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Putting the Guts Into Mercy WASHINGTON (NC) - The Carter administration's decision to accept more Vietnamese boat people gives American Catholics the chance to put "guts into the coporal works of mercy," John McCarthy, head of the U.S. Catholic Conference Office of Migration and Refugee Services, said.

Attorney General Griffin Bell announced last week that the U.S. is prepared to receive 26,375 refugees from Southeast Asia, Lebanon and Cuba. Mc Carthy said those numbers are going to magnify and that he expects 7,000 people a month, starting in January or February.

The head of the Migration and Refugee Services said 40,000 people from Southeast Asia are expected in the next six months and that the USCC, as the nation's major resettlement agency, will "provide homes and employment for any and all" who need help. "People who are at the present time only a number we'll flesh them out, make them Turn to Page Seven

Must Animate, Say Superiors ROME (NC) - The job of Religious superiors general today is to inspire and animate members as much as it is to give orders, the superiors general meeting near Rome agreed.

The meeting of 78 members of the Union of Superiors General was held at Villa Cavalletti in Frascati.

The majority of Religious institutes identify their central government::; with the "top authority and his council," said Father Roland Faley, superior general of the Third Order Regular of St. Francis and spokesman for the union.

"Animation has become the principal characteristic of government. The speakers at the meeting spoke repeatedly of the Religious superior general today as a person who has a clear vision of the spirit and charism of the institute in relation to today's world, and who is capable of effectively communicating this to the members," he said.

Father Jean-Yves Calvez, Turn to Page Seven

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Special Ministers Are, Commissioned In ceremonies held Monday night at St. Lawrence Church, New Bedford, 199 special ministers of Holy Communion were commissioned for service in parishes, convents and institutions of the diocese. Their names follow.

Fall River Area Blessed Sacrament: Normand Berube, Roland Brault, James J. Cahill, Mrs. Annette Gagliardi, John Gagliardi.

Robert Goulet, Mrs. Constance Karnasiewicz, Sister Rose Desmarais, S.S.J., Sister Yvette Leclair, S.S.J. Blessed Sacrament Convent: Sister Louis-Joseph Bellenoit, S.S.J., Sister Claire-Louise Bruneau, S.S.J. Sacred Heart: Abel Marceline, Mrs. Helen Piper.

St. Anne: Brother Joseph Arthur Barolet, O.P., Sister Lorraine Beauchesne, O.P., Mrs. Claire Beaulieu, Mrs. Jacqueline Brodeur, Raymond Brodeur.

Mrs. Pauline (Gagnon) Dumont, Michael Freitas, Steven Marciszyn, Mrs. Cecile Michno, Edward Michno, Sister Julie Pintal, O.P., Brother Fernand Senecal,O.P. St. Anthony Convent: Sister Lia, F:.M.M., Sister Deolinda Correia, F.M.M. St. Joseph: John Fitzgerald, Alfred V. Jones.

St. Stanislaus: Joseph BanaleMary conceived without sin wicz, Joseph Cichon, Frank DiPray for us Matteo Jr., Raymond Girard, Mrs. Annette Golembewski, Mrs. Who have recourse to thee Genevieve Jancarik.

Miss Paula J. King, Mrs. Jane Mayo, Henry Paruch, Mrs. Jlinet Pereira, John L. Rogers III, Sister Mary Xavier, C.S.S.F., Thomas Wrobel. .Despite threatening weather, A highlight was the premiere St.. William: Mrs. Anna Chleseveral hundred people gathered performance of -"Sing Praise to bek, Wilfred Pelchat. last Sunday night at St. Pat- the Lord" by Father William G. Highland Heights: Mrs. Marrick's Church, Fall River, for a . Campbell, associate pastor at garet Canulla, Mrs. Leotina concert of sacred music opening Holy Name Church, Fall River, Lima, Joseph Pereira, John official observance of the 75th and music consultant for the Wnenta. anniversary of the Fall River diocese.

St. Anne's Hospital: Sister BevThe composition, commission- erly A. Furtado, S.U.S.C., Sister diocese.

'Excellent acoustics, a pro- ed by Bishop Daniel A. Cronin Therese Joseph Hazera, O.P., fessional level orchestra and and the Diocesan Jubilee Com- Sister Mary Margaret Mello, O.P. choir and the superb direction mittee, is designed for use as a Union-Truesdale Hospital: Sisof Glenn Giuttari, St. Mary's processional, a hymn tune, a ter Michelle Authier, R.J.M., SisCathedral director of music, meditation, a choir piece or a ter Mariette Dignard, R.J.M., composition for choir, cantor Sister Doris Marie Lavoie, combined to provide a memorable evening.

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R.S.M., Sister Perpetua Lester, R.S.M. St. George: Mrs. Lorraine DeMoranville, Mrs. Beatrice Laplante, Sister Pauline Morrissette, C.S.C., Sister Elaine Poitras, C.S.C., Miss Palmina Vaillancourt.

St. Dominic: John O. Rego, Edward R. Terceiro.

St. John of God: Carlos DaSilva, Mrs. Mary Bella Nogueira, Alvaro Sousa.

St. Michael: Leo Hamel, Mrs. Irene Lake, Mrs. Jeannine St. Laurent, Mrs. Jeanne Nadeau.

New Bedford Area Iinmaculate <:,onception: Manuel Baptista. . St. Anne: Herbert B. Hurteau, Marcel G. Morency.

St. Anthony: Sister Charlotte Burleigh, C.S.C., Sister Cecile Lebeau, e.S.C., Sister Alice Leonard. C.S.C., Sister Yvonne Robida, C.S.C., Sister Maryanna Thompson, P.B.V.M. Turn to Page Eight

Marian Medals To 92 Diocesans Marian Medals will be presented to 92 members of the diocese in ceremonies at St. Anne's Church, Fall River. The award recognizes the contr-ibutions of parishioners to the varied ministries of the Church.

Medal Recipients Cape, Islands Area: Mrs. Anna Barrett, Edward Barry, Mrs. Nettie Clarkin, Edward - Colligan, Mrs. Rita Finnell, Miss Marion B. Higgins.

Mrs. Evelyn Martin, John McDonald, Cornelius Minihan, John B. Moniz, Stephen B. O'Brien, Albert Rocheteau.

Ernest F. Rose, Sr., Mrs. Estelle Suprenant, Joseph A. Tully, Mrs. Carol West.

Attleboro Area: Mrs. Jean E. Brackett, Mrs. Santo _ (;. Chaplow, Philip Thomas Connor, Mrs. Aneilda Dargis, George A. Desormeaux, Hector Gibeault.

Mrs. Jeanette R. Gravel, Edward Lapierre, Sr., Mrs. Edna Lorden, Mrs. Vera Macedo, Turn to Page Eight

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d)people -Places-Events-NC News Briefs

CAR DIN A L JOSEPH-MARIE TRIN of Hanoi died last month at age 78.

Boys Town

Bulwark Church

OMAHA, Neb.-Recent articles alleging financial mismanagement at Boys Town "contain a lot of half-truths and some deliberate misstatements," according to Archbishop Daniel E. Sheehan of Omaha, chairman of the home's board of directors. In an interview about the articles which appeared in the Omaha Sun, the archbiShop used such words as "misleading," "calumny" and "downright slander."

WASHINGTON-A professed agnostic who has been working for world peace said that the church in Chile has beco,me a bulwark for human rights under difficult circumstances, and has done so by adopting a non-proselytizing, non-paternalistic attitude. "This is what most impresses a foreign observer," said Asbjc}fn Eide of the International Peace Research Institute of Oslo, Norway.

Less Chat, More Work

VATICAN CITY-Christ's service to humanity requires the participation of all members of the church, Pope John Paul II told representatives of the laity of the Diocese of Rome. Christ "wants his service in the fullest significance of the word," the pope said. This includes the laity "because this service-solicitude requires the participation of everyone."

PHILADELPHIA-The Catholic Standard and Times, Philadelphia's archdiocesan newspaper, said it is time to consider eliminating one of the two yearly meetings of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops, and called for a general cutback in church meetings. Time and money saved by holding fewer meetings could be devoted to works of charity and evangelization, said the editorial, written

by Msgr. John Foley, the' paper's editor.

CDA Ys. ERA BALTIMORE-The national board of the Catholic Daughters of the Americas has vowed to "redouble its efforts to defeat" the Equal Rights Amendment and expressed opposition to the economic boycott placed on states which have not ratified the ERA.

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MANAGUA, Nicaragua-Amid festivities honoring the Immaculate Conception, church authorities have advised Nicaraguans to use restraint in the usually noisy celebrations to avoid further bloodshed.

Nicaragua is recovering from a long strike, armed rebellion by students and guerrillas and ensuing National Guard repression.

Test Tube Babies

IN KRAKOW Christmas parade, elaborately designed replicas of St. Mary's Church are carried by their makers. Covered in silver paper, they range from matchbox size to several feet high. Many take a year to construct.

RICHMOND, Va. - Bishop Walter F. Sullivan of Richmond has vO,iced "grave concern" about a proposed test tube baby clinic at Norfolk, saying it raises "serious moral and ethical implications" that have not been addressed by society. Researchers at the Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, announced plans to open a clinic and foresaw the first laboratory fertilization by the end of 1979.

Jesuit Outreach BALTIMORE-For a number of former Jesuits in the Maryland province, leaving the order has not meant complete isolation from the life they once knew. Over the last four years, on the initiative of the Jesuit provincial, communities of these men and their wives have taken root in Baltimore and Washington. The man who planted the first seeds was Father A. J. Panuska, Maryland provincial for the Society of Jesus.

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ARCHBISHOP OSCAR ROMERO

of San Salvador has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize.

WASHINGTON-A u.s. Catholic Con-' ference official charged that paid religious programing by fundamentalists and "entrepreneurial types that masquerade under the name of religious broadcasting" threaten access to free broadcasting time for the Catholic Church and other mainline religions. Robert Beusse, USCC secretary for communication, said broadcasters are replacing free air time for mainline religious programming with paid programming by fundamentalist and "entrepreneurial" broadcasters who will pay "double the rate card" for the time.

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Not Whether, How WASHINGTON - The question confronting students of the Holy Shroud of Turin is no longer whether the linen cloth is truly Christ's burial garment, but rather, how did the image that has fascinated men for centuries become part of the cloth? Mary Elizabeth Patrici, vicepresident of the Rome Center for the Study of the Holy Shroud, stood her ground, retreating only grudgingly - and ever so slightly.. "My certitude is 99.9 per cent. One must always leave some room."

LYNDA LYSTER WHALON will give a concert of Christma~ organ music at 3:30 p.m. Sunday at St. Mathieu Church, Fall River, and will also play for the 5 pm. Mass following. Her program will include music

by Jean Langlais,' under whom she studied in Paris, Bach, Tournemire and Messiaen.

Cubans Admitted MIAMI, Fla.-Archbishop Edward McCarthy has praised an announcement by Attorney General Griffin Bell that the Carter administration will allow some 3,500 Cuban prisoners into the United States. The archbishop has been a strong backer of an open policy for admitting the Cubans. Bell also said that refugees from Vietnam and Lebanon would be admitted.

