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THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Thur.-Dec. 27, 1979

A message to families路 Dearly beloved in Christ, As 1979, the Jubilee Year of the Diocese of Fall River, comes to a close' on this celebration of the Feast of the Holy' Family, we turn our attention to 1980, the "Year of the Family," as declared by our Church leaders, in conjunction with a civil observance supported by national and international groups.

Such attention is more than deserved, as we all look to the family ... not only as the core of society, but also as the very heart of the greater family which is the Church.

For indeed, it is in the family unit that we should find the atmosphere that is exemplified by the Holy Family; a 'place where love should dominate and where a spirit of Christian joy can foster a deeper' awareness of the values of the Gospel.

Our beloved Holy Father, Pope John Paul II, reminded us during his recent visit to our country: "To maintain a joyful family requires much from both par.ents and the children. Each member of the family has to become, in a spe.cial way,. the servant of the others and share the burdens.

Each one must show concern, not only for his or her own life, but also for the lives of the other members of the family; their needs, their hopes, their ideals."

It is in this hopeful spirit that our own Diocese has undertaken the challenge of the Bishops' Plan of Pastoral Action for Family Ministry.

The goals of the program are to raise the level of awareness of the sacramental nature of Christian marriage within the framework of the realities facing today's families, as well as to develop and encourage loving and caring families.

To that end, we. have established a new Office of Family Ministry with personnel and resources sufficient to. inaugurate and carry out programs of enrichment for all levels of family ministry.

At the same time, we are mindful of the many problems facing the very essence of family ideals. Our concern for those many fragmented families who have had to face the anguish of divorce, separation, death, emotional difficulties or other problems is a challenge to the ministry of the Church and an object of our prayers.

It is in this spirit that we seek to reach out to all families in this "Year of the Family" through programs of care and support. It is in this same spirit that I turn to you .to ask you to pledge your continued prayer and service, that together, as one family of the Church of Fall River, we might carry out the Gospel message that "we all may be one." With prayerful good wishes for the coming year, I am

Devotedly yours in Christ,

Bishop of Fall River

THE- ANCHOR-:Thurs., Dec. 27, 1979

Schillebeeckx hearing ROME (NC) Dominican Father 'Edward Schillebeeckx has declared that he sees no reason to change' his teachings after two days of secret church hearings into his orthodpxy.

Year of the pope

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rights and religious freedom.

The pope's trip to predominFew persons in recent times antly Moslem TurKey saw a have so dominated a year's major step taken toward unity news, both religious and secu- with the Orthodox Church. The lar, as Pope John Paul II did dur- pope made his three-day journey ing 1979, when he completed the Nov. 28~30 to meet Orthodox first year of his ppntificate.

Ecumenical ,Patriarch Dimitrios He made' four trips abroad, I of Constantinople. The two the first to Mexico and the Do- church leaders established a minican Republic, the second to high-powered ecumenical comhis native Poland, the third to mission to resolve theological Ireland and the United States, and doctrinal issues dividing and the last to Turkey, where he their sister churches. took a major step toward reIn addition to the trips abroad, union . with the Orthodox other major papal actions of the Church. year included meditation of a The pope also made news territorial dispute between Chile when he interviewed with Iran's and Argentina, creation of 14 Moslem leader, the Ayatollah new cardinals, appointment of.

Khomeini, after A:mericans were a new papal secretary of state, tak~n hostage by a group of convocation of a special session students Nov. 4, but Khomeini of the College of Cardinals and rejected the pope's efforts at ne- publication of his first encycligotiation. cal, "Redemptor Hominis," of a .

From the vantage point of the document on catechetics, of United States, the highlight of letters to priests and bishops on the year was the pope's trip to the priesthood and celibacy, and Ireland and the United States of norms for ecclesiastical instifrom Sept. 29 to Oct. 8. tutions of higher learning.

Events in Latin America were The pope's basic message on the trip was that governments in the headlines repeatedly durand individuals have the respon- ing the year. The' church was sibility and obligation to work deeply. involved in the events in Nicaragua that led in July to for peace.

The 10-day trip was a huge the ouster of President Anastapersonal triumph for Pope John sio Somoza after 42 years of Paul. His warm personality, dictatorship by his family.

In neighboring EI Salvador, lively smile, youthful vigor and Archbishop Oscar Romero of San disregard for official schedules Salvador was nominated by huto spend mor,e time talking and touching people impressed the路 man rights groups and legislaTurn to Page Six millions who personally saw him and the millions more who followed his activities on television.

On the trip, he became the first pope to be received in the Beginning next week, The White House.

Anchor will present a series of Of all the more than 70 talks articles on the Catholic charishe gave, his speech to the Uni- matic movement by Father ted Nations on Oct. 2 drew the Pi~rre E. Lachance, O.P. of St. most attention. He called strong- Anne's Dominican community, ly for peace, justice, human Fall River.

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Speaking to journalists at Rome's Foreign Press Club, he said his two days of questioning (Dec. 13 an4 14) before a panel of the Vatican's Doctrinal Congregation took place "in a very amicable - perhaps too amicable - atmosphere."

He declined to link names of his questioners to questions they asked or views they expressed, pointing out that they were under a strict oath of secrecy and would not be able to respond to anything he said.

Nevertheless the priest's comments provided a rare insight in- . to the workings of a process that has evoked a storm of protest in the Catholic world.

Those protests included petitions signed by scores of theologians in the United States and Canada, Great 'Britain, and Europe; a petition signed by more than 60,000 Dutch Catholics; and a television appearance in defense of Father Schillebeeckx by the Netherlands' leading churchman, Cardinal Jan Willebrands of Utrecht.

'Father Schillebeeckx suggested it was public opinion pressure which had led the Vatican to issue an unusual press release the first day of the hearings, which named the members

of the doctrinal congregation panel and emphasized that the procedure was a "colloquy" and not a "trial."

The Vatican procedures involving the 65-year-old theologian, who has held the chair of theology and the history of theology for 22 years at the Catholic University of Nijmegen, the Netherlands, has attracted world attention because he is considered one of the foremost ,Catholic theologians in Europe. .Central issues in the meetings with the doctrinal congregation were his teachings on Christ, particularly on Christ's divinity, the ressurection, and Christ's awareness of himself as being the Messiah and Son of God, Father Schillebeeckx's' "jesus: An Experiment in Christology" was his major work under examination.

On the questioning panel were two congregation consultors Belgian Bishop Albert Descamps, honorary rector of the Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium, and secretary of the Pontifical Biblical Commission, and Dutch Dominican Father Albert Patfoort, professor at Rome's Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas.

The third questioner was Jesuit Father Jean Galat of the Pontifical Gregorian University, an expert for the doctrinal congregation, whose well-publicized attacks on Father Schillebeeckx had created a controversy before the hearing.

As to the hearings themselves, Father Schillebeeckx said each' of the three questioners probed three of the nine areas in which the doctrinal congregation had indicated concern over his teachings.

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THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Thur.-Dec. 27, 1979

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A vision for the 80s The New Year has been declared by the National Conference of Catholic Bishops/U.S. Catholic Conference as the Year of the Family. The reason should be only. too obvious. ' The seventies have been a decade which has attempted to fracture the very essence of family life. In the world at large the destruction of families by warfare,' starvation and separation has equalled the brutality of a Nazi Germany or a Russian Siberia.

Here at home the drive to legalize the destruction of life itself has made abortion clinics commonplace.

The heartbreak- of divorce has been a trauma shattering adults and children, leaving their lives in shambles.

Thus, given American attitudes and mores in relation~ ship to decaying family life, the bishops have designated 1980 as a time to call for a new approach within the Church to pastoral services to路 families.

The plan of action for the year will focus primarily on involving the church on all levels in an effort to help families become aware of their special charisms, talents and potential for self-help and ministry to others.

In their statement of intent. the bishops say: "We hope that this Family Year dedicated to the celebration of family values and ministry will usher in a decade of research into 'Thou shalt bless ,the cro'(\.," of the year of thy goodness.' Ps. 64: 12 Christian marriage and family life. and a time for the developmepJ of outstanding programs in family ministry." . If these expectations are to be fulfilled, there is a special need that must be addressed. To undertake the renewal of marriage and family life, the church must admore than a shot in the dark? help give him the tools he needs

By Father Kevin Harrington dress the question of its ministry to young people and those Faced with life's uncertainties it to find his true vocation.

