• • •President of the United States."

These spont'aneousand unre­hearsed answers were made byfour small children when ques­tioned by Father Wrobleski, di­rector and producer of a "Tele­SPOT" of the Franciscan Com­munication Center in Los An­geles.

Next Tuesday is Election Day.Vote for whomever you will'but vote.

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RALLY AGAINST ''WAR'': Ronald Lentz of St. Paul,Minn., carries his son, Christopher, 2~, at what was calleda "Rally against the War on Women and Children" on thesteps of the Minnesota Capitol. Several hundred personstook part in the event to show their support for protectionagainst liberalized abortion laws. NC Photo.

morning, June 7, 1908, the firstchurch at Pleasant and WingStreets was ravaged by firewith a re!,ultant loss, estimatedat $25,000..

The fire broke out in the sanc­tuary aaid had a good start bythe time firemen arrived and asecond alarm was sounded.

It was well into the morningbefore the fire was brought un­der conrt:rol. By then, flames hadheavily damaged the interior anda section of the roof had col­lapsed.

The then curate at St. John's,Rev. Joaquim Cardoza, and othervolwntee.rs r.aced against the'flames to bring' out vestments.

Left without a place of wor­ship, members of the parish usedthe basement of St. JamesChurch until temporary l'epairscould be made to the ruinedstructure.

The church continued in useuntil a new church at Countyand Wing Streets was completed.

make them all friends. I wouldlet ileople be peace-ly and lov,eeach other."

"I'd never lie to people and Iwould always tell them thetruth."

"I'd stop the war.""I'd put an ad in the paper

saying the people shouldn't fighteach other and they should. tryto make friends. And love eachother. That's why I want to be

Out. of" ·the -Mouths' of Babes

John's, it has not escaped itstrials and ,tribulations. On Sunday

If I were President ..."I'd make everybody love

everybody.""I'd make the people stop

fighting and make all the bur­glars stop going into othel: peo-ples' houses." -

"I'd never cheat the people.""I'd make the people happy

and make sure they haveenough food and dresses andmake people stop fighting and

Urg~s Pro-Life Stand. The newly formed on-going

Respect for Life committee ofthe Diocese of Fall River met atthe library of St. Michael Schoolon Oct. 24. The appointed priests,representing the var.ied socialand family life 'agencies of theFall River Diocese, the PriestsSen-ate, the education programsand the different geographicalareas, discussed at some lengththe many issues t-hat were raised'by the recent observance of theRespect for Life week promul­gated by the American bishops.

The Bishop's request for aunified diocesan .program that'would actively promote the ab­solute value of human life atevery stage .from conceprtion tonatural death was the ma'in topicof the committee's deliberations.

The assembled priests were. unanimous to reaffirm the moralstance of the Joint Statement ofthe Catholic Bishops of Massa­chusetts, issued last February,and to commit themselves anewto a pro-life philosophy bymeans of the following 'state­ment given in committee:

"Conceived human life atwhatever stage or state is asacred and inviolable giftfromGod, and is to be respectedand reverenced by all men atall times-from .the very first

- instant of .its natural beginninguntil its natural conclusion.Should individuals fail to ex­ercise this respect and rever­ence for life, the whole struc-

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ings. Beginning next year, theywill meet as a group only once.

At the November meeting, thebishops will .consider proposalson Pastoral Research and Prac­tices. They also will hear a prog­ress report on the diaconate int-he U. S. from ,the NCCB Com­mittee on the Permanent Diacon­ate.

A pastoral letter on Catholiceducation, ent'itled "To Teach asJesus Did," will be presented tothe bishops for voting. If ap­proved, ,the document will be thefirst ooHective pastoral issued bythe U. S. prelates since 1968.

The bishops also will be asked'to approve 'a plan for the con­tinuing education of' priests pre­pared by the NCCB's Committeeon Priestly Formation. In addi­-tion, they will consider a pro­posal to create a permanentNCCB Committee on PriestlyLife and Ministry and a staff­level secretarIat to work withthe panel. The proposal has beendeveloped by 'an ad hoc com­mittee on priestly 'life and min­istry established by the bishopslast year to 'implement theirstudy on the priesthood.

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BY ROBERT LEIGHMost Rev. Daniel A. Cronin,

S.T.D., Bishop of the Diocesewill be principal concelebrant ofa Mass of Thanksgiving to be of-

. fered at 10:30 on Sunday morn­ing in St. John the BaptistChurch, New Bedford to com­memorate the 100th anniversaryof the parish.

The church has the distinct10nof being the first PortugueseCatholic Church in' the UnitedStates and stands as the MotherChurch for the Portuguese peo­ple everywhere in the nation.

St. John''S was founded in1871. Although it was plannedto have the celebration last year,extensive renovations to the in­'terior of the structure at Countyand Wing Streets caused post­ponement of the event until thisyear when work on the $150,000refurbishing project was com­pleted.

Wl1ile the blessi,ngs of Al­mighty God have fallen over St.

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Fall River, MelISS., Thursday, Nov. 2,_ 1972Vol. 16, No. 44

CHD ColI«,ctionSunday, Nov. 19

WASHINGTON (NC) - Cardi­nal John Krol, president of theNational Conference of CatholicBishops has urged his fellowbishops to continue their sup­port of the NCCB's Campaignfor Human Development.

"The campaign -is more thanjust another collection," thePhiladelphia archbishop said in _a letter to all U. S. bishops. "Itis primarily an education pro­gmm which reminds us aU thatnearly 36 million of our brothersand sisters have an income be­low the national standard of thepoverty level."

Pointing out that the CHD col­lection will be held on Sunday,Nov. 19, Cardinal KroI urged thebishops' "to provide the enthu­siasm and motivatinl~ force topersuade your priests, and peo­ple that the 1972 campaign istruly a work of religion in whichwe can all share."

"Though the collection is anannual event," the cardinal said,"the work of challenging con­sciences and changing attitudesmust be part of preaching theGospel 'in season and out ofseason.' '..

The Campaign for Human De­velopment is an annual appeal toraise funds for self··help anti­poverty programs. The campaignoffice also conducts an educa­tional program about the causesand solutions of domestic pov­erty.

The Campaign recei.ved nearly$16 million in its first two ap­peals.

Important Is,s'ues AwaitBishops' Consideration

WASHINGTON (NC) - TheU. S. bishops will meet hereNov. 13-17 to consider' issuesranging from the implement,aNonof the recent Vatican decrees onminor orders to Catholic partici·pation In the United States bi·centennial observance in 1976.

About 250 prelates fromacross the country also will con·sider budgets and plans for theirorganizations, the Na'tional Con·ference of Catholic Bishops andthe United States Catholic Con­ference 'and select officials tofill open positions in bothgroups.

The bishops' meert:ing, to beheld in the Marriot Twin BridgesMotor Hotel, WIllI be the last oftheir twice-yearly general meet-

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Brothers to Meet. .For Prayer Day

"The Brother as Prayer," aday of recoliection for Brothers inthe New England area, will beheld Saturday, Nov. 18, at St.John's Prep, Danvers. This dayis being sponsored by the Na­tional Assembly of ReligiousBrothers in New England as aspiritual service and asa meansof informing them of the Na­tional Assembly.

The program will include con­ferences by Rev. Thomas M.Cosken, O.P., of Providence Col·lege and Brother Damian Carrall,C.P., editor of the "Brothers'Newsletter"; a period for Broth·ers from the various New En­gland areas to meet and discusstheir involvement with N.A:R.B.;·and a con-celebrated Mass withMost Rev. Jeremiah F. Minihan,Auxiliary Bishop of Boston, asprincipal concelebrant and hom-ilist. .

N.A.R.B. is an organizationformed last spring, whose pur­pose is to provide an opportunityfor Brothers tirom .differentgroups to band together forspiritual intensification and adeepened 'understanding of. spir­itual life, community life and theapostolate of religious Brothers.

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HONORARY CO-CHAIRMEN: Edward F.. Kennedy,Taunton, diocesan president of the Society of St. Vincentde Paul, and Mrs. James H. Quirk, of South Yarmouth,diocesan president of the Council of Catholic Women, arehonorary co..chairmen of the 18th annual Bishop's CharityBall, set for the night of January 12. Their organizationsare co-sponsors of the Ball.

Bishop's Charity Ball~bgr. Gomes ~amEtsHeads of Vincentians

Arid DICCW'as C,o-Chairmen for EventThe honomry chairmen of the

18th annual Bishop's OharityBall Were named today by Rev.Msgr. Anthony M. Go~es, dioc-

'esan director of the Ball. Th issocial and charitable event bene­fits exceptional and underprivi­leged children in the southeast­em area of Massachusetts, re­gardless of race; color or creed.·

Proceeds help suppprt fourschools for the exceptional andfour summer camps f00he un­derprivileged and exceptional.

Name C[)-ChairmenEdward F. Kennedy,' St. J))­

sej)h's parish, Taunton; wJU. Iserve as honorary co-~hairm'a.n

as president c.f the Sbciety ofSt. Vincent de Paul of the dio­cese, one of the co-sponsors ofthe charitable event. Mrs. JamesH. Quirk, St. Pius X parish,South Yarmouth, dioce~an pres­ident of the Council of' Cathol:icWomen, . is co·chairman. She isin her second term as presidentof the organization.

:Members of the Ball Commit-

Vincentians to MeetThe monthly meeting of the

Fall River Particular Council ofthe Society of St. Vincent dePaul will be held Wednesdaynight, Nov. 8 at St. StanislausChurch, Rockland. Street, FallRiver. Mass will be celebrated at7:15 and the meeting will follow'in the school hall. The unit'sannual corporate communion.will be held at 8 o'clock MassSuhday, morning, Dec.' 3 at St.·Anne's Church, South MainStreet, Fall River. Breakfast anda general meeting will followMass'.

CCD Plans NewAdult Magazine

The National Center of Reli- .gious Education-CGD has an­nounced plans for January pub­lication of a .digest for adult

· religious education as a contin­uation' in expanded form ofFOCUS '72, wn-ich has beenedited by the Division of AdultEducation of the USCC. Thisproject is the latest mqve by theNational Center of Religious.Education-CCD toward full-scaleadult religious education follow··ing the reorganization of theDepartment of Education at theUnited States Cath9lic Confer-­ence.

The new publication will becalled FOCUS ON ADULTS/ADigest. It will condense timelyarticles in the field of adult re­ligious education and will. be ofinterest to all who are concernedwith its development, especiallyat the grassroots level. MaryPerkins. Ryan, -its executive ed­itor, will work closely with aboard of consultants, consisting'of experts in adu\.t education andexperienced promoters in thefield throughout the country.

religion, is viewed by the direc­tory as a "pastoral activity of.the Church," Father Marthalersaid, and catechesis "must becoordinated" with every dimen­sion of the Church, induding the

· 'liturgy, ecumenism, evangelismand missionary action.

Adult Instruction

Father Marthaler said the"concern for catechesis of adultsruns in page after page" -in thedirectory and that the directorycalls adult instruction the "chiefform of catechesis."

Adult catechesis includes edu·'cation of parents and "specialcatechesis when one takes a new

, job, enters military life" or goesthrough a change of "socialstatus."

Other occasions for. "specialcatechesis," are times of crisisin the ,country and duril!g a na­tional election, Father Marthalersaid.

Adult religiou~ instruction,Father Marthaler said, "cannotbe reduced to a s.eries of confer­ences and sermons." Nor does itmean offering more formal-

· courses of study."We must find new ways to

speak to the times," the priestasserted. "We have to findways" to aid adults in' under­standing their fait~ and theirown lives.

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Mass. Published every Thursday at 410Highland Avenue, Fall River, Mass. 02722by the catholic Press of the Diocese of FallRiver. Subsqlption price by mail, postpaid$4.00 per ye.r. .

Brother. McGrathNew ·.CoordinatorF'or Religious

Brother Jeremiah J. McGrath,MIC, former member of SacredHeart Parish, Fall River, is NewEngland Coordinator for theNational Assembly of ReligiousBrothers. In ,this post, he will co­ordinate meetings and other ac­tivities for the 850 Brothersserving in the area.

Brother McGrath is AssistantDirector of the Marian MinorSeminary in ·Stockbridge, and as­sistant Director of Vocations forthe Marian Farthers.

Born in Fall River on- May 28,1947, he entered the MarianNovitiate after years of studyin Fall River primary and sec­ondary schools.

He pronounced his first vowson July 16, 1968 and 'continuedhis studies in the WashJngton,D. C. -area. Since 1970 he hasbeen associated with the Stock­bridge seminary'and is involvedin various communi,ty and paro­chial projects.

NecrologyNOV. 11

Rev. A. Gomez da S.i\va Neves,1910, Pastor, St. John Baptist,New Bedford.

NOV. 12Rev. James H. Looby, 1924,

Pastor, Sacred Heart, Taunton.Rev. Bernard Boylan, 1925,

Pastor, St. Joseph, Fall /River.. NOV. 13

Rev. Louis J. Deady, 1924,Founder, St. -Louis, Fall River.

NOV. 14 .Rev. Franois J. Duffy, 1940,

Founder, St. Mary, So. Dart­mouth.

NOV. IS'

Rev. .Daniel E. Doran, Pasto'r,1943, Immaculate Conception,North Easton.

Rev. Thomas. F. LaRoche,1939, Assistant, Sacred Hear~,

Taunton.

LOUISv.ILLE (NC)-The Vati­can's General Catechetical Di­rectory is "very much a docu­ment of our times," according toa ·Frimciscan educator from the'Catl).olic University of America.

When the directory was issuedlast year some labeled it "a re­actionary document from Rome"that would attempt to "set every­thing right," Father Berard Mar­thaler told the Kentucky-Tennes-

. see R~ligious Education Con­. gress here.

Actually, the priest said, thedirectory is "sensitive to theplurality of needs" in theChurch, and "steers a middlecourse."

He noted that the directorydraws from ,the documents of theSe<:ond Vatican Council, papalencyclicals and the works of sixinternational catechetical meet­ings held in the 1960s.

Catechesis, or the teaching of

bm It:·;::::~. ~~"~~~"",,*~:,~~,-,",MARK CENTURY OF SERVICE: Parishioners of St. John Baptist

Church, New Bedford, prepare to celebrate centennial of service to city.Left, view of church exterior; center, Frank Martin, chairman ~f observ-

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ance and parish trustee, with Rev. Manuel Ferreira, pastor; right, JosephMotta, trustee; Mrs. Manuel Soares, Stephen Avila, organist.

St. John Baptist Church Enters New Century

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Tea WelcomesNew Workers

New religious education coor­dinators for the Fall River Dio­cese were welcomed at a tea atthe CCD Center Library, High­land Avenue, Fall River, followedby a session on goals and pri­orities conducted by Rev. RonaldA. Tosti, diocesan director of re­ligious education, together withSister Della Ann Chartrand,OLVM and Sister AntoinetteOueleHte, SUSC, both of the di­ocesan office, and Sister BarbaraRiley, RSM of Immaculate Con­ception parish, Nort-h Easton.

The majority of the 34 full timecoordinators working in 27 par­ishes of the diocese were presentfor the meeting, part of an on­going enrichment program offer­ed by -the diocesan CCD center.

New CoordinatorsNew coordinators include Sis­

ter Gertrude Margaret, SUSC ofImmaculate Conception, Taun­ton; Sister Catherine Dufault,RSM of St. Paul's Parish, Taun­ton; Sister Jeanette Gignac, CSCof St. Mary's Parish in NorthAttleboro; Sister Joan Callahan,SFCC of Our LacJy of the CapeParish, Brewster; Sister MariaLauren, MSBT of St. FrancisXavier Parish in Hyannis; SisterCora Marie, MSBT of Our Ladyof Victory Parish, Centerville;and Sister Anna Sylvester, RSMof St. Mary's Parish, Taunton.

The committee making ar­rangements ·f.or the tea washeaded by Miss Sarah C. Halli­gan.

MemorialLeibold

Friend of Blacks

"He had faith in us even whenhe did not fully understand (be­cause' no white man could) theblack unity movement inside andoutside the Church," FatherR,ivers recalls. He saw it as anorganization of Catholics "andshowed faith in us and concernfor us' that was unusual in its ex­pression."

"No bishop before or sincemade such a firm stand nor oneas .publicly and coherently ex­pressed as Archbishop Leibolddid in behalf of the black Cath­olic movement," he says.

Father Rivers "thank you" iswritten for piano or organ withthe possible addition of guitar,bass and percussion. It was per­formed publicly for the first timein New Orleans at a nationalmusic and worship workshop thispast Summer.

Archbishop Leibold died lastJune I at the age of 57.

of hand-crafted Italian marble."J1he communion rail has been

taken down to remove all bar­riers between Christ and man.

St. John's will remain active.The continual tide of immigrantsstreaming to this shore meansthe church will for the foresee­able, future be an active andviable force in the community.

And while' new arrivals willfind many strange things in anew land, they will find too thattheir church will help throughthe adjustment period in keepingalive their deep, abiding faith inAlmighty God.

Father Rivers ComposesTo Archbishop Paul F.

01NCINNATI (NC)-Moved by humility," Father Rivers feels."gratitude and admiration," In the introductory dedicationFather Clarence J. Rivers has Fat-her Rivers refers to Archbish­written a hymn ·in memory of op Leibold "as "always a friendthe late Archbishop Paul F. Lei- of the black Catholic movementbold of Cincinnati. within the Church," recalling

Father Rivers, a priest of the specifically his early recognitionarchdiocese and a well-known and support of the Black Catholiclitrgical composer, calls the com- Caucus.position "Wit~ess to C!trist:"

The words of the piece arethose of the archbishop, takenfrom the sermon he preached athis linstaHation ceremony in Cin­cinnati in' October•. 1969.

"I'am come to fill my office' asa witness of Christ before allmen; And the Christ I knowfrom the gospels is a meek andhumble Christ who came toserve, not to he served. And whotaught by word and example ofhis life a very simple yet mostprofound lesson of.life."

Those words of the archbishopand his faithfulness to themthroughout his ministry movedFather Rivers to compose whathe terms simply "a kind ofmemorial."

Father Rivers remembersArchbishop Leibold as a manwho "listened when I -had some­thing to say." And the ear hegave Father Rivers and all -thepriests of the archdiocese wasone marked by its "charity and

On either side of the mainaltar are paintings depicting theLast Supper and the Sermon onthe Mount.

Emblazoned across the mainarchway of the altar is St. John'sexhortation to "Behold the Lambof God.'"

Behind the altar is a panelledwall. Running the length of thispanel are eight waved lines de­signed to resemble the water ofBaptism as used by the saint.

An eight-foot tall crucifix, onorder from Germany will beplaced in front of the panel andbehind the altar which is made

Continued from Page Onetowards the centennial celebra­tion has been meeting weekly toplan the formal events.

Bishop Daniel A Cronin willbe the principal concelebr,ant ata special Mass at ·10:30 AM.Sunday, Nov. 5. Many formercurates are expected to attend.. The Bishop is scheduled to·participate ina reception at the,Kennedy Center, following Mas~.

On Sunday, Nov. 26 parishion­ers will gather at White's 'Res­taurant in Westport for a cele­bration banqut:t.

