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of Fall River and Ray Guillette of Attleboro.

since 1959. She was then 36years old, the youngest col1egepresident in this country.

Last year, she was one of nineU. S. delegates from the U. S.,-and the only woman delegatefrom 23 nations, at an interna­tional Conference on Catholiceducation at the Vatican.

In her address to the JohnCarrol1 Society, Sister Claydonnoted that the past decade hasseen "the erosion of moral val­ues" anq. "the removal of anysense of th-e transcendent in ourlives."

A reflection of the turmoil insociety was the U. S. SupremeCourt abortion ruling in Januaryby which the majority of thejurists "decided against life andfor death," she said.

"Our colleges and universitiesmust, particularly ·at the univer­sity level, engage in serious,on­going research in these areaswhich will be the most seriouslychallenged in the days ahead,those areas concerned with thesacredness of life and the rightto life," she said.

"Another obligation of col­leges and universities in these

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JOHN F. COYLE

ChairmenCastro, an Attleboro native,

attended Coyle High School andBryant College. He is treasurerof Attleboro chapter of the RedCross, a trustee of the Portu­guese-American Club and a di­rector of the Attleboro LionsClub. He has been active in pa­rochial and religious groups.

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parish, Attleboro, will serve ina similar capacity for the Attle-boro area. - .

The men will assist Rev. JohnF. Andrews and Rev. Bento R.,Fraga, Cape and Attleboro areaappeal directors respectively,Joseph H. Feitelberg, diocesanlay chairman; and Msgr. An­thony M. Gomes, diocesan ap­peal director.

Wills, :administrative officerfor -the Cape Cod Canal office ofthe Army Corps of Engineers,is active in SCouting and theConfraternity of Christ·ian Doc­trine and was a 1972 recipientof ,the Marian Medal. He waseducated in the Boston publicschools and at the Universityof Massachusetts.

COYle, who served as parishappeal Chairman last year, is alsoactive in the Holy Name Society.A World War II veteran, heserved under General' Patton,and after .the war was employedby Westinghouse Electric in Bos­ton, moving to Cape Cod in1947. He attended Harvard andSt. Botolph Art School. .

GATHERING OF FRIENDS: Pope Paul greets Bishop Cronin warmly as CardinalMedeiros, center, and Auxiliary Bishop Gerrard, left, share the joy of .the audiencegranted by the Holy Father to a small group of those who accompanied the Archbishopof Boston to Rome on the occasion of his elevation to the College of Cardinals. Beforehis episcopal ordination, Bishop Cronin served Pope Paul in the Vatican.

WASHINGTON (NC) - The 'create a community united bypresident of Trinity Col1ege here faith and ethical and moral val­has urged Catholic institutions of ues."higher learning to become ceO'· Sister Claydon, a leadingters for research into "the sa- spokeswoman on education,credness of life and the right to made her comments in a speechlife." to the John Carroll Society, an

Sister Margaret Claydon of the organization of Catholic profes­Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur _ sional men in the archdiocese ofalso recommended that Catholic Washington.

. universities and col1eges pro- Sister Claydon has been pres-vide chaplains who will redis- ident of Trinity Col1ege, a smal1cover for students "the way to liberal arts school for women,

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garet's Parish, Buzzards Bay,John F. Coyle, St. Pius X, SouthYarmouth, have he-en namedarea lay chairmen f.or the Capeand Islands area of the Fal1 Riverdiocese for the 1973 CatholicCharities Appeal. Thomas O.Castro, St. John the Eva~gelist

and all priests and agencies ofthe diocese will be receiving acopy shortly.

Father McGowan, referring tothe lengthier report of the SocialConcerns Committee presentedat the February meeting, thenproceeded to present the follow­ing proposals to the senate forultimate presentation to theMost Reverend Bishop:

That a ful1-time Diocesan Di­rector of Family Life be appoint­ed by the Bishop and that thepriest who is appointed hasnothing more than Sunday re­sponsibmties in a parish.

That the person appointed tothis position have the compe­tence described in the family lifereport.

That the procedure recom­mended in the Committee reportfor appointing the Director befol1owed.

That the Director of FamilyLife be given a job descriptionincluding the responsibilities ofthe director as given in the com­mittee report.

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Greater ResearchIn Family LifeNeeded by All

There is nothing typical anymore about .the Catholic familyin Amellica, or, as one f,amilylife ,leader put it: "If U. S. familystyles were ever homogeneous,they are not so today."

With that thought to guidethem, leaders from Catholic mar­riage and family organizationsmet in Chicago recently' to ex­change ideas and to form someloosely knit cooperative projects.

On one point they all seemedto agree: that the changingneeds of the Catholic familyhave to he studied, and research­ed more today than ever before.And those needs have to be ful­filled, they added. The meetingwas attended by representativesof the Christian Family Move­ment (CFM), the InternationalConfederation of' Family Move­ments which deals with the

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TheANCHOR

At the regularly scheduledmeeting of the Fal1 River Dioc­esan Senate of Priests, held atthe Catholic Memorial Home,Friday, March 16, the presenta­tion of the Social ConcernsCommittee was finalized.

Rev. Robert A. McGowan, co­chairman along with Rev.Thomas C. Lopes of this com­mittee made the presentationfirst of al1, of the "Marriage andFamily CounselJing Directory."The 31 page directory was pre­pared by the committee overthis past year and contains thedescriptions of the many andvaried public and private agen­cies concerned with family an(Jmarriage counselling throughoutthe entire Diocese of Fall River.

The Senators had receivedcopies for study at the Februarymeeting and reports received onthe directives were more thanfavorable. Father McGowan thenpresented the two following res­olutions:

That the Senate will fund theprinting of "Marriage and Fam­ily Counselling Directory" pub­lished by .the Family Life Com­mittee of the Senate.

The Senate will fund the dis­tribution of the Directory to allpriests of the Diocese.

Both resolutions were unan­imously passed by the Senate

2 THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Thurs. Mar. 22, 1973

Fall RiverConcelebrated MassFor Rev. J. Normand Hardy'

Magazil'E~ Discusses Judaism,Pays TriblLite to Rabbi Heschel

Twenty-three years of priestlyservice was offered to AlmightyGod as a sacrifice along withthe sacrifice of the Mass, aspriests of the Diocese of fallRoiver offered a concelebrat~d

Mass of Christian BuriaI fortheir confrere, Rev. Joseph Nor­mand Hardy, of the 51. Peters­burg diocese In Florida.

Most Rev. James J. Gerrard,Vicar General, performed thefinal commendation; Most Rev.James L. Connolly, former Bish­op of Fall River, who 23 yearsago ordained the murdered man .a priest, attended.

Rev. Msgr. Alfred J. Gendreau,pastor of Notre Dame Church,Fall River, and Episcopal Vicarfor the Fall River Area, was thechief celebrant. Eight diocesanpriests joined him ,in the Masswhile others from throughoutthe- Diocese witnessed the rites.Rev. Thomas Morrissey, assis­tant pastor at .Notre Dame Par­ish, was Master of Ceremonies.

The homily, stressing the hu­maneness of the priesthood andthe exalted divine gifts placedby Christ in "earthen vessels'"

.was delivered by Rev. John R.Foister, assistant pastor of NotreDame Pari.sh.

,Father Hardy, pastor ofSt.Raphael Church, Lehigh Acres,Florida, was killed· by a thief orthieves on Monday evening,March 12. Police said between$200 and $400 had been takenfrom the trunk of his automo~bile. The money was apparentlyfrom church collecUons' thatthe priest generally carried in

Endorse Nationa INews Council

NEW YORK (NC)-The boardof directors of the Catholic PressAssociation (CPA) has endorsedthe National News Council beingestablished by the TwentiethCentury Fund.

"The board of 9irectors of theCatholic Press Association wel­comes the formation of a coun­cil," the hoard sa'id in 'a recentlyapproved resolution. "We pledgeour wholehearted support of thecouncil, especially' in view ofrecent cOlJrt actions threateningthe freedom necessary for' jour­nalists to carry out their respon­sibility to society."

The CPA board added that ithoped the council-which plansto receive and evaluate com­pla'intsabout violations of pressfreedom 'and make reports ­would dnclude the religious pressin its concerns.

.M.J. Rossant, Twentieth Cen­tury Fund director, assured theCPA that the council would in;deed meet with CPA representa­tives and thanked the Catholicjournalism group for its support.

"It is very encouraging to re­ceive such strong encouragementat a time when powerful voicesin journalism are seeking to pre­vent the establishment of ,this

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his cal' for deposit in a bank,Bom in Fall River on Jan. 13,

1917, Father Hardy filled pas­toral assignments in NotreDame, Fall River, St. JacquesParish, Taunton, and St. AnneParish, New Bedford.

From 1959 to 1961 he was as­sistant .pastor at Good ShepherdParish, Orlando, FIorida. AfterserVing: also as assistant pastorat Holy Cross Parish, Palmetto,he was named pastor of Ascen­sion Parish, Fort Myers Beach.

From Sept. 29, 1971 to hisdeath, Father Hardy was pastorof St. Raphael Parish, LehighAcres, and served as a memberof the diocesan liturgical com­mission.

Bishop Charles B. McLaugh­lin of St. Petersburg Dioceseand the priests of the FloridaDiocese concelebrated a Massof Christian Burial for FatherHardy before his body wastransferred to Fall River.

"I felt that he was the bestman I had." That was the wayPatrick Jerome Robinson, a '10­year-old black res,ident of Pal­metto, ,Florida, described 56­year-old Father Hardy.

Father Hardy had willed halfof his estate-of an undisclosedsum 'induding a savings ac­cpuntand securities-to the.Robinson boy whom he had be-

. friended several years ago whenthe youngster was gravely illfrom malnutroiUon.

"I felt that he was the bestman I had," said young R"obin­son who Father Hardy had once,tried unsuccessful)' to adopt."He talked' to me about the rigl'itway to grow up,about going tocollege. He told me, 'Be honest,go to church every Sunday.' "

"He was a very, very compas­sionate and sympathetic man,"said Rev. Thomas Anglim, pastorof St. Francis Xavier Parish inFort Myers and Dean of thesouthern deanery of the .st.Petersburg diocese.

"He wasa'!ways sympatheticand helpful especially to mi­grants or black people-peoplewho were kind of down ,in life.It was his project in life."

Father O'SullivanDied March 17

. ·Rev. Killian O'SuHivan, SS.CC.,'Provincial CounseUor of theFathers of the Sacred Hearts inFair-haven, died on Saturday,March 17,. after a long illness.

Born in County Cork, Ireland,58 years .ago, he entered theSacred Hearts' Fathers in 1944.He was first professed at Ware­ham and made his fina'! profes­sion and was ordained a priestin Washington, D. C.

Following his ordination in1950, he was named vocationaldirector of ,the' Sacred HeartsNovitiate in Co·otehill,. CountyCavan, Ireland. He later becamesuperior ape! novke master there.

,In 1958, he became director ofthe sponsorship program at th~

Fairhaven Provincial House andwas named Provincial Counsel­lor.

A concelebrated Mass was of­fered at St. J'oseph Parish, Fair­haven, yesterday. Very Rev.Fintan Sheeran, SS.ce., provin-

. cial was principal concelebrant.Rev. Daniel McCarthy, formerprovincial, delivered the homily.

DECEASED: Cardinal Giu­seppe Ferretto's death Iastweek' reduces College ofCardinals to 143 withJ16 el­igible to take part in a papalelection. Cardinal Ferrettowas friend- of Bishop Con­nolly and had visited theFall River Diocese.

Pope StressesChurches' UnityWith ·Vatican

VATICAN CITY (NC) - PopePau~ VI stressed the unity oflocal churches with the Vaticanin separate audiences with del­egates accompanying the newlycreated cardinals from Los An­geles and Boston.

Speaking in English, the Popetold some ~O priests and laityfrom Los Angeles that he wishedthem to learn from this encoun­ter in Ro.me the same unity theyhave expressed in their alle­giance to Cardinal Timothy Man­ning.

."Priests especially," Pope Paulsaid, "are 'aware, as Paul told thePhilippians, how Timothy 'hasproved himself by working withme on behalf of the good news.' "

The Pope continued:"It is our hope that all the

priests of Los Angeles will feelmore closely one with' us, andthat the ecclesial bonds thatunite them with their Ordinarywill draw them closer to thesuccessor of Peter."

Precious Gift

Speaking to Cardinal Humber..to Medeiros of Boston and hisdelegation, the Pope welcomed

, them with the peace of Christ."We hope you will always

.have that precious gift whichJesus Christ offers us, Hispeace," the Pope told CardinalMedeiros.

"But we are confident (youwill ~press) that further peacewhich. comes from the unity ofthe Church: the unity of bishopswith the See of Peter and amongthemselves, and their unity withtheir priests, Religious and peo­ple."

Cardinal Manning left RomeMarch 9, for Dublin and hishometown of l3allingeary, Coun­ty Cork.

While in Dublin the new car~

dinal, accompanied by his broth­er's family from Ireland and fewCalifornia clergy, were the guestsof the president of Ireland, Ea­mon De Valera.

NEW YORK (NC) - Editorsof the Jesuit weekly, America,have devoted an entire issue tocontemporary Jewish religiouslife and thought, as articulatedby the late Rabbi Abraham Josh­ua Hesche!.. Rabbi Heschel, 65, professorof Jewish Ethics and Mysticismat the Jewish Theological Sem­inary of America, died in lateDecember.

"Our editorial purpose," ex­plained Jesuit Father DonaldCampion, head of the map.a7.ine'~

editorial staff, "extends beyondthe paying of a justly deservedt1'libute to the memory of an out­standing religious thinker.

"Christians today cannot af­ford to remain ignorant of thevitality and rich vIgor of reli­gious thought and life within theone community with which theyhave ties so deep and lasting a~

to transcend human understand­ing."

In the March 10 issue ofAmerica four Jewish and fourChristian writers recaH thebearded and beloved scholarwho visited Pope. Paul VI in1964 and 1971 and is creditedwith many of the strengths ofthe Second Vatican Council dec­laration on the Jews and non­Christian religions.

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Rabbi Louis Finkelstein, chan­cellor emeritus of the JewishTheological Seminary, told ofDr. Heschel's recoHection of hismid-counC'i1 encounter with PopePau!. Dr. Heschel "thoughtfullyspent several' hours with _me,describing in detail what hadoccurred, .and how much· hethought he had achieved," RabbiFinkelstein said. '''But he hadachieved more at that time than.one could know."

The Rev. John C. Bennet, re­tired president of Union Theo­J'ogical Seminary wrote: "I trulybelieve that there h~IS been aradical brea1k in-the minds andconsciences of both Protestantsand Catholics with their evilpast of anti-Judaism, which sooften helped to create the cli­mate in which brutal racist anti­Semitism has flourished ... Abra­ham Heschel has had an enor­mous in1i1uence in what: one may

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Jacob Neusner, professor, reli­gious studies, Brown University

. said: "Heschel attempted to cre­ate a 'natural theology' for Juda-'ism, a theology which would be­gin where people actually are,in all their secularity and igno­rance, and carry them forwardto Sinai."

'Effective Partner'Prof. Fritz A. Rothschild, of

the Jewish Theological Seminaryfaculty: "Heschel shows howthis 'scandal of particularity' (ofJudaic doctrine) can be over­come: not by abandoning thisancient faith in favor of ·a vaguebroad humanism, but by show­'ing modern Jews that their clas­sical tradition speaks to the con­cerns of all human beings andis grounded in universaJl andpervasive traits of our existence';'

Father John C. Haughey, asso­ciate editor of America said:"His prayerfulness made him ane~tremely effective partner inthe encounter with Christianity.He did not, in fact, trust a spiritof dialogue that did not emergefrom a personal interiorizationof one's own ,faith."

Fa,ther Raymond E. Brown,BibHcal scholar at Woodstockand Union Theological Seminary:"The Old Testament can tell ussomething about the sanctity ofthis life that we might not sus­pect from -the New Testament.Abraham Heschel was a manwHo listened -to the voices thats'peak in the Hebrew Scriptures,and his life was an eloquentwitness of their power to sanc­tify. men."

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LEADERS MEET TO PLAN APPEAL: Rev. Francis L. Mahoney, assistant at Immac­ulate Conception Parish, Fall River and diocesan director for American Catholic OverseasAid Fund Appeal, center, discusses the campaign scheduled for the weekend of March31-April 1 with Bishop Edward E. Swanstrom, right of the Catholic Relief Services andMsgr. Andrew P. Landi, assistant director of CRS, left.

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Dubuque to AidPregnant Women

DUBUQUE (NC) - The Du­buque Archdiocesan CatholicCharities here said it will "putits money where its mouth is"for pregnant women who do notwant their babies.

In- a letter to Catholic pastors,Catholic charities director FatherThoma'S Rhomberg said the or­ganimtion would guaranteefunds "to assure that financial'consideration would never be afactor in ~empting a mother toabort."

Most women"who cannot af­ford medical care themselves arealready eligible for funds fromother sources, :Father Rhombergsaid, and in such casces Cathol:iccharities counselors would re­fer women to the appropriatesources.