There' has been much atten- is often easier to plan with our not yet married.

Knowing is not important untion focused upon the vocation minds than to trust those mysless it leads to being somebody.

Such efforts are now being made but unfortunately crisis. For years the church used they do not always touch the majority of the engaged, the word vocation to mean ~ terious pushes and pulls of in- Both teachers and students cringe tuition. from the challenge of discoverespecially at the parish level. More and better ways are religious calling, but now it ading their true destiny. They ask The only way to cultivate senalso needed to help those already married, including the mits a larger meaning. sitivity to these promptings. of for the mountain to be removed widowed and those now referred to as single parents.

To become aware of one's the Holy Spirit is through prayer. rather than for the strength to Ministries must be developed for hurting families, for sep- vocation one must learn to listen The lack of commitment in our climb it. arated and divorced parents as well as for their children. to the voice within. While it is age is simply a reflection of our Many consider the nature of It is clear that achievement of these objectives must the ultimate conceit to believe lack of confidence in the God their work secondary to the maourselves free of all illusion, it who cails us from birth. The terial value which society places begin at the grassroots level, which is that of the parish. is also self-destructive to ignore most creative action in a person's upon it. The decline of craftsIdeally, each and every parish should plan its own 'our inner inclinations. In our life is to discern God's unique manship and genius in this genministry program in conjunction with that of the diocese. rational age the words: inner .plan for him. We are created by 'eration tragically pears out this Existing parish structures and institutions such as schools voice or inclinatiol1, appear too a divine force which is still truth. The most alarming evidence is seen in the breakdown shaping us from within. .and religious education programs should be reminded of murky. of the family unit, the instituI prefer to think of these intheir potential for marriage and family ministry within tion most valuable in the inculclinations as "the promptings of their area of competence. cation of values. the Holy Spirit. They can be On a wider level, it might be said that candidates for trustworthy when their fruits But all is not desperate. When the priesthood and the permanent diaconate should be prove helpful for the human man misshapes himself, God has a way of letting his will shine competently prepared for family ministry. This ministry community. These inclinations through. In the midst of.. our could also well become a major element in the continuing are sensed by the will and the turmoil, there seems an effort intellect and involve both the education of those already ordained. on .the part of some to return to heart and mind. When acted In general, then, time, effort and monies should be upon, they usually produce the commitment. enthusiasticall~ expended in support of this important fruit of Christian virtue.

All other avenues have been triE!d and found wanting. undertaking. Every area of church life should be caught Attuning ourselves to these up in this crusade to restore to our society a proper and inner pushes and pulls is as much Sooner or later man realizes that as long as he operates with total vision of what family life should be in all its aspects. a challenge to our reason as to two wills, God's 'and his own, This Year of the Family must help all of us in the our intuition. In our age of he will never find happiness. reason, we rarely trust our intuichurch'realize that the family is in.deed the apostolate of tion, yet we need it to arrive at But efforts to determine the will FATHER HARRINGTON the 80s.

I of God by reason alone will a sense of order in our lives.

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. St: Augustine tells us that peace is not an absence of turmoil but a serenity in the midst of turmoil. Without serenity, a commitment beyond anything more than meeting our own needs seems t60 demanding.

Many people avoid the question: "What is God's will for me?"

But our lives hunger for' meaning. Those who find it are usually those who take the risk of commitment.

How can our commitment to something beyond ourselves be

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Nothing more evidences man's lack of confidence in God than does the absence of prayer.

Prayer challenges us to raise both our minds and hearts to God. It generates a confidence in God and shows us the limits of reason.

Those limits are evident in our 路schools. Too many teachers are content with merely communicating knowledge; but the true challenge of a teacher is not simply to bring a person from ignorance to intelligence, but to

never prove fruitful. Surrendering one's will to that of the Lord is much like floating. Trying to maintain one's own will is much like swimming. Everyone knows that you must learn to float before you learn to swim.

Man must learn to float with his destiny. Reason alone offers a false sense of certitude. It can provide us with a grJm fate but not a rich destiny.

When we have a destiny, daily life is made holy and God is let into the world.

THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Thur.-Dec. 27, 1979

Selective obedience ought not to be astonishing to anyone who has studied American Catholics for the last 15 years. Indeed, the only surprise is that people are surprised to cess with all Americans, Cath- learn that papal popularity is no olic as well as non-Catholic. His longer translatable into Cath86 percent approval rating would olic ethical values. American be far more than enough to guar- <;:atholics have become quite antee him a victory in the New skilled at combining intense loyHampshire .presidential 'primary, alty to the church and to the should the constitution permit Catholic tradition with highly such a candidacy. selective obedience to the offiHowever, this incredible per- cial teaching of the church. sonal support was not translaIn Poland the pope encounted into a change of mind on tered Cath2lics who were, both some of the controversial issues loyal and obedient (they may about which he spoke. practice birth control as much, If anything, it would appear if not more tha~ American Caththat his opposition to the ordina- olics, but they still confess it). tion of women (a cautious and In Italy he deals for the most guarded opposition by my read- part with Catholics who are ing) seems to have actually in.- neither obedient, nor loyal (save creased the proportion of Cath- in some ritualistic sense of the olic Americans who are in f~vor - word). of the ordination of women.

On the United States, perhaps Catholic attitudes on divorce, alone of the countries in the birth control, abortion and Western world (though Canada homosexuality, for example, do and Ireland seem to be tending not seem to have beep changed in this direction, too), enthusiin the slightest by the people's asm for the, papacy and strong visit. commitment to the Catholic heri, "John Paul II we love you!" tage coexist with skepticism But then American Catholics about much of the church's ethiadd, '~But when we think you cal teaching. American Cathare wrong we are not going to olics seemed to have determined take you seriously as a teacher." in the last 15 years that you can This nuanced response of Am- be a Catholic and not keep all' erican Catholics to the pope the rules.

The national polling organizations are out with evidence that the pope's trip was an enormous suc-

Futile res,olutions A family or so ago, I was , naive enough to think we could sit down and make family resolutions we could actually keep. I am wiser today. That doesn't mean we no longer make family resolutions each January, only that we don't expect to keep them.

At this time of year, wrapup lists are popular. We read the 10 best movies, the 20 worse teams and the dozen most important stories as editorialists close out one year and begin another. I have a modest contribution along that line. Here are my Fifteen Most Futile Resolutions. wil lalways return scissors to their right place.

2. Clean clothes will be put on and dirty clothes will be put in the hamper - not the reverse.

3. Phone calls will be limited to five minutes.

4. Each person will be responsible for remembering his/her own soccer, band, play, and basketball practice schedules.

5. We will go to one Mass together on Sunday, not to five individually.

6. No socks with holes will be worn to Grandma's.

7. Late viewer~ will not ask about the program in progress until the commercial.

8. Only sugarless gum will be chewed.

9. Homework is the individual's responsibility, not Mom's. All big papers and assignments will be begun more than one day prior to date due.

10. No library books in bath-

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Let me quickly add that I am not endorsing such a response. r am simply reporting it.

Church leaders can proclaim until they, are blue in the face that if you are a Catholic, you have to keep ALL' the rules. In the absence of the secular arm to enforce such a proclamation the majority of American Catholics have decided differently.

Neither leaders nor right-wing ,enthusiasts can force out of the church those who have opted for both loyalty and selective obedience. Because the code of canon law seems to think you're a Catholic until you either incur excommunication or formally apostasize yourself, most folks are not about to leave or be thrown out.

The post-John' Paul II survey merely confirms what has' been obvious for many years. The Church leadership does not' yet seem to comprehend the new situation. Clearly, they did not adequately brief the pope for this strange phenomenon of loyalty and selective obedience.

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"You Know," DOLORES and "hopefully" will disappear from the family tongue. CURRAN 12. There will be no BB gun practice around the bird feeder.

13. We will no longer argue about (a) going to the dendiscontinue addressing the tist; (b) wearing jeans to problem by freezing' failures church; ,(c) whose turn it is prior to throwing them away. to put gas in the car; and (d) 15. We will make reasonable why we can't eat on paper resolutions, annually and plates. ' democratically, which the 14. When Mom goes to the \ 'family will keep for a whole work of trying new recipes, year. Hopefully. we will eat them. We will 11. "Gross,"

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Politics vs. hunger WASHINGTON ',...- 'If the Carter administration put as much effort into feeding the CambOdian people as it does into trying to discre~it the Cambodian government, the famine would be over in a month.

