven

-Rejects the notion that valid sacramental marriages can be dissolved, -Reaffirms the teaching thaJ married couples have the right to determine responsibly the num路 ber of children they should have, but that a contraceptive mentality and individual acts of contraceptive intercourse are wrong because they reject "the life giving meaning of intercourse.

-Condemns premarital and extramarital relations; -Calls abortion "an unspeakable crime"; .

-Says homosexual activity is wrong but calls for compassionate pastoral care of homosexu'als and condemns discrimination against racial and ethnic minorities.; -Says that considering women inferior to men is "un-Christian and inhuman"; -Calls on Americans to work for a just international order and the liberation of the oppressed and powerless in the world; -Questions whether war as it Turn to Page Three

Scripture Workshop Heralds Bible Week "Everyone must ask himself, scripture and homiletics at Pope 'What are the pharoahs in my John XXIII Seminary for Delaylife? What is keeping me in ed Vocations, Weston. slavery, keeping me from saying Coming as Q:atholics prepared that Jesus is Lord.' " to join in observance of Nation路 That was the challenge given al Bible Week, the day offered last Saturday to over 200 mem- a general approach to underbers of diocesan charismatic -standing the Bible with emphaprayer groups who met at Bis- sis on the gospels and especially hop Connolly High School, Fall the gospel of St. Luke.

River, for a scripture' study Quoting Isaiah, "My thoughts workshop. The six hour session are not your thoughts, saith the was led by Rev. Stephen C. Lord," Father Doyle said "We Doyle, OFM, professor of sacred .Turn to Page Six

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What's

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ITEMS FROM NATIONAL CATHOLIC' NEWS SERVICE-----

National Three Big Problems WASHINGTON - A shortage of priests, the largeness of Church communities and the treatment of racial and ethnic minorities are three major problems facing the American Catholic Church in the next few years, according to Archbishop Jean Jadot, apostolic delegate in the United States: He made his comments in an unusually frank address of the general meeting of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops here.

Merton Award PITTSBURGH - The Thomas Merton Center, a ministry for peace and justice here. will present its annual Thomas Merton Award this year to Archbishop Helder Camara of Olinda and Recife, Brazil. The archbishop will be in Pittsburgh Nov. 23 to accept the honor and to give a talk.

Veto Overridden BOSTON - The city council here overrode (7-0) Mayor Kevin H. White's veto of an ordinance to require licensing of non-hospital abortion clinics. The ordinance, passed in September and vetoed hy the mayor (Oct. 12). provides for the annual licensing at a fee of $1000, conditional on compliance with regulations of. the city's Board of Health and Hospitals.

Women Face Trial CLEVELAND - Eight women charged with criminal trespass after they refused to leave an abortion clinic where they were conducting a sit-in will be given a jury trial in Municipal, Court beginning Dec. 8, the. feastday of the Immaculate Conception. The women are members of People Expressing a Concern for Everyone (PEACE), about 50 of whom held a protest Sept.

J 1 in front of the Concerned Women"s Clinic.

During the demonstration, 11 protestors entered the clinic. Asked by police to leave, eight of the women chose to stay and were arrested.

, Issues Warning JACKSON, MISS. - Bishop Joseph Brunini of Natchez-Jackson. faced with the threat of a lawsuit, has sent a letter to priests in his diocese warning them against using copyrighted material without permission. With his letter the bishop enclosed a copy of a letter he received from. F.E.L. Publications, a Los Angeles-bas~d liturgical music company, which has filed a $2 million law suit against the Chicago archdicese for alleged copyright infringement. The firm said it was contemplating similar action against Bishop Brunini.

World Fear Franco Unrest MADRID - Church authorities are warning mourners for Gen. Francisco Franco not to turn I]lemorial Masses for him into political demonstrations. Franco's death a year ago ended almost four decades of authoritarian government, and the transition to parliamentary democracy has been rocked by labor strikes, terrorism, repression and political disturbances. Cardinal Vicente Enrique Tarancon of Madrid said he approved of the many Masses to be said Saturday on the Fran'co anniversary, but refused permission for an open-air Mass in front of the royal palace here.

Obstacles Remain VATICAN CITY - Pope Paul VI reminded ecumenists meeting here that s.erious obstacles

remain to be overcome on the road to true Christian unity. But he said that far from discouraging or halting efforts, those obstacles should call forth greater zeal. The Pope spoke to members of the plenary assembly of the Vatican Secretariat for Promoting Christian Unity.

Kennedy Audience VA'FICAN CITY - Pope Paul VI received Sen. Edward M. Kennedy'(D-Mass.) and his nephew, Joseph, in a half-hour private audience here Nov. 11. It was Kennedy's first meeting with Pope Paul at the Vatican. The two had met in New York in 1965 during Pope Paul's trip to address the United Nations General Assembly.

Expanded Thanksgivi,ng RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil-Pope Paul VI has joined Church dignitaries around the world in encouraging a "crusade to expand" celebration of Thanksgiving Day in all the continents.

The Crusade of the Universal Thanksgiving Day, headquartered here, published a report citing commitments from Church, leaders in all . continents to join the late-November celebration.

Thanksgiving Day, which originated with the Pilgrims in the United States, was adopted by Brazil and other nations in Latin America early this century. By mid-century 22 Latin American countries were celebratin~ Thanksgiving as a legal holiday. A quarter-century later, religious observance of Thanksgiving Day has :;pread into countries or individual dioceses in Africa, Asia, Europe and Oceania.

Report Sacrilege CARTEGENA, Colombia - Marines raided three parishes in Cartagena Bay, desecrated the Eucharist and arrested two priests, a nun and a former priest. The government held the prisoners for several days without formal charges, although one newspaper accused them of proguerrilla activity.

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NOV. 26 Rev. James R. Burns, P.R., 1945, Pastor, Sacred Heart, FalI River NOV. 27 Rev. Msgr. Patrick E. McGee, 1948, Pastor,~ St. Mary, North Attleboro NOV. 28 Rev. Adrien E. Gauthier, 1959, Pastor, St. Roch, FalI River NOV. 29 Rev. FrancIs A. McCarthy, 1965, Pastor, St. Patrick, Somerset DEC. 1 Rev. 'Phillipe Ross, 1958, Chaplain, Sacred Heart Home, New Bedford Rev. Edward J. Gorman, 1964, Pastor Emeritus, St. Patrick, Somerset DEC. 2 Rev. Arthur Savoie, 1917, Pastor, St. Hyacinth, New Bedford Rev. Dennis W. Harrington, 1958, Assistant, St. Mary, Taunton

FISHERMEN ESCORT: At memorial Mass for captain and crew of sunken Provincetown fishing boat Patricia Marie, Bishop Daniel A. Cronin is escorted by comrades of the lost men.r Body of Captain William King was recovered but his six crewmen are still missing and presumed drowned.

(Photo by Mary Klein courtesy of Cape Cod Times)

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On Catechetics

Bishops Elect Delegates to 1977 Synod WASHINGTON (NC) - The National Conference of Catholic Bishops (NCCB) has elected its delegates and alternates to the fall 1977 World Synod of Bishops in Rome.

The synod topic is "Catechetics in Our Time," with a special emphasis on children and young people.

The delegates are: -Archbishop Joseph Bernardin of Cincinnati, NCCB president.

-Cardinal John Carberry of St. Louis, NCCB vice-president.

-Cardinal John Dearden of Detroit, former NCOB president.

-Bishop Raymond Lucker of New Ulm, Minn.

The first alternate is Archbishop JohnF. Whealon of Hartford, Conn., chairman of the National Catechetical Directory Committee. The second alternate is Archbishop John Quinn of Oklahoma City, a member of the committee.

Archbishop Bernardin said the NCCB staff is preparing a report which will be sent to the synod committee in Rome at the end of November.

The report, he said, will be based on 500 pages of responses

To B'e Ordained Assumptionist Rev. Mr. Peter R. Precourt, son of Mrs. Cecile Precourt and the late Walter F. Precourt of St. Jacques parish, Taunton, will be ordained an Assumption-ist priest at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 20 by Bishop Bernard J. Flanagan in the Chapel of the Holy Spirit at Assumption College, Worcester.

He will celebrate his first Mass at noon Sunday, Nov. 21 at St. Jacques Church.

The ordinand studied at Our Lady of Lourdes Minor Seminary, Cassadaga, N. Y. and received a bachelor's degree from Assumption College, a master of divinity from the Weston School of Theology and a doctorate in pastoral counseling from the Andover-Newton Theological Seminary.

He is currently assigned to the Assumption College ministry team.

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from 46 dioceses and two bishops responding as individuals to questions about' the synod topic.

He said the responses indicate four main concerns: -The developments in Church lind society which have affected catechetics In the United States.

-Identification of both successful and unsuccessful pro-

grams, with explanations of why they failed or succeeded.

-A look at positive and negative factors in how catechetics is evolving in this country.

-Priorities in catechetics of children, youth and adults.

Archbishop Bernardin said other documentation being sent to the synod would include:

-A study on religious values of children~ especialIy Catholics, prepared by the Boys Town Foundation at the Catholic University of America.

-"Where are the 6.6 Million?" a U. S. Catholic Conference (USCC) study of the 6.6 million Catholic children not receiving any form of religious education.

-"The Next 15 Years," a USCC study projecting the situation in Catholic schools and religious education programs through 1990.

Archbishop Bernardin also said the USCC would hold a major conference in March.

Conference results will be included in synod documentation.

Bishops Issue Pastoral Letter on Moral Values ing child care programs.

Continued from Page One is waged today can be morally -Approved unanimously a state~ent on immigration which justified; -Says it is wrong to attack urged support for the problems civilian populations or to threat- Of the '400,000 people 'a year en to at~ack them as part of a who imigrate into the United strategy of military deterrence; States and opposed provisions -CalIs for the protection of in a recent immigration law human rights against viola- which makes it difficult for famtions by repressive governments. ilies from Mexico to be reunited The pastoral was approved in this country. after three hours of debate on -Elected seven committee various amendments. Before con- chairmen and 12 regional chair~ sidering the amendments the men. bishops spent an hour discuss-By a 77 yes to 70 no vote ing a motion to recommit the fell short of the two-thirds mar~ document to the committee gin needed among heads of diwhich had prepared it. oceses to aprove a proposal to Making that motion, Bishop raise. $400,000 for educational Francis Mugavero of Brooklyn research by seeking voluntary said he supported the document contributions of a dime from stuand the principles in it but that dents in Catholic schools. he felt that it lacked the tone -Heard a proposal for a $7 a teaching document should have to reach the widest num- million annual collection for ber of people.

