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Sr. Marjorie Tuite At Leadership Day Sister Marjorie Tuite, OP, a member of the ministerial team of the Jesuit School of Theology in Chicago, will direct a Leadership Conference for parish leaders from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday, Dec. 15 at Holy Name parish center, New Bedford.

Sponsored by the diocesan office of education through its religious education department, the day has been designed as a prelude to the 75th anniversary of the Fall River diocese. Its theme will be "Working Together to Restore All Things in Christ." .

Sister Tuite has conducted training sessions throughout the country in leadership development, organizational skills, needs assessment and strategies for change.

For 10 years she was involved in school administration and community development in Har路 lem. She received the 1976 award from the Catholic Committee for Urban Ministry for commitment to a ministry for justice.

Presently she is working with the Area Church in South Bronx.

A candidate for the director of ministry degree at Mundelein Seminary in Chicago, she is a consultant for the National -Federation of Priests' Councils, and the National Association of Women Religious.

Members of the Fall River Priests' Council heard a presentation she gave at New England Conference of Priests' Senates

AROUND THE DIOCESE: Top, 61 youngsters received religious youth awards in ceremonies at St. John of God Church, Somerset. Among them, Cub Scout David Parente, Girl Scout Sharon Mello, Camp Fire Girl Cindy Dawicki, Boy Scout Kyle Kraska. Center, mijsicians rehearse for Jubilee Concert at 8 p.m. Sunday at St. Patrick's, Fall River.

Jubilee year kickoff event is open to the public and admission is free. Bottom, permanent deacon candidates welcome Bishop Cronin at traditional Bishop's Night. From left, Mr. and Mrs. Vincent Walsh, Harwich; bishop; Mr. and Mrs. Leo Racine, New Bedford; Mr. and Mrs. Al Gallant, Attleboro Falls.

SR. MARJORIE TUITE

Advent Booklets Add to Season

last year. They have enthusiastically endorsed her coming to the Fall River Diocese.

In a letter to the clergy of the diocese, Bishop Cronin has invited their participation in the day, together with members of parish staffs and parish leaders. He announced the day not only as a preparation for the diocesan jubilee, but also as an opportunity for developing better understanding of the work to which Christ has called church leaders.

Pre-registration forms have been sent to clergy, religious education coordinators and school principals. They should be returned to the Education Office

by Dec. 4. Participants from individual parishes should register together. The fee is $5, with a maximum of $20 for four or more. Participants should bring their own lunches. Coffee and dessert will be provided at no additional charge.

Where has the time gone?

Saturday night is the official time to light the first candle on the Advent wreath and most diocesans are already deep into the annual pre-Christmas scramble.

Amid shopping, baking, decorating and other holiday preparations, it's easy to forget the real meaning of Christmas but this year, help is at hand.

Excellent Advent booklets have been issued by the diocesan department of education and by Father Joseph Viveiros and Michael Cote of Sacred Heart parish, Fall River.

The diocesan booklets, prepared by Sister Theresa Sparrow, RSM, now religious education coordinator at St. Michael's parish, Ocean Grove, are priced at .25 and .30.

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THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Foil River-Thur.• Nov. 3{). 1978

ill People -Places-Events-NC News Briefs ill Cities of God

Vcetnam Report

ROCKFORD, Ill.-"Our cities, as corrupt and decaying as they seem to be are also the scene of possible action that can transform them into cities of God," Father Rollins E. Lambert told about 200 people attending the third annual St. Martin DePorres dinner in Rockford. He is adviser for African affairs at the U.S. Catholic Conference.

NEW, YORK-Members of a Catholic Relief Services delegation have returned from their first visit to Vietnam since the Americans pulled out in 1975 with cautious praise for advances being made by the communist government there. But they expressed concern about the food shortage facing the Vietnamese and the "ragged" conditions of Cambodians in Vietnamese refugee camps.

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MILAN, Italy - "Segno di Contraddizione," Italian for sign of contradition, a book containing the spiritual exercises preached by the then Cardinal Karol Wojtyla of Krakow, Poland, to Pope Paul VI and members of the Roman Curia in 1976, was a big hit at the Frankfurt, West Germany, book fair.

SISTER ROSAUE BERTELL, a Grey Nun of the Sacred Heart and a cancer researcher, warns that radiations from nuclear materials, TV sets and microwave ovens are an increasing public health hazard, and also cautions against routine medical X-rays.

Chief Steward DENVER-Paul A. Ryan, development director in the Denver Archdiocese since 1970, has been elected the first lay presi:lent in the 16-year history of the National Catholic Stewardship Council. Ryan has been acting president of the Washington-based group since June.

Don't Even Ask' TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - The president of the National Association of State Catholic Conference Directors criticized an Internal Revenue Service ruling on voter education activities by non-profit organizations and urged the Catholic Press Association not to petition the IRS for clarification. "Even asking for such a clarification implies that "the Internal "Revenue Service has the right to tell you what you can publish, an implication which should not be acceded to," said Thomas A. Horkan Jr.

Another View KIDS, like this small Virgin Mary, are natural actors and letting them act out Bible stories is a sure way of teaching them about God, says Dorinda Clark, whose book, "Jesus Plays" has just been published by John Twenty-Third Publications.

LONDON - The western view that human rights are violated in the Soviet Union by the lack of religious freedom was criticized by the Rev. Dr. Edward Norman, Anglican church historian. Most Soviet religious dissidents obey state 'laws, .but some disobey laws and are sometimes prosecuted and imprisoned, said Dr. Norman. "The opinions of some dissidents are such that they would be likely to face prosecutions in most countries."

Teen Pregnancies ATLANTA - More teen-agers under age 15 had abortions than gave birth in 1976, but older teen-agers (aged 15-19) were more likely to have their babies, according to statistics released Nov. 17 by the National Center for Disease Control in Atlanta. The figures showed a continued increase in the rate of abortions for teen-agers and a decline in the birth rate in that age group.

RomanDan Harassment NEW YORK-Religious believers and political dissidents are being subjected to psychiatric repression, persecution and forced labor in Romania, according to a 45-page report released by Amnesty International.

Stevens Boycott MARIA TERESA GASTON, Milwaukee, was among members of the National Hispanic Youth Task Force meeting in Washington this month.

NEW YORK-Representatives of several national religious bodies have urged the president of Allied Stores Corp. to discontinue carrying products manufactured by J. P. Stevens Co. until the textile firm's employees "win recognition ... of their right to union representation."

Chilean Bishops SANTIAGO, Chile-Reacting to a decree of the military junta barring activists from trade union leadership and suppressing hundreds of trade unions, the bishops of Chile said no economic law can justify the enslavement of workers.

The bishops said the government measures "appear to workers as an attack on themselves and their families."

To ignore this reaction "would mean to betray our mission," added the bishops.

Poor Preferred ROME-Leaders of nuns' congregations meeting in Rome agreed to stress ministry to women, to youth and to outcasts and the oppressed," said the president of the International Union of Superiors General. The superiors general emphasized "preference for the poor," said Sister Regina Casey, union president, in an interview.

JEAN GARTON, Lutheran pro-life activist, says characterizing abortion as a Catholic issue "appeals to latent bigotry."

TV Ad Ban NEW YORK-Fifteen Catholic priests and nuns have joined with representatives of several Protestant denominations in support of the proposed ban on television advertising aimed at young children. The proposed Federal Trade Commission ban would ban all advertising to children "to young to understand the selling purpose" and severely restrict the advertisement of sugared food products.

'Momen'i' of Freedom' MILWAUKEE-Chaplains and pastoral care associates working with the terminally ill should place greater emphasis on the positive aspects of death, a moral theologian said in Milwaukee. Father Anthony Kosnick, professor of moral theology at St. Mary's Seminary in Orchard Lake, Mich., urged clergy and Religious attending a pastoral institute to recognize death as "that moment of freedom" releasing souls to the transcendent life of God.

AN INSTANT collectors' item is this "sede vacante" Vatican coin marking the period between the death of John Paul I and the election of his successor.

Celibacy Questioned DALLAS-"The time has arrived for some serious dialogue to begin in the church concerning the ordination of married men to the priesthood," said Steve Landregan, editor of The Texas Catholic, diocesan newspaper of Dallas and Fort Worth. In a signed column Landregan, a married deacon, asked, "Is celibacy an essential part of the priesthood?" He responded, "History and theology seem to answer 'no.' ..

Pope As Mediator?

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina-As direct negotiations between Argentina and Chile over a border dispute remained at an impasse, the press of both countries echoed private comments by diplomats that Pope John Paul II migl}t be sought as mediator. In Santiago, Chile, a spokesman for the papal nunciature was quoted by the newspaper, El Cronista, as saying the pope could use his influence to secure peace.

LONG ABSENT from television, Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen will be seen next week as a gue$t of Hugil Downs in "Over Easy," a PBS show for older Americans.

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Yes, Virginia, There Is An (Alternative) Santa JACKSON, Miss. (NC) - It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas, but a lot of people don't like the way Christmas is looking of late. Alternatives, Inc., a non-profit group based in Jackson, Miss., wants to do something about the commercial look Christmas has taken on.

Alternatives' campaign is underway to bring celebrations closer to their original meanings and to find ways to celebrate that "further values such as global peace and justice."

The "Alternative Santa" advocates spending less money at Christmas by encouraging people to make their own gifts or give gifts of time, buying gifts from low-income ·craft cooperatives or donating money to people and earth-oriented groups.

This year Alternatives hopes to see people divert $10 million from holiday over-consumption.

To provide incentive, it launched Alternative Celebrations Campaign, 1978. More than 300 study action groups have been organized in the national religious comunity to examine celebration patterns and simplify them. Alternatives' goal is to see 1,000 such groups formed by Christmas 1978.

A youth campaign is also underway to reach young people bombarded with commercials

for Christmas toys, according to Alternatives, the toy industry spent over $109 million in television programming during the 1977 Christmas season and children in major cities saw as many as 80 TV commercials for some individual product lines.

Alternatives, Inc. also publishes the Alternative catalogue and estimates that it has inspired people to divert $1 million a year since 1973 from holiday spending to hunger and human welfare caus~s.

Mississippian Bob Kochitzky launched Alternatives in 1973 "to help persons interested in voluntary simplicity take charge of their own lives, with special emphasis on celebrations."

In addition to simplifying Christmas, Alternatives advocates simpler celebration of birthdays, weddings, graduations and suggests joining a memorial society instead of buying an expensive funeral.