On Dec. 6, President Carter accused the Vietnamese, who put the Heng Samrin- regime in place, of deliberately starving the Cambodians for political purposes.

These charges come from "secret intelligence" reports gather,ed from Cambodian refugees on the border of Thailand, where Carter has chosen to make the major U.S. effort to avoid contaminating himself by dealing with the Vietnamese.

On one point, the agencies and the Carter administration agree: Cambodians are starving while thousands of tons of food are stockpiled in warehouses.

Where the difference comes is in the reason. The relief agencies say it is the inexperience of the green and jumpy young managers of Cambodia and ttte total abseJ;)ce of any technology, beginning with telephones, trucks and railway lines.

The Carter administration insists it is the malevolence of the authorities, who divert the food to Vietnamese invaders, and use it as a weapon to control the population, which, having suffered 10 years of U.S. bombing and the murerous regime of Pol Pot, is now in the throes of civil war., The private and international relief agencies in the field admit they can~t "categorically deny" the Carter charges, - but protest there is "no evidence" to support them.

They claim the situation is, with painful slowness, improving.

Kirk Alliman of the Church World Services, recently returned from a second trip -to Cambodia, says he saw Soviet supplies being delivered in carefully rationed amounts in the countryside.

Like many relief workers Alliman favors recognition of Vietnam as a means of insuring greater cooperation for the massive operation required to prevent the famine deaths of two million people.

A delegation of New England Quakers bearing a petition with over 2,000 names of contributors to Cambodian relief, who urged a new approach to Indochina, visited the White House last week. They hoped to see the 'president, but since their prorecognition stance is well known, they had to settle for tW9 members of the National Security Council staff.

One member of the delegation, Jerry Elmer of Rhode Island

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Friends, came away 'convinced the Carter administration is collecting points.

"Attacking Vietnam is politically populf.r. It's a Communist country and 'it defeated"'us."

Edward Snyder, of the Friends' Washington office, who visited Cambodia in September and found its leaders "people of good will," thinks it regrettable Carter decided to exacerbate the politics of the situation and to create new difficulties for the relief workers on the ground.

"Of course, the food isn't getting out as fast as we would like," says Snyder, "but it is not a matter of policy."

Part of the problem is the Cambodian perception that we are plotting to restore the infamous Pol Pot to power. The administration denies it, but our vote for him at the U.N. was taken for proof, and it's as hard to disabuse the Cambodians of the notion as it is to persuade the Iranians we are not working on a new scheme to put the shah back on his throne.

It is much more likely, anyway, that we would support a comeback by the popular Prince Sihannouk, who is now in exile in China. He would be acceptable to the Chinese, and also to us.

The relief agencies mourn that Carter, despite a show of concern, is playing cold' war geopolitics as usual.

Bob Hohley of Oxfam's Boston office, says, "He has eroded public confidence in the relief effort. He has already dampened the response of people who want to help and now think it's useless because the food isn't getting to the starving."

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demonstrations, the March for Life in Washington, brought to the nation's capital a crowd estimated at 60,000 to 100,000.

Largest The flight of refugees around Religious Store the world, particularly southeast Asian refugees, continued On Cape Cod to be a cause for concern. ·...6mplete line of Religious Articles for Religious Communities and Organizations Religious agencies, including as well as Retail the USCC's Migration and RefuJohn & Mary lees, Props. gee Services, were involved in 421 MAIN STREET resettling them. In May, AmflYANNIS, MASS. 02801 bassador-at-Iarge Dick Clark, 775-4180 Abortion continued to be a fo- U.S. coordinator for refugee afcus of controversy in the United. 'fairs, praised the work of the States and abroad. Pope John usec unit and said Catholic Paul began the New Year by agencies had resettled more than supporting the Italian bishops in half the refugees the United Need money' ' their condemnations of Italy's States had taken.

1978 law allowing abortion virfor a new Something?

Religious agencies, including tually on demand in the first NBIS likes to say 'yes' Catholic Relief Services (CRS), three months of pregnancy for the overseas aid agency of U.S. adult women.

Catholics, were also involved in Also in January, demonstra- the relief of the starving people tions around the United States of Cambodia. , demanded an end to abortion in the country six years after the Supreme Court decisions striking down most state restrictio~s on abortion. The largest of the DALLAS (NC) - The new Office of Communications and Evangelization of the Diocese of Dallas will be named in honor of the late Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen who pioneered the use of IT ONLY COSTS ~10 A,MONTH electronic media for evangelizaDID YOU KNOW THAT, TO ATTEND BUT tion.

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Continued from Page Three tors in Europe imd North America for the 1979 'Nobel Peace Prize because of his vigorous defense of the poor and the persecuted in his country.

While Archbishop Romero was nominated for the Nobel', Peace Prize, another Catholic, Mother Teresa of Calcutta, foundress of the Missionaries. of Charity, was awarded it for her work among the poor.

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At the annual~eeting of the Massachusetts 'Federation of Farmers' and Gardeners' Markets, held at Marlboro, Sister Desiree was one of seven representatives of the 47 farmers' markets in the state elected to the federation's executive bo~rd.

.At their fall general meeting, the U.S. bishops issued a pastoral letter on racism, condemning it as a sin '!.that divides the human family."

At the same meeting, the bishFuneral services were held last ops defeated a proposal to elim- Thursday at La Salette Shrine, inate male-only references from . Attleboro, for Father Etrneric A. the liturgy.

Dubois, 80, a founder and the Among notable deaths during first provincial superior of the 1979 were those of Archbishop La Salette province of the ImFulton J. Sheen and of two maculate Heart of Mary.

American cardinals, Cardinal In retirement he had been in John Wright, prefect of the Vatican Congregation for the Clergy, residence at Our Lady of the and retired Cardinal James ,Cape parish, Brewster, where he Francis McIntyre of Los Angeles. frequently assisted in parish duties.

Other Catholics who died in 1979 included actor John Wayne, Father Dubois was born in converted the day before he Ware and was professed as a died; Walter O'Malley, board member of the La Salette comchairman of the Los A:ngeles munity in 1978. He was ordained Dodgers and Father Charles E. in Fribourg, Switzerland in 1924 Coughlin, the radio priest who and in 1928 was appointed first once had an audience of 40 headmaster of La Salette Se~ million. inary, Enfield, N.H.

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His "term as provincial superior extended from 1945 to 1957. In 1959 he established Maria de Nieve Seminary near Segovia, Spain, serving as its superior until 1971.

The center will be headed by Permanent Deacon Steve Landregan, former editor of The· Texas Catholic.

In addition to producing Catholic television and radio programs fot commercial stations, the center will produce religious education videotapes and provide a media consultation service for parishes and other Catholic institutions.

It will also be the diocesan information office and coordinate the Dallas permanent diaconate and pastoral lay ministry programs.

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Cannot Teach VATICAN CITY (NC),- Swiss theologian -"Father Hans. Kung "can no longer be considered a , Catholic theologian and, as such, cannot exercise the function of teaching," the Vatican announced Dec. 18.

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'I The deciSion - made b)l' the Vatican's doctrinal congregation and personally approved by '. Pope John Paul IT - was chu~lJ~ state implications' in Wesj; Ger- . many where Father Kung is on the Catholic faculty of the state.run U~iversity of Tub~en.

Father {{ung w'as warned on his vjews On infallibijity ).0 IJJ75" the deClaration.said, but thedpc- . trinal congregation took no fur:'~ ther action. "e~ting in, th~ . ' meantime that he .:would. briDg his opinions mto harmony, with '/" .' . the doctrine' of the authentic MISS MARGARET M. LAHEY is chairman the Bish- magisteriutn (official teachillg opts Ball theme committee, aided by Glen Hathaway. ' authority)."

