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Abortion RulingNot New Right

WASHINGTON (NC) - TheU. S. Supreme Court decision ofJan. 22. 1973, 1nvalidating al­most all then existing state abor­tion la'ws did not create a consti­tutional right to abortion, a law­yer told· a national meeting ofDioces~11 Attorneys Associationhere.

In a talk on "Abortion and theConscience Clause: Current Sta­tus," Dennis J. Horan, partnerin a Chicago law firm and in­structor in law at the Universityof Chicago, noted that pro­abortion groups rely on the Su­preme Court decision to supporttheir claim that refusals by stateor municipal hospitals to providefacilities for abortions violate theequal protection clause of thedue process clause of the Consti­tution.

Quoting from the SupremeCourt decision, Horan pointedout that the decision stands for",the protection that the 'rightof privacy ... is broad enough toencompass a woman's decisionwhether or not to terminate herpregnancy' ... and even that'right is not unqualified.'''

The Supreme Court was say­ing, Horan argued, that "the de­

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quet last Thursday, following aclass day program.

Three students who have com­pleted their high school educa­tion in three years will be amongthe 69 graduates of SacredHearts Academy, Fall River, at2 P.M. Sunday. Bishop James J.Gerrard will preside at the cer­emony and Atty. General RobertH. Quinn will speak. At a pre­ceding class night program, Col­leen Mary Brown, valedictorian,addressed classmates and their

.families.Bishop Gerrard will also pre­

side at Holy Family High Schoolgraduation exercises, slated for7:30 P.M. Sunday at St. Law­rence Church, New Bedford.Speaker for the occasion will beRev. John P. Dlliscoll, pastor ofSt. Lawrence and 27 boys and40 girls will receive diplomas.At a parents' night last nightMargaret Fernandes, valedicto­rian, and Atty. Robert Supre­nant, an alumnus, were amongspeakers.

Bishop Cronin will preside andBishop James L. Connolly willgive the invocation at cer­emonies for 152 graduates, in­cluding one three-year student,to be held at Bishop ConnollyHigh School, Fall River, at 7:30P.M. Sunday. Speakers will in­clude Atty. General Quinn, Ray­mond Delisle, valedictorian, andDennis Downey, senior classpresident.

An awards dinner for the grad­uates will take place tomorrownight at White's restaurant.

Postal.RatesHelp to KillITh-e Lampl

GRAYMOOR (NC) - Risingcosts, especially postal rates,have forced the AtonementFriars to halt publication of TheLamp, a Christan Unity mag­azine which .had been publishedby the Religious community for71 years.

In announcing that the July is­sue would be the magazine'slast issue, Father Charles Angellcriticized the U. S. Postal Servicefor shal'lply increasing chargednonprofit publications.

"It would seem that the fed­eral government views with un­concern the progressive exclu­sion of all but the very rich fromeffective media of communica­tions," said Father Angell, direc­tor of publications for the Gray­moor Ecumenical Institute here.

"Low postal rates have tradi­tionally enabled religious -andother public interest groups toinexpensi,vely air their views.Today the number of people whocan effectively get their ideasacross to the public is rapidlydiminishing. What does this spellfor the future of our free soci­ety?"

Father Angell said that thecost of producing the magazinewas three times greater than itsincome.. For every dollar readerspaid to the Lamp subscription,"the Atonement Fathers contrLb­uted two to meet the financialobligations of the magazine," hesaid.

The Lamp was begun 1903,as' "a monthly organ devoted tothe eternal principles of ChurchUnity" by Father Paul Wattson,founder of the Atonement Friars,while both he and his youngcommunity were members of theAnglican communion.

Cronin presided at graduationceremonies for 44 boys and 51~irls held Monday in St. An­thony's 'Church. Class valedicto­rian was Doris LaCoste and sal­utatorian was Louise Braga.

Following an awards night lastThursday, 76 iboys and 85 girlsgraduated Tuesday from BishopFeehan High School, Attleboro,receiving their diplomas fromBishop Cronin. Patricia McDon­agh, top-ranking senlior, spokeat the graduation, and LorraineTanguay, second-ranked student,was awards night speaker.

Exercises took place last nightat Bishop Stang ijigh School,North Dartmouth, with 109 boysand III girls forming the dio­cese's largest graduating class,and Bishop Cronin presiding.Graduates and their familiesattended a special Mass Sundayat the. school.

Karen Russell will be valedic­torian and Suzanne Gagnon willgive a welcoming address at thegraduation of 116 Bishop Ger­rard High School seniors. Sched­uled for 1:30 P.M. Sunday, with

'Bishop Cronin presiding, the cer­emony will be the fiirst of fourfor that day. The Fall Riverschool had an awards night ban-

NAMED: Sister MaryCatherine Toomey will be­come the new executive di­rector of the National Sis­ters Vocation Conference(NSVC) Sept. 1. She is aMercy Sister from Worces­ter Mass. NSVC headquar-,ters is in Chicago. NC Photo.

Gratitude ShownBy New BedfordParishioners

A statement of gr.atitude tothe Catholic Relief Services ofthe United States Catholic Con­ference has been released byRev. Raphael Flammia, SS.CC.,pastor of Our Lady of the As­sumption Church, New -Bedford.The text follows:

On behalf of the parishionersand the clergy of Our Lady ofAssumption Church in New Bed­ford I would like to publiclythank the Catholic Relief Ser­vices of the United States Catho­lic Conference of New York fortheir answer to our appeal. Weare the only Catholic Cape Ver­dean Pa-rish in the United States.

Several months ago we askedfor aid for our people in the CapeVerde Islands who have been suf­fering because of the lack of rainfor such a long period of time.We have received a letter fromthe Catholic Relief Services in­forming us that they will besending 25 tons of milk, clothing,vitamins and antibiotics to bedistributed equitably to those inneed.

We feel that our prayers havebeen answered and we thankGod for the tremendous help thatour people will be receiving. Weask God's blessings upon allthose who have made this possi­ble so that they may continueto do God's work.

School, Taunton, where BishopDaniel A. Cronin presented 'diplo­mas to 74 boys and 64 girls andRev. Patrick J. O'Neill, directorof the diocesal\. department ofeducatilon, also spoke. A bac­calaureate Mass for the gradu­ates was celebrated last Friday.

Seniors at St. Anthony's HighSchool, New Bedford, feted pres­ent and former teachers at abanquet last week and Hishop

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• "Doctors are the principle pro­tectors of the weak ... They arelike ambassadors sent to them tooffer all the relief which God hasplaced at the disposition of Hiscreatures."

Turning to the theme of theconvention, "Rapport Betweenthe Doctor and Patient," thePope first listed some of theprominent ethica'l problems re­lated to this rapport and thencommented on the Church'sviewpoint on those problems.

The Pope said those problemsincluded the obligations of thedoctor to the patient, especially'in a medical 'world that has· be­come 'impersonal, as well as theright of the patient to receive"sincere and prudent informa­tion."

In addition, members of dioc­esan councils of Catholic menand women, laity, clergy andReligious involved' in parish anddiocesan pastoral councils areinY:ited to attend the programwhich will emphasize team train­ing techniques.

In announcing the 1974 Trav­eling Institutes, Miss MargaretMealey, Executive Director ofNCCL, said, "The Series hasbeen planned as both a sign andan instrument for bringing la'ity,clergy and Religious into fullerdialog-with a deeper realiza­tion of our ministerial respon­sibility within the Church."

Representing the NCCL atCra-igville will be Helen B.Brewer and Thomas J. Teweyof the national headquartersstaff.

Beginning Monday of thisweek and ending Sunday, highschools of the diocese will grad­uate a total of 1021 students, in­cluding 482 boys and 539 girls.

Monday, ceremonies were heldat Coyle and Cassidy High

VATICAN CITY (NC)-Med­ical doctors are ambassadorssent by God to protect all humanbeings, especiaHy the l)oor andeven those who are still in thematernal womb, Pope Paul V.Itold a convention of Catholicdoctors meeting in Barcelona,Spain.

In a letter written in Spanishand signed by his secretary ofstate, Cardinal Jean V:iIIot, thePope told delegates to the WO!ldcongress of the International Fed­eration of Catholic Doctors:

"If all men participate in thedignity of divine life, it is notless true that the love of Godis manifested is a special way tothe poor, little ones, invalids ar.d,babies, even when they are stillin the maternal womb.

An Anchor 01 the Soul, Sure and Firm-St. Paul

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NCCL Traveling InstituteAt Craigville, June 7-9

Fall River, Mass., Thursday, June 6,Vol. 18, No. 23 © 1974 The Anchor

A "Traveling Institute," spon­sored by the National Councilof Catholic Laity (NCCL), willhold a two and a half day pro­gram from June 7 to 9 lit Craig­Vlille Inn Conference Center atCraigVille on Cape Cod.

Mrs. Michael J. McMahon ofSt. Mary's Cathedral Parish isin charge of arrangements.

Participants will come fromall parts of NCCL Region I,which includes the six NewEngland states, said Mrs. Mc­Mahon. Dioceses represented sofar include: 10 from Fall River;3 from Burlington, Vt.; 2 fromPortland, Me.; 2 from Manches­ter, N. H.; 3 from Springfield;7 from Bridgeport, Conn.

Two representatives will alsoattend the institute from Canada.

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MEETING THEIR BOSS: The 28 newly ordained priests of the'Philadelphia archdioceseshare a happy moment with John Cardinal Krol at the Cathedral of 55. Peter and Paul..The group includes Father Rayford E. Emmons, first black priest to be ordained for thearchdiocese.

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PATERSON (NC)-A Patersullpriest who was a principal eulo­gist at the funeral of Duke El­lington ·in the Cathedral of St..John the Divine in New Yorksaid here that the death of the

.fame'd musician marks the endof an era and that no one elseon the horizon 'Of the jazz fieldseems likely to take his place.

"He was probably tHe mostimportant. figure in the historyof American jazz," said PaulistFather Norman O'Connor, a longtime expert in the world of jazz."There were great instrumental­ists - people like Louis Arm­strong or Charlie Parker-but onan overall basis, there was no­body like the Duk·e. As a com,poser, as an arranger, as a lead­er-even as a spokesman~he

was always trying to do newthings."

In his eulogy, delivered beforea packed throng that includedgreats of the music world in ad­dition to civic and bus,iness lead­ers, Father O'Connor repeatedthe famous Ellington signoff.,

"Duke, we thank you," he said."You loved us madly. We willlove you madly today, tomorrowand forever."

Father O'Connor, who con·ducted "Dial M for Music" onWCBS-TV for many years, saidhe first met Ellington 25 yearsago at a New York party for amutual friend, tenor saxaphonistPaul Gonsalves-a jazz greatwho died within the month him­self. They remained good friendsover the years, with the priestintrOducing the performer at

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Iy want- a clear, concise, simplepresentation of the Message."With regard to morality, he con­tinued, '~Many think leaders havedone a copout and teach their

. own thing.'''Other subjects of great con­

cern, according to the diocesan.coordinators' reports, Msgr. Para­dis said, are:

-Sacraments (general, Pen-·ance, Confirmation, Marriage,Eucharist): 62 dioceses, 55 percent of those reporting, 39 percent of U.S. dioceses;

-Parents as educators (includ­ing family education, sex educa­tion): 35 dioceses, 30.7 per centof those reporting, 22 per cent ofU.S. dioceses;

.-Adult education: 34 dioceses,29.8 per 'cent of those reporting,21.4 per cent of U.S. dioceses;

Methodologies _ and relatedteaching concerns: 30 dioceses,26.3 per cent of those reporting,18.9 per cent of U.S. dioceses.

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Contentto the coordinators' reports theNCD office here has receivedmore than 17,000 recommenda­tions from .priests,Religious andlaity around the country.

Sister Mariella Frye, associateNCD project director, who is pre­paring a report on the 17,000 rec­ommendations, said they parallelthe reports of the diocesan co­ordinators.

The concern about content, shesaid; is "a question of language."A number of CathQlicsexpressconcern that the Christian mes­sage is not being transmitted un­less "it is· couched in languageclose to that which they learnedas 'children," she said. .

"The concern is that the entirecontent of the Christian 1llessagehe taught' and not watereddown," Sister Mariella said.

"Perhaps the reaction of th-osesuffering frustration and disap­pointment with regard to con­tent," Msgr. Paradis said, "wasbest expressed by the coordina­tor from New Ulm (Minn.) whoreported thoat 'doctrine seemsblurred for many who are an­noyed and upset by .the uncer-

. tainty.' There is,. he added,'overwhelming evidence amongour rur,al people that they real-

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WASHINGTON (NC) - Thecontent of religious education­what is taught"":"'is the subjectof greatest inter,est and concernto U. S. CathoNcs participatingin the preparation of the NationalCatechetical- . Directory (NCD),diocesan coordinators of the di­rectory project have reported.

This finding emerged from ananalysis of- the reports received

. from coordinators in 114 of the159 Latin-rite dioceses in thecountry who responded' to aquestionnaire- sent by Msgr. Wil­frid ·Paradis, national NCD pro­ject directoI'.

The 63 dioceses reporting thatcontent is the primary concernof Catholics in their area repre­sent 55 per cent of those report­ing and 39.6 per cent of all Latin­rite dioceses in the United Statesand overseas territories, Msgr.Paradis said.

The NCD is to be a guide forreligious education ada,pted tothe particular needs of U. S.: so~ "­ciety and culture. It, will applythe basic principles for Christianpreaching and teaching to theUnited States.

The reports of diocesan NCD'coordinators were sent to Msgr.Paradis at the end of the firstnational grassroots consultatbn,which was designed to involveU. S. Catholics in the prepara­tion of the directory. In addition

NCEA to ElectNew President

WASHINGTON NC) Theboard of directors of the Na­tional Catholic Educational As­sociation (NCEA) will meet hereJune 13-14 to elect a new pres­ident for the organization.