Make HasJe Slowly VATICAN CITY - Haste to end "the intolerable scandal of the division of Christians" should not lead Catholics to celebrate the Eucharist with other Christians before doctrinal differences are resolved, said Pope John Paul II. The pope spoke to members of the Vatican Secretariat for Promoting Christian Unity.

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POPE JOHN PAUL II delights crowd at general audience by whirling a little boy through the air.

VATICAN CITY - Pope John Paul II has advanced the canonization causes of a priest of Polish ancestry, the foundress of an order of nuns and a former slave, issuing decrees that they had practiced heroic virtue. They are Father August Czartoryski of the Society of St. Francis de Sales; Sister Francoise de Sales Aviat, foundress of the Oblate Sisters of St. Francis de Sales; and Sister Josephine Bakhita of the Daughters of Charity, born in slavery in the southern Sudan.

Horror Expressed SAN FRANCISCO - Archbishop John R. Quinn expressed "horror" at the murders of San Francisco Mayor George Moscone and Supervisor Harvey Milk and said the tragedy "compounds our sense of bewilderment in the wake of the tragic events of Guyana." He asked citizens of the .city to "seize this opportunity to turn to God, who alone can fulfill our deepest yearnings for civic peace, justice and mutual respect among all who live here."

AUXILIARY BISHOP Michael J. Murphy of Cleveland has been named coadjutor bishop of Erie, Pa.

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Knock Centennial Center Is Opened NEW YORK (NC) An Ameri- appearance to 15 witnesses in can center has been established the small village of Knock. More to promote pilgrimages to the than a million pilgrims visit the Shrine of Our Lady of Knock in . shrine each year.

The American center will proCounty Mayo, Ireland. In 1979, the shrine will celebrate the vide information about the ap100th anniversary of Our Lady's parition.

HOLY FAMILY HIGH SCHOOL NEW BEDFORD "LET THERE BE UGHT - but only 3 watts per square foot" was the message at diocesan energy workshop. From left, Joseph Monaghan, Msgr. Thomas Harrington, Miss Grace Taylor, Kevin Garganta. .

Diocese Leads In what is believed a first in the nation for a Catholic diocese, the diocese of Fall River sponsored an energy conservation workshop last Saturday at Bishop Connolly High School, Fall River.

Kevin Garganta of the Massachusetts Energy Office and Joseph A. Monaghan, diocesan maintenance coordinator, led the three-hour session designed to assist those responsible for diocesan buildings to comply with state and federal energy conservation requirements. Such compliance is also necessary to . qualify for federal energy-saving grants, it was noted.

As an example of both cost and energy efficient lighting, it was pointed out that 1000 lumens for 1000 hours cost .65 if fluorescent lighting is used, $1.15 for metal halide bulbs and $3.52 for common incandescent household bulbs. It is expected that all diocesan high schools will convert to fluorescent lighting.

The some 100 pastors, school principals and building adminis-

Pope Plans Visit To Pola.nd WARSAW, Poland (NC) Pope John Paul II plans to visit Poland next May to participate in ceremonies commemorating the 900th anniversary of the death of St. Stanislaus, Polish patron saint, said the Polish bishops.

"The Holy Father intends to come to his native country for this exceptional jubilee," said a communique issued by the bishops at the conclusion of a twoday meeting.

An obstacle still remains, however, as the papal visit must be approved by the government.

A spokesman for the Polish Religious Affairs 'Office repeated earlier government statements that a date for a papal visit has yet to be decided upon.

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pope has repeatedly expressed a desire to visit Poland for the St. Stanislaus celebrations. Shortly after his election, Polish Jl.eligious Affairs Minister Kazimierz Kakol said such a visit wquld be welcomed by the government, but its date would have to be "conditioned by circumstances.:'

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trators present learned how to determine current and allowable wattage level, based on a standard of three watts per square foot. They also heard an explanation of a lighting power audit form which must be submitted to state authorities and learned

Leadership Day Plans Complete .Plans are finalized for "Working Together to Restore All Things in Christ," a leadership conference to be held 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, the day will be directed by Sister Marjorie Tuite, OP of the Jesuit School of Theology in Chicago.

Its goal is to encourage parish leaders to work together in the restoration of "all things in Christ." It is intended for clergy, religious education coordinators, school principals, parish coun· cil members and chairpersons of key committees. .

Registration begins at 10 a.m., and Sister Marjorie's first presentation will start at 10:30.

Those who have not pre-registered are invited to attend but should be there early. Participants should provide their lunches. Coffee and dessert are included in the cost of registration, which is $5 for individuals, with a maximum fee to a parish of $20 for four or more registrants.

"It will be a day for sharing a vision of the Church today and examining what roles different people in the Church will play in that vision," said Father Marcel Bouchard, assistant director of religious education for the diocese. "It will provide a good foundation for the process of evangelization, as well as being a time for working together, planning together and challenging and supporting each other."

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Liturgical Head WASHINGTON (NC) Father Joseph A. Wysocki of Scranton, Pa., has been named executive director of the Washington-based Liturgical Conference, an Independent ecumenical association dealing with worship renewal.

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themoorin~ Political Awareness As the "lame duck" governor of the Commonwealth prepares to search outside the state for a new job as a result of the King election, a few thoughts should be offered as an encouragement to the new administration by way of counterbalancing a secular press that has done little more than weep over the Dukakis defeat.

It should be more than obvious that supporters of the former governor are daily hoping that some wonderful opportunity on the federal level will be opened to him by a democratic administration that refused to support the local party choice.

Shoqld such -a job offer come from Washington, it indeed would be a defeat for all concerned.

Not only would the democratic process be the worse for such an action, but the will of the electorate in the Commonwealth would be as good as ridiculed and derided.

Mr. Dukakis, after all, was defeated in a primary election.

He did not support the choice of the people in the general election. For these reasons alone, he does not deserve the people's support for a federal gift designed to keep him in the political spotlight.

'We are looking for our Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ.'

. Governor-elect King has his work more than cut out for him. His pledges to the people have been many and. controversial. His support from the media might be characterized as negative. His obvious "Boston" mentality could be truly a limiting factor for him.

The work that he will shortly undertake will be crucial, not only from a philosophical viewpoint but also because he must be reminded that Massachusetts does not end at the Needham town line.

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The people of southeastern Massachusetts have consistently been treated rather shabbily by the capitol politicians. Only at election time do they deign to favor this area with their presence and a few token promises. Once the ballots have been counted, Bristol, Barnstable, Dukes and Nantucket counties are shunted off to the oblivion of hibernation.

This must not be the case with the new administration. Not only did it receive strong support from this area, but its promises of help and concern were many.

If words of advice are to be offered to the new governor, they should stress that he must be the chief executive of all the people of the Commonwealth.

Listen to all the people, governor, not just your cam:paign workers. Don't look for solutions, seek out the problems. Be present to events, even if they are difficult and don't relegate everything to a study committee. Above all, respect people for what they are and where they are. Eggheads are good in place, but when they fall, nothing can .put them together again.

Mr. King, just try to LISTEN. The people want good government. They need your路 concern. At least, give them a chance.

Letters Welcome Letters to the editor are welcomed. All letters should be brief Ind the editor reserves the right t~ condense any letters if deemed lI.eeessary. All letters must be signed and contain a home or business address.

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New Generation' Studies Thomas路 Merton

By Jo-ann Price In 1948, a post-war generation of American Catholics met a new and unusual kind of folk hero, Thomas Merton. His bestselling spiritual autobiography, "The Seven Storey Mountain," held the promise that it is possible to contemplate God as a Christian in an activist, materialistic, threatened world.

Last month, on the same Columbia University campus where Merton - who later as a Trappist took the name Father Louis - studied, laughed, taught, and then explored his way into the Catholic church, a new generation of students and faculty 'began a two-week commemoration of the late monk.

Few at the observance had ever met the French-born child of an American Quaker mother and a painter from New Zealand. He had come to Columbia College after a year at England's Cambridge University.

"What is striking," said Father Paul E.Dinter, Catholic campus ministry counselor, as students gathered for Father Merton "study day" sessions, "is how similar Columbia is now to the time when Merton was here."

FatJter Merton, class of 1938, would be 63 if he were to visit his alma mater today. Since the late 1940's the world has seen the war in Korea, Vietnam, the Second Vatican Council, the rise of Third World countries and the 1968 student uprisings at Columbia and elsewhere.

Yet, Father Dinter said, his influence continues on the Colum-

bia campus. Every year, at least one student asks for baptism, citing the impact of what the author-poet had said in his book.

During the 1950's, as a Trappist monk writing from his monastery in Gethsemane, Ky., Father Merton reached toward spiritual frontiers seldom confronted by the American Catholic church of that time. He dwelt on themes such as solitude, war, peace, justice, nonviolence and Zen Buddhism.

On Dec. 9, 1968, during a trip to the Far East, Father Merton died in Bangkok, Thailand after an electrical accident. The cur: rent observance marks the 10th anniversary of his death and the 40th of his conversion.

Father Dinter noted that although final exam time was approaching, pre-registration figures of up to 150 for the commemorative conferences indicated Columbia and Barnard students were eager to study Father Merton as a contemplative, poet, ecumenist and advocate for protecting the natural environment.

"These students are products of the American culture," he said, "and they come from traditionally Catholic families and schools. They have both a familiarity with and alienation toward their faith. There is a problem here - the average Catholic parish is a disaster. The church is not automatically credible as it was in our day."

The Catholic counselor's views were reflected in sessions which examined Father Merton's many interests.

Stating that the American

Catholic churCh appeared caught in the "anguish of ambivalence" Peter Kountz of the University of Chicago Center for Policy Study, said "it has become almost excruciating to be a believer within the church because the institutional church . . . has turned in upon itself and become crippled and frightened.

Catholics have "desperately tried to deny that the reality of our age is ambivalence," Kountz continued. "Merton's writings, on the other hand, reveal that while he may not have preferred the ambivalence of the age, he did not attempt to deny its existence. Merton admitted the ambivalence and went to work on it ...

"His gift to us, in his thought and spirit, is the gift of a creative and unified life and the gift of ourselves, if we will have it.

After all, as Merton himself once wrote, our problem is not survival, for almost anyone can survive. Our problem and our responsibility as contemporary American Catholics is prophecy."

Reminder Tomorrow is the Feast of the Immaculate Conception, a holy day of obligation. Catholics should attend Mass either today, the vigil, or tomorrow.

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Letters to the Editor

Francis Martin's homily did ease my frustration and dis.. appointment.

However, had I not been a part of the conference and deeply moved by what was happen. ing as the Lord worked in power among His people, your article would not have sparked my enthusiasm for any future conferences.

Sister .Beverly Furtado, SUSC Fall River

Letters are welcomed, but should be no 1Il0re than 200 words. The editor reserves ltIe right to condense or edit, If deemed necessary. All letters must be signed and Include a !lome or business address.

New Pentecost Dear Editor: Thank you for your column "Setting the World on Fire."

Long have we been praying "Come Holy Spirit and renew the face of the earth." Why do we say this if we do not mean it or expect to be answered? The Lord is offering us a new Pentecost and the transforming power of the Holy Spirit to those who believe and are open to his gifts.

It is a continuing sign of the church's ability to renew itself.

That should make your heart rejoice.