But, he said, if no othersources are available "theChurch's agency will &ee that thebills are paid. We believe theChurch must put its moneywhere its mouth is."

Diabetics FormNew Group

The Greater Fall River Diabet­ic Association will hold an or·'ganizational meeting at 7:30Wednesday night, March 28 atModel Cities Neighborhood Clin­ic, 102 County Street, FaIl River.

All diabetic patients, theirfriends and relatives, are urgedto attend. The association willhave as its purpose the dissem­ination of information regardingthe control of dia'betes. At theinitial meeting Dr. GordonStokes of the staff of TruesdaleHospital will speak on physio­logical and. sociological aspectsof the disease. Refreshments anda discussion period will follow.

The new group is co-sponsoredby St. Anne's Hospital, theModel Cities agency and South­eastern Massachusetts Univer­sity College of Nursing.

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It is almost impossible not towonder why these SupremeCourt Justices, who have seenso many years of Hfe, cannot ap­preciate. the facts of life, and thegestation through which eachand every human being indubi­tably must endeavor. However,as youth, we are very dose tothat life which so many seek todestroy. It is from this close van­tage point that we recognize thepreciousness of the individuallife of each child growing anddeveloping in its mother fromzygote to embryo, to fetus, tobirth.

It is with fervent trust in thegoodness of mankind that weseek the defense of these youngchildren unseen to us in thewomb. We urge our legislators,and all people, to look to themyriad of positive alternativesfor recompense of social prob­lems, and to do so in the Hght ofundying hope.

low the right to protect life to·be usurped, the responsibility tosafeguard it to be circumvented.

Churchmen OpposeCapital Punishment

CARSON CITY (NC)-BishopJoseph Green of Reno has an­nounced his opposition to cap­ital punishment and urged thatalternatives to the death penalty-such as life-long incarcerationof criminals-be considered.

Episcopal Bishop WesleyFrensdorff of Nevada joined theCatholic prelate in opposition tothe death penalty, asserting thatit does not deter violent crimeas many believe.

The churchmen made .theircomments in statements pre­sented to a joint hearing by ,thestate senate and assembly judi­ciary committees. The statelegislature is considering 10 billsrelated to ,reinstatement of cap­ital punishment in the state.

Last June the U. S. SupremeCourt ruled that capital punish­ment as generally imposed inthis country was a violation ofthe Eighth Amendmen.t prohibi­tion against cruel and unusualpunishment. However, the court'at the same Hme indicated thatit might llIpprove new death pen­alty laws baring personal discre­tion by· judges and juries insentencing.

misunderstanding the safety ofthe mother, and totally disre­garding the life of ,the unborn,the Court see~s to reduce theargument to a matter, of a ·wom­an's privacy. Privacy and con­venience are almost always wel­come developments, but whenthey are the' catch' words thatseek to re-define matters of lifeand death as the trivial mattersof practical expedience, thepropaganda must be rejected byany civilized society.

The most fundamental purposeof society is to protect life. Ina land whose foundations arebuilt upon the laws of God andliberties of man, let us never aI-

The org,anization has issuedthe following statement in sup­port of anti-abortion legislationnow before the state. house ofrepresentatives:

Massachusetts Youth FORLife, as a coalition of personswho believe in the dignity of allIife strongly supports resolutionH6092 presently before theHouse of Representatives of theCommonwealth of Massachu­setts. We thus state our approv­al of this bill which petitions theCongress of the United States toenact. legislation amending theBill of Rights to establish therights of the unborn. It is ourconcern that Hfebegins at thetime of concept1on; and it is ourconcern that this life be respect­ed and SUbsequently, protected.

Active Response.

For those unaware, Mass.Youth iFOR Life has ,been formed.in active response to the recentSupreme Court decision callingfor abortion on request up to thesixth month of pregnancy. Wehave resolved to promote respectfor all human life, at every stageof its development from themoment of concepti-on to thattime of natural death; to cam­paign in the ,interest of respectfor life; and to do everytl')ng inour power to defend the right tolife of all persons, withpartic­uJ.ar regard for the unborn.

Any scientific attitude towardabortion must be characterizedas the destruction of life. While

Two members of the Fall R,iverdiocese are on the board of di­rectors of Massachusetts Youthfor Life, a coalition of youngpersons opposed to legislationpermitting abortion. They areMichael P. Vandal, Westport, astudent at Boston College, andRobert T.S. Simmons, Fall River,a student at Suffolk University.Vandal is chaIrman of the boardand Simmons serves as -its trea­surer.

Family LifeContinued from Page One

Spanish-speaking, Teams of OurLady, Marriage Encounter, andthe U. S. bishops' office of fam­ily life.

"The meeting was a sharing,"said Peter Foote. He and his wifewere one of two chair-coupleson the program comm~ttee ofCFM.

He said the meetJing, the firstof its kind for the Catholic fam­ily groups, was valuable in find­ing out what was needed in thefamily movements.

"Ther€ is a need for contin­uing reflection about marriageand the family. There ,is a needto dispel confusion about whatis going on both in secular andreligious aspects of family lifeas well as in the interplay of thetwo," Foote said.

"The family movement comesalive by a careful observationand reflection' on what is hap­pening in families, and an effortto make a response in the lightof the Gospel. What people wantfrom us 'is support in doing'that."

Foote said ,that when f,amilylife leaders taIk about family lifetoday, ,they are no longer talkingabout on€ thing. What is bindingth€ leaders together, Foote be·Iieves, is the need to clarify theatmosphere as to what needsto be done to respond to differ­ent family needs.

Married couples today, saidMsgr. James McHugh, head ofthe U. S. Catholic Conferencefamily life division, are underpressures from a constantlychanging society. There is great­er mobility in changing jobs, inplaces to live, in. education.There is no stratified class dis­tinctions as. in other courutr,ies,he pointed out.

What is needed for manyCatholic married couples- in theUnited States is a "supportivenetwork" of assistance from thefamily life groups, Msgr. Mc­Hugh said. Otherwise, he warned,many of these couples "are sureto become victims of instabilityof the social structure."

Names New DeanWASHINGTON (NC)-Eugene

Kennedy, chairman of the biol­ogy department at the CatholicUniverSity of America, has beennamed dean of ,the GraduateSchool of AI'lts and Sciences. Heis a fellow of the WashingtonAcademy of Science and Diplo­mat of the American Academy ofMicrobiology. He will replace.John J. Murphy, who has servedas dean of the school since 1968.

Hospitals DeclareStand on Abortion

ST. PAUL (NC)-Catholic hos­pitals in Minnesota have declaredthat they will fight any efforts toforce them to permit abortions.

The Minnesota Conference of. Catholic Health Facilities took

l:Jhat stand in a statement re­affirming the Church's opposi­tion to abortion.

The resolutions stated thatCatholic facilities "shall vigor­ously defend . . . the constitu­tional right of hospitals to pro­vide health care services in amanner consistent with thisstated position/'

The resolution also declaredcontinued "support for and pas­sage of -laws preserving the rightof any person or institution torefuse to administer, perform orsubmit to an abortion as a mat­ter of personal conscience."

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Father McLean said that fol­lowing Vatican II some' sem­inaries dropped the strong!ysystematized study of philoso­phy. Last year, however, theVatic·an Congregation for_Cath­olic Education sent the bishopsof the world a circular letteremphasizing the need for a full,structured and coordinated pro­gram of phiIosoph¥' in priestlyformation.

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view of the emphasis that hasbeen placed in recent years, forexample, upon the importanceof the study of the social sci­ences as preparation for inner­city' apostolates," Father Mc­Lean said.

"This may suggest an increas­ing awareness that people turnto a priest not f-or his under­standing of the mechanics ofpoverty as, treated in the eco­nomic and social sciences but forhis awareness of the meaning ofpoverty arid ,mater1al well-beingfor man's life in God.

'''The survey found a positiveand enthusiastic response to thesignificance of phlJo:sophyamong aI-I categories," FatherMcLean said. "But there was aninteresting contrast: -between thestudents and thl~ professorswhen asked about, the role ofphilosophy 'in relation to thestudent's persona'! growth."

'Value of :Life'

The professors stressed thatphilosophy strengthened a stu­dent's critical and analytic capa­bilities, he said. The 'students,however, saw philosophy comses,"when well taught, as uncover-

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ACIES CEREMONY: Bishop James J. Gerrard presides at 21st annual Acies Cere­mony of Legion of Mary of Diocese of Fall River. J?edicated to sanctification through pray­er and spiritual work for souls, the Legion reconsecrates its active and" auxiliary membersyearly at the rites held at St. Mary's Cathedral. From left, Mrs. Jean Fairhurst, Legionsecretary; Mrs. Katherine Hart, treasurer; thle Bishop; Rev. Matthew Sullivan. SS.CC.,homilist; Miss Marie Lebeau, president; Very Rev. Thomas J. Harrington, spiritual direc­tor, of Fall River Comitium of Organization.

from a trade union point of view,absolutely disgraceful."

Agrees With MeanyTwo days later, returning to

the 'same subject, Meany said,with reference to Hoffa's Stan­ford tantrum, that "Jimmy haslooked in his crystal ball manytimes in the past, and he hasn'talways come out right."

I agree with President Meanyall the way. In my opinon, hewas dead right in saying'that theTeamsters are not going to besuccessful in their unconscion­able effort to destroy the FarmWorkers Union.

Here's hoping' that Hoffa andthe Teamsters will get Meany'smessage and come to' theirsenses before it's too late-nottoo late for Chavez and hisstruggling union, but too late forthe Teamsters., The old adageis still true: the bigger they are,the haL"der they fall. A word tothe wise is~or at least ought tobe-sufficient.

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Philosophy ,Outpoin1ts; Newer ProgramsWASHINGTON (NC) - The

ancient .study of philosophy out­pointed new programs in "spe­cial ministries" 'such as innercity work in 13. survey of sem­inarians and their teachers.

Most of those responding tothe survey conducted by theCenter for ,Applied Research inthe Apostolate (CARA) here,said that a good philosophy pro­gram provIdes a solid foundation;for understanding the Christianfaith and that this is the mostimportant factor in planning aseminary program.

This was considered more im­portant than factors such asdeveloping, capabilities in speci­fic fields of the. arts and sd·ences, and preparation for spe­cial ministries.

"Preparation for special minis·tries received almost no first orsecond place choices," saidFa,ther George F. McLean, aCatpo!ic University philosopherwho conducted the survey. "In­deed, it was thought by some tobe a thoroughly foreign consid­eration.

'Enthusiastic, Response'"This appears surprising in the

however, that he would move,quickly to block ,any bid by Hof­fa to return to union office. in

,violation of the condition of hisrelease from prison. Kleindienstsaid that the government willstrictly enforce the terms ofPresident Nixon's commutationof Hoffa's sentence.

Cold-Blooded ThreatIt remains to be seen, of

course, whether or not the De­partment of Justice willI, in fact,lower the boom on Hoffa, if hedecides, on advice of counsel, todisregard the Attorney General'swarning. In any event, if Hoffacan eventually square himselfwith the government, I supposehe has as much right as anyother Teamster to run for thepresidency of the International.The decision is up .to him; it'snone of my business, one way orthe other. , \ .

I think it is my business, how­ever, to say very bluntly thatHoffa's cold-blooded 'threat todestroy the Farm Workers Un­ion is absolutely disgracefulfrom the point of view of tradeunion ethics. I say this re1luctant­Iy and with deep regret, for thelast thing in the world I wouldwant to do would be to pick afight with a man who has Just

,been released from prison andis still on probation.

Hoffa's record, then, is com­pletely beside the point and hasnothing whatsoever to do withthe matter under discussion inthis column. For present pur-,poses, I am simply saying thathis recent punch-drunk attackon Cesar Chavez and the FarmWorkers Union marks him inmy book as a street-corner bully.

Disgraceful ActionThe' on'1y thing to do with a

bully is to call his bluff. Mycalling his bluff, however, isobviously a rather meaninglessgesture. I am sure that he andthe Teamsters Internationalcould care less about my opin­ion on this matter.

The only, organization that cancall their bluff and really make'it stick-the only organization''that can hit them where it hurts-is the national AFL-CIO. For­tunately there is good reason tothink that the Federation is pre­paring to do just that.

At the recent AFL-CIO Execu­tive Council meeting in MiamiBeach, Florida, George Meanywent out of his wayan two dif­ferent occasions to let the mediaknow that the Federation fullyintends to su'pport the FarmWorkers Union-and support itall the way-in its life-and-deathstruggle with the Teamsters. Hesaid, among other things, that"the agreement they (the Team­sters) made with the growersrecently in California, to me istantamount to stri'ke brea,king.And you can quote me on that."

_ Later -in the same press confer­ence, he added, for g,ood mea­sure, that "the Teamsters actionin -sighing this back-door con~

tract with. the growers in CaB­fornia in order to destr.oy theFarm Works Union ... was

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tle people" represented by theUnited Farm Workers Unionhave already learned, to theirutter dismay, that, with friendsand champions like Jimmy Hof­fa, they really don't nel~:1 anyenemies. Speaking on Fe1,. 20at Stanford University, Hofhblithely characterized UFWUpresident Cesar Chavez as "i~­competent." Listen to who staJlking! He also predicted-witha degree of, self-assurance wor­thy of a better cause-that theFarm Workers Union will "goout of business" once its juris­dictional dispute (sic) with theTeamsters is settled.

"We aren't going to give upto another union what is underour jurisdiction," Hoffa said atStanford. "We will fight Chavezjust like we fight employers­until we win, and we will win."(This I doubt, but that's anothermatter).

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Often dr,awing loud boos fromthe crowd of some 200 students,Hoffa added: "I think if you justhave a IJittle patience, Chavezwill go out of business and we'llkeep flourishing. If we arewrong (you are, Jimmy) Chavezwill have a big powerful union.,If we are right, Chavez willprobably become part of us."

If Hoffa really believes thatlast statement, he is capable ofbelieving almost anything.

It's interesting to note thatthe self-styled champion of the"little people" who is nowthreatening to put the FarmWorkers Union out of businessis the same Jimmy Hoffa who,less than six months ago, signeda lettuce boycott pledge and,shortly thereafter, strongly de­fended Cesar Chavez and hismovement in a rather heatedcolloquy with WiolJiam F. Buck­ley on the latter's television talkshow.

One can only guess as to whatit was that prompted Hoffa tochange his mind so suddenly andunexpectedly. My own guess isthat he has decided to get him­self reelected as president of theTeamsters International and

-with this goal in mind, is alreadyscrounging around for ran'k-and­file support wherever he canfind it.

Attorney General Richard G.Kleindienst has stated publicly,

4 THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Thurs. Mar. 22, 1973

'Meqny Promises Support

For Farm Workers Union, James R. Hoffa, former president of the International

Brotherhood of Teamsters, was 60 years of age on Valen­tine's Day. At a mammoth birthday party sponsored bysome of his middle-echelon pals in the International, he tolda reporter that his chiefambition is to "be able tospeak out aBain about theinjustice to the little peopleof America."

I think we can all agree thatthat's a very worthy ambition.Unfortunately, however, the "lit-

New Haven, Conn.; Union Theo­logical Seminary, New York;University of Chicago DivinitySchool, Chicago, and the Van­derbilt Divinity School, Nash­vtiIle, Tenn.

In making the announcement,Charles E. Merrill, Jr., chairmanof the Foundation's Board ofTrustees, said, "There is a voidin our culture. I bel'ieve thefoundations have' a responsibilityto encourage and support theseseven top-ranked theological in­stitutions as they seek to under­stand the void and devise newand creative ways of overcom'ingit."

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THE HOLY' FATHER'S MISSION AID TO THE ORIENTAL CHURCH

NOTRE DAME (NC) - TheUniversity of Notre Dame's de­partment of theology becameone of seven theological schoolsto share a gift of $350,000 fromthe Charles E. Merrill Trust, Ith­aca, N. Y.

The $350,000 is the first majorgift to a $42 million develop­ment program being conductedby a consortium of the sevenschools.

The other theology schoolsare: The Graduate TheologicalUnion, Berkeley, Calif.; HarvardDiVinity School, Cambridge,Mass.; Yale Divinity School,

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PARISH CENTENARY: Principals 'at tha lOOth anniversary banquet of St. Joseph'sParish, Fall River held on Sunday night were: Rev. Msgr. George E. Sullivan, pastor ofSt. Joseph's; Most Rev. Daniel A. Cronin, S.r.D., Ordinary of the Diocese, who also ad­dressed the gathering of more than 600; His Honor James P. McGuire, newly namedSuperior Court Justice and master of ceremonies for the evening's affair.

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available in the hospital throughan employe or staff member whodeclines to participate ..."

T.he Oregon Conference of theCatholic Hospital Associoationsaid it will hold a meeting tosbudy the bill.

Archbishop Dwyer and BishopConnolly said, the bill "wouldcompel our Catholic hospitals toperform abortions, as well asother types of surgery designedto ,interfere with the life process.This, in a word, would eliminatethe so-called 'conscience clause'from -all permissive state regu­lations governing such matters.