'- "The tone is not likely to re~ch those anguishing" over mo~l decisions, particularly the young" the bishop said. "If it lacks Understanding and comTraditional Christ the King passion, ,,~ . fails its teaching feastday awards will be made at " . role."

3 p.m. Sunday at St. Jacques· Other Actions Church, Taunton, when Bishop Also' at its ~mi-annual gen- Daniel A. Cronin will ,present eral meeting, the-\National Con- .. insignia signifying fulfillment of ference of Catholic" Bishops: requirements in various religious --Approved by a "170-61 vote programs to Camp Fire Girls a statement supportirlg contin- and Boy and Girl Scouts from all ued negotiations for a n~ Pan- parts of the dioc::ese. ama Canal Treaty which would Also on Sunday, Auxiliary eventualIy return sovereignty over the canal to the govern- Bishop Thomas Dailey of Bostoo will speak at an awards night ment of Panama.

-Approved by. a 201-23 vote . ceremony for Knights of the Ala statement on early childhood tar and Junior Corps members care and education which sup- at 7:30 p.m. at St. Joseph's ports education in parenthood Church, Attleboro. The prelate for teen-agers and young cou- will confer a national award on Supreme Grand Knight David ples, Church guidance on childhood development and religious Bowlin of the Knights of the Alformation for parents before tar unit, recognizing him as an Baptism of their children and a .outstanding member of the inrole for government in provid- ternational organization.

Youths to Get Awards Sunday

communications; the proposal say that reaction to the bishops' will be voted on at the next gen- meetings with the major party eral meeting in May. presidential candidates taught -Approved by a 125-1 vote the ,lesson that 'neither we nor a 1977 budget, for the NCCB the many Americans who oppose and its civil arm, the U. S. Cath- . abortion and desire the remedy olic Conference, of $3,672,000, , of a constitutional amendment down' from $3,876,000 in 1976. can expect u_niversal approba-Heard the apostolic del- tion for our efforts." egate in the United States, Archbishop Jean Jadot, warn that a priest shortage, the cumbersome size of Catholic communities and treatment of racial and ethnic minorities are major problems facing the American churcl).

-Heard Archbishop Bernardin

---: Heard Cardinal Dearden, chairman of the bishops' bicentennial committee, defend the program's· October "CalI to Action" conference in Detroit an'd urge the bishops to continue the process of consulting Catholics on issues of concern.

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burden of urban taxation also feel that this type of intervention !by the federal government is the solution to their plight.

Very few people really want to roll up their sleeves and get Thanksgiving could not be a more proper way to celedown to work so that a real and brate Bible Week, 1976. But our gratitude' - like the. feast lasting solution' may 'be found to of thanksgiving - must not be a simple nod in appreciathis ever-increasing burden of American life. No one wants to tion but a most productive cooperation with God's grace.

Every-one wants to sacrifice.

The Bible is the Word of God. There is no contesting keep on doing his or her own that point. Our reverential reception of these written interthing. jections of God in humanity is a foundation and binding First and foremost, the politicforce of ecumenism. ians do not want an end to the gravy train. For years many Read it we must all do lest God's invitations fall un- J public officials have refused to answered outside our personal sphere of influence. Prayed serve but rather want to be serover, digested and applied it must also be. To have the ved. Watergate is only the tip of Bible enshrined in each family is a good start; to never the iceberg when it begins to have broken the embossed cover is tragic. filter down to the' local com· We must also remember that it is the Church that has munities. So many just want to make a fast buck for themselves gathered, protected and brought us the Bible; the Church and their political patsies. It just that was alive, sufferivg and witnessing that put together comes down to the basic fact these pages of God's interventions and then injected it into that perhaps each and· every city each of her ceremonies, rites, prayers and apostolates. in the land should be made to To hail the Bible without living it; to prize the Book change its form of government.

Maybe professional city manwithout its witnessing Church is like giving it a most agers should replace each and honored, but dead, place in a great museum. every mayor.

The Bible must be the living Word of God. This means MEDITATION Survey Needed that it not only springs from the Living God but that it is The issue of urban violence received and used knowingly, willingly aQd lovingly by A woman sits meditating in a prayer room at continues to go unresolved. Corliving witnesses, eager to live fully the faithfulness and a New England college . . . Her relaxed position . rupt enforcement agencies together with politically appointed heroism of the past, correct the faults of past infidelities, allows her to center her whole being . . . on the Presjudges just do make for a soand ever to be open to God's loving Word in the happenence of One . . . whom we know simply as "Love" that cannot cope with ciety ings of today.

(1 John 4:8). crime and violence. "A policeYes, read the Bible but especially witness and live it.

Meditation enjoys a renewed popularity . . . reman's 10Us not happy one" goes the line from Gilbert and Sulliflection . . . and awareness . . . meditation allows one van. Indeed it is not happy when to touch and tap ... hidden inner resources ... to disso many of our police forces are cover unsuspected depths and riches ... in oneself ... so ridden with scandal that they In many sections of the world, the Church is persein all of life . . . to sense the gracious presence . . . of have lost all power to enforce cuted. Dreaded pressure does not always come from the the source of all that is true ... good ... beautiful ... the law effectively. -It becomes pagan, the unChristian, the atheist. Our suffering Latin even_ more difficult when the creative . . .healng: Americans chafe under a yoke imposed by fellow Christians criminal is pampered by the . Christian tradition ... building on Jewish experi. and Catholics. courts. ence before it . . . sees meditation . . . as a form of All this of course leads to urPolitical endeavors often not only distinguish between prayer . . . a way to discover the living ... loving . . . ban flight and its successor, urparties but even religious persuasions. If anyone - even God . . . in the unfolding story of one's life" I . . . ban blight. Organized crime, ilfor the most religious, humanitarian or idealistic reason _ mediate on your works, 0 Lord," ... prays the Psalmist legal immigration, and welfare utter a protest, he/she is crushed. rackets have ruined many a pro' . .. "Your ·exploits I ponder."

Argentina: Albania Uruguay. East Germany, ThqH~nrl. sperous neighborhood. An urban With the psalmist ... and this meditating woman South Africa, South Korea, Czechoslovakia, . . . Europe, majority intoxicated on the wine . . . and millions of believers over the centuries . . . of perversity and depravity will the Americas, Asia and Africa ... oh, the list is long. we may learn to meditate . . . opening our hearts in find that decay and rot are the But because the Church is muzzled into silence, trustful prayer: fruit of the vine. gagged and bound, is surely no reason for us to be silent.

Now the cry is for Uncle Sam "Your ways, 0 Lord, make known to me; The West German Bishops' Conference recently urged to bail everyone out of this urteach me your paths, free Catholics to act in this crisis: ban mess. Well, Uncle Sam Guide me in your truth and teach me, First, greater interest in brethren "who suffer also should not do K. if it means that for you are God my savior, for us," and a vivid recall of our unity with them in Christ; the same old faces will be playand for you I wait all the day." (Psalm 25:4-5) ing the same old game with the Second,. "the giying of greater publicity to such per~ same old" rules. Before the Fedsecutions "both by words and deeds;" eral government lends one dollar Third, prayers of solidarity with the persecuted, to a city, the city should at least prayer to support them in their agGny, and prayer joined be made to give proof that it with action on their behalf; has cleaned up its own house.

Fourth: personal self-denial on behalf-of the persecuted Out should go the great monuments and wasteful building Church and the bishops recommended Friday, " a day conprograms that have fattened the secrated to the Sacred Heart" as a suitable time for inpockets of the few and taxed dividual and family works of penance. the many. Clean up welfare, reThat there is a Church of forced silence cannot be order the courts, renew law endenied; we, however, a~ free Christians, cannot afford ourforcement agencies and remove selves to be silent lest our quietness be understood as denial the slush funds. Let's 'get tough and put a little bit of self-sacof our brethren, Jack of courage or convietion, cold and cal. REV. 'JOHN F. MOORE St. William's Church rifice into the totality of municiculating inhumanity - men and women of little faith. pal government.

Then and only then should the . federal government come to the There can be little poubt that most of our cities are in rescue Of those deserving of aid.

Let federal accountants be on deep trouble. The soaring tax rates are. gutting the real the job and make sure that every estate market with Unwanted properties: The skyrocketing federal . dollar given is really crime rate is forcing people into·a medieval frame of self spent on the needs of the city and not just slipped into the OFfiCIAL NEWSPAPER OF THE DIOCESE OF FALL RIVER defense. Urban blight is- fast cities is to be found in a massive back pocket of political cronies. .Publislied weekly by The Catholic Press of the Diocese of Fall River become a masSiv~· cancer .dose of federal spending. .Our nation needs a strong urban . .. .

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It is indeed unfortunate that life. This basic need can only be Fall ~iver' Ma·ss. 02722· . 675-7151 Amid this chaos,- the mayors this seems to be the only course achieved if the patient underPUBLISHER of our cities gathered at a recent of action tha:tour elected city goes massive surgery. No longer . Most Rev. Daniel A. Cronin, D.O., S.lD. " meeting in Chicago tp call upon officials :deem as the great cure- can we continue just to place a ACTING EDITORFINANCIAL ADMINISTRATOR'. . the' pJ:'esident-elect to:' bail them :all. It is also equally depressing bandage on· 'our urban wounds; Rev. John R. Foister, S.U. Rev. Msgr. John Regan. out. Seemingly, in their eyes, the .to realize' that so many property the victim noW needs intensive ~leary pres~F'1I Rivir only answer for the woes. of our :owners who are shouldering the care.

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Ball are, from left, seated, Mrs. James W. Leith, Holy Name parish, New Bedford; Mrs. James A. O'Brien Jr., chairman, St. Mary's Cathedral, Fall River; standing Mrs. Vincent A. Coady, St. Thomas More, Somerset; Miss Claire O'Toole, Cathedral; Mrs. Nestor Robidou, St. Patrick, Falmouth; Miss Adrienne Lemieux, St. Jacques, Taunton; Miss Angela Medeiros, Mt..Carmel, Seekonk; Mrs. William Murphy, SS. Peter and Paul, Fall River.

Preparations Under Way for Annual Bishop's Charity Ball Msgr. Anthony M. Gomes, diocesan director of the Bishop's Charity 'Ball, to be held Friday, Jan. 14 at Lincoln Park ballroom, North Dartmouth, has announced that two television Masses will be offered on WTEVChannel Six for the intentions of both the benefactors and the beneficiaries of the annual event. A Mass at 8:45 a.m. this Sunday will be celebrated by Rev. John F. Andrews, associate pastor of St. Francis Xavier parish, Hyannis, and Cape and Islands ball director. The second Mass will be offered at 8:45 a.m. Sunday, Dec. 5 by Rev. Roger L. Gagne, pastor of St. Mark's parish, Attleboro, and Attleboro ball director.