This Spirit is unadulterated love - a love that melts away hardness of heart and transforms a loosely knit group into a powerful healing force. Jesus' Church is becoming charismatic once again as were those early churches of the Apostles.

No, you do not all have to rush out and join the renewal.

But you are going to be affected by it. It is a yeast that raises the whole Church. Be not afraid.

Jesus Christ is alive and well and moving all over the world in people everywhere. Relax and let God be God. I thank and praise the Lord that I should live to see this day.

Virginia C. Williams North Dighton

Bread for World The following letter is part of the Offering of Letters explained in a Nov. 16 letter in this column. On Cape Cod, the project is sponsored by the local chapter of Bread for the World.

Other readers are urged to send similar letters to the president or their members of CongreJ's.

Ed. Dear President Carter: On this feast of Thanksgiving we pause to give thanks to God for all the blessings He has showered upon us. We complain at times over the shortage of this or that item, but in the long run we know that we, among all of God's people, are a nation truly blessed. For this we give thanks today.

However, in a spirt of humility, we must ask ourselves: "Why us?" What have we done to deserve all this? How is it that over half the people of the world have so little, while we in this country have so much?

There is no answer that we can give. We only knpw that we are grateful. ,But is this enough? Are we not supposed tQ share what we have with our less fortunate brothers and sisters? It is difficult for one person to know what to do. We ask you as PresideQt of the United States and as a fellow Christian to do what you can to pass legislation to help feed the hungry of the world.

One meal is certainly enough.

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AT AWARDS DINNER sponsored by Falmouth' Knights .of Columbus, from left, Father John Ozug and Father William Baker received certificates of merit for service to youth; Father Joseph Powers and Father James McCarthy were recognized as council co-chaplains. (Poisson Photo) do to make these poor people more Self-reliant. There is an old adage that if you give a hungry man a fish, you satisfy his hunger, but if you teach him how to fish, then you show him how to survive.

We have the materials and the finances and the know-how to make a good start. All we need now is the desire. It all boils down to whether or not we believe that we are our "brother's keeper." If Jesus died for all men, the least we can do is help them in whatever way possible.

We thank you for your past efforts in this regard and hope that you will continue to do all in your power to help. No one deliberately chooses to be hungry. However, if there' were no hungry people, neither would we ever think of sharing what we have with them. We would be nothing but a nation of selfish people. , And so we thank God for the poor. Without them we would be less than human. Jesus identified with the poor. If we would be one with Him, then we must be poor in spirit as He was. And to such as these He promised a place in the Kingdom of Heaven.

May God bless you and all our people on this day. May He inspire us all to greater efforts on behalf of His beloved poor.

(Rev.) Francis B. Connors Centerville

Incomplete View Dear Editor: It is with concern at reading the article published Nov. 16 regarding the convention held on Nov. 10-12 that I write this letter.

R.I. was not "overwhelmed" by the over 14,000 participants, there was an impressive air of courtesy and not upset nor overpowering spirit throughout the city of Providence and surrounding areas.

The poor choice of words to describe the witnessing of God's love and joyful presence is very indicative of a narrow or incomplete view of the total happenings at the convention.

Could I say there was a note of

"sarcasm as the coward's weapon?"

If all cannot unite in emotional expressions of praise to God, can we at least be more positive in reacting to the truth that others feel free to proclaim?

May we grow together in promoting unity for the Glory of God. God's blessings on your attempt to publish "good news" to God's people in Fall River.

Perpetua Lester Tiverton, R.I.

Foster Homes Dear Editor: Thank you so much for the wonderful story and accompanying picture regarding the foster care aspect of our agency (The Anchor 11-2-78). It is very much appreciated.

To date we have received some very positive responses concerning our need for temporary homes and people such as depicted in the Glendye family.

We never know how many 'babies are in need of temporary homes at any given time and at times a foster family might be unable to care for a child. In such jnstances our need for homes-ready at sometimes almost immediate notice-is essential. Because of these reasons our need for several homes is constant.

Your caring article has really helped us.

More homes are still needed.

Ms. Mary-Lou Mancini Catholic Social Services

Sister Responds Dear Editor: I am responding to your editorial of November 30th that refers to an article written about my election to the Rhode Island legislature.

I am sorry that you did not check the accuracy of the published interview before you published your comments. If you had, you would have discovered that I responded to the interview in a 'letter published one week after the publication. My response exposed the fact that

the reporter had manufactured and distorted quotes from me.

It is also unfortunate that you 'were not thorough enough to read my published reply. This would have balanced your eagerness to react to those original misrepresentations of my legislative ministry. Had you done so, you would discovered that I refuted the very comments that you chose to attack.

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THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall' River-Thurs., Dec. 7, 1978

Iy REV. ANDREW M. GREELEY

There has been a quiet revolt among American Catholic bishops, a revolt which has served warning on the leadership of the hierarchy that it is responsible to those who elected it and does not have the unlimited power of the ecclesiastical giants of yesteryear. The implications of this r.evolt to the ordinary Catholic in the pew are potentiallY' very important.

The issue was budget, as in most organizations today. The national office of the bishops has been caught in a severe financial bind as a result of inflation and the propensity of the national staff to embark on grandiose projects and campaigns with little regard to what

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Catholic Church leaders ,are frequently heard backing a guaranteed income, national health insurance, full' employment, housing programs and other programs generally regarded as "liberal" because they expand the role of government.

-But Catholic leaders are also heard attacking government regulation, high taxes or government路 bureaucracy - positions

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MARILYN RODERICK

Christmas '78 may well be called the year of the accessories. Over the past year, because of inflation,our whole concept on dressing has changed,

A Quiet Revolt among American Bishops either the laity or the ordinary bishop thinks of them.

'Faced with the need to cut back on staff budget, the officers of the hierarchy, principally San Francisco's John Quinn and St. Paul's John Roach, decided to go after two offices which had been thorns in the side of some bishops, that of Msgr. George Higgins, a veteran labor priest due to retire in a year and a half, and Sister Anne Neale, a specialist in technology and human values.

Higgins was objectionable b~颅 cause of his support for unionists like Cesar Chavez's farm workers. Sister Neale was' objectionable presumably because she was a nun thinking about such things as energy, DNA research and artificial insemination - hardly appropriate subjects for a nun to know anything about, according to many right-wing Catholics.

The decision was made by a small executive committee and

not referred to the adminstrative board of the bishops but simply announced. Apparently, much to the surprise of Archbishops Quinn and Roach, the roof fell in. In a staff in which amateurs and enthusiasts far outnumber competent professionals, Higgins and Neale were extremely competent professionals, widely respected by scholars and practitioners in their fields.

Few people know as much about labor as George Higgins, and Sister Neale's position papers on technology and values have been unerringly precise and balanced.

Furthermore, their dismissal, in addition to being a violation of the justice which the church preaches to all other quarters, was interpreted as a sign that the church was officially withdrawing interest in social action and scientific concerns just at a time when those two areas seem to be more important than ever before. "Is it not worth

$30,000 a year," complained one Catholic scientist, "for the church to keep informed on, such things as artificial insemination and DNA?" Outrage at the Higgins dismissal was particularly intense because the monsignor had served the bishops with singleminded dedication for more than three decades and was being rewarded for that service with a kick in the teeth.

'Not all executive committee members agreed with the decision in the first place; and under tremendous pressure from laity and clergy all over the country the Higgins decision was revoked before the mid-November bishops' meeting. But Archbishop Quinn elected to fight it out on the technology and human values office.

After a stormy adminstrative board session, the budget for the Committee on Technology and Human Values was restored, a crushing defeat for Quinn and

Roach and a victory for those bishops who believe that in critical times, if you have to cut the budget, the last people to go ought to be your most competent professionals.

So church leadership cannot back away from its commitment to social action or scientific concerns. ,But more important, leadership decisions in areas of administration and finance are now seen to be subject to procedural review by the rest of the bishops, and also by concerned laity and clergy, whose pressure from outside the hierarchy led to the reversal of the Higgins decision and prepared the way for the floor fight on Neale.

Public opInIOn now can and does play an important part in the decision-making of the Catholic church. Archbishops Quinn and Roach and their successors will think twice before they try to take on again an aroused, informed public opinion.

Subsidiarity, Socialization Needed by Society arbitrarily usurp the role of in: dividuals or voluntary organizations in social or economic life, neither should it hesitate' to adopt such programs as are required by the common good and are beyond the competence of individual citizens or groups of citizens."

Pope John said' this process both causes and results from increasing state involvement in the socio-economic order. "The need to intervene flows from the basic needs for such services as health care, education, housing, recreation and communication," Father Hehir said.

Msgr. George Higgins, USCC secretary for research, elaborated this point in a talk before the annual meeting of the National Conference of Catholic Charities.

He said subsidiarity "means while government should not

Father Hehir adds that subsidiarity must also be understood in light of the principle of "socialization" expressed by Pope John XXIII, who described it as "the multiplication of social relationships . . . a daily more complex interdependence of citizens, introducing into their lives and activities many and varied forms of association." ,

"The thrust of subsidiarity is to preserve a sphere of freedom, while recognizing the need for a certain degree of centralization and control, the counterthrust of socialization is to highlight the need for coordination and direction of complex social systems if they are to benefit the citizens for whom they exist," he concluded.

special scarf with long soft ends will be appreciated by any woman who enjoys adding that bit of flair to a basic ensemble, and if that name on your gift list can carry off something dramatic, then try a striking piece of costume jewelry.

While sweaters are expensive this year, they are warm, smart and welcome under anyone's tree. 'For a more personalized look add a monogram.

Every year there are wild rumors that hats are back and

every year the same thing happens: they appear in the stores but not on the streets.

I imagine there are thousands of hats on the shelves of fashionable women who are trying to get up the courage to wear them in public.

However, this year might be different, for some smashing pillboxes are being shown. With feathers, frills and veils, these brow-tilted chapeaux are most sophisticated. A fun gift if you're sure the lady will wear it!

The disco bag, a slender, flat shape hanging from a thin shoulder cord is this year's great gift, swingy and sharp for that disco lady on your list. If she's a little more conservative, ask for the blazer bag, slightly larger and flatter than the disco. but still new and appreciated.

Yes, accessories are the answer for the fashion conscious on your list, if you're not rich enough to gift them with a marvelous mink, a dazzling diamond or a fabulous flight to France.

regarded as "conservative" because they limit the role of government.

Such apparent contradiction raises the question of just hoW' the Catholic Church's social teachings view the role of government. In recent months, two U.S. Catholic Conference officils have given thoughtful talks on this question, emphasizing the concept of subsidiarity.

Father J. Bryan Hehir, usec associate secretary for international justice and peace, cites Pope Pius Xl's definition of subsidiarity which holds that one should not "transfer to the larger and higher collectivity functions which can be perform-

ed and provided for by lesser and subordinate bodies."

In American political terms, Father Hehir said, "the principle of subsidiarity is conservative.

"It is essential to recognize that the principle acknowledges state intervention as necessary at times, it simply indicates procedural caution in determining when such intervention is needed."

taking on a more European attitude of buying clothes to last.

This has come about because of the astronomical cost of good clothes. Today fashion-conscious men and women in the, U.S. realize that clothes are an investment to last for years, while accessories are the key to looking up to the minute.