"We're not against giving gifts, we're successfully helping people realize that spending more and more year after year on gifts is not the way to build family unity," Kochitzky said.

The national headquarters for Alternatives is 4274 Oaklawn Dr., Jackson, Miss. 39206. The Alternatives catalogue is available at 1924 East Third St., Bloomington, Ind. 47401.

Msgr. Munroe Marks 25th Ordination Anniversary Marking 25 years of priesthood today is Msgr. Henry T. Munroe, pastor of St. Pius X Church, Yarmouth, Officialis of the Diocesan Tribunal Episcopal Vicar for Cape Cod and the Islands and a member of the Board of Diocesan Consultors.

The jubilarian was born in Fall River Nov. 21, 1928, the son of the late (Kathryn Bums) and the late Henry T. Munroe. He graduated from St. Joseph's grammar school, Fall River and Coyle High School, Taunton, and attended Providence College for two years before entering St. John's Seminary, Brighton.

He was ordained 25 years ago today by retired Bishop James L. Connolly.

His first parish assignment was to Holy Name Church, New Bedford, where he remained 19 years before assuming the pastorate of St. John the Evangelist Church in Attleboro in 1972.

He remained in that post until 1975, when he was appointed to his present parish.

Over the years, Msgr. Munroe served as notary and secretary to the Tribunal before being named Officialis in 1971. In this position he is chief judge and administrative offcer of the court which handles all diocesan cases involving marriage.

As an Episcopal Vicar, Msgr.

Munroe aids Bishop Cronin in the pastoral government of the diocese.

He is also an extraordinary

minister of the sacrament of confirmation.

As a member of the Board of Consultors, he works closely with the bishop in certain matters, such as determination of parish boundaries.

He was named a domestic prelate in 1974. .

Known as one of the hardestworking priests in the diocese, Msgr. Munroe enjoys boating, skimobiling, fishing and hunting during his hours of relaxation.

Parishioners will congratulate him after 5 p.m. Mass Sunday, at which he will be homilist, and will also be present in force at a jubilee banquet to follow in Hyannis.

MSGR. MUNROE

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THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Thur., Nov. 30, 1978

All but two of the years since his ordination, Father Shanahan has been a summer assistant at Holy Trinity and a parish joke is that his return is among the Cape Cod signs of spring.

At the parish departure ceremony, the new missioner received his mission cross from Father William Davis, Sacred Hearts provincial superior and a former Holy Trinity pastor.

He will work with Father Petrie .at Shantinagar (City of Peace), a haven for lepers founded by Mother Teresa of Calcutta. The two priests will also

serve victims of tuberculosis and malnutrition, as well as India's many "street people," who have no home but the sidewalks and streets.

In doing such work they will continue the apostolate of the famous Father Damien of Molo·· kai, also a Sacred Hearts priest The community has always beer. noted for its work in the miss·· ions, beginning in 1819 when 8. priest was sent to India.

Other nations served have in.. cluded Turkey, Norway, China, Indonesia, the Belgian Congo, Japan, Mozambique and the Ba·· hamas.

CHRISTMAS VOUJRE IN BETHLEHEM 'THE HOLY FATHER'S MISSiON AID TO THE ORIENTAL CHURCH

This Christmas you'll be remembered in the Midnight Mass in Bethlehem. The celebrant, Archbishop James J. Beltritti, will offer the Mass for the members and benefactors of this Association ... How beller can we say thank OUR you? In 18 mission countries (where Catholics, GIFT. though few, are mostly of the Eastern Rites) the TO Holy Father helps millions because you read this YOU column. Blind boys in the Gaza Strip (not one of them a Christian) are learning rug making, basketwork, the ABCs, at the Pontifical Mission Center for the Blind. Lepers in India are cared for by native priests and Sisters. The poor have the Gospel preached to them in Egypt, Iraq, Iran, Lebanon and Ethiopia This season especially, won't you remember the missions in your prayers? Our priests and Sisters depend on you. They ask the Christ Child to bless you always!

THIS FOUR FOOT Madonna and Child statue is one of eight art works donated by the late Pope Paul VI to Stonehill College, North Easton, for its new chapel. The gift, made two days prior to the pope's death, is believed to be his last to any institution. It comprises, in addition to the statue, a ceramic by Angelo Biancini, oil paintings depicting Christ crucified and risen and four bronze bas reliefs symbolizing the four evangelists.

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Departure Rite at Holy Trinity Mission departure ceremonies usually take place at the motherhouses of religious communities, but parishioners of Holy Trinity Church, West Harwich, had their own such rite recently as they bade farewell to Father Michael Shanahan, SS.CC., a longtime summer assistant at the Cape Cod church, who will be work. ing among victims of leprosy in India.

This Bronx, N.Y. man began studies for the priesthood in 1951 at Sacred Hearts Seminary, Wareham. Upon ordination in 1962, he taught in California, then was stationed for 10 years at Sacred Hearts Provincial House, Fairhaven, while doing vocation work.

Damien House, Dorchester, was his next assignment. While there, he attended various Boston area universities.

In 1975, Father Shanahan visited India, where he saw the work of another member of his community, Father William Petrie. Coming back to the United States, he was then stationed on the island of Abaco in the Bahamas, during which time he completed arrangements for his own return to India.

Dear Mrs. M: Yes, priests in the Holy Land will be pleased to offer soon the Masses you request. Simply send us your intentions.

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themoorin~ Sign of Confusion A recent news story. out of Providence, R.I. told of the first Catholic nun elected to public office in that state.

Interviewed by the press she described herself as one of a "new generation of nuns who are very progressive."

Continuing, she said, "I am not going to let the boys in the State House know that every stand I take is my way of living the gospel. I am going to try to keep my religious beliefs very hush-hush."

Concerning the wearing of a habit she said that "the church is moving in the right direction now. We should relax the rules."

Another quote: "I am sure the majority of legislators had Sisters in school. Until they get to know me, they'll r1espect me just for being路 'the nun.'''

Somewhat differing from this Sister of Mercy's statements are those of the Holy Father. In an address to 600 mother superiors of religious orders and congregations, the pope urged them "to reflect on the importance of the religious habit."

Women religious should, he said, wear some simple and suitable habit as the "exterior- sign of consecration to God." "This," he insisted, "is the means for you to remind yourselves of your duty, which contrasts with the spirit of the world. It is a silent but eloquent testimony. It is a sign which our secularized world must find on its path."

The Holy Father closed his remarks to the nuns with a rather important statement. Warning the superiors against being overwhelmed by "public opinion, even an ecclesiastical one," the pontiff said nuns should not permit any feminist claims to overshadow their call to a chaste, poor and obedient life.

This later reflection is the heart of the matter. It is not just the sign value of a habit that the pope offers for consideration. It is the reality of a life dedicated to God and the Church, with all that implies.

There is a new vision rapidly developing in the Church that, without compromise or confusion, is bringing our Catholic traditions into the marketplace. Most Catholics once more realize that they must be Catholics as they cast their ballots, as they confront personal religious discriminatilon and as they continue to heal and help a weary world.

They realize they can no longer hide their faith and that there is only one way to live the gospel, the way of the Lord Jesus.

The grassroots movements spreading like wildfire in the Church - the charismatic renewal, cursillo, Marriage Encounter and the permanent diaconate - all bear witness to the reality that Catholics are no longer willing to live lives of compensation and concession in a secular world that seeks to dominate them.

In this light, one must say that the statement of the newly-elected nun-representative leaves much to be desired.

If taken at face value, it certainly cannot be considered in step with the current times or with the journey of the people of God towards the Father.

This is indeed unfortunate.

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OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF THE DIOCESE OF FALL RIVER Published weekly by The Catholic Press of the Diocese of Fall River 410 Highland Avenue Fall River, Mass. 02722 675-7151 PUBLISHER Most Rev. Daniel A. Cronin, D.O., S.T.D.

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Editors l1it Voter Education Ruling

By Jim Castelli Msgr. Peters ran an eightCatholic diocesan editors column headline and the first across the country have used the few paragraphs of the story but November elections to renew blocked out the names with a their criticism of an Internal stamp that said "Censored!"

Revenue Service ruling limiting According to current regulations voter education efforts by tax- of the Internal Revenue Serexempt, non-profit charitable or- vice (not any law passed by ganizations which are not poli- Congress) The Catholic Post, as tical action agencies. a non-profit newspaper, is proThe ruling concerned was is- hibited from publishing this votsued last June. It said organiza- ing record information for its tions exempted from taxes under readers.

Section 501 (c) (3) of the tax But other Catholic newscode cannot print voting records papers in New York, Pennsylof office holders or surveys of vania, Iowa and elsewhere ran candidates' views on single is- detailed candidates' replies to sues or on a broad range of is- questionnaires on a variety of sues if the questions involved issues.

Emile Comar, executive editor show "bias" dr the organization editorializes on the issues in- of the Clarion Herald, New Orvolved. _ leans archdiocesan paper, tried An IRS spokesman has said an unusual twist. He waited unthe ruling covers diocesan til after the election and then papers, which are generally 501 asked each of his state's cong(c) (3) organizations. The Cath- ressmen to give an opinion on olic Press Association has asked the IRS ruling.

IRS for a formal ruling on the Charles Carruth, editor of the impact of its original ruling on Catholic 'Herald, Arlington, Va., the Catholic Press, but has not diocesan paper, said "While I yet received a reply. greatly sympathize with their deThe CPA has advised editors cisions, I was disappointed at the to be cautious about their elec- number of editors who were .tion coverage, while the U.S. intimidated into silence concernCatholic Conference has advised ing candidates' positions on tax that the First Amendment guar- - credits and respect life. antee of freedom of the press Carruth ran local candidates' protects the diocesan papers. views on tuition tax credits, an The most dramatic protest anti-abortion constitutional came from Msgr. Robert Peters, amendment and public abortion editor of the Catholic Post, funding.

Peoria, Ill., in his treatment of a He said in an editorial that report on voting records issued under the IRS ruling "To express by the Leadership Conference a Catholic viewpoint, or even to for Civil Rights, a civil rights state the fact of a candidate's coalition which includes major . position on a particular issue" Catholic organization. might mean forfeiture of a

paper's non-profit, tax-free status.

A.E.P. Wall, editor of The Chicago Catholic, Chicago archdiocesan paper, said in an editorial the IRS ruling "would have an inhibiting effect on publications ranging from the Christian Science Monitor to the Christian Century, from the Chicago Catholic to Muslim World.

"How's that for a repeal of the First Amendment by the Internal Revenue Service?" he asked. "We'll bet that you, thought the IRS was in the business of collecting taxes.