A search committee headed byMsgr. Jan,es Habiger, superin­tendent of schools of th~ Win­ona, Minn., diocese, has been re­ceiv.ing names of possible succes­sors for Father C. Albert Koob,who will leave the NCEA pres­idency in June,' and the commit­tee will present their recommen­dations to the board.

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Urges ChurchAgencies RateCongressmen

JAMAICA (NC) - A Brooklyncongressman has challenged reli­gious agencies, including reli­gious publications, to rate gov­ernment leaders on "whatthey've done for the poor andwh~t they've done to the poor."

Rep. Hugh L. Carey (D.-N. Y.)made his remarks in an addressto a symposium on the CatholicChurch and the American Poornt St. John's University here.

Members of Congress arerated by political groups, unions,businesses, ecologists, Careysaid, but no one rates congress­men according to· their votes onissues affecting the poor.

Although the poor do nothave the resources to carry outsuch a 'rating, he continued, "itcould be done, it,should be doneby the friends of !:he poor, Chris­tian and Jewish sodal agencies,Catholic newspapers and otherreligious magazines."

Concern for the Poor

In addition to congressmen, headded, others who should berated include officials of govern­ment departments, the' presidentand local officials.

Some day, he continued, "whenwe are sterner with ourselvesand with the government, when'we are more demanding in com­mitment, we may consider .im-

. peaching a president if he hasn'tdone enough for the poor of thecountry."

Carey said he was referring tothe Church, not in terms of wor­ship, but in terms of witness tothe conditions which, for exam­ple, sometimes make abortion'an attractive alternative, or 'tothe problems of drugs, housingand. prisons..

Renews Full Diplomatic Ties With Cuba

COYLE-CASSIDY GRADUATION: Panoramic view of the crowded auditorium at theTaunton Regional Diocesan High School following the distribution of diplomas by BishopCronin to 138 graduates.

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The services will be the fifoteenth in a senies of vigils inarea parishes, held for pea,ce andhonoring the Sacred Hearts ofJesus and Mary.

The program will begin withconfessions preceding an 8 P.M.Mass of the Sacred Heart. In­cluded in the evening will beexposition of the Blessed Sacra·ment, Holy Hour and Benedic­tion. The Vigil woi1l end with amidnight Mass in honor of theImmaculate Heart.

Refreshments will be servedduring the evening, and all areinvited 'to attend all or part ofthe services.

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Since Caba never terminateddiplomatic ties with the HolySee, the Vatican never closed itsnunciature. However, it did dem­onstrate its distress with theCastro po)dcies by removing itstop diplomat and leaving in hisplace a second·ranking papalrepresentative.

Midnight Visit

The appointment of ArchbishopZacchi as apostolic nuncio ob­viously was a result of a recentvisit to Cuba by the Vatican'strouble-shooter in diplomatic af­fairs, Archbishop Agostino Cas­arali. The archbishop, who issometimes called the foreignminister of the Holy See, visitedCuba ,in late March on an osten­sibly pastoral visit with thebishops and faithful.

However, on the night before'the Archbishop was due to fly'Out, Castro came unannouncedto the apostolic noociature fol­lowing a Mass the archbishop,celebrated at the cathedral. Theso-called "midnight visie' of thepremier and Archbishop Casarolilasted for more than an hour.

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Knights CriticizeDrug Manufa,cturer

ATLANTIC CITY (NC)-Pro­tests aimed at the Upjohn Co. forits manufacture of an abortioninducing drug have been encour­aged here by the New JerseyState Council of the Knights ofColumbus.

The Upjohn drug, Prostin F2Alpha, is manufactured for useas an abortifacient during thesecond trimester of pregnancy.

"The New Jersey Knights ofColumbus," the resolution stated,"endorses protest activitiesagainst Upjohn and urges allhospitals, doctors and pharma­cists and consumers to join inthese protests until that com­pany withdraws as a participantin the abortion process."

A spokesman for Upjohn saidthat the company takes no posi·tion on abortion.

VATICAN CITY (NC)-PopePaul VI has appointed an apos·tolic nuncio to Cuba, theequiv·al,ent of an ambassador-to rep·resent the Vatican in Havana.

The. Vatican announced May24 that the charge d'affairs,Bishop Cesare Zacchi, who hasfilled in as the top papal diplo·mat in the Havana nunciaturesince 1961, has now been namedapostolic nuncio and an arch­'bishop. The Vatican withdrewits nuncio in 1961 after the gov­ernment of communist PremierFidel Castro expelled foreignmissional'ies, including bishops,in the earlier years after Castrobecame chief of state in 1959.The Vatican, however, had neverbroken aff diplomatic relationswith Cuba completely.

Odd Situation

The Vatican never fully closeddown ,its diploma.tic office inHavana, despite the expulsion, atthe hei'ght of the Castro regime'sharrassment of the Church of a ,total of 600 priests, 1,000 Broth·ers and 2,500 Sisters, all non­Cubans.

Cuba also continued to main­tain its embassy to the Holy Seewith a full ambassador in res­idence in Rome, although theapostolic nuncio withdrew from 'Cuba and did not return. At,present, the Cuban ambassador tothe Holy See, Luis Amado­Blanco, is dean of the diplomaticcorps at the Vatican by virtue ofseniority.

The reason such an odd situ­ation can exist is that the HolySee's policy is to nei,ther initiate

Benedictine OblatesOblates of St. Benedict will

hold a day of recollection Sun­day at Portsmouth Abbey, Ports­mouth, 'R. I. The program' willinclude Mass at 9 A.M. break­fast, a conference at 11 :30 A.M.,dinner and a closing' conference

'at 2:30 P.M. Relatives andfriends of Oblates are invited andreservations may be made at theabbey or with Mrs. Frank S. Mo·ri,!r,ty, telephone 672·1439.

Brooklyn to GetDiocesan Cc)uncil

BROOKLYN (NC)-Formationof a 59·member DiocE:san CAun·cil .in the Brooklyn diocese wasannounced here by Bishop Fran·cis J. Mugavero.

The new consultative body,which includes two high schoolstudents in its membership, isexpected to have its fir'st meet­ing in September, toacklingamong its major objeotives thequestion of "pr.iorities" among,the myriad concerns of 1.5 mil·Hon Catholics in the New YorkOity boroughs of Brooklyn andQueens.

According to Msgr. Charles E.Diviney, a vicar general of thediocese who was chiefly respon·sible for organizing the newbody, the council will advise thebis'hop, collaborate with existingdiocesan structures and providebroad-based sharing in decision·mak'ing processes.

"The council is a form ofshared authority," he said in aninterview "I would say that it .would take up 'things like thesurv/ival of Oatholic schools, hos­pital administral'ion, failing par·ishes, problems in ghetto areas."

Among 25 lay persons, "we've,included everyone from a truckdriver and a policeman to schoolteachers and administrators,black, Puento Rican and otherminorities."

The proposed council memberswere selected from 300 namessubmitted to a nine·memberscreening committE:e since lastNovember by priests, Religiousand parish organizations. More:than 50 persons have assistedMsgr. Diviney in setting thegroundwork, studying councilsin other dioceses and implement­ing the mandates of SecondVatican Council documents.

Priest, SisterPlan WorkshopsFor Military

ALBANY (NC)-The U. S. AirForce has invited a pries!." anda Sister from the Albany dioceseto conduct values clarificationworkshops for personnel at nineAir Force bases in Thailand.

Father John J. Malecki andSister Suzanne Breckel of theSisters of Mercy, co-dirE:ctors ofthe diocese's Consultation Ser­vices Center, will give three-dayworkshops at each base to 75officers and men. The workshopsare designed to help the menexamine their feelings, aspira­tions, attitudes and purposesand, by clarifying them, give realdirection and meaning to theirlives.

Ecumenical in nature, theworkshops will be open to per·sons of all religious faiths. Chap·~ains at the bases have alreadywritten to offer their assistance.

"It is unusual for two Cath·olics and in particular two Reli·gious to be invited," Sister Suozanne said. She added that thetwo workshop conductors' reli­gious status will definitely affectthe response of participants, butlhat she ,is not sure whether theeffect will be positive or neg­ative.

She and Father Malecki havebeen invited because of theirprofessional capacities, she said.They both have doct.orates in)lsychology and have conducteds.imilar workshops in the diocese.Their religious background is asecondary consideration, she said.

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Two'Senior GirlsTops at Feehan

Sister Mary Faith, R.S.M.,principal of Bishop Feehan HighSchool, Attleboro, has anouncedthat Patricia McDonagh andLorraine Tanguay, are the toptwo students in the cJass of 1974.

Patricia, daughter of Mr. amiMrs. Edward McDonagh ofHunting Street, North Attleboro,was valedictorian at Tuesdaygraduation ceremonies. She is amember of St. Mary parish.North Attleboro,

She received honorable men­tion in the National MeritScholarship Test, was a secondplace winner in a MassportAuthority essay contest, wonthis year's Voice of De-mocracycontest and was a recipent of theNational Council of Teachers ofEnglish award.

Patricia is vice-president ofthe National Honor Society. andserved on' the yearbook staffand debating club. As a memberof the Feehan Drama Club shestarred in "Fiddler on the Roof."

,The oldest of nine children, Pa·tricia will attend Brown Univer·sity where she will study archae-'ology.

Band Color GuardLorraine, the class salutato­

rian, is the daughter of Mr. andMrs. Gerald Tanguay of LindseyStreet, North Attleboro and amember of Sacred Heart parish,North Attleboro.

She 'has been a member of theband color guard for four yearsand is active in the math club,the chess club, and the NationalHonor Society. She will attendthe University of Connecticut,majoring in physical therapy.

Both ,girls are members of theSociety of Outstanding AmericanHigh School Students.

CatecheticalContinued from Page Two

Social concerns, the area ofsocial justice and peace, rankedninth in the list of 19 subjectsof concerti in Msgr. Paradis' anal­ysis of the diocesan,coordinators'reports. Ecumenical considera­tions were among those in 16thplace, and religious freedom, thepotential of the laity, human suf·fering and eschatology (the endof the' world, the last judgment.heaven and hell) were amongsubjects ranked last in the listof concerns.

Msgr. Paradis called the inter-,est in the complimentary topicsranking third and fourth, parentsas educators and adult educa­tion, "truly .remarkable as thetopics would have scarcelydrawn attention as little as 10years ago.

"Interest in both these sub­jects appears to be spread allover, the country with perhapssomewhat greater concern on theEast Coast and in the Southwest.Parents and religion teachers are

. identifia!>ly more interested inparent education and the Churchat large in adult education."

An interesting divergence inconcern appeared in the matterof liturgy and homilies and therelated matters of continuing ed­ucation of the clergy.

All six dioceses reporting onhomilies, Msgr. Paradis said,':either explicitly or -implicitlyconsider them to be of poor qual­ity," and the related matter ofcontinuing education for the cler­gy is mentioned as a priority in10 dioceses.

"While homilies and continu­ing were mentioned by somepriests," Msgr. Paradis said,"the bulk of these recommen­dations C.!lme from the laity andReligious.'.'

Rev. John R, Foister

Horan said' that the SupremeCourt decision creating a 14thAmendment right of privacy pro­tecting the abortion decision"doesn't mean that the statutepassed in conformity has to 'wipe'out the child's existence. Quitethe contrary. As long as the stat­ute doesn't interfere with themother's rights except as per­mitted, it can create all' and any,rights you want in the child.""

,the sake of mankJind, the life ofthe unborn should be governedby law."

He urged the creation of "edu-,cational institutions utilizing theavailable tax exemptions underthe tax statutes to disseminatethe information and educate thepeopl,e." He also urged the cre­ation of 'national and state or­ganizations to support the polit­ical efforts to obtain a consti~

tutional amendment protecting,the right to life of the unbornchilid.

Horan pointed out that stateabortion legislation drafted tocomply with the Supreme Courtdecision could contain "a pre-,ambl~ which states that the un­born child is a human personfrom conception, that the stat­lite is passed of necessity, allow­ing abortions only because ofthose cases, 'but that in all otherareas of the law the unbornchild shall be treated as a per­son."

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Continued from Page One. cision is one that can be freely

made, and does not mean, as -thefederal courts are saying, thatany hospital, even a public hos­pital, must take part in an af­firmative acNon program to pro­vide abortions.

"I have a constitutional rightto decide with my physician thatI need a kidney transplant, butI have. no right to the treatmentunless I can afford it and canfind a' physician and hospitalwhere the treatment can be pro-vided." ,

Horan pointed out that con­science clauses, making institu­tions or indiv,iduals immune fromliability for refusing to performabortions, are also "the targetof litigation." Pro-abortionists,he said, contend that receipt offederal funds, state licensure andregulation, and the impersonal,corporate status of hospitals ex­clude them from coverage underconscience clauses. "the ulti­mate !lIim, of course, is to requireall hospitals, public, private ordenominational, 'to provide facil­ities for abortion," Horan said.

Outlining a "road back to san­,ity in the abortion debate,"Horan caBed for a "massive" ed­ucational effort aimed at "thetransmission of 'informationabout the nature of unborn life,and the transmission of persua­sive argumentation on why, for

Life SavedThere have been many advantages to the national 55

mile-an-hour speed limit on the country's highways. Theinitial purpose of saving on gas has been realized. Peoplehave also discovered how hurriedly they used to travel- andhave even taken car 'driving as an occasion to unwindbetween hectic activities. But; above all, the great blessingof the speed limit has been that highway fatalities have beenreducedJ>y twenty-five per cent.