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An air of summer will petVade selected. There are seven catethe event, say decOrators, with gories. ,Despite more th!lIl a d~de of thousands of yards of. yellow, Tick "I bl -,.._' t clashes between the controvereta are ,aV81 a e ,auu a, sial theoloorian. and the Vatican, white and orange material'adom- Catholic church rectories and D" ing the huge- ballJ'9On1. Touches ' lrom mem'bers of the sQll' com- many thought ,Father Kung was • of silver will emphasize the fact mt"ttee and -.;.." ,.be' ·sot..a at thee practically; untovchable becaus.e ""1ft fl,& of qUestmns a:' cond~ation that the ball is 25 years old thiS' door on the night of the Ball. might raise' over his state-paid the. longest-running' suCh R f incl' 6f Year, ~ ,equests or 88l0n, CathQIic, t~ching post - and C.funetion i1! any'American, names in the BoOkIef, may be thus over the concordat between made to Bishop's Charity 'Ball West Gel'Diany and the Holy Greens.. and -flowers will be Headquarters, 410 Highland See.. used with a lavish box Ave., Fall Ri~er, 027~t P.O. -seat covers b4! white and' Box 1470, tel. 676-8943. ' Of more immediate interest; to bOx dividers will be gold. F u r - ' ,the Church at large was the iDl. tiler' em...J.ft':_:_g the summer plication that the condemnation th~ :h:"bi~'s b()x will Ope7 ~lant. would have for theological study have white wrought iron fti.rni. ' and teaChing.' ' In making the announcement tore. while tbepresentees" box will ' >f!~thmbllttie a ba~ .. ~eomd' VA'TI~AN rM'V (HC) _ before a Crowd of joUmali~ at ptet e, WI a· ce, ................

They'veAl1read:-Jrlclm~ him the Vatican, Vatican p~s Yell. carnations 'With "the pope's giant.... spokesman ~atheJ' Romeo PanOlange and yellow streamerS '. Standing six-foot-eight and ciroli emphasized that lhe K\Ulg have f been, chosen for .the bou- weighiDg 251 pounds, be I is. decis\on was ~ated to a reo. .' queis to be canied by the' Pres-, J~h LiSch4n'. 20,' the !leWest cent, e.ondelDnation of :views on entees. '.

SWiss Guard, who' ebmes from Christ by French Dominican Planners for the breath of ·th~ S.wiss ~ of So~ Father,Jatqiles Poltieror to justsummer ill midwb)ter ~ beadHe is believed '!be talIen completed hearii1gsm R..oDJe over ed ,by MisS M~ M. I..ahey, 'member' in the, history of the~ . the orth*xy of, DutehDQmlniaided by Glen and N-qrman Hath,""" .earl 800- eaf.;oId guatt;l. can Father' EdwllJ'd ',' SChilleawai, john McDonald and Stan- n L~S y s,ize has -caused" ~kL ','.... , ' .ley ~ ' ," some minot 'problems. ,Tailors" The deeree does 110t ,affect tBaII jJroceeds benefit 'three" bad to -sew him a' speCial set 'Father, Kung'sstandiDg as a Nazareth Hall Schools for ex- of the famous red, blue and Catholic or as a priest. " In West Germany, Cardinal ceptional children and four gold Swiss Guard uniform.

He also needed an extra-long Joseph Hoffner of Cologne, the summer camps for underprivileged and exceptional children. halberd the spear-and-axe president of the German 'Bishops' Lester Lanin's orchestra under weapon carried by the Guards Conference said that the priest's the petsonal direction of Lester because the regular ones right to teach as a Catholic theo, Lanin will provide the music in were out of proportion to, his logian had been withdrawn by the main ballroom. Art Perry's height" his Jocal bishop." , orchestra from 'New ,Bedford ~ The local bishop, Bishop Future George Moser of Rottenburgwill play for dancing in' the "We don't know what the fu- , Stuttgart, said he has asked unilounge.

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STEUBENVILLE, Ohio (NC) Bishop Bernard J. Topel. who retired 'last ~ar after 23 years ,as head of the Spokane, Wash., Diocese, has been awarded the Poverello Medal by the College of Steubenville for "exemplifying in our age the Christ-like spirit of charity which filled the life of St. Francis of Assisi."

Poverello; Italian for "little poor man." was the 'name given to St. Francis, the Franciscan college's ,patron. the son of a wealthy merchant. who in the early 13th century abandoned riches for a life of service to the poor.

In making the award. the col. lege cited as a modern-day Fran· cis a bishop whose high church office ~as, meant to him only a , call to more Cluist-like service.

Influenced strongly by the -Second Vatieatl- CounciI.Bishop Topel set oUt to simplIfY his lifestyle. Several years· ago he disposed of his episcopal mansion

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One of 'the many inejdents c;haracteristic of his life ~ severe! ,yeen.ago' when lie; read about' two young ,men booked by the police on ~spicion of 4rug abuse. Bishop TOM bailed them 'Qut "so that they eould .spend' Christmas at home...· but alSo blasted the inequity of the b8n system. ,Later found not guilty. ~ two sus~s returned the ban money to him.

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Bernard ToPel stu'died theolog)t gave ,·his views of a christian's in Montreal and mathematics at ' obligation toward his neighbors. ,Harvard, where' he ea.rnec1,. 'ap ''Peace and ~ ..'tice in the M.A and t th ty f ' a. e uDlversl , 0 world are aU ,..... important. For" Notre D~, where ~e J:eCeived ,peace. thOugh, there must- be a Ph.D. He was ,ordamed to the justice. In ~ng of justice. I priesthood in, 1927.. think of all People who have ~ ' H~ taught, mathematics ~d any ~ of.• need. The oblig",.phySICS at~ Carro~1 ,CoI~~ III tions ofJustice inc these -~ Helena. Mont.• while servmg as- are muCh mere binding and vocations director for the Hele- much more extensive tl1an we na-Diocese.. There he developed used to think. a unique seminary programs that allowed candidates f6rthe priest'\For in~e. we do have rehood"'to participate in aetjvities . ~POre",~~~J!~,tolll.w~.., ~E'"see~':~' on The college campUS'.:', . " .. "'...........6 ~..... oJ UIlC Since Vatican Il;---13ishop Topel of us does. We do have responhas, been in demand as a retreat sibility -also for those wJlO' do master Jor priests around 'the not have decent living., eondicountry. In his preaching. he in- tions in Africa. We are not true sists that 'the Gospel c81ls _pri- followers' of -Christ, unlesS we marily for prayer and a person- feel that rewonsibiUty and real. eoncern for neighbors. spond 'ts it. The' respc)nse must In his column in the Spokane be mote"than passing ~lu­ 'diocesan, newspapeF. the. Inland tions or carrying placards or Register", jn 1972, the bishop' even preaChing sermons."

that deep within.

We relate to 'others at holiday time. and we may sense that our relatio~»s are somewhat artificial and supetficiaL Like the clown with the painted sinnet we are forCed, to erect a facade of friendliness.' We eRi1 ha'Ve to, be" nice to people we don't ,like. To make matters worse, other people around us seem to be genuinely having a good, time.

HoBdays are not all they ,are advertised to be. They come , upon us promising so much. and we ate disappointed. One reason depression frequently hits at holiday time is that ~ promise . We may truly ~ ionely. If falls- short of the reality. We had loOked forward to the holi4&Y,.s , we do not have telatNes and as a time af ,hope; joy ~ peace, friends with us' at hOIid8ys, we and tbey 'diOO;t li'Ve up to_our miss those'. close ties intensely expectations. We wonder if when we see others enjoying them. something is wrong with us.

An obvious 'reasOn for the Another reason for the blues is the discrepancy between the blues is-that we get plain tired. commercial aspect of the holi- We a~ likely to overwork. Buydays and the personal side. All ing gifts. -cleaning house, staying the ads tell us to buy. buy for up late cuts into~sleep. So do .theones we love. Our love can parties.. We get less rest during be measured by the price. A the holidays. Being tired makes card with a plastic greeting for depression. made up by someone else is supSome simple techniques can posed to express how we feel. help us cope With the holiday It is rather phony, and we sense and post-holiday blues. First of

all, realize thllt the holidays are not aU bliss. They are a time ' fot joy; bUt alllO a time of hard work. disapPointment and presSure. Rea1iZipg this will help keep oqr expectationS at ,a more realistic ·Ievel. Thus we avoid the 'disapppointed that follows UnreaIi$fJcal high hopes.

I secoRd, get extra rest. Take.a short afternoon nap. Encourage other family members to. 40 the' -same. Enjoy :'the·.chance-to steep late ~ the morning. F~tigue is a .major .ca~ of'depress.ton. ~ 'l"hitd" collcen~te '00" your friends. Avoid those ~~ons where you feel the friendliness is fake. Do things you would like to do but don't usually have the time to do. Do them with people you like.