Gift your favorite young woman with a striking belt and immediately she will tie up a big shirt with it and have a look that is all her own. A very

Protonotary Apostolic Is Taunton Native Msgr. R. Donald Kiernan, P.A., a native of St. Mary's parish, Taunton, has been named a protonotary apostolic. The announcement was made today by Archbishop Thomas Donnellan of Atlanta, the diocese in which Msgr. Kiernan serves.

The Ilew protonotary graduated from St. Mary's School and Coyle High School in Taunton,

then attended Providence Col~ege before entering Mt. St. Mary Seminary, Emmitsburg, Md. He was ordained in 1949 for service in the then Savannah-Atlanta diocese.

He has served in various churches of the Atlanta archdiocese and ,is now pastor of Immaculate Heart of Mary Church, Atlanta.

Msgr. Kiernan holds several archdiocesan positions and has twice been president of the Atlanta priests' senate.

His honors include an honorary doctorate from Biscayne College, Miami, Fla., and the title of Archimandrite, conferred on him by the Melkite Greek Catholic Eparchy of Newton, Mass.

He is active in Atlanta CIVIC and youth organizations and is chaplain to the International Association of Chiefs of Police, the Georgia Association of Chiefs ofPoHce, and the Georgia Department of Public Safety.

In 1977 he was named a member of the State Crime Commission and the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Ad-

visory Committee. In these capacities he oversees federal grants from the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration.

The Hero "He is all the world's hero, the desire of nations. But besides he is the hero of single souls." - Gerard Manley HOpkins

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Animate Continued from Page One counselor general of the Jesuits, one of the principal speakers at the meeting, said: "To animate is also to arouse and stimulate initiative, including the initiative to act."

Animation Is "something new and something traditional, Father Calvez said.

"It's something new and old, in the sense that in every age Religious government has never consisted only in express commands, but has always consisted in an effort to animate the Religious themselves, either in a more personal form interpersonal contacts between superiors and Religious - or in a more collective form. Today the intervention of the central government in the more collective aspect of animation of the institute is much broader than before," he said.

Father Calvez said some superiors general and their councils spend half the year or more in direct contacts with individual communities or individual provinces. He noted also that they make use of gorups, specialized teams "who aid in this effort of animation and irrigation of the life of the whole institute."

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Sisters' Senate Lecture Series Rev. Gerald Howard, pastor of Union Baptist Church, New Bedford, and a counselor in the New Bedford pastoral care program, will speak on "Ministering to the Whole Person" in the first of a lecture series sponsored by the Sisters' Senate of the Fall River Diocese.

He will be heard at 4 p.m.

Tuesday, Dec. 12 at Our Lady of the Assumption auditorium, New Bedford; and at the same time Thursday, Dec. 14 at Jesus Mary auditorium, Fall River. His presentation will last about one hour and all are welcome to attend.

Senate officers for the current year are Sister Rosellen Gallogly, RSM, president; Sister Cecile LeBeau, CSC, vice-president; Sister Emma Guennette, SSJ, secretary; Sister Cecile Morin, CSC, treasurer.

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. DR. ALEXANDER PELOQUIN conducts music ministry workshop at Holy Name auditorium, New Bedford. (Rosa Photo)

Guts Continued from Page One laugh, cry, feed them, brush their hair ...

"This program during the ensuing months will help prevent and mitigate the loss of life that seems to be a daily occurrence in the waters of the South China Sea," McCarthy said.

"The USCC highly endorses the decision to admit more refugees," he continued, "it's tremendous." He said the USCC assured the government that the

Catholic Church will provide homes and employment for those who need them, and added that there would be no refugee program without the church.

it. We don't make that much noise, this is the hidden goodness of the church,' Helping refugees is like putting the guts into the corporal works of mercy."

According to McCarthy, the has helped resettle 80,000 Southeast Asian refugees in the past three-and-a.)lalf years. McCarthy, who lias been at the USCC since 1941, said, "Over the past 30 years over a million people have been helped.

You name them - we've done

"The church has been doing this kind of thing for 2,000 years," McCarthy continued. He said the word refugee has been part of the church's vocabulary "since there was no room in the inn. Well, today, every parish in our nation is an inn,"

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Continued from Page One and congregation. It will be used throughout the diocese for jubilee celebrations.

Basically a ,song of thanksgiving for the graces of the past 75 years, it begins with a reading from the Gospel of John with organ accompaniment and continues with cantorial intonation, a refrain, verses, descants and a climax 'building on the theme "praise the Lord," rendered in six languages.

Also heard were Canon in D for String Orchestra by Pachelbel, "Wachet auf" by Bach, "Exultate, Jubilate" by Mozart and Haydn's "Te Deum.

The jubilee choir has 28 members and the orchestra 11. Soloists for Sunday's concert were Mary Lee Cirella, Paul Delisle and James O'Brien. Ann Danis was first violin.

Mrs. Fernandes A funeral Mass was celebrated yesterday at St. Mary's Church, New Bedford, for Mrs. Irma M. Fernandes, who died Sunday.

The principal celebrant was her son, Rev. Stephen A. Fernandes, associate pastor of SS. Peter and ,Paul Church, Fall River, and Bishop Cronin presided.

Mrs. Fernandes is also survived by her husband, John F. Fernandes, her parents, a brother and two sisters.

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St. Joseph: Miss Alice Beaulieu, Donald J. Dufour, Alphee Laflamme, Marc Letendre, Sister St. Paul, S.S.J., Jean Paul Tetreault.

St. Lawrence: Mrs. Patricia Camaioni, Sister Mary Nathan Doherty, R.S.M., Mrs. Jane Parkin, Charles J. Pires.

St. Luke's Hospital: Sister M. Alice O'Brien, O.L.V.M. St. Theresa: Roland J. Benoit, Everest C. Flint, Sister Alice Gregoire, C.S.C., Mrs. Mary Ann C. Guerette, Mrs. Doris J. Richard, Mrs. Cecile Robert, Mrs. Eileen L. Verville.

St. Joseph, Fairhaven: Edward Borges, Jr., Sister Claire Marie Bouchard, SS.CC., Mrs. Aline Duval, Miss Anne Eagan, John Keary, Mrs. Geraldine Kisla.

John Kubiski, Mrs. Jacqueiine Lamontagne, Joseph O'Neil, Mrs. Izaura Rapoza, Mrs. Geneva Viveiros.

Sacred Hearts: Miss Helene Frechette, Normand Perry.

St. Julie BUHart: Anibal P. Medeiros, William J. Winsper.

Stang High School: Sister Gertrude Gaudette, O.P., Sister Jane Higgins, R.S.M., Alan Spir'let, Sister Teresa Trayers, S.N.D., Robert Zukowski.

SMU Campus Ministry: Sister Madeleine Tacy, O.P. Attleboro Area St. John Evangelist: Sister Jeanette Gignac, C.S.C., Sister Mary Jessica, R.S.M., Daniel Nolin, Mrs. Gloria Pion. • St. Mark: Mrs. Diana M. Brennan, Miss Leona Kerr, Mrs. Margaret LaChance, James .J. Meloni, Mrs. Yvonne Slattery, Mrs. Mae Sousa,'Vincent Walsh, Mrs. Anna Woodward.

St. Mary, Attleboro: Louis C. Emond, Jr. Holy Ghost: Manuel Castro St. Mary, Mansfield: John Battista Antosca, Joseph Francis Murphy, Victor Joseph Narciso, Sister Patricia Ann Oliver, R.S.M. Arthur Armand Remillard.

St. Mary, Norton: Richard Charette, George Creighton, Mrs. Pauline Griffin, Miss Aurore Lamothe, Robert Maher.

Mrs. Johanna Medeiros, V. James ,Pontolilo, Miss Frances Sullivan, Miss Florence Thibeault.

Feehan High School: Sister Mary Robertine, R.S.M.

Raymond Francisco, Mrs. Agnes C. Kelly, Robert Martin, George McCaffrey.

St. Paul: Mrs. Joan G. Gallagher, Mrs. Mary L. Griffin, Albert E. Nunes, Jr., Joseph C. Reilly.

Morton Hospital: Sister Gertrudis Maria.

St. Ann: Mrs. Roselle Del Signore.

Immaculate Conception: Mrs. Patricia Curtis, Michael Goldsmith, Mrs. Suzanne GOldsmith, Mrs. Kay Hennessy.

Sister 'Eileen Mary Hurley, S.C., Mrs. Helena M. Luxton, Brother James Madigan, C.S.C. Cape Cod Area Our Lady of Victory: Richard Penwell Gleason, Joseph Patrick Stanley, Timothy Francis Desmond.

St. Margaret: Mrs. Jacqueline Bourne, Mrs. Georgina' Lips.

Cape Cod Hospital: Sister Blanche Crowley, R.S.M., Sister Zita Foley, R.S.M., Sister Carolita Schmith, R.S.M.

Pope John Paul Th'e Playwright ROME (NC) - An unusual radio script, written in 1960 under a pseudonym, will be aired next year on Ital,ian radio.

Its author is known today as Pope John Paul II. Hilf drama, "The Goldsmith's Shop," was written when he wa,s bishop of Krakow and was published in a Polish Catholic periodical but has never been performed.

It is subtitled, "Mediations on the Sacrament of Matrimony St. Mary-Sacred Heart School: Which Sometimes Take the Form of a Drama." It tells three Kiernan Chapman, Timothy Viginterrelated stories, One deals orito. with the engagement and Sacred Heart: Donald Clow, marriage of two young people.

John Poirier.

The second relates the bitter Our Lady of Mt. Carmel: Mrs. developments of a poor marPatricia Benoit, Mrs. Eileen A. Corrigan, William Elliott, John riage. The third tells of the marGhiorse, Joseph Macedo, Sergio riage between a child of the first couple and a child of the secMacedo.

Joseph Machado, James A.' ond. In each story the goldsmith appears as symbolic perMcDonald, Ms. Angela Medeiros, sonality.

John F. Melia, Philip Price, Raymond Saleeba.

The drama resulted from the St. Theresa: Paul Metilly. theatrical experience of young Taunton Area Karol Wojtyla. Before becoming Sacred Heart: Miss Helen M. a priest, he performed with the Brady, Miss Elizabeth R. Doran, Rhapsodic Theater of Krakow.

Marian Medals Continued from Page One George McGee, Mrs. Anna Poirier, Mrs. Blanche Precourt.

Taunton Area: Miss Eva Brunelle, Miss Theolinde M. Champagne, Manuel Fernandes, Miss Alice Harney, Miss Anne B. Kalacznik, Mrs. Olive G. Lima.

Miss Elizabeth Marion, Mrs. Alice McDermott, John McGann, George Milot, James oR Murphy, Mrs. Louise Perry, Joseph Varao.

New Bedford Area: Severo G. Alfama, Mrs. Mary Andrews, Mrs. Margaret Barbero, Mrs. Ethel Bergeron, Omer Bergeron, Jr., Mrs. Norma L. Campbell.

Jayme F. Cardoza, Armand A. Charest, Mrs. Leola Furtado, Mitchell F. Gacek, Marcel H. Hudon, Bernard Landreville, Lionel B. Leduc.