It is always tragic when a person dies, This is, after all,someone who leaves behind family and friends, someoneover whom others' will grieve. But when the death comes asa result of an accident there is a particular poignancy be­cause the thought follows-could it have been prevented. Inmost cases of automobile fatalities, investigation shows thatexcessive speed and liquor were involved. If the speed anglecan be so controlled as to reduce fatalities by twenty-fivepercent, then this is a wonderful step forward toward pre­venting the waste of human life that preventable accidentsclaim.

The national speed limit should be kept and strictlyenforced. There may be some inconv~nience coming fromthis, the need to start out a litt.le sooner, the necessity ofcontrolling impatience, but he price is a small one to paywhen the result is a saving in human life.

The Holy SpiritSt. Gregory said in his sermon on Pentecost: "The Holy

Spint fills the young man David and makes him judge overold men, He fills a fisherman and makes him an apostle, Hefills the persecutor Saul and makes him the teacher of theworld;He fills the publican and makes him an Evangelist. 'At the very moment when He touches our human mind,He transforms it."

The Holy Spirit enters, the soul to transform it, to plakeit what it was not but should be. He asks only that a humanbeing open up his soul to the presence of the Spirit, use goodwill and determination to eradicate what is alien to theSpirit, root out the obstacles of self will or self indulgencethat war against the Spirit.

And it is the Holy Spirit living in the Church who mustbe reflected in the individual Church member. "Thinkingwith the Church" means thinking with the Holy Spirit Whowills to form men to the image of Jesus Christ, the wellbeloved Son in Whom the Father is pleased. '

Amid the busy activity of life, people should find timeto ask the Holy Spirit to live and work within themselves.In matters spiritual, nothing should ever be taken forgranted.

,Great Step ForwardThe remarkable achiev~ment brought about by Henry

Kissinger in the Middle East. almost defies the· greatesthopes of mankind. Here was the tinder-box of the world, thesite of what was looming up as World War III, and yet thepersistence of the Secretary of State and the sincere desiresfor peace of many people have resulted in a cease-fire in thatarea, a cease-fire that is tenuous and fragile, but a step thatcould well be the, first one in the thousand-mile journeytoward peace.

The roles played by other persons in the situation can­not be downgraded, either. The bending that was inevitablebut without the appearance of compromise; the glossing overof past claims without doing too> obvious violence to com­mitted positions; the pursuit of peace without winning it bytotal capitulation-these measures were brought about bythe statesmanlike involvement of Israeli and Syrian andEgyptian officials.

All are to b~ seen as men and women of responsibility"who understand the awesome weight that is on their shoul­ders, the frightening power that is in their hands.

Apparenly such awareness edged all parties along thedifficult inching road that has resulted in what might be bestdescribed as not the beginning of the end of hostilities butthe end Of the. beginning and a great step forward to whatwill be the turning from fighting to reason in an attempt tofind just and lasting solutions to difficult and thornyproblems.

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The manual is entitled "PMIPlanning Manual." PMI refersto the Parish Management In­formation system being gradual­ly developed to aid pastors andparish councils.

The manual includes a com­plete set of worksheets, for allthe parish planning groups, for

from doctrinal subjects to sec­ular topics including plays andpoetry.

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To obtain further informationand to receive a free copy ofthe above catalogs, o'r any of theSoCiety's other catalogs of LargePr-int and Tape, write to:

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Media UnfairAbortion

This slanted reporting by thenews media, claimed the TexasBaptist clergyman, has causedmany people to believe that theCatholic Church is attemptingto destroy the principle of sep­aration of church and state.

"And that just will not washhere," Mr. Holhrook said, be­cause "the historical Protestantposition is anti-abortion."

The abortion controversyshould he viewed as a civil andhuman rights issue, one that theohurches should feel free to ~n­

volve themselves in, he added."And we ask that the issue ofahr-rti"" he examinued in thesame light."

Many Protestants try to evadethe human life issue by inject,ingthe church-state argument, hesa'id. "Charges they make appealto a baser motive in life, that is,religious prejudice."

These ~ people, he said, main­tain that Cathol,ics should not beallowed to enter the publicforum to give expression to theiropinions.

A leading Baptist minister inTexas, Mr. HoLbrook noted, re­cently threatened to use the Bap­tist influence to kill a proposed,new state constitution unless itconta,ins an anti-gambling clause.

Many Baptists, he said, dis­trust the Catholic Church andrefuse to enter into any di­alogue but, nevertheiless, standwith the Church on the matter ofabortIon.

Hope for MorePortugal

The junta takeover wasprompted by military leaderswho were opposed to the Portu­gal's continued wars· againstblack liberation movements inthe country's African territoriesof Mozambique, Angola andGuinea-Bissau.

The Church, the statementsaid, should be a reconcHer. Itasked priests, Religious and lay­persons to cooperate in the po­litical formation of people andto hel,p reach a political solutionto the overseas wars. Portuguesetroops have been accused of bru­tally represssing black indepen­dence movements in the Africanternitories.

The best method for theChurch to suggest in a,iding re­construction,. the statement said,"js repentance of past faults."

NEW YORK - The 1974 re­revised catalog of Brailled titlesis now availlllble from the XavierSociety for the Blind. This two­volume publication is sent freeto any blind person in the U. S.and Canada who would wish totake advantage of the Society'sfree lending library.

A regular print edition of thesetitles is available free to anysighted person assisting the vis­ually impa:ired on an individualbasis or through agencies suchas schools, libraries, guilds, etc.

The mbain pur.pose of theXavier Society is to provide reli­glious, educational and recre­ational reading material not ob­tainable from any other publicor private agency. Titles vary

Church LeadersJust Society in

LISBON (NC) - Hope that amore just' society will evolve inPortugal was expressed in astatement issued following ameeting of the Lisbon priests'council with Cardinal Antonio Ri­beiro, patriarch of liSbon, andhis two auxiliary bishops.

Gen. De Spinola has been acritic of Portugal's wars in itsAfrican territories.

The bishops and. priests' coun·cil said that they hope also thatrecent events in Port.ugal-wherethe military junta that took overthe government in April haspromised a return of civil rightslost under the previous regime­wiN "lead to new liberties for thePortuguese."

The statement said that "trueHberty means love and mutualrespect."

Protestants SayTo Cathol ics on

WASHINGTON (NC}-A groupof 14 Protestant church leadersmeeting here to form a pro-lifegroup have charged the newsmedia and pro-abortion forceswith attempting to portray Cath­olics as the only people opposedto abortion on demand.

"lot anybody's been muzzled,it's been the Protestants alldown the line," 'said the Rev. Dr.Calvin (Jack) EichJ'lOrst, anAmerican Lutheran Church pas­tor from St. Cloud, Minn.

Dr. Eichhorst, who heads ForLife, Inc., was elected chairmanof the newly formed NationalProtestant Pro-Life Convention(NP,PC).

'J1he Rev. Bob Holbrook, na­tional coordinator of Baptists forLife, sa'id:

"The pro-ahorNon camouflageof making abortion a separationof church and state issue mustbe exposed as a propagandatactic. One of the major reasonsfor the convocation of' our groupis that abortion has been pre­sented by the media as a Cath­olic issue, and Protestants havebeen largely ignored by themedia. This only feeds bigotry."

During recent hearings on pro­posed anN-abortion amendments.to the U. S. ConsH1:ution, Mr.Holhrook said, most of the mediareported only on thE: testimonyof four Catholic cardinals.

"My testimony and my pres­ence," 'he stated, "were not evenmentioned."

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Ernest J. Primeau, S.T.D., Bishopof Manchester was guest ofhonor.

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Cementing a "real relationshipof .friendshdp and teamwork anour NeCW work;" representa­tives of the Fall River DiocesanCouncil' of Catholic Women at·tended diocesan convention ofcouncils in Maine and NewHampshire.

Attending the 42nd annualconvention of the Maine Dioc­esan Council held .in May atPortland, were Mrs. RdchardPaulson, Taunton, diocesan pres­ident, and Mrs. Michael Me·

, Mahon, Fall River, diocesan firstvice-president, and also directorfor the Boston Province, whichincludes the dioceses of ifallRiver, Burlington, Vt., Manches­ter, New Hampshire and Port­land, Maine.

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DISGUISED AS A PRIEST: Holding a ciborium, Detec­tive Lt. George McGarity of the Massachusetts State Policeinventories the sacred vessels which he and another officerrecovered by posing as priests. Two men from Salem; Mass.,were arrested and charged with trying to extort $1,500 for18 chalices, ciboriums and patens stolen from the'La SaletteShrine, Ipswich, Mass. NC Photo.

Nursing Profession in Contact With SacredRealities, Pope Says

VATICAN CITY (NC)-Pope such a,s represented by thosePaul VI told participants in a present in the audience to carryCatholic nursing congress that out their apostolic commitmentthey are continuously in contact ·in their professional area.w.ith "sacred realities" that in· He concluded by recalling thevolve' "a child who is to be born "legitimate pride" that theor old people; victims of acci- Church has in the marvelousdents or the sick or the physical- char.ity shown 'by the f.ounders ofly or mentally handicapped." Religious orders dedicated to hos-

In those realities, ·the fope pital work and in those whosaid, it is "always man who is have continued ,this dedicationinvolved and whose titles of no- to the world of suffering to theobi'J.ity 'are wnitten forever on the present day.first pages of the Bible; God ere- The day following the papalat~d man to His image." audience, the congress concluded

The Pope received participants witht'he election of a new pres­at the 10th congress of the In. ident of the international com­ternational Catholic Comqlittee mittee. She is Mrs. Eugenieof Nurses and Medical-Social Bahintchie from the Ivory Coast.Assistants and stressed that the Mrs. Bahintchie heads a mater­world nee(js an enthusiasm that nity service at Abidjan and isis "both Ohristian and real.istic. president of the African For the

Servlice of Life movement and aThe Pope also told his visitors, member of the Vatican's Com­

who came from 59 countries, ofmittee for the Family.their urgent need for "moral and

spiritual.convictions."Speaking in French, the Pope

also exhorted his listeners to in­sure that this human concept ofthe ill and suffening be keptclearly in mind within the struc­tures and health policies existingin their own countries.

"The hospi,tal," he said, "mustremain Dr become a human placepar excellence, in which every.person is treated with dignity,in which' he experiences, not­withstanding suffering, the close­ness of brothers, sisters and offriends."

The Pope also stressed theneed for Catholic organizations

More Important

Today, as we look at our mar·riage, it seems that the union of 'our spirits is more important.This ,is a more enriching, morebeautiful, more lasting relation­ship ....for two minds' work to­gether to conquer failure and'turn it into a mutual success.Two hearts bear the pain, andachieve a united pleasure. Twospirits know the sorrow of their 'separateness, but, when merged,come closest to perfect love.

When two hearts, working ,to­gether, share a burden; it dividesthe load. Yet when two spirits,united into one, share a' joy, itmultiplies the pleasure. Spiritualarithmetic ... The uncanny wayof growth in marriage. Were itnot for that union of spirit, theheartaches would multiply ...the joys would wither.

Our wedding took place 20years ago. But our marriage be­gan subtily, dmperceptibly ... sogradually that I do not knowjust when ...

Our marria'ge began with thatgrowth, working together, forthe enflichment of us .. not tilldeath do us ,part .. ,but for alleternity,

I'm glad it did.

Bened ictine NunsPonder Renewal

ATCHISON (NC)-Benedictinenuns will meet here June 10-18to examine the role of liberation,in their order and reexaminechanges made ql'! the communityin the past six years,

Eighty Sisters will discussthese themes at the 1974 general.chapter of the Benedictines' Con­gregation of St. Scholastica atMount St. Scholastica Conventhere.

The nuns represent 2,100 mem­bers of the congregation whowork throughout the UnitedStates.

T.he community made majorchanges in its government andlife styles ,in a "renewal chapter"in 1968·69. The new chapter will"appraise their own traditionfrom the perspective ·of .Jiber­ation" and "evaluate the ap-'·propriateness of the changes"made since the renewal chapter,according to an official of theorder.

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MARY

CARSON

Co,lumnist

After 20-Year

Looks Backward

MarriageTwenty years ago today, my husband and I were filled

with optimism as we declared our vows. We ~istened to thepriest as he read an exhortation which said we knew "disap­pointments," "failures," "pains" and "sorrows" are mingledin every life and were to be' ,expected in our own. But we last only to the first disappoint-

ment, how can you experiencedidn't know. For, had we the revitalized hope of that rlis­really understood all we appointment overcome?would face, I don't think either After 20 years of, marriageof us would have had the cour- there are still some things Iage to get married. don't 'understand, The expression

We envisioned mostly "better, "two in one flesh" is sometimesused to descril>e the union ofhusband ,and wife. Yet even inour most intimate moments weare still two individuals.

·1 see "two in one flesh" in ourchildren, for they are both of us.And here, too, there are joys ·andsorrows. It ,is ecstasy to see ourstrengths recreated ... and ag­ony to find the repetition of ourfaults.

"richer," and "health," Our"happily ever after" dreams asnewlyweds contained little under­standing of real life, and nograsp of why "joys" and . 'sor­rows," "hopes and disappoint­ments" are linked to each otherin that exhortation,

All the "good things" couldhave been grouped; aU the "'badthings" listed together. In ourminds as newlyweds, it wouldhave made more sense. When Iconsidered "joys" and "sor­rows," they were separate, in­stances ... unrelated.

By Comparison

It is only now, looking backaftet 20 years, that I' begin tograsp the gre~test joys are oftenthe outgrowth of sorrow. Suc­cess' is better appreciated whenyou've known ... and overcome... failure.

We evaluate by comparison,Today ds a brighter day than yes"terday. But we can know thatonlly if we have seen a cloudyyesterday.. Jf every day wereequally bright, the splendorwould be lost in sameness.