"It is now in the business of suppressing dissent, which may be called bias, and of censoring religious publications in advance under the threat of painful legal action. It is time to remove the IRS from politics.

Necrology December 11 Rev. Edward L. Killigrew, 1959, Pastor, St. Kilian, New Bedford December 13 Rev. Reginald Theriault, O.P., 1972, St. Anne's Dominican Priory, Fall River December 14 Rev. Msgr. John J. Hayes, 1970, Pastor, Holy Name, New Bedford THE 路路ANCHOR Second Class Postage Paic1 at Fall River, Mass. Published every Thursday at 410 Highland Avenue, Fall River, Mass. 02722 by the Catholic Press of the Diocese of Fall River. Subscription price by mail, postpaid $6.00 per year.

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That Hat Dear Editor: May I offer some reflections on your Charismatic Report in the Anchor Nov. 16, 1978?

Your writer must have had some preconceived notions about the Charismatic Movement. It seems that he (actually, it's a she. Ed.) is an outsider who wore the wrong colored glasses.

If I knew very little about the movement, your first paragraphs would have turned me off.

"Political trappings, banners galore, etc." gives the reader the wrong impression. Of course there is always one "straw hat" among 14,000.

To start with, they were not banners with clever sayings or quotations. They were the stan-

dards of a people gathered together in Joy and Love to reconcile themselves to Our Heavenly Father and his beloved Son in union with the Holy Spirit who is present and dwells within us.

The standards were goldcolored cloth with one or more crosses, the emblem of Jesus, sewed on them. No two were exactly alike. The work of love by a woman dying of cancer.

We prayed for her.

The standards conducted each

Pope Is Author Of Three Books NEW YORK (NC) - Three books by Cardinal Karol Woytyla, now Pope John Paul 11, will be published by Seabury Press.

"Sign of Contradiction," described by the publisher as "a biblically based book of spiritual renewal in the modern world," will be published in February, 1979. It was originally published in Italy earlier this year.

Two other books by Pope John Paul II are in preparation for publication by Seabury. They are "Love and Responsibility," previously published in Italy, and a previously unpublished book titled "Joy and Hope."

In addition, Seabury Press will publish p biography of Pope John Paul in the spring of 1979. It is being completed by Father Mieczyslaw Malinski, chaplain at the University of Cracow.

group in the procession up to the Sanctuary and to. the Eucharistic Table. A standard also led a group of priests to their many stations at Communion.

As the saying goes: one picture is worth a thousand words.

The picture on the front page rates an A plus.

Look at it again please. Kindly note that the young woman is not putting on an act. She is joyful (Joy and Love are the key ingredients.) She is relaxed and happily praising God! C. T. Neal Spillane Orleans

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Can't Compare Dear Editor: I am sure many of the good souls in the Diocese of Fall River, who attended the Charismatic Conference in Providence, R. I., were disappointed, or perhaps even hurt, at the style of coverage given to the Conference in The Anchor. It could hardly compare with the reverent style of coverage given by other Catholic Newspapers, such as The Pilot and The Hartford Transcript.

Fr. Allan Foran, OFM Our Lady's. Chapel New Bedford I usually do not comment on letters to the editor. However these letters reflect some of the feelings aroused by our coverage of the Providence meeting. Too often personal sensitivity eradicates and overshadows objective reflection. This editor has long been a supporter of the various grassroots movements within the Church family. I did not write the featured article, but I did offer last week's editorial. I hope all members of the renewal read it as a statement not only from the heart but also .in the Spirit. Ed.

Father Greeley Dear Editor: At regular and frequent intervals, Father Greeley spouts forth a vitriolic barrage of condemnations against his favorite pigeons; the Bishops. For instance, in April 1978 (The Anchor): "Rome can dispose of Hans Kung by throwing him to the WOLVES OF GERMAN HIERARCHY, dominated by such VINDINCTIVE REACTIONARIES AS CARDINALS DOEPFNER AND RATZINGER" and ... "The German hierarchy has a fair number of theologians who are furious at the popularity of Kung."

Bully for Greeley: not only the bad, bad bishops in Germany · .. but a couple of clay pigeons: , Two reactionaries . . . two vindictive "Cardinals." What a great trophy for the Greeley collection. And poor little meek, defenseless, lily white orthodox Kung! How can Bishops and Cardinals be so ugly, so unChristlike ... How far they have strayed from the Greeley guidelines! ,But Americ~ bishops are of the same low caliber leadership · . . quite unworthy of suPPOrt · . . sometimes hiding behind the anonymity of a committee to cover their "stupidity," etc.

Note to this effect his recent diatribe in defense of another victim of the American hier-

THE OLD TESTAMENT Feast of Tabernacles is celebrated by religion students of St. Anthony's parish, East Falmouth. With the aid of Carolyn and Larry Silva (standirig left and fourth left) they constructed the traditional outdoor shelter still erected by Jewish families. archy, this time Monsignor Higgins: "Every time I start feeling positive about the NATIONAL HIERAROHY THEY COME UP WITH A NEW STUPIDITY" . . . so what advice do we receive from this Giant of Orthodoxy, this self-appointed Defender of Leadership, Culture, Justice, etc. . .

CHEAP, SHODDY DISGUSTING BUNCH OF PEOPLE" . . .

He adds a threat for good measure: an ultimatum. "I think that everyone who has ever worked in any capacity for the United States... National Conference of Catholic Bishops . . . should make it clear that he or she will NOT SERVE AGAIN UNLESS"

"Why should anyone with a modicum of intelligence and ability get mixed up with a

How brave, how Christlike, how priestly of Greeley to give such high sounding guidance.

Msgr. Henri Hamel New Bedford

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How humiliating it must be fOI" him to recognize that his priesthood receives its effectiveness because and only because it is in union with one of those Stllpid bishops . . . a successor of the Apostles . . . one who is responsible - under the guidance of the Holy Spirit, for orthodoxy in God's Church. I've never heard a Bishop give sud: advice as ,Father Greeley.

And so, if you don't mind.

Father Greeley, I'll stick with my bishop and thank God that the magisterium of His Chureh is in his and their hands, and not in yours. And so, a rosaTy for the poor, defenseless, meek victims of the hierarchy tha'~ they may have a resurrection after their brutal crucifixtion by these erring bishops ...

A rosary for Father Greeley as a reminder of Our Lord's wore.s: "The mouth speaks of the abundance of the heart." His pen writes of the fullness of a vitriolic heart when he preempts God's judgment . . . acts as Grand Inquisitor of all episcopal wrongdoings, uses the dagger of his pen to cut these dangerous, ignorant, deceitful sue·· cessars of the Apostles.

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CAVEAT, PONTIFIX MAXIMUS . . . (Be careful, Supreme Pontiff). Father Greeley is in his watchtower.

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Iy REV: ANDREW M. GREELEY

The George Higgins·· case reveals a fundamental flaw in the structure of the American church. The hierarchy and its national staff really do not trust one another. Cutting staff "down to size" is an activity which makes lots of bishops feel very happy.

Tension between staff and

Iy MARY CARSON

Some years ago I saw an item on the difference in our selection of words depending on the "person" of the verb.

For example: I am a gourmet.

You tend to overeat. He's got both feet in the trough. Or, I am fastidious. You pay close attention to detail. He's picky, picky, picky!

The relationship is amusing how diplomatic we are in describing ourselves and how harsh

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Here is a rundown of how several issues of concern to the church are likely to be affected by the 1978 elections: - ABOR1'ION: Two-thirds of :he House seems to oppose federal funding for abortion, some believe the defeat of Sen. Edward Brooke and several other senators will soften the sen-

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Guerrilla Warfare Between Hierarchy and Staff membership is common in national organizations, but it rarely reaches the guerilla warfare level that seems to plague the Catholic hierarchy. To an outsider the following observations seem in order: 1) Bishops have the right and duty to establish a competent national staff. Sometimes they have been served extremely well by the stafrs professionalism in matters of eucemism, labor relations, technology and values.

Sometimes they have been served very badly - communications (including especially the present leadership of the NC News Ser-

vice), peace and justice, education and youth.

2) The bishops do not trust their staff. One hears, off the record of course, nothing but complaints about the bad statements that emanate from the Peace and Justice Office, about the ludicrous national catechetical directory and about the Call to Action tent show. Indeed, the latter was an attempted coup by local and national bureaucrats in the name of the ordinary laity (who weren't represented) to impose their agenda on the bishops.

3) However, in most cases, the bishops have only themselves

to blame when staff activity gets out of line. They could easily stop the unpopular activity but they are fearful of offending the person who happens to be the chairman of the particular committee.

4) Turnover of presidents and general secretaries occurs so rapidly that there is neither consistent policy nor consistent leadership for recruitment of administrators.

According to one account, more than 100 priests have moved in and out of the USCC/ NCCB offices in the last decade or so. That is no way to de-

velop an experienced, competent corps of professionals.

One could also talk about the unpredictable financial policies and the unstable leadership of the various episcopal committees which oversee the· staff activities (policy can and does change every time a new chairman is elected). While I have no desire to make any case in defense of much of the conference staff, I am forced to conclude that the real problem does not lie with the ideologues and incompetents on Massachusetts Avenue, but with the hierarchical leadership around the country.

regarding others. There seems a related problem today . . . the difference in describing men and women in the same circumstances. It may stem from those who feel threatened by the changing role of. women.

Listen to comments, particularly in offices. Listen to women as well as men, how they describe . similar situations depending on whether it's a man or a woman they are talking about.

He's aggressive. She's pushy.

He analyzes all facets of a problem before making a decision. She drags her heels.

He's a leader. "Who died and left her in charge?"

He has the ability to change course when a plan is· no longer feasible. She's fickle.

He's a fluent conversationalist. She's gabby.

He likes "comfortable" clothing. She's sloppy.

He needs time to relax and recharge his batteries. She's lazy.

He keeps track of innumer~ble projects on his desk all at 'the same time. She's disorganized.

He is incisive. She has a short fuse.

He thinks through his problems slowly and carefully. She's dumb.

He takes care of his appearance. Her hair is right out of a bottle.

He's put on a bit of weight.

She's fat.

He observes every little detail. She's a crabby old woman.

He's willing to blaze a new

trail. She's a rebel.

He expresses righteous indignation at situations that should be corrected. She's angry.

He drives hard to get ahead.

She's vicious.

He's constantly exploring new frontiers. She meddles in things that are none of her business.

He's inquisitive. She's nosey.