The committee on the cele­bmtion is headed by Frank M.Martin. Jesse V. Santos Jr. andFernando P. Cruze are co-chair­men.

Heading the program bookcommittee is Joseph M. Martin;ticket chairman is Edward Dutra,program committee. chairman isHenry Pimental and- decorationscommittee chairman is LillianMotta.

Now that the first 100 yearsis behind the church, what liesahead? The present pastor, Rev.Manuel P. Ferreira, recently tookthe helm of the church from thelate Msgr. John A Silvia.

Under his direction, St. John'shas been very active among theimmigrants it serves, especiallyin the field of education. FatherFerreira stresses its importanceto those arriving in this country.

St. John's retains its special. relationship to the Portuguese

people. Both the 7:30' AM. andnoon Masses on Sundays are inPortuguese.

Father Ferreira was namedpastor of the church in February,1971. Before that, he was admin­istrator of the parish.

In his charge are the .5,400persons who attend Mass faith­fully at the church.

When redecoration of the in­terior was undertaken, FatherFerreira made sure that thechurch still relJ,jiined remindersof St. John and his impact onthe life of Christ.

Mission ElpicopacyThe first Asian Bishop was

consecrated in 1923 and the firstAfrican in 1939. Today there are147 African Bishops and 141Asian Bishops. Of the Africanmetropolitan sees, 84 per centare held by African Archbishops,and in Asia the correspondingfigure is 86 per cent.

Christ of GospelPriest's T10pic

For the third session of theconti~uing education program ofthe diocese, Fathet: James Had­dad spoke Ito a capacity crowdat St. Julie Billiart's parish inNorth, Dartmouth l~st Thursdayevening.

Speaking on "Jesus'," FatherHaddad, head of the continuingeducation program of the Ar¢h­diocese of Boston, began by st'at­ing that "... all truth is a labo­rious process, taking a long time... Jesus Christ seems far tooremote for the modern man andtoday's personalism stresses'Who is He?' "

"Jesus Christ is humanity ful­filled," the speaker continued,"We must be able to meet Jesusin the here ·and the now in faith,not what but who."

People of the Book

To more than 250 priests, re­Iigiousand, lay catechists of thediocese, Father Hadad empha­sized that all must be "men andwomen of the Book. A basic un­derstanding of thEl Word of Godmust make a difference in ourlives." Using St. Mark's gospel,the priest traced the life of Jesusthrough this earliest of the evan­gelic writings. A question periodfollowed his talk.

Tonight Rev. Michael Fahey,S.J. of the Weston College fac­ulty will continue the educationseries wi.th a lecture on "Ecclesi­ology: the Church as People ofGod and Saving Institution."This fourth progr·am in the serieswill begin at 7:~10 a,t St. JulieBilliart's church hall, SlocumRoad, North Dartmouth.

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level, rejecting the $4,137 a year'level used by the Office of Eco­nomic .opportunity, the SocialSecurity Administration, and theAgHcultu'reli,Department: ,. ",'

If the Bureau of Labor Stati!i:';tic's level 'is' used, there aie '70-$0million poor people in the coun­try, and the CHD said, "a con­servative estimate of the numberof poor persons is about 36million."

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The study, in a section en­titled, ,"The Government's Provoerty Index is Inadequate,': ~otedthat. the, number of p'qor p~ople

in I the' couritry depends on thelevel at which' a mini'mum sta.na-·ard of living was unrealistic; The

.standard, said the organization,alfocated only $1 per day' forfood for ead) family member"adding: "The only diet possiblefor that cost" is a diet usingfood from the pepartment ofAgriculture'~ food commodityprogram.

By contrast, said the CHD,the President's own Commissionon Income Maintenance said in

.1969 that the minimum standardo,f living for an urban family offour should be $5,145 annually­

. about half of the average familyincome for the United States for1972.

Also, said the, CHD,the Bu­reau of Labor StatisticS chooses$6,960 a year as the low-~ncome

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My purpose if I all this is notto d,efend GeorgE' Meany againsthis liberal intellectual critics.'Like the rest of liS poor ~ortals,

he is undoubtedl:1 open tq Iegiti- ­mate criticism on a number of

,different scores. In any' event,he i:> well able to take care ofhimself in this r'~gard.

, I am simply trying to' suggestthat many of the liberal irttellec­tuals Who are MW cutting himup into small pieces would un­doubtedly be praising his leader­ship ,if only hE' had followedtheir advke in the political arena.In spite of the fact tha,t theiradviee was demonstrabl~ badfour years 'ago, ,all wo~ld beforgiven if he had endorsed theirfavo:rite candidate in 1972. AndI don't necessarily mean GeorgeMcGovern. In point of fact, one'Of his critics is currently ~nifinghim because he (allegedly) keptSenator Muskie from gett,ing theDemocratic nom:,nation.

speak) and again-presto-lib­eral intellectuals began to sayunwontedly nice things abouthim. Ditto for his aggressiveopposition to Phase II of the Ad­ministration's economic gameplan. Again he enjoyed, howeverbriefly, a period of popularityamong the intellectuals.

Change pf QOpinionThe bubble ,burst, however, in

July of this year when, Meanydeclined to take sides in' thePresidential campaign. Once.agaIn-and quite predictably" ofcourse-he was written off as an"aged, contented, and somnam­bulent" has-been.

So it goes. So long as Meanysays and does what his liberalcritics want him to say and do,they seem to forget all about hishis age and are even willing ,to BISHOPS CARRY STATUE: In a rare occurrence in the United States, four bishopssay nice things about his leader-shi;>. But let him ignore their carry the 'Pilg:rim Virgin Statue of Fatima into the National Shrine for the Second An-advice and, before you can say" nual Rosary Pilgrimage October 28. In the front row are Archbishop Thomas J. McDon­Jack Robinson, he is once again' ough, left, of Louisvi~le, Ky.· and Bishop Thomas J. Mardaga of Wilmington, Del. Be­treated ~ith "distrust, and even hind them are Bishops William 'G. Connare of Greensburg, Pa., and Andrew J. McDonald'abhorrence." , " of Little Rock" Ark. NC Photo. '

This little scenario is not afigment of my own imagination:It comes right out of the reviewsI have seem' thus far of JosephGoulden's new biography ofMeany (~eany, At1)e,neum, New WASHINGTON (NC) oj- TheYork, $12,95). 'One . reviewer" U. S, bishops' Campaign forwriting in :the Oct. '22 issue of Human Development (CHD) hasThe New York Times Book Re- issued a, survey .of poverty inv"iew, admits that iea~lier thi~ whieh it dispi.r:es governmentyear (because of 'his encounter statistics on the number of poorwith the President' in Miami)·' and criticizes' government meth­Meany "enjoyed ... an unwonted ods of aiding thE' poor. 'popu)alrity among liberals." Thesame reviewer has 'decided, how- The 40-page "Poverty Profile" •e~er, that the rest of the year whi<:h is being distributed to(because Meany opted to play it all U. S. dioceses in conpectiQnhis own. way'in the Presidential with the CHD collection ~ov. 19,campaign) 'has been. a period of says that there are about '36 mil­"stupefying ineffectiveness ... a lion poor in the United 'States.performance of blunder and bob- The government puts the num-

ber at 25.6 million.ble which has reduced Meany toa' position of embittered impo- In addition, H,e CHD chargestence~" , that the government views pov-

The same man who was some- erty "as somehow temPorary"thing' of a hero to the liberals and that it ignorE!s povertY's rootearler this year is now' said to causes and o:ffers solutionsbe fighting a !Iosing battle (be- whic:h are "inadequate and su­tween his private and public life). 'perficial."For some people, facing' thisst~uggle we are told,"the inevita­ble defeat may still appear as atmgedy; for others, -like Meanyin 1972, it is revealed as farce;"In other words, the hero of theHaynsworth-Carswell struggleand the man who forced a show­down with ;the President in Mi­ami, is, in reality, n'othing but aclown. How's that for intellectu­al self-assurance?

Dissent: DenounceAnother reviewer, writing in

,the Oct. 23' issue of the dailyNew York Times, is almostequally harsh in his treatment ofMeany. We are told quite apo­dictically that he is "currentlymaking a shambles of his proud­est achievement, the giganticcentralized machine for lobbying'and political action into whichhe has reshaped the mergedlabor federation." We are alsoinf.ormed that, under his leader­ship (or lack of the same), "theidealism that once made labora so'urce of inspiration to youthhas drained away."

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Role of the IntellectualsIs Constantly Shifting

- Dr. Edward Shils, Professor of Sociology at the Uni­versity of Chicago, is a renowned specialist on the roleof intellectuals in modern society. In August of this yearthe University of Chicago Press published an impressivecollection of the principalessays he has written on thissubject during the pastquarter of a century (TheIntellectuals and The Powers,$12.50). In one of these essays("Intellectuals and the Center ofSociety in the United States")

4 THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Thurs., Nov. 2, 1972

Professor Shils remarks that"The ... culture of intellectualsin the West, particularly in mod­ern times, has included a markeddistrust, and even abhorrence, ofthe nonintellectual elites in poli­tics and economics."

Like all generalizations, thisone, I am sure, is open to ques­tion, or, at the very least, is sub­ject to notable exceptions. More­over the role of inteHectuals inAmerican society has changedover the course of the years and

, is constantly In flux.Nevertheless there is still a

good bit of truth in Shil's basicproposition, as witness the"marKed distrust, and even ab­horrence" of the organized labor,movement on the part of some(not all, but far too many)American intellectuals.

Unions ResurrectionProfessor John Kenneth Gal­

braith-the always brillliant, butsometimes sup~rcilious Harvardeconomist and the would-beconscience of the 'DemocraticParty-is only one of many lib·eral intellectuals who delight intalking down to the trade ~nion,

movement from, the, Olympianheights of academia. ;!

As far back as April, 1967,Galbraith, in his inaugural ad­dress as President of Americansfor Democratic Action, calledlabor's leadership "aged, con­tented, and deeply somnambu­lent ..." One might have thoughtthat he was talking about the­ADA itself which, though hardlyout of its organizational teens,was even then clearly on theskids and was beginning to showunmistakable, if premature, signsof advancing old age.

Three years later, writing inthe July 1970 issue of Harpers,Professor Galbraith was stillharping on the same theme-asusual, rather sarcastically. Unionleadership was "gereatric"-andso on and so forth.

All of a sudden, however, andquite unexpectedly, the wheel offortune began to turn. GeorgeMeany, the ,"gereatric" leader ofa' "somnambulent" labor move­ment, led the fight againstHaynsworth and Carswell and­presto - his intellectual criticsbegan to have s~cond thoughtsabout his lea'dership. Subse­quently, in Miami Beach, he tookon the President of the UnitedStates (hand-to-hand, so to

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lIt would be strange, the mag­azine said, if the first step of aleftist coalition on coming topower were ,to satisfy a seg­ment of the electorate opposedto its principles.

Organ RecitalAt St. Anne's

At 4 o'clock on Sunday, Nov.5, pavid Carrier will present anorgan recital a't St. Anne'sChurch in Fall River. Among theworks to be performed will be·those of de Grigny, Frank,Vivaldi-Bach, Ala'in, Durufle andMessiaen.

l\1r. Carrier" Music Director atSt. Mary's Cathedral, has studiedat the New England Conserva­tory of'Music with Miss YukoHayashi and has recently re­turned from a European tour asOrganist with the New EnglandConservatory Chorus. David hasalso given many recitals ·in thisarea and throughout New En·

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THE ANCHOR-' 5Thurs., Nov. 2, 1972

Opposes PriestsIn Schools

PARIS (NC}-The French Na­tional Teachers' Union criticized

.French Comnmnist party leaderGeorges Marchais for backingdown from his original opposi­tion to allowing priests to teachin nationalized schools.

Marchais, the assistant sec­retary general of the Communistpal"ty, had originally said that ifa coalition of leftist parties cameto power, private schools wouldbe nationalized and priests couldnot teach in the schools thatwere made public. Then, re­sponding to the protests that thisposition aroused, Marchais saidthat priesDs could teach in na­tionalized sohools prov,ided thatthey did not appear as "conse·crated representatives" of theChurch.

An article in the teachers'unlion's magazine, The FreeSchool, repl'ied:

"We don't see how one canhope for such behavior from menwhose vocation is precisely thepropagation of their religiousfa.ith, with the school as ameaIliS."

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allowed to come is quite signif.i­cant/' said Jesuit Father Thurs­ton Davis, former editor of theJesuit weekly America and vice­president of the ACF. He addedthat the Soviet government ispaying the round ·trip plane farefor the delegation.

Father Davis told NC Newsthat the ACF hopes to "exposethem to the v,itality of religiouslife over here" and show them"the f.reedom with which ourpeople meet."

Although the exact itineraryfor the delegation has not beenreleased, NC News learned thatit will include a trip to Washing­ton which coincides with theannual meeting of the NationalConference of Catholic Bishops(NCCB) there. It was not certa,in,however, whether~ the twogroups would meet.

The visit, limited to the NewYork-Washil}gton area becauseof time, will include rounds oftalks with U. S. religious andgovernment 'leaders 'and visits tovarious church institutions andchurch-run colleges, includingGeorgetown University and Un­ion Theological Seminary.

to Vis,it U.S.Leadersternational interreligious rela­tionships. Since 1966 the ACFhas sent a delegation to theSoviet Union' every year, to es­tablish ,international contactsamong religious leaders and dis­cuss "issues of mutual concern"with Soviet government and re­ligious leaders.

But this .is the first time theSoviets have reciprocated. "Thisvisit ·is the culmination of manyyears of negotiations with theSoviet government and religiousleadership," said Rabbi ArthurSchneier, president of the ACF.

"The fact that they're being

Share ResQurcesArchbishop Urges All Religious Cooperate

For World Justice, PeaceRACINE (NC) - Eastern 'and are looking, people are groping.

Western religions must share There must be a blend of human­their unique resources in a joint ization and the quest for God.effort for world justice and But people want ,to see this gen­peace, according to a Catholic uinely happening.archbishop from India. "We must put soul in society

"From a religious standpoint, today to make a better worldthis must be more than ecumen- for everybody. The whole mis­ism," Archbishop Angelo Fernan- sion of the Church is one bigdes of New Delhi said, "We need thrust in this direction."the force of all.- religions work- Archbishop Fernandes said th,eing together for justice and world's religious leaders mustpeace. have more concern than provid-

"We must create a moral re- ing aid ,to those in need. Theysponsibility and ;111 atmosphere must be partners in development,of hope and love before a revolu- a mutuality, he added.tion of hate take:; over. In other "If we want peace, we mustwords, we must deliver the work for justice," the speakergoods." declared.

The archbishop noted that al- Citing a meeting of the -Vati-though the Judeo-Christian tra- can Commission for Justice andditions encompass about one- Peace which he attended a week'fourth of humanity, it must work earlier, Archbishop Fernandeswith persons of other faiths. felt that its efforts so far have

"It has been noticed that peo- not reached the grass roots levelpie from the Judeo-Christian of bishops' conferences andtradition are socially sensitive; 'Church groups in countries'while those from Eastern ttadi- throughout the world. He be­tions have greater religious sen- Iieves little will be done to lm­sitivity," he said. prove the brotherhood of man

"We can't think of working to-, until efforts of religious leadersgcther if we're in pieces. People involve the masses.

Soviet ReligiousNEW YORK (NC) - When

seven religious leaders from theSov·iet Union land here Nov. 12,it will mark a first in interfaithrelations between U. S. and So­viet groups.

Led by Russian OrthodoxMetropolitan 'Nikodim of Lenin­grad and Novgorod, the groupwill also include high-rankingrepresentatives of Sov,iet Jews,Catholics, Lutherans, Baptistsand Moslems.

The visit is sponsored by theAppeal of Conscience Foundation(ACF), an interfaith groupfounded in 1965 to promote in-

NOTEWORTHY GATHERING IN CAmEDRAL RECTORY: On his first officiai visitto the United Methodist Churches of the area, B.ishop Edward G. Carroll, Bishop of theSouthern New England ConferencJ of the United Methodist Church paid a courtesy callon the .Most Rev. Daniel A. Cronin, S.T.D. in St. Mary's Cathedral Rectory. Present at theCathedral visit on Monday were: Rev. Robert MacFarlane of the United Methodist ChurchWestport Point; Mrs. Carroll and Bishop Carroll, Bishop Cronin, Rev. and Mrs. Dal~White of East Greenwich, R.I., district superintendent of the United Methodist Churches;Rev. John J. Oliveira, secretary to Bishop Cronin.

Aid to Students

State officials declined to un­dertake the project. Local schoolofficials secured approval forthe program from the NebraskaSupreme Court, provoking anappellJ1 to the U. S. SupremeCourt by the state board of edu­cation.

Paul V. O'HaTa, executive di­rector of the Nebraslta CatholicConference, acknowledged hehad not yet read the U. S. Su­preme Court'·s decision, but said"it appears that it wiH do awaywith some of the discriminationrelative to providing services toprivate school children.

"The court has' in the past dis­tinguished between aid to non­public school students or theirparents and aid to nonpublicschools. Their decision apparent­ly reaffirms that such a distinc­tion is valid," he !iaid.

TranslationsAt present the Catholic Church

is ,involved in 117 commonBible translation projects withProtestants-52 in Africa, 43 inAsia, 13 in Europe, and nine inLatin America.

Scout A'wardsSilver Beaver and Silver Fawn

awards were presented to adultsactive in Church-sponsored Cuband Boy Scout units at the firstannual recognition dinner of theMoby nick Boy Scout Council.Honored were Vito V. Gerardi,institutional representative ofPack and Troop '17, St. John'sChurch, New Bedford; Joseph F.Cyr, Troop 40, St. Michael'sChurch, Swansea, also recipientof the Pelican and St. Georgeawards for his work with theCatholic Committee on Scouting;Blanche Souza, Den Mother,Pack 11, Our Lady of Mt. Car­mel Church,' New Bedford, alsorecipient of the Pelican award;Agnes Boudreau, Den 'Mother,St. Anne's Church, Fall River,also recipient of the Pelicanaward.

Court AplprovesLeasing CatholicSchool Facilities

WASHINGTON (NC) - TheU. S. Supreme Court,. by a 7-2vote has allowed a Nebraskaschool district to lease fadl.itiesin a Catholic high school for aneducation program financed bythe state.

Justices William O. Douglasand Thurgood Marshall, courtliberals, said in their dissentfrom the majority opinion thatthe ruling contradicted past de­cisions and failed to abide by theFirst Amendment dictum of sep­aration of church and state.

Justice William J. 'Brennan Jr.,who genera.lIy sides with Jus­tices Douglas and Marshall, con­tended in his remarks that theprogram would be operatedwithout any' religious involve­ment.

The Hartington, Neb" schooldistrict had applied to state edu­cation officials for financial aidin instructing students in reme­dial reading and mathematics.The school district leased facili­ties from Cedar Catholic HighSchool for ,the program's olasses,,which would be attended bypublic and nonpublic school stu­dents. No religious pictuTes orarticles would be in the class­rooms.'

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Reaffirms SupportFor Celibacy

NASHVILLE (NC) - BishopJoseph A. ,Durick of Nashville is­sued a statement reaffirmingsupport for priestly celibacyafter a -lay organization distrib­uted letters and questionnarieshere dealing with .the issue.