If I could offer one observa­tion to a young couple contem­plating marriage today, it wouldbe that only a permanent com­mitmEmt keeps you trying rail1Yday after ra,iny day. If the' vows

French PriesthoodDecline 'Castastrophic'

PARIS (NC)-The decline invocations to the priesthood inFrance has been catastrophic,according to Bishop Lucien Bar­donne of Chalons, a member ofthe French bishops' commissionon the c1etgy and seminaries,

The bishop spoke at a pressconference here at which statis­tics on priestly vocations were'released.

Ord:inations went from 345 in1969, to 284 in 1970, 237 in 1971,193 in 1972 and 219 in 1973. Thesmall upturn in 1973 was due tothe delay of some ordinations be-

, cause of a reorganization of theseminary program.

The decline in entries intomajor seminaries was even morestriking: 470 in 1969, 402 in1970, 265 in 1971,. 243 in 1972and 151 in 1973; a 68 per centdecrease in four years.

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Convent Gets CopyrightTo Hummel Artwork

KARLSBUHE (NC)-The su­preme court of West Germanyhas ruled that the FranciscanSisters of Siessen are the solelegitimate owners of all copy­rights to the artwork of SisterMary Innocentia Hummel.

The nun's art became world­famous through the so~called

Hummel figurines.The nun's mother and brother

had issued licenses, particularlyin the United States, for the re­production of her artwork. Thoselicenses are no longer valid andmust revert to the Siessen con­vent, according to the court. Thenun was a member of the Sies­sen community.

Born in 1909 in Bavaria, BertaHummel entered the Munich ArtAcademy at the age of 18 andwas graduated two years laterwith high honors.

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A yard aM cake sale sched­uled for last Saturday at HolyUnion Primary School, 527 RockSt., Fall Ri·ver, and cancelled dueto rarin, Wiill be held this Satur­day from 10 A.M. to 4 P.M.Available will he jewelry, toys,dishes, small appliances, books,furniture and items for infants.

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by the House in January. At thattime Bishop Rausch termed theHouse action "humanly appalling"and "potentially dev~stating."

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Biblical AssociationTo Meet in Chicago

WASHINGTON (NC) - TheCatholic BiJblical Association(CBA) will hold its 37th annualmeeting at Loyola University,Chicago, August 19-22, 1974.

A theme for this year's con­vention will be "Reconciliation,"which is part of the theme of"Reconciliation and Renewal" ofthe 1975 Holy Year proclaimed.by Pope Paul VI.

Over 750 Catholic Scripturescholars are members of the as­sociation.

FREEDOM NUN: Sister Maria Vernica, Freedom Foun­dation archivist, stands in front of a statue in Valley Forge,Pa. Sister Vernica has the job of calaloguing the more than3,500 Medal of Honor recipients since the medal was ap­proved by President Abraham Lincoln. "There is a sayingthat a country without heroes is dead," the nun said, "and[ feel that more people should know about America's authen­tic (Medal of Honor) heroes." NC Photo.

WASHINGTON (NC) - As aSenate vote neared, BishopJames Rausch, general secretaryof the U. S. Catholic Conference

~ here, renewed his appeal for ap­proval of a $1.5 billion U. S. loanto some of the world's poorestcountries.

In a letter sent to all senatorsMay 10, shortly before a Senatevote was expected, BishopRausch reemphasized the "moralinterdependence" between richand poor countries as a primereason for approval of the loanto the International DevelopmentAssociation (IDA), the so-called"soft~loan" window of the WorldBank. .

Senate consideration of the'Ioan follows rejection of the bill

School Drop SmallestSince 1967-1968

WASHINGTON (NC)-The de­clines in the number of Catholicelementary and secondaryschools and in enrollment inthose schools In the past yearwere the smallest in seven years,according to the annual datasummary puhlished here bythe National Catholic Education­al Association (NCEA).

Total enrollment in 1973-74was 3,614,000 compared to3,790,000 in 1972-73, a drop of176,000 pupils (4.6 per cent). Ele­mentary enrollment decreased160,000 (5.6 per cent) and sec- \ondary enrollment 16,000 (1.7per cent).

The number of Catholic el­ementary and secondary schoolsin 1973-74 was 10,269 comparedto 10,534 in 1972~ 73, a decl ine of265 schools (2.5 per cent). Ele­mentary schools decreased by211 (2.4 per cent) and second­ary schools by 54 (3 per cent).

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Prime Minister's WifeJoins Abortion Fight

DUNEDIN (NC) - Mrs. RuthKirk, wife of New Zealand PrimeMinister Norman Kirk, has be­come national patron for theanti-abortion Society for the Pro­tection of the Unborn Child.

The anti-abortion movementhas been steadily gaining gr.oundin New Zealand, especially be­cause of the publicity about thesoaring. abortion rates in the'United States and Britain.

Mrs. Kirk announced her deci­sion in a blunt statement inwhich she sa.id she felt stronglyabout abortion.

"Every child is entitled to aplace in the world, and everychild should be .given the oppor­tunity to be wanted and loved,"she said. "There is not need forabortion in a country like NewZealand, where most people arewell off. Facilities should beavailable for all mothers to keeptheir children."

quite nice to see girls look tikegir<1s again!

Vogue advertises these roman­tic designs as the dresses for theScarlett O'Hara- lin you, andbreathes there a woman alivewho has vJiewed that film classiCwho wouldn't give her eye teethfor one of those dresses wornby Scarlett as she stood beforethe elegant background of Tara.

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In no time at all beach weather (we hope) will be uponus and the ca'sual clothes of summer will take their place inour closets. Denim is still a very important fabric and you'll­see it in various guises both on the sand and on the steamystreets of. the city. If plaindenim is just too plain foryou, look a bit further andyou'll find it braided andsequined for even the most ex­otic taste.

Speaking of the exotic, there'sstill a touch of India and the

Orient .in many resort clothes,especially the long and lovelyheach cover-ups that come com­plete with a head-covering hood.

Neater FashionsFor the younger set fashions

nre as kookie and as wild as pOJ;­sible, but a lot neater than theywere before. Many of them areso reminiscent of the forties thatyou expect to see Dorothy La­mour or Carmen Miranda walk­ing down the street.

Pop art has hit the shirt andT shirt market and you're as(lpt to be wearing a picture ofjello as to be eating it. Whilemy fashion taste doesn't lie inthis area, anything that theyouthful market· wears has acertain "fun" look t.o it and ofcourse they are young enoughto get .by with almost anything.

Teenagers are still enjoyingt.he longer skirts and you'll fiindthat the really fashion-consciousones will love the costume lookthey'll find in the midi stylesthat are appearing here andt.here.

Moonlight, RosesRomantic young dresses are

just that and they remind us ofthe middle generation of our. firstprom and our very first longdress. Many of these "moonlightand roses" dresses have cam­isole tops, done in the frosty, oldworld look that comes with theuse of eyelet fabric. It's really

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~ Says Health of CityAffects Individuals

MILWAUKEE (NC)-In orderto aid individuals, it is sometimesnecessary to help the economic,political and civiC organizationsof a city, according to FatherLawrence Murtaugh, a priestwho is active in community or­ganizing and development.

Father Murtaugh, who is nowengaged in civic development inSioux Falls, S. D., was here todiscuss a regional meeting ofpersons 1nvolved in clinical pas­toral education.

The development of a "neigh­borliness" on a corporate levelis his aim, he said. "To be mybrother's keeper doesn't meanonly helping my next doorneighbor or the ma.n who livesdown the road.

''I'm trying to reach the pointwhere I can get the city as a wr­porate person to worry abouttheir neighbor, the rural person."

Jesuit UniversityHas New President

NEW ORLEANS (NC)-JesuitFather J,ames C. Carter has b~nnamed the new president of Loy­ola University of the South. Hehad served as provost of Loy-

, ola for the past four years, andacting president since January.

Father Carter succeeds FatherMichael F. Kennelly, who re­signfll as president of Loyola lastJanuary to assume a pastoratein Florida.

Father Carter joined the Loy­oIa faoulty in 1960 and was anassociate profe~sor of physicsbefore his appointment as vicepresident for academic affairs in1970.

A native of New York City, heentered the Jesuits in 1945 andwas ordained a priest in 1958.

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Pope CondemnsDublin Bombings

VATICAN CITY (NC)---,PopePaul VI has condemned the May17 bombings in Dublin that tookat least 30 lives and renewed his"urgent plea to end blind vi­olence everywhere."

The Pope emphasized also thalhuman life "is sacred and invi­olable."

Those sentiments were can·veyed in a telegram sent on hisbehalf to ArchbishOp DermotRyan of Dublin expressing "deepsympathy to all affected by thistragedy."

The Pope also m&ntioned theDublin bombings in addressingcrowds in St, Peter's Square onMay 19. He also referred to thekilling May 15 of young Israelihostages ,by Arab guerrillas inthe Israel town of Maalot andthe retaliatory attacks on ref·ugee camps in Lebanon by theIsraelis.

"It was' called a week ofhlood," the Pope said, recallfnga headline in the Vatican daily

. newspaper, L'Osservatore Ro·mano.

"Unhappily it is true. Thenews columns speak of v,iolence,revenge, terrorism. The worldscene is troubled by demoraliz·ing episodes. "

"Even causes entitled to jus·tice stain themselves by vileheroics."

The Pope summed up his feel­ings by saying: "Crime is becom·ing' a monstrous collective art."

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The federation sa,id that it ad­heres to the United, Nationsdeclaration on the rights' of thechild, whic1). affiirms that thechild needs special care and legalprotection both before and afterbirth.

It is a medically well founded 'opinion, the federation 'said, thata relaxed policy on abortionleads young women to resort to,it as a method of birth control.

, In this regard, it said, "thereis no medical proof that handi­capped children would prefernever to have been born" and ",itcannot be demonstrated thatmistreated and unhappy childrenare that way because they wereconceived against the will oftheir mothers."

FederationLifeThe experience of a number of

countl'lies, .. the federat'ion said,shows that the removal of re­strictions on ,abortion does notreduce the occurrence of clan­destine abortions,although thenumber of legal abortions in­creases considerably.

Deluge of LettersTo Hit Washington

GLENDALE (NC)-An effortto "bury Congress under an av'­alanche of 10 million anti-abor­tion letters" has begun here by

, the Committee of Ten Millionhere.

A broohure has been sent bythe committee to'18,OOO Cath­olic pastors and 14,000 pro-lifeactivists who are asked to setup a nationwide chain of 20,000neighborhood groups. The s egJ;oups will be responsible forwriting the letters backing ananti-a'bortion amendment to theConstitution according to GilbertDurand, chail'man of the com­mittee. Durand said he hopesthat 10 million letters will bemailed on July 4.

. AT BANQUET: Senior class officers at Bishop Gerrard High School, Fall River, m~etat banquet preceding graduation. From left, Elizabeth Ozug, secretary; Paulette Caron,vice-president'; Suzanne Gagnon, ,president; Lori DeNardo, treasurer.

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Representatives o'f organiza,tionsof anti-abortion physicians fromn~ne countries ,have founded aWorld Federation for Respectfor Life.

The physicians at the foundingmeeting here in the Netherlandswere said to represent about60,000 physicians in Austria, Bel­gium, Canada, West Germany,Great Britain. the Netherlands,the United States. Spain andSwitzerland.

In a statement issued after themeeting, the new federation saidit supports the right to life ofeach individual, "an uncondi­tional and fundamental right, in·dependent of the stage of growth(therefore existing from the timeof conception), of mental, phys­ical or ma'temal conditions or ofthe evolution of society."

Members of the federation, thestatement said, "forbid them­selves to kill their 'patients orto harm them. They cannot,therefore, participate in a coHee­,tJive massacre under the pretextof. resolving a, psycho-social ordemographic problem.;'

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Warns IrelandFaces DeclineIn Faith

DUBLIN (NC)-Ireland is fac­ing a serious decline in religiou:;faith and practice, a Jesuit haswarned.

Writing on "Atheism-,IrishStyle" in The Furrow magazine,Father Michael B. Gallagher saidthat the "slow death of IrishCatholicism" may have begun.

Already, he said, many parents,priests and teachers of religionare aware of increasing numbersof young people for whom tradi­tional religion make 1itt1~ sense.

Significant numbers of youngpeople are losing any living con..tact with both Christ and theChurch, the Jesuit warned.

Within the "youth culture,"he said, there is a sense of veryreal resentment against theChurch for' apparently not re­sponding to the stress on per­sonal liberation of the youngand their sense of intensifiedfeeling.

"But the real crisis," the priestsaid, "stems from ignoring thisfact. from assuming that we canhave the same continuity ofCatholic practice as in the past."

Father 'Gallagher said thatatheism Irish style usually takesthe form of alienation from theChurch, a disenchantment withthe externals of Chu'rch life andpractice.

There is a recognition, he wenton, that religion in .reland isoften divorced from social real­ities-"a pietism that literallymakes no earthly difference."

Must Face FactsFather Gallagher said he feels

that the whole problem can gen­erally be traced to faults in theteaching of religion in schools,failings in the pastoral ministryof the Church, and weakness inthe quality of Christian livingin families and in Irish societyin general.

The Church, he said. must facethe facts. '

"Recognition of the growingcrisis," he said, "would almostautomatically change our wave·length of thinking and communi­cation and planning for the fu­ture. But the ostrich posture istempting-:-to evade the writingon the wall, keeping the headdown in safe unshifting sand."

Father Gallagher, a lecturerin the English department ofUniversity College Dublin, hasconducted surveys on the reli­gious attitudes of students.

HOLY FAMILY: High school reminiscences are exchanged by Ann Vasconcellos, classtreasurer, and Paul J. Costa, graduates of Holy Family High School, New Bedford.