EUGENE (NC)-Catholic hos­pitals would be forced to allowabortions and sterilizations un­der a bill that has been intro­duced in the Oregon legislaturehere.

The Dill wpuld also requirehospitals to provide replace­ments for any staff member whorefuses to participate in an abor­tion.

Oregon's two Catholic bishopscalled the b-Bl "monstrous" andsaid that "it would be difficult toimagine a more vicious piece of'Iegislation, totally un-Americanin its attack on those freedoms

\ guaranteed by the Constitution"

_ 'Conscience Clause'

While present Oregon lawgives hospital employees theright to refuse to participa'te inabortions, the new bill says insuch cases hospitals "must makeprovision for another employeor member IOf the medical staffto provide the service otherwise

."We urge immediate and vig-- orous reaction by way of pro­

test," Archbishop Robert J.Dwyer of Portland and BishopThomas 'J. Connolly of Bakersaid in a joint statement.

The bilI was introduced at therequest of the Oregon Women'sPolitical Caucus and has beenreferred to a committee.

The bill refers to state andmunicipal hospitals and to allhospitals "entitled to a tax ex­emption of any kind under statelaw or supported ·in who'le orpart by a state of local grantor subsidy." Virtually all privateh!ospitals, including Catholicones, receive some form of stateaid or tax exemption.

The bill says hospitals cannot"adopt a policy of excluding ordeny-ing admission to any per­son asking sterilization" or"seeking .termination of pregnan­cy."

Basic, Teacl'tlingsR'eligious Edllcation

6 THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Thurs. Mar. 22. 1973

Seminarian SurveyThe Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate

in Washington recently conducted a, survey of seminariansand seminary professors. It came up with the view of mostrespondents that a good philosophy program was more im­portant than such areas as developing capabilities in' thearts and sciences and inner city work. ,

The future priests and their teachers were of the opin­ion'that a good philosophy program laid the foundation for

. understanding the faith and this ,is the most importantfactor in planning a seminary program.

This attitude should provide great encouragement tothe whole' people of God.

It shows that the seminarians have the right order ofpriorities-that they appreciate that theirs is a work offaith, that their calling is from God to minister amongGod's people as His ministers, to' build up the faith thatGod gives His people. '

Expertise in various fields such as specialized minis­tries are facets of the ministry, important ones, to be sure;but cannot take the emphasis from' the main thrust whichis to show people how to live the faith, the life of unionwith and in God through Jesus Christ by the help of theSpirit. " '

The seminarians see' this' as their main work andlook to the seminary to assist them in preparing for it.They see that future activities in which they will engageare the overflow of solid knowledge which goes hand inhand with the faith that God has given to them and wishesthem to share with others.

Church and StateItalian Cardinal Michele Pellegrino gave an interview

in lVIexico in which he deplored links the Church has withthe power structure. He asked the question, "How canthe Church in some countries give witness to the Gospelif it still appears as an accomplice to social injustice."

The Church's stand on social justice is on the record., Encyclicals from the time of Leo XIII are clear and un­

mistakable in their calling for social justice and ,in spellingout how this should be brought about.

But the Church also has a human element and is madeup of people. There has.been a long tradition i~ some areasof the world of government support of the Church's mis­sion. While this was a matter of supporting missionariesand paying salaries so that priests and religious would. befree to preach the \\lord of God is all well and good. Butsuch a tie-in has-inevitably, it would seem--also meantin some places that Church officials have felt an obligationto the State and to those in places of political power. Andthis has given the appearance of Church support, of thepower structure, sometimes in the face of needed reform.

. This is the case nn'Latin America. There is need cof re-,form so that many more persons can live in the dignitythat their human nature, much less their sonship in theFather, demands. The reform will be brought about by I

violent revolution or by peaceful revolution. But changethere will be. And the Church and her members and es­pecially her leaders must be in the forefront of the peace­ful revolution, instructing government officials how theymust act so that social justice will be done. Wltateverwould hamper Church leaders in the performa,nce of thiswork of God must be put aside. And if the traditionalsupport of the Church by the State is such a ltandicap,then this must be cast off as a custom that has had itsday, is no longer of value, can be a hindrance to theChurch in giving a wrong appearance, and so must bedone away with. '

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Bishops IssueFor Catholic

LOS ANGELES (NC) - BasiCTeachings for Catholic ReligiousEducation. a document recentlyissc:ed by the U. S. bishops, of­fers the best hope for restoringthe integrity and stability of re­ligious education, according toparticipants in a national con­ference on the document.

The Lumen Christi forum her~

of Catholics United fbr the Faith(CUF) was described by CUFoffieials as the first nationalpuh:ic conference on the docu­ment. Each of the 400 partici­pants was given a copy of Basic

'Teachings, which served 'as thebasic document of the confer­ence.

Archbishop Robert Dwyer ofPortland, Ore., called BasicTeachings an answer to "an in­tolerable situation" in which"the teaching of' reli~ion in ourschools and CCD courses hasbecome increasingiy less satis­factory from any standpoint ofthorough presentation and doc­trinal purity."

"Even where the teaching hasbeen conscientious and at leastin intention in full conformitywith orthodOXY," ArchbishopDwyer said, "the outcome hasbeen a sad impoverishment of·popular knowledge and under­standing of the Church."

Official Standing

The blame for such a situa­tion, he continued, emphaticalLydoes not rest with the laity. "Itwas, as a matter of fact, fromalert lay Ca'thotics that the first~arnings were sounded ..."

Basic Teachings "is no morethan an attempt to specify and.list those doctrines of the Churchwhich are certainly of faith.which must be known. believedand practiced ..." the archbishopsaid. "And this it does, I believe,reasonably well."

Archbishop Dwyer said thatnow he and other bishops would

promulgate Ba9ic Teachings "asthe official standard of teachingin our schools and CCD classes."He said, howevelr, that 'he hadno illusions that th:is would beeasy.

"There are many of our teach­ers, in good faith or in bad, whohave been infected by the virusof modernism. who will notreadily conform to the episcopalmandate or even heed the warn­ing of discipline."

Divine Person

H. Lyman Stebbins, CUF pres­ident, said, "Basic 'Teachings re­minds us that the W<IY to devel:op a love for Jesus Christ is tocontemplate the. Divine Personof Jesus Christ as Holy Churchhas presented Him in the entire·treasury of her teaching and Lit­urgy. That is where we find Him,'and finding Him is the whole ob­ject of catechesls. And that iswhy I say· that this documentcomes to us by the grace ofGOd-as a light on a very darkpath, as a herald ,()f the LumenChristL" '

Theologian, Frank Sheed dis­cussed Genesis and orig.inal sin,the latter a fact that ArchbishopDwyer said had been given shortshrift in much CUfirent teaching.

Guided by St. Paul. saidSheed, we can believe that acatastrophe attended man at hisorigin and that thi:3 catastropheultimately brought Christ to Hisdeath on the Cross to redeemman.

"Even when through Baptismwe get the indwelling of Christ,that doesn't settle it," he said."Our life as Christians is the ef­fort to bring the elements of ourfallen nature into conformity.with the life of God."

Other speakers strl~ssed thebelief that the Euchclrist is aSacrifice and the importance ofSCripture.

Priest SenateContinued from Page One

family Hfe be appointed in eacharea of the diocese following thesame procedure as recommendedfor the director. •

That the Diocesan Director becommissioned to work in coop­eration-'with the assistant direc­tors, the senate, and the priestsand laity of the diocese to devel­op a comprehensive family Hfe·program on a diocesan, deanery,and parish level in response to

. the four 'major areas of con­cern' as described in the com­mittee report.

Reflecting the concern of theentire senate, discussion ensuedand after several points of clari­fication, the entire six proposalswere unanimou.sly approved bythe Senate. Following 'the pre­scribed procedure, the pr9Posaiswill now be presented to theMost Reverend Bishop for hisstudy and action.

Joseph Reilly to SpeakIn other actions, the senate re­

ceived reports from the othercommittees of the senate includ­ing that on priestly renewal, pas­toral evaluation, constitutionaland temporaliNes. In addition,items for the annual meeting ofthe National Federation ofPriests' Councils were discussedto better enable Father Lopes torepresent the Fall River Clergyat the meeting this week inDetroit.

The next meeting of thepriests' senate will be at 1:30 onFriday afternoon, April 13 'at theCatho[.jc Memorial Home. Mr.Joseph Reilly, Executive Secre­tary of the Massachusetts Cath~c

otic Conference will address allassembled at 3 o'clock. Allpriests are invited to attend-boththe meeting and the presentationby Mr. Reilly.

Volunteers, PlanTo Visit Homes

PHILADELPHIA (NC)-Priests,nuns and laymen plan ,to visitthe homes of city residents hereas part of a spir,itual 'renewalpro~ram at four inner city par­ishes.

The voluntee,rs said they wouldvisit the residents of St. Eliza­beth, St. Columba, Most PreciousBlood and Our Lady of Mercyparishes, wh.ich are participatingin the program as the membersof the Christian Community ofNorth Central Philadelphia.

During the visits. the volun­teers hope 'to discuss the needsof residents and inform them ofthe advantages of parish ser­vices.

The visits, during, March,,April, May and June, are ex­,pected to be followed by Sundayopen houses, at which area resi­dents can tour parish facilities,attend parish services and meetwith parish staff members.

The visits are part of a largerrenewal program to strengthenChristianity in the areas inwhich the parishes are locatE!d.

"The real value of a cluster offour parishes working, praying,worshipping, teaching and learn­ing together is that.lt will bringtogether the approximately 10,­000 Catholics in North CentralPhiladelphia and will give theman effective means of reaohingout to their neighbors and show­ing them that we oare," saidFather John O'Brien, assistantpastor at St. Elizabeth's· Church.

'''By uniting, the four parishes,without losing their idenNty, willbe significantly strengthened."

7THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Thurs. Mar. 22, 1973

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and unofficial historian of the Sisters in New Bedford, with th~ originalbrass plaque that remains from the days when the Sister~ ministered tothe sick in what was St. Joseph's Hospital. Right photo. Standing near St.Lawrence Church are the two principals of the parish schools where theSisters now teac.h, Sister Charles Francis, left, of Holy Family HighSchool, an4 Sister Mary Nathan, right, of Holy Family Grammar School.

ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF SERVICE: March 19 marked 100years of service of Religious Sisters of Mercy to St. Lawrence Parish inNew Bedford. Left photo. Standing in front of St. Lawrence Convent,which was originally the Russell estate, purchased in 1873 for $30,000 asSt. Joseph's Hospital, are Sister Mary Carolyn, Sister Mary Antonine andSister Mary Daniel. Center photo. Sister Mary' Fidelies, a senior resident

Benedictine Vocationsschools, but we constantlyadapt to the changing needs -ofthe Church,"

He said he foresees a resur·gence of monasticism. "It willnot be without difficulties, someof which I have seen already. Ialso expect many sufferings tocome. But as I travel the worldI am convinced that the valueswe represent are values theChurch needs, at all times andin all cultures,"

The partIcular values of prayer,communitY and solitude are be­coming acceptable again, hesaid. ",People are seeking these

Hopes for 100 NewPriests in Decade

LITTLE ROCK (NC)-BishopAndrew J. McDonald of LittleRock has called for "100 newly­ordained priests over the next10 years" in setting his firstmajor goal for the diocese sincebecoming bishop last September.

While the diocese now hasonly 96 diocesan and 68 Reli­gious priests, Bishop McDonaldsaid that his goal "is not unreal­isNc."

"To get the generous responseof youth," he said in a circularletter to priests, Religious andlaity, "Here's what's needed:

"I-Young men must beyoung men of daily prayer; 2­Young men must sacrif.ice-prac­tice self-denials; 3-Young menwho wish to face the excitingand real issues of life shouldleave themselves open to thecall of Christ,"

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as necessities and are gravitatingtowards the monastic community'experience once more,"

The office in Rome is fundedby a $7 contribution from everymonastery for every professedmonk, he said. An internationalschool for theology, liturgy andphilosopjhy is also maintainedin Rome, as well as special com-missions in other cities. .

In particular reference to worn-. en Religious, Fr. Weakland said

they are becoming more andmore community conscious andare trying to arrange theirapostolic services so that theycan maintain this communitystructure.

"They want to maintain com­munity life, prayer and exchange.The old individualism is dyingout and there is a deepening ofprayer," he said.

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NEW YORK (NC) - A Cath­olic Press Center has been cre­ated here through the joining ofthe offices of the Catholic PressAssociation (CPA) and the Cath­olic Major Markets NewspaperAssooiation (CMMNA).

In addition to housing CPAand CMMNA offices, the centerwill be headquarters for the In­ternational Catholic Union of thePress in North America and theCatholic Journalism ScholarshipFund.

In announcing the establish­ment of the center, the CPA andCMMNA said the CMMNA-theadvertising sales organizationsfor Catholic papers-will be re­sponsible for planning and pro­gramming sessions at the jointconvention of the CPA and theAssociated Church Press in Min­neapolis May 8-11. The ACP isa Protestant-Orthodox p~ess

group.

UpswingSeesSAN DIEGO (NC)-There has

been a "remarkable upswing" inthe past two years in vocationsto the Benedictine orders ofpriests and Sisters, BenedictineAbbot Primate Rembert Weak­land said here. .

"I do not like to prognosticateon the basis of a two-year period,but in the past two years' therehas Qeen a remarkable upswing,"he said. "There are novices in

. religious houses where there hadbeen none."

The head of the world Bene­dictine Order had recently com­pleted a special conference andretreat with 50 pr.ioresses ofBe~edictine convents in theUnited States. In an interviewwith the Southern Cross, SanDiego diocesan newspaper, hesaid that the order has comethrough its crisis period.

"The biggest crisis was short­ly after the Second VaticanCouncil," he said. "Then peoplefelt they could immediatelychange the whole world, soeveryone wanted to get out ofthe monasteri~s and change it.But now we are finding thatpeople sense the need for a greatdeal of profundity, so that 'inte­riority' is the key word today."

'Point of Unity'

Father Weakland, who was ab­bot of a pr.iory in Pennsylvaniafor four years before beingelected to Benedictine primate,is the first American in thatposition. He heads a headquar­ters in Rome responsible to11,000 members of 31 congrega­tions of men Religious aroundthe world and a coordinatingoffice ror 21,000 Sisters of theorder. It is termed a confedera­tion" on which he is the "pointof unity,"

Most of the order's establish·ments have local autonomy ac­cording to Father Weakland, de­pending on economic ~tability tosome ex.tent.

"We are in almost every typeof apostolate," he said. "We arenot attached to any specificwork by principle, and we arenot service oriented. Historically,we have been bcund -up with

View-Point

-Churchill

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mist sees a. calamity in everyopportunity.

English CatholicsPlan Mass RallyAgainst Abortion

LONDON (NC) -Little whitebuttonhole flowers are 00 be soldat Catholic Churches throughoutEngland and Wales duringMarch to draw attention to thejevils of abortion.

The imitation flowers costinga couple of cents each are in­tended each to represent anaoorted child.

This is part of the latestnational campaign organizedagainst abortion by the interde­nominational Society for theProtection of Unborn Children.It will culminate March 25, feastof the Annunciation of Our Lady,with a mass rally through Man­chester, industrial city in thenorthwest.

There the thousands of ex­pected marchers will dump theirflowers in a receptacle in centralAlbert Square-to represent dra­matically what happens when afetus is destroyed.

150,000 a Year

A quarter of a million homesin the Manchester area will begiven leaflets in the next fewweeks urging support for thisantiabortion rally. Distributedby the Legion of Mary and other .Catholic and non-Catholicgroups they will show a 20­week-old aborted child with theslogan: "You paid to have himkilled." This is a reference tofree abortions available throughthe National Health Service.

The leaflet will also quoteabortion figures now running at150,000 a year 'and tell of pres­sure on doctors and nurses totake part in such operations.

Orga·nizers planning the paradethrough Manchester are expect­ing a crowd of about 100,000.

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Anglican Primate SaysYouth Seeks Religion

MADRAS (NC) - AnglicanArchbishop Michael Ramsey ofCanterbury told a press confer­ence here that the world's youl1gpeop'le are trying to rediscoverreligion.

The Anglican primate, who ison an extended visit to the Ori­ent said "I welcome Jesus freaksas a genuine religious movementof the young. 'The establishedchurch and something to learnahout ,their enthusiasm forJesus."

Archbishop Ramsey acknowl· .edged, but did not deplore youngpeople's worldwide tendencies torebel against tradition and au­thority, including religious estab­lishments. But he noted:

"There is too much permis­siveness among the younger gen­-eI1ation. There is a lot going onwhich tends to undermine thefamily. The most important taskis to uphold the Christian prin­ciple of one man, one wife, andthe lifelong character of mar­riage."

Cathol ic SchoolEn ro IIment Down

ST. PAUL (NC) - Enrollmentin Catholic schools dO' aU dio­ceses in Minnesota has de­creased from last year, accor~

ing to the 1972-73 Official Cath­olic Directory published by theCatholic Bulletin here.