May your post-holidays provKle the peace of extra :rest and the joy of deepening true friendships.

Questions 011 family living and ebild eare are invited. Address to'l'he Kennys c/o The ADehor, P.O. Box 'J, Fall River, Mass.

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By Father John Dietzen

Q•.I am a convert to Catholicism, engaged to marry 81 Q. It has been at' least 20 non-Catholic in about a year. years, perhaps longer, since the He was married before (not in discovery of the Dead Sea the Catholic Church) and is not ScroUs. 1 have heard people ask divorced. why they have not yet been Because he was not married fully translated. in the church, does the Catholic Some think the reason the Church recognize his first marwork is so slow is that higherriage? Will 1 still be able to parups are afraid people will lose tiCipate in the sacraments? their religion if everything is We plan to be married in the learned about them. But true reo< Catholic Church. Even though Ugion need fear nothing. Why he has DO plans to become a the delay? (Md.) Catholic at this time he enjoys A. The delay in the translagoing to Mass with me. (Ohio) tion and publication of the Dead 1\. Contrary to what many Sea Scrolls is due entirely to the technical difficulties involv- apparently believe, the Catholic Church always has recognized ed in that work.

'First, discovery of the scrolls the marriage of non...catholics. extended over several years. In Catholic regulations require only some instances more years of that, without a dispensation, all political controversy took place members of the Catholic Church over who owned the documents be married before a priest in and who had the right to attempt order that their marriage be the scientific work which follow valid. their discovery.

As long as two non-Catholics Many years of work were fre- are free to marry (in other .words quently required simply to un- if they have not married before roll the documents without de- and are not otherwise impeded stroying them or rendering them from entering into marriage toillegible. More years were need- gether) the Catholic Church ed to decipher them and finally . looks on that union as a perfectto match them with parallel ly valid and real marriage. documents and archeological disToo many facts are missing coveries. Much scientific work from your letter for me to give on the scrolls, in fact, remains to you any more than one very be done even today. critical piece of advice. Please The contents of the Dead Sea go to your parish priest or to Scrolls have been nothing but imotherpriest you know and exa thrill to Scripture experts and plain the 'situation to him imother scholars whose scientific mediately. A marriage between fields are affected by' the dis- you and your finance may be coveries. They certainly raise possible in the Catholic Church; some intriguing and challenging it is also possible that such questions, but they have re- preparations would require a vealed nothing which threatens good deal of time, perhaps even our Christian faith. as much as a year if formal acQ. Has the church condemned tion would be required through use of the rhythm method for your qiocesan marriage tribunal. birth control in the last few I wish you good luck. But years? (01.) _ please don't set any dates at A. The Catholic Church has least until after you have talked taught that the rhythm method to your priest. of birth control is morally permissable for some time now.

Questions for this column There has been no condemna- should be sent to Father Diettion of this practice during the zen c/o The Anchor, P.O. Box 7, last 20 years.

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The general secretary of· the United States Catholic Conference was commenting on government requests that the USCC encourage people, including illegal aliens, to register for the 1980 census.

The matter was discussed in open session by the U.S. bishops during their semiannual general meeting in Washington. Although no vote was taken, Bishop Kelly said, the discussion did point to a consensus.

"The Catholic conference fully appreciates the importance of the census, but as far as undocum~ted aliens are concerned, usee is neither encouraging them to register nor discouraging them fro,m doing so. _ "The confidence does not doubt the sincerity of census officials in offering assurances of confidentiality, but it is in no position to do the same concerning a government program of such magnitude and complexity," Bishop Kelly said.

TIJE DIOCESAN DELEGATION is pictured at the recent Pittsburgh convention of the National Council of Catholic Women. Miss Adrienne C. Lemieux, diocesan council president, seated fifth from left, was named to the national nominating committee and Mrs. Michael J. McMahon, seated eighth from left, was elected national treasurer. The voting delegates were accompanied by Msgr. Anthony M. Gomes, left, and Father James Lyons, Fall River and New Bedford district council moderators.

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.Living together Yet the young adult has been subject to many influences dur"My daughter moved in with ing his growing-up years. Home her boyfriend. They have no is only a part. The adult "child" plans to get married." A heartmakes his own choices and takes broken mother "confesses" to responsibility for them. Parents the actions of her daughter with do not fail if their offspring such sorrow and guilt that one chooses a lifestyle different from would think she was the culprit: their own.

Few actions trouble parents Friends, relatives and priests more than the increasingly comwho become involved in the sitmon practice of "living in" with- uation frequently experience out beipg married. some of the same feelings as "Living in" generates strong parents. Their initial impulse is feelings in most parents. First to judge the situation and take comes judgment: "My child is sides. But this does not help but wrong." Next anger: "My child merely hardens the divisions alhas totally rejected my values." ready present. Christ dealt with . Then embarrassment: "What will ' sinners throughout his public friends and relatives think?" Fin- life. He was extremely harsh o ally failure: "I am a bad.parent," with some and gentle with Before parents can begin to others. Hypocrites; money grabdeal with the' situation, they bers, and pompous, proud must sort out their own feelings. people provoked his anger most.

The first tendency is usually to interestingly, these are rarely judge the child as wrong and the sins of young people, but then too often to reject, not the Turn to Page Thirteen behavior, but the child.

Sex outside marriage is not the only sin. Yes, the son or daughter -is ~rong, but so are many .other actions which we do not judge harshly. Price

By Father John Castelot goughing? "That's just good business," Was'ting natural reThese days, when premarital sources? "Everyone does it. Be- sex is just another fact of life sides they'll find other sources and cohabitation without the of energy," Selling a used car formality of marriage has beyou know is faulty? "That's the come increasingly common, buyer's problem," Generally we present a sharp contrast to bibare understanding of many lical days and customs. The same kinds of behavior, but extremely basic human drives were incritical of sexual sin. volved, of course, but within a Parents need to acknowledge vastly different cutural frametheir anger at their son or work.

The boy-girl relationship was daughter. At the same time, they must recognize that each per- determined to a large extent by son is an individual and by the the established marriage custime adulthood is reached, people toms, and the overriding considare responsible for their' own eration was one of strict legal justice. The wife was considered actions.

Embarrassment hurts but the the possession of her husband, opinion of others is a peripheral along with his servants, maids issue. The central problem is the and domestic animals (Exodus good of the son or daughter and 20,17).

It is important to keep this salvaging the parent-child relegalistic attitude in mind. The lationship..

Finally, dwelling on parental impression is heightened when failure can actually be a form one recalls the custom of "moof pride. God-like, parents may har,' money which the fiance want to take responsibility for had to pay the girl's father. This the actions of tJIeir grown child.

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"Terry, there's something I want to discuss. You probably realize Jeannie and I are in love.

The problem is that we're both a bit afraid of marriage, so we're considering living together." Jim's face was serious as he sat across from me in the quiet little restaurant.

"Why are you afraid of marriage?" I asked.

"The statistics of marriages that end in divorce are frightening. We'd rather be sure we're compatible, and it seems the best way to find out is' to test our relationship. We've dt!cided, if we go through with it, that we'll work it out like a contract. We've agreed to share household chores and expenses.

We've agreed, too, to allow each other freedom," Jim explained, "Well, I may as well tell you that I think you'll be making a terrible mistake. I've had too many friends who chose living together rather than marriage.

Tricia and Dave are a good example. 'iTricia was 20 and a college junior and Dave worked fQr a computer company. Their plan was for Dave to support Tricia until she finished school, then complete his' education. Each was"to be free to go where they wanted, without explanation.

They lived together for years.

"During those years, Tricia finished school. They had no real problems; they also did not spend much time together because they had alternate schedules and rarely saw each other except in bed. It all worked so well they decided to marry.

"The first year they were married, Dave completed his degree work and alternate schedules continued. No problems. "'Frouble came after Dave's graduation and subsequent employment. ~hen Dave and Tricia began spending most of their free time together, arguments arose, first about small things caps left off the toothpaste, w:ho , was, to do the dishes.. /' "But then their focus of discontent changed to more personal matters. Tricia began to resent time with Dave's friends because she hated sports events and political discussions. And Dave detested rock concerts and the latest fashions. Their relationship continued to deteriorate.