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-Petitioning for new laws af­fecting the criminal justice sys­tem.

-Developing alternatives tojails for those not helped by in­carceration, such as alcoholics.

-Helping mothers keep incontact with their children.

-Personal inspection of localpolice departments, jails andcourts to observe the criminaljustice system at work first hand.

The program is being pro­moted in conjunction with aFocus on Justice Week pro­claimed by Gov. Brendan T.Byrne. The recommendationsstemmed from interviews bycommittee members with court,probation and prison officialsthroughout the state.

In addition to this program theinstitute announced that it islaunching a "Social Action Line"to provide tape-recorded an­nouncements of messages andevents related to social concerns.

Rev. John L. Paprocki, insti­tute director, said the messagewill be changed twice a week tooffer callers the most current in- .formation on a I-hour basisTopics will range from prison re­form to youth education toethnic affairs.

Promotes PrisonReform Program

NEWARK (NC)-A programto improve the effectiveness ofthe correctional system in NewJersey is being promoted by theInstitute of Social Relations, anagency of the Newark Archdio­cese.

Through its focus on JusticeCommittee, the Institute has rec­ommend five action programs:

-Locating jobs for ex-con­victs.

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organizations working with Cari­tas Internationalis were particu­larly active in trying to 'lessonthe suffering and privationbrought on by the Africandrought. According to· CaritasInternationalis, programs in thisarea included development proj­ects, importation of cattle andgoats to replenish diminishedherds, well digging and the build­ing of new irrigation systems.

Pastoral on AgingIssued by Cardinal

CHICAGO (NC) - Growingwith the Years: A Pastoral Letteron Aging has been issued here byCardinal John Cody of Chicago.

It is the first pastoral letterever issued on the subject in thearchdiocese.

The pastoral was issued at thistime, the cardi·nal said in his let­ter, because "in this Holy Yearof healing, we should turn ourattention in a particular way tothe concerns of the againg. We

. ought not consider aging as aproblem or a burden .but ratheras an integral part of life."

Cardinal Cody points outin his letter some of the strengthsof the aging and the variouscontributions they make to the.Church and to society out oftheir experience, their capacityfor independence of judgment,and "their precious gift of time"in a hurrying world.

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Parish School TopsNational Norms

CHICAGO (NC) - Students inthe "largest black Catholicschool in the U. S." are function­ing on an academic level abovethe national average.

Holy Angels elementary schoolstudents were recentJy given theIowa Basic Skills Test and re­sults showed none of the Cath­olic students behind the nationalnorm and many students weretwo or three grades above theirpresent grade.

Farher Paul Smith, principalof the 1,300-student school, saidthe test results proved that"inner-city schools, public orCatholic. do not have to befailures."

VATICAN CITY (NC)-CaritasInternationalis, worldwide feder­ation of national Catholic chari­ties organizations, has providedmore than $25 million of emer­gency assistance in the last sixmonths, with almost half of itcoming from U.S. Catholics.

At the annual meeting of theexecutive committee of CaritasInternationalis held in Rome re­cently it was reported that thetotal of emergency funds andgoods provided. by Caritas Inter­nationalis member organizationsfrom November, 1973 to April,1974, was $25,385,141.69. Ofthat total, Catholic Relief Ser­vices, tbe U.S. Catholic over­seas aid organization, provided$12,866,968.

The emergency assistancewent to programs to relieve thedisastrous effects of floods inBrazil, Bolivia, Argentina andPeru; housing construction inNicaragua; aid to Africa's sub­S~hara populations· sufferingfrom drought, as well as to re­lief and assistance for war refu­gees in Southeast Asia and theMiddle East.

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Ordination MassSAN DIEGO (NC)--Msgr. Gil­

bert Chavez is to be ordainedauxiliary bishop of the San Diegodiocese in June in a celebrationwhich will be in both English'lind Spanish. The Mass of Ordi­nation and the ceremonies aredesigned to span the two lan­guages and culture which Msgr.Ohavez's appointment to bishoprepresents.

Prison InmatesHave ProblemsOf Handicapped

orrAWA (NC) - There arcgreat similarities between theprison inmate ~d the physicallyhandicapped, according to JeanVanier, who has gained world­wide recognition as an apostlefor the handicapped.

Vanier called a meeting of Ca­nadian prison directors, inmates,chaplains, judges and parole of­ficers recently to help reversewhat he considers is a growingmistrust and fear of inrnates inCanada's penal system.

He said prison inmates, likethe handicapped, arc callously re­jected by society at large.

Vanier, the son of a formergovernor-general of Canada, isthe founder of L'Arche (The Ark)Association, an internationalmovement that he has estab­lished in France, India and Can­uda for the mentally rl~tarded.

"The world fears and rejectsthe inmat!'," Vanier said, "but h('is first of ull u man who hassuffered."

The tall, soft-spoken Vaniersaid ther(: are 21,000 men inCanada's prisons and that about80 per cent of those who leaveCanadian prisons will T('turn forother crimes.

In the Netherlands, Vaniersaid. only 15 per cent of the in­mates return to prison becauseprison officials and the Dutchpublic "have created a healthy,dialectical situation and growntogether in a therapeutic com­munity."

Canada's prisons :lre far fromtherapeutic and allow for littlerehabilitation, Vanier said.. Heurged those working within thepenal system to "break down thebarriers of mistrust" and therebychange the structure.

Vanier said the meeting wasan attempt to bring people to­gether from a cross-section ofdiscipline within the correctionalfield to discuss openly prison re­form problems.

"Society undertakes to crushthe prisoner," Vanier said. "Thisis the whole orientation of thejail. The inmate is the evil one,and is made to feel no good. Heis the scapegoat for aB the sinsof society and for our own culpa·bility."

He said that in a society whichis oriented to success and thepursuit of wealth, the prisoner isseen as someone who endangersthis system.

Speaking on the plight of theprison guard, Vanier said it isdifficult to become a keeper ofmen without there being a con­flict in his role. "It is very diffi­cult to ally in the same personthe task of keeper and punisher,helper and healer. This is thesuffering of the guard."

Vanier said that the letters hehas received from inmates have"changed me more than all thebooks I have read or all the in­fluential people I have met."

Religion Helpful in Finding Identity

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partisan patsy fn a controversywhich she has grossly oversim­plified at the expense of theUFW and to the del'ight of theUFW's enemies who, as wellthey might from their own pointof view, are gleefuHy circulatingher series of 'articles far andwide.

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'WILMINGTON (NC) - Put·ting Catholic students in touchwith their religious tradition may"help them find out who theyare and where they are going,"a Jesuit author of religion text­books said here.

The priest, Father James Di­Giacomo, chairman of religiousstudies at Fordham Prep in NewYork City and author of the"Conscience and Concern" highschool religion series, spoke ata recent workshop for religiouseducators at St. Mark's, HighSchool here. .

"Kids of the 60s didn't want'God talk,''' he said, "but todayteenagers have a deep hunger forknowledge and really want tofind out who they are. This callsfor deep sensitivity and theologi­ca'l expertise on the part of reli­gious educators."

He pointed out that there is amarked tendency today on thepart of young people and manyadults to begin, not with God, but.with man in their interpretationof the religious' expertise. Thistendencv.re said, holds tremen­dous implications for religiouseducation.

"Today. before asking whatGod is like, young people ..askthemselves how they can .find

. God," he saidFather DiGiacomo went on to

say that there has been a "dis­cernible . shift" in attitudes to­ward the Church since the early1960s. "At that time we lookedat the Church laws as given tous to tell ,us what to do-to solveour problems. Today we see thelaws more. as guidelines. We lis­ten to authority. but we insistunon self determination. We seereligion as a set of relationships

mor, and unsubstantiated anti­UFW propaganda. On at leastthree crucial issues-the posWonof the UFW on secret ballotelections, the position of the in­dustry with regard to farm laborlegislat'ion,and the operation ofUFW's hiring haH-her informa­tion is woefully linadequate.

Sister's problem, if she willforgive me for 'saying so aspointedly as she is in the habitof speaking;is that apparently shehas never studied the Californiafarm Ilabor problem firsthand.She says that the members ofthe Bishops Committee 'on FarmLabor are "metropolitan-minded"and therefore ,incapahle of under­standing the intricacies of thefarm labor problem. In reply tothat rather patronizing indict­ment and in defense of the Bish­ops Committee, 1 must say thatwe have spent many monthsduring the past first years con­sulting on the spot with aU par·.ties involved in the farm labordispute, including dozens ofgrowers. As a consuH~nt to theCommittee, 1 have made morethan 100 trips to the Coast dur­ing that period, and' have alsostudied the farm labor problemon several different occasions inArizona, Texas and Florida. Ihave also spent additional weeksand months studying this prob­lem at the national level inWashington, J? C.

Unreliable SourcesTo the best of my knowledge,

Sister Thomas More, during allthat time, has never personallyinvestigated the farm labor sit­uation in California and hasnever talked to a single CaHfor­nia grower or a single represen­tative of the UFW or the Team­sters. Insofar as I am able tojudge, all of her information, suchas it is, comes fl10m second andthird-hand sources and much ofit-if the truth must be told-from sources which are thor­oughly' unreliable.

In the final analysis, SisterThomas More's real grievanceseems to be not with the UFWor the Bishops Committee onFarm Labor, but. with theAmerican hierarchy in generaland, more specifically, with theNational Catholic Rural LifeConference, an organ,lzation withwhich she used to be closely as­sociated. I don't know how shefell out with the NCRLC or whyshe is so angry with its leadersand with the American bishops,but she obviously hO'lds them inlow esteem and seems to takedelight ,in saying so quite ram­bunctiouslyin her recent seriesof articles in The Packer. .

It will be up to' the leaders ofthe NCRLC and to the Americanbishops to answer her extrav­a'gant charges if they think it'sworth ,the effort. In my opinion,she has done a great disserviceto the United Farm Workers, andto the growers whom she pur­ports to he defending, by lettingherself be used (and, whetherwittingly or not, she is beingused to a fare-the-well) as a

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. Some years ago the late Cardinal Spellman who wasso piqued by something that Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt hadwritten on federal aid to education that he harshly crit­icized the First Lady in a public statement which becamethe talk of the town for sev­eral weeks. To say the least,that was a tactical error onthe Cardinal's part, but I canhardly criticize him, even byh~ndsight, for 1 am about tomake the same mistake myselfby entering into a public contro-

versy with another lady who isevery bit as formidable in herown way as Mrs. F.D.R. Like theCardinal, 1 will undoubtedly haveto pay a price for my lack ofchivalry.

The lady is Sister ThomasMore Bertels, Professor of His­tory at Silver Lake College, Man­itowoc, W~sconsin, and some­thing of an expert on' agricul­tural organ'izations in the UnitedStates. She 'has recently pub­lished a series of four extremely'belligerent (I afrflQs..t said sassy)articles on t~e CalffOJ:llia farmlabor problem. They appearedin successive issues of ThePacker, the national weeklynewspaper of the fruit. and vege­table industry.

The articles are abrasivelycritical of the writer of tMs col­umn, the United Farm WorkersUnion, the national AFL-CIO,Bishops Committee on Farm La'­bor, the National Catholic hier­archy which the good Sister de­scrvbes as "an Iflish preserve"­and, believe me, she doesn't'mean that to be a compl,iment.

Church PositionSister Thomas More was obvi­

ously sparring for an eye-goug1ingfight when she wrote the articles .and would undoubtedly be disap­pointed if they were to be ig­nored. Since I happen to be oneof the principal targets of herflighteous indignation against the

. entire Amer.ican ecclesiasticalEstablishment, 1 suppose 1 mightas well be the one to knock thechip off Iher shoulder, even at therisk of appearing to be an in­sensitive male chauvinist cad.

Sister says, for openers, thatthe position of the Church onthe lettuce and grape boycott is"intellectually dishonest" andthat its' chief sources of infor­mation-reports coming' from myoffice in Washington and fromthe National Catholic Rural UfeConference in Des Moines­"must be regarded as biased andtherefore fundamentally inappro­pl1iate to the task at hand. Theycannot prov1ide the bishops withan holistic (wow!) view of theproblem. No way."

Inadequate InformationMaybe not, ,but heaven help

the bishops if they had to relyon Sister's slipshod reportswhich, it must be stated bluntly,are a mishmash of hearsay, ru-

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Propose LibraryOn Sacred Heart

TORONTO (NC) - The film,book, and periodical library ofmaterial on the Sacred Heartproposed by the InternationalInstitute of Lhe Heart of Jesus(IlHJ) would contain anythingfrom sheet music to tape recorrl­ings and record:-, according toFather F. J. Power, director forCanada of the Apostleship ofPrayer.

Father Power is also editor ofthe Canadian Messenger of theSacred Heart and a member ofof the I1H.T advisory council,which met in Rome recently andsclected Milwaukee, Wis., as apo:-sible site for the library.

The IIHJ. formed last year, isa co-ordinating service for allSacred Heart activities of Reli­giolls anrl lay groups.

"Therc has been a tremendousamount written on devotion tothe Sacred Heart in dozens oflanguages during the past 300years," Father Power said. "Wehave recommended that the I1H.ipurchase texts on the SacredHeart from libraries of Religiousorders which are closing down."

He said that the possibilityof creating a satellite libraryon the Sacred Heart is beingconsidered for Toronto.

·Father Power maintained thatthere has been a "fantastic up­swing in devotion to the SacredHeart in the past two years.

"The laity really wants it andit's hard to explain why thepriests aren't preaching aboutthe Sacred Heart," he said.

The ILHJ advisory council basalso recommended that an up­dated book on the Sacred Heartbe produced by Catholic scholarsfor the 1975 Holy Year.

In addition, the group is urg­ing the production of a 4o-pagebrochure based on the writingsof Pope Pius XII to help explainthe importance of the SacredHeart.