And so it goes. A new junior executive can be well-educated, full of new ideas just learned in college, or still wet behind the ears . . . depending on which sex the new boss happens to be.

with an image of women that was built from the lyrics of "The Girl That I Marry." A woman who is not a timid homemaker frightens them; a woman "growing" faster than they threatens them.

When threatened or afraid, people move into the "fight or flight" pattern. Since it's virtually impossible to completely run away from women, the onlv alternative is fight. Physicai vi~­ lence would be somewhat unacceptable, so the alternative is derogatory remarks.

Shallow, isn't it?

But then, I'm sure there were those who said that Joan of Arc was out of her mind, Catherine of Siena was pushy, and Monica was a meddler.

Oddly, the harsh analysis of women doesn't come entirely from men. From what I've been able to observe it seems that many people were comfortable

How Elections May Affect Issues of Church Concern ate's traditional strong support for abortion funding.

Observers think the majority support for a constitutional amendment has been strength. ened in the House and several votes added in the Senate.

- SALT: White House spokesman Jody Powell has estimated a net loss of two votes for a SALT treaty in the recent elections, but he still predicted victory by a narrow margin. SALT supporters se&-the loss of two senators Dick Clark (D-Iowa) and Thomas MoIntyre (D-N.H.), as serious because they were among the most articulate and influential SALT supporters in

- NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE: A New York TimesCBS poll found that 44 percent of new House members support comprehensive national health insurance. Max Fine, director of the Committee for National

- LABOR LAW REFORM: Labor law reform failed by two votes to win the 60 votes needed to break a Senate filibuster in

the 95th Congress, and it does not appear that labor picked up the votes it needs to break an· other filibuster. At the same time, the Times-CBS poll found House support for the bill dropping from 56 to 51 percent.

In terms of voter affiliation, an Associated Press-NBC poll found that 60 percent of Catholic voters and 68 of Jewish voters went Democratic in House elections, with Protestant voters split 49-49 percent for the two major parties.

The poll said 85' percent of blacks, 78 percent of Hispanics and 51 percent of whites voted Democratic.

your own live tree early in the Christmas season and then return to have it chopped down on the day you want to put it up. Joe and I found a lovely blue spruce that we tagged as ours.

I get as much fun, if not more, out of preparing for Christmas as the younger members of my household. Each year, since the children were babies, we have celebrated the lovely Advent period of waiting with a wreath, a special calendar and our own personal prayer period. In the evening, when we light the Advent wreath, we set one of our

creche pieces in place. until all 20 pieces form their tableau, waiting for the final piece, the babe.

It wasn't until I had children of my own that I realized Advent could become a part of your home celebrations, and the whole time before Christmas took on a very special meaning.

If your children are small, there is no better time to take some of the Advent customs, such as the wreath and the calendar and make them a part of your pre-Christmas celebration.

You'll enjoy it ·as much as the children!

On the first Sunday of Advent we are told to get busy: "Stir up Thy power, we beseech Thee, o Lord, and come." This year, however, because of the unbelievable price of dried fruits and nuts, I have decided that Stir-Up Sunday, the first Sunday of Advent, will not be observed by the mixing of a $10 fruitcake but with a much simpler recipe I first printed in 1972, when it was given to me by the late Mrs. Aldina Cabeceiras Mello of St. Michael's parish, Fall !{iver.

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1 cup chopped nuts 1 cup chopped raisins Y2 teaspoon salt Y2 teaspoon cinnamon 1 tablespoon baking soda 1 cup cherries cut up 1 can pumpkin pie filling 4 eggs 1 Y2 cups cooking oil 1) In a very large bowl mix all ingredients very well with a hand beater.

2) Pour into a greased pan and bake in a 350 degree oven for 1 hour and 15 minutes. While this recipe isn't inexpensive, it is certainly cheaper than a fruit cake.

the Senate.

- AID TO CITIES: House Speaker Thomas P. "Tip" 0' Neill believes the cities will be hurt the most by the shift in the House. Most Congressmen campaigned for tighter budgets and are likely to oppose new efforts such as the National Development Bank proposed by the Carter administration.

Health Insurance, said that health insurance supporters face roughly the same uphill fight in the new Congress they faced in the old.

- - WELFARE REFORM: While welfare reform itself was not a major campaign issue, the large number of winning candidates who supported across-theboard spending cuts make passage _of a· comprehensive program unlikely. At most, Congress may pass a partial revision.

Mystery Pop'e' Puzzles Many

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VATICAN CITY (NC) Pope John Paul II remains something of a mystery to Vatican watchers after his first month and a half in office.

The pope has shown strong backing for the policies of Pope Paul VI in dealing with internal church issues, in the church's relations with other churches and with the world at large. But there are few signs of what personal stamp he will put on the papacy.

Speaking to the members of the Secretariat for Promoting Christian Unity, he expressed the fervent desire for reunion expressed by Pope Paul, calling the separation of Christians an "intolerable scandal" and urging intensified efforts to resolve the divisions. At the same time, as Paul did, he firmly rejected intercommunion without doctrinal unity and warned against "superficiality" or "imprudent zeal."

On internal issues he reconfirmed Pope Paul's policies on the need for first confession before first Communion/and on the need for individual confession, stressing that general absolution is to be used only in exceptional cases.

Pope John Paul likes to travel, and there are indications that he may become another "pilgrim pope" in the manner of Pope Paul's early yearS. During his first five weeks in office he left the Vatican six times to visit various people and sites in Rome and Italy.

The new pope, who frequently refers to himself as "the bishop of Rome," stresses that he is pope by virtue of being head of the Rome Diocese. He has indicated several times that he would like to play a far more active role in the affairs of his own diocese than recent popes have done. It is said that he would like to visit at least O1Je Rome parish every other weekend.

Facing the massive administrative problems of the papacy, Pope John Paul has shown selfassurance and seems comfortable about using his power. Vatican sources call him decisive and say that he asks aides for background material but personally casts the form of his speeches.

In public he seems equally at ease embracing his close friend, Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski of Warsaw, Poland, and the communist mayor of Rome, Giulio Argan.

Out of the public eye, he also seems to move deliberately and carefully, but also knowledgeably and firmly.

He met privately with suspended Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre, the lading figure in the dissident traditionalist movement, at the request of the archbishop. Sources say the pope brought no aides into the meeting. Pope Paul VI refused to meet with the archbishop without at least one top aide present.

"The pope's willingness to speak qut early. and strongly on a num~er of delicate issues of church discipline, ~nging from the sjJcraments and priestly

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Other committee members are: Fall River area - Mrs. Aubrey Armstrong, Mrs. Raymond Boulay, Mrs. 'Eugene Gagnon, Mrs. Anthony J. Geary, Mrs. Rudolph Ouellette, Mrs. Arthur Pavao, Mrs. Roger Vezina, Mrs. Fred G. Vitullo, Miss Jean Drzal, Raymond 'Boulay, Antone Pacheco, Henry Desmond, Arthur Gauthier, -Frederick Vitullo, Daniel Grace, Joseph Gromada, Roger Vezina.

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The nomination of a Central American archbishop by British politicians was a result of the ,British government's decision last January to abandon its plan to sell second-hand armored cars路 worth 850,000 pounds sterling (approximately $438,000) to the government of El Salvador.

Protests of the proposed sale by a number of sources, iIlcluding Cardinal George ,Basil Hume of Westminster, alerted politicians to the key role Archbishop Romero was playing in the struggle for human rights in his country.

"He has consistently and uncompromisingly denounced the numerous arrests, detentions, tortures, disappearances and killings taking place in EI Salvador today," said the politicians in their letter to the Nobel committee in Oslo, 1\orway. "As a committed man of peace, he has rejected violence from whatever quarter and has advocated social and economic reforms to remove the injustices of El Salvador's poverty-ridden feudal society.

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At a private audience he pledged the support of the Knights to the pontiff and briefed him on programs of the organization, including those aimed at fostering vocations, strengthening family life, using the media for evangelization and spreading devotion to Mary.

In response, the pope said he had become personally acquainted with the work of the Knights of Columbus during his visits to the United States. He expressed his appreciation in particular for the society's funding of papal telecasts via satelite, including his own and Pope John Paul l's installation Masses.

Dechant presented the pon-

tiff, known for his devotion to Mary, with a porcelain sculpture, "Madonna, House of Gold," by Boleslaw Cybis, a noted Polish artist who escaped to the United States during the Nazi era.

After the audience, Dechant commented that among the striking characteristics of John Paul II is his penetrating gaze, expressive of his intense interest in each person to whom he speaks.

"He gives the impression of a man who has weathered many crises and has been tempered by them. This experience appears to have created a man of both tender kindness and firm determination, who seems to know what he wants and will seek it unswervingly, but with consummate diplomacy.

"Another distinctive quality is his disarming charm which captivates the visitor. He also exudes confidence which creates a feeling of trust in the listener."

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"But this having been said and CANTERBURY (NC) - Bishop Cawal Daly of Ardagh 'and clearly said the Secretariat for 'Clonmacnois told Anglican bis- Promoting Christian Unity would hops at a Lambeth Conference wish to associate itself firmly hearing that the Catholic Church with the hopefulness and the is as firm as ever in opposing commitment to continued search ordination of women to the for reconciliation which was clearly apparent in the Holy priesthood.

"The tradition of which the 'Father's letters and has characCatholic church takes her stand terized Anglican and Roman is unbroken and universal in Catholic confrontation on this East and West,"said Bishop Da- 'new and grave obstacle'." ly, who leads a team of three In many of the speeches durCatholic observers at the coning the hearing there was deference to 400 Anglican bishops. tectable a misgiving over the way "It is not an inert one, but one the Anglican communion had so firm and decisive as not to have needed formulation or de- handled the question of ordainfense. The onus of defens,e is on ing women. Canon John Macthose who depart from so long a quarrie, Lady Margaret's propractice founded on Christ's fessor of divinity at Oxford, own example and considered to said, "It would surely have been conform to God's plan for His wise if individual churches had deferred action untl this LamChurch. beth Conference of 1978 had "The Secretariat for }>romo- given some guidance in the name ting Christian Unity," Bishop of the whole Anglican communDaly went on, "on whose behalf 'ion, following on the study and I speak and of which I am a reflection recommended by the member, feels and wishes to ex- Lambeth Conference of 10 years press anxiety about what seems ago." a prevailing tendency, aggravated by some press reports, to re"I do not think that a 1,900gard the Roman Catholic year-old tradition can be overchurch's position on the ordina- turned by a simple majority vote tion of women to the priest- at perhaps a single meeting of hood as unclear and somehow the governing body of one part provisional. of the church," he said.