The prelate, whose commentswere made to the diocesan paper,The Tennessee Register, did notmention the group by name, TheConcerned Catholics, but sug­gested its material obscured "theother more pressing needs of theChurch" by placing excessivestress on celibacy as "in itself acentral point of crisis ,in priestlylife today."

Concerned Catholics, formedlast w-lner, distributed the lettersand questionnaires to some Cath­olics in Nashville at the begin­ning of October. The letters in­dicated the group's support forpermitting formers priests whohave married to return to someformal activities within theChurch. The questionnaries ap­parently were designed to deter­mine the opinions of those polledon such possible work for formerpriests.

Important IssuesContinued from Page One

A position paper on "Youthand the Church," prepared by'Bishop William D. Borders' ofOrlando, Fla., will be presentedto the bishops by the USCC Ed­ucation Committee. "f.he paperurges the Church to "develop a,realistic ecclesial atmospherecongenial to the life style ofyouth."

'Phe USCC's Committee on So­dal Development will offer thebishops a proposal to set up' acommittee ItO plan Catholic par­ticipation ,in the 1976 bicenten­nial celebrations. The proposalurges creation of a national con­ference on justice in the world:

"f.he social develop~ent panelalso will propose a statement oncurrent problems in rural Hfe in,the U. S. intended to mark the

,50th anniversary next year of theNational Catholic Ruml LifeConference.

Finally, ,the USCC Communi­cations Committee will report ona plan being developed by theNational Catholic News Service,to establish a nationwide tele­type networJt between itself anddiocesan newspapers.

Elections ScheduledBesides considering committee

proposals, the bishops are sched­uled to vote on the 1973 budgetsof the NCCB and USCC and theproblems and plans of the vari­ous units of the two organiza­tions.

In addition, the bishops wmbe choosing a new cha,irman ofthe USOC Education Committeeand members of that committeeand ,the panels on communica­tions, heaIth affairs, a!1d social

- development.. -The bishops meeting will be'open ,to accredit~ representa­tive sof the news media andelected clerkal and lay observers.However, the prelates' executivesessi,ons wjJJ be closed.

Next year, the bishops w,illmeet collectively only once, inNovember, a,nd ,there will be 12regional meetings of bishops dur­-lng the Spring.

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choose to place upon it at themoment.

The Respect for Life commit­tee fel,t very strongly, that therejection ()f all anti-life views,and the decision to _uphold theabsolute and unconditional rightto life ()f every human being,the pre-born and the infant, theyoung and the old, the maimedand the healthy, is the moral ob­ligation- of every legislator.There is no middle ground be­tween 'life and death, and noroom for compromise on the de­fense of all innocent human life.Every genuine experiment. intrue democracy must be plural­istic enough to include the rightto life of its most defenselessmember-the unborn child.

All voters are to be aware oftheir responsibility to protectall 'innocent human life and touse the powel'ful weapon of theirvote to do so. At present, manyare actively and successfullypromoting the abortion propa­ganda that would deny the rightto life of the unborn child, andmany, more a,re passively failingto resist their evil intent. Elec­tion time ,is the very opportunityfor all - voters to realize fullythat "aU that is needed for evilto triumph is for I'tood men andwomen ,to do nothing."

Members of the On~Going

Respect for .Life Committee are:Rev. Joseph Oliveira, coordinator'of the program; Rev. Msgr. An­thony M. Gomes, 'collaborator inthe program; Rev. Msgr. AlfredJ. Gendreau, Rev. Msgr. RobertL. 'Stanton, Very Rev. Henry T.Munr-oe, Rev. Msgr. John E.Boyd.

Also, Rev. John J. Regan, Rev.Patrick J. O'Neill, Rev. RonaldA. Tosti, Rev. 'Phomas F. Daley,Rev. John J. Murphy, Rev. FeU­dan Plichta, OFM Conv.

Rev. Bento R. Fraga, Rev. Phil­ip A. Davignon, Rev. John F.Andrews, Rev. Thomas L. Rita,secretary of the committee; Rev.Michael G. Methot and Rev.Michael R. Nagle.

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l.andslidt~ VictoryHONOLULU (NC)-President

Nixon won the mock presidentialelection at Che.minade ,Collegehere with a land:;lide 63 per centof the vote. A total of 381 stu­dents, 41 per cent of the dayschool enrollment at the Catholicschool, voted.

Continued from Page Oneurla II)f society must m*ke upfOJ" this failure, and t~ke. allnecessary steps to saf~guardthe walue and dignity of thelife II)f the threatened humanmember. The answer to thegmat tragedy M unwanted hu­mun life ,is nllt the b~rbaricand totalitarian decision thatwould decree OJ: allow its wan­tOil destructioll, but the posi­tive response that wo~ld ac­tively overcome the failure of'. .' Iall ithose who became un-wortllty of this ,awesome divinegift.'·The .priests' committee took

notice of the frequeIit, well ..financed 'and often camouflaged,under the euphl!mistic 1l'mguageof double talk, efforts to under·mine the very foundllition of oursociety-the inalienable right to,life of each illdividual; humanbeing. How far the pas$ive ac·ceptance of these anti-life views,

. will carry us, no ope reallyknows. At present, the main'thrust of their propagan<~a cam·paign seems to be ,the ~reation

of that dangerous moral climateof leniency that would tolerate,and actively seE,k for utilitarianreasons such as health, e¢onomicadvantage, freedom from embar·'rassment,' or pe::sonal ineonven.ience, the elimination of /the in·nocent human Ufe of the pre·born ,child. Carried out to its

-logical conclusion the passiveacceptance of this barbaric prin­ciple would endanger all' humanlife. To live would no lopger be,the right of any human beingsince life would be only worthyof the pl'ice tag society might

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THE ANCH.OR-Diocese of Fall River-Thurs., Nov~ 2, 1972 _

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Changes"Without change there would be no life, no growth

in the Church, any more than in any other living thingwe know." This statement made by the Bishops of Ireland

,in a recent pastoral letter assured Catholics that theremust be change as a, proof of the vitality of the Church.But they also added that "change in the Church cannotreach the point where the Church ceases to be itself:" ,

There is a change, the bishops noted, in which some­thing altogether new and different comes into being andthis cannot be the change in the Church since the Churchcan never become other' than what Christ founded; itsessential nature can never disappear, nothing alien to itschara~ter can ever change it. .

, This Is 'what people want to be reassured ab~ut. They, know, or should know and accept, that ceremonies andritual and approaches can and do and must change. Theyknow that there are changes in culture that the Ghufchmust rise up to meet, that there are changes in languagein the light of which the Church must put forth her teach­ings, that there are changes in emphases, change in socialattitudes.

But there must never be the substitution of a purelyhumanistic program or a man-centered message for theGospel of Christ.

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GENERAL MANAGER ASST. GENERAL MANAGERRev. Msgr. Daniel F. Shalloo, M.A. Rev. John p'. Driscoll

In recent years there has been well-founded concernover the env~ronment and the way in which it is beingabused by individuals and communities and businesses. Atlong last efforts are being mounted to use, not abuse, thee~rth and air and water around us and to hand these

. over in good condition to an upcoming generation.,

A simplistic' view of the ecology problem is the onethat has sometimes been voice'd-that the population ofthe world should be reduced so that fewer persons willmake demands upon the environment. This is the old argu­ment that if there are five heads but only three hats thencut off two heads. It is the fallacious view that the earthand air and water are substances that can be exhaustedand never brought back again. And that is not the case.

The further arglVTIent is alleged that the critical needof this and future ages is that of energy. And it is putforth that there is an energy crisis.

There is only if man refuses to look and to use hisingenuity.

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There are at present in the world vast fossil fuel re-serves in the Middle East, Venezuel~, Indonesia, Alaska,Canada and Siberia that are just beginning to be explored,let alone tapped and used in any great measure.

And there are alternate sources of energy to draw on­oil shale, for example, and solar heat and nuclear powerfrom fusion. There is the great field of geothermal energy­the fact that the earth has incredible _heat that can beutilized i.f harnessed by man's imagination and ingenuityand technic~l skill. .

The choice is for man either to limit the world aroundhimself to the boundaries of his own smallness or to look

\out and let his vision and spirit and energies be challengedby all the universe has to offer.

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GLASGOW (NC) - The mostsignificant development in theChristian unity movement inScotland .is the increasing dia~

logue between Catholic priestsand Protestant ministers, accord­ing to a report prepared by ,theScottish Catholic bishops' ecu­menical commission.

There is a need for leadershipfrom the parish clergy and forpractical guidance.

THE ANCHOR-Thurs., Nov. 2, 1972

Seek Federal AidIn School Matter

JEFFERSON CITY (NC)-Thebishops of Missouri have ap­pealed to the U. S. Commission­er of Education to take steps toinsure that nonpublic schoolchildren may use services towhich they are entitled by feder­al' -legislation.

In a letter to CommissionerSidney Marland, Bishop MichaelF. McAuliffe of Jefferson City,executive chairman of the Mis~

souri Catholic Conference, main­tained that state regulations haveprevented nonpublic school stu­dents from utilizing adequatelythe Lincoln University ReadingDiagnostic Clinic in JeffersonCity and the Jenning LearningDisability Laboratory.

Nonpublic school children areentitled to use the facilities un·der Title III of the Elementaryand Secondary Education Actof 1965. State regulations, how­ever, require that nonpublicschool children use the LincolnUniversity facility only outsideregular school hours.

Because some of the children-live in rural areas 25 to 30 milesfrom the clinic, Bishop McAuliffesaid, they have to make repeatedtrips to ,take advantage of thefacilities. In some cases, he said,this means travelling "up to 350miles just to receive a diagnosiswhich normally takes a publicschool child, who can attend dur­ing regular school hours, a dayand a half to complete."

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Final FormCiting "success beyond our

wildest dreams" in CREDIT'ssix-month history, he said Housemembers "definitely will haveto take a public position on theissue of tax credits before theelection."

Lynch said it is impossible topredict at this time the finalform of the bill likely to get outof committee. However; the billco-sponsored by Rep. WilburMills (D-Ark.) and Rep. Hugh L.Carey (D-N. Y.) appears to havethe most support, he said. Millsis chairman of the House Waysand Means Committee, whichmust initiate all tax-related leg­islation.

The Public and Private Assis­tance Act (H.F. 16141), provides~ tax credit of up to $200 foreach elementary and secopdarynon-public school student. Themeasure also includes $3.25 bil­lion in public school aid to re-.duce school districts' reliance onproperty taxes.

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A perfectly formed nose restsin a blue plastic box alongsideanother box of fingers and athumb, its nail delicately 'mani­cured. On the same table acupped left hand, replete withnatural folds of skin and finelytraced "lifelines," reaches ouLin vain for fingers that are notthere. .

Across the way, alongsidechemical bottles, a scale and adentist's drill with brush attach­ed, the left arm-from elbow towrist-rests on a pad of cotton.

-Here along the Madonna'ssleeve the hammer blows arevisible, their ugliness contrastingwith the cross-section of severedmarble, white as crystal snow.

A woode,n platform on metalscaffolding rings the Pieta, af­fording the techl)icians a walk­around view of t.he entire mas­terpiece.

Tax Credit· Law Exp,ctedLynch said that four groups

of tax experts-constant "House­watchers" and neutrals on thetax credit proposals-also pre­dict rapid action.

It now appears the 'presiden­tial election outcome will notaffect tax credit legislation,Lynch said, in an interview here.Citing President Nixon's publicstand in support of non-publicschool aid, Lynch said his officehas growing assurances thatSen. George· McGovern willshortly' "take a public stand thatwe can find totally acceptable."

'Halfway Home'As things now stand, Lynch,

who serves on the board ofdirectors of CREDIT (CitizensRelief for Education by IncomeTax), predicts:

The influential House Waysand Means Committee will re­port out in 'short order a taxcredit bill for House action.

The full House of Representa­tives will approve a tax creditbill within the next five weeks.

The Senate, likewise, will ap­prove the measure by mid-1973.It cannot act this year becauseof the press of other. business,he said.

"I wiU be very disappointed ifwe are not halfway home by theend of the 92nd Congress,"Lynch told members of the Min-

MINNEAPOLIS (NC)-A fed­eral tax credit' plan of aid toparents of nonpUblic school stu­dents may be law as early asmid-1973, according to an offi- .cial of a national non-publicschool coalition.

Robert Lynch, head of Parentsfor Non-Public education, citedelection-year pressures and the"fantastic response" of parentsas reasons for his optismism.

AT NECOPS CONFERENCE: Attending the Sixth Annual New England Conferenceof Priests' Senates held in Augusta, Me., last week, were the following from the Dioceseof Fall River: seated, Rev. Joseph L. Powers, Bishop Cronin, and Rev. George W. Cole­man, president ·of the Fall River Senate of Priests, Standing: Rev. Thomas C. Lopes, treas­urer of the Fall River Senate; Rev. Robert Brennan, CSC, Rev. Arthur T. de Mello, Rev.Edward C. Duffy arid Very Rev. Thomas J. Harrington, diocesan chancellor:

Pieta Work Area ResemblesMedi~al School Laboratory

VATICAN CI1Y (NC)-There ering it at the elbow and sendingis no doubt that Laszlo Toth did it clattering to the floor.a' first-class job of marrng into It is not' certain whether thegrotesqueness one of the world's thumb and fingers were brokentenderest figures when he struck by Toth or in the fall to the floor,15 hammer blows at Michelan- but they are severed from thegela's famed statue in St. Peter's hand, which in turn is severedBasilica last May.· , at· the wrist.,

Newsmen' in Romt1' were re- The area just off the chapelcently given a close-up look at . where technicians have carefullythe damaged Pieta. Vatican tech- segregated the marble piecesnicians said they are confident looks not unlike some macabrethey can patch ~the masterpiece medical school lab.to near perfection by Christmas­time.

According to one technician,Toth, a Hungarian emigre, in­tend to decapitate the Madonnabecause he' did not believe shewas the mother of Christ but anintruder. '

This accounts for the fourblows on the crown of the stat­ue's head, three of them the sizeof a quarter, the fourth more thesize of a dime._

Apparently realizing the headand neck- were t.oo solid for hisfeeble hammer, Toth crashedchunks from th,e' veil over theMadonria's hairline, hit the statuedirectly in the left eye, knockingoff the lid, slammed off the noseand pock-marked the cheek withtwo tiny gouges the size of bee-.bees.

Then, before st.artled onlookerscould wrestle him into submis­sion, Toth clattered his hammeronto the Madonna's left arm, sev-

Respect Vital Faith

Before the council, he said,"bigots were able to cloak theirhatred of Jews with the mantleof the teaching a.uthority of theCatholic Church. They can nolonger do that because VaticanCouncil II decisively repudiatedanti-Semitism."

Rabbi Tanenbaum also re­marked that "during the past1,900 years, many Christianslooked upon Juda.ism as a desic­cated religion, and upon Jewssimply as candidates for conver­sion. Vatican Council II hasmade it possible for dozens ofCatholic scholars to begin de­veloping a 1)heology of Judaismthat respects this vital faith inits own terms as a permanentsource of truth and value to itsadherents."

New ·York RabbiSays Vatican IIReduced Bigotry

NEW YORK (NC) - An offi­cial of the American Jewish.Committee has asserted .thatVatican Council II has produceda significant change in the Chris­tian view of Judaism that hasreduced bigotry.

Rabbi Marc H. Tanenbaum,national director of the AJC'sInterreligious Affairs Depart­ment, said Vatican II made itpossible for Catholic scholarsto develop a theology respectingJudaism for its own value ratherthan V'iewing Jews only as po­tential converts.

The rabbi made his commentson his radio show on a local sta­tion just a week after the tenthanniversary of the opening ofVatican II.

He said "Vatkan Council IIstill deserves to be called an his­toric milestone, a. decisive turn­ing point toward a new and bet­ter future between Catholics andJews."

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lJrges SupportOn Bus Issue

'CINCINNATI. (NC) - The ad­ministrator of the Cincinnatiarchdiocese urged voters to sup­port a mass. transpor:tation issueon the Nov. 7 ballot.

The purchase of the presentbus system by the city of Cin­cinnati would aid the poor, theelderly, students and workingpeople, Msgr. August J. Kramer,interim head of the archdiocese,said in a statement supportingthe transit proposal.

Msgr. Kramer has headed thearchdiocese since the death lastJune 1 qf Archbishop PaulLeibold.

Bishop's Wife, Urge~

Women PriestsMANCHESTER (NC) - "We

must overcome olir jealousy and'accept; women pr.iests," the wifeof an Anglican bishop said in aparish magazine here in England.

"The trouble is that neithermen nor women like to see awoman. succeed at somethingthey cannot do themselves, suchas preaching a sermon," saidMrs. Helen Wickham, wife ofthe Anglican bishop of Middle­ton wr.iting on "Women asPriests" ·in the October editionof St. Philip's parish magazine.

"Both will accept this fromanother. man, but not from awoman.

"But women priests would notbe. amateurs, they would betrained,' Hke women doctors aretrained, and we accept themwithout jealousy." "

"The citizens of a major citysuch as Cincinnati ought to havea dependable transit system withreasonable fares and offeringgood . service," Msgr. Kramersaid.

"Such transit facilities, espe­ciiilly needed by working menand women, the poor, seniorcitizens and .students, are notpresent today in our community.Those of us who no longer ridestreet buses as much as we didin years past perhaps do notrealize how inadequate the pres­ent transit system is in Cinoin­nati and how high priced ,the

. fares are."

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said that to his knowledge nocase considered or pending be­fore the U. S. Supreme Court'has been on a ruling ~ a statecourt. They have all been ap~

pealed from federal courts. Thismight be the first one involvinga decision' made by a state court,if it goes all the way to the U. S.Supreme Court.

Another point which has notbeen brought out, according toVinson, is the fact that wrongfuldeath suits have been won insome states in behalf of unbornbabies. For example, ,a pregnant

. woman involved in a traff'ic ac­cident,' who then aborts, andthe baby dies, can win damagesagainst the person responsiblefor the accident.

"What's the difference," Vin­son said, "between death in anauto accident caused by negli- .gence, and death by a knife usedin an abortion?"

'D,ecisi~ri A,ppealedArizomJ Judge Rulles State's Abortion

Law Unconstitutional

PlLAN BALL: Mer:nbers of Catholic Women's Club ofNew lBedford plan annual ball, set for Saturday, Nov. 4,and one of major ev~nts on club calendar. Seated, Mrs.Henry J. Fanning Jr.; standing, from left, Mrs. Carl D.Fontes, Mrs. David F. Considine.

'f.UCSON (NC) - The Arizonaabortion law has been declaredunconstitutional in a ruling thatsays "a fetus is not· a person ...and does not have·constitutional­ity protected rights."

Th,e ruling by Superior CourtJudge Jack Mallks held that thelaw, which permits abolition onlywhen a mother's life is in dan­ger, violates both the rights ofwoman and of doctors.

Judge Marks said that the lawvIolates lJ"ights (If marital' andsexual priv'aoy and the r-ight ofthe doctor "to practice mEldicineina manner that permits him tofulfill his profe ssionaI ethicalobligation to his. patient." !,

De:>pite his ruling, :JudgeMarks allowed the law to ~emainin effect until the st'ate C9urt ofAppeals rules on the case. Theappeal will be heard Nov. 28.