On Tuesday, Nov. 23 the work of the four Nazareth Hall Schools for exceptional children will be discussed by Sister Maureen Mitchell, RSM at 6:30 a.m. on Channel Six. At the same time on Tuesday, Dec. 14, Rev. Edmond R. Levesque, pastor of Our Lady of Grace parish, North Westport, and director of the four diocesan summer camps for exceptional and underprivileged children, will speak on the camp programs. .

Preparing the presentee portion of the ball program is a large committee headed by Mrs. James, A. O'Brien Jr. as chairman. Thirty-eight young ladies reprsenting one-third of the parishes of the diocese will be presented to Bishop Cronin by their fathers as a highlight of the ball.

Parishes to be represented this year under a rotating schedule are: Holy Ghost, Attleboro; St. Mary, Mansfield; Sacred Heart, North Attleboro; St.

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A. No. While the new rite provides for general absolution under certain circumstances when there are a large number of people and insufficient confessors, these conditions do not exist for us and the sacrament of penance will continue to be celebrated with individual confession and absolution.

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Regarding the sacrament of penance the Council decreed: 'The rites and formulas of the sacrament of penance are to be revised so that they more clearly express both the nature and the effect of the sacrament."

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By Joseph and Marilyn Roderick Our nippy weather has brought out gloves, scarves and hats rather early for those of us who do any walking. We try to walk as much as possible, which usually means to and from work, shopping etc., so we are fully aware of winter's advent. :ijowever, functional cold bulky, reasonahly dressy and yet would not leave the "'Wearer weather clothes are difficult frost-bitten after walking sevto come by. Hats are a good eral city blocks.

I was the guest speaker a few weeks ago, at the annual meeting of the Ladies' Guild of Our Lady of the Currents Parish in River City. The crowd would have been larger, the Guild's president told me, except that there are a lot of apathetic Catholics in the parish."Apathy...APATHY, sexuals, and organizations for women who want to be priests.

I tell you . . . we've got But what have we got for apapathy with a capital "A" athetics? ... NOTHING! ... right here. in River City."

I understood. In fact, alm"ost everywhere I've visited, I've been told that the parish is loaded with apathetic Catholics.

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MARY CARSON They have to be the largest single group in the Churcp.

Whenever a parish project fails, or collections dwindle, or Mass attendance drops, or surveys aren't answered, who is responsible? The apathetics, of course!

So you can readily understand why the U. S. National Conference of Catholic Bishops will take a "very careful approach" to the recommendations of the "Call to Action" conference in Detroit.

They know that the special interest pressure groups who dominated the conference didn't include the mainstream of American Catholics-the apathetics.

And today, when the universal Church is reaching out to. all people, this is important.

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I propose we remedy this. The Church needs an organization for the great silent majoritythe apathetics.

We would call it the St. Nahdoff's Order of the Rear End (SNORE), in honor of the 2nd century saint who .hoisted a sofa to the top of a pinnacle overlooking Jerusalem.

The saint sat motionless on the sofa for 46 years (123-169 AD). The faithful came and honored him with gifts of food and valuables, saying he was in an ecstatic trance. (Later scholars believe he was asleep.)

Need Leader, Sort Of The apathetics need a leader.

They can't produce one themselves,but while Father Andrew Greeley is defending the rights of ethnic groups, he could lead the apathetics, even though he isn't one of them.

He could promote the apathetic cause from his column, the pulpit, and in "books and lectures, just to balance things out in the name of justice.

The slogan could be, "Join SNORE, the organization for Catholics who just don't give a damn." Fr. Greeley knows who these people are." They're the ones who don't answer his surveys.

SNORE should be mandated in every parish. The rule of the order is simple. Any true apathetic will not show up for the weekly meetings. It will be necessary to collect the dues automatically via BankAmericard or Master Charge, so that the SNORE member does nothing in order to remain in good standing. .

If asked about anything going on in the Church the true apathetic will blink and say: "Hunh?"

I'm convinced there are at least 20 million apathetic Catholics in the U. S. and at $5.00 per year annual dues, they could solve. the financial problems of the Church.

There should be no problem getting priest-moderators. Every parish must have at least one priest who would be willing not to show up at a meeting each week.

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Scriptures Continued from Page One must always be prepared for the God of surprises. The way, for instance, that God sent us his' son, is not at all what we might have chosen. Are we open enough to accept the word of God as he sent it, not as we'd like it to be?" _ The speaker noted that Catholics have not been knOwn as a biblical people, that they have been very fearful of "private interpretation," but that the Bible should be regarded "as an invitation, with an RSVP: it says, Will you come? Will you join in?

Will you respond? Our 'yes' is faith and our relationship with God is called covenant."

He decried "ambush theology: I'll be good because God will ,get me if I'm not," saying it ~as "no way to think of God"; and he also pointed out that although the Bible is inspired, it is' not always inspiring.

"Some parts are X-rated; in fact, Jews used not to be allowed to read the Song of Songs until they were 30 years old."

Living Word Likening sins and bad habits to the Egyptian pharoahs who kept the people of Israel in slavery, Father Doyle said his hearers should ask themselves "What are the pharoahs in my life?" ) He noted that the first part of the Bible consists mainly of stories, "just as a gathering of relatives at Thanksgiving dinner might tell stories of the good old days," and he pointed out that the scriptures were originally the living word in the sense that they were not written down for many years. ' Discussing the prophets, the priest noted that their role is "to comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable. The worst thing that can happen to us in religion," he added "is to become too comfortable, and the worst thing that could happen to the Church as a whole is that she might become irrelevant."

. example. What good is a hat if I suggest that my designer it does not cover your ears? I would probably be a man, since have yet to see a man rub th~ women have' worn ridiculous top of his head, but I have of- clothing in the winter for year:; ten seen both men and women and if they haven't made any trying to warm tHeir ears. gains up to this point, the odds Gloves are made so clumsily that they have long since sacri· that they cannot be used to pick ficed comfort for be.auty. up even a large item, or they In The Kitchen are made so that they are funcFootball games, mums, tional for handling thi'1gs but so warmth, kitchens filled with paper-thin that they give little marvelous aromas, and of course protection. a prayer of Thanksgiving are And whatever happened to . all ingredients that go into a flannel pants? Permanent press, day meant for family and fri': washable 'knits are certainly ends. If you have teenagers, convenient, but they are chilly then your day has to be planned on a brisk day and when tem- around the morning fOOtball peratures approach freezing he- game and thus the dinner tahle come absolutely useless in keep- talk always has something to do ing out the cold. After a two- with the results of said comest, mile walk in knit pants on a as well as the merits of the cold day, I am not sure whether abuildant foods on the table. my legs are attached to my body In every family Thanksgiving or not. is celebrated in a very special way that in many cases dates Goldmine Here Coats are another problem. back for a. generation or two.

Warm coats have so much bulk Traditional foods appear on and are so heavy ~hcy become most tables but over the years, tiresome and uncomfortable. All since I have been cooking the weather coats, on the other Thanksgiving dinner, I enjoy hand, are hardly a protection sneaking in variations, whether against the wind and cold wea- it's a different way of doing the dressing or a vegetable casserole ther.

Somewhere there must be a with a bit of the gourmet added.

Of course, most families do designer who can be made to not like surprises and while my realize the tremendolls potential in designing men's clothes that Grandmother Morin always preare reasonably comfortable, ~t· pared a real French dressing tractive and useful in cold wea- with pork, my children find it ther. His career could be gotten too spicy and prefer a very underway by designing knit bland dressing with much of the slacks which could withstand flavor added via a packaged the cold, thereby opening up a mix. One year I did sneak in a whole new field in men's cloth- chestnut stuffing, but the roars ing; knits for summer and knits of protest overruled the cries of for winter. He could next de- joy.

One could write a whole colsign shoes which were not too umn on how a stuffing should be made but it all boils down to .

The program began with a the fact that everyone has his own personal taste and more pr~yer service and concluded with a sharing session devoted than that every family has especially to the gospel of St. theirs.

If you're brave, you can surLuke and a question period.

Organizers, including Robert prise your family Thanksgiving Pelland and James Collard, lay by serving this as a stuffing or coordinators for the diocesan as a side dish. Either way it's charismatic movement, called delicious. The recipe comes from the day "one of the most signi- Mrs. Barbara Sousa Vincent of ficant things the spirit of God St. Anthony of Padua Church in has done in the renewal in this Fall River. diocese." .And Rev. Robert S. Langostino Casserole Kaszynski, Bishop Cronin's liai1 package langostino 1 8 oz. can of chopped son to the movement, expressed his gratification that the study darns, drained ." of scripture was being empha72 Ritz crackers, crushed sized by members. % pound butter melted Y2 cup clam juice . All ages were represented liz cup milk or cream among those in the bannerY2 cup chopped onions bedecked Connolly auditorium Y2 cup chopped celery and 20-year-old Melanie Ysa... guirre, a soft-spoken junior at % teaspoon garlic powder chopped parsley Southeastern Massachusetts Un1) Mix together the langostino, iversity and a member of the Bread of Life Charismatic Com- clams, crackers, and melted butmunity which meets at Bishop ter.

2) Add the clam juice, milk, Gerrard High School, Fall River, spoke for many when she said, onion, celery and seasoning.

3) Put in a casserole dish and "I really am glad to be a melllber. It has made so many things bak in a 350 degree oven for 30 more meaningful for me." to 40 minutes. "

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Appreciates Stang

Dear Editor: In a recent issue of The Anchor you featured a picture essay of the teaching staff at Bishop Stang High School. It was excellent, but cannot realJy convey the spirit of the faculty at Stang.

As Vice ·President of the Booster Club and the mother of two Stang students, one at present a junior and one who graduated in 1975, I can testify to the devotion of these outstanding people. Whenever there is a function at Stang you may rest assured that members of the faculty will be working behind the scenes to make it a success. No task is too menial for them to perform; like washing dishes after a supper or taking a broom to clean up the cafeteria.

As Sister Jane said in heir essay, there is always a car in the faculty lot and a light on in a window at any time you go to Stang be it a week night or. a weekend.

We, as parents, feel particularly blessed with the men and women, both lay and religious who teach our children at Stang.

One would go a along way to find a faculty more devoted to the Christian ideals and training of our young men and women.

Margaret M. Dorsey Fall River

He Wonders Dear Editor: Now that the election is over, I wonder if we as a nation can overcome our differences. I wonder if we can unite as one to insure all people life, liberty and some degree of happiness.

I wonder, because I am extremely saddened by the election outcome and have become more fearful, not only for the unborn but for the old, weak, mentally and physically handicapped. We as Catholics did nothing to elect officials who put the law of God above man's law.