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Washington Revisited

By Father John F. Moore Last week I offered a few informal comments on the bishops' fal1 meeting in Washington. So much material is presented about these meetings in objective journalistic style that I would prefer a more informal approach; and a continuation of my random notes and reflections follows: I::

While at the bishops' meeting I also had the opportunity of doing some groundwork for the permanent diaconate program.

Msgr. Bud Fiedler, head of the Bishops' Committee on the Permanent Diaconate and Father Rocky Kearns, president of the National Association of Permanent Deacon Directors, were both available for consultations. With the former, it was agreed that a schema of our diocesan family program for permanent deacon candidates would be published in the Diaconal Quarterly. With the latter, I was requested to

ABP. QUINN address the national Permanent Deacon convention in Dallas this March on the subject of communications and the diaconate.

Our diocesan program has already been responsible for putting together a communications guidelines booklet for association members. .

While at the bishops' meeting I encountered the editor of the Catholic Register, diocesan paper of Altoon-Johnstown, Pa. He showed me some of his editorials and the fol1owing point concerning the permanent diaconate made a mark. In conversation with Metropolitan Philip, Primate of the Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese of North American, comment was made concerning the archbishop's secretary, a permanent deacon.

The editor, Msgr. Philip Saylor, reflected editorial1y, "It occurred to me that this was the ancient role of the deacon,

which the Orthodox have pre- to have a wide spectrum of supserved, the role of administration port. and service."

This, however, does not mean He continued: "We are perhaps that consideration should not be missing the point by making given to those ministries that· permanent deacons into semi- . are and can be available to wompriests whose primary role is en in the Church. It just reflects liturgical. The Orthodox have that there are actual1y very few preserved the New Testament who consider their ordination in role of deacon, whose primary the area of possibility. Interest· role was organization." ing. ::: . ::: "Perhaps we should have deacons as editors, chancellors, Seemingly all the Bishops agree family life directors, school w· that the church must get into the perintendents, Catholic Charities electronic media field. However, administrators, religious educa- when it comes to a national coltion planners, bishops' masters Iction for this work, everything of ceremonies and secretaries seems to come to a grinding halt. and diocesan comptrollers and One viewpoint that seems to perfundraisers. The priest could be meate the body of bishops is that priest and deacons could be dea- attempts should be made to concons without being a threat to solidate all national collections. each other's roles."

I am sure many pastors would To me this is one of the best agree.

As usual, however, alternate suggestions that has come down the turnpike in a long time. Per- sources of revenue would have haps the day will come when to be sought. When it came to such an identification process this issue, as well as to budget will be a reality. In the mean- items for the conference itself, time, our diocesan program it was obvious that Proposition 13 mentality had affected the orstrives for this goal. ganization. ::: ::: Unfortunately, with a financial During· the meeting, time was given to the Spanish-speaking sword always hanging over probishops to plead for help from jects, it could be that nothing the entire American church. All will be done to promote efforts well and good. However, there to use the media for evangelizawas a sense of separatism in tion. This would be unfortunate for the mission of the Church. their presentations.

As a religious body we must By way of comment, this ediutilize the effectiveness of the tor would hate to see a return to media in spreading the "good the mentality that permeated the news." If the bishops truly bechurch in this country in the midlieve this, they must act accord19th century, when there was a ingly. move to establish separate national diocese.

During the semi-annual meetAny notion that divides or ing, bishops of each region. of idea that impedes the unity of the United States hold sessions. the church can only in the long Thus the New England bishops run cause grief and frustration. spend time together discussing It would be well for those Hiscommon problems. Unfortunatepanics who foster such a spirit to take a long hard look at the present situation in Canada to see what ethnic division can do to a nation.

The church in this country must help all people to be at home in our churches. It must never encourage separatism.

Some words should be devoted to the women who came along with their television cameras to lobby for ordination of women.

It is estimated that there are 20 million women in the Catholic church in the United States. This group thusly represented a ratio of lout of 200,000, not a significant minority by any stretch of the imagination.

The Baltimore Conference reported attendance of 2,000 women. Futher statistics indicate that 62% were nuns. Of this group, 65% were over 35, according to a local estimate. The facts then themselves indicate that this movement cannot be considered

BP. McNICHOLAS Iy, little is known as to what goes on in these meetings since they are executive sessions, or at least newly arrived editors do not know if they are welcome.

Aside from this, would it not be a good idea to suggest a

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broader base of input for these gatherings. The people of a given area look to their bishops to act not only individual1y by diocese, but also col1ectively on area issues. Regional meetings ,.,~

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In general, the bishops really should continue their efforts to make their meetings reflect the problems and concerns of the American church.

They must offer solutions and not hide from the realities of life that face their people. Nor should they reduce their meet· ings to mere reflections of points of canon law. The Church in this country needs their collective leadership. United, they can be a force that will inspire the laity to be truly alive. They should always realize the truth of the bromide, that you cannot give what you do not have.

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At this time, however, one must say that the Roman college has the upper hand, with a greater number of bishop-graduates.

When it comes to support, this is what really counts!

The new president of Catholic University also was given a time slot to thank the bishops for their support. It would seem that these institutions are the big three as far as this meeting is cOJ;lcerned.

Too bad. Local seminaries that lack bishops' special favor are still the mainstay of vocations for the American church. Keep the home fires burning! :::

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The Baltimore priest is noted for the advice he gives fellow alcoholics in the film, "Chalk Talk," made by the Department of Defense, for which he travels extensively.

"You can order an alcoholic to get treatment," he said. "It's a myth that you cannot help an alcoholic unless he wants it.

That's a myth.

"See, on this side of my mouth I say alcoholism is a sickness of body, mind, emotion and soul.

"And on this side of my mouth I say I'm not going to' help him until he makes a rational decision to get help . . .

"Yes, you can order an alcoholic into treatment. You just can't order his response to it.

But if the treatment is proper, 60 to 80 percent get well.

"Do you know why? IBecause it was the most marvelous thing in the world to find out I was sick instead of evil and that there was an answer to it.

Father Martin said employers should establish alcoholism programs for their employees.

"We pay for alcoholism anyway. Why not pay for it at the front end instead of at the tail end and save lives in the middle?"

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We were made to love and the alcoholic can't. .To love you have to :be free and he's not. He's shackled to himself by the very chemistry of his body. He drinks alcohol compulsively. All of his functions is not for the well-being of others but for obtaining and consuming the chemical without which he cannot function. And the ultimate end is death unless someone helps him."

Professional help is available, Father Martin said. Alcoholism, he added, explains more absenteeism and poor production than anything else. "The best time to ~pproach an alcoholic is when he is in pain. The underlying . principle is that when you hurt bad enough, you'll want to do something about it."

Laity's Role FATHER MARTIN room knows an alcoholic. In fact, most of you have an alcoholic somewhere in your family.

If you do not know an alcoholic, you are ejther blind or simply ignorant," said Father Martin.

He estimated that there are 36 million alcoholics in the United States. The reason alcoholics remain undiagnosed is because of preconceptions of what an alcoholic is, he said.

"What is an alcoholic? I see the alcoholic to be someone who

WASHINGTON - The laity's role in the church must extend to evangelization, said the president of Catholics United.for the Faith, who pledged his organization's continued support for the reforms of the Second Vatican Council. H. Lyman Stebbins of New York, V\o(ho helped found the group, spoke at a Washington meeting.

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Mistakes, he said, occur because of ignorance. One major mistake is to let alcoholism go undiagnosed arid untreated. This happens because the alcoholic apparently continues to function.

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the discipline of a child. That wise father and fine writer, Eugene Geissler, notes that Christ went off from his parents at the age of 12. He suggests that around this age children must begin to move away from home, to do things on their own, to take the first steps toward independence and adulthood. As parents we must make the delicate judgment of when to restrain and when to let go.

If your daughter needs discipline all the time, perhaps you are still treating her with the restraint needed for a young child. ·Perhaps you need to allow her more room to do things on her own and to make her own decisions. Look around you for friends who have teens and Who seem to discipline them in a way which you admire. Talk to them frankly about handling a l3-year-old. They will probably be flattered that you admire their judgment and eager to share their views.

Make rules that are clear and fair. Be specific about such matters as to where she may go and how late she may stay out on school nights, on non-school nights. What time is bedtime?

What jobs is she responsible for?

What are the consequences of breaking these rules? Clear ex-

pectations let your daughter know where she stands.

Support your daughter. Thirteen is an age of tremendous uncertainty. A girl often feels she has no friends, she is not popular, no one likes her, even though there is no evidence to support her fears. Emphasize the things she does well. Sympathize when she hurts, but don't tell her she is wrong or silly. For her the problems are real.

Finally, allow room for moodiness, outbursts and backtalk.

Thirteen can be an explosive, upand-down age. If you forbid all expressions of feelings, you are apt to develop a ~een-ager who stays in her room and never communicates anything to you. Be clear and firm about what she must do, but be tolerant of what she says.

Admire what she does well whether in school, sports, hobbies or at home. Be flexible enough to realize that disciplining a teen-ager requires growth on your part as well as hers. And when you must punish, use adult tasks rather than direct physical control which can be demeaning.

Reader questions on family living and child care ¥8 invited.

Address to The Kennys, c/o The Anchor, P.O. Box 7, Fall River, Mass. 02722.

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Q. Why all the furor about Arehblshop Lefebvre, the tradi· tionallst prelate who wants to use Latin, when the funeral Mass for the pope was In Latin?

Why wasn't it in Italian? (La.) A. The announcer on at least one television network answered your question during the late pope's funeral liturgy. While Mass is nomally offered in the language of the country, Latin remains the international language of the church. .Attending the funeral were representatives from numerous nations, with numerous languages. It was certainly appropriate, therefore, that the language of anyone country not be used, but that the ceremonies be in Latin, as they often are in similar international circumstances.

Your comment about Archbishop Lefvebre seems to reflect a misconception held by a number of Catholics. His problem with the church is not simply that he wants Latin Masses. He does not want to follow the order of the Mass based on Vatican II decisions, which provide in certain instances for Masses in Latin. Far' more serious and critical is his rejection of the authority of the popes and of the ecumenical councils to establish directions and statements of relief and worship that bind all Catholic people.

He argues, of course, that the pope and the other bishops are all wrong, and that he and his followers are the only "real" Catholics - an argument, by the way, that is used by certain other smaller and Jesser known groups today. 'By now, as you probably know, in major defiance of the pope, he has ordained his own priests and established his own seminaries.