Bishop Francis J. Green ofTucson said: "VeIY frankly, it ismost disturbing to me ~at ajudge would rule that a law pro­,tecting life is contrary to theConsHtution."

"The fact that we talk aboutabortion should not blind us tothe reality that what we're reallytalking about is ;:he destr~ction

of an innocent life," BishopGreen said. I

Dennis DeConcini, Pima Coun­ty Attorney-elect" said hE; wassurprfised and disappointeq.

Right t(J, Life"I think there's more to it than

just the constitutional que~tion,"DeConcini said. "There'~ thequestion of ;the right to life. Iwould prefer that the legislaturewould make such a drasticchange in the law as that, andnot the courts."

The law had been chall~ngedby Planned Parenthood of Tuc­son and 10 doctor:;. PimaCpuntyand the state of Arizona, the de­fendants in the' suit, have ap­pealed the decision.

John U. Vinson, attorney forthe unborn involved in the suit,

Different, Unusual

beautiful woman to begin withcertainly didn't hurt, yet her out­fit, while in good taste, was notthe set costume that we havelearned to expect from formeryears. ·Even wedding parties are"doing their own thing," .

.The spectators <l,t the weddin~

were as individually dressed asthe bride's mother and whilef;!ach was different and unusualall were very Iovely. A few Vel­vet suits were quite chic, one es­pecially caught my eye becauseit was Ii bealltiful shade of deepemerald green textured velvet.The dress part was slender andsimple with the bodice of a con­trasting material in a muchlighter shade of green. Someguests topped plaid floor length'skirts with velvet jackets andfrilly blouses.

Very formal gowns were alsovery much in evidence, chiffon,crepe and silk, all with softlyflowing skirts. and .deep cutnecklines - very feminine andquite lovely. '

No longer do, women or evenmen have to wonder what every­one else is going to wear. Wearwhat you feel comfortable' in orwhat you know looks especiallywell on you. Variety is the nameof the gam~..

Oppose RatificationOf Rights Amendment

RICHMOND (NC)-The Dioc­esan Council of Catholic Womenhere has told the Virginia Com­mission on the Status of Womenthat it is opposed to ratification

. of the women's rights amend­ment .to the U. S. Constitution.

Mrs. J.ohn B. Flannery, acouncil official, expressed the or­ganization's view at a publichearing here by the commission.

Mrs. Flan'nery said that hergroup supports equal right!! forwomen.

"However, we seek rejectionby the Virginia General Assem­bly of the proposed equal rightsamendment to the Constitutionof the United States on thegrounds that it is not needed andthat It is potentially 'harmful,"she said. "Any problems involv­ing women can be handled bycourt action and individual laws.This amendment might invali-.date good:'laws that are now onthe books 'and which protectwomen, the' home and the'family."

Rules for Party' Attire

No Longer

THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Thurs., Nov. 2, 1972

What do you think the women will be wearing wasa frequent- question that invariably got one answer, anda definite one at that. If formal wear was going to' beworn, the hostess would specify it, informal attire meantskirts and sweaters or slacksand sweaters. Very often thelatter type I of· gatheringwould see a smattering ofshort but smart wool dresses butalways there was a certainamount of uniformity.

Today, forget it. The hostess

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Confusion in MichiganOver Abortion Question

LANSING (NC)-A series ofcourt rulings and a referendumquestion have thrown the abor­tion issue in Michigan into ,astate of confusion that perplexeseven the experts.

On Oct. 20 the Michigan Su­preme Court set aside a lowercourt order forbidding state au­thorities to prosecute violatorsof the state's tough abortion law.The court said it would rule lateron the constitutionality of thelaw.

On Nov: 7, however, voters in Rocco Sacci Leavesthe state wHl decide whether toaccept a const:itutional amend-' Catholic Relief Postment that provides that a woman NEW YORK (NC)-Rocco A.can obtain an abortion on de- Sacci, has left his post as direc­mand up to the 20th week of tor of information for Catholicpregnancy. ' Relief Services, to- become direc- .

The question now prominent tor of publicfty for the Publicin legal circles is:' Will the. Relations S,?ciety of America.voters' decision take legal prece- The Public Relations Societydence over a later state Supreme of America provides continuingCQ.urt.r.uling,..or, w.ill,. the .cour.t.:._educ.ational._ser.vices· for .. public.ruling decide the issue? relations personnel.

.The other evening we went tothe theatre in Boston and if any­one 'had attempted to describethe one particular type of dress­ing that was predominant, shewould have been hard put. Oneoutfit did stand out slightlymore than any other and thatwas a long skirt worn with alayered top and perhaps a blazeror cape. '

That. same weekend a weddingwas on the agenda and again thedress was anything but uniform.Even the mother-of-the-bridedidn't look like our accepted idea'of this member of the wedding. 'She was stunningly attired inlong orange chiffon. with ashort orange and. gold Chaneljacket. The fuct that she's a very

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hesitates even to suggest anylonger, generally out of sheerdesperat,ion she wHl answer"Anything" and she really doesmean it. That is she means any

.thing within the bounds of goodtaste but then generally a host­ess knows her guests wellenough to know whether theycan be given carte blanche ondress,

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Pieta RebuildingReady to Begin

VATICAN CITY (NC)-Vati­can technicians will use ordinarytransparent tape, a home-madeglue and so-called miracle plas­tics to reassemble Michelangelo'sfamed Pieta of the grieving Ma­donna and dead Christ which aHungarian emigre damaged lastMay with 15 hammer blows.

Deocclecio Redig de Campos,director of the Vatican Museums .and Monuments and chief of therestoration team, told a newsconference Oct. 19 that the pa'ins­taking job of replacing morethan 50 fragments and rebuild­ing the shattered arm of theMadonno is ready to begin.

He said that the precautionsthe Vatican will take to protectthe Pieta once it is placed onpublic view around Christmas­time are still under discussion,but that a plexiglass wall, alarmsand closed-circuit television arepossibilities.

There is also some discussionof moving the Pieta from thealtar near the main entrance toSt. Peter's Basilica to a morepopulated area of the Church,but no definite plan has beenagreed on, he said.

-Redig de Campos said that theexperimentation with p1'asticshas produced a composition ofmarble that matches perfectlythe ofiginal color of the marble.

"Our marble is so perfect thatI would say it is 98 per cent sim­ilar and cannot be distinguishedfrom the original," the artisansaid.

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The cardinal listed three errorsof interpretation of the council'steachings on the life of Reli­gious: secularization, a "falseconcept" of freedom and a "mis­taken concept of the evolution ofman and of the Church."

The council did state that"human values must be consid­ered seriously" Cardinal Dari­ielou said, but it did not hold"that we are immersed in a sec-·ularized world in which the re­ligious dimension cannot have arole as a component part ofcivilization.

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Cardinal Danielou Asserts

The council, 'he said, called for"great loyalty to the demands of

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MARK 60th ANNIVERSARY: Mr. and Mrs. Joseph.Therriault of Madonna Manor, North Attleboro, mark 60thwedding anniversary. Observance included Mass celebratedby their oldest son, Rev. Edgar Therriault, Waltham. At re­'ception following Mass a taped greeting from another son,Rev. Herman Therriault, a missioner in the South Pacific,was played. The couple have eight other children, includ­ing Sister Bernadette, a Daughter of Wisdom stationed inOzone Park, N.Y., Miss Ida Therriault, an Attleboro teacher;

.and Eugent Therriault, also of Attleboro. Other childrenreside in Canada, Maine, Connecticut and Chelmsford andNorth Reading, Mass.

VATICAN CITY (NC) - Thecrisis in the life of the Church'sReligious is so grave that "onecannot talk of renewal but ofdecadence," Cardinal Jean Dani­ielou said in an interview onVatican Radio.

The French Jesuit theologianwas intervjewed the same day heread the first report on the gen­eral state of Religious life at theplenary session of the Vatican'sCongregation for Religious.

The cardinal ha's been a stoutdefender of priestly celibacy and

. the papacy, and his ideas seemto coincide closely with thoseof Pope Paul VI, who made theJesuit priest a cardinal in 1969.

The crisis in Religious life, thecardinal said, shows itself inevery field. The evangelicalcouncils (poverty, chastity and

'!> obedience) are no longer consid­ered asa consecration to Godbut are seen from a sociologicaland psychological point of view.

"There js the concern not toappear bourgeois, but on the in­dividual level poverty is no long­er practiced. Group dynamics issubstituted .for religious obedi­ence, and under the pretext ofreacting against formalism allregularity of a life of prayer isabandoned."

, The French cardinal traced thepresent crisis to a "false inter­pretation" of the teachings ofthe Second Vatican Council.

those awaiting trial, held in bailof $500 or less.

No one with a serious offensehas. such minimal bail. A typicalexample would be a young fathercaught stealing milk from a groc­ery store in the middle of thenight. He's held in prison untiltrial because he doesn't havethe bail money ... but the:l, ifhe had the money, he wouldn'thave stolen the milk for hischildren..

He's held in jail, awaiting trial,just because he's poor.

When two teenagers are pickedup on misdemeanor charges,even though the evidence againsteach is exactly the same, the onewhose father has a few hundred .dollars in the bank can get rightout. But if the other is poor, hegoes to jail, sometimes .foemonths, awaiting trial.

So the Society of St. Vincentde Paul has trie!! to help them.But because ,this work can bemisunderstood, it is importantthat the Vincentians get storieson television and in the pap~rs

so people will know the truthabout their work.

'Vincention Image'

Since the meeting was sched­uled for Miami, we decided toarrive at the convention hotela few days early. Another group-the United Pentecostal Associ­ation-was just concluding aweek-long convention. Thosewonderful people have a greatdeal of enthusiasm for theirwork, and their members neitherdrink nor smoke.

We were the only people inthe hotel dining room having acocktail before dinner. The cock­tail waitress served us, and weoverheard our waiter say to her,"Boy, this non-drinking Pente­costal group is killing your busi­ness."

She winked at him, "Don't youworry, honey. I'll make it upnext week. I happen to knowthat on Thursday, we've got 500Catholics coming in here .. and,those people really know how todrink!"

Dan commented, "So much for'The Vincentian Image' "!

Mass Text Combineslatin and English·

HARTFORD (NC) - A Massthat attempts to "c{)mbine thebeauty and s{)lemnity of Latin

'with the familiarity of the ver­nacular" has been developed bya layman here.

The Mass uses English for theLiturgy of the Word, includingthe Gospel and, Epistle, andLatin for the Canon, an unusualformat that is allowed by Churchauthorities but seldom, if ever,used, according to Frank M.·Haggerty, author of the newtext.

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"People have always neededmystery and awe in worship,"Haggerty told the Catholic Tran­script, the archdiocesan news­p~per here. "If religious serVicesare too mundane, if everything

He serves most, who serves is explained, they seek this mys-his country best. -Homer tery elsewhere."t; ~1/ 'to"., ",,_ .~ ;'~} t/,::t.t't.",,\t.. ,'j <!I~ ",,;,. • .:". ' ~. 0_"."'". " ,. _ ~._ ..~ _~.~~~ ~~ '!. !. ....: -:; -:.. __ ~ '";.. :,;. ~ t-~.:. ~.::. =.'-_'.=;.'~:.! :. ~:,'

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Imow who they were. There wasgood reason for this. Townswere so small that everyoneknew everyone else. If the Vin­centians visited a family, otherswould know there' was a prob­lem, and gossip would start.

So they worked! quietly, pre­serving the dignity of thosethey helped, doing their worksof charity without any fanfare.

But times have changed. In­stead of simply taking food bas­kets to the poor, ,their work hasevolved to new dimensions. Theyhelp eligible families to receive'public assistance, find jobs forthe unemployed, provide furnit­ture for those who can't affordit.

Community Should KnowThey help the aged, the home­

less, the destitute, the handicap,the forgotten .. But to do all this,in today's society, mor-e thanever, ,they need to let the com­munity know what they are do­ing.

For example, one of their newprograms is providing bail forpeople awaiting trial on minorcharges. These pE:ople are heldin jail simply becaus-e they arepoor and cann{)t afford even thelow bail set in such cases.

It is important for the publicto be informed about this pro­gram to prevent rumors that theVincentians are freeing thieves,rapists, and murderers.

The program releases only

My husband, Dan, and I just attended the annualmeeting of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul, in Miami.

Dan had been asked to speak on the topic of publicrelations at one of the sessions because he is both anactive St. Vincent de Paulmember, and a professionalPR and advertising man.

Years ago, when the So­ciety was first founded, the Vin­centians worked anonymously.They went about caring _for thepoor, wi,thout letting anyone

Church Women UnitedElect Sister Tobin

NEW YORK (NC) - SisterMary Luke Tobin, an ecumenistactive in many religious groups,has been elected director of citi­zens action of the national staffof Church Women United.

Sister Tobin, who is also na­tional co-chairman of Clergy andLaiJty Concerned, and head ofthe peace and justice committeeof the Leadership Conference ofWomen Religious, was chosenfor her new post by the execu­tive committee of the New York­based CWU at its Detroit meet­ing.

Church Women United is anecumenical group wh{)se mem­bers include Catholic, Protestantand Jewish women.

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In addition, 'he told the dean~he ,favored par,ish staff meetingsbetween pastors and assistantsat which the subordinate priestscould offer ideas and feel theyhave a voice in pastoral affairs.

At the Sisters' senate meeting,the prelate encouraged each nunto share information on diocesanactivities. Following this meetingand the others, :the bishop ilius­trated his support for the freeexchange of information by hav­ing !the minutes of all meetingsduplicated and distributed to all·pl'iests and Sister'S and to laymenassociated witlh parish councilsand school boards.

"It is only in this free andopen system of oommunication,that 'we wJIl be able to WOI'k to­gether for 1Jhe good of souls andfor the 'honor and glory of God,"he said.

Internal Financing

At the meeting of the priests'personnel board, Bishop McDon­ald said the board must be ex­panded to give priests a greatervoice ,in' its deliberations. Itsubsequently was decided to ex­pand the board's membership­from three to six, with members,being chosen from all age groupsamong the pI'iests.

At the meeting with the deans,the btshop said he hoped to es-

, tabli'sh "internal financing"which would aJtiow pari'shes toborrow money from the dioceseat interest rates lower than thatavailable at banks.

Also at the meeting with thedeans, Bishop McDonald said hehoped a diocesan pastoral coun­cil composed of clergymen, re"oJigious and laity would be estab­lished.

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Bishop of Little Rock BroadensRole of Clergy, Laity in Diocese

LITILE ROCK (NC) - In his would reactivate the priests' sen­six weeks in office, Bishop An- ate----which ceased to exist withdrew J. McDonald has planned bhe retirement,of Bishop Albertbroadening the role of clergy and L. Fletcher-only along the or­laity in the conduct of diocesan ganizational lines chosen by theaffairs. priests themselves. He said the

Bishop McDonald spoke of his opinions of the priests on how.plans in meetings with the Sis- the senate should be designedtens' senate, diocesan deans, di- should be tabulated at the dioc­ocesan consultors, the priests' esan rabher than deanery orpersonnel board, and a confer- chancery level.ence. Ultimately, he said, he hoped

"U this diocese stagnates, if the diocese's priests would workit fails to develop and grow on as a "presbytera'te" with eachthe sacrifiices of the past, I am priest drawn into the adminis­not going to assume'responsibil- trationof the diocese.ity for this by myself, alone," hetold the priests' conference."You ,share this responsibilitywith me."

He told the conference he

Protest ImageOn Malta Coins

VALLETTA (NC)-The mint­ing ,of new coins hearing the,image of an anticlerJcal of the1920s has created a controversyon Malta.

To mark independent Malta'sohangeover from the old Britishcoinage of pounds, shillings andpence to the decimaI system, the

. government of Premier DomMintoff and the religious orderof the Knights of St. John haveminted souvenir coins bear.ingthe image of the politician Em-

,manuel Dimech.

In the 1920s Dimech 'was in­volved i~ a battle against Churchleaders and his followers soughtto end .the Church's influence'on Malta. Their publicationstr.ied to dis'credit the clergy.Dimech never made peace withthe Church and died in Egyptafter being -deported by theBritish colonial administration,which then ruled Ma'lta.

Oimeoh had been in obscurity,untJil the Maltese governmentlast year nam~ a tunnel afterhim.

Letters to Maltese newspapershave criticized the Knights ofSt. John for agreeing to put Dim­ech's, image on their coins. Tliewriters, maintain that as a reli­gious order, the kn'ights weremoraHy obliged to refuse thegovernment's suggestion. Theyalso criticize the government forchoosing Dimech, because he wasimprisoned 'at one time for han­dling counterfeit currency.

The Church has not taken anypublic position' in the contro­veI'sy. Last year, however, Arch­bishop Miohael Gonzi of Maltarefused to bless ,the tunnelnamed after Dimech, while heagreed to bless another tunnelat that 'time.

THE ANCHOR-Diocese of fall River-Thurs., Nov. 2, 1972

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, CONDUCT WORKSHOP FOR AREA CeD TEACHERS IN NO. ATTLIEBORO:! Top:Mrs. Connie, ~aCroix Farley, consultant for the Sadlier Publishing Co. discusses the eve­ning's program in St. Mary's School, No. Attleboro with Mrs. Glolria Turcotte, St. Joseph,Attleboro; Mrs. Ann_ Foisy, ,St. Mark, Attleboro Falls and Mrs. lBarbara Fortin, St. The­resa, So. Attleboro. Middle: Sr. Jeannette Gignac, CSC, religious coordinator at the hostparish addresses a workshop session. Bottom: Sr. Pauline !:'ouise, SUSC; Mrs. MildredZachman of St. Mary's, No. Attleboro and Mrs. Kathleen Henry of St. Theresa's, So. At­tleboro review the evening's program with Rev. Joseph McCann, OMI of St. Mary's, No.~~m ' ' ,

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Father Cohen described a deepspiritual docility toward -theleaders of il:he Church shown byparticipants in charismatic re­newal. "The Spirit is with ~s,"

he said, '~in!li'sts on sound doc­trine and calls for obedience­this is a sign of charismatic reonewal."

Father Cohen, a ohaplain atLoyola University in New Or­leans, spoke at a regional char­ismatic renewal conference at­tended by 900 persons from 12southeastern states and PuertoRico.

Keynote speaker, James Byrne,the director of the Communica­tion Center for The CharismaticRenewal, stressed the impor­tance of believing in Jesus Christand of being conscious of hispresence in every event.

'In Spirit of Love'

Christians must "look beyondto see Ohrist, to adore Him inevery circumstance, in every re­lationship ... '," Byrne said. "IfChrist is to draw us beyond our­selves, we must be open to Him.We must see the way Ghristwants to lead us and share withus. In every situation, we mustrealize il:hat God will show us thepath to eternal life."

The Chriistian must allWayssearah beneath the external,Byrne said, "to Ihear the wordof God not only by ear, but inour hearts, for the word of God-is active in the world today."

The conference participantswere welcomed .to Augusta byBishop Gerard L. Frey. ">If theworld ever needed the guidanceof the Holy Spirit, it is D'OW,"

the Savannah bishop said. "It ismore important today than everbefore that we live together inthe spirit of love."