Miss Mary C. Mikus, Edward Nowak, Mrs. Annette D. Parece, Mrs. Irene Ponte, Victor F. Rebello, 'Joseph G. Silveira, Walter Silveira, Sr. Frank Toohey, Manuel P. Torres, Mrs. Helene Vailla,ncourt, Mrs. Mary Valley, Mrs. Laura Viens, Richard J. Ward.

Fall River Area: Alfred Bellefeuille, Donald B. Black, Mrs. Anna F. Cabral, Michael T. Conroy, Amancio Costa Jr. Mrs. Alice C. Fallon, Stephen F. Kulpa, Charles E. Lacerda, Miss Agnes J. Lafond, John T. Moniz, John J. Moynagh, Mrs. Louise Noiseux.

Mrs. Margaret O'Neil, Mrs. Annette Paquette, Mrs. Edmour Poirier, Mrs. Mary C.' Rezendes, Amedee. E. Saucier, Mrs. Mae Smith, Mrs. Dorothy S. Sullivan,

Mrs. Juliette Talbot.

Mrs. Anne Thibault, Mrs. Beatrice Vasconcellos, Mrs Stella Werbinski, Mrs. Rhea WiIl-iamson.

Jubil'ee Advent Service Set An Advent Service of Lessons and Carols will take place at 8 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 17, at St. Patrick's Church, 1598 S. Main St., Fall River.

The event, part of the ongoing program of religious and cultural events In observance of the 75th Anniversary of the Diocese of Fall River, is under qirection of Glenn Giuttari, director of music for St. Mary's Cath~dral. It is free and the public is invited.

Does Gambling Rule Your Life?

The following account has been written by a diocesan resident, an ex-gambler, in hope that it may be of help to others suffering from his compulsion. It is followed by a questionnaire designed to help an individual determine if he or she is a compulsive gambler. Lastly, we list area meeting places of both Gamblers Anonymous and GamAnon, an allied group offering support to families and friends of gamblers.

My fantasy world came to an abrupt end a year ago. I lived in a dream-world which promised fantastic success tomorrow. Fortunately, the avenue that I chose could only give me temporary accomplishments mixed with constant turmoil. I say fortunately because I was finally able to see the disaster I was creating and realized that I needed help.

What had begun as pleasurable recreation evolved into a monster which made self-destruction look appealing. Many sincere attempts were made to control it but all ended in failure as I sought escape in the world of gambling.

Today I recognize myself as a compulsive gambler. Those who loved me tried to tell me the same frequently, but I rebuked them. I could control my gambling. I only bet at certain times and on certain events. I didn't bet "big"· money. These ill-conceived notions served as my rationalization.

It was only through hitting rock bottom that I could see the fallacies in my thinking. A year ago I was separated, unemployed, deep in debt and void of selfrespect. Suicide appeared a winning wager.

As a last resort, I sought professional help and attended my first meeting of Gambler's Anonymous. I listened to GA's 20 questions and had an affirmative answer to all. I identified with stories exchanged around the table. I accepted that I couldn't control gambling on my own and that my life was unmanageable.

I learned I didn't have to be a full-time gambler to be considered compulsive. I didn't have to bet heavy, only more than I could afford.

I was not alone in the·things I had done in order to gamble.

Lying, cheating, stealing were all part of my personality. Paychecks that never made it home, savings accounts that were drained, checkbooks that were juggled, and loans that were acquired under false pretenses were all part of my story as well. It was plain to see that I did belong.

People in GA told me that things would get better as long as I didn't gamble. The first couple of months weren't any better and I became disgusted.

My personality demands instant success. But the therapy of my program calmed me down and

instructed me to be patient.

I now had to live one day at a time. I gradually became aware of a leveling of my emotions.

My life was improving ever so

'gone, the far more important treasures have returned. I am reunited with my family. I have a job and many real friends. I have self-respect and a know-

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Today, I have regained much of what I lost through gambling.

Although the money and time I spent in my "pastime" are

ledge of my problem and how to handle it.

I have not authored my success story as yet. My growth is a day-to-day process. My goals

The Illness Nobody Notices

By Antoinette Bosco Considerable attention is given to alcoholism and alcoholics - and rightfully so.

Yet, oddly enough, another disease, strikingly similar to alcoholism and drug abuse, stalks the nation. But in this case, is is the illness no one notices - compulsive gambling. An estimated 5.1 million Americans are compulsive gamblers, bearing an illness which causes costly losses in their personal lives, in economic productivity and in social order.

The effects of compulsive gambling are not usually physically evident, but the afflicted persons and their families definitely pay a toll in loss of mental, psychological and emotional health. But public monies are not allocated for programs designed to help cure compulsive gamblers and assist their families.

Compulsive gamblers are also victims of the recent escalation of legalized gambling through legitimate off-track betting, state lotteries and the mounting fever for casino gambling, as in Atlantic City.

Surrounded by such temptations, compulsive gamblers, who suffer from a progressive behavior disorder actually live in a constant pathological environment. We understand how a person who breathes virus"laden air will become ill. The compulsive gambler in America today lives in such a virus-laden environment.

When off-track betting became legalized in New York State, signs were put up saying, "Bet with your head, not over it." Trouble is, the compulsive gambler can't. In my county, since legalized gambling was passed, Gamblers

Anonymous -- the organization of former gamblers, based on the program of Alcoholics Anonymous reports that its hotline answering service has escalated from under 50 to over 100 calls a month.

The infuriating part is that a lot of people are getting rich under the sweet talk of calling legalized gambling fun and recreation, or a way of increasing revenues for a good cause (on a state level, supposedly, to offset increasing taxes), or a method of reducing illegal gambling.

An item from a business column in a New York newspaper was enlightening. It ex. plained that the recent defeat of casino gambling in Florida was not a blow to the gambling companies. On the contrary, they expected and wanted ·a negative vote. Approval would have been premature, since the firms are still securing their Atlantic -.City holdings, it. would have led to speculation, raising property values before the gambling companies moved in, thus reducing their later profits.

The article went on: "As a result, a multimillion-dollar campaign to push passage of the legislation was shelved virtually insuring defeat of the measure, a source said.

The interested companies are now betting that they can push through the same legislation when they want it two years from now. So much for the theory that the people of Florida have spoken."

Thus, gambling opportunities proliferate, the casualties of compulsive gambling escalate, and only a few take notice and care. It is a national crime and disgrace.

GA Meetings New Bedford: Monday, 8 p.m., Our Lady's Chapel, 600 Pleasant St. Fall River: Tuesday, 9 p.m., St. Joseph's School, 1335 N. Main St. Brockton: Wednesday, 8:30 p.m., Congregational Church, 24 Pleasant St. (Route 27).

Gam-Anon groups for families and friends also meet at all locations.

On the national level, further information on the problem of gambling may be obtained from Msgr. Joseph Dunne, National Council on Compulsive Gambling, 142 E. 29 St., New York, N.Y. 10016.

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4. Have you ever felt remorse after gambling?

5. Do you ever gamble to get money with which to pay debts or to otherwise solve financial difficulties?

6. Does gambling cause a decrease in your ambition or efficiency?

7. After losing, do you feel you must return as soon as • possible and win back your losses?

8. After a win, do you have a strong· ·urge to return and win more?

9. Do you often gamble until your last dollar is gone?

10. Do you ever borrow to finance your gambling?

11. Have you ever sold any real or personal property to finance gambling?

12. Are you reluctant to use "gambling money" for normal expenditures?

13. Does gambling make you careless of the welfare of your family?

14. Do you ever gamble longer than you had planned?

15. Do you ever gamble to escape worry or trouble?

16. Have you ever committed, or considered committing, an illegal act to finance gambling?

17. Does gambling cause you to have difficulty in sleeping?

18. Do arguments, disappointments, or frustrations create within you an urge to gamble?

19. Do you have an urge to celebrate any good fortune by a few hours of gambling?

20. Have you ever considered self-destruction as a result of your gambling?

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Cranwood, their country home, seems made for the Christmas season, with its huge fireplaces, its early American furnishings and its pinewoods setting near the East Freetown cranberry bogs operated by Curt.

It is warm in the winter twilight. It is also immaculate, despite the presence of an II-yearold and three teens, at this moment absorbed in listening to "rna" tell her and their stories.

Although only 27, Lynda has had eight years experience dealing with youngsters with special needs. Before marrying, she was a counselor at St. Vincent's Home for three years, in charge of ·a cottage housing 12 emotionally disturbed girls.

But after marriage she found it increasingly difficult to spend half her days and nights away from her own home and she conceived the idea of Cranwood.

Unlike most group homes, usually large remodeled houses, Cranwood was built to meet requirements of the Massachusetts Office for Children, even to construction of an extra bathroom when Lynda couldn't resist adding another child to her original complement.

One of the girls with whom she started is now in junior college, coming home on weekends, and those at home attend Apponequet Regional High School.

All had been in her care at St. Vincent's Home.

"I was already close to them and felt I could help them," she said. .cranwQod offers its young residents a permanent home, she explained. "Even when they grow up, we will always be here for them."

Although most of the girls are not expected to return to their own homes permanently, conta'Ct is maintained, said Lynda, with families visiting regularly.

Each girl also has a caseworker and a wide array of child care specialists is on call if needed.

"Everything is built around what we want to inculcate in the children," said Lynda, conducting a tour of the large colonial house. A formal dining room, for instance, enourages good table manners and completely non-institutional decor and furnishings develop a sense of pride in a well-kept home.

Or, as one of the girls said, "This is the best thing, we grow up the right way and get to learn a lot."

Bedrooms are astonishingly tidy, considering their teenage occupants, and Lynda admits that she's super-organized. "I really do have things running like dockwork," she said. "I can't operate any other way."

A typical Cranwood day begins at 5:15 a.m., when everyone rolls out of bed to get washed, dressed and breakfasted in time for the Apponequet school bus.

School days are quiet for Lynda, but far from idle. She must cope with the mountains of paperwork involved in operating a group home and she is frequently at the high school to check on her girls' progress and participate in parent-teacher activities.

An Attleboro native, she grew up in Lakeville and attended Apponequet herself. "Some of the teachers I had are still there," she said, "and that's a big help for the girls."

Everyone is home by 3 and until supper there's time to snack, play with the family's six dogs and pet goat, listen to records, iron and catch up on chores. After supper comes homework and bed by 10.

On non-school evenings, weekends and vacations, there are the activities of any family, with the girls cheerleading, attending and playing school sports, riding bikes and entertaining friends.

Pajama parties and "eating over" are encouraged and win'ter also brings skating on Curt's cranberry bogs.

And always, with five girls, there's clothes shopping. "We're

always at the Dartmouth Mall," said Lynda.

All the girls are Catholics, as are Lynda and Curt. They attend Our Lady of Fatima parish, New Bedford, whose pastor, Father Arthur Levesque, is "very supportive," as is Father Leonard Mullaney, director of Cathedral and Our Lady of the Lake camps, almost across the road from Cranwood.

In general, noted Lynda, a large plus in preparing the girls for self-sufficiency has been community involvement, which has included babysitting and summer jobs at Cathedral Camp and in nearby Assonet.

The setting is idyllic, but Cranwood is not always tranquil. Its youngsters have passed through severely damaging emotional experiences or they wouldn't be there and sometimes inner hostilities and turmoil are violently expressed.