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Several larger questions over which the individual usually has little control, but which are urgent concerns in this matter, are continually under study and evaluation by scientists and moral theologians. Such questions center on the exact time of death, in other words, at. precisely what point may a doctor remove an organ for transplant to another; the proper treatment of the corpse of a human being so that it is not unnaturally dealt with as simply a thing or an animal; and even social concerns such as the not unheard-of willingness of some institutions and individuals to sell organs of a deceased person for profit.

I point out these factors only to emphasize that the question is a lot more complicated than you may realize. If you wish to do so, and your family has no reasonable objections, giving part of your body to someone who needs it is permissible and charitable.

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

Chile Breaks Promise SANTIAGO, Chile The bishops of Chile are complaining that the government is not keeping its promise to investigate cases of people who have disappeared after being arrested.

The bishops have asked the military government for reports on 372 cases they say they c~n document, but no information has been forthcoming.

POPE JOHN PAUL II's coat of arms has been designed by Archbishop Bruno Heim, apostolic delegate in Great Britain. The shield is blue with a yellow cross and "M" symbolizing the pope's devotion to Mary. The crossed keys are silver and gold and the sash and rope are red. (NC Photo)

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How Can IFind Meaningful Religious Experience?

By Mary Maher A Lutheran minister I know has been running for years. He runs and meditates, runs and solves problems, runs and gets in touch with the ch:ld within himself, runs and experiences the pilgrimage pattern of adulthood. Running unites him to God, the world of nature and to all the people he knows.

Setting out to find religious experience is almost inevitably to be led away from its possibility. Within our human lives, the ordinary events are where we meet God. Grace is not a second story built upon the first: nature. It is the gift of relatedness of God with people and people with each other. It is not a magic wand that transports us into transcendental pastures where love is easy and defeat and victory are clear-cut realities.

Neither is grace like the old theatrical device, deus ex machina, in which the god is dropped onto the stage to resolve impossible human entanglements.

At first glance, this understanding of grace may seem

pedantic and lacking in drama.

But it offers us more than the boring repitition compulsion for which many of us settle.

We think we would like to invite God in, give him something spectacular in our lives to work with - like the utterly tragic or the truly estatic. How often we equate religious experience with feeling good, being at peace with others, losing our need to struggle with our tendencies to do harm and to be vulnerable. We want religious experience to be more like a Linus Blanket to carry for comfort than the clothing which is the shape of our human lives.

My friend runs around Washington. He also counsels ministers, writes books, speaks all over the nation on how ministers need ministering to as well as anybody else. He is successful in reconciling parishes after hard events have rocked them.

He stresses the essential humanness of grace action.

It is interesting to note that a few modern novelists, among them John Gardner, John Cheever, Margaret Atwood, have dwelt on the same theme: Reli-

gion is grounded in what is, not in what is wished for in order to avoid what is.

It is more dramatic to think that religious experience on Monday morning is more like an urge to go forth like the sun than to struggle out of bed and into lines of harassing traffic.

It would be easier to have God say some word of superhuman understanding when a friend's child dies of cancer than to feel the universe fall silent in the face of what seems senseless, innocent suffering.

It must be nice, too, to feel good about driving a car with a bumper sticker "I found It" when, for many of us, not having found "it" is precisely our claim to faith in the raggy second half of the 20th century. It must be clear that we are given grace to make us not romantics nor realists, but humans. /Religious experience is not a matter of picking up points of self-gratification. As we seek many of us are learning, as my friend has, that running - physically or metaphorically - is still the soundest way to meet the living God. ~

The Spirituality of Patriarch Athenagoras robed, black-hooded man, quiet- uality," we easily forget that ly strolling through these lovely this word applies differently to After Greek Orthodox Patri- precincts. This man who came each of us according to our own arch Athenagoras died in Instan- to symbolize in his life what a natures, graces and offices. A bul, Turkey, in 1972, Father park should be, a place wherein bishop must reveal a spiritualGeorge Maloney wrote that he divisions and struggles among , ity grounded in the very strucleft no monuments or writings or men are overcome and left ture and meaning of Christenpolitical documents. His bequest aside. All parks, in a way, are dom. In a famous letter to Paul to us was rather the realization meant to recall Eden and this VI, Athenagoras gave beautiful "that men were meant by God Orthodox archbishop seemed to testimony to this. to live in a unity of truth and reflect this.

"We hasten to confirm to you, love." 路All three elements were Pope Paul VI and Athena- elderbrother, that, according to necessary - unity, truth, and "goras were close and good the will of the Lord who wishes love. friends. They met three times his church to be one, visible to We who are used to thinking officially - in Rome, Jerusalem the whole world, in order that of Christianity as divided into and Istanbul. Both were acutely the entire world may come to it, Protestants and Catholics' easily aware of the origins of the div- we submit ourselves continually forget that the various Ortho- isions in Christianity, yet both and without any deflection to dox churches stemming from wanted to respect what was dis- the inspiration of. the Holy Egypt, Asia Minor, Greece, East- tinctive in the Latin and Greek Spirit . . . This work is to make ern Europe and Russia bear wit- traditions. visible and manifest to the world ness to a liturgy, theology and Msgr. John Nolan of the Cath- the one, holy, catholic and aposspirit as old and wise as our own tolic church of Christ . . . ways of living the faith. We are olic Near East Welfare Associa"Actually, even if the Eastern often surprised by the depth and tion wrote of him in 1969: "Are and Western churches are sepwe big enough for this old man's wisdom of this tradition unfamidream?" Athenagoras said to arated, for eauses known to the liar to us.

Msgr. Nolan: "Is not our master Lord, they are not divided, howThis patriarch was no ordinary the same Christ? Then we are ever, in the substance of comman. He was Greek by birth but servants of the same household. munion in the mystery of Jesus, lived for many years in New We are already one. Let theolo- God made man, and of his divYork, across from Central Park, gians work out the details. But ine-human church." a place where he loved to walk you and I know that unity is alIt is easy to understand some and converse with the people he ready a fact, because we love of the affection and hope this met, especially the children. It one another."

Orthodox bishop inspired. And is nice to picture this tall, blackSuch simplicity 'and earnest- when we ask why was he so ness may seem too pat at times. providential, y/e can only conBut this patriarch was not un- clude that here was a man who Love Alone "Merit consists in the virtue aware of the historical complexi- . believed in Christ's truth and of love alone, flavored with the ties, and he even seemed to be loved us all in God. It is enough light of true discretion, without under some criticism in his own for any bishop to bequeath to us the reminder that we should be which the soul is worth nothing." church for his zeal.

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Well-Kept Secret

By Father Joseph Champlin "The best kept secret of the church in the United States."

Thus has been labeled the work of Catholic Relief Services, overseas aid agency of U.S. Catholics.

Are the initials CRS or the title, Catholic Relief Services, familiar to yOt",?

Possibly not, but 600 inhabitants of Kaboud, a poor village on Jordan's West Bank, do recognize the title, and would tell you what they have accomplished together with CRS. The villagers, all Moslems, grow grapes, wheat, barley and lentils; they raise a bit of livestock; a few work in Israel and nearby Hebron town. But the impoverished hamlet is, practically speaking, cut off from civilization.

Three years ago, the citizens, aided by CRS, constructed a water delivery system which linked Raboud with a central

pipeline. They paid 42 percent of the cost of this project.

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By Janaan Manternach One day Jesus was returning to his home in Capernaum, a town near Cana, in Galilee. Jesus had been living there since he left Nazareth.

As he entered Capernaum, an officer in the Roman army came up to him. He was not on official business. He needed help.

He had heard how Jesus helped the sick and suffering. As a Roman, he did not believe in God the way Jews did. But he beTurn to Page Thirteen

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e um animal simbo1ico. Muitas vezes cria, em sfmbo10s, aqui10 que n~o pode a1can,ar na rea1idade. Projecta para 0 futuro 0 que n~o pode a1can)ar no presentee Reveste de veros{mi1 0 inveros{mi1, e depois permanece dependente e em tensao perante essas cria~~es. A essas tensoes da 0 nome de esperanJa. Esta esperan~a, porem, nao esta 10nge da a1ienna,ao, nada rea1iza, faz-se inutil, ainda que sirva de estupefaciente para o seu cora)ao. Este modo de esperar nunca pode ser 0 modo de esperar crist~o, po is nasce em nos por obra e graya de nos mesmos. Depende das nossas ideias, dos nossos fracassos camuf1ados, do nosso querer e nao poder.

Longe desta, a esperan1a crista, que virtude teo10ga1. E1a e um dom inefave1 de Deus que nos faz ane1ar pe10 incompreens!ve1 da nossa fee Como esta, assenta em acontecimentos que nunca se nos reve1am p1enamente.

I1umina-nos a rea1idade ern seu caminho para a plenitude e deixa-nos ane1antesdessa plenitude.

Esperan)a, no fundo, reve1a-nos uma car~ncia de nos mesmos. Torna-se em confian.a de que os outros nos rea1izem e de que "0 Outro" (Deus) nos exp1ique por inteiro. Mas tambem aqui ha risco e urna encruzi1hada para os homens: remirem-se para Deus pe1a esperan~a que 1hes faz compreender toda a cruel rea1idade ou atirarem-se cegamente contra 0 paredao que os 1imita. Vem i1uminar esta encruzi1hada a'Sagrada Escritura.

Ouvimos frequentamente, "sede pacientes ate a vinda do Senhor." A paci~ncia evange1ica nao ~ aguentar e conformar-se. Exige uma constru)ao que sabemos ser 1enta e uma contesta~ao e mU1ta coisa. Esta• perto da f"e e e • d ' vizinha da esperanca. ter" e nao , .,,; , ter ainda.

E sofrer para nao sofrer. E tambem uma atitude de Advento.

A raz~o da nossa paci~ncia ~ que 0 Senhol ,.

P . d e urn coesta, prox1mo. or '1SS0, prec1samos ra~ao forte que n~o adormeJa na primeira vigilia e que n~o esbarre na primeira barricada.

Paci~ncia que ate nos pode 1evar a confiar contra toda a esperan~a intramundana.

Quem espera contra toda a esperan~a, espera da me1hor maneira. Por iSBO, ~~6s temos por bem-aventurados aque1es que s~1reram."