In remarks at the end of theSunday Mass, Bishop Michael J.Begley, of Charlotte, N. C., ad­vised of the interest and support'Of the bishops of the Atlantaprovince in the charismaticrenewal.

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"LOURDES (NC). - Ghristians

must face the fact that manymatters once consid~ private­have become poli.tical.,<\uestion's,Bi'shop Gabriel Matagrin of Gren­oble told the annual assembly ofthe F·rench Bishops' Conferencehere.

"Politics has more and more in­fluence on daily Hfe," said Bish­op Matagrin's report on faithand politics, one of the principal.topics of the meeting.

"Certain questions formerly notconsidered political now enteriVhe political field," the bishopsaid. "Questions such as sexual­ity, leisure or conflict, for ex­ample, are passing out of thedomain of the private. They areposed in political terms. From acer-tain point of view they re­quire political soJutions."

That is why, he said, the ques­,Nons posed by the relations be­tween faith and politics are morecritical today than they were inthe past.

There is a political pluralism'among Catholics, he said. "Fromthe extreme right to the extreme'left, the whole gamut of politicalopinions is found among theChristian people."

The bishop asked: "How isthis pluralism, which results inopposing Catholics to one anoth­er, to be reconciled with the broth­erly communion of the childrenof God?" This pluralism, he said,is le~timate.

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Charismatic Movement Called'Tidal Wave Sweeping Church'

AUGUSTA (NC)-The charis­matic movement is a "tidal waveof the Spirit sweeping over theChurch today," according Ito aspeaker at a conference here.

The movement "is not a revo­lution, for ,a revolution means abreak with the past," FatherHarold Cohen said. "It is not anevolution for evolution means agradual process."

,In the movement, FatherCoilen said, the Holy Spirit isgiving new life to th,e Church,,"but at the same time making

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ever, Cardinal Francois Marty ofParis, president of the bishops'conference, said that "if somepeople are hoping for earth-shak­ing stands to be taken, they willbe disappointed." He stressedthat the discussion of the Churchand politics was not planned inview of the elections but was theresult of research carried on inthe French' Catholic Church atthe request of some of the bish­ops' commissions since 1967.

The report on priestly educa­tion. presented by ~uxiliary

Bishop Francois Fretelliere ofBordeaux emphasized in statis­tics the critical character of thestate of the priesthood.

In 1963 there were 5,279 stu­dents in French major seminaries.In 1971, there were only 2,840,a decrease of 47 per cent.

In eight years entries into thesemiary declined from 917 to354, a drop of 61 per cent.

Ordinations dropped from 573tQ 237, a decrease of 58. percent.

The number of deaths exceed-.ed1lhat of ordinations by 161 in1965; and by' 465 in 1970.

A further 200 priests left theexercise of the ministry.

Thus, whereas there were40,994 diocesan priests in Fl"llncein 1965, there will be no morethan 31,820 in 1975.

Bishop Fretelliere pointed tocertain facts thlrt he said werecorrectives to the purely statis­tica1 analysis. The young, hesaid, are thinking about thepriesthood, :but are waiting be·cause they reject it in its' presentform.

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priests' education presented tothe annual meeting of the FrenchBishops' Conference here drew ableak picture of the state of thepriesthood in France today.

Preparation for the priestlY'ministry was one of the two prin-

. cipal topics for discussion at themeeting from Oct. 23 to 30. Theother was "Politics, the Churchand . the Faith," which hasaroused considerable inter~st,

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In his opening address, how-

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Mrs. Edward Machado, Wom­en's Guild program chairman,has completed plans for an eve­ning of recollection to be ·heldat'La Salette Shrine Wednesday,Nov. 15. The program will in­clude a folk Mass, a talk by Rev.Andre Patenaude, M.S.. and acoffee hour. Busses will leaveat .6:30 P.M. from the ohurchgrounds and members may bringfriends. Reservations may bemade with Mrs:" Frank Thomasand Mrs. Manuel No~ueira.

Openings are available for anew session of the Brayton Club.Those wishing to join may caBMrs. Nogueira 'Or Mrs. AliceArruda.

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Mrs. John Synott and Mrs. InaLizotte will serye as hostess forthe program to be presented byFernandes Market at the regularmonthly meeting scheduled for '8on .Wednesday night, Nov. 8in the all-purpose room of theCenter.

Mrs. Ann Ry,an and Mrs. MaryHoward will be in charge of thecard party scheduled for Tues­day night, Nov. 14.

A one-day trip to New Yorkis planned for Dec. 2 and inter­

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government Jeaders here praiseda Marylmoll-sponsored effort toteach some 10,000 illIterates ayear to read and writ~.

Cardina-l Clemente Maurer ofSucre sai<l Maryknoll n'tissiQners'chain of radio schools has been"the main pillar in the bishops'priorities for educati0t;l."

Bolivian Education Minister-Jaime Tapia credited the radiosohools with "rescuing thousan~s

of Bolivjans from indifferenceand frustration" by teachingthem' to read and write.

About 65 per cent of BoJiv.ia'sfive million people ove* 10 yearsof age are miter,ates.

Of the 10 radio stations broad­casting -literacy lessons nine ~lre

sponsored hy Catholics, most ofthem by Maryknoll Fathers fromtheU,n,ited States. 'The 10th is runby Protestants. .

The 10 stations have org~m­

ized an association to. standard­ize methods, buy equipment andotherwise. foster thei* aims­the Bolivian' Radio. Schools(ER>BOL). It was at ap ERBOLteachers' seminar that CardinalMaUJrer and Tapia praised thestations' work. '

The cardinal stressed thevalue of adult education by radioto "make man the m~in agentoj' bis own development."

"There is little accomlplishmE~ntin. changing social structures ifman .himself does not~ change,"he said.

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NEW YORK (NC)-In a state­ment preceding the Alfred E.Smith dinner here, Cardinal Tel'­e~ce .Cooke reaffirmed his opp­osition to New York State's abor-.tion law and indicated new ef­forts would be made to repe~Ll

the law.The cardinal made the remarks

in a statement explaining why heinvited Gov. Nelson Rockerfeller,who vetoed a bill repealing thelaw last Summer, to the dinner.·"Never has an invitation beenconstrued as approval of a publicofficial's actions," the cardinal·said.

THE ANCHOR:'-Olocese of Fall River-Thurs., Nov. 2, 1972

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Maintains Parent ShouldSee" Discuss Movies

You can't be 'around young people long without onemovie or another popping into the conversation. Themovie is their novel, their magazine, their language andtheir culture. It's also where they go for dates if thereisn't a game or if they are- i

n't interested in parking or life and marria,ge.Why Blame' Parents?

drinking all evening. Every Once that's been express.ed,so often, a teenager will see the parent can ppint out a di~a movie that touches him so mension youth often overlooks.deeply he asks his parents -to Why must youth inmoVlies havego and th~y do: Having seen . parents to blame for. their ;6wnnothing sin~e "Sound of Music," weaknesses? Isn't it a li,We im-Wl.mimw.WiKt'tmri&'f~U« mature to blame Mom al)d Dad's

weakening relationship/f<>r theirown poor performa}tce, weakvalues, or lack of y;'inciPleS?

Jewish friends/of ours usedthis trust with;their teenagerswhen they saw "Goodbye Colum­bus" and we used it with youngCaJth'olJics who pointed to "Loversand Other Stranger's", as proofthat mattiage ruiI;ls love. "Okay,"we said, "the parents' marriageswere empty shams but what's,that got to do with the behaviorof their grown children?"

The unspoken implication inso many oftthe~e films is thatsomehow parents are to blamefor all of their children's failures-even college age children!

. The implication has to bechallenged .and often when it· is,the kids will say, "Yeah ... that's/true. I didn't think about thatpart of it.", Parents who refuse to seemovies their children are seeingare indulging in a bit of selfish·ness, I'm afraid. I don't like' thegross distortion of' mimiageand .the eulogizing 'Of unmarriage onthe screen but I'm not going tohelp my children by indulgingin my preferences by not seeingthem. .

Rather than being threatenedand silenced by today's film fare,I'd like. to see ,today's parent~

use them as a basis f.or discus­sion of issues like premanital sex,abortion, distribution of wealth,behavior modification, and so,on,These films are a ready-madevehicle whic;:h too many of usignore. We find it easier to con­demn than discuss, and thatisn't helping our children at all.

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they emerge -from the theatre,eyes like fried eggs arid mouthslike zippers. They're torn be­tween being labelled obsolete' ifthey express the'ir honest reac­tl'on to their offspring and angerat him for suggesting th~y see amovie so contradictory to thevalues they have tried to incul­cate in him. They may even sus­pect the has put them on thespot deliberately.

So hOw.d'o they react? On theway home, they discuss theirdilemma, this despairing couple.If they preteJ:1d they weren't hor­rified, 'they're hypocritical," acard-ina'! sin in their son's eyes.If they state their dismay overthe 'state of the movies," theirson's reaction will be a what."can-you-expect shrug. He won'tsuggest or discuss any moremovies with them.

The experience wHl fade away.They will refuse to attend any.more movies' and he will ,con­tinue to see them all. They justwon't be discussing ·the ideas,values, and lack 'Of values ·in'her­entin them, that's all.

.Another SideAnd that's where ,the danger

lies, because we can't offsetideas expressed in today's filmsif we aren't aware of them. Ifour children view, week afterweek, marriage as portrayed intoday's films; they will see littleto attract them to the sacrament.If ,their parents see the sameimage of marriage 'pol1~rayed,

they may be able to talk aboutit with their children, showinganother side·to the image, point­ing out distortions and over­simplifications.

The happy marriage' is prac·tically non-existent in today'smovies. Often m'arriage is de­grading, used only .to show youth

. the devastating effect it has onthose foolish enough to getcaught. More ..often, it is used

·as justificllltion for adultery oran excuse for the failures of theyouth themselves.

The wise parent who sees themovies his, children are seeingdoesn't have to condone parentslike th'Ose in "l1he Graduate." Hedoesn't h'ave to defend· them,eilther. (When he does, he impli- .cates hilllself by identifying withthem.) Rather, his attitude canbe the same as 'his child's: dis­gust at the shallQwnes's of their

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Sign AgreementOn Church Schools

BAMAKO (NC)-The govern­ment of Mali and the Catholicbishops' conference of the coun­try signed an agreement on ed­ucation, undE..'1" which the govern­ment will pay 70 per cent of thesalaries of teachers in Churchschools.

Archbishop Luc Sangare ofBamako said the agreement wasnot a nationalization of Catholicschools. He said it was the inte­gration of Church schools "intothe national scholastic .system."This means following govern­ment curriculums, submitting tostate financial and pedagogicalcontrol, and respect for the sec­ular nature of the state.

The Church still has to paythe remaining 30 per cent of sal­aries and ·is responsible for theconstruction ·and maintenance ofschool buildings.

THE ANCHOR-Thurs., Nov. 2, 1972

Observe MissionAgency Founding

WASHINGTON (NC) - The350th anniversary of the found­ing of the Church's internationalmission agency will be markedby a National Mission AnimationConference here Nov. 13-16.

As part of the meeting, theU. S. bishops, who will be at­tending their. own national meet­ing here at the same time, willconcelebratea Mass for the mis­sions at the National Shrine ofthe Immaculate Conception.

The Mass and conference willmark the 350th anniversary ofthe Vatican Congregation for theEvangelization of Peoples, for­merly known as the Congrega­tion for the Propagation of theFaith, and the 150th anniversaryof the Society for the Propaga­tion of the Faith.

Archbishop Sergio Pignedoli,president of ·the Society, andhead of the congregation, willspeak on the "Evangelization ofPeoples."

Archbishop Humberto S. Me­deiros of Boston will speak onthe Global Vision of the Mission­

. ary Church," and Father JosephM. Connors, director of the U. S.Mission Council, will speak onthe "American Catholic Mission­ary Effort."

The "Theological Foundationsfor Mission Animation" will bediscussed by Father Vincent M.Nugent of the Society for thePropagation of the Faith.

In addition to those talks atgeneral sessions of the confer·ence, there will be nine concur­rent sessions on a variety ofaspects of the missions. Theconference will be held at theNationa-I Shrine of the Immacu­late Conception.

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there, and when he moved toWoodstock, Md., for theologystudies he was asked to becomea staff aide.. _",

"Rep. White :asked me threeor four times before I said yes,"Father Tipton said. "For a yearI was commuting daily fromWoodstock to Washington.

"Then WOodstock College wasmoved up to New York, and Istarted cO'!1muting by plane­three days in Washington everyweek and four in New York."

After his ordination in 1971,Father Tipton moved to the Jes­uit residence at GeorgetownUniversity, continuing as a con­gressional aide, working in cam·pus ministry at Georgetown, andtaking theology courses at Cath­olic University.

One of Father Tipton's ac­complishments while a congres­sional staf.f aide was to get a$21-million federal project inEl Paso rechanneled into low­cost housing .for the poor. "

The young scholastic also got'involved in the problems of theinner-city Mexican-Americans."He was always out gettingclothes, food, furniture for someneedy family," said Father Gaf­ford. "He was blunt and straight­forward, and he got. thingsdone."

FATHER PAUL S. TIPTON, S.J.

Stress Develop'mentOf Rural Areas

. Although he. wasn't officiallywith the campus ministry, hewas soon dealing with studentswho had problems. 'The' stu­dents at the university just tookto him," Father Gafford recalled."He had' a way of telling youexactly what he thought aboutyou, and I guess they liked that."

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His work in the El Paso innercity also brought him into closecontact with Rep. White's office

DACCA (NC) - The govern­ment of the new nation ofBangladesh, which broke awayfrom Pakistan last December,plans to give priority to the de­velopment of electricity, healthservices, housing, education andcommunications in rural areas,an Irish priest said here.

The priest, Holy Ghost FatherRaymond Kennedy, field directorof the Ir.ish aid organization Con­.cern, said that "any money thePakistan government did spendin wh'at is now Bangladesh wasin the urban centers, principallyDacca. The few initiatives thatwere taken in the countrysidewere due to outside influence­WHO (World Health Organiza­tion), USAID (U. S. Agency forInternational"Development), FAO(the UN's Food and AgricultureOrganization, . . . Therefore 24years of cumulative neglect ofrural areas must be faced by the

. government of this new nation."

returned to El Paso to teachAmerican history at the Univer­sity of Texas campus there.

'''It's unusual for a priest orcleric to teach a secular subjectin a secular university down!here," said Father Gafford. "Hewas a first, as far as I can re­calL"

Youngest Jesuif.;College President HasReputation for Getting Things Don~

MOBILE (NC)-For 33-year-. ..old Jesuit Father Paul S. Tiptonit should have been no surpriseto be named the youngest presi­dent in the 142-year history ofSpring Hill College here.

In his Short career, Father Tip­ton has already established areputation as a man who getsthings done. Before his ordina­tion to the priesthood in May,1971, Father Tipton at one timcor another was: student at fivedifferent colleges and universi­ties; manager of the WoodstockSingers, a nationally knowngroup of singing seminari'ans;high sChool teacher; universityprofessor; "chief mover" of a$21-million. low-income housingproject, and staff aide to U. S.Rep. Richard C. White of Texas.

"He's a whirlwind," said Jes­uit Father Robert Gafford, pas­tor of Sacred Heart Church in ElPaso, Texas, who has knownFather Tipton since 1966.

'Something New'Speaking of Father Tipton's

two years in El Paso as a Jesuitscholastic, Father Gafford said,"He was something new to us.He'd stop by the rectory for 15minutes - a bite to eat and aquick conversation - and thenhe'd be off on some new project.Once he decided he was goingto do something, he'd tear outand get it done. No waiting tiIItomorrow for him!"

Father Tipton joined the Jes·uits in 1958. A native of Ala­bama, he had attended George-,town Prep, a Jesuit high'schoolin Rockville, Md. After 'a year atthe University of Virginia, he de­cided to become a Jesuit andspent the next six years in theJesuit Schollisticate at SpringHiII College, where he is nowpresident.

In 1964 he was moved to EIPaso to teach at the Jesuit Highhigh school there and take nightcourses -in American history atthe University of Texas.

"He 'also ran the Sodality,founded a dramatic club, startedcommunications between JesuitHigh and the other high schoolsin the city, and started working

,with teenagers caught up indrugs," Father Gafford said.

Aided NeedyAfter a year's break at Gon­

zaga University in Seattle,Wash., to finish up his require­ments in philosophy studies,: he

Plan EucharisticCongress Funding

MELBOURNE (NC)-Archbish­op James R. Knox of Melbournetold a meeting of the CatholicPress Association here that hewould rather sell his home thansee the organizing committee ofthe International EucharisticCongress in debt when the con­gress is over. It will be held hereFeb. 18-25, 1973.

Commenting on ArchbishopKnox's statement, the congress'sexecutive director, Father Brian

. Walsh, said he is sure that therewill be no need to sell the arch­bishop's residence to pay anydebts.

Father Walso said that everydiocese in the state of Victoriahas agreed to support a $400,000fund-raising drive for the con­gress initiated by the Knights ofthe Southern Cross.

Archbishop HelpsRefugee Family

YORK (NC) - One of theAsian families expelled ~rom

Uganda has moved into anapartment in the residence ofAnglican Archbishop FrederickCoggan of York. '

The family - Muhammad AliFazal, 32, his wife, Pervin, 27,and their six-week·old daughterIrrun - arrived .in England inSeptember with only $120 andhas been staying at a camp atStradishall. Someone at thecamp merely told Fazal that ifhe was interested there' was aperson who could give him aplace to stay.

The family will live in a self­contained apartment in the arch·bishop's residence, but has beentaking their meals wJth Arch­bishop Coggan and hi.s wife.

The arrangement wiII be rent­free until Fazal finds a job andcan set up a home for his family.Fazal was born in IntUa of Indianparents and was graduated fromKarachi University in Pakistan.He taught mathematics, historyand Islamic studies in Kampala,the capital of Uganda.

Litany of PraiseFor Missionaries

VATICAN CITY (NC) - Mis­sionaries of the world are braveand happy, Pope Paul toldcrowds gathered in S1. Peter'sSquare on Mission Sunday.

"Missionaries are volunteerswithout recompense, explorerswithout a name, martyrs withoutglory; but they are brave andhappy and are not tuming back!"the Pope said.

In a Litany of praise woven'into his speech, the Pope calledthe missionaries "audaciousprophets," "tireless pilgrims,""champions of spiritual hero·ism," ."courageous men and fear­less women."

UrgeStudy

DETROIT (NC) -- Over 300liturgists meeting here asked thebishops of the United States tomake a comprehensive study ofthe sacrament of Penance frompsychological, theological andliturgical viewpoints.

The action came ·in a series ofrcsolutions adopted at the fifthannual meeting of the NationalFederation of Diocesan Liturgi­cal Commissions.

Other resolutions adopted atthe meeting included:

U. S. bishops were urged todraw up a "service book forworship" or national hymnal forthe United States.

The bishops were· asked towa.it at least another three yearsbefore fixing a definite age forconferring the sacrament of Con­firmation~

Lectors and leadcrs of wor­ship should receive morc train­ing.

For better concentration onthe 'action at the altar, the eu·charistic prayers should be omit·ted frQm missalettes.

For similar reasons the prayersof the celebrant should be omit·tcd frQm parish bulletins.