I wonder if all the good (?)

Catholics who were so quick to crucify a former president saw the immorality of a supposedly Catholic senator spending close to $800,000 (50c per vote) on a campaign he was sure to win, when this money could have been used to feed and clothe the poor and starving.

I wonder if the pro-life drive conducted by the U.S. bishops was not about four years too late? And I wonder do Catholics really care that much anyway.

Sometimes I wonder if because I still heed the' teachings of our Holy Father Pope Paul, I am a heretic in the eyes of American Catholics? I also wonder is there still such a thing as a Catholic Church in America?

About these and many other things I wonder and become deeply saddened, confused and frustrated. And I guess if it were

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Robert Mortenson has volunteered to lead congregational singing at St. Mary's Church, Onset, where Star of the Sea Choir will sing regularly at the 10:30 a.m. Sunday Mass. John Gordon is director of music for the church.

Over 80 parishioners in both churches have vo~nteered their aid in various areas of need as the result of a Volunteer Sunday program and a follow-up explanatory meeting.

An Altar Society has been

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ST. JOSEPH, ATILEBORO Cub Scouts will hold a sleepover at the school tomorrow night and on Saturday morning will begin work on the Parvuli Dei religious award program.

Knights of the Altar officers will hold a luncheon meeting following' attendance at 9 a.m.

Mass Saturday, Nov. 20.

BEE People will attend 9:15 a.m. Mass Sunday, Nov. 21 and present a basket of canned goods for the needy at the offertory procession.

HOLY NAME, FALL RIVER The Leisure Group will meet at 2 p.m. today in the school hall. Thomas Stapleton, director of the Council on Aging, will speak and a coffee hour will follow.

Christmas decorations for the holiday gift tables are needed for the bazaar this Saturday.

Donations may be brought to the school hall tomorrow night or pick-up may be arranged by calling Mrs. James Rezendes, 6746337.

ST. MARY'S CATHEDRAL, FALL RIVER .

A special Mass will be offered at 7 p.m. Thanksgiving Eve, Wednesday, Nov. 24. The collection will be for holiday needs of those aided by the St. Vincent de Paul Society.

OUR LADY OF MT. CARMEL, SEEKONK "Ye Olde Country Faire," sponsored by the Women's Guild, will take place from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 20 at the parish center on Route 44, Seekonk. A ham and bean supper will be served in the church' basement from 5 to 7 p.m., with a special price for children. wnWUUI'llllllllllllllllllllll1llllllIIIllUIIlII"11111111l1111111IIIIIUlllIrtllllllllllllllllllllllllll •.-

not for the fact that I can take all my sorrow to Jesus and ask his guidance, I would have ended my wondering long ago.

Edward F. Acton Hyannis P.S. I wonder if this will be published.

Editor-Wonder no more.

OUR LADY OF FATIMA, SWANSEA The Tuesday Morning Discus~ sion Group of the parish will sponsor a cake sale this weekend, with proceeds benefiting the Greater Fall River Chapter of Massachusetts Citizens for Life. Donations may be brought to the church basement before 5 p.m. Mass Saturday or before any of the Sunday morning morning Masses. Coffee' and light refreshments will be available at the sale and parishioners will also have the opportunity of inspecting the newly renovated CCD center.. Further information on the .sale is available from Pam Smith, telephone 676-9634 or Jeanne Gilbert, 252-6416. ' OUR LADY OF MOUNT CARMEL, NEW BEDFORD A special Mass followed by a communion breakfast marked the 20th anniversary of the Legion of Mary in the parish.

The Mass was celebrated by Rev. Edward Correia, Legion spiritual director, and Msgr. Luiz G. Mendonca, pastor and former spiritual director, spoke at the breakfast on the work of the Legion. The program concluded with a slide presentation by Mary Correia on Legion works over the years.

ST. STANISLAUS, FALL RIVER A candlelight Advent Liturgy at which parishioners' wreaths will be blessed will take place at 4:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 27.

The annual Christmas party of the women's Guild will take place at White's restaurant Wednesday, Dec. 8. Reservations will close Tuesday, Nov. 30. The Colonial Navy will participate in 10:30 a.m. Mass this Sunday, and a reception will follow in the school hall.

ST. CASIMIR, NEW BEDFORD A special Thanksgiving Eve liturgy planned by children in the religious education program will begin at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 24 with a harvest procession.

During the first Advent liturgy, scheduled for 5 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 27, Advent wreaths will be blessed for the church and for parishioners' homes.

Family wreaths are being made by parish children. Theme for the celebration will Ibe "A Special Delivery Is on the Way."

FOR THANKSGIVING THE HOLY FATHER'S MISSION AID TO THE ORIENTAL CHURCH

You'll be' happier this Thanksgiving if you give something of yourself to someone who has nobody.

Giving belongs in ThanksgiVing.

Attend Mass that morning in your parish church.

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Have someone who eats alone join your family for turkey and all the trimmings.

Better yet, feed someone who needs food.

There are millions of people in the. world who have hollow eyes and swollen stomachs because they have no food.

We don't see them because they're overseas.

We know they're there, however.

Can we ignore them, let them starve?

Your $20 by itself will feed a family of refugees for a month. $200 will feed ten families.

'$975 will give a two-acre model farm to a parish in southern India, so that the priest can raise his own food and teach his people better .crop-production.

St. Mary's North Pudukad, India, is one of the seven churches built or founded by St. Thomas the Apostle. Now over 1,500 years old. it is sadly in lleed of reconstruction. $3,500 has been collected locally from the poor parishion· ers. Another $3,500 is needed to complete the work. Any amount you can give will help.

Giving belongs to Thanksgiving, it's part of life.

How much will you give back to God?

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Christ Our Life We believe the' meaning and destiny of our lives are most fully revealed to us in Jesus of Nazareth, whom we acknowledge as son of God, made man, Savior and Lord of creation. In him are revealed the great truths: who God is and who we are. He tells us that God, whom we are to love and serve above all else, loves us more than we can hope to understand and offers us his love irrevocably. As St. Paul says: "Neither death nor life, neither angels nor principalities, neither the present nor the future, will' be abie to separate us from the love of God that comes to us in Christ Jesus, our Lord."

Jesus hims'elf is the new coven,r ant, the sacred, and enduring bond, between God and ourselves.

Sin, Grace Because of sin we are helpless if left to ourselves, unable even to do the good we know and truly wish to do. But God, who loves us and is faithful to his promise, saves us from sin through Jesus. Through baptism we enter into Christ's saving death and are buried with him; through baptism we enter into his saving resurrection; through baptism we are united to his body and share in his Spirit. We who are baptized in Christ are to conside'r ourselves- "dead to sin but alive for God in Christ Jesus." "Since we live by the spirit, let us follow the spirit's lead,"

Conversion As disciples of Jesus who accept him as our way and desire

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Highlights of Pastoral to love God and each other as we have been loved, we must acknowledge our sinfulness, We have to undergo conversion: "a profound change of the whole person by which one begins to consider, judge, and arrange his life according to the holiness and love of God." In a special way we engage in a continuing process of conversion through the sacrament of penance, in which our sins are forgiven and we are reconciled with God and with the community of faith. We are to live the paschal mystery, which we proclaim at Mass: "Dying he destroyed our death and, rising, he restored our life."

This paschal mystery is central to Christ's life and mission and to ours as his disciples.

The Church Where are we to look for the teachings of Jesus, hear his voice and discern his will?

In scripture, whose books were written under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit. In prayer, where we grow in knowledge and love of Christ and in commitment to his service. In the events of human life and history, where Christ and his Spirit are at work. In the church, where all these things converge. This is why the Second Vatican Council said: "In the formation of their consciences, the Christian faithful ought carefully to attend to the sacred and certain doctrine of the church."

Family Every human being has a need and right to be loved, to have a home where he or she can put down roots and grow. The family is the first and indispensable community in which this need is met. ...

Some say even sacramental marriages can deteriorate to such extent that the marital union dies and the spouses are no longer obligated to keep their promise of lifelong fidelity.

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church to acknowledge such dissolution and allow the parties to enter new, more promising unions. We reject this view. (Gaudium et Spes, ,48) In reality it amounts to a proposal to forego Christian marriage at the outset and substitute something entirely different. It would weaken marriage further, while paying too little heed to Jesus' call to identify ourselves with his redeeming love, which endures all things. Its fundamental difficulty is that it cannot be reconciled with the church's mission to be faithful to the word entrusted to it. The covenant between a man and woman joined in Christian marriage is' as indissoluble and irrevocable as God's love for his people and Christ's love for his church.

compassion of Jesus himself. In some cases romanticism or immaturity may have prevented them from entering into real Christian marriages.

But often enough "broken marriages" are sacramental, indissoluble unions, In this sensitive area the pastoral response of the church is especially needed and especially difficult to formulate.

We must seek ways by which, the church can mediate Christ's compassion to those who have ,suffered marital tragedy, but at the same time we may do nothing to undermine his teaching concerning the beauty and meaning of marriage and in particular his prophetic demands concerning the indissoluQility of the unions of those who marry in the Lord. The church must ever be路

one else, should not suffer from prejudice against their basic human rights. They have a right to respect, friendship and justice. They should have an active role in the Christian community.

Homosexual activity, however, as distinguished from homosexual orientation, is morally wrong. Like heterosexual persons, homosexuals are called to give witness to chastity, avoiding, with God's grace, behavior which is wrong for them just as nonmarital sexual relations are for heterosexuals. Nonetheless because heterosexuals can usually look forward to marriage, and homosexuals, while their orientation continues might not, the Christian community should provide them a special degree of pastoral understandiJ.lg and care.

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STUDENTS: Bishop Raymond A. Lucker (left) and Bishop Ernest L. Unterkoefler study amendments to pastoralletter before its approval. (NC Photo) Since the .commandments of Christ for so much dedication and sacrifice on the part of his followers, in the face of strong, contrary social pressures, the church of Christ has a serious obligation to help them live up to the challenge. In worshop, pastoral care, education, and counseling we must assist husbands and wives who are striving to realize the ideal of Christ's love in their life together and with their children.

Young people and engaged couples must be taught the meaning of Christian marriage. Married couples must have the support and encouragement of the Christian community in their efforts to honor their commitments.

It remains a tragic fact that some marriages fail. We must approach those who suffer this agonizing experience 'with the

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Our Christian tradition holds the sexual union between husband and wife in high honor, regarding it as a special expression of their covenanted love which mirrors God's love for his people and Christ's love for the church. But like many things human, sex is ambivalent. It can be either creative or destructive.