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,LONDON (NC)-Much of themusic used in churches today toworship God "would be laughedoff the concert platform," ac­cording to Colin Mawby, masterof music at London's Westmin­ster CatholJic cathedral.

The Catlholic Church, he wrotein the T,imes of London, must in­sist on musical quality as anessential feature of worship,and important element of thismust be the patronage of con­temporary composers so thatnew religious music can haveconsiderable cultural importance.

Its performance "must be ofsufff.icient stature to be worthyin human terms of the worshipof Almighty God. The unfortu­nate dichotomy between musicalbeauty and belief must be over­come so that music may onceagain be fertilized by real reli­gious conviction."

vent and paterna;l solicitude theproblems and difficulties stillexisting in Chile," the Pope said.

Pope Paul said he desires abrotherhood .for Chile that,"overcoming 3'nimosity and re­sentments, excluding reprisalsand vendettas, strives to estab­lish a genuine and reciprocal un­derstanding and an effective andsincere reconciliation,"

The peace he wishes for Chile,t'he Pope added, should be con­structed on the "preservation oflife, moral and materIal benefitsand the fundamental rights ofevery person,"

To accomplish this, the Popepledged the .imparNal service ofthe Church in Chile.

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The 1923 Club will hold ·itsconcluding party at 7 P.M. Sat­urday, June 22 in the school. Allpadd-up members are invited.The club will resume in Septem­ber. Information is availablefrom Bill Sullivan, Helen Bed­narz or Joe Benevides.

The second annual parishfamily picnic will take placefrom noon until 6 P.M. Sunday,June 30 at St. Vincent de PaulCamp, Adamsville. Tickets foradults will be available follow1ingall Masses until that time andalso at the rectory. Children

.will be admitted free.All parishioners are invited to

attend the ceremony of Baptism,to be administered at 2 P.M.Sunay.

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HOLY NAME,NEW BEDFORD

The Third Annual SportsNight Banquet honoring "TheShamrocks" winners of NCIWBedford Senior eyO BasketballChampionship, will be held to­night at 6:30 in Gaudette's Pa­vilion.

Also to be honored will be theJunior Boys' and Girls' teamstogether with the Senior-JunliorCheerleaders.

VATICAN CITY (NC) - Thesuffering inflicted on the peopleof Chile should be replaced withpeace and brotherhood, PopePaul VI told Chile's new ambas­sador to the Vatican.

Speaking in Spanish to theambassador, 31-year-old HectorRiesle, the Pope said:

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ST. PATRICK,SOMERSET

The Women's Guild will holda paper drive to benefit the par­ish building fund from 5 to 8P.M. tomorrow night and from8 to 10 A.M. Saturday morning.Papers may 'be hrougtlt to thechurch parking lot or telephones74-8220 or 673-6413 may becalled for pickup service.

Volunteers are needed as CCDteachers for sixth, seventh andeighth grade students.

A day of recollection for menof the parish will take place from1 to 8:30 P.M. Sunday at CaseHouse. An evening meal wJII beserved and there will be nocharge for the event.

SACRED HEmtT,TAUNTON

Newly elected of.ficE~rs .of theWomen's Club are PresidentMiss Corline L. Cronan; Vice­President Mrs. ,Jean Nunes; Sec­retary Mrs. Jane Ross; TreasurerMrs. Beatrice Pagu€ci.

Board members are Mrs. MaryMartin, Rose Clark, Rita Ma­chado, Erma McCarthy, AnneGallagher, Linda Brady, PatriciaMaynard.

The instaHation of officerswill Ibe held at Tony Parkers onMonday, June 10 with a buffet.Reservations are to be madethrough Mrs. M. Josephine Cro­nan or Mrs. Dorothy Custer.The Club will present its first$200 scholarship this year.

Committee Members are Pres­ident Miss Cronan representingthe business and professionalwomen of the parish, Miss Eliz­abeth Brady, Educatol', and Mrs.Peggy Reams, a mother.

The scholarship is limited tochildren of parish members withpreference to children whosemothers belong to the Club. Eli­gibility will be to Seniors whowill be seeking higher educationin technical, nursing or collegefields.

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St. Mary's Women's Guild willhold a Communion hreakfast atthe Overlook restaurant follow­ing 7:30 A.M. Mass Sunday.

ST. GEORGE,WESTPORT

New officers of the Women'sGuild will be ,installed at a ban­quet Saturday night at the Skip­per restaurant, Fairhaven. Rev.Rene Levesque ,will installJeanne Forest, president; LouiseBuckley, vice-president; SandraChaves and Jacqueline Langlois,secretaries; Gladys Balestracci,treasurer.

At the last guild meeting amixer was presented to CarolynForand as a gesture of appreci­ation for her many donations offood to guild-sponsored events.

ST. MARY,SOUTH DARTMOUTH

The annual Women's Guildguest night is slated for 7 P.M.Wednesday, June 12 at the par­ish center. Colleen Costa, host­ess, will 'be in charge of arrange­ments for a chicken barbecuedinner, .for which reservationsshould be made by. tomorrowwith Carolyn Anuszczyk, tel­ephone 996-0628 or Nancy Pye,993-2428. .

Following the meal, dancinginstructions will be given byMonte. of the New Bedford BaH­room.

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Fest Biography Stresses,

Personal Reality of Hitler

ST. ELIZABETH,FALL RIVER. The feast of St. Elizabeth andthe Holy Ghost Feast wlill becelebrated tomorrow throughSunday at the new parish centerand on the church grounds.

Opening event will be a pennysale at 7:30 tomorrow night inthe parish center. A band con·cert is scheduled for 6 Saturdaynight, followed by an auction.

Sunday's activities will beginat 10:45 A.M. with a concel­ebrated Mass at which Rev.Manuel Andrade of Our Lady ofHealth Church will ,be homilist.An outdoor procession in whichall are invited to participate willbegin at 3 P.M. dn front of thechurch and a ,band concert andauction will follow.

A kitchen featuring Portu~

·guese and American foods will'be open at 4:30 P.M. Friday, andat noon on Saturday and Sunday.

John Massa, Holy Name Soci­ety president, is chairman of thecelebration, aided by EmmanuelSouza, co-chairman. Mrs. AliceCorreira, Ladies' Guild president,is in charge of the kitchen, as­sisted by 'guild members. Rev.JOJ:ge DeJ. Souza, pastor, ischairman ex-offioio and treasurer.

ST. MARGARET,BUZZARDS BAY

Mrs. Lea Allen, area directorof a diet workshop project, spokeat last night's meeting of SS.Margaret-Mary Guild. The unit

. will hold a luncheon meetingThursday, June 13 at DolphinInn, preceded by a noon Mass.Edward Geary will provide pianoentertainment for the event.

'ST. JAMES,, NEW BEDFORD

The Ladies' Guild will sponsoran all-day flea market Saturday,June 15 on the County Streetparking lot opposite the church.Items available will include

. glassware, old jewelry, pietures,rugs, books and children's arti­cles. A snack bar will serve re­freshments. Anyone interested inrenting a table may contact Mrs.Daniel Dwyer, chair.woman, attelephone 996-2618 or Mrs. Rich·ard Manning, co-chair-woman,telephone 997-$542.

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HOLY FAMILY,TAUNTON

William Araujo, aided' byManuel Correia, Russell Cham­.berland and Joseph Silva, is incharge of'the annual Holy NameSociety mystery ride, scheduledthis year for Saturday, Aug. 24,with cars leaving the churchparking lot at 7 P.M.

Reaching the destination point,members will enjoy a' smorgas­bord supper, followed by dancingto the' music of Hebe's MusicalTops. Door prizes will bea·warded.

Tickets for the event, availablefrom all Holy Name Societymembers, are limited and reser­vations will close Wednesday,Aug. 21.

ST. ANN,RAYNHAM

New Ladies' Guild officers areMrs. Janise Murphy, president;Mrs. Diane Correia, vice-pres­ident; Mrs. Nancy Willette, sec­retary; Miss Bernice Fountain,treasurer. The unit will sponsora whist party tomorow night at8 in the church hall. Mrs. EllenAlden and Mrs. Anne Ke~ugh areco-chairmen..

Publicity chairmen of parish organ1zat'oosare asked to submit news items for th!scolumn 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.

SS. PETER AND PAUL,FALL RIVER .

The Women's Club will spon­sor a whist, party, open to thepublic at 8 P.M. Monday, JunelOin the school hall, 240 DoverSt. Mrs. Norman Hathawaychairman, will be aided by Mrs.Everett C. Cowell, co-chairman.

ST. WILLIAM,FALL RIVER

The Women's Guild .will holddts installation banquet at 6:30tonight at Eileen Darling's res­taurant, Seekonk. A bus willleave the church parking lot at6 o'clock.

Officers to be installed areMrs. Louis Castango, president;Mrs. John Synnott, vice-pres­,ident; Mrs. Thomas Callahan,treasurer; and Mrs. ThomasSmith, secretary. The guestspeaker will be Attorney EdwardHarrington.

IS OUTSTANDING: Den­nis R. Poyant, a teacher atSt. Joseph School, New Bed­ford, has been named an Out­standing Elementary Teacherof America for 1974 in a pro­gram honoryng men andwomen for leadership in ele­mentary education. He iseligible to receive a trophyand his school is eligiblefor one .of Jive' $500 grants.Poyant" a 1971 graduateof Southeastern Massachu­setts University, received amaster's degree in historyfrom Providence College lastmonth and is also-' takingcourses at Bridgewater StateCollege. He resides in NewBedford with his wife anddaughter.

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"The Great Western Melo­drama" and "Sweet AdelJine"will be presented at 8 P.M.Saturday rTld Sunday in the par­ish hall. A cast party will follow,Sunday;s performance.

"B.E.E. People" will have atrip to Rocky Point from 10:30A.M. to 5:30 P.M. Saturday.

Knights of the altar will meettonight and members and theirfamilies will hold a picnic from 1to 4 P.M. Sunday at FinbergField,

At the 'head of what ~was nowa 'mass party attracting al1 sortsof people, he maneuveredshrewdly during the decade ofunrest and upheaval lasting from1923 to 1933, and at the end ofit, he became chancellor of Ger·many.

Political FigureThis position he achieved le-·

gaily, but once it was in hisgrasp., he set systematicallyabout the crushing of democraticinstitutions and the transforma­tion of Germany in his image.How he did this, and howeasily he did this, is the subjectof one of the most fascinatingparts of the book.

He proceeded to astonish theworld by his organizing of thecountry, his rearming it, his bold,successful strokes of foreign pol·icy, and then his absorption ofAustria and Czechoslovakia. Hiseyes were set on Poland, the ob­jective being a common borderwith the Soviet Union, this tofacilitate his long-held determi·nation to attack and subjugatethe Soviet Union.

After his lightning conquest'of Poland, he expected the Westto accept this accomplished fact.But Brita'in and France 'refusedto make peace. He then wenton to military' mastery of Eu­rope, yet Britain still held out.

He launched his' assault on theSoviet-Union in 1941, and at theend of the same year was at warwith the United States. His fate,says Mr. Fest, was now sealed,although it took more than threeyears for his defeat to beachieved.

Enormous TerrorWith his ,death, Nazism col­

lapsed utterly. The organization,so formidable , which he ha'dput together, fell cOl1;lpletelyapart. Nothing of his thought,says Mr. Fest, survived him. "Hehad always used ideas merelyas instruments; when at death heabandoned them, they were com­promised and used up."

Mr. Fest says further, "Hitler, had no secret that ex'tended be­

yond his immediate presence.The people whose 10ya'1ty andadmiration he had won neverfollowed a vision, but' only aforce. In retrospect his life seemslike a steady unfolding of' tre- 'mendous energy. Its effects werevast; the terror it spread enor­mous; but when it was overthere was little left for memoryto hold."

Does this mean that there cannever be a recurrence of Nazismin ,some form or' under somelabel? "The 'world-wide unrest ofthe late sixties," says the author,"once again brought to the foremany of the elements whichhave repeatedly recurred in de­'scriptions of pre-Fascist condi­tions: the cultural pessimism, thecraving for spontaneity, intox­ication, and a d'ramatic qualityof life, the vehemence of youthand the aestheticizing of force."

But a towering leader is re­quired to light the fire of fanat­icism. May none such appear.

One of the most significant figures of the 20th centuryis Adolf Hitler, who died 29 years' ago. He changed theworld. But he remains a mystery; even to one who makeshis way through Joachim C. Fest's gigantic biography, Hit­ler (Harcourt Brace Jovano­vich, 757 Third Ave., NewYork, N.Y. 10017.844 pages.$15). Mr. Fest has done a lotof digging to try to unearth thepersonal reality of Hitler, Bornin Austria ,in 1899, Hitler was achoirboy and an acolyte in the

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local Catholic church. q'here isno indication of any Catholicinfluence on his life and career;no indication, either, of whyhe broke so 'completely withthe Church.

While still in his teens. he wentLo live in Vienna. His hopes ofacceptance as a pupil at the artsacademy were dashed. He livedin a flophouse, but managed toattend countless performancesof Wag'ners operas and becameinterested ~n 'Wagner's politicalwritings.

He was ex'posed to the virulentanti-Semitism prevalent at thetime, and to movements promot­ing Aryan superiority, pan­Germanism, and an early form ofnational socialism. In his day­dreams he formulated grandioseplans of social and politicalchange,

Chaos in GermanyAfter moving to Munich in

1913, he was drafted into, theGerman army and served

. throughout World War I, win·ning a decoration. Perhaps forthe ·first time, he felt at homein the military and under war­time conditions. He was im·pressed :by the propaganda of theAl1ies, which he found far supe­rior to Germany's.