For Lynda and Curt, 24-hour parenting of their brood is consequently an emotional strain.

Occasionally they must decompress and they are fortunate in . having friends and relatives who can temporarily take over for them.

"But it's my career and I love it," summed up Lynda. "If I can save only one kid, it'll be worth it. I just wish I had more time and energy to put into more kids."

Cranwood is unique among group homes in the commonwealth and has a constant stream of visitors studying its operation.

But its magic ingredient is in short supply: people with the dedication of Lynda and Curt Rounsevell.

CDA Chaplain NEW YORK - Bishop Joseph A. McNicholas of Springfield, III., has been named national chaplain of the Catholic Daughters of the Americas (CDA), according to Mary E. Murray, national regent of CDA. He succeeds Archbishop Pliilip M. Hannan of New Orleans who has served in the post for the past four years.

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Don't you read the Bible? Exodus (20,8-11) tells us that the Lord rested on the Sabbath and the Bible tells us that on this day thou shalt not do any work.

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He certainly has changed many of his commandments, as Jesus makes perfectly clear often enough in the Gospels. He frequently stated what they had been told in the Mosaic law, and then added: "But now I tell you something different." • It comes down to the fact that we Christians are a New Testament people. This means that we are guided by the rule of Christ and his church. While the Old Testament throws invallJable light on our relationship to God, we do not consider ourselves bound by its laws or regulations unless they have been directed to us by Jesus either ~irectly in Scripture or through his church.

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

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The traditional souvenir booklet for the annual Bishops' Charity Ball is rapidly filling with names of benefactors in its seven categories. Listing in any category includes tickets to the ball and persons and organizations are asked to submit names to ball headquarters at 410 Highland Ave., Fall River 02722 by Friday, Dec. 21.

Also reque.sted are names of the young ladies to be presented at the ball. These may be forwarded by pastors of eligible parishes to Mrs. James A. 0' Brien Jr., 488 High St., Fall River 02720.

The ball, with main ballroom music by the Vincent Lopez orThe law of the Sabbath - or chestra, directed by Danny LeSunday - observance is a per- roy, and lounge music by Manny fect example. Our Catholic Silvia's Top Hatters, will take place Friday night, Jan. 12 at understanding of this is weli reLincoln Park Ballroom, North flected in the currently proposed wording of the revised Code of Dartmouth. Proceeds will beneCanon Law, where "forbidden fit the three Nazareth Hall schools and four summer camps work" is interpreted as those labors or business concerns for underprivileged and excepwhich impede the worship, joy tional children sponsored by the and relaxation proper to Sunday. Fall River diocese.

Q. How does one tell a Catholic priest that his homilies are boring as Hades? Does an adult congregation have to be told that an Epistle to the Philippians was written to the the people in Philippi?

For attention getters do we have to be shown an apple or a banana. On various Sundays we have had a man's hat, a flashlight, a picture of a lamb "who also looks like a victim," and United States currency ("money to bum"). (Calif.)

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The shrine opened in 1953 at the first Christmas Illuminations display, at which time Bishop James L. Connolly, now retired, blessed the new undertaking.

Sunday's ceremonies will include a pontifical Mass celebrated by ·Bishop Louis Gelineau of Providence, who will also be the homilist. Music will be by the choir of St. Cecilia Church, Pawtucket, directed by Bertrand Masse. All are invited to attend.

The shrine serves especially the people of the dioceses of Fall River and Providence. Symbolizing this relationship, Bishop Daniel Cronin presided over a celebration of the feast of Our Lady of La Salette in September while 'Bishop Gelineau will close the jubilee observance.

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By Janaan Manternach One day Jesus was with his friends when a leper covered with sores walked toward him.

Crowds began to gather. No one could believe it. Here was a leper, right in town, walking up to Jesus. Lepers were forbidden to enter a town or come near anyone who was well.

No one knew what caused such skin diseases, and there were no cures for them. The simplest solution seemed to be to keep lepers away from everyone else, so it was common to see these lonely people wandering about the countryside.

How brave this leper was! He must have suffere4 so much that he was willing to risk everything to talk with Jesus. He trusted that Jesus would do something for him. So he came right into town to find the Lord.

He went up to Jesus and bowed before him, then raised his head and looked into Jesus' eyes.

"If you wish to do so," he said to Jesus softly, "you can cure me."

Jesus was deeply touched by the leper's suffering and his courage. So he stretched his hand toward him. People gasped.

To touch a leper was to risk getting his disease. To touch someone legally unclean was to become unclean oneself.

But Jesus placed his hand on the man's head. That touch said, . "Everyone else may stay away from yOl,l. But I love you and respect you as you are. The law may shut you out, but I will not:' Then Jesus said slowly and kindly, "I do wish it. I want you to be healthy and happy. Be cured:' Immediately the leper could feel healing take place all over his body. The disease was completely gone. He was more excited than he had ever been in his life.

Jesus knew that the man could not live a normal life until the Jewish priests certified that he was no longer a leper. So he said, "Go off and present yourself to the priest. Offer for your cure what the law requires:' The man did what Jesus told him, then was free to live like anyone else. He was so happy he told everyone what Jesus had done.

More and more people began to believe that Jesus was someone special, sent by God to bring healing and happiness.

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Like Jesus, a Missionary of Charity reaches out to a leper.

Jesus and the Healed Leper

By Father John J. Castelot The miracles of Jesus were not a sort of stockpile of "proofs" from which hiter theologians could draw arguments.

They were actual exercises of power in an all-out onslaught on the forces of evil, no matter what' form that evil took. Jesus did not combat evil in the abstract . but in the real lives of his contemporaries. His cure of the leper is a case in point. It is recorded by all three synoptists (Mk. 1,40-451; Mt. 8,1-4; Lk. 5,12-16).

Matthew places the incident immediately after the Sermon on the Mount and so there is still a crowd to witness Jesus' authority in deed as well as in word.

Mark gives no setting, but begins simply; "A leper approached him with a request, kneeling down as he addressed him: 'If you will to do so: you can cure me.'"

Like "diabolical possession," the term "leprosy" covered a wide variety of skin ailments in the Bible. A leper was any unfortunate person afflicted with an unsightly skin disease, curable or not. One sure way to control such a condition was to isolate the person.

The man who approached Jesus, then, showed courage and faith by defying the rules of society and coming close to him.

Jesus, too, showed that he cared much more for the human person than for established convention. He reached out and touched the poor fellow.

Mark tells us that this boldly tender gesture was motivated by

pity. However, the earlier and apparently original form of the text spoke not of Jesus' pity, but rather of his anger. Why should Jesus. have been angry, and at wllom? These questions were a bit too much for some early copyists, and they changed the text to refer to pity. Matthew and Luke omitted the motivation.

But Mark did not shy away from attributing strong emotions to Jesus, and mention of his anger would not be at all surprising.

Still, why and at whom would Jesus have been angry? Certainly not at the faultless leper. In the early pre-Markan form of 'the story, it may have told of the expulsion of leprosy-causing demon. It would have been this malevolent force that provoked Jesus' ire.

This suggestion is borne out by the fact that verse 43 in the Greek text also says that Jesus, "becoming very angry, cast him out:' This makes good sense if

the reference is to a demon, but apparently Mark took it to refer to the leper, and this doesn't make sense.

Again, Matthew and Luke dropped it, and translations feel constrained to tone it down to something like: "Jesus gave him a stern warning and sent him on his way:' 'But again, Jesus was no cold, detached wonder-worker. He was a warm, sensitive human being, and the people who came into his life were not just objects, cases. Like all persons of profound sympathy, he grew angry at the sight of evil, no matter what form it took. Most of us have known this anger amounting at times to frustration, for usually we feel so helpless.

Jesus on the other hand, while reacting the same way, had the power to help, and his heart went out to love and his hand to touch and heal.

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By Wiliam E. May What if my daughter or son were to marry another Christian outside the Catholic Church?

Many parents have had this experience, and for many it has been painful, saddening and bitter, resulting in the rejection of one's child. .

Were this to happen to me, I suppose an initial reaction would be one of guilt, for surely I would think I must have failed in some major way in the education of my child.

This reaction, although understandable and possibly rooted in truth, still provides no help about what should now be done.

When something like this happens, there is need for prayer, for God's help, for patience, for trust. One should presume the best, not the worst. That is, one should presume that one's child, in choosing to marry outside the Catholic Church, did so in good (but erroneous) faith, believing that his act was justifiable.

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What significance can a man who died 16 centuries ago in an obscure Egyptian outpost have for us today?

Actually, Evagrius Ponticus has a lot to say to us.

His life was a poor-boy-makesgood adventure. This handsome, brilliant lad from the provinces went to the capital of the Byzantine ,Empire, Constantinople, and quickly worked his way into the Emperor's glittering court.

There, entanglements and disillusionments enabled him to see through the false standards and superficial joys of court life. He courageously turned his back on it to seek true hapiness according to the norms of the Gospel. This is the first lesson Evagrius can teach us in our affluent society which so readily accepts values dictated by advertising. We need this young man's courage to renounce false values and make the Gospels our guide.

This isn't easy. Nor did Evagrius find it easy. He turned back for a time to the fascinating false values of the world, but again embraced the way to true happiness. We can understand and sympathize with his struggle if we have made our own attempts to be true to the Gospel.

But Evagrius did not turn indiscriminately against his past with its cultural values. At Constantinople he 路had entered deeply into the heritage of Greek humanism and had attained a refined perception of the powers God has given man.

Here Evagrius not only says something to us by what he does, but shows us why his teaching had such a significant impact on the Christian tradition.

In the fervor of conversion there is sometimes the temptation to throw out the baby with the hath. In rejecting the false values of our education and culture, we can be tempted to turn our backs on the education and culture themselves. But this would impoverish our Christian life. The natural and the supernatural are a continuum.

The fruit of behavorial anthropological and psychological studies can enrich our Christian life. Evagrius brought the riches of Greek humanism with him to the desert, where he absorbed the wisdom of the Gospel from the venerable old men who had lived it so fully. Then he synthesized the two traditions.

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terness and hostility are overcome and hearts are easy to forgive and be forgiven.

Possibly the presumption of good faith may be falsified by the facts. Then a firmness in loving is required, a firmness that respects the truth but nonetheless offers trust and hope and, above all, a patient perseverance by its readiness to be at home, to be there when sought, to make its presence felt even when unsought.

Dirigida pelo Rev. Edmond Rego VIDA .NOVA Devemos entrar na visto realista da f~ que nos demonstra a fatal incapacidade do homem de ser born e justo apenas corn as suas for.1 as .

Esta incapacidade, mesmo antes de 0 nosso catecismo no-Io declarar, esta hoje desesperadamente documentada ern grande parte da literatura moderna enos espectaculos narrativos. 0 pessimismo dominante na arte embebida de psicologia moderna, mais do que urn professor de religi~o saberia fazer, diz que 0 homem est~ enfermo no mais !ntimo da sua eXist~ncia, sonha e luta ern VaG para conseguir.a felicidade e a plenitude do seu ser, trai inexoravelmente a sua insufici~ncia moral e a sua corup)~o interior e se v~ condenado ao cepticismo, ao desespero e ao nada. ' Tu d 0 isto, para nos, e, muito claro.