The directory said the dio­cese or 8t. Cloud has 9,675 stu­dents in the 1972-73 academicyear, a drop of 1,902 studentsor 16.4 per cent. In addition, the256-page publication said theWinona diocese ·has 8,559' stu­dents, a decline of 1,318 pupilsor 13.3 per cent.

The diocese of Crookston, ac­cording. to the. directory, lost324 students from last year, or10.6 per cent leaving it with anenrolment of 2,739. Enrollmentat archdiocese of St. Paul­Minneapolis schools droppedeight per cent, or by 4,332 stu­dents, far a 1972-73 registrationof 49,516.

In the New Ulm diocese, the,directory said, school enrollmentwas 6,891 this year, a decline of419 students or 5.7 per cent.. Thediocese of Duluth lost 5:6 per

, cent, or 197, of its students ·fora registration this year of 3,321pupils, the directory said.

The directory swid that thestatewide ,enrollment decreasewas 8.3 percent. The publicationprovided the first local compila­tion of enrollment statistics forthe entire state.

kal bent. Adams, a member ofthe F.irst United. MethodistChurch, sings in that: church'schoir.. One daughter sings in theschool glee club, and his wifeis a memher of St. Augustine'sparish choir.

"We are a very ecumenicalfamily," said Adams proudly.

Renewal EveningSet by D of I

Plans are finalized for the1973 Evening of Renewal andRecollection sponsored by the ..Massachusetts State' Circle,Daughters of IsabeHa, to cele­brate the anniversary of thebirthdate of Queen Isabella,Patroness of the Order,

Members in the Fall River Dio­cese will meet at 7 o'clock onWednesday evenjng, April 25 atthe, LaSalette Shrine, Route' 118,Attleboro. .

The speaker for til':! evening isRev. Andre A. Patenaude, M.S.,Director of the Shrine.

Reservations are to he madewith the ,Diocesan Chairman,Mrs. Claire' McQuaide, 36 Lafay­ette Street, North Attleboro02760, by Monday, AprH 16.

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OCEAN CITY (NC)-HerbertT. Adams, Jr., and his wifeCatherine have gone ito greatlengths to see thaf their childrenget a good education.

Besides his full-time job asmanager of general services for,the Atlantic City Electric Co.,Adams is president of both theOcean City board of educationand the ·St. 'Augustine parishschool boa,rd here.

Mrs. Adams is president ofthe parish PTA, a member of the

. parochial school board, and vol­unteer head of St. Augustine'shot lunch program.

Why the heavy involveme'ilt ineducation? "Our children," Ad..ams told the Catholic Star Her­ald, the Camden diocesan news··paper.

Two Adams youngsters attendOcean City high school and threego to St. Augustine's. "We wereinterested in seeing that theyhad as good an education as wecould possibly obtain for them,"Adams said. .

"Herb Adams brings a won­derful dimension to our schoolboud," said Father James F.Walsh, pastor of St. Augustine'sparish. "He isn't a Catholic buthis overall v,iew is very helpfulto our school's development."

Adams' unusual position ashead of two school boards devel­oped last year when St. Augus­tine's school decided to region­alize and formed a school boardto set its policy and directions.Pa,rtly tlecause of his experienceon the Ocean City educationboard, Adams was asked to takecharge.

As president of the St. Augus­tine board, Adams is responsiblefor ,the educational 'policies af­fecting 231 children; on theOcean City board he serves 962students in two elementaryschools and 1,368 in the consoli-dated high school. .

Besides their educational in­terests the Adamses have a mus-

even surpass the former becausewomen who once try the turbanshape will find that it's such agreat camouflage for a sagginghair-do that it will be~ome afashion must.

Now, after all this advancepublicity about your Easter bon­net I'll just have to buy one my­self. I mean, how would it lookfor me to urge eve'ryone else totop off their outfits 'and for meto go bareheaded? This will bethe excuse I'U give Joe when hegets the bill for my new Easterbonnet.

Warns Against DelayOf Confirmation

KENOSHA (NC)-"Confirina­tion in the Catholic Churchshouldn't be delayed until one isactually 'worthy of it' becausethat time never comes," accord­ing to Archbishop William E.Cousins of Milwaukee, addingthat there is no best age forreception of the .sacrament.

Speaking at a citywide reli­gious education program forCatholics enrolled in nonpublicschools, the prelate. noted thatConfiimation, whiCh entails anactual meeting with Jesus Christ,isa turning point at 'which one'slife is never again the same.

After "walking W1.ith Christ inthe strictE!st sense," he said, aperson "received" by Confirma­tion becomes an adult respon:;i­ble for his own soul.

The archbishop said the pros­pective confirmand can be pre­pared for confronting' this turn­ing point within his· own familycircle. Mothers and fathers, he.said, are good sponsors for con­firmation since they live withthe confimland daily.

'.Calls Refugee PlightShameful, S~ocking

HONG KONG (NC) .;... Theomission of any reference in theVietnam cease-fire agreement tothe rights of the country's refu­gees was ealled "shameful andshocking" by an official of Cath-

. olic Relief Services (CRS), U. S.Catholic overseas aid agency.

"Vietnam's refugees have, be­come the political and militarypawns of all sides," Father Rob­ert Charlebois, regional CRS di­rector for Southeast Asia, toldNC News. He was interViewedwhile '00' a visit here from Sai­gon.

"Victims of the horrendousfact of war" they had the great­'est personal concern in the

. cease-fire-that of the right ofman to live. But the cease-fireagreement ,was only a military'and political document. It carried

. no mention of the moral respon- .sibility leaders arid nations haveto protect the rights of refugees.

"In order that the sounds ofwar may give way to the worksof peace, refugees must be con­sidered a priority concern .Andunless the Church directs its col­lective services to this· problem,it .wi'll have failed,"

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They are using descriptions such as changeable cloche.,becoming beret and head-turning turban, but the messagethey are really trying to get across is that the head coveringis back. Hats disappeared as quickly as our money' whenthe teasing comb came in.Hairdressers got bursitis intheir shoulder!; from the ef­fort of producing beehivehairdos but nevertheless .theykept on teasing, our hair becamebrittle and broken, but it was aUfor the sake of fashion so wesuffered. .

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This season there is every in­dication that many women willtop off their outfits with top­pers. The most popular silhou­ette will be the smaU-brimmed'breton, followed very closely bythe turban. In fact, I predict thelatt~r may catch up with. or

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However, after all that suffer­ing we weren't going to hidethose towering inches of beautyunder a chapea,u. Hadn't wespent nights with our headspractically hanging out of bedin order not to crush one puffed­up lock, wrapped our heads inyards of toilet tissue or gauzeto 'accomplish the same, andfinally given up combing alto­gether so that our teased silhou­ette would stay as fresh aseveryone else's. Never again, wevowed, would we wear hats,'and crush this work of'art thatwas known as·a hairdo.

8 THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall Rivl~r-Thurs. Mar. 22. 1973

Pretence Abandoned!

The 'sec,ond, and' it almostlooked like fatal, blow to the hatindustry was abando~~eD.t ofthe custom that women sh'ouldwear head coverings in church.At this all pretence was likewiseabandoned and women pushedtheir hats ,to the back of thecupboard..

. Judith Keith, author and lec­turer on fashion, wrote, "It· isa pity that so few women wearhats today! A well-chosen hatcan be ,the difference betweenwhetJher you 100Je drah 01' dra­matic, vibrant or washed-out,stunning or so-so." This is anopinion with which I thoroughlyagree. Think back to the womenwho stand out in your memoryas ,striking and I'm sure that inviewing them in your mind you'llrecall that their outfits werecompleted with smashing-looking

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justice commIssion of the Oak­land diocese urge:! Catholics tosupport the United Farm Work­ers' Union (UFWU) boycott oficeberg (head) lettuce.

In a statement released by thecommission's chairman, Msgr.Joseph Skillin, the group chargedthat "growers have employed inthis dispute every possiblemeans to prevent the UnitedFarm Workers from being recog­nized as the legitimate bargain­ing agent of the field workers."

The commission asked "theaverage citizen, the average per­son of conscience" to lend hissupport to the UFWU by refus­ing to buy iceberg lettuce "un­less it comes in a box displayingthe Black Eagle," the symbol ofthe UFWU.

In urging Catholic3 to boycottlettuce, the sodal justice com­mission said, it was "joining itsvoice to the 30 Catholic bishopsand Catholic organizations thathave ,taken a similar stand."

THE ANCHOR- 9Thurs., Mar. 22, 1973

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ST. LOUIS (NC)-A year afterthree orders of nuns anouncedthat they would withdraw from18 schools here, 13 of theschools are continuing to oper­ate, largely with lay staffs andincreased involvement of paI'ishclergy.

In ,addition, two of the fiveschools which closed have be­come part of a four-parish con­solidated school, according tothe St. Louis Review, the arch­diocesan newspaper here.

Of the 13, three operate withlay faculties and Sister-princi­pals; one reta:ined four nuns; onehas one nun teaching religion;one has two nuns part-time; andseven operate with no Sisters atall on the faculty.

Several pastors queried by theSt. Louis Review said that theloss of nuns has not meant anylessening of religious educationor general academic standards.It has meant, however, increasedoperating expenses.

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who have paid the supreme sac­rifice with their lives, and thosewho have given many years oftheir freedom that peace mightbe the realization of manydreams," Mrs. Shively saLd.

Cathy Trembley, sister of amissing serviceman, said: "1can't think of a better use torthe bracelets of homecomingPOWs than a peace monumenthonoring all the men ..." Cathy'sbrother, Lt. Jay Forrest Trem­bley, USN. has been missingsince August of 1967.

"As a matter of fact when thePOWs come home, I can't imag­ine them wanting to see 'their'bracelets being worn, being re­minded of this period in theirlives," she said.

"It's a different story for thethousands of American wearingboocelets for the missing in ac­tion. Hundreds still wear theone -inscribed with the name ofLt. Commander Rod Mayer ofClarkston, Wash. Mayer waslisted by the U. S. Navy as aPOW-but his name was not onthe list released by Hanoi. .

"But we are not really dis­couraged by this," Mrs. JoeMayer, his mother, said. "Wefeel certain he is alive some­where." People in such distantspots as Puerto Rico, Hawaii,Nova Scotia will continue towear their bracelet for Mayer'ssafe return.

Organizers here have askedthat the braceJ.ets 'be worn untila man returns home. Once thishappens, the wearers are askedto send the 'bracelets to: BraceletPeace Monument, Box 2203,Spokane, Wash., 99210.

POW Bracelets Returned to BuildPeace Memorial

'Fantastic Idea'

SCULPTOR FOR POW BRACELET MONUMENT:Harold Balasz, 44, who has offered to design and executea peace monument made of prisoner of war bracelets,stands beside an abstract relief which he created for theentrance of his home in Mead, Wash. Bracelets have beencoming into Spokane, Wash., for the monument, proposedby Mrs. Ellen Ewing, associate editor of The Inland Register,diocesan weekly newspaper. NC Photo. .

SPOKANE (NC) - Hundredsof prisoner of war bracelets,which will be used to bui'ld am'emor-Ial to lpe1ace, have beenpouring into the office of theSpokane diocesan Youth Minis­try.

The hracelets, each bearingthe name of a prisoner or a manwho has 'been missing in actionin Indochina, have been worn byAmericans as a sign of concern'and support for the servicemen.

Now, with the return of theprisoners, wearers have won­dered what to do with the brace­lets. It was suggested that thebracelets be gathered togetherand melted down to build a mon­ument to lasting brotherhoodand peace.

Sculptor Harold Balasz oflferedto design and execute the monu­ment-free-because he believespeace should be lasting and thata reminder is needed. John Ten­old of SpokJane Steel Foundryoffered to recycle the braceletsfor Balasz' use.

Father Patrick O'Donnell ofthe dioc'esan Youth Ministryoffered his office as a' "receivingstation" for bracelets sentthrough the mails; his corps ofyouth as area "collectors." He.has received hundreds, fromalmost aH sj)ates.

"A peace monument from thebracelets is just a fantastcidea," said Mrs. Harold Shivelyof Spokane, whose son Jameswas recently released in Hanoi.She said other ~amilies of POWsagreed.

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Schedule WorkshopOn P~storal Councils

WASHINGTON (NC) - Aworkshop on "Pastoral Councils- Participation ·and Planning'"will be held at the Oatholic Uni­versity of America here in mid­June.

Diocesan pastoral councilswill be the central focus of theworkshop, which is cosponsored'by Catholic University and theCenter for Applied Research inthe Apostolate (CARA). It willbe held in two sessions, June 11­19 and June 15-18, with thelonger session focusing on par­ticular problems as well as gen­eral questions.

Father Michael J. Sheehan, as­sistant general secretary of theNational Conference of CatholicBishops and .the U. S. CatholicConference and a member of theworkshop f,aculty, said the work­shop comes at a time when dioc­esan pastoral councils are be­ginning to have a strong impacton the life of the AmericanChurch. He pointed out that 126of 137 dioceses surveyed in 1972indicated that they either have adiocesan pastora'l or are plan­ning one.

ners we must prevent it happen­-ing to ourselves. We have a dutyto ourselves to develop com­mon interests. This duty holdsjust as great an urgency as feed­ing our families!

Must Take Time, Parents, must take time for

themselves .: .. even .if it's onlyan hour a week, to start some­thing, something of vital interestto both husband and wife. Itmay take some money. But italso may be that it's a morevaluable expenditure than a newcar or a new piece of furniture.

Start a hobby together ...something you both find interest­·ing. In sharing that activity,your interest will grow. Use itas a goal you can achieve whenthe children are grown. Butbuild your interest in it now!

Plan for those years when thechildren are gone ... plan on do­ing things together that you canbegin now. Start building a va­cation home yourselves ... ahome you can move into whenit's just the two of you.

Too expensive? Start a littlegarden. Get books out of thelibrary; read and discuss them.Learn a craft together. Get your­selves involved in volunteerwork.

Start anything! But' start itnow, while you're willing tolearn something new .. ;' whileyou still care enough ab'otit eachother to want to work together.

Learn to enjoy being andworking together!

It's insurance against addingyour marriage to the statistics!. Are you working on your "re-

. tirement" ,plans now, or haveyou other suggestions for enjoy­ing life together after the chil­dren 'are gone? Write to me careof The Anchor and I'll combinetqem into a' future column soyour experience can help some­one else.'

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More Divorces

By

"CARSON

MARY

PerseveranceThe strength of a man's virtue

must not be measured by his oc­casional efforts, but by his or­dinary Idfe.

Being a mother, particularly a mother of young chil­dren, is a full-time job. With the cost of living rising, food,shelter and clothing for a family' are expensive. If the familyis trying to provide Catholic education, the expenses canbecome astronomical. Manyfathers are working twojobs, or father and motherare both working, often tak­ing turns caring for the familywhile the other works. Conse­quently, they spend little timewith each other.

Often in the first 15 years ofmarriage, the wife is dedicatedto the care of her family, andpossibly holding a job besides;the husband is dedicated to hisjob, striving harder and harderto provide the support for thefamily.

A day comes when the chil­dren are grown and gone. Theparents now have more time andmore money for themselves. Butthat is all they have. Suddenlythey find they have noth'ing elsein common!

Government statistics now.show that more and more longterm marriages are breaking up.Thirty years ago, the divorcerate for "older" marriages wasfour per cent. Now, of divorcesgranted, 40 per cent go to cou­ples married' more than 10 years;25 per cent to couples marriedmore than 15 years. And this isjust divorces granted. It doesn'tinclude separa.Vions, or those re­siding at the same address, butin effect "separated."

To compound the tragedy, apoll conducted by Elmo Ropersays that two~thirds of\the oldercouples felt their love was nodeeper than when they werefirst married.

Why? And more to our con­cern, cim we do anything toprevent ourselves from beingadded to the soaring statistics?

Personalities can change overthe years, One partner can growintellectually or culturally, whilethe other stagnates. A manwhose job required travel couldrind little in common with awoman who tied all her intereststo her children, whose mindnever grew 'beyond her ownfour walls.

A woman who expanded herinterests through education,books, h~r work, or volunteerservices, could find herself milesapart from a husband who vege­tated into a routine job all dayand TV every night.

It seems to me that,as respon­sible parents and marriage part~

10 IHE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Thurs. Mar. 22, 1973

AT ST. MARY MAJOR: Bishop Cronin gives Com­munion to James: Brennan of Attleboro.

,Rev. James J. Gerrard, Auxiliary Bishop of the Diocese; Cardinal Medei­rosJ and Most Rev. Daniel A. Croninl , Ordinary of the Diocese of Fall River.

HOMILlST: ardinal Me­deiros in St. Sus~nna's.

RECEPTION AT METROPOLE HOTEL: Assembled just prior to theReception given to the Cardinal are: Rev. Msgr. Anthony M. Gomes, Most

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J "CARDINAL'S SISTER: Cardinal Medeiros gives Com­

-munion to his sister, Mrs. Natalie Souza of Fall River.

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Concelebrated Mass offered as Cardinal Medeiros takes possession of his titular Church in Rome, St. Susanna's.