Following the war, there waschaos in Germany. Revolutionbroke out. The Communists tookpower in some places. The termsof the Versailles peate treatywere considered oppressive androused bitter resentment. Infla.tion brought ruin and suffering.

It was from these conditionsthat Hitler emerged as a politicalfigure. The situation was readyfor ·him. He discovered his phe­nomena'l oratorical powers andbegan to use them. He joinedwith others in organiz·ing theprototype of the Nazi party, andsoon succeeded in seizing com­plete control.

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and sharing, the selflessness thatis a good marriage, are goals tobe achieved in life. A father'sreaction to his work can teachhis children that there is fulfill­ment to be gained beyond thehousehold waHs. In fact, fatheris more often than not the linkwith the outside world. His re­action to that world teaches theyoung that it can either be anenriching, challenging arena toenter" or something to be feared,and ,perhaps even aVOided.

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particularly in the Wisdom lit­erature, the qualities of thcwoman as wife are stressed. "Agood wife who can find? She isfar more precious than jewels.The heart of her husband con­fides in her and he have no lackof gain. She does him good, andnot harm, all the days of herlife" (Prov. 31:10-12).

"A wife's charms delights herhusband and her skill puts faton his bones ... Like the sunrising in the heights of the Lord,so is the beauty of a good wifein her well ordered horne. Likethe shining lampstand, so is abeautiful face on a stately fig­ure" (Sir. 26:13, 17).

Fertility was still prized in thewoman and fecundity was re­garded as a blessing from God."Children' and the building of acity establish a man's name, buta Iblameless wife is accountedbctter than both" (Sir. 40:19).

New TestamentIn the New Testament little is

said about bhe man as father,but much is said about the manas husband. Jesus reminds hisJewish audience of God's originalplan for ~ marriage in which "a

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real and imagined stereotypes ofthe father in this changing time... father as the one who bringshome the bread, lays down thelaw, and presides over the fam­ily fortunes, unless as in "GlassMenagerie" he is "a telephoneman who fell in' love with longdistances." One of the most re­deeming elements of a yet unre­deemed medium-television-isbhe gradual disappearance of thedull buffoon Who 'was the un­witting .butt of family jokes, andthe portrayal of father throughsuch sensitive treatments as­served up by "The Waltons," asa person who can be warm, hu­man and compassionate, onewho reaolly cares. In fact, one ofthe refreshing spinoUs from thewomen's movement today is thatfathers quite often find them­selves coerced into deeper do­mestic involvement, and havefound that it can be rewarding.

In earlier and less complextimes, perhaps what father saidwas "law." Today what fathersays may not be etched in' bronze,but what he does can be elo­quent indeed. As Father Hes­burgh suggests, the father­mother relationship can be abeautiful example to the youngthat mutual respect, admiration

Fertility or fecundity was sooverr,iding a concern in the livesof the Patriarchs that a wifefelt constrained to share herhusband with her handm8'id,with other wives and concubines.Even the best of the patriarchswere more practiced in the artof husbandry than in the art ofbeing a loving husband.

In the later books of the Bible,

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PALMER, S.J.

In polygamus societies a goodhusband was measlired in termsof the number of children hefathered, a good wife in terms ofthe number of children she borehim. Even among the monog­amus Romans the word for mar­riage, "mat.rimoney," was de­rived from the service the wom­an rendered the husband asmothcr of his children.

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Diaconate ProgramFormed in Brooklyn

NEW. YORK (NC)-Formation'of a permanent diaconate pro­gram for married and single menhas been announced by theBrooklyn diocese. .

Father James L. Tahaney, as­sociate pastor of St: Patrick'sChurch of Brooklyn, heads theprogram and has announcedthat he will be accepting appli­cations until July 1.

Along with bishops and thepriesthood, the diaconate is oneof three levels in the CatholicChurch's hierarchy. Deaconsonce played a prominent role asministers in the early Church buttheir role declined in later cen­tur·ies. Pope Paul VI restored theoffice in 1967.

Middle of Road

Reams of parental psychOl­ogy have been written on thefamily rel!ltionship. We are aUfamiliar with the bible of Dr.Spock, who has been regardedas the preacher, par excellence, ofpermissiveness. Parents need tokeep abreast ·of developmentsand the latest psychological find­ings but new pronouncements,just because they ar~ new, arenot necessarily the best. Iron­clad' <liscipline, by the sametoken, "just because it workedin my day" is hot al~ays theideal means for rearing children.The best approach lies some­where in between-firmness withgentleness but always with love.

know that we will never aban­don them, come what may. The,accent always has to be on devo­tion, affection and ready forgive­'ness whenever it is necessary.

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when Blanda has 10 seconds tokick the game-hreaking fieldgoal. He must sedulously prac­tice the fine art of listeningcarefully not only to what issaid but to what is meant.

CopartnershipThe emphasis today is fortu­

nately shifting from the fatheras the authority figure, whoseonly aim is to put bread on thetable, to full copartnership withthe mother. For much too long inmany families, the mother hasexercised the full authoritywith the father lingering quietlyin the background. Toc,iay, at thevery beginning of life, manyhospitals now allow the father inthe delivery room to participateas fully as possible in the newbirth. Fathers should also beclose at hand in the cuddling andfeeding process. Children needtwo full-time parents workingtogether at all times. Nothingcements a closer family relation­ship than kind words, tenderhugs and soft kisses from bothmother and dad.

Parents now realize that theformative years in a child's 'lifeend at about the 14th year. Afterthat, the child, depending nat­urally on its individual back­ground and heritage, is nearly anadult, capable of making his owndecision. Parents are often puz­zled that the good example theytried so hard to give does notinvariably produce results theyexpected. Children, in the wordsof "The Prophet," "Are not yourchildren. They are the sons anddaughters of life's longing for it­self." They have to live theirown lives and the Sturm andDran years call for almost super­human parental patience. Theonly reasonable answer duringthese years is to let our chilren

We are always appall'cd at theslightest hint that there aresome parents who do not loveIheir children, but the cruel truthstares us in the face: Child nc­glect and child abuse are alarm­ingly on the increase. The stressof cultural forces and the. fast­moving changes in society arclargely responsible. The aban­donment of old style moralityhas left us with a kind of des­peration ,in handling very stickysituations. Conditions, further­more, are not always what theyseem. When we look beneath thesurface, as the TV camera didrecently at the Loud family,there are some surprising sights.It's trite to say it, but real love,as in so many other life situa­tions, is the missing ingredient.

The ideal father should patternhis life after God, the Father; thetime-honored image which is thebest designation that mankindhas yet devised to symbolize loveand mercy and understanding.There is also a connotation offirmness when necessary, and ahelping hand reaching out to allHis children. Christ, who camefrom the Father, always spoketenderly of the father Ison rela­tionship. Human fatherhood isa sublime parallel.

Good ListenerA father's chief responsibility

is to show his children how tolive a happy I,ife by living theright kind of life himself. A goo,1place to begin is to demonstratea warm loving relationship withhis wife, the mother of his chil- ­dren. Children are alert crea­tures. Like father, like son, plati­tude though it is, contains thewhole story. If the father is abounder, then the children aregoing to have that much moredifficulty in trying to oyercomethe setbacks of life.

Being a father means goingfishing with your son, playingball with the family, listening toyour little girl fret over herBarbie doll, sitting calmlythrough piano recitals and balletpresentations. It does not meanthat every father has to turn into"Superdad" day and n:ght, actinglike a child and playing constantpal, but it does call for reason­able attention, even if the mo­ment is not always opportune.

A father, at his best, manfullyrefrains from saying "I told youso" and he even lends a willingcar to his inquiring offspring just

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It's vcry easy to define thcrole of ,parenthood-just showeryour children with love and af­fection and all will be well.Sounds easy, but how to goabout implementing this noblelifestyle ,is another question.

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BROOKLYN (NC)-"A savageoutbreak in old-fashioned anN­Catholicism" in recent monthsmay decide' the political fate ofU. S. Rep. Hugh L. Carey in NewYork's Democratic gubernatorialnomina'tion .. according to a writ­er for a Catholic ne,wspaperhere.

Carey, a Brooklyn Democratand outspoken Catholic, facesthree opponents seeking partyendorsement for the SeptemberDemocratic primary, and polit­ical experts .are watching hisprospects closely.

With II endorsements fromcounty chairmen, the Brooklyniteis running for governor againstHoward J. Samuels, who has alead of 24 county chairmen sup­porting him, Rep. Ogden R. Reid,with 9 on his list an9 Donald R.Manes, who has one.

Ina long article about theDemocrats' numbers game inthis Watergate year, and thejockeying for the more than 2million Catholic votes of sixmillion 'state residents who votedfor governor in 1970, Jim Miller,a writer in The Tablet, Brooklyndiocesan paper, said Carey'sprospects ,hinge on a tug of warwithin the party.

"Over the past 'few months,"he wrote, "there has been a sav­age outbreak of old-fashioned'anti-Catholicism which has hurtCarey as well as other Catholiccandidates.

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mine, and thine. "Say 'Even 1am thine, my dearest; this advicePaul gives me when he says: ThehusbanCi has no authority overhis own 'body, but the wife. IfI have no rights over my ownbody, but if it is you who have,much more have you rights overmy possessions. '

"Thus by your language, teachher never to speak of mine andthine. Again, never address hersimply by name, but add someterm of endearment, with honorand much love ... prefer her. be­fore all others on every count,both for her beauty and her dis­·cernment, and praise her" (OnEphesians. Hom. 20).

The "liberated woman" of to­day may well detect a note ofmale .condescension in the pas-

. sage just cited. But most womenwHl a'gree with Dr. TheodoreRubin's pen picture of The Lov­able Man: "He takes nothing forgranted and knows that tenderwords and gestures are keenlyappreciated. He ,is not afra'idofwords like 'I love you,' nor is heafraid to show what ,he feels. Hedoes not ,think feelings and-tenderness are antimasculine ...He is not a flirt. He may appre­ciate other women, but he saveshis tenderest moments andwords exclusively for his mate"(excerpted by Quikbook from"Can You Make Me Happy?,"1974).

Personally I· prefer the hom·

The Good HusbandI

MASS OF THANKSGIVING ON FORTIETH ANNIVERSARY: Rev. John J. Feeney,retired priest of the Diocese of Manchester and now residing in Centerville, commemorat­ed his 40 years in the priesthood with a Mass of Thanksgiving at Our Lady of VictoryChurch, Centerville. Principals present were: Rev. Thomas B. Feeney, 5J, of Boston, AbbotGerald McCarthy of 5t. Anselm's College, Manchester; Archbishop William A. Carew, re­cently appointed by Pope Paul as Papal Delegate to Jerusalem and Palestine; FatherFeeney, the jubilarian; Most Rev. James J. Gerrard, Auxiliary Bishop of Fall River; MostRev. Thomas J. Riley and Most Rev. Joseph F. Maguire, Auxiliary Bishops in the Archdio­cese of Boston.

Continued from Page Thirteenman will' leave . father andmother and cleave to his wifeuntil the two become one flesh"(Mk. 10:7).

Continuing the theme, Paultells the Christian husband thathe must love his wife as his ownbody, that in loving his wife heloves himse:f, "s'ince no one everhates his own flesh, but nour­ishes and cherishes it, as Christdoes ,the Church" (Eph. 5:28, 29).

Jesus' introduces the revolu­tionary idea, that the husbandbelongs to his wife, just as muchas she belongs to him, that"Whoever' divorces his wife andmarries another commits adul­tery against her" (Mk. 10:11). It'is precisely here that we haveChrist's "l1beration of woman,"a point so often overlooked bywomen's Hb;

Paul does not miss the point.He spells it out: "A man has noauthority over his own body, butthe wife" (I Cor. 7:4). A Chris­tian woman can echo the exul­tant cry of the bride of the "Can­ticle": "My beloved is mine andI am his" (2:15).

Time and again the "golden·tongued" Chrysostom, the mosteloquent spokesman for Chris·tian marriage in the earlyChurch, wiN return to .the text

, of Paul. "When, th~refore, youthe husband see a harlot tempt­ing you, say: 'My. body' is notmine, but my wife's.' For thehusband has' no authority overhis own body, but the wife" (On1 Cor. Hom. 19). /.

St. John· Chrysostom

Marriage .is a "c,ovenant oflove and fidelity/, a sharing inrights both human and 'divine."Aware of this, Chrysostom tellsthe husband to banish from theheart of his wife all notion of

"It was plain at the New Dem­ocratic Coalition's conventionthat 'Catholics need not apply.'... Hugh Carey represents may­be the last chance to bring backAI Smith's people. It may bedifficult to accept, :but if Careydoesn't become: his party'schoice, it will 'be because he's,an Irish Catholic with· 12 chil­dren who still goes to church, notbecause he wasn't the best man,"I( Gov. Malcolm Wilson, alsoa Catholic, runs on' the Repub·lican and Conserva.tive parties'tickets, Miller speculated, CaUl­olics would still h;ve in him a"real alternative if Carey failsin his party's intra-mural fight.

Miller predicted that with anincumbent Republican governorand Republican Sen. JamesBuckley running for office, the"real loser" in the long runwould be the 1976 Democraticpresidential candidate, . whowould then face a New YorkCatholic' vote more ·hostile to aDemocratic candidate than theyare now.

clear from I.'he difficult days ofcollege revolt in the late 60s, it'sthe fact that young peoplehadn't been communicating withtheir parents, nor were they get­ting much satisfaction from theirelders on campuses.. There'smuch more to it thll>n that, ofcourse. But so many of the stu­dents 'of the early days of thatperiod were really saying: "No­body cares about me."

Like my friend with the es­tranged 16-year-old, a fathermust try. But, his 'long-term ac­Hans will tell the tale, not somesummertime intent. From thebeginning, by a life whichteaches ,a father must say to hisyoung: "I believe in you. 1 trustyou. Sometimes we may notagree. But, I'm willing not onlyto hear you ... 1 will' listen too."

Fr. Hesburgh"The best thing a father can

do for his children is love theirmother." Father Theodore M.Hesiburgh, boss of the estab-.'lishment for which I work, madethat statement many years ago.He has made' a great manyothers, and veryjmportant onessince, but that's one of my fa­vorites. He spoke from long ex-

. perience, first as chaplain ofNotre Dame's Vetville (otherwiseknown as "Fertile Valley" duringthe past WW H days), enhanc­ing the moral values of theyoung. Maybe the statementsounds a bit simplistic, but itmakes eminent sense when youprobe ,it a bit further, becauseit says that a' fat,her's relation­ship with the mother of thehouse cill'l teach their youngstersmarvelous things about humaninterrelationships. The father asteacher is a ·concept which .Ibelieve holds great promise forstabi\.izing the family unit in thefuture.

Carey Faces Savageof Anti-Catholicism

"The Reformer's (the mainPorce 'behind the New Dem­cratic Coalition, an ultra-liberalfaction in New York's Dem­ocratic party) have made itplain that no Catholic who sup­ports aid to parochial schoolsand is o.pposed to abortionshould he permitted on the state­wide ticket.

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Continued from Page Thirteenzons of children in Innumerableways. No matter how far thefeminist movement may havepenetrated the family unit, it isstill likely that most motherstoday are chief cooks and bottlewashers. But what great oppor­tunities there are for fathers 'toexpand their children's v,istas ...by baking bread, or otherwiseputtering in the kitchen, activ­ities which say: "Look, cookingcan be a· wonderfuNy creativeand educational thing. It is notjust the thing girls or mothersdo. It is a basic human function... the nourishment of others,such as Jesus did at his ow,n lastsupper, an act which has becomethe central act of our faith." Orhis actions can say: "Look this isour house. Not Mom's, or mine.It's our. We all have a stake init . . . keeping it clean and ord­erly, making it a pleasant placeto live. I'm willing to shouldermy part of the burden."

Long-Term ActionsI ,have' a friend' who once

vowed thaChe'd spend .his wholesummer,. every available hour,with his IG-vear·old son, whomhe admitted he \;:',ew very little.At the end of the summer, Iasked how the pian had gone.He smiled: "I spent every wak­ing hour with my boy for thepast three months. We did t,hingstogether I never imagined myselfdoing. 1 rea).]y got to know him,and do you know what, J.im? 1don't like the darned kid!" Ed­ucators are generally agreed thata person's values today arepretty well formed by the ageof 14, religious and otherwise.My friend's problem is that hedidn't start "getting to know myson" early enough ... like fromthe beginning. If there is any·thing that came out ioud and

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COACHING IS .HIS GOAL: Despite being confined to a wheelchair because of musculardystrophy, Bill Leitsch wants to become a basketball coach when he finishes colle~e. Heis shown talking with aclassmate at Louisville's St. Xavier High School from WhICh hegraduated this month. Bill will attend the University of Kentucky in fall and hopes to learnfrom coach Joe Hall. NC Photo. .

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Paulists AllocateFunds for Relief

OAK RIDGE (NC)-The Paul­ist Fathers have voted to give$5,000 to aid the starving in sub·Sahara Africa and another$1,000 to aid the United FarmWorkers of America (UFWA).

A resolution passed by thePauHst general assembly herein New Jersey said that in Africathe famine situation has reachedcatastrophic proportions.

In another resolution the as­sembly voted $1,000 "to aid theUnited Farm Workers in thiscrucial point in their history."

The Paulists said they supportUFWA demands for a free, secretballot election to determinewhether the farm workers wantunion representation and whkhunion they want to representthem. The assembly also en·dorsed the UFWA's consumerboycott of non·UFWA tablegrapes, head lettuce, and Cal·ifornia wines.

It urged local Paulist commu­nities to support the boycotts.

The Paulist general assemblymeets every four years and in­cludes representatives of all agegroups in the 245·member com·munity of priests.

Priestly FormationConsultation Begins

WASHINGTON (NC) - TheU. S. Catholic bishops' Commit­tee on Priestly' Formation has be·gun a consultation of ,the na­tion's bishops, seminary facultiesand vocation directors as part ofthe revision of the three·year·oldtraining program for futurepriests.

The current "Program ofPriestly Formation," approved bythe Vatican Congregation forCatholk Education on Jan. 18,1971, has'served as the one basictraining program for all futurepriests, diocesan and Religious,in this country since then.

At the time of its approval, itwas determined that the programshould be resubmitted to theVatican for review and evalua­tion at the end of five years. Thenationwide consultation now un­derway is one part of the revi­sion process before the reviewdate of January, 1976.

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tempt to make their ideologyconform to those of sponsoringorganizations, he added. "Wedon't have to ... To do so wouldbe co,wardly."

Father Kenneth O'ConneH, na·tional Catholic scout chaplainand scout chaplain for the arch·diocese of New York, gave theprinciple address to the Cath·olic scout leaders during theirbreakfast.

'Basing his remarks on a re­cent editorial on the lack ofheroes for today's youth, heurged the assembled scout lead­ers to recall their importance ojnsetting good example in the livesof the youth they serve. Throughscouting under Catholic auspices,Father O'Connell noted, we canprovide a hero, Christ Himself,as well as the saints.

Also addressing the Catholicscout leaders was Bishop JohnScanlon of Honolulu, who spokeof the scout movement as an im­portant force in the Church'syouth movement.

BeliefonInsists

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"1 am not questioning thegood faith of the board in reach­ing its deoision," Bishop Breiten·beck said in his letter of resig­nation, "hut I am sure you willappreciate -the reasons why Icannot be associated with it."

The final decision was voted bythe academic assembly, a bodycomposed of faculty, students,and administr.ators, ,and sup­ported by Vhe board of trustees.

The honol1ary degree was of·fered to Rep: Chisholm last Sep.tember. Her office in Washing­ton said she would have no com­ment on Bishop Breitenback's'action.

one who does not, must belongto the Boy Scouts of America.

"Let those who choose not tobelieve form their own organiza­tionand exclude us, because wedo bel:ieve in a Supreme Being.To make that requirement par·amount for those who wouldjoin us is our right. We will op­pose with all our might, anychange in that policy."

The success of the scouts,Reneker said, is based on therelationships with religious, civ·ic, service, fraternal, and educa­tional groups. All of these groups,he added, express a belief in aSupreme Being.

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Rep. Chisholm was one of 10persons' nominated by studentsto receive an honorary degree.

Bishop Joseph M. Breitenbecksaid that he could not acquiesce"in the granting by a Catholiccollege of an honorary degree toa person who has taken so dearand so emphatic a public pro·abortion position" as Rep. Chris-holm. '

GRAND RAPIDS (NC)-Thebishop of Grand Rapids has re'·signed .his position as honorarychairman' of the board of trust·ees of Aquinas College here toprotest' the college's granting ofan honorary degree to Rep. Shir­ley Chisholm (D·N. Y.).

"We have the right to be in­di,viduals, to believe what wewant to believe just as long asthat ,right does not infringe onthe rights of others," Renekerstated. "We have a right, as an'organization, to say that onemust have a belief in a SupremeBeing. We do not say that any-

HONOLULU (NC)-The pres­ident of the Boy Scouts of Amer­ica reaffirmed the religious prin·ciple of scouting during the or­ganization's 64th annual meetinghere.

Robert W. Reneker made hisremarks following opening day,early morning breakfasts con­ducted by the major religiousdenominations.

Jesuit AssertsUnity PossibleWith Lutherans

NEW YORK (NC)-If the pa·pacy is renewed, "it seems en·tirely possibly that Lutheransand other Christians might findin the papacy an appropriat~

visible expression of ... the min­istry that serves the unity andorder of the entire Churcli ofChrist."

Jesuit Father Avery Dulles as­serted this view in a major ad·dress, "The Papacy as an Ecu­menical Problem," at FordhamUniversity here. His lecture wasthe seventh John Courtney Mur·ray Forum lecture, a series thatbegan in 1969.

"It is ironic," the theologiansaid, "that the very office thatwas allegedly established to se·cure unity should have became,in the course of time, the mostformidable source of dissension."

But he said the new style ofChurch leadership since PopeJohn XXlII and the Second Vat·ican Council, along with today'sdevelopments in global cpmmu·nidltion and transportation, hasgiven non·Catholic Chl'istia~s anew impetus to look at the Popeas a possible focus of Christianunity.

He cited numerous theologicaiadvances, especially 'in the vari·ous ecumenical dialogues aroundthe world, that are tearing downsome of the barriers to unity.

,But it is up to officials of thevarious churches to take con­crete steps toward achiev'ingunity, he said, and even more im­portant is the understanding andacceptance of the dialogue workby "the clergy and laity of theseveral churches."

Focusing particularly on therecent agreement on papal pri­macy 'by the (U. S.) Natil;malLutheran-Catholic Dialogue ofwhich he is a member,' FatherDulles admitted that there werestill numerous difficulties whichthe theologians have not been·able to resolve. They have justbarely begun, for example, totreat the question of papal in­fallibility.

But he pointed to significantadvances in other ar.~as such asthe question of the biblicalfoundation .for the papacy or thequestion of the Pope's jurisdic·tion over all members of theChurch.

Both Catholic and Lutherantheologians in the dialogue, hesaid, have come to' see the min­istry ascribed to the apostlePeter in the New Testament "asproviding a biblical paradigm forthe role subsequently played,with with varying degrees ofsuccess, by the papacy. On theother hand, neither side affirmsthat the New Testament givesany direct evidence: for the es·tablishment of the papacy as acontinuing office ,in t.he Church.

Nuns WorkshopsCHICAGO (NC)--A series of

regional workshops designed totrain nuns for community lead­ership in local and national prob·lems was announced here by theNational Assembly of WomenReligious (NAWR). Ministries ofnuns in the NAWR includeschools, health care facilities, ad­ministmtive offices, and socialagencies. They work to bringabout changes in racial tension,housing, family problems, drugaddiction and economic oppres·sion.

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Pope Stresses Need for ChristiansTo Remain in State o.f Grace

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Paul VI told general audiencesthat a Christian must activelytry to stay in the,state of gracein order to become a hero anda "true follower of Christ."

He also deplored 'the terroristhombing May 28 at an anti·fascist rally in Brescia, his hometown, that killed six persons an.dleft almost a hundred injured.

As he has done for the pastseveral weeks, Pope Paul ,heldtwo audiences in order to accom­modate the crowds.

To the more than 7,000 per·sons present in t~ Papal audi- "ence hall, the Pope spoke inEnglish, French, German andSpanish. Then -he crossed overto St. Peter's Basilica to speakin Italian to thousands of othervisitors, including a group from

" Brescia.The Pope had a special mes­

sage for that group and the otherItalians present who were vivid­ly conscious of the outbreak ofviolence at Brescia the previousday.

In ringing tones_ he spoke of"our most lively l5itterness andour deep deploring of the vileand criminal act committed yes­terday in Brescia, our dearestcity of ,birth and of spiritual andcivic training."

At both audiences he spoke

Iowa School Bus Bill, Signed by GovernorI '

i DES MOINES (NC) - Gov., Robert Ray has signed, into law

a bill providing $4.4 milHon forbus transportation for studentsattending nonpublic schools.

The state legislature haspassed and, sent to the governora bill appropriating $1.35 millionto provide breakfast and lunchprograms for public and non­public school students. It is esti·mated that $110,000 would beused for nonpuhlic school stu~

dents. The state program is asupplement to the federal hot­lunch program and about halfof Iowa's nonpublic s,chool stu­dents will ):>enefit from it.

of the importance of Catholics,living in the grace of God andactively seeking to stay in thestate of grace.

The Pope, defining the slateof grace, said:

"It is the friendship of God,,the thought of God, but it is evenmore. It is the presence of God,a new, living, joyous presence;the presence of the Holy Spirit,who is lOve, who is joy, ,who isconsolation, who is help, who islight, who is strength and cour­age and life. It is the living Godwho comesto dwell within us."

Stress ReligiousSchools Needed

CLEVELAND (NC)-A discus­sion of moral development byone of the principal speakers atthe National Catholic Education­al Association's annual conven­tion here offered support for theview that religious schools PI:0'vide needed motivation for livinga just, or morally good life.

The speaker was Dr. LawrenceKohlberg, professor of educationand social psychology at Har-,vardUniversity, whose theoriesof moral development Were alsodiscussed by several other con·vention speakers. ,

Kohlberg contended that mo~-'all values must be taught inschool. "If the school is to haveregard for the principles of jus­tice," he said, "it must also takesome responsibility for seeingthat a sense of justice developsin children. To respect the rightsof children is to be involved indeveloping their recognition ofthe rights of others."

Kohlberg thus expressed agree­ment with what Catholic educa­tors have alyays proposed as oneof th~ principal goals of theirschools.

The Harvard professor, how­ever, also stated that "the pub­lic school should engage in moraleducation and that the basis ofsuch education is principles ofjustice, not just broader religiousand personal values."

MATHEMATICIANS: Members of the Bishop Connolly High School Math Team displaythe trophy they won for finishing in first place in the 19 member Southeastern ,Mass. Math­ematics League. Seated (left to right) 'are: Stephen -Goncalo, Paul Sicard, Paul Vianna,Daniel Lachance. Standing are: Robert Rak, Ronald Leblanc, John Polak, Gerard Gabriel,Richard Caron, Paul Rezendes. Paul Sicard won the, Highest Scoring Junior and OverallHigh Scorer Award; Paul Vianna was the Highest Scoring Sophomore.

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