"Temos a necessidade de ser salvos. Ternos necessidade de Cristo. Temos necessidade de Alguem Que assuma 0 peso de todos os nossos pecados e os expie ern nosso lugar. Ternos necessidade de urn Salvador, que de a Sua vida por nos e, logo a seguir, ressuscite para a nossa justificai~o, isto ~, para nos tornar capazes de viver uma vida nova, a vida sobrnatural, a vida pascal. i para nos comunicar esta vida Que a Igreja foi fundada." E tamb~ este ana ela nos chama, re, , i 0 d a resurre1. une e prepara para 0 anunc ~ao de Cristo e da nossa.

"Neste plano de salva~ao do genero humano, tudo consiste na rela~ao vital Que podemos estabelecer corn Ele. Mas esta rela)ao estabelece-se por si mesma? Colectiva ou singularrnente? Deus pode dar a Sua misericordia uma amplidao que transcende o des!gnio de salva~~o que Ele mesmo determinou. "Mas, para nos, este des!gnio mostra Que a rela~~o salvadora corn Cristo exige da nossa parte uma iniciativa pesaoal, ernbora m!nima ern compara~ao corn a Sua. Por outras palavras, exige algumas condi.oes, Que tornam possIvel 0 fluxo da casualidade salv!fica de Cristo . II Este aspecto do m{sterio pascal mostr~-nos Que a nossa salva !0 se 1 realiza ern fases sucessivas, que formam a hist~ria da nossa reden)~o pessoal, a nossa vida crista.

Esta, como sabernos, come¥a corn 0 baptismo, que 0 Sacramento da iniciacao,do renascimento; 0 sacramento que reproduz misticamente ern todo a~uele que cr~ ( a fe pessoal, e tambema fe da Igreja Que apresenta 0 ne6fito, precede 0 baptismo) a morte e resurreiyto do Senhor:"Ignorais, escreve Sao Paulo, que todos os Que fomos baptizado~ ern Jesus Cristo, fomos baptizados na sua morte? Fomo,pois, sepulatdos corn Ele na sua morte pelo baptismo, para Que, como Cristo ressurgiu dos mortos pela gloria do Pai, assim tambem nos vivamos uma vida nova."

A segunda fase da nossa regenera~~o crist~, na qual devemos trabalhar durante a exist~ncia temporal, avida nova, a vida Cristo, a vida na gra~a, ou, por outras palavras, a vida no Espirito Santo, que Jesus Cristo efundiu ern n6s, avida crist~ honesta e santa.

Se permanecerrnos unidos a Cristo, darernosfrutos abundantes de santidade e apostolado; crescer~ ern n6s 0 Arnor de Deus Que,por sua vez, nos levar~ a ter urn afa apost~lico cada vez maior.

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Marriage Continued from Page Twelve The marriage itself may be a good one (how ardently one should pray that it is), rooted in true conjugal love and open to the grace of God. Perhaps all that is needed is the trust and love of parents, whose door is always open to the son and his spouse and family.

The truth is that the spouses are the ministers of marriage.

Only they can bring the marriage into being through their unconditional and irrevocable consent to be with and for each other until death. The young couple may truly have given this consent, choosing to marry outside the Catholic Church for any number of reasons that perhaps seemed good to them.

Their love may truly be conjugal, open to the giving of life to children, and should be received as gifts from God and as bearers of joy for their gandparents. Perhaps all that is needed is help from me to see that marriage is truly a sacrament of the church and that this marriage, in order for it to be fully

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Evagrius Continued from Page Twelve mense influence on the development of Christian spirituality in the East and the West.

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By Cecilia Belanger I don't think we stress enough to youth the God who acts! He who acted in the past continues to act today. I cannot stress enough to young people who have never read the Bible to get a copy and read it. All through the Bible God is acting and promising to act for all time in all our lives.

I received a note from a young girl who asked, "What does it mean when people say that God is working in our lives?" He is working in our lives when we ask questions, when we are troubled with our present situations, when we pick ourselves up from a fall, when we take stands for what is right according to conscience and stop worrying about what others will think.

There is a story about a dying man. The priest came to give him what used to be called the last rites. He asked, "Do you believe in God and renounce the devil and all' his works? To which the man replied, "I'm not sure. In my situation I don't think I can afford.to offend anyone."

So many of us are afraid to offend and in our fears we don't allow God to act through and with us.

This is where so many people Come down. They like to think they stand for God, yet like Ahab of the Old Testament they are so careless that the:r commitments mean very little.

We like to think of ourselves as tolerant but often it means that we have rubber spines. Let us think of all the places and situations in our lives where we should have taken stands but failed. Think of the times when it would have cost something to stand for God, so we remained quiet. We are like wet kindling that will not burn. We forget that God is the only one who can fire up that wet kindling.

A Catholic youth sat with me <on the bus from Boston to New Haven. We talked about everything. How refreshing it is to ~~alk with young people! They come out with what is on their minds. This young man told me

the thing that bothers him most is that people are becoming too sensitive.

"Thp.y hurt one an,other, then forget to say they are sorry. Or if they do say it, they don't mean it." Then he added, "People get off too easy today."

I couldn't help thinking of the words of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, "Cheap grace is the deadly enemy of the church." He went on to say that '''cheap grace is the preaching of forgiveness without requiring repentance, baptism without church discipline, absolution without contrition. Cheap grace is grace without discipleship, grace without the cross, grace without Jesus Christ."

How often youth say the right things! They do indeed make us think. Another young man, a junior at a Connecticut college, told me he'd just been reunited with his parents after five years of complete alienation.

Not a word, not a letter.

He said, "They didn't let me be myself. But now they see

.how wrong they were, and I also see .how wrong I was to stop trying to communicate despite our differences. I'd never do it again, no matter what."

We talked about this "being yourself" and about the mystery of the cross in human experience. This student had been reading books about lives worth imitating and told me of how he wept reading of St. Francis embracing a leper, martyrs singing while flames enveloped them, chaplains of three faiths going together into a watery grave.

These needn't be exceptional cases," he said, " but should be the very nature and character .of what life in Christ is all about.

I look around me at the mediocrity. It's all too safe, too secure."

J agree with these young people, that to live out one's true nature is to live it with heroic abandon, to be ruled by one's spiritual background. To live a life of loyalty to Christ is to live out our true nature.

Youth Awards Cubs, Boy and Girl Scouts and Camp Fire Girls of the diocese received religious youth awards in Christ the King Sunday ceremonies presided over

by Bishop Daniel A. Cronin at St. John of God Church, Somerset.

Presented were one Parvu.li Dei award, one I Live My Faith award, 23 Marian awards, 35 Ad Altare Dei awards and one Pope Pius XII award.

They went, by area, to the following: - Greater Fall River: David Parente, Cindy Dawicki, Marie Bernier, Celeste Canuel, Sharon Mello, Susan ·Peladeau.

Golleen Quinlan, Debra Quinlan, Karen Duval, Christine Barbosa, Tammi Quinlan, Michael Garant, Stephen Garant, Richard Coray, Antone Couto, Paul Patricio, Rodney Patricio, Mark Pineau.

Peter ·Berthiaume, Paul Escobar, David Larrivee, Gordon Andrade, Carl Araujo, Kevin Hard-

ing, Richard Cyr, Kyle Kraska, David Oste, John Parente, DElvid Perry, Keith Raposa, Kevin Braz..

- Taunton: Julie Walsh, Lynn Sylvia, Judith Blaine, Tracy Bissonette, Susan Tracy, Denise T~eroux, Kelly Pitts, Denise Lyon, Kathleen Correira, Susan Gagnon, Mary. McKenna, Charlene Marie, Thaddeus Figlock.

- New Bedford: Christopher Quintal, Timothy Bowen, John Oliveira.

- Cape Cod: Louis Cremonini, Michael Cremonini, Robert Fisher, Michael Morley, Thomas Nicholson, Kevin Raymond.

- Attleboro, Mansfield, Norton: Monica Sellmayer, Lisa Soldani, Stephen Medeiros, David Fournier, John Creeden, Michael Durocher, Christopher Durocher, Stephen Durocher.

The awards recognize special study of a young person's religious heritage, developed in connection with the program of the organization to which he or she belongs.

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CHRIS ARTHUR is reader at Bishop Stang High School's Thanksgiving Mass, traditionally celebrated by Bishop Cronin. (Sr. Gertrude Gaudette Photo)

By Charlie Martin

READY TO TAKE A CHANCE AGAIN You remind me I live in a shell Safe from the. past, and doing OK, but not very well No jolts, no surprises, nO crisis arises My life goes along as it should It's all very nice, but not very good And I'm ready to take a chance again Ready to put my love on the line with you Been living with nothing to show for it You get what you get when you go for it And I'm ready to take a chance again with you -.\Then she left me, in all my despair ~ just held on, my hopes were all gone Then I found you there Written by Norman Gimbel, sung by Barry Manllow, (e) 1978, Artita Records, Inc. This song is Barry Manilow's 13th consecutive record to reach the Top 40. It has a familiar theme: a broken romance has left someone afraid to form new relationships.

Instead, he or she has retreated into a shell of safety which blocks pain but also blocks friendship and the concern of others.

But a new relationship has cracked the shell, enabling the singer to "take a chance again."

This song reflects on happenings that affect us all. Emergence into a more active life required a period of writing. The past hurt was not healed quickly but rather needed its own space. Indeed, writing precedes many events of our lives.

Life itself begins as a waiting as we develop physically. We wait to grow, to enter school, and then, to get out of school. We wait to discover who we are as persons. Most importantly, we wait to be loved, to have our fears healed so we can be free to love others.

The life of Jesus reveals a growing understanding of all three elements mentioned in this song: the times of waiting, hurting and trusting enough to take a new chance. Jesus opened his life to these realities. He shows us that such openness evolves from courage. Our courage will be the catalyst that strengthens us to take a new' chance.

Each of us received a special promise. We do not wait, hurt, or take chances alone. Jesus has promised to walk with us.

What are the current "waitings" in your life? What shells have become too permanent and are lessening the fullness in your life?

What are the new chances that you are beginning to accept? You are the one who holds the key to how your future life will develop.

Today is the day to walk through some new doors.

Coyle-Cassidy James Hoye has been selected as one of 10 semi-finalists from among private and public secondary schools in the commonwealth in the Century III Leaders Program. He will now compete for scholarships on the state and national level.

He is student council president at Coyle High School, Taunton, and active in many school organizations. He was selected on the basis of a personal interview, standing in a current events examination and an essay on leadership.

Youth Ministry DULUTH, Minn. (NC) - A unique four-year undergraduate program ·in youth ministry is offered at the College of St. Schola'stica in Duluth, says Catherine McPherson, chairper-

son of the college's religious studies department and program organizer.

The main concern of such ministers "is the whole young person and his or her needs," said Ms. McPherson. "If church youth ministers serve them well, young people will see a caring church and will remain it it."

Besides directing youth programs, graduates of St. ScholasUca are fitted for posts in crisis shelters or group homes, as drug dependency counselors and as youth advocates and diocesan youth directors.

Ms. McPherson said the demand for youth ministry graduates far exceeds the number available, and she expects this trend to continue.