"Dave and Tricia thought they is a covenant between you, the had figured out their problems. woman you love and God. To But I think they forgot that choose against' marriage indipe~ple change with time, that cates a decision not to decide."

"Well, I knew you were commitment involves responsibility as freedom implies choice, wordy, Terry," Jim replied with and choice requires a limit on a wry smile. "You haven't said freedom. what I hoped you'd say. But "Finally, I think they forgot you ,have given me lots to think the most important thing of all: about."

So far, Jim and Jeannie where God fits into th~, union between man and woman. Our haven't decided. But I hope very nature is against saying to , they'll opt for marriage. Gail the man or woman we love, "I and I didn't go into marriage don't mind your dating someone without fears either. But that all-out commitment we made to else."

"When you contract to live ,each other and God put him in with someone without marriage, there with us. He's a part of our you're withholding part of your- marriage. As we look back, self. If you and Jeannie love we're aware that we are steadeach other, marry. Marriage is ily growing together, not sepmuch more than a contract. It arately.

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By Janaan Manternach she said, and added, "I will draw water for your camels, too," Abraham was an old man. His Abraham's servant knew that son, Isaac, was at the age for this was' the woman God had marriage. Abraham fa)t it was chosen for Isaac. He placed two time to find him a wife. large gold bracelets on her So he called a trusted servant: wrists. "Whose daughter are "I want you to gc;> .to my rela- you?" he asked her. "Is there tives. There you are, to find a room .for us to stay tonight at wife for my son, Isaa,c." your father's house?"

The servant bowed in obedi"My name is Rebekah," she ence. The next morning ,he took answered.

"My father is Beth10 camels. He loaded them with uel. We are related to Abraham. gifts for Abraham's relatives.

There is plenty of room for you It was a long journey' to the at our house. We have plenty city of Nahor. Finally the cara- of straw and fodder for your van approached the city. camels, too," She ran home to The servant stopped at the tell her family that Abraham's well outside the city. He and . servant was coming. the camels needed shade and A few moments later Rewater. But first he prayed: "God bekah's brother, Laban, ran up of my master Abraham, help me to Abraham's servant. He, intoday to find a wife for Isaac. vited him to come with him.

Give me a sign to show me At dinner that evening, Abwhich woman you have chosen. raham's servant explained how When the women come to draw he was looking for a wife for water this evening. I will say to .Isaac;. He said God had given one of them, "Please lower your him a sign that Rebekah was jug and give me a drink,' If chosen. she answers, 'Take a drink. Let '. Afterwards Rebekah's mother me give water to your camels, and brother questioned her. ':Retoo,' that will be a sign that bekah, you've heard what this you have chosen her fot Isaac." man has told us. Do you \yant Soon young women began to go with him to be Isaac's coming to draw water. Abra- wife?" "I do," she answered. ham's servant noticed a very They blessed her and said she beautiful girl. He watched her could ' go~ The next day she closely. mounted her camel and set out She went to the well and filled with the caravan for Abraham's her jug with water. As she be- home.

One evening as they were still gan to return to the city,.. . he ran up to her. "Please give me crossing the desert, Rebekah man walking toward the a sip of water from your jug," saw Turn to Page Thirteen he begged. "Take a drink sir,"

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Justice Continued from Page Twelve ed the sheep (Genesis 29, 6). looks like a deal in which the drew water at the village well man bought the girl. But, in -- the corner drugstore? (Genefact, the mohar seems to have sis 24. 131) This freedom sometimes exbeen compensation to the bride's family for the loss of her ser- posed them to the violence of young men. but the man, who vices.

There were, unfortunately, seduced a virgin was bound to cases in which a father sold his marry her and pay an increased daughter as a' concubine, but mohar, and,he forfeited-the right this was slavery, not marriage. to divorce her (Exodus 22 15' Deuteronomy 22. 28.29). • • The Bible gives no precise inIt was justice that was at formatton about the age at which stake. the violation of basic hugiI\ls usually married. !but it man rights. And while this may seems likely it was very young. seem a cold. legalistic approach.

If premarital sex presented rela- justice is a fundamental demand tively little problem in those in all human relationships. days, the reason would seem obvious: There was. in most cases, hardly any premarital period to speak of.

Continued from Page Twelve Given the early age of marricaravan.

She asked Abraham's age, it i~ not surprising that the parents made all arrangements. servant who he was. "That is The girl's wishes were usually Isaac," he said.

Isaac was delighted with Renot consulted; neither. often: were the boy's (Genesis 24.33- bekah. He fell in love with her 53). Still, this parental control and Rebekah came to love him was not so shackling as to leave too. Not long after they wer~ no room for the feelings of the married.

Abraham died happy that his young couple. son was married to a good and There were definitely love beautiful woman from among marriages in Israel. The fellow his own people. could express his preferences (Genesis 34. 4-4; Judges 14. 2), or • make his own decision independently. eyen against his parents' wishes (Genesis 26, 34-35). More rarely did the girl take the ini, FORT WORTH, Texas (NC) -tiative, but it did' happen. as in The deacon at St. Patrick's Ca· the case of Saul's daughter. iMithedral spoke out strongly chal. falling in love with David against the Ku Klux Klan during (I Samuel 18. 20). a Sunday Mass. saying it was In truth. young people had "contradictory to !belong to the plenty of opportunity to fall in Klan and c1a-im to be a Chrislove and ,express their feelings, tian." . for they were quite free, at least Deacon Lucas Graywolf. a in the early days. Young girls Choctaw Indian from Santa Fe were not kept in seclusion and N.M.• and associate pastor at St: went about unveiled. They tend· Patrick's, said, "The Klan's big. otry. hatred of races and other creeds. its past and present pub. , Iic statements aga-inst Catholic.

Continued from Page Twelve ism, are alLag~inst o'Jr faith. rather the sins toward which "Christ said to love one an· go«;>d, upstanding churchgoing other. He didn't say unless they Ch~istians might be tempted. " , are Jewish. black, brown, etc....: • the deacon said. ' When Christ dealt with the woman taken in adultery and Graywolf said he has been told the Samaritan, woman at the the Klan is growing significantly well. he was kind while in no in the Fort Worth area and that way condoning their sexual mis- he felt it was God's will that he behavior. Yet the encounter speak against -it. with Christ changed the sinners.

"I've b'een told by a former They did not change because Klan member 'that the Klan is Jesus admonished them; they seriously growing here and all changed because he loved them. ov~r the country." he said; A harsh, judgmental attitude.

After preaching that sermon I whether from parent, friend or at all five Sunday Masses at St. priest. may tum a couple away Patrick's, Graywolf said he was permanently. But it is much approachEfd by four par-ishioners more difficult to follow Jesus' who said they belong to the example. Yet if we can accept Klan. "These persons tried to the sinner while in no way con- reason with me on a logical doning the sin, we are trying level why they belong to the to be healers rather than judges. Klan, although there is no such Even so, we can never be as- reasoning." Graywolf said. He' sured that our acceptance and said he has also received a few love will win the person over to threatening phone calls. our values. All we do know is The deacon said Klan memthat a healing attitude keeps bers feel oppressed. "The econ· communication open and love omy is killing the white middle available. class and they, have to blame Like Jesus, we are called to that on something,'" love. Christ loved without reNo Loss serve even when his love· was not returned or betrayed. Such "He alone loses none dear to is our model of love: to love our him, to whom all are dear in children even and especially Him who cannot be lost. when they anger us, embarrass . . . Thee none loseth but who us. and let us down. leaveth," -- St. Augustine

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Clowns go journeying

By Ed Parr

ReUglon Dept. Coehairperson 8ishop Stang High School

New Bedfordites are getting used to seeing clowns in whiteface makeup roaming their city's downtown mall, exchanging candy for smiles, wishing passersby good day and chatting with elderly shoppers.

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it's -all part of "Journey," the sophomore retreat program at Bishop Stang High School, North Dartmouth. Based on community, message and service, it's a 24 hour experience for participants, who will be making the retreat in small groups throughout the school year, led by homeroom teachers.

Activities during the period include discussions, film-viewing and prayer, all centered around the threefold theme, which is taken from "To Teach As Jesus Did," the recent mes-. sage on catechetics issued by the U.S. bishops.