Sexual intercourse is a moral and human good only within marriage; outside marriage it is wrong.

Our society gives considerable encouragement to premarital and extramarital sexual relations as long as, it is said, "no one gets hurt." Such relations are not worthy of beings created in God's image and made God's adopted children nor are they according to God's will (I Cor. 6:9-10, 18). The unconditional love of Christian marriage is absent, for such relations ar.e hedged around with many conditions. Though tenderness and concern may sometimes be present, there is an underlying tendency toward exploitation and self-deception. Such relations trivialize sexuality and can erode the possibility of making deep, lifelong commitments.

In order to reflect seriously upon the value they assign children, couples should begin by reflecting upon their understanding of marriage itself. Do they believe God is with them in this adventure to which they have committed themselves? If so, their love will reach confidently toward the future and provide a setting in which new life can be generously accepted and take root and grow. Openness to new life, founded on faith, in turn will strengthen their love.

They will come to see how the love-giving and life-giving meanings of their love are joined in loving acts of marital intercourse, linked by a necessary relationship which exists not only on the biological level but on all levels of personality.

One need n6t always act to realize both of these values, but one may never deliberately suppress either of them. The lovegiving and life-giving meanings of marital intercourse are real human values and aspects of human personhood.

Because they are, it is wrong to act deliberately against either. In contraceptive intercourse the procreative or life-giving meaning of intercourse is deliberately separated from its love-giving meaning and is rejected; the wrongness of such an act lies in the rejection of this value.

Some distinguish between a so-called contraceptive mentality - a deep-seated attitude of selfish refusal to communicate life and love to a future generation - and particular contraceptive acts during a marriage otherwise generally open to the transmission, of life. Though there is a difference, even in the latter case an act of contraceptive intercourse is wrong because it severs the link between the meanings of marital intercourse and rejects one of them."

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Families should see the story of loving reciprocity through its - closing chapters. Where possiSome persons find themselves ble, the elderly should ibe welthrough no fault of their own comed into their own families. to have a hom0sexual orienta- Moreover, children have an obtion. Homosexuals like every- ligation of human and Christian

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Letter On Moral Values justice and love to keep closely in touch with aging parents and do what lies in their power to care for them in their old age...

Euthanasia or mercy killing is much discussed and increasingly advocated today, though ,the discussion is often confused by ambiguous use of the slogan "death with dignity." Whatever the word or term, it is a grave moral evil deliberately to kill persons . who are terminally ill or deeply impaired. Such killing is incompatible with respect for human dignity and reverence for the sacredness of life.

Something different is involved, however, when the question is whether hopelessly ill and painfully afflicted people must be kept alive at all costs and with the use of every available medical technique. Some seem to make no distinction between respecting the dying process and engaging in direct killing of the innocent. Morally there is all the difference in the world. While euthanasia or direct killing is gravely wrong, it does not follow that there is an obligation to prolong the life of a dying person by extraordinary needs.

At times the effort to do so is of no help to the dying and is even contrary to the compassion due them. People have a right to refuse treatment which offers no reasonable hope of recovery and imposes excessive burdens on them and perh~ps also their families. At times it may even be morally imperative to {liscontinue particular medical treatments in order to give the dying the personal care and attention they really need as life ebbs.

Unborn It is therefore as ironic as it is tragic that, in a nation committed to human rights and dignity, the practice of legalized nbortion is now widespread. Every human life is inviolable from its very heginning. While the unborn child may not be aware of itself and its rights, it is a human entity, a human being with potential, not a potential human being. Like the newborn, the unborn depend on others for life and the opportunity to share in human goods. Their dependence and vulnerability remind us of the social character of all human life: to live and thrive as a human being, each of us needs the help and support of others.

(Gaudium et Spes, 51) To destroy these innocent unborn children is an unspeakable crime, a crime which subordinates weaker members of the human community to the interests of the stronger.

Role of Women Efforts to win recognition that women have the same dignity and fundamental rights as men are praiseworthy and good. But the same cannot be said of views which would ignore or deny significant differences between the sexes, undermine marriage and motherhood, and erode family !ife and the bases of so-

ciety itself. Liberation does not lie in aspousing new modes of dehumanization, nor in enslavement to an ideology which ignores the facts of human sexuality and the requirements of human dignity. ,There is much to be done in the church in identifying appropriate ways of recognizing women's equality and dignity. We have every reason and precedent .for doing so, since our tradition has always honored the mother of God and recognized Mary as the one in whom, next to Jesus himself, human nature is expressed most perfectly.

In canonizing so many wom-· en over the centuries, including our own country's St. Frances Xavier Cabrini and St. Elizabeth Seton, the church has proposed them to both women and men as models of what it means to live the life of Christ. Thus we fully support constructive efforts to remove demeaning attitudes and customs with respect to women, however subtle and unconscious in origin they may be.

preserved in ethnic neighbor~ ,hoods, where people are united .by a common culture, common origin, and sometimes even a common language other than English. Only when their boundaries become barriers and their values are cherished i~ ways that exclude others from participation do such neighborhoods become elements in a larger pattern of social strife.

Clearly, though, it is not just Americans of moderate means,

ciple that all nations and peo~ pIes are entitled to an equitable share of the world's goods as well as respect for their right of self-determination.

The values which comprise the international common good are threatened by existing patterns of. international political and economic relations. Our lives, policies, and patterns of consumption and production should be examined in light of their impact on other nations and peoples.

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sive destructive capability, the first imperative is to prevent their use. As possessors of a vast nuclear· arsenal, we must also be aware that not only is it wrong to attack Civilian populations hut it is also wrogg to threaten to attack them as part of a strategy of deterrance. W~ urge the continued development and implementation of policies which seek to bring these weapons more securely under control, progressively reduce their presence in the world, and ultimately remove them entirely.

Human Rights This nation's traditional commitment to human rights may be its most significant contribution to world politics. Today, when rights are violated on the left and the right of the international political spectrum, the pervasive presence of our nation's political power and influence in the world provides a further opportunity and obligation to pro'mote human rights. How this should be done will vary from .case to case; at the very least, however, national policy and our personal consciences are challenged when not only enemies but close allies use torture, imprisonment, and systematic repression as measures of governance.

Racial justice in such areas as • VOTER: Bishop Odore Gendron, Manchester, N.H. casts housing, education, health care, ballot for delegate to 1977 World Synod of Bishops. employment, and the administration of justice must be given whether in or out of ethnic neiWith all this said, however, high priority. The church, too, ghborhoods,' who should bear the most important thing remust continue efforts ·to make the burden of achieving racial A citizen entering the military mains unsaid. The values proits institutional structures models of racial justice while striv- justice. This is a duty of the service is fulfilling a conscient- claimed by Jesus Christ are not ing to eliminate racism from the well-to-do as well as the less ious duty toward his country. lived by structures and instituaffluent, of suburbanites as well He may not casually disregard tions if they are not lived by heart of believers by reminding as city residents: in short, of all his nation's conscientious decis- men and women. Jesus is not them of what it means to be social and economic classes. We ion to go to war in self-defense. the way, the truth, and the life sons and daughters of God and do not have answers to all the No members of the armed forces, for corporate abstractions like !:>rothers and sisters in Christ. complex issues raised by speci- above all' no Christians who "government," "business," and fic measures for the desegrega- bear arms as "agents of security "religious groups" but for hution of schools and neighbor- and freedom," can rightfully man beings. Y~t people live in Blessed with God-given gifts hoods, but we believe these re- carry out orders or policies re- and depend upon communities that include creativity and im- flections have a significant bear- quiring direct force against non- and social structures of many combantants or the violation of kinds; and so the reason for agination, the people of this aff- ing on them. some other moral norm. The cherishing moral values in famluent nation can and must find means by which everyone who right to object conscientiously, ilies, nations, and the commun- ' to war in general and the right ity of nations, as well as the test is able to work can have gainful, productive employment. If we Ironically, our penal system of selective conscientious objec- of how well' they are fostered settle for less we are allowing itself is sometimes a cause of tion, to a particular war should there, are individual human ourselves to be ruled by our ec- increased crime. Long delay of be acknowledged by government lives lived according to God's onomy instead of ruli,ng it. trial and unequal application of and protected by law. will for us made manifest in With respect to nuclear wea- Jesus Christ. For Christians the An injustice to which we have the law are unjust and a source frequently drawn attention is of increase in crimes. Often en- pons, at least those with mas- goal is holiness. the systematic exploitation of ough imprisonment only conagricultural workers, many of firms inmates in criminal attithem migrants. These neighbors tudes and practices. Sometimes whose work 'puts food on our prisons are also settings for tables are often compelled to gross violations of prisoners' live without decent housing, rights. Prisoners, like the rest of schooling, health care, and equal us, are beings of transcendent protection of the law. The econ- value, and incarcerating them in omic risks of the industry they prisons whioh dehumanize is a serve do not justify denying form of brutality. They have a *NORTON, West Main St., *NO. EASTON, Main St., them the right to negotiate for right to protection against as*EAST BRIDGEWATER, Bedford St., *NEW BEDtheir own protection and better- sault and against threats to their FORD, Jet. Routes 140 & 18, *ATTLEBORO, 217 So. lives and well being.

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Rd., *SO. DARTMOUTH, Dartmouth St., *NEW BEDcent housing for the poor, pubFORD, Rodney French Blvd., *SOMERSET, Route 138. lic housing may not be used as a device for consistently isolating some groups from the rest We. must work creatively for of the community. a just international order based 'In saying this, we wish also on recognition of interdepeneJ. to note the many human values ence. We must live by the prin-

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By Chris Sheridan GARR>ISON, N.Y. (NC) - An ,nights, Brother Frey tunes in a earthquake in Guatamala . . . a certain frequency to receive and hurricane in Honduras ... a call send messages. He is usually for a rare antibiotic to halt an joined by 40 or more other amaepidemic. While most of us only teur radio operators throughout read about such tragedies, they the United States and Central are a part of the daily experi- America who form the daily net.

They are all volunteers whose ence of Capuchin Brother Bernonly interest is in helping to ard Frey.

Brother Frey, a ham rad!o op- reach people in the mission erator, is president of the Inter- field. Among net members are national Mission Radio Associa- the clergy, doctors and other protion (IMRA), which has hund- fessionals who often make life reds of members in many coun- and death judgments on the air.

Brother Frey, a native of Yontries. Its purpose is to use amateur radio to provide a link be- kers who has been' a Capuchin tween missionaries in the field - Fransiscan for over 40 years, and their home bases in the Un- has been a ham radio operator for 15 years. His knowledge of ited States.