CARDINAL GREETS FRIENDS: Cardinal Medeirosgreets Mr. and Mrs. H. Frank Reilly of Fall River.

TAUNTONiANS IN ROME: Rev. James F. McCarthy and his sister, Helen of Taun­ton meet the new cardinal.

NEW BEDFORDITES:. During a hiatus in the reception for the new Cardinal, he PAST PRESIDENTS: Two past presidents of theposed with Dr. David Costa, Jr., Mrs. Victor Rebello and Adrian H. Desrosiers, all of New DCCW, Mrs. John Mullaney of Attleboro, center and Mrs.Bedford. Aritides Andrade of Taunton, right, at the reception.

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The bishops also criticized abill, now before the state legis­lature, that apparently is aimedat the organizing efforts of Ce­sar Chavez' United Farm Work­ers Union (UFWU).

In a joint statement, the prel­ates urged the legislators to use"great prudence" in implement­ing the state constitution'sright-to-work provisions and toinsure that the workers wouldnot ,be further exploited.

The state legislators are con­sidering a bill that would amendthe right-to-work provisions toprohibit .the use of the hiring h~!l

-a hallmark of labor associa­tions-for farm workers.

Opponents of the legislation,which has the support of thestate's agribusiness interests,maintain that· it would stifleUFWU attempts to unionizefield workers and that it wouldpel'petuate the current employ­ment system. that, they say, ex­ploits the workers.

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Another discourteous category)s the open Distracter. This isthe ,person who, during a classor meeting, files her nails, ex­cavates her purse, writes letters,.taps his foot, raps his knuckles, TO MAKE ~ROFESSIONS: Sister Maria Lauren Dono­yawns, picks his teeth with his hue, left, and Sitsr Marie Frechette will make final profes­tongue 'and otherwise entertains sion of .vows 0 Sunday as missionary Servants of thehimself with a variety of juve-nile activities. Surely he or she Most Blessed T 'nity at ceremonies at Blessed Trinitywas the comic 'book devourer in Motherhouse, Pl)iladephia. Sister Maria Lawren, a Phil­fifth grade. and has matured to adelphia native, is presently missioned to S1. Francis Xavier.graduate level distractions as an Missionary Cen~cle, Hyannis. Sister Marie, daughter ofadult. Mr. and Mrs. Wtiillie Frechette, Our Lady of Assumption

Then there's the Stare Ahead- parish, Ostervill , is assigned to Regina Coeli Cenacle,er. This one is superb at ignor-'ing queues: Staring straight Greensburg. .ahead, he drives into the parking

place you are in line for or she , 1 D d I 'pushes her cart in front of you Don t 0 ge. ssu1e:sin the supermarket line. TheStare Aheader dare not look atthe person whose place he's Nun Urges ~ospital Staff Members Haveusurping or the malevolent ex- 'H t D· I e' W·th Dyin gpression will shrivel him. So he onef la ogu 1 I

pretends he's alon~ in the bank, \MILWAUKEE (NP-"Whole- we find him and doing what wedining room, or parking lot, . some, honest dialogue" with the can for hiI:JI; ." alld. th~n.askingstepping in front of everyone he ~ dying as essential fhr all mem- God for His help."pretends isn't there. bers of a hospital staff, accord- Sister Zita spoke at a Catholic

ing to a nun who has worked Hospital Association institute onBig Is Bestwith the dying. services to the aging. About 75

Sister Zita Marie Cotter told hospital and nursing home per­a meeting of hospital administra- sonnel from 15 midwest statestors here that she pad learned attended the sessions.the need for truthfUlness while She said .that all who comeworking at St. dhristopher's into contact with patients "canHospice near Lond09' . be brought to a point -of respond-

Although 81. Chri~topher's of- ing honestly and int.elligently"iered "the tull spectrfm of med.- when asked if he or she is get­ical sdence," she said it was ting better: She stressled a needviewed generally as k haven for to keep aH employees inf-ormeddying persons. "It ras geared of patients' conditionB through.to give caring, comforting, pain- discussion groups.relieving support," sh~ explained.

Sister Zita said thjt hospitalsand homes for aged can be ofservice to .patients wi hout goingthrough extraordina~1 means 0::prolonging life. .

'\Much of this pro 9nging meis merely prolonging death," sheobserved. "Do YOUO~ don't you:tell a patient he's dYinf is alwaysa big question."

"It's difficult .to he p patients. face the reality of de th but wemust try .to be h nest with,them," she urged. t

"At Sh. Christophe's," ,SisterZita explained, "all ere given ~::II:;nlmmrnl[lIlIl:OO:tlJllrnlffimrnlIlIl:~the opportunity to exT'ress them­selves on what they e periencedwith the patients.

"We should respeclt the pa­tients but we must be tuned inand be ready so we dpn't dodge,the issues. As administrators wedon't want· our sensiti~1ity to bedull."

"The best service we can ren­der is aocepting the patient as

Courtesy jPoliteness is better han logic.

You can often perSUlde whenyou cannot convince. -Shaw

Finally, there's' the Big Is Bestcategory. This adult shovesaside a waiting child as if hedoesn't count. This is the clerk

. at the cash register who doesn'teven s'ee the child waiting pa­tiently' with his goods andmoney and reaches behind himto serve a waiting adult. This isthe adult in' the church pewwho won't move over for the

.child trying to enter, althoughhe'll gladly smile and move foradults.

The Big Is Bester secretly tellsus a lot about himself that hemay not malize. He teUs us thathe doesn't consider childrenpeople, that size 'is what countsand that he'll willingly take ad­vantage of those weaker thanhimself, including those more.polite than he. In his mind, man-

,ners are w~~aknesses.

These are my categories ofadult discourtesy. They may :}otbe scientific but they're around.If nothing else, they prove thatgrowing up doesn't necessarily.mean growing nice.

Capsule Review: Surely oneof the best books on the subjectof change in the church is Re­newal and the Middle Catholicby William J. Bausch. In thismost readable work slantedtoward the middle Catholic(taken ~from Time Magazine's"Middle American") Fr. Bauschneither scolds nor congratulatesthe average layman for his ig­norance. Rather, tries to educatehim ... finally. .If a laymandoesn't have time for this book,he doesn't 'have time tocom··plain. $2.95; Fides Publishers,Notre Dame, Ind. -' .

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THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Thurs. Mar. 22, 1973. ,

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DOLORES

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Gr~wing Up Does:n't AlwaysMean Growing Nice

A reader phoned me. "Will you please write a columnabout adult discourtesy? I just came from a meeting wherethe adults were the noisiest, most discourteous listenersI've ever been around. It seems to me we do a lot of talldngabout children's behavior.What about adult misbe­havior?"

"I'll do the column, I'll dothe column," I promised. Andhere it is, not just because areader has asked for it. I'm do­ing it because adult discourtesy

Catholic UniversityNames New Dean

WASHINGTON (NC) - Bene­dictipe Father Colman J. Barryhas !been named dean of the newSchool of Religious Studies tobe opened at the Catholic Uni­versity of Amer.ica here this Sep-tember. .

Father Barry, a visiting pro­fessor rat Yale University's divin­ity <school, was president of St.John's University, Collegeville,Minn., from 1964 to 1972. The51-year-old Church historian andauthor' was selected for the C.U.post after a five-monlth searchfor candidates, in this countryand Europe.

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has bugged me for a long time,too, only I never thought of itas a~olumn topic.

Yet, where else can' we talkabout it? It's a bit different tochastise adults openly at a meet­ing as we do children. We fig-.ure adults deserve better treat­ment, although I'm not surewhy.

We 'find a number of catego­ries under adult discourtesy.The first is the Meeting Kibitzer.This aduH, generally female, Ihate to admit, feels free to com­~ent openly while someone elseis trying to speak. It's annoyingon two counts: she prevents'others from hearing the speakerand eventually she has to askthe speaker to repeat the in­formation she missed hearingwhile she wa,s talking.

The Meeting Kibitzer is legion.The most irritating one I had themisfortune of being in class withwas a woman who tried to bethe -class comedienne in a sewingcourse I took a couple of yearsago. Perhaps it would havehelped if she was funny but shewas merely grating.

No One MatureWhile the teacher tried to il­

lustr.ate some technique, thekibitzer kept up a runnjng dialogthat prevented the rest of usfrom' following complicated de­tails. What bothers me is whywe let it go on week after weekAfter the first session, the wom­an sat in an increasingly isolatedisland. The rest of us chose seats"as far away from her as possible.

She just talked louder. By theend of the course, several peo-

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.Movement OpensCenters to HelpFamily Planning ~

MEXICO errv (NC) - TheChristian Family Movement(CFM) has opened its first coun­seling centers on family planningfor Catholic couples here.

The centers are part of an ef­fort by the Church in Mexico toeducate Catholics on the matterfollowing the government'slaunching of a campaign on re­sponsible parenthood early thisyear to curb rapid populationgrowth.

Mr. and :\1rs. Luis GuzmanGarcia, the couple which headsCFM, said at the end of a meet­ing here that the movement isconcerned with the overall pic·ture of family life, not just plan­ning the number of children.

"We also deal with social jus­tice, family income, urban prob­lems affecting family life, andthe impact of education, both atschool' and through communica­tions," the Guzmans said. "Wealso paid a great deal of atten­tion to the problems of,our youthand to its concern for humanvalues."

CFM leaders are following pas·toral guidelines laid down by theMexico bishops last December,placing decisions on family sizeon the married couples, andacknowledging the right of gov­ernment authorities to facilitatedistribution of information onfamily planning.

'God-Given Mission'Such government action in

providing information "must fol­low the demands of ,the morallaw and must respect the free·dom of choice of husband andwife," the bishops said.

They added that a couple's de­cision '~to have another child ornot, implies the right and respon­sibility to decide upon the means.. .following with sincerity thedictates of their conscience."

CFM centers will provide in·formation and courses on Chris­tian family life and answer ques­tions from couples on concretesituations under the guidance ofpriests.

At the same time the MexicanBishops Conference has circu­lated a detailed outline for work­shops on "Responsible Patern­ity." It stresses "the greatness ofthe God-given mission of com­municating life in the fullestsense, not only biological, butalso spiritual."

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of trouble at a time. Some peo­ple bear three - all they havehad, all they ha~e now and allthey expect to have. -Hale

those for the general public,"said Sister Schwager. "Migrantand seasonal farmworkers areconfronted dailY with critical,events such as those we are wit­nessing in Florida today due totheir inability to gain entry intoany adequate health care sys­tem."

Sister Schwager charged thatthe present government programfor migrant health care is"shamefully underfunded" andreaches less th'an 10 per cent ofthe migr·ant population.

"Lf we are to avoid repetitionof such tragic occurrences as

,those in Florida," she said, "ournational leadership should urgea much deeper commitment tothe health needs of the migrantand seasonal f'armworker."

"It is not difficult to believethat thi<s serious communicabledisease, which is relatively un­known' among the majority ofAmericans, could so forcefullyand so quickly debilitate over100 migrant workers," said Sis­ter Virginia Schwager, directorof the usec health affairs divi­sion, who was also acting asspokeswoman for the rural lifeand Spanish-.speaking divisionsof the conference.

At least 130 cases of typhoidfever have been reported in mi­grant camps in Dade and Colliercounties in Florida. The 'diseasefirst broke out in a camp nearHomestead, Fla. It was reported­ly caused by sewage leaking intothe water system in the ~mp.

"Health standards for mi·grants are deplora:bly lower than

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EX-POW WEDS HIGH SCHOOL SWEETHEART: Ina Catholic ceremony at the Army hospital chapel in ValleyForge, Pa., CWO Joseph Rose III, 26, of Morgantown, W.Va., married Donna Steele, 26, the high school sweethearthe had proposed to six years ago. Col. Hugh J. McKenna,Catholic chaplain, officiated. Rose was captured Feb. 8,1968, after his helicopter crashed on a flight to Danang,South Vietnam. Marriage witnesses included six otherformer, prisoners of the Vietcong. NC Photo.

Low StandardsPoor Health Care Programs Blamed

In Typhoid OutbreakWASHINGTON (NC)-A U. S.

Catholic Conference (USCC) of-,ficial here blamed "deplorably"

,low health standards for the out­break of typhoid in Fl'orida mi­grant labor camps.

"Moreover," said Rice; "he isplaced in this position becausehe is a member of a specificclass, that is, because he .is achild in the womb rather than aperson already born."

This situation is unique to theunborn child, said Rice., "Noother human being is placed ina similar predicament under ourlaw," he said.

Rice told the commission thatit would violate "its clear man·date under the law" if it refusedto consider the abortion issue.

"If the Commission on CivilRights, will not act in this mat·tel', its members ought to ac·knowledge their futility and reosign," he saJd. "As Rev. Theo·'dore M. Hesburgh, C.S.C., for·mer chairman of the Commissionon Civil Rights (and presidentof Notre Dame) said recently inanother context, 'No one has theright any more to play gameswith human life in America.' "

OUR LADY OF VICTORY,CENTERVILLE

The annual spring rummagesale will be sponsored Saturday,April 14 by the Women's Guild.Members will attend a meetingof the District Council of Cath­olic Women Wednesday, April 4in Falmouth.

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NOTRE DAME,FALL RIVER

The Council of Cathol,ic Womenwill hold its regular monthlymeeting at 7:45 on Monday eve­ning, March 26 In the JesusMarie Auditorium. Rev. John R.Foister will show slides of Rome.

claimed that the abortion issuedoes not fall under the commis­sion's jurisdiction because it isnot a question of "the adminis­tration of justice."

"Abortion denies the child inthe womb the equal protec·t!onof the laws 'in the administrationof justice'... The denial exists be­cause the child is made liatle todeath at the :hands of pr.ivatepersons with '110 adjudication ofhis guilt of any cr.ime, let alonea crime punishable by death,"

" said Rice.'''And the procedural defect

'in the administration of justice'to the child in the womb is total,that .is, he is condemned to deathwithout any adjudication what­ever ,that he is guilty of acrime," he continued.

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Law, Professo:r Tells Civil RightsCo'mmission to Defend Unborn

SOUTH BEND (NC)-A NotreDame law professor has submit­ted a formal complaint demand­ing that the U. S. Commissionon Civil Rights "take immediate'action to restore the civil rightto life to the child in the womb."

Charles F. Rice asked the civilrights commission to interveneon the 'grounds that the U. S.Supreme, Court abortion decisiondenies the unborn child "equalprotection of the laws."

"As ~ong as permissive abor­tion laws are on the books andenforced, the child in the wombis the only human being in oursociety against whom the deathpenalty can be enforced at themere discretion of others," saidRice. "He is discriminatedagainst because he is a m'emberof a 'class,' the unborn, and the'procedure'involved in a nullity."

Rice said the civil rights com­mission is required by law tostep in and .investigate the abor­tion situation ,b~ause federalgovernment is involved throughthe compliance of military hos­pita1s with state abortion laws.

"In view of the ... decisions ofthe Supreme Court of January22, 1973," said Rice, "militaryhospitals will' apparently hence­forth perform abortions practi·cally on an elective basis."

'Without Adjudication' ,

Rice pointed out that "fromApril 1971 through March 1972,4,666 children in the womb werelegally kmed .in military hospi·tals." He also cited estimates bymedical authorities that 1.6 mil­lion 'abortions per year would beperformed in the United Statesfollowing the high court decision.

Rice objected to a previouslegal opinion delivered to thecivil r.ights commission, which

The Parish ParadeSACRED HEART,NEW BEDFORD

Bingo is played every Tues­day night at 7 in the parish cen­ter at Robeson and SummerStreets. Ample parking is avail­able.HOLY FAMILY,TAUNTON .

The Women's Guild will spon­sor its annual penny sale at 8'Tuesday night, March 27 in thechurch basement.

Members will take a bus tripto Chateau peVilIe Sunday,April 17 for dinner and a per­formance of "Gypsy." The buswill leave the church parkinglot at 4:30 P.M.

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Rehearsals are in progress forthe 12th annual parish varietyshow, "The Fabulous Year§,"

. to be held at Dartmouth Hi'ghSchool AprH 27, 28 and 29.Tickets are available from castmembers or at the rectory.

The Women's Guild will pre­sent a fashion show, "S,ew intoSpring," at 8 tomorrow night inthe school hall on Route 177.Mrs. James Steadman and Mrs.Norman Lizotte are co-chairmen.Refreshments will be served byCouples' Club members andmany prizes will be awarded.

Bingo -is played beginning at 7every Wednesday night in thehall.

The Women's Guild will meetMonday night, March 26. A dem­onstration of cooking with cor­dials will be presented andguests are invited.

The parish council will meetat 7 Sunday night, March 25in the hall. .

ST. ANNE,FALL RIVER

Bingo is played every Wed­nesday night in the school audi-torium. .

A CYO dance is scheduled fortomorrow night in the schoolrecreation hall. Tickets must bepurchased in advance from mem­bers. None will be available atthe door.

Las Vegas Night will be heldfrom 7 to midnight Saturday,March 24 in the school audito­rium.