Paci~ncia que nos faz compreender 0 sen~ido das coisas e da historia dos homens que e, ao mesmo tempo, hist6ria das coisas e inten~~es de Deus. 0 que poderiamos chamar 0 "Grande Advento" do mundo. As guerras e revo1u~oes nao terao side tambem como "grm,s de trigo" que morrem para dar vida? E 0 mundo em w trans f orma~ao nao estara, em advento de Resur. y ' i re1 J ao, sempre prox ma e, ' S1mu1" taneamente, sempre distante?

Pacienia que nos situa ao nosso n{ve1 de humanos: entre 0 ter e 0 nao ter ainda, entre a espera e 0 desespero, entre 0 que vai e 0 que fica. Ao situar-nosno nosso lugar, a paci~ncia geradora de a1egria.

Os que vo1tavam do desterro vinham coroados de urna a1egria eterna: repletos de gozo e a1egria.(Is.) Tamb'em a solid~o da nossa terra f10rescer~ e exu1tara de j~bi10. E oM porque Deus vem sa1var-nos, nao podemos recear.

Por outra parte, somos uma mu1tidro que vem chegando e estamos sempre partindo. 0 nosso caminho vai ficando para tras, 1ajeado com peda 10s da nossa.dor e dos nossos triunfos. E, no entanto, confiamos.

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Continued from Page Twelve The Roman officer started for Iieved Jesus would help him. home. Along the way he met "Sir," he said, "my serving other servants of his running boy, who is like my own son, is out to tell him the sick boy was at home in bed terribly sick. He getting well. He began to imis paralyzed and suffers pain- prove at the very moment Jesus fully." had said, "Your servant will get Jesus was deeply touched by wei!." . the officer's manner. Without Word of the man's faith in hesitation, he told the soldier, "I Jesus spread. He became an exwill come and cure him." The ample of trust. Christians still man was taken aback. This was use his words to express their more than he expected. He knew own faith in Jesus. At Mass we that Jesus, a Jew, was forbidden say, "Lord, I am not worthy to

by Jewish law to enter the house receive you, but only say the of a Roman. word and I shall be healed."

"Sir," he said to Jesus, "I am not worthy to have you in my house. Just give an order and the boy will get better."

Continued from Page Twelve The officer knew from his or the heads of women. animals own experience the power of ,Even very sick people or deliverhis commands. One word from him and what he wanted done ing women must travel to the was done. "I, too, am a man of outside world over a bumpy, bad authority," he said to Jesus. "If road on a donkey or be carried I say to a soldier, 'Come here,' on a litter.

This soon will change. CRS, he comes. Or if I say to another, 'Do this,' he does it." He be- with help from the U.S. governlieved Jesus had even greater ment, has sponsored a project to construct a paved access road power.

Jesus was amazed at what the from the nearest major highsoldier said. Here was a Roman, way. Villagers are performing who did not share the faith of most of the actual labor.

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THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Thur., Nov. 30, 1978

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By Cecilia Belanger Does Advent creat a different lifestyle? A new way of thinking and acting? Does it last, and for how long? Is it emotional or deep-rooted?

Advent has to be different from other parts of the year. It's as if "the last days" had ended and a new beginning in Jesus Christ is upon us. We already begin to feel the newness and the hope. We are in constant expectation. We know our expectations will be fulfilled.

A grand climax on this earth began with our Lord in his advent when "The word became flesh and dealt among us and we

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In Christ, eternity invaded time. History was being touched in a way never touched before or since. There was true Light in the world!

I see the church this Advent going along in its pilgrimage experiencing many changing perceptions. Today we are recovering a dimension that tells us we live on a finite planet, with growth limits.

We forget in our greed that "The earth is the Lord's," not ours. Our stewardship has left much to be desired. The survival of vast portions of the human family lies in question while we throw enough food into our garbage cans to feed a country of starving people.

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All Catholic high schools in the diocese will accept applicants and administer a placement examination for new students at 8:15 a.m. Saturday, Dee. 9. Students wishing to enter one of the diocesan schools in September should report to the one of their choice at that time. The examination and application procedure will last until 12:30 p.m.

A $3 application fee will be payable Ilt Bishop Gerrard and Bishop Connolly high schools in Fall River, Holy Family High School, New Bedford, and Bishop Stang High SchOOl, North Dartmouth. The charge will be $5 at Bishop Feehan High School, Attleboro, and Coyle and Cassidy High School, Taunton.

Students need bring no records, nor need parents accompany them. Complete information as to each school's courses, activities and financial and scholarship aid available will be given at the time of the examination.

If we' are to understand Advent, we must think upon these things right now. We must look upon our natural environment with deep love. Life in its fullness cannot ignore nature.

Advent, to me, means a new way of responding to those less fortunate than we. There is an imperialism even in our fullfilling of social responsibility. Advent tells me this is wrong. Advent tells me to see power in the powerless, richness residing with the poor, for in meeting them we are met by Jesus Christ.

Advent is reciprocity, our sense of mutual need. Even our Lord had need of a place to be born.

Advent confronts us with that Child in the manger. We need the ministration and compassion of that Child. We forget his words, how he tells us that he is always with us in the midst of what seems to be hidden.

Advent reminds us that many things have gone wrong in our lives. Our high standard of living, once a model to the world, has become grotesque opulence and ugly extravagance. We need more life gospel-style.

True Advent will be here when we really understand and live up to the words: "We are all members of one another, so that if one member suffers we all suffer together, and if one member is honored, we are all honored together."

Bishop Feehan A college financial aid workshop for seniors and their parents from Feehan, Attleboro, North Attleboro and Norton high schools will be held at Feehan at 7:30 p.m. Monday.

Varsity cheerleaders will enter competition Saturday, Dec. 9 at Norton High School. Also on Dec. 9 prospective 'Feehanites will take a placement exam, beginning at 8 a.m.

Monday, Dec. 11, the business

She can kill with a smile She can wound with her eyes She can ruin yOUl' faith with her casual lies And she only reveals what she wants you to see She hides like a child But she's always a woman to me.

She can lead you to love She can take you or leave you She can ask for the truth But she'll never believe you And she'll take what you give her as long as it's free Yeah she steals like a thief But she's always a woman to me.

Oh, she takes care of herself She can wait if she wants She's ahead of her time Oh, and she never gives out And she never gives in She just changes her mind.

She will promise you more Than the Garden of Eden Then she'll carelessly cut you And laugh while you're bleedin' But she'll bring out the best And the worst you can be Blame it all on yourself 'Cause she's always a woman to me.

She is frequently kind And she's suddenly cruel She can do as-she pleases She's nobody's fool But she can't be convicted She's earned her degree And the most she will do Is throw shadows at you But she's always a woman to me.

Recorded by Billy Joel, (c) 1977, 1978 by Joelsongs Billy Joel's "Only The Good Die Young" did little to endear him to Catholic audiences. Yet his music is some of the most popular on the rock charts. His current release is the fourth single to make the top 40 from his album "The Stranger."

It offers two points for Qur reflection. The first concerns the difference between a person's behavior and the person's worth. Too often we confuse these two. We can make the mistake of passing negative judgments on the whole person when in reality it is the person's behavior we dislike. If we fail to see the needs and pain behind actions, we can easily write off a person as not deserving of our time and friendship.

The second point r~flects on how we see others as they interact with us. If we "look" with love, we can empower another to grow past current limitations in behavior. As followers of Jesus, our challenge is to see others with such an expansive vision that they can grow to become their best selves.

and English departments will sponsor a schoolwide spelling contest, with awards given to the top three winners.

New officers of the Key Club are Jeanne Lynch, president; Jo-Anne Chaput, vice-president; Stephen Healey, treasurer; Lisa Valade, secretary. The club, sponsored by the Attleboro Kiwanis Club, aims to develop initiative, leadership and good citizenship among members.

Holy Family The newly formed Holy Family Glee Club is preparing for its first Christmas concert, to be presented Dec. 15, 16 and 17 under direction of Arthur Buckley, former director of St. An-

thony High School Glee Club.

To be featured is the Triple Trio, a group of nine Holy Family girls who recently performed at "Tri-Works." At the concert they will appear with the chorus and a Junior Folk Group, also newly organized.

Earlier this month the annual fall play was presented by Holy Family students. Chosen was "Spotlights and Haloes," a comedy.

Controlled by Hope "Hope is some extraordinary spiritual grace that God gives us to control our fears, not to oust them." - Vincent McNabb, O.P.

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Hockomock All Stars The Hockomock League has announced its All-Hockomock teams in field hockey and boys' and girls' cross-country.

Canton field hockey is represented by left halfback Lisa Smith, left inner Terry McNeil and goalie Jane Malloy. Franklin's "stellars" at the sport are center halfback Patti Socci, goalie Janet Vignone and center forward Bernadette Corbett.

Miss Smith and Miss Socci are all-star co-captains.

Others on the team are center forward Maria Allen and center halfback Joanne Camara, Oliver Ames; halfback Vicki Wenzel, King Philip; right inner Cindy McKay, Foxboro; center halfback Karen Wurtzer, Sharon; center halfback Denise Fraser, Stoughton; halfback-link Karen

Whitefield, North Attleboro; junior fullback Elaine Kaleta, Mansfield.

Girls' All.Jiockomock crosscountry has Kathy Sullivan and Alynne MacLean, Oliver Ames; Gabrielle Lessard, Franklin; Kelley Boyle, Sharon; Karen Hierpe, North Attleboro; Andrea Kershaw of co-champion Canton; Susie Shurmer of co-champion King Philip; Laurie Cooney, Foxboro.

Champion Foxboro dominates boys' all-Hockomock cross-country with Ed Marcotte, Patrick Mullally and Jack Tisdale. The aggregation also includes Robert McCormack and John Loiselle, Sharon; Leon Wilson, Stoughton; Vin Brennan, North Attleboro; Frank McLean, Oliver Ames.

McCormack is all-star captain.

Holy Family Hoop Schedule Holy Family High of New Bedford will open boys' and girls' basketball on Dec. 12.

The boys will open at home to Coyle-Cassidy, the girls at Falmouth in non-league games. The boys will be host to Bishop Connolly High on Dec. 14, meet an alumni quintet on Dec. 22, visit Coyle-Cassidy the day after Christmas and will entertain Martha's Vineyard for two afternoon games on Dec. 30 before opening their conference schedule which is: Jan. 3, at Bishop Feehan; 5, at Bishop Stang; 9, Seekonk; 12, Old Rochester; 16, Dennis-Yarmouth; 19, at New Bedford Voke-Tech; 23, at Wareham; 26, Feehan; 30, at Seekonk; Feb. 2, Stang; 6, at Dennis-Yarmouth; 9, at Old Rochester; 13, Wareham; 16, Voke-Tech.