"Primarily," he said, "We pro- amateur radio is su~h that he vide communications for mis- was asked once to install in sionaries, but we are ready to Honduras five radio stations for assist any volunteer who needs the missionaries.

The IMRA, whi<:.h now has help. We get requests for help from a lot of Religious Orders, a·bout 300 active members, beas well as from Protestant mini- gan years ago as the Catholic Mission Radio Association. It sters and others."

Brother Frey has his radio was organized by the late Bisshack at Mary Immaculate Fri- hop Vincent Waters with help ary in Glenclyffe, where his full from several Capuchins and Jesuits. time job is vocation director.

"We are a growing organizaHe has a receiver and a transmitter able to deliver a 1,000- tion," said the Capuchin, adding watt signal, which can put him that another service of IMRA is in touch with just a1;>out _any to buy equipment for missionarother amateur radio operator ies or to help them acquire eqworldwide.

Several hundred uipment.

'Brother Frey estimated that at yards away -there is an 80-foot least 100 missionaries are helptower for his antennas.

He also uses what is called a ed each year by. IMRA. Most of phone patch, a device that per- the messages handled by the mits missionaries to talk over traffic net are routine, but they the phone to their families using save thousands of dollars in phone costs and weeks of waitthe radio as a link. ing for mail, notoriously slow - Life and Death Each day from 1:30 to 3 p.m., in Central America.

dealing with a reasonably normal person, whose male or female identity is well established -emotionally, psychically, and physically, both internally and in relationship to others. For such an individual to attempt a sex change, even to whatever slightest degree that might be possible, would be a gross abuse of his or her person, and morally wrong.

Few if any such cases are that clear-cut, however. It is possible for an individual to' possess a clear genetic sexual identity (male or femal chromosomes). as well as major physical male or female sex characteristics, and still suffer from a quite confused sexual identity. The enormously complicated system cif internal bodily secretions (bor, mones), which interact from one organ or gland to another, is subject to all sorts of imbalance; if this imbalance is extensive enough, it may cause serious difficulties in an individual's ability to function in his or her "proper" sexual relationships.

In light of this, many factors enter the picture. Remarkable surgical procedures are, or soon may be, available to deal with these kinds of pathologies in men or women. There's room for question in some cases how much "sex change" is really involved. More importantly, the possibilities are more and more available to deal with such physical ills by therapeutic procedures far less drastic and questionable than surgery.

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One gets the impression that most of these radical "treatments" have been carried on, up to now, with almost no serious consideration of the moral implications for either the individual or society. And that in itself must be deplored. But it is too soon, and too many variables are· involved, to conclude at this point that every .operation labelled a "sex change" is always automatically wrong.

Q. During the past several years, newspapers have talked a lot, around Christmas time, about the feast of Hanukkah. Is there any connection between the two feasts? (Missouri) A. The eight-day westival of Hanukkah (often called the Festival of Lights) is a commemoration of a joyous event in Jewish history, the rededication of the temple in Jerusalem about 165 B.C. This rededication, described in the book of Maccabees, followed a period of religious repression, and is therefore in a special way a celebration of religious freedom.

Hanukkah, unlike other major Jewish feasts such as the Passover, is mainly a family affair, celebrated for the most part in the homes rather than in the temples or synagogues.

An additional candle is lit on each of the eight days, symbolizing the growth of holiness that should occur during the feast, and gifts are usually exchanged-in some homes on each of the eight days, which I suppose gives Jewish children some kind of an edge over Christian youngsters.

The theme and use of light is also very prominent, of course, in our customs and liturgy of Advent and Christmas. Apart from the religious symbolism, however, and the fact that they both occur about the same time of the year, there doesn't seem to be any connection between the two celebrations.

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New Penance Rite Queries, Replies Continued from Page Five tion in the sacrament' of penance to the Church as 'well as to God, our father.

Q. Will confessionals be removed?

A. Not necessarily; however, the new rite can best be implemented in a place that is more spacious and comfortable than the traditional confessional which is usually dark and somewhat cramped.

The bishops have recommended that the sacrament of penance be celebrated in a. special chapel ·or confessional room often called the reconciliation room. Where such a chapel or room cannot be provided, existing confessionals should be appropriately remodeled.

Q. In receiving the sacrament of penance in the new reconciliation room, will the penitent be required to go to confession in a "face to face" exchange with the priest?

A. No. Anonymity and priv-

acy are still important and fully available options to penitents. In commenting on the reconciliation room, the Bishops' Committee on the Liturgy has said, "Such rooms should be designed to afford the penitent the option of anonymity, for in every case the freedom of the penitent to confess in the usual way is to be respected."

Q. May we still speak of mor-

tal and venial sin?

A. Yes, the new rite makes a distinction in the gravity of sins.

It comments: "The wound of sin is varied and multiple in the life of individuals and the community. So too the healing which penance provides is varied."

Sin is seen as a break in man's relationship with God. Mortal sin is committed when one completely breaks that relationship with' full knowledge and freedom; it is the total rejection of God which completes a process of alienation from God. Venial sin is a superficial break in man's relationship with God; however, it should not' be taken lightly, for the attitudes and orientations responsible for venial sins; e.g., pride, selfishness" greed, jealousy, can lead to serious sin.

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receive the sacrament of penance?

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answered, since much depends on the needs of the individual.

The introduction to the new rite stresses Lent as a most appropriate time for the celebration of

the sacrament, especially for penitential services. Advent too, although not strictly a penitential season, is a good occasion for reception of the sacrament.

Regarding frequent confession, the introduction to the revised rite says that "frequent and careful celebration of this sacrement is also a very useful remedy for venial sin." It should be noted that the aspect of carefulness is stressed and that the ritual continues by stating, "This is not a mere ritual repetition or psychological exercise but a serious striving to perfect the grace of baptism."

Careful preparation should involve not simply concern for particular venial sins but also a consideration of one's general attitude, of one's generosity or selfishness in the love and service of God and neighbor. Without proper preparation frequent confession becomes routine and this hinders the most beneficial celebration of the sacrament.

Q. What changes -in the celebration of the sacrament of penance will be most apparent to the layman?

A. Msgr. Joseph Champlin, who has given workshops in many parts of the country, including the Fall River diocese, on the new rite of reconciliation, outlines the rite for individual penitents as follows:

I. Reception of the Penitent After the priest warmly welcomes and kindly greets the penitent, both together make the sign of the cross.

The priest then prays for the penitent who, at the end, answers: Amen.

2. Reading of the Word of God The priest either from memory or by reading may, if the situation is suitable, recite a passage of Scripture 'which speaks about God's mercy or calls us to conversion and a change of heart.

3. Confession of Sins and Acceptance of Satisfaction The penitent confesses his or her sins; the priest, after discussing with the penitent his or her spiritual state and giving appropriate counsel, assigns an act of penance or satisfaction.

4. Prayer of Penitent and Absolution The penitent expresses sorrow for sin by reciting the traditional formula, one of the ten new prayers given, or similar personal words of contrition.

The priest then extends his

hands over the penitent's head (or at least extends his right hand) and pronounces the formula of absolution.

The penitent listens prayerfully and, at the conclusion, responds: Amen.

5. Proclamation of Praise of God and Dismissal The priest says: Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good.

The penitent concludes: His mercy endures forever.

The priest then dismisses the penitent with a prayer or suitable phrase and the penitent responds: Amen or Thank you.

As with other revised liturgical rites, a number of options are provided in the revised rite of penance for varying circumstances. Very likely the most notable changes in the celebration of the sacrament for most penitents will be the reconciliation room or remodeled confessional, the reading or recitation of a brief scripture passage by the priest and the recitation of the Act of Contrition or a similar expression of sorrow by the penitent following the confession of sins. (This is a practice similar"to that of the days before the English vernacular was introduced for the sacrament of penance.)

The priest wilf use a new formula for atbsolution and in some circumstances he may propose a penance he feels to be more appriate than the customary Our Fathers and Hail Marys, but this would always be done with care and consideration and qeed not be a cause of concern for penitents. .

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his back and one dollar. Although he had completed his seminary training, he was not ordained and had no guarantee of !being accepted for ordination by an American bishop.

He received ordination in New York City, however, and did missionary work in the Buffalo area. Moving to Baltimore, he became the first man to be professed ,as a Redemptorist priest in the United States.

Bishop Neumann founded the Sisters of the Third Order of St. Francis in Philadelphia, and he introduced a number of teaching orders of Sisters and Brothers into his diocese.

The bishop, fluent in six languages, including Gaelic, spent hours in the confessional.

Among the churches he built was SS. Peter and Paul Cathedral in Philadelphia, where an imposing image of him now stands near the front entrance.

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Continued from· Page One When canonized, John Nepomucene Neumann will become the first male U.S. citizen saint and the first canonized U.S. bishop. Bishop Neumann, born In Bohemia (now Czechoslovakia), immigrated to the United States in 1836 and took American citizenship. He became fourth bishop of Philadelphia in 1852, a See he directed until his death at age 49 in 1860.

Blessed John Neumann, who stood fIve feet two inches high, is especially remembered for founding the first American diocesan paroc~ial school system and for spreading the diocesan celebration of 40 hours devotions.

When Bishop Neumann first suggested celebration of 40 hours to his priests, not one supported him since they feared that the anti-Catholic KnowContinued from Page One Bay; Joseph Wade, Taunton; Nothing party would react vioMrs. Joseph Thomas, West Yar- lently against the practice.

The bishop, however, stood mouth; Sister Rose de Lima, Fall River; Miss Carmen Jorge, New firm and succeeded in popularizing a devotion which spread Bedford. . ·Diocesan projects that have throughout the United States. received CHD aid include pro- During his eight years as bisgrams aiding the elderly, unwed hop of what was then the counmothers and newly-arrived imtry's largest diocese, the bishop migrants. built 80 churches and 35 schools.

When he arrived in the United States in 1836, John NeuAn Education "Be not forgetful of prayer. mann had only the clothes on Every time you pray, if your prayer is sincere, there will be new feeling and new meaning in it, which' will give you fresh courage, and you will understand that prayer is an educau tion."Fedor Dostoevsky

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By PAUL LAROSE Oscar Wilde, English poet and dramatist, was once a guest at a nobleman's lawn party. He strolled across the huge lawn which had a lone tree in its center-and walked directly into the tree! When his host brought him back to conscionsness, he asked Wilde if he hadn't seen the tree. "Of course I saw it," replied the poet, "but I didn't realize it."

All of us, I think, face a similar situation with something eX:tremely common, air. We know that it's present-but ~ we very seldom realize it. We don't think about air unless we're at a high altitUde, and recognize its relative absence, or unless we feel a very visible sign of its presence, like a high wind.'