Volunteers are needed for theCatholic Charities appeal. Theymay contact Rev. Clement M.Paquet, O.P. at the rectory.

The parish Lenten retreat willbe preached in English at 7 eachnight from Monday, March 26through Thursday, March 29 byRev. Francois M. Drouin, O.P.

HOLY NAME,NEW BEDFORD

The Couples' Club will hold aSpring Frolic Dance a,t the par­ish hall from 8 to midnight Sat­urday, April 14..Music will beby ·the Novas Band and refresh­ments will be served. Youth ac­tivities of the parish will beamong projects aided by pro­ceeds. Tickets will ·be availableat the <loor or may be obtainedfrom William Bancroft, telephone994-7863.ST. LOUIS,FALL RIVER

The Women's Guild will spon­sor a mammoth public pennysale at 2 ~unday afternoon,April 1, in the church hall onEagle Street,

Mrs. Wilfred St. Michael, guildpresident and penny sale chair­man announces that over 250awards will be made, in additionto door prizes.

The next r~gular guild meet­ing will take place at 7:30 P.M.,Tuesday, March 27, with Mrs.Thomas Hinchcliffe as chairman.

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Publicity chairmen (If parish organizationsare asked to submit neVis items for thiscolumn to' The Anchor, P. O. Box 7, FallRiver 02722. Name of city or town shouldbe Included, as well as fUll dates of allactivities. Please send news of future ratherthan past events.

OUR LADY OF ANGELS,FALL RIVER

Lenten Masses are celebratedat 7 AM. and 4 P.M. Mondaythrough Friday. Confessions areheard one half hour before eachMass. StatIons of the Cross willbe held at 6:30 AM., 3:45 P.M.and 7 and 8 P.M. on Fridays.

Children of Mary will attend9 AM. Mass, followed hy ameeting on Sunday, March '25.A penny sale is slated for 7:30P.M. Friday, March ilO, in thechurch hall.

The Council of Catholic Womenannounces its annua:l mother­daughter Communion breakfastto follow 8 AM. Mass Sunday,May 6. The CYO will hold a din­ner and fashion show at Venusde Milo restaurant Wednesdaynight, April 4.

A Communion breakfast andmeeting for Holy Name Sooietymembers will follow 8 AM.Mass Sunday, March 2~;. .

Th~e Parish Parade

ST. JOSEPH,ATTLEBORO

The Knights of the Altar willsponsor a penny sale and moneyraffle at 8 o'cloek on Saturdaynight, March 24 in the parishhall. Tickets for the' raffle areavailable at the rec;tory or fromany of the altar boys or juniorcorpsmen. Refreshments will be.available.

Proceeds will go to the churchrenovation fund.

All girls from grades 8 through11 who are interested in joiningthe senior girl scouts are invitedto an open meeting scheduledfor 7:15 on Monday night, March26 in the parish hall.

HOLY NAME,FALL RIVER

Openings exist in the paro­chial school for grades one, twoand three. All other grades arefilled. Those desiring to register

, children in the gr.ades availablemay call 674-9131.

Teachers are needed in theparish CCD program. Those in­terested may contact Sister Eve­lyn at 679-6732 or 678-5137.Training is available for begin­ning teachers.

A rummage sal,e will be heldat the school from 4 to 6 tomor­row afternoon. Clothing andother articles can be left at theschool any time today or tomor­row and pickups may 'be ar­ranged with Mrs. James Cha­rette, ~78-4637.

Rabbi Norbert Weinberg willspeak ,on "Highlights of Juda­ism" at 2 Thursday a.f,ternoon,March 29 in the school hall un­der auspices of Project Leisure.All with a free afternoon are in-'vited to attend. '

FATHER FAHiRTY, S.J.

Writing SpaceProgram ~istory

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER{NC)-Seeing a mdn at the Ken­nedy Space cent~r wearing aRoman coUar and Ifational Aero­nautics and Spac~ Administra­tion badge, one nlrmallY thinkshe i.s a chaplain. .

But not 'in the ase of JesuitFather William Barhaby Faherty,author and historiJn.

F'ather Faherty, lWhose pub­lished books indud, the popular"Walls for San Se~astian," is ahistory professor at St. Louis.University on leav~1 at the Uni­versity of Florida 0 write theofficial history of t e U. S. spaceprogram. 1

He is collahorati g on the jobwith Dr. Charles BJnson, a Uni­

.versi.ty of Floridr historian.Since I,ast year, t~e men haveresearched countles

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documentsand conducted inn merable in­terviews with space program per­sonnel. Their 12.ch~pter work issupposed to be clmPleted forpublication in the summer of1974. •

"It's for you and 'Ve," the soft­spoken priest ·said f the book,"for the taxpayer, the peoplewho funded this hole adven­ture."

Father ,Faherty sa:d he hopedthe book would rovide thereader .with an un~erstandab;eanalysis of why thf U. S. em­barked on the spare program,particularly the AI1ollo opera­tion, and how it ~chieved itsresults. I

He indicated the ~nalysis wasdifficult to write ~ecause ofproblems of Pladn~ the mOO:1landing program in its properhistorical perspective and of tell­ing the truth about t e space ad­ventures without OfJnding any­one.

Low-Cost A' ortionNEW YORK (NC)[The pres­

ident of the ROCkefelrr Founda­tion had called for idespreacand low-cost aborti n servicesfor poor women. D. John H.-Knowles said that b th govern­ment and private he~lth' insur­ance policies shoul pay forahortions whether th yare per­formed in hospitals r abortion

.clinics. He also advoc ted estab­ment of free or low cost abor-tion referral services.

Boycott Meat

your .fri~ndly psychiatrist or thepoor farm instead.

We can all complain untilwe're weary of hearing our ownvoices, but until We, as consum­ers, decide to becomE!' deter­mined enough to take some posi­tive steps, all our groaning willbe in vain.

It has been suggested that we'boycott the high prIce of meatby setting aside Tuesdays andThursdays or any other two daysof the week that you feel so in­Clined, as meatless days. (Rightnow, of course, Catholics are ab­stainingtrom meat on Fridaysas a Lenten practice.) Finally, avery strong statement will bemade if ·a large enough majorityheeds another plea to observemeatless the whole first week ofApril.

Here now is some positive ac­tion that can be taken duringLent when a Httle sacrifice canbe offered' up as part of one'sLenten -observance.

Creole Rice au Gratin

The headlines in this morn­.ing's paper read' "HousewifeBest Weapon in War on FoodSaid President Nixon." Afterthat encouraging note, it looksas if the ball has been thrownright in our 'Iaps and we can ex­pect no help from the govern­ment. S.O on with meatlessmeals!

%.cup uncooked riCe1 cup .water .1 teaspoon salt% cup chopped onions1f3 cup chopped green pepper~ cup chopped celery1'l2 Tablespoons marg,arine1 cup canned tomatoes112 teas.poon salt1 teaspoon sugar1 teaspoon chili powderY2 teaspoon Worcestershire

sauce1 cup grated Cheddar cheese.1) Combine rice, water and

salt. Bring to boil. Stir, coverand reduce heat. Simmer 15 min­utes.

2) Meanwhile cook onions,green pepper and celery in mar­garine.

3) Add tomatoes, salt, sugar,chili powder and Worcestershiresauce. Add cooked rice and sim­mer until thick. Pour into 1quart greased casserole and topwHh cheese.

4) Place under" broiler . andmelt cheese.

If hubby complains about hislack of steak, take him for atour of the market-he'II changehis tune!

CORRECTIONS: It has cometo my attention that the amowltof sugar was left out of the lem­on rice puff recipe (March 1 is­sue). It is one half. cup.

Some people 'who have made.the pistachio bar (Feb. 8 iSSUll)

'. have found them very hard. Will'you please hold off making them

'until I. have' a chance to retest'the recipe.

THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Thurs. Mar. 22, 1?73

Looks Effortless'

As with any physical activity,gardening should be almost ef­fortless or at least appear to beso. Watching Bobby Orr racedown the ice, one never gets thefeeling that he is exerting him­self to any great degree; whenHank Aaron swings his bat, hedoes it In such a way ~s to lookeffortless, so it is wIth any a,th­lete.

They know their task andtheir bodies respond knowledge­ably and effortlessly to the jobat hand. Gardening or any kindof physical work is similar innature. Endurance, temperance,and continuous controlled ac­tiv.ity are f,ar .more J:roduotivethan outrageous exertions fol­10,wed by periods of neglect.

I have often said in this col­umn that a garden must be look­ed after daily and ,on a regimen.Two hours a day is sufficient formost gardens,and even this timecan be divided into shont perjods.I never really spent this muchtime in the garden, but it isnormally weedforee and in fairlygood condition.

Of course, enjoyment is halfthe hattie. II could never bringmyself to run around a track ona regular basis, but I do nothesitalte Ito stoop one hundredtimes a day in the garden to pullout noxious weeds. The end re­sult is the same though, and soto each his own. For me andthose of my readers who enjoythe garden, there is not andnever will be a substitute for thegood earth."

In the Kitchen

No matter where I have beenin the past two months-fromfashion shows to recess breaks­the talk eventually gets aroundto the extraordinary prices offood-especially meat.

Day by day, it seems, theprices change and always' up­ward. A pound of lard that soldfor $.19 for as long as I can re­member' ;is suddenly selling for.29; overnight, it appears, ham­burg has jumped from $.89 apound to $1.39; even the lowlyhot dog is selling for over $lapound. Why, six ,tiny lamb chopswill set a budget back over $4.

A walk through the supermar­ket is, as depressing' as an oldwar movie and the final mileto the checkout counter isenough to send· you running to

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Says Art Is to Conceal ArtIn Gardening As in Sports

By Joe and Marilyn Roderick

The first crocuses have bloomed and it is with somepleasure that we look forward to working in the ga.rdenagain. With about 15 pounds too much on our frame, welook forward to the regular, purposeful exercise that willshed weight without tedium

, or unnecessary exertion.Unfortunately, I am an

armchair kind of person andget a great deal of pleasure outof books and leisurely, untaxingm~ntal pursuits; unfortunately,because this kind' of acti~jty

does very little for one's phys­ical tone. Rather, it leads toflabbiness or shortness of wind,which are hardly good for mindor. body. So ~t is with some an­ticipation that I look forward to"the steady physical activitywhIch good gardening affords.

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In Love, Service"To imitate Christ as the

measure of our total commit­ment to Him is to love God ina way that He does" and to"love our neighbor as He lovedus," Archbishop Bernardin said.

He acknowledged that this.kind of commitment "can bringin its wake suffering and misun­derstanding," and that "it candemand a great deal of patienceand courage." But, the archbjsh­op said, "this is the life to whichwe are called as Christians."

The Rev. Monsignor Raymond T. ConsidineDiocesan Director368 North Main StreetFall River, Massachusetts 02720

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THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Thurs~ Mar. 22, 1973

Most Rev. Edward T. O'MearaNational Director

Dept. C, 366 Fifth AvenueNew York, New York 10001

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principles of the Ten Command- grounded in the person ofments remain' valid and neces- Christ, must demonstrate thesary, but a Christian must also meaning and value of His com­imitate Christ in love and ser- mitment to Him."vice and suffering, Archbishop The archbishop said that "aI­Joseph L. Bernardin of Cincin- though we are faced with newnati sa'id here in Ohio. challenges because of the highly

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on the stony ground of an obdu­rately hardened heart.

But the seed can fall onground and start to grow. Butthere is no moisture and theseedling withers. This failure, theLord tells us, repres.ents thosewho believe warmly in the Gos­pel until the first time of tnial.Then they give up. And all of usknow how easy this is.

In principle, we love our poorneighbors until they move intothe same street. In principle, wewant to feed the hungry childrenuntil foreign assistance turns up,in the budget. In principle, wereject the idea of poverty­stricken old people dying inloneliness and squalor. But theylive too far from us to be visited.At the first challenge to activesacrifice and genuine action, wegive up.

This capacity for not activelyfollowing up our convictionsabout justice is closely linked tothe last failure in our Lord'sparable - the seed that "fellamong thorns and the thornsgrew up and chocked it." Thisrepresents the reaction of thosewho are choked by "the cares,the riches and the pleasures ofthis life." Perhaps at no timehas this temptation been soacute for Christians for never inhistory have the 'riches and plea­sures been available to so manyChristian people. Nor have thecares - of not getting enough,of losing what we have-been sowidespread.

Swamped Souls

There is nothing static aboutmen's expectations. Unless appe­tites, drives, envious compari­sons. and uneasy conformism toother people's standards arechecked by rules of conscienceand a sense of justice, the Chris­tian soul can simply be swamped

. by the surrounding acceptanceof luxury and "upward mobil­ity." If all your neighbors think asecond car and a swimming poolare the outward signs of innersuccess, if success is the onlyyardstick, it can become almostheroic virtue to say that thesecond car is less important thansummer camps for orphans,houses for the aged poor or-intax tel'mS - public money for .headstart programs or for therebuilding of ghettos.

We live so surrounded by peo­ple for whom a tax cut is the ob­vious solution to pressures onpersonal income that it canagain be heroic virtue to say:"I approve of a tax increase onhigher .incomes, including myown, provided the money goesnot to new, even more scientificand deadly weapon systems,but to the suffering and desti­tute who need the money morethan I do."

We do not say this. We barelyeven think it. And the reason isthat the "thorns" of wantingever higher consumption havegrown round us so thickly thatwe hardly even see them. Theyhave all but excluded the day­light of grace.

WARD

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BARBARA

Charities DirectorsWASHINGTON (NC)-The di­

ocesan directors of Catholiccharities, an affiliate of the Na­tional Conference of CathopcCharities will hold their semi­annual meeting here Apr.il 4-6.The first day of the meeting willbe devoted to a theologica,l dis­cussion of "freedom, responsi­bility and the service missionof .the Church." Among othertopics on the agenda are the roleof the diocesan director in Carth­olic charities and the conveningprocess for regicmal meetings.

'Thorns' of ConsumptionChoke Daylight of Grace

Bishops before we look in'some detail at the Bishops'concrete recommendations for pursuing justice in the world,we ought to consider once again the question whether any­thing they say will have any effect. Our Lord, after all, ex-·pected much of his teachingto be overlooked. In the par­able of the sower, he de­scribed the various reasonswhich would explain the enor­mous inattentiveness of man.After two thousand years of notlistening, mankind still presents

deaf ears to the Lord's wordson justice and judgment and d'oesso for the old familiar reasons.

The sower's seed is the wordof God and on nothing in theGospels is the word so explicitas on the subject of justice. Tofeed the hungry, clothe the na­ked, house the homeless, visitthe sick-these "corporal worksof mercy" are quite simply thecondition. The Old and New Tes­taments repeat the commands ofjustice and neighborly love onevery page. But do we listen?

No-the seed falls first onstony ground. What does thismean? It means the alienatedand indeed devilish side of man.The hearts of people can becomeso fuB of hatred, contempt, fearand envy that they no longer seetheir neighbor as even human.What "justice" would a Naziguard show in a death camp toa suffering Jew? What justicedo tne bully-boys and gunmen ofNorthern Ireland show to thepasserby they spray with ma-

•• chine gun fire-and so do, foradded blasphemy, in the name ofChristianity?

Quieter Hatreds

Of course, when hatredreaches this pitch, hardeningevery instinct in man that cangive him a claim to "humanity,"we recognize the devil's work.But do we see it in quieter andmore respectable types of hatred?In' contempt for "welfare bums"?In wary distrust of ethnic mi­nOl'ities? In bland indifferencetoward those who are too handi­capped to help themselves in

. life? When compassion dies, thesatanic power in each of us-theside we call "original sin"-canbegin to stir. Then the seed falls

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"ob-audire," which means "to'listen." The depth of God'shopes for us speaks to thatwhiCh is most profound withinus. Obeying, in this instance, ishearing what 'absolute love h,asin mind for us.

God calls us, even commandsus, to the one true path of be­coming human. Because he doesit out of love, he always leavesus our freedom. This ,is why to­day's freedom-seekers often missthe point, for in doing their ownthing, they listen only to them­selves. Thus they reduce theirfuture to the pathetic horizonstheir own wild wants to dreamup. They have forgotten that per­sonal growth demands dialogue, -'listening to another - especiallythe divine other. .

When the Bible calls Jesus theLamb of God, it is commentingon his radical obedience. It iscommon, even today, to' use ananimal image for a human trait.!.'ions still bespeak courage, ele­phants remind us of memory,dogs tell us of affection. Just so,lambs evidence trusting obedi­ence.

Obedience of ChristNow some could say they are

,perfeotly willing to be a Iambbefore God, tliat is, they willrender obedience to him, butthey aren't going to obey peo­ple. Jesus gives the opposite ex­ample. He always strove to dothe will of his IFather, and, equal­lY,he attempted to respond obe­diently to the authority of hisday.