Father Frederick McManus,director of the bishops' Commit­tce on the Liturgy addressed thedelegates on the "State of theLiturgy," making a strong pleafor liturgical cate()hesis andprepara.tion for good celebration.

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The Women's Guild will spon­sor a turkey whist Saturdaynight, Nov. 11 in the lowerchurch of St. Thomas More.Awards will include five com­plete turkey dinners.

The CCD Board will meet at 8Wednesday night, Nov. 8 ~n

Fisher House.The Adult Educa,tion commit­

tee will meet at 8 tonight in theFisher House. All interested injoining the committee are askedto attend.

Parishioners are asked to C<ln­tribute green s'tamps this Sun­day in a drive to obtain equip­ment for the CCD Center.

OUR LADY OF PERPETUALHELP, NEW BEDFORD

The parish society will spon­sor a cake sale on Saturday,Nov. 4 at the Outlet in the Dart­mouth Mall.

Inaddi-toin to the cakes, Gola­kikiand Pierogi will also be onsale. _The~committee for the affair

is headed by Mrs, Edward Tracz,president of the society. '

H.OLY ROSARY,FALL RIVER

The date for th~ annual Massfor deceased members of theWomen's guild has been changedfrom Monday evening to 8:30 onSaturday morning, Nov. 4.

A triduum will be conductedat 7 o'clock tonight. Friday nightand Saturday night f<>r the soulsin Purgatory.

The Thanksgiving TurkeyFlingo will be held on Monday

,evening, Nov. 13. CYO membersare handling the: tickets and theWomen's Guild is in charge ofchance books.

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The program for the Women'sGuild m~eting scheduled for 8o'clock on Monday night,/Nov.6 will consist of an artificialf1<lwer demonstra'ton.

ST. JOSEPH,ATILEBORO

Rev. John J. Smith, DiocesanDirector of Vocations, will ad­dress members of the Knightsof the Altar and their fathers at7:15 on Satur-day night, Nov. 4in the school haH.

Father Smith will spea,k 'at the6:30 Mass on Saturday night andthe 9:15 and 10:30 Masses onSunday morning as the parishconducts a week f<lr "Vocations'to the Religious Life."

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The W<lmen's Guild will spon­sor a style show, "Portraits ofFashion," following a dinner at7 Monday night, Nov. 6at Venus'de Milo restaurant, Swansea. Co­chairmen are Mrs. Ralph P. Sou­za and Mrs. David L. BuckleyJr. .

Mrs. Joseph O. Forand ischairman 'of a turkey whistscheduled f<>r 8 Saturday night,Nov. 11 at the school hall onRte. 177, Westport.

Bingo is played every Wed­nesday night at 7, under spon­sorship of the Holy Name Soci­ety. This and the style show andwhist will benefit the parishschool fund.

Booster tickets for the sch<lolwill be available from captainsor at the rectory beginning Sun­day, Nov. 12. '

'ST. MARGARET,~UZZARDS BAY

SS. Margaret-Mary Guildmembers saw a demonstratiqn ofChristmas wreath making attheir meeting last night. Mrs.James Doherty of Onset pre­sented the program.

OUR LADY' OF ANGELS,FALL RIVER

Holy Name Society memberswill attend 8' A.M. Mass Sunday,Nov. 5. Breakfast will followin the church hall.· ,

Also scheduled for the hall is, a turkey whist party at 7 P.M.

Saturday, Nov. 11.Children of Mary will sponsor

acake saie following aJI. Massesthe weekend of Nov. '11 and 12.The union will re~eive corporateCommunion at 9 A.M. Mass Sun­day, Nov. 26. 'Breakfast and ,ameeting will follow.

HOLY CROSS,SOUTH EASTON

The parish will hold its fifthannual !'iolly Fair from 10 to 7Saturday, Nov. 11 in the church'haH on Purchase Street. Attrac­.lions will .include a raffle, SantaClaus" free Qaby ;sitting andbooths featuring needlework,knitted items, baked goods,Christmas decorations and toys.

o C<>-chairmen are Mrs. WilliamKempf, Mrs. Joseph Techieraand Mrs. Lawrence Thomas.

NAMED: New Rrovinc:ialfor the Western. Prpvince ofthe Oblate Fathers is Fr.Ronald Carignan, 40, CO-Of­

dinatoi' of adult educationfor' the Diocese of Oakland,Calif. A native -of Low1::!1l,he has been involved in avariety of ministries includ­ing prison work, cQuns~lil1g,

and school administration:

INamed to ~oardSAN FRANCISCO (NC}-Ger­

ard E. Sherry, editor of the Mon­itor, the archdiocesan newspaperhere, has been named a memberof the Doard of Governors of theKorthern California branch of theNational Conference of Chris­tians and Jews. Sherry is also amember of the National Board ofGovernors of the NCCJ.

C:alls CursilloSign of, Hope

CINCINNATI (NC}---The Cur­siUo movement is "a splendidsign of hope" in an age of tur­moil, Bishop Edward fl.. McCar­,t:rty of Phoenix, Ariz" told aCursillo celebration h$re.

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"[n the midst <If this polariza-tion of values and I attitu<:,es,thin:gs 'are happening in our so­ciety that make' our !times the'age of hope," the bis~op said.

"The counter movetl).ent of theHoly Spirit is growing. Writersare making hope the main char­acteristic <If today's theology ~LOd

spirituality - and' the Cursillo. movement is one of th~ splend,id

signs of that hope."

"Under the pressu1e' of ourtimes," he continued, "manypeople are being driveh to redis-'cover the reality of G&d in theirow'n personal lives; th~y are ,ex­periencing an inner apxiety formeaningful and creative and 'en­thusiastic sharing of their faith."

The Cursillo movement in­cludes a three-day retreat-likeweekend that combines lecturesand religious services aimed atdeveloping Christian a~tion -lead-ers. I

"As Cursillistas," he told hisaudience, "we are p~rt of themovement of reawak~ning faithand hope in God ,an,~, a deepawareness of dependence oneach other as part of' a revolu­tionizing community.",'

M<lreover, the CurslIIo mo've-,ment can promote "the spirit ofunderstanding, of patience, oflove and trust and harmony, in­dulgence and forgiveness - thespirit of reconciHatiori," Bisl:,opMcCarthy said;

parlor and so forth and so on ...Mr. Blair's description of amother's day was perfeCt butwhen he had the heroine, JeanFavrot, 'run <lut of gas in themiddle of heavy five o'clock

, traffic and get out of the car andcry with her face buried in herarms on its roof, II wondered howa man could possibly have suchinsight.

I have written before aboutthis problem 'of mother andfather ending' up as taxi driversdue to the surging social life of,our young and our own self­destructive drive to get a driver'slicense and I haven't yet f<lund asolution.

Not Deprived

Funny, I don't remember feel­,ing that I was a culturalIy de­prived youngster because I didn'tbelong to every organizationopen to ,the younger generation.In fact, either a good book or agood friend seemed to give mea great deal more pleasure thanmy own young seem to derivefrom their endless mobility.Every afternoon is taken up withsome activity or lesson. Whendo they have a chance to dreamor just THINK. Certainly not in

, the car.While all the women I know

have' the same complaint, mosthave not reached the point ofgetting out of the car and cry­ing when caught in rush hourtraffic (instead we just sit quiet­ly -inside and either sob or seetheinternalIy).

However, since we alI love ourchildren and want very much togive them the best of everything(perhaps the best isn't alwaysthe best) we'lI continue usingthe car as a second home. Per­haps when our children get mo­bile on their own one, of the localcab companies could use us aspart time help-think how ex­perienced we'll be.

Very often, after a hectic daywe enjoy some quiet conversa­tion with friends. If you intendto serve hors d' oeuvres, here'sone of my fiavorites.

Shrimp Turnovers

Y2 pound cooked shrimp1 teaspoon horseradish2 Tablespoons lemon juice1 Teaspoon prepared mustardI Tablespoon chopped sweet

pickles 'I !teaspoon salt3 Tablespoons mayonnaise1 cup prepared pastry dough1 pt. cream1) Grind shrimp and combine

alI ingredients, except dough andcream, and blend 'into a paste.(I do this in the blender)

2) Roll pastry very thin andcut into 2 -inch circles. Place tea­spoon of filling in center of eachcircle 'and moisten edge~ withcold water; fold over and pressedges together with fork. Prick.top and brush with cream. Bakein a 475 0 degree oven for 12 or15 minutes lIntil golden. Makesabout 35.-Demosthenes

By Joe and· Marilyn Roderick

Recently a very dear friend of ours, Miss Alice Fahey,passed away. We call her a friend even though she wasmore than 30 years our senior. Our friendship wa~ notsocial but rather a meeting of minds. We taught togetherfor a number of years atJames Madison Morton Jun-'ior High School and I cameto know her during schoolhours.

OccasionSmall opportunities are often

the beginning of great enter­prises.

Miss Fahey was possessed ofone of those rare unclutteredminds which allowed fQr the newwhile preserving the old whichshe cherished. We talked a greatdeal ~bout poetry, I about thenew' or modern poetry, sheabout the poetry of Lpngfellow,Emily Dickinson and the Low­ells, which she loved. She led meto reread some of her favoritepoets (they were not as dull asI had thought they were) and Iintroduced her to some of myfavorites (she was particularlytaken with Anne Sexton).

Peerless Teacher

As a teacher she was withoutpeer. At first view she appearedstrict and forbidding, but onequickly realized she treated' herstudents with affection andwarmth. She appeared proud andal<lof, yet was approachable andhumble. Her students appreci­ated her and respecte.d her forwhat she did for them..

Her approach to teaching En­glish was simple: give childrenthe opportunity to learn and ap­ply the English' language. Sheoften used H.L. Mencken's dic­tum: "To a man with an ear forverbal delicacies;-the man whosearches painfulIy for the perfectword, and puts the way of say­ing a thing above the word said-there is in writing the constantjoy of sudden discovery, of hap~

py accident."

, Miss Fahey retired' a numberof years ago but for many' yearsto come when groups of school-,mates get together, I am surethat someone will say, "Remem­ber Miss Fahey? She was a greatteacher." '

In the Kitchen

In the first chapter of a book1 have been reading, "The Arch­bishop" by Clair Blair Jr., I was'amazed to find a description ofthe heroine's, day that closelyparalleled the hectic lives ofmany of the women I know­myself included.

. The Hstof errands in the fic­tional woman's typical day hadincluded taking one child to abirthday party, stopping at adrug store for, a present, findingout that she had forgotten herpurse, returning home for saidpurse and then back to the drugstore. Her "tour of duty" contin­ued as she picked up two otherchildren at the Boys' 'Club, shop­ped for new mitts and cleatedshoes for them, dr<lpped a bikeoff at the repair shop, picked upanother daughter at the beauty

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the rights of children, nurses,doctors and everyone else."

"The Br:itish public is shockedand ashamed to know that Brit­ain is the abortion capital of theworld," Mrs. Knight said.

She told the Pro Life conven­tion that it was esssential to con­tinue their pressure against abor­tionists because this pressurewas more effective than couldbe measured.

"It's indicative of your effec­tiveness that pro~abortionists

bother to picket you. You'remaking them nervous. This is themost important work of yourlife, even if you -live to a greatage."

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ogists recently pointed out that,if you need an operation otherthan an abortion you're at thebottom of the queue. There wasa case of two women who weremade to wait who had early can­cer of the cervix."

A nurse midwife used all herskiU to save a premature baby ina nursery, Mrs. Knight said, andthen was ordered to "get rid" ofa baby the same age abortedalive by hysterotomy "for nobetter reason than that themother doesn't want it."

"Abortion is a filthy, horriblebusiness and what right have weto expect nurses to do this hor­rible thing? What right havewomen to demand that doctorsdeny their vocation and carryout an abortion.

Rights of Women. "And don't give me this stuff

that there is such a thing as anunwanted baby when. there areare thousands of couples whowant to adopt a baby.

"It is utter nonsense to talkabout the rights of women over

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Opposition to Abortion Grows in Britain

PREPARE FO~ BAZAAR: Making preparations for Snowflake Bazaar, to be heldfrom 9 A.M. to 9 P.M. Friday through Sunday, Nov. 10 through 12, at Marian Manor,Taunton, are, from left, Mrs. William P. Donnelly, Sister'Rita Marie, Mrs. Reajeanne St.Pierre. Annual event will benefit Novitiate of Presentation of Mary, Dighton. Featuredfor sale will be Christmas novelties, knitted and crocheted articles, jewelry and whit~

elephant novelties.

LOS ANGELES (NC) - Themore people find out about theabortion business, the more theyare revolted by it, Mrs. JillKnight, member of the Brit,ishParliament, told the second Pro­Life convention here.

About 1,000 persons attendedthe convention. They represented

.·a score of grass roots pro-lifeorganizations in California andseveral eastern and midwesternstates.

Mrs. Knight was one of only26 women members of Parlia­ment to vote against abortion.

"My nation," she told the con­vention dinner, "now tends tobegin clearly to change its mindon abortion."

The sheer numbers of abor·tions. are repelling, she said:10,000 in 1967 and 140,000 now.

"Hospitals are very over­crowded and an awful lot of ourdoctors spend an awful IQt oftime on abortions," she said.

"The Royal College of Gynecol-

Renewal in SpainPleases P'ope Paul

VATICAN CITY (NC) - Theupdating and renewal in theChurch in Spain-which touchedoff a controversy in March ­was discussed by Pope Paul VIwhen he met six Spanish bishopsrecently.

The Pope' told the bishops:"With particular attention andinterest we have followed thezeal of the Spanish Church in ap­plying the norms and the spiritof the (Second Vatican) Councilto concrete circumstances.

"The inevitable difficultiesought to spur you on with evengreater zeal to overcome themwith faith and fraternal union."

The Pope said that the "apo­stolic generosity and traditionalvitality, of the Spanish Church"had consoled him greatly.

man sexuality can also be thestarting point for more positiveteaching on the value of mar­riage. Dr. Samuel'Johnson calledit "the queen of friendships"and there is in fact nothing moreinspiring than the ideal and theachievembent of two human be­ings living together and lovingeach other through all the vicis­situdes of life-young love, thebirth and rearing of children,'middle age, the coming of grand­children, old age with its painsand comforts, the whole perspec­tive· of existence fully lived andfully shared.

But how little we tend to hear,say, of uncontrolled speculation,argue the critics, about the ills,of short-changing customers, orcheating employees. How littlewe hear about national arro­gance, about 'the' state's claim tototal sovereignty. How relativelylittle is done to. remind Chris­,tians of the need for non-violentsolutions to conflicts of power orto urge them to look for newnon-violent answers.

In short, abused sex is at­tacked because its ,sins tend tobe private. But the vast publicviolations of greed and powerare again and again glossed over;even the most terrible of all in­vasions of our humanity, all-outwar which destroys men, womenand children, born and unborn,and deprives whole communi­'ties of their basic right to life.Here are the deepest evils. Heremust lie the priority in Christianteaching.

Supreme R~lationship

Human beings deserve 'andneed this kind of faithful friend­ship. It is the supreme humanrelationship. We need as Chris­tians far more positive teachingabout the depth and beauty ofmarried love and perhaps lessemphasis on the aberrations ofsex. So much is negative. Somuch instruction is against, notfor. A balance here needs to beredressed.

And, naturally, with this posi­tive teaching should go an appealto Christian conscience, particu­ularly among the rich, to remem­ber that growing millions of fel­low humans have virtually noopportunity for decent marriedlife. Crowded in tarpaper shacks,without water, without work,without pr.ivacy or decency, howis the "queen of friendships" tobe achieved? The miracle is whatself-sacrifice there is. The shameis that so much is demanded.

And this imbalance is part ofa wider one. There are critics ofthe Christian religion who ac­cuse Christians of being obsessedwith sexual sins in part becauseto a.ttack them does not incurthe hostility of the establishedorder. After all, there are threeevangelical vows. The man orwoman, stripping the soul for ac­tion in our troubled world, vowsnot only chastity but povertyand ob,edience. In other words,greed and power are put aside.

Deepest Evils

BARBARA

By

WARD

Must Establish Priorities,In Christian Teaching

Such ends as abortion have their roots in careless oragressive or selfish sexuality. But they can be' conqueredonly if man's sexual nature is seen to be, like all God'screation, good, honourable, beautiful and in a profound'way responsible for muchof the art, poetry and cre­ative activity of which hu­man beings are capable. Not.for nothing do great Christianmystics compare the love be­tween two spouses with the mys­tical union of the soul with God.

Named to CouncilWASHINGTON (NC) - Msgr.

Joseph' A. Do(>ling, Newark arch­diocesan ,director of the MountCarmel Guild, has been namedby President Nixon as a memberof the National Advisory Councilon Economic Opportunity. Thecouncil advises the director ofthe federal Office of EconomicOpportunity and reviews pro­grams of that office.

The greatest of Christianpoets, Dante, declares in his VitaNuova that the vision of the be­loved known as "falling in love"foreshadows the Beatific Visionin which every soul will be seem,transfigured by Divine Love.

Unfortunately, there is an­other tradition in Christianity-avery ancient and very dangeroustradition which comes not fromthe Bible but from Roman Stoics.In this tradition, passion is evilbecase it disturbs the rationalmind and the root of sin itselfis passion. From this it is nottoo difficult a step to the posi­tion that lust or concupiscenceor sex or call it what you will is

, the sin of sins and at the root ofmost of man's miseries. "Moral­ity" is virtually only concernedwith sexual morality and, all toooften, in the main with femaletransgressions-as in such mas­terpieces as Hawthorne's TheScarlet Letter.

Queen of Friendships

The trouble with this heresyis that if you make somethingintrinsically bad, you cannotteach people to value it, to seehow precious and beautiful itis and not to damage its possibil­ities of profound creativenessand self-surrender by cheappromiscuity. If sex is "wicked,"then it is very easy to connectit with ugly thrills and viciousinstincts. Only if i.t is seen asgreat, life-giving and profoundlycreative, is it worth making theeffort to avoid the carnal en­counters and cheap pleasureswhich such encounters bring.You cannot "cheapen" what isbad in the first place. Sexualmorality, to he effective, has tobe based on preserving, in allits fullness and beauty, God'smost wonderful gift for express­ing the highest love betweenhuman beings.

This basic value set upon hu-

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KNOWOvercoming Skepticism

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FAITHrResurrection,,·SYlmbolized and Illuminated by Natural Life

The Power of His Resurrection II

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salvation; just as the "naturalresurrection" of earthly life con­stitutes the mystery of life inheaven, and just as natural lifeand death and Ufe again (the reonewal of life), especially as itconcerns man, can not be under­stood completely unless pon-

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acceptance, consolidation ofgains made, continued growthand a deepening of the interiorrenewal of the interior renewalcalled for by Vatican II.

Notice 1 employed the terms"a" corner, not "the" corner, and"relative" serenity. Certainly weexpect the Church in future' dec­ades to encounter rocky areaslike the stormy 1960's. Moreover,this space of serenity 1 predictwHi unquestionably includepockets of turbulence (so 'keepseat belts fastened) and perhapssee an increasing hostilitytowards the Church from thoseoutside the fold.