The average man, I suppose, has much the same problem about God. He's there, we know -but we don't think about His presence unless He seems to be absent. In facing problems that seem to be beyond solution; when we are trying to persevere in a prayer that seems to re-

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main unanswered - then we think of God's presence, when He seems to be absent. I most think of God's presence when I ask, "Why have you forsaken me?'~

, We may realize God is there when we see a very visible sign of His presence: the beauty of an old woman's faith or a young child's trust, the truth of a poem or a concerto, the strength of a waterfall.

God is always present to us, and most especially so when two, or three, or more, are gathered in His name-and He is among us, as He promised. In the Eucharistic liturgy, He comes to us in a most solemn way: Take and eat ... drink this cup ... I am giving you myself." But God is present, at these times through signs, through symbols -not in the style of face-to-face contact, but in the style of signs directing us to the destination.

Each of us is receptive to some symbols-the wedding' ring, the Christmas tree, the flag. But others may be closed to us-and Tum to Page Thirteen

Most Profound Proclamation

By FATHER JOHN J. CASTELOT The psalms celebrate God's presence among His people in thei~ ,liturgy. In fact, many of these sacred songs took their inspiration and origin from the official worship of the Israelites, from their conviction that in their liturgy He was present to them in a special way.

Even prayers which were originally very personal responses to God's goodness or intimate pleas for His help eventually found their way into the liturgy as the hymns of the whole people. The transition was not difficult, for according to their mind-set, every Israelite was, in a very real way, all of Israel, and vice versa.

Expressions of the pe~ple's awareness of God's: presence among them, especially in the Ark of the Covenant and later in the temple, are quite beautiful and almost embarrassingly rich: "Oh, that I might lodge in your tent forever,! take ref-

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uge in the shelter of your wings!" (Ps 61:5).

Some psalms contain dramatic and theologically significant descriptions of the transfer of the Ark to its permanent resting place on Mt. Zion after the capture of Jerusalem by David: "The chariots of God are myriad, thousands on thousands;/ the LORD advances from Sinai to the sanctuary . . ./ They view your progress, 0 God,! the progress of my God, my King, into the sanctuary;/ The singers lead, the minstrels follows,! in their midst the maidens play on timbrels./ In your choirs bless God;/ bless the Lord, you of Israel's wellspring!" (Ps. 25-27).

They knew, of, course, that God could not be localized, confined to a building atop a mountain. But they believed that in some mysterious yet very real way He was uniquely present to H,is people in the temple, especially when they gathered before Him in worship.

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The most revered possession of the early Hebrews was the Ark of the Covenant. The designer made a chest of locust wood, paneled it with gold and mounted two gold angels on its lid. Kneeling in a gesture of awe, the angels indicated the presence of God, who would come to rest on the ark. From time to time this presence was signaled by a luminous cloud.

The Hebrews called this cloudpresence of God the "Glory."

When Solomon dedicated the Temple, the shining cloud presence of the Lord was .so intenSe that it evoked the profoundest reverence from the onlookers.

"The glory of the Lord filled the temple. And the priests could not enter the house of the Lord because the glory of the Lord' filled the Lord's house." (2 Chron. 7, 1) This image of the presence of God's glory at Temple worship foreshadows the presence of our Easter Christ at Eucharistic worship. The biblical theme of the glory offers rich possibilities for catechesis concerning the divine presence during worship.

The glory is God experienced in terms of presence. The Bible illustrates this in terms of majesty, power, the glow of his friendly holine,ss and the dynamism of His loving outreach to people. The glory' evokes the presence that Isaiah felt in his temple vision where he experienced God with the vividness of welcome cloth against the skin.

And "... the train of his garment (i.e., royal garments) filling the temple." (Is. 6, 1) .

When identifying the glory with God's presence, be sure to distinguish local from personal presence. Local presence is a physical matter, like a chair on a carpet or a person simply sitting on a bench. Personal presence implies two persons in which each one is' interacting with the other. In personal presence there is an exchange of thoughts, of affections, of hopes.

Like Human Intimacy The biblical image of the glory of God adopts person-like traits. God "talks" for example in the Isaiah temple vision. This is not meant to reduce God to human person, but to say that the experience of His presence is like the experience of human intimacy. The glory-presence of God comes through at worship ,in terms of light, warmth, guid-

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"THE MOST REVERED possession Of the early Hebrews," Father Alfred McBride writes, "was the Ark of the Covenant." This ancient relief found at Capernaum is believed to represent the Ark. (NC Photo) ance, surprise, acceptance-and causes self discovery in the worsbiper. , ,The pillar of cloud and fire that marched before the pilgrim Israelites showed that God's

presence will light up one's world of meaning and guide everyone to a better life. The glory as breath and air speak of God's presence to all creation. The Tum to Page Thirteen

Comfortable Confident Singers By MSGR. JOSEPH M. CHAMPLIN The 8 a.m. weekday Mass at St. Columban's Cathedral in the industrial city of Youngstown, Ohio draws a gathering of believers typical for that hour in the day. Ten to 20 persons assemble in or near the side Blessed Sacrament alcove of this handsome structure for the early morning liturgy.

Despite 'the sleepy hour and the absence of organ accompaniment, these worshippers do sing. The celebrant or, if he comes, a combination lector, song leader and server announces the page number of the entrance melody. Then with large, recently purchased hymnals in hand, the community breaks out into an appropriate introductory song ("Ode to Joy" the day I conc~lebrated).

On occasion we attempt something similar for the morning or evening weekday celebrations at Holy Family, but instead of hymnals employ the monthly Mass booklets.

Leaders of worship who encourage this type of congregational response and those who participate in it are following both an ancient tradition and a modem Church directive.

Article 19 of the Roman Missal's General Instruction states: "The faithful who gather to await the Lord's coming are urged by the Apostle Paul to

sing psalms, hymns, and inspired songs (see Colossians 3,16). Song is the sign of the heart's joy (see Acts 2,46), and St. Augustine said: 'To sing belongs to lovers.' Even in antiquity i~ was proverbial to say, 'He prays twice who sings well.'

"Singing should be widely used at Mass, depending on the type of people and the capability of each congregation, but it is not always necessary to sing all the texts which were composed for singing."

The type and degree of singing thus will vary from celebratipn to celebration. Those weekday liturgies we described are not as solemn as Sunday Masses.

So, too, our 5: 15 p.m. and 8:30 a.m. weekend Eucharists include less congregational song than the major services at 9:45 and 11:15 a.m. on Sundays.

Knew Each Other Comfortableness and confidence are the keys to 'full music participation by a community.

Those small clusters of people at Youngstown and Fulton were generally disposed to begin congregational song because of their familiarity and comfortableness with one another. As verse followed verse, the volume increased and hesitant singers joined the braver ones-both individuals and the group felt a growing confidence in their ability to handle this hymn.

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Know God Continued from Page Twelve glory of God is not just a quality of His life, it is an act of loving communion with people.

To speak, of God's presence is not just to use a noun, but to 'Use something like a verb, indicating the vitality of God's desire to be present with us and to us.

The masters of the spiritual life have always urged people to practice the presence of God, meaning to get in touch with the Lord. What the Bible and worship teach is that Christ is practicing the presence of man, that is, the passionate effort of the. divine to get in touch with people. We do not have a religion that urges people to look fora God who cares little for such a yearning. In fact, the evidence is quite the opposite. All indications are that God is a tireless pursuer of people, 'a "heavenly hound" who wants to give us love with inexhaustible affection.

Th~ burning bush, the Ark of the Covenant, the pillar of cloud and fire are but some biblical testimonies to this passion of God. The greatest evidence of all is the appearance of Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior. Especially in the continuation of His Easter litfe through the Real Presence of the Eucharist -above all at liturgy-and the other acts of worship.

God attempts to break through to us in terms of talking and hearing. Not, of course in a voice that can be heard by our physical ears, but in' something similar to silent thought which the faithful listener must listen to ,perceive. Something of this mood is caught in Simon and Garfunkel's "Sounds of Silence": Hello darkness, myoid friend, I've come to talk to you again Away from the noise of people, talking without speaking, hearing without listening ...

His words like silent raindrops fell And echoed in the wells of silence.

Singers Continued from Page Twelve Antiphonal singing by choir/ , cantor and the congregation of the psalm which follows the first reading is an excellent method of building up that comfortableness and confidence.

I have experienced many instances in which the congregation started very weakly, but by the time the psalm was finished and they had sung the antiphon or refrain a half dozen times, the participation' had developed into a full, strong, confident response.

The Alleluia before our Gospel texts is also a highly effective vehicle for the facilitation of community singing. Its exchange between choir and congregation parallels the pattern for a responsorial psalm.

The Alleluia is, however, intended to be sung, not recited.

Many congregations and their leaders seem to be unaware of article 39 which declares: "The alleluia or the verse before the Gospel may be omitted if not sung." The merely spoken reci-' tation of one alleluia by priest ' and then by congregation, a rather common practice in the United States, leaves something to be desired.

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PAUL LAROSE WRITES that we don't think much about God's oresence unless He seems to be absent. But we may realize Him in such visible signs as the beauty of an (lId woman's faith. (NC Photo)

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Continued from Page Twelve if these are liturgical symbols, it is impossible for us to realize God's presence in the liturgical celebration. If red is only a color, and not a sign of the Holy Spirit among us, Pentecost is only another day.

Tangible Sign At the Pentecost liturgy I attended this year, the priest was speaking about growth in the Spirit and through the Spirit.

The red stole that he wore about his neck was slightly twisted so that the other side - green incolor - was visible near his waist. The accidental conjunction of red (the Spirit) and green (the color of springtime and growing vegetation) was a very concrete and tangible sign of the rather abstract notion of "the Spirit giving life to the earth." The liturgy was far more meaningful to me because the symbols spoke' even more than the homily.

In the Mass, a multitude of symbols come together as ordinary things reveal God's most intimate presence. It is probably best to concentrate on a single symbol, be receptive to a particular sign, at each liturgy.

At one liturgy, my family will concentrate on the Christian community coming together, and all the signs of unity in the liturgy. Sharing a meal; communal prayer; young and old and in-between assembling from near and far; such prayers as "from age to age you gather a people together ..."-these are ,signs of people gathering in Christ's name; and we realize that He is present among us.

At another liturgy, we might concentrate on bread as a sign of nourishment. God nourishes us with Himself in Communion.

But He also nourishes us with daily bread; and He meets our other bodily needs for air, warmth, shelter. At a deeper level, God nourishes us by giving us the people we love and a supportive community. In the most profound way, God satisfies our need for Absolute Being.

One can realize all these' ways in which' God is' present through the very simple wafer of bread.