He is remembered as being anobedient child to his parents. Heis shown paying taxes to thestate and follOWing the r.itual re­quirements of Jewish religion.Now on ritual laws he shows anindependence 'of spirit, that is,he is not a slave of the law.Hence he often breaks the letterof sabbath observance, by curingthe sick 'and even recommendingbreaking ,the fast when his

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AGNUS DEl: "When the Bible calls Jesus the Lambof God, it is commenting on his radical obedience. Itis common, even today, to use an animal image for ahuman trait .. , Just so, lambs evidence trusting obedi­ence." NC Photo.

A permissive age makes obe­dience seem like a weakness. Inother times, "doing what one istold," did not seem like an in­dignity. But we live in less au­thoritarian times and thus findobedience to be more of -a curi­osity than a value. Obediencehas received a bad pre~:s because

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many authorities' often abusedthe willingness of the obeyer.

Instead of obedi€'llce today,we hear more of freedom andself-determination. The individ­ual wili choose what he wants todo. St. Paul certainly wouldn'tquarrel with this. He often spokeof how Jesus came to makeus free. The very role of author­ity and law was to lead personsto grace and freedom.

But a flaw lurks in the gardenot freedom. Associating obedi­ence with slavish and childishauthoritarian'ism' can reduce itto an obscenity not to be thoughtabout. The funny thing is thatonce freedom is imagined tohave eliminated obedience be­havior, cranky rebellion beginsto take over. Honest rebellious­ness that leads to maturity in­stead becomes a" pathetic strikingout. Flailing b~omes a way oflife.

FR. AL

McBRIDE

Obedience: Respom:eThis makes freedom the equiv­

alent of a perpetual tantrum.What is forgotten is that obc{!i­ence, in its deepest forro, is aresponse to God's desJire' for us.The divine desire on our behalfin an unerring direction, whichif we follow it, will lead to ourperfect fulfillment. The wordobedience comes from the Latin,

tion by which he ~reed ,all man-kind for new life. I '

APocalYlseThe last book of the Bible, '~he

Book of Revelatio" also cal\edthe Apocalypse, d scribes Jesusthroughout as a Uamb. "I saw'a Lamb standing,~a lamb thathad been slain" ( ev. 5:6). Thesym:Jolism is striki g: The Lambwho had 'been slai9 is standing!He who had died iSilive; victori­ous over the powe of death it­self. Surr.ounding t e Lamb, asthe vision of John I~ th~ Apoca­lypse develops, a huge crowdfrom everynatio and racestood shouting: "alvation is

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FR. QUENTIN

QUESNELL, S.J.

"Little lamb, I'll te I thee,Little lamb, I'll te I thee."He is called by thy name,For,he calls him~elf. a I~mb.He is meek and ,e 1S mIld.He became a lit Ie child.I a child and thou a lamb,We are called b~ his name.

"Little lamb, God bless ,thee.Little lamb, God ,Thless thee.':

The sentiment and piety ofthis poem have ins

11'red many

children's pr,ayers an Victorianholy<pictures. These build onthe idea that Jesus iE called alamb 'because, like lambs andlittle children, he is nbt only in­nocent and appealing, \but some­how soft, cuddly and cute. Thetrouble with this is trat it hasnothing Wha,tever to df with theNew Testament imag of Jesusas the Lamb of God.

Lion of Juda

, That image is prese~ted main­ly 'in the Book of Revelation. TheLamb is Ithe hero of '$at book.He is the one person ~n all theuni~erse found worth~ to openthe seven seals of the mysteriousscroll, from, which the rpocalYP.tic action of the ,book develops., There is no doubt a out who

the Lamb is. He is "Lord of,Lords and King' of K~'ngs.', Heis "the Lion of the tribe ofJudah," and the "oot of'David." He "stands, b fore thethrone of God;" he ever "sharesthe throne of God." He

10ssesses

"the seven sp'irits of .od, sentout into all the eal'th.' He has"twelve apostles," a d thl'lirnames mark the fd,undationstones of his new and heavenly

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vided a clue to the meaning ofthe biblical reference to Jesus asthe "Lamb." In the New Testa­ment the title "Lamb of God"·

FR. CARL J.

PFEIFER, S.J.

symbolizes all that , Jesusachieved in the events of GoodFriday and Easter Sunday ­namely his death and resurrec-

W;~~~Bla~~:~am~u~E~O~m~~~!~d~~{,~!~ iliouglish poet, was a very religious know who made thbe?"man. His poem, "The Tiger," The lamb does n~t reply, soasks what sort of God must he the child who is as~ing goes onbe who crea,ted that fierce and to give it some hin s: 'powerful jungle beast. Hi.HKMmJ)H1!((&W4'

His poem, "The Lamb," asksa sim'ilar question about a dif-ferent kind of animal: "Little By

aged us and we then began thelengthy process of convertingcheck marks on a questionnaireinto houl's of volunteer service.

,Computerized

Fortunately for us, we wereable to use the servi~es of a localfirm's comput,er and specialistsin that' field both, programmedour survey and tabulated the fig­ures. A first run of the mar­velous machine gave us an al­phabetized print-out of respond­ents, overall totals and an indi­cation of who volunteered forwhat.

Over 100 persons offered toparticipate in the presentationof gifts. A second computer runthen gave us another aphabet­ized list of these people brokendownaocording to the usualMass they attend and with thecode number of their originalcensus form. With this informa­tion at their disposal, the twoyoung Sisters of St. Joseph ser­ving as parish helpers at HolyFamily were able in about anhour's time to develop a mastersheet which included addressesand phone numbers of those in­dividuals who offered to assistwith this function.

They then proceeded to callpersons and line them up for'particular Masses. After an indi­vidual or family has agreed toa particular date, one or both

'of the nuns, driving our' stickshift blue Vega, would stop attheir home, explain the whyand how of ,this presentationceremony, then arrange to meetthe volunteers before Mass inthe back of c:hur,ch.

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When I was in high school.I worked after class in my Dad'sbakery. It was a great experi­ence. Making delicious pastrieswas as satisfying as 'eating them.Each Easter brought a specialexperience as we made dozensof pound cakes shaped likelambs.

Decorating the lambs withrich white frosting and shreddedcoconut was a challenge. Brownraisins became eyes, green col­ored frosting provided the freshspring grass on which the lamblay, and edible pink flowers add­ed a final touch. The finishedlamb was beautiful to beholdand tantalizing to taste.

At the time I was hardlyaware of the symbol'ism of theEaster lamb. Creating and sam­pling the pound-cake animalswas .engrossing enough. But Iwas very much aware that lambswere made only once a year-atEaster time. Later I realizedmore clearly that the lambcakeswere meant to recall not onlythe new vitality of Spring life,but the very source of all Hfe,Jesus Christ,' the "Lamb of God."

The fact that we made thelamb ca,kes only at Easter pro-

Gift Bearers At Mass

By

FR. JOSEPH ,M.

CHAMPLIN

tractive family which brought upthe water, wine, altar breads andcollection basket during Mass.Reading the bulletin (handed outat the door as they leave church)on their way home gives themthe answer.

That brief indication of thegif.t bea,rers for major Masses,however, represents the resultsof hard work-some computer­ized plal1ning, numerous phonecalls and personal home visits.

One Sunday nearly a year ago,we replaced the homily with a10 minute census survey at allour Masses. In addition to fac­tual data (name, address, phonenumber, usual Mass attended,age, education, occupation, etc.),we asked for opinions on severalmatters, 'and finally, requestedhelp in different areas (e.g.,school lunch program, religiouseducation classes, ushers). Thepositive response greatly encour-

"Today's Gift Bearers: 5:15(Verdi family); 8:30 (Lena Crisa­fulle and Alphia Trepasso); 9:45(Pawlewicz Family); 11:15 (Calk­ins Family.)"

This simple announcement in- our weekly bulletin has signifi­

cantly helped to strengthen thecommunity spirit here at HolyFamily. Parishioners now won­der about the identity of an at-

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~Sabbath was made for man, notman for the Sabbath.

Despl;ote these freedom ges­tures, Jesus is generally por­trayed as faithful to the ritualand cultural practices of his day.Even the Last Supper is an actof fidelity and obedience to theancient Passover command. Wekrtow he was· bringing newmeaning to the old acts, forhe said he did not come to de­stroy the law and the prophets,but to give them fulfillment­th~t 1s, fresh meaning.

In Right SenseThe Bible reserves the high­

est praise for Jesus' obedience.Saint Paul sees ,it a's the veryroad that led Jesus to be oursavior and to his own glorifica­tion. "And being found in humanform he humbled himself andbecame obedient unto death,even death on a cross. Therefore,God has exalted- him and he­stowed on !tim the name that isabove every name." (Philippians2:8-9)

I believe that after we haveovercome our anger at theabuses of authority, we shallcome again to value the depthmeaning of obedience. St.Thomas Aquinas spoke of obedi­ential potency, by which hemeant that persons are born witha special glory to be attained bylisten'ing to the loving voice cfGod urging them to become whothey should be. Obedience likethis is not groveling slavery orimmature childishness, but ahumble and honest opennes's tothe vocation that comes fromGod.

It also me::ms that obedienceto persons and civil and ritualrequirements will be done withdiscrimination and civility anddignity. This is being a "lamb"in the right sense.

Lamb of God

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We are among the happy onescalled to that supper. Saved byhis blood, we eat his flesh. To­gether at his table in his king­dom we renew our faith in theChristian idea of victory and lib­eration through giving up ourlives for others.

We add a sentence from Rev­elation 19: "Happy are thosewho are called to h'is supper."This refers to "the wedding sup­per. of· the Lamb," held after hehas won his victory and alsowon a new people for himself­his bride, the new and heavenlyJerusalem.

At Mass we use the words ofJohn the Baptist: "Th'is is ,theLamb of. God, who takes awaythe sins of the world." He took,them away by dying for us.

Jesus in the New Testament isthe lamb who was slain that wemight be marked with his bloodand be saved from death. Peterwrites: "you have been redeemed... not with perishable things,such as silver or gold, but withthe precious blood of Christ, likethat of a lamb without blemishor spot." The Crucifixion scenein John's gospel says Jesus' legswere not broken "that the Scrip­ture might be fulfilled: Not abone of him shall be broken."Paul writes: "Christ, our Pass­over Lamb, has been sacrificed."

The Lamb of God Conquers AllContinued from Page Sixteen

Jerusalem. He has charge of thehook of life. The Lamb is cer­tainly Jesus Christ.

But this Lamb is not cuddly,_soft or cute. Nor is he at allchildlike. He is a powerful con­queror. He is no~ at all likeBlake's little lamb. He is verymuch li'ke Blake's Tiger.

Jesus, the conqueror of Rev­elation, is called the Lamb be­cause of the special kind of con­quering which Jesus did. Heovercame the kings of ·the earth,the power of the demons, thewealth and pride of the Romanempire, by letting himself beput to death in sacrifice.

SacrificeThis is not what most people

mean by conqueril}g and viotory.But ,it is what Christianitymeans. And so when Revelationpraises the Lamb' for his mightyconquests, 'it calls him "theLamb who was slain." He waskilled that others might live.This is the victory th,at over­comes the world. Jesus let him­self be sacrificed~like the Jew­ish Passover lamb.

In the Book of Exodus (Chap­ter 12), God was going to strikedown the Egyptian oppressorsand set his people free. He toldthe people through Moses thateach family should find a lamb"without spot or blemish" andkill it and eat its flesh "withoutbreaking a bone of it." Theyshould take the lamb's blood andsmear it over the front of theirhouses. Then when the angel ofdeath cam~ through the land topunish God's enemies, that deathwould pass over the familieswhose houses were marked' withthe lamb's blood. And so it hap­pened. Therefore,. every Passoverafter that the Jews kept thesame observ,al1ce down to Jesus'day.

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Antipoverty AgencyPublishes Bookle'~

WASHINGTON (NC) - TheCampaign for Human Develop­ment, . the U. S. bishops' anti­poverty agency, has presented a68-page booklet to the U. S.Catholic Conference's advisorycommittee on the CHD's educa­tional efforts.

The booklet, entitled, "The Ed­ucational Thrust of the Cam~

paign for Human Development:A Progress Report 1970-72," isalso being sent to bishops, CHD ,diocesan directors and educationpersonnel, diocesan' informationofficers and others associatedwith the Church's antipovertyeffort.

The publication is the firstcomprehensive summary of theCHD's education efforts, whichgenerally are not as publicized'as the "action" aspects of theCHD's overall pmgram.

God of Wonder

Jesus was another surpriseand his resurrection the biggestsurprise of all. One can imaginehow the first witness to the res­urrection must have felt; and wehave St. Paul's description ofhow the surprise hit him. Youwant stabHity, predictability, im­mutability ,in your religion? ThenI'm' afra'id you should getanother God.

John Shea, in his booklet,What a Modern Cathol.ic Be­Heves 'about Heaven and Hell,concludes by observing that thebest way a Christian c~n preparefor death' is to develop his ca­pacity for surprise. GregoryBaum, in Man Becoming, tellsus that the essence of our faithis that "tomorrow will be dif­ferent"; no matter how badthings are today (even if todayis the day of our death) some·thing new and different will hap­pen tomorrow.

'Yahweh, then, is not only awonderful God; he is also a Godof wonder. When we are nolonger startled by His surprises,we may have the wrong God;the right one is somewhere else.

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very much whether we use fa­miliar or unfamiliar forms ofaddress. He is not likely to thinl<that we are trying to communi-

. cate with someone else if weuse a new name. Those whowish to continue to address Himby traditional titles are surelyfree to do so. But I wonder ifthey 'are free to insist on a reli­ligion -that is immune from theextraordinary, the unexpected,the surprising.

Quite the contrary, our reli­gion is a religion of surprise anjour God is a God cf surprise.Yahweh's sudden intervention inhuman affairs is His self­disclosure on Sinai was thegreatest surprise in human his­tory. Unannounced, uninvited,and, as it turned out, frequentlyunwelcome, He announced,' "Iam Yahweh your Goo." And thehuman race has yet to get overthat surprise.

By

REV.

ANDREW M.

GREELEY

ComplianceI don't want any yesmen

around me. I want everyone totell me the truth-even thoughit costs hill) bis job.

-Goldwyn

I have been struck recently that some of my kook mailand some of the kook correspondents of the Catholic rightwing press have taken umbrage at the use in my writingsof the word "Yahweh." At first I was so baffled by thisreaction that I didn't takeit seriously. But as the nastycomments piled up I beganto suspect that somethingreally strange was going on.

There are a number of reasonsfor using the name Yahweh.First of all, it happens to be the

name that God revealed to uson Sinai. If it is good enough forHim, then it surely is goodenough for us. It is also the He­brew equivalent of the Greek"Kyrios," the Latin "Dominus"and the English "Lord" (throughthe Hebrew "Adonoi" whichwas used as a code for theSacred Name). It stre~ses thecontinuity of' the Jewish andChristian strains of what is es­sentially one religious tradition);it makes clear the ahsolutelydecisive importance for all sub­sequent religious development ofthe Divine self-disclosure onSinai. I hardly insist that every­one use that particular divinename; it just happens to be onethat is comfortable for me touse.

Why then the outrage fromcritics? First of all, I thought itmight be anti-Semitism. "Yah­weh" is a Hebrew name (thoughof pre-Israelite origins appar·ently). Maybe some people areoffended hy the fact that ourGod 'is a Jewish God. Or perhapsthey are offended at my pre­suming to speak the SacredName that was unspoken for aconsiderable period of Jewishhistory.

God of Surprises

But then, why say, as onecolumnist did, that the use ofthe name is "supercilious"? Fi­nally, it dawned on me. Howeverhallowed the tradition, howeverlegitimate the symbolism, how­ever sound the theology, thename "Yahweh" is offensive toa certain kind of Catholicmentality because it sounds"strange." With so many otherthings changing, can't we atleast use the old name for God?Why do people have to showof.f by using unusual names?Isn't it enough that the Massis in English and nuns are wear­ing miniskirts? Can't we at leasthave stability in how we address

I' God? Isn't there anything thatis free from change anymore?

One can, I think, call Godwhatever one pleases. I don'timagine that it offends Him

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Gift BearersContinued from Page Sixteen

DividendsThis extra bit of planning and

preparation has yielded hand­some dividends. Just yesterdaya dentist's wife told me heryoungest daughter, upon learn­ing the family would be bringing

. up the gifts on Holy Family Sun­day, jumped with joy and con­sidered the honor her finestChristmas present. I' aI-so haveheard of wives going to the hairdresser, parents stopping at Con­fession, children shining shoesbefore their Sunday "appear­ance."

One woman told me that tearsstreamed down her cheeks as shewatched a particularly large andbeautiful family bring (with lessthan military precision) the of­.ferings up the center aisle to thepriest waiting in the sanctuary.1 wondered last week what were

. the feelings of a non-Catholicfather who joined his w.ife andchildren in the procession. Iwonder, too, about those in thepews as they observe a familywith long-haired college boysand bright eyed grammar schoolgirls bearing gift~ to the altar.

Missal's Instruction

This ceremony may seem un­complicated to -those of us whoare priests or Religious or per­sons accustomed to leadershiproles in front of crowds. But Isense in such circumstancesthat most people become quitenervous, ev,en if' proud, andbreathe a sigh of relief whenthey finally get back to theirpews. All the more reason fora sensitive solicitation of volun­teers, a careful at,tention to prep­aration, and a clear explanationof the spiritual reasons behindthis practice.