A rose-COlored, naive, simplis­tic, head-in-the-sand picture ofour troubled Church today? Pos­sibly. Friends and associates doCharacterize me as a persistentoptimist. Time and history willbe the judges.

Beacon of HopeFather Frederick McManus,

my keen-minded former associ­ate in Washington, gives littlecredence to impressions and al­ways prefers hard facts and sci­entific data. My observation' en­joys the backing of neither. Butit can point for support to some

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The Church Has Turned ACorner

SPRlNq: Narcissus open into full blossoms in Spring."Every time we experience Spring we see life renewed­trees starting to leaf and plants beginning to bloom." NCPhoto.

again, the reasonableness ofthese doctrines are more firmlyestablished as we daily experi­ence the renewal of organic cre­ation-plants, animals, men.

Resurrection'Just as the continual renewal

of natural life at all levels is anessential part of Christ's act of

FR. JOSEPH M~ )

CHAMPLIN

spite the fact that 41 trips overthe past year have taken mefrom Manchester, N. H. to LosAngeles and from Napa, Calif.to Miami, I up to that point hadnever pulled together those manyimpressions. ,

After a few moments, how­ever, 'I gave him this observa­tion: I 'believe the CatholicChurch in America has turned acorner and is now entering upona period of relative serenity. Ithink painful confrontation isgiving way to patient compro­mise. I feel we will witness inthe Seventies a mature, mutual

At lunch during a June retreat.... for priests of the Newark arch­

<1iocese, one young clerk asked"me what 1 thought about thepresent state of the Church inthe United States. I ha<1 no swiftand ready response for him. De-

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Fr. Eugene' J. Weitzel, C.S.V.

Early last spring in Rome thebeauty of the Pieta, t~¢ marblestatue of the Madonna! cradlingthe crucified Jesus, was marredforever. The irreparabl~ damageoccurred when a 33-yea~-0Id ma.nrepeatedly struck the statue witha hammer.

The Pieta, a majestic, slightlyn'arger-than-life sculpture byMichelangelo, is one of theworld's most' famous an<1 trea­su:red works of art. In fact, it isso valuable that when it wasexhibited' 'at the New York'World's Fair in the mid-60's itwas placed ·in a bulletproof stel~l

,case weighing six tons andinsured for $10 million. Art ex­pe:rts say the Pieta is priceless.

While the Pieta is a priceleHswork of art, its worth' is smallwhen compared with t~e inesti­mable value of all forms of life,especially human life. Even theinsignificant amoeba i's, in asense, more valuable than thePieta .or any other, wot;k of artbeeause it is alive and: can reoproduce itself.

first of all, the Pieta is onlyan inanimate chunk of inarble-­touched, of course, by a 'genius-­but unlike the amoeba or theDevonish fish or the Simeonmonkey, or homo sapiens it can­not do any of the things thatliving creatures can' do.

Organic Creation

Secondly, life - the mode ofexistence and eminant activityeffected by the possession of avital and energizing principlethat characterizes the organi cworld as opposed to the inor­ganic-is' always more ivaluablethan ' even a pricelesS objeetd'ars. This is true not only be-

, cause it reflects the -irrtage andlikeness of God, but lalso be­cause in its continua-l rJne\Val :itsymbolizes and illhminatesChrist's resurrection and promiseto us of life after death.:

Every time we .experienceSp:ring we see life renewed.Ev,ery time we ponder the

, spawning ef fish: the nesting (Ifbirds, the birth of an animal, or ~-W1Th1WJ~.$

even more so, of a child, we arereminded not only that ... Christdied for our sins, according t\>.....the Scriptures, and that he wasburied, and ·that he rose againon the third day ..." (I Cor Hi:3-4), but 'also that "... 'we shaH,all indeed rise, but we shall not -aH be changed-in a moment, ill

;mw:ltmlmr~·; ·:·Ho~ :.the twinkling of an eye, at thelast trumpet, for the trumpetshall sound, and the d~ad shaHrise incorruptible" (I C~r. 15:51 c

52).]f there can be a kind Iof "nat.­

ural resurrection" season afterseason through growth i and re­prOduction, life and d~ath and.life again in .the plant and anima.!(man included) kingdomk, surelythere must be a supernatura'] res­urrectiqn for man whereby histemporal life is renew~d afterdeath to, become immortaLThough we cannot fully under­stand how Christ rose from thedead and how we shall rise

John's gospel singles out the"doubting Thomas." Luke's gos·,pel tells of two of them walkil)gto Emmaus' after tJ:1e crucifixi9n..Jesus joins them, but they .don'teven recognize him. They talk·tohim as to a complete strapger,'and they' s<!y of their. cruCifiedleader: "We have, hoped that hewas the 'one who would' redeem

"Israel."Obviously, they implied, those

hopes were vain, He's d~ad.

Some women ih~y knew werealready ~elling . stories of angelswho claimed he was alive-butthey weren't putting much stockin the word of women. '

Hard to BelieveThe long ending of the gospel

of Mark turns the theme of theapostles' disbelief into 'a kind oflitany. Mary Magdalene saw theLord and told the apostles, "butthey would not believe it." Twoof them walking in the countrysaw him, came back and told therest, ."but they did not believethem." Afterward he' himself a.p­peared to them all as they satat table, "and he upbraided themfor their unbelief and hardnessof heart, because they had notbelieved those °who saw himafter he had risen."

In the gospel of, Matthew,Jesus appeared to th,e elevenapostles only once. It is on a

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Without expressing Renee'swords to Dr. Welby-"I'll neverlet it beat me"-Father Neighboramazed us aLl by 'his confidentstruggle against the effects ofhis disease. When' the diagnosiswas confirmed and his futurepredicted, he went out andbought a new car. It was hissymbolic gesture of hope. ~ndcourage.

Riddle of SorrowThe disease finally won out

over his :body.He died totallyhelple.ss and incapacitated. Buthis spirit was never beaten. Attimes we noticed. fleeting signsof apparent sadness cloud hisface, but a quick smile wipedaway the. traces. He maintainedan unShakable love of life-ofmusic, of beautiful things, of hiswork, of children, of his friends-a very simple faith in Christand the power of his resurrec­tion.

Renee's TV struggle againstthe power of diminishment, RussNeighbor's very real struggleagainst the forces of death,brings one up short against themystery of the resurrection inhuman life. How is it that thehuman spirit can overcome thedestructive. inroads of disease?Why is it that even death cannotdestroy man's spirit? What isthe source of life found even inthe shadows of death?

The Second Vatican Councilteaches that "through Christ andin Christ the riddles of sorrow

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"I'll never let it beat me ...1'11never let it beat me,.," Thesewere Renee's first words to Dr.Welby on learning that she hada rare form of spinal meningitis.She was 24.

ByFR. CARL J.

. PFEIFER, S.J~

urnl 11lI1rn=u

Renee was playing a role ona TV episode of "Dr. MarcusWelby, M.D." but her words ringtrue to life. I could not help butthink of my former director,Monsignor Russell Neighbor. Atage 50 he learned that he had anextremely rare form of a diseasethat attacks and destroys thecentral nervous system. Doctorsgave him at most a year or twoto live, during which time hewould become progressivelymore incapacit'ated.

We watched him, worked withhim, as he progressively lost theability to move his fingers, thenhis hands, then his legs. I re­member walking with him oneevening when suddenly his legsgave out and he fell flat to theground unable to raise himselfup. His last weeks in the officewere spent in a wheel chair.Finally he was forced to resignand move to a nursing home.

By

FR. QUENTIN

QUESNELL, S.J.

Twenty centuries ago, a prac­tical-minded' Roman governorsummed up the first Christian

_ preaching in those words. It wasjust an argument among Jewishfanatics about something sil\y·and impossible-the claim thata certain dead man had come tolife.

Sometimes we feel very mod·ern in our religious skepticism.But without much reason. Therenever was a time when peopleweren't. skeptical about resur­rection. Not even when the deadman concerned was Christ ourLord.

It wasn't easy even (or theLord's own apostles. They hadseen him die. They didn't ex­pect him back. When others toldthem that he was indeed alive,they refused to believe.

"They had some argumentsabout their own religion andabout a certain dead man namedJesus, whom Paul claims isalive" (Acts 25, 19).

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ResurrectionContinued from Page Sixteen

dered in the lighht of Christ'slife and death and resurrectionso his salvific action cannot befUlly appreciated except throughthe daily experience of renewedlife.

In a word, life renewed en­ables us more dearly to perceivethe three-fold purpose of theresurrection, namely, that:

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1. Christ's passion and deathalone did not save us for hisresurrection is an integral partof the act of redemption ..." ifChrist has not risen ... you arestill in your sins" (I Cor. 15:17).

2. The passion, death, andresurrect,ion of Jesus not ontysignified his supreme love andobedience to the Fathsr, but byhis resurrection he was consti­tuted the Son <:If God in power,giving justification to those whobelieve in him. "... if we believein him who raised Jesus our Lordfrom the dead, who was deliv­ered up for our sins, and roseagain for our justification"(Rom. 4:24-25).

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3. Through baptism the Chris­tian shares in the total work ofredemption, and also rises to anew life in Christ. "All of us whowere baptized into Christ Jesuswere baptized into his death. Bybaptism into his death we wereburied together with him, inorder that just as Christ wasraised from the dead by theglory of the Father, so we toomight live 'a new life. For if wehave been united with him bylikeness to his death, so shall we

,be united with him by likenessto his resurrection." (Rom: 6:3-5).

We can even make a compar­ison in the fact that just as inthe process of the natural re­newal of life - some individualplants and animals and men diewithout having reproduced them­selves and some species of plantsand animals disappear-so menwho have been unfaithful to Godwill not be rewarded with a re­newed and glorious life inheaven. Yes, the daily experi­ence of renewed life does sym­bolize and illuminate the mys­tery of Christ's passion, death,and resurrection, and of our owntoo.

The power of Christ's resur­rection may be felt and sharedin less dramatic ways than in thefight against' 'crippling diseaseor death itself. It may be expe­rienced in a simple smile at theright moment, a thoughtful acttoward someone who is lonelyor ill, an encouraging word for adiscouraged friend. Picking one­self up after failure, strugglingaga,inst poverty, war and injus­tice, creating beauty in one'ssurroundings, sometimes justgetting up in the morning to facea difficult day-all reveal some­thing of the power of life overdeath, the resurrection power ofChrist Jesus and his Spirit.

Renee, despite Dr. Welby'sbest efforts, never did walkagain. Russ. Neighbor actuallydid die at the peak of his bestyears. But we know from watch­ing Russ and other very realpeople symbolized by Renee,that life is stronger than death,that hope can transform thehuman spirit, that meaning canbe found even in life's shadows."I'll never let it beat me," saidRenee. Smiling, Russ bought anew car.

Many who share the power ofJesus' resurrection may notknew the source of their cour­age. Christians are blessed inknowing through faith that be­cause Jesus died, rose again, andis with them through everything,they can take a firm standagainst every power of diminish­ment and death. They can makeSt. Paul's words their own "Iwish to know Christ and thepower flowing from his resur·rection; likewise to know howto share in his sufferings by be- 'ing formed into the pattern ofhis death. Thus do I hope thatI may arrive at the resurrectionfrom the dead" (Phil 3:10-ll).

The Power of His Resurrection

Hope TransformsWe believe in the resurrection

as a past reality of Christ's lifeas a present power in our livesand our world because of hispresence with us, and as thefuture culmination of the powerof life over death. Such faithhas led people -like Russ Neigh­bor to live cofidently in the faceof disease.

THOUGHTFULNESS: A man comforts a little girlwho sucks her thumb for security. "The power of Christ'sResurrection may be felt and shared in a thoughtful acttoward someone who is lonely." NC Photo.

No More DeathEa<:h Sunday at Mass Catho­

lics the world, over repeat thissame good news ln the briefformula: "Christ has died. Christis risen. Christ will come again."This is the kernel of traditionalChr,istian faith.

We believe that Jesus Christreally did die. He experiencedlife's diminishments fUJ11y-fa­tigue, failure, injustice, prejudice,hunger, pain, ins~urity, loneli­ness, suffering a'nd finally death.

We believe that the Fatherraised him from death to newlife, thathe is alive, and is withus to bring us fulfillment of life.We believe finally that his com·ing again wHI ultimately' trans·form the whole of creation, over­coming evey power of evil, in­cluding death. "He shall wipeaway every tear from their eyes,and there shall be no more deathor mourning; crying out in pain"... (Rev 21:4).

NovelPrussia

Ingenious Device

its allies was undertaken withbravado' and in the stupid con­viction that it would be briefand triumphant. It proved tobe neither. ,

The reason was internal cor·ruptionand utter lack of prepa­ration. For the most part, themilitary commanders were in·credibly inept. They owed theirpositions to favor and intrigue,without consideration' of theircapability or record. Amongthem were cowards, 'dunder­heads, liars. Honest and capablemen seldom rose to influentiallevels, and when, by accident,they did so, they were stymied incombat by the lack of a plan, theabsence of orders, and the self­serving on the part of the higher­ups.

Hence, as Solzhenitsyn shows,when the invasion of Prussia wasdecided upon, nothing was inreadiness. Tens of thousands ofquickly mustered, untrained, andill-equipped men were sent,across the frontier without or­ganization and intelligent lead­ership. Two Russian armies wereto proceed on divergent courses,then come together 'to encircle, .cut' off, and reduce German,forces and thus destroy the Ger-mans' eastern front.

Continued from Page SixteenBut everything went wrong,primarily for want,of communi- and death grow meaningful"

. (Church in World, 22). In thesecations, but chiefly for want of words the Council focuses ourclear-eyed and decisive supreme'

attention on the core of Christiancommand. Some units performed tradition.well, but their valor and gallant-ry went for nothing. The preaching of the Apostles

after the Resurrection centeredTo give coherence to the jum· on the good news that "Jesus

ble of events which added up to who was crucified has been~atast.roph~, Solzh~nitsyn uses a? raised up by God to new life.mgenIous, If questIOnably plausI- _ Those who believe will share inble, device. A colonel fr~~ gen- the power of his resurrection."eraI headquarters, Georgu Vora- .tyntsev, is sent with a letter toGeneral Samsonov, commanderof 'the Second Army. That task,performed, Vorotyntsev then setsout, on his own initiative, to tra­verse the battle area, visit unitafter unit, and get some first­hand idea of the progress of theoffensive.

Deep Root of Faith

As he sees for himself the dis­integration of the Russian forces,he struggles to coordinate theseveral groups which are eitherworking at cross·purposes or notbeing used at all. He seeks thusto stem the rout. .

He fails, and at the book's con­clusion, he also fails to convincethe high command that egregious

'blunders have been made, thatmen' responsible for them mustbe replaced, and that an entirelydifferent approach will have tobe adopted if Russia is not totumble into the abyss.

Despite the sufferings whichthe war and the resultant revo­lution were to bring upon theRussian people, their hardihoodand power of endurance are con­vincingly established. If it is sug­gested that the state religionwas,not without superstition and cer-,tainly was put to political uses, itis also shown that in the commonpeople there was a deep root ofauthentic faith.

RT. REV.

MSGR.

JOHN S.

KENNEDY

By

Fourth SolzhenitsynExplains Defeat in

ForceConfidence is a thing not to

be produced by compulsion. Mencannot be forced into trust.

-Webster

Three novels of Alexander Solzhenitsyn, the Russianliterary giant, have been available in English for sometime. The first, A Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich, isshort; the other two, Cancer Ward and The First Circle,are very long. Each of thethree stingingly depicts con­ditions n Russia under So­viet rule, and because ofthem Solzhenitsyn has been se­verely penalized by the Sovietauthorities Now there comes tohand August 1914, translated by

Michael Glenny (Farrar, Strausand Giroux, 19 Union SquareWest, New York, N. Y. 10003.$10), which differs from the pre­vious work put into English. For,one thing, as the title indicates,the narrative is l'llid in' a periOd 'previous to the Bolshevik Revo­lution. For another, although ex­tremely lengthy, the book is notcomplete in itself, but the firstpart of a longer work, of whichSolzhenitsyn says that its com­pletion "may take as long as 20years, and probably I will notlive to finish it."

In August 1914, Solzhe'nitsynis dealing with the outbreak ofWorld War I and the short, dis­astrous Russian campaign, inPrussia. The time span is nomore than two weeks, duringwhich the battle of Tannenbergis precipitated, fought, and lostby Russia. The author is con­cerned with showing how andwhy the terrible defeat cameabout.

The battle itself was wagedover a huge area, and was com­plex and confused. Covering allof -it (or at least its key ele­ments) and explaining its courseand its issue is a stupendoustask, one before which the mostarticulate military expert mightwell . quail. But Solzhenitsyntackles it with aplomb andbrings it off splendidly.

Stupid Conviction

The rot of the superstructureof tsar.ist Russia is pitilessly. setout in Solzhenitsyn's pages, aswell as the inevitability of someform of revolution. In 1914 theRusso-Japanese War of 1904-5was a recent memory, but hardlya salutary one. In that war theRussians had suffered an unex­pected and humiliating defeat.The incompetence of the govern­ment, and especiaHy of the mil­itary, had been exposed, and asa result, a revolution was at­tempted in 1905, only to be,brutally put down.

Reform, civic and military, hadbeen initiated thereafter, but had'petered out., Now, nine yearslater, war against Germany and

Grace

SkepticismContinued from Page Sixteen

mount~in in Galilee, where he isto give them his last blessingand his commission to preach·to all the world. They come tothe mountain, see him, fall downin worship--"but some doubted."

It isn't the age we live in thatmakes the resurrection hard tobelieve. It never was easy. Itwas always an enormous con­tradiction of an inescapablereality.

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Everybody dies. After death,everybody's body turns cold andhard and useless; then slowlyfaHs back throligh decaytoward dust and nothingriess. Infact, the people of Jesus' timeprobably saw the realities ofdeath in their own homes andstreets a lot more frequentlythan we do. They knew thatdead was dead.

If someone spok~ to themabout a person's coming back tolife, they would probably ask thesame question we would: "Allright, where is he? Show me."During forty days, Acts says,Jesus did show himself to theapostles he had chosen, appear-

· ing to them and speaking to themabout the kingdom of God. Buteven during that short time heshowed himself "not to all thepeople, but to. us who werechosen by God as witnesses," asPeter explains in Acts 10.

What about all the others whowere to believe? What about thethousands across the world towhom Paul and Peter and theother apostles one day wouldpreach? How easy was it forthem to' believe? .

Just about as easy as it is forus today. And just about ashard. If it all depend~d <?.n ~ak~?g

the word of 'a few fanatical for-· .eigners, it would not have been

possible. Like the Roman gov­ernor, peop:le would merely havesaid: "Oh, it's some nonsense intheir own religion.". Then why did people believe?Why do they believe today? Thefirst answer to that is always,because of the grace of,God intheir hearts.. ,.

Accep~ Grace'

Grace opens men's eyes to thefact that life and death are reallyin God's hands; that if Godwants to he can raise the dead.It opens men's hearts to the con­viction . that our God is indeedthe kind of God who would dothat. He promised and he willfulfill. It makes men willing toacknowledge that when, Godactually did do this, he wouldbegin where men might least ex­.pect it:-wJth someone whommen had judged and condemnedand put to death for going be­yond their own narrow religiousstandards.