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Diocesan Schools Open Hoop Season Diocesan high sch~ol basketball teams join other area high schools in pre-season basketball action next week.

Holy Family's Blue Wave hoopsters take on the CoyleCassidy Warriors next Tuesday night in the Kennedy Youth Center, New Bedford and entertain the Bishop Connolly Cougars one week from tonight, also in the Kennedy Center. Holy Family girls open their season .at Falmouth next Tuesday afternoon. Before engaging Holy Family, Connolly will be home to the Dighton-Rehoboth Falcons

Tuesday night when Durfee High is host to Brockton.

Highlight of next week's basketball activity is the dedication, Dec. 15, of the Luke Urban Field House, which henceforth will be the home of the Durfee High Hilltoppers of Fall River, who have been playing their home games in the iBank Street Armory.

The Southeastern Mass. Conference Division One will open its schedule on Dec. 19, the other two divisions on Jan. 3.

The Hockomock League also launches its season on Dec. 19.

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The play will be telecast tomorrow night on ABC. (NC Photo)

The lull between seasons gives an opportunity to take a look at what some former high school stars are doing. Two who made news last week are Ron Marcellus and Joan Coogan.

Marcellus, who last season set a newall-time Massachusetts schoolboy scoring record while on the Somerset High ice hockey team, has been named to. the Bowdoin College varsity team.

Joan, a 1968 Durfee graduate, has been named to the Boston University varsity basketball team. At Durfee she was a standout in basketball, volleyball and softball.

Also of interest is Phil Lussier's participation next Saturday in the National Junior Olympics cross-country championships in kansas City. The 13year-old Somerset High freshman finished first in the New England AAU trials in Quincy and earned a berth in the nationals by finishing fifth in the Eastern Seaboard Regionals in New Jersey.

Phil is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Francis Lussier, 83 Johnson Avenue, Somerset. His father was a standout harr:ier at Providence College.

Stalemate In CYO Hockey All three games in the Bristol County Catholic Hockey League last Sunday ended in ties with no resulting standings changes.

Defending champion Fall River South scored two goals in the last 35 seconds to tie Fall River North, 3-3. Runnerup New Bedford and Rochester tied 2-2, Somerset-Freetown· and Taunton

were deadlocked at 1-1. South now has 18 points to New Bedford's 12, Somerset-Freetown 11, Taunton 10, Rochester 8, North 6.

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CC?yle's Borges is All-Star Mike Borges of Coyle-Cassidy is among harriers named to the conference's Division West allstar cross-country team.. Others are Jim Henneberry and Paul Fraga, Taunton; Chris Harrison and Jack Tretton, Seekonk; Bill Robitaille and Todd Emard, Somerset; Eric Griswald, Attleboro; Dennis Lima, Diman Voke.

1978 All-Hockomock football team has been announced: on offense are seniors Mike Redding, Don Johnson and junior Jack Johnson, North Attleboro; seniors Andrew Dennero and Larry Zadra, Stoughton; seniors Ed Jones, Brian White and Bill Murphy, Canton; senior Russ Muise, Mansfield; senior Kevin Murray and junior Don Leonard, Sharon; sophomore Glen Morrissette, Foxboro; senior Bob Leverone, King Philip.

Defensive all-stars are seniors Mike Currier, Paul Gentilli, Steve Gannon and Ed Tracey, Franklin; seniors Dan Gaultier and Dave Ireland, Stoughton; seniors Nick Pesanello and John Lewiski, King Philip; junior Scott Blau, Sharon; senior Steve Savard, North Attleboro; senior Rick Giles, Oliver Ames; senior Scott ,Buchanan, Mansfield.

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General ratings: G-suitable for general viewing; PG---parental guidance sug· gested; 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.

New Films "Message From Space" (United Artists). Some plucky youngsters team up with an old-timer to rescue a captive princess and save the universe from ruthless imperialists. "Star Wars?" No, a Japanese-made version of it which has fairly good special effects but is wretched entertainment otherwise. Some roles are taken by American actors, with Japanese performers being dubbed into English. PG, A2 "Movie, Movie" (Warners), This is a good-natured spoof of the Hollywood fare of the '30's starring George C. Scott and Trish Van Devere. It is in the form of a double feature of the era, one section a takeoff on boxing movies and the other on musicals, with a war movie trailer sandwiched between.

"Movie, Movie" will particularly appeal to those who enjoy old Hollywood films. The ring violence and a dance sequence, however, rule it out as straight family fare. PG, A2 On TV Sunday, Dec. 10, 7-8 p.m.

(NBC) "Christmas at Walt Dis-ney World." Starring mime entertainers Shields and Yarnell, this holiday special, filmed at the Disney amusement park in Florida, includes new versions of some popular fairy tales, scenes from "Pinocchio" and a medley of Christmas carols.

Sunday, Dec. 10, 10-11 p.m.

(NBC) "Reading, Writing and Reefer." Rescheduled from last week is this news documentary .

on the dramatic increase in the smoking of marijuana by middleclass teen-agers and the effect it has had on their lives.

Wednesday, Dec. 8-10 p.m.

(NBC) "The New Adventures of Heidi." Johanna Spyri's classic characters are given a contemporary setting and a musical background in this version starring Katy Kurtzman and Burl Ives.

Wednesday, Dec. 13, 9-11 p.m. (CBS) "Lovey: A Circle of Children, Part Two." Jane Alexander stars again in the role of Mary McCracken, a woman deeply committed to teaching emotionally disturbed children.

Friday, Dec. 15, 9·11 p.m.

(ABC) "Long Journey Back." A teen-age girl is helped by the extraordinary love and understanding of her family to live fully after a crippling accident.

Excellent family viewing.

Saturday, Dec. 16, 9-10 p.m.

(PBS) "Like the Wind." A charismatic Christian, an orthodox Jew, a black iBaptist, a pacifist Quaker and a Catholic deacon are seen in individual expressions of faith as manifested in their daily lives.

On Radio Sunday, Dec. 10. "Guideline" (NBC) presents an interview with Alba Zizzamia, director of the Office for World Justice and Peace in the Archdiocese of New York. She will discuss the UN's humans rights covenants which President Carter signed in October 1977 and has urged the U.S. Congress to ratify. (Check local listings for time.)

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OUR LADY OF ANGELS, FALL RIVER The Holy Name Society will meet following attendance at 8 a.m. Mass Sunday, Dec. 17.

Nomination arid election of officers will take place.

Children of Mary Sodalists will attend 7 p.m. Mass tomorrow, the special feastday of the organization, as well as a holy day of obligation.

HOLY CROSS, FALL RIVER The first Polka Mass in the diocese will be celebrated at 5 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 16 with Dick Pilar's orchestra.

Men's Club members will receive corporate communion at 8:15 a.m. Mass Sunday, Dec. 17.

A breakfast and meeting will follow, after which a Christmas party will be held for children attending CCD classes.

OUR LADY OF ROSARY FRATERNITY, THIRD ORDER OF ST. DOMINIC Third Order members will meet at 1:30 p.m. Monday, Dec. 11 in the rectory of St. Anne's Church, Fall River. Mass in the priests' chapel will be followed by a social hour. The time of meeting has been changed from the third Wednesday of the month to the second Monday.

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SACRED HEART, FALL RIVER The parish council will meet at 7:45 p.m. tomorrow following the holy day Mass.

ST. PIUS X, SOUTH YARMOUTH The Unity Folk Group will en· tertain at the Christmas meeting of the Women's Guild at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday in the parish hall.

Members are asked to bring

LA SALETTE SHRINE, ATTLEBORO Christmas illuminations may be viewed during the Christmas season from 5 to 9 p.m. Monday through Thursday and from 5 to 10 p.m. Friday through Sunday.

The 1978 theme is "The Heavens Declare the Glory of God:' ST. JOHN OF GOD, SOMERSET The Women's Guild will hold its Christ!l1as meeting and party at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 13 in the parish center. Reservations may be made with Mrs. Raymond Lapointe. A buffet will be served and the Somerset High School Jazz Chorale will eatertain. Guests are asked to bring a $2 exchange gift.

The parish prayer group will sponsor a potluck fellowship night at 7:30 Friday, Dec. 15, also in the center. Those attending are asked to bring a favorite dish for themselves and their guests. Musical instruments may be brought for a singalong.

ST. MARY'S CATHEDRAL, FALL RIVER Music for 10 a.m. Mass on the second Sunday of Advent will include "Advent Glad Song" by Toolan and "Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming" and "Veni Redemptor Gentium" by Praetorius.

CATHOLIC WOMAN'S CLUB, NEW BEDFORD The club will hold its Christmas meeting at 7:30 p.m. Monday at the Wamsutta Club, with music by the Selected Chorus of New-Bedford High School. Members are reminded that food baskets are being prepared for the Carmelite Sisters of South Dartmouth.

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ST. STANISLAUS, FALL RIVER A triduum honoring Blessed MaxmiHan Kolbe ends today, with special prayers offered before the daily Masses. ·Polish Christmas wafer (oplatki) are now available at the convent.

ST. MARGARET, • ST. JOSEPH, BUZZARDS BAY The annual Candles and TAUNTON Women's Guild members and Carols program will take place in the church at 7 p.m. Sunday, guests will have a Christmas Dec. 17. Refreshments will fol- buffet at 7:30 p.m. Saturday in the lower church. Entertainment low in the parish center. will follow from 9 to 11 p.m.

LEGION OF MARY, Members are receiving and wrapping gifts for guests at .FALL RIVER DIOCESE The annual reunion of the Le- Marian Manor as well as shutgion of Mary of the Fall River ins and parishioners in other diocese will be held at 2 p.m. nursing homes. On a year-round Sunday, Dec. 10 at St. Joseph's basis the unit makes monthly Church on Rotch Street, Fair- nursing home visits and mails haven, beginning with Benedic- get-well cards to the sick of the tion and continuing with the re- partish. union in the church basement. , All active ..and auxiliary Legion~ LES DAMES PATRONESSES, NEW BEDFORD ;aries are invited.

Les Dames Patronesses of Sacred Heart Home, New Bedford, :HOLY NAME, will sponsor a Christmas party :FALL RIVER The monthly intercessory for residents at 1:30 p.m. Sunprayer service will be held at 2 day. Folk dancers will entertain p.m. Sunday, Dec. 17 in the and gifts will be presented to the ·church. Members of the Catholic residents and Sisters, including Guild for the Blind will join the a monetary offering to Mother parish group. .Supertior Beatrice Duchesne for The Advent wreath candles the benefit of the home. Eggnog Jor each new week will be lit at and fancy pastries will be served the 5 p.m. Mass on Saturday. by members under direction of Mrs. Edmond Clermont, presiSS. PETER AND PAUL, dent.

FALL RIVER Vincentians will meet ton.ight ST. JAMES, ,at 7:30. Daniel Carey, Robert NEW BEDFORD The Ladies Guild will meet at Jackson, Robert Marchand, Richard Pelletier, Helen Sullivan and 7:30 p.m. Wednesday in the Jean Vitullo have been nomina- church basement with the agenda ted to fill three vacancies on the highlighted by a Christmas musiparish counoil. Election is Dec. cale presented by the Stetsonaires.

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