The Roman Missal's GeneralInstruction reads: "It is desirablefor the faithful to present thebread and wine, which are re­ceived 'by the prie~t or deacon ata suitable place ... The rite ofcarrying up the gifts continues,the value and spiritual meaningof the ancient custom when thepeople brought bread and winefor the liturgy from their ownhomes. This is also the appro­priate time for the collection ofmoney or gifts for the poor andthe Church. These are to beplaced in a suitable area, but noton the altar."

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At root this involves a dyingwith him to the sl~lfishnes-s that

, IS sin in order to rise to a lifeof 'unselfish love.

MotivationThe very fact the Lam'b who

was slain stands reveals that forthese who place their trust inChrist ,th,at all death bears with­in i-tself the seeds of life. Con­versely the image suggests' thatall growth in life comes onlythrough death. With him we canovercome the powers that dlmin­ish our physical and spiritualvitality, discovering sparks ofnew life in the dying ember-s ofexistence.

Perhaps this so-unds poetic,mystical, far from the real'itiesof daily life. Yet for hundreds ofthousands of Christians faith inChrist, who triumphed over sinand death, has provided moti­vation and courage to face andovercome sickness, poverty,loneliness, oaptivi-ty, p'ersecution,pain, anxiety, sel.fishness, deathitself. The sight of the lambstanding after being killed hassuggested hope to p~ople whoseemed overwhelmed with suf­fering, and ha-s brought a joyfulsmile to the face of personssteeped in sorrow.

The Easter Lamb can remindus all that beoause of Jesus, the ,true Lamb of God, we can affirmlife where others see only death,'and glimpse rays of light wheredarkness blinds .others' eyes."Behold the Lamb adf God, whotakes away the sins of the world.Happy are those who are calledto his supper."

Jesus Christ: Lamb of ~;od

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Continued from ~age Sixteenfrom our God, whol is seated onthe throne, and from the Lamb"(Rev. 7:9-10). The, \Lamb saves:

That salvation is describedlater in John's visipn: "He willlead them to spring!of life-givingwater, and God wi~! wipe away'every tear from their eyes" (Rev.7:17). In the Ne~ Jerusalem,where there "shall Ibe no moredeath or mourning, flying out orpa'in" (Rev. 21:4), 9arkness will

.dissolve in the light of the Lamb,and death will be .~wallowed inthe life-giving waters flowingfrom the Lamb and God's throne(Rev. 21:23; 22:1). \. John's mystical vi1ion of Jesus,

the Lamb, risen but still bearing,the marks of death'

lsymbol'i"'es

the very core of Chtistian faith.We believe the deatl and resur­rection of Christ is the radicalsource of our own triumph oflife over death.

Symbolis~'

The lamb sym'boliSrll may not,appeal to contempdrary'urbandwelllirs as it did tf> the earlyChristians who live~ in closercontact with the lan~, and wereat home with the 01 Test'amentritual of the 'Paschal Lamb. Butin any event the bi lical namefor Jesus, "Lamb of God," crys­tallizes Christ's .role Ias saviourof man from every fOIr[m of deathand diminishment.

"Saviour" can be a pather ab­stract theological erm, buttranslated into the "~amb" im:age of the New TeStament themeaning of "salvation " may be­come more concrete. The Lambfrees man from all hat limitslife - darkness of tnind and.spirit, ·mourning, pain Iand everyform of death. He renJws us, re­freshes us with life-givingwaters. Jesus, the La b of God,'is able tQ free us to gtow in the

~~~···~:~:~·~·~··:~..~~~:"r~~~··~~·::,ized. Mr. Guthrie has few rivalsin the art of evoking that mag-n'ificent landscape. I

Your mystery buff f.ill, I ex­pect find this' disapp~inting asa puzzler, and the Q9It1irer ad'Mr. GuthrIe's proven talents willregret their expenditJre on sotrivial a. piece.

tered their wish to remain associ­ated' with Britain. Mr. Bradfordbelieves that the fortress' returnto Spain is inevi~able. But howwill this come abnut, and when?He cannot say.

Enter Miss ReadEnglish village life has, no

more delightful reporter in fic­tion than the lady who writesunder t.he name "Miss Read."Her latest offering, is T)'ler'sRow (Houghton Miflin, 2 P,arkSt. Boston, Mass. 02107. $5.95).

The narrator, as usual, is MissRead, headmistress or FairacreSchool. It is a grand soundingtit-ie, but the school boasts onlytwo teachers, one for the in­f.ants, the other for the olderchildren.

There is· in ?'airacre village aset of three cottages joined to­gether in the' manner of town­houses; these are, called Tyler'sRow. They have been neglectedand are in a shocking state ofdisrepair.

To inspect them come Peterand Diane Hall, a middle-agedcouple, he a teacher who is look­,ing forward to retirement. TheHalls think they can do some­thing with the cottages. Havingbought them they set about re­pairing the central one, whichthey,are to occupy.

Foul WeatherThey encounter the usual

problems which people who un­dertake to restore run-downproperty bemoan. There is moreto be done than at first appeared;the costs amount alarmingly; thedelays are exasperating.

But worse, perhaps, are theoccupants of the attached cot­tages on either side; an old sol­dier in one, an old harridan inthe other, enemies. Foul weather­ahead!

When the Halls have theirsection done to their satisfac­tion, they move in, and findthemselve!l caught in the cross­fire between the aged but re-

, doubtable combatants. Thatproblem is solved, but not soon,and not without some anguish.

On this frail frame the authorhas put together a slight' but in­teresting and amusing story,which does not lack true pathos.Village characters make theirentrances' and exits, variouscrises occur, the seasons comeand go. As usual, there is- ap­pealing description of the beau­ties of the countryside, theac­curate description of the peculi­arities of village life. '

A minor work, this is perfectof its unpretentious kind.

Trivial Piece, A. B. Guthrie, Jr., is a weight­

ier writer than "Miss Read," ashe 'proved, for examp,le, in thememorable The Way West andThe Big Sky: In Wild Pitch(Houghton Mifflin, 2 Park St.,Boston, Mass. 02107. $5.95), hehas struck out in a somewhatdifferent direction, and also, onefears, has struck out. _

Here' he is offering a murdermystery with a Montana setting.The setting is impressively real-

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Bradford's GibraltarHistory of Fortress

ErnIe Bradford~s Gibraltar (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich,757 Third Ave., New York, N. Y. 10017. $6.50. Illustrated)is 'subtitled "The History of a Fortress." The great Rock atthe entrance to the Mediterranean is indeed a fortress,prooably the stoutest in theworld; at. least until the ad­vent of air power.

It is a surprisingly smallpromontory: three quarters of amile wide, 'less than three mileslong, consisting of limestone,and reaching a maximum height

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of 1,400 feet. It projeds fromSpain and the African mainlandis only 14 miles away.

Certainly Gibraltar was thehridge by which the M90rs, inthe eighth century, entered Eu­rope. They seized it in 711,turned it into a fortress, andwent on to subd,ue all of ~pain,which they held for the next 700years., It was not until 1452 ~hat

the Spanish recovered Gibraltar.

Longest Siege

A little over 250 years later,the English attacked and sub­dued the Rock, got title to it ina peace treaty signed in 1713,and have hung onto it ever since.

For Britain it has had pres­tige value. Thus, lin the 1770sBritish power was un:der chal­lenge all over the worl4, andsuccessful challenge as in thecase of the American colonies.It was during the AmericanRevolution that the severes~

siege ,of 'gibraltar's history tookpIace.

With Britain involved in fight­ing both the colonies and France,Spain took the opportunity toinvest Gibraltar by land and sea.This siege lasted three years andseven months (1779,178:3, thelongest continuous one in 'his­tory. Shot and shell were pouredupon the rock, the towl1 was laidin ruins, disease took a heavy'toll, -but the fortress held out.

Strategic Worth

It was only later, especially. after the opening of the Suez

Canal in 1869, that Gibraltarwas of highest importance be­cause' of its ,key position on theroute to and from the Mediter­ranean. It became, as well, amajor trading center. And it had'strategic worth in both WorldWars.

Since 1-830, it has ,been a Brit­ish crown colony. In 1956 thepopulatiqn was some 24,000. Itrepresents a racial and culturalmelance: Genoese, Maltese,Spaniards, Jews, Indians (mostof the merchants), and British.

Spain wants title to Gibraltar,and at present the Rock is cutoff from the Spanish mainland.Its value to Britain, except as asymbol is questionable, and itsmaintenance ,is expensive. Butby a vote of 12,138 to 44 (in1967) the Gibraltarian~ regis-

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New Yorktheir "serious responsibility" toserve the Eucharist reverentlyand live by it in their own lives.

Duning the Prayer of the Faith­ful during the Mass there wasone hint that the new practice,authorized by the Vatican's Con­gregation for the Sacramentsand already in effect in otherdioceses, has not met universal,lywith popul,ar approval.'

The prayer was for "all whofind difficulty in accepting thisministry, that they may come tounderstand the contributionwhich these ministers will maketo a more reverent Eucharist."

C. U. ChancellorWASHINGTON (NC)-Newly

appointed archbishop WilliamBaum of Washington will re­place the retired archbishop Car­dinal Patrick O'Boyle as chan­cellor of the Catholic Universityof America. In assuming thechancellorship, Archbi~op Baumwill act as a Uaison between theuniversity and the National Con­ference of Catholic Bishops, andbetween the university and theVatican.

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Seeks VolunteersFor Work at Home

NEWARK (NC)-In a reversetwist,the Newark archdiocesanagency .whlich sends lay volun­teers to mission areas is nowseeking volunteers to work inJersey City. .

The pilot program is beingworked out by Father George L.Mader, .director of ·the Intema­.tional Liaison Office, and FatherRichard Brozat, a former mis­sioner, who is administrator ofAll Saints Parish in Jersey City.

As head of the liaison office,Father Mader has recruited layvolunteers from Newark for serv­ice in mission areas of the UnitedStates, Latin America and otherareas overseas.

Now, he is loolting for a socialworker, religious education co­ordinator and secretary - eachcommitted to two years of serv­ice-to work at All Saints. Theparish, which once had a mem­bership of 1,200 families, nowministers to 300 families, most ofthem blacks.

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p'rotestors DelayDouglas Speech

CLEVELAND (NC)-An esti­rna·ted 75 antiabontion protestersdelayed and then interrupted aspeech at Case Western Univer­sity here hy U. S. Supreme CourtJustice William O. Douglas.

The demonstrators shovedtheir way into the 'h~1I whereDouglas gave a speech on theneed for preserving the environ­ment f·rom radioactive contam­ination.

Police reported no arrests orinjuries despite some scufflingand veI1bal bicker-ing inside thehall and outside, chiefly betweenthe antiabortion forces and pro­abortion counter-pickets.

EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS' MASS: Cardinal Terence Cooke of New York receivesOffertory gifts from women who were among the 206 persons installed as "extraordinaryministers" of Holy Communion during a service in St. Patrick'~ Cathedral. Of the newministers, 87 were women, including 54 Sisters. Candidates were nominated by local cler­gy and were trained in the doctrine of the Holy Eucharist, ministry and personal sanctity.

NEW YORK (NC)-Two hun­dred and six laymen and womenfrom the New York archdiocesewere authorized and installed byCardinal Terence Cooke to serveas "extraordinary ministers" of'Holy Communion.

Eighty'-seven of the "extraor­dinary ministers of the Eucha­rist" were women and of these,54, were .Sisters. Sev.enteenBrothers and 109 other laymenwere ~ncluded in the ceremony,held during Mass at St. Patrick'sCathedral here.

The ceremony followed threesession of instructions, providedibythe vioars of the archdiocese.Candidates were nominated bylocal clergy. Their training cov­ered the doctrine of the HolyEucharist, ministry and. personalsanctity.

They were presented to Car­dinal Cooke and three times re-

is not a Conference member, arealigned in Division I. Each meetshould feature existing compe­tition. Members of ,the first divi­sion include Barnstable, Law­rence High .of Falmouth, Dart- .mouth and Dennis-Yarmouth allof the old Capeway Conference,Somerset from the Narry circuitand Bishop Stang and Attleboroof the Bristol County League.AU seven schools have demon­strated their track power overthe years on both the local andthe state levels.

Bishop Connolly High of FallRiver, Seekonk, Dighton-Reho­both, Taunton, Msgr. Coyle­Bishop Cassidy of Taunton, OldRochester of Mattapoisett· andBishop Feehan are the DivisionII teams.

Case High from Swansea,Diman,Bourne, New BedfordVocational and Norton will com­pete for Divisi9n HI honors.

and then proceed to the 100yard dash, 880 yard run, 440yard run, 120 yard high hurdles,220 yarc.I dash, ~ ·mile. run andconclude with the 880 yard relay.

In past years the home team,in many cases, could establishthe order of events. The priv­ilege gave an unfair advantageto the host coach who couldalign the events in favor of hisathletes /Which often broughtabout the wrath of the opposingcoach. The standardized orderis equitable in that all mentorscan prepare for a meet know­ing when events will be staged.

Some schools in the old Narry,Bristol and Capeway' circuitshave competed in track for manyyears but never with adequatefacilities. The ,track was a chalkline around the baseball f,ieldwhich may have been a quartermile give or take a few yards.

The nivision Meet will followthe format of the old Narry,Bristol County and CapewayConference championship meetswhich likewise culmin/llted leaguecompetit,ion. Th~ Division Imeet is slated for Attleboro,Division H will be held at Bish­op Feehan High in Attleboro andDivision HI teams will meet atDiman Regional Vocational inFall River.

League officials were plaguedwith many problems in a'ligningschools into divisions and alle­viate some of the problems' thatexisted in the three track cir­cuits that functioned' before theformation of the new Confer­ence. Two major areas of con­sideration were order of eventsand facilities.

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In spite of the facilities manyof these schools have producedoutstanding track teams, How­ever, not to ·~ake anything awayfrom .the athletes who performedenthusiastically under the cir­cumstances, equitable competi­tive conditions were not presentat these sites.• In order to bring about betterconditions, the league has dic­tated that all circuit meets shallbe held at schools which haveregulation track and field eventareas. Schools which do nothave such facilities have sched­uled their home meets at schoolsnearby that possess adequatetrack areas.

These two factors in additionto the div,isiona'1 alignmentsshould set the stage for a tre­mendous track season.

The area's seven strongesttrack schools, with the possibleexception of New Bedford which

To the credit of the loop stepshave been taken that will un­doubtedly bring about bettercompetition imd less aggravationfor coaches and participants:

All conference dual meets willfollow the order of events asapproved by league members.That order lists all ,field eventsto he contested first with thetwo mile run to be started assoon as two milers finish com­peting in field events. At siteswhere two weight areas are notavailable the discus will followthe shot put and where twojumping pits are lacking the longjump will follow the triple jump.

In addition to the four fieldevents I,isted above all leaguedual meets will also include thehigh jump, pole vault, and jave­lin.

The running events will startwith the 120 yard low hurdles

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League Sets Standard Order of Events

Forcasts Exciting CampaignIn S. E. Mass. Track CircuitSoutheastern Massachusetts track fans will witness

some of the best dual track meets ever staged within theconfines. of diocesan territorial limits this Spring whenaction commences in the newly formed Southeastern Mas­sachusetts Conference. Thetwenty-one league schoolsthat participate in Springtrack will battle for separatetitles in three divisions. Thealignment of schools into divi­sions closely parallels the foot­ball divisions with the strongerschools in the first bracket andthe smaller schools in the thirdgroup.

Each school is scheduled forsix dual meets within its owndivision. Unlike' football andbasketballl ,the league has notlisted any imerdivisional com­petit,ion dn track. Schools mayschedule non-league meets ac­cording to their individua~ pref­erences. The oonference's seasonwill climax with Division Cham­pionship Meets on May 19.

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20 THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Thurs. Mar. 22, 1973

AMBASSADOR AT MASS: The newly' named U. S.Ambassador to Italy, John A. Volpe during Communion inSt. Susanna Church, Rome.

SOMERSET A SO REPRESENTED: Frank V. Medeiros and Manuel Souza of Som­erset discuss the spirituality of each and ever)'" event of the Consistory with Rev. BentoR. Fraga of Holy GflOst Parish, Attleboro, in the- great Piazza San Pietro on the walkseparating the v.tirn from the city of Rome, Italy. .

ST•. MleH L PARISmONER: Among the many who received the Eucharist fromtheir former pastor at St. Michael's was Arthur Rebello of Fall River.

TAUNTON AND ATTLEBORO MEET IN ROME:Among the hundreds attending the Consistory in Romewere: Dr. and Mrs. Charles Hoye of Taunton; Mrs. Ray­mond Guillette and Mrs. Manuel Castro of Attleboro.

FORMER PARISHIONER: Mrs.. "Mary Souza Oliveiraof St. Michael's "Parish, Fall River is greeted by the Cardinal.