They wind up their season with a non-league game at Connolly on Feb. 19 and an afternoon doubleheader at Martha's Vineyard on Feb. 21.

After their season opener at

Falmouth, the girls entertain Fairhaven Dec. 15, will be at Bourne Dec. 20 and at Fairhaven Dec. 22. They return home Dec. 27 against Falmouth and Dec. 29 against Martha's Vineyard.

Then they go into their conference schedUle: Jan. 2, at Coyle-Cassidy; 5, Old Rochester; 10, Case; 15, Westport; 18, at Bishop Gerrard; 23, at Voke-Tech; 25, Coyle-Cassidy; 29, at Case; Feb. I, at Old Rochester; 8, at Westport; 13, Voke-Tech; 15, Gerrard.

They host Bourne Feb. 20 and visit New Bedford Feb. 22 in non-league games to end their season.

All boys' games will be played in the Kennedy Youth Center, 377 County Street, New Bedford.

Jayvee games are 90 minutes before varsity games. Girls' games will he played at the old New Bedford Vocational High School, Hillman and Chancery Streets.

Holy Family does not have a girls' jayvee team.

South Takes Big Lead ,Fall River South blanked New Bedford, 4-0, last Sunday and stretched its lead over the Whale towners to six points in the Bristol County .Catholic Hockey League. Despite the loss, New Bedford retained the runnerup spot, one point ahead of Somerset-Freetown, which took over third place with a 4-3 deci-

usee Aids Refugees WASHINGTON (NC) - Catholic agencies are "deeply involved" in aiding a new batch of "boat people" - this time refugees from Haiti and the Bahamas y.oho are fleeing difficult political and economic situations in thos~ countries, accl1rding to John MpCarthy, director of the U.S. b~shops' Migration and Refugee Services.

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Rochester defeated Taunton, 6-2.

Next Sunday night's threegame program, starting at 9, has Rochester vs. New Bedford, Taunton vs. Somerset-Freetown, and South vs. North. In the present standings South has 17 points, New Bedford 11, Somerset-Freetown 10, Taunton 9, Rochester 7, North 6.

From Haiti, Bahamas refugees are in the Diocese of Brooklyn and the Archdiocese of Miami, McCarthy said, adding that the U.S. Catholic Conference has helped thousands of Haitian refugees over the years and wiIl do all it can for the new group from the Bahamas.

"We're concerned about doing everything possible to help legally, technically and materially," he said.

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General ratings: G-suitable for general viewing; PG-parental guidance suggested; R-restricted, unsuitable for children or younger teens.

Catholic ratings: AI-approved for children and adults; A2-approved for adults and adolescents; A3-approved for adults only; B-objectionable in part for everyone; A4-separate classification (given to films not morally offensive which, however, require some analysis and explanation); C-condemned.

"Lord of the Rings" (United Artists) is a film treatment, blending cartoon and live figures, of the famous J. R. R. Tolkien saga of Middle Earth. It takes its hero, the hobbit Frodo, accompanied by his friend Sam, on a long and perilous journey to Mount Doom, where they must destroy the magic ring they bear. Essentially the story is a confrontation of the forces of good and evil; however, the fantastic creatures in which it abounds are frighteningly depicted, which makes this not an entertainment for young children. PG, A2 "Once in Paris": An American writer (Wayne Rogers) comes to Paris to minister to an ailing film script. He makes friends with a worldly wise chauffeur (Jack Lenoir) employed by the studio, has an affair with a sophisticated Englishwoman (Gayle Hunnicut) and is aJmost ready to abandon his wife and children for her sake. The film is insipid and banal and its complacent attitude towards adultery is morally offensive. 'B On Television "Over Easy," (PBS): will feature Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen in a program on aging hosted by Hugh Downs to be aired the first week of December. Check local listings.

"Joey and Redhawk," (CBS), 4-4:30 p.m. Dec. 4 through Dec. 8. This is the first network weekday miniseries for young people and is an excellent story of two 14-year-old boys, Joey on a camping trip from Ohio, Redhawk a runaway, who meet in the wilderness after Joey's father has broken his leg. In coping with the situation they learn

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"Christmas Eve on Sesam~ Street," (PBS), 8-9 p.m. Dec. 3 The festivities of Big Bird and his friends, including some new Christmas songs. The program will be rebroadcast at 8 p.m.

Dec. 21 and 7 p.m. Christmas Eve. Friday, Dec. 8, 10-11 p.m.

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Portsmouth is a college preparatory boarding school for boys, founded by a community of Benedictine monks who form part of its faculty.

The camera follows its 250 students into the classroom, at student activities, during . sports and recreation.

Both students and faculty answer such questions as: What impact does a religious atmosphere have on education? How do Portsmouth's boys respond to a challenging curriculum? What advantages, if any, does the boarding school experience offer?

On Radio Sunday, Dec. 3 - "Guideline" (NBC) presents the first of two interyiews with Alba Zizzamia, director of the Office for World Justice and Peace, Archdiocese of New York. Ms. Zizzamia will discuss the United Nations Declaration on Human Rights which will be 30 years old next· Sunday. Interviewer is Father Thaddeus Morgan, a Graymoor friar who is co-director of the Graymoor Ecumenical Institute (Check local listings for time.)

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ST. THERESA, SOUTH ATTLEBORO The Confraternity of Christian Mothers will be host unit for District 4 of the Diocesan Council of Catholic Women at a Mass at 7:30 p.m. Monday. A meeting and Christmas party will folio. at 8.

SACRED HEARTS, FAIRHAVEN A monthly Mass for the intentions of all participants in a holy hour program at Sacred Hearts will be celebrated today.

The Blessed Sacrament will be exposed at the church tomorrow and Friday, Dec. 8.

ST. STANISLAUS, FALL RIVER A solemn candlelight Eucharist and blessing of advent wreaths will be held at 4:30 p.m.

Saturday. Wreaths for home use may be brought to the church for this ceremony.

The Youth Ministry group will meet at 4 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 10 in the lower church.

HOLY TRINITY, WEST HARWICH 'Father Horace Travassos, assistant chancellor, will speak at a Ladies' Association communion breakfast to be held in the church hall Friday, Dec. 8, following 9 a.m. Mass. Reservations will close Sunday.

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ST. JOHN OF GOD, SOMERSET There will be a general meeting for all CCD teachers at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 7 in the CCD center.

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SACRED HEART, FALL RIVER A family Advent booklet, "Come, Lord Jesus" is available to parish families for use in home celebrations of the Advent season.

The choir meets at 9 a.m. each Sunday for rehearsals, directed

by Mrs. Collette Waring.

The parish council will meet at 7:30 tonight in the rectory.

ST. MARY'S CATHEDRAL, FALL RIVER The Women's Guild will hold a Christmas party at 6:30 p.m.

Tuesday in the parish hall. A dinner will be followed by enter, tainment from the choral group of Case High School, directed by H. James LaFlame. Mrs. Roger Vezina and Mrs. Michael Arruda are hostesses.

Music for the 10 a.m. liturgy this Sunday will feature the Marier Penitential Rite and the Bach chorale "Wachet Auf." LA SALETTE SHRINE, ATTLEBORO Christmas illuminations wilf continue nightly through Jan. 1.

Displays will include a crib scene with live animals and a special children's manger.

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FIVE HOUR VIGIL, ST. BERNARD, ASSONET A five-hour First Friday vigil of reparation will be held from 8 p.m. to 1 a.m. tomorrow at St. Bernard Church, Assonet. It will include a Mass at its beginning and conclusion, and a rosary and , holy hour service. Refreshments will be served at 10 p.m. All are invited to attend.

SS. PETER AND PAUL, FALL RIVER The parish spiritual life committee has implemented a new program for baptism, involving a "host couple" who will pre· pare parents for the significant step of their child's reception of the sacrament and a representative parish gathering in attendance at each baptism ceremony.

The gathering, including organization members and any parishioners able to be present, will "demonstrate the concern of the Church for new Christians."

The SIGN folk group will practice at 7:30 tonight in the choir room.

The annual Women's Club Christmas party will be held at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 12 in Father Coady Center. Mary Tyrrell (672-0227) is in cliarge of reservations.

FIRST FRIDAY CLUB, FALL RIVER Father William J. Cullen, S.J., will speak to the Fall River First Friday Club at its meeting tomorrow night.

Chairman of the religion department at Bishop Connolly High School, Father Cullen will take for his subject: "The Moral Commitment of Today's Youth:'

Members will attend the 6 p.m. Mass in Sacred Heart Church and the supper-meeting will follow in the parish hall.

ULTREYA GR()UP, CENTERVILLE The December ultreya will be held at 8 p.m. tomorrow at Our Lady of Victory church hall in Centerville.--'fhe theme will be "Giving Is Receiving" and Mass will' be celebrated by Father Jack Fitzgerald. Gift exchange and dancing will follow.

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ST. MARY, SEEKONK The annual collection will take place from noon to 2 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 3.

New Women's Guild officers for 1979 will be Barbara Lynch, president; Joan Faria, vice-president; Katherine Tennien, treasurer; Marilyn Leddy and May Sitko, secretaries.

The guild's Christmas party will be held at 6:45 p.m. Monday, Dec. 4 at the CCD center, at which time the new officers will be installed. All women of the parish and their guests arc invited and songs by Claire Beauregard will be heard.

ST. ANTHONY, TAUNTON Thirty-two members of St. St. Anthony's Guild have volunteered to visit all shut-ins in the parish during December. A gift will be presented to each.

Donations of money and baby clothes has been made to Birthright of Taunton.

The annual Christmas guild party will be held at the 1882 House in North Easton on Tuesday, Dec. 5. Guests are welcome.

THIRD ORDER OF ST. DOMINIC, FALL RIVER Members of the Third Order of St. Dominic will meet at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 8' for Mass and a meeting. Father Giles Dimock, OP, chaplain, will lead a discussion on the Eucharistic liturgy.

IMMACULATE CONCEPTION, TAUNtON The Women's Guild Christmas party will be held Thursday, Dec.

Girl Scout uniforms for any age level are needed by members of the parish troops. Those having any to donate are asked to contact Mrs. Mary Powers, 824-4452.

ST. PATRICK, FALL RIVER The pubUc is invited and admissioh will be free to the Jubilee Choir concert to be held at 8 p.m. Sunday at St. Patrick's Church. In addition to an original composition by Father William G. Campbell of Holy Name Church, Fall River, the program will feature music by Mozart, Haydn and PachelbeI.