The 24 hours begin at Regina Pacis Center, New Bedford, where students are told that ,the Christian life is a journey on which we grow closer to others and to the Lord. They begin their "journey" by reflecting on community. Various activities bring the retreatants

closer to each other and the importance of community life for the Christian is emphasized.

The second stage of the retreat addresses the message of Christ, exploring messages of love and sharing. The retreatants are given the opportunity to share community prayer and personal reflections on life's journey. Several gospel stories provide the basis for this stage.

During the second day of the retreat, the theme of service is not only discussed but put into practice. Based on St. Paul's idea of being a "fool for Christ," the students brainstorm how they can serve others in very practical ways.· They are asked to list things they would do for others that do not involve money or materials. Clowns have little of either, they are reminded, yet they serve others in unique ways. , The journey takes on a physical aspect as retreatants create their own clown faces and travel from Regina Pacis to downtown New-Bedford, ;.vhere at the shopping mall they experience something of what it means to put the community and. message aspect of the Christian life into action.

The journey ends with a trip back to Stang where the students celebrate Eucharist to-

gether: the end point of all Christian journeys, the Lord himself.

The first Journey was taken

by Robert Ostrye's sophomore homeroom.• Each of the other six sophomore homerooms is scheduled to take its own journey ' during the school year.

The prograql. is a new project at Stang, complementing existing retreat programs for the other classes. It is also part of Stang's effort to implement directives of the new National Catechetical Directory' calling for Catholic high schools to become real church communities.

'Bishop Stang Twenty years of "quality education to the area" and "outsta.nding effort in contributing to the positive image of the community" garnered for Bishop Stang High School of North Dartmouth a special award at the 95th annual dinner meeting . of the New Bedford Area Chamber of Commerce.

'Bill Cabral of the First National ~Bank made the chamber presentation to Bob Zukowski, assistant principal and Al Catelli, public relations director.

The school, dedicated in 1959, initiated a year-long celeb~ation of its 20th anniversary last Veterans' Day weekend.

VATICAN CITY ~NC) - Roman Catholics made up over 18 per cent of the world's population at the end ·of 1977, according to new Vatican statistics released in mid-November.

The 1977 Annuarium Statisticuni Ecclesiae (statistical yearbook of the church), compiled by the Central Statistics Office of the Vatican, said baptized Catholics numbered 739 million among the more than 4 billion people in the world: The yearbook also gave break-

Bishop Feehan Senior Joanne Carvalho is Feehan recipient of the DAR Good Citizens Award. She was chosen on the basis of school and community service and leadership by vote of the senior ciass and faculty.

The second annual Attleboro girls' Christmas basketball tournament is in progress at Feehan, with Attleboro, North Attleboro, Feehan and Mansfield high schools participatjng.

downs by continent - - Roman Catholics made up 62.3 per cent of the population in North and South America combined; 39.8 per cent in Europe; 25 per cent in Oceania; four per cent in Afr,ica; and 2.3 per cent in Asia.

The Catholic Church was divided into 2,372 ecclesial jurisdictions at the end of 1977, including 833 in the Americas and 688 in Europe.

I On Dec. 31, 1977, there were 1.6 million Catholics "actively engaged in pas.toral ministry," the yearbook saId. The figures include 3,700 bishops, 421,859 priest!! (of whom 259,965 were diocesan priests); 4,456 permanent deacons; 1,063,097 Religious (76,311 men and 986,786 women); and .133,673 catechists in mission territories.

There were -6,034 priestly ordinations in 1977 throughout the world, 144 less than the preceding year.

Throughout the world in 1977 4,669 Catholic periodicals wer~ published with a total printing of 1.8 billion copies.

By Charlie Martin

CRUEL TO BE KIND I can't take another heartache Though you say you are my friend, I'm at my wit's end You say that your love is always fine But that doesn't coincide with the things that you do And when I ask you to be nIce, you say You got to be cruel to be kind, in the right measure Cruel to be kind, it's a very good sign Cruel to be kind, means that I love you Baby, you got to be cruel to be kind Well I do my best to understand, dear But you stm mystify and ,I want to know why I pick myself up off the ground and I have you Knock me back down again and again And when I ask you to explain, you say (repeat refrain)

JOURNEYING CLOWNS gather around Stang altar as Father John' A. Perry celebrates Eucharist. (Sister Gertrude Gaudette Photo) ,

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Written by N. Lowe, I. Gomm, sung by Nick Lowe, © 1979, .

Rivera Globai Productions, Ltd., and Columbia Records "Cruel to Be Kind" is a song about playing games in relationshi~s. Though love is expressed verbally and pledged between people, ?ctl~ns do ~ot "coincide" with this promised love. The reason given IS bIzarre: You have to be cruel to be kind," and treating another this way means "I love you."

There are many reasons why people play games in relationships.

Some people fear becoming emotionally vulnerable. They make their feelings behind "put-downs," 'unkind .remarks, or some other form of "cruel" behavior.

The saddest aspect abou~ this way of forming relationships is that the ,loneliness that often remains inside these pel'sons never gets an opportunity for healing by building lasting relationships.

Not all' game-playing in relationships operates on such an overt and conscious level. A Jove relationship possesses an intense dy.namic whereby each person minrors to the other his or her own individual qualities. Some of these discoveries will be pleasant, others may indicate areas we would rather ignore, for example, stubbornness, pettiness, or selfishness. Bl:lt any relationship that seeks to last must face all the parts of each individual.

"Cruel to iBe Kind" challenges us to examine the ways we relate to others. Have we listened to the ways we Ispeak to those we Jove? Do we put them down, make belittling comments about them?

Are we finding ways to. translate 0Ui' "I love you's" into lI.ctionsthat value and affirm the other?

Each relationship is a gift and deserving of special treatment.

The more we demonstrate this specialness. we find in others, the more loving and alive our relationships will become.

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portswQtch Diocesan Hoop Tourney Continues The first Holiday Festival Basketball Tournament, sponsored by the Diocesan CYO, continues tomorrow night with semifinals in the Kennedy Youth Center, New Bedford. The championship and consolation finals are scheduled for Saturday night. Trophies will be presented to the top three teams ~nd to the outstanding player.

Admission is $1 for adults, 50 cents for students.

Grammar schools entered in the tournament, which opened last Saturday night with the quarter-finals, are St. Anthony, St. Mary, Our Lady of Mount Carmel, St. James-St. John and St. Lawrence, all of New Bedford; St. Francis of Acushnet; Holy Name of Fall River; and Taunton Catholic Middle School.

The pennant race in the Bris,tol County CYO Hockey League gradually appears to be a oneteam run. Pace-setting New Bed, ford blanked Taunton, 5-0, last Sunday night in the Driscoll Rink, Fall River.' That victory plus Fall River South's 3-2 upset of runnerup Somerset-Freetown increased New 'Bedford's' lead Oller Somerset-Freetown to 1 Y2 games.

Last Sunday's victory was the 11 th in a row and the seventh consecutive shutout posted by New Bedford, the team's eighth overall this season. In the other game last Sunday Rochester and Fall River North tied, 1-1.

Next Sunday night's games also in the Driscoll Rink, have 'New Bedford vs. North at nine o'clock, Rochester vs. SomersetFreetown at' 10, and,' Taunton vs. South at 11.

New Bedford is now 11-1-0 (won, lo~t, ,tied), SomersetFreetown 7-4~1, Taunton 5-6-1, Rochester .5-6-1, 'South 4-6-2, North 0-9-3. \ Another CYO activity is the awards dinner of the Bristol CountyCYO Baseball League to be held tonight in White's Restaurant in North Westport.

Trophies will be presented to Somerset Catholic, the league titlist, to the batting champ~on, outstanding pitcher, most valuable player, outstanding fielder and rookie of the year.

Norm England, of the champion team, was the batting leader with an average of .468. On the mound, England posted the best pitching record with seven wins and two losses.

Holiday Tournaments Abound The Christmas vacations are replete with tournaments in a variety of sports.

A tourney that usually attracts much attention'is the Christmas Basketball Tournament in Rogers High School in Newport, which opens tonight.

Tonight's games have Durfee High of Fall River opposing host Rogers, and, Middletown taking on St. Anthony of Washington, D.C. The winners will meet tomorrow night in the championship final, the losers in the consolation final.

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popular in the Cape area, is the Vocational Invitational Christmas Classic which will be held today through Saturday at Sandwich.

Ice hockey is not without its holil;lay tourneys and a big one is .the Silver Lake Christmas Tournament in the Hobomack Arena, Pembroke, Mass., which got underway yesterday and will continue tomorrow and Saturday. The Johnson and Wales Winter Track RelayS, in which several schools from within the diocesan area will participate, will be held tomorrow.

Conference, Hockomockln Full Swing

Tom~rrow night Bishop Connolly HIgh will be home to Fairhaven in a Division One Southeastern Mass. Conference basketball game. Other games tomorrow night in that division list Dartmouth at Ta t un on, Barnstable at New Bedford a d Attleboro at Somerset ' Nn Wednesday's games are' Som:~set at Connolly, Durfee at Attleboro, Taunton at Barnstable and Dartmouth at Fairhaven. ' Divisions Two and Three open their schedules next Wednesday. .Holy Family will be home to Bishop Feehan High, Bishop Stang High will be host to New Bedford Voke-Tech, DennisYarmouth at Wareham and Seekonk at Old Rochester in Division Two openers. Division Three openers have Coyle-Cassidy at Dighton-Rehoboth, Diman Voke

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at Case, Bourne at Falmouth.

Hockomock League games tomorrow night are Mansfield at King ~hilip, Oliver Ames at FranklIn, Canton at Foxboro, Sharon at Stoughton. Next Wedd' h d I . nes ay s sc e u e IS No. AttIeboro at Oliver Ames, Sharon at Mansfield, Franklin at Canton, Stoughton at Foxbor~.

Netherlands Synod VATICAN· CITY (NC) - The seven bishops of the Netherlands will meet in Rome to begin a "particular synodal assembly" to try to resolve a liberal-conservative split in the Dutch church.

Vatican Radio said the theme of the synod would be "the pastoral work of the church to be exercised in the Netherlands in the present situation."

tv, movie news Symbols following film reviews indicate both general and Catholic Film Office ratings, which do not always coincide.

General ratings: G-suitable for gen· eral viewing; PC-parental gUida~ce suggested; R-restricted, unsuitable for children or younger teens.

Catholic ratings: AI-approved for children and adults; A2-approved' for adults and adolescents; A3-approved for adults only; B-objectionabl@ in part for everyone; A4-separate classificati6n (given to films not morally offensive which, however, require some analysis and explanation): C-condemned.

New Films "All That .Jazz" (Fox-Columbia): A workaholic, womanizing Broadway director-choreographer drives himself, quite literallY,to death while rehearsing a new musical. Along the way, he fantasizes about hiS past, present and future - all usually dramatized in song and dance numbers. Despite its excellent dancing. this is a shallow film, aboundino; in heavyhanded irony.

The celphrlltion of the hero's moral failings, the nihilistic mood, and some lewd dance seouences are extremely offensive.

R,C "The Black Hole" (B.V. Disney): A spaceship discovers a seemingly derelict craft suspended tranquilly within the gravitational Dull of a giant black hole.

It is commanrled by a maverick genius (Maxmilian Schell) who has set himself up in Captain Nemo~style and is waiting for the right moment to plunge his ship into the black hole and so discover the secret of life. This Disney film has fine special effects and' a good cast but lacks a satisfactory payoff to its big buildup about the black hole., Incidental violence, mainly robot against robot, is graphic enough to rule out younger children.

PG,A2 On TV "Who Is This Man? John Paul II in America" will be shown at 12:30 p.rn. Sunday on ABC-TV. Its theme is the role of the papacy in the modern world as exemplified by the pontiff's U.S. trip. It includes an interview with Bishop Thomas C. Kelly, general secretary of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops.

I "Ohms," Wed., Jan. 2, 9-11 p.m., CBS is the story of the reaction of a peaceful farming community to the news that a million-volt power line is to cross their lands. Ecological, biological and psychological effects of such lines are explored and avenues of citizen protest are depicted.

Thursday, Jan. 3, 4-5 p.m.

(CBS) "The House' That Half Jack Built." A lonely 13-yearold who wants desperately to be accepted by his classmates is pressured by some of them into trying drugs in this drama on "The CBS Afternoon Playhouse."

Saturday, Jan. 5, 1:30-2 p.m.

(CBS) "30 Minutes." A film report showing the effect on young people of a decade of terrorism in Northern Ireland is paired

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Citing the gi~nt textile company for a 13-year string of ,unfair labor practices, the NLRB ordered Stevens to give the New BecIfOI"d Amalgamated Clothing and TexnstltutIon for 5avilQS tile Workers Union broad access 8 COr1VP.I1IPr1t ofhr:p,; to company facilities and employees during the next two years, including an opportunity to speak to workers on company time.

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NEW BEDFORD The 7 p.m. Mass on New Year's Eve will be offered in, thanksgiving for the graces of 1979.

The 7 p.m. Mass Wednesday, Jan. 2 will be followed by a healing service. ..." ,

ST. RITA, MARION Parishioners are participating in a campaign to send messages to the Iranian Embassy in Washington requesting release of the American hostages held in Tehran.

ST. ANNE'S HOSPITAL, FALL RIVER An infection control conference on the use of antibiotics in the community hospital will be held at 8:30 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 9 in Room 112 of Clemence Hall. The speaker will be Georges Peter, M_D., a Brown University faculty member and director of infectious diseases at Rhode Island Hospital. The session is open to physicians, m.edical· professionals and students.

ST. ANNE, FALL RIVER A children's Mass will be-celebrated at 10 Sunday morning.

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John Paul I Remembered BELLUNO, Italy (NC) There's a new Albino in the family of the late Pope John Paul I, the former Cardinal AItbino Luciani.

Pia' Luciani Basso, the eldest niece of the pope and the one considered closest to him during his lifetime, has given birth to her: third child in the San Gervasio Hospital in ·Belluno and named him for her uncle.

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Argentina Wors~ Than Ireland WASHINGTON (NC) - "Our problems in Northern Ireland .!ire nothing compared with the dreadful lack of human rights in Argentina," said Mairead Corrigan, co-winner of the 1976 Nobel Peace Prize, on her way home from that South American country.

-During a 10-day visit to Argentina she interviewed relatives of missing prisoners, former political detainees, and leaders of church and human rights organizations. . .

"I brought back a documented list of 5,470 persons missing in Argentina after arrest by security agents," she said. "But reliable sources' speak' of at least 10,000 more who have been sent to secret prison camps or killed.

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CHARITY BALL SOUVENIR BOOKLET SEVEN CATEGORIES IN MEMORIAM· 4 Tickets· Admit •• $200.00 or more BENEFACTOR· 2 Tickets· Admit 4 • $100.00 (box holder) VERY SPECIAL FRIEND • 4 Tickets • Admit. '. $'150.00 or more BOOSTER • 2 Tickets • Admit 4 • $75.00 GUARANTOR • 3 Tickets • Admit 6 • $100.00 SPONSOR • 1 Ticket· Admit 2 • $50.00 PATRON • 1 Ticket • Admit 2 • $25.00

GENERAL ADMISSION - ONE TICKET $10.00 ADMITS TWO AVAILABLE AT ANY RECTORY ,IN THE DIOCESE

BUFFINTON FLORIST, I.NC. . , •

490 ROBESON~· STREET: : FALL RIVER, MASS. ;

Tel. 678-5651 Member F.T.D.A.

SHAWOMET GARDENS 102 Shawomet Avenue Somerset, Mass.

Tel. ~74-4881 3Yz room Apartment 4Yz room Apartment Includes heat, hot water, stove, reo frigerator and mai~tenance service.

DEADLINE FOR NAMES IN SOUVENIR BOOKLET IS DECEMBER 28, 1979 Contact any member of the Society of S1. Vincent de Paul, Council of Catholic Women, Bishop's Ball Committee or call or mail name for one of t~ese categories to: BISHOP'S CHARI.JY BAll HEADQUARTERS ---- P.O. BOX 1470 - TEl. 676-8943 410 HIGHLAND AVENUE - FAll RIVER, MASS. 02722

This Message Sponsored by the Following Business Concerns in the Diocese of Fall River PAUL G. CLEARY & CO., INC. EDGAR'S FALL RIVER FEITElBERG INSURANCE AGENCY

GLOBE MANUFACTURING CO. INTERNATIONAL LADIES GARMENT WORKERS UNION

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