Wine is also nourishing; and it is a source of joy (see the delightful parable of trees in Judges 9,12-13). The wine is the sign of God giving us joy as He gives us Himself; and it also reminds us that God is present in laughter and enjoyment. God gives joy to our youth; the Lord is our joy.

God is always present, but we don't realize it. If we become like little children-and are open to hints and suggestions, rather than treating everything as what it is and nothing more - the liturgical signs, will direct us on the path to God.

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Continued from Page Twelve Jesus A Devout Jew Turning to the New Testament, we find Jesus, a devout Jew, actively faithful to the temple liturgy in spite of His objections to the abuses that had crept into its celebration.

Especially in the Gospel according to John, His regular visits to Jerusalem for the major feasts are duly recorded.

Jesus accepted the current be'lief that the temple was in a special way the place of God's dwelling among His people, but He did much more than that, going far beyond such ideas of His contemporaries, valid as they may have been. And with the insight of post-resurrection faith and after decades of reflection on the mystery of Christ, John and the disciples who gave the fourth Gospel its present form realized that the temple (in ruins when they wrote) had been replaced by the glorified body of the risen Lord. He was the new and eternal Tabernacle. as we read in Revelation (Apocalypse): "I saw no temple in the city. The Lord, God the Almighty is its temple-he and the Lamb" (Rev. 21, 22).

Again in the cleansing narrative we read: "Destroy this temple," was Jesus' answer, "and in three days I will raise it up."

Actually he was talking about the temple of His body. Only after Jesus had been raised from the dead did His disciples recall that He had said this, and come to !?elieVe the Scripture, and the Word He had spoken (In. 2, 19, 21-22).

It is this risen Lord who is present to us in a unique way in, the Eucharist, as the wo~ds of

institution indicate so clearly: "This is my body ... This is my blood." Paul situates his narrative of the institution squarely within the framework of the early Christian liturgy and says, among other things, "Every time, then, you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the death of the L~ until he comes!" (read 1 Cor. 11, 17-34).

And in the language of the Bible, this is not a proclamation of something which happened once upon a time. It is a proclamation of something really, existentially - even though sacramentally-taking place in our midst. The Lord, the risen Christ, is now present to His people in the~r liturgy in a way of which the people of old could not even have dreamed.

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The staff of the "Feehan Flash" has already issued two editions of the school paper and Tum to P~ge Fifteen

By The Dameans

BETH Beth, I hear you calling But I can't come home right now Me and the boys are playing And we just can't find the sound Just a few more hours And I'll be back home to you I think I hear them calling 0, Beth, what can I do?

Beth, what can I do?

This space feels so empty That our house just ain't a home I'm always somewhere else And you're always there alone Beth, I know you're lonely And I hope you'll feel alright 'Cause me and the boys Will be playing all night. (c) 1976 Casablanca Records, Inc. Written by: P. Criss/So Penridge/oB. Ezrin Performed by: Kiss

TEENAGE MOTHER: Mariel Hemingway stars as a 15year-old who resists pressures to have a~ abortion and makes the momentous decision to have her baby and raise it herself in "I Want to Keep My Baby," to be aired on CBS channels from 9 to 11 tomorrow night. The film has been praised for dealing with both the social attitudes about unwed mofhers and the moral issues of responsible parenthood. (NC Photo)

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Coyle-Cassidy The Monogram Club of CoyleCassidy High School, Taunton, will hold its annual Thanksgiving dance at the school auditorium on Saturday, Nov. 27, with a social hour from 8 to 9 p.m.,' followed by dancing from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. A hot and cold buffet will be served. Chairman for the event is William Tavares.

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Sister Mary Adele, notes that there are places available in the group and asks interested students or their parents to con, tact her at Bishop Gerrard for further information.

When people have problems or experie~ce tensions, they often ask another for advice. A common response is: "Be patient, things will work out." Such advice can serve as a remarkable insight, or it can be a classic counseling copout.

In "Beth," by the Kiss group, we find a real life situation of two people attempting to work out their relationship. One is quite involved in his work - singing with a group. He seems to be torn between his feelings for Beth and his work with the group. The band is having problems and as he talks with Beth, they are calling him. "Beth, what can I do?" sums up his tension.

From Beth's viewpoint, she is sitting at home alone and lonely without him. She knows the way things are going; the "house is not a home"; he is always somewhere else and she's always alone.

On the one hand, we might feel sorry for him. Perhaps she is putting too many demands on him. After all, he is trying to make a living as well as to do something fulfilling for himself. On the other hand, she might have a legitimate gripe in that he is seldom at home. You can't build a love relationship or a home with that type of life-style.

Many marriages and hopeful relationships are ended because of tension between .love and work. Regardless of whether it is the man or the woman in the working situation, a very delicate balance must exist. In the song, he seems to understand her feelings but there will probably have to be . better communication, some compromises, and lots of patience . and love if the relationship is to endure.

During the time when patience is called for, both of them need to make efforts to improve their situation. Waiting can be a good thing, but if ·she is fo rced to be alone over a span of several years and he makes no v.isible efforts to find a solution, _ ' she will probably feel that he has simply used her. While there may not be an immediate answer to "what can I do," through the process of conflict, they are challenged to grow in love.

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Expect Great Performances As Gridiron Campaign Ends Only four schoolboy football games will be played locally this Saturday as most area teams wait until Thanksgiving morning to conclude the 1976 gridiron campaign.

None of the upcoming contests is of championship calibre; but nonetheless each is very important to fans and parti- Bristol-Plymouth Regional in Taunton. Both are non-loop cipants. For these schools games. that have not enjoyed a sue- . cessfulseason, a win in the final game will be cherished for years to come. Thoughts of concluding their careers on a winning note will motivate seniors to great performances.

In Saturday's contest Bishop Feehan High of Attleboro will play ]lost to diocesan rival Bishop Stang High of North Dartmouth in a Southeastern Massachusetts Conference Division II game, while Old Rochester Regional of Mattapoisett looks to extend its unbeaten season, at the hands of Nantucket on the island. Diman Regional of Fall River entertains New Bedford Vocational and Norton plays

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Last night four students participated in the Annual High School Media Conference at WBZ-TV Channel 4 in' Allston.

The program, sponsored by the National Conference of Christians and Jews, aims to provide educational human relations opportunities for young people~ Feehan students who attended were Katie Cassels, Mary Goul~t, Alan Heaslip, and Paul Gamache, all members of the jourr.alism class.

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Preparations are underway for the annual Thanksgiving liturgy' to be celebrated on the evo of Thanksgiving in the schC'..i auditmittre A.F ~ual, ~iests "ill assist at t' ~ather Brian Ha hin.. Music will be led Feehln Folk Group. A special featurlt at this liturgy .Jt~.......

Offertory presentat'Ion'of fOOd baskets filled by students. Following the Mass the baskets .are distributed to needy families.

In the Feehan-Stang contest the Spartans from North Dartmouth are heavy favorites. However, anything is likely to happen when old rivals collide and winless Feehan will be attempting to salvage one triumph from a disastrous season.

Old Rochester should be able to handie the Islanders and preserve an undefeated-untied campaign. Even if the Bulldogs are successful, it is unlikely that they will gain a berth in the State Division IV playoffs. At this writing Holliston and threetime defending Super Bowl champion Hanover appear on a collision course.

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Continued from Page Fourteen Jones and "Sundown Rider," to music for years. They swooned say nothing of Tom Mix and over Gershwin's "Rhapsody in Bob Steele.

Blue". Whiteman's band inOne young Red Cross wprker, trigued many youth because it Susan Marie, said, "People in was a concert band with jazz the age bracket of that era are touches. really time lines to the past.

And what about Lionel Hamp-' They've seen the world go from ton, Count Basie and Gene Kru- horse and buggy days to space pa? Youth took them to their travel." hearts, also, Gene with his Others have said that for the drums and "Sing, Sin~ Sing."

Names like Fletcher Henderson first time they stayed home and became familiar, Bix Beiderbecke listened to music with their ,,"Ii Cab Calloway, the Dixieland parents. "Usually our parents of Louis Armstrong, Bob Crosby. went off to hide." Maine's Rudy Not only were youth stepping Vallee was heard to croon many back into the era of music from a night, "My Time is Your another time, but one young fel- Time," low, told me his grandfather was Nostalgia? Memories? Nothacquainting him with old movies ing brings them ou.t like music alld movie stars, such as Buck from another time.

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Championship Titles All Under Wraps New Bedford Voke has come on strong in the latter weeks of the season in tough Conference Division II competition. The Bengals from Fall River are winless, playing an independent schedule, and are not apt to upend the Whaling City Artisans.

Bristol-Plymouth, a relativ~ newcomer to the schoolboy grid scene, enjoyed a fine 5-2-1 season in Mayflower competition.

The third place finishers will be looking fo!, their first win over Norton in this, the fourth game of the newly established rivalry. The game may provide the Lancers with an indication of what the future holds for their grid fortunes. Norton will join the Mayflower circuit next Fall as it severs relationship with the multi-schoof S.E. Mass. Conference in June.

In the three division Southeastern Mass. Conference, none of the remainng games will have any bearing on the champion-

ship races. The titles are all under wraps.

Last Saturday Taunton employed a powerhouse offense which scored the first three times it had possession of the ball to trounce Durfee High of Fall River 48-8 to win the Division I crown. The Frank Almeida coached Tigers were unbeaten in league play but dropped to early season non-loop encoun- ters.

Crosstown and Thanksgiving Day rival Msgr. Coyle-Bishop Cassidy High has won the Division II race. Bishop. Stang's 8-7 'upset of Sometset destroyed the chance the Blue Raiders had of gaining a share of the championship. Coyle, unbeaten through the first seven games of the campaign before being hit by a rash of injuries, dropped its second in a row last week to Dartmouth by a 27-14 count. The Warriors will be hard pressed to stop their tailspin Thanksgiving Day against the Taunton Tigers.

Mansfield Back On Top in Hocko~ock Loop Old Rochester will probably end the season on a winning note with a perfect 10-0 mark.

It has already won the Division HI penant chase but may not have an opportunity to shoof for state honors unless either Holliston or Hanover is upset. Regardless, the Bulldogs have had a tremendous year and can be justifiably proud of their accomplishments. Coach Frank Oliva and his charges have put together the type of season that is just a dream for most gridsters.

In the northern sector of the diocese one nine-year-old Mansfield fan named Matt summed up the town's feelings when he said, "We all love the Hornets."

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Mansfield has waited, not unpatiently, for over a decade for the Hornets to return to championship level.

To win the title outright, the Hornets must defeat ancient rival Foxboro Thankgsgiving morning. On paper, the game rates "no contest," but strange things happen Thanksgiving Day.

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