.Whether· or .not we can believe· today depends on the same sort,of grace taking effect in us.Whether or not we let it do soshows what -kind of people weare.

NEW REUGIOUS COORDINATORS MEET AT TEA:'At a tea sponsored by the -Religious Education Office onFriday afternoon, new co-ordinators met with these alreadyserving in that capacity. New faces: Sr. Marie Loren, MSST.of Our Lady of Victory Parish, Centerville; Sr. Antoinette,SUSC, resource assistant <ltthe Religious Education Officeand Sr. Anne Sylvester, RSMof St. Mary's Parish, Taunton.

'The Church Has Turned A CornerContinued from Page Sixteer~ priests from the active minis·

extensive and wide-ranging ex- try. Even here, .however, I seeperiences on this writer's part. encouraging' signs.These cover 14 months of active Best Adpastor~l work in the parish. fre· Above all, parish priests oncequ.ent diocesan level cpmmittee more are recrutting. They seemwork and pre-Cana Conferences, less apologetic for their calling,and above aU, numerous lectures 'inore s'uie Of themselves, past theto college students, religious sis- identity crisis of the sixties. Theters, seminarians, priests and best vocation ad, obviously, andlaity. .' better than the controversial

A~ter that convers~tion in Playboy one, -is a happy, hard­Dar1.lngton, N. J. I muJIed oVI~r working, holy priest. If my re­hi:; question and my reply, seeJ'il:- marks in the previous sectioning practical instances from hold true for the entire country,around the nation which would then .it will be only a matter ofboth illustrate and prove my time before young men in great­assertion. One could add ,to the er quantity opt for the priest­items which follow. Nevertheless, hood.they do, I trust, show: that my In Phoe'nix, Ariz., Bishop Mc-br:ight beacon of hope for· theChurch rests 'on a sound founda- Carthy is understandably pleasedtion. When so many continue to with a development which maysound its death knoll and walk be a barometer of things to comearound super serious or sad, we throughout the na,tion. severalall need .. reassuring .eviden<:e men, either in their upper yearsthat the Holy Spirit i~ indeed of collegiate study or actualwith us. ' gradu,ates, have in the past year

Holy Spirit Present entered the seminary. PerhapsI. The testimony of priests; this delayed maturation of the

The 130 priests gathered for religious vocation seed couldwell be a trend for the 70's. Itheir annual. retreat I)ot only

made the inquiry; they substan- The future situation with nunstiated my claim. They r~present- remains, for me, not so clear.ed all age groups ·and every at- However, one major superiortitude. Yet several cOmmented whose .community, like' many,how this year they seemed hap- has .been absolutely decimatedpier, less bitter, more settled, by departures and a decline incheerful: Young and ol? mixed; . applicants, believes .they h~ve hitprogressives and conservatives . bottom and are now 01) the up­ate together, talked about the.ir surge. She sees this botjl. inpriestly -lives, exchanged quit.e . terms Qf numbers and, more' ~ig­con.trary concepts and still . nificantly, ina settling of thewalked away smiling aQd laugh- restlessness so pervasive in con­ing without rancour of any sort. vents over the past decade. Hav-

2. Vocation picture~ Msg:r. 'ing suffered a radical reevaIua­Colin MacDonald, head of the tionof their external habits, lifeU. S. bishops' office :stu4ying the style and purposes, they couldpriesthood, told a Serra Interna- be getting down at this time to

. tional convention, that he had the less spectacular, but very es­in his travels discovered a "re- sential inner renewal.newed sense of hope alld conti- Next week I wiJ.I out\.ine adeuce among the clergy}' At the lengthy· list of further signssame time he sketched ;the real which indicate to me the Churchdedine in religious vocations is entering a new, quieter, resur·and the heavy departure (If rection 'period in its history.

By

REV. "::J)ANDREW M ..:.:::::::::

GREELEY'

Ethnics. Still Lib'eralIssues

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There are two explanations current for what has hap­pened to the McGovern candidacy. The more popular isthat of Mr. Reston and his colleagues in the press: Mc­Govern badly miscalculated how much. change the Ameri­can public wanted. Mostpeople are well off and areagainst unrest, protest, andchange. Or as David Murrayhas observ~, they are againstdrugs, soaring taxes, etc. Or as"permissiveness," which is de·fined as vandalism; divorce,

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18 THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Thurs., Nov. 2, 1972

elite that seized control of' theDemocratic party at the conven·tion needlessly and fool·ishlythrew away a good chance at·victory and important soCial·change-right out the ~indow.

-This model (and it must beclear that it is one to which Isubscribe) is not going to 'bepopular, because it suggests thatthe Iib.erals and their chosen'Christ f.igure are political idiotsof the first magnitud~so blindand stupid that they cannot evenrecognize potential allies.

Six Items, .It will take time and careful

analysis to determine which. model is more" accurate, a-lthough

if mine ·is correct, I won't holdmy breath until the editorial

Catholic journalists have said, writers of, say, The Common·the ethn"ics have "made it" in weal admit it.American society and don't care But let's look at some dataabout anyone else (leaving aside my colleagues have recently un· .that there may be economic dis· earthed. We are working with acrimination against Poles and scale of six political attitudeItalians - which there' is, of items (including race, welfare,course.) cold war, government interven·

This theme was re·echoed at a tian in economic life) that haverecent conference on "urb.an been asked since the early 1950sministry," where one man reo of repeated national samples.marked, "We have learned the The northern metropolitan pop·socia-l gospel, ,but we hl!:ven~t ulation was_d,ichotomized into a

. I" A d "lib.eral" and "conservative" halftaught it to our peop e. nanother said, "Our people hate in the 1956 data. The distributionthe poor and we can't possibly of the ethnics was the same aschange them"; and yet a third everyone· else: half -on the :'lib..observed, "Catholics just don't eral" side and half on the "con..give a hoot about other people's servative" side. In 1968 - thesuffering." . time of the famous backlash-

A writer in Newsweek noted 48 per cent of the' popu-lation fellon the "liberal" side of the con·that the Eagletori affair probably

hurt McGovern because "-loyalty tinuum: ,Even though bot\:l ex..to friends" is highly valued in tremes-4:hose "very liberal" andthe "ethnic communities." Poor "very conservative" on thebenighted ethnics! How can any. scale - had .increased, the in·one possibly think that loyalty creases haq practically cancel-

led each other out as far as theto friends is an important issuein the modern world? average was concerned.

Moved to LeftDesires Change The finding is so contrary to

Arid Rick Casey, the corre· the conventional wisdom that.spondent for the National Cath· mos~ '1ibera-l jnteIaectuals willolic Reporter remarked in the discard it as incredible. But ·it ismiddle of a balanced article on true just the same. It may takethe so-called "Catholic. vote" my colleagues and I a long timethat it would be a mistake to to figure out what has happened,make too much of Professor but no matter what anyone' saysJames Wright's research findings about the"ethnic backlash," thewhich indicate that Catholics Catholic population moved very.were more opposed to the war notably to the left between 1956since the l;>eginning than were and 1968. And in a few moretypical Americans. How can one months we will be· able to saymake too much of a f.inding that whether .this long run socia,1flatly contradicts everything the .trend has been reversed. (Myelites-Catholic and otherwise- guess is that even if there isare saying is true of the ethnic some movement away from the'population. . "liberal" end of the continuum,

There is a second modei, how- the ethnics will still be .consid·ever, for evaluating the election. erablyto the "left" of the north·According to this model the ern metropolitan average.)American population-and .par- So, even though they may n,ot.ticularly the Catholic ethnic call themselves '"liberal''' any<,:<>mponent of it - is not only more, the ethnics are stiU veryready for change. but deeply de- "liberal'; indeed as far' as polit­sires it. The tragedy of the pres- ical issues are concerned, more

- ent election is that American so now than they used to be.liberalism, intellectually and rhe- Thl;lt non-Catholic journaliststoricaHy bankrupt as' it is, has like Mr. Reston would not knowsucceeded in driving out of ·its this is hardly surprising. Butcamp precisely those who were what about the Catholic urbanmost likely to support its cause. ministrY types who so enthusi­By serving up the same old pro- 'asticaHy denounce their own.grams out of the past and by people? Why don't they knowignoring~ or not understanding' what's going on?-the very real problems of eth·. . Arid that is a very intere.stingnic' middle America, the liberal question. .

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Church is worldwide. It cannotrespond to American and Euro­pean desires only. The thoughtof a' female priesthood might bemore difficult to accept in theOrient and AfrJca than in ourpart of the world. But everythingthese days c,omes much fasterthan we expect."

She spoke with approval ofthe new flexibility in Catholicthinking. "There is no longer theidea that if you disagree youmust leave. You can have-differ­ent feelings."

'Women Together'Mrs. McCarthy said she is

working on a book tentativelytitled "Women Together." It willdiscuss the days in whichwomen have -come ,togetherthroughout history, from thefourth century to the present.

She is a summer and occasion­al winter visitor to Chatham,where she has a house, and shespoke w,ith pleasure of attend­ing Holy Redeemer, the Capecommunity's beautiful parishchurch.

From Fall River she returnedto Washington, where she wasscheduled to speak at the Smith­sonian Institution. She then trav­eled to Boston to address sev­eral political rallies.

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strong "back to the land" move­ment. She noted that Father Vir­gil Michel, a Benedictine monkof St. John's Abbey, had been aninnovator in seeking ways of re­Christianizing society.

So strong was the Benedictineinfluence on Abigail and EugeneMcCarthy that they became Ob­lates of St. Benedict just beforeleaving Minnesota for Washing­ton. "It must be the first timein history that a congressmanof the United States has been aBenedictine," commented afriend.

Coming to present times,. Mrs.McCarthy noted at a press con­ference that she felt ordinationof women as priests "is just amatter of time." .- "I'm emboldened to say ,that,"she remarked, "since it was alsosaid by a leader of the Confer~

ence of Major Super-iors ofWomen. And I was also heart­ened to note that the NationalConference of Catholic Womenprotested the recent statementfrom the Vatican that womenwere not to assume official rolesin worship. Immediately a clari­fication of the ruling was issued,indicating th'at what Js now be­ing done could be continued."

She pointed out that the

Do Christianity and politicsmix? More and more today, theanswer is yes, but the situationwas not so clear: in the 1940's,when Eugene McCarthy enteredpolitical life. Yet his motivationwas religious, as his wife madeclear in an address last week toa book fair audience at SacredHearts Academy, Fall River. Sherecounted the influence on himof his student and faculty daysat St. John's University, College­ville, Minn., during which herealized the ·importance of litur­gical awareness wedded to socialaction. His later contributions inthe political arena, she indi­cated, -had their roots in his earlyformation.

Her comments came in thecourse of discussion. of her auto­biography, "Pdvate Faces/Public'Places," the publication ofwhich, she said, was "like havinga baby. You don't know howyour 'child is going to grow andaffect other people anid youdon't know how your own lifewill change as a result."

For example, she said, she hadexpected that "Washington crit·ics" would seize upon her ac­counts of trips to Rome andLatin America piade by herselfand her husband for the Ken­nedy administration, but thatshe had "experienced no reper­cussions so far."

Far more interest, she noted,has been evinced in' the earlypart of her book, which discussesat length the Midwest Catholi­cism of the 1940',s and 1950's,far in advance of Eastern think­ing in ·its ability to recognize ob~ .jectively the need of the Churchfor internal reform.

'Back to LandShe also said that today's

young people have been glad torealize that as far back as 30years ago the Church had a

BY PAT McGOWAN

Abigail McCarthy Speaks at SHA,, .

Discusses Religion in Political Life

THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Thurs., Nov. 2, 1972 19

GREET MRS. McCARTHY: Library aides at Sacred Hearts Academy, Fall River,greet Mrs. Eugene McCarthy, wife of former candidate for presidential nomination, asshe prepares to address academy book fair. From left, Sheila.McGow~n, Nicole Choui.nard.Seated with Mrs. McCarthy, Sister Eugenia Margaret, SUSC, libranan and book faIr co­ordinator.

a definite title threat. The Island­ers wil host Provincetown Sat­urday. P-town defeated Man­chester 32-12 in its last contest.

The three looal contingents inthe league presently hold dow~

the second, third and fourthpositions in standin&s behindApponequet. West Bridgewateris fifth, Southeast Regional ofEaston, Blue Hill Regional fromCanton and Manchester are al1tied for sixth place.

For the second week in arow Division II teams will pairoff against Division III clubs inthe Southeastern MassachusettsConference. In"last week's gamesthe second division schools ac­counted for four victories ,in thesix games played.

Wareham gained the DivisionnI trophy by edging Bishop Con-

. nolly High of Fall River 43-44.Third place was won by Diman,Westport finished fourth withOld Rochester and Norton nextin order.

Ely PETER J. BARTEKNorton Hlah Coach

:SCHOOLBOY SPORTS

D-Y, Coylie, and Wareham League TitlistsSomerset gained its ' first stable last.

league triumph last Saturday by Mike Conley won the individ­defeating Taunton 22-8. The Blue ual championship by coveringRaiders will play, host to Barn- the 2.8 mile course in 13:04. Con"stable this weekE!oo. Barnstable ley has also won the Catholicdowned Bishop Fl~ehran of Attie- Memorial Meet this season andboro 25-6 in its last outing. Fee- is considered one of the besthan and 'Paunton meet in AttIe- runners in the Commonwealthbore Saturday. by his coach Steve Newman.. The Southeastern Massac~u- Coyle-Cassidy won the Divi-s~tts Confe~ence c:rowned Its sion II N,Ue by beating Dighton·f.Irst champIOns thIS week as Rehoboth in its meet held inmember schools competed in New Bedford. Bishop Stang andDhllisional Conference Cross Dartmouth earned the third andCounty Meets. . fourth place ~inishes respectively

yompetitiO'll was held at three while Taunton and Case placeddifferent sites, but with the fifth and sixth.same purpose-to crown CrossCounty Divisional Champions..

In Falmouth Dennis-Yarmouthoutdistanced .. runner-up Fal­mouuth to gain the top divJsionhonors. Third place went to At­Ueboro, fourth to Seekonk. Som­erset f,i,nished fifth and Barn-

Coyle "eam to Beat in Division I RaceCoach Jim Lanagan's Division Saturdiay and now will probably

III leader toppled second Divi- not be decided until Thanks­sion pacesetter Bishop Stang giving morning.High of Dartmouth 21-20 while The alrea's only previously un­Norton defeated Dighton-Reho- beaten club, Attleboro, was jolt-both 28-13. - ed by Msgr. Coyle.~Bishop Cas· ,

In other interdivisional games .sidy last Saturday 13-8. Coachplayed last Saturday Fairhaven, Jim Cassidy's Blue BombardiersSeekonk, Bourne and -Dennis- who entertain Dantmouth thisYarmouth all turned back their weekend, in their last Confer·D.ivision III opponents. ence game of the season will

Fairhaven edged Case High of have to rely on someone else if a "­'Swansea 21-20, Seekonk shut out share of the title is to come toOld Rochester of Mattapoisett Attleboro.22-0, Bourne beat New Bedford As of now the title belongs toVocational 32-14 and Dennis- the Warriors from Taunton whoYarmouth defeated Diman Re- lead the circuit with a 4-0 rec­gional Vocational of Fall River ord. Coach 'PauL Therrien's club404.·7. will host ·Lawrence High of Fal-

Saturday's docket lists See- mouth Saturday. The ever dan·konk at Case, Fairhaven at Old gerous CHppers are 1-4 in theRochester, Dennis-Yarmouth at loop. Falmouth lost to Dart·Norton, Stang' at New Bedford mouth 28-6 Saturday last.Vooational and Dinian at Coyle will complete its sched­Dighton-Rehoboth, Wareham and ule with games against SomersetBourne are not scheduled for and croSstown rival Taunton. Asaction this week. of this writing both clubs have

The Conference's Division I only a single victory againsttitle picture was repainted last Conference opposition.

Nantucket Battles ApponequetFor Mayflower League Crown

Nantucket High School and Apponequet Regional willmeet face to face Saturday afternoon in a MayflowerLeague game that should decide the eight team circuitchampionship. The Whalers, upset last weekend, must winin order to keep pace withthe lads from Lakeville. Ap-'ponquet, unbeaten in five'loop starts" will be out tocapture the titre in this its firstcampa,ign in the Mayflower con­ference. '

The Lakers rolled over South­eastern Regional Vocational Sat­urday last. by ~l 34-0 count,while the favored Whalerswere being upended by theirarch I"ival Martha's Vineyard26-6. Nantucket enters the con- <>

test with a 5-1 loop record andcannot afford another setbackif it hopes to stay in the pennantchase.

Martha's Vineyard upped itsrecord to 3-1 in the league lastSaturday and now is considered

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p'rovincial SeminaryFor New Orleans

NEW ORLEANS (NC)-NotreDame Seminary 'here has beenofficially designated the provin­cial seminary for the New Or- 'leans church province.

The province includes the NewOrleans archdiocese and the dio­ceses of Baton Rouge, Alexan­dria and Lafayette, La.; Mobileand Birmingham, Ala.; LittleRock, Ark.; and Natchez­Jackson, Miss.

The bishops of the provinceagreed to the arrangement re­cently and it was made final ata meeting of the board of trust- 'ces here. Notre Dame had beenthe New Orlean~ archdioceseseminary.

San Diego BishopOffers CatholicPress Guidelines

SAN DIEGO (NC) - BishopLeo T. Maher of San Diego hastold editors of Catholic news­papers in the western UnitedStates that "in 'all too many in-

. -stances" the Catholic press "is,crowding out the real, substan­tial reportable incidents withstories of mere human failings."

The prelate, addressing ,theCatholic Press Association'sPacific Regional Conference here,said editors should' "be fair toboth sides of a contriovertedquestion and keep their personalopinions on ,the editorial pages,not in the news columns."

,Bishop Maher spoke at a Massat which he and 'seven priestsconcelebrated ' during the re­gional meeting, attended by ed­itors and staff members of 17Catholic weeklies in five westernstates and hosted by the &luth­ern Cross; San Diego diocesanweekly. The meeting also, includ­ed panel discussions and awardceremonies.

In his talk, Bishop Maher saidhe would be a "Spiro Agnew"and point out alleged abuses in,the Catholic press. . '

'''An editor should keep per­sonal gripes, opinions, views,even his conscientious judgmentsto ,his editorial page. Let himnever pick choose the news tosatisfy and promote his own per­sonal prejudices; let him be fairto both sides of a controvertedquestion; let him realize thepaper or magazine is'not his per­sonal property to do with as hefancy well pleases."

Special Award

At a panel discussion, 1 theCatholic press was cited as apositive force in fostering theecumenical movement 'and ineducating readers on the move­ment's acc'omplishnients andfaUures. Participating in the dis­cussion were Msgr. John R. Port­man, chairman of the San DiegoDiocesa'n Ecumenical Commis­sion, and Father Jack Lindquist,'pastor of All Saints LutheranChurch and a faculty member atthe University of San Diego.

Msgr. Francis Marovich, editorof The Voice of Oakland, Calif.,was. presented with a special St.Francis de Sales award for out­standing services to the Churchthrough communications. TheCPA's regional award was pre­sented to Gerard Sherry, editorof The Monitor of San Francisco.

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