must share in the guilt" for foodshortages.

But, according to Msgr. Ligut­ti, perhaps the best change ofall is that "all of us-Christiansin the West, the developingwQrld itself - are conscious ofthe fact that suffering peopleare capable of self·help,"

The world's simple "little peo­ple," he' asserted, "have theability of a Michelangelo, DaVinci or an Edison." The goal ofthe food conference, should beto unlock their power, he said.

"The aged, who formed threeper cent of the population in1900, now form 10 per cent ofthe population and the presentrevolution is making the agedact as if they were 35 years old."

He told the meeting that thefirst step to be taken by anyoneconcerned with the aging is torid himsel.f of myths concerningthem..

"We must first make an intro­spective examination and reflec­tion of our own attitude to 'ourown aging. Too many pe()ple are

. afraid of aging."Dr. Peterson explained sever..1

myths about aging to the confer­ence participants:

-"The rocking chair mythholds that old people get de­crepit. Fact: Ninety per cent of

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LOS ANGELES (NC)-Cath­olics must realize there is a vastrevolution af.fecting "the belovedcommunity" of the aged that isturning the world of the agedupside down and the Churchmust be a part 'of it; Dr. JamesA. Peterson recently told 150persons at a meeting called bythe Los Angeles ArchdioceseCommission on Aging.

Dr. Peterson said that thecommunity of the so-called agedis going to double imd triple inthe next few years as early re­tirement plans increase.

The revolution, he said, lies ina change in the treatment of theaging. No longer, said Dr. Peter­son, are the aged being "put onthe shelf in a hinterland as dis­cards, useless in a youth cul­ture."

mon in Italy. They are virtuallyunknown now.

The situation is also brighterbecause consciousness and con­cern about world hunger is "get·ting to be universal-not justfelt by a few dogooders. Fiftyyears ago we couldn't possi'blyhave thought about holding aworld food conference."

Another hopeful sign, he said,is that Christians in the West aswell as "ruling powers and bigshots in developing countries,"are "coming to realize that they

.People Must DispelMyths About Aged

ROME (NC)-World food pro­duction could be doubled in ayear if the world decided to doit, according to a founder of theNational Catholic Rural LifeConference of the United States.

Msgr. Luigi Ligutti, who wi!!turn 80 "on the first day ofspring, 1975," also described theworld food situation as "alarm­ing but improving."

In an interview before theopening of the United Nations­sponsored World Food Confer­ence here, Msgr. Ligutti insistedthat the way to end hunger is"not through handouts butthrough helping little people helpthemselves."

In his home off Rome.'s anciemAurelian Way, Msgr. Ligutti de­clared,

"There's a miracle ).lnder everyrock and an infinite potential inevery drop of water. World fooOproduction could be doubled in12 months with available means,but that would take intellect,ability, will and concern for so­cial justice:'

,"The Italian-born Americanpriest, who helped found theNational Catholic Rural LifeConference (NCRLC) during thedepression, also said that thealarming world food picture isimproving for several reasons.First, "Our diet' and nutrition isway better than it was duringthe time of the French or ourown American Revolution." Herecalled that even at the turn ofthe century when he was grow­ing up in a small village inNortheast Italy, deaths from pro·tein deficiency were rather com-

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Set AgendaFor Bishops

WASHINGTON (NC)-A pro·posed statement on capital pun­ish~ent and a plan for more ef­fective use of the means of com­munication for evagelization areamong the items on the agendaof the annual meeting here ofthe U. S. Catholic bishops.

Also on the agenda are elec­tions of a new president andvice president of the bishops'conference.

About 250. bishops are ex­pected to attend the Nov. 18 to22 meeting of the National Con­ference of Catholic Bishops(NCOB) and the United StatesCatholic Conference (USCC), thecivIl corporation and secretariatthrough which the NCCB actswith other Catholics.

Before the formal opening ofthe meeting, a bishops' day ofprayer, study and reflection onthe renewal of faith will be spon­sored by the NCCB Committeeon Pastoral Research and Prac­tices. The bishops will alsospend a morning during theirmeeting in regional groupingsdiscussing the renewal of faith.

,A report is expected on theresults- of the recent Synod ofBishops at the Vatican.

The current president of thebishops' conference is CardinalJohn Krol of Philadelphia, whoseterm of office ends at theNovember me~ting." The vicepr~sident, Archbishop Leo Byrneof St. Paul and Minneapolis, diedOct. 21.

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the Charity Ball in January 1978.Proceeds from this social event

provide for the welfare of theexceptional and underprivilegedchildren of every race, color andcreed of the southeastern area ofMassachusetts. Two NazarethHall schools in Fall River, onein Hyannis and one in Attleboroimpart special training to manychildren and it reflects the prog­ress that has been made in themental, physical and emotionaldevelopment of the exceptionalchild. Days of enjoyment, healthand recreation are provided for

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Meyer Davis To PlayAt Ball January 10

Bishops ConsiderDeath Penalty

WASHINGTON (NC) - TheU. S. Catholic bishops will voteon a statement opposing. capitalpunishment when they hold theirannual general meeting hereNov. 18-22.

There is question, however,whether the statement will bepassed. A statement was ap­proved by the usec Committeeon Social. Development andWorld Peace and it was sent tolocal bishops for their reaction.

However, much of the reactionhas asked for a clarification ofthe theology of the document;many suggested revisions havebeen made. Some bishops preferno statement at all.

If the bishops should paS3-therewritten statement, it would bea first-ever for the U. S. Bishops.A number of individual bishops,theologians, state Catholic Con­ferences and Catholic organiza­tions have publicly opposed thedeath penalty.

The Catholic Church has tradi­tionally supported the right ofthe state to impose the death

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An Anchor of the sour, Sure and Firm-St. Paul

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The 20th annual Bishop'sCharity 'BaH to be held Fr,iday,Jan. 10 at the Lincoln Park Ball­room, North Dartmouth, will fea­ture music 'by the internationallyfamous Meyer Davis Orchestra.Davis, the seventy-five year oldmaestro, will appear in person.

Among the orchestra's patronsare such illustrious names asAstor, Vanderbilt, Ford, Rocke­feHer, Dupont, Firestone andmany others. This orchestra hasbeen a White House habit. Presi­dents _Harding, Coolidge, Roose·velt, Truman, Eisenhower, Ken­nedy and Johnson have dancedto its music at their inauguralballs, Davis has made more thanfifty appearances at the WhiteHouse.

The popularity of his musicand the demand for it is suchthat it is not unusual for engage­ments to be made ten or moreyears in advance. Rev. Msgr.Anthony M. Gomes, diocesan di­rector of the Ball, noted thatpopular demand requested .Da­vis' fourth appearance at theBall. Meyer Davis, is contractedalready to provide the music for

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Specifically, during the pastmonth of October, the HealthCenter has held a general staffmeeting on Oct. 13 on the 12points of the Patient's Bill ofRights and the Christian Affirma­tion of Life; conducted a com­munal anointing by Rev. G. Dua,the chaplain, at the communityMass on Oct. 18; had offeredMass for the deceased sisterswith the liturgy planned byyoung sisters.

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New Rural LifeDir·ector Named

COLUMBIA (NC)-Father JohnMcRaith, a priest of the NewUlm, Minn., diocese, has beenappointed executive director ofthe National Catholic Rural LifeConference ~NCRLC).

Archbishop Ignatius J. Streck­er of Kansas City, Kan., NCRLCpresident, made the announce­ment at the conference's boardmeeting here. in Missouri.

,Father McRaith, 39, has beenNGRLC codirector since January,1972.

The son of farmers, he was ed­ucated at St. John's College, Col­legville,Minn.; Loras College,Dubuque, Iowa, and Mt. St. Ber­nard Seminary in Dubuque. Or­dained in i960, he served as pas­tor of three parishes in theNew Ulm diocese and was dioc­esan rural life director 'therefrom 1965 to 1968.

Archbishop Strecker said theappointment was made in con­nection .with a reorganization ofthe relationship between theNCRLC and the U. S. CatholicConference (NSCC), Q the agencythrough which the National Con·ference of Catholic Bishops actswith other Catholics in social,economic, educational and publicpolicy 'matters.

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Most Rev. Daniel A. Cronin,S.T.D., Bishop of Fall River, isthe honored guest of the Ball.Members of the Ball Committee,St. Vincent de Paul Societies and'affiliates of the Council of Cath­olic Women, are -urged to sendthe names of persons and groups'for ltsting in the Charity BallBoo/tlet. The listings are undersix categories with each categ'Oryentitling the donor to tickets forthe Ball. Persons or groups wish­ing to aid the exceptional andunderprivileged cbildren may doso by contacting Bishop's CharityBall He'adqua,rters, 410 HighlandAve., Fall River, 02722, phone676-8943.

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Benedic~ines ElectFr. DsSqlvo Abbot

SUBIACO, (NC) - Father Ra­phael De Salvo, 55, has beenelected fifth' abbot of New Subi­aco Abbey ~ere in Arkansas' ina vote of the 90 members of theBenedictine Icommunity.

Abbot De Salvo entered themonastery i~ 1939, took his sim­ple vows irt 1940 and was 01'­

dained in 1945.- After earning li­centiate and' doctoral degrees intI"~eology at the Catholic Univer­sity of Ame~ica in Washington,D.C., he became rector of Subi­aco major !seminary in 1948,serving untili 1963.

Father De Salvo headed theSubiaco Beriedictine mission inNigeria froni 1963 until its dis­banding durihg the African coun­try's civil war in 1967. He hasbeen prior of'the Arkansas ~bbey,since 1968, having been a parishadministrator briefly in 1967.

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Set Agenda. Continued from Page Onenomina ted for the office of pres­ident. After a president iselected, a vice president iselected from the remaining nh,ecandidates.

The bishops will also electnew chairmen for four NCCBcommittees~on missions, pas­toral research and practices, per­manent diaconate and vocations-and for the USCC committeeson health affairs. and social de­velopment and world peace. ,

After the discussions of meansof communication as instru­ments of evangelization by the1974 spring regional meetings ofbishops, a USCC CommunicationCommittee task force studiedthe regional meetings' recom­mendktions and prepared a de­tailed proposal for increasedcollaboration and sharing of reosources nationally among thoseinvolved in communication work.This proposal will be submittedto the bishops' meeting.'

The USCC Committee on So­cial Development and WorldPeace recently sent to all thebishops a proposed statement oncapital punishme'nt. A final draftwill be distr-ibuted and voted onduring the meeting.

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Caring Presence of Church Cited, I

,At Hospital Chaplains I~stituteWASHINGTON (NC)-Partic- Pastoral' associates, non-or-

ipants in a Pastoral Institute for dained associates of the chapa'General Hospital Chaplains held lain in t~e hospital ministry,here emphasized that the chap- were prominent in the two-weeklain brings to the patient not institute here. The 105 partic­only the. sacraments, but the ipants included 46 Sisters, onecaring presence of the Church. Catholic layman, one non-Cath·

Father Albert P. Hauser. chap- olic lay ",,;,oman and 57 priests.lain at 51. Mary's Health Center, The institlite, designed as an in­St. Louis, said the role of the tensiVe introduction to hospitalchaplain is "to reflect the heal- chaplaincy~ was sponsored bying ministry the hospital ded- the National Association oficates itself to." Serving the Catholic Chaplains, which oper·,needs of families and staff as ates under the auspices of thewell as the patient, the chaplain U. S. Catholic Conference Dc­"brings to them the love and partment ~f Social Development.care of the Christian commu- and World: Peace.nity," he said. -Father David R. Baeten, exec·

Father Houser said the chap- utive secretary of the associa­lain in "there to offer healing tion, who organized the institute,in the sense of being with you said that,. in recent years, theand loving you" and not simply department of pastoral care hasas a "dispenser of grace." come to b~ considered an impor-

Sister Gail Nicastro" a j:as- tant part of the hospital. He saidtoral ass'ociate' at SL Francis studies have indicated that hos­Hospital, operated by.the Sisters pitaIs whi¢h have good depart-

'. of St. Joseph in Hartford, Conn., ments of pastoral care have beendefined the role of the chaplain . able to shorten the length ofand pastoral associate as "wit- patients' stays.nessing of the presence of the i A

caring Church." Schedule PotterySister Nicastro, who had been

a nurse for several years before Class. at Stangbecoming a pastoral associate,said she sees her present posi- Design and manufacture oftion "as a more intensive form pottery will be taught in anof nursing," one that allows eight-week! course beginning"more time for spiritual' and Thursday, ,Nov. 14 at Bishoppsyrhological care." Stang High School, 500 Slocum

Among her functions, she said, Road, NoAh Dartmouth. Theare "helping patients with pre- course will be open. to areaoperative anxiety," helping tel'- adults and, further informationminally ill patients cope with is available from Ms. Susananger and despair, counselling Oliveira at Ithe schooL'patients and staff members with Also at the North Dartmouth

High Schoo,l, the annual Alumnifamily problems or moral prob-lems, and contributing to the re- Fashion Show, featuring modelsligious education of patients and drawn from the S)~nior class, the!itaff. alumni and: other friends of the

school drew a la,rge attendance.Proceeds from the event benefitan alumni '~cholarship fund.

Many Prizes'Small brothers and sisters' of

Stang stud~nts were entertainedat the school's second annualHalloween party, which featureda huge game of musical chairsand many prizes for contests andcostumes.

NECO CONVENTION: Needs for adequate transportation, health care, and municipalservices, as well as healthful environmental conditions compelled people in one sector ofMinneapolis to form the North East Community Organization. A local convention intro­duced members of smaller neighborhood gro ups to NECO to solve en masse the commonproblems that were besetting them. NECO is funded by the Campaign for Human Develop­ment scheduled for the weekend of Nov.. 23-24 throughout the Diocese of Fall River.

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Vetoes Farm LaborContractors Bill

WASHINGTON (NC) - Pres­ident Gerald Ford has vetoed alandmark farm labor contractorbill, but said he would sign thebill after a revision-the drop­ping of an unrelated rider affect­ing some government workers..

The bill was seen by observersas a victory for the United FarmWorkers of America (UFWA)because it was steered throughCongress by the UFWA's legis­lative representative, Jesuit'Father James Vizzard, S.J.

The bill had strong bipartisansupport in both houses of Con­gress. It was essentially an up­dating and strengthening OF a1003 farm labor contractor law,which Father Vizzard helpedframe -when he was with theNational' Catholic Rural LifeConference.

St. Louis MeetingFor Mercy Nuns

Some 700 Sisters of Mercyand associates will meet at theMarriott. Hotel in St. Louis theweekend of Nov. 15 for a three­day Health and Social Apostol·ate convocation.

'Sister Mary Concilia Moran,RSM, administrator general ofthe community, will give the'keynote address the first nightof the meeting, developing itstheme, "Mercy is the Face ofGod turned toward Man."

Discussions, talks, and audio·visual presentations will focuson challenges and the role ofMercy women in health minis­tries.

The Institute of the Sisters ofMercy, whose generalate is atBethesda, Md., is a religiousapostolic community involved inthe Church's ministries of teach­ing and healing.

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persons have some economic in­dependence. Older people cherishtheir independence and our de­mocracy arJIows them the chanceto help plan programs for' them­selves. They need our concern,not our domination.

-"The myth of uselessness isdeflated by the evidence of thework being done by a large armyof volunteers in our many insti­tutions for all ages. Withoutvolunteersinany of these insti­tutions could not function."

True RenaissanceDr. Peterson said that we

must "clear our minds of de­feating myths and images of old­er people. Older people see theseimages reflected by us and getdefeated and then withdraw.Many of the losses older peoplehave are reactions to our judg­ment."

Dr. Peterson told the meetingthat "half of major industriesnow have early retirement plans.Chrysler, for example, has aunion contract that provides forretirement after 30 years. A manwho went to work there at 21will retire at 51. Society is goingto have a greater percentage ofretired persons. Churches mustprepare to see that they havethe good life.

"For the first in our historywe can have the true Renais­sance man, who can achieve theAthenian norm of serving hisstate by the contribution of hiswisdom." .

Ordained BishopIn Bilingual Rite

BOISE (NC)-In a ceremonythat was a tribute to the Mex­ican-American .Catholic cultureas Well as his own American cul­ture, Father Nicolas E. Walshwas ordained a bishop Oct. 28 atSt. John's Cathedral here.

Presiding at the ordination wasArchbishop' Jean Jadot, apostolicdelegate in the United States.Bishop Sylvester Treinen ofBoise was principal ordainer.

Most of the ceremony was inEnglish but half the hymns, partof Bishop Walsh's remarks atthe end of the ceremony and halfthe commentary were in Span­ish. Some of the prayers werealso in Spanish.

A large number of Mexican­Americans were present for theceremony. Bishop Walsh wasvicar for Mexican Americans inthe diocese of Boise for severalyears before his appointment asbishop of Yakima, Wash. He wasalso a missionary in Columbia._ Father Walsh was installed as

Bishop of Yakima by ArchbishopThomas Connolly of Seattle onOct. 30 in another bi-lingualceremony, Archbishop Jadotagain presided. The Yakima di­ocese has a large percentage ofMexican-American Catholics.

An even especially forMexican-Americans in the Yak­ima diocese to meet and praywith their new bishop was to beheld in Wapato, Wash., Nov. 10.This was to include a Mass tobe concelebrated in Spanish'which was to be followed by a

,.reception.

groups like the American Asso­ciation of Retired Persons.

-"Economic dependence isanother myth. True, there aremany aged single women, espe­cially black single women, try­ing to live on less than $1,000a year, and this is deplorable.Yet, 80 per cent of our older

Dispel Myths About the AgedMust

Political Power. .....:..The political impotence

myth about the aged is being de­bunked by the 'gray panthers'who are proving that retired per­sons can be flexible and activeand influential. Among these are

Continued from Page Oneold people are mobile and ableto participate in programs wecan help plan with them. Onlytwo per cent are in institutions.

-"The myth of senility mustbe debunked. Ninety-three percent of us will be as bright andsharp in our 70s as we were inour 30s. We will think moreslowly, but witt{ the accretionof the wisdom gained with yearsand eX!perience. This wisdom isnow a wasted national resource.

Oppose President'sTrip to So. Korea

NEW YORK (NC)-Prominentreligious leaders, academics andKorean residents in the U. S.have protested President GeraldFord's planned visit to SouthKorea in November.

One 50-member group, calling'itself the Committee on Humanrights in Korea, said in a letterto the President and to Secre­tary of State Henry Kissinger:

"It would be most undesirablefor the President of our countryto visit Korea while 200 patriots... are unjustly held in prisonsand while Park Chung Hee con­tinues to affirm his right to si­lence opposition by arrest with­out warrant, harsh interrogationand secret court martial."

Members of the committee in­clude Dr. Sterling Cary, pres­ident of the National Council ofChurches (NOC); Father WilliamMcIntyre, secretary of the Mary­knoll Fathers; Dean KresterStendall of Harvard DivinitySchool and Professors EdwinReischarer, James Thompsonand AI,an Cohen of Harvard Uni-

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Death PenaltyContinued from Page One

penalty as a means of self­protection. In recent years, how­ever, bishops and moral theolo­gians have moved more towardopposition of the death penalty.

In June 1972 the U. S. Su­preme Court ruled that the deathpenalty as then practiced consti­tuted cruel and unusual punish­ment because it was imposed ina random and discriminatorymanner. The court has nowagreed to review a case involv­ing the death penalty in theFowler vs. North Carolina case.

A total of 29 states have rein­stated the death penalty sincethe 1972 decision. 150 have beensentenced to die since then withno actual executions.

Bishops and theologiansspeaking oJlt against the death,penalty have offered the follow­ing reasons:

-Support for the death pen­alty is incompatible with the de­veloping "right to life" approachwhich is behind the Church'sstrong opposition to abortion."Even the most wretched andunfortunate human being has alife which must be regarded asinviolable," said the IndianaCatholic Conference.

-The argument that capitalpunishment is necessary as a de­terent has been challengedstrongly on both statistical andmoral basis. If it cannot beproven that the death penaltyacts as a substantially greaterdeterrent than life imprisonmentor other penalties, it cannot bejustified, according to some bish­ops and theologians.

-The death penalty removesall possibility of rehabilitationand sorrow, contradicting Churchbeliefs in penance and hope.

-Vengeance, rather than jus­tice, is often the real motivebehind support for the deathpenalty.

Liv'e In ProgramBegun by Bishop

LITTLE ROCK (NC)-BishopAndrew J. McDonald of UttleRock has begun a "live-in" pro­gram to become better acquaint­ed with the priests, ReHgiousand laity in Arkansas and togain insights into grass rootsviews of diocesan needs.

By arrangement with pastors,the bishop spends two or threedays ea'ch week "living-in" atlocal rectories and listening towhat Catholics have to say. Hesaid he does more listening thantalking during the informal visits.

Bishop McDonald began plan­ning the project last spring. Hesuggested a number of possibletopics "so the conversations anddiscussions do not drift withoutaim or with too much emphasison one or two aspects of thea postolate."

Vocations, youth, educati~n,

liturgy, minority groups, fi­nances personnel, The Guardian(the diocesan weekly). relation­ships among pastors, deans 'andbishop, pastoral councils., theHoly Year and the bicentennial.

'Bishop McDonald said the"live-ins" are not an inspectiontour and' are apart from Confir­

.mation tours, church blessinzsand such.

Bishop McDonald, the formervicar general of the Savannah,Ga., diocese, succeeded BishopAlbert L. Fletcher, retired, inSeptember, 1972.

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4 TH~ ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Thurs.', N.ov. 7, 1974

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The country can not affordto wait for the departure of alame-duck congress. The peoplecan not afford the jaw-boning ofthe jolly good fellow WhiteHouse. The country and the peo­ple need determined action andeffective programs by both thecongress and White House tostem sweeping tides that threat­ens to engulf aU of us.

Mandatory price controls, re­striction of excessive corporateprofits, just tax reform, requiredunion responsibility, and. legalanti trust suits with severe pen­alties are but a few means thatcould be instituted to relievethe burden of the tax-payer andfoil the greed of the profiteer.If local and federal governmen,tsfail to act during this present re..cession with decisive action, firmintent and productive resolvethen they will run the grave riskof exposing the American peopleto needless hardship and prolongjoblessness.

As the people of this landlearn the hard way to tightentheir belts, wear sweaters andskip .sl?me of their favorite foods,so too should government beforced to assume responsiblepolicies and positions that willhonestly and sincerely help allAmericans in their growing hourof need. '

Cardinql AttestsTo TremendousImpact of Synod

ROME (NC) - Scotland's dlel·egate to· the Synod of Bishops,Cl!-rdinal Joseph Gray, has reoturned to his archdiocese of St.Andrews and Edinburgh with an"inner conviction" as a result ofthe month-long synodal discus­sions here.

"The synod made a tremen­dous impact on me". said thecardinal. -

"I summed it up when 1spoke to the synod. 1 said tothem, speaking in English andfrom the bottom of my heart:

"I want to thank the Fathers,my brother bishops, for the :in­spiration that 1 have receivedfrom their interventions in theSynod. 1 had come to Rome withmy own ideas' on the missionarywork of the Church, but afterthree weeks of interventions,discussions and language groups,and speaking with other bishops,1 have now seen that missionarywork in a completely new per­spective.

"I am going home with newinsights, a sort of inner conver­sion. 1 have become aware ofproblems which I had not beenaware of before. 1 am returningto my own diocese with myideas and outlook changed."

Cardinal Gray spoke of hisfellow bishops in an interviewwith NC News. "I met bishopswho talked from their hea·rts inthe language groups whereas, inthe formal synod floor debatesthey had spoken in stiltedLatin," he said. "These bishopsspoke of the conditions andproblems that they had, of pers.e-cution and other subjects. '

He said he sincerely hopesthat succeeding synods would bein 'the vernacular' throughout."Latin is too expresssionlesswhen it 'is not a second tongue.Mine is very bad."

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pock,et book are wor-thy of spe­cial note. For example the priceof sugar has increased over 154per cent since last year and isstHI climbing. The omni-presentpotato chip is 60 per cent morevaluable as a snack. Salad oiland shortenings have risen '87per cent while flour and cerealsare only 40 per cent more costly.Even a jar of good old apple­sauce has taken a 53 per centhike in price. Soon a simplestandby like the reliable oldpeanut butter and jelly sandwichwill be a rare treat, served onlyat state dinners.

next couple of months. Wherewill this leave the senior citizen,the family with young children,and the single person who mustshoulder an even greater burdenof proposed taxation? The richget richer with increased profits,the legally poor get welfare andthe working taxpayer getsbeans.

The present attitude of gov­ernment in the inflation battlereminds one of a man who has

.fled to his storm cellar as thetornado approaches. Hiding inthe dark, he only hears thestorm around him, hoping in des­peration that. it soon will pass.But all indications indicate thatthe storm of inflation is not

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During. the past week I ventured into one of the localsuperm,arkets. The only thing it could be compared to wasa call to one of the local funeral homes. One pays a visit,views, prays and then departs with mixed emotions of griefand woe. People wander upand down aisles heavy heart­ed in a total mood of dis­belief and doubt. They justdon't believe what they see.Glazeq and dazed, they attemptto compute, deduct and add. Infact, more mathematics must bedone in supermarkets than inany classroom. Yet the rate ofprice increases on seemingly allitems in stock would be difficultto tabulate even with the assis­tance of the most sophisticatedcomputer. .

Some items caught up in .thebitter battle of inflation thatwould cause a total drain on the

.Fixed Income Group Suffering

Inflation Woes

"To A Distant Planet?"

What does all this mean forthe individuai on a fixed income?Disaster. With the soaring costsof basic foods, not to mentionthe uncontrollable inflation inutilities, fuel, and medicine whatchance does a person with a lim­ited or fixed income have hereand now to meet necessary fi­nancial obligations? Ordinaryhard working tax-payers mightbe lucky if th~y receive a 5 percent increase in the 'cost of liv­ing. As everyone knows that inno way can match the spirallingrate of inflation.

The United States Departmentof Agriculture now believes thatfood prices alone will take an­

.other 16 per cent rise in theRev. John R. Fo!ster

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There is nothing like "thinking big."

A British scientist has come up with a proposal thatnot only fulfills but challenges that phr~se.

His proposal is simply this: use nuclear reactors on theplanet Jupiter to break that huge "body ~part; the severalpieces that would result could be used for colonies or forearth's industrial purposes. Of course,' there would beradioactive problems so this would mean ~hifting the planetMercury to act as a screen for earth. I

Now there is thinking on a large scale. Nothing pettyabout those plans.

IAnd the facts are that this could be done. Probably not

for ~ few hundred years, but the techni~ue is already athand to accomplish the goals. ~ .

It is good that amid all the grappling:with present andpushing problems, there are people who can sit back andthink great· thoughts, plan great courses 6f action..

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The very magnitude of their presentaitions can encour­age those faced with less expansive projects to accept the"solvability" of what confronts them.

And proposals of g~eat proportions also help one to fixthe scale of his own projects. .: .

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SolutionsThe world talks on food going on !in Rome have two

problems to consider:' one is the short-range problem ofaverting famine right now in some pla~es throughout theworld, and this is a humanitarian problem; the other is thelorig-range problem of assuring each n~tion of the worldof s9me measure of self-sufficiency in fdod.,

The short-range problem must be faced and 'met rightaway. I

The "have" countries of the world must supply the"have .not" nations with food and assure that this is dis­tributed where it is needed. All too often the supply ispresent but the means of distribution break down miserablyand the price paid is that of huml:\n suffering arid tragedyand death. i

The long-range solution is a complex one.There are nations of the world that lneed the means of

foqd production, and they are bargaining :instead f?r nuClearenergy so that they might join the "nuclear bomb club" ofthe world. National prestige is placed before human need.

There are nations that depend on! other nations forneeded supplies, of ordinary things or of rare metals andminerals. This inter-dependence must ibe' admitted andaccepted.

There are whole problems of ecoriomics to be con­sidered with the need to rearrange; if necbssary, the accept··ed ways of doing things. I

There is the problem of grain and mkat and the properbalance. For example, the cattle of the ~orld eat as muchfood as would feed almost nine billion people, three timesthe present world population.

The short-range problems must find immediate solutionin Rome. And it is to be hoped that gOQd \vill and the desireto find solutions to the long-range problems will be inevidence in Rome.' And some beginmng~ made.

Banker Travels 480 Miles WeeklyTo Study for Permanent Diaconate

Jesuit Advocates AssimilationOf Immigrants Into Parish

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must change. We must reject thevalues of affluence and luxuryand seek values based upon loveof neighbor and a sharing of allnatural resources.

The statement &aid Americansare "compelled to face a historywhich has seen us accumulatea surplus of food while thou­sands starved, idle over 80 mil­lion acres while half the worldwent to bed hungry.

"We did share from surplus,"the statement continued, "butbecause of a lack of ability andwill we failed to respond to thefull extent of our resources andresuponsibility."

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.Conference Asks New Lifestyle To End Hunger

DES MOINES (NC)-The Na­tional Catholic Rural Life Con­ference (NCRLC) has called inAmericans to reject "affluenceand luxury" in order to help end~he world's food crisis.

lIn a statement issued by theconference's board of directorsat its annual meeting, theNCRLC also called for:

-The establishment of' a na­tional food reserve as a firststep toward the establishmentof an, international reserve;

-The breaking up of the"monopolistic power" of largefood companies which "use theworld demand for food as a

The study was part of theNewark archdiocese's programof continuing education forpriests. It was held in responseto the Vatican's continuing in­terest in care for migrants andbecause Newark itself has aheavy immigrant population,with an estimated 20 per centof 'the Catholics in the archdi­ocese now. being from a Hispanicbackground.

Jesuit Father Joseph P. Fitz­patrick, a Fordham Universitysociologist, argued against thenational parish concept. Becauseof that earlier policy, he said,"we now have many churcheswith no congregations."

Two generations after the, es­tablishment of such parishes, hesaid, many of them are aban­doned. He cited as an exampiethe community of Amsterdam,N. Y., calling it "a city whichhas just enough people for onegood, large parish, the problemscome in the third generation,with an integrated parish in thefirst generation," Father Fitz·patrick said. Among those prab.'lems is that of cultural differ­ences, ,he said, citing the waydifferent people express theirreverence.

"The Chinese might shoot offfirecrackers," he said, "but inIreland the silence is so great inchurch that American priestshave been frightened by it." .

Scalabrini Father Lydio To­masi from the Center for Migra­tion Studies, Staten Island, N.Y.,pointed out that changes in U. S.immigration laws have brought450,000 people to this countryannually from countries tradi­tionally considered Catholic.

In effect, he said, this meansthat a new parish of some 2,500people is moving into the coun­try every four days.

four sons living at home.Before becoming a banker,

Tony was a sales manager."I've' always worked with peo­

ple.:-in ,the community, in theparish."

When his pastor, Father Hen­ry Van Son, urged him to applyfor the diaconate Tony thoughtabout it, discussed it with hiswife, Rosemary, and figured hewould try it because it seemedto be in line with his dispositionfor <:ommunity and parish ser­vice.

During the summer he hasprepared for the deacon's litur­gical ministry by a'ssisting theparish priests at marriages, Bap­tisms, sick calls.

God's WillHe has surveyed parish needs,

made a parish profile, organizeda certsus. .

"There is an acceptance inour parish of laymen in this newrole," he said. "The laity lookon us as one of their own."

The diaconate candidates faceanother year of study-Tony an·other 21,000 miles of driving.

Tony emphasized the supporthe is getting from his family, es­pecially from Rosemary.

"She's concerned for me driv­ing home alone that long road,"he said. "Once, waiting for me toarrive, she though, 'Why us, OhGod?' And she realized the an­swer. It must be Your will."

Elect Fr. HesburghNOl1RE DAME' (NC) -' Holy

Cross Father Theodore M. Hes·burgh, president of the Univer·sity of Notre Dame, has beenelected a member-at-large of theNational Academy of Education,an organization founded in 1965."to promote scholarly inquiryand discussion concerning theends and means of education, inall of its forms, in the UnitedStates and abroad."

The suit charges that' BoyScout troops sponsored by theMormon church discriminateagainst blacks because of thechurch's han o.n accepting blacksas full members of the Mormonreligion.

The subpoena called on Spen­cer W. Kimball, the church'spresident, to appear before a fed­eral court and "to produce allwritings in his possession or ,inthe possession of the church ...on every policy or practice ofsaid <:hurch regarding persons ofthe bla<:k race."

Charges MormonsWith Discrimination

SALT LAKE (NC) - The Na­tional Association for the Ad­vancement of Colored People(NAACP) has subpoenaed thepresident of the Mormon Churchin America in connection with asuit involving racial discrimina­tion.

CLARK (NC)-Assimilation ofnewcomers to this country intoalready existing parish life wasadvocated by most speakers ata study day for priests in immi­gration held at Mother Setonregional high school here in NewJersey.

LOS ANGELES (NC)-TonyVaresio is on his way to becom­ing a 42,000-mile deacon with asteel-belted constitution.

Tony just passed the 21,000mile halfway mark on the roadto the permanent diaconate.

Tony travels the Camino Realfrom .Los Angeles to Santa Bar­bara-and then beyond to Goleta,a small town by the sea wherethe University of California atSanta Barbara is located.

The total distance is a 240­mile round trip. Tony makes theround trip twice a week: 480miles.

Tuesday and Thursday nightsTony is one of 25 men who cometo Immaculate ConceptionChurch in downtown Los An­geles to study for the permanentdiaconate.

Their studies are in theology,Scripture, liturgy, homiletics,pastoral psychology, social needs-all geared to the man's spir­itual development.

Monthly RetreatThe men are between 38 and·

70 years of· age. Nineteen aremarried. They have a retreatonce a month, wives included.They also have picnics-wivesand children included.

Tony works as vice-presidentfor administrative services ofSanta Barbara Savings and Loan.He is in his mid 50s, marriea,has a married daughter and has

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Siena College Starts$2.5 Million Campaign

LOUDONVILLE (NC) - Offi­cials of Siena College here :inNew York announced three-yearmulti-million dollar capital fundcampaign.

The campaign was called themost important undertaking inthe college's history." Siena~

board of trustees, alumni, busi­n.ess leaders and industry havealready accumulated $1 millionin pledges.

Siena College was establishedhere in 1937 by the FranciscanFriars.

This campaign marks the firsttime in Siena's history .that the'Franciscan college has gone t.othe public to seek financial sup­port. The projected goal is $2.5million to be used for construc­tion of a multi·purpose recrea­tional facility and academic en-.dowments.

M'orrioge Pol icyFor Teen-agers

ROCKVILLE CENTRE (NC) .­Bishop Walter P. Kellenberg ofRockville Centre has establisheda diocesan policy on marriagesfor teen-agel's aimed at introduc­ing them "to an in-depth assess­ment of the meaning of Christianmarriage."

Under the new policy, when·eyer one or both parties of themarriage are under 19 years ofage at the time Qf their proposedmarriage, only a tentative datefor the wedding may be accepted'until each party to the marriageis interviewed by ,the priest sep­arately according to diocesanguidelines.

The parents or gua~dians ofthe underage party or parties arealso to be interviewed.

The priest will then forwarda summary of the interviews tothe chancellor's Qffice here thatshould include his own recom­mendation as to ~hether or notthe marriage should be delayedalong with- his reasons for sucha recommendation.

A decision whether to permitthe marriage, delay it for a timeor refer the couple for furthercounseling will be reached by thechancery office taking into con­sideration the recommendation'of the priest.

These procedures also apply toother marriages whenever thepriest recognizes Qbjective rea­sons indicating the need for adelay.

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Even if the Senate passed anamendment on to the' states forratification, but the House Judi:ciary Committee, headed' byRep. Donald .Edwards (D-Calif.)has not scheduled hearings onthe amendment. Rep. Harold-Froehlich (R-Wisc.) is consider­ing asking the establishment ofa' House' select committee onabortion to speed action on theproposed amendments.

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CELEBRATES 65 YEARS: Sister Imelda Turcotte ofthe Dominican Sisters of the Presentation of St. Anne'sHospital, Fall River, marks her 65th anniversary in religiouslife. Among those congratulating her at a Mass of thanks­giv:ng and a following reception is her aunt, Mrs. LydiaCanuel (left).

Sub-Committee Action on 'Anti-AbortionAmendment Seen by March

WASHINGTON (NC) - The amendment would pass throughSenate Judiciary Committee sub- the subcommittee and even thecommittee on constitutional committee, but fail to get theamendments is expected to take two-thirds vote needed on thefinal action on proposed anti- Senate floor.abortion amendments by March,according. to William Heckman,chief counsel for the subcom­mittee.

Heckman said the final roundof hearings-continuing discus­sion of the legal aspects of pro­posed amendments-will beginshortly .after Congress returnsfrom its election recess Nov. 18.

Heckman said the subcommit-.tee had three basic options:

~Report out an amendmentspecifically prohibiting abortion,with the exception of aboitionsne'cessary to save the life of amother.

-Report out an amendmentthat would turn the issue backto the state's legislatures.

-Recommend that no amend­ment be supported.

Heckman said that returningthe issue to the state legislatures.would be the worst action "po­litically." .

Only two of the 11 senatorson the subcommittee - JamesEastland (D-Miss.) and StromThurmond (R-S.C.) have indi~

cated, how they would vote onan amendment, and both wouldfavor an amendment prohibitingabortion,_ Heckman said.

The Judiciary Committee andparticularly the constitutionalamendments subcommittee aremore conservative than the Sen­,ate as a whole, Heckman said.He said it was possible that an

Charism9~ic MeetingHeld in <j'eorgia .

AUGUSTA (NC)-Some 2,000people atten'ded a liturgy at theSoutheaster~ Regional Charis­matic Rene~al Conference heldin Augusta.

The liturgy was celebrated byBishop Raymond W. Lessard ofSavannah, Ga., and \30 concel·.ebrants. i

In addressing the conference,Bishop Less1ard referred to re-

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centcomm~nts on the charis-matic mOvelnE;nt by Pope PaulVI. ThePop:e spoke, he said, of

·the need for! a "New Pentecost.""The th~ust of the. Holy

Father's wotds," he said, "wasreaHy very, ~ery simple and yet's6 very' corpplete. _He stressedour need fori grace when he saiQ,'grace is the revelation of theHoly Spirit,! the foremost giftwhich expre'sses itself to us incharity, lo~e: of the Father, com­munity, by yirtue of, Christ's re­demption in !the Holy Spirit.' '.

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We all go through colol' stages,too. Up until recently l wouldnever wear any shade or" beigeclose to my face 'because I felt

President ChairmanOf National Bible Week

WASHINGTON (NC) -- Pres­ident Gerald R. Ford has ac­cepted the honorary chairman­ship of National Bible Week(Nov. 24-Dec. I), sponsored bythe Layman's National BibleCommittee. .

In a statement on Bible Week,the President said the celebra­tion "gives me the opportunityto share with my fellow Amer~

icans my special regard for theScriptures as a unifying sourceof wisdom and inspiration.""

"Bible reading has been a tra­dition in my family for as longas I can remember," he said. "Ifirmly believe that one can ex­perience a great solace and en­couragement from the Bible'stimeless and. stirring passages."

I just' hung new drapes in our family rQom. They are.a rich caramel color (about the same sh~de as our goldenretriever) and just looking at them gives !you a warm, cozyfeeling. The sunlight filtering through them changes thewhole. appearance of the I:.room and again color plays my own c~lTIplexlOn was yellow. ' , by companson~ But because soItS role. The same effe~t many of, the clothes I enjoywould not have been pOSSI- come· in lovely shades of beige,ble if they had been white or I have bOl,lght some items inany other pale color. A rich this hue and offset their lack ofcolor was needed to add warmth. color by ~dding to my own

make-up. I 'Over the years our own color·

ing changesi too'and we find thatwe can use shades that weretab~o befote. My grandmotherwho went g!rey in her early thir­ties, always looked lovely inshades of :purple, a color shetold me she could never wearwhen she st1ill had her own darkbrown hair ': coloring.

Color can, be flattering, it canbe fun, it can' raise your spiritsout of the I doldrums. Whetherit's used in your home or as partof your appearance, it cannot beignored. TrY, some color in yo~r,home-watch it light it up-tryit on yourself and perhaps it willdo thesam~ for your spirit!

Catholic \$chool HostTo Episc~plian Fete

SOUTH ORANGE (NC)-SetonHall Univhsity, a Catholicschool Will be host to the Epis­copal Dioce~e of' Newark whenthe diocese marks its 100th anni­versary witft a eucharistic Iitur-

Igy on Nov'i 10.

The diOCese, headed by Epis­copal Bishop George E. Rath,asked for the use of Seton Hall'sfacilities in iorder to accommo­date the lar;ge number of paric- .ipants expeqted.

The liturgy will be held in theuniversity's i auditorium-gymna­sium, which:can seat about 4,doopeople for e~ents of this nature.

:Bishop John M. Allin, presid­ing bishop I of the EpiscopalChurch in the U. S., will takepart in the.liturgy. There will bea reception lafterwards for Bish­op Allin in ithe Seton Hall Stu­dent Center:,

Color plays an important partin our lives from the momentof recognition. We reach forbright colors before light ones,refuse to wear certain clothesbecause we prefer the colors' ofothers and learn at a very earlyage that some colors make uslook better than others.

Very often, viewing dressesworn by some women I wonderwhy they picked that particularcolor for in many' instancesmany other shades would 'bemore flattering. Men too havelearned the value of c:olor intheir clothes. Gone are the basil:grey flannel suit and plain Whiteshirt for every occasion. Insteadwe see men' wearing blue tobring out the color of their eyes,or red for a more dashing ap··pearance.

Over the ye~rs we have allhad favorite articles of clothingand in many cases that item wasspecial because the color didsomething Jor us. When I wasmuch younger I had a red dress.

- that almost had a magic aboutit. I never wore that dress thatI didn't have a .great time. Look­ing back. I'm sure that becauser knew the dress made me look.my best and that the color andfit were flattering, I could relaxand enj?y whatever I was doing.

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SoulWhen the soul is troubled,

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Giets Inforrniation on PrisonersSAO' PAULO (NC) - Cardinal

Paulo Evaristo Arns of Sao Paulohas persuaded Brazilian militaryauthorities to release informationon the wbereabouts of four politi­cal prisoners, and the reason fortheir arrest.

This is regarded as a break­through on the part of the cardi­nal, but he pointed out that in­formation is still lacking on 21persons he had been seeking in­formation on since August.

He said that upon learning ofthe arrest of four more personshe applied to the army command­er of Sao Paulo and was imme­diately told they were being held

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PrayerWhen'in prayer you clasp your

hands, God opens His.-German Proverb

ECUMENIST: Father JohnHotchkin is executive direc­tor of the U.S. Bishops' Com­mittee for Ecumenical andInterreligious Affairs. NCPhoto.

Rev. Roger Levesque of SouthAttleboro, Diocesan Youth Chap­lain, has announced the appoint­ment of Mrs. Theodore J. Aleixoof Taunton as Diocesan Chair­man of the. Catholic Committeeof Camp Fire Girls and GirlScouting for the' Fall River Di­ocese. Mrs. Aleixo also servesas' First Vice-President of thePlymouth Bay Girl Scout Coun­cil.

The Diocesan Committee metrecently to formulate plans forthe youth awards ceremony tobe 'held at 3 P.,IYt. Sunday, Nov.24 at Notre Dame Church, FallRiver. It is expected that ap­proximately 100 girls fromthroughout the diocese will bereceiving the Marian Medal.

Committee MembersAlso serving on the Diocesan

Committee a,re Miss Joan Corri­gan and Mrs. Charles Mahan,Attleboro Area; Mrs. VictorChurchey, Mrs. William Downeyand Mrs. Catherline Wills, CapeCod Area; Mrs. Daniel Cardozo,Mrs. Paul Dumais, Mrs. KennethLeger and Mrs. George Ratcliffe,Fall River Area. . '

Miss Emma Correia, Mrs. Dan·iel Costa and Mrs. Lawrence'Harney, New Bedford Area; Mrs.Robert Powers and Mrs. StuartPlace, Taunton Area;

Rev. Richard Chretien, Attle­boro; Rev. Timothy Goldrick,Cape Cod; Rev. Kenneth Del­ano, Fall River; Rev. George .AI­meida, New Bedford; and Rev.Robert Kirby, Taunton, are areachaplains for the Catholic Com­mittee.

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meditate was simply that I wasfighting the problem.

I always expected meditationto be hearing the voice of God,leading, guiding, inspiring . '. .like a voice from the clouds:"This is My beloved Son. .'. ."

"Look Inside" says: "Med.ita­tioncan make us more awareof our neighbor's needs, moreeager to do something aboutthem.

"Meditation is a way of lettingour thoughts and feelings helpus to discover more about our­selves.

"It removes us from competingclaims for our attention, so thatwe can get more in touch withwhat we feel, think and believe."

Mini-MeditationsAnother point ,that I found en­

couraging wa,s a suggestion formini-meditations. Ideally thereshould be a regular 10 or 15minute fixed time. But, "Medita­tion hreaks even if only for 15or 20 seconds can be refreshingand stimulating."

I find myself in those breaks. . . while washing dishes, fold­ing laundry; stirring somethingon the stove . . . countless jobsthat require little brain powerhut provJde great opportunitiesfor meditation.

I've found it's given me in­creased peace of mind. It's onlya beginning, but there is no lim­it to how far it can grow ... ifI work at it.

Try it. You may be surprisedwhat deep thoughts are insideyourself . . . if you just learnto let them out.

Lutheran MembershipDecline Worldwide

GENEVA (NC)-Membership inLutheran denominations through­out the. world continued to de­cline during 1973, the LutheranWorld Federation announcedhere. .

According to an annual surveycompleted this fall, the numberof Lutherans in the world standsat just over. 72.9 million. Theprevious year's total. was about73.3 million.

Gains in membership wereagain made in Asia, Africa andLatin America, but losses in Eu­rope and North America wereeven greater.

'In the United States the losswas about 44,000, bringing mem­bership there to about 8,703,252.West Germany showed a loss ofa,lmost a million since the 1973survey, down from 26,488,054to .25,524,755.

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sitting in church, relaxing, andallowing your mind to be open. . . listening.

I tried it. Instead of makingmy, mind receptive, I was busywondering who the candles hadbeen lit for ... what problemspeople had carried to that altar. . . watching the "altar lady"arranging the flowers . . . wouldshe reach the top tier before thechair toppled from under bel'....

I just never learned how tomeditate.

With the current resurgence ofinterest in meditation, I've feltI should look into it. I shouldlearn. But whenever I've seen anad for a course in meditation,the picture of the instructorturned me off. The leader lookeda bit strange to me. But then,if Christ came today, and ranan ad for the things He'd Hke toteach, He proba'bly would appeara bit strange too.

So I did nothing . . . exceptthink that I ought to do some­thing.

'Look Inside'Then the other day I received

a copy of the "Christopher NewsNotes" in the mail (They're avail­ahle free to anyone who sendsname, address, and zip code toThe Christophel's, 12 E 48th St.,New York, N.Y. 10017.)'.This bulletin was titled "Look

Inside." After reading it; I real­ized I never knew what medita-,tion reaUy was. One idea partic­ularly intrigued me . . . a rec­ommendation to keep a journalof the distractions-the "insightsand resolutions that grow out ofyour meditation."

I had always considered straythoughts that encroached on mymeditating distractions to be sup­pressed and avoided. I had neverconsidered the possibility thatsome of them could be part ofmeditation. Keeping the journalsorts the~ out. My inability to

I just realized why I've never been good at meditation.I always talked to God. I never gave Him a chance to talkto me. When I tried to meditate I kept a full-tilt thought linegoing. My mind would spin off in half a dozen directions~

One thought led to another,and suddenly I didn't evenknow what i' had startedmeditating on. So my medi­tations have never seemed verysuccessful.

Years ago in school I had ateacher who recommended just

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VAl'ICAN CITY (NC)-PopePaul VI delighted thousands ofvisitors at a general 'audienceOct. 23 when he introducedBishop Francis Hurley of Juneau,Alaska, as a man "from thatimmense place" which is worthyof" "special greetings and of spe­cia,l interest."

Bishop Hurley was amongseveral bishops whom the Popehad asked to join him on theraised dias of the audience hall.As is his custom, Pope Paul in­troduced each of the bishops in­dividually, including also BishopFrederick Freking of La Crosse,Wis. .

In presenting Bishop Hurleythe Pope smiled broadly as hetalked of Alaska and the thou­sands in the audience hall re­sponded with a warm round ofapplause. .

After the audience was fin­ished, Bishop HUl'ley, a nativeof San Francisco, Calif., andbrother of Bishop Mark Hurleyof Santa Rosa, Calif., presentedthe Pope with two wooden carv­ings from his diocese. The carv­.ings depicted a totem pole rep­resentation of the Sacred Heartof Christ.

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don't believe in chemselves,"she said.

"We try to care, want, believefor them for a wllile, until theyregain their confidence," sheadded.

Offenses of Sister Wise's cli­ents range from running awayfrom home and drug abuse to cartheft and breaking and entering.She will soon carry a weeklycaseload of 30 to 40 youths.

The youths average 13 to 16years of age.

The court makes efforts toassist the juveniles as well asprotect society, according to thenun, the first Sister in the.springfi~ld diocese to enter thisphase of law enforcement.

iPeople look on court 'as apunishment, but it can be usedas a too'l to afford juvenilesmeans of bettering their . lives,"Sister Wise said. .

Services provided by the courtinclude individual and familycounc.eling, placement in tempo­rary and long-term foster homes,and placement in drug' clinics foraddicts, she said,

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former teacher, is the first nun in the diocese of Springfield,Mass., to become a probation officer. The Sister of St. Josephsaid: "People look. on court as a punishment, but it can beused as a tool to afford juveniles- means of bettering theirlives." She said she misses ,the classroom, but "Here I'mteaching in another way." NC Photo.

SPRINGFIELD (NC)-Qne of·Springfield',s newest probationofficers , a Sister of St. Josephand a former teacher, said herwork at Juvenile Court is notonly Ii. chaHenge but a fulfill-'ment of her vocation.

Sister Joyce Wise, who beganher probation. 'work in August,said her demanding job strength­ens her calling as a Religiouswoman.

"When Christ was on earth hehelped people who needed helpthe most," she s·aid. These kidsneed hel'p and I feel good thatI'm here."

The native of this city whotaught 14 years at the elemen­tary and junior high school lev­els in Springfield diocesanschools, said her clients holdlittle hope for the future becauseof childhood experiences of fail­ure and hardship' in their envi­ronment·

"We're working with kids whoare neglected, need a break, and

Missouri DioceseAids Peru Missions'

JEFFERSON CITY (NC)-Morethan $96,000 has been raised bythe Diocese of Jefferson City forthe missions in Peru.

Bishop Michael F. McAuliffe ofJefferson City said the total is$7,000 higber than ,last year'sprevious record collection of$88,380.

In addition, local Catholicshave given $43,000 for victims ofthe African drought, according toFather Donald Greene, directorof the diocese's mission office.

Bishop McAuliffe said the$96,000 was raised despite theJuly drought in the Middle West,which "adversely -affected oureconomic baSe and conceivablycould have been a reason for peo­ple to decrease their contribu­tions."

you're going to get zapped like. Christ." !

"Sooner or later, it seems,you're pen~lized for being aChristian. If nobody's attackingyou, if you'~e popular, you beginto wonder what you stand for,"he said.! ."

"The boo:c Father Foley isediting "Sai~t of the Day", givesa brief biographical sketch andsome commentary on the 174saints whos¢ feasts have beenretained by I the Church. in theofficial liturgy. Once there weretwice as ma'ny feasts, the priestestimated, but now the Churchis emp~aSiZirg liturgical seasonsand the number of feasts hasbeen reduced.

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pointed out. Some feasts, like. that of St. Peter Alcantara (anadvisor to St. Teresa of Avila)"re celebrated by the Religiouscongregatio~s to which they be­longed, and I others, like that OfSt. Francis iXavier Cabrini, a'recelebrated on a local or nationalbasis. I

But the feasts retained in theliturgy give! a more balancedpicture of those persons declaredholy by the Church, he said.

Geographi~al distribution, 02­cupations a~d reasons for can­onization were considered sothat the Iitllrgy would not be­come top-heavy with, for exam·pie, marty~ed .bishops fromFrance. I

The priest, a veteran retreatmaster and former editor of St.

I .Anthony Messenger magazine,said he thihks the "Saint ofDay" will bb especially helpful'to teachers, ~priests and deaconspreparing homilit:s and, personsinterested in: Church history.

CINCINNATI (NC)-All SaintsDay is a' reminder that "there'sa whole lot of saints up therewith Christ, not just the 174whose feasts we celebrate in theofficial liturgy of the Church."

That's the feeling of Francis­can Father Leonard Foley, editorof a two-volume collection ofsaints' lives to be published thiswinter by St. Anthony Messen­ger Press.

Talking about -the meaning ofsaints to the average Christianin 1974, Father Foley said in arecent interview that "thosewho've made it influence usmore than we realize."

Whether or not a person iscanonized (officially recognizedby the Church as having lived a ,life of Christian holiness),"knowledge that the holinessGod initiates on' earth is com­pleted in eternity" encouragesthose still living, he· said.

What kind of person "makesit" as a saint?

Although there is no onetype. Father Foley said hehas noticed a pattern in the biog~ .raphies he has edited.

In Front Lines"Most of them weren't private

people concerned· with 'savingtheir souls,''' he said. "Therewere.a few hermits, of course,but so many of them were outthere in the front lines, doing theChurch's work, at times in spiteof the Church itself. Becausethey were reformer, prophets,leaders, people who did. whatwas right regardless of opposi­tion, they were controversial.Some were even dismissed fromth~ir Religious orders for beingtroublemakers."

The amount of suffering intheir lives impresses the priest,who said he has come to wonder"if acting like Christ means

,He made the charge in a state­ment to be presented to MayorKenneth_Gibson and the NewarkCity Council. He said that dis­cussions with others about theproblem have proved fruitlessand he would seek a meetingwith tne mayor to resolve thesituation.

Health services are providedto the parochial schools throughthe board of health, while theboard ·of education provides thatservice in the public schools.Under state law, health servicesto nonpublic school st.udentsmay not be provided through .thelocal school district.

Prelate Claims ParochiallSchoolsSho.rtchanged in Health ~erv'ices

NEWARK (NC) - A year-old that when she was first namedcontroversy was reopened here to that post four years ago nul'S'when Msgr. William J. Daly, ing service Was provided threeNewark archdiocesan school su- and a half days a week. It has

. Iperintendent, charged that the been decreased each, year andcity is shortchanging s~udentsat is now dow~ to one and a halfparochial schools on health ser- days a week,t' she said.vices. In addition~ sbe said that those

who come "are involved in somekind of inte~nship program andare not reaH:y giving services tpthe children.i'

. "We are rtot asking for any­thing but whkt the public schoolchildren arel receiving," Msgr.Daly said. ~ursing service isavailable daily in public schools.

"Our childten live in Newark,they play in its playgrounds an'dstreets and ate as susceptible toexact-Iy the same heaIth hazardsas . their ne:ighbors in publicschools," he said. "They are de­serving of no [less than their pub­lic school counterparts."

I! -'The boara of health has had aI .

problem attracting nurses forits programs.1 Nurses who servenonpublic schools are requiredto 'do home :visiting work andserve 'in ba~y-sitting stationsduring nonschool working hours.

In contras~, nurses hired bythe board of ieducation work in

Sister Patricia Marren, prin- the schools and receive highercipal at St. Michael's school, said pay and better pensions.

There are 24 parochial schoolsin the city, the state's largest.Board of Health officials main­tain that they have increasedhealth services to these schools,but Catholic school officials dis·pute this.

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Cleveland BishopApproy·es NewPay Scale

CLEVELAND (NC) - BishopJames A. Hickey of Clevelandhas approved a new pay scalefor priests of the Cleveland di­ocese in which all priests willreceive a base salary of $3,000per year, to which $120 will beadded for every five years ofservice up to 25 years. Top payfor a priest who has served 25years or more will be $3,600.

The new pay scale becomeseffective Jan. I, 1975.

The present salary scale forpriests ranges from $2,100 fornewly ordained associate pastorsto $3,~:00 for pastors and priestsordained 25 years or more.

The new salary plan also setsa scale of payment to priestswho offer weekend help in aparish other than their own byway of offering Mass and hear­ing confessions.

Pastors are asked to followthe practice of equally sharingthe offerings they receive forBaptisms and weddings withtheir associates.

The bishop also announcedthat he is establishing an equitycommission to assist priests whoapproach it for adjustments intheir sala,ry, demanded by un­usual circumstances.

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main conditions that man must,fulfill in order to receive thegift of God.

These conditions, Pope Paul'said, "demand faith, they de­mand humility and penitence, anddemand normally a sacramentalaction, and in the practice of ourreligious life they require silence,med-itation, attention and aboveall, prayer."

Holy Spirit

Fewer PriestlessCounties on Map

CINCINNATI (NC)-No-Priest­Land is shrinking, according tothe Glenmary Home Missioners,who coined the term and whosechief purpose is to bring theChurch to the nation's priestlesscounties.

In their latest revision of theirNo-Priest-Land map, which wasfirst drawn more than three dec- .ades ago, the number of countiesin the U. S. without a residentpriest has dropped to 599.

-Four years ago there were 643counties without resident priests,and when the map first appearedin 1937 the total was 1,022 coun­ties, or nearly one-third of thenation.

-Father W. Howard Bishop,founder of the Cincinnati-basedmission society, drew the firstmap (he had worked for theRand McNally people while astudent at Harvard). He usedthe map as a basis for the Glen­mary program of .bringing Cath­olic ministry to new areas untillocal dioceses are able to fill theneed.

of this, a need that the marvelof 'Pentecost must continue inthe history of the Church andof the world."

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MAN AND SAWMILL OPERATION: A sawmill is buzzing in Clairfield, Tennessee,and an area of Appalacian poverty is being restored to economic and social v~gor. Wit?money from the Campaign for Human Development, the Model Valley Industnal Councl1can extend credit to small businesses and light industry such as a pallet factory that pur-'chases lumber from this sawmilL The appeal for Human Development will take place inall parishes in the Diocese of Fall River on the weekend of Nov. 23-24.

VATICAN CITY (NC)-PopePaul VI stressed the need theworld has of grace, the gift ofthe Holy Spirit, when he spokeat a general audience.

"The Church," the Pope said,"lives for the supernatural rev­elation of the Holy Spirit whichwe call grace, that is, that fore­most gift, charity, love of theFather, communicated to us byvirtue of the redemption effectedby Christ in the Holy Spirit."

That doctrine, he said, seemslike a stairway to the infiniteand inaccessible mystery of di­vine life itself, placing the re­deeming work of Christ at .thecenter. of divine design and hu­man destiny. From this we de­duce an extraordinary revelation,somehow accessible to us: thecommunion of our human exis­tence with an order of salvationand of goodness that is the orderof grace:.:

"But what it now behooves usto affirm is the need for grace,that is to say, of divine inter­vention exceeding the natural.order." Grace is needed "asmuch for our personal salvationas for the fulfillment of the planof redemption for all the Churchand for the whole of humanity,"he said.

"The need for grace presup­poses man's indispensable need

Hospitals To MarkRespect Life Week

ST. LOUIS (NC) - The Re­spect Life Week' program forCatholic hospitals and long-termcare facilities is -set for Nov.10-16, 1974.

The cam"aign is sponsored bytbe St. Louis-based Catholic Hos­pital Association (CHA) in sup­port of this fall's Respect LifeProgram conducted by the U.S.Catholic Conference,

Cardinal WarnsParish CouncilsOf Dangers'

BOSTON ,(NC) - CardinalHumberto Medeiros of Bostoncited the "polarizations withinthe Church, the scandal of bit­terness and the hostility amongmembers of the same Christianfamily" as the primary areas ofconcern for parish council work­ers.

Cardinal Medeiros was thekeynote speaker pere at the firstNational Conference of ParishCouncil Personnel.

He lauded the parish councilas "a contemporary Churchstructure that should have aguiding influence in the life ofthe faith community as it livesday in and day out its sharedand specific responsibilities aswell as its commitments" to thepastoral mission.

"The parish council," the car­dinal said, "is a visible expres­sion of faith calling together thevarious ministries of the peopleof God, so that in union withone another they will fulfill notonly their individually ordain~d

responsipilities, but that com­mon purpose and goal of allChristians: the renewal of allthings in Christ."

'Undesired Confusion'Cardinal Medeiros warned,

however, that parish councilsmust safeguard their pastoral ac­tivities from those who woulduse the apostolate as a "cloakunder which to destroy the di­vinely established structure ofthe Church."

The cardinal said, that "thereare those who have turned theopportune and sometimes neces­sary innovations of change intoa restless time during which toexperiment beyond their compe­tence." He added that "in theoften sincere eagerness toachieve what they believe to bea sense of liberation, there arethose who unfortunately arrivedat an .undesired confusion, vague­ness and emptiness ... what issimply new, unchecked by theprinciple of tested and normativetradition, has been promoted asthe good or the better."

Cardinal Medeiros emphasizedthat the parish council to beeffective "must face the chal­lenge of discerning the signs ofthe times" amid changing cir­cumstances of culture, econom­ics, communications and mobil­ity."

",Like the Church upheaval,the parish council must focus onthe spiritual core of the meaning,relevancy, and purpose of bring­ing the Gospel to the parishcommunity as it puts in perspec­tive all that is peripheral,ephemeral, and circumstantial."

The national conference herewas sponsored by the NationalCoundl of Catholic Laity andthe New England Conference ofParish Councils.

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ST. MARY,SOUTH DARTMOUTH

The Women's Guild meetingfor Tuesday, Nov. 12 will beginwith a 7:30 P.M. Mass' for de·ceased members, followed by abu~iness session and a lecture onwills and trusts by William The­berge.

ST. PAUL,TAyNTON

With Mildred Gedrites aschairman, women parishionershave been preparing during thepast year for a Christmas. bazaarto be held from 10 A.M. to 5P.M. Saturday, Nov. 16 in theparish hall, 261 Tremont St.

Items available will include aheritage afghan, a patchworkquilt, pieces of needlepoint andpi,.e cone wreaths. Booths willfeature handmade Christmasornaments, 'knitted and cro·cheted goods, handcrafts, pre­serves, baked goods and "attictreasures." Teenagers will pro­vide children's entertainmentand hot dogs and chowder willbe available at a refreshmentss~and.

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Decoration of the parish cen~'

ter for a country fair to be held.from 10 A.M. to 9 p.M. Satur·day, Nov. 16 will, be tl)e chiefactivity at a meeting of theWomen's Guild set for 8 P.M.Wednesday, Noy. 13.

The fair will feature a bake·shop,raffles, games and a' widevariety of prizes. A Christmasshop will offer decorations anda Country Store booth willaward groceries. A flea market,a "Hodge Podge Store" and asnack bar will also be available,and "Snoopy" will visit the fairat 2 P.M.

ST. MARY,NORTH ATTLEBORO

The annual Christmas bazaarand fair sponsored by the Worn·en's Guild is slated for Saturday,Nov. 9 from 10 A.M. to 4 P.M.

Tables will feature handmadeitems, novelties, Christmas dec·

-orations, knitted goods, candle!;and holders and home·bakedfoods. Several raffles and a· fleamarket will also be among at:·tractions and a Fun Fair will beopen for children. Mrs. JohnMcAfee and Mrs. Kenneth Lin­coln are chairmen.

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ST. JOSEPH,ATTLEBORO

The reactivated pa'rish councilwill meet at 7:30 P.M. Tuesday,Nov. 26 in the parish hall.

Knights of the Altar will meetfrom 7:30 to 9 P.M. Sunday,Nov. 10 in the school buifding.

A turkey whist is planned for8 P.M. Saturday, Nov. 23 anddonations of turkey certificatesand canned goods are requested'from parishioners.

New cassocks are needed forthe Knights of the Altar. Volun­teers may 'contact Rev. 'NormandBoulet at the rectory.

ST. JOSEPH,ATTLEBORO

Beano is held every Thursdayevening, beginning at 7:15 P.M.with an "early bird special."

Parish Cyb Scouts are con·ducting a candy sale throughTuesday, Nov. 19, with proceedsto benefit the pack treasury.

ST. LOUIS,FALL RIVER

Thursday, Nov. 14 is the dateset for the annual Women'sGuild Christmas supper andbazaar. SerV'ing will begin at5:30 P.M. in the church audi­torium on Eagle Street. Ticketsa·re available from Mrs. WilfredSt. Michel and it will be pos­sible to obtain a limited numberat the door. .

The unit announces a fleamarket for 9 A.M. to 5 P.M.Thursday, Nov. 21 and 9 A.M. tonoon Friday, Nov. 22. Donationsmay be brought to the hall from1 to 6 P.M. Wednesday, Nov. 20.

OUR LADY OF THE CAPE,BREWSTER

A luncheon followed by cardgames will be sponsored at noonTuesday, Nov. 19 in the churchhall by the Women's Guild. Res· .ervanions should be made bySunday, Nov. 17 and those at­tending should bring their owncards.

Publicity chairmen of parish orianizatio~sare asked to submit news items for thiscolumn to The Anchor, P. O. Box 7, FallRiver, 02722. Name 01 city or town shouldbe Included, as well as full dates of allactivities. Please send news 01 future ratherthan past events.

-ST. MARY,NORTH ATTLEBORO

The annual Christmas bazaarand fun fair of the Women'sGuild' will take place from 9A.M. - to 4· P.M. Saturday, Nov.9 in the school auditorium. Mrs.John McAfee and Mrs. KennethLincoln are co-chairmen.

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ST. STANISLAUS,FALL RIVER

The ·Women's Guild annual teaparty will take place from 2 to4 P.M. Sunday, Nov. 10 in theparish center.

The regular monthly meetingis scheduled for 8 P.M. Thurs­day, Nov. 14, with entertainmentto be offered by a group of stu·dents from Bishop Gerrard HighSchool.

A harvest supper sponsored by .the faculty and students of theparochial school will be heldfrom 4 to 8 P.M. Saturday, Nov.9 in the school hall. The publicis invited.

New hours for the ChristianLiving program are from 6:30 to7:30 P.M. Monday for high;~hool students and from 4 to5· P.M. Thursday for grammarschool pupils. Adult Bible studyclasses will take place at 8 P.M.each Wednesday in the audito­rium.

Polish Christmas ornamentsare made at 8 P.M. each Mon·day in the school, and all. areinvited to attend and learn thisanoient craft.

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ST. JOSEPH,NO. DIGHTON

A concert featuring Rev.Andre Patenaude, M.S. and the.Reconcilers of La $alette Shrine,Attleboro, will be presented at8 P.M. Sunday, Nov. 17 in theparish hall on Spring Street bythe Women's Guild. Proceedswill benefit the Leona O'ConnellScholarship Fund and tickets areavailable from all' guild memobers. ReservaNons may be made .with Mrs. Lillian Plouffe, tele­phone 669-6684, and a few tick­ets will also be available at thedoor. "

At the unit's regular monthlymeeting, Thursday, Nov. 21,Mrs. Carol Levis will speak onthe Birthright program. Membersand friends are asked to 'make adonation to Birthright or tobring a layette item to the meet·Eng.

ANNIVERSARY: SisterMary Cortilia Helfrich, 94, iscelebrating her 75th anniver­sary as a Franciscan Sister ofthe Poor Nov. 10 in Cincin­nati. She still crochets muf­flers and caps for poor chil':dren. NC Photo.

Wall R~apP,ointedWASHINGTON ~NC)-Bishop

James S. Rau'sch, general secre­tary of the N:ational Confere:t:lceof Catholic iBishops and theUnited State~ Catholic Confer­ence, has anrtounced the reap,pointment of ·A. E. P. Wall asdirector and editor-in-chief' ofthe National <I:atholic News Serevice for a terIh of five years.

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THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Thurs., Nov. 7, 1974

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MSGR.

JOHN S.

KENNEDY

Through Preparation

The preparations whicn Col­lins and his associates wentthrough were far-ranging, intri­cate and thorough. The studiesincluded a formidable array of~ubjects: for example, astron­omy, aerodynamics, rocket pro­pusion, navigation,,, flight me­chanics, digital computers, ge­ology, meteorology, etc.

The astronauts shared in. theplanning and construction of rna·chines and equipment. Therewas endless testing to be done.Countless days went into themastering of the severa] craftunder conditions simulatingthose· to be expected in space.Precious time had to be divertedto public relations work.

All this is related at length.But the pace quickens, and sodoes the pulse, as the reader em­ba·rks with the astronauts andlearns what it was really liketo be launched into space. Ques­tions which have occ'urred to allof us, but which have not beenanswered in journalistic. reportsor other books, are fully an­swered here.

Collins is a thoughtful man,whose perceptions and attitudeswere changed by his extraterres­tial journeying. These changes

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Collins -Writes De$cr'iptionOf His Journeys iin S-pace

It is five years since men walked 9n the mo?n. Thepioneers were Neil Armstrong and ~uzz Aldr~n. T~e

pilot of the command module was Michael CollIns. HISyoung son was later asked, '!What do you thin]~ about your

fat~,er going dow? i~, h.ist~: he conveys: very well. He say~,ry? The boy saId,. FI.ne'''I really didn't appreciate thethen paused .and mqUIred, first planet ~until ·1 saw the sec·"What is history, anyw~y?" ond one. Th~ moon is so scarred,Whether or not Michael Collins so desolat¢, so monotonous,does go' down in history, at that I cannot recall its torturedleast he has set down a fasci- surface without thinking of thenating bit of history in his book infinite variety the' delightful

planet earth offers.Collins is l candid in his com­

ments on hi's COlleagues, flashesa neat wit; but the profanity"*hich he libera]'ly dispenses isirksome, and the jock humor ispuerile. I

Archeo~ogical JourneyJourneys pf another sort are

the subject pf Arnold C. Brack­man's book The Dream of Troy(Mason & Lipscomb, 384 FifthAve., New IYork, N. Y. 10018.246 pages.: - Illustrated. $10),which recounts the life and workof Heinrich I Schliemann, whomthe author calls the founder of'the science Of archaeology. .

It was 5th-Hemann who dis·covered Horiier's Troy by exca­vating.a hill in Turkey in the1'870s, and also in that same dec­ade found Hie buried remains ofAgamemnon'~' city at Mycenaein Greece. I

Schlieman :was thEm in his fif·­ties. A more unlikely candidatefor archeological innovationcould hardl~ be imagined. Hewas born inl Germany in 1822,the son of a domineering Luther­an clergyma:n. His interest inGreek and Rbman antiquities be­gan in boyh~od and was height­ened by a teacher who Slpecial­ized in these.1But most of Schlie­mann's life was spent in busi­ness, and he Iwas very apt at it.

He retired, from business todevote himself to the quest for

ITroy. The Turks were very slow

.to grant him permission to ex­plore the unimposing hHI of His­sarlik, thre~ miles from theHellespont. But his stubbornnessoutlasted theirs, and finally hewas allowed :to proceed.

His methods were crude bypresent stapdards, and hewrought irreparable destruction.But he had remarkable intuitionand industry.i He refused to bediscouraged !and he enduredgreat physical hardship underprimitive .coriditions. Moreover,he was willin~ to spend miHionsin the course of his determinedsearch. And ~e did find Troy. .'

ISchliemannls career suggestssomething oui: of wonderland. Inreconstructing it for us, Mr.Brackman unreels a compellingnarrative of: fact which sur­passes fiction~ in its strangeness,suspense, and series of denoue·menls.

Carrying the Fire: An Astronaut'sJourneys (Farrar, Strauss' and .Giroux, 19 Union Square West,New York, N. Y. 10003. 478pages. Illustrated. $10.).

'CoBins had spent years in theAir Force and was an experi­enced test pilot when, in 1962,he volunteered for the astronaut.program. He was turned down,but in the following year he wasaccepted. In 1966, he was on thetwo-man team which flew Gem­ini 10 in earth orbit for threedays. He was later chosen to bepilot of the lunar module on amoon flight, but his assignmentwas changed to that of pilot ofthe command module of Apollo11.

His description of his journeysin space is thriHing. Here heshows a power with wordswhich is extraordinary. It willbe a blase reader indeed who isnot personally caught up in the

\ excitement and wonder as theseadventures unfold.

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after his ordination, a youngMinnesota priest was killed ona rain-slickened highway nearJordan as he stopped to give aidat the site of an accident Oct. 10.

Father David Gersch, 26, as­sociate pastor of Holy Trinitycathedral, New Ulm, was struckhy a jack~knifing truck as hewas walking across the highwaytoward an injured woman, -ac­cording to the highway patrolreport.

The accident occurred nearJordan, Minn., during a drivingrain.

Father Gersch was ordainedOct. 6 in his native parish ofSt. Paul's, Comfrey. Bishop AI·phonse J. Schladweiler of NewUlm, who o~ficiated at the ordi­nation, was principal celebrantand homilist at the funeral Mass.

Father Gersch enjoyed hispriesthood on earth only fivedays," Father Anthony Leifeld,pastor of Holy Trinity cathedral,told parishioners in his homily."Now he can enjoy it for eter·nity in heaven."

'Father Gersch had been as­signed to Holy Trinity parish inJune while still a deacon. Hetaught freshmen religion 'classesat Cathedral High School, NewUlm, and had just assumed theduties of an associate pastor.

The day after his ordination,Father Gersch offered his firstMass in cathedral parish. Hisparents, Mr. and Mrs. LaurenceE. Gersch, who now live in St.Paul Park, were present.

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two consecutive terms. The nom­inations were recently submittedby mail and the 10 bishops re­ceiving the highest number ofYotes became the candidates.

The president is elected fromthe 10 nominees by a simple,majority vote on a written bal­lot. If slJch a majority is notreached on the first or secondbal,lot, the two candidates re­ceiving the highest number ofvotes on the second ballot willbe the sole candidates for thethird and final ballot.

The vice president is electedfrom the remaining nine nomi-­nees by a majority vote. Thesame procedure is followed.

Cardinal John Krol of Phil­adelphia is the current presidentof the NCCB/USCC and the of­fice of vice president is vacantdue to the death of coadjutorArchbishop Leo C. Byrne of St.Paul·Minneapolis on Oct. 21.

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END OF A GHOST: Eighth graders at Taunton CatholicMiddle School, led by John Raposa, attend burial of "Ghostof Coyle," a haunt reputed to have inhabited halls of formerCoyle High School. Funeral was also attended by Witchesof Macbeth. It was culmination of English unit dealing withmurder mysteries and supernatural happenings.

u. S. Bishops List CandidatesFor· Two Conference Offices

WASHINGTON (NC) - TheAmerican Bishops have nom­inated 10 - candidates for theoffices of president and v:icepresident of the National Confer­ence of Catholic Bishops (NCCB)and the U. S. Catholic Confer­ence (USCC).

The terms of office of the. president and vice president ex­

pire at the conclusion of theNovember general meeting of thebishops.

The 10 candidates in alphabet­ical order, are Archbishop JosephL. Bernardin of Cincinnati; Arch­bishop William D. Borders of'Baltimore; Cardinal John Car­berry of St. Louis; C'ardinal Ter­ence Cooke of New York; Arch­bishop Thomas A. Donnellan ofAtlanta; Archbishop Peter L.Gerety of Newark; BishopGeorge H. Guilfoyle of Camden;Cardinal Timothy Manning ofLos Angeles. Archbishop John R.Quinn of Oklahoma City; andArchbishop John .F. Whealon ofHar,tford.

Father Conlan. a priest of theNew York archdiocese, has writ­ten two original dramas for net­work telev'ision and has directedand performed.

CARTA is a volunteer groupof professional men and womenwho provide counsel to the com­munications office of the NewYork archdiocese.

Name RecipientsOf CARTA Awards

NEW YORK (NC)-WilliamF. Buckley, Jr., author and col­umnist, and Father James Con­lan, playwright and director,were recipients of the '74 awardsfrom the Catholic Apostolate forRadio, Television and Advertis­ing (CARTA). The awards werepresented by Terence Cardi­nal Cook of New York at aluncheon Oct. 9.

Buckley, a nationally syndicated. newspaper columnist andtelevision talk-show host, haslong involved himself with con­troversial moral and social is­sues.

Father Lynch has been a mem­ber of the board of governors ofthe Canon Law Society andserved as chairman of its consti­tutional Committee on Researchand Discussion.

p'aulist Is ChairmanOf CU Department

WASHINGTON .(NC)-PaulistFath~r John E. Lynch, vice-pres.ident of the Canon Law Societyof America. has been appointedchairman of the department ofcanon law of the Catholic Uni­versity of America.

-Born in New York City andreared in Washington, D.C. Fa­ther Lynch was ordained in thePaulist Fathers in 1951. Follow­ing graduate studies at the Pon­tifical Institute of Medieval Stud­ies at the University of Toronto,where he received his doctorate,Father Lynch taught Church his­tory at the Paulist seminary inWashington, D.C.,· where he re-.sides. He joined the faculty ofCatholic University in i966.

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A harvest dance will takeplace in the parish centerfrom 8 P.M. to midnight Satur·day, Nov. 23. Tickets will beavailable following all weekendMasses, at the rectory or frommembers of the par'ish manage­ment board. Refreshments willbe served.

NOTRE DAME,FALL RIVER

A turkey whist scheduled for8 P.M. Saturday, Nov. 16 in thechurch hall will benefit the reotirement fund of the Jesus-MarySisters. Sponsors of the affairare the Holy Name Society andCouncil of Catholic Women.

OUR LADY OF FATIMA,NEW BEDFORD

The Women's Guild will holdtheir monthly meeting at 8o'clock on Tuesday night, Nov.12.

Entertainment will be surprisegames after the meeting.

ST. WILLIAM,FALL RIVER

Mrs. Maurice St. Pierre willpresent a fashion show at theregular monthly meeting of theWomen's Guild scheduled for 8o'clock on Wednesday night,Nov. 13.

Hostesses for the meeting willbe Miss Margaret Constantineand Mrs. Thomas Smith.

Plans are being finalized fo;'a turkey whist to be held ac1:30 on SUnday afternoon, Nov.17 in the parish center.

Members are asked to don&tecanned and packaged goods forthe baskets.

OUR LADY OF THE ISLE,NANTUCKET .

The Women's Guild will con·duct its regular monthly meet·ing at 7:45 on Monday night,Nov. 11. A silent auction will beheld following the businessmeeting.HOLY NAME,FALL RIVER

The fourth, fifth, and sixthgrade students of Holy NameSchool are taking part in a Fall

. River Bicentennial Project, TheLafayette-Durfee House.

To aid in the restoration workthe students are donating 50ceach and writing their names onthe backside of new clapboardsnow being nailed to the old Co­lonial homestead.

.Each student was alotted aone foot section to write a mes­sage to future generations whensomeday these clapboards maybe removed by people of thetwenty-first or twenty-secondcentury. For 50c the studentspurchased a small part of His·tory.

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Cardinal to VisitUnited States·

VATICAN CITY (NC)-Car­dinal Jan Willebrands, head ofthe Vatican's Secretariat for pro­moting Christian unity, will visit,the United States'Nov. 16-26 for·'". series of ceremonies and lee­tures commemorating the 10thanniversary of the publication ofthe Second Vatican Council'sDecree on Ecumenism.

The Dutch cardinal, the Vat-"ican's top official delegated toencourage and work for the rec­onciliation of Christian Unity,will officiate at a prayer servic:ein St. Matthew's Cathedral inWashington, D.C. on Nov. 17.Ranking churchmen of otherChristian churches have been in­vited to attend as well as thegroup of American Catholicbishops who will be in Washing­ton then fQr their annual meet·ing.

On Nov. 19, the cardinal windeliver the first lecture inaugu­I;ating the Father Paul Waitsonchair for ecumenical studies es­tablished at the Catholic Univer­sity' of America in Washingtonby the. Atonement (Graymoor)Fathers.

'On Nov. 24, Cardinal W,i1le­brands will celebrate Mass atthe chapel of the theologicalseminary at Princeton Universityand' on the following day willtake part in a seminar on thesubject of ecumenism, joint,lysponsored by the Diocese ofTrenton and the Princeton theo­logical seminary. Other partie-.ipants in the seminar includeSulpician biblical scholar FatherRaymond Brown and the pres­ident of the Princeton theolog­ical seminary, Dr.' J~mes McCord.

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PROUD Of THEIR CULTURE: Puerto Rican womencarry a statue of the Blessed Virgin during a relig~qus fiestain New York City's Central Park. Such a celebratIOn showsthe enduring faith of the Spanish-speaking. The Church ~as

put a new emphasis on lay responsibility and .on p:eservmgtheir cultural values in an effort to serve Hlspamc needs.NC Photo.

Eternal LifeEternal life is not won by

those who have their hearts seton 'this world and on things­even beautiful things-of time;the destiny of man is achievedonly by the full discipline ofunwordiiness and otherworldli­ness.

-John Courtney Murray

Prelate Says Food Crisis Dema~ds

Personal, Political GenerosityVATICAN CITY (NC) - The tive, whether I accept .it or not,

world's current food shortage is the specter of, a world wherewill not go away until consum- many watch color televisioners change their eating habits while others die for want ofand government adopts generous being able to satisfy basic hu-policies, according to Archbish- man needs." ,op Joseph Bernardin of Cincin- The food crisis, Archbishopnati, said in an interview over Bernardin added, has a specialVatican Radio. significance for Christians called

"The disppearance of hunger to feed the hungry. .demands a change in the pat;' "We cannot excuse ourselvesterns of personal consumption 'out of ignorance: we knowand a generous policy in the de- where the starving are and whatcisions of governments." we must do to give them some-

He added that on a govern- thing to eat."'mental level, "purely n,ational He said the international

interests and economic i,?pulses Synod of Bishops which met inmust be overcome to sattsfy the Vatican City during Octoberhuman need. for food." stressed that the defense and

The archbIshop referred to the romotion of human rights "areUnited Nations-sponsored Wor~d integral parts of the Church'sFood Confer~nce to be held III mission."Rome.. He saId tha~. the confer- He declared: "The right toence IS to study the' gravest food is fundamental and cannotfood cr.isis which the wO~~d has be given lower priority withoutfaced slllce World War II. . . seriously attacking the right to

He noted that all people hvmg existence itself."on a "limited globe" are inter-

dependent. He added that in "_~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Isuch an interdependent world I"social and distributive justiceis ~ responsibility which makesan appeal to the consciences ofall."

He continued: "The alterna-

l' ".Sign I of Prog-:ess

The grow:ing recognition ofthis fact by clergymen of allfaiths is, in my opinion, no causefor regret. to the contrary, Iwould consi~er it a sign ofprogress. I

Mr. Quinley also points outthat there is;a growing sense offatigue, frustration,and uncer­tainty in the 'ranks of former ac­tivists. He teports that manyof them hav~ been disap.,ointed. I •that there have been no clear-cutvictories ancl that most of thesocial problems they so stronglya ttacked in the 1960s are nonearer solution toda.y. "In such asituation," he says, "politicalindignation c'an easily give wayto cynicism, ~nd moral fervor tofeelings of doubt and uncertain­ty."

Again this .strikes me as beinga rather positive and encourag­ing developnient. While societyobviously haS need of the rightkind of clerical initiative in thepublic arena,' it has no need ofclergymen Who are foolishenough tp think that there areany quick knd easy clericalsolutions to !complicated sociafproblems.(© 1974 by NC News Service)

discour~ging. It could mean, forexample, th'at the churches are.becoming overly ,cautious orconservativ~ and are rationaliz­ing their conservatism in thename of a false type of spiritu­ality. Obviously there is some-

I .••thing to be said for the tradItIOn-al argument that the churchesought' to c'oncentrate on spir­itual mattets that once individ­uals try to I.jnderstand the Chris­tian message, they will find itin their hearts to correct, socialwrongs. "tlJnfortimately, how­ever," as Mi-. Quinley concludes,there are many different Chris­tian 'messages,' and men aremore likely! to use religion to'justify theIr secular conductthan the otper way around."

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Reconsider RoleI

He that as it may, the declinein social activism on the part ofAmerican c'lergymen (includingCatholic pri~sts and Jewish rab·bis as well 'as Protestant minis-

Itel's) could prove to be a bless-ing in disgtlise if it forces the.clergy to take a breather and toreassess or reconsider theirproper role in the public arena.

Mr. QuinlJy suggests that thisis already \'\·appening. He says,for example; that the decline insocial activism "represents a -re­assessment ~y many activists­outside as well as within the

. ch4rch-of i,the usefulness ofconfrontation tactics ... Themoral prestige that can be usedto focus ,attention on social in­justices is o.ne of the chief re­'sources of •c\ercial leadership.The clergy'$ spedal standingwith the ptlblic was distinctlyadvantageous with respect tocivil rights 'and peace issues, butit places limitation on the rolethey can pl~y in partisan pol­itics."

By

MSGR.

GEORGE G.

HIGGINS

f 2 THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-rrhurs., Nov. 7, 1974

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No Eas'y Cle'rical Solutions;To Difficult Social; Wrongs

What is the proper role of ministers,! priests and rabbis.in the field of social and political reform? As recently asfive years it appeared that, this perennial question hadfinally been resolved in practice, if not in theory. Numerousclergymen of all denomina­tions had opted for an ex­tremely activist role in thepublic arena and were deep­ly involved in every controver·sial issue that one could possiblythink of. Moreover they saw noreason to apologize for whatthey were doing,

Named EditorDENVER (NC)-Father C. B.

Woodrich, acting editor of theDenver Catholic Register formore than two years, has beennamed editor on a p'ermanentbasis by Archbishop James V.Casey. At the same time theArchdiocesan Priests' Councilhas approved a universal circula­tion plan that will place theDenver Catholic Register in vir­tually every Catholic home innorthern Colorado.

To the contrary, they thoughtof themselves as being the waveof the future, They started fromthe premise, in other words, thatthe clergyman, by definition,was expected in this day andag~ to take a more or less rad­ical stance on controversial pub­lic issues, regardless of t he con~

sequences, Their critics in andout of the ecclesiastical Estab­lishment were dismissed as'being­out of touch with reality andlacking in theological discern··ment or sophistication,

One has the impression, how,­ever, that clerical activism of thetype described above is current­lyon the wane. Harold E. Quin­ley, a research associate at theInstitute of Political Studies,Stanford Univer'sity, confirmsthis impression, at least in thecase of the Protestant clergy, ina recent sociological study en-­titled "The Prophetic Clergy:Social Activism Among Protes­

. tant Ministers" (John Wiley' andSons,' New York).

Traditional Argument

Mr. Quinley reports that"Much of the optimism andsense of· purpose that character·ized the ministry during the1960s has disappeared.' Clergy­men are less certain of theirethical roles today, and feeiingsof fatigue and frustration arenot uncommon 'among formeractivists. Conservative sentimentand influence has also risen inProtestant churches."

From several points of view'this temporary decline in socialactivism on the pilrt of theProtestant clergy (and Mr. Quin­ley is convinced that it willprove to be temporary) is rather

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welcomed Vatican H's Declara­tion on Non-Christian Religions,who welcomed the Church's re­jection of the "Christ-killer"canard, were bewildered by theabsence "of any note of contri­tion or repentance for the in­credible sufferings and persecu­tions Jews have undergone inthe Christian West. The Church'svarious declarations asked for­giveness from the Protestants,the Eastern Orthodox, from theMoslems, but not from the Jews.Many Jews, especially those wholived through the Nazi holocaust,asked with great passion, 'Howmany more millions of our broth-

RECONCILIATION MEANS REMEMBERING: It is tooconvenient for Christians to forget that the Holocaust tookplace in a Christian country, too easy for us to say "I wasn'tthere," too simple to shrug our shoulders and wash our handsof it. Time erases bad memories-except for the Jews. Wail­ing in agony, an inmate too weak to walk awaits help as heis freed from a Nazi concentration camp at Bergen Belsonin 1945. NC Photo.

Today I ask: How in the con­crete can this last-mentioned rup­ture be healed, hoW can man bereconciled to man, how can Ibecome a force for reconcilia­tion? From one perspective, thetask seems hopeless. Will any­thing anybody does heal the hawtred that inflames NorthernIreland and West Africa, South­east Asia and the Middle East?Is it realistic to think we canfeed' and house and clothe aworld population that is nowdoubling every 35 years? Canwe expect more than an armedneutrality between black andwI-Ate in the United States?

The total task may be hope­less, and still we are not help­less. I shall not pre-empt theorder of politics, my purposesare pastoral. Let me suggest sev­eral Christian responses to thesins that sever man from man.

RemembranceA first step to reconciliation is

to-remember. That remarkableJewish storyteller Elie Wiesel,who feels guilty because he sur­vived the Holocaust, tells us that,for Jews, to forget is "a crime'against memory as well asagainst justice: Whoever forgetsbecomes the executioner's ac­complice" ("The Oath, NewYork:" Random House, 1971). Itis too convenient for Christiansto forget that the Holocaust tookplace ,in a Christian country, tooeasy for us to say "I wasn'tthere," too simple to shrug ourshoulders and )Vash our handsof it. Time erases bad' memories-except for the Jews; for all toomany of them, God died inAuschwitz. And time erases whatI have done to my fellow man,or failed to do for him. I am notasking you to brood, to becomeneurotic, to fasten sickeninglyon your failures. I am askingyou simply to remember. Don'tbecome "the executioner's ac­complice."

But remembrance is notenough. Sin caUs for sorrow­even where it is not I whosinned, but the Christian com­munity of days long gone. Oneexample. Thoughtful Jews who

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REV. WALTER J.

BURGHARDT, S.J.

. In previous articles, I have ar·gued that reconciliation impliesrupture: Oneness has been de­stroyed. I have argued that ul­timately rupture has its originin sin, finds its reconciHation inGod's grace. I have insisted, first,that the radical rupture rendsmarl from God. I have insisted.second, that the schizophrenia ofsin ruptures me within. And Ihave argued that the third rup­ture that is the work of sin sev­ers man from man, human per­son from human person.

"Billy's parents were afraid theymight become too attached tohim and so thought it best toleave him with us."

It was then that I knew Icould not bear to hold him inmy arms even once. If I did,I could never let him go. Hewas so like my little Yvonne.And his parents would neverknow how beautiful he is. Hismother would never know herbaby's touch, nor hear him laugh.She would never rock him norkiss his cheek. She wouldn't bethere to pet him when he fellor show him a baby kitten orplay with him. She would neverdo any of these things becausesomewhere along the way shehad been conditioned to believehe wasn't whole. She could notaccept a mongoloid child. It mayhave been the obstetrician or thepediatrician or simply society.

Children Need LoveThe people who wiII share

these things with him are nurses.He will grow up in a homefor retarded children. It is abeautiful home surrounded bytrees. The older children havelovely bedrooms, each with adifferent decor. And the play·room is equipped with fine toys.Each member of the staff is de·voted to her work, and filledwith love for these little chil­dren, some of whom are afflict­ed with cerebral palsy, brain

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moved their belongings into anewly ,rented house which theywere to occupy shortly. Every­thing they owned was destroyedby the violence of people whowanted to get the messageacross: "We don't want you fora neighbor!"

Everyday we can see thewounds we inflict on one an­other getting worse. The expres­sion, "man's inhumanity toman" becomes painfully loudas we exnerience the realiHesof liying. Who cares? Who wantsto say STOP to all the hurting?

Man Against ManThe latest crime figures show

that the types of crimes thatare increasing are rapes andmurders, acts of violence by managainst his fellow man. I am amember of the Suffolk CountyHuman Rights Commission. Thedaily complaints we receive arevaried but have a common base-someone is made a victim be­cause someone else denies themtheir dignity. Why does a police­man, for example, have to useprofanity against a teenager andhit him with a f1,!shlight in themiddle of his body so extensivelythat that boy ends up in a hos­pital? Our world so often says,"I HATE YOU!"

In ,families, the violence is usu­ally more subtle, yet the hurt isreal when a brothoer, sister,'mother or father betrays a confi­dence, has no tolerance for the

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BY ANGELA M. SCHREIBER

The bright nursery was fiIledwitb children-there was a tinygirl sitting in a cushioned highchair (her bones are extremelybrittle, so delicate that she can­not be handled) Who immediatelysaid, "What's your name? I'mMelissa and I'm glad you cameto see us." And there was Stevieeating his lunch. He couldn't talkbut -it was easy to see that heliked company.

And then I noticed a little girllying on a soft mat on the floorcrying. She had had her lunchand the nurses were busily feed­ing those who had not eaten. SoI picked her up. I held her close,and soon she began to laugh.She liked being talked to andheld near enough to see my face.She was three years old, but shewould never sit or walk or run.She could only ·respond to anembrace.

As I held her, I was distractedby a baby's first jargon. It camefrom the crib by the window-ababy boy with golden red hairand a face that made the sunseem to shine brighter when hesmiled. He was up on his handsand knees and reaching out. tome. The little girl I held wasquieted, so 1 put her down andwent to him. I was about topick him up when he put his tinyhand in mine. Then I asked thenurse why he was here. She said,

BY ANTOINETI'E BOSCO

It is late summer and I findmyself writing to a Town Boardasking them please to allow aCatholic institution to set upa group home for eight homelesschildren in one of their villages.Little Flower Cbildren's Serviceshad finalized plans to place thesechildren with .a couple whowould provide a stable familyunit so that the children couldget out of the institution andinto a normal family-way-of-life.Unfortunately, they hadn't count­ed on the reaction of the com­munity, which organized to op­pose tbe coming of such a grouphome into their neighborhood.

"There'll be eight kids withreal hangups. I don't see howa cou"lle will be able to super­vise them. I have enough troublewith my own three kids," saidone woman protestor.

There's nothing new aboutthis attitude. The story ofyou - get - out - of - my - neigh­borhood rings loud everytimethere is a mention of setting upa group home for mentally re­tarded adults or children, veter­ans, ex-mental patients, formerdrug addicts-any of the "un­desirables" of our world. Thepoor are also excluded by zon­ing laws which prevent the build­ing of low-income homes.

Black families attempting tomove into white neighborhoodsstill face hatred. In August 1974, .a black family on Long Island

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Catholic NewspaperDefends Workers

COLOMBO (NC)-The Cath­olic weekly, The Messenger, hascharged that plantation workersin Sri Lanka "are 'squeezed dryby their entrepreneurs to earneight per cent of the foreignexchange which is vital to theeconomy of Sri Lanka."

The newspaper continued:"Their wages are low, housingconditions subhuman, health fa­cilities inadequate. The majorityof them are deprived of theirfund~mental rights of dtizen-.ship. They are characterized bythe derogatory designation ofstateless. "

(These "stateless'" persons aredescendimts of Tamil-speakingIndian workers brought intoCeylon-as Sri Lanka was then

·known-by the British. WhenCeylon achieved independence itoffered citizenship to them, butmany declined. They are nothowever, Inaian citizens.)

The Messenger criticized es-­tate owners -and labor unionsalike for indifference to theworkers' plight. Bishop PaulPerera of Kandy has launched adrive for funds to alleviate themost critical cases of distressamong plantatioq workers. About

· eight per cent of Sri Lanka'spopulation is Catholic.

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ReconciliationContinued from Page Thirt-een

'''A Jewish Viewpoint," in JohnH. Miller, ed., Vatican II: An In·terfaith Appraisal (Notre Dame:Univ. of Notre Dame Press,1966) p. 363). I may not be per·sonally responsible for death onthe hot sands of Sinai, for bloat·ed bellies in Appalachia. fol'S'outhern laws that condemned

.blacks to illiteracy; but do I everweep for them?

ConversionRemembrance and repentance

call for conversion: I mustchange in mind and in heart.Here reconciliation becomes

. sticky. It is easy enough to de·plore an individual sin, to sayI shall try never to do it again.It is much harder to become thenew person who does not act.that way. It is relatively easy fol'me not to fire a gun, not towaste while a continent hungers,not to let bias destroy normalcourtsey. It is ever so hard forme to become a man of peace, aman poor in spirit, a man wholoves. But unless I do, I shannot become a force for reconcili·ation; I shall be only with thefew I like, the few who likeme.- The radical breakthrough willcome wI-.-en· I love God enoughto love His every image on earth,when I see in every broken body,in all starved flesh, the crucifiedcorpse of Christ. Only then willI do what Thoma's Merton sawmust be done: "Our job is to loveothers without stopping to in..quire whether or not they areworthy." Not with words only 01'

primarily; all too many of usdeny with our lives what weprofess with our lips. We havereached that point in historywhere we either treat. our neigh.bors as brothers and sisters orinvite destruction.

In this connection, a Hasidictale dear to the Jewish philoso·pher Martin Buber is splend-idlypertinent: "A young student aft·er much· anguish knocked on thedoor of his rabbi. He cried out:'Rabbi, I have no eyes to see,ears to hear, and a mind to un ..derstand, yet I do not know forwhat purpose I.. was created 01'

what meaning there is in mylife.' The rabbi answered: 'Fool ..ish one, neither do·.I know thepurpose of existence, but comelet us break bread together.'''(c.f.' Arthur Gilbert, ''The Con·temporary Jew in America,"Thought 43 (1968) 226).

When people do place a valueon reconciliation between manand ,.man, beautiful things hap­pen. In one village in my diocese,a parish council vote to turntheir now' vacant convent overto Catholic Charities to be usedas a home for retarded ·adults.There was the usual communityoutcry, but with determinedChristian action, the parish lead­ers worked to communicate tothe local residents that they hadnothing to fear. They succeeded,and the ex-convent with its spe·cial people is now accepted.

In one of the racially mixedareas. in my county, antagonismbetween the local pol-ice and theSpanish-speaking a'1d black res­idents had become so severe thata citizen's group formed andcame to the Human Rights Com­mission for help voicing theirhostilities towards and fear ofthe police. Out of their sincereefforts for 'reconciliation, thisarea formed the first Police·Community Relations Council inthe county, and the atmospherehas changed completely. The po­lice inspector who heads thepreeinct has established "Opera­tion Handshake," an open-doorpact between himself, his men,and the people they ,now servewith courtesy, instead of sum·

, monses.

If it is hatred which causes'wounds and war,then it is onlylove which can prevent suchdamage. A hard love. A difficultlove. The kind of love which de­mands we don't "do our ownthing," not ever if it is at theexpense of diminishing another,even a little. The mandated love-"Love one another as I haveloved you." Jesus' love:

MAN'S INHUMANITY TO MAN: But the one the Lorddetests Is the one "who sows discord." The trouble maker.The one who sets one man against another. The one whotriggers hatred. A member of the Knights of the Ku KluxKlan stands guard during a cross burning ceremony in StoneMountain, Gb. The I<:Ian consistently preaches a gospel ofhatred and racial discord. NC Photo.' '

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others, or has no mellowness indealing with the others.

Somewhere in the Old Testa­ment there's a line which hit mehard when I first read it as ateenager. To paraphrase the sec­tion, it goes on to say that theLord has a hard time putting upwith the liar, the cheat, the for­nicator, and so on. But the onethe Lord detests is the one "whosows discord." The trouble mak­er. The one who sets one managainst another; The one whotriggers hatred.

.In our lives, everyday we mustmake. the choice to wound or toheal. I .remember at one point in

. my life feeling overwhelmed. Theworld was too big to save andtoo ungrateful to love. Thetemptation to caritulate to self­centeredness was terribly strong,until I started to visualize whata world would 'be without loverslike Francis. of Assisi, Martin L.King, Albert Schweitzer, Moham­med, Ghandi, Jesus Christ'. Andso I chose to keep up the goodstruggle, trying at least to balmthe bit of the world I wouldpersonally touch.

Love HealsIt isn't easy to love others.

Why should I go out of my wayto return excess change to asalesgirl - except that I knowshe'll have to pay (or the mis,take out of her pocket? Whyshould I smile at a moody co­worker-except that maybe she'sbleeding from wounds I can'tsee? Why should I continue tobe nice .to a short-tempered,nasty neighbor-except that hemight at'least pause long enoughto wonder why I return a smilefor a sneer?

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.Who is Fully Human?Continued from Page Thirteen mother how ;sweet her baby is?

damage, epilepsy, Downs. syn- Do we sugg¢st that this childdrome. It's perfectly true that no f.·as much to give? Do we con­institution could be finer, and tinue...our visits? Do we send ourit's ashame that since tll-ere is little one over to play with herstill need for institutions that child? Some pf us do. Others ofthis .one cannot be duplicated us are afraid that some _of thethroughout the country thou- -defect of tlte other child willsands of times over. rub off on ours, so we stay away.

Nevertheless, no mattcrhow Even though attitudes are im·fine a facility nor how excellent proving, ther~ is' still a long, longits staff, nothing can compare way. to go. I think mos~ peopl.eto life at home with a mother consIder any'defect an Impos.sJ-and father 'and brothers and ble hurdle f~r the "developmentsisters. of a w~hole human being." The

It ' k f t th t II h'l concept that.' every person is·s a nown ac a a c 'I - .. . whole so long as he develops

dren thnve on love. If an mfant t h' f II it t' I d t b.. ' ,. . a IS u po en la nee s a eIS deprIved of love, he \\ III dIe. h ht bit d d' d.. t aug a au an Iscusse.People who devote theIr lIves to E h'ld .1 G d' . I

k · f h' ... very c I IS' a s specIa cre·ta mg care a c Ildren 111 mstl-. I • •tutions do provide love, but of atlO~, every fhl1~ h~s somethmgnecessity it is qualified rather to gIve, ~wer~ chIld IS whole andthan total. For care has taken every chIld c~n teach us.that emotional involvement with '. The questil;ms might be asked:a child has its limits. Any young- "What can a ;retarded child teachster brought up in an institution- me? What ·c~n he give?" Thereal setting is necessarily deprived are many answers. For me, itof that fullness of love which was greater tolerance, more pa·can only be. experienced in a tience, a reaUzation that no ·onefamily setting. individual is ,unfinished.

Educators endlessly talk about, .Yvonne. h?~ ~iven me her lo.vewrite about and discuss the "de. WIth no IImJ~atlOns; she has glv,velopment of the whole individu.· en me joy i? a way that I doal so that he may reach his full not know h~w to express. Andpotential." The so.called "nor- the little gir1 I held who .couldmal" people in our society have only r:sponq to. cuddling left

· lQs ranging anywhere from 90 me WIth a: feelIng that hadon up. Children, depending upon - touched 'inn9cence, and with atheir IQs and specific talents, sadness beca1Jse I could not begrow up to take their places in there again to comfort her.society according to their a'bili- But as long as society consid-ties. Even though there is wide ers perfection of body and mindvariety of potential among the to be requisites for a "whole""normal," each individual in this per.son, there: will be many insti·category is considered by our tutlOns because parents. havesociety as a whole human being. come to mat1uity believing that

I"defective" IchildrE!n are not

Mora Support worth the effort.When we hear that a f,fiend's '1·

baby was born with a defect, Acceptance of All .mental or physical, we are sorry In reality, ihere should be veryand we pray for them. This is few institutions. There will, ofgood. But how many of us give course a·lwaYs be some childrenthat family real moral support? who must be 'institutionalized-Do we make a special trip to see those with severe medical prob-the new baby? Do we tell the lems; when 6ne or both parents

are ill; children who are emo­tionally uncontrollable-these in­stances comJ to my mind butthere are cer:tainly others. I amnot saying tpat every mentallyor p'l:ovsically! handicapped childcan be kept at home. I am sayingthat there are entirely too many'children in in:sfitutions who real­ly'do not 'belong there and whowould be' better off with theirfamilies and their families wouldbe better off 'too.

The ,afflicted child's chancesof growing up, working, and be­coming a contributing memberof the comhmnity would begreater if 'hel had the full loveof his parents along with goodeducational e*periences. It is us­ually difficult to project 'at birthjust how far: children can pro-

. gress. And tile only way to tellis to try. Trying nourishes loveand love no~rishes the spirit.Fear of loving any child is mis­placed. The thing we should fearis a denial oi ·love.

As long ao,;. there is a littleBilly in an institution, as longas a child whits to be held bya nurse, and Ias long as I sendYvonne out -in the yard to playan'd another child greets her withthe chant, "Rbtardate, Retardate,go play sorrtewhere else. Wedon't· want y6u. Go away, away;away!" I'll be; acutely aware thatreconciliation, between people in­cludes acceptance of 'all our fel­·Iow men wit})out reservation.

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Bishops' CouncilMeets in Rome

ROME (NC) - Points raisedduring October's month-long dis­cussion of today's world werescrutinized by the Latin Amer·ican Bishop's Council (CELAM)at a six-day meeting here.

"About 55 representatives of 22Latin American episcopal cpn­ferences began the conferenceOct. 29 with a day of spiritualretreat.

Interviewed by Vatican Radio,the secretary general of thecouncil, Auxiliary Bishop Alfon­so Lopez Trujillo of Bogota,Columbia, said that the decisionto hold the meeting in Rome wasprompted partly by the presenceof so many Latin American bish·ops at the synod.

"'But we also want to attest toour deep attachment to the per­son of the Holy Father," he said,

"Again there is a close con­nection between the problemsraised in the synod and our ownmeeting. Even if the synod didnot reach concrete conclusions,the result of its work on thestudy of evangelization is big,"Asked about what CELAMhopes to accomplish during itsdiscussion in evangelization,Bishop Lopez replied:

"'We are aiming at more pro­gramatic decisions. We are notseeking to elaborate any doc­ument that has come out of thesynod.

."This is a meeting at whichwe will evaluate what has beendone, and whether we shouldgive life to new projects,"

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"When I chew gum I'll neverstick it under tables or on theground."

"I will not smoke because Idon't want my lungs smokey,"

"I will not throw pears onproperty."

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should have little trouble gettingby Mansfield this week. TheGreen Hornets lost to OliverAmes a week ago 33-12. Mans­field has engineered two upsetsthis year: and could conceivablystop North but it is doubtful. ANorth win assures the Rocket­eers of at least a tie for theloop title.

Oliver Ames trails North byonly one game in the standings.Coach Val Muscato's Amesmenmeet Car~inal Spellman High ofBrockton in a non-league affairSaturday. Next week it's North.

'No Shaving Cream in Mailbox'Among Anti-Pollution Promises

ALBANY (NC)-"I will neverput shaving cream in a mailboxagain."

That's what one little boywrote to The Evangelist recentlywhen the Albany diocesan news­paper asked its young readers tosend in their suggestions on cut­ting down on pollution.

Some of the others were justas thought-provoking:

"I will not tip over garbagecans when I ride my bike. I willnot smash pumpkins."

"I would never let my cat eata bird."

"I should feed my fish moreoften."

"I will make sure that my dogwill not knock over any garbagecans."

"I will be better to my catthan I have ever been before."

"I'd tell my fath.er to use thecar less,"

"I will not put big rocks in theroad any more. I will not putgl\rbage in the pond any more."

"I will try to prevent my dogfrom digging up the grass andeating our garbage."

TO BENEFIT CHEERLEADERS: Bishop Gerrard HighSchool president Cheryl Holleran (left) and varsity captainCarol Nagle call attention to dinner and fashion show set forWednesday, Nov. 13 at Venus de Milo restaurant for benefitof Fall River school an<lits cheerleaders. Mrs. Arthur Lageand Ms. Shirley Martin are co-chairmen of event.

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kicker Dave Gillespie. However,McDonald's club was bent on go­ing for the' win and the coachgave the go ahead. The attemptfailed but the Raiders must becredited with playing the game"to win" as it shuuld be.

In the Northern sector of thediocese North Attleboro con­tinues its quest for anotherHockomock League champion-.ship and a shot at the state title.The Big Red moved a little closerby trouncing Canton 39-20 lastSaturday. Mansfield and OriverAmes, the two other local clubsin the Hockomock, remain asNorth's only' obstacles enrouteto the league crown.

Coach Bob Guthrie's charges

Division I games on Satur­day's docket finds Dartmouth atAttleboro, Barnstable' at Som­erset, Durfee High of Fall Riverhosting Taunton while Falmouthplays Bourne and New Bedfordmeets Catholic Memorial in non­lop contests:

mouth waits silently in thewings for either club to falterwith the hope 'of taking over thetop spot. Coach George Milot'sSpartans knocked a good CaseHigh of Swansea team from thecontender list last Saturday witha 14-12 count. Stang is presentlytied with Feehan in the stand­ings at 3-1. Wareham is at StangSaturday.

Balance has been the watch­word in Division II aU season.Almost every league game hasbeen decided by a na,rrow mar­gin regardless of the opponents.The race should continue closethrough to the end of theseason.

crown by defeating Dennis-Yar­mouth 27-6 Saturday last. Thevictory gives Voke a 6-1 recordfor the season (2-0 in the league).Saturday the Division HI leaderswill be in Mattapoisett to meetthe Old Rochester Bull Dogs.OR is 1-2 in division play. CoachGerry Oliva's Regionals lost toWareha'm in the Cranberry Bowllast Saturday 26-6.

A win by the Artisans Satur­day will set the stage for theirmeeting wIth Dighton-Rehobothtwo weeks hence. The Bill Reyn­olds coached Fakons pulled themajor upset of the week lastSaturday when they upendedDivision H leader Fairhaven 18­14. The Falcons, however, mustget by Norton this week to makethe game meaningfuL The hostLancers lost to powerful Cardi­nal Spellman High of Brockton50-24 in a non-league game lastweekend.

SCHOOLBOY SPORTS

By PETER 1. BARTEKNorton High Coach

Falmouth won its seventhconsecutive game of the seasonSaturday last when it trippedDartmouth 30-14. Bourne, Attle­boro and Barnstable stand inthe way as the Clippers set theirsights on a nundefeated-unt'iedcampaign and a possible postseason title game.

Last week Durfee beat Barn­stable 23-7 for its second leaguevictory, New Bedford notchedits second 14-0 over Attleboroand Taunton remained in secondplace in the division standingsby edging Somerset 13-12. In thelatter contest Somerset actuallyhad a chance to tie the contestif Coach Ray' McDonald hadcalled upon his premiere place

Diman Regional of Fall River'will be looking for its first winof the season when it entertainsDennis-Yarmouth in the- finalDivision HI contest slated forSaturday.

Coach Paul O'Boy's BishopFeehan High Shamrock of At­tleboro utilized a "little luck ofthe Irish" last Saturday to earna well deserved 8-6 triumph overrival Bishop Cassidy-Msgr. CoyleHigh from Taunton. Feehan nowtraHs Divisi'on II leader Fair­haven by only half a game. Fee­han is 3-1 in loop play while theBlue Devils are 4-1. The twocollide in Fairhaven Saturday.

Coach Jim Lan'agan's forceswill have to get last Saturday'sloss to Dighton out of theirminds quickly and prepare forthe hard hitting Shamrocks dil­igently. Neither club can realis­tically afford another 'loss inConference play and hold on totitle aspirations.

Bishop Stang High of Dart-

Title Within Grasp of Red Rocketeers

s. E. 'Mass. Grid C.onferenceTo Crown Three New Champs'

With slightly over three weeks remaining in the 1974scholastic schoolboy football campaign it appears as thoughthe Southeastern Massachusetts Conference will crown threenew champions. Falmouth has a firm hold on first place inthe large school Division Ibracket. Defending titlistBourne is out of the runningin Division II and realign­ment 'ailtomatically created asuccessor to Wareham in Divi­sion HI. The 22 team leaguewas realigned following the firsttwo seasons of play with thehope that more equitable com­petitive conditions would result.

Judging from the present divi­sional standings th~ changeshave made for more competitivegames. Falmouth has the leadin the top bracket, but the unde­feated Clippers have had a fewclose calls. The Division II racewill probably not be decideduntil Thanksgiving morning.And, New Bedford Vocational is,at least two weeks away fromwrapping up the small schooltitle.

Coach Jeff Riley's Artisansmoved a step closer to the

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,It suggests supplementing themarket system "with a food re­serve, built up by donations fromexporting countries and contin­ually sustained so that nationscould draw upon ,it in ,emer­gencies like the one we are nowexperiencing...

The booklet also suggests thatindividual Americans, by CUit­ting back their intake of meat10 per cent, would make a sub­stantial contribution to solvingthe food crisis in the globe.

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Change SystemsThe' booklet describes the con­

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Calllective level," the booklet notes,pointi~g •out ithat only. by sur­mountmg ev~r recurrmg con­frontations can peace exist.

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GLASGOW . (NC)-"'Scotl'anld's,singing priest,! Father SydneyMacEwan, wili record six TVprograms in C~nada. On two of 't.hem he will be introducingArchbishop Fulton Sheen andMrs. Rose Ken'nedy.

They will be Ibroadcast in Can­ada's "The :Church' Today"series. ;. Father MaoEwan, whose auto-

,biography "od tl1e High C's"was published Ia year ago andis about to' go into anotherprinting, wHI be dis1cilssing hismeeting with! Mrs. Kennedy'sson,. the late President John F.Kennedy in one of the programs.He will ,also I be reminiscingabout other aspects of his careerand life as a Ipriest, includingmeetings with Archbishop Sheen,former bishop Qf Rochester, N.Y.and TV personality and otherweII known figures in the reli­gious and artistic world.

Father Mac¢wan' was a fa-, mous internati<lnal' singer when

he decideq to pecome a priest.He was ordained in his homecity of Glasgow in 1944 at theage of 35, and continued to singoccasionally at Iconcerts all overthe world for charity. For manyyears he was a parish priest., I

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nected,' and' is determined byvarious almost constitutive el­ements of the hearers of theword of God: that is their ·needs,and desires, tHeir way of speak­ing, hearing, :thinking, judgingand entering :into contact withothers."!

"We intend to collaboratemore diligently, with those of ourChristian brothers with whomwe are not yet in the union of aperfect communion ... Christ'scommand imp1els us to do so.

I .The work of Rreaching and ren-dering witness I to the Gospel de-mands it." i '

"The Churdi does not remainwithin tnerel~ political, socialand economic, limits (elementswhich she mJst certainly take• • Imto account) Ibut leads towardfreedom under all its forms­liberation from, sin, from individ­ual or collective selfishness­and t6 ful1 co~munion with Godand with men who. are likebrothers." !

"The time Which occurs be~tween Easter and the parousia.(second coming) is the time oftension' and aspirations towardthe world' which must come."

, ' .THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Thurs., Nov. 7, .1974

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Says .I rish Viole"ceNot Religious ~War

VATICAN CITY (NC) - Car­dinal William Conway of Ar~

magh, Northern Ireland has toldthe Synod of Bishops that thetroubles being endured in North­ern Ireland today are "not a warof religion." .

The cardinal praised the reli­gious constancy of the Irish peo­ple-stressing that 90 per centof its Catholics go to Mass atleast once a month. He alsospoke of the "heart-breaking sit­uation" in Northern Ireland thathas lasted more than five years.

WASHINGTON (NC) - TheU.S. Catholic .conference (USCC)Division of Justice and Peacehas issued, a booklet entitled"Reconciliation: The Way toPeace" to aid in planning pro­grams to commemorate theeighth ,annual period of peaceproclaimed by Pope Paul VI for1975.

The title ~s the theme an­nounced by, the Pope for the,period of peace. .

"Peace is made up of reconcili­ations, on the individual and col-

VATI.cAN CITY (NC)-Hereare some key passages from thefinal declaration on evangeliza­tion issued by the internationalSynod of Bishops which met inRome on the subject of evan­gelization from Sept. 27 to Oct..26:

''':In the fraternal communi­cation of our experience ... weexperienced the. richness con-,tained in variety. It expressed it­se1f'in our attempts to radicalizethe Gospel in its entirety amongpeoples of differing cultures,promulgating in some way themethod of the incarnation which,God wishes fo use in His workof salvation through Christ:."

:,'We wish to confirm anewthat the mandate to evangelizeall men constitutes the essentialmission of the Church."

"Indeed the deeper and morewidespread tha,t current changesappear to us ... the more evidentand urgent becomes the neces­sity to proclaim the Gospel toall nations and to every individ·ual man.;'

"No reaL Christian may absen'thimself from this duty (to evan­gelize), which he must carry outin keeping with his state and incommunion with his pastors."

"We are convinced that youngpeople to the extent that theyare searching for the fundamen­tal values of the Gospel and aredemanding true authenticity inconceiving and witnessing thefaith, challenge us adults andcompel us to renew unceasinglythe commitment to evangelize,"

"Although secularization pre­sents some positive aspects, itnevertheless inclines to the ide­ology of secularism which com­pletely excludes God from thehorizon of human life and there­fore from the profound meaningof e~istence." .

".communication of the Gospel... takes place through word,work and life, each